I am the villain in the book

It was already midnight when Wei Changtian returned to Bamboo Grove.

Tonight’s trip could be said to have both accomplished its goal and failed to accomplish it, so he wasn’t particularly excited.

Passing through the bamboo forest and entering the brightly lit courtyard, Yang Liushi, who hadn't slept yet, must have heard the movement. She was standing outside the house waiting for him.

“Hey, don’t mention it.”

Wei Changtian waved his hand and replied helplessly, “It was a mixed bag.”

“Is that so…”

Nodding, Yang Liushi knew that Wei Changtian wasn't planning to tell her about it, so she didn't ask any further. She just turned around and picked up a letter from the table.

“Here, a letter just received, sent from Shuzhou.”

“Shuzhou?”

Wei Changtian casually took the envelope. After just one glance at the words on it, he recognized that it was written by Lu Jingyao.

Probably because he didn't return this time, it was a routine inquiry about his well-being.

“Tear.”

He curled his lips and tore open the envelope.

As Wei Changtian thought, the letter was indeed from Lu Jingyao, and the content was nothing more than words like “Take care of your health.”

However, besides this, the latter also wrote a lot about the recent situation of other people.

Liang Qin's belly was already showing signs of pregnancy. She spent her days eating, sleeping, and playing mahjong at home, occasionally returning to the martial arts hall to watch the arena.

Xu Qingwan's “Yingfengsheng” didn't have much to do, so she and Wei Yanyu opened a money house together, named “Jubao”, which could be said to be very tacky.

A Chun had broken through to the sixth rank for several months, but recently, because she was always taken around by Wei Qiaoling, her cultivation speed had slowed down.

And Wei Qiaoling had completely “let herself go” since living in Shuzhou. She was usually not diligent in cultivation, but instead was more enthusiastic about raising all kinds of strange animals. Recently, she was even preparing to get a tiger.

There was also A Gou. This little girl seemed unable to play with A Chun and Wei Qiaoling. She cultivated exceptionally hard every day, saying that she wanted to go to Baidian to find her grandfather when she grew up...

It could be seen that the lives of everyone in Shuzhou City were very peaceful.

Including the people of Great Shu, and the Empress Ning Yuke as well.

No internal worries, no external troubles.

The current Great Shu was in a golden age of “peaceful development”, and even the newly built Datong City was said to have been inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people.

If it continued to develop like this, it wouldn't be possible for Great Shu to dominate the world, but it shouldn't be a problem to become a “regional hegemon”.

And all of this was undoubtedly inseparable from the victories of the previous battles.

Then, correspondingly, whether it was Great Ning, Great Feng, or the four countries of Qian and Huijue, as the defeated side, their situation was much more difficult.

Some had already lost their countries, and some were about to lose their countries.

Some emperors had already died, and some emperors could only survive in a corner.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that except for Jing Guoqing of Great Qian, and Li Qi, who was “nominal”, the emperors who once possessed one side, such as Ning Yongnian, Yan Huanwen, and Lü Hongji, were all dead now.

Some of them died at the hands of Wei Changtian, and some did not.

But in any case, these people could not be said to have had a “good end”.

According to the words of the previous life, “Emperor” seems to be a high-risk profession.

And this also means that “victory” must correspond to “failure”.

“Win-win” is not realistic in many cases. If you want peace and development, you can only defeat all your competitors.

Although this may cause great harm to the other party's people.

But at the very least, “it's better for others to have a bad time” than “for oneself to have a bad time”.

The candlelight flickered slightly, and the moonlight was pure white.

Looking at the words on the letter, Wei Changtian inexplicably thought of these random things.

His brow furrowed slightly, and he suddenly felt that he should kill Chu An immediately.

After all, from the perspective of “plundering the Heavenly Dao”, the two could also be regarded as “opponents”.

Yes.

Chu An was indeed not his enemy, and was even innocent.

But to put it bluntly, what does this have to do with him?

“Zhang San!”

At a certain moment, Wei Changtian suddenly put down the letter and turned to shout outside the house in Yang Liushi's surprised gaze.

“Young Master.”

Zhang San immediately pushed the door open and entered the house upon hearing this, waiting for his order.

There seemed to be a faint hint of killing intent in the air, and the flames of the candlesticks flickered erratically.

After a pause, Wei Changtian was about to speak.

However, at this moment, a rapid knock on the door rang out from outside the courtyard, mixed with urgent and desperate sobs.

“Wei, Young Master Wei!”

“Wuwuwu, Young Master Wei!!”

“…”

Without a doubt, the person who came was Qin He, who had just woken up not long ago.

“Miss Qin, what's wrong?”

Looking at the woman in front of him, still wearing the mud-covered clothes and disheveled hair, Wei Changtian had already guessed what she was here for, but still pretended to be surprised and asked:

“Why are you in such a state?”

“Wuwuwu, Young Master Wei! Please, save Chu An!”

With a “plop”, Qin He knelt down in front of Wei Changtian, and her tears fell to the ground like broken beads.

“I, I don't know what to do, so I have to ask you…”

“Young Master, I, I can promise you anything, just please help me this one more time…”

While speaking, she kept kowtowing. It could be seen that Qin He was very flustered now, and after begging for a long time, she didn't say what she wanted Wei Changtian to help her with.

In the end, it was the latter who took the initiative to remind her:

“Cough, Miss Qin, don't be anxious.”

“What exactly happened? Tell me in detail.”

“Yes, yes…”

“…”

In a disjointed and intermittent language, Qin He “told” Wei Changtian what happened tonight after a while.

Of course, because she had fainted very early, she only talked about the beginning and the end, and didn't even know whether Chu An was alive or dead now.

She just didn't want to give up any hope, so she immediately ran back to Bamboo Grove after waking up, asking Wei Changtian to help her find Chu An…

“Well, I know.”

On the other side, after listening, Wei Changtian first pretended to think for a moment, then frowned and asked, “Miss Qin, why don't you report to the authorities?”

“The, the government is now investigating the assassination of the Second Prince, and will definitely not help.”

Qin He shook her head with a pale face: “Besides, those masked men seem to be very powerful, so…”

“Alright, you don't need to say anymore.”

Nodding, Wei Changtian stood up and helped Qin He up from the ground: “I'll help with this.”

“Thank, thank you, Young Master! Thank you, Young Master!”

Qin He's body softened upon hearing this, and she uncontrollably fell into Wei Changtian's arms.

At this time, she couldn't care about etiquette anymore, and she buried her head in Wei Changtian's chest like this, thanking him non-stop while crying loudly.

Wei Changtian looked at the letter on the table, and then sighed softly.