At the end of the dark courtyard stands a wooden building that has fallen into disrepair, with a row of low stone houses on each side.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Kuo still walked into this gloomy old mansion. The empty two rows of stone houses were already filled with sewage, emitting a foul smell. Zhao Kuo covered his nose and walked quickly up the crumbling steps in front of the wooden building, and then gently pushed open the wooden door, and a cloud of dust suddenly rushed towards him.

After the smoke and dust cleared, Zhao Kuo walked in. After a long time, the eyes finally adjusted to the darkness of the room, and faintly saw that on the east side of the wooden house lay a dilapidated bookcase, on which there seemed to be nothing but a roll of parchment. And the humble couch against the wall was covered with dust, and it was obvious that it had not been inhabited for a long time. Zhao Kuo leaned down and blew away the thick dust covering the parchment, then grabbed the parchment and walked to the window, and looked at it by the moonlight, the handwriting was already blurred, but it could be vaguely seen that it seemed to be a letter.

A gentle breeze blew, and a faint fragrance spread through the air. Zhao Kuo raised his head suddenly, only to find that in the corner on the west side of the room there was a mysterious woman in a green dress standing silently. ”

"You're talking?" Zhao Kuo snorted lightly, and his right hand suddenly touched the sword hanging from his waist, and subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword.

The woman in the green dress didn't answer, her figure flashed, and she suddenly came to Zhao Kuo. The aroma was pressing, Zhao Kuo's forehead couldn't help but break out a trace of cold sweat, the habit he had developed after many years of military career, so he didn't hesitate anymore, and pulled out the sword with a snort, and it was between the two, and the tip of the sword was only a fraction away from the throat of the woman in the green skirt.

The woman in the green dress stopped, raised her jade finger arm slightly, and gently pressed the long sword held high by Zhao Kuo, and then a clear voice came into her ears, which made people feel refreshed: "The old mansion of the empty valley, who can it be?" ”

Zhao Kuogan laughed, feeling that it was inappropriate to point a sword at a woman after all, so he took advantage of the situation to put the sword into the sheath. But he still had an extra heart, thinking that Qin and Yan had always been good friends, and now that they were in Yandi, they didn't know whether the other party was friend or foe, so it was better to go back to the Qin people in plain clothes: "In the lower Qin people, they beg in the west." ”

"Are you Qin?" The woman in the green dress had a surprised look on her face.

Zhao Kuo secretly screamed in his heart, could it be that this woman has an enmity with the Qin State? Just when Zhao Kuo was guessing, the woman in the green dress spoke again: "Back then, Qin Yan made a covenant, and King Qin Huiwen married Princess Yu Yanyi, does the prince know about this?" ”

Seeing Zhao Kuo nodded, the woman in the green dress said again: "Princess Liyang is the grandmother of the little girl." ”

This time it was Zhao Kuo's turn to be surprised, Zhao Kuo looked the woman in the green dress up and down: "You...... Are you the princess of Yanguo? ”

The woman in the green dress shook her head: "In the country of rebellion, my mother and grandmother were separated and hid in the Yishui River Valley, but fortunately with the help of the fisherman, I escaped by luck, and my mother married the fisherman, so the little girl is not the princess of Yan Kingdom." ”

"I see, I was offended just now, I don't know what to call the girl?" Zhao Kuo put his mind at ease, sighed lightly, and bowed down to ask.

The woman in the green dress smiled slightly: "The little girl has her mother's surname Ji, and her single name is a Chinese character, and the son calls me Ji Hua." ”

Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and said: "It seems inappropriate to call her name directly, how about calling her sister Hua Mei when you are older?" ”

"As Gongzi wishes, Gongzi said that he was a Qin person?" Ji Hua turned his back and asked softly.

Zhao Kuo's face suddenly turned red, and his heart was fortunately at night, so he hurriedly apologized: "I don't know if it's friend or foe, so I concealed my name." Seeing that the girl was honest with me, she was very ashamed, and she was under Zhao Kuo, Zhao Ren. ”

"Human nature, Brother Zhao doesn't have to mind." Ji Hua turned around and smiled with relief, "I don't know why Brother Zhao came here late at night?" ”

Zhao Kuo said calmly: "This is the place where my father took refuge in Yan back then, and I came nostalgic. ”

Ji Hua's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he asked happily: "Brother Zhao's father is Zhao Hao?" ”

"How did Hua Mei know?" Ji Hua looks young, how could he know his father? Zhao Kuo was surprised again.

