Chapter 586: Revisiting the old place
He was woken up by Xu Qingwan in a daze, changed his clothes and washed up in a daze with Qiuyun’s help, ate breakfast in a daze, and got into the carriage in a daze.
Glancing at Yang Liushi, who had a puzzled expression on her face, Wei Changtian just muttered, "I'll take a nap," and fell asleep again with his head resting on Yang Liushi's thigh.
When he opened his eyes again, the sun outside the car window had risen to the sky.
“Heh~”
He stood up and stretched, then casually asked Yang Liushi: "Where are we? Have we left the city?"
"Goose, goose, goose, sir, we are more than 300 miles out of the city."
Yang Liushi covered her mouth and smiled: "What did you do last night? Why are you so sleepy?"
"Nothing."
Wei Changtian touched his nose and said, "I just chatted with Wan'er for a long time."
"Really?"
Yang Liushi saw through it but didn't say anything, her eyes curved into crescents: "When I left this morning, Sister Lu was waiting eagerly to talk to you."
"But you fell asleep as soon as you got in the car, leaving Sister Lu in the cold."
"Lu Jingyao?"
Wei Changtian curled his lips, his tone clear of guilt: "What can she do? It's nothing more than saying something like take care of your health."
"Then this is also a token of support from Sister Lu."
Yang Liushi knew about Lu Jingyao's previous relationship with Xiao Feng, so she didn't continue the topic and asked softly:
"Sir, did you have enough to eat this morning?"
"It will take some time to get to the town ahead for lunch. Mother-in-law prepared some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. If you are hungry, you can eat some first."
"I'm not hungry."
Wei Changtian shook his head, reached out to lift the car curtain and looked outside.
The driver was Zhang San, and there was a black carriage in front and behind his carriage.
There were a bunch of large boxes tied to the car behind, which must be their luggage.
The people in the carriage in front must be Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen.
Gusts of wind blew in our faces, raising dust and dirt, and flying sand and rocks, stirring up waves of yellow sand in the strong midday sun.
I thought this farewell would take some effort, but I ended up just falling asleep.
But it's okay this way.
At least I don’t have to listen to Wei Qiaoling’s crying.
"Liu Shi."
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Wei Changtian suddenly asked: "How long do you think it will take for us to come back this time?"
"Um"
The smile on Yang Liushi's face gradually faded: "It will take at least a year."
“One year.”
Wei Changtian seemed to be a little emotional: "If Wan'er was pregnant last night, wouldn't I be a father directly when I come back a year later?"
"ah?"
Yang Liushi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Geese, geese, geese, I was wondering why the young master is so tired."
"It seems that I had done that with Sister Xu all night!"
"Well, let me make it clear that I was forced to do this."
With a dry cough, Wei Changtian retracted his head from the window: "But a year is neither long nor short."
"I don't know what Shuzhou City will look like in a year, and what Dashu and Daning will look like."
“.”
"Sir, I believe in you."
Looking at Wei Changtian who seemed a little worried, Yang Liushi's expression became serious: "I believe more in what you said in Weiyang Palace on New Year's Eve."
"Anyone who dares to offend me will be punished?"
Wei Changtian smiled bitterly: "It's just a morale-boosting speech, what do you really mean by that?"
"But I don't think you are just saying this for others to hear."
The hem of her skirt hung down to her feet. Yang Liushi placed her hands squarely on her knees and said in a serious tone, "Sir, that's what you actually think, right?"
“.”
This time, Wei Changtian did not answer immediately.
Because this involves a very critical issue.
If one day in the future the situation goes wrong and not only Daning and Xinfeng, but even Dashu can no longer be defended, what should he do? Should he really stick to it to the end with "no regrets even if he dies nine times"?
Or run away with your family?
If he really wanted to escape, Wei Changtian was confident that he could escape successfully.
However,
the winter wind is cold and the grass is short, and the midday sun is scorching and the sand is hot.
"Just do your best."
"We'll talk about it if we really can't defeat him."
In the end, Wei Changtian still did not give a positive answer.
