Behind the campground dam, there is an abandoned and dilapidated house separated by a row of bamboo fences.

In the past, Chen Baiqi could only see the two-story wood and earth building from a distance in front of the rows of wooden piles. From a distance, it looked like two large piles of earth. There was no special appearance design, but it just felt that it was old.

It feels like a job well done by accident.

Walking into Nishe, Chen Baiqi found that it was completely different from the empty and desolate situation she imagined.

In front of the house, there is a row of thatched bamboo sheds. The sheds are not big, with a thatch eaves erected at the front to cover it. The inside is covered with dry straw. There is a stone manger in front of the house. This was obviously supposed to be a horse stable.

Now the stable is empty, but it houses many upright and calm black-clad soldiers.

They are like statues made of black stone, staring at the ground and sitting cross-legged on the straw with cold expressions. Their figures are occupied in more than a dozen stables.

Zhao Jun?

Chen Baiqi rolled her eyes. She had seen the regular uniforms of Zhao Jun's soldiers and horses, which were similar to these soldiers, but not exactly the same.

But looking at his majestic look and steely posture, you know that this is an army of iron officials that cannot be underestimated.

"This...is Zhao Jun?" Chen Bai stood up and stamped his feet. She lowered her eyes and opened her pale and peeling lips.

I thought that Hou Qing secretly sneaked into Caocheng of Qi State, but now he has secretly mobilized a group of elites to station here and keep silent. I don't know what important thing he is planning.

When Hou Qing heard this, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he turned his head and looked at her: "Have you been to the Kingdom of Zhao?"

When Chen Baiqi was asked back, the look on his face became a little lighter: "There is no such thing. However, in the early years, I saw the Zhao army using the power of ferocious wolves to attack and plunder the towns on the outskirts of Qi."

Hou Qing pursed her lips slightly, withdrew his gaze from her body, raised his chin, looked at the lead-colored sky in front of him and pondered for a while, then said: "In this world, the evil forces gather together to burn, kill, and loot...

…But it’s not just the Zhao State. The trend of the world is that all things are created by destruction, and destruction is created by birth.”

The explanation was so profound and unreasonable that it would be like chewing raw wax to refute it, so Chen Baiqi kept silent, not wanting to take the matter seriously with him.

Then, when Qing saw her silence, he added one sentence without finishing his thoughts: "Have you ever seen Lord Mengchang use all his means to seize prey from the city? That is so true that even the State of Zhao will forget about it."

When Chen Baiqi heard this, for some reason he suddenly remembered what she had asked Mr. Mengchang that night, and his face froze.

She, she, has nothing to say.

Mr. Mengchang really never does anything aboveboard. He always uses conspiracy to seize, rob and obtain whatever he wants.

Now that she has served him as her master, she doesn't want to criticize such people too much.

But in her eyes, although Mengchangjun has too many things worthy of criticism, there is one thing that she sees as his advantage, that is, he is not stubborn and can still listen to the good and the bad.

Light snow was falling, Hou Qing was walking in front of him leisurely as if he were in a court, while Chen Baiqi was staggering behind with his face purple and blue from the cold. The two of them continued to move forward like nobles and homeless people in distress.

Nishe has been abandoned, so no one can live in it. After crossing the stable alley, the field of vision suddenly opens up. A few meters away is a flattened open space. There is a stone tablet as high as a person standing on the open space. Only the gray stone tablet can be seen.

, the four words "xx Boundary Monument" are written in relatively clear handwriting.

This is an ancient writing. The two characters "Boundary Stone" are somewhat similar to the handwriting of the Warring States Period. Chen Baiqi could barely distinguish it, but the first two characters are very graphic. One character looks like Sichuan, with three twisting vertical lines, and the other character is very graphic.

The characters are like stones, two blocks overlapped.

"Is this an ancient language written by some small race?"

A gust of snowy wind roared over, causing Chen Baiqi's voice to tremble slightly from the cold. She asked the Queen in front of her softly.

Hou Qing did not answer, patted the fallen snow tree on his shoulder, and asked: "Where are you and I... where is your path?"

where?

This is naturally the Beiwai Alley in Caocheng...

Chen Baiqi didn't react at first, but he soon realized it.

This is the ancient writing used by people in the alleys of Beiwai a long time ago in Caocheng, or before enlightenment was developed or incorporated into Qi State.

The two characters "Boundary Monument" are smaller and the traces are obviously newer. It is estimated that they were added later, while the other two characters are the meanings engraved on the stone monument at the beginning.

"What is it written about?" Chen Baiqi felt nervous and had some thoughts. She felt that this boundary monument might indicate something.

Hou Qing tilted her head and smiled, the outline of her face blurred by the wind and snow was hazy and graceful.

"Too much curiosity is not a good thing."

Chen Baiqi wanted to speak out, but she felt an itching sensation in her throat. She covered her lips and coughed a few times. Fang said in a hoarse voice: "It's just two words. I won't tell anyone whether they are correct or not."

Hou Qing's eyes were as clear as the moon, reflecting Chen Baiqi's unwavering gaze.

He paused for a moment, then opened his lips and uttered two words: "Yayoi, this is the Yayoi Boundary Monument."

Yayoi Chen Baiqi looked at the stone tablet standing coldly in the snow.

"Mi Fang" is the name of something, I don't know if it is the address or the name of something.

Don't know what it means.

Chen Baiqi learned about it, and he didn't know the explanation for a while, so he took it into his heart. Behind the "Yayoi Boundary Monument" stone monument, there stood a separate earth and stone building.

The earth and stone building is two stories high, and the surrounding paths have obviously been cleared. This is exactly the tall, simple red and black civil engineering building that Chen Baiqi saw from a distance in the camp dam.

Hou Qing led her in. The bottom of the first floor looked very wide, and there were wooden boards on the ground. However, there were no furnishings inside. There were no halls, no rooms, no rooms, only the square pattern formed by the pillars. Chen Baiqi

After walking in and looking around, she guessed that no one could live on the first floor, but there were traces of heavy objects on the ground. She thought that this place had other uses, but now it was abandoned and only the frame was left.

Climbing down the side stairs, there were railings in the east and west directions and dark corner pillars. Chen Baiqi raised her head, and something dodged past her in her peripheral vision. With a flash of her eyes, she noticed the presence of someone.

Entering this place, Chen Baiqi suddenly had an idea in his mind.

If people are lined up outside to be dispatched because of need, then arranging people in the residence must be for precaution or to guard against something.

If these manpower were arranged by the Queen, then what on earth was he guarding against?

A person who comes to hunt will still be wary of "prey"?

Or it may not necessarily be "prey", but something else.

No matter what it is, for Hou Qing, he must feel that this place is not safe in his heart.

In this Beiwai Alley where mutilated and heterogeneous people live, in her opinion, apart from the weirdness about them, there is nothing particularly dangerous in other aspects.

People in Beiwai Alley don't know martial arts, she has observed this specifically, and they don't know how to make poison or do medicine, because if they get sick, they will just smuggle in doctors secretly from outside, and there is no way to solve it on their own.

Moreover, they also have a fatal weakness, that is, their vision at night is zero, their five senses are almost lost, and most of them are like puppets. Such people have nothing to worry about, right?

But for someone as conceited as Hou Qing to be on guard, she felt there must be a reason.

After going upstairs, Hou Qing pointed to a room at random and left her alone.

As soon as he left, Chen Baiqi couldn't suppress the itchiness in his throat and coughed violently.

It seems I still have a cold...

After a while, someone brought a new set of men's clothes, and also brought a large bucket and hot water.

Chen Baiqi finally stopped coughing. He looked at the hot water bucket with mist curling into smoke placed behind the partition of the painting screen. He stepped forward and touched it with his fingertips, and a smile appeared on the corner of his pale mouth.

After cleaning up, Chen Baiqi felt that the dampness, coldness and stiffness all over his body were relieved.

After she put on clean and warm clothes again, when she came out, she saw a square dining table placed on the lacquered bed. The dining table was about forty centimeters high. Hot soup and food were already placed on the dining table, and Qing didn't know.

When has it come quietly?

Chen Baiqi knelt down and sat at the square table to eat quietly, while Hou Qing, who had also changed into clean clothes, sat on the other side.

"Chen Rong."

When Chen Baiqi heard Hou Qing calling her, she stopped eating and raised her eyes to look at him.

He knew she was Chen Huanxian, but he still called her Chen Rong, which made Chen Baiqi feel that the Queen was more concerned about Chen Rong's identity than Chen Huanxian.

But Hou Qing raised his hand and asked her to continue eating. He asked gently: "How old are you this year?"

Chen Baiqi drank the hot soup in a big gulp and swallowed the food he was chewing. Fang said clearly: "Sixteen, after winter and spring, it will be seventeen."

In fact, Chen Baiqi asked Brother Chen about the age of "Chen Huanxian", and Brother Chen told her.

Hou Qing placed a square black wooden holder beside the dining table. On the holder were placed two topaz cups with clear and shiny bodies. The stove next to the seat was simmering wine. The wine had boiled and fogged up, and the aroma of the wine was fragrant.

It filled the whole room.

He poured a glass for himself and a glass for Chen Baiqi.

Hou Qing raised the yellow jade cup and put it close to his nose, sniffed it gently and said, "You're quite young. Have you ever thought about joining the army and joining the army or... have other plans?"

Chen Baiqi didn't know what he meant by asking these questions, so he asked: "Do you think I only have these two choices?"

In fact, most scholars study with ambitions in mind. They choose a wise master and devote their life's talents to seeking a future and wealth. When they become successful and famous, they think it is their duty to add bricks and stones to the history books of future generations.

There are also a few people who, for various reasons, choose to be hermits and not participate in national policy coups.

Hou Qing took a sip, the color of the wine moistened her lips, and she nodded as if in agreement: "Maybe you have one more choice than others."

Chen Baiqi gave him a strange look: "What else do you think I can do?"

"You are quick-thinking, bold but careful. In fact, you are very adaptable to the officialdom. You know how to treat diseases. Although you are not good at it, you can still understand military layout and breakable institutions. You can also be a troop dispatcher.

The only shortcoming of the general is..." His eyes were like autumn water, and he scanned her body gently and carefully, then shook his head and sighed.

The implication is that she is not tall enough for a husband and is too thin to be bullied.

When Chen Baiqi heard his comments about her, he clenched his hands quietly under the table and began to worry about it again.
To be continued...