Qingyan looked at the direction in which the Ergouzi was leaving, not that she wanted to chase him and catch him back, but because she thought that this city was well connected in all directions.
Like this East Street, except for the alleys in the middle that end in dead ends, there is an alley every four or five that can be passed through, leading to the north and south.
Thinking about it, the north and south streets should also lead to the east and west.
I don’t know what the designer was thinking when he built this city.
Isn’t it said that most ancient buildings are based on some Feng Shui orientation? The city was square and she didn't see any feng shui in it.
The location I chose was flat and flat, and I did not choose a place with mountains and rivers.
Although after walking out, the mountains on both sides are not too far away. As for water, this city mainly relies on well water. The river water flows outside the city and does not enter the city.
Only when she came to Handcheng did she realize that the river where they caught fish was not a tributary of the Yellow River, but the Fushui River, which became the Fuyang River in later generations.
According to what she saw on TV, most cities have moats, but this Handcheng does not.
There is a deep ditch outside the city wall. Qingyan guessed that it must have been used to collect water to form a moat, but it was just a drought and lack of rain here, so it was not possible.
If the water could be brought in to make it into running water, then circled around the city and then flowed out, then maybe some water could be retained, but I don't know why it was not done that way.
Not only was there no water in that ditch, but the weeds were almost as tall as the man in the ditch, and they were as tall as those in the wasteland.
Of course, it could also be because the grass is too deep, and there might be some water underneath, but I just can't see it.
Qingyan was thinking wildly and retracted her gaze to the east. She might as well go home. She had already finished shopping.
I originally thought of finding a place where no one was around to put the wine jar away for Chou Chou, but this guy was back in the space and I didn’t know if he could hear her voice.
She tried calling Chou Chou in her head, but to her surprise, she actually heard an echo.
Qingyan said happily: "So you can also contact me in the space. Was it possible before, or is it only possible after your consciousness has recovered? Then can you put living things in your space?"
Chou Chou came out of the space directly, got into Qingyan's satchel, and then replied: "It can only be done after the spiritual consciousness is restored. Although I am in the space, my spiritual consciousness has always been outside, looking outside. development, so when you call me, I hear you. If my God didn’t speak out, I wouldn’t be able to hear you.
As for whether it's okay to put live animals in, I really don't know. Why don't we go to Nanshi later and buy a chicken and put it in to give it a try. "
Qingyan thought it would work, but if she didn't give it a try, she really didn't know if it would work, so she prepared to walk westward with the wine jar, thinking of heading south when she reached the cross street.
She suddenly thought of something, stopped again, turned around and walked east.
She was going to try walking this way to see if she could save some time and collect the wine jar at the same time.
As for whether she would run into that Ergouzi again, it didn't matter, she wasn't afraid, Chou Chou could deal with him.
Besides, the other party is only a young man, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is injured, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Although in ancient times, someone over the age of thirteen was considered an adult, but Qingyan was not an ancient person after all. In her opinion, he was still a child.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person's eyes were always malicious, Qingyan really wouldn't care about treating his injuries.
After all, those little beggars and pickpockets you see on TV were all kidnapped by human traffickers and forced to do bad things.
Either they are really hungry, or there are elderly people or children to support at home, and most of them are forced to do so.
But obviously this Ergouzi is not in these categories, and he also echoes what his father said. Her father said that although people are inherently good in nature, some people are not good people by nature, so don't show kindness outside. So as not to be fooled without even knowing it.
Qingyan deeply agreed.
Walking on the path beside the city wall, the ground here is not as smooth as on the street, and there are no stone paving on the ground.
It's not that it's full of potholes, the ground is fairly flat, but there's a lot of floating soil, and it's dusty when you walk on it, leaving clear footprints.
Qingyan looked at the cloth shoes on her feet. They were originally cyan but had been stained with a thick layer of loess.
Thinking about it, it seems that I have to clean my shoes when I go back today, otherwise I won't be able to wear them tomorrow and my feet will be all black.
Although this is a very wide passage, there are actually not many people walking here, because it is a long passage with high city walls on one side and house walls and courtyard walls on the other. The side door opens.
There is basically nothing except a drainage ditch next to it and a few sparse trees.
Looking at the footprints on the ground, apart from his own, they were the ones left by Ergouzi just now, which shows how far off they are.
It seems that the people here are quite safety-conscious and know not to go to remote places.
"ah--"
Suddenly, a shrill scream came, which frightened Qingyan, who already had good hearing, and she stopped subconsciously.
He sent a message to Chou Chou and said, "Use your spiritual consciousness to see where this voice came from? What happened?"
Looking back at the distance we just walked, we saw that this place should still be within the scope of East Street, and the courtyard doors of each house were opened in another alley.
From this point of view, the ancients were quite particular about Feng Shui, and they would not open the courtyard door casually.
If it is modern, people will usually subconsciously leave the courtyard door open on the roadside. Not only is it more convenient to enter and exit, but it is also possible to open a shop and do business, but it is indeed not very safe.
Chou Chou used his spiritual sense to investigate, and then said to Qingyan: "It came from a yard across from the two houses in front of me. It should be a man beating his wife, but the beating was a bit harsh, with a stick with a thick wrist. As a result of the beating, it felt like the woman’s legs were broken and bent unnaturally, and she had already fainted, but the man was still beating her.”
Qingyan frowned. No matter what era, she felt that domestic violence men who beat women were not a good thing. They had power and would not use it outside, even with their own daughter-in-law. Such people did not deserve a wife.
Qingyan continued to ask: "Is there no one else in that house? The beating was so severe, but no one stopped him?"
In this era, you have to do everything yourself. Beating people like that is because they don't want people to live.
Even if a man beats his wife, he probably won't beat her to death. After all, if the wife is damaged, she will have to be treated and she won't be able to work anymore.
From Chou Chou's description, I guess the other party really didn't want the woman to live.
Chou Chou took another look and replied: "Yes, there is an old lady and two children in the yard. The two children were guarding the door, squatting on the ground and shivering. The old lady was sitting on the side. His expression was quite indifferent, as if it didn't matter."
Qingyan was a little angry, but it was really hard to deal with this kind of thing. After all, it was a family matter.
If you manage things well, others won't thank you; if you manage things poorly, both sides will complain.
However, thinking this way, he still said to Chou Chou: "Can you use your spiritual consciousness to put away the stick in the man's hand to scare him?"
In ancient times, people believed in ghosts and gods the most. If the stick in his hand disappeared out of thin air, it would surely save the woman's life.
Chou Chou nodded, stretched out his consciousness, and put the stick in the man's hand into the space.
