#862 - There is happiness in the world

Five days later.

Da Hui, on the bank of the Red River.

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed since Wei Changtian left Yongding City, leading 200,000 surrendered Da Qian soldiers 1,500 miles westward.

After crossing this red river, another three days westward would bring them to the border of Da Qian.

This also meant that Wei Changtian was three days away from launching his "Destroy Da Qian" plan.

Looking back from where they stood, not much had happened in the past five days.

Or rather, nothing unusual had occurred.

Gongsun Yan had completed his somewhat hasty and simple enthronement ceremony, officially changing the country's name to "Chu."

From then on, there would be no more Da Hui, only the Great Chu Dynasty.

To help him stabilize his regime, the remaining 100,000 Da Hui surrendered soldiers were finally able to return to their homeland, estimated to arrive in Yongding in another seven or eight days.

In exchange, Da Chu would provide war reparations of 20 million, 30 million, and 50 million taels of silver to Xin Feng, Da Ning, and Da Shu respectively, totaling 100 million taels.

Such a huge amount of reparations would undoubtedly force the people of Da Hui, no, Da Chu, to live a hard life for a long time.

But the benefit was that they would finally be free from the scourge of war.

As long as there was no war, the "productivity" of the cultivation world was enough to support the people to at least "survive" under any circumstances.

As for whether they were happy on this basis... that had nothing to do with Wei Changtian.

That was basically the situation on Da Hui's side.

There was no news from Chu Xianping either.

So Wei Changtian could now focus all his energy on subverting the Da Qian regime.

Of course, after the fall of Da Hui, Emperor Jing Guoqing of Da Qian had already anticipated that he would become Wei Changtian's next target.

In order to prevent himself from repeating Yan Huanwen's mistakes, he had already started preparing early.

In the past two days, he had sent three secret letters to Wei Changtian, each more "polite" than the last, making it clear that "anything could be discussed."

However, Wei Changtian turned a deaf ear to this and had not given Jing Guoqing any response to this day.

Without a doubt, Wei Changtian would definitely not make peace with Jing Guoqing.

After all, since he had said he would destroy the two countries of Qian and Hui within a year, he would definitely do it.

It was just that the situation in Da Qian was much more difficult than in Da Hui.

Da Hui was already weak, and Lu Hongji had died in the Battle of Xin Feng, so Wei Changtian only needed to add a little fuel to the fire to easily achieve his goal.

But it was not so easy to overthrow Da Qian.

Although 500,000 people had died in the Battle of Xin Feng, Da Qian's foundation remained, and such losses had not damaged its foundation.

More importantly, Jing Guoqing was still alive and well.

To destroy such a country would undoubtedly require more complex planning, greater power, and more time.

The story was quite exciting, and Yang Liushi and Li Zimu were fascinated by it.

But his "leisurely" appearance made Duan Fangping and the other four a little "uneasy."

"Young Master! We have relied on you for half a month! But we have never had the opportunity to show our skills!"

At noon, taking advantage of the army's rest, Duan Fangping, as the "representative," found Wei Changtian, who was eating, and said sincerely:

"We are willing to go to the capital of Da Qian first to find out the situation in the city for the Young Master! I hope the Young Master will allow it!"

"Oh?"

With a look of appreciation on his face, Wei Changtian did not refuse Duan Fangping this time, but readily agreed to the latter's request.

"Okay! Then I'll have to trouble the four seniors!"

"However, in addition to gathering intelligence, you can also do a few other things while you're there..."

Standing up, he pulled Duan Fangping to a distance.

The two talked for a while, and then Wei Changtian quickly returned to continue eating.

"Husband."

Yang Liushi, who was on the side, glanced at Duan Fangping, who was leaving in a hurry, and didn't ask Wei Changtian what he had said to the former, but said with a smile:

"Just now, Zimu said that the food in the army is not very tasty, and she will come to cook for us next time."

"Huh?"

