Chapter 785 The song ends and the crowd disperses
It is night.
The festivities in Fengyuan City lasted for the entire day, and only at this moment did the city begin to calm down a little.
On the contrary, the Xinfeng Palace under the moonlight began to slowly become lively.
Since the country won a great victory in the war, Xu Suisui naturally had to hold a banquet to celebrate.
Although Xinfeng had just experienced a war and its treasury was already empty, it was still possible to hold a banquet.
Just like that, lights and decorations were hung and dragon flags were hung high.
Starting from the end of the You hour, nearly a thousand officials, celebrities, wealthy businessmen and gentry filed into the brightly lit Linde Hall which was used for banquets, and then sat down at the food tables.
Although the banquet had not yet begun, dancers and prostitutes were already performing in the hall.
The sound is clear and melodious, the dance follows the song, and the posture is graceful.
Nearly a thousand people were enjoying this pleasant scene that they had not seen for a long time, while laughing and chatting in low voices, all they said were words of congratulations.
For most people, although the Xinfeng Dynasty has been in power for a short time, they may not have a strong sense of "national identity".
But no matter what, no one wants to experience the pain of "losing the country" again.
Therefore, the smiles on everyone's faces at this moment were genuine, and they were sincerely grateful to Wei Changtian for leading his troops to come to their aid.
After all, everyone knows that if there were no 300,000 Ningshu reinforcements, Fengyuan City would have turned into a sea of blood long ago.
Thinking of this, many people turned to look at Wei Changtian sitting on the high platform, with admiration revealed in their eyes.
However, the latter was just urging Xu Suisui to start eating quickly with an impatient look on his face.
"When will the food be served? Hurry up."
"you"
Xu Suisui, who was sitting in the middle of the high platform, was wearing a gorgeous robe and the gold ornaments in her hair were extremely complicated. She looked exactly like the empresses or queens in the film and television dramas of her previous life.
Well, if we have to find some difference, maybe it’s that Xu Suisui is too young, which makes her lack a superior temperament.
But it can be considered dignified.
"It will take about half an hour."
She turned her head slightly and asked in a very low voice, "Are you hungry?"
"nonsense."
Wei Changtian rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of cake and threw it into his mouth: "I'm almost full after eating this."
“.”
Looking at Wei Changtian helplessly, Xu Suisui hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand to call a young eunuch to his side.
"Go, give the order and start the banquet now."
"Your Majesty, there is still a long way to go."
"Do as you wish."
"Yes, I will obey your order."
The young eunuch crouched down, lowered his head and quickly retreated, running to announce the start of the banquet.
And at this moment, Xu Suisui asked Wei Changtian softly:
"Where are Chu Xianping and the others?"
“.”
Wei Changtian paused with his chopsticks holding the pastry, said nothing, and just looked up at the first row of food tables under the platform.
Yang Liushi, Han Zhao, Liang Zhen and others, even Tang Chen were already seated, only Chu Xianping and Li Zimu had not shown up yet.
"I guess he won't come."
“.”
In a guest room on the east side of the palace.
When the banquet was started early in the Linde Hall because "Wei Changtian was hungry", Li Zimu was sitting opposite Chu Xianping.
"Xian Ping, it's almost time, let's go over there."
Looking at Chu Xianping, who was dressed in gray, Li Zimu urged him softly, "It's not good to let the young master wait for us."
"I won't go."
Chu Xianping's eyes were calm, and he slowly shook his head without changing his expression: "I have something else to do later."
"Anything to do?"
Li Zimu was stunned when he heard this: "What's the matter?"
"We'll talk about this later."
Chu Xianping smiled and did not answer Li Zimu. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "How are you and Tang Chen doing now?"
"I"
Li Zimu's eyes dimmed and he lowered his head slightly: "I have made it clear to him."
"Really?"
Chu Xianping didn't seem surprised at all: "So he's leaving?"
"yes."
Li Zimu buried his head even lower: "I don't want to do this, but I can't lie to myself anymore."
"Um."
Chu Xianping nodded without making any comment. After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked an extremely direct question:
"Is it because of me?"
“.”
Li Zimu suddenly raised his head and stared blankly at Chu Xianping's eyes which were calm, his heart was in turmoil because of these words.
Of course she understood the meaning of this statement, but... the evening breeze slowly came in through the window, blowing the corners of their clothes, and it seemed that there was also the sound of palace music from the Linde Hall.
