C295 chameleon

This topic was simply too heavy. Moreover, it was still too early to say.

Perhaps after staying for two days, King Mo would realize that the border was different from the one in the poets' poems and would find an excuse to return to the capital.

When Xiahou Jian thought here, he looked at the little girl who had been standing silently behind him the whole time, "Is this the little girl that General Shi spoke of? "Come here."

Xiahou Jian waved at the little girl.

The little girl looked at Li Hao, then looked at General Shi, and slowly walked over.

"What's your name?" Xiahou Jian asked.

"Cao Er." The little girl answered slowly.

"General Shi has already told me about you. You can stay here and see what you can do."

When Cao Er heard it, her eyes widened. She turned around and looked at General Shi and Li Hao.

General Shi immediately said: "Don't be afraid, he's our biggest official."

Although Cao Er was young, she was determined to look for a high official. General Shi was convinced.

Cao Er said with difficulty, "But he's too old."

Du Jinse could not help but cough twice. A person who lived at the poverty line actually didn't have any dignity to speak of.

How old was this little girl to know that she could use her body to exchange for tomorrow? She never seemed to have thought that there was still a lot of things she could do, and only by selling her body would she be able to get enough food.

"Only those who are older will need someone to take care of them. You can help the marshal boil water, wash his clothes, run errands and so on every day." Du Jinse saw that everyone was standing there awkwardly, and said gently.

Is that so? Cao Er thought that it was easy to eat, and felt that it was inconceivable. She nodded: "Alright then."

Seeing her nod, everyone actually let out a sigh of relief.

"Your highness, I think it's better if you go back and rest first. In three days, send some soldiers. Your highness will definitely come." Xiahou Jian warned.

"In that case, farewell." Li Hao also felt that he was tired and stood up.

Xiahou Jian walked him all the way to the exit of the yamen. When he turned around, he saw Cao Er staring straight at Li Hao's back, and he only felt that it was funny.

Seeing Xiahou Jian looking at her, Cao Er did not feel embarrassed, she raised her head and looked at him, "Do you think he is good-looking too?"

That was why he had stood in front of the yamen's entrance for so long.

Xiahou Jian found it funny and nodded his head, "He does look good, but his chest of mind is even more beautiful."

Humans all have the instinct to avoid danger. No one would say wrong of the concubine that he pushed her own reasons directly to him, but he didn't do that.

Xiahou Jian still quite admired this point of Li Hao's.

A man should have the guts to do what he wants.

Although Li Hao was thin and weak, he did not look like a manly man like them, but his heart was as big as the ocean.

Cao Er did not understand what he meant, and a look of confusion flashed past her eyes.

"Marshal, you said he doesn't have a wife, right?"

Cao Er looked forward to see, then, whether or not she could become his wife.

Xiahou Jian looked at the girl's longing expression and really couldn't bear to tear her dream apart.

However, he still hardened his heart and said, "His marriage was decided by the current emperor. Even if the one he married wasn't a princess, she would still be a lady from a famous clan."

In any case, it definitely wouldn't be a silly little girl like her, whose body hadn't even matured yet.

Cao Er didn't take it seriously at all, she was just thinking about what Li Hao had just said.

He was going to marry a good wife, he said, though most of what they said she didn't quite understand, which she did.

For the sake of marrying a good wife, he could ignore even the words of the Emperor.

She would be a good wife.

Cao Er swore to herself that she would think of a way to make him fall for her, to see her virtuous side.

After walking for a long distance, Li Hao turned around to take a look.

Seeing that, Du Jinse could not help but turn her head.

"What's wrong?"

Du Jinse asked in concern.

"Nothing, I just felt that little girl …"

Du Jinse laughed, "Isn't that good? She will not starve to death with the Marshal to take care of her. It is very good for a child who has no adult to take care of her to have such a place to stay. "

Li Hao coldly snorted, "She starved to death, I think she has gained a lot of weight in the past few days."

Du Jinse was startled, ah, it can't be, she was only secretly giving Cao Er a bit of food when no one was looking, that's all.

Du Jinse didn't know that she wasn't the only one who secretly fed Cao Er.

Cao Er's family was poor, otherwise they would not have sold their daughters to their sons for a wife.

At home, there was usually only one meal, and it was full of coarse food. Unlike them, every meal was filled with steamed buns, and as she was growing up, she ate more than most grown men.

Everyone saw Cao Er eating sweetly, and thought that she was very hungry. However, they never thought that on this level, in these two days, Cao Er had indeed grown a little bit taller, and a little bit fatter.

If Li Hao didn't mention this matter, Du Jinse really wouldn't have noticed it.

"It seems to be true."

On the other side, Xiahou Jian indifferently asked as he walked back: "How old are you?"

"Sixteen." Cao Er replied.

Xiahou Jian suddenly stopped in his tracks. Sixteen? Was she already this old?

After thinking about it, Xiahou Jian saw Cao Er's body that was much skinnier than a normal sixteen year old girl. It seemed that they had all been deceived by Cao Er's appearance.

Xiahou Jian nodded his head, "Come with me, I will bring you to see the butler. In the future, whatever you do, the butler will naturally arrange for you to follow.

He had a lot of things to do as a marshal, so he really didn't have time to spend with a little girl … No, accompany her.

The Marshal did not have the same boorish personality as the General Shi. The words that Cao Er said a moment ago were too old, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

It was hard to be confused in this life.

Now that he knew Cao Er's age, he couldn't help but think twice. Was it because she lived in an isolated little mountain village and didn't understand anything, or was she an idiot? Or was it just her instinct to survive?

Regardless of which one it was, it was originally just to survive. They had to pay a minimum price in exchange for the most living space.

Since he had promised General Shi, he would definitely do this. It's just that, if she doesn't have enough people, then …

"Have you heard of chameleons?" Xiahou Jian asked as he walked forward.

Hearing that, Cao Er nodded her head: "I've met him before."

Xiahou Jian slowly said, "That little guy is very interesting. In order to protect itself, it would often change the color of its own body according to the color of its surroundings, so that it wouldn't be discovered by its natural enemy."

Cao Er nodded excitedly.

"That's right, that's right. The marshal has seen this before as well, but it's really fun."

Xiahou Jian stroked his beard.

"Changing colors like this is a good way to protect itself, but it will also take advantage of this natural advantage to hurt other little things. It's hard to say if it's good or bad."