Yang Liushi did not ask any more questions, but just comforted him softly: "Sir, man proposes, God disposes."
"We just have to have a clear conscience."
“With a clear conscience.”
Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, then smiled again after a moment.
"Having a clear conscience is always easier said than done."
Five days later, it was the ninth day of the first lunar month.
It has been five days since I left Shuzhou City. I have been on the road all the time and there is nothing much to say.
The group traveled very quickly, basically conforming to the "senior tour group travel model" of "get off the bus to eat, and get on the bus to sleep".
During this process, Wei Changtian, apart from discussing some things with Wei Xianzhi, spent the rest of his time practicing the Luoqiong Sword in his dreams.
Up to now, he has mastered thirty-three of the thirty-six moves of the Bai Palace's unique Luoqiong Sword. He estimates that he will be able to master the last two moves in another month or two.
And then he can try to practice the 36th move which is rated as "pseudo-immortal" level by the system.
I don’t know how powerful this “pseudo-immortal” level swordsmanship is.
Although it is unlikely to be as abnormal as the Tiao Yue Sword, it should be much stronger than the Gui Chen Sword.
In fact, considering Wei Changtian's current mastery of the Luoqiong Sword, once it is used, its power is no weaker than the Guichen Sword.
Plus, he also has a "magic sword" like Xuantian Sword. Why not just use a sword in the future? It feels a bit more impressive than a knife. "Young Master!"
Wei Changtian was wondering whether to abandon his knife and use a sword when Zhang San's voice suddenly rang out from in front of the car curtain.
"We have already entered the territory of Tanzhou!"
"Um?"
Wei Changtian was stunned, not knowing why Zhang San suddenly said this: "What happened in Tanzhou?"
"Well, we will reach Zhongling County in half a day."
Zhang San explained: "Should we rest for a night in the county town?"
"Zhongling County?"
As Wei Changtian repeated himself, a thin county magistrate with patches all over his official uniform and a giant spider with a ghost face that transformed into a beautiful woman suddenly appeared in his mind.
No wonder Zhang San asked, it seems like he was revisiting an old place.
At that time, on his way to Shuzhou where he was "exiled", Wei Changtian happened to pass through Zhongling County.
At that time, banditry was rampant in Zhongling, so Wei Changtian and Liang Zhenbang staged a play for the local county magistrate, and thus "raised" the military pay needed to suppress the bandits.
After that, Wei Changtian never cared about the situation in Zhongling County.
I don't know if the banditry has been quelled, or if the honest but stubborn thin county magistrate is still around. "Tell my dad that if the time is right, we can rest in Zhongling County tonight."
After thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian smiled and said, "But there is no need to notify the county government. We will stay overnight and then leave."
"Yes, sir!"
Zhang San answered, sounding a little excited.
In his opinion, Wei Changtian had rarely done such a good thing, and he would certainly be happy to see Zhongling return to prosperity.
So he was happy too.
Yang Liushi was in a similar mood at this time.
They had all followed Wei Changtian to Zhongling and witnessed with their own eyes Wei Changtian helping the county magistrate to come up with strategies and raise money to suppress bandits.
Now, passing by here again after two years, the three of them felt that even if Zhongling County was not particularly prosperous, it should at least be much better than it was two years ago.
However, the three carriages sped along and entered Zhongling County two hours later, and soon passed through the first village.
It was dusk, but the expected scene of rising smoke and the sounds of chickens and dogs did not appear.
There was not even the sound of windows and doors closing after the sound of the carriage.
The whole village was dead silent. Spider webs covered the broken courtyard doors and dead leaves piled several inches high on the ground. It was obvious that the village had been abandoned for some time.
At first, Wei Changtian thought this was just a special case.
But as they got closer and closer to Zhongling County, they encountered more and more villages along the way, and they discovered that every village was like this, and had long since become dead villages.
Fortunately, there were still lights on the county town walls in the distance.
However, looking at the light swaying in the night from afar, Wei Changtian felt a little uneasy.
(End of this chapter)
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