#589 - Studying the Art of War

The fifteenth day of the twelfth month, Shuzhou City.

It seemed like only a blink of an eye, and a month had passed since the "Lingbo Pavilion Incident", and Wei Changtian had been back for more than half a month.

In the half month since his return, he hadn't been idle for a moment, busy dealing with the founding of the Great Shu Kingdom every day.

The Great Shu breaking away from the Great Ning, and Ning Yu Ke transforming from a queen into an empress, these were all minor issues, after all, Ning Wenjun didn't dare to say half a "no" to him now.

There's nothing much to say about the wedding with Yang Liushi. Compared to Liang Qin's wedding, it was more like a simple ceremony.

After all, the former was just a concubine, and she came from a brothel, so holding a grand ceremony was indeed not in accordance with etiquette.

But no matter what, Wei Changtian had fulfilled his promise, and he also saw Yang Liushi shed tears for the first time on their wedding night.

It seemed that although the latter always said she didn't care, she still cared a lot in her heart.

That's women! Two-faced women!

Tsk tsk tsk...

"Husband?"

In the study, Yang Liushi, who was reading a book, noticed that Wei Changtian had been staring at her, so she raised her head in confusion and asked, "What are you looking at me for? Have you finished dealing with official business?"

"Oh, no."

Wei Changtian stretched lazily, "I'm looking at you naturally because you're beautiful."

"Pfft ~"

Yang Liushi's eyes instantly narrowed into crescents, and she covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course I'm good-looking, but I wonder who is more beautiful in your eyes compared to Little Sister Xu and the others?"

"Of course it's you."

Wei Changtian didn't hesitate, "If you ask, then it's definitely you who is good-looking."

"What if Little Sister Xu asks?"

"Then she is the most good-looking."

"What if Little Sister Liang asks?"

"Naturally the same."

"Giggle giggle, husband really knows how to make women happy."

Yang Liushi was amused to the point where she couldn't close her mouth, "I wonder who you learned to be so glib from."

"Does this still need to be learned?"

Wei Changtian put on a smug expression, "Some things are inherently self-taught."

"Is that so?"

Yang Liushi turned her head to look at the sun outside the window, and gently closed the military strategy book in her hand, "Husband, do you think there would be a special kind of flavor in this study?"

"I can't 'teach myself', how about husband helping me?"

"Hiss."

Taking a deep breath, Wei Changtian's gaze swept over the "Tai Bai Military Classic".

Good heavens, is this a serious military strategy book you're reading??

Never mind!

He didn't know if the military strategy book was serious or not, but Yang Liushi had become more and more "unserious" since the wedding!

"Since you've said so, then I'll reluctantly..."

Standing up with a serious expression, Wei Changtian was just about to discuss "military strategy" with Yang Liushi when the door was suddenly knocked lightly at an inopportune time.

"Young master, the master has sent a letter."

Zhang San's voice floated in from outside the room, also causing Wei Changtian to roll his eyes.

"Come in and speak!"

"Yes."

The door opened, and Zhang San didn't notice the abnormality of the atmosphere. Immediately, he whispered to report:

"Young master, the master just sent a letter saying that he, the madam, and the young lady have already set off for Shuzhou City."

"If all goes well, they will arrive in ten days."

"Oh, I know."

Wei Changtian's expression didn't change much when he heard this, because Wei Xianzhi had already mentioned it to him.

There was still half a month before the New Year, and although the enemy was at hand, the New Year should still be celebrated.

And he had been away from the capital for nearly two years. During this time, he had only seen Wei Xianzhi and Wei Qiaoling once, and he hadn't seen Qin Caizhen even once.

Now that the situation had stabilized, the family could take advantage of this New Year to reunite properly.

In fact, Wei Changtian had initially planned to take Xu Qingwan, Yang Liushi, and a group of people back to the capital, but Wei Xianzhi refused on the grounds that "Wei Zhaohai is in Shuzhou, and we can't let the ancestor travel back and forth."

This reason was indeed valid.

However, Wei Changtian understood that Wei Zhaohai probably had another meaning in doing so.

"Remind me two days in advance when they are about to arrive, and I will go to meet them."

After casually instructing, Wei Changtian squinted at Zhang San, "Is there anything else?"

"No, there isn't."

Zhang San answered very honestly.

"Okay, if there isn't anything else, go out."

"Yes, young master."

"Ahem, close the door, don't let anyone in."

"Liu Shi and I are going to discuss military strategy."

"..."

After discussing military strategy with Yang Liushi for an hour, it was dusk when Wei Changtian walked out of the study.

The scent of food wafted through the mansion, and the afterglow of the setting sun was golden.

Yuan'er and Qiuyun were reprimanding a group of young maids in the courtyard. It sounded like the latter had been busy playing cards today and hadn't cleaned the courtyard in time.

The two sang in harmony, and although it was a reprimand, the scene was a bit funny, like kindergarten children in the senior class were educating children in the junior class.

And if you move your gaze forward, you will see the independent courtyard where Xu Qingwan, Liang Qin, and Lu Jingyao lived.

The three women were not at home now. One must be at Yingfengsheng, one must be at Changwutang, and the other was likely at the Shuzhou branch of Chun Shen Bookshop.

Lu Jingyao's ability was not great, but she was not a pure vase either. She basically went wherever she was needed on weekdays. When Yingfengsheng was busy before, she stayed at Yingfengsheng all day to help. Now that Yingfengsheng was not busy, she ran to Chun Shen Bookshop to continue being her shopkeeper.

In addition, she also served as the "general manager" of Wei Changtian's small family, responsible for managing the affairs of the family, so it seemed that she was also "conscientious and responsible".

"Huff ~"

A gust of breeze blew, blowing a few fallen leaves that the maids had not cleaned up in time on the ground.

Although it was already deep winter, Shuzhou was far less cold than Huailing. Wei Changtian, who had just finished exercising, even felt a little hot.

He walked through the courtyard in a carefree manner, walked to the gate of the mansion, and stood on the steps, looking out at the bustling Shuzhou City.

Of course, the Wei residence was not built on a high mountain, so Wei Changtian could not see the entire city.

However, just within the scope of his vision, the prosperous and beautiful scene of the golden age was already evident.

If the four countries of Ji, Jue, Hui, and Qian would not invade, Wei Changtian felt that the life he had been pursuing since crossing over was almost realized.

There were no enemies, he had married several wives, and he had brought a peaceful life to at least some people.

But unfortunately, the footsteps of those two million people would not stop because of his personal will.

And besides that, there was also the bad thing about the Moon Picking Sword.

"..."

Retracting his gaze, he took out the secret letter that Xu Sui had sent him a few days ago from his sleeve and read it again.

The letter actually only said one thing—

Old Zhangtou and his party encountered a group of bandits on their way back to Baidian. All the Freemasons who were traveling with him were killed. Although Old Zhangtou escaped the disaster by using his escape technique, he didn't have time to take away the Moon Picking Sword manual.

That group of bandits practiced the Moon Picking Sword. After several "great displays of power", they were targeted and the sword manual was snatched away.

So, the Moon Picking Sword is no longer a secret.

And Kui Long will soon find out about this, so there will be more quasi-first-rank masters like Qin Zhengqiu in the future.

No, they are not quite the same as Qin Zhengqiu.

Qin Zhengqiu had Xu Sui's help and could temporarily suppress his inner demons.

But these people can't.

So what will appear in the future is not a quasi-first-rank master.

But a large number of quasi-first-rank...

Demons.