I am the villain in the book

Half an hour later.

Under the pretense of inspecting the military camp, Han Zhao was already standing alone in a deserted pavilion.

There was only one river north of Guanghan City, and only this pavilion by the river, so he was confident he hadn't come to the wrong place.

But now the surroundings were empty, without a single person in sight.

"..."

Silently surveying the surroundings, he faced the distant woods and stood firm.

Han Zhao stood there without saying a word, and after a dozen breaths, a figure appeared in his sight.

It was Wei Changtian, who had been hiding nearby for a long time.

In order to pass a message to Han Zhao, he had specifically found a lone soldier, and after some "persuasion", he "exceptionally" allowed the latter to join the Same Boat Society, and then used the soldier's mouth to bring a message to Han Zhao to meet him.

This was the simplest way Wei Changtian could think of.

After all, those who had taken the puppet pill had a special connection with each other, so Han Zhao would definitely not have any doubts.

The reason he didn't show up immediately was because he was worried that someone was following Han Zhao, so he waited a little longer just in case.

"..."

"General Han."

"Young Master Wei."

A few breaths later, the two finally met in the pavilion.

Although this was the first time Wei Changtian and Han Zhao had seen each other in person, since they had already seen each other's portraits, neither of them spent much time verifying anything, but instead seized the time to get straight to the point.

"Did the Shu army successfully break through the encirclement?"

This was the first question Wei Changtian asked.

Han Zhao immediately recounted everything that had happened from the night before yesterday until now in detail.

The Shu army successfully broke through, Ning Yongnian ordered a temporary halt to the pursuit, and his Mother-Child Jade and codebook fell into You Wenzong's hands...

Wei Changtian quickly pieced these things together, and after thinking for a while, he asked again:

"General Han, why do you think Ning Yongnian forbade the army from pursuing?"

"It should mainly be because of that expert."

"Ning Yongnian may intend to talk to Lord Wei first..."

Ning Yongnian wanted to talk to Wei Xianzheng.

Although Han Zhao's wording was very euphemistic, Wei Changtian knew that the capital would definitely not be as simple as "talking".

However, he wasn't too worried that there would be a major conflict between the two sides.

After all, Wei Zhaohai was still in the capital, and Wei Xianzheng and Qin Caizhen were not pushovers either.

Most importantly, the current Wei family was no longer what it used to be. Once they completely tore their faces apart, the entire Da Ning would definitely fall into an upheaval several times more terrifying than the "Spring Dragon Rebellion".

At present, Da Ning's grain prices were soaring, and they were fighting on two fronts, making the world already difficult.

If such a great chaos were to occur at this time, the consequences would definitely be unbearable for Ning Yongnian.

Therefore, the capital would probably just engage in a war of words and let it go.

"..."

Shaking his head, Wei Changtian didn't continue to talk about this issue.

For him, the most important thing right now was how to force Ning Yongnian to continue advancing into Shu Prefecture City.

Hmm?

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian's eyes suddenly lit up.

"General Han, you just said that my two Mother-Child Jades are going to be sent to the capital?"

"Yes, You Wenzong did say so."

Han Zhao nodded and replied, "But Young Master, don't worry, I have already sent a message to Young Master Chu about this matter, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Chu Xianping already knows?"

Wei Changtian stroked his chin and suddenly chuckled, "It's very simple to cover up this matter."

"However... since that You Wenzong wants to use this opportunity to plot against the Same Boat Society, why can't we plot against him instead?"

"Hmm?"

Han Zhao was stunned, and instantly understood what Wei Changtian meant.

"Young Master, are you saying..."

"That's right."

Squinting his eyes, Wei Changtian had a sinister smile on his face under the moonlight, "Don't they want to know who that expert is? Don't they want to know who the spy in the army is?"

"Then let's make up a good story for Ning Yongnian to hear!"

"..."

Another half an hour later.

Carrying the new Mother-Child Jade that Han Zhao had brought, Wei Changtian had returned to the small courtyard.

Although he had been very careful, the dilapidated wooden door still made a slight noise, waking up the old woman who was still sitting on the bamboo chair.

"Granny, why don't you go to bed to sleep?"

Seeing the latter slowly open her eyes, Wei Changtian said a little embarrassedly, "This door is really too old, I'll get you a new door tomorrow."

"..."

The old woman looked at Wei Changtian, seemingly reacting a little slowly, and after a long while, she slowly stood up and turned to go to the inner room on her own.

