#466 - Friend or foe?
A full hour passed.
When Li Wutong quietly entered Li Qi's bedroom and then quietly left, the moon above had already moved to the middle of the sky, and the surroundings were silent and deserted.
Since the invasion of Da Ning, Fengyuan had not been so quiet for a long time.
The five consecutive days of ceasefire not only gave the soldiers of both sides a chance to breathe and recuperate, but also spawned many rumors in the streets.
Some said that the chaos in Shu Province had left Ning Yongnian unable to attend to everything, and that Da Ning was about to retreat.
Some said that Da Feng was increasingly losing ground and was preparing to surrender and negotiate peace.
There were also well-informed people who knew about the seven suddenly appearing second-rank experts, saying that Da Feng was preparing for a desperate counterattack, and even wanted to take the fight back into Da Ning territory in one fell swoop.
Various kinds of rumors mixed in Fengyuan City, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the falsehood.
But no matter what, apart from a small number of patriotic people, most of the people of Da Feng only hoped that the war could end sooner.
From the initial "high-spirited, not letting go of even half an inch of national territory", to the current "it doesn't matter even if we surrender, as long as we don't fight anymore".
The speed at which the people of Da Feng changed their attitude towards foreign enemies was extremely fast.
And this also reflected one thing from the side.
That is, when their own interests are seriously damaged, and even their lives are threatened, the enthusiasm for the so-called "national righteousness" cannot be maintained for too long.
After all, the two countries of Feng and Ning are very similar in terms of ideology, beliefs, customs, and so on, and there are no irreconcilable differences.
In this case... does it matter who the emperor is?
“Da, da, da.”
The slight sound of footsteps echoed in the long corridor. Looking around the huge palace, there was no one in sight. Among the swaying shadows of the trees, only the luxurious lanterns lit under the eaves of the corridor accompanied Li Wutong.
Unlike the tens of millions of people of Da Feng.
As the second person to learn about the future fate of Da Feng, Li Wutong's mood at this time was difficult to describe in words.
She walked slowly, her eyes red and swollen, obviously she had just cried.
But as for the reason why she cried, it is currently unknown.
It may be for Li Qi, it may be for herself, or it may be for Da Feng.
“Cough! Cough, cough.”
Suddenly stopping, Li Wutong leaned against a stone pillar and coughed violently.
Perhaps it was because she had not closed her eyes for five consecutive days, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, but her mind was blank.
This was different from the blankness she felt that night after learning about her identity, and it was also different from the blankness of parting when Wei Changtian left Fengyuan that day.
This was a kind of despair of losing everything, but being unable to change it.
Because of despair, because of helplessness, she could only choose not to think about anything.
Although "not thinking about it" does not mean "it won't happen", it can at least leave Li Wutong with a last trace of temporary peace.
Li Wutong subconsciously reached back to smooth it out, but touched nothing.
Her waist-length hair had already been cut off half a month ago and buried in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside Fengyuan City.
And now, although so much time had passed, she sometimes still forgot about it.
After all, this was a habit she had developed over twenty years.
Just like this huge Fengyuan City, everything was all too familiar to Li Wutong.
And now, none of it belonged to her anymore.
“...”
Starting to walk again, she continued along the corridor all the way to a solitary courtyard with lights on.
Looking at the gray-robed old man who was already waiting at the courtyard gate, Li Wutong lowered her head slightly.
“Senior, let’s go.”
An hour ago.
At the same time that Li Wutong walked into Li Qi's bedroom, Wei Changtian also really found Xu Sui Sui not far from the latrine, standing there blankly holding a torch.
At this time, the Shu army had already gathered at the edge of the city wall to prepare for a breakout, and the people in Guanghan City were all hiding in their homes, so her figure now had a bit of a "lonely" feeling.
“No, if you want to go to the toilet, just go to the toilet, what are you doing standing here in a daze?”
Complaining from afar, Wei Changtian quickly walked towards her.
However, it was this sentence that made Xu Sui Sui's body tremble suddenly, and even the torch fell to the ground all at once, scattering a patch of fire.
Huh?
Seeing her panicked reaction, Wei Changtian immediately quickened his pace, while his left hand had already quietly grabbed the hilt of his knife.
“What’s wrong?”
Standing in front of the flustered Xu Sui Sui, Wei Changtian noticed the abnormality in the latter's eyes at a glance.
He subconsciously looked in a certain direction, and immediately his eyes widened suddenly, and then in the next second he drew out Lou Ying and swung it towards Xu Sui Sui's neck without hesitation, and then stopped just at the last moment.
“You motherfucker...”
His tone instantly became incomparably gloomy. Because he used too much force, the blade had even left a bloodstain on Xu Sui Sui's neck.
Completely ignoring the blood dripping down the blade, Wei Changtian just stared at the woman in front of him, almost squeezing out a question from between his teeth, word by word.
“Whose person are you?!”
Facing Xu Sui Sui, although Wei Changtian had always been suspicious, vigilant, and defensive towards her.
But even in the situation this afternoon, he had never forced the former with such an extreme attitude.
But this time, Wei Changtian really felt a chill like falling into an ice cave from the bottom of his heart.
Because not far from the two of them there was an old locust tree, and at this moment, the trunk of this old locust tree was densely covered with a dozen or so talisman papers with special patterns drawn on them.
Wei Changtian had seen this kind of talisman paper.
But not in reality, but...
【Exploding Fire Talisman: A one-time item, triggered by internal force or open flame, will generate a huge explosion and fire centered on the talisman paper after three breaths, 10 points】
10 system points. Wei Changtian had never bought this thing, because it was too useless for him. The power was even less than his current ordinary move.
But when this thing appeared here at this time...
Besides being able to prove that Xu Sui Sui's system store had a great overlap with his, Wei Changtian's first reaction was that the former wanted to send a signal to outside the city in this way.
And this signal could only mean that the Shu army was about to break through.
So...
“You think I can’t kill you, do you?”
Looking at Xu Sui Sui, who was still in a daze, Wei Changtian's eyes at this time were like a demon.
He slowly took a step closer, just preparing to forcibly search her body, at least to "confiscate" the life-saving items that Xu Sui Sui might have already exchanged.
But at this moment, Xu Sui Sui, who had finally come back to her senses, trembled and took a step back, and then shouted hoarsely:
“Wei Changtian! Why are you treating me like this!”
“I’m helping you!!”
“Helping me?”
Wei Changtian sneered, glancing at the talisman paper all over the tree trunk: “Heh heh, is this how you help me?”
“I, I...”
Xu Sui Sui didn't know how to answer for a while, and her expression was extremely struggling.
She seemed to want to explain, but she didn't dare to explain.
However, Wei Changtian was no longer prepared to waste time with her, and waved his hand to seal her acupoints, then search her body and take her away.
But at this last moment, Xu Sui Sui finally made up her mind.
She stared at Wei Changtian, and in the pale moonlight, she shouted in a rapid and affirmative tone:
“Wei Changtian!”
“We can’t break through now!”
“Be-Believe me! Many people will die!!”