Li Zimu bit his lips tightly, his eyes lowered, and it seemed as if he had mustered a lot of courage to finally utter a word after a long while.
"yes"
Everything was quiet and the night was dark.
A trembling "yes" finally changed Chu Xianping's expression.
He looked at Li Zimu, who lowered his head and dared not look at him, with complicated eyes, and then asked softly: "Then do you want to come with me?"
Come with me. If this sentence were in a costume romance drama in the previous life, it would actually sound quite "romantic" in the style of Qiong Yao.
But at this moment, Li Zimu did not feel any romance at all, and his eyes suddenly widened with an expression of extreme astonishment.
Because these three words undoubtedly mean that Chu Xianping still wants to "rebel".
Of course, Wei Changtian already knew about this last night.
But Li Zimu didn't know, so he was naturally stunned at the moment.
"Xian-Xian Ping, where are you going?"
She asked the question subconsciously, hoping to get an answer like "It turns out I was just thinking too much."
But unfortunately Chu Xianping did not give her any false hope, but just said truthfully word by word:
"I talked to you last night."
"We both have different aspirations, so we will go our separate ways from now on."
"If you are willing to come with me, we will leave Fengyuan tonight."
"By the way, you don't have to feel guilty. I will leave something behind that will definitely repay you for saving my life."
"And if you don't want to go with me, then just pretend I never said this. We'll meet again in the future if we're lucky."
"Whether to go or stay is up to you."
“.”
After saying the last sentence, Chu Xianping stopped talking and just waited silently for Li Zimu to make a choice.
The latter's mind was like a mess at this time, and it took a long time for it to slowly start working again.
His lips trembled and his eyes were dull.
To be honest, the extremely intelligent Chu Xianping is indeed the most perfect person Li Zimu could imagine.
If everything Tang Chen did only touched her, then what Chu Xianping left in her heart was admiration and adoration.
Obviously, the latter is what the "true prince charming" should be like, so Li Zimu undoubtedly wants to marry Chu Xianping.
But if the price is to leave Wei Changtian. "Okay, I understand."
After seeing the imperceptible change in Li Zimu's eyes, Chu Xianping slowly stood up without even waiting for the former to speak.
"Take care of yourself, and I'll see you later."
“.”
Under Li Zimu's anxious gaze, Chu Xianping tapped several times quickly without hesitation, and sealed all of the former's acupoints in the blink of an eye.
His qi and blood became stagnant, and Li Zimu immediately collapsed weakly on the wooden chair. Only his eyes were wide open, still staring at Chu Xianping.
There is no doubt that she wanted to say something, but now she couldn't say it.
Chu Xianping just looked at her deeply for the last time, then turned around and left without saying a word.
"Squeak~"
The door opened and closed, bringing a breeze that blew on Li Zimu's body.
The moonlight was vast, lingering among the shadows of the flowers outside the window, splashing onto the crystal bead curtain hanging outside the door, and finally floating away deeper into the courtyard under the gaze of the woman.
"Mr. Chu."
A quarter of an hour later, when the Linde Hall was filled with singing and dancing, Chu Xianping had already left the palace and was standing next to a carriage.
Zhuang Zhiming and several people from Kuilong had been waiting here for a long time, and their words and actions were quite respectful.
On the other side, Chu Xianping glanced at Zhuang Zhiming and asked calmly, "Captain Zhuang, have you got what you wanted?"
"I got it."
Zhuang Zhiming's eyes were filled with excitement: "Thank you very much, sir. I am very grateful!"
"Master Zhuang, you are too polite."
Nodding, Chu Xianping asked again: "What about my things?"
"It is right here."
Zhuang Zhiming did not dare to be negligent. Upon hearing this, he immediately took out something from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Xianping.
Under the moonlight, the ghost-faced dragon carved on the front of the token was lifelike, exactly the same as the Kuilong token that Chu Xianping had previously returned to Wei Changtian.
There is no doubt that this must be the Elder Huangtai token that originally belonged to Lu Hongji.
Once Lu Hongji died, this item naturally became the property of Chu Xianping.
And what Zhuang Zhiming got was probably the Moon-Stirring Sword Manual. "Well, let's go."
After looking at the token and putting it into his sleeve, Chu Xianping walked to the carriage.
A Kuilong man had already diligently opened the curtain for him, but Chu Xianping looked back before getting in the car.
There are two phoenix palaces in the imperial city in the clouds, and spring trees in thousands of homes in the rain.
