Anzhou, Jiunan County.
As the "front line" bordering Shuzhou, the 60,000 remnant soldiers who escaped from Niutoushan are now stationed in this small county town, waiting for the next order from the capital.
In order to prevent the Shu army from conducting sneak attacks, Jiunan County has been closed for several days, and no one is allowed in or out except for the scouts who are conducting reconnaissance.
Under the setting sun, the several-foot-high city wall was smudged with a bright red color, and the shining spear points could be vaguely seen shaking behind various defensive equipment.
Today's Jiunan County is like a hedgehog with its needles erect, huddled alone in the vast southwest plain of Daning, lingering.
Even though the garrison in the city had already learned about the surrender of Yangzhou, and even though the scouts had detected that the Tengu Army had gone to Yangzhou, they still did not dare to take it lightly.
Because the Battle of Niutoushan caused too much psychological shadow to this group of defeated soldiers.
They were afraid that the movements of the Tengu Army were just a cover, that Wei Changtian was up to something dirty, and that the scene in Niutoushan would happen again.
Therefore, they have not slacked off in the past ten days and are always ready to face the enemy.
But the Shu army never showed up.
On the contrary...
"Report!"
In the south city gate tower, a soldier in yellow armor hurriedly ran to an officer dressed as a captain and loudly reported:
"There is a horse outside the city approaching the city gate!"
"One ride?"
The captain frowned, then stood up and walked out of the city tower, standing by the battlements of the city wall and looking into the distance.
The dust is rising like a thread, and there is indeed a fast horse rushing towards this side. The small figure looks particularly lonely in the empty sky and earth.
Because the distance was too far, the captain could not clearly see the appearance of the person coming, but he could tell that it was not his scout.
Could it be that they are outsiders who don’t know the current situation in Jiunan County?
"arrow!"
The captain shouted softly, and immediately a soldier handed him a bow and an arrow.
He immediately looked sideways, bowed and nocked an arrow. The blood-red sunset cast an iron light on the arrow spine. When the bow string was full, the arrow tip was pointed at the man on horseback from a distance.
"boom!"
With a sound, the fine steel feather arrow shot out with the force of cracking gold and cracking stone.
Although the man on horseback was still a hundred feet away from the city wall at the moment, the captain was already at the sixth level, and the arrows he fired could reach such a distance.
If the rider on the horse was just an ordinary person, then this arrow would be enough to kill him.
but......
"alert!"
"The visitor is evil!"
When the school captain saw that the person who had just waved his hand caused the arrow to break and fall, he immediately shouted loudly.
It is obvious that this person is also a cultivator, and his cultivation level is not low.
"Crash!"
The sound of armor rubbing against each other resounded loudly. Hundreds of spears were immediately pressed against the wall. There were also more than a hundred archers behind them, drawing their bowstrings to full length.
There is only one person on the opposite side, but the fact that there is such a big fanfare on the city wall is enough to show how tense these soldiers have been these days.
However, the captain did not immediately order an attack. He just frowned and looked at the figure that was getting closer, and whispered in his mouth:
"woman?"
When the other party waved his sleeves to block the arrow, he could see clearly that it was indeed the wide sleeves found in women's long skirts.
As the other party got closer and closer, his guess was quickly verified.
A woman indeed.
...
...
Longzhou, Longzhou City.
There were three men and one woman sitting in a guest room of an inn, and the four of them had different expressions.
Except for the woman, the three men all have unusual temperaments.
Especially the old man with half-white hair, he is even more imposing. Even a beggar can tell that he is no ordinary person.
But the strange thing is that the four of them seem to be headed by the woman who has nothing special except that she looks pretty.
"Master Qin, Mr. Shen, brother..."
Looking at the three people across from him, Xu Suisui said calmly: "Next, we have to go to Fulian Temple first. I have something to discuss with their Abbot Hui'an."
"Hui An..."
Qin Zhengqiu nodded, with some emotion in his tone: "I have known him for a long time, and we met once last year."
