I am the villain in the book

“Go with the flow.”

These four short words contained too much information.

It not only showed that the assassination was not Li Qi's "self-directed and self-acted" play, but also revealed the reason why the latter would "sacrifice himself to save others."

If coupled with the sentence "She will definitely say it after she wakes up"... Without a doubt, Li Qi had already successfully broken through Yu Pingjun's psychological defenses.

Looking at this Great Feng Emperor who was still hesitant and worried three days ago, Wei Changtian suddenly had a feeling—

It seemed that Li Qi had become different from before.

Wei Changtian didn't know why this change occurred, and of course, he wouldn't get to the bottom of it.

He just remained silent for a moment before nodding lightly and saying:

“Your Majesty, in my opinion, this matter should have been instructed by Ning Yongnian.”

Wei Changtian didn't use his inner strength to transmit his voice this time, so these words also drifted into Li Wutong's ears.

The latter heard the words, came back to her senses, wiped away her tears, and hurriedly followed up and asked:

“Father, are there any survivors among those assassins?”

“No.”

Shaking his head, Li Qi replied softly: “They all committed suicide before the Imperial Guards arrived.”

“But Young Master Wei is right, even without interrogation, we know they should be Ning Yongnian's spies.”

“Ning Yongnian...”

Pressing her lips together, Li Wutong lowered her head slightly, her two small hands clenched tightly.

Obviously, she had remembered this hatred.

“Princess, go and see the Empress first.”

On the other side, Wei Changtian didn't try to comfort Li Wutong at this time.

After thinking for a while, he felt that there were some things he still needed to discuss with Li Qi alone, so he found a reason to send the latter away.

“Okay.”

Li Wutong was very obedient, wiped away her tears, and glanced at Li Qi with some worry before quickly leaving the main hall.

And Wei Changtian's expression slowly became serious at this moment.

“Your Majesty, if this matter is really arranged by Ning Yongnian, then it means...”

“I know.”

Slowly standing up, Li Qi interrupted with a gloomy expression: “It means that what he is planning involves a huge conspiracy.”

“And this matter is likely to happen soon.”

“...”

Huh?

Wei Changtian thought to himself, if I could guess, would I bother with this? He immediately shook his head: “The most important thing now is to wake up the Empress, and then everything will be clear.”

“Alas, I understand.”

Sighing softly, Li Qi was silent for a moment before changing the subject.

“By the way, Young Master Wei, there are only two days left until the fifteenth of July.”

“The things you wanted, I have already arranged, and they can be done at any time.”

“But I don't know when Young Master plans to leave Fengyuan?”

“Your Majesty, if Fengyuan City is safe and sound after the fifteenth of July.”

Wei Changtian answered truthfully: “Then I should leave soon.”

“Yes, what about Tong'er?”

Li Qi asked again: “Will she leave with you?”

“The Princess won't leave for the time being.”

Wei Changtian smiled: “She probably wants to spend more time with Your Majesty.”

“...Okay.”

“Then let her be.”

“...”

After saying the last sentence, the main hall became silent.

Wei Changtian and Li Qi were each lost in thought and didn't speak again, only turning their heads to look at the night outside the hall at the same time.

After the previous ordeal, it was already the hour of Chou in the middle of the night.

Now, ninety-nine percent of the people in Fengyuan City had been evacuated outside the city. Every household in the city had their doors tightly closed. It was difficult to find any light in the ancient city that was once brightly lit.

What remained were only the crows chirping sadly on the branches.

And the silence that constantly permeated the night.

July 14th, early morning.

A full day had passed since the assassination, and Yu Pingjun was still in a coma and had not yet woken up.

Regardless of whether she woke up or not, Wei Changtian and the others, as the last group of people "staying behind" in Fengyuan City, now had to temporarily evacuate outside the city to wait for the arrival of the Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th.

After all, Bai Youheng's appearance made Yan Luo's life and death uncertain. To be on the safe side, no one could stay in the city.

“Young Master Wei, Princess, everyone is here.”

Outside the Princess's residence, more than a dozen carriages were lined up in order, and the heavy gate of the residence was slowly closed by the guards.

Everyone in the residence had boarded the carriages, but besides some particularly valuable items, they didn't bring anything else.

After all, they would most likely only be away for two days, and they would be back on July 16th, so there was no need to make it seem like they were moving.

“Well, let's go then.”

Nodding, Wei Changtian lowered the curtain of the carriage and turned to look at Li Wutong, who was sitting opposite him with a worried face: “Princess, what's wrong?”

“I...”

Li Wutong frowned and replied softly in the gradually quickening sound of horses' hooves: “I suddenly feel a little stuffy in my heart, and I always feel that something bad is going to happen...”

“Hmm?”

Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: “As soon as we leave, there will be no one in Fengyuan City. Even if Yan Luo is really not dead, nothing unexpected will happen. How can there be anything bad?”

“I understand, but...”

Li Wutong gently rubbed her forehead, looking like she was really uncomfortable.

“But I just feel inexplicably flustered, Young Master. You said that since Yan Luo has the ability to massacre a city, will it run to other places to cause trouble?”

“How is that possible?”

Wei Changtian continued to comfort her: “Yan Luo must have many restrictions if it wants to massacre a city. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been limited to one city in the previous two times.”

“The fact that so many murders happened in Fengyuan City before shows that it can only target here this time. Even that Bai Youheng...”

Wait a minute!!!

Suddenly, Wei Changtian's voice stopped abruptly.

That's not right.

That's not right.

Ning Yongnian, who chose to go to Yuanzhou at this juncture...

Bai Youheng, who risked a huge risk to return to Fengyuan...

The Da Ning army, which had been shrinking in Fengxian and stubbornly refusing to come out...

The 500,000 elite Da Feng troops all gathered in Yuanzhou City...

Damn it!!!

In that instant, all the clues suddenly connected together under Li Wutong's unintentional reminder, and then pointed to a guess that Wei Changtian had never thought of before, or rather, had never dared to think of.

Ning Yongnian wants to use Yan Luo's hand to slaughter Yuanzhou City?!

“Young Master! Are you okay!”

Beside him, Li Wutong's incomparably worried voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

But Wei Changtian didn't have time to explain anything to her. The next moment, he jumped out of the carriage and rushed towards the palace.

“Young Master!!”

Behind him, Li Wutong's exclamation mixed with the neighing of frightened horses echoed in the air, and it seemed that several figures had followed.

However, Wei Changtian didn't even have the desire to look back.

Hurry!

Li Qi should still be in the palace now!

Regardless of whether Yu Pingjun is awake or not! Regardless of whether his guess is correct or not! Even if it's a false alarm, the people in Yuanzhou City must be evacuated before midnight!

Although these people are strictly speaking nothing to do with him, although he has never been a good person, but...

These are millions of lives!!