#723 - Revisiting the old place

Seven days later, Yuanzhou, Yuanzhou City.

Well, it would be more accurate to call it the "Yuanzhou City Ruins".

Ever since the three million people in the city were buried in a sea of fire overnight on July 15th last year, the people of Yuanzhou have been particularly wary of this place.

They usually take detours when passing by, let alone settling down and living here.

So, now that nearly a year has passed, it basically still maintains the appearance of the broken walls at that time, with only the dead trees and weeds all over the city proving the passage of time.

"Alas..."

Standing on a slightly higher mound in the ruins, Wei Changtian looked at this desolate scar and sighed softly.

This was the second time he had come here after the "Yuanzhou City Massacre".

The last time, he used "Heli" to bring three days of heavy rain and vowed to rebel and kill Ning Yongnian.

Now that he revisits the old place, the latter has already passed away.

Wei Changtian didn't know if this counted as revenge for the three million people who died that night.

But at least it should be able to comfort the spirits of these people in heaven.

"Young Master, let's go."

Yang Liushi, who saw this scene for the first time, gently pulled his sleeve, her expression a little unbearable.

Although the corpses in the city had already been ordered by Ning Yongnian to be pulled to a mountain outside the city for burial, the empty "ghost city" alone was shocking enough.

So shocking that Yang Liushi dared not look any further.

"Okay, let's go."

Nodding, Wei Changtian didn't say much, walked down the mound, and walked with Yang Liushi towards the still intact city gate in the distance.

Zhang San and Wang Nianchu followed behind them, their expressions equally complicated.

Zhang San was okay, after all, he was an outlaw, and he had seen many bloody and cruel scenes, so he was just a little emotional at this time.

But Wang Nianchu had been pampered since she was a child. Although she had long known that such a major event had happened in Yuanzhou City, when she saw it with her own eyes now, a sense of sadness and anger suddenly surged in her heart.

"Young Master..."

She hesitated slightly, then quickly caught up with Wei Changtian and asked, biting her lip, "Was the Yuanzhou City incident really done by Ning Yongnian?"

"Hmm?"

Wei Changtian turned his head and glanced at her: "Why do you ask?"

"Be-because this servant feels that no matter what, the people of Yuanzhou are all citizens of Da Ning, and he, as the Son of Heaven, shouldn't do such a thing..."

Wang Nianchu explained, then quickly added: "Young Master, this servant knows that this matter shouldn't be asked. If you don't want to answer, then just pretend this servant didn't say anything."

"There's nothing that can't be said."

Waving his hand, Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked around at the desolate scene: "It's actually normal for you to have such thoughts, but..."

"But don't forget, five hundred thousand Da Feng elites also died in the city at that time."

"Why would they slaughter the city for no reason? What good would this do for Da Feng?"

"Have you thought about these things?"

"I..."

A simple question stumped Wang Nianchu. It could be seen that she was far less shrewd than Yang Liushi in terms of scheming, let alone compared to someone of Li Zimu's level.

"So, Da Feng has no reason to slaughter the city at all."

Looking at Wang Nianchu, Wei Changtian continued: "On the contrary, Ning Yongnian has a reason to do so."

"Exchanging two million people for five hundred thousand enemy elites, no matter how you look at it, this is a very worthwhile deal."

"As for how he did it... you don't need to know this."

"In short, the truth is like this, believe it or not."

"..."

After saying the last sentence, Wei Changtian stopped speaking.

Judging from Wang Nianchu's expression, she had already been persuaded, but she was still a little unable to accept it for the time being.

"But, but these are after all two million innocent Da Ning citizens..."

"Why can he, as the Son of Heaven, do such a thing..."

"Da Ning citizens?"

Wei Changtian didn't intend to speak at first, but after hearing Wang Nianchu's two sentences of self-talk, he turned around and asked: "Miss Wang, if these two million people were all Da Feng citizens, would you still be so compassionate?"

"I..."

Wang Nianchu paused, stunned.

This moment of hesitation undoubtedly represented her answer.

"You see, if it were Da Feng citizens, you actually wouldn't be so grief-stricken."

Wei Changtian didn't blame her for anything, just smiled: "In the end, the reason why you feel sad now is only because the dead are all Da Ning people, all people related to you."

"What about the Da Feng people? Not only are they not your compatriots, but they may even be enemies, so they can die."

"This is actually very normal, most people would think like this."

"Then do you think that in Ning Yongnian's eyes, are the Da Ning people people related to him or people unrelated to him?"

"Or rather, do they even count as people?"

"..."

After asking the last question, Wei Changtian continued to walk out of the city with Yang Liushi, leaving Wang Nianchu standing there blankly.

Wei Changtian didn't say much just now, but every sentence greatly subverted her simple understanding of this world.

Staring blankly at the figure not far away, her breathing gradually became rapid.

After a long while, Wang Nianchu woke up as if from a dream and quickly chased after them.

It was unknown whether it was because of the sunlight, but her face looked slightly flushed.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian and his group, who had walked out of the Yuanzhou City ruins, returned to the camp of the 300,000 troops.

Now that they have arrived in Yuanzhou, they are only six or seven days away from Xin Feng.

The situation in Fengyuan was also as Wei Changtian had predicted. Although it was full of dangers, it had not been broken so far.

This undoubtedly exceeded Chu Xianping's previous expectation that "Fengyuan will be broken within five days".

As for the reason... it's actually not complicated.

Because Xu Suihui finally began to use her trump cards...

Three days ago, the main general of the Qian Hui army, as well as two deputy generals, a total of three second-rank generals, were all assassinated in their own camps without anyone knowing.

Two days ago, late at night, the north city wall of Fengyuan was in urgent need. Qin Zhengqiu appeared and slashed three swords in a row, directly clearing the hundred-zhang enemy troops outside the north gate, the moon dimmed for three breaths.

Yesterday, all the giant elephants used by the two countries of Qian Hui to assist in the siege suddenly "rebelled" and rushed back, and the number of soldiers trampled to death or injured was no less than ten thousand...

One hundred thousand against one million, guarding for a full nine days.

Wei Changtian didn't know how many more tricks Xu Suihui had up her sleeve.

In short, the latter still hasn't sent any more news so far, presumably because it hasn't reached the end of the road yet.

However, while Xu Suihui can hold her breath, some people can't hold their breath anymore.

"Young Master, Jing Guoqing sent a message to the Zhan Shifu half an hour ago, saying that the envoys of the two countries of Qian Hui will arrive in Huailing City tomorrow."

In the main tent, Zhang San placed a secret letter in front of Wei Changtian and reported in a deep voice:

"They want to discuss the Xin Feng war with the Young Master again."