"Senior must have accompanied Mr. Wei at that time."
Xu Suisui smiled and said, "Miss You is also traveling with us."
"..."
If it were the situation before, Qin Zhengqiu would definitely be shocked.
But now he is no longer surprised by Xu Suisui's "special ability".
"Yes, we went there together."
After answering, Qin Zhengqiu stopped talking, and did not ask Xu Suisui why he wanted to go to Fulian Temple.
On the contrary, Shen Ran on the side noticed the information inadvertently revealed in the latter's words and asked softly:
"Teacher, you just said that we should go to Fulian Temple first, where should we go after that?"
"..."
Glancing at the sunset outside the window, Xu Suisui smiled softly and answered immediately.
"Go to Dafeng and Huailing."
...
...
Shu Kingdom, Shuzhou City.
"Sir, two things."
When Chu Xianping called Wei Changtian out of the "chess and card room", the latter had just fired another gun at Xu Qingwan.
"Changtian, ten taels of silver."
Comrade Xiao Xu mercilessly stretched out her little hand to ask for the money she won in this game, and did not back down at all because the other party was her husband.
"Okay, okay, I'm willing to admit defeat!"
Wei Changtian responded while groping in the secret compartment of the mahjong table, and then he realized that all his one hundred taels of "gambling money" had been lost.
"Ahem, Qin'er, please put it on for me first."
"Oh, alright!"
"Sister Xu, I'll give you the money."
"OK."
"..."
Behind him, Liang Qin obediently took ten taels of his remaining gambling money to Xu Qingwan, and the latter unceremoniously put the money into his already full secret compartment.
After the transaction, the two girls knew that Chu Xianping had something to say to Wei Changtian, so they did not start a new card game, but turned around and asked:
"Changtian, are we waiting for you?"
"Brother Changtian, are you still playing?"
"Play! Wait for me!"
After glaring at Xu Qingwan, Wei Changtian followed Chu Xianping out of the room, his expression never unwilling to slowly become calmer.
"What's wrong?"
"Sir, we just sent a message to the same boat, saying that Ning Yongnian left for Huailing an hour ago."
"How long will it take for him to arrive?"
"If it's normal, Tokaru."
"Okay, I get it."
Wei Changtian nodded: "What about the other thing?"
"Another thing..."
Chu Xianping obviously hesitated for a moment, but finally lowered his voice and answered quickly: "Princess Wuping just appeared under Jiunan County in Anzhou, and was then kidnapped into the city by the defenders."
"..."
"Um."
This time Wei Changtian's reaction was a little late, but his expression was still as calm as ever.
He just looked at Chu Xianping with the calmest eyes, and then said slowly in a tone without any fluctuation:
"Brother Chu, you will have to pay more attention to Shuzhou in the future."
"Ask Du Chang to withdraw the Tengu army from Yangzhou."
"I'm going to Huailing in five days."
"..."
It was already night, but the lights in the mansion were brightly lit.
Chu Xianping's eyes widened suddenly, and he stood there blankly watching Wei Changtian turn around and walk back to the room. He was unable to say a word in the process.
Go to Huailing.
What is the young master going to do?
Is it because you don’t want to be passive in the future, so you take the initiative?
Since Ning Yongnian wants to use Li Wutong to threaten the young master, then the young master is ready to solve all this in advance?
Chu Xianping thought hard for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't guess what Wei Changtian was thinking.
In his opinion, if Wei Changtian is for Li Wutong, there is no need to ignore the latter these days.
So...not for Li Wutong?
The more Chu Xianping guessed, the less he could figure it out, but he knew that something big would happen in Huailing, and this event would most likely directly determine the fate of Da Feng, Daning, and the Wei family.
"Wow~"
The sound of mahjong tiles colliding sounded from the house again, mixed with Wei Changtian's half-joking shouts.
"Hmph! Wan'er, don't be proud!"
"Look at how I win back everything I just lost!"
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