Chapter 358: In this world, everything will come to an end in autumn.
A quarter of an hour later, the sounds of fighting suddenly came from all over the Dafeng Palace, but these sounds disappeared as quickly as they came, and gradually subsided in less than half an hour.
More than a hundred imperial guardsmen were escorted to the palace's secret cells. At the same time, dozens of criminal interrogation experts arrived and the interrogation work began immediately.
An hour later, 2,000 imperial guards, 500 watchmen, and 500 government servants, a total of 3,000 people, took Bai Youheng's portrait out of the city from the north gate and tracked the latter's traces all night long.
At the same time, two more groups of people left the city from the south gate and headed straight for Jing'an and Yongjia Prefectures with secret orders, which was where the Yu family and the Ding family were.
An hour and a half later, the noisy Fengyuan City returned to silence again. The city gates that had been sealed by Wei Changtian's order were opened again, and the people continued to evacuate outside the city.
From Zi Shi to Yin Shi, the sealing of the city only lasted two hours.
The people of Fengyuan naturally didn't know what happened, and they didn't think about the reasons.
They may never hear what happened.
But even if they knew it, they might just treat it as a conversation piece after dinner.
"The queen's affair with the general" is indeed exciting, but it is too far away from me.
More than this, they may care more about whether they have a place to stay and have a good sleep tonight.
In his previous life, Du Mu once used the phrase "Business girls don't know the hatred of their country's subjugation, but they still sing songs in the backyard across the river" to ridicule ordinary people's insensitivity to family and national affairs, and then insinuate the incompetence of the rulers.
But in fact, humans are such a "narrow-minded" animal, and they often only care about what they own.
The business girl who sang "Flowers in the Back Garden" didn't care about the meaning of the lyrics, she only thought about how many taels of silver she would get at the end of the song.
The people who were trapped in the city by Wei Changtian's move to seal the city didn't care about the distant sound of horse hooves. They only thought about when they could get out of the city.
As for those emperors and great men who "cared for the world"...perhaps the reason why they care so much about the world is just because they have regarded the "world" as something in their hearts.
If you think about it this way, there is actually no difference in the nature of "mind" between people.
The only difference is how much you have.
The weight of a chicken in the heart of a tenant may not be much different from the weight of a city in the heart of an emperor.
As for Li Qi, Yu Pingjun is actually such a "chicken" to him.
Compared to a mere "one city", what he cares more about is definitely the vast country of Dafeng.
So when he really calmed down, he no longer struggled with the question of whether he should kill Yu Pingjun or not.
Wei Changtian was right, she couldn't die yet.
Bai Youheng, Yan Luo, Ning Yongnian...
Yu Pingjun's death should be ranked after the unraveling of all these mysteries.
but......
Standing upright in the unlit Tianlu Hall, Li Qi looked up at the crescent moon that had set in the west, and a touch of pain appeared on his face again.
Midsummer has passed, early autumn is approaching, and the evening breeze is no longer as warm as before.
Obviously nothing has changed yet.
I am still reviewing memorials in Tianlu Hall, and the gentle-looking woman is still beside me, serving tea and studying ink.
well.
I feel that in the world, everything will fall when autumn comes.
...
...
Mao Shi.
When Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping returned to the princess mansion with serious faces, the sky was already getting slightly brighter.
After interrogating Ding Chong and Yu Pingjun all night, no useful information was obtained.
The fact that Bai Youheng has run away has long been found out from the guards guarding the secret passage. As for the rest...
Ding Chong was unaware, but Yu Pingjun, who was aware of it, was crazy, and his words did not match his words. Even though Chu Xianping was there, he still could not figure out the reason.
Since nothing has been asked yet, Wei Changtian cannot spend time there forever.
So he planned to come back to take a rest, discuss countermeasures with Chu Xianping, and then go back to the trial tonight.
"Brother Chu, do you think Yama is really alive?"
