This winter seems to be passing a little faster.
But in the hearts of many people, this winter feels extremely long.
For example, Gou Zhong, the general who is chasing the Divine Guards.
For example, Prince Wu Qian was restless in the East Palace with nothing to do.
Also like Xiao Baozi riding a little black donkey in the mountains where the ice and snow are just melting!
After Xiao Baozi left Tianyin Pavilion, she went to Ningguo. She was going to Zhongli Garden of Chongqing Mansion in Shuzhou to get the female sword of Fujian.
But she didn't expect that when she arrived at Wuya Mountain, she would get the news that the female sword was missing.
The person who told her the news was Li Chenan's family.
It was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-fourth year of Zhaohua.
The sky is covered with heavy snow in Wuya Mountain.
Xiao Baozi came to Wuya Mountain from Xiayuanzhou. She did not go to Wuya Pass because she did not know that Wuya Mountain had fallen into the hands of the Red Flame Army.
She entered Wuya Mountain, and that evening, in the great rift valley of Wuya Mountain, she saw a bonfire and smelled the aroma of barbecue wafting in the wind and snow.
She rode the little black donkey over and saw Hua Manting chewing on a rabbit leg with a mouth full of oil!
She laughed happily.
"Brother Hua?!"
Hua Manting's face suddenly stiffened. He lifted up his sleeves and wiped his mouth, then raised his eyes to look at Xiao Baozi.
"...Miss Xiao, I am the same generation as your mother!"
Xiao Baozi sat on the snow, stretched out his hand and pulled off a rabbit leg. She took a big bite, her cheeks bulging.
After a moment, she swallowed the delicious rabbit meat, and then said: "One size fits all, you are Chen'an's brother, then you are my brother!"
"Brother Hua, why are you here?"
Huamanting is very uncomfortable.
I think I am your father!
This dad has become a big brother... This is so chaotic!
But what can he do?
Xiao Baozi only knows that her father's name is Xi Wei, but the real Xi Wei has died long ago. How many Xi Wei are there in the world now?
Hua Manting couldn't figure it out herself.
She is obviously her daughter, how can she have so many fathers?
We must find a way to let our daughter know that he is her real father!
"Oh... I came back from Wu State. Seeing that it was getting late, I hunted two rabbits. I thought I would spend the night here!"
Xiao Baozi tilted his head and looked at Hua Manting carefully, grinning: "Brother,"
Hua Manting felt pain in her heart again!
"Chen An said that you are a great scholar from the Ning Kingdom, but he doesn't seem to realize that you are also a master of martial arts!"
"Brother,"
Hua Manting couldn't eat rabbit meat anymore and couldn't swallow it.
"I think you are quite mysterious, brother!"
Xiao Baozi tore off another piece of rabbit meat, still staring at Hua Manting with his head tilted, and smiled again:
"Since you regard Chen An as your old friend, he treats you with all his heart and soul... But you just hide such an important thing from him..."
Xiao Baozi suddenly leaned over and looked into Hua Manting's old eyes through the roaring bonfire:
"Brother,"
"I think your eyes are flickering!"
"When Chen An says to look at a person, just look into his eyes!"
"If his eyes keep evading and he dare not look directly at him, it can almost be concluded that this person has something evil in his heart... or is guilty!"
"Brother,"
"Is there something else you're hiding from Chen An?"
Hua Manting felt even more uncomfortable. She thought to herself that this was indeed true. I was one of the Xi Lei, and I had secretly done many things for this little bastard Li Chenan!
But isn’t this for you to be better in the future?
I do feel guilty in my heart, but it’s not Li Chenan who I feel guilty about, but you!
Hua Manting felt miserable, but could not tell these things.
Xiao Baozi didn't take it seriously and asked with a smile:
"What realm are you in?"
Before Hua Manting spoke, Xiao Baozi seemed to find this old man interesting. She sat up straight and asked curiously: "What are you doing in Wu country?"
Hua Manting pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Xiao Baozi, his eyes no longer dodge.
Xiao Baozi asked a lot of questions, so he calmed down and explained:
"I know how to learn kung fu. It's not that I deliberately hid it from Chen An. It's because he never asked!"
"When I was with him, I mostly talked about his poems or his methods of governing the country, and rarely talked about things in the world. So it is not important to him whether I know martial arts. .”
"As for my state,"
He smiled slightly: "This is not important to me."
When Xiao Baozi heard this, he obviously misunderstood what Hua Manting meant.
She nodded, "That's right. You are a scholar by nature, so writing books and commentaries is more suitable for you."
"My martial arts skills are just about the same. Let's just keep in shape...I think your body is pretty good. You don't wear much in such a cold day."
"By the way, you definitely won't be able to cross this rift, so don't take any risks. If you fall in... you won't even be able to pick up the bones."
"I'll carry you there tomorrow morning. I'll call you brother and eat your roasted rabbit meat. I'll be doing you a favor by the way."
Hua Manting was stunned for a moment, then he nodded without saying thank you.
"Miss Xiao, where are you going?"
"Go to Shuzhou."
"Why are you going to Shuzhou?"
"Go get a sword."
"Fuji Sword's female sword?"
Xiao Baozi's slender eyes said, "Hey, brother, you know quite a lot about the old world?"
Hua Manting curled her lips and said, "Don't go."
"Why?"
"That sword is no longer in Zhongli Ruohua's hand!"
Xiao Baozi was suddenly shocked, "Whose hands is it in?"
"I don't know either, but I'm sure someone is holding that sword, and I'm afraid they've gone to the Sword Washing Tower!"
When Xiao Baozi heard this, he stopped eating rabbit meat.
"So... if someone wants to enter the Forgetting Platform, it will be detrimental to Chen An?"
She suddenly stood up and looked at the dark night, "No, I have to rush to the sword-washing tower as soon as possible!"
After saying this, Xiao Baozi whistled, and the little black donkey ran over quickly.
She turned over on the donkey and slapped the donkey on the butt. The little black donkey ran away, leaving the garden full of flowers in a mess in the wind and snow.
"Hey Hey hey……"
"then……!"
Hua Manting threw the rabbit on the bonfire.
Xiao Baozi caught it, turned around and threw it to him: "Brother...!"
"Actually, rabbit meat is not as delicious as dog meat!"
"No, didn't you say you wanted to carry me over this cliff?"
Xiao Baozi waved his hand with his back to Hua Manting: "Brother, take care, I have to take care of my cows!"
In this way, Xiao Baozi did not go back to Ningguo to Shuzhou. She rode a little black donkey and ran towards Xijian Tower.
On the second day of February, she arrived in Dongxu City!
Along the way, she also heard a lot of news. She learned that the Red Flame Army had recaptured Wuyaguan, and that an army from the Ning State was rampaging through the territory of the Wu State.
This army was called the Divine Guards, and she knew it was the army of Zhongli Mansion.
In this way, Zhongli Mansion also tried its best to ensure Chen'an's safety.
It's just... this army has led Wu's army to Jian Mountain. By then, Jian Mountain will probably be in chaos!
Xiao Baozi didn't think too much. She entered Dongxu City in the evening of February 2nd.
She had just entered and had not taken two steps when she was stopped by an old man wearing a uniform.
"Hello, Miss Xiao!"
"……Who are you?"
"I am Mr. Tu Er."
Xiao Baozi thought for three breaths: "I don't know him."
"Don't we know each other now? The master asked me to pick up Miss Xiao and take her to a place."
"Where?"
"Return to the Garden!"
