Chapter 843 Su Qi
Three days later, Daqian East Region, Linchuan Prefecture.
The city gates were closed, and the long spears and armor on the top of the city were densely packed, and the atmosphere was tense.
This atmosphere of being on the alert has lasted for several days.
Ever since Wei Changtian and the 200,000 surrendered soldiers were getting closer, the city of Linchuan Prefecture had been under a state of high martial law and was ready to face any situation.
Everyone knows that Wei Changtian’s visit to Daqian this time is not just to “return the surrendered soldiers”, there must be some conspiracy.
But no one knew what he was going to do, so they could only make plans for the worst-case scenario.
As for what the worst-case scenario is. "Sir! The army has not crossed the river!"
Linchuan government office, meeting hall.
The soldier in yellow armor hurried into the house and leaned over to whisper in a man's ear, "But the scout saw a carriage coming out of the army and now heading towards Linchuan City!"
“.”
Fifteen miles east of Linchuan City, there is a river that is neither big nor small. There is a plain across the river, so this river is considered the last natural barrier outside the city.
But now Wei Changtian did not order the army to cross the river, but drove to Linchuan City alone . The man narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Prepare the car! I want to meet this living devil in person!"
"Sir, this."
The soldier who reported the news had a worried look on his face, and hesitated as if he wanted to persuade the man not to take risks.
But before he could speak, the latter waved his hand indifferently.
"Go ahead. I know what's going on."
"Yes, I will do it right away."
The soldier gritted his teeth and finally didn't say anything more. He turned around and prepared the car.
The man, who was obviously of high status and most likely the prefect of Linchuan Prefecture, slowly stood up and straightened his clothes.
As if he was going to meet Jing Guoqing, his expression was extremely serious, even solemn.
"Wei Changtian humph!"
“.”
On the other side, outside Linchuan City.
The lonely carriage sped along the empty official road, and at this time it was only a few miles away from the tall city wall in the distance.
Zhang San was still driving, but there was one more person sitting in the car.
In addition to Wei Changtian, Yang Liushi and Li Zimu, there is now one more person, Xu Quan.
The latter had just arrived this morning with the Tengu Army.
Because Xu Quan was from Daqian and had once worked in the Demon Slaying Division, Wei Changtian specifically asked him to come and help, and also brought the Tengu Army with him.
With the Tengu Army, Wei Changtian now had all the power he planned to use to destroy Daqian.
"Sir."
"The prefect of Linchuan is called Su Qi. He is well-known in Daqian for being upright in both his official duties and his personal life. He hates evil as much as he hates evil."
"Because of this, Linchuan Prefecture under his rule is also the one with the best folk customs among the forty prefectures of Daqian. Even if they don't leave their doors unlocked at night, there are rarely any thefts or robberies."
“.”
In the shaking carriage, Xu Quan was introducing the situation of Linchuan Prefecture to Wei Changtian.
To put it simply, this Su Qi was a good official, so Linchuan Prefecture was governed well by him and the people were very law-abiding.
Wei Changtian didn't take it to heart after hearing this. He just nodded and asked, "What is the relationship between Su Qi and Jing Guoqing?"
"Jing Guoqing attaches great importance to this person."
Xu Quan immediately replied: "There are two women in the Su family who are both concubines in the palace, and Su Qi is also quite talented, so Jing Guoqing thinks highly of him."
"If it weren't for this, when the young master came this time, Jing Guoqing wouldn't have asked him to stay in Linchuan to deal with it, and he would have sent other people from the capital long ago."
"Um"
Wei Changtian responded with an unchanged expression and stopped talking, and the carriage fell into silence.
Everyone was thinking about Su Qi, except Wei Changtian, who had a serious expression on his face, but what he was thinking was completely different from others.
The Su family has two women serving as concubines in the palace?
Sisters?
Jing Guoqing is really good at having fun!
Tsk tsk tsk, for such a lewd king, I guess I am just doing justice for the heavens!
"That's right."
After thinking about it for a while, Wei Changtian suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Xu Quan: "What is Xu Suisui doing recently?"
"ah?"
Xu Quan didn't expect Wei Changtian's thoughts to be so jumpy, and he was stunned at first.
But he quickly came to his senses and answered truthfully:
"My Lord, I have been taking care of the affairs of Xinfeng since the war ended."
"Really? Have those Buddhists left?"
"No, I'm still staying in Fengyuan."
"What about my grandpa?"
"this"
Xu Quan's tone stagnated, and he answered hesitantly: "Sir, I usually stay in the Tengu Army and don't spend much time in the palace."
"But I have been to the palace several times in the past half month, and I have indeed never seen Senior Qin again."
"Okay, I understand."
Wei Changtian frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then looked up and instructed Zhang San who was driving: "Remember to send a message to Xu Suisui later and ask her what my grandfather is doing recently."
"Yes! Sir!"
Soon, Zhang San's voice came from outside the curtain, and at the same time the carriage began to slow down slowly.
After a few breaths, the car stopped completely and Zhang San's voice became a little more serious.
"Sir, we're here."
The city gates were closed and there was dead silence.
When Wei Changtian's carriage stopped at the foot of Linchuan City, there was no movement around.
Not only did no one come out to question, even the guards on the city wall remained silent. They all held their weapons and stared at the carriages below the city without saying a word.
It was obvious that they were not going to open the city gate to "welcome" Wei Changtian.
And it was impossible for Wei Changtian to just waste time with them, so he immediately gave Zhang San a look.
The latter understood, and immediately jumped off the carriage, took a few steps forward, and shouted at the top of the city: "Listen!"
"The person in the car is Young Master Wei Changtian! He has come to Daqian specially to return the surrendered soldiers!"
"But you have closed the city gates tightly. Are you going to abandon these 200,000 compatriots?"
"In that case, we will take our people away immediately!"
“.”
He didn't say anything like "If you don't open the city gate, we will kill you." Although Zhang San's tone was tough, he was still trying to "convince people with reason."
We are here to return the surrendered soldiers. What do you mean by not opening the city gates? Do you not want these 200,000 people anymore?
Okay, since you don't want it, let's go . There is no doubt that this statement is definitely what Wei Changtian meant.
The reason why Wei Changtian changed his style in Dahui and did not turn hostile right away was because he fully considered the differences between the situations of Daqian and Dahui.
If a head-on confrontation is too difficult, then we must find another way out.
After all, there are many ways to overthrow a regime, and it does not necessarily have to be through war or mass killings.
In fact, there is a more "civilized" method.
According to the professional terminology of the previous life, this method is divided into two types: "vertical instigation" and "horizontal instigation".
I won't explain the specific meanings of these two words, but they all belong to the same big "category" -
coup.
(End of this chapter)
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