In the vast streets of Qin County, Qiu Yan truly experienced what it meant to have a vast but sparsely populated area.
Here, the shops are arranged in rows, neat and orderly.
Here, the road is wide, and you can often see people riding horses through the street.
Before we knew it, it was already dark.
Along the way, they asked at several places, but they were either too expensive, costing two taels of silver per room, or they were full and there was no room for anyone else.
The three had no choice but to continue their search.
As they walked, they came to see—a palace.
There were no guards at the palace gate.
Not only that, but there were also stray dogs darting around at the entrance.
A row of beggars were squatting against the wall. When they saw Qiu Yan and her group, they all took out their broken bowls and went up to beg.
So many beggars!
Qin Susu thought of the refugees she had once been, and hesitated to put her hand down.
"Sorry, we don't have much money left."
If she gives alms to one person, a group of people will come to demand from her.
She waved her hand, scattering the beggars.
Fortunately, the beggars here are not as difficult to deal with as the refugees.
Upon closer inspection, Qiu Yan and Ling Qi and Ling Ba had already entered the palace gates.
She looked at the palace gate in front of her, genuinely curious.
"Xiaoyan, wait for me."
Catching up with Qiu Yan, she asked, "Xiao Yan, are we going to have to stay here for the night?"
"Let's take a look first." It would be great if we could stay overnight.
Looking around, the palace was vast and expansive.
Green bricks and blue tiles, pavilions and towers,
It appears majestic and imposing, yet it exudes a sense of desolation.
Inside the palace, just like outside, beggars sat everywhere.
Yes, this place has become a home for beggars.
Finding a place to stay here is extremely difficult.
The beggars rushed forward, but received no alms, and slunk away.
Ling Qi and Ling Ba followed closely behind Qiu Yan's figure.
Looking around, this place is exactly the same as the Dongjin Imperial Palace.
“This should be the former Western Qin Imperial Palace,” Ling Qi said.
Ling Ba corrected, "It's not 'should,' it's 'definitely.'" As he spoke, he looked at the tall, imposing hall not far away.
"Presumably, that is where the civil and military officials hold court."
Qiu Yan had already thought of the former owner of the palace, and nodded in agreement.
Without realizing it, Qin Feng came to her mind.
This must be his former home.
Qin Susu shuddered when she heard the words "Western Qin Imperial Palace".
With the fall of the Western Qin state, the nobles of Western Qin had long been exterminated by the Northern Qi, their entire clan wiped out.
In other words, the people who lived here back then have all become wandering ghosts.
Waaaaah... Waaaah...
"Xiaoyan, I think I hear someone crying, there's a ghost..."
She was talking incoherently, her wrists gripping Qiu Yan's elbows tightly.
Waaaaah... Waaaah...
Not to mention Qin Susu, Qiu Yan also seemed to have heard crying.
"Don't scare yourself. Even if there are ghosts, they won't come after you. What are you afraid of?"
Qiu Yan let Qin Susu hold onto her elbow and continued forward.
She imagined what the palace looked like a few years ago.
Ling Qi and Ling Ba also heard the sound, and they guessed that it must be the crying of a beggar.
Ling Qi bent down, picked up a piece of gravel, and threw it into the pond in front of her, splashing water everywhere.
"It's all driven by greed," he prayed, for peace to prevail.
Ling Ba: "The strong prey on the weak." If it weren't for General Li's swearing-on protection of Dongjin, they would probably have ended up like this.
War is inevitable, and Dongjin will eventually unify the world.
Hopefully, these beggars will have a better life from now on.
Qin Susu looked at the pond in front of her and thought about grilled fish.
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