Chapter 684 The grass is ruthless, even outside the setting sun
A quarter of an hour later.
Escorted by dozens of riders, a carriage galloped past the snow-capped mountains on both sides, the horses' hooves kicking up patches of snow on the ground.
After discovering the teleportation array, Liang Zhen ordered the official road to be extended to the mountain temple, so now carriages can go directly to Liangzhou City.
"Son."
Sitting on the bumpy carriage, Chu Xianping asked seriously: "What happened these days? Who is Miss Li waiting for?"
"Oh, this is about..."
Wei Changtian nodded and didn't hide anything.
He couldn't hide this matter anyway, so he briefly told Li Zimu's attempt to "conquer" Tang Chen.
Of course, what he knew was not comprehensive. At least he didn't ask anything about what happened in the few days after Tang Chen came to find him.
But when you think about it, it's just "ambiguous".
"...that's pretty much it."
"You must have met Tang Chen in Zishan Palace. Did you notice the handkerchief in his hand?"
"I saw it, but I didn't see clearly the words embroidered on it."
Chu Xianping nodded: "No wonder I saw that Tang Chen's expression was a little weird. It turned out that there was such a thing in it."
"That's not true."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "I originally thought that Tang Chen would definitely stay, but I didn't expect that he was decisive enough and left without saying a word."
"Well...is Miss Li waiting for Tang Chen now?" Chu Xianping suddenly asked.
"It must be."
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "After working hard for so long, she still failed to succeed in the end. Maybe she won't give up."
"But she didn't find anything. At least Tang Chen has told how to find out the secrets in the army."
"Really? That's good..."
Chu Xianping responded, but his expression was obviously absent-minded.
"Brother Chu, are you jealous?"
Wei Changtian glanced at him, smiled and teased: "Okay, Tang Chen is gone anyway, and no one will compete with you in the future."
"Besides, it's not like you don't know that Li Zimu is just making fun of Tang Chen."
"By the way, Tang Chen also tested it with his mind-reading skills and said that Li Zimu's affection for you really cannot be true anymore."
"How about it, you should feel relieved now, right?"
"Ahem, young master, I, I didn't..."
Chu Xianping's face turned red and he wanted to make some excuses.
However, he only said half a sentence before Wei Changtian interrupted him with feigned surprise:
"Brother Chu, don't you like Li Zimu?"
"My......"
Chu Xianping suddenly became even more embarrassed and hesitated for a long time without saying anything.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Brother Chu, you can't understand the way you are now."
Seeing this, Wei Changtian finally stopped teasing him, smiled, waved his hand, and changed the topic.
"By the way, you haven't encountered anything special in Dajue these past few days, right?"
"There's something."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xianping instantly performed a wave of "face changes" and became extremely serious for a while.
He leaned forward slightly and answered seriously:
"Sir, Yan Huaiqing sent someone to look for me and wanted me to help them secretly. He also offered me a lot of money..."
"..."
Soon, Chu Xianping recounted his experience in Dajue, especially the deal he made with Yan Huaiqing.
After hearing this, Wei Changtian snorted coldly and said disdainfully:
"Hmph, I knew Yan Huaiqing would definitely do something small."
"He is afraid of me, so he wants to find a way to guard against me."
"Forget it, Dajue's army has just withdrawn from Tianshan. As long as he doesn't go too far, let him go."
"As for what he promised you... Dajue will provide money and people to help us form another force. This is a good thing."
"One day I will let him understand what it means to lose his wife and lose his troops..."
"..."
It is obvious that Wei Changtian is very supportive of Chu Xianping's decision to "pretend to betray".
After all, not only could this help a force for nothing, but it could also use Chu Xianping to send some false information to Dajue, thereby achieving some of his own goals.
Of course, these things are a bit far away, at least they are not something that should be considered now.
So after the two chatted for a while, they talked about the recent situation in Liangzhou and the situation in Xinfeng...
The sound of quiet conversation echoed in the carriage, while outside the carriage was the vast snow-capped mountains immersed in the afterglow of the setting sun.
At this time, the carriage had already driven far away from the mountain temple and reached the outskirts of the Tianshan mountain system.
There are a few lonely wooden houses ahead, and beyond that is the blurry Liangzhou City.
In the setting sun, all the scenes are clearly divided into high and low levels, but they are also hazy and connected, turning into a bright red mass.
...
...
At night, Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping returned to Liangzhou City.
Liang Qin and Yang Liushi had already prepared a dinner to welcome Chu Xianping, and also invited Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Du Chang, as well as the main generals of the three armies and senior officials from Liangzhou City.
.
In fact, tonight is not so much about catching up with Chu Xianping, but rather taking this opportunity to celebrate the successful end of the Liangzhou War.
A major war was avoided.
Liangzhou and Daning were preserved.
