I am the villain in the book

That night, Yang Liu Shi and Xu Quan quietly left Linchuan City, taking advantage of the darkness to head towards Mount Changliu, five hundred miles away.

Wei Changtian wasn't worried about them failing to meet the demon king of the Fifth Demon Territory, nor was he afraid of not being able to borrow "demon soldiers."

After all, one of them was a fox demon with Second Rank strength, and the other was the Son of Heaven blessed by the "Demon Dao", plus his own "ferocious reputation".

He estimated that the demon king, whose "species" was still unknown, would yield.

It was just that Mount Changliu wasn't close to Linchuan City, and it would take Yang Liu Shi and Xu Quan at least three or four days for a round trip.

So, what should he do during this time?

"Heh."

Looking at the night outside the window, Wei Changtian yawned somewhat boredly and casually asked Zhang San behind him.

"Is there any news from Chu Xianping's side yet?"

"No."

Zhang San immediately replied softly, "People have already been sent to investigate, but his whereabouts have not yet been found."

"Hmm... What about Da Hui's side?"

Wei Changtian asked again, "Are there any unusual circumstances?"

"There aren't any either."

Zhang San replied again, "Everything is as usual."

"Alright then..."

Withdrawing his gaze, Wei Changtian stopped looking at the few shadows hiding in the street corner opposite and stretched lazily with a smile.

"Sleep!"

"..."

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, outside the east gate of Linchuan.

Before dawn, a team of Tiangou Army soldiers clad in black armor left the military camp and headed straight for Linchuan City without concealment.

They were not large in number, only about a hundred or so, but the ferocious demon beasts they rode caused the defending soldiers on the city wall to become greatly alarmed.

Fortunately, these people didn't do anything "dangerous", they just neatly dropped a hundred sacks at the foot of the city gate, and then turned around and went back to their camp under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

"What is this..."

Looking at the sacks scattered outside the city wall, a soldier on the city wall asked his colleague suspiciously, "Why does it look like there are heavy objects in the sacks?"

"Who knows."

"Hiss..."

Just like that, in less than a quarter of an hour, the news that "the Tiangou Army threw a hundred dead people outside the city" reached Su Qi, who hadn't slept all night.

And although the latter was mentally prepared, his mood at this moment was still inevitably filled with anger and sorrow.

Angry that Wei Changtian actually dared to kill people.

Sorrowful that he was powerless to do anything about it.

Before the sun rose, standing in the courtyard of his own residence, Su Qi remained silent for a long time.

He understood that this situation would continue, and every morning a hundred sacks would be thrown outside the city, all of them containing soldiers of the Great Qian.

Unless Wei Changtian could meet Jing Guoqing, or...

"Someone!"

With a flick of his sleeve, Su Qi suddenly shouted in a low voice.

Immediately, someone appeared from the darkness, came close and asked respectfully:

"What are your orders, sir?"

"Go, collect the corpses of these hundred people properly, but absolutely no news can leak out!"

Su Qi ordered word by word, "Tell the city garrison who know about this matter, anyone who dares to say half a word will be treated as a traitor!"

"Yes! This humble one will go and do it!"

"Wait!"

Stopping the attendant who was about to turn and leave, Su Qi's tone paused.

He hesitated for a long time, as if making a decision, and then finally slowly said as a sliver of fish-belly white gradually appeared on the horizon:

"Send a message to ask when the people from the capital will arrive."

"Also, find an opportunity today to quietly send my wife and children out of the city."

"..."

"Congee! Baked Cakes! Delicious and not expensive!"

Sending his wife and children away, Su Qi's actions undoubtedly meant that he would take some major action against Wei Changtian.

And the latter was currently unaware of this, eating breakfast with Zhang San in a small shop on the streets of Linchuan.

"Young Master, this morning the Tiangou Army has already thrown the corpses of a hundred rebel soldiers outside the city."

While eating the steaming baked cake, Zhang San whispered to Wei Changtian, "The city garrison has no reaction, presumably Su Qi didn't tell them about this yesterday."

"Hmm."

Taking a sip of congee, tearing off a piece of baked cake and putting it in his mouth, Wei Changtian nodded casually, seeming to pay less attention to this matter than to the baked cake in his hand.

It had to be said that since the start of the Seven Kingdoms Grand War, he hadn't eaten Li Suyue's baked cakes for a long time.

And no matter who made them, whether it was the chef of a restaurant or this kind of street stall, they were a little worse compared to what Li Suyue made.

"Young Master..."

Across from him, Zhang San saw Wei Changtian frowning slightly, as if thinking about something, and couldn't help but ask softly, "What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, thinking about Li Suyue," Wei Changtian replied truthfully.

"Uh... Su, Suyue, she..."

Zhang San's finger trembled, his expression instantly becoming strange, stammering and not knowing what to say.

Only then did Wei Changtian realize that the person sitting opposite him was Li Suyue's husband, and quickly explained with a smile:

"What are you thinking about? I just remembered the baked cakes she made."

"Oh..."

Zhang San breathed a sigh of relief, and echoed, "Yes, this humble one remembers that Young Master loves to eat the baked cakes made by Suyue the most."

"Yes, now that I think about it, it's been a long time since I've eaten them."

Wei Changtian said with emotion, then suddenly asked with a smile, "Zhang San, you've been following me for so long, and you haven't been able to reunite with your wife and children. Do you have any complaints in your heart?"

"Young Master, what are you saying!"

Zhang San almost jumped up when he heard this, shouting with incomparable excitement, "If it weren't for Young Master, this humble one would have died in the Dali Temple prison long ago! How could I have married and had children!"

"Not to mention just a few months, even if I can't return to Shuzhou City for the rest of my life, this humble one will not complain about Young Master."

The excited voice suddenly became almost inaudible, and his expression also became a little embarrassed.

Zhang San lowered his head somewhat awkwardly, while Wei Changtian laughed loudly:

"Hahahaha, you are really honest!"

"Don't worry, we'll be able to go back soon!"

"But speaking of which, at least I still have Liu Shi following me, but you, in these months, you know what I mean, right?"

"Cough! This humble one understands..."

Zhang San's old face turned red, he coughed softly and replied, "Young Master, this humble one can endure, endure."

"What are you saying!"

Wei Changtian glared and threw half of the baked cake back into the bowl: "Why should you endure this kind of thing?!"

"It was my fault before, I didn't think about this."

"But since we happened to mention it today, and there's nothing to do, then I naturally want to go with you..."

"Young Master, this humble one can go by myself."

Stealthily glancing at Wei Changtian, Zhang San suddenly interrupted softly, "Otherwise, if Madam finds out, I'm afraid..."

"Would I be afraid of her?"

Wei Changtian stood up with a "whoosh".

"Go! Let's go now!"

ps: I have a slight cold, three updates today.