“……”

Back in the house, Erri stared at the book in front of her in a daze, and beyond the book, there was a red sky and an infinitely empty world.

She originally planned to read a book, but her mind had already run to the other side, and if she said that she would go to the palace tomorrow, she would not be able to find anything on the list.

Then six or seven out of ten is Qing'e's own plan, but as for what, it's not clear.

But...... I can't gamble with Budu's life, the future of the stable needs Budu's assistance, in case Qing'e needs something... What about these things that bring the dead back to life?

"What a hassle......

Chang is not by his side, because after these problems are solved, then it is time to move west. Now let the little guy get acquainted with Zi again, lest she get used to it when she gets it.

Although, in Ellie's opinion, no matter what, the little one is not used to being around.

"You...... Still alive ......? ”

Suddenly, the familiar voice rang out again, startling her to drop the book on the table.

"Xiaobai? How are you? ”

But listening to her voice, it doesn't seem to be very reassuring, like a dying person hanging on his last breath, weak to the point of unimaginable.

"It's okay...... I've woken up...

That day... What do you think? ”

"It's alive, but there's only one ship left to sail, and it's been almost a month."

"Really......"

Xiao Bai didn't look surprised, and after a few long breaths, he said softly.

“… I'm going to sleep a little longer... But if something goes into big trouble......... Don't worry about calling me ......."

"You just have a good rest, things haven't gotten worse now."

"Good ......"

didn't even refute slightly, Xiaobai's voice disappeared again, it seemed that she just struggled to wake up, but her strength and state did not recover at all.

That's good news, though, at least she's not sleeping forever or something.

So she cheered up a little and looked at the sky again.

"Fight hard, if it doesn't work,

Let Budu drink my blood. ”

Thinking like this, Erli was about to see if there were any glasses or containers that could be stored for a long time in her gap and space, but she saw a person standing in a distant place outside the window.

This post station stands next to the official road, but it is not in the city, and the surrounding view is wide, so it is easy to see anything.

The man looked about two meters tall and was very strong, like a bear; But on closer inspection, it stands on all fours on the ground, and looks like an ape, and more conspicuously has a wild boar-like mane.

It looked at the eastern capital, as if it had just gotten up, looking for prey or fruit.

"What's that?"

When Elle saw the creature's mouth open, she thought it would let out some kind of long howl, or the roar of a beast, but she heard the sound of chopping wood.

“……”

Picking up her saber, she flashed to the other party's vicinity with a gap, but the other party didn't notice her appearance, still looking in the direction of Dongdu.

It doesn't feel like a youkai, it doesn't feel like some kind of mythical beast, and it looks a little like an orangutan?

But are there any orangutans in China? I've only heard of monkeys and apes, but I don't know there is such a thing.

As she thought, the humanoid suddenly sniffed hard, then jerked back to look at Ellie. It startled, but instead of attacking Ellie, it looked at each other curiously, as if it had seen a new species.

And Erli herself was also looking at each other, and from its eyes, she felt that this creature should also be some kind of Chinese beast.

“…… Who are you? ”

To be on the safe side, she planned to preemptively ask the unknown humanoid creature in official language.

After hearing this, the other party tilted his head slightly, and then sat on the ground suddenly, ignoring the Jingyue knife that Erli suddenly pulled out, but scratched his back.

"I'm thinking too much......

Looking at the other party's appearance, Erli didn't want to say anything more, but just withdrew the weapon she had just drawn.

She didn't feel anything abnormal after this thing appeared. In other words, in addition to the humanoid monster, it is oneself that does not appear normally.

"Huh?"

Just as she was about to leave, the beast handed her a long bone, which she didn't know where it had come from.

The bones looked to be some years old, and the exposed parts were all charred and blackened, but they remained hard.

Based on memory and experience, Ellie deduced that it was a human thigh bone, or...... After looking at the humanoid creature, she added something of her own, similar to a human thigh bone.

"Gifts?"

The other nodded, and Ellie looked at it, not thinking that this thing was of any use, unless it was a little harder than ordinary bones.

And there were a lot of clods of soil, as if they had been buried in the soil for a long time, and she turned the bones, but she didn't see any difference.

"Anyway, thanks."

The beast nodded, then got up, looked in the direction of the eastern capital and left.

"It feels like this thing was given to me......"

Seeing the beast leave, Ellie looked at the bone again, it couldn't be something that would attract some monster.

Anyway, wash it first, including yourself.

She looked at her dust-stained sleeves and in front of her, and shook her head.

The Yellow River is not far from this pipeline, although she didn't plan to wash in the Yellow River, but the surrounding rivers are fine.

"It's really troublesome to have no hot springs......... Otherwise, I will wash it with myself. ”

After quickly taking off her clothes and changing into her own modern outfit, she rolled up her sleeves, damped the part, and gently rubbed the dirt off the kimono.

After all, it wasn't any oil stain or anything like that, and it was easy to clean up, and after a while, Erlie put the clothes back in the gap and waited for them to dry naturally.

And she put the bone in the river to wash away the stains, and the bones were not so easy to clean, as if they were sticking to them, and Elle had to wipe them carefully until the dirt was washed away, and the whole picture of the bones was completely exposed.

The parts that are covered in dirt are not so obvious yellow, but they are not perfect white. After cleaning, it looks a little more comfortable, but as for the actual meaning, it is not very obvious.

She even planned to take it back to stew soup, but then it occurred to her that there was no meat on it, and what was the difference between stewing and white water.

Just as she was about to think about throwing it into the gap to press the bottom of the box, she saw a few small words, which were not so easy to read, but at least they could be seen clearly.

There was finally something to gain, but she didn't understand the meaning it represented.

Because that's all it says:

Nanshan is cunning.