What is the way of heaven?
"The Tao Te Ching" says that there is a mixture of things, born from heaven and earth, silent and lonely, independent and unchanging, moving around without peril, and can be the mother of the world. I don't know its name. The word Qiang is Dao, and the name Qiang is Da. .
To put it more simply, the way of heaven is actually the natural rules, or the rules of the universe, that although they can never be completely understood, actually exist.
And as "people" who have been endowed with the power of this rule, the children of heaven are naturally not just more lucky than ordinary people.
They should have the power to be infinitely close to the "rules" in at least one aspect.
For example, Yunlian can trigger thunder from the sky and destroy the gate of Tianluo Sect overnight.
For example, Shen Ran can speak in perfect sentences and surpassed Su Wu with his poems at the Chunlong Poetry Festival.
For example, Bai Youheng can capture people's souls and even "slaughter" an entire city every sixty years.
Another example is Ning Yongnian, who can single-handedly trap the entire Yuanzhou City...
Unlike the first three people, Wei Changtian had never seen the heaven-defying magical power given to Ning Yongnian by the law of heaven before.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he had always ignored such a "variable".
Of course, no matter whether Wei Changtian ignored it or not, it was impossible for him to guess Ning Yongnian's next move.
And to be fair, he has done all he can to deal with Yama and Yuanzhou.
However, under the current circumstances, it is difficult for Wei Changtian to change what is about to happen.
There was no item in the system that could allow him to reach Yuanzhou City, thousands of miles away, within six hours.
There is no tool that can break the "wall" that blocks millions of lives.
If it were Xiao Feng, he might still be able to look forward to the "turn of fortune" that would most likely occur at this moment.
And now...
It's time.
Meng Shi, who had been continuously bombarding the "Dragon Locking Formation" from all angles for half an hour, finally received the latest instruction from Fengyuan——
Completely block the news of the "city massacre", search for Bai Youheng in the city at all costs, and kill him immediately.
Noon.
All the members of the boat club in the capital of Daning simultaneously received an order that shocked them to the extreme——
Use all possible means and power to try to assassinate Ning Yongnian before midnight tonight.
Not yet.
Without any warning, the 400,000-strong army stationed in Feng County received a military order directly from the commander-in-chief Wu Ding——
The whole army prepared their weapons and equipment, and immediately broke out of camp and marched westward.
...
Li Qi, Wei Changtian, and Ning Yongnian all did everything they could.
As for the results…
Shen Shi.
After an hour of preparations, 400,000 Daning troops finally left Fengxian County more than a month later, advancing towards Yuanzhou City like a torrent.
Most of the soldiers in the army only thought that they were going to counterattack Yuanzhou City, but they didn't know that their goal was far more than just one city and one place.
The final destination they want to go to is Fengyuan.
Youshi.
A total of twelve senior and middle-level officers of the Daning Army who were secretly loyal to different "big figures", including state generals, lieutenant generals, and military governors, had received instructions to assassinate Ning Yongnian.
However, although everyone knew that the latter was in Yuanzhou at the moment, no one knew where Ning Yongnian was.
I don't know where he is, so there is no way to talk about the assassination.
Xu Shi.
The chaos in Yuanzhou City has lasted for a whole day.
Ordinary people had no idea what was going on, even most of the Dafeng soldiers.
They just took Bai Youheng's portrait and almost turned Yuanzhou City upside down.
During this process, hundreds of people were wrongly killed just because they looked similar to Bai Youheng, but the real owner was never found.
And as the night gets darker and darker, the difficulty will become greater and greater.
Until there is no hope at all.
Haishi.
There is only one hour left before July 15th.
The eleventh secret report sent back from Yuanzhou City today, and also the last secret report, was sent to Li Qi...
...
Outside Fengyuan City.
The night is as usual and the evening breeze is refreshing.
Nearly a thousand Imperial Guards armed with halberds guarded dozens of temporary tents. The faintly visible banner with the word "Feng" attracted the "refugees" not far away to watch frequently.
According to the original plan, Li Qi, Wei Changtian and others should have stayed overnight in a palace dozens of miles away after leaving the city.
But now that something like this has happened in Yuanzhou, I'm afraid no one will be in the mood to go to the palace to "enjoy life."
"well......"
Glancing at Li Qi who was shaking with the secret letter in his hand, Wei Changtian sighed deeply, knowing that the content of the letter should not be much different from before.
Killing Bai Youheng or Ning Yongnian before time is the only way to break the situation.
However, until this moment, neither of these two can be achieved.
"Your Majesty, how is the situation?"
Although he had already guessed the result, Wei Changtian still asked again unwillingly.
Li Qi, on the other hand, was silent and slowly sat on a wooden chair carved with a dragon-like pattern.
This is the first time Wei Changtian has seen him sit down since this morning.
"..."
He shook his head and took a step closer, bending down to pick up the secret letter that had fallen to the ground.
As expected, Bai Youheng has still not been found.
However, this time at the end of the letter, Meng Shi did not ask again as before if there was any other way, but asked another question -
Should we continue to conceal the truth about their impending deaths from the 2.5 million people in Yuanzhou City?
"..."
Looking at this last question, Wei Changtian didn't speak for a long time.
At this time, Li Qi slowly closed his eyes.
He seemed so tired that he didn't want to think about anything anymore.
"Mr. Wei, you make the decision on this matter."
"I, want to take a rest."
"..."
After taking a deep look at Li Qi, Wei Changtian nodded lightly.
He turned around and walked out of the tent, stopping in front of the herald who had been waiting outside.
The night sky is dotted with stars and the broken clouds are dim.
Wei Changtian hesitated for a long time.
From a "humanitarian" perspective, he should let everyone know what he is about to face...even if it is death.
At least this will give them some time to say goodbye to their families, or take another look at the world.
but......
"Tell General Meng to continue blocking the news until...it's all over."
"..."
"yes."
After uttering a word with great difficulty, the herald quickly turned around and ran away.
Wei Changtian stood there for a while, and did not return to the tent to disturb Li Qi. Instead, he slowly walked towards Chu Xianping, Li Wutong and others who were gathered not far away.
"Master!!!"
Li Wutong, who had already burst into tears, stumbled over and his tears soaked Wei Changtian's clothes in an instant.
From the latter's expression, she had already seen the result.
"M-Sir, why..."
"Why......"
"..."
It's hard to tell what Li Wutong is asking at this moment.
I'm asking why Ning Yongnian was so unscrupulous?
Or ask why you and Li Qi couldn't stop this from happening?
Wei Changtian didn't know and couldn't give an answer.
He patted the trembling back gently, then raised his eyes to look at Chu Xianping.
The latter did not speak, but shook his head silently, indicating that there was no progress at all on the same boat association.
It could be seen that Chu Xianping was also in a very low mood at this time.
Although he had helped Wei Changtian solve countless problems, he was ultimately unable to do anything this time.
"..."
"dumb!"
"Dumb! Dumb!"
In the distance, the crow of jackdaws sounded in the distance.
The sweet-scented osmanthus outside Fengyuan City seems to have bloomed a little early this year. A gust of wind blew by, bringing a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.
Above the head, the boundless sky and countless stars are shining with infinite mystery and reverie. They don't answer or look at each other, they just rise when they should rise and fall when they should fall.
Then, a drop of dew fell to the ground.
The hour has come.
