Fu Junshi looked inquiring.
Yi Shuihan replied, "Wei Yan is designing a steam train. Steam trains are faster and can carry more cargo than horse-drawn carriages. Once the railway from the capital to the capital is completed, it will take about three or four days to travel between the two places."
Fu Junshi was finally moved.
"Three or four days?"
"Yes."
Having said that, Fu Junshi naturally had no reason to refuse.
“Alright, then I will stay in the capital and guard Xilin for His Majesty.”
With a weight lifted from his mind, Yi Shuihan quickly transferred tens of thousands of troops from Da Xi to Fu Junshi.
Although the Xilin royal family and most of the powerful nobles were destroyed, those who fled abroad were probably unwilling to be subjects of the Great Xi.
The most urgent task is to eliminate the remaining forces.
Of course, the capital city also needs to be rebuilt.
The people of Xilin chose to build their city here because it was the center of Xilin, making it convenient to travel to other places.
Once the railway between Daehee and Seilin is completed, this place will become unprecedentedly prosperous.
Based on Xiao Qingyin's description of the city layout in later generations, he made a completely new plan for this place.
People who returned home because the danger had passed and refugees who flocked to the capital because of hunger were all put into demolition teams to work in exchange for food.
When Xiao Qingyin came to check the registration information, she saw an unexpected figure.
"Asang?"
She looked at the woman in the queue for registering refugees with surprise.
What are you doing here?
Asang turned her head and saw an exceptionally beautiful woman. She was stunned: "We don't seem to know each other?"
Xiao Qingyin changed her voice and said, "I am Aman."
Asang was dumbfounded.
"Ah, Ah Man? Weren't you dead? How did you come back to life? And you look completely different..."
"It's a long story," Xiao Qingyin said, pointing to a rock not far away. "Let's sit down and talk about it slowly."
Asang touched her stomach, a hint of hesitation in her eyes: "I haven't eaten for two days. I was thinking of registering for work so I could get a meal first..."
"I have some food here."
Asang's eyes lit up immediately.
"Then let's hurry over there."
Xiao Qingyin had a meal delivered, and after Asang finished eating, she explained her disguise.
Then he asked, "How did you escape?"
The appearance of the Demon Vine was too sudden; she had previously thought that Asang and the other palace maids were all dead.
"Someone saved us."
Asang replied.
“A group of men in black rescued all the people from Chuxiu Palace when the blood vines appeared and sent them outside the city. We ran away with the others.”
Man in black?
Xiao Qingyin was a little surprised.
Do you know who they are?
"I don't know, but their face masks all have a small white animal drawn on them."
As Asang spoke, she picked up a pebble and drew the shape of the little beast on the ground.
"I've never seen this kind of wild animal before."
Xiao Qingyin recognized her at a glance.
“This is an elephant,” she said softly, “an animal that lives in Nandan.”
It is also the guardian beast of the Bai family.
Those men in black must be Bai Musheng's subordinates.
In an effort to garner votes, he offered heart transplants to the elders of the four major families, resulting in the deaths of many innocent people.
They also sent her to the Holy Tower, almost making her one of the women whose heads were soaked in embalming solution.
But here, he not only sent people to rescue the group of young women, but also risked his life to fight the demonic vine.
He eventually underwent a complete transformation.
It's a bit late.
Asang suddenly realized, "So they're wild animals from Nandan. No wonder I've never seen them before. And the people who saved us were also from Nandan? How strange, people from Nandan actually came to Xilin to rescue people..."
Xiao Qingyin laughed and said, "Yes, there are such strange people in the world."
Doing good deeds doesn't necessarily require leaving one's name.
The Bai family's bodyguards didn't used to wear white elephant face masks.
Although it might seem presumptuous of her to say this, she had a gut feeling that Bai Musheng wanted her to know, which was why he did this.
I see the changes in you.
She silently recited it in her heart.
You can leave now without worry.
After learning the whereabouts of the other imperial concubines from Asang, Xiao Qingyin had them all brought back.
"You all know about the Blood Vine, but you may not know what happened during the Heaven-Sacrificing Ceremony."
She addressed the assembled young women.
"That day, you jumped to the very end, going into a frenzy, unaware that you were standing on the edge of a knife. Your blood flowed into the altar, nourishing a blood vine..."
The young women only realized they were injured on the soles of their feet after they woke up. When they asked Granny Liao, she said it was because the altar was damaged and they were stabbed.
They believed it.
Only after hearing Xiao Qingyin's words did he realize the truth.
"My God, so the sacrificial ceremony is going to use us as sacrifices to the heavens?"
"No wonder they made us go hungry for so many days; it was to prepare a more purifying offering."
"We actually encountered the Blood Vine so early! It's amazing we survived!"
"..."
After these young women had fully realized the evil of the Yelü clan and the shamans, she sent them back to their tribe.
After hearing their stories, the people of these tribes were extremely dissatisfied with the previous royal family.
They submitted to Dae Hee without hesitation.
When autumn arrived, the remnants of the previous dynasty were wiped out throughout Xilin.
Yi Shuihan received some good news.
His mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin immediately packed her bags.
"If we set off now, we can still make it to the full moon celebration."
Yi Shuihan looked unwilling.
"Why don't we wait until his first birthday to go back?"
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