I am the villain in the book

The tea on the table had already gone cold, and the room was not quiet.

Or rather, after the news of Li Qi's impending execution spread, there was no quiet place in Huailing City.

Surrounded by distant and chaotic noises, Wei Changtian once again looked down at the note in his hand.

The surprise he felt when "translating the code" had faded, and now his heart was filled with more doubt and confusion.

Xu Suisui wants to storm the execution ground to save Li Qi?

"Tch~"

His brow furrowed slightly, and a wisp of true energy emerged from his fingertips, igniting the note.

Watching the flames jump and struggle on the table, several thoughts flashed through Wei Changtian's mind.

After dismissing obviously unreliable guesses such as "Chu Xianping is also a transmigrator", only one truth remained—

Chu Xianping had planted a spy next to Xu Suisui.

However...

Wei Changtian didn't know who was around Xu Suisui. The only people he could identify for sure were Qin Zhengqiu and Shen Ran.

So, the spy is Shen Ran?

After all, before Xu Suisui "parted ways" with him, Chu Xianping could only have contacted Shen Ran.

But how did Chu Xianping do it?

A puppet pill, perhaps...

The knuckles that were constantly tapping the table paused, and Wei Changtian seemed to understand the whole story.

Although there were still many questions that remained doubtful, the logical chain of "Chu Xianping controlled Shen Ran with a puppet pill, thereby grasping Xu Suisui's movements" was at least plausible.

But this also raised another question.

Shen Ran might be able to reveal Xu Suisui's whereabouts and plans, but he obviously didn't have the strength to stop Qin Zhengqiu from storming the execution ground.

So, the "I can stop this" mentioned in the information should come from another force.

As for what this force that Chu Xianping controlled was...

Wei Changtian guessed that it was most likely Kuilong.

To be precise, it should be Kuilong's Third Branch.

In this way, in the "cooperation" with Zhuang Zhiming, Chu Xianping should have been in a dominant position...

"Whoosh!"

A gust of wind squeezed in through the window cracks.

The cold wind scattered the black ash that the note had burned into, and also stopped Wei Changtian from thinking about Chu Xianping for the time being.

Anyway, the latter had already voluntarily taken the puppet pill, and there was no possibility of betrayal.

So, these things could be put aside for now.

The most important thing right now was to quickly decide Li Qi's life or death.

[I can stop this, but I don't know if it's necessary?]

[I hope Young Master will decide as soon as possible.]

Reaching out to pat off the black ash that had fallen on his clothes, Wei Changtian repeatedly recalled these two sentences in his mind.

If Chu Xianping hadn't exaggerated, then Li Qi's life and death were not in Ning Yongnian's hands, nor were they in Xu Suisui's hands, but in his own hands.

As long as he ordered to stop Xu Suisui's plan, Li Qi would die.

Conversely, if he allowed Xu Suisui to act, then Li Qi would not die.

At first glance, such a choice seemed very simple.

After all, as the saying goes, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Since Li Qi is Ning Yongnian's enemy, he should be his friend.

What's more, he and this Great Feng Emperor could be considered "old acquaintances", and it seemed like "saving him" was a matter of course.

Thinking about it this way, Chu Xianping's question even felt a bit superfluous.

However, things were not that simple.

Although from a certain point of view, Li Qi being alive was indeed a good thing.

But it should be known that after he was rescued, he would fall into Xu Suisui's hands, and no one could say what the latter would use Li Qi for.

Moreover, since he wanted to achieve the goal of making Ning Yongnian "in a dilemma", it was not enough to simply prevent Ning Yongnian from returning to Da Ning.

He must also make the latter feel uneasy in Da Feng.

And Li Qi's death was undoubtedly the best way to arouse the people of Da Feng's will to resist.

Ning Yongnian wanted to leave behind a riddled Da Feng and leave.

Wei Changtian wanted to leave Ning Yongnian in this riddled Da Feng.

In this way, from the perspective of "maximizing benefits", allowing Li Qi to be executed in public was actually the best choice.

Besides, this also involved the question of Xu Suisui's motives.

"In normal development, Li Qi should have died, right?"

Closing his eyes, Wei Changtian muttered to himself.

Although it was a question, the answer to this question was actually very obvious.

Since Xu Suisui wanted to storm the execution ground to save people, it definitely meant that in the original work with Wei Changtian as the protagonist, Li Qi had died.

In other words, he in the original work should have chosen the most rational approach.

Of course, it was also possible that Wei Changtian wanted to save him but failed to do so, or that he wanted to save him, but was forced to give up due to lack of ability.

But in either case, Li Qi's death was an inevitable result.

If Xu Suisui hadn't transmigrated, then Wei Changtian would undoubtedly have been unable to change all of this.

But now he had another chance to change "fate"—both to change Li Qi's fate and to change his own fate.

". . ."

"What's the use of knowing the original plot?"

"Finish acting according to the script? Or must you deliberately change all of this?"

"Both of these are too stupid."

"So I'd rather not know that so-called fate, just do what I think I should do now."

". . ."

Thoughts of the last few words he had spoken to Xu Suisui in the Guanghan County Yamen flashed through his mind. After a moment of silence, Wei Changtian finally made a decision.

He took out the Mother-Son Jade and sent two words to Chu Xianping, then slowly put the jade away, turned his head and glanced at the copper hourglass placed on the table.

It was five quarters of the Wei hour, and there were still three quarters of an hour until the Shen hour.

He drank the cold tea in the cup, got up and pushed open the door.

"Young Master."

Yang Liushi and the Common Benefit Society spy, who had been waiting outside the door, walked into the room. After a while, they heard Wei Changtian slowly say:

"Go to a secluded place near the vegetable market, but don't be too close to the execution ground. Just make sure the line of sight is clear."

"I'll be over later."

"Yes! This humble one understands!"

Clasping his fists in response, the spy immediately left to carry out the order, leaving only Yang Liushi, who wanted to say something but hesitated, standing opposite Wei Changtian.

"Young Master..."

After hesitating several times, Yang Liushi finally got a little closer and asked softly, "Has something happened?"

"Yes, but it may not be a bad thing."

Nodding, Wei Changtian obviously had no intention of explaining further. He just turned back and took the cotton coat from the hanger and put it on quickly.

Turning his head and glanced at Yang Liushi, who was still standing there with a worried expression, he suddenly smiled.

"What are you doing standing there, change your clothes!"

"Don't look so sad, I know what I'm doing, so don't worry."

"Let's go, let's go, let's go watch the excitement..."