The Xinfeng Palace in the night is like a giant dragon, its body towering in the darkness, with dots of fire like scales.
For some people, it is a symbol of wealth and power.
To some, it is a cruel and dangerous morass.
But no matter what, this is the power center of Xinfeng and the most important heart of a country.
But if we look at the whole world, what does Xinfeng count for?
Retracting his gaze, Chu Xianping stepped onto the carriage. After sitting down, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms.
He was silent for a moment, then gently pulled out the cork and poured a black pill from the bottle into his palm.
If Wei Changtian were here, he would definitely be able to recognize this thing.
Because this was a brand new puppet pill, and it was the one he thought Chu Xianping had already taken.
“Tick-tock.”
The internal force surged to the fingertips, forcing out a drop of blood.
The blood drops fell on the surface of the Puppet Pill and instantly melted into it and turned into thin blood lines, adding a sense of weirdness to the entire pill.
Looking at the pill in his hand, Chu Xianping suddenly sighed for no reason.
But when he remembered what Wei Changtian said last night, he no longer hesitated and finally raised his hand and swallowed the puppet pill into his mouth.
“Click.”
A subtle sound of shattering seemed to be heard deep in the soul, and some kind of constraint or connection completely collapsed.
The "rumbling" sound of the wheels melted into the silence of the night and slowly disappeared into the distance.
And just like that, Chu Xianping left.
Just two hours after he left, Tang Chen also led his horse and walked out of the Xinfeng Palace.
Both of them chose to leave tonight, but what they did before leaving were completely opposite.
Chu Xianping left quietly and no one saw him except Li Zimu.
But Tang Chen left with a "great light" and even said goodbye to everyone except Li Zimu.
To be honest, we haven't actually spent a long time with Tang Chen, so we can't say that we have a very deep relationship with him.
However, many people know more or less the inside story of his relationship with Li Zimu, so it is inevitable that they feel some sympathy and sigh now.
"Take care, Master Tang. I'll go to Guigu Sect to have a drink with you when I have the chance."
"Brother Tang, listen to my advice. Men should never let their personal affairs ruin their ambitions!"
"General Liang is right. As the saying goes, there are beautiful women everywhere. There are so many women in this world. Mr. Tang will definitely find a good match."
"Alright, alright, don't mention Mr. Tang's sad story anymore."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Tang, take care of yourself!"
“.”
Facing the chattering of Shen Ran, Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Yang Liushi and others, Tang Chen just smiled and kept bowing in response. During the whole process, he never asked where Li Zimu had gone, as if he had really let go of everything.
Then, he walked out of the palace alone, leading a horse, and walked out of the bustling Fengyuan City, until there was no one around him.
He walked silently in the night, with only a light on in an inn around him.
And in this post station, Wei Changtian quietly watched a man and a horse walking on the official road not far away, making the final decision in his heart.
There is no doubt that now as long as he wants, he can kill Tang Chen without any effort, earn 1,500 system points and gain a powerful magical power.
And if he kills people here, no one, including Li Zimu, will know.
So, should we kill or not?
His hand was on the hilt of the sword, but his body did not move.
Wei Changtian just watched Tang Chen walk towards the post station step by step, from far away to near, and then from near to far away, and finally let go of his hand silently.
Damn it, I finally softened my heart.
Cursing secretly in his heart, Wei Changtian realized that he really couldn't be a completely bad guy.
At the same time, he also sighed at the fate of this world.
Although the whole incident undoubtedly made Li Zimu feel guilty towards Tang Chen.
But if it weren't for Li Zimu, Tang Chen would not have been alive until now. He was probably killed by himself in Liangzhou.
So, Li Zimu's deception actually saved Tang Chen's life? Shaking his head with a wry smile, Wei Changtian was too lazy to think about these trivial matters anymore, and once again fixed his gaze on Tang Chen's back.
The stars are not the same as last night. Who is standing here in the wind and dew in the middle of the night?
The Fengyuan City behind him was brightly lit and bustling with activity.
The official road in front of me was pitch black and I didn't know where it led to.
At a certain moment, the chestnut horse seemed to be a little impatient and suddenly stopped walking. It panted heavily and raised its head and stamped its hooves as if in a huff.
Tang Chen did not urge it, but just stood there and patted the horse's head gently.
The moonlight was bright, falling on the man and the horse, like the cleanest white snow in the world.
(End of this chapter)
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