The biggest difference between this bamboo forest and the one yesterday is that yesterday's bamboo forest was dense and prosperous, and the thick bamboos were as tall as the sky.
But here... it is sparse and poor, and you can see very far away at a glance.
There was no one, it was quiet. In the distance, the bamboos were crooked, some had been broken from the waist, and they were lying on the ground in a mess.
Most of them are dead bamboo and have no momentum of growth. A few wooden piles can be seen vaguely in the distance, but I don't know what they are.
Murong Qingshuang took a step forward, and a voice suddenly sounded next to her.[
"Princess, stay." The voice was old and gentle, with a little rustle at the same time.
She turned her head and found that an old man sweeping the floor had appeared not far away.
Her long gray hair fell down, covering most of her face. The wrinkles on her forehead were extremely deep, and they were squeezed together layer by layer.
The sweeping motion was neither fast nor slow, and no one had any intention of looking over.
He still lowered his head and swept his own floor, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.
Murong Qingshuang suddenly thought of something, every palace has a sweeper, and by chance, he passes by you...
"Why?"
The old sweeper's voice was just like his own, tepid, "You can't get in everywhere in the house. The princess is a smart person, and she won't break in just for the sake of mere curiosity."
Murong Qingshuang looked at the old man, "Who are you?"
"As the princess sees it, the old man is just a servant who sweeps the floor."
"Since you are a servant and you have not given me any reason, why do you stop me?"
The old man said slowly, "Whether you can enter or not has nothing to do with whether you are a servant or not. You can't go anywhere in the world, and it's the same in the palace."
"What will happen if I have to go in?"
The old man said slowly while sweeping the floor, "I am just a servant, so of course I can't stop the princess. However, I can remind the princess that there are more than one person who is as curious as the princess and tried to break into the bamboo forest despite the dissuasion, but they all failed."
"How to fail?"
The old man's voice was calm, "They are all dead."
Murong Qingshuang was silent for a moment and then said: "Did you kill him?"
