Chapter 574: Half a Paper of Merit, Thousands of Mountains and Snows (VIII)
I would rather die under the iron hoofs of the four invading countries than die here
When Ning Yongnian roared out these words, Wei Changtian's eyes instantly turned to Xu Suisui who was still standing in Lingbo Pavilion.
From the start of the fight to now, nearly twenty breaths of time had passed, and the latter had been standing there in a daze, as if he had not yet come to his senses.
But Ning Yongnian's shout suddenly woke her up, and her eyes immediately met Wei Changtian's.
The emotions in the two people's eyes were different, but they both understood the current situation at this moment.
Ning Yongnian’s judgment was correct.
Xu Suisui really still didn't want him to die, not to mention that he shouted such words.
Whether this statement is truly from the heart or just to save his life is currently unknown and cannot be verified.
In this split second, Xu Suisui didn't even have time to think about this problem.
She and Wei Changtian both needed to make a decision as quickly as possible, or in other words, they both needed to make a decision before the other party made a decision.
Do you want to "kill" the other person?
The snow darkens the flags and paintings, and the wind is filled with the sound of drums.
In the distance, the crowded and dull sound of horse hooves and war drums could be heard, and it was unclear whether it was the Daning army or the Tengu army.
Xu Suisui and Wei Changtian only looked at each other for a moment, but time seemed to freeze at this moment, and everything around them became slow.
They certainly don't want to really kill each other, but they want to decide whether to change the current situation by "killing" each other.
It has to be said that Ning Yongnian’s final struggle was a good bet.
Xu Suisui does have the ability to turn the tide of the battle.
Similarly, Wei Changtian also has the ability to prevent her from turning the tide of the battle.
At the moment, both of them have enough system points.
Therefore, Xu Suisui only needs to exchange a divine strike and throw it at Wei Changtian, and the latter can only exchange it for a Qingjue jade pendant to save his life.
After the Qingjue Jade Pendant is triggered, Wei Changtian will be teleported out of the battlefield, and Ning Yongnian will naturally be able to survive.
And if Xu Suisui feels unsafe, she can even use another divine attack to kill Wei Zhaohai or any other second-grade master. In short, as long as she wants, it is not difficult to save Ning Yongnian.
But as I said before, this depends on Wei Changtian's attitude.
Xu Suisui can change to divine attack, and so can Wei Changtian.
The latter doesn't even need a divine strike at all, just a random knife can "kill" the former.
This is the case when Xu Suisui is wearing the Qingjue jade pendant.
If she had not exchanged the jade pendant in advance, with her ordinary reaction speed, she might not have been able to exchange the jade pendant immediately after Wei Changtian made a move, and she would have been killed.
Therefore, from Xu Suisui's perspective, her best option at this moment would be to give Wei Changtian a divine striking talisman without hesitation.
But the figure in Lingbo Pavilion struggled for a moment.
No one knows what caused the struggle at this moment.
It may be that Xu Suisui was unwilling to waste system points on "mutual destruction". After all, he had a divine strike and Wei Changtian had a Qingjue jade pendant, which added up to one thousand points.
In order to save Ning Yongnian, a thousand points were wasted in vain. This doesn't seem like a good deal no matter how you look at it.
However, judging from the short thinking time, which was almost just a blink of an eye, Xu Suisui probably didn't think so much.
Therefore, the reason why she did not move was perhaps simply because she did not want to attack Wei Changtian. In short, no matter what the reason was, Xu Suisui did not take any action in the end.
But Wei Changtian on the other side did not hesitate at all. Almost the next moment after Ning Yongnian shouted that sentence, he asked coldly:
"Do you have a Qingjue jade pendant?"
“.”
"have"
His eyes suddenly widened, and Xu Suisui gave the answer subconsciously.
Then, she saw a golden blade light stop in an instant and then cut her chest.
"Bang!!!"
"call!"
A familiar green mist suddenly appeared, surging in Lingbo Pavilion and submerging Xu Suisui's figure.
The latter had experienced this kind of thing once outside Guanghan City, so he was not panicked at the moment.
She just stared at Wei Changtian in a daze, and everything in her sight began to become blurry, until only the extremely ruthless blade light remained.
It was obvious that Wei Changtian didn't want to kill himself, otherwise he wouldn't have asked that question.
So he just didn't want to take any action to stop him from killing Ning Yongnian.
But But why didn't he just ask me whether I would save Ning Yongnian. If he asked, I would definitely tell him that I wouldn't Does he still not believe me? With doubts and a hint of pain, Xu Suisui just disappeared in Lingbo Pavilion.
Ning Yongnian trembled violently when he saw this scene.
The last straw fell to the bottom of the lake, and he knew he would not survive.
Then, resistance becomes meaningless.
“Puff!”
A long knife pierced into his left arm, and blood burst out.