"My mother was in distress back then, and I wanted to come here to look for my uncle Ji Huan, but I didn't want to be a step late, but I saw a letter, which stated that my uncle and my friend Zhao Hao went to Zhao State, and it was the letter in the hands of my eldest brother." Ji Hua stretched out his finger as he spoke, pinching the roll of parchment that was soaked in sweat in Zhao Kuo's hand.

"In this way, isn't Uncle Ji Huan the son of King Yan Yi?" Zhao Kuo raised his hand awkwardly and looked at the parchment, then asked in surprise.

Ji Hua didn't speak, just came to the bookcase, squatted down, and fiddled under the bookcase, and the couch against the wall suddenly separated, revealing a wide passage for cars. Ji Hua took a step down the passage first, then turned his head and shouted at Zhao Kuo, who was full of astonishment, "Brother Zhao, come with me." ”

Zhao Kuo suddenly woke up, answered, and hurriedly followed. At the end of the passage was a stone gate hewn out of smooth boulders, and I saw Ji Hua gently fiddling with the stone door a few times, and then heard a loud bang, and the stone door magically rumbled open. Ji Hua then led Zhao Kuo into the stone gate, which was a huge stone chamber hall. Although there was no lighting, strangely enough, the stone chamber was as bright as day.

"When the son was tyrannical and domineering, my uncle asked General Zhao to secretly build this underground military camp with tens of thousands of troops, and the passage at the other end of the stone room can lead directly to the Jicheng Palace. It's a pity that before it was completed, Zizhi usurped the throne, and his uncle had no choice but to leave Yan Kingdom in a hurry. Ji Hua looked up at the dome of the stone chamber and quietly told the story that had disappeared for a long time, and his clear voice kept echoing in the empty stone chamber.

"It turns out that the underground barracks as grand as Si are actually my father's masterpieces!" Everything in front of him deeply shocked Zhao Kuo's heart, and made him feel extremely proud.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the stone gate.

"Not good!" Ji Hua's face changed suddenly, and he was just talking about it, and he actually forgot to close the entrance of the passage. Ji Hua hurriedly pulled Zhao Kuo to the corner of the stone room, and then carefully took out a dagger from his waist.

After a while, a young man in a white robe slowly touched in, and shouted in a low voice as he walked: "Childe, are you inside?" ”

Zhao Kuo only heard the familiar voice, and hurriedly looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned, it was no one else who walked in, it was Ji Xue. At the same time, Ji Hua had already jumped up, and the dagger was only on Ji Xue's neck in an instant, and his speed was far above Zhao Kuo. Although Ji Xue knew martial arts, she was caught off guard, only to feel that the green shadow flashed in front of her, and it was too late to resist.

"Hua Mei, your own people!" Zhao Kuo came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward, and removed the dagger from Ji Xue's body.

"Childe? Why are you here? As soon as Ji Xue saw Zhao Kuo, tears flowed down her eyes, how could she bother to ask who the woman in the green dress with a dagger was, and flew into Zhao Kuo's arms.

Ji Hua saw that Ji Xue was wearing men's clothes, only that she was also a man, and seeing the two hugging each other, Ji Hua suddenly frowned, turned his back, and coughed violently.

Zhao Kuo saw that Ji Hua had misunderstood, hurriedly let go of Ji Xue, and said, "Sister Hua, this is Ji Xue, the daughter of Uncle Ji Huan." ”

"What? Woman...... Daughter? Ji Hua turned his head in disbelief, looked Ji Xue up and down, and suddenly chuckled, "That's it, how can there be such a handsome little boy." ”

Ji Xue then remembered the woman in the green dress who attacked her just now, and this woman was in a room alone with Zhao Kuo, thinking of this, Ji Xue's jealousy suddenly came up, stretched out her hand and raised her sword high, looked at Ji Hua with a little hostility, and said angrily: "Who are you?" ”

Unexpectedly, Ji Hua smiled even more happily: "Ask...... Ask me? I'm your cousin Ji Hua! ”