Chapter 465: Using the Tricks of the Tricks
Half an hour later.
Han Zhao, who had come to inspect the military camp under the pretext of doing so, was already standing alone in an empty pavilion.
There is only one river in the north of Guanghan City, and this is the only pavilion by the river, so he was confident that he had found the right place.
But now the surroundings are empty, without a single person in sight.
“.”
He looked around calmly and stood facing the woods not far away.
Han Zhao just stood there without saying a word, and after a dozen breaths, a figure appeared in his sight.
It was Wei Changtian who had been hiding nearby for a long time.
In order to pass the message to Han Zhao, he deliberately found a lone soldier, and after some "persuasion", he "made an exception" and let the latter join the Tongzhou Society. He then used the soldier's mouth to convey the message to Han Zhao to come and see him.
This is the simplest way Wei Changtian could think of.
After all, people who have taken Puppet Pill have a special connection with each other, so Han Zhao will definitely not have any doubts.
The reason why he didn't show up immediately was that he was worried that someone was following Han Zhao, so he waited a little longer just in case.
“.”
"General Han."
"Master Wei."
After a few breaths, the two finally met in the pavilion.
Although this was the first time that Wei Changtian and Han Zhao saw each other in person, since they had already seen each other's portraits, they did not verify anything at the moment, but instead took the time to get straight to the point.
"Did the Shu army succeed in breaking through?"
This was the first question Wei Changtian asked.
Han Zhao immediately recounted in detail what had happened from the night before until now.
The Shu army successfully broke through, Ning Yongnian ordered not to pursue for the time being, and his mother-and-child jade and code book fell into the hands of You Wenzong. Wei Changtian quickly linked these things together, and after thinking for a long time, he asked again: "General Han, why do you think Ning Yongnian did not allow the army to pursue?"
"It should be mainly because of that master."
Han Zhao answered quickly.
Although he really wanted to ask Wei Changtian if he knew who the man who "killed three thousand soldiers with one sword" was, he finally held back and just analyzed slowly:
"Such a person is enough to overturn the war situation in Shuzhou. Ning Yongnian will be extra cautious before he figures out where he came from."
"Also, you were alone yesterday delaying the Zhenshan Camp. I'm afraid this will also make the capital city uneasy."
"Ning Yongnian may be interested in talking to Lord Wei first."
Ning Yongnian wants to talk to Wei Xianzhi.
Although Han Zhao's wording was very tactful, Wei Changtian knew that the situation in the capital would definitely not be as simple as "a talk".
However, he was not too worried that a major conflict would break out between the two sides.
After all, Wei Zhaohai is still in the capital, and Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen are not pushovers either.
The most crucial thing is that the Wei family is no longer the same as it used to be. Once the relationship is completely broken, the entire Daning will definitely fall into turmoil that is several times more terrifying than the "Spring Dragon Rebellion".
Right now, food prices in Daning are skyrocketing and the country is fighting on two fronts, so the world is already in a difficult situation.
If such a chaos happened again at this time, the consequences would be something Ning Yongnian would not be able to bear.
Therefore, it is estimated that the probability is that the Beijing side will just engage in a lot of verbal attacks and that’s it.
“.”
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian did not continue to talk about this issue.
For him, the most important thing at the moment is how to force Ning Yongnian to continue advancing into Shuzhou City.
Hmm? Thinking of this, Wei Changtian's eyes suddenly lit up.
"General Han, you just said that my two pieces of mother-and-child jade will be sent to the capital?"
"Yes, You Wenzong did say so."
Han Zhao nodded and replied, "But don't worry, sir. I have just sent a letter to Master Chu about this matter, and I don't think anything will go wrong."
"Chu Xianping already knows, right?"
Wei Changtian touched his chin and suddenly chuckled, "It's very easy to cover up this matter."
"However, since You Wenzong wants to use this opportunity to plot against Tongzhouhui, why can't we plot against him instead?"
"Um?"
Han Zhao was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood what Wei Changtian meant.
"Sir, you mean..."
"That's right."
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes and smiled sinisterly under the moonlight: "Don't they want to know who the expert is? Don't they want to know who the spy in the army is?"
"Then let's make up a good story to tell Ning Yongnian."
“.”
Another half hour later.
Carrying the new mother-and-child jade brought by Han Zhao, Wei Changtian has returned to the courtyard.
Although he was very careful, the shabby wooden door still made a slight noise, waking up the old woman who was still sitting on the bamboo chair.
"Mother-in-law, why don't you go to bed?"
Seeing the latter slowly opening his eyes, Wei Changtian said a little embarrassedly: "This door is really too old. I will replace it with a new door for you tomorrow."
