The stars are vast and endless, and the bright moon is shrouded in smoke and cold sand.
The hazy figure is coated in the jade-white moonlight, blurry, bleak and silent.
Standing at the head of Huailing City, Wei Changtian, who was in the darkness, looked at the lights of thousands of houses at his feet. The contrast between light and dark was sharp, just like a meticulous painting with only two colors.
To this day, no matter how confused and puzzled he is, no matter how many questions he still has to figure out, the truth has come to light.
Chu Xianping actually rebelled...
To be honest, Wei Changtian had already expected such an outcome and had made preparations in advance.
But at this moment, his mood was still extremely complicated.
"..."
"Son..."
Following the sound of slight footsteps, Li Zimu climbed up the tower, walked to Wei Changtian and shook his head.
"Five hundred people are dead. He should have been vigilant and made arrangements in advance."
"Is it?"
With a wry smile, Wei Changtian didn't show any surprise.
After all, this was Chu Xianping, how could he be caught by him so easily.
"Where is Shuzhou City? Has Song Li been caught?"
"Caught."
Li Zimu quickly replied: "There are also several deputy helmsmen in the Freemasonry, and they are all being imprisoned in the sky prison."
"Well, don't put him in jail after the trial."
Wei Changtian nodded slightly: "Find a few houses and temporarily put these people under house arrest."
"yes."
Li Zimu nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Sir, what should we do next on Chu Xianping's side?"
"well......"
There was no immediate answer, Wei Changtian just sighed heavily and looked at the vast lights at his feet.
After a long while, he silently asked: "Can I still contact him now?"
"No more."
Li Zimu took out a piece of mother-in-law jade from his sleeve. There was an obvious crack on the jade surface.
This situation is very common and is caused by damage to the matching jade.
"Sir, it's not just me, it's the same with the Freemasons."
"Chu Xianping should have destroyed all the jade on his body."
"Well, I see..."
Wei Changtian smiled bitterly and looked away: "Then let him go."
"Anyway, if he tried to escape, we shouldn't be able to find him."
"The most important thing now is the Freemasonry. There are also other matters such as sending secret messages. Let's deal with them as soon as possible."
"Let's minimize the losses first, and as for the rest..."
"Let's talk about it later."
"..."
Let him be.
Obviously, Wei Changtian's attitude is not "tolerant", but "helpless".
With Chu Xianping's ability, it is undoubtedly very easy to escape the Xuanjing Division's pursuit.
And now it seems that he should have secretly managed a strong force long ago, otherwise it would be impossible to kill all the 500 people in the Xuanjing Division.
Where this power comes from, Wei Changtian still doesn't know yet.
Freemasonry, Daqian Dahui, Kuilong, and even Xu Suisui are all possible.
However, although we don't know where the people came from, judging from their ability to kill 500 people from the Xuanjing Division without making much noise, there must be many masters of the third level among them.
Kuilong?
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian did not guess any more.
In other words, it doesn’t make much sense to think about it now.
As mentioned just now, since Chu Xianping has rebelled, the top priority is not to settle accounts with him, but to quickly recover the losses.
Thinking about it from this perspective... Chu Xianping doesn't seem to have done everything right.
Tonight, the actions of all states went smoothly, and there was no resistance from the entire Freemasonry.
And he didn't hide Song Li, and even left the Chixiao Sword.
Is it out of guilt? Feeling sorry for yourself?
Wei Changtian didn't know, but it felt like this.
But since I feel guilty, why should I resist...
"okay."
Not sure whether he was talking to Li Zimu or to himself, Wei Changtian shook his head and did not continue to think about it.
"Instruct Xuanjing Division to send the Chixiao Sword over, and then tell my father to trouble him to find the remaining three swords."
After giving the final instructions, Wei Changtian turned around and faced the outside of Huailing City and waved his hand.
"That's it for tonight."
"We'll talk about other things tomorrow."
