It was less than an hour before dawn, but it was also the deepest time.
The carriages with closed curtains were shuttling through the alleys. Even the driver's face was covered with a black cloth, making it difficult to see what he looked like.
Such a carriage is quite strange, but if someone could see the scene inside the carriage through the curtains, they would probably vomit all the gastric juices immediately.
Eight bloody corpses occupied half of the space, and a man and a woman were sitting next to the pile of corpses, one with a look of contemplation on his face, and the other with a look of extreme fear.
The two of them didn't speak.
Ning Yuke was speechless as his acupuncture points were pressed, while Wei Changtian was thinking about how to explain this scene to the former.
You definitely can't hide it.
It is estimated that by daybreak, the story of the brutal murder of Prince Shun and his family will spread throughout Shuzhou City, and then spread to the entire Daning. Just like his own murder of Liu Yuanshan, it will eventually become known to everyone.
What Wei Changtian really hesitated about was whether to tell Ning Yuke who the real culprit was behind the scenes.
"Princess, I can't untie the acupuncture points for you right now, but you must listen carefully to what I say next..."
Looking up at Ning Yuke, whose eyes were full of fear, Wei Changtian said:
"Just now, a group of assassins infiltrated the palace. Ning Qing... the prince, including the two princesses... are all dead as expected."
"In other words, in the entire Prince Shun Palace, except for you, Princess, everyone else should have been unfortunately killed by assassins."
Wei Changtian's tone was very calm, but he did not really have any sympathy or sympathy for Ning Yuke.
All relatives died overnight. Such a blow cannot be described as "violent".
If I had to say it, maybe "end of the world" would be more appropriate.
Wei Changtian's parents were alive and well in his previous life, and they were the same after time travel, so it may be difficult to empathize with Ning Yuke's mood at this time.
But this doesn't mean that he really doesn't understand this kind of despair.
The reason why he is so indifferent now is mainly because the situation forces him, and also Ning Yuke, to have a relatively calm attitude to face what may happen next.
Looking down, avoiding Ning Yuke's gaze, Wei Changtian took a deep breath and continued.
"Princess, I know you must be despairing at this moment, but if you still want to live, then please listen to me."
"I know who the mastermind behind this group of assassins is, and I can tell you."
"But I'll make it clear to you in advance. It's best that you don't know this person's identity now."
"The most important thing for you right now is to save your own life."
"Those assassins don't know that you are here with me, but they will never give up and will do their best to search for your traces."
"I don't need to say more about what will happen to you if they find you."
"Princess....."
Wei Changtian paused for a moment when he said this, as if he was making some kind of decision.
After a moment, he raised his head again, looked directly into Ning Yuke's eyes that seemed to have lost his soul and said softly:
"Princess, since I have pulled you back to the car before, I will simply help you one more time."
"I can keep you safe for the time being, but please, princess, you must completely obey my arrangements during this period."
"Of course, if the princess has no such intention, or no longer wants to live alone in the world, then just pretend that I didn't say this."
"I'm going to relieve you now, please princess, please don't make any noise."
"..."
After saying everything that needed to be said, Wei Changtian immediately reached out and touched several of Ning Yuke's acupuncture points without any ink, while holding the latter's arm.
"M-Sir...you, what you said is true?"
This was the first sentence Ning Yuke said after regaining her speech function.
Wei Changtian didn't answer, just nodded.
"..."
Ning Yuke stared at Wei Changtian blankly, his eyes were lifeless, only infinitely empty.
It was as if her soul had been hollowed out, her lips kept trembling subconsciously, as if she was choking silently.
"well......"
Sighing, Wei Changtian originally wanted to say a few words of comfort, such as "I'm sorry and accept the change," but he didn't say it in the end.
The carriage was still speeding, and amidst the strong and pungent smell of blood, the two sat facing each other in silence for a long time.
The invisible moon has set on the west side of the night sky, and the last silver glow is trying to illuminate the darkness before dawn.
The moonlight may know that no matter how hard it tries, it will never be able to illuminate the night like the sun.
But it is still stubbornly rising and falling day after day, and has been like this every day for thousands of years.
The car was quiet until Ning Yuke suddenly fell to his knees in a pool of blood on the ground, looking up at Wei Changtian.
"Master Wei, I want to live."
"..."
Wei Changtian was stunned and subconsciously wanted to help him, but he suddenly stopped when he reached halfway.
He looked into those eyes and saw an emotion in them that he had never seen in Ning Yuke's eyes before.
Hatred.
...
...
A quarter of an hour later.
The black carriage slowly stopped by a deserted wild lake. Wei Changtian jumped out of the carriage and looked around cautiously.
They would definitely not be able to get out of the city by dragging the body with them.
This is one of the few inaccessible places in Shuzhou City, where it is convenient to dispose of the carriage and the several corpses on it.
The big maroon horse pulling the cart beside him was panting heavily, but the next moment the horse's head flew high into the air with a "chuff".
Wei Changtian didn't say anything. After killing the horse, he immediately returned to the car with Zhang San and started "unloading", preparing to deal with all the clues that might leave traces here.
The simplest way is to burn them all with fire, but the noise would be too loud, and there is a chance that the surrounding people would notice the abnormality.
So I can only use the "stupid" method...
"Puff thump thump."
Throwing several severed corpses by the lake, Zhang San suggested in a low voice: "Sir, let me handle the corpses... I'm professional."
"???"
Wei Changtian glanced at Zhang San, but did not refuse. He turned around and wanted to go back to the car to get the remaining body part.
But when he turned his head, what he saw in front of him made him stunned for a moment.
In the darkness, Ning Yuke was seen walking towards the lake step by step holding the severed corpse.
"this......"
Zhang San also saw this scene at this time, so he ran over immediately.
"Princess, let me do it."
"No, no need, I can do that..."
It could be seen that Ning Yuke was still very scared about "holding half a bloody corpse", but she gritted her teeth and held on to prevent herself from falling.
"Zhang San, come back."
Wei Changtian gave an order and then walked towards the carriage.
However, at the moment when he and Ning Yuke intertwined, Wei Changtian paused slightly.
He remembered a sentence from "The Three-Body Problem" in his previous life -