Empress Dowager Dou wanted to bring the female family members of the imperial family to the garden, for everyone knew what it was for.
Now this plum garden has also invited a lot of envoys who came to Beijing to congratulate him. Not only that, but also the newly attached Youxian King Helu, who was named "General of Pingmo", and the third prince from Beiliang who came to congratulate him. Juqu Mujian, Feng Xiang, the grandson of Beiyan's grandson, and others, either did not have a marriage match, or the position of the wife was vacant.
Tuoba Tao's own daughter is only a few years old, but his sisters are already at the age of marriage, especially Tuoba Xianbei has a lot of clan daughters who are not yet married. One person is under ten thousand people, and it can be regarded as an excellent belonging.
Nowadays, it is very difficult to find clan daughters, and there are not many daughters of the late emperor. In addition, Tuoba Tao loves his brothers and sisters very much, which makes the status of the authentic princess even higher.
In addition, the princesses of the Xia Kingdom who have been perished, and the daughters of so many big clans in Rouran, now that they have already perished the country, it is also chilling to be assigned casually. The Queen Mother Dou will bring them out to meet. It is a beautiful thing to be married to the Xianbei family as a wife.
There are so many Xianbei sons and daughters in the North Garden, not all to see the Xianbei daughters, but to appease the courage of the subjugated clans, expressing the grace of Wei.
As for the princes of the other affiliated countries, they came from afar, naturally, to seek marriage with Tuoba Xianbei's clan daughters, or even princesses.
Because there are so many political considerations, and Tuoba Tao will have a concubine election after the first month of next year, so this time in the plum garden, it can be said that a branch that falls may hit the princess and prince, egret officials and feathers The guards of the Lin Langs became more and more strict.
If it wasn't for Su Hejun's help, hehe, Dugu Nuo and Hua Mulan would really be embarrassed.
It is easy to find the clothes of Han men in this plum garden. Even if the children of the high school have to change their clothes when they go to the toilet, they must bring clean clothes with them. Just find a acquaintance and ask for a few sets. But the problem was that he and He Mulan were okay, both of them were seven feet tall. Only Dugu Nuo was tall, with broad shoulders and broad chest, so he couldn't put on the deep clothes and robes he found.
In the end, it was difficult to find a suitable one, which was called a wide robe with large sleeves, but the shoulders were still a little tight, so Dugu Nuo couldn't help shrugging his shoulders.
"Oh, why is this shirt so tight, but the sleeves are so big, and the wind is blowing straight in, isn't it cold?" Dugu Nuo gathered up his sleeves and looked at his legs uncomfortably.
"I think it's cold down there too."
Not to mention Dugu Nuo, even He Mulan was a little uncomfortable.
The trousers of the Xianbei people are pleated trousers, which are wide trousers. The trousers will be closed at the legs, like bloomers, and they wear "poor trousers", which are shorts like boxer n pants, which are very convenient for movement.
But Han Chinese's trousers were straight-leg pants, which were almost close to the body. In addition, the wide robes and large sleeves made He Mulan, who was accustomed to narrow sleeves, even more inconvenient to wear bell-sleeved clothes.
The Xianbei people wore their hair in the left bun, while the Han people wore the right bun, and the three of them had to arrange their hair, which took a lot of effort.
After Dugu Nuo tied his hair and wore a crown, he was much more handsome than before with his hair tied into a rope and full of pigtails, and he obviously had a more heroic spirit.
Even Su Hejun, after wearing dark clothes, the frivolous air of wearing white clothes and gorgeous clothes before was swept away, and he looked much more solemn.
Only He Mulan, because the clothes were large and not tailored, her originally thin body was completely covered up, and she followed behind the two like a family servant.
But that's only when she doesn't look up.
As long as she takes a look at you like that, anyone can feel awe. Years of life and death on the battlefield, He Mulan's cold temperament has long been honed, especially her determined eyes.
"It's good-looking, but it's more troublesome."
Dugu Nuo patted his head.
"Let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately raised his feet and left.
"Hey, wrong direction!"
Su Hejun's face froze, and he cried out.
"Oh… "
This "dugu fool" swore before that he had found out where they were, but after three consecutive wrong directions, he was cruelly deprived of the right to lead the way by Su Hejun.
Su Hejun's original words were "How can a person who can't even find the direction lead an army to fight?", and he will not even leave the way to hit Dugu Nuo.
