After Ding Qin answered, Cheng Ying was silent for a while, looked up at Ding Qin's eyes and asked, "Then, what if one day, you recover your memory and find that you didn't have any other people and women before?"

This is a sharp question and one that must be answered.

Because if there is no answer, in Cheng Ying's heart, there will always be one thing hanging in the air, floating Ding Qin.

She actually wanted to get a negative answer, and this feeling was better than her getting a positive answer.

She's a smart woman. She knew that Ding Qin was not the kind of person who made a decision and changed it.

But in any case, when she asked, she still had a glimmer of hope. She hopes that Ding Qin can be moved by her companionship and dedication all along, and then make a promise to the next, that is, she may come back.

It's just that she is really afraid of such an answer. Because no one knows how long it will take Ding Qin if he comes back. Days, months, years, decades?

Or wait until she dies?

At least for now, no one knows.

Ding Qin took a deep breath and slowly turned his gaze into the distance. "I won't be coming back. Don't wait for me either. You need to have your own life. ”

After hearing this, Cheng Ying moved the muscles on her cheeks very unnaturally, and finally laughed out loud, either true or false. She nodded, "Well, good, that's the answer I wanted." In fact, you know, how to answer is the most down-to-earth for me, although this kind of answer will make me sad for a while. ”

Ding Qin smiled reluctantly, "Or, I should say I'm sorry." ”

Cheng Ying waved her hand again and again, "You don't have to." But I've caused you a lot of trouble along the way. Anyway, the two of us are even. Well, now that being the case, it's time for me to go back. I feel like I've grown a lot along the way with you. By the way, if we meet in the future, we don't have to run away!"

After speaking, she jumped up directly and walked in the direction of her hometown at the fastest speed she could.

"If we meet, we don't have to run away, I will eventually pass away. After she walked a long way, Ding Qin, who was standing in place, muttered the whole lyrics.

Then, too, he took a step and followed the predetermined route. He was still humming the song until dark. "It's still day, it's raining or raining, I'm not familiar with this city anymore, you're still you, I'm still me, just one more winter. ”

Ding Qin's heart is actually a little depressed, this depression comes from the departure of his companions, and also from the loss of his own memory that he has not recovered. It took a few days of adjustment before he recovered and headed south as fast as he could.

This walk is nearly two months. Finally, after crossing a large river and crossing a high mountain, he entered the territory of Tiannan Prefecture.

There are obvious differences between Tiannan State and Tianshu State. Although both are warm zones, Tiannan Prefecture is obviously hotter, and even the plants are very different. Moreover, in Tiannan Prefecture, the population density has increased significantly, with an average of one town every ten miles and at least one city every 100 kilometers.

Even on the road, if it is the main thoroughfare between the two cities, it will also be full of people and cars. Here, you won't feel desolate at all, as if that's just synonymous with Skyrim State.

Ding Qin didn't understand, it was just a mountain and a river, why there was such a big difference between the two sides. There are no checkpoints between the two, and there is no separation between forces, but the people of Tianshu State seem to be reluctant to enter Tiannan State, and the people of Tiannan State are not willing to enter Tianji State.

Or, perhaps, it's a habit that has been formed for a long time.

Before dark, Ding Qin entered a medium-sized city and found an inn to stay in. He needs to know about Tiannan Prefecture in case he is in danger of reckless action in the days to come.

As Ding Qin imagined, in this kind of place where people come and go frequently, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er of the inn are very enthusiastic. In the face of Ding Qin's inquiry, they not only explained one by one, but even gave Ding Qin a map of Tiannan Prefecture.

Tiannan Prefecture is actually a centralized administrative system based on the county system, which is somewhat similar to the state's administrative system, but there are some differences.

In the entire Tiannan Prefecture, the supreme power and wealth are in the hands of the state commanders. The prefecture is the supreme ruler of Tiannan Prefecture, under which there are administrative organs, which are divided into three departments, left, center, and right, which are respectively in charge of the military, civil affairs, and commerce; under the prefecture there are counties, and each county is divided into military guards, civilian guards, and commercial guards, and as the main responsible personnel of the county, they are respectively responsible for the military, civil affairs, and commerce within the county; and there are counties under the county, and there are military orders, civil orders, and commercial orders within the county, and their responsibilities are similar to those of officials at the county level, except that they only govern the area of the county where they are located.

This hierarchical management is the same as the state administrative system. The difference is that in Tiannan Prefecture, counties are allowed to become independent, and counties are also allowed to become independent.

This is a distinction from the centralization of the state.

Regardless of the county, if it decides to break away from the jurisdiction of the state, it only needs to report to the state and call the people of the county. The states will not attack them militarily, but will only cut off commercial contact with them.