Sitting at the table, Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead and asked, "Otherwise, what would Bai Youheng be doing when he came back?"
"It took more than an hour from the time I came in to the time I left. I probably didn't even leave the palace."
"If you just want to send a letter or something, it shouldn't be so troublesome."
"Um."
Regarding Wei Changtian's speculation, Chu Xianping was positive: "Sir, I also think that Yama may not be dead."
"Yam Luo cannot leave Fengyuan City, but I guess Bai Youheng can take him out of the city."
"If not, there is really no need for Bai Youheng to take such a big risk to enter the city."
"As for where he wants to take Yama..."
Chu Xianping frowned, seeming to be deep in thought.
Of course Wei Changtian would not disturb his thinking, but there were people outside the door who didn't care.
"Master Wei, Master Chu, you are finally back!"
A beautiful figure hurriedly ran along the bluestone road in the courtyard. It was Li Wutong who had not slept all night.
Seeing this "Queen's Daughter" again after the incident of catching an adulterer, Wei Changtian's expression couldn't help but be a little complicated, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad for Li Wutong.
Thinking on the bright side, Yu Pingjun is not really her biological mother.
Thinking about the worst, Li Wutong himself didn't know.
Since Wei Changtian was busy interrogating people, he didn't have time to ask Li Qi how to deal with Li Wutong, so he had to hide what happened tonight for the time being.
"Ahem, princess."
When Li Wutong ran up to him, Wei Changtian joked casually: "Don't you stay up most of the night?
"Midnight? It's already morning..."
Li Wutong whispered, and then asked eagerly: "What happened last night? Why did several groups of people leave the city?"
"Oh, I found traces of Bai Youheng yesterday."
Wei Changtian told half the truth: "So I went to tell the emperor and asked him to send someone to chase him."
"That's it."
Li Wutong didn't know much about Bai Youheng, so he didn't ask any more questions now. After nodding, he blinked and looked at Chu Xianping, as if he was hesitant to speak.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The latter knew that she had something to say to Wei Changtian alone, so he immediately left with a discerning eye.
Wei Changtian did not stop him, but waited for Chu Xianping to walk away before slowly saying: "Princess, I haven't slept all night and I am a little tired."
"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. After that, I'm going to sleep."
"oh oh."
Seeing that Wei Changtian's face looked a little tired, Li Wutong didn't show any temper.
Blushing, she quickly took out an ugly sachet from her arms, quickly placed it in front of Wei Changtian, and finally took a few steps back quickly, as if the sachet was some kind of time bomb.
"..."
No, do princesses love to embroider sachets?
Even the embroidered words are the same???
Looking at the crooked word "peace" on the small sachet, Wei Changtian subconsciously remembered the one that Ning Yuke had given to him before.
But that one has been returned by me. As for this one...
"You embroidered this?"
Picking up the sachet, Wei Changtian smacked his lips and said, "It's a bit too ugly."
"me......"
Unexpectedly, Li Wutong did not become angry after hearing this truth. Instead, he explained in a low voice with a little embarrassment: "Ugly is just a little bit uglier."
"But I've only learned it for three days, and I'm pretty good at it if I can embroider it..."
"So, I will embroider a nice one for you in the future..."
"Pull him down."
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "This thing requires talent, and you are not the material for this."
"Who, who said I'm not!"
Hearing that Wei Changtian didn't believe in him, Li Wutong immediately became anxious: "It would be great for my mother to be a female celebrity, and I can definitely do it too."
"The robe I am wearing was made for me by my mother. After I learn how to do it, I can make it for you too..."
"..."
The voice went from loud to soft, and the last half of Li Wutong's sentence almost reached the point of "silence is better than sound at this time."
Wei Changtian was also stunned for a moment at this time, but it was not because of the latter's "true confession".
He silently took another look at Li Wutong's beautifully crafted crimson dress, then suddenly shook his head and said: