I was stunned and looked at him in shock.

What did he say?

Eight pillar countries?

What's this?

I couldn't react for a moment and looked at him foolishly. After Xie Feng said this, he also looked at me, his eyes seemed to have a different meaning.

However, when he saw the confused expression on my face, which was completely ignorant, he squinted his eyes, as if he had understood it all at once, and smiled coldly: "It seems that Miss Yan has much more knowledge about the Eight Heavenly Kings than the Eight Pillar Kingdoms."

“…”

"Don't you know at all?"

In front of such people, pretending to understand is of course a taboo. I said frankly: "It's true, I heard it for the first time."

"Oh……"

He laughed again.

But this time, instead of a sneer, the smile reveals an indescribable sense of innocence, as if a person is isolated in a vast area, the coming and going in a hurry, no one understands him, and he cannot find someone to tell.

At that moment, he probably wanted to treat me as a person to express, but in just one sentence, I saw the sudden alertness and alienation in his eyes.

It seems that there is still a little bit of loss.

He shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that Miss Yan didn't know either."

“…”

I subconsciously stepped forward: "Mr. Xie—"

He raised his hand and stopped me from moving closer to him in just a moment. I looked up at him. All the doubts I wanted to ask were suppressed in my throat. It sounded, but I couldn't ask. Xie Feng glanced at me lightly. The loss became stronger and he said in a silence: "Even Miss Yan doesn't know. Sure enough, the Eight Pillar Kingdoms have... been annihilated."

My brows frowned even tighter.

Xie Feng sighed and said, "Forget it, I'm a little out of control tonight. Miss Yan doesn't have to care what I said-"

“…”

"It wasn't really important either."

“…”

"I'm tired, say goodbye."

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.

I knew that he would do his own things and would never be stopped by anyone, but I subconsciously followed him again. However, at this moment, when I saw him leave, my broad shoulders were shining by the light from the lanterns under the eaves, and inexplicably revealed a kind of deep loneliness.

That kind of loneliness blocked everything I wanted to say.

My steps also stopped on the steps of the corridor.

Xie Feng's steps were very fast, and in a short while, his back disappeared into the garden.

But I stood there and couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.

I don’t know where the excitement and heaviness in my heart came from - was it his sudden emotional fluctuation? Is it the arrival of Xie Houqi? Or was it the almost unfamiliar term that was said from him: Eight Pillar Kingdoms?

It sounds like an official name, but it is not an ordinary, a common official name.

Xie Feng is a man with strong strength and confidence, and his originally calm personality gives people a feeling of peace and humility. However, his emotions just now are completely different from usual. If it weren't for his usual concealment, it would be the appearance of Xie Houqi, the "barbarian", or the praise I praised the Eight Heavenly Kings, which stimulated some of his emotions.

So, let him tell us about the eight pillars.

The Eight Heavenly Kings...

The eight pillars...

This sounds like the natural opponents of the two teams. From his tone, the Eight Pillar Kingdoms should also be a war general, so he said that if the Eight Pillar Kingdoms are still there, the Eight Heavenly Kings will not show off their power.

In other words, when the Eight Heavenly Kings appeared, the Eight Pillar Kingdoms had disappeared.

The pillar of the country is the pillar of the country.

With Xie Feng's strength and his personality, he could despise the Eight Heavenly Kings and admire the Eight Pillar Kingdoms in this way. It can be seen that the Eight Pillar Kingdoms should have been very powerful at that time. At least when they were returning, the Eight Heavenly Kings could not shake them.

The Eight Heavenly Kings are the eight brave and warlike kings on the grassland, as well as their tribes. Then the Eight Pillar Kingdoms should also refer to the eight great figures in the Central Plains, and their families.

What family are they?

How did they disappear?

Xie Feng just said in a very disappointed tone, "Even I don't know, the Eight Pillar Kingdoms have indeed been destroyed."

It seems that I should know...

Could it be that-

I felt that something was coming in front of me, and at this moment, Hua Zhu's voice came from my ears: "Miss Yan, are you going back? It's already late."

When I turned my head, I saw her walking to me with a lantern.

Sure enough, the sky had completely darkened. In the place where there was no light, I couldn't see my five fingers, and only the place where we were standing was still there, and there was a little light.

The chill suddenly arises.

Feeling that I was chilling, the little girl Huazhu said considerately: "It's wind blowing, Miss Yan should go back and don't catch a cold."

"……OK."

I nodded and walked back with them. When I reached the gate of the inner courtyard, I suddenly stopped, looked back at them, and said with a smile: "Who is your master?"

They were stunned and then subconsciously looked at each other.

After a while of silence, they said, "Miss Yan, Master will not let us talk nonsense."

I smiled. In fact, seeing that they were like this, they didn’t seem to be unable to talk nonsense, but it seemed that they didn’t even know the answer to this question.

I asked again, "Then, you two are his disciples at such a young age. When did you worship him?"

This time, the older Hua Zhu said more firmly: "Miss Yan, the master will not let us talk nonsense."

“…”

It seems that I can't ask anything.

I smiled, waved my hand and said, "Forget it, I'm too much."

After saying that, he turned around and walked in.

The two girls stayed outside, but I could feel that they were at a loss about the ups and downs of Xie Feng's emotions that night. When I walked back to my room, the warmth in the room suddenly made my skin, which had adapted to the cold wind outside, suddenly had goose bumps. I couldn't help but sneeze. When Nangong Lizhu heard the noise, she walked out of her room.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! I immediately glanced at Han Zitong's room. She understood and whispered: "I'm already asleep."

I was relieved and slowly walked to the table to sit down. She also walked to the other side of the table, but did not sit down because she was afraid that if someone suddenly came, seeing us "peacefully living together" would arouse suspicion.

She asked, "I'm afraid that everyone is ready outside, right?"

"Um."

"Tomorrow is their happy day."

"yes."

“That is, we—”

She looked at me with a meaningful look, but I didn't say anything, and nodded gently.

She took a long breath.

I don’t know if it’s the ease of being about to leave here or the tension of facing unknown dangers, her expression seemed complicated and solemn. She thought for a while and then felt the unusual quietness on me. She looked at me again and whispered: “What are you thinking?”

I suddenly looked up at her: "Nangong Lizhu, have you heard of - the Eight Pillar Kingdoms?"

"Eight Pillar Kingdoms?" She repeated it and frowned slightly: "What is it?"

“…”

It seems I don't know.

I was still wondering if I didn’t know enough about the structure of the court, or if there were some things within the court that I didn’t know. After all, Nangong Lizhu has been close to those princes since childhood, so I should have heard of them.

Even she had no impression of it. It should not be the rule of this dynasty, or at least it was not under the rule of the two generations of emperors, Pei Yuanhao and the Supreme Emperor.

I smiled and shook my head: "Nothing."

But she became nervous: "It doesn't matter what we are going to leave?"

I said, "It's okay, I just heard it over and over, so I asked casually, don't worry, it's nothing important."

She then breathed a sigh of relief, looked at me again, and said, "I don't care about other things, but I must leave here. If there is any obstacle, you must tell me in advance and I will be foolproof."

I said, "Don't worry."

After hearing my repeated assertions, she felt relieved, looked at me again, and said hesitantly: "What did you just talk about, the Eight Pillar Kingdoms - what exactly is it?"

I smiled and said, "It's nothing, don't worry."

She glanced at me again and finally nodded gently: "Okay."

I said, "Tomorrow is a big day, and I don't know what will happen to us then. You can go and rest early to keep your energy."
To be continued...