In the evening, a bonfire party was held in the village.
But this party is for other people in the village.
The Empress and Ren Baqian were called into a room by Qi Ziting.
Before Ren Baqian entered the house, he saw someone outside cooking the flower bag, or it was the flower bag.
A black scorpion-like arthropod more than three meters long, with clusters of red and white flowers growing on its back, surprised Ren Baqian.
After asking a few words, I realized that this kind of Hua Tuo is extremely rare, and its strength is not strong.
I usually dig a hole in it, and the flowers behind it can send out whimsy, attracting insects and small animals that come to prey on insects, and sometimes attract large biological cubs that catch butterflies and play, and it feeds on those small animals.
After entering the room, he saw a not-so-big table, Qi Ziting was sitting on the innermost seat, with his crutches at hand.
Although she was facing the emperor of Dayao, she didn't seem to give in at all, she just smiled at the empress:
"I know you don't like to be noisy, just eat here, they eat theirs, we eat ours."
As for Ren Baqian, he just ignored it.
Ren Baqian originally thought that dinner would be troublesome, but Qi Ziting casually chatted with the empress about her childhood, laughing out loud when he talked about happy things.
"When you were young, you were most afraid of the dark and loneliness. I never thought that now you would live alone in such a large and deserted palace for so many years." Qi Ziting laughed loudly.
"You'll get used to it as long as you live here." The empress said lightly. "And it hasn't been deserted for a long time."
These words made Qi Ziting glance at Ren Baqian with complicated eyes.
After a while, the prepared Hua Tuo was brought up. The meat was white, like crab meat. When you tear it with your hands, it will be silky. It is tender and delicious when you put it in your mouth.
Ren Baqian couldn't control his mouth immediately.
Of course, he didn't want to care about it either. He only cared about eating when the other two were talking.
The wine is fruit wine brewed in the mountains, the color is cloudy, and the craftsmanship is poor. Fortunately, the fruits in the mountains are sweet, and the taste of the wine brewed is not bad. Ren Baqian would pour a glass when the empress's wine glass was empty, and then Then pour yourself a drink.
"Have you found the whereabouts of the former emperor?" asked the empress after drinking half a day.
There are not many records about the former emperor. The insiders at that time all followed, and the Empress still doesn't know why they left suddenly.
In other words, everyone doesn't know, and they all want to know.
Although all kinds of things happened to Qi Ziting, and now he lost his legs, it would be impossible to return to the 60,000 mountains without looking for the whereabouts of the former emperor.
"I searched in that direction for two years. I passed the deepest village and climbed the highest mountain, but I found some traces and corpses. The beasts I encountered later, the Supreme Heaven couldn't beat it, even if it was me. I also had to move forward carefully. I didn't have to back down until I saw something that wasn't human..."
"Looks like a human but isn't?" Ren Baqian suddenly raised his head.
This is the second time he heard this word, the last time it was from Qing Yunjian's mouth.
In other words, the master of Qingyun Sword, he returned from a serious injury after entering the 60,000 Mountains, and what he left behind was to make him be careful of those things that look like people but are not.
He cared a lot about this at the beginning, so he kept it in his heart. Now Qi Ziting's words reminded him immediately.
Both of them looked at him in surprise.
The empress asked in a low voice: "What do you know?"
"Lin Qiaole!" Ren Baqian said directly, and the empress understood it.
Ren Baqian was thinking at the same time, where is Lin Qiaole sleeping now
"Hey!" Qi Ziting grinned, revealing an incomprehensible smile. "Lin Qiaole is the little girl that Lin Yuhuan picked up back then, right? No one knows her roots, but this time I got it right."
"What is it?" Ren Baqian and the Empress looked up.
"It might be something called "My Neighbor Totoro"!"
"Pfft!" Ren Baqian almost spat.
My Neighbor Totoro? The kind that looks like a rabbit and is very fat
ha! Not like it!
Tomorrow, I will buy a box of chinchillas and come back to raise them for play.
Both of them looked at him strangely, Ren Baqian waved his hands quickly: "It's okay. We also have a kind of animal called chinchilla, it should be different."
Then I thought about it, Lin Dianji was actually called Lin Yuhuan, and his name was unrestrained, so he must have been a person with extraordinary charm back then.
It's a pity that time is like a butcher's knife, and now Lin Dianji is a somewhat gloomy old woman.
The empress hesitated for a long time, and finally asked what she kept in her heart: "Is the father looking for their way back then?"
"Don't think too much about it. Don't try to find out where your grandpa went." Qi Ziting advised.
Ren Baqian looked a little strange, but Qi Ziting didn't seem to hate Qi Yinghao.
I don't know why that happened back then.
The empress kept everything in her heart and didn't ask any more questions. Now is really not the time to explore this matter.
According to her thinking, Ren Baqian's lifespan is shorter than hers no matter what, maybe after Ren Baqian's life is over, she will explore these things when she has nothing to worry about.
It was a very late meal, and the three of them put down their glasses after the noise outside had cleared up.
The empress's face was a little red, it was because of the alcohol on her face.
This fruit wine is not high in alcohol content, but it is very easy to drink.
"The next time I drink this wine, I don't know when it will be." Qi Ziting's face was also slightly red, and he said with emotion.
"When I get married, do you want to go back and have a look?" The Empress stopped talking about Zhen at this time, her voice calmed down. It is a rare invitation for Qi Ziting to return to Lancheng.
"Kou Zhehai has been thinking about you for so many years, he always feels that you should be sitting in this seat."
After hearing this, Ren Baqian knew the reason why Kou Zhehai and the Empress had a bad relationship.
"Since I came out, I won't go back. It's just that I still don't understand why he put you in that position." Qi Ziting said drunkenly.
The Empress fell silent again.
Ren Baqian interjected: "Because you will only destroy everything! If you want to bring a better life, you need to build and have a compassionate heart."
After saying this, Qi Ziting was angry at first, but then fell silent.
He sighed for a while: "Maybe that's the case, Xiaoya has a kind heart!"
He glanced at Ren Baqian with drunken eyes: "I let you sit here because of Xiaoya's face, I don't like you! I don't like you very much! If it was back then, I would have killed ten thousand people like you Eight thousand!"
Ren Baqian chuckled: "I brought to Dayao crops with higher yields and new seasonings, which solved the mining difficulties of the Damoshan Iron Mine, with an annual output of more than 1.8 million jin.
I have also improved the methods of smelting steel and forging, so that fewer people can forge more weapons.
I have made cement, and I can repair the city wall without digging into the mountains.
I made glass and mirrors. If it weren't for the war now, these two things could be exchanged for infinite gold and silver in Daxia and Izumo.
I have done this, and I can do more. I still have a group of students who are just useless in the eyes of your ancient race, but they are proficient in many things.
They cannot fight, but they can build.
They have improved machines that can run more than a thousand miles a day without animal power. As long as the railway is laid, it only takes three days from Arashi City to Izumo.
They're also working on generators to light up Arrow City at night, and more.
These are all brought by me.
None of this is possible if you are the emperor! So you can only destroy but not build! "
Qi Ziting was surprised after hearing this, did not expect so many changes in the outside world
It made him a little tempted to go out and have a look.
"You know, Li Fu, number one in the world, is in Lancheng, waiting for me to make him a machine that can fly into the sky. You can't beat him!
Therefore, being able to build is also a kind of strength, and it is more powerful than destruction. "Ren Baqian said leisurely.
"Who said I can't beat him? If I still have my legs..." Qi Ziting was furious, smashed the table with a slap, touched his own legs, and showed a disappointed expression.