Chapter 501 Humiliation
The next day.
At noon, the Kuilong token that was urgently sent from Shuzhou City was finally handed over to Wei Changtian.
According to the two Freemasons who delivered the token, the token has not responded since receiving the message the day before yesterday and has not received any new information.
And that "meeting notice" had disappeared long ago.
In the secret room, looking at the bluish-white token in his hand, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of the way Old Zhang looked when he handed it to him.
"Old Zhang, what do these two words Kuilong mean?"
"have no idea."
"Where did you get this jade token?"
“I forgot.”
“.”
At that time, no matter what Wei Changtian asked, Old Zhang knew the answer to the question.
Although later facts proved that he was just pretending to have a bad memory, Wei Changtian never asked about the token again.
And now. "Sir, there is still no response."
The door was pushed open, and Chu Xianping whispered, "Tianjiyuan has tried dozens of times, but all failed. Maybe something unexpected happened."
Tianjiyuan is the intelligence distribution center established by Chu Xianping, responsible for transmitting some intelligence with a relatively ordinary confidentiality level.
Although Old Zhang did not have the mother-and-child jade that was directly connected to Wei Changtian, the Freemason who escorted him to the White Palace did have it.
However, these people are now "lost contact".
"Are their life cards broken?"
Shaking his head helplessly, Wei Changtian asked, "Send someone to check it out."
"Sir, I have checked it."
Chu Xianping quickly replied: "The life cards of several Freemasons have not been broken."
"Not broken, the person is still alive"
Wei Changtian frowned: "So, something happened and you accidentally lost the mother-child jade?"
“It should be so, but it could also be.”
Chu Xianping narrowed his eyes: "They were kidnapped."
"Kidnapped?"
Wei Changtian's pupils shrank and his expression became uglier.
The person is not dead, but we can't contact him.
In this situation, there is indeed a possibility of being kidnapped.
But who would kidnap them?
Could it be that Kuilong had already found out about Old Zhang and had him kidnapped? Or was it just my imagination?
There is too little information now, and it is undoubtedly too difficult to guess the truth.
So after a brief thought, Wei Changtian stopped making random guesses.
"Okay, I understand."
"Let Tianjiyuan continue to deliver the message at least once a day."
"If they were really hijacked, they would definitely respond to us."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
After answering, Chu Xianping turned around and closed the door.
"Sir, there is one more thing."
"This morning, Wu Ding escorted Li Qi to Huailing City, and then there was no further movement. He has not left the city until now."
"I guess they won't leave anymore."
"Really?"
After receiving the Kuilong token in his arms, Wei Changtian was obviously not very interested in this matter. He just asked casually: "Brother Chu, what do you think Ning Yongnian wants to do by bringing Li Qi to Huailing Mansion?"
"Perhaps he wants to accept the surrender in Huailing."
Chu Xianping explained: "Huailing Prefecture is located on the border between the two countries, and is separated from Yuanzhou by only a stretch of the Western Desert Gobi. It is not only quite symbolic, but also can be immediately retreated to Daning if an accident occurs."
"If nothing unexpected happens, Ning Yongnian should leave for Huailing City in a few days."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Nodding, Wei Changtian was too lazy to care about what was happening in Dafeng, especially at a time like this.
Even if he were to take care of it, he would have to deal with the affairs of Kuilong and Shuzhou first.
"Unless the matter in Dafeng is extremely important, you don't need to tell me anything else in the future."
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian instructed: "Since Li Qi has surrendered, he must have his own plans. Let's wait and see what happens."
"Yes, sir. I understand."
“.”
At night, it is the time of Si.
Dark clouds over the city blocked the autumn wind, and the flags were waving.
The north gate of Huailing City was closed and the city tower was heavily guarded.
Rows of shining swords and spears were lined up on the city wall, and the endless stream of torches coiled around like a long dragon.
However, the soldiers holding weapons now no longer wear black armor, but all wear yellow armor.
