#541 - How to Kill an Emperor

Two days later.

After leaving Shuzhou City, Wei Changtian did not go directly to Huailing, but instead took a detour, entering the Shiwan Mountains from the direction of Niutou Mountain.

His whereabouts this time were extremely confidential, and no one knew except for those around him.

Therefore, even if Ning Yongnian could find out that he had left Shuzhou, he would not know his true destination.

Of course, not being able to find out does not mean not being able to guess.

After all, now that he holds Li Wutong as a "hostage", Ning Yongnian has no reason not to suspect that Wei Changtian would go to Huailing to rescue her.

However, Wei Changtian didn't care about this.

Anyway, he didn't originally intend to rely on "sneak attacks" to kill Ning Yongnian.

Instead of engaging in sneak attacks, he was preparing for a "head-on confrontation".

Obviously, Wei Changtian was not the kind of upright person like Xiao Feng who disdained "shooting from the shadows".

The reason he gave up on "assassination" was simply because he knew it would be difficult to succeed.

Um... it's not to say that he couldn't find an opportunity to sneak attack.

With a big living person like Ning Yongnian, it would be easy to find an opportunity to give him a "Divine Strike".

But what needs to be known is that the latter definitely has life-saving secret treasures on him.

After all, even generals of the level of Wu Ding and Han Zhao have similar trinkets, let alone Ning Yongnian.

He definitely has them, and there definitely won't be just one.

It must be admitted that the probability of success of this method is indeed higher than that of a sneak attack, and it does not require any complicated layout.

However, it has very high requirements for "absolute combat power".

Wei Changtian must not only have the ability to "defeat and subdue" Ning Yongnian, but also have the means to restrain all the experts around the latter.

In other words, he needs to find a way to get close to Ning Yongnian in Huailing City, which is garrisoned by nearly 100,000 Da Ning troops, and then, before the unknown number of imperial guards and third-rank experts react, quickly kidnap a second-rank emperor.

Such conditions sound as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone actually operating.

If Qin Zhengqiu could help, there might still be a glimmer of opportunity.

But now this former "golden thug" has been abducted by Xu Sui Sui, relying solely on the third-rank Wei Changtian, the fifth-rank Du Chang, and the sixth-rank Yang Liushi... forget it.

Assassination is not possible, and kidnapping is not possible either.

So, what exactly should he do to kill Ning Yongnian?

Two more days passed.

Although the Shiwan Mountains are mainly located on the border between Da Ning and Da Li, a small part of the northwest direction also borders Da Feng's territory.

And after personally issuing a series of orders to the Tiangou Army, Wei Changtian officially left the mountains from this direction, entered the Ximo Gobi Desert, and then continued to rush to Huailing Prefecture of Da Feng.

Judging from the current speed, they will need about three days to reach their destination, Huailing City.

"Young Master, the capital has been investigated!"

The desolate Gobi Desert has no vitality, only a carriage is speeding through it.

Zhang San, who is both a coachman and a "human decoder", put a mother-child jade back into his arms, turned his head and shouted to the carriage: "Ning Yongnian only has Li Huaizhong, a second-rank expert, by his side on this trip to Huailing!"

"..."

"What about Han Zhao?" After a moment, Wei Changtian's voice came from the carriage.

"General Han is still staying in the capital!"

Zhang San replied loudly: "Ning Yongnian ordered him to temporarily take over the Imperial Guards!"

"Good!"

A "good" word blurted out, Wei Changtian's expression instantly became relaxed.

He pondered for a long time, then lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to Zhang San, who was driving the carriage: "Send a message to my father and Han Zhao, let them be ready at any time!"

"Tell them that once I give the order, they must completely control the entire capital within one day!"

"Yes! Young Master!"

Responding loudly, Zhang San pulled the reins with one hand, and took out another mother-child jade from his arms with the other, and immediately began to burn the jade to transmit the message.

As a "human card recorder" with the ability to remember everything he sees, Zhang San doesn't need a "code book" when transmitting and receiving messages, and his efficiency is extremely high.

However, Wei Changtian brought him with him not only for the convenience of communication.

This time to Huailing, Zhang San's ability will also be of great use to him.

"..."

"Young Master! It's been sent!"

Soon, Zhang San had conveyed the order to Han Zhao and Wei Xianzheng.

"Good."

Wei Changtian nodded, pulled the curtain of the carriage again, and turned his gaze to Yang Liushi, who was smiling at him.

After leaving the Shiwan Mountains, Du Chang no longer accompanied him, so now only he and Yang Liushi are sitting in the carriage.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at Yang Liushi with a smile on her lips, Wei Changtian asked in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"

"Giggle, Young Master, this servant seems to finally understand what you are going to do."

Her eyes curved into crescent moons, Yang Liushi covered her mouth and replied: "So you want to force Ning Yongnian into a dead end."

"Dead end..."

Wei Changtian shook his head with a wry smile: "Alas, I would like to slap him to death, but I can't."

"So I can only go around in circles."

"Young Master, but this servant doesn't think Ning Yongnian will be threatened by this."

Yang Liushi tilted her head: "Besides, he may not have anticipated that Young Master would do this, and he probably made arrangements before leaving the capital."

"Uh..."

Stunned, Wei Changtian was first surprised when he heard the words, and then suddenly laughed in realization: "Hahaha, do you think I'm going to use the people of the royal family to threaten him?"

"Huh?"

Looking at Wei Changtian, now it was Yang Liushi's turn to be puzzled: "Isn't that so?"

"Hahaha, yes and no."

Wei Changtian waved his hand with a smile: "Of course I know that Ning Yongnian is cold-blooded and ruthless, and he doesn't care too much about the life and death of his close people."

"So what I'm going to do this time is far more than just setting his backyard on fire."

"Or rather, I will use what he cares about most to threaten him."

"..."

What he cares about most, I will use what to threaten him.

After Wei Changtian finished saying this, Yang Liushi didn't respond for a long time.

She frowned and thought for a long time, and then at a certain moment, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of surprise.

"Young Master, do you want to..."

"Yes, that's right."

"..."

"Swish swish swish!"

The wheels rolled over the yellow sand, and the carriage happened to be passing through the ruins of an ancient city.

It is said that the Ximo Gobi Desert was once a grassland ten thousand years ago, with no shortage of villages and cities, but later, with the "desertification of the land", they all declined and were abandoned.

So these ruins are actually not uncommon in the Ximo Gobi Desert.

Whether ancient or modern, the "death" of a city generally has three reasons.

Destroyed by war, destroyed by natural disasters, and self-destruction.

And if all the ways to "kill" a person are classified, there are actually only three situations—

Homicide, accident, and suicide.

In the matter of "killing the emperor", "assassination" and "kidnapping and then killing" both fall into the category of "homicide", and now it has been made clear that they will not work.

Creating an "accident" that can kill a second-rank expert is far beyond Wei Changtian's ability.

Then he actually only has one last option left—

Suicide.

That's right, Wei Changtian is actually preparing to make Ning Yongnian "commit suicide".

And for this, he must first master the bargaining chip that the latter is willing to exchange his life for.