As the "front line" bordering Shuzhou, the 60,000 remnant soldiers who escaped from Niutoushan are now stationed in this small county town, waiting for the next order from the capital.
In order to prevent the Shu army from conducting sneak attacks, Jiunan County has been closed for several days, and no one is allowed in or out except for the scouts who are conducting reconnaissance.
Under the setting sun, the several-foot-high city wall was smudged in bright red, and the bright spear points could be vaguely seen shaking behind various city defense equipment.
Today's Jiunan County is like a hedgehog with its needles erect, huddled alone in the vast southwest plain of Daning, lingering.
Even though the garrison in the city had already learned of the surrender of Yangzhou, and even though the scouts had detected that the Tengu Army had gone to Yangzhou, they still did not dare to take it lightly.
Because the Battle of Niutoushan had a huge psychological impact on this group of defeated soldiers.
They were afraid that the movement of the Tengu Army was just a cover, that Wei Changtian was up to some dirty tricks, and that the scene in Niutoushan would happen again.
Therefore, they have not slacked off in the past ten days and are always ready to face the enemy.
But the Shu army never showed up.
On the contrary...
"Report!"
In the south city gate tower, a soldier in yellow armor hurried to an officer dressed as a captain and loudly reported:
"There is a horse outside the city approaching the city gate!"
"One ride?"
The captain frowned, then stood up and walked out of the city tower, standing by the battlements of the city wall and looking into the distance.
The dust is rising like a thread, and there is indeed a fast horse rushing towards this direction. The small figure looks particularly lonely in the empty sky and earth.
Because the distance was too far, the captain could not clearly see the appearance of the person coming, but he could tell that it was not his scout.
Could it be that they are outsiders who don’t know the current situation in Jiunan County?
"arrow!"
The captain shouted softly, and immediately a soldier handed him a bow and an arrow.
He immediately looked sideways, bowed and nocked an arrow. The blood-red sunset cast an iron light on the arrow ridge. When the bow string was full, the arrow tip was pointed at the man on horseback from a distance.
"boom!"
With a popping sound, the fine steel feather arrow shot out with the force of cracking gold and cracking stone.
Although the man on horseback is still a hundred feet away from the city wall at this moment, the captain is already in the sixth level, and the arrows he shoots can reach this distance.
If the rider on the horse was just an ordinary person, then this arrow would be enough to kill him.
but......
"alert!"
"The visitor is evil!"
When the captain saw that the person who had just waved his hand caused the arrow to break and fall, he immediately shouted loudly.
It is obvious that this person is also a cultivator, and his cultivation level is not low.
"Crash!"
The sound of armor rubbing against each other resounded loudly, and hundreds of spears were immediately pressed against the wall. There were also more than a hundred archers behind them, drawing their bowstrings to full length.
There was only one person on the opposite side, but the fact that there was such a big fuss on the city wall showed how tense these soldiers had been these past few days.
However, the captain did not immediately order an attack. He just frowned at the figure getting closer and closer, and whispered in his mouth:
"woman?"
When the other party waved his sleeves to block the arrow, he could clearly see that it was indeed the wide sleeves found only in women's long skirts.
As the other party got closer and closer, his guess was quickly verified.
She is indeed a woman.
...
...
Longzhou, Longzhou City.
There were three men and one woman sitting in a guest room of an inn, all with different expressions.
Except for the woman, the three men all have unusual temperaments.
Especially the old man with half-white hair, he has an extraordinary aura. Even a beggar can tell that he is no ordinary person.
But the strange thing is that among these four people, the leader seems to be the woman who has nothing special except for her pretty appearance.
"Master Qin, Mr. Shen, brother..."
Looking at the three people opposite, Xu Suisui said calmly: "Next we have to go to Fulian Temple first. I have something to discuss with their Abbot Hui'an."
"Hui An..."
Qin Zhengqiu nodded, with some emotion in his tone: "I have known him for a long time, and we met once last year."