"General Wu!"
"Why did you bring me here in the middle of the night?!"
Looking at Wu Ding in front of him, Meng Shi's face was gloomy.
There were many Dafeng officials who "accompanied" Li Qi to Huailing to surrender this time, but he was the only military general.
As an eyewitness of the "Yuanzhou City Massacre", there is no doubt that Meng Shi hated Ning Yongnian and Daning. He even swore a blood oath outside Yuanzhou City that "I will take Ning Yongnian's head in this lifetime."
But only a few months had passed, and now he was willing to accompany Li Qi to surrender. No one knew what had happened during this period.
"General Meng, I am only following the Holy Order."
On the other side, facing Meng Shi’s questioning, Wu Ding just smiled.
He glanced at Li Qi, who was standing beside him, supported by several eunuchs with a silly smile on his face, and then waved behind him.
"Stand up the pole!"
“.”
"rise!!"
Amid the shouts of several soldiers, the next moment, a log nearly as thick as a water tank and seven or eight feet high was slowly lifted up and stood upright not far away.
Looking at the tall vertical wood, Meng Shi's eyes suddenly widened.
"Wu Ding! What are you going to do?!"
"General Meng, don't worry, you will know soon."
The smile on his face gradually turned playful. Wu Ding turned his head to look at Li Qi, who was staring at the vertical wood and clapping his hands, and gently bowed to the latter.
"Your Majesty, I am sorry."
"Someone, please ask the Emperor Dafeng to get on the pole!"
“.”
Backswing.
It is obvious that no matter how crazy Li Qi is, he would not have the time to climb up this pole.
So. "You dare!!"
An extremely angry roar resounded on the city wall. There was no way Meng Shi could tolerate Li Qi suffering such an insult.
However, Wu Ding just waved his hand lightly and pressed down, instantly pressing him to his knees with a thump.
yes.
Meng Shi was indeed a second-rank official.
But since Wu Ding agreed to let him follow Li Qi to Huailing, how could he not impose restrictions on such a master?
Although the acupoints and meridians of a second-grade master cannot be sealed, it is still possible to suppress his state by using some secret medicines.
So even though Meng Shi can move and speak without any hindrance now, he actually has to take secret medicine every day, and his realm has always been suppressed at the sixth level.
Being only a sixth-rank official, he naturally couldn't do anything in front of Wu Ding.
"Wu, Wu Ding."
His knees were shaking violently, and Meng Shi struggled to raise his head, staring at Wu Ding, forcing out word after word from his throat.
"You, you know what you are doing."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
As if he had heard a huge joke, Wu Ding suddenly threw his head back and laughed.
"General Meng, I think you haven't figured out the current situation between you and your Majesty."
"Forget it. I am too lazy to talk to you any more."
"You just need to know that from the moment you open the gates of Fengyuan City, you are no longer the emperor or the general."
"It's just fish on the chopping block."
“.”
The night was dark and windy, with lingering clouds obscuring the moon.
Not far away, when Li Qi was tied up and slowly hung on a high pole, he finally showed a look of fear for the first time.
"Wow!!"
"pain!"
"Let me down! Let me down!!"
"Mom! I want to go home!!"
"Wow!!!"
“.”
Wu Ding stood with his hands behind his back, looking disdainful.
Li Qi was crying and wailing.
A tall pole that symbolizes that Dafeng will no longer have dignity.
The crescent moon above my head appears and disappears from time to time.
When Meng Shi saw all this with his red eyes, the anger in his heart gradually turned into indescribable sadness.
Then he remembered what Li Qi had said to him the night before his surrender.
"General Meng, Ning Yongnian might humiliate me in every way after we surrender."
"But you must not reveal your true colors because of this."
"I am not afraid of being humiliated. I am only afraid that I will not be able to avenge the thousands of soldiers who died in Dafeng."
"For this, I can endure anything."
(End of this chapter)
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