“.”
The old woman looked at Wei Changtian, and seemed to be slow to react. After a long while, she slowly stood up and turned to go to the inner room.
Wei Changtian didn't say much. He walked to the small bed in the moonlight and prepared to go to sleep.
The bedding was neatly spread out, and although it had many patches on it, it was clean.
And compared to when he left, there was one more piece of clothing at the head of the bed.
Wei Changtian immediately recognized that this was the one the old woman had been mending today.
It turned out to be sewn for me. The fact that there are clothes of young men in the house indicates that the old woman did have children, but I don’t know whether they are traveling far away or have died.
Picking up the clothes and taking a look at them, Wei Changtian couldn't help but sigh in his heart. At the same time, he also thought of the osmanthus cake that Qin Caizhen sent from the capital from time to time.
Although Wei Changtian did not inherit the taste of his predecessor, he has never liked the cloyingly sweet "maternal love cake".
But at this moment, he suddenly missed that taste again.
Is it because I haven’t eaten for a long time?
The bright moon outside the window is like a hook, and there seems to be a faint scent of osmanthus in the air.
Capital city, Wei Mansion.
The huge mansion was in darkness, with only the lights on in the main courtyard.
The beautiful woman who still had her charm was waiting anxiously at the door, her eyes constantly gazing into the distance.
After an unknown amount of time, a lantern appeared at the end of the path. She immediately walked over to it and asked hastily, "How is it?"
"fine."
The middle-aged man holding the lantern nodded. Just two words made the beautiful woman breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thank God, everything is fine, everything is fine."
“.”
With the current power of the Wei family, what happened in Shuzhou last night naturally could not be hidden from Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen.
After hearing that Wei Changtian went alone to stop the Zhenshan Camp and disappeared, the two men have not slept since then. They even have to check Wei Changtian's life plate every few hours.
Fortunately, the life card is still intact until now.
However, although Wei Changtian is fine, the Wei family’s current situation is somewhat bad.
Because just now, Ning Yongnian finally summoned Wei Xianzhi to the palace to meet him.
The Shu army's breakout happened last night, but there was no movement from the former all day. It was hard not to wonder what he was going to do when he had to summon Wei Xianzhi in the middle of the night.
It was a dark and windy night, a time for murder and arson.
Perhaps, the emperor has finally decided to turn against the Wei family.
"You might as well not go."
Following Wei Xianzhi back to the house, Qin Caizhen advised with a worried look on her face: "At this critical moment, who knows what Ning Yongnian will do."
"All the guards who were outside during the day have returned to the city. It's obvious that they are doing this for us to see."
"I'll just pretend to be sick for a few days. It won't be too late to discuss it after we get news from Changtian."
“.”
Putting the lantern in the corner, Wei Xianzhi was silent for a long time before speaking.
Although what Qin Caizhen said made sense, his angle of thinking was obviously different.
"If I don't go, will Ning Yongnian just give up?"
"Who can say for sure what Shuzhou will become?"
"Alas, my son is responsible for all the troubles he caused. As a father, I will have to clean up his mess sooner or later."
"But."
Qin Caizhen frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wei Xianzhi who waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything. There is no point in dragging this matter on."
"Didn't Ning Yongnian want to show us the Imperial Guards? Then we should show him the Xuan Jing Division as well."
“.”
This time, Qin Caizhen did not persuade her again.
Although she was not very polite to Wei Xianzhi on weekdays, she was actually like an ordinary woman when it came to big things, and would never go against her man's decision.
"Then I'll go ask my father to come out?"
"Go ahead."
Nodding, Wei Xianzhi watched Qin Caizhen leave in a hurry, then shouted softly to the outside of the door.
"Wang Er!"
"master."
Wang Er immediately slipped into the house and bowed, saying, "I'm here."
"Well, you can take my token and go to the Xuanjing Division to burn the ancestral jade now."
As he spoke, Wei Xianzhi casually threw a black token to Wang Er.
His tone was so calm that Wang Er wondered for a moment if he had heard it wrongly.
"master"
Wang Er took a look at the genuine Xuanjing Division commander's token in his hand, widened his eyes and confirmed: "Are you talking about the Zhuo Zuyu?"
"Um."
"B-and then?"
Wang Er asked again with rapid breathing: "I wonder what the master is going to do?"
“.”
Wei Xianzhi paused for a moment, looked at the night outside and replied calmly:
"Then, follow me to the palace."
There are too many plot lines recently. I have to consider logic, layout, and reading experience when switching between them. It's a bit slow to write (end of this chapter)
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