Destroyed the Four Nations Alliance during the Qianhui season.
It even retained the remaining 500,000 fighting forces of Daning and Shu.
Such a result is undoubtedly worthy of celebration.
What's more, the war reparations promised by Yan Huaiqing will soon be sent through the teleportation array, which will definitely be regarded as a just-in-time "windfall" for the two countries of Ning and Shu, which have just recovered from the civil strife.
Without spending a single soldier, all strategic goals were "exceeded".
Presumably when they set out from Shuzhou, neither Wei Changtian nor Liang Zhen and others would have expected such a result.
Even Ning Wenjun and Ning Yuke, who were far away in the capitals of the two countries, were overjoyed. They each wrote a personal edict this morning to spread such great news throughout the world.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So if nothing else happens, tonight should be considered a "universal celebration".
"Hahaha!"
"Mr. Chu, Han gives you a toast! If it weren't for you, the city of Liangzhou would have been in flames right now..."
"Changtian, come! Let's have a drink with our uncle and nephew! I have thought about it! From now on, we will call each other our own! I call you my nephew, and you call me dad..."
"General Du! The might of the Tengu Army is simply unprecedented! The Battle of Immortal Pond will definitely go down in history..."
"It's rare to be so happy! Drink, drink..."
"..."
The lights are like daylight, and the wine and meat are like forests.
Although most of the people present today are warriors, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to get drunk.
But it couldn't help but that everyone was in such high spirits tonight that they all became tipsy after drinking so much wine.
Looking around the whole room, the only two people who didn't drink much were Liang Qin and Yang Liushi.
And they are also the only ones who still remember Li Zimu.
"Sister Liu Shi, why didn't Miss Li come?"
In the noisy environment, Liang Qin leaned into Yang Liushi's ear and asked loudly: "Didn't she go to the mountain temple with her husband?"
"I don't know either...I'll ask!"
Yang Liushi replied loudly, then took the teapot from a maid's hand, and while Wei Changtian and Liang Zhen had just finished drinking, she walked over and poured the former a cup of tea.
"Ms. sir, let's have some tea..."
"Okay, if you don't like the noise, you can go back to the house with Qin'er first!"
Wei Changtian smiled and took the tea cup, and warned loudly: "Especially Qin'er, who is pregnant and can't drink, will always feel bored here!"
"Well, I understand."
In front of outsiders, Yang Liushi still knows how to be polite and always calls herself "concubine".
She nodded first, then bent down and asked:
"By the way, Mr. Li, where is Miss Li? Why don't you see her?"
"Oh, she is still at the mountain temple!"
"Hmm? What were you doing in the mountain temple? Why didn't I come back with you?"
"Hey, it's not just for waiting..."
"Master Wei! Exit, I will give you a drink!"
Suddenly, a voice smelling of alcohol interrupted Wei Changtian's words. The speaker was an old man with a flushed face who had obviously drunk too much.
Wei Changtian recognized him as the state shepherd of Liangzhou. Since he had never practiced cultivation, he was already drunk at this moment and did not consider the opportunity to toast.
"Hahaha! Mr. Dong! I should be the one respecting you!"
Picking up the wine glass with a smile, Wei Changtian immediately forgot about Li Zimu, got up and started drinking with the old man.
Yang Liushi on the side smiled helplessly, then walked back to Liang Qin and sat down again.
"Sister Liu Shi, have you asked?"
"No, my husband just said that Miss Li is still in the mountain temple."
"Ah? What is she doing there?"
"Who knows, he must be doing something."
"oh......"
"..."
As the conversation between Yang Liushi and Liang Qin ended, no one in the entire room cared about Li Zimu anymore, and was completely immersed in a lively and festive atmosphere.
Li Zimu himself, who had been temporarily forgotten by everyone, was sitting alone on a small wooden chair, staring at the black mist not far away in a daze.
From noon to late at night, she had been waiting beside the teleportation array for four hours, but still found nothing.
Is it true that Tang Chen will never come back?
Squeezing his fingers, Li Zimu felt an inexplicable emotion surge in his heart.
There was reluctance and pain, and she didn't know which one was more important.
Therefore, she didn't know whether she was waiting here because she was "unwilling to accept the failure of her plan", or whether she was waiting here for another reason.
But now it seems that the reason is no longer important.
Anyway...
Suddenly, Li Zimu's eyes froze and he stood up.
She stared blankly as the black mist in front of her began to ripple, and then...
"Tang, Mr. Tang..."
Li Zimu suddenly covered his mouth, his voice choked with sobs, and tears welled up in an instant.
Big teardrops streaked down her cheeks, flowed through her fingers, and finally fell to the ground.
This scene is undoubtedly very touching, but no one knows whether the tears are real or fake.
Oh, no.
At least in the eyes of Tang Chen, who has gone and returned, it really can no longer be true.