At nine o'clock, several carriages had stopped at the entrance of Longmen Inn. Wei Changtian and others, who were having breakfast, could set off back to Fengyuan at any time.
However, it was still half an hour before Chen Shi, so Wei Changtian did not leave in a hurry, but was prepared to wait and see if the young horse bandit yesterday would bring any surprises to him.
"Master, when did you come back last night?"
After taking a bite of the cooking cake and a sip of hot porridge, Wei Changtian asked casually: "What did that person ask you to do?"
"I didn't do anything."
Lao Zhangtou replied with some confusion: "After we arrived in Xiyang Fucheng, he just let me enter an inn alone, and then quietly sent me back."
"..."
Use Lao Zhangtou as bait to lure the assassins to show up to collect information, and then trace their traces in reverse?
That's it?
Curling his lips, Wei Changtian felt somewhat disappointed.
He originally thought that the young horse bandit had some clever ideas, but in the end it was nothing more than that.
Sure enough, not everyone can have a mind like Chu Xianping's.
"knew."
He nodded and stopped thinking about this problem.
Wei Changtian raised his neck and drank all the white porridge in the bowl, and then watched Li Wutong eat with great interest.
The latter was eating deliciously, but when he looked at it like this, he felt that his throat seemed to have suddenly become smaller. Even a mouthful of porridge had to be swallowed several times before it could completely fall into his stomach.
"You, look what I do!"
After reluctantly drinking another half of the bowl of porridge, Li Wutong finally couldn't stand Wei Changtian's gaze, put down the bowl and whispered: "Shameless!"
"hehe."
Wei Changtian didn't feel embarrassed, smiled and looked away, turning to look at Agou.
The little girl was not as thin-skinned as Li Wutong. Not only was she not embarrassed, but she ate even more, as if she was deliberately showing off her appetite to Wei Changtian.
"Agou, eat less."
After watching it for a while, Wei Changtian worriedly advised: "As long as you can eat it, be careful that you will become too fat and unable to marry in the future."
"Well?"
Agou was stunned for a moment, then blinked his eyes and asked: "Elder brother, are you telling the truth?"
"of course it's true."
"oh."
Agou nodded and replied seriously: "Then I don't want to get married."
"???"
Good guy, shouldn't you be saying "Then I won't eat"?
Wei Changtian burst into laughter and deliberately teased: "But if a girl doesn't get married when she grows up, she will be eaten by monsters."
"Brother, you are lying."
Obviously, Agou was not so easy to fool. Faced with Wei Changtian's "threat", he immediately retorted with an example: "Sister Wutong is not married, and she has not been eaten by monsters."
"..."
Li Wutong's hand holding the bowl suddenly shook.
Wei Changtian glanced at her and said nothing, but Agou asked curiously: "Elder brother, have you asked for a wife?"
"Sorry." Wei Changtian nodded.
"ah!"
Agou asked excitedly: "How many did you ask for?"
"Um......"
Several faces appeared in Wei Changtian's mind.
Lu Jingyao, Xu Qingwan, Yang Liushi, if you don’t count Qiuyun and Yuaner...
"Three."
"Wow! Senior brother, you actually got so many wives!"
When Agou heard this, he immediately admired him: "It's so awesome!"
"Hey, those who can do more work."
Wei Changtian waved his hand and made another joke casually. Although Agou didn't understand, Lao Zhangtou and Li Wutong beside him understood the meaning.
In an instant, both of their expressions turned ugly.
Li Wutong, in particular, was so angry that he accidentally choked on his porridge.
"cough!"
"Cough cough cough cough!"
"Huh? Princess, are you okay?"
Wei Changtian looked at Li Wutong's slightly blushing face and joked: "When you eat, eat well and don't think about all the messy things."
"you!"
Li Wutong suppressed the discomfort in his throat, widened his eyes and struggled:
"Ben, I don't have to worry about you!!!"
...
Half an hour later.
Everyone who was "satisfied" boarded the carriage and prepared to go to Yizhuang in Xiyang Mansion to bring Wang Gan's ashes with them, and then return directly to Fengyuan.
"Princess."
The car curtain opened, and a guard asked respectfully: "Can we set off now?"
"Ask him!"
Li Wutong turned his head angrily and stopped talking, while the guards also turned their eyes to Wei Changtian as usual.
"Master Wei..."
"What time is it now?"
"Go back to me, sir. It's just past midnight."
"good."
He nodded and looked into the distance again.
Wei Changtian was just about to give the order to set off, but at this moment, there was a faint sound of horse hoofbeats in his ears.
This is......
He narrowed his eyes, looking at the sudden dust that appeared at the end of his sight, and temporarily held back the second half of his sentence.
Soon, dozens of cavalry officers reined up their horses and stopped not far away, led by the young horse bandit from yesterday.
"Hush!!"
He turned over and dismounted, walked to the carriage in two steps, then knelt down on one knee without hesitation, and shouted loudly: "Mr. Wei, I am lucky to have lived up to my command!"
Um?
Did they actually find out the whereabouts of those assassins?
Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, then slowly opened the small curtain on the car window, and was about to speak.
But at the next moment, his pupils suddenly dilated slightly.
"thump!"
"Thump thump!"
I saw more than ten tied up strong men being escorted by officers to the carriage, and then all of them were forced to have their necks pressed down and fell to the ground.
It took only fifty people to work in one night.
Not only did they find out the whereabouts of this group of assassins, they even captured all of them alive.
"..."
The surprise on his face gradually faded. Wei Changtian looked at the young man who was still kneeling on one knee and slowly asked:
"what's your name?"
"Go back to me, sir!"
The young man raised his head, with a somewhat fanatical look in his eyes.
"The villain's name is Du Chang!"
...
At noon, several carriages finally slowly left the Longmen Inn and headed towards Xiyang Fucheng.
Since Du Chang "unexpectedly" captured the group of assassins, everyone wasted some time and briefly interrogated these people.
Wei Changtian already knew that they were sent by Pei Dajun, so after confirming that they did not know Bai Youheng, he ordered them all to be killed.
There is absolutely no need to be merciful at this time.
What's more, it can be regarded as revenge for Wang Qian.
At dusk, the group arrived at Xiyang Mansion, went to Yizhuang to take out Wang Gan's urn, had some food in the city, and then continued westward on their way back to Fengyuan.
Wei Changtian left Fengyuan for eight days this time. The time was shorter than expected, and everything went smoothly.
Not only did they receive Lao Zhangtou and Agou safely, but they even had an "unexpected gain" and gained another capable general.
Since Du Chang never appeared in the original work, Wei Changtian was not as reassured about him as he was about Chu Xianping, and was prepared to let him take a puppet pill if he had the opportunity in the future.
And if "loyalty" is put aside, Du Chang does have abilities that are no less than Chu Xianping.
However, his and Chu Xianping's work styles seem to be different.
Although the latter acts very decisively and rationally, if there are multiple solutions to a problem, Chu Xianping will most likely choose the most "right" one.
But Du Chang would definitely choose the simplest one.
In most cases, "simple" means "the end justifies the means."