It wasn't until the moment when she was led into the porridge shed that Guan Qingxian knew exactly what Qiao Xie said about "things that can only be entrusted to him".

A group of aunts were busy around the pot and stove filled with boiling water. From time to time, they glanced at Guan Xiaoxian who was standing dumbfounded in the shed, their eyes full of curiosity.

The aroma of fragrant rice porridge comes from the boiling ground pot, which makes people feel hungry.

A benevolent lady stood up and wiped her wet hands on her apron. She looked up and down and smiled brightly:

"You're just Xiaoguan, right? You can just call me Aunt Wang. The young man looks really energetic! We still have a lot of chores to do in the porridge shed. The generals sent you here to help you a lot..."

"...Hello, Aunt Wang." Guan Xiaoxian smiled awkwardly, turned his head to ask the soldier who brought him here to ask what was going on, but the other party had long since disappeared, so he could only look at the enthusiastic Aunt Wang, and said , "Ma'am, I can't cook porridge for you."

Aunt Wang stared: "Why?"

"I have to fight the enemy and protect the people of Pingyao City!" After speaking, Guan Xiaoxian waved the wooden stick in his hand, his eyes were extremely determined.

Hearing his words, Aunt Wang burst into laughter, slapped Guan Xiaoxian on the back, and slapped him so that he staggered to the side of the pot. Guan Xiaoxian quickly leaned back.

"Yo, young man, are you alright?" Aunt Wang hurried up and held Guan Xiaoxian to look around, seeing that he was fine, she felt relieved, and pulled Guan Xiaoxian inside with a smile, saying as she walked , "You see that your strength is not as strong as my aunt's, and your body is too weak! I see, you don't even think about killing the enemy. You are helping the soldiers by cooking porridge here with your aunt!"

"Make porridge?" Guan Xiaoxian looked around and saw that the porridge shed was full of aunts and daughters-in-law walking back and forth, he immediately puffed up his chest and emphasized, "I'm a man!"

How can you just do such a leisurely job?At least give stones to the soldiers on the city gate!

Aunt Wang looked back at Guan Xiaoxian's tall figure, she couldn't help but nodded:

"That's right, it's a pity that such a young man only cooks porridge. Then... make buns!"

"..."

Aunt Wang pulled Guan Xiaoxian to the front of the chopping board, pointed at the rolled dough and said solemnly:

"Don't be dazed, hurry up and do it."

"……Oh."

Guan Xiaoxian drove the ducks to the shelves. Under the guidance of the other party, he pinched a piece of bun skin with one hand, scooped the stuffing with the other, and wrapped the bun with both hands. His nimble fingers flew up and down, making folds on the bun skin.

Seeing this, Aunt Wang was very satisfied: "Okay, Xiaoguan, you are quite skilled."

"boom--"

Suddenly there was an earth-shattering sound from the direction of the city gate, Guan Qingxian trembled in shock, and his hands stopped accordingly:

"what sound?"

Aunt Wang rolled the buns with a rolling pin, and when he asked, she was not surprised and said, "This voice must be matched by the city defenders and the Beirong people! When there was a lot of trouble back then, there were battles like this every day, but Ever since General Qiao led the men to fight back, Bei Rong has not been so rampant, why is it attacking the city again today... Hey, Xiao Guan, don't stop your movements!"

"Oh!" Guan Xiaoxian listened to her instructions, and hurriedly continued to pick up the skin of the bun.After pinching two buns and putting them down, he finally exhausted the other person's words, and hurriedly asked, "General Qiao? Auntie, you mean Qiao Xie?"

Aunt Wang nodded: "That's right, that's him. This man is very powerful. During the years he was in Pingyao City, the Rong people never broke into the city once!"

After speaking, the two of them did their own work.

In the distance, the crisp sound of gold and stone colliding came from outside the city, accompanied by the shouts of killing whether it was an enemy or a friend, they mixed together noisily, and passed into the porridge shed and everyone's ears.