However, due to the limited commercial resources between each county, it is difficult to form an independent industrial structure even if it is independent, so it cannot achieve long-term development. Under the requirements of the people's livelihood, the independent counties will choose to return to the state again.

And in the process of restoration, they need to pay a certain price. If the county has abundant economic resources, it may pay monetary compensation, and if it is unable to pay, it is required to provide labor for a certain period of time in proportion to the population of the county or designated county.

It is said that there was a time when there was a large-scale incident of county independence, and later it was all due to the problem of resource distribution, and then it was restored one after another. At this time, the state unification also showed considerable generosity, and when distributing labor, it often only transferred between different counties, and did not oppress and exploit the people, but only promoted the flow of people.

This may also be the reason why there are fewer and fewer counties with independent ideas.

Similarly, within a county, counties can become independent, in a similar way to counties. As a county, it is even more difficult to form an independent economic system, and eventually it will either be restored again, or it will become a bandit on the land division side, making a living by looting. The military strength of the entire Tiannan Prefecture and the counties is said to be mainly used against these bandits.

Ding Qin also asked about the reason for the lack of interaction between Tiannan Prefecture and Tianshu Prefecture. The reply was that Tiannan Prefecture felt that Tianshu Prefecture did not have an administrative system, and that power and force were supreme, like barbarian tribes, and that Tianshu Prefecture felt that Tiannan Prefecture's various policies and systems were cumbersome and hindered freedom.

Ding Qin counted on the map that there were eighteen counties in Tiannan Prefecture, of which sixteen were located on the mainland and two were on the islands of the ocean. In the counties under the county, there are as few as four or five, and as many as a dozen or twenty, and the total number should be no less than two hundred.

The county where he is now located is called Border County, which is slender in shape, and almost encompasses the entire border between Tiannan Prefecture and Tianshu Prefecture. There are 14 counties under the jurisdiction of the county, and the county that I came in is called Yangshan County, which belongs to the larger one.

And Honglang County, Nanhai County, where I am going, is precisely on the southernmost island of Tiannan Prefecture, and it is still thousands of miles away from its current location.

Ding Qin smiled bitterly helplessly. Come to think of it, I will soon walk this continent from south to north.

Looking at the map, on the east and west sides, there are two areas, which are marked with Tianyun Prefecture and Tianyin Prefecture respectively, which also makes Ding Qin sigh with emotion, I don't know if these two areas may be taken in the future.

With the map, Ding Qin can plan his route more conveniently. He chose a route that was relatively compromised in terms of convenience and distance, but a rough estimate showed that it would take at least two months to reach Honglang County, Nanhai County.

After putting the map away, Ding Qin turned off the lights and lay down on the bed. He didn't practice today because he was ready to take a good rest. Since Cheng Ying also left, he traveled alone, and all kinds of irritability followed, and insomnia became his habit almost every night.

I don't know if it's because of a change of environment, or because his body is tired to the extreme, today he suddenly felt extremely sleepy, so he simply took off his coat and lay down on the bed.

The location of the inn is well set up. Behind the house was a stream of spring water, and in the dead of night, the sound of gurgling water was like a lullaby, which made Ding Qin quickly fall asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Ding Qin suddenly opened his eyes.

Because he felt a slight footstep.

Maintaining an instinctive vigilance while sleeping has long been a habit of Ding Qin. And if it were just the footsteps of the guests in the hallway, he wouldn't wake up.

The footsteps that woke him up must have been all around his house, including the hallway, out of the window, next door, and on the roof.

At any time, the presence of footsteps in these positions at the same time, and it is still a slight footstep, will not be normal.

Ding Qin got up gently, put on his coat, left the bed, and went to a corner of the room.

There was no moon today, and it was pitch black inside and outside. He couldn't see everywhere, but he could get a rough idea of the situation by his precise perception of the slight vibrations in each part.

After a while, a rooster crowed outside. After that, roosters crowed everywhere near and far, and it turned out that the sky was almost dawn. And the shaking also stopped after a while, and all the people did not move again.

That's a little weird, isn't it?

Ding Qin was a little puzzled in his heart. If it is a bandit or a thief, he should have completed the siege and then started immediately, where is there still the practice of the day is almost dawn and still strictly sticks to the goal?

Or are these people not in it for money at all?

Come to think of it, after Ding Qin arrived here, he didn't say that he was rich at all, and even when he paid the rent, he did it in exchange. Not exposing his wealth is also a basic way for him to ensure his own safety.

Could it be that he entered a black shop? But the black store shouldn't just defend and not attack, right?

As the sky began to lighten, the room began to take on a pale blue, and the outlines of the various locations began to appear. Nearly half an hour later, I heard a knock on the door outside. "Guest officer, guest officer, I'm Xiao Er, I don't know if you're up?"