When they came out of their dwellings, they went east past the washroom under the cliff, and further south they were again dwellings, and further east they were still dwellings.

They were walking in the hallways of those houses.

Qingzhi knew that Lu Shikang was going to come out to walk around, not to accompany her for a walk, she saw him pay attention to the houses on both sides all the way, and knew that he wanted to observe this place carefully.

The houses they passed were large and small, some with people inside, but most of them were empty.

When I was about to reach the edge of the mountain, I saw a fenced courtyard.

This courtyard is built against the mountain wall, which is quiet and elegant.

The courtyard is tall and the gate is closed.

You can't see the building inside.

Lu Shikang took Qingzhi's hand and pulled her away from the courtyard quickly.

By feeling, the people in this place should be the masters of this place.

The two of them walked forward again, and after passing the wall of this courtyard, there was a wasteland, and after this large wasteland, and further on, there was another courtyard.

The courtyard is large, and there are some regular stone houses built in it. The stone house was built to the north of the compound, and to the south was a large open space.

I heard the sound of horses coming from time to time.

Qingzhi said in a low voice: "So, there is still a stable here?" She knew that it would cost money to raise Marco.

Lu Shikang nodded and said in a low voice: "It's expected." ”

The gate of the compound where the horses are kept is closed, but footsteps can be heard inside. Aoeda guessed that it was the sound of a horse boy walking.

Further down, there was another courtyard, and in and out of the courtyard were some people armed with swords.

He was dressed the same as the man who went to wake up in the morning.

The others had their swords taken back after practicing their swords in the morning, but these people could keep their swords with them, and Aoeda guessed that these people were similar to the kind of people who managed law and order here.

If you go further, you will reach the southeast edge of the basin, and if you look west, you can see the room where you have eaten today. Standing around the corner at this time, you can see the master washing pots and pans by the well outside the room.

It was already night, and because of the moonlight, they did not light the oil lamps, but were busy in the moonlight.

They turned west and passed a house in front of a forest, probably because the south side was blocked by the mountains and did not see the sun all year round, so there were only houses in front of the mountain in the south, and there were no buildings further west.

Walk to the southwest corner of the basin and turn north. I didn't go far before I reached the passage of the entrance from yesterday, where the big man was standing. When he saw them passing by, he only looked at them, but did not speak.

The two of them made their way north, passing a number of houses, some of which were lit and some of which were not.

When passing through a narrow aisle where there was no light on all sides, there were empty houses on both sides, and Qingzhi whispered, "Childe, do you think you ...... too?"

Before she finished speaking, Lu Shikang said, "Hmm...... It's not simple here. ”

The reason why he took Qingzhi out for a stroll was that after a long day of training, he had a faint feeling that there was a bigger secret here.

If his inference is correct, the master here is not as simple as the resurgence of the bandits.

If it's just a resurgence of bandits, there is no need for such rigorous and high-intensity training.

There is no need to spend huge sums of money on raising horses.

Look at the size of the farm, there are at least 2,000 horses in it.

I've never seen a bandit spend a lot of money on horses.

Generally, bandits raise a dozen horses at most on a mountain, and most low-level bandits have no horses to ride.

Moreover, thieves generally like to rob people's daughters as wives, and there are mostly all kinds of women in them. There were only six women here, and they were only here to appease people.

Most of the thieves are disciplined and lazy, and their lives on weekdays are mainly chaotic, and they go out to grab some silver from time to time.

But the people here are locked up inside, not allowed to go out.

So, it's a very unusual place.

He therefore concluded that one of the people who had gathered them together was playing a very big game.

He stopped pondering and whispered to Qingzhi, "I'm afraid we're going to have to live here for some time......"

"What if we can't get out again?" Aoeda said worriedly.

"I'll go out someday."

"When?"

"It's hard to say."

Hearing him say this, she had no choice but to be silent. I thought in my heart that when my family saw that she was gone, I didn't know what the rush would be.

There is also the Lu family, and I don't know what it will be like in a hurry.

But now, first, she didn't have a chance to go out, and second, she thought that Lu Shikang would probably not be willing to leave until he saw the mysterious figure in the deep courtyard on the side of the mountain wall in the eastern part of the basin.

The two walked along the edge of the basin on the west side, and at the foot of the mountain in the moonlight, wild grass could be seen, and there was a stream babbling from time to time.

As he reached the northwest corner of the basin and turned east back to his quarters, Aoeda found a place suitable for late-night bathing.

It was the eye of a mountain spring that was going to the inside of the mountain a few feet away. It's also a bit away from the nearest building.

So it was decided that when everyone was asleep, they would come here to wash themselves.

After returning to the residence with Lu Shikang, he saw that the lamp had been lit in the room.

Lights are scattered on several walls of the room.

When I came to my bed in the southwest corner, I saw that she and Lu Shikang had a gray-brown coarse cloth dress on their beds.

It's the same as the rest of the room is wearing.

looked at Huang Mao and Guan Xiao again, and saw that they were already wearing them, indicating that they had already washed.

So she put her clothes aside and sat down on the bed and waited for them to fall asleep.

It's just night, and it's the time when everyone's spirits are at their highest. Everyone was chatting, some were sitting on the bed, some were lying on the bed. Others play cards around the same bed.

Huang Mao was now standing next to the bed of the person he was diagonally on, chatting vigorously with the person on the bed.

"So, have you seen that person?" Huang Mao asked.

"I haven't seen it, but I've heard someone has seen it. I heard that he came once in a while, only to see the head of the sect, and usually came and left overnight. ”

"How old is he?"

"People who have heard it say, about twenty-three or four."

"What does it look like?"

"It's said to be quite thoughtful."

"Do you know his name?"

"How do I know that? I'm just a small character. ”

Huang Mao was surprised and said, "So, you don't even know who summoned you here, so you came over?" ”

The man said, "Don't you know? ”

Qingzhi listened attentively to the conversation between Huang Mao and the man, glanced at Lu Shikang, and saw that he also seemed to be listening attentively.

Huang Mao said again: "If this is for someone, I don't know who I'm working for, it's too funny." ”

The man said: "We're just cheap, don't think about it so much......"

"No, since we are all descendants of the same bandits, no one is more noble than the other, why are we still divided into high and low here?"

Guan Xiao interjected: "There are many people in the emperor's own family who have become ordinary people, how can there be equality in this world, who is rich and who is the master." ”

Huang Mao said: "Yes." ”

Then Huang Mao chatted with the man about his life. He said that he was orphaned at the age of six and raised by his aunt and uncle's family, who loved only their children and ignored him, so he slipped out of his uncle's house at the age of fifteen and never returned.

Then they were talking about something else, but Qingzhi didn't pay attention to it.

She was a little puzzled, why didn't Lu Shikang wash his body.

When I was puzzled, I heard him say: "Qingkong, go, accompany my son to take a bath......"

"No, no, no, Childe should go by himself!"

"Huh? When did this son go to bathe by himself? ”

"Childe, I'm ......"