After entering the house, Tao Huanniang put the pottery bowl full of minced meat on the low table, and then walked to Liu Wei's side, held his neck with one hand, and supported his back with the other hand, and said to him softly: "Your Highness has not been awake for long, and my stomach is hungry, so I went to cook some minced meat, eat it while it is hot, and I can recover some strength." ”

"It's hard work!" With Tao Huanniang's support, Liu Wei sat up, he turned his head and smiled at Tao Huanniang, and said softly: "I'm tired for days, and my iron body can't stand it, I eat it myself, you go and rest." ”

"Not tired!" Helping Liu Wei up, Tao Huanniang got up and walked to the low table, picked up the pottery bowl from the table, knelt on the straw mat where Zhou Cang was kneeling, scooped up the minced meat with a wooden spoon, first blew it gently, felt that the minced meat was a little colder, and then came to Liu Wei's mouth and said softly: "In the past few days, His Royal Highness can only eat some soup every day, and he should be hungry. ”

I took a bite of minced meat with a wooden spoon, and the minced meat cut into fine pieces was cooked very badly, and Tao Huanniang thought that it should have taken a lot of thought when she was boiling minced meat.

The minced meat is rotten but not greasy, and the entrance is smooth and tender. With minced meat in his mouth, Liu Wei looked at Tao Huanniang, nodded several times, and gave an appreciative "um".

"Is it delicious?" Retrieving the wooden spoon, Tao Huanniang put the bowl on the low table, took a moist linen cloth from the side, gently wiped the side of Liu Wei's mouth, and asked softly.

"Delicious!" After swallowing the minced meat, Liu Wei licked his lips and said to Tao Huanniang: "If you let those rough soldiers cook it, I'm afraid the cooked minced meat will be greasy." Your minced meat is so fragrant and smooth, it's really good! ”

"Brother Bing won't cook!" Tao Huanniang picked up the bowl again, scooped a spoonful of minced meat and put it on Liu Wei's mouth, and said while feeding him: "There are cooks in the room, and the slave family just thinks that they cook it, maybe they are not too careful, or the slave family will cook it, so you should rest assured." ”

Grabbed the wooden spoon and took another bite, Liu Wei looked at Tao Huanniang and said: "I'm fine, you don't have to work too hard, if you are tired, I ...... in my heart."

"The daughter of the mountain and wild family is not so delicate!" While feeding Liu Wei to eat, Tao Huanniang said: "When the slave family was two or three years old, it was used to taking care of some household chores with his mother. ”

"Two or three?" Swallowing the minced meat in his mouth, Liu Wei blinked his eyes twice, looked at Tao Huanniang with a stunned expression, raised a hand, gestured a very short height in front of him, and said in disbelief: "What can such a big little person do?" He also followed his mother to take care of the housework? ”

"The countryside people are all bitter!" Tao Huanniang had a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, and said to Liu Wei: "The two- or three-year-old daughter's family, following her mother to wash the pulp, every family is like this, not like His Royal Highness, born delicate, where would he do such rough work." ”

Liu Wei didn't speak again, and when Tao Huanniang finished feeding the minced meat and was wiping the corners of his mouth with a wet cloth, he reached out and grabbed Tao Huanniang's little hand, put it in front of him, and looked at it carefully.

A small hand was held by Liu Wei, Tao Huanniang lowered her head shyly, and her pretty face was already red as if it had been burned by fire.

Compared with Tang Ji's hands, Tao Huanniang's little hands are much rougher, and there are still two or three cracks left on the palms of the hands due to washing clothes with cold water for a long time. Anyone who looks at her hands will not believe that their owner is a young girl as beautiful as a flower.

"I'm sorry for you!" Holding Tao Huanniang's little hand, Liu Wei sighed lightly, raised his eyes to look at her, and said to her softly: "In the future, I will definitely find a good family for you, and I will never let you suffer like this again!" ”

As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Tao Huanniang shook her head vigorously, and said very firmly: "The slave family doesn't want any good people, as long as you can accompany Your Highness and be a maid, the slave family will know enough!" ”

From Tao Huanniang's tone, Liu Wei heard undoubted resoluteness, he let go of Tao Huanniang's little hand, and said to her helplessly: "I've finished eating, you can go and rest." ”

"No!" Tao Huanniang bowed down, picked up the dishes, got up and exited the room.

Under Tao Huanniang's careful care, Liu Wei no longer had a fever, and his body gradually regained his strength, and on the third day after waking up, he was able to move freely, no different from the past.

During the two days he was lying down, he was always concerned about the training of the officers and soldiers and the building of weapons.

"Someone!" As soon as he finished eating the meat prepared for him by Tao Huanniang, Tao Huanniang went out on the front foot, and Liu Wei shouted outside the house.

A personal soldier opened the door and walked in, clasped his hands into fists and bowed in response, "What does Your Highness command?" ”

"Let General Zhou Cang prepare his troops and horses, and today the king will personally go to the barracks to inspect!" Liu Wei stood up, put on his clothes, and said to the soldier: "There is also a blacksmith shop, and this king also wants to go and see it!" ”

"No!" The soldiers answered, turned and retreated.

