#889 - Welcome Gift
"They're here too?"
His eyes widened abruptly, revealing Su Qi's astonishment.
In his view, since Wei Changtian had already found these four by some means, their fate could only be one of two things.
Either they were killed by Wei Changtian.
Or they had turned to Wei Changtian's side.
But no matter which possibility, they shouldn't be here now.
That's why Su Qi was so surprised.
"Let's go take a look."
After a moment of pondering, he slowly stood up, seemingly intending to test the four first.
Leaving the study, he walked along the corridor for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense before entering the council hall.
Soon, Su Qi saw the four members of the Nine Truth Sect.
"Elder Liu."
He glanced at the yellow-robed old man sitting upright in a chair, then swept his gaze across the others in the room, Su Qi slowly said:
"Let's talk in private."
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Flicking his sleeves, the yellow-robed old man, who had expected this, didn't say much, and got up to follow Su Qi around a screen, entering a secret room behind the council hall.
"Elder Liu, I heard that Wei Changtian found you this morning?"
Looking directly at the yellow-robed old man, Su Qi didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "It seems you didn't fight."
"Yes, we didn't fight."
The yellow-robed old man replied with a normal expression: "Otherwise, we wouldn't be here."
"Is that so? But you wanted to kill him yesterday, now that he has found your hiding place, why would he let you go?"
Su Qi narrowed his eyes, his tone turning colder: "Elder Liu, there must be a reason for this."
"Reason..."
The yellow-robed old man didn't answer the question directly, but sneered: "Heh heh, Lord Su seems unwilling to see us alive."
"That's not true, this official naturally doesn't want anything to happen to the four of you."
Su Qi stared back at the yellow-robed old man: "But the premise is that the four of you are still people of the Great Qian."
"Oh, I understand, so Lord Su is suspecting that we have betrayed to Wei Changtian."
The yellow-robed old man revealed a look of "sudden realization", as if he had just understood what Su Qi wanted to say.
However, in Su Qi's eyes, this appearance was not "belated awareness", but more like a provocation.
"Lord Su, rest assured, Wei Changtian just wants to know who exactly intends to kill him."
Ignoring Su Qi's increasingly gloomy gaze, the yellow-robed old man continued to say:
"He wants to make a deal with us, but how could we believe his flowery words, naturally we didn't say a word."
"As for why we didn't fight..."
"Lord Su, he, Wei Changtian, is powerful, but facing the four of us, he doesn't have the certainty of winning, so he could only leave in disappointment."
"What? Is that strange?"
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Soon, the yellow-robed old man gave an explanation for what happened this morning.
But as for this explanation, let alone Su Qi, even an ordinary village woman probably wouldn't believe it.
Wei Changtian can't beat the four of you?
Knowing that no one would believe it, but still saying it like this, even too lazy to make up a more reasonable statement.
This undoubtedly represents that Wei Changtian doesn't take himself seriously at all, as if he is saying—
Even if I tell you clearly that these four have betrayed, what can you do to them?
"Good, very good..."
Uncontrollable anger surged into his heart, and the fists in his sleeves were also clenched tightly.
Su Qi stared at the calm yellow-robed old man, and after a long while, he finally said word by word:
"Elder Liu, please go back."
"Go back?"
The yellow-robed old man sneered: "Lord Su, didn't you invite us here to discuss the grand plan of killing the bandit? Why are you asking us to go back again?"
"Oh, right, I haven't asked you, Lord, who exactly is this bandit?"
"...This matter doesn't need you to worry about it."
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Su Qi left the last sentence and walked out of the secret room without looking back.
"Elder Liu, I hope you won't regret it in the future."
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"Young Master, the Madam has sent another message, saying that she and Young Master Xu have already brought 100,000 demon beasts back!"
On the other side, Guanyue Inn.
Just when Su Qi was "incompetently furious", Wei Changtian received another message from Yang Liushi.
This morning, she and Xu Quan, as well as the Demon King who seemed to have been conquered by Xu Quan's personal charm, had left Changliu Mountain with 100,000 demon soldiers and went straight to Linchuan City.
The distance between the two places is not too far, it is estimated that it will take about two and a half days to arrive.
And by then, Wei Changtian's plan to subvert the imperial power of the Great Qian will be one-third completed.
"Okay, I got it."
After listening to Zhang San's report, Wei Changtian said casually: "Tell them not to hide along the way, the bigger the battle, the better."
"Yes."
Zhang San responded and immediately sent a message aside.
Li Zimu then asked softly at this time:
"Young Master, are those four really trustworthy?"
"Also, if Su Qi still refuses to rebel in the end, what should we do?"
"...They don't dare not do what I say for the time being, as for the future, it doesn't matter."
Thinking that Kui Long also has a puppet pill, Wei Changtian didn't say anything definitive.
After answering the first question, after thinking for a moment, he then continued to say:
"Su Qi will definitely rebel."
"Jing Guoqing is being a tortoise, he is already close to desperation."
"When the beast tide arrives, I don't believe he can think of any other way."
"By then, he will have no choice but to rebel."
"But this is, after all, something that will bring infamy for a lifetime."
Li Zimu was still a little worried: "A pure stream like Su Qi should value his reputation more than his life."
"Hahaha, you are wrong about that."
After laughing twice, Wei Changtian's tone was quite playful.
"Rebellion is only a crime and will be infamous for thousands of years if it fails."
"But if it succeeds, it will be the founding emperor, where does the infamy come from?"
"...This servant understands."
After a slight daze, Li Zimu carefully pondered it and found that what Wei Changtian said was indeed reasonable, so he stopped struggling and continued to read the art of war in his hand.
After a while of conversation, the room became quiet again, and the noise of the streets outside the window was sparse, even less than the harsh cicada chirping.
In the hot summer, and at a time of turbulent situation, Linchuan City seemed to have lost its vitality, and everything became listless.
Several vendors selling goods along the street passed by the entrance of the inn, shouting weakly.
An old beggar walked past them staggeringly, looked up at the only open window on the second floor of the inn.
Then, he casually took out something from his arms and threw it up...
"Hehe~"
"Wei Changtian, this is my greeting gift."