Then it was the right arm, left leg, and right leg. The moment Ning Yongnian gave up resistance, more than ten long knives pierced his body mercilessly, but avoided the vital parts.
Seeing this, Wei Zhaohai flashed and came to the man with his eyes closed the next second.
He stepped down without any hesitation.
"Bang!!"
The tattered dragon robe fell into the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
The marks on the sand look like waves, and the sound of the wind sounds like thunder.
There was heavy snow all over the sky. When the snowflakes fell on Ning Yongnian, they turned into blood, mixed with dust and dyed the earth red.
Suddenly, the sounds of fighting around stopped and the world returned to silence.
The emperor who once stood above everyone else and had the ambition to unify the world is now being trampled underfoot. Looking at this scene, Wei Changtian felt an indescribable complexity in his mood.
He slowly walked to Ning Yongnian, looked up at the yellow dragon roaring and tumbling in the night sky, then looked down at the white hair at the latter's temples.
The enemy that he had fought for so long was finally about to meet his fateful end, and Wei Changtian suddenly didn't know what to say.
Is Ning Yongnian hateful?
In order to destroy the 500,000 elite troops of Dafeng, he did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of more than 2 million innocent civilians. Naturally, he is hateful.
Is Ning Yongnian pitiful?
He once owned the prosperous Da Ning, but after all his scheming, he lost everything. It was natural that he was pitiful.
Is Ning Yongnian pitiful?
For the so-called country and people, he gave up everything he could give up, even the bottom line of being the emperor. It is naturally sad.
Hateful, pitiful, and sad.
These are all true, but if we put these aside, Ning Yongnian must have had the same vision as Ning Yuke, "bringing peace to the world." Everyone around him, who had stopped fighting, knew that nothing could be changed.
They stood there with different expressions, their eyes all focused on Wei Changtian.
The latter just silently looked at Ning Yongnian who was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud.
Everything has a beginning, but few can have an end.
In "The Peak of Martial Arts", his head was chopped off by Xiao Feng's sword in the court.
Now, he was about to be stabbed in the heart by himself outside Lingbo Pavilion.
Although I don’t know what Ning Yongnian’s ending was in the novel that Xu Suisui had read, I’m sure it wouldn’t be a good ending.
Therefore, Ning Yongnian's death seemed to be inevitable, the only difference was whether it happened sooner or later.
As for how to evaluate the life of this emperor, perhaps it is that sentence -
A piece of paper of fame, a thousand snowy mountains. "Changtian, it's all here."
Suddenly, Wei Zhaohai, who had been groping Ning Yongnian for a long time, stood up and handed the three small objects to Wei Changtian.
A small arrowhead, exactly the same as the one found on Wu Ding.
A small piece of iron with intricate inscriptions engraved on it.
There is also a very familiar Qingjue jade pendant.
There were three life-saving props. If Wei Changtian had not made such arrangements tonight, but only wanted to rely on divine strikes to solve the problem, he would have most likely failed.
But now there will be no more surprises.
“Cang!”
The shadow sword came out of its sheath and slowly stopped above Ning Yongnian's heart.
Wei Changtian was about to strike with his sword, but at this moment, a series of intermittent and extremely weak sounds suddenly came from under his feet.
"There is a, ahem, old locust tree on the north wall of the palace."
"There is a private treasury under the tree, and the key to the treasury is behind the plaque of the Hall of Supreme Harmony."
“.”
The tip of the knife suddenly stopped, and Wei Changtian's eyes widened slightly.
It's not like he hadn't thought about what Ning Yongnian would say before he died, but he never expected that he would say these.
It is obvious that there must be a lot of good things in this private vault, and only Ning Yongnian knows about it.
The latter said at this time, "Also, there is more."
At his feet, Ning Yongnian opened his mouth with difficulty, his mouth full of blood.
His left hand moved a little bit, grabbing the corner of Wei Changtian's clothes tightly, his eyes widened.
"After my death, the generals and soldiers will not massacre the city"
"I, I just want to threaten you with this power."
"Tell Li Huaizhong to assist Wenjun."
"No, don't bury me in the imperial mausoleum. I, I don't have the face to see the ancestors of the Ning family."
"Finally, Master Wei, I want to ask you a favor."
“.”
His emotions became more and more complicated. Although Wei Changtian did not answer, he slowly bent down and put his ear close to Ning Yongnian's mouth.
Then, he heard the latter's last words in his life amid the snow and wind.
"Please, please."
"First, we must protect Daning"
“.”
His body paused, and Wei Changtian was silent for a long time. Finally, as his shadow fell, he whispered "OK".
The answer was blown far away by the wind, but Ning Yongnian could never hear it again.
that's all.
On November 13th of the first year of Taichu, Emperor Daning, Ning Yongnian, was buried in Lingbo Pavilion outside Huailing City.
(End of this chapter)
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