"Senior must have accompanied Mr. Wei at that time."
Xu Suisui smiled: "I'm also traveling with Miss You."
"..."
If it were the situation before, Qin Zhengqiu would definitely be shocked.
But now he is no longer surprised by Xu Suisui's "special ability".
"Yes, we went there together."
After answering, Qin Zhengqiu stopped talking, and did not ask Xu Suisui why he wanted to go to Fulian Temple.
On the contrary, Shen Ran on the side noticed the information inadvertently revealed in the latter's words and asked softly:
"Teacher, you just said that we should go to Fulian Temple first, where should we go after that?"
"..."
Glancing at the sunset outside the window, Xu Suisui smiled softly and answered immediately.
"Go to Dafeng and Huailing."
...
...
Shu Kingdom, Shuzhou City.
"Sir, two things."
When Chu Xianping called Wei Changtian out of the "chess and card room", the latter had just fired another gun at Xu Qingwan.
"Changtian, ten taels of silver."
Comrade Xiao Xu mercilessly stretched out her little hand to ask for the money she won in this game, and did not back down at all because the other party was her husband.
"Okay, okay, I'm willing to admit defeat!"
Wei Changtian responded while groping in the secret compartment of the mahjong table, and then he realized that all his one hundred taels of "gambling money" had been lost.
"Ahem, Qin'er, please put it on for me first."
"Oh, alright!"
"Sister Xu, I'll give you some money."
"OK."
"..."
Behind him, Liang Qin obediently took ten taels of his remaining gambling money to Xu Qingwan, and the latter unceremoniously put the money into his already full secret compartment.
After the transaction, the two girls knew that Chu Xianping had something to say to Wei Changtian, so they did not start a new card game, but turned around and asked:
"Changtian, are we waiting for you?"
"Brother Changtian, are you still playing?"
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After glaring at Xu Qingwan, Wei Changtian followed Chu Xianping out of the room, his expression never resigned and gradually became calmer.
"What's wrong?"
"Sir, I just sent a message to the same boat group, saying that Ning Yongnian left for Huailing an hour ago."
"How long will it take for him to arrive?"
"Normally, ten days."
"Okay, I get it."
Wei Changtian nodded: "What about the other thing?"
"Another thing..."
Chu Xianping obviously hesitated for a moment, but finally lowered his voice and answered quickly: "Princess Wuping just appeared under Jiunan County, Anzhou, and was then kidnapped into the city by the defenders."
"..."
"Um."
This time Wei Changtian's reaction was a little late, but his expression was still as calm as ever.
He just looked at Chu Xianping with the calmest eyes, and then said slowly in a tone without any fluctuation:
"Brother Chu, you will have to pay more attention to Shuzhou in the future."
"Ask Du Chang to withdraw the Tengu army from Yangzhou."
"I'm going to Huailing in five days."
"..."
It was already dark now, but the lights in the mansion were brightly lit.
Chu Xianping's eyes widened suddenly, and he stood there blankly watching Wei Changtian turn around and walk back to the room, unable to say a word in the process.
Go to Huailing.
What is the young master going to do?
Is it because you don’t want to be passive in the future, so you take the initiative?
Since Ning Yongnian wants to use Li Wutong to threaten the young master, then the young master is ready to solve all this in advance?
Chu Xianping thought hard for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't guess what Wei Changtian was thinking.
In his opinion, if Wei Changtian is for Li Wutong, there is no need to ignore the latter these days.
So...not for Li Wutong?
The more Chu Xianping guessed, the less he could figure it out, but he knew that something big would happen in Huailing, and this event would most likely directly determine the fate of Da Feng, Daning, and the Wei family.
"Wow~"
The sound of the collision of mahjong tiles sounded from the house again, mixed with Wei Changtian's half-joking shouts.
"Hmph! Wan'er, don't be proud!"
"Look at how I win back everything I just lost and that's it!"