To be honest, He Mulan had seen quite a few Lu Chi, but it was rare for Lu Chi to become Dugu Nuo. He didn't have a sense of direction, but he had to rely on markers to identify his direction. Going to a place where all sides are the same, he turns around and doesn't know which direction he came from.
Both He Mulan and Su Hejun belonged to people with an excellent sense of direction. When Dugu Nuo led them to the way of the past several times, no matter how He Mulan felt that Su and Jun shouting at Dugu Nuo was like yelling at a dog, It can only helplessly admit that letting him lead the way is a disaster.
"Are you sure they are playing archery? Don't you mean that most Han women can't shoot arrows?" Su Hejun shook his head in confusion, "I heard that many noble girls ride well on their horses."
"It should be right. The people I sent came back and said that they were looking for people to borrow bows and arrows. Most of the people who brought bows to play were men's families. They had an idea. When someone found the outside garden, the people I sent came back quickly. told me."
Dugu Nuo clenched his fist and waved it.
"It's said to be in the open space east of Meiting."
Pulling a bow and archery will make your hands thicker, especially the mouth and thumb of the right hand. A good archer must have a terrible hand.
For example, Hua Mulan's hand, due to the long-term drawing of the bow, almost deformed her fingers, and her palm was full of thick calluses and various wounds. Even after more than ten years, it could not be restored.
He Mulan found that there were very few people who used the "wrench finger" to shoot arrows in this era, and only some hustlers liked to use the wrench finger. She originally thought that the wrench finger had not been invented here, but after chatting with a group of colleagues, she found that the wrench finger had already existed, but Xianbei people think that using foreign objects to practice arrows is cowardly, and their hands are accustomed to the touch of the bowstring to draw the bow and archery better, so even if there is something like a "wrench finger" to protect the hand, they disdain to use it.
In addition, the fingers of the Hu people are generally made of bone, wood, and clay, which are easy to break and look ugly. Over time, they are gradually eliminated.
Because of this, very few women practice riding and archery. Women in this era do not need everyone to be proficient in needlework. Their hands are soft and boneless is the aesthetic that is sought after by the world. Those who play archery together are probably their fathers and brothers in the army. working girl.
The bows used by ordinary women have limited bow strength. If they really borrow bows from men, then the skills of these girls are actually very good.
A few people went south according to Su Hejun's memory. On the way, they met a few egret officials who were patrolling. When they saw that the boss came here in person, they were shocked and their eyes were round. Not to mention blocking, they all slipped away without a shadow. , for fear of being seen by Su and Jun that they discovered his whereabouts.
"These guys must think I'm a woman from a noble family!" Su Hejun glared at Dugu Nuo viciously: "I am famous for my entire life, and it hurts you!"
"Haha..." Dugu Nuo scratched his head. "But I begged you, and you agreed."
"you!"
Because the egret official did not stop him, Yulin Lang also recognized Suhe-kun, and the road from the North Park to the South Park checkpoint was very easy. But since the ladies of the nobility are out to play, there must be a lot of servants and servants in the family, especially the family that Dugu Nuo has decided is the Li family, which is the origin of the generals from generation to generation, Su Hejun and others saw it. The minds of those generals with big arms and round waists and weapons on their waists went crazy.
"Are these ladies going to fight here?" Su Hejun stunned, "Or are they just worried that Meng Lang's men will break in, so they just create so many people?"
The place where the girls played was surrounded by curtains, and there were not only the laughter of women, but also the friendly voices of men, obviously playing together. The curtain is a necessary cover for women in the Northern Dynasties to travel, and most of them are made of blue cloth for shelter. When a noble woman travels, she often dispatches more than a dozen carriages, and the curtain will occupy a large area.
Dugu Nuo originally wanted to break in hard, but he also knew that he couldn't break in at all, so he wanted to ask Hua Mulan for help.
But Rao was He Mulan. Seeing so many generals patrolling back and forth, his scalp was tingling.
If she is serious, she will definitely enter, and the number of people in Da Tan's large account is not known by how much more than this. Isn't there a bloody path for her
But now she is going to accompany Dugu Nuo to find her fiancée, not to make trouble. If she really makes trouble, let alone the Li family daughter, even if she finds it, the other party will probably hate Dugu Nuo for the rest of her life.
"It looks like I'm going to come forward again." Seeing this scene, Su Hejun couldn't help shaking his head, "Forget it, I'll help you again with all my face. Did you see that there..."
He pointed to a place far from the entrance to the veil, where only a few idle homes would be guarded.
"I waited to go down to the curtain, reveal my identity, and said that something was wrong in it, because I am an egret official, and these generals will definitely not dare to neglect. I will help you attract the attention of these generals. Think of a way to bring down those two generals, and then sneak in..."
Su Hejun also felt funny in his heart.
"When I also enter the curtain, your business is over, I will try to bring you out again."
"Can't you bring us in too? Wouldn't it be too risky to injure a few generals?"
Dugu Nuo was a little uneasy.
"What kind of identity do I have to take you in in the name of the egret official to see the female relatives, can I hear it? I go in alone to see it, and it can be said that it is in the name of supervision, and I bring two strong men, that is The assassin has been caught! The woman here wants to get the news, and immediately ran away without a trace, who else are you looking for?"
Su Hejun continued to say angrily: "Although the family leaders led by these gentlemen and girls are powerful, they are not Mulan's opponents. Just follow her well. If you really want to cause trouble, I will find a way."
"Oh." Dugu Nuo nodded. "Listen to you."
"Su He-jun really has confidence in my skills." He Mulan smiled bitterly and looked at the generals on the side of the curtain, "I think they will patrol back and forth, even if they are brought down, give us time Not much."
"So stop talking nonsense."
Su Hejun waited on the spot for a while, and when they saw the generals who had just inspected pass by, they immediately adjusted their clothes and approached the generals at the entrance of the curtain.
"who!"
Several generals saw a man alone, and immediately gathered around to ask.
Su Hejun looked at a few generals, made a solemn appearance, and took out a bronze medal from his arms.
"I'm a waiter."
***
"General Hua, wait for me to go up first to attract their attention, and then you will ambush from behind, I will wait for the opportunity to cover the mouth of the other person, and you will solve it... Huh? What about you, General Hua?"
Dugu Nuo waited for Su and Jun to leave, racking his brains to think about how to deal with the generals guarding the corner of the curtain without making any noise. He and He Mulan hid behind an old plum tree, racking their brains. After a long time, he just raised his head and wanted to tell He Mulan his plan, but found that the other party had disappeared.
Looking up again, who dragged a few households aside in the corner of the curtain, who else could it be if it wasn't He Mulan
Seeing that Dugu Nuo was still opening his mouth stupidly behind the tree, He Mulan immediately reached out and beckoned him to come over.
Dugu Nuo looked around, and found that the generals next to him were all concerned about Su and Jun, and there were a few who wanted to join in to watch the fun, so they ran wildly and came behind He Mulan in an instant.
"General Hua, how did you bring them down?"
Dugu Nuo looked at the few people who couldn't sleep on the ground and was startled.
"Won't you die?"
"I'm not dead, I'm dizzy." He Mulan shook her head: "They don't know who I am, I wear a Chinese shirt, and they only ask my identity when I get close. Their biggest mistake is to let me get close... "
He Mulan didn't mention much, but she was showing off. Dugunuo was stunned. Until He Mulan lifted the curtain and got in, she didn't know how she did it.
"Could it be some kind of magic? Or will it seduce the soul?"
Dugunuo stood up after muttering to himself, but was startled by a man who suddenly appeared in front of him.
Not to mention Dugu Nuo, even He Mulan, who came first, was speechless.
They didn't expect that not only were there people outside, but there were also people on the edge of the curtain, and as soon as they came in, they bumped into someone.
Instead of playing in the middle of the veil, what are you doing on the edge
He Mulan was about to bring this man down too, but the young man dressed as a noble prince suddenly smiled clearly, pointed to the gap in the veil and said:
"Hey, did you sneak in to see the girls from the Lu family and the Li family? Don't worry, they are all like-minded people, I won't talk nonsense everywhere, you just don't see me... Hehe..."
He smirked and stepped back quietly.
He Mulan knew that this man was probably thinking very fast, thinking that they were assassins who had sneaked in, so she wanted to show weakness and stretched out her hand to capture him. Dugu Nuo believed it to be true, and grabbed the man's hand: "You also sneaked in to find someone? That's great! Do you know who the Li family's Niang is?"
It was too late for He Mulan to stop him from speaking, so she could only wailed in her heart, looking at the wide-eyed boy in disbelief, "You really came to meet a girl in private? But Niang Li..."
He hesitated, looked at Dugu Nuo left and right, and continued to ask, "Who are you?"
"I'm… "
"We're running out of time!"
He Mulan interrupted Dugu Nuo's self-reporting home, and pulled the boy's wrist.