Guan Xiaoxian listened to the sound, imagined the tragic scene on the battlefield at this moment, couldn't help feeling a little scared, and secretly rejoiced that Qiao Xie didn't really take him to the battlefield, otherwise he might have died under the enemy's sword and became a ghost.

"Hey, did you hear that?" Mrs. Wang beat the chopping board with her rolling pin.

Guan Xiaoxian turned his head in doubt, and mechanically repeated the movement of pinching the edges with his hands, non-stop:

"what?"

Aunt Wang raised her index finger to the sky, as if she really heard some special signal.

Seeing her like this, Guan Xiaoxian couldn't help but tilt his ears to listen. After the messy sounds filled his ears, he heard Aunt Wang mysteriously say:

"Did you hear that? The city defenders are fighting Bei Rong!"

"How do you know?"

Guan Xiaoxian stopped moving again, seeing Aunt Wang's stare, he hurriedly started to move.

Aunt Wang nodded in satisfaction, and then replied:

"Didn't you hear the momentum outside? There must be a battle outside. Let's prepare food and drink quickly, push them over in a while, and the retreating soldiers will be able to eat right away. Xiaoguan, your movements must be good." Hurry up!"

Hearing this, Guan Xiaoxian nodded hurriedly, his hands moved quickly, and by the time he finished wrapping four or five buns, he was already proficient enough to continue working with his eyes closed.

Gradually, Guan Xianxian's gaze shifted from the bun skin to the chopping board covered with a fine layer of flour.The sound of killing outside shook the sky, and the sound waves that were stronger than the previous waves seemed to turn into reality and shake the earth, making the small square table in front of him start to vibrate, and flour could not help but flutter up and down.

This is war.

Although Xiao Xian lived in a peaceful era for more than 20 years, now thousands of people are fighting with real swords and guns in a place less than ten miles away from him. The gurgling blood is soaked in the gray and black ground.

"kill--"

It seemed as if he could hear the roar of the soldiers fighting, and the belated panic flooded into Guan Xiaoxian's heart. He suddenly felt cold all over, his hands accelerated uncontrollably, and the movements of pinching the folds became faster and faster. Soon, buns stuffed with fillings fell into the steamer one by one, the sweetness of rice porridge and pasta mixed together, and the curling mist penetrated the roof and dispersed.

-

After a whole morning of fighting, under the bloody battle of Qiao Xie and the generals of Pingyao City, the Rong people finally fled with the remnants of their soldiers.

In front of Pingyao City, the ground was blood-stained and a mess.

Standing on the city wall, Ling Xu directed the people to clean up the mess. Suddenly, someone from the mansion rushed to report that Princess Chengping had arrived at the city gate. He was shocked, and hurriedly ordered a few words to the lieutenant, then turned around and went down the city wall.

Jing Yi, Princess of Chengping County, stood under the city wall. Through her gauze hat, she saw that the ground in front of the city gate was scorched black, and she couldn't help feeling anxious.

As early as when the soldiers on the city wall issued a warning, Ling Xu arranged for someone to take her and the female family members of the mansion into a secret room to hide. They did not come out until the soldiers retreated and the city was safe. Therefore, she did not hear the shocking noise when the two armies were fighting sound.Hearing that Qiao Xie and the city defenders went into battle together to kill the enemy, Jing Yi was anxious for a moment, and brought tea out regardless of everyone's obstruction, but she didn't see Qiao Xie anywhere when she came to the city gate. Before she could stop her, she led the way The servants of Ling's mansion ran up the city wall in a hurry, which made Jing Yi neither go nor stay, so she had to stand in place and pace uneasily.

Xiaoru, who was at the side, saw Ling Xu striding forward, afraid that her princess would do something impulsive at this juncture, hurriedly took a step forward with the teapot, and stood in front of Princess Chengping and said enthusiastically:

"General Ling, it's not easy to win this battle, let's have a cup of tea and rest!"

