Qianguo is a small country in the southeast of Gezhou in the north, with only five counties.
However, its location is an important thoroughfare for all countries. It goes north to south, east to west, and can connect several large countries around it.
The reason why it has not been annexed by the surrounding powers is said to be because behind it stands a great master of ten realms of swordsmanship.
The swordsman's killing power is extremely high. A great master of swordsmanship at the peak of the tenth realm is enough to compete with some saints of the eleventh realm.
Therefore, although the pious kingdom is small, it can continue to exist.
Of course, it is not that the major countries do not have saints, sword immortals, and martial gods who can defeat the great masters of the Ten Realms of Swordsmanship. It is just that compared to the price to be paid, the benefits of annexing them are too small, so there is no need.
After all, although Qianguo has stated that it is neutral and will not participate in the disputes between neighboring powers, its country is small and has few people and resources. It has to rely on the big powers to survive better.
Huqiu County, the largest county in the Qian Kingdom, has a post house in the city of Qingniao Fei Post Station.
After separation from the others, Li Changyi took Xiaoqianjun and Guo Nanjun eastward, and soon arrived at Huqiu County and found the Qingniao Feiyi Inn.
Guo Nanjun had made an agreement with his brother before. After arriving at the post house, he quickly obtained the message that his brother Guo Hengbei had left in the post office.
Although Guo Hengbei left the message in another place, through the mysterious and magical fairy method of Qingniao Flying Station, it can be read in any Qingniao Station in Beizhi Gezhou after matching the soul seal.
From the message on the jade slip, Guo Nanjun learned that his brothers Guo Hengbei and Wei Lun had also fallen to the southeast of Beizhi Gezhou after being thrown out of Linggui Town by Old Turtle.
But not in the pious country.
But it was in Fengyu City, Yi State, which was a little further south than Qian State.
Like Qian Kingdom, Yi State is also a small country, adjacent to each other. Fengyu City is only two days away from Huqiu County.
Guo Nanjun left a message to his brother, agreeing to meet in a small county called Xu County, east of Huqiu County.
There is a Xianjia ferry there, and you can take the Xianjia treasure ship directly to the capital of Wei Dynasty.
They are going to the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty to return the ashes of Feng Gu, a member of the demon-slaying team, back to his hometown.
After sending the letter, the three of them visited Huqiu County.
Xiao Qianjun bought a rattle.
Guo Nanjun picked a comb.
Li went to the bookshop and bought dozens of volumes.
They asked someone to inquire and confirmed that the journey to Biluotian took more than two months, but only seven days passed in the human world.
The flow of time in the Boundary Sea seems to be very different from that in the human world.
Just like the rhyme left by Li Changyi through the twilight of the girl's cloud, across time and space, he stayed on the eaves of the city tower three thousand years ago for more than a month.
But in the eyes of Xiao Qianjun, Xiao Ye and others, he only left for less than a quarter of an hour.
When Li Qianyi and Xiao Qianjun just came down the mountain, there were still more than two months before the God of Donghua Mountain held a century-old wandering meeting.
Excluding the time spent on the journey to Xiufeng Mountain, the time spent in the town, and the migration trip, Li Qingyue calculated that it was now close to the date of the Donghua Mountain Traveling Gods Fair.
No more, no less, exactly fifty days.
Although the trip to Donghua Mountain is still thousands of miles away, there is still enough time, so there is no need to rush.
After buying books and eating Huqiu County's special food, Li Qianyi, Xiao Qianjun, and Guo Nanjun headed east to Xianjia Ferry in Xu County.
When Taixu Old Turtle threw them out of the town, he also threw out their previous mounts.
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun took Xiao Qianjun with them on a horse and led them from the mountain road to Xu County.
Speaking of which, the yellow-maned horse he was riding originally belonged to Feng Gu and was ridden up Xiufeng Mountain by a human demon.
After the human demon died, Guo Hengbei gave it to Li Chang.
At noon, it started pouring rain on the mountain road.
Li Changyi and the other two found shelter from the rain in a village beside the road, and continued on their way when the rain stopped.
It was difficult to walk on the mountain road after the rain. After riding hard for an hour, night had fallen.
Li went to look out on a small slope and saw what seemed to be a house not far ahead, so he planned to spend the night there.
After a cup of tea, they finally arrived at the house.
At this time, the night was getting darker, and thick fog was rising on the mountain road.
As the three of them approached, they saw that the house was a large pavilion.
Guo Nanjun recognized the words on the beams of the pavilion, turned around and said to Li Chaoyue: "This pavilion is called Sansanli Pavilion. When we get here, we should be only thirty miles away from Xu County."
Li Changyue said: "The mountain road is slippery and there is thick fog, making it very difficult to travel. Let's rest here for the night and start again tomorrow."
Guo Nanjun nodded: "Yes, listen to sir."
The pavilion is quite large and does not look like an ordinary resting pavilion. In addition to allowing passing merchants and horse teams to rest, it should also serve as a certain trading place.
In addition to the east-west mountain road that Li Chaoyi and the others walked, there is also a north-south official road that passes through the pavilion and connects the north and the south.
This can be regarded as a small thoroughfare near Xu County.
However, I don’t know since when, the two mountain roads and the thirty-mile pavilion have been abandoned.
The once prosperous and lively place has now become a deserted pavilion.
Li Chaoyi and the other three dismounted.
Just as they were about to enter the pavilion, a six or seven-year-old girl came out of the pavilion, holding the door edge and looking at them timidly.
The little girl is very thin and wears a patched coat. She is from a poor family.
Because she was too thin, her face had no color, but her big eyes were very bright.
"Big brother, big sister, are you from the west?" The little girl looked at them for a while, and when she saw that they didn't look like bad people, she asked in a low voice.
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun looked at each other and replied, "Yes, we came from Huqiu County in the west."
"Have you ever passed by Ningjia Village?"
"Yes, we encountered heavy rain at noon, and we took shelter in Ningjia Village."
"Great! Brother, have you seen my father and mother-in-law? Are they coming to see me soon?"
"Your father and mother-in-law? Are you from the Ning family village?"
"Yes, my name is Ning Xiaozhi, my father's name is Ning Dazhu, and my mother's name is Hu Cuihua." The little girl was very happy to see that Li Changye and the others had been to Ningjia Village, "Brother, have you seen them?"
Li Changyi recalled the villagers he met in Ningjia Village when he was taking shelter from the rain.
Nodding: "I saw it."
The little girl became even more happy and asked crisply: "Then daddy and grandma have already set out to find me?"
"Is it just because my eldest brother and eldest sister are riding horses, and dad and aunt are walking a little slower, that's why they haven't arrived yet?"
Li Chaoyi looked strange and asked, "Are you here, waiting for your father and mother-in-law?"
The little girl smiled and replied: "Yes, I am sick. My father and mother-in-law want to take me to the county town to find a doctor."
"But I was in a hurry when I left and forgot to bring the money. Daddy and grandma went back to get it."
"My father and my mother asked me to wait here. They will be back soon. When I bring the money and go to the county hospital, my illness will be cured."
Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun looked at each other again, and both fell silent.
They happened to take shelter from the rain at Ning Dazhu and Hu Cuihua's house at noon.
When chatting, Hu Cuihua mentioned that one of her eldest daughters was lost three years ago. If a guest encounters her on the road, please be sure to give them a message and they will find her.
Looking at the thin but expectant little girl in front of them, Li Chaoyi and Guo Nanjun didn't know how to answer the question.
Under the night, behind the little girl, in the corner of the deserted pavilion.
Clearly lying there were the withered bones of a six or seven-year-old girl!