The young man only felt like a pair of iron clamps on his arm, and he was just exhaling when he heard He Mulan say: "Your Excellency guessed right, this friend of mine loves the girl of the Li family and wants to take a look at her. , I see that you are also knowledgeable and interesting, can you please show me the way, so that my friend can take a look at the girl of the Li family from a distance?"
"Pain Pain Pain... Why are you asking me to lead the way? Are you trying to kill someone? I... " The young man was about to scream, but He Mulan pulled him into his arms and covered his mouth.
He Mulan was more than seven feet tall. The boy was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was not as tall as He Mulan. As soon as she was pulled into her arms, he immediately began to struggle.
"Offended, but we came in out of reason, we can't let you scream."
This time, even He Mulan didn't know what to do.
Dugu Nuo looked at He Mulan and then at the boy in her arms, and couldn't help sighing: "Forget it, let him go, if he doesn't want to, and it's boring, just go with me and Li. Like a mother. We look for it ourselves, if we can't find it, it is God's will."
"Have you figured it out?"
He Mulan restrained the young man.
"If I really let him go, he might turn around and call someone."
"Let it go, you will lose face at most."
Dugu Nuo shook his head.
"It's because my life is bad, I got here, maybe it's God's will."
He Mulan came with Dugu Nuo. Naturally, what he said was what he said. He had the heart to retreat, and He Mulan let go of his arm and let the boy go.
The strange thing is that after the boy was released, not only did he not call, but he also looked at Dugu Nuo with a strange expression on his face, and then glared at He Mulan, and said to Dugu Nuo, "You are in love with the Li family girl, that's why you came here. Here to find her? Does she know?"
"She doesn't know."
Dugu Nuo shook his head honestly.
'Those who can come to the south of the plum garden should also be born with five surnames. Instead of letting her follow a fool...'
The boy thought silently in his heart for a while, and then looked at Dugu Nuo, and felt that he was handsome in appearance, and his personality was straightforward, not like a bad person, so he asked Dugu Nuo, "You come with me, You can only look at it from a distance, and you can't disturb her. If she finds you and is willing to talk to you, you can go there, okay?"
This time, Dugu Nuo was overjoyed and laughed when he looked at this handsome young man.
"Thank you very much, what's the surname of the young master, where is your home? I'll invite you to a drink later!"
Dugu Nuo's appearance is really good, otherwise Tuoba Tao would not have ordered the head of the fourteen Lin Lang to ask Hua Mulan for marriage. Now he is about 20 years old. In addition to being handsome, he also has the spontaneity and innocence of a young man. When he laughed, even He Mulan felt warm in his heart.
The boy blushed inexplicably, and closed the placket of his clothes that had been messed up by He Mulan.
"I don't want it. It's interesting to spread it out to help you do this kind of thing?"
After speaking, he took the lead and led the two to the vicinity of Meiting.
Dugu Nuo walked briskly and followed the boy not far or near, but he smelled a refreshing smell coming from his side, and then turned around to see that it was He Mulan.
I saw her approaching Dugu Nuo and whispered to him, "The boy in front is a woman."
"what?"
Dugu Nuo took a step.
"Don't stop, or she will find out that it's wrong and you'll be called again."
He Mulan poked him and motioned him to leave.
"How do you know that? How can I not see it?"
Dugu Nuo glanced at the boy's back a few times, but couldn't tell that it was a woman.
"Don't worry about how I know it, it's a woman anyway. Don't ask people what they're called and where they live, and don't reveal her identity, otherwise it will hinder her boudoir reputation. Seeing that she is wearing this dress, she is sneaking up again. Running beside the veil, intentionally trying to sneak out."
He Mulan had just pulled him into her arms, and the other party struggled, rubbing her arm like that, and she immediately knew that she was a woman.
Nonsense, when it touches the chest, even if it is wrapped around something, it is so big, so soft, even wearing a white coat with wide robes and big sleeves can feel good!
"Sun and Moon"
This is the real one who can't master fake men.
Nothing to do with her...
Bah, bah, off topic.
"Why do women wear men's clothes?"
Dugu Nuo said stupidly: "It's not so easy for a woman to pretend to be a man, and she's not a real man, and no one will find out. Look, you can see it at a glance... Ah!"
Dugu Nuo screamed.
"General Hua, why are you hitting me!"
"Oh."
He Mulan withdrew his hand numbly.
"I'm slippery."