On the east side of the execution ground, behind a partially closed wooden window.
Wei Changtian was right, Li Wutong was indeed in this room now.
And Ning Yongnian was sitting on a wooden chair not far behind her, with his eyelids slightly closed and his expression unusually calm.
There was deathly silence outside the house, and the atmosphere inside the house was even more desperate and eerie to the extreme.
Only the last few sentences of the verdict recited by the prison officer in the distance were left. If things continued like this, Li Qi would be dead in no more than a hundred breaths.
Although Li Wutong could not move or speak, his face was facing the execution ground.
She could clearly see everything happening on the execution ground...if she didn't close her eyes.
This "escape" is a very normal reaction.
No matter how desperate, regretful, unwilling, and painful Li Wutong felt at this moment, she could not bear to watch Li Qi die in front of her.
The tears have long since dried up, leaving only numbness.
If I could use one word to describe my mood at this time, it would be "heartbroken".
The real heart is as gray as death...
"call!"
The snow that had not yet been cleared on the window lattice had not yet melted, and snowflakes started to fall again in the sky.
The white snow was slapped on Li Wutong's face by the cold wind, and after it melted away, there were still a few tears.
But she couldn't feel the cold anymore.
It seemed that he was covered by tightly closed eyelids, and his whole person seemed to have fallen into an abyss.
Li Wutong was enveloped in the boundless darkness and completely lost his last trace of nostalgia for this world.
From Princess Wuping, who was loved by the people, to now she is only an empty shell without a soul.
In just half a year, she lost everything.
She lost her "charitable" mother, her "human" identity, her family and her country, and was about to lose her biological father...
Everything she cares about has left her. If there is anything that has not been completely lost, it should be Wei Changtian.
No.
Perhaps even Wei Changtian himself has lost...
"A woman as stupid as you is really not worthy of Wei Changtian's aggressive aggression."
Suddenly, a sentence flashed in my mind.
Li Wutong's body trembled involuntarily, and his breathing became rapid for a moment.
She seemed to be in immense pain, so painful that she didn't want to continue living even for a second.
However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Princess."
"Do you think Wei Changtian is hiding in the crowd at this time?"
...
...
The person who spoke was undoubtedly Ning Yongnian.
He didn't know when he had arrived at Li Wutong's side, silently looking at the execution ground not far away.
As for the question he just asked...it's not so much asking Li Wutong as it is asking himself.
When great changes occurred in the capital, Ning Yongnian speculated that Wei Changtian might come to Huailing.
After all, the intelligence from Shuzhou indicated that the latter was no longer in Shuzhou City, so the only two possible destinations for him were Huailing and the capital.
That's why Ning Yongnian initially wanted to save Li Qi and Li Wutong's lives as a bargaining chip for possible negotiations in the future.
But before Wei Changtian showed up, he was already leaving Huailing.
The situation in Daning cannot be delayed. Ning Yongnian definitely cannot continue to wait here and must go back as soon as possible.
But before leaving, he still wanted to give it one last try.
"Princess, Wei Changtian left Shuzhou a few days ago and has disappeared since then."
"Do you think it's possible that he actually came to Huailing?"
He seemed to be asking, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
Ning Yongnian turned his head and glanced at Li Wutong, whose eyelashes were trembling slightly, paused, and continued:
"If he came to Huailing, would he be hiding among the crowd now, trying to save your father?"
"He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. If he really wants to save him, he may not have a chance."
"Well... of course, it won't do him any good."
"But who can say anything good about this kind of thing?"
"..."
There are less than ten sentences in total, but Ning Yongnian has various "self-contradictory" expressions.
First he guessed that Wei Changtian would come to save people, then he said no, and finally he said "who can say it best".
But even so, Li Wutong still vaguely guessed what he was going to do.
Ning Yongnian's last few words also verified her guess.
"The time has come! Open the knife and ask for the beheading!"
The snowflakes outside the window became even bigger, blowing away the last words of the prison officer.
Ning Yongnian smiled and pointed at Li Qi, who was kneeling in the snow in the distance, and said slowly:
"Princess, look, your father is going to die soon."
"If Wei Changzhen comes, it will be too late if he doesn't take action."
"But this is not okay...How about you try to persuade him?"
"As long as you can persuade Wei Changtian to come out, I can protect your father from death."
"One person for another, this is your last chance."
"Think about it carefully, but don't think about it for too long..."
"..."
As the last words were spoken, Li Wutong's Lianquan point was released by Ning Yongnian with a wave of his hand.
And her eyes that had been closed suddenly widened at this moment.
There is no doubt that Ning Yongnian must have laid a dragnet around the execution ground, just waiting for Wei Changtian to show up.
But it is possible that Wei Changtian was not in Huailing at all, or that although he was there, he was not prepared to rescue Li Qi.
That's why Ning Yongnian wanted to use himself to seduce Wei Changtian...
Li Wutong didn't know what Wei Changtian would do if he really "begged" Wei Changtian.
Perhaps Wei Changtian no longer cares about her at all, so he remains unmoved.
Or maybe Wei Changzhen would really take risks for himself...
Obviously, Ning Yongnian was betting on the probability that Wei Changtian was not only in Huailing, but also "obsessed" with the woman Li Wutong.
It didn't matter to him even if he lost the bet, after all, he didn't pay anything at all.
But for Li Wutong, both sides of such a gamble were the fates of Li Qi and Wei Changtian.
It even comes with the entire Dafeng.
After all, if Ning Yongnian really let Li Qi go, then Dafeng would also escape the fate of national subjugation.
so......
He looked tremblingly at the figure in the center of the execution ground who was trying his best to straighten up, and slowly opened his mouth.
At this time, Li Wutong had no time to think about whether Ning Yongnian would fulfill his promise.
She just didn't want her father to die in front of her.
And this...is there anything wrong?
In the distance, the executioner had dragged the knife behind Li Qi and slowly wiped the snowflakes falling on the blade with his sleeve.
Tens of thousands of people slowly knelt down in groups and pressed their foreheads firmly to the ground. They used this "ignoring" method to express their last and most simple respect for Li Qi.
At this moment, the entire Caishikou, no, it should be said that the entire Huailing City became extremely silent, except for the heavy snow that fell again after a day's rest.
The snow falls silently, which is tragic and desolate.
"..."
The ghost-headed knife refracted the black light and was raised diagonally high in the air.
But Ning Yongnian was no longer visible behind the half-closed wooden window.
When Li Wutong still hadn't said a word, he knew that the former would never speak again.
If that's the case, then so be it...
Shaking his head and glancing at Li Wutong's back, Ning Yongnian turned around and wanted to leave.
However, at this moment, an extremely clear roar suddenly reached his ears.
Not only Ning Yongnian.
Including Li Wutong, who was in great pain but still gritted his teeth.
Including countless people kneeling on the ground, covered with snow.
Including the executioner who was about to kill with his sword and thousands of elite soldiers surrounding the execution ground.
In the vast snow, everyone heard this sentence at this moment——