"..."
"Yes, I will leave this slave."
Looking at the lonely figure in front of him, Li Zimu's tone was calm, but there was some pain in his heart.
She is suffering from her own "incompetence".
Why couldn't I find something strange about Chu Xianping?
Why did I still have a crush on him?
At this moment, Li Zimu even hated Chu Xianping.
She hated Chu Xianping for betraying Wei Changtian.
And this was even more unacceptable to Li Zimu than betraying himself.
"Da da da......"
He took a few steps silently, then looked back at Wei Changtian, who was still standing there.
Li Zimu looked at it with a complicated expression for a long time, but in the end he said nothing. He just clenched his fists, turned around and walked down the city wall step by step.
"Miss Li!"
Tang Chen, who had been waiting under the city wall, saw her coming down. He immediately walked close and asked with worry: "Master, is he okay?"
Tang Chen was also there when he was negotiating with the three envoys, so he naturally knew about Chu Xianping's collusion with Qian Hui's two countries.
Although he had only been following Wei Changtian for a month, his motive was entirely Li Zimu.
But now the concern in these words is very sincere.
"Master Tang, Master Tang is fine."
Looking at Tang Chen, who was frowning, Li Zimu said softly: "It's just... you know the previous relationship between the young master and Chu Xianping, and I'm afraid it would be difficult for anyone else to accept such a thing for a while. "
"I want to do something for you, but I don't know how."
"Oh, I just hope that I can share my worries with you more in the future..."
Sighing, Li Zimu looked a little lonely.
Her last sentence seemed to be talking about herself, but in fact it also vaguely included Tang Chen.
However, the latter did not notice this. He just nodded and asked hesitantly:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Miss Li, then... are you okay?"
"..."
The first sentence asked about Wei Changtian's situation, and the second sentence asked about Li Zimu's situation.
Although the sentence structure is the same, the meanings of Tang Chen's two questions are different.
After all, it was Wei Changtian who Chu Xianping betrayed, not Li Zimu.
Moreover, Tang Chen didn't know that Li Zimu had already given up on Chu Xianping, and thought she must be struggling in extreme pain now, so he asked such a question.
As for how Li Zimu responded...
"Master Tang, three days ago, Master called me over and said something. Do you still remember this?"
"..."
Tang Chen was stunned, how could he not remember this?
At that time, after Li Zimu went to see Wei Changtian, his "temperament changed drastically" and he even drove him away with great indifference, as if he had changed into a different person.
In the past two days, both of them deliberately did not mention what happened that night, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
So now that Tang Chen heard Li Zimu mention it again, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
But he was not a dull person after all. After a brief daze, he quickly understood something vaguely, raised his head suddenly and asked:
"Miss Li, could it be that that day you already..."
"Yes, that day I already knew that Chu Xianping might have betrayed the young master."
Li Zimu nodded, with a somewhat guilty tone: "Mr. Tang, I was particularly confused that night, so I treated you..."
"sorry......"
"No, no problem."
Looking at Li Zimu with downcast eyes, Tang Chen, who finally knew the whole story, could not blame her. He immediately waved his hands and said:
"Miss Li, I understand that this matter must be equally difficult for you to accept."
"But don't worry, I, I will always be with you..."
I will always stay with you.
Tang Chen, who said such words for the first time, did not dare to look at Li Zimu, and was even more afraid of getting a negative answer.
But after a moment of silence, Li Zimu did not respond directly to this sentence.
She just took half a step forward gently, stood very close to Tang Chen, and said in a very soft but serious voice:
"Mr. Tang, look at me."
"ah?"
Tang Chen was stunned and subconsciously raised his head towards Li Zimu.
Their eyes met in the moonlight, and he could even smell the faint fragrance of the latter's hair.
For a moment, Tang Chen was at a loss and hesitated to say something.
But before he could speak, Li Zimu's voice first reached his ears through the night wind.