Chapter 360: In the human world, everything begins in autumn.
A quarter of an hour later, sounds of fighting were suddenly heard from all over the Dafeng Palace. However, these sounds went away just as quickly as they came, and gradually subsided in less than half an hour.
More than a hundred guards were escorted to the secret prison in the palace. At the same time, dozens of criminal interrogation experts arrived since the night watch and immediately began interrogation.
An hour later, two thousand guards, five hundred night watchmen, and five hundred government officials, a total of three thousand people, carried Bai Youheng's portrait out of the city through the north gate and tracked down the latter's whereabouts overnight.
At the same time, two more teams left the city from the south gate, carrying secret orders and heading straight for Jing'an and Yongjia mansions, which were where the Yu family and the Ding family were.
An hour and a half later, the once noisy Fengyuan City returned to silence again. The city gates that were blocked by Wei Changtian's order were opened again, and the people continued to evacuate out of the city.
The city lockdown lasted only two hours, from midnight to 3 a.m.
The people of Fengyuan naturally didn't know what was going on, nor did they think about the reasons.
They may never have the chance to hear what just happened.
But even if they knew, they would probably just treat it as a topic of conversation after dinner.
"The Queen has an affair with the General" is indeed exciting, but it is too far away from me.
Compared to this, they may care more about whether they have a place to stay tonight and can sleep well.
In his previous life, Du Mu used the line "The merchant woman knows nothing of the sorrow of losing her country, and still sings the song of the back garden across the river" to satirize the indifference of ordinary people to the affairs of family and country, and then implicitly satirize the incompetence of the rulers.
But in fact, human beings are such narrow-minded animals that they tend to only care about what they have.
The commercial woman singing "Houtinghua" didn't care about the meaning of the lyrics, she only thought about how much silver she could get after the song was over.
The people who were trapped in the city by Wei Changtian's blockade didn't care about the sound of horse hooves coming from afar. They only thought about when they could leave the city.
As for those emperors and great men who "have the world in their hearts", perhaps the reason why they care so much about the world is simply because they have regarded the "world" as something in their arms.
If you think about it this way, then there is actually no essential difference in the "mind" of each person.
The only difference is how much you have.
The importance of a chicken to a tenant may not be much different from that of a city to an emperor.
But for Li Qi, Yu Pingjun was actually just such a "chicken" to him.
Compared to just "a city", what he cares about more is definitely the vast territory of Dafeng.
So when he really calmed down, he no longer worried about whether he should kill Yu Pingjun.
Wei Changtian was right, she couldn't die yet.
Bai Youheng, Yan Luo, Ning Yongnian Yu Pingjun's death should be ranked after all these mysteries are revealed.
However Standing upright in the dark Tianlu Hall, Li Qi looked up at the crescent moon that had already set in the west, and a trace of pain appeared on his face again.
Midsummer has passed and early autumn is approaching, and the evening breeze is no longer as warm as before.
Clearly nothing has changed on this day.
He was still reviewing memorials in the Tianlu Palace, and the woman with gentle features was serving tea and grinding ink beside him.
well.
In the human world, everything falls away when autumn comes.
Mao hour.
When Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping returned to the princess's mansion with serious faces, the sky was already slightly bright.
Ding Zhong and Yu Pingjun were interrogated for a whole night, but no useful information was obtained.
Bai Youheng had already escaped. This fact had long been known from the interrogation of the imperial guards guarding the secret passage. As for the other things, Ding Zhong was unaware, while Yu Pingjun, who knew about it, was crazy and spoke incoherently. Even with Chu Xianping present, they still could not figure out the truth.
Since he hadn't gotten any results yet, Wei Changtian couldn't just stay there forever.
So he decided to come back and take a rest, discuss countermeasures with Chu Xianping, and continue the interrogation tonight.
"Brother Chu, you think Yan Luo is not really dead?"
Sitting at the table, Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead and asked, "Otherwise, what is Bai Youheng coming back for?"
"From the time he came in to the time he left, it took just over an hour. I guess he didn't even leave the palace."
"If you just want to send a letter, it shouldn't be so troublesome."
"Um."
Chu Xianping was positive about Wei Changtian's guess: "Sir, I also think Yan Luo may not be dead."
"Yan Luo cannot leave the territory of Fengyuan City, but I think Bai Youheng can take him out of the city."
"Otherwise, Bai Youheng would not have had to take such a big risk to enter the city."
"As for where he is going to take Yan Luo?"
Chu Xianping frowned, as if he was lost in thought.
Wei Changtian certainly wouldn't disturb him from thinking, but there was someone outside the door who didn't care about that.
"Master Wei, Master Chu, you are finally back!"
A graceful figure hurriedly ran along the bluestone path in the courtyard. It was Li Wutong who had not slept all night.
After catching the adulterer, Wei Changtian couldn't help but have a complicated expression when he saw the "Queen's daughter" again. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad for Li Wutong.
On the bright side, Yu Pingjun was not really her biological mother.
Li Wutong himself didn't know that he was thinking the worst.
As he was busy interrogating the person, Wei Changtian had not had time to ask Li Qi how to deal with Li Wutong, so for the moment he had to conceal what happened tonight for the time being.
"Ahem, Princess."
When Li Wutong ran to him, Wei Changtian joked, "Aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night?" "Midnight? It's already morning."
Li Wutong muttered quietly, and then asked anxiously: "What happened last night? Why did several groups of people leave the city?"
"Oh, I found Bai Youheng's trace yesterday."
Wei Changtian told half the truth: "So I went to talk to the emperor and asked him to send someone to chase him."
“I see.”
Li Wutong didn't know much about Bai Youheng's affairs, so he didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and looked at Chu Xianping with blinking eyes, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
The latter knew that she had something to say to Wei Changtian alone, so she immediately said goodbye and left tactfully.
Wei Changtian did not stop him. He waited until Chu Xianping was far away before he slowly said, "Princess, I haven't slept all night and I'm a little tired."
"If you have something to say, just say it now. I'm going to bed after that."
"oh oh."
Seeing that Wei Changtian looked a little tired, Li Wutong did not lose his temper.
With a red face, she quickly took out an ugly sachet from her arms, placed it in front of Wei Changtian, and finally quickly stepped back a few steps, as if the sachet was a time bomb.
“.”
???
No, don’t princesses love to embroider sachets?
Even the words embroidered are the same??? Looking at the crooked words "Ping An" on the small sachet, Wei Changtian subconsciously thought of the one Ning Yuke had given him before.
But that one has been returned by me. As for this one , "Did you embroider this?"
Picking up the sachet, Wei Changtian smacked his lips and said, "It's a little too ugly."
"I, I"
Unexpectedly, Li Wutong did not get angry after hearing this truth. Instead, he explained in a low voice with a bit of embarrassment: "It is a little ugly."
"But I've only learned it for three days, and it's good enough that I can embroider it."
"I'll embroider a nice one for you later."
"Forget it."
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "This thing requires talent, and you are not cut out for it."
"Who, who said I'm not!"
Hearing that Wei Changtian didn't believe in him, Li Wutong immediately became anxious: "My mother is very good at needlework, I'm sure I can do it too."
"The robe I'm wearing was newly made for me by my mother. When I learn how to make it, I can make one for you."
“.”
The voice gradually became softer, and the last half of Li Wutong's sentence almost reached the point of "silence is better than words at this moment".
Wei Changtian was also stunned at this time, but it was not because of the latter's "true confession".
He silently glanced at the exquisitely crafted crimson gown on Li Wutong, then suddenly shook his head and said, "Change this dress tomorrow."
"Not for you."
(End of this chapter)
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