Chapter 553 Snow Falls Silently (Part 2)
On the east side of the execution ground, behind a half-open wooden window.
Wei Changtian was not mistaken, Li Wutong was indeed in this room now.
Ning Yongnian was sitting on a wooden chair not far behind her, his eyelids slightly closed and his expression unusually calm.
It was deathly quiet outside the house, and the atmosphere inside the house was desperate and eerie to the extreme.
In the distance, only the last few sentences of the verdict that the executioner was reciting were left. If things continued like this, Li Qi would be beheaded in less than a hundred breaths.
Although Li Wutong could not move or speak, his face was facing the execution ground.
She could clearly see everything that was happening on the execution ground if she hadn't closed her eyes.
This kind of "escape" is a very normal reaction.
No matter how desperate, regretful, unwilling and painful Li Wutong felt at this moment, she could not bear to watch Li Qi die in front of her.
The tears have long since dried up, leaving only numbness.
If I were to use one word to describe my feeling at this moment, it would definitely be "dead heart".
I was truly disheartened. "Huh!"
The snow on the window frames had not yet melted and snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.
The cold wind blew the white snow onto Li Wutong's face, and after it melted, it turned into tears.
But she no longer felt cold.
It seemed as if it was blocked by tightly closed eyelids, as if the whole person had fallen into the abyss.
Li Wutong was enveloped by endless darkness and completely lost the last bit of attachment to this world.
From being Princess Wuping, who was loved by the people, to now being just a soulless shell.
In just half a year, she was left with nothing.
She had lost her "charitable" mother, her identity as a "human being", her country, and was about to lose her biological father. Everything she cared about had gone far away from her. If she had to say that there was something that she had not completely lost, it would only be Wei Changtian.
No.
Perhaps even Wei Changtian himself had already lost "A woman as stupid as you is really not worthy of Wei Changtian making such a fuss."
In a trance, a sentence flashed through my mind.
Li Wutong's body trembled involuntarily, and his breathing became rapid in an instant.
She seemed to be in great pain, so much so that she didn't want to live even for a second.
However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
"Princess."
"Do you think Wei Changtian is hiding in the crowd right now?"
The person who spoke was undoubtedly Ning Yongnian.
He had come to Li Wutong's side without knowing when, and was silently looking at the execution ground not far away.
As for the question he just asked, it was more like a question to himself rather than to Li Wutong.
When the capital city underwent a huge change, Ning Yongnian guessed that Wei Changtian might come to Huailing.
After all, the intelligence from Shuzhou indicated that the latter was no longer in Shuzhou City, so his possible destination was only Huailing and the capital.
That's why Ning Yongnian initially thought of sparing Li Qi and Li Wutong's lives so that they could be used as bargaining chips in possible negotiations later.
However, before Wei Changtian showed up, he was already about to leave Huailing.
The situation in Daning cannot be delayed. Ning Yongnian certainly cannot continue to wait here and must go back as soon as possible.
But before leaving, he still wanted to try one last time.
"Princess, Wei Changtian left Shuzhou a few days ago and has been missing since then."
"Do you think it's possible that he actually came to Huailing?"
It seemed like he was asking, but also like he was talking to himself.
Ning Yongnian turned his head to look at Li Wutong, whose eyelashes were trembling slightly, and then paused and continued:
"If he had come to Huailing, would he be hiding among the crowd now, trying to rescue your father?"
"He has many tricks up his sleeve. If he really wants to save her, there might be a chance."
"Well of course, it won't do him any good to do so."
"But who can say anything good about this?"
“.”
In less than ten sentences, Ning Yongnian used various "self-contradictory" expressions.
He first guessed that Wei Changtian would come to rescue people, then said he would not, and finally said, "Who can say for sure?"
But even so, Li Wutong still vaguely guessed what he was going to do.
Ning Yongnian's last few words also verified her guess.
"The time has come! Behead him!"
The snowflakes outside the window were getting bigger, blowing away the executioner's last sentence.
Ning Yongnian smiled and pointed at Li Qi who was kneeling in the snow in the distance, and said slowly: "Princess, look, your father is going to die soon."
"If Wei Changtian really comes, it will be too late for him to take action."
"But this won't work. How about you try to persuade him?"
"As long as you can persuade Wei Changtian to come out, I can ensure that your father will not die."
"One for one, this is your last chance."
"Think about it, but don't think about it for too long."
“.”
As the last sentence fell, Ning Yongnian waved his hand to untie Li Wutong's Lianquan acupoint.
Her eyes, which had been tightly closed, suddenly widened at this moment.
There is no doubt that Ning Yongnian must have already set up a tight net around the execution ground, waiting for Wei Changtian to show up.
But it is possible that Wei Changtian is not in Huailing at all, or it is possible that he is there but is not planning to save Li Qi.
That's why Ning Yongnian wanted to use him to lure Wei Changtian to appear . Li Wutong didn't know what Wei Changtian would do if he really "begged" him.
Perhaps Wei Changtian no longer cared about her, so he was unmoved.
Or maybe Wei Changtian would really take the risk for himself. Obviously, Ning Yongnian was betting on such a probability, betting that Wei Changtian was not only in Huailing, but also "obsessed" with the woman Li Wutong.
For him, it doesn't matter even if he loses the bet, after all, he didn't pay any price at all.
But for Li Wutong, the two sides of this gamble are the lives of Li Qi and Wei Changtian.
It even comes with the entire Dafeng.
After all, if Ning Yongnian really let Li Qi go, then Dafeng would escape the fate of national destruction.
So. He looked at the figure in the center of the execution ground who was trying hard to stand up with trembling hands, and his mouth slowly opened.
At this moment, Li Wutong had no time to think about whether Ning Yongnian would fulfill his promise.
She just didn't want her father to die in front of her.
Is this wrong? In the distance, the executioner had dragged his knife behind Li Qi and slowly wiped the snowflakes that fell on the blade with his sleeve.
Tens of thousands of people knelt down slowly in groups, with their foreheads pressed to the ground, using this way of "not looking" to express their last and most simple respect for Li Qi.
At this moment, the entire Caishikou, no, it should be said that the entire Huailing City has become extremely quiet, with only the heavy snow falling again after stopping for a day.
The snow falls silently, it is both tragic and sad.
“.”
The ghost-head knife reflected the black light and was held high in the air at an angle.
But Ning Yongnian was no longer visible behind the half-open wooden window.
When Li Wutong still hadn't said a word until now, he knew that the former would not speak again.
In that case, let it be. Shaking his head and glancing at Li Wutong's back, Ning Yongnian turned around and was about to leave.
However, at this moment, a loud shout that could not be clearer suddenly reached his ears.
Not only Ning Yongnian.
Including Li Wutong, who was in great pain but still gritting his teeth.
Including countless people kneeling on the ground, covered in snow.
Including the executioner who was swinging his sword to kill and thousands of elite soldiers surrounding the execution ground.
In the vast snow, everyone heard a sentence at this moment -
"Grandpa! Do it!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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