Upon hearing this, Jing Yi hurriedly turned around and nodded towards Ling Xu.

Ling Xu looked down at the teapot, and his eyes lit up:

"I wonder if the princess brought a lot of tea?"

Jing Yi was taken aback, and blinked puzzledly, but Xiaoru reacted quickly, and hurriedly replied:

"When I came here, I thought that the generals must be very thirsty after a long day of hard work, so I ordered the kitchen staff to boil a few more pots, there are too many!"

"it is good!"

Ling Xu immediately grinned, shouted towards the upstairs, and immediately ran down a few soldiers to remove all the tea brought by the master and servant.While urging the soldiers to bring tea and snacks, Ling Xu said quickly:

"I haven't returned the soup bowl from the congee shop, have I? You can drink it directly from the bowl!"

The little soldier quickly replied with two teapots in his hand, "Yes, General!"

"you……"

Jing Yi looked at Ling Xu, hesitant to speak, but the latter turned around and saw her, grinned embarrassedly, and smiled foolishly.

"It made the princess laugh. It's been a whole morning's battle. Everyone is exhausted and starving."

The gauze fluttered, and Jing Yi saw Ling Xu through the hazy gauze, but saw a lot of dust on his already dark face, muddy temples, and even the shining silver armor at this moment. Dusty, no different from other city defenders, she couldn't help laughing out loud, realizing her gaffe, she quickly covered her mouth and looked at Ling Xu nervously.

"Princess?" Ling Xu scratched his head, still looking like an idiot, the majesty and aura he had before when he was in command and fighting was gone.

Jing Yi bit her lip, took the teapot from Xiaoru's hand and poured a bowl, and held the tea bowl in front of Ling Xu, saying embarrassedly:

"General, let's have a bowl of tea."

"Thank you, Lord."

Ling Xu took the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp. When he handed the tea bowl back, he raised his hand and accidentally brushed a corner of Jing Yi's clothes, causing a black fingerprint to appear on the spotless clothes.

"Miss..." Xiao Ru opened her mouth, and seeing the expressions of the two masters, she immediately shut up and said nothing.

Jing Yi lowered her head, only to realize that the clothes were covered with dust. She just thought it was okay, Ling Xu blushed first, and hurriedly reached out to pat the corner of the clothes, only to see that the marks that were only the size of a thumb had expanded to the size of a palm.

Ling Xu: "..."

Heavenly grandma, let a lightning strike him to death!

Seeing his helpless expression, Jing Yi couldn't help laughing again, and then, a voice as delicate as an oriole rang out:

"The Rong people are retiring. I think the general still has a lot of things to take care of, so Cheng Ping will not bother the general."

"Thank you, County Lord, for your understanding."

Ling Xu smiled embarrassingly, his ashen face was dark and red.

Seeing his simple and honest smile, Jing Yi's heart skipped a beat, and an unspeakable feeling filled her heart. Seeing that Ling Xu was about to leave, Jing Yi hurriedly called him back, and when he turned around, she didn't know what to say.

"I don't know what else the princess wants to order?" Ling Xu was confused.

Looking at the teacup in her hand, Jing Yi suddenly said:

"Is the general hungry? Why don't I go back to the mansion and prepare some meals, and I'll visit you later. What kind of dishes does the general like?"

Smoked chicken, roast duck, pork knuckle!

Ling Xu swallowed, looked up embarrassedly, and saw a pair of beautiful eyes protruding from the slits of the gauze, which captured all his attention in an instant.

Imagining that such a beautiful and delicate princess would visit him with a fried elbow the size of a plate, and watch him eat the whole oily elbow skin without blinking, Ling Xu suddenly shuddered. With a cool back, return to the cage rationally.

"No need," Ling Xu endured the pain in his heart and said, looking at Jing Yi reluctantly, "Military affairs are busy."

Jing Yi: "..."

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