Wei Changtian was stunned, turned to look at Li Zimu, and asked doubtfully, "When did you learn to cook?"

"I..."

Li Zimu's face turned red, as if she was a little embarrassed by Wei Changtian's question.

Seeing this, Yang Liushi quickly answered for her:

"Oh, Husband, have you forgotten that Zimu didn't learn cooking from Miss Qin for a few days before?"

"Oh, right, Qin He's cooking skills are indeed not bad."

Wei Changtian nodded and said to Li Zimu, "Then you can try it tonight."

"Yes."

Li Zimu responded softly, and then added a little nervously: "Young Master, I have only learned for a few days, and I think it should not be as good as Miss Qin's."

"It's okay, it's always better than the cook in the army anyway."

Wei Changtian said casually, and then picked up the bowl and continued to eat.

And perhaps because everyone happened to mention Qin He, Yang Liushi sighed softly to herself at this time.

"I don't know how Miss Qin and Young Master Chu are doing now..."

"They should be married by now..."

Da Hui, Guyang County, Pingyun County.

"Gurgle"

Just as Wei Changtian and his party were eating by the Red River, a carriage also stopped in front of a small courtyard gate.

"Husband! Don't forget the boxes in the carriage!"

Qin He, wearing a cyan dress, jumped out of the carriage, pushed open the courtyard door with a happy face, her eyes full of curiosity and joy.

Chu An also had a smile on his face, unhurriedly moving the luggage from the carriage into the courtyard one by one.

That's right, after Wei Changtian left, they decided to sell Zhuwu, leave Yongding City, and start a new life in a small place where no one knew them.

And this small courtyard in Pingyun County was their future home.

As for why they wanted to give up everything they had and "start over," the reasons might be complicated.

But judging from their current expressions, this was undoubtedly the right choice.

"Oh, Husband, I haven't worshipped Buddha today!"

Suddenly, Qin He, who was wandering around in the courtyard, seemed to have remembered something, put a few coins of broken silver in her pocket, and ran out of the courtyard in a hurry.

"I'm going first! You put things in order! If you don't know where to put them, wait for me to come back and talk about it!"

"Oh, I don't know if there are any larger temples in Pingyun County, I need to ask someone..."

"..."

After shouting at Chu An, Qin He quickly walked away muttering to herself.

Chu An didn't stop her, just shook his head with a smile, and continued to move the luggage into the house.

They didn't have much luggage, and most of it was Qin He's things.

Therefore, Chu An didn't take long to put away the large and small packages and boxes.

He patted the dust off his body, pushed open the door and walked to the front yard, sat on the stone steps and stared blankly for a while, then took out a piece of rice paper from his arms.

This was left in the front hall of Zhuwu after Wei Changtian left.

A thousand taels of silver note, and this letter written in vernacular, with content so short that it could hardly be called a "letter."

[This is the money to buy Zhulong.]

[Order, I wish you two a happy marriage for a hundred years.]

"..."

After reading these two lines of small characters again, Chu An smiled and carefully folded the rice paper and put it back in his chest.

At the same time, Qin He on the other side finally found the only small temple in Pingyun County.

"Ding dong ~"

She threw a few copper coins into the merit box, then folded her skirt and knelt on the futon, and kowtowed three times earnestly to the Buddha statue in front of her.

Compared to the solemn Hong'an Temple in Yongding City, this small temple was obviously not very popular, not only was the temple a little simple, but even the Buddha statue was several sizes smaller.

However, Qin He was still extremely devout, and what she asked for was still the same few things as in the past.

"May Buddha bless Chu An, ah no, bless my husband with peace for the rest of his life..."

"May Buddha bless Young Master Wei with peace for the rest of his life..."

"Buddha bless..."

"..."

The sound of wooden fish and chimes was endless, and the Buddha statue was golden, as if a Buddha's light fell on Qin He.

However, a closer look would reveal that this was not some Buddhist phenomenon, but just the most ordinary, golden sunlight.