#608 - Plum wood
“She actually guessed right.”
A dozen or so breaths later, standing in the city gate tower, Wei Changtian looked at the girl huddled in the corner, already unconscious, his face full of surprise.
The former was obviously waiting here, but because it was too cold, and she was injured, she couldn't hold on until dawn.
If Yang Liushi hadn't had sharp eyes, he probably would have missed her.
“Young Master, her breathing is weak, but it's still stable.”
Not far away, Zhang San, who had just checked the girl's condition, turned around and reported, “She only needs to take some elixir and drink some water, and she should wake up soon.”
“Well, then give her the elixir first.”
As he spoke, Wei Changtian casually took out a porcelain bottle from his waist and threw it to Zhang San.
It was only at this time that he realized something.
Huh?
Wasn't this bottle of elixir given to the girl? When did it return to me?
Could it be that she secretly returned it to him last night when he wasn't paying attention?
Wei Changtian pondered for a while, his expression a little helpless.
She's quite upright.
If she hadn't secretly returned this bottle of elixir to him, she wouldn't have fainted now, and she wouldn't have almost died here.
“First get her onto the carriage, then let's continue on our way.”
Looking at Zhang San, who had already finished feeding the elixir, Wei Changtian left a sentence and turned back to the carriage.
Yang Liushi, who followed closely behind, reminded him with a smile:
“Young Master, I won, you know.”
“I know.”
Wei Changtian was full of doubts: “I just don't understand how she guessed it.”
“Huh? Does this mean that Young Master has already prepared the poem?”
“Well, you can understand it that way.”
“...”
The girl woke up after about a quarter of an hour.
The fact that she woke up so quickly shows that Wei Changtian's elixir was very powerful, and on the other hand, it was also related to her personal will.
“Ugh...”
The faint groan was very weak, with a hint of pain.
Under the gaze of Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi, the girl's eyelids trembled a few times, and finally slowly opened.
After seeing the environment she was in, she was stunned at first, and soon breathed a sigh of relief.
“Young, Young Master...”
“It seems I guessed right.”
“...”
Wei Changtian glanced at the girl deeply, and said nothing.
Yang Liushi on the side said softly:
“Girl, you are injured, and you suffered from the cold all night. Your body is weak now, so don't rush to speak.”
“Husband, Madam, I'm fine.”
Supporting herself up a little, the girl showed a difficult smile.
“It, it was too cold last night. If I didn't hide in the city gate tower, I was afraid I would freeze to death.”
“But, but if I hide inside, I'm afraid you won't see me after I faint...”
“...”
The carriage swayed, making the girl's voice intermittent.
Her voice was very weak and small, but Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi looked at each other, and both heard some different meanings from it.
First of all, Yang Liushi didn't introduce herself, but the girl called her “Madam” as soon as she came up, as if she could see her relationship with Wei Changtian at a glance.
Secondly, the girl only said that she was afraid of freezing to death waiting outside, and was afraid that Wei Changtian would not see her waiting in the city gate tower... but she didn't say that she was afraid of choosing the wrong city gate.
So, she seemed to be sure that Wei Changtian would take the south gate.
But how is this possible?
Wei Changtian frowned slightly, his expression slowly becoming serious.
If he had taken the east gate, he might not be so surprised now.
But he took the south gate!
Even if the girl guessed that he would go back on his word, how could she have guessed the south gate from the south, west, and north three city gates?
After all, his choice of the south gate had no reason at all, it was completely random.
For a time, Wei Changtian couldn't figure it out, and even thought that this girl had some special abilities.
The girl seemed to have read something from his eyes, and asked in a low voice:
“Young Master, do you want to ask me how I guessed it...”
“Yes.”
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: “I'm very curious, if I had taken the west gate or the north gate, would you have been able to guess it too?”
“No.”
The girl shook her head gently: “Young Master, you wouldn't take the west gate or the north gate.”
“Why?”
Wei Changtian's tone was low, and even mixed with a trace of gloom: “Why can't I take the west gate and the north gate?”
“It's not can't...”
Seeming not to be afraid, the girl corrected seriously: “It's wouldn't.”
“...”
Wouldn't?
What does wouldn't mean?
Obviously, the girl meant that Wei Changtian would definitely choose to take the south gate no matter what.
And it's not for some objective reason, but a subjective choice.
But he had just said that Wei Changtian's choice of the south gate was completely a decision made on a whim at the time.
So...
“How did you guess it?”
“Explain clearly!”
Taking a deep breath, Wei Changtian knew that he should have found a treasure.
But he still wanted to see if the girl could give a perfect explanation.
No, he doesn't even need it to be perfect.
As long as the other party can give a reasonable explanation, then this kind of scheming will not be weaker than Chu Xianping.
And the previous facts have shown that in this low-martial arts cultivation world, personal martial power is certainly important, but the role of tactics is equally huge.
At the very least, if there was no Chu Xianping, then he would probably not be able to deal with Kui Long, let alone let Zhuang Zhiming ignore Kui Long's iron rule of “not being able to participate in worldly power struggles” and lend him six second-rank experts to kill Ning Yongnian.
Therefore, is it a “blind cat catching a dead mouse” or “planning strategies in a tent”?\n
“Young Master, don't scare people.”
Feeling that the atmosphere was a little tense, Yang Liushi gently blamed Wei Changtian.
She poured a cup of clear water for the girl, handed it to the latter, and asked gently:
“Girl, what's your name?”
“Responding to Madam, my name is Li Zimu.”
Li Zimu?
The moment he heard this name, Wei Changtian first thought of an internet celebrity from his previous life who was only one word away, and then quickly understood the origin of the name.
The character Li can be broken down into Zimu, it seems that the girl's parents should not be very educated, so they used this opportunistic naming method.
But it's not unpleasant to hear.
Eh?
The character Wei can be broken down into Wei Gui, if Wei Xianzhe and Qin Caizhen were so perfunctory, wouldn't he be called “Wei Wei Gui”?
What the hell is that?
Muttering in his heart, Wei Changtian shook his head and stopped thinking about these messy things.
Yang Liushi on the opposite side also continued at this time:
“Girl Li, Young Master is just like this, you don't have to be afraid.”
“Your body is weak now, it doesn't matter if you answer the Young Master's question later.”
“Madam, I'm fine.”
Li Zimu shook her head gently, took a small sip of water, and held the teacup in her palm.
She looked at Yang Liushi, who was like a fairy, and then at Wei Changtian, who was silent, and then said in a low voice:
“Young Master, Madam.”
“If I'm not mistaken, you should have come from Shuzhou City, preparing to go to the capital to discuss the matter of resisting the enemy with the Emperor, right?”
