The new winds outside the desert were howling all night long. They blew up gravel, blocked the moonlight, and wandered around the Tengu Army camp, leaving only boundless darkness and desolation.
And when the rising sun in the east broke through the thick morning fog, Li Wutong left.
After standing in the cold wind all night, I finally chose to leave at dawn.
No one knows where she went... Even if Wei Changtian wanted to find out, it would be easy.
But just like what he said to Li Wutong last night.
I don't owe you, and you don't owe me.
There is no need to feel guilty, and there is no need to tell me where you are going.
From now on we are strangers, we just go our separate ways...
"Sir, Princess Wuping has left."
In the main tent, Zhang San's voice was a little complicated: "As you ordered, I didn't send anyone to follow you."
"Um."
Wei Changtian nodded with a tired expression.
He seemed to be hesitant to speak, and after a pause he asked softly:
"Did she... ever leave any words?"
"No."
Zhang San lowered his head, deliberately not looking into Wei Changtian's eyes: "The princess stood not far outside the military camp all night last night, and then rode eastward at dawn."
"The princess never said a word from beginning to end."
"..."
"Is it?"
Standing up, Wei Changtian took a gentle breath.
He slowly walked out of the tent. The fresh morning air was vaguely mixed with the original smell unique to monsters.
The morning glow fills the sky in the east, like a huge colorful yarn spread on the boundless yellow sand.
Huailing City in the distance is noisy, with the sound of morning drums echoing.
Suddenly, Wei Changtian seemed to hear a gentle voice among the drums.
"Ms. sir, don't think about it..."
"..."
His body trembled slightly, but he did not look for the source of the sound.
Or maybe Wei Changtian actually knew in his heart that all this was just his illusion.
In the floating world, there are many gatherings and separations, and the mountains and rivers are long and the sail is windy.
Wei Changtian has never regretted his decision, but his mood at this moment is a bit hard to describe.
Alas, that's it.
My eyes fell on the rose-red morning sun on the horizon. If I only looked at the color, I couldn't tell whether it was dawn or dusk.
He stood there for a moment, then stepped forward in the soft morning glow.
Wei Changtian faced the light, and his shadow was stretched very long.
...
...
...
The ninth day of the eleventh month in the first year of Taichu.
After one night, everything that happened in Huailing City yesterday has been spread to the ears of all the major forces.
First, Qin Zhengqiu and Hui'an rescued Li Qi from the robbery scene.
Then there was another hostage exchange outside the city.
Because of Wei Changtian's "dishonesty", a war is about to break out.
But at the critical moment, Qin Zhengqiu suddenly appeared and stopped the battle with a sword.
In the end, Li Wutong died of poisoning that night...
Except for the authenticity of the last thing, which still needs to be verified, the other things have been witnessed by countless people, so naturally they can no longer be true.
Two second-level masters died in one fell swoop, and Li Qi was rescued... From this point of view, Ning Yongnian undoubtedly lost blood, and Wei Changtian gained blood.
However, Qin Zhengqiu's second appearance made everyone understand one thing -
This quasi-first-grade master is actually not the same group as Wei Changtian.
Very few people originally knew about this matter, but now everyone knows about it.
For Ning Yongnian, this was considered "lucky among misfortunes", and the pressure he faced was suddenly reduced a lot.
However, it does not mean that he does not need to guard against the threat from Qin Zhengqiu.
After all, what the latter said yesterday was "Ning Yongnian cannot die for a while."
Can't die yet.
This sentence undoubtedly means that after a certain matter is resolved, he can die.
So what exactly is this thing?
Who is standing behind Qin Zhengqiu and Hui'an?
Ning Yongnian didn't know about this, but he knew that this person would definitely come to him in the near future.
After all, since he can't die for the time being, he must be able to play an irreplaceable role in solving "that matter".
Before that, that person was both his enemy and his friend.
...
Two more days have passed.
On the one hand, Ning Yongnian wanted to wait for Xu Suisui to show up, but on the other hand, he was also a little afraid of the Tengu army outside the city, so he kept his troops on hold.
And Wei Changtian was happy with it.
No matter when Xu Suisui made his next move, his purpose of coming to Huailing this time was to delay Ning Yongnian's return to Daning.
Since the latter is not moving now, he will definitely not move either.
Just waste it, anyway, the longer you delay, the better it will be for you.
In this way, if you don't move and I don't move, the situation in Huailing has fallen into a delicate balance because of Qin Zhengqiu's two appearances.
However, things were not so peaceful in Daning.
Wei Xianzhi's hard work was not in vain, and he finally completed all preparations for the "Enthronement Ceremony" on November 11, the shopping day of his previous life, and pushed Ning Wenjun to the throne in one fell swoop.
No matter whether Ning Yongnian can regain the throne in the future, at least from today on, Ning Wenjun will be the de jure emperor of Daning.
Under Yingsheng's threat to "stabilize grain prices," 28 of Daning's thirty-six states clearly stated that they recognized the "legitimacy" of Ning Wenjun's accession to the throne, including even those that, although nominally still belonging to Daning, were actually
Shuzhou and Yangzhou have been separated.
As for the eight state capitals that have not expressed their stance...
It was obvious that for whatever reason, they were determined to side with Ning Yongnian.
And here is the next target on Shu's "Eastern Expedition" route, Cangzhou, which is adjacent to Yangzhou.
Cangzhou is Ning Yongnian's "hardcore state". It is not only the hometown of the queen, but also the headquarters of Gu Zisheng, the Minister of Punishment who was slapped to death by Wei Xianzhi.
Although the Gu family is not as good as the Liu and Xu families before they were destroyed, they are still a first-class family and have taken root in Cangzhou for hundreds of years.
Although Gu Zisheng and his clan members in the capital are now dead, there are still many members of the Gu family left in Cangzhou.
It was certainly impossible for them to admit that Ning Wenjun was clearly a puppet of the Wei family, so they were already prepared to fight to the end, waiting for the Shu army to attack.
However, Ning Yuke did not take care of Cangzhou at all, but personally led the army north to Anzhou, and then surrounded Jiunan County, trapping all the 60,000 remnants of the Shuzhou battle in the city.
From the fourth day of November, there were peace talks in Huailing City.
By November 11th, Ning Wenjun ascended the throne.
In just eight days, many unprecedented events occurred in Daning and Dafeng. It would be no exaggeration to say that the world was turned upside down.
Especially Daning, it seems that it has never stopped since the "Controversy between Liu and Wei".
The battle between Liu and Wei, the Rebellion in Jizhou, the Chunlong Rebellion, the Battle of Fengning, the massacre in Yuanzhou City, Ning Yuke becoming king, the Battle of Shuzhou, the chaos in the grain market, Ning Wenjun usurping the throne...
In less than two years, not only were the three major "Liu, Wei, and Xu" families left, but even the emperor had been replaced.
In such a situation, no matter how strong the family background is, it is not enough to deal with, so Daning's national power has already been extremely weak.
Not to mention Dafeng, who was almost on the verge of subjugation.
so......
Heaven cannot be violated and time cannot be lost.
You must know that the principle of "killing someone while he is sick" is not only Li Qidong who launched the Fengning National War, but also Ning Yongnian who designed the massacre of 500,000 elite soldiers in Fengning...
Just like the emperors who have the ambition to "unify the world" are by no means the only two of them.