#102 - Shuzhou City, a new beginning
Actually, Wei Changtian didn't think too much about giving the demon spirit pill to Liang Qin.
Anyway, he had plenty of those things, and he wouldn't lack them in the future, so he just gave it away, no big deal.
However, although he didn't care, Liang Qin was extremely touched, not only instantly throwing her previous little emotions to the back of her mind, but even the way she looked at Wei Changtian became a little dazed.
“Changtian-ge, I, I……”
A blush crept onto her pretty cheeks, Liang Qin took the demon spirit pill, and after stammering for a long time, she suddenly turned around and ran away.
“I'm going to practice my saber!”
“……”
Wei Changtian touched his nose and let out a long sigh, while Achun next to him asked with some confusion:
“Master, what's wrong with Sister Qin'er?”
“She's horny.”
“Horny?”
Achun blinked her big, dark eyes, obviously not understanding the meaning: “What is horny?”
“Being horny is… … why are you asking so many questions!”
Wei Changtian glared.
“You go back to cultivating too!”
……
……
Two days later, a cloud of dust rushed from the end of the official road towards an ancient city of ten thousand years.
“Open the city gate quickly! It's General Bing back!”
“Squeak!”
Along with the slow turning of the winch, the huge city gate, fully three zhang high, slowly opened, and Wei Changtian and his party finally arrived at the final destination of their journey—Shu Prefecture City, known as the "Southwest Guardian."
In order to ensure the stability of the border, the prefectural cities of the twelve prefectures and counties on the border of Da Ning were all located on the border line, and among them, Shu Prefecture City was the largest.
To the south lies the mysterious Shiwan Mountains, and to the west lies Da Ning's affiliated country, "Da Li."
Over the tens of thousands of years since its founding, four dynasties had established their capitals here, and the population at its peak even exceeded the current capital of Da Ning.
Farming and meticulous work and warhorses, good weather and rampant demons, Buddhism and Taoism, etiquette and barbarism… all kinds of seemingly contradictory elements converged and merged in this ancient city, eventually forming a unique folk custom that was both gentle and refined, yet also sturdy and martial.
“Indeed.”
Looking at the crowd on both sides of the road who were doing what they were doing and didn't care about them at all, Wei Changtian nodded in agreement: “It seems that the people are bolder.”
“That's true.”
Liang Zhen explained: “Shu Prefecture City is in a special location, not only having to guard against the monsters in the Shiwan Mountains, but also having frequent friction with the Li Zhen clan of Da Li, so almost all the wealthy families raise private soldiers, and some even have more than a thousand people.”
“They don't take the government officials seriously, and over time, this has led the people to be somewhat disrespectful of officials.”
“Yeah.”
Wei Changtian didn't care much about this, and even felt that it wasn't a bad thing.
Now that he had left the capital, he had left the most core power range of the Wei family.
Although he could no longer borrow the power of the family, it was also convenient to do some things that were not easy to do before.
“By the way, Uncle Liang, I'm new here, who do you think I should visit?”
“I've already thought about this for you, I'll tell you in detail at dinner… …”
“……”
While looking at the street scene in the city and chatting with Liang Zhen, the group quickly arrived at the General Bing's Mansion located in the north of the city.
The mansion was very grand, and except for the door plaque with the word "Liang" engraved on it, which was a bit new, the other places were very historical, and it was unknown how many generals who had guarded the border had lived in it.
In fact, Wei Xianzhis had already prepared a small courtyard for Wei Changtian in Shu Prefecture City in advance, but it was a bit late now, so Wei Changtian planned to sleep in the Liang Mansion for one night first, and then move to his new home tomorrow.
There was nothing to say about dinner, after all, the group had not been exposed to the elements along the way, and people along the way had entertained them with good food and drink, and they had not been wronged in the slightest, so now they did not have the feeling of "finally eating a good meal".
The climate in Shu Prefecture is humid and the food is mostly spicy, but perhaps because he was afraid that Wei Changtian would not adapt to the environment, Liang Zhen still instructed the cook to make Beijing cuisine.
The craftsmanship was good, and the taste was similar to that of the Wei family's cook.
Wei Changtian ate with relish, while Yuan'er secretly wiped her tears as she ate, obviously touched by the scene and missing the people and things in the capital again.
……
After dinner, it was already the beginning of Hai Shi.
After drinking tea and chatting with Liang Zhen for a while, Wei Changtian returned to the guest room to prepare to take a bath and go to bed early.
The servants of the Liang Mansion had already prepared the hot water, and Yuan'er was taking a ladle and adding cold water to the wooden barrel to adjust the water temperature.
Looking at her sad face, Wei Changtian was about to comfort her "in person" when the door was suddenly knocked.
“Young Master Wei, this is a letter that the postman just sent, saying it was sent from the capital to you.”
“Huh?”
Wei Changtian was stunned, and reached out to take the letter, only to see the words "To my dear husband" written on the envelope.
Written by Lu Jingyao?
It was indeed her handwriting, but why did she write a letter so quickly?
Could it be that something happened?
Wei Changtian was puzzled, and was about to tear open the envelope to find out, when a small face full of eagerness suddenly appeared beside him.
“Young Master, who wrote you a letter? Is it Madam?”
“Yes.”
“What does the letter say?”
“I haven't read it yet, how would I know.”
Wei Changtian shook the letter open with a smile, and started reading from the beginning.
Although Yuan'er was illiterate, she was unwilling to leave, so she waited on the side, until she saw Wei Changtian put down the letter with a calm face, she quickly asked:
“Young Master, what did Madam say in the letter? Tell me quickly!”
“She didn't say anything.”
Wei Changtian smiled and said: “She just asked if we had arrived in Shu Prefecture, she and Qiuyun both miss us very much.”
“The letter also said that they are doing well in the capital, and told us to take care of ourselves… … Oh, right, she also specifically instructed you to serve me well.”
“Is that so?”
Yuan'er had no doubts about these words, but always felt that Wei Changtian was perfunctory.
The young master clearly read for so long, how could there only be these two sentences in the end?
She wanted to ask again, but before she could speak, she was instructed by Wei Changtian to continue preparing the bath water.
And just after Yuan'er walked away with a pout, the smile on Wei Changtian's face disappeared instantly, and he frowned and fell into thought.
Lu Jingyao wrote about the incident at Chun Shen Bookstore that day in the letter.
Obviously, the "old friend" who never showed up was Xiao Feng.
But why did he go to see Lu Jingyao?
He was unwilling to wait even a few more days, even at the risk of being discovered, he had to do this?
It was as if a terminally ill patient was saying goodbye to relatives and friends… … Wait a minute!
Farewell… …
Wei Changtian's eyes sharpened, and he understood instantly.
It must be that my letter worked, and Xiao Feng decided to come to Shu Prefecture ahead of schedule!
