The night was already very deep, but the lights in Shiqu Pavilion were still brightly lit.
Ning Yongnian stood alone in front of the window, with several secret reports scattered on the desk behind him.
The battle in Shuzhou officially started tonight, and he originally wanted to wait for the battle report from Shuzhou.
As a result, unexpectedly, something unexpected happened on the Fengyuan battlefield.
Seven unknown second-level masters suddenly appeared and rescued Li Wutong, who was already in a dead situation.
Ning Yongnian certainly understood what seven second-grades meant, so when he first received the news from Wu Ding, he was extremely shocked.
But fortunately, another secret report came soon after, which made him somewhat relieved.
These seven second-grade men will only take Li Wutong away and will not get involved in the war.
This means that the Fengyuan war will not be greatly affected, and the situation will even become more favorable to itself.
However, Ning Yongnian's face didn't look happy at all at this moment.
Because it was written very clearly in the second secret report——
These seven people came under the orders of Wei Changtian.
Wei Changtian......
When this name came to mind again, Ning Yongnian couldn't help but clenched his fists tightly.
He didn't know where these seven second-grade masters came from, let alone why these people obeyed Wei Changtian's orders.
However, what happened this time reminded Ning Yongnian of the previous battle on Yanyun Mountain.
According to Li Huaizhong's account, five second-level masters who had been anonymous suddenly appeared in the world at that time, and they followed the lead of a white-haired man...
So, is there any connection between this?
Ning Yongnian's strong analytical ability allowed him to guess half of the truth almost instantly.
And based on the conversations between the seven second-grade masters and Li Wutong, he vaguely drew an inference——
That is, Wei Changtian does not seem to have complete control over these seven people.
At the very least, Wei Changtian should really be unable to let these seven people participate in the Dafeng War, or even the Shuzhou War.
Of course, all this is just speculation, and the truth needs further verification.
But now that something has happened, he must respond immediately.
"Old Li."
Turning back and looking at Li Huaizhong who had appeared at some unknown time, Ning Yongnian said slowly:
"Send an order to Wu Ding to stop attacking the city and rest the entire army for two days."
"If those seven masters want to leave Fengyuan with Li Wutong in two days... try to contact them. Let me think about it again."
"Also, let Wei Xianzhi come to the palace to see me now."
"Yes, I'll do it now, old slave."
With a bow in response, Li Huaizhong turned around and prepared to deliver the order.
But just after he had taken a few steps, Ning Yongnian suddenly added another sentence.
"By the way, those five second-grade ones you saw on the top of Yanyun Mountain before, they should be from the same sect."
"Go and check these people carefully."
"And the white-haired man, let's find out..."
...
...
About half an hour later.
Wei Xianzhi approached Shiqu Pavilion with a calm face, and then heard from Ning Yongnian the news that Wei Changtian had "killed all directions" on the battlefield in Shuzhou.
Previously, the Wei family had always described Wei Changtian as a victim of Ning Yuke's rebellion, and was "held" by the latter as a hostage in Shuzhou City.
But now that the "hostages" personally go to kill the enemy, this is undoubtedly a bit unjustifiable.
However, Wei Xianzhi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Anyway, the current situation is already a situation where "everyone pretends to be confused", so he doesn't care whether his words are reasonable or not, and casually makes up a story: "Quan Zi's family members are held hostage by the rebel king.
The excuse was that he was used by the anti-King as a last resort.”
Such a statement could almost be called shameless. Of course, Ning Yongnian would inevitably ask a few questions.
Wei Xianzhi, on the other hand, came to cover up the water and earth, and bit Wei Changtian to death. He was forced to have no choice. Although he, the father, was angry at his son's failure, there was nothing he could do to help.
In short, the two of them had a back-and-forth quarrel over whether Wei Changtian "intended to rebel" or was "forced by the threat of the rebel king".
At the same time, Wei Changtian himself was discussing the next war with "anti-general" Liang Zhen.
"..."
The atmosphere in the conference hall was serious, and the various small flags on the sand table had been changed according to the latest situation.
In the offensive and defensive battle just now, the Shu army killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 5,000 people.
Although the battle damage was slightly more than that of the imperial court, it was basically in line with expectations.
Wei Changtian put down the battle report in his hand, raised his head and asked Liang Zhen, who was wearing general armor:
"Uncle Liang, when is the next attack?"
"Yinshi, there are less than two hours left."
Liang Zhen glanced at the copper leakage and pointed to the north side of Guanghan County on the sand table.
"General Han said that the imperial army will focus on the north this time."
"Um......"
Nodding slightly, Wei Changtian warned: "Uncle Liang, remember that our arrangements must not be too obvious. If anyone sees anything unusual, General Han may be suspected."
"Of course I know this."
Liang Zhen nodded solemnly: "I will make corresponding arrangements after the fight starts."
"That's fine."
Glancing at the sand table again, Wei Changtian no longer thought about defending the city.
The war has just begun, and with Han Zhao as an internal support, there won't be any big problems.
But after taking a sip of water, he suddenly thought of Liang Qin.
"By the way, Uncle Liang, where is Qin'er now?"
"She is in the south of the city. I asked her to take care of the military rations, but she didn't want to. I guess she must have sneaked up the city wall again just now."
Liang Zhen sighed helplessly: "Oh, let her go, I can't control it anyway."
"Hahaha, Uncle Liang, you are the only daughter."
When Wei Changtian heard this, he smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that she will have some ups and downs?"
"I'm afraid it will be of no use. I can't tie her up at home with a rope."
Liang Zhen shook his head: "Besides, since her surname is Liang, she should go into battle to kill the enemy."
"..."
Yes, you are very generous.
Wei Changtian complained in his mind, but Wei Changtian didn't say anything else.
He hadn't seen Liang Qin since he came to Guanghan, and he happened to have nothing to do now, so he was going to see the latter.
After briefly speaking to Liang Zhen, he stood up and left the meeting hall.
Xu Suisui, who had been waiting outside, was counting the stars with a serious face.
"What are you doing?"
Walking next to Xu Suisui, Wei Changtian followed her line of sight and looked up: "Looking for the earth?"
"..."
Faced with such a joke, Xu Suisui did not answer immediately.
She just looked at the starry sky carefully for a while, and then asked with some confusion:
"Wei Changtian, do you think it's strange or not?"
"Why are the positions of the constellations in this world exactly the same as those in the previous life?"
"What's going on?"
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "It's just the same, what can it mean?"
"It means that the planet we are on now is in the same position as the earth!"
Xu Suisui's eyes widened and he replied: "But we are obviously not on Earth, don't you think it's strange?"
"Well......"
After touching his nose, Wei Changtian finally understood what Xu Suisui meant.
From the latter's perspective, their souls should have traveled to another planet in the universe, so what they should see is a different "starry sky".
However, Wei Changtian knew that they actually just traveled to a world in a book.
Of course, Xu Suisui has never watched "The Peak of Martial Arts", so it's normal that he can't understand it now.
But this incident made Wei Changtian suddenly think of another question, one that he didn't pay much attention to before.
The question is... why is Xu Suisui able to travel to this world even though he has never read the original work?