Before nightfall, Chen Baiqi and Hou Qing arrived at Bincheng. Bincheng is a city left over from the Spring and Autumn Period. It was built with rammed earth. The middle section of the city is separated by a remaining city wall, forming two square urban areas in the east and west. The east city is smaller and the west city

It is larger, but the east city is a new site, while the west city is an old site with many remaining walls.

Because he was afraid that the large number of people entering the city would cause unnecessary panic, Chen Baiqi camped the troops he brought and stayed in the villages outside the city. They only brought a small number of troops into Bincheng.

Stepping into Bincheng from the bridge, the sky is getting dark, and there are a few dim lights in the city. The streets of Dongcheng have gradually become sparsely populated, and there are shops on both sides of the streets, but they are closed to welcome visitors. Although Bincheng is a small city, there are also some

The trading market can provide supplies and trade for passing merchants and travelers.

This was the first time for Chen Baiqi to come to Bincheng. When he saw that the city was deserted and deserted, he didn't feel anything strange.

Ding——System: Do you want to load the Bincheng area map?

Chen Baiqi wanted to be prepared and said: Yes.

System: Bincheng map loading...

"This Bincheng is really a shabby town. It closed its doors so early." Someone complained.

Chen Baiqi looked around and saw that there seemed to be no inn or anything like that. It seemed that he could only stay in a private house for the night and buy supplies tomorrow.

A gust of autumn wind blew by, and the dried yellow kudzu leaves that had fallen on the ground made several circles on the ground and floated to their feet.

Whisper touched her arm and rolled her eyes: "Why do I feel that this city is so eerie..."

Tou chuckled and looked him up and down: "You are dressed like this and you still think it's dark in the city at night?"

I love beauty, even in late autumn I still dress cool and elegant, like a butterfly flying around.

Whisao stretched out her neck, crossed her waist and asked angrily: "Is this the reason?"

"Oh, isn't it? Maybe it's because you are too weak, so nothing happens and you start to get suspicious."

"Who is suspicious?"

"Whoever responds will do so."

The two semen men started again.

Along the way, Chen Baiqi finally understood the relationship between Posu and Tou. It was just because you were unhappy and I felt relieved.

However, the two of them were arguing but never took action. This was probably the limit set by the Empress Dowager for them.

"Yao Li, go find a cleaner and bigger B&B nearby. If the other party is willing to borrow it, use this gold cake to pay for the rent." Chen Baiqi ordered.

Ding——System: The Bincheng area map has been loaded. Do you want to view it?

Chen Baiqi opened the "regional map" of Bincheng.

I found that Bincheng is indeed a small city, divided into east and west sides. The east city is a commercial area, and the west city is a residential area. There are only some remaining walls and abandoned rammed earth buildings in between.

At this time, Yun Niang opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage with her skirt in hand. She walked over quickly, looked at Chen Baiqi, and begged with her eyes: "Let Yun Niang follow Mr. Yao, a group of soldiers

I'm afraid that coming to the door at night will frighten the residents. It should be easier to negotiate with Yun Niang to come forward. Besides, Yun Niang has not changed her clothes in the past few days... Can we let Yun Niang go and change some things together? "

Chen Baiqi didn't reply. She glanced at the carriage.

Dan Yun Niang immediately understood what she meant and immediately said: "Hei... uh, Ju, he fell asleep and won't wake up for a while. I will go back quickly and try to get back before he wakes up."

Take care of him."

In the past few days, Danyunniang had been taking care of Ju in the car without any rules. Danyunniang felt that the reason why Mr. Chen kept her here was because he regarded her as a slave who could take care of Ju.

Chen Baiqi thought about it for a while and then agreed.

Danyun Niang immediately smiled and thanked Chen Baiqi.

Yao Li also said "here", stretched out his hand to take the gold cake, and left in the night with a group of people.

"Going around?" Chen Baiqi turned to ask Hou Qing.

Hou Qing took off the brim of his hat, his skin was as white as jade, his lips were red and moist, and he smiled lightly: "Bai Qi invites me, how can I not refuse."

Chen Baiqi was speechless: "Can't you talk properly?"

For such a high-ranking man to flirt with a man from another country in public, even if she is not embarrassed, she will be embarrassed for the people around her.

Didn't you see that Naosha and Touhou stopped arguing and stared at them with a forbearing and weird look?

Others use their eyes to observe their nose, their nose to observe their mouth, and their mouth to observe their heart, in a manner of "who am I and where am I?"

Hou Qing blinked, and her long, dark eyelashes curved beautifully: "Well, tell me carefully."

With such an attitude of "you are beautiful, everything you say is right", Chen Baiqi was completely defeated by him.

That's all, he does whatever he wants, anyway, as long as she doesn't respond, it's up to him to see how his one-man show ends.

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Yao Li found an unused two-story house in Xicheng. There was no one living in it, and the environment was quite clean. All the necessary things were available. After a cursory inspection, there were traces of living there not long ago.

Yao Li led them there, and Chen Baiqi asked on the way why there was no one in this house and how he found it.

Yao Li said that this house was told about this house by an old woman he met on the road. This old woman also lived in Xicheng. When they heard that they wanted to stay overnight, she pointed them to this road.

The old woman said that the owner of this house had just moved his family away from Bincheng and bought a big house somewhere else. The place had been idle and was waiting to be sold, but he came from a small place like Bincheng.

They were all poor, but the rich looked down on the house, so they kept it for a long time without selling it.

If they want to stay overnight, they only need to pay the old man guarding the door a little money. However, this old man does not live in the house at night. He only accepts the benefits of the owner of the house to look after the house for him during the day, so other things

He is irresponsible.

Since they had a ready-made residence, Chen Baiqi and the others naturally didn't bother looking for another residence. They found the old man and asked for the key, and then they entered the house.

The room in the house is quite spacious, and with a little cleaning, you can make do with it for a night's sleep. However, there are not enough beddings, so Chen Baiqi moved the bedding off the carriage and gave it to Ju. She is still in good health, so she can't make do with it for a night's rest.

The problem is that Ju is already sick and cannot catch wind and cold again.

Hou Qing saw that she had given her own bedding to Ju, so he moved his bed to spread it for her. Chen Baiqi refused, but Hou Qing said, "You can't bear to let me catch the cold at night, so why don't we sleep together?"

"I was so frightened that I pushed someone to lock the door.

Of course, the bedding was left behind.

Chen Baiqi felt helpless and complicated in his heart when Hou Qing tried other ways to give her warmth.

She knew that he wanted to be nice to her, but she knew even more that she might not be able to respond to such a hot and paranoid feeling, because she had already staked everything on her career. As for emotional matters, how much did she really have?

I feel so helpless.

After thinking miscellaneously for a while, Chen Baiqi put away his thoughts and summoned the puppet beast "Little Mosquito".

A green and black master-servant contract formation appeared on the ground, and the next second the "little mosquito" from somewhere else was summoned.

After Chen Baiqi's "puppet beast" evolves and grows, it can be summoned remotely.

The puppet beast "Little Mosquito" has been secretly monitoring Danyun Niang's every move. It is equivalent to Chen Baiqi's other pair of eyes.

It was because of this that Yao Li was not allowed to continue to watch the sentry.

It is better to keep an eye on something than to guard openly.

Today, she noticed that Danyun Niang, who had always been "secure", seemed to behave strangely after entering Bin City, so she took notice.

She "saw" that Danyun Niang seemed to have lost something under the bridge before entering the city. She didn't take a closer look at what it was, and it drifted downstream with the current, but this matter left a question mark in her mind.

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Then she took the initiative to ask Ying to find a place to live, and then she was sure that there was indeed something wrong with Danyun Niang, so she pretended that she didn't know anything and let her follow Yao Li out.

She was quite content while following Yao Li, but not before meeting the old woman. When Yao Li followed the old woman to see the house, Chen Baiqi noticed that Danyun Niang had touched the old woman.

When she pretended to fall, the two of them came into contact for a moment, and the old woman's subordinate seemed to have handed something to Danyun Niang.

She couldn't see clearly what it was because they were covering it so tightly.

But she asked the system to take a screenshot of the picture. Chen Baiqi would freeze the picture, zoom in, and then zoom in again.

Then I finally saw something clearer - it seemed like... a finger?!.

Chen Baiqi was startled for a moment.

"who?"

No, I should say, why did the old woman hand a finger to Danyun Niang?

What does this finger mean, and what is its use?

Chen Baiqi couldn't figure it out, and she couldn't sleep well because she was worried about something. When she woke up in the middle of the night, she suddenly heard a clicking sound coming from outside the window. She lifted the quilt, got up and opened the window. She saw that it was raining outside, and it was dark.

A piece of land, with heavy shadows and heavy ink, and the sound of rain.

A goose-yellow lamp swayed in the rain in the corridor not far away, and only a hazy light shone in the yard. Suddenly, she saw a blurry figure approaching slowly in the rain.

who is it?

Chen Baiqi calmed down for a moment.

The figure of the man was washed away by the rain and was not very clear, but he could vaguely feel that he was tall and slender. He was holding a black umbrella with a red fish scale tail on the umbrella. He was walking with an elegant and gentle manner.

, as if he did not go to the hospital in the dark in the middle of the night, but was leisurely and leisurely visiting the beautiful lake during the day.

The surroundings are very quiet except for the sound of rain.
To be continued...