Chapter 550: Snow Falls Silently (Part 1)
I've said it before.
When Li Qi stopped pretending to be stupid and rejected the fifth condition, he would have no chance of survival.
What's more, Ning Yongnian is now anxious to go back to deal with Ning Wenjun and has no time to take care of the affairs in Dafeng.
Under such circumstances, the simplest and most direct approach would be to kill Li Qi, take Li Wutong away, and let Dafeng fall into "masterless" chaos.
The reason for taking Li Wutong away is that she may play a role in dealing with Wei Changtian in the future.
It was obvious that Li Qi had no value to Wei Changtian, so he was killed.
In fact, if Li Wutong had stuck to his bottom line during the negotiations that day and had never agreed to the last condition, then Li Qi might not have had to be "exposed", and Ning Yongnian might have been able to spare his life today.
But there are no "ifs" in this world.
One day in the future, Li Wutong will figure all this out. At that time, she will surely be heartbroken and extremely regretful, but nothing can be done again.
It can only be said that no matter what, Li Qi got what he wanted. In the end, he used his life to preserve the reputation of the Li family and protect the more than one million people in Huailing City.
As for whether he would die or not, "Sir, this is all that has happened in the city in the past few days."
Just when Ning Yongnian ordered Li Qi to be executed in public, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi had already checked into an inn in the south of the city and met the Freemason's spies in Huailing City.
After learning that Ning Yongnian was coming to Huailing, Chu Xianping had already sent people to hide in the city in advance in order to get some information as soon as possible.
However, these spies were ultimately of too low a level to find out much inside information, and there were no members of the Tongzhou Society among the envoys from Daning who were present at the peace talks.
So Wei Changtian actually doesn’t know too many details of the negotiations that day, nor does he know what Ning Yongnian’s current plans are.
Even the "fifth condition" that they had never reached an agreement on was just a guess between him and Yang Liushi, and it had not been verified to this day.
“.”
"Okay, I understand."
Nodding, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi looked at each other and drank the tea helplessly.
The spy talked for a long time, but in the end there was basically no useful information. It seems that I will have to rely on myself to investigate next.
"Where does Ning Yongnian live now? Have you found out about this?"
"Sir, I haven't found out yet."
The spy lowered his head in shame: "But judging from the distribution of the guards in the city, Ning Yongnian should be living in the government office."
"Well, where is Li Qi imprisoned?" Wei Changtian asked again.
"I don't know, but I think he should be in the yamen prison."
“.”
Good fellow, you both "should" and "want to", is this how you do intelligence work? I complained in my mind, but didn't say anything.
Wei Changtian also understood that it was indeed difficult for these spies to find out such secrets, so he waved his hand and prepared to let them leave.
But before he could say anything, the three of them suddenly heard a commotion outside the window.
It didn't seem like an ordinary street quarrel, but more like the discussion passed on by word of mouth among the people after something big happened.
"Um?"
Frowning slightly, Wei Changtian winked at the spy.
"Yes, sir. I'll go check it out right away!"
The latter immediately understood, bowed and quickly left the room.
The door closed with a creaky sound, and soon only Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi were left in the room.
"Sir, are you planning to check when Ning Yongnian is going to lead his troops back to the capital?"
After filling Wei Changtian's teacup, Yang Liushi asked softly, "How do you plan to investigate?"
"Find a chance to kidnap someone and ask him."
Wei Changtian played with the tea lid and answered casually: "I don't think Ning Yongnian will wait too long, but if we know the exact time, we can set up an ambush in advance."
"Um."
Yang Liushi nodded, but there was some worry in her eyes: "But sir, can the Tengu Army really stop 100,000 people?"
"Haha, you should know the combat power of the Tengu Army better than I do."
Wei Changtian smiled and said, "Why, no confidence?"
"I do have confidence."
Yang Liushi frowned slightly: "But Ning Yongnian now has too many top third-grade masters under his command. Including him, there are five second-grade masters alone."
"That's true."
Wei Changtian moved his neck without commenting.
Yang Liushi was right. Now almost all the masters under Ning Yongnian are in Dafeng.
Li Huaizhong, Wu Ding, Bai Youheng, and a general named Liao Fangming.
If Ning Yongnian himself is included, there are indeed five second-grade people.
But on the other hand, there is not a single one on my side.
But who wants to fight them head-on? In war, one should use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
Since the Tengu Army's greatest advantages are its strong mobility and individual combat power, I would have to be crazy to confront Ning Yongnian's army of 100,000.
It must be a guerrilla war! "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
After smiling and comforting Yang Liushi, Wei Changtian was just about to say something else.
However, the noise outside the window was even louder at this time, as if the entire Huailing City was in chaos.
"Sir, I will go and listen."
Yang Liushi could not bear the doubts in her heart, so without waiting for the spy to come back, she stood up and walked to the window, pushed open the wooden window, and prepared to listen to what the noise was causing.
As time went on, the expression on her face became more and more surprised.
After dozens of breaths, Yang Liushi suddenly turned around and wanted to tell Wei Changtian, who was still sitting at the table, what she had heard.
The latter had just put a piece of mother-and-child jade and a code book into his arms and happened to look up.
"Don't bother to tell me, I know everything."
With a complicated look in his eyes, Wei Changtian said softly, "You go out first. I want to think about something alone."
“.”
With her mouth slightly open, Yang Liushi was stunned for a moment, but didn't say much.
"Okay, I'll wait outside the door."
She took light steps, pushed open the door and walked into the corridor outside.
Yang Liushi had just turned around and gently closed the door when she turned her head and saw the Masonic spy walking hurriedly towards her.
"Miss Yang, something big has happened!"
The spy walked closer quickly and said in a low voice: "In less than an hour, Li Qi will be executed in the street at Caishikou!"
"Is the young master in the house? I will go and tell him about this matter."
"No need, the young master already knows."
Shaking her head, Yang Liushi looked at the door with a worried look: "He wants to be alone for a while, so don't disturb him anymore."
"this"
The spy paused as he was about to push the door open. He looked at Yang Liushi, then looked at the tightly closed door.
Of course he didn't dare to disobey Yang Liushi's opinion, so he had to stop and quietly wait outside the door with the latter.
The noise spread from the street into the inn, like a boiling mess.
The two people might have different thoughts at this moment, but in fact neither of them could guess what Wei Changtian was thinking.
Because just a hundred breaths ago, when Yang Liushi was listening to the discussions outside the house by the window, Wei Changtian happened to receive the message from Chu Xianping.
This message not only explained why there was so much noise outside, but also brought a rather shocking piece of information, as well as a somewhat difficult decision: [Today at 3 pm, Ning Yongnian will publicly execute Li Qi in the busy streets of Huailing City.]
【In addition, Miss Xu and Master Qin intend to rob the execution ground. 】
[On the other hand, I can stop this, but I don’t know if it’s necessary? ]
[I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible. ]
(End of this chapter)
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