When Bai Ze woke up the next day, he heard a surprised voice coming from next door: "Who are you and why are you here?"
"Who are you?" Xiaoman's voice came next, humming: "This is my young master's house, what are you doing here?"
"Your young master?" The man asked in surprise, "Do you know who the owner of this courtyard is? This is the old residence of General Xiaoqi. Who is your young master? He dares to go to the general's mansion to have a porcelain affair?"
Bai Ze was suspicious as he listened to the conversation between the two. As soon as he showed his head from the wall, he heard Xiaoman sarcastically say: "The residence of General Xiaoqi? How dare you say that? This is the first time I have seen such a shabby general's residence. Why?" , is this general from your family?"
The woman in plain clothes was about to retort when she suddenly saw Bai Ze's head popping up from the wall. She was startled and her eyes widened: "You! Who are you? How dare you run into the Immortal Master's Mansion?! "
"Immortal Master's Mansion?" Xiaoman couldn't help laughing, looked at Bai Ze and said, "Sir, did you admit to the wrong house and slept with the Immortal Master last night?"
Bai Ze's face darkened. Looking at the familiar face of the woman in plain clothes, he hesitated: "Sunny day?"
The woman in plain clothes was startled when she heard this, and looked at Bai Ze carefully, wondering why the slovenly young man knew her name.
"Sir, why are you talking nonsense?" Xiaoman looked at the snow in the sky, unable to see the sun, "It's not sunny here, it's clearly snowing..."
As he was talking, Xiaoman noticed something was wrong with the face of the woman in plain clothes. He looked at Bai Ze in surprise and asked, "Master, isn't this girl's name called Qingtian?"
At the same time, Qingtian finally reacted, looked at Bai Ze, and asked uncertainly: "Are you Bai Ze?"
"Of course it's me." Bai Ze climbed over the wall skillfully and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for so many years. I almost didn't recognize you. Why are you here?"
Qingtian was the alchemist who was rescued by the Hanyu Bear King when Bai Zeer entered Dushan.
The woman in plain clothes stared at Bai Ze in surprise, in disbelief: "Are you...really Bai Ze?"
"Back in Dushan, Han Yuxiong King." Bai Ze said.
Hearing this, Qingtian immediately confirmed Bai Ze's identity and said in surprise: "It's really you! Mr. Bai Ze..." The woman in plain clothes looked at the stubble on Bai Ze's chin, and couldn't say the word "Xia". Embarrassed: "When did the general come back? I haven't seen you for several years, and I didn't even recognize you..."
"I just arrived in Heyang last night." Bai Ze said, "Maybe it's because I look older, so it's normal that I can't recognize him."
When he swallowed the dragon soul in the dragon's lair, the black and yellow dragon energy shaped his body, giving birth to thin dragon blood in Bai Ze's body, so that his growth rate was different from that of ordinary people. Although he is only seventeen now, under the mental fatigue, he grew green With a stubble, he looks like a young man.
"How could it be?" Qingtian smiled gently, "General Yushu Linfeng is young and promising. I wonder if he is the favorite gentleman of many girls in the southern region."
"Young lady is joking." Bai Ze said, "It's just a false name. It's nothing compared to my status as a Xuan-level alchemist. Hanging a pot to help the world, this is immeasurable merit."
Xiaoman looked strange as he listened to the conversation between the two.
This is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple. It is as embarrassing as it can be.
Xiaoman did know that Bai Ze had the title of "Ghost General" in the southern region of Yan Kingdom. This title of Cavalry General was unheard of before.
It seems that after Bai Ze left the southern region of Yan Kingdom, Zhao Dun and others pursued him.
"Sir, how about... sit down and chat for a while?" Xiaoman said bravely, "I'll make tea!"
Qingtian hesitated for a moment and said, "How about if the general and this girl don't mind, come and sit at my house?"
Bai Ze thought that the smoke of fireworks had long since disappeared in this small courtyard, so he might as well go with the flow and nodded, "That's fine."
The three of them walked out of the courtyard, braved the light snow and walked out of the alleyway to Qingtian's home. As the New Year approaches and war preparations become tense, the past festivals of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new have lost their joy and laughter. Pedestrians hurriedly walked along the long street. Along the way, many people greeted Sunny with reverence, but most of those smiles were not as deep as the eyes.
The flames of national war have spread everywhere.
The southern region of the Yan Kingdom, with its weak power, monopolizes two of the four northern passes, is like fat on a chopping board. The four forces have long been secretly competing to devour this coveted strategically important land.
During the Northern Kingdom War more than seventy years ago, the reason why Yan State was able to survive was because of Hulao Pass.
Once the land in the southern region of Yan State can be taken away, the best case scenario is that Hulao Pass will also be included. No matter how bad he is, he can still point his sword at Hulao.
Zheng Guo has been consumed by civil war and no longer has the strength to conquer.
But Song State has the strength to annex the southern region in one go.
It's just that now Qi State's troops are stationed at Dangyang Pass, trying to regain the old city of Guan in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the trend to move eastward and annex the southern region in one fell swoop.
The King of Song was suspicious that sending troops at this time would lead to a head-on confrontation with Qi, so he continued to hesitate, giving Zhao Dun and others time to breathe.
But if the arrow is on the string, it will not fail to fire.
Qi State's Chen Bing's intention to seize Dangyang Pass is known to everyone.
Once Dangyang falls, the door to the east of Qi State is completely opened, and there is only one way to survive in the southern region, and that is to defend Hulao Pass.
Zhao Dun knew very well that in front of Qi's halberd warriors, the land of the Southern Region was no different from a chicken or a dog.
But the problem is that today's Hulao Pass is no longer what it used to be.
The battle between saints completely shattered the city defense formation. The former most powerful pass in the north was now just a joke. Once Handan sends troops, Hulao Pass will most likely fall directly.
So the current situation is that the Southern Territory is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Except for the Dushan Mountain of Dongfang Tiansheng, which stretches across the north and south, blocking the Jin state from the vast mountains, the three sides are full of disasters.
One can imagine the mood of the people in the Southern Territory.
A group of three people came to Qingtian's house.
During the conversation along the way, Bai Ze learned that Mu Chen had been taking care of his and Tao Hongjing's original residence over the years, and would send people to clean it every once in a while.
It's just that the situation in the southern region has become increasingly dangerous recently, and Mu Chen has no thoughts, so he will go and clean up in his spare time on sunny days.
In the hall of the house, the apprentice of the Medicine Master Pavilion made tea and bowed down.
Since Qingtian became a Xuan-level alchemist, her status in the Apothecary Pavilion has risen rapidly. She has several apprentices who serve around her and are very respectful to her.
"Where is Mu Chen now?" Bai Ze asked while drinking tea.
"It's in Heyang City." Qingtian said, "Not long after you left the Southern Territory, he inherited the title of Marquis of Heyang. But the current situation in the Southern Territory... I haven't seen him in some days. But if I knew you When you come back, Mr. Mu...hou will definitely be very happy!"
Seeing her subtle expression, Bai Ze changed the subject casually without asking further questions: "By the way, where is Qing Ling?"
"Princess..." Qingtian looked hesitant, frowned slightly, sighed, and said: "Princess Qingling, she is no longer here."
Bai Ze frowned and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"
"The princess is already married." Qingtian looked at Bai Ze and spoke slowly.
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