"This place is a place to rush, and the affairs of merchants are naturally not as good as the national capital, and if there is prosperity, it will only be a great victory. In addition, this city is only silently resting, beware of the Hu people.

Most of the permanent residents come from the Guannei, and most of them are military families, the day before yesterday, the imperial court issued an edict, ten out of ten, to build the Great Wall, in order to prevent the attack of the Hu people.

The place we see is what the caravan in the customs is what we see, and as for the outside of here, it is naturally much more luxurious. ”

Ji You led the two men around the city, and although it was snowing, the snow on the streets had been swept to both sides of the road, and there were still a dozen people outside sweeping the heavy snow.

It was the army and the inhabitants of the city who were working together, or rather, it was mostly the military who cleaned the area, and the young children and older people of the city were also helping.

"Why don't you see young men on the street?"

The men that Elle saw, except for the youngest, were these old men in their fifties and sixties, and even these soldiers, the lowest age was forty years old. In other words, it's a group of elderly people and children cleaning the streets.

"Where are all the men in the city? Why aren't they any? ”

"The home of the army, the home of the conscription, how can I see the man?"

Jiyou, who led the way, shook his head with his back to them, looking at the children cleaning on the side.

"Five miles away from here, there is a cemetery. I once went to worship the men of the world, but I saw the endless sea of bones.

I can't help but think that the strong men are all dying here, and it's time to make a decision, and it's time to give them an explanation..."

The boy saw Ji You and respectfully returned the salute. This gentleman has been here for less than a month, but he has helped them do a lot of things, and even in order to save the lives of several people, in the mountains where tigers and wolves are rampant, he was stunned to snatch back the medicinal materials that Lang Zhong needed.

Ji Zhangzheng's reputation is very good here. At least there is none, and there will be no one who speaks ill of him, and if the other party has any difficulties, they will try their best to help.

"Something interesting... This man. ”

Hidden under the hood, Erlie smiled slightly as she watched the actions of the elder and younger. Qing'e didn't pay attention to them, but looked at the simple but safe and clean houses around her with slightly dissatisfied eyes.

These people don't believe in their own set... What they believe more is that their family is their own clan and army strength.

… Don't spend too much time here.

“… The nobles are a little reluctant to be here? Naturally, there is no beautiful scenery to see in the Seki. ”

As if he had eyes behind his back, Ji You said in a deep voice. Qing'e's expression didn't change at all, but she replied lightly.

"Please lead the way."

……

“… There's nothing to see..."

In the cemetery under the dark night and snow, I looked at Ellie who came with a long knife. She thought that there were a lot of dead corpses here, and if she felt it, the yin qi was naturally heavier, since there was a lot of yin qi.

Well, there must be creatures like youkai.

But now, all that Ellie could see was a faint blue ghostly fire facing her.

“… It's just that the power of this flame is not to be underestimated..."

She had thought it was something like phosphorus fire, but her instinctive reaction forced her to cheer up: if she was hurt by it, it might be exactly the same as the priests Persia had encountered!

“……”

However, the fire just hung in the air, and there was no movement, just burning quietly.

"I thought it had a lot of yin energy... Unexpectedly, the last strength of these people also made this cemetery covered with a yang energy that was enough to hurt me? ”

Erri didn't pose for battle, just watched it quietly. There are a lot of people buried in this place, the sea of bones, why not the sea of tombs?

“……”

“… Are you asking where I'm from? ”

Suddenly, there were some more memories in her mind, and those memories were just images, and when they came to Erlie's mouth, they became these words.

The flame flickered, and memories flooded into my mind.

“… How did you understand me? ”

She is speaking Mandarin now, and no one will know about this flame or something else in this era, right?

“……”

"You don't understand... Never mind... I answer that question.

Now it is the world of the Great Sui, there are not many men in the city, and there are many lonely old people......

Did anyone say anyone ever came back? No, at least I didn't see ......."

Looking at the hanging fire, Erlie also withdrew the knife into her own scabbard, looking at the embodiment of the countless souls and the wreckage of life.

“…… I'm not a man of the court either, but I want to say... It's not secure... The emperor is too impatient, and I am afraid that the world that has just stabilized will return to that terrible and troubled world. ”

With each question and answer, the news received was one bad news after another, and it seemed that the benefits that these people had sacrificed for their families were all buried with them.

The flame had been shining uncertainly, but it still stood in the spot, knowing that the answer would disappoint it again, but still asking.

Ellie also answered it one by one, these people want to know about their own family and hometown, and tell them that there is nothing to do.

Soon an hour passed, and the flames were still standing there, but Ellie was leaning against a cypress tree.

“… You ask me if I'm a goblin? Barely so...

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to this place in the middle of the night... I had nothing to do and went to someone else's ancestral grave, which was not a good move in the eyes of outsiders.

…… Am I a good goblin? … Maybe not... I'm willing to talk to you guys, but I... The reason for this, there are too many people who have died at my hands.

… This troubled world will inevitably come to an end, and in a book I read, the world will be together for a long time... Your descendants and families may be able to reproduce well after that, and tell you well what is going on..."

Ellie looked at a tombstone in front of her, and if she didn't know that it was a mass grave that the residents wanted to repair but couldn't, she really thought it was a mass grave.

Dead weeds were crushed under the snow, and there were even a few abandoned rat holes exposed on the ground that had been hastily swept by Ellie.

Even when she was clearing the snow, she found two people who had frozen into dry corpses, and it seemed that they had not yet come to deal with them; Or maybe it's a situation that the family doesn't recognize. Because these two dried corpses can't even see their faces clearly, and their bodies are also mutilated.

"Ten dead four or five... The rest of the people have to take on the power of the family and the country... No wonder there are no young men...

……

… This promises... I can't afford it... The world is in turmoil, and I am also here to see my ...... Friends, that's where you go... Your family, I really can't do it..."

Erli looked at the hanging blue fire, sighed, and then used the Jingyue knife beside her as a crutch and stood up straight.

"Everyone, there will be a ...... later"