Wei Changtian didn't say much, and walked to the small bed by the moonlight to prepare to sleep.

The bedding was neatly spread out, although there were many patches, it was clean.

Compared to when he left, there was an extra piece of clothing on the bedside.

Wei Changtian immediately recognized that this was the one the old woman had been mending all day.

So she sewed it for me.

The fact that there were clothes for a young man in the house meant that the old woman did have children, but he didn't know if they were traveling far away or had already died.

Picking up the clothes and looking at them, Wei Changtian couldn't help but feel a burst of唏嘘 in his heart, and at the same time, he thought of the osmanthus cakes that Qin Caizhen sent from the capital from time to time.

Although Wei Changtian didn't inherit the taste of the previous owner, and never liked to eat that sweet "cake of maternal love".

But at this moment, he suddenly missed that taste again.

Was it because he hadn't eaten it for too long?

The bright moon outside the window was like a hook, and there seemed to be a faint fragrance of osmanthus in the air.

Capital, Wei Mansion.

The huge mansion was dark, with only the main courtyard lit.

A charming and still beautiful woman anxiously waited at the door, constantly looking into the distance.

After an unknown amount of time, a lantern appeared from the end of the path. She immediately hurried to meet it and asked urgently:

"How is it?"

"It's okay."

The middle-aged man carrying the lantern nodded. These two words alone made the beautiful woman breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, it's good that he's okay, it's good that he's okay..."

"..."

With the Wei family's current power, what happened in Shu Prefecture last night naturally couldn't be hidden from Wei Xianzheng and Qin Caizhen.

After hearing that Wei Changtian had gone alone to stop the Zhenshan Camp and was missing, the two had not closed their eyes, and even checked Wei Changtian's life tablet every few hours.

Fortunately, the life tablet was still intact until now.

However, although Wei Changtian was fine, the Wei family's current situation was a bit bad.

Because just now, Ning Yongnian had finally summoned Wei Xianzheng to the palace again.

The Shu army's breakthrough happened last night, but the former had been silent all day, and had to summon Wei Xianzheng in the middle of the night. It was hard not to associate it with what he was going to do.

The night is dark and the wind is high, a good time to kill and set fire.

Perhaps, this Emperor had finally decided to turn against the Wei family.

"You might as well not go."

Following Wei Xianzheng back into the house, Qin Caizhen advised with a worried look, "Ning Yongnian is bound to do something at this critical juncture."

"The forbidden troops who were outside during the day have all returned to the city, clearly to show us."

"Pretend to be sick and delay for a few days. It's not too late to discuss it after we get news from Changtian."

"..."

Putting the lantern in the corner, Wei Xianzheng was silent for a long time before speaking.

Although what Qin Caizhen said was not unreasonable, his perspective on the issue was obviously different.

"If I don't go... will Ning Yongnian give up?"

"Who can say what Shu Prefecture will become?"

"Alas, the trouble caused by my son, sooner or later I, as a father, will have to clean up his mess."

"But..."

Qin Caizhen frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wei Xianzheng waving his hand:

"There's no point in dragging this matter on any longer."

"Isn't Ning Yongnian going to show us the forbidden troops? Then let's show him the Suspended Mirror Division."

"..."

This time, Qin Caizhen did not persuade him again.

Although she was usually not very polite to Wei Xianzheng, when encountering major events, she was actually like an ordinary woman, and never sang a different tune when her man had already made a decision.

"Then I'll go ask Father to come out of seclusion?"

"Go ahead."

Nodding, Wei Xianzheng watched Qin Caizhen leave in a hurry, and then shouted softly outside the door.

"Wang Er!"

"Master."

Wang Er immediately flashed into the room and responded respectfully, "I'm here."

"Well, you take my token to the Suspended Mirror Division to light the Ancestral Jade now."

As he spoke, Wei Xianzheng casually threw Wang Er a token that was black all over.

His tone was so calm that Wang Er once thought he had misheard.

"Master..."

Wang Er glanced at the genuine Suspended Mirror Division Commander's token in his hand, widened his eyes and confirmed, "You mean light the Ancestral Jade?"

"Yes."

"Then... then what?"

Wang Er asked again with rapid breathing, "I don't know what Master wants to do?"

"..."

Wei Xianzheng paused slightly, looked at the night outside the house and calmly replied:

"Then, follow me to the palace."

The recent plot has too many threads, switching between them requires considering logic, layout, and reading experience, which makes writing a bit slow.