After putting on the armor, Liu Wei raised his feet and walked out of the house, but before he reached the door, Tao Huanniang appeared at the door with a new set of golden armor in both hands.

"Before leaving, the military advisor specially ordered someone to make this suit of armor!" Holding the brand-new armor in both hands, Tao Huanniang looked up at Liu Bian, who had walked to the door, with a smile on her face, and said to him: "Your Highness has not been in good health these days, and the slave family has not taken it. ”

As she spoke, she walked into the room with her feet up, put her armor on the low table, took out a set of silk brocade military clothes from it, and walked to Liu Wei with both hands, she put the military clothes on the wooden frame on the side, and took off the leather armor on Liu Wei's body.

Under the service of Tao Huanniang, Liu Wei put on a brand-new silk brocade military uniform, compared with the linen military uniform he wore before, this set of clothes is indeed much more comfortable to wear, and the smooth surface of the silk brocade reflects the golden luster, which is much more extravagant.

Changing into a silk brocade military uniform for Liu Wei, Tao Huanniang turned back to the low table and took a set of armor reflecting the golden luster from the table.

This set of armor is not leather armor, but a scale armor made of iron sheets, as for what kind of process the armor is made of gold, Liu Wei is not very clear. He didn't know much about the craftsmanship of the late Han Dynasty, and although he knew that there were several techniques for gilding and gilding the surface of the metal to be painted with gold, he never believed that those crafts would appear at the end of the Han Dynasty.

The armor made of iron sheets is much heavier than leather armor, and the iron armor is put on the body, and the heavy weight presses on the body, and Liu Wei feels a little uncomfortable.

"It's too heavy!" With his hands raised flatly, Liu Wei said to Tao Huanniang, who was helping him tie his armor: "Wearing this armor, if you start a battle, I really don't know if you can show it." ”

"Armor and armor!" Helping Liu Wei tie up the armor, Tao Huanniang took the golden hair crown placed on the low table, put it on Liu Wei's bun, and said to him softly: "Although this armor is heavier, on the battlefield, it can block the sword and halberd, and His Highness will adapt to wearing it for a few more days." ”

"That's right, long-term weight-bearing, once you take off your armor, you can walk like a fly, fly the eaves and walk the wall!" After Tao Huanniang put on a hair crown for Liu Wei and helped him tie the long sword around his waist, Liu Huan smiled at Tao Huanniang and said: "I haven't gone out for a few days, but I went out today, and I can show off my clothes and armor in this suit." ”

Tao Huanniang pursed her lips, smiled sweetly, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness is not a person who loves to show off, but wearing this suit and armor is much more majestic. ”

"I'm going!" With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded to Tao Huanniang, Liu Wei turned around and walked out of the room, waved his hand to the soldiers on the side and said, "Follow me to the barracks!" ”

A team of personal soldiers responded, followed Liu Wei, and went straight out of the gate of the official mansion.

Outside the gate of the official mansion, there were more than 1,000 old and young women and children, and when they saw Liu Wei walking out, these old and young women and children all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Wei.

At this scene, Liu Wei was confused, he hurriedly walked a few steps, came to an old man, stretched out his hand to hold the old man and said, "Why are the villagers like this? ”

"I heard that His Highness is sick, and I will stay here every day, hoping that His Highness will be healthy as soon as possible!" With Liu Bian's support, the old man stood up tremblingly, holding Liu Bian's wrist lightly with both hands, two old tears hanging on his cheeks covered with traces of time, and said to Liu Bian: "The villagers want to visit His Highness, but the military advisor said that he was afraid of delaying His Highness's recuperation, and the big guy couldn't enter the official mansion. I finally saw His Highness today, and I and the grass people are also at peace in their hearts! ”

"Thank you folks!" Liu Wei let go of the hand that was supporting the old man, and arched his fists at more than 1,000 old and young women and children: "This king just occasionally felt the cold, and now he is healthy, thank you folks!" ”

"Your Highness is the savior of our small people! The villagers would rather die at home than suffer a little cold from His Highness! The old man standing in front of Liu Wei had tears on his face, and said to Liu Wei tremblingly: "I implore Your Highness to cherish your precious body!" ”

As he spoke, the old man knelt down again.

More than 1,000 old and young women and children just stood up, and as soon as the old man knelt down, everyone also knelt down, and said to Liu Wei in unison: "I implore Your Highness to cherish your precious body!" ”

Looking at the people kneeling in front of him, Liu Bian's heart was surging.

He didn't do anything for the villagers of Bishan, he just saved them from Dong Zhuojun's hands and brought them to Dayang.

What the future will be, Liu Wei is not very unclear. But the villagers seemed to regard him as a savior, not only sent all the young and middle-aged men to join the army, but also stayed outside the gate of the government and refused to leave when they learned that he was sick and was not allowed to enter the government.

The people don't want much, they just want to live in peace, to have enough to eat, to have a place to live, and to have clothes to protect them from the cold.

But in troubled times, these expectations are just a luxury.