Chapter 530 "Hope"
Dafeng, Huailing City.
The prison was dark and damp, holding hundreds of prisoners.
Only a small number of these people have been imprisoned here all the time. Most of them are Dafeng heroes who attempted to "rescue" Li Qi and were recently imprisoned. There are a total of 211 people.
Exactly half a month has passed since Wu Ding hung Li Qi on the city wall.
In fifteen days, more than 200 people were imprisoned, an average of more than a dozen people per day.
This number is already large enough, but you have to know that only a few people can be put in jail.
And even more people didn't even have the chance to go to jail and had already died under the North City Tower, which represented the national humiliation of Dafeng.
According to incomplete statistics, nearly two thousand people died or were captured for trying to save Li Qi in the past half month. No less than a hundred attacks were launched, and even third-grade masters were involved several times.
But in the end, none of them succeeded.
Li Qi was still hanging high on the city wall, watching wave after wave of Dafeng people die at his feet.
However, every time he witnessed this process, he did not show any pain, and afterwards he even lost his fear, and his expression was only numb.
That kind of extremely stupid numbness. "You know what? The emperor is really stupid!"
"I heard that he became stupid in Fengyuan!"
"Really! Someone saw the emperor hanging and still grinning!"
“.”
This is a saying that has been widely circulated among Huailing people recently.
Faced with this rumor, no matter how heartbroken and regretful the people of Dafeng were, they seemed to have no choice but to accept this reality.
Because of this, they also feel extremely sad about their own and Dafeng’s future.
Unlike leaders in previous lives, the "emperor" has no term limit.
Even if Li Qi became stupid or crazy, as long as he was alive, he would always be the emperor of Dafeng.
And such a fool is about to negotiate with Ning Yongnian. No one would have any expectations about what the result of the talks will be.
So even though Wei Changtian had just won a victory in Shuzhou and weakened Daning's national strength from the side, the people of Dafeng were still confused about the future.
Even many powerful big families have begun to "plan ahead" and secretly take the initiative to show goodwill and get closer to Daning.
This can't be blamed on these people for "selling out their country for personal gain". After all, if the emperor is stupid, what future can the country have? As for the few people who knew that Li Qi was playing dumb, "Ka!"
"Squeak"
The heavy prison door slowly opened, and two Dafeng soldiers acting as jailers entered the cell with indifferent faces, and walked straight to Li Wutong, who was lying paralyzed on the stone bed with his acupoints sealed.
He pried open his cracked lips, threw a fasting pill into his mouth, and then drank a bowl of water.
After seeing Li Wutong swallow the fasting pill with difficulty, the two men turned around and left the cell without a trace of mercy throughout the whole process.
They knew Li Wutong's identity.
But what about the princess? Anyway, the order from above was to ensure that Li Wutong did not die, so in the eyes of these two soldiers, this dishevelled woman was no different from other prisoners.
"Bang!"
The cell door slammed shut, followed by a series of piercing mechanical sounds.
Soon, the cell fell silent again, with only Li Wutong, with his eyes closed, trembling slightly on the stone bed.
Physical pain and psychological pain coexisted, and she could no longer tell which one was more serious.
Seven days ago, she arrived in Jiunan County.
Two days ago, she was escorted to Huailing.
It was not known whether it was intentional or accidental, but she happened to enter the city through the north gate.
When she saw the man hanging high on the city wall through the car window, Li Wutong felt as if her heart was being tightly grasped by a big hand, and the pain was so severe that she almost fainted.
This is a humiliation that is extremely powerless and a devastation that is extremely sad.
Li Wutong never thought that Ning Yongnian would actually do this, and the last bit of fantasy in his heart was finally shattered at that moment.
In fact, Li Wutong always knew that what he did was stupid.
But if there is a way, why would anyone want to be stupid?
Knowing that she was just a moth to a flame, she still threw herself into the fire without hesitation, and did not give up until all her hopes were gone.
But now, Li Wutong just wants to die.
She had long given up the hope that one day she would become Wei Changtian's bride.
She didn't even dare to hope that she could meet Wei Changtian again.
She was thinking of only one thing now -
That is, he cannot become Ning Yongnian's weapon and chop Wei Changtian one day in the future.
But unfortunately, she couldn't do it.
"Squeak"
Suddenly, the prison door not far away made another harsh sound.
At this time, less than a quarter of an hour had passed since the two jailers came in to feed him the pill, so his eyes suddenly widened and Li Wutong stared at the prison door.
Then she saw a man in a robe.
The man had a calm expression, his clothes were spotless, and he had a long sword on his waist.
There is a real dragon carved on the scabbard.
Ning Yongnian arrived in Huailing City secretly this morning.
The imperial carriage was still on the way, but the person arrived first.
This is naturally done to avoid possible assassinations.
After all, there are many people who want to kill him right now.
Although Ning Yongnian didn't think anyone could really assassinate him, it was always better to have less trouble than more.
What's more, he couldn't leave the capital for too long. He had to deal with the affairs of Dafeng as soon as possible and return as soon as possible.
“.”
Walking slowly to Li Wutong and looking at him for a moment, Ning Yongnian slowly reached out and untied the latter's Lianquan acupoint.
The blood in the throat became smooth, and Li Wutong, who had regained his speech function, did not question Ning Yongnian why he hung Li Qi on the city wall, nor did he beg the latter to fulfill his previous promise to withdraw troops.
She just struggled, squeezing out three words in an extremely weak and difficult voice.
"Kill, kill me"
“.”
The cell was cramped and dark, with only a few wisps of fire that seemed about to die out at any moment illuminating the slowly dancing dust in the air, stretching the man's shadow into a distorted and elongated shape.
"Kill you?"
His expression remained calm, Ning Yongnian asked with a half-smile, "Why should I kill you?"
"I"
Li Wutong's voice was still weak, but there was endless hatred in his eyes.
She was just about to say something else, but before she could say anything, Ning Yongnian suddenly made a gesture to silence her.
"I understand you don't believe me."
"But have you ever thought about why you are here if you really don't believe it?"
"I know that many people must have advised you before you came."
"And yet you still came, so I will certainly not let you down."
"That's it."
After a pause, Ning Yongnian suddenly shouted, "Someone come!"
“.”
"His Majesty!"
Within three breaths, Wu Ding, wearing a general's armor, appeared in the cell, clasped his fists and knelt on one knee: "I am here!"
"General Wu"
Ning Yongnian didn't even turn his head, but continued to look at Li Wutong, and slowly ordered: "Go and take Li Qi down from the city wall immediately."
(End of this chapter)
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