"To Goguryeo?"

"Yes, there is no way to get from the south to Yamato without a big ship."

The two of them packed up their salutes, or rather, it was just that Erli accompanied Huo Qing'e to pack up their things, most of which were ancient books, such as "Zhuangzi", "Taiping Jing", and "Tao Te Ching".

It's just that most of the bamboo slips she moved out this time were rolls and rolls, which she definitely couldn't carry with her, so the two of them carefully put those books in the gap one by one. By the end of the day, it was almost evening.

Now that they were in the green mountains around Anyi County (present-day Xia County, Shanxi) in Hedong County, it would naturally take some effort to go to Goguryeo.

As for why Qing'e didn't fly over with Erli, Qing'e said that it was too eye-catching, and the fairy energy on her body would attract a lot of monsters from the North Sea (Bohai Sea) and the East China Sea (Yellow Sea). If you want to cross eastward, you must set up a formation on a wooden boat, use the soil of the five elements to cover your immortal qi that overflows into the water, and guide the water under the boat to move eastward.

She is not so powerful, and she has to fight against those thousand-year-old or even thousand-year-old monsters, and in the end, she only has less than two hundred years of Taoism. It's already a good achievement to be able to fight those youkai without dying.

As for Ellie? Not to mention this freak, the results of forty years of cultivation and the cultivation method of the demon in this ten years can even allow her to fight some thousand-year-old monsters in a short period of time.

Of course, in the short term, as long as she reaches her critical point, she will still lose.

"Then let's go, I'm very interested in the prince you talked about."

"When is China now? Which emperor was in power? ”

The two walked out of the cave, and a huge white stag was looking at Qing'e. When Qing'e saw it, she straightened her body and gave it a deep salute, and when the deer saw this, she also bent her two front knees slightly and lowered her head slightly, as if she was saluting Qing'e in return.

Then, Qing'e walked slowly but very steadily to the white deer, and touched the white deer's neck to its back with a hand. Bailu also sat on the ground slowly, but did not show the slightest subordination look, but a noble and equal attitude.

Qing'e also sat up gently, and after she sat down, Bailu got up by herself.

"Is this your mount?"

Ellie looked at the great white deer, which was even about the size of a horse, and the horns on its head were like two large trees that were thriving, with a strong trunk and vigorous branches.

"No, it can't be counted, this is half of my fellow Daoists, but my spiritual intelligence is not very sound."

"Won't its horns interfere with its physical coordination?"

The white deer kept staring at Erli, like an elder looking at a junior, but Erli didn't care about it, just looked at Qing'e who was sitting on Bailu.

Qing'e smiled, looked at the horns on Bailu's body and said.

"I've been helping it with this, don't worry about it."

"Thou wait... What are you talking about? ”

Suddenly, the white deer spoke, like an old man, and his voice was very low. It's just that this sudden speech startled Ellie.

"Can it talk?"

"People from the Western Regions, Taoist friends don't have to feel strange, I want to go with them to the east of the stream, it is said that the Buddhism here has not yet penetrated, and we want to borrow the power of Taoist friends to go to the shore of the Bohai Sea.

It's not much, but it's all understood. ”

The first half of the sentence was used in the current official dialect, and he politely replied to Bailu, and Qing'e answered Erli.

"Be careful..."

After saying this, the white deer turned his head and snorted in a low voice, and another brown patterned doe came out, this one was much smaller than the white deer, but not very small. It was also a head taller than Ellie, and this one didn't seem to have the same feelings as this white deer.

If it weren't for Bailu being here, this doe would have run away because of the existence of Erli, and she would have stayed away from Qing'e, but she wouldn't run away immediately.

"Go up too, Ellie.

It's not easy to go to Goguryeo, and how to solve the problem of boats? ”

"That's not a problem, Huo.

As long as you can get there before the next summer, even a sampan with a sail can float over. Besides, we can go with the merchants. ”

"Then we'd better be careful, these merchants aren't good people."

Certainly not good people, since these people can walk the sea safely, they must have private armies in their hands, and some are even part-time pirates.

If you don't have dozens of lives under your hands, that's not what you do at all.

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Henan County.

This is the eastern capital built a year ago, Luoyang City.

A magnificent city built over the course of ten months with two million people per month, it symbolized the power and prestige of the Sui Empire. The Jinshi Imperial Examination, which has just begun, has made many children from poor families pour into Luoyang, making this emerging city appear vibrant.

It's just that those people were sent to other places to dig canals and repair city walls, in short, there were more and more conscriptions, the tasks became more and more onerous, and the time to complete the tasks became less and less.

But this is not the main thing, most of the people who were conscripted into forced labor died in three or four out of ten. However, the empire is still not in a crisis situation, but still expands its power with a courageous spirit.

Even, at this time, Yang Guang, who was later known as Emperor Yang of Sui, even organized an army and more people to invade Tuyuhun. And now, there are not many people who oppose foreign expansion, but more voices are supporting, supporting the expansion of the empire.

"Sui died in tyranny? Or do you die for profit? Now it seems that Yang Guang is just an unsuccessful Liu Che...

It's just that... This is too ugly, why do you have to achieve all the feats that can be accomplished in ten, twenty, or even thirty years in just five years?

Nurture the country with war and ease contradictions. But what if you hit a nail like the Koreans? I am afraid that the contradictions will intensify to the point where no one can imagine. ”

"What are you talking about, Ellie?"

The two rode a deer and looked at Luoyang City in the distance, Erli had been muttering to herself just now, in Mandarin, Qing'e found that she could understand something, but she didn't understand what she meant, so she asked Erli in Persian.

Erlie touched the doe's forehead, and her pace was a little slower, as if enjoying the stroke.

“… Do you think there will be a big shock in the Sui State in the past 20 years?

Will these human beings, who have been fighting for nearly 400 years, temporarily endure the pain for the sake of a bright and peaceful future, and accept the baptism of war again? ”

"Definitely... I just need an opportunity... It's just a simple flashpoint. ”

Qing'e understood what Erli was talking about, she understood the reason why her Taoism was not being promoted, and she also knew how this would end and outcome.

But what can she do? Besides, she's not a mortal anymore.