#686 - "Brotherhood"
The next day, early morning.
After a night of cleaning up the battlefield and resting, the Great Awakening army began to withdraw north in succession.
It would take them about half a month to withdraw from the Tianshan Mountains and reach the territory of the Ji Kingdom.
Of course, the current Great Awakening and Ji Kingdom are no longer allies, so the latter will definitely deploy defenses at the border, and it is estimated that the two sides will have to fight again at that time.
As for whether the Ji Kingdom, which suddenly lost 200,000 elite soldiers, can resist, and whether the Great Awakening can successfully incorporate the Ji Kingdom into its pocket, this is not something Wei Changtian needs to consider.
For him, the war in Liangzhou is a foregone conclusion, so instead of worrying about this, it is better to learn more about the situation on Xu Sui's side.
The battle has been going on for more than half a month, and from the current situation, the New Feng, which is extremely disadvantaged in terms of military strength, is performing well, and only three prefectures have been lost out of the ten prefectures.
Obviously, being able to do this is inseparable from the full assistance of Buddhism.
From three months ago until now, countless martial monks from Buddhist holy sites everywhere have poured into New Feng every day, constantly throwing themselves into the battlefield.
Faced with 1.2 million enemy troops, although these martial monks are still not enough in number, their average combat power is much stronger than ordinary soldiers.
In addition, Xu Sui also holds ten second-rank experts, including Qin Zhengqiu, as well as Xu Quan and Shen Ran, two Sons of Heaven.
As a result, New Feng has not completely collapsed half a month after the start of the war.
This situation is of course a good thing for Wei Changtian.
But on the other hand, he really couldn't figure out what benefits Xu Sui had given to Buddhism, that the latter would be so willing to help her.
...
The air in the study was fresh, and the morning sun shone in through the open window, carrying with it the smell of soil.
Wei Changtian held the battle report from New Feng in his hand, frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out why, so he was too lazy to think about it anymore.
He put down the secret letter and stood up.
He was just about to go to the state government office to discuss the matter of taking over the teleportation array with Liang Zhen and others.
However, Liang Qin suddenly walked in at this time.
"Brother Changtian, Miss Li is here."
...
An incense stick later.
Led by a little maid, Li Zimu quickly arrived at the study.
"Young Master, Madam."
She bowed to the two of them in a proper manner, Liang Qin smiled and nodded, then whispered to Wei Changtian:
"Husband, then I'll go out first."
"Yes, remember to tell someone to prepare a carriage for me, I'll go to the state government office later."
"Okay, I'll go now, you guys talk."
"Reporting to Young Master..."
There was no surprise on Li Zimu's face, she just shook her head and replied: "I was not drunk last night."
"I guessed it..."
Wei Changtian curled his lips and asked again: "How is the matter you were told to do? When can you ask him?"
"Anytime."
Li Zimu answered seriously again: "It's just that I haven't asked yet."
"Huh?"
Wei Changtian glanced at her: "Why don't you ask?"
"Because I think Tang Chen's value is far more than that."
Li Zimu didn't hide anything, and said truthfully in a calm tone: "If Young Master agrees, I can let him take the initiative to stay by Young Master's side and work for Young Master."
"Work for me?"
Hearing Li Zimu's words, Wei Changtian looked at her very delicate eyebrows and thought to himself that this appearance was too deceptive.
Who would have thought that such a pure-looking little girl would not hesitate at all when it came to tricking men...
Wait a minute.
Li Zimu isn't really in love with Tang Chen, is she?
"Are you being sincere or fake with Tang Chen?"
After thinking for a while, Wei Changtian asked directly: "You don't really plan to put yourself in, do you?"
"If that's the case, then you don't have to wrong yourself."
"Tang Chen is indeed a little useful to me, but he is not too important, you have to think clearly about this."
"Thank you for your concern, Young Master, but I know what I'm doing."
Li Zimu replied quickly, her tone unchanged: "As for me and Tang Chen, this is naturally fake."
"Is that so..."
Wei Changtian slowly stood up and walked closer to Li Zimu.
"Then what about Chu Xianping? Is that also fake?"
"This..."
Suddenly raising her head, Li Zimu's expression showed obvious changes for the first time.
A little struggle, and a little shyness at the same time.
She opened her mouth, but couldn't give an answer immediately.
Wei Changtian looked at her coldly and said slowly:
"Alright, if you haven't figured this out yet, then think about it carefully."
"If you really have feelings for Chu Xianping, and he really has feelings for you, then I won't care about your affairs, and I can't care about them."
"But if you play with Chu Xianping like you played with Tang Chen..."
"Miss Li, I can save you, and I can also kill you."
"Chu Xianping is the person I trust the most, so I don't want you to die because of him."
"That's it, you go back."
...
The morning breeze passed through the window, and Wei Changtian's suddenly cold tone stunned Li Zimu for a moment.
She stared blankly at Wei Changtian, who was no longer looking at her, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, it still turned into a sentence.
"Yes."
"Squeak."
The door opened and closed, and Li Zimu quickly left the study, heading towards the courtyard gate with her head down.
Judging from her performance just now, her feelings towards Chu Xianping are obviously not simple.
Perhaps it is not like the "complete deception and utilization" towards Tang Chen, but it must also have some purposes that go beyond "love between men and women."
Wei Changtian knew that he couldn't ask anything even if he asked, so he simply gave Li Zimu a "precautionary shot", making it clear to her that he would never tolerate Chu Xianping being played by a scumbag again.
He didn't bother to care what Li Zimu thought about this, or what she would do.
Anyway, he wasn't kidding.
Wei Changtian could really do this thing for the sake of Chu Xianping.
And this undoubtedly shows that Chu Xianping is far more important than Li Zimu in his heart.
In fact, it's not just Li Zimu.
Leaving aside gender, Chu Xianping's importance is even at the same level as Comrade Xiao Xu, and both belong to the few people Wei Changtian cares about the most.
If Chu Xianping knew that he was so "loyal to his brothers", he would probably be secretly moved for a while.
Of course, Chu Xianping is still in Great Awakening, and it will take at least ten days to come back, so he naturally cannot feel Wei Changtian's "brotherly love".
As for what he is doing now...
"Young Master Chu..."
In the Great Awakening Palace, in a heavily guarded independent courtyard, an old man was sitting opposite Chu Xianping, earnestly persuading him:
"Please rest assured, we don't want to be enemies with Young Master Wei, we just want to ask you to reveal some news to us in advance when you feel it is necessary."
"If you agree, then my Great Awakening will definitely thank you heavily, and will never let you suffer the slightest loss."
"Young Master Chu, I know that you are upright and unyielding, and now you are deeply trusted by Young Master Wei, and you lack neither money nor power."
"But you must know that life can't always be smooth sailing."
"Cough, I'll say something offensive."
"If one day Young Master Wei no longer trusts you, and even turns against you... Has Young Master ever thought about what to do then?"
"Young Master Chu, it's always right to leave a way out for yourself."
"What do you think?"
