In the evening, there was a bonfire party in the village.
However, this party was for the other people in the village.
The empress and Ren Baqian were called to a room by Qi Ziting.
Before Ren Baqian entered the room, he saw someone taking care of the flower camel, or rather, the flower camel.
It was a three-meter-long black scorpion-like creature with a cluster of red and white flowers growing on its back. Ren Baqian was amazed.
After asking, he found out that this flower camel was extremely rare and wasn't very strong.
It usually dug a hole in it, and the flowers on its back would give off whims to attract insects and small animals that preyed on them. Sometimes, it would also attract the young of large animals that were playing with butterflies. These small animals were its food.
After entering the room, they saw a small table. Qi Ziting was sitting in the innermost seat with his walking stick by his hand.
Although he was facing the empress of Dayao, he didn't seem to have any intention of giving way. He just smiled at the empress.
"I know you don't like noise. Let's eat here. They can eat their food, and we can eat ours."
As for Ren Baqian, he simply ignored him.
Ren Baqian originally thought that there would be some trouble during dinner, but he didn't expect Qi Ziting to casually chat with the empress about her childhood and laugh incessantly at the happy parts.
"When you were young, you were most afraid of the dark and loneliness. I didn't expect you to be living alone in such a big and deserted palace for so many years." Qi Ziting laughed heartily.
"I got used to it after living here," the empress said faintly. "And it hasn't been deserted for a long time."
These words made Qi Ziting look at Ren Baqian with a complicated expression.
After a while, the processed flower camel was served. The meat was snow-white like crab meat. It tore into shreds and tasted fragrant and delicious when placed in the mouth.
Ren Baqian immediately couldn't control his mouth.
Of course, he didn't want to care either. While the other two were talking, he only cared about eating.
The wine was fruit wine brewed in the mountains. It was cloudy and poorly made. Fortunately, the fruits in the mountains were sweet, so the wine tasted good. Ren Baqian saw that the empress's wine cup was empty from time to time, so he poured a cup for her before pouring another for himself.
"Have you found the whereabouts of the late emperor?" the empress asked after half a round of wine.
There were not many records of the late emperor. At that time, the people who knew the truth had also left. Until now, the empress still didn't know why they suddenly left.
Or rather, no one knew, but everyone wanted to know.
Although Qi Ziting had gone through so many things and had lost his legs, it was impossible for him to return to the Sixty Thousand Mountains without searching for the late emperor.
"I searched in that direction for two years. I passed through the deepest village and climbed the highest mountain. I found some traces and corpses. Even Cardinal Heaven experts found it difficult to defeat the ferocious beasts we encountered later on. Even I had to be careful. Until I saw those things that weren't human … I had no choice but to retreat. "
"Something that looks like a human but isn't?" Ren Baqian suddenly raised his head.
This was the second time he heard this phrase. The first time was from Qingyun Sword.
In other words, Qingyun Sword's master had entered the Sixty Thousand Mountains and returned with serious injuries. He had left a message for Qingyun Sword to be careful of those things that looked like humans but were not.
Back then, these words had caught his attention, so he had always kept them in mind. Qi Ziting's words immediately reminded him.
Both of them looked at him in surprise.
The empress asked in a low voice, "What do you know?"
"Lin Qiaole!" Ren Baqian answered directly. The empress understood after hearing this.
At the same time, Ren Baqian was wondering where Lin Qiaole was sleeping now.
"Hey!" Qi Ziting grinned, revealing an unfathomable smile. "Lin Qiaole is the little girl that Lin Yuhuan picked up back then, right? No one knows her background, but I've finally figured it out this time. "
"What is it?" Ren Baqian and the empress looked up.
"It might be something called a chinchilla!"
"Pfft!" Ren Baqian almost spat.
Chinchilla? The kind that looks like a rabbit and is especially fat?
Ha! It doesn't look like it!
Tomorrow, I'll buy a box of chinchillas to keep as pets.
Both of them looked at him strangely. Ren Baqian quickly waved his hand and said, "It's okay. We also have an animal called a chinchilla, but it shouldn't be the same kind. "
Ren Baqian thought about it and realized that Librarian Lin's name was Lin Yuhuan, which was a rather free and easy name. She must have been an outstanding person back then.
Unfortunately, time was like a butcher's knife, and Librarian Lin was now a somewhat gloomy old woman.
The empress hesitated for a long time and finally asked the question that she had been hiding in her heart, "Is Father trying to find the path that they took back then?"
"Don't think too much about it. Don't try to find out where Grandfather went back then, "Qi Ziting advised.
Ren Baqian felt a little strange as he watched from the side. Qi Ziting didn't seem to hate Qi Yinghao.
He didn't know why such a thing happened back then.
The empress kept these things in mind and didn't ask anymore. Now was indeed not the time to explore this matter.
According to her thinking, Ren Baqian's lifespan was shorter than hers. Perhaps she would only explore these things after his lifespan was up and she had nothing to worry about.
They drank until late into the night, and the three of them only put down their glasses after the noise outside had died down.
The empress's face was a little red from the alcohol.
This fruit wine didn't have a high alcohol content, but it was very easy to get to the head.
"I don't know when I'll be able to drink this wine again." Qi Ziting's face was also a little red as he lamented.
"Do you want to go back to see me on my wedding day?" The empress stopped talking about the empress and spoke in a calm voice. Asking Qi Ziting to return to Lan City was a rare invitation.
"Kouzhehai has been thinking about you for so many years. He always felt that you should be sitting in that position."
After hearing this, Ren Baqian finally understood why Kouzhehai and the empress didn't have a good relationship.
"Since I'm out, I won't go back. It's just that I still don't understand why he put you in that position back then, "Qi Ziting said.
The empress fell silent again.
Ren Baqian interrupted and said, "Because you only know how to destroy everything! If you want to bring a better life, you need to build and have a compassionate heart. "
Qi Ziting was about to get angry when he heard this, but then he fell silent.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Perhaps that's the case. Xiao Ya is kind!"
He looked at Ren Baqian with his drunken eyes and said, "I let you sit here because of Xiao Ya. I don't like you! I don't like you very much! If it were back then, I would have killed thousands of people like you! "
Ren Baqian chuckled and said, "I brought crops with greater yields and new seasonings to Dayao. I solved the mining problem at Mount Damo, and the annual production reached more than 1.8 million kilograms.
I also improved the methods of smelting steel and forging so that fewer people can make more weapons.
I made cement, and we don't need to cut rocks to repair the city walls.
I made glass and mirrors. If it weren't for the war, these two things could be exchanged for endless gold and silver in Great Xia and the Yun Nation.
I've done all this, and I can do more. I also have a group of students who are useless in the eyes of the aboriginals, but they know a lot of things.
They can't fight, but they can build.
They improved machinery that can travel more than 500 kilometers a day without the use of animals. As long as the railway is laid, it will only take three days to travel from Lan City to the Yun Nation.
They are also making generators to make Lan City brightly lit at night. They can also make more things.
I brought all of these things with me.
If you were the empress, these things wouldn't have happened! That's why you can only destroy and not build! "
Qi Ziting was surprised to hear this. He didn't expect so many changes in the outside world.
He was a little tempted and wanted to go out and take a look.
"Do you know that the world's most powerful expert, Li Fu, is in Lan City, waiting for me to make him a machine that can fly? You can't beat him!
Therefore, being able to build is also a kind of power, and it's even more powerful than destroying, "Ren Baqian said.
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