Chapter 437: Selling Out the Country for Fame Wei Changtian
Next to the rosewood tea table with curling grass patterns, Wei Changtian casually added a handful of refreshing and invigorating rutina incense into the incense burner.
By now, he finally understood the purpose of Gui Pei'an's trip.
It is impossible that this old man came all the way to Shuzhou just to see me. He must have more important things to do.
This seems to be the case now.
Obviously, the situation in Daning in the past year made the weak Dali unwilling to continue to be a vassal state of the former, so it wanted to find an opportunity to "turn things around".
But they were afraid that they would end up losing more than they gained, and wanted to leave a way out, so they planned to use this "non-public" method to make Daning even more chaotic.
Of course, no matter what, the 100,000 troops are real.
Since Dali is willing to send so many people to the battlefield, then as the "direct beneficiary", I must pay a certain price.
Isn’t it too small a price to just join Kuixing Academy?
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. After Wei Changtian realized this, his excitement subsided a little.
"Gui Shoufu, you just said that you wanted me to join the school palace as an elder."
Looking at Gui Pei'an, Wei Changtian slowly asked, "I wonder what this elder does on a daily basis?"
"Nothing special."
Gui Pei'an answered truthfully: "When I have nothing to do, I give lectures to my students. Occasionally, I may need to go out to do something."
"So, I need to stay in Kuixing Academy all the time?" Wei Changtian frowned.
"Of course. As an elder of the academy, it would be best for you to stay in the academy for a long time."
Gui Pei'an smiled meaningfully: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to."
"However, your life plate must be kept in Kuixing Academy."
The life card, similar to the mother-and-child jade, can indicate the life and death status of the related persons at all times.
Ordinary people certainly don’t have this thing. Only “big shots” like Wei Changtian, who have extremely important identities, will have their umbilical cord blood used to make a life plate when they are born.
When a person dies, the cards break.
However, if a person's life card is shattered before he dies, it will have a certain backlash effect.
Although it will not directly cause death, it will cause very serious and irreversible harm to that person.
Therefore, all forces are extremely cautious about the preservation of life cards.
For example, the only people who know where all the life cards of the Wei family are kept are Wei Zhaohai and Wei Xianzhi. Even Wei Changtian doesn't know it before he officially takes over as the head of the Wei family.
Therefore, Gui Pei'an's motive for asking Wei Changtian to hand over the horoscope to Kuixing Academy for safekeeping is obvious.
Shit! I knew the price wouldn't be that small! As long as I had control of my fate card, I would work hard for Kuixing Academy.
To put it in a bigger picture, even the Wei family might have to help Kuixing Academy because of this!
You're dreaming! Wei Changtian certainly couldn't hand over his life card, so there was no need to talk about joining the Kuixing Academy.
"Well, Prime Minister, I'm afraid this won't work."
"Prince Wei"
Gui Pei'an seemed to have anticipated this, so he just shook his head slightly: "I know what you are worried about."
"But Kuixing Academy will not do what you are worried about."
"There are tens of thousands of disciples in the academy, and among them there are some who have bad intentions and some who even rebel against the academy."
"But Kuixing Academy has never broken their life tablets."
"This is a rule known to all the world. I think you should understand it."
“.”
No sect or force is allowed to break the life tablets of its disciples. This is indeed an unwritten rule that applies throughout the world.
Even if this disciple has done something terribly wrong, he can only be killed directly and cannot be punished by "breaking the cards".
After all, once such a thing happens, everyone in the entire sect will be in danger.
If the sect can break other people's life tablets this time, won't it be possible to break its own next time? Such a rule is for the "sustainable development" of the sect, and as a huge force with tens of thousands of disciples, Kuixing Academy may have been strictly abiding by this rule.
But Wei Changtian didn't care about that.
Anyway, it is absolutely impossible to ask him to hand over his life card.
"Gui Shoufu, I naturally believe that Kuixing Academy will abide by the rules."
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian had already thought of a reason.
"The reason why I can't enter the Imperial Palace is because you should know about the Tianluo Sect, right?"
"Um?"
When Gui Pei'an heard Wei Changtian suddenly talk about the Tianluo Sect, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Of course I have heard of it. I once met Master Qin several years ago."
"Really?"
Wei Changtian smiled calmly, and then said something that made Gui Pei'an's face change instantly.
"Gui Shoufu, to be honest, I am now the leader of the Tianluo Sect."
“.”
For a moment, the room was completely silent.
Gui Pei'an stared at Wei Changtian in disbelief, and after a long while he slowly asked:
"Master Wei, Master Qin has already..."
"No, my grandpa is alive and well."
Wei Changtian interrupted, "He just happened to get a secret technique a while ago, and wanted to use it to try to break through to the first level."
"As a result, he naturally had no time to take care of the affairs of the Tianluo Sect, so he passed the position of the leader to me."
“.”
Secret skills, breakthrough to the first level.
Gui Pei'an, who is also in the late second grade and has a great obsession with the first grade, believes this statement.
In addition, he didn't think Wei Changtian would joke about such things, so after being stunned for a while, he could only smile bitterly and shook his head.
"I see. It seems that Master Wei is indeed not suitable to enter my Kuixing Academy anymore."
"Yeah, what a pity."
Wei Changtian shook his head and pretended to be "remorseful", then slowly tried to probe: "Why not return to the Prime Minister in exchange for another condition?"
Although he could not enter Kuixing Academy, Wei Changtian still wanted to fight for the 100,000 soldiers.
Gui Pei'an had obviously anticipated this situation, so he immediately said, "Master Wei, would you be willing to come to my Kuixing Academy to give a lecture?"
Lecture?
Isn’t this simple!
Even though I have no idea whatsoever, I can definitely agree to this matter first!
How come the conditions have become easier?
"Return to the Prime Minister"
After a moment's silence, Wei Changtian did not respond to Gui Pei'an's "invitation to give a lecture", but asked softly: "But is there a second condition?"
"have."
Gui Pei'an paused for several full breaths this time.
He dipped a finger into the teacup and then drew a strange outline on the tea table.
"This is."
Looking at the pattern drawn by the tea, Wei Changtian looked puzzled: "Gui Shoufu, what are you drawing?"
"That's the second condition."
Gui Pei'an gently pointed at several places in the outline and slowly said, "An, Pei, Su, Lan, Wei, Ding."
"If you succeed, I, Dali, want these six states."
“.”
In an instant, Wei Changtian finally understood what Gui Pei'an was painting.
What he drew was the map of Daning!
As those six words came out, Dali's ambition became clear.
I will send a hundred thousand soldiers to help you. If you succeed, you will cede six states to me.
For Da Ning, which has thirty-six states, six states are not too many, but they are definitely not too few either.
More importantly, if Wei Changtian really agreed, he would be a complete "national sinner".
Rebellion can only be regarded as an internal conflict of Daning.
Even if Ning Yongnian is eventually ousted and replaced by Ning Yuke, Daning will still be Daning.
But if the six states were ceded to Dali, the nature of the situation would change.
"Gui Shoufu, what if I fail?"
Suddenly, Wei Changtian asked, "Aren't you at a disadvantage?"
"There is no business in the world that only makes money and never loses money. If you really can't accomplish your goal, then Dali will have to accept it."
Gui Pei'an looked at Wei Changtian with a smile and reached out to wipe the tea off the table.
"Master Wei, what do you think of these two conditions?"
"I think"
Contrary to Gui Pei'an's expectations, Wei Changtian hardly hesitated.
He didn't even bargain, but just smiled and nodded like a traitor who sold out his country for personal gain.
"That makes sense. Let's do it."
(End of this chapter)
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