"Dad, who is this empress?"
The ragged woman's eyes fell on Chi Meng, and then she looked at King Jiao, who was smiling with squinted eyes, and was slightly startled.
Chi Meng put her finger on her chin and looked at this very mysterious woman curiously: "Dad said you are very powerful and can take us to Twelve Cave. Are you from Twelve Cave? I heard that there are The people are all kind of old and weird old men, very scary!”
The woman's eyes seemed a little surprised, and she circled around Chi Meng a few times. Her eyes met Chi Meng's strange look, and she murmured: "The sac has grown so big..."
Li Jing crossed her arms and leaned against the stone pillar inside the temple. She glanced at the empress and raised her chin: two-thirds of the matter was almost completed.
The empress didn't seem to understand, she frowned and turned her head.
Hou Qing walked to the swing, looked at the swing made entirely of rattan, shook it with his hand, and then touched his chin: "It's tasteful!"
Chi Meng's little face over there was stunned, and she looked at King Hui at a loss: "Dad...Why do I feel that she is so weird..."
In fact, King Jiao had a somewhat reserved look on his face and coughed: "Girl, this is your mother."
"oh..."
Chi Meng responded, placing his gaze on Li Jing, who had been smiling slightly, and then suddenly turned back: "Huh?!"
King Jiao's eyes were gentle and he nodded slowly: "She is your mother, Xian Ginseng."
Xianshen looked at Chi Meng a little hesitant, raised his hands that looked a little dirty, wiped them on his body, and finally walked over and pulled the king's ears fiercely.
"Chi Li! What is going on! Why did you become like this, and why did you bring the girl here!"
"Oh, it hurts..."
King Jiao frowned and tilted his head in the direction of Xianshen's force: "Mother, I'm still seriously injured, so you can't be gentle."
Chi Meng's face was always blank. Looking at the fresh ginseng that he didn't hold back at all, he couldn't stop King Hu's explanation and kept using his hands: "If you stay in this broken forest for more than ten years, you see. Can you please be gentle? You are incompetent and were made like this by others, and now you want to take the girl and send her to..."
Xian Ginseng's voice stopped suddenly, and the back of her tattered robe was hugged fiercely by a figure.
"Mom...stop pulling daddy's ears..."
Li Jing, who had been leaning on the stone pillar with a chuckle and watching the excitement, felt the corner of his clothes being pulled, and saw the empress giving him a cold look and walking out quietly.
Li Jing was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Hou Qing, only to find that he had long since disappeared...
With an embarrassed cough, Li Jing sneaked out the door, leaving space for Chi Meng's family to reunite.
"Is there a road to Twelve Cave here?"
Outside the temple, the empress stood at the foot of the steps, looking at Li Jing and speaking softly.
On the branch over there, Hou Qing was lying on his back, groping for the bone flute in his hand, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Chi Meng's mother was exiled here by Twelve Cave. She is a native of Twelve Cave."
Li Jing walked down the bluestone steps and carefully recalled the plot in the animation, but a long time had passed, and many things that he didn't care about at the time had long been forgotten.
The empress suddenly realized and looked in the direction she came from.
"These Jaundice tribesmen are very capable of sneaking. They were so close to us just now, and they didn't even reveal the slightest breath."
Li Jing touched his chin and thought, this dead stream forest not only has a harsh environment, but is also surrounded by miasma and poisonous gas. If these Jaundice people can go to the forests of the Central Plains, they will not be able to live like a fish in water...
Pity.
Li Jing sat on the steps and looked at the empress: "What will you do when you find Li Maozhen?"
The empress was obviously stunned, and when she turned around, she saw Li Jing looking at her with burning eyes.
"Fifteen years have passed. Are you sure Li Maozhen is still your original brother?"
The empress looked hesitant, clasped her hands behind her back, and muttered: "Brother Wang has been away from Qi Country for fifteen years, and Qi Country has been under my control for fifteen years. I just want to know if he is still alive after no news for fifteen years. As for the rest, it’s just clouds and smoke.”
Li Jing frowned: "Don't you want him to go back?"
The empress neither nodded nor shook her head, but looked at Li Jing without hesitation: "He has the ambition to dominate the nine states, but now do you have the desire to be the common master of the world? I said I would help you, and I will naturally help you. .”
Li Jing's face straightened, and her hands on her legs suddenly clenched.
The empress looked pale and looked away: "Qi Country is in my hands, it's good enough..."
"As for you, I hope that you can not only make Qi Country a better place, but also truly fulfill your ambition... and restore stability to this chaotic world."
Li Jing stood up and was about to speak when she heard brisk footsteps coming from behind: "Miss Xiaoguoguo, my mother said that the Twelve Cave is over there!"
Li Jing and the empress raised their heads at the same time and saw a domino dangling in Chi Meng's hand, with an unusually happy smile on his face: "Mom said that if you walk ten miles over there, you can find the Twelve Cave!"
Li Jing glanced behind her, only to see Xian Ginseng walking out alone. The mud on her face had been washed away, and the messy hair on her head had been combed, revealing a fair complexion.
Xianshen looked at Li Jing, touched Chi Meng's head with her hand, and nodded: "Thank you for rescuing Chi Li. Without you, my girl would have suffered so much. I have a good heart and I like her very much." .”
Li Jing touched the back of his head and laughed: "Chi Meng is a good girl. Anyone else would help with this. Besides, we also have something to ask for from King Hu and our seniors. Without them, it would be difficult for us to enter the top ten." Erdong..."
The empress clenched her fists hidden behind her back, but then slowly released them, and glanced at Li Jing's side face with a look on her face.
Xianshen smiled and motioned for them to enter the temple.
"The Twelve Cave is not that easy to enter. Even if I have my dominoes, I am an exile. What's the use of dominoes? If you go in, you may not be able to solve your problems."
Li Jing followed up: "Senior, do you know if any Central Plains people came to Twelve Cave fifteen years ago?"
There was no sign of King Jie in the temple. Xian Shen took Chi Meng's hand and sat on the stone platform made of bluestone: "Don't call me senior. According to our title, you can call me empress. If you call me empress, According to the rules of the Central Plains, you can call me aunt! The little baby is indeed pretty, and the girl has the vision of my mother back then."
Chi Meng's face turned shy for a moment, he uttered an ouch, and immediately left in anger.
Li Jing seemed to be able to feel the gaze from behind, and straightened her back subconsciously: "Auntie, do you have any impression?"
Xian Ginseng sat on the swing next to her, swaying gently and meditating for a moment.
"Fifteen years is too long, I don't remember clearly. But when I came back from the Central Plains, I did hear that a Central Plains man worshiped in the Twelve Cave. It was a very famous thing in the cave at that time, but this I don’t know whether he is the person you are looking for or which cave master he worshiped..."
As he spoke, his eyes focused on the empress behind Li Jing: "However, this Central Plains native is very special and extremely talented..."
The empress frowned slightly: "Does the Twelve Cave have any rules about executing outsiders?"
Xian Shen shook his head, but before he could speak, steady footsteps sounded from a secret room in the temple over there.
A strong figure walked out slowly.
A handsome face, a well-groomed beard, a tall body, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet.
Li Jing's eyes lit up.
What a handsome man!
