#89 - Letter to Xiao Feng

After leaving Zhongling County, Wei Changtian and his group quickly exited Tanzhou and officially entered the territory of Luzhou.

This time, the route they chose would pass through Tanzhou, Luzhou, Peizhou, and Anzhou, a total of about ten thousand miles.

Although such a distance sounds quite far at first, in the world of cultivation, even if it is low-level martial arts, it is not too out of reach.

In this world, it is not difficult for a fast horse to travel a thousand miles a day, and masters above the fifth rank can even run faster than a horse.

Several hundred years ago, after Da Ning won the national war against Da Feng in the west, a second-rank master rushed two thousand miles overnight to return to the capital to report the good news.

Therefore, although Wei Changtian and the others were "traveling" while on their way, it would still take about ten days to reach Shu Prefecture.

......

"Rob the Demon Head!"

"Don't rob!"

"......"

In the slightly swaying carriage, Wei Changtian was playing "Rob the Demon Head" with Yang Liushi and Yuan'er.

They had rested in Luzhou City overnight last night and were now heading to Anyi County.

It had been almost ten days since they left the capital, and Wei Changtian, who was almost always "on the road", had long lost interest in admiring the scenery along the way. In addition, the weather gradually turned cold after the beginning of winter, so he was now basically in the state of "get in the car to sleep and play cards, get out of the car to eat and go to the toilet".

It was very much like an elderly tourist group from his previous life.

"Young Master, straight flush."

Yang Liushi gently placed a stack of cards on the table. Wei Changtian casually glanced at the cards in his hand and shook his head, saying:

"Don't want it."

"Then I'm going to win."

Yang Liushi happily put down the last pair of threes in her hand and applauded herself.

Wei Changtian curled his lips, yawning as he shuffled the cards.

A timid voice sounded beside him, it was Achun holding a teacup.

This little girl originally followed Liang Qin after being taken in, but later Liang Zhen felt that his daughter had too many maids, so he gave her to Wei Changtian.

However, Wei Changtian was not used to being served by a little girl who was not even ten years old, so he simply gave her to Yang Liushi, who had not brought a maid with her this time.

So Achun is actually Yang Liushi's little maid now.

Taking the teacup and sipping the tea, which was just the right temperature, Wei Changtian casually asked, "Achun, how did your parents die?"

"Replying to Master, my father was bitten to death by a poisonous snake while hunting in the mountains."

Achun bit her lip and whispered, "My mother died of illness afterwards."

Wei Changtian put the teacup back on the table and asked again, "How old were you then?"

"Six years old..."

"You are nine years old this year, right?"

"Yes."

"Then how did you survive these three years in between?"

"The neighbors in the village saw that I was pitiful and sometimes gave me something to eat."

Achun twisted her small hands, "I occasionally picked some mountain goods and went to the city to sell them."

"So that's how it is..."

Wei Changtian looked at Achun's little braids and suddenly thought of Wei Qiaoling, who had no worries about food and clothing.

"I have a younger sister who is about the same age as you, she should like you very much."

"......"

Achun didn't know how to respond to this, so she had to lower her head in embarrassment and remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Wei Changtian just smiled and continued, "She has a particularly stupid dog named Da Gui."

"Dog..."

Achun murmured, "I used to have a dog too, named Da Huang."

"What happened to it later?"

"One day it ran away by itself, and I couldn't find it after searching for a long time."

"It was very old at the time, right?"

"How did you know, Master?"

"......"

Wei Changtian smiled and touched Achun's little head, "It was a good dog."

"Oh..."

Achun didn't quite understand what Wei Changtian meant, but she still nodded.

At this moment, a sound suddenly rang out outside the car.

"Young Master Wei! We will be arriving at Anyi County in half an hour. The local magistrate has set up a family banquet, and the General asked me to tell you!"

"Got it!"

Wei Changtian shouted through the window, and the card game on the other side of the car also happened to end at this time.

Without a doubt, Zhang San, the "human card-counting machine", won again.

Knowing that they were about to arrive, the three of them stopped playing and simply packed up the cards before sitting down to rest.

After the beginning of winter, it got dark early. It was only the beginning of You hour (5-7 pm), and the outside of the window was already a patch of orange-red.

Scientific research in his previous life showed that dusk was the time of day when people were most likely to feel homesick because it was the time to go home for dinner.

However, at the moment, most of the people in the car did not have such worries.

Yang Liushi was a demon, Zhang San was an outlaw, and Achun was an orphan... The three of them had special identities and might have almost lost the concept of "hometown".

Wei Changtian had transmigrated, and if he really wanted to feel homesick, it would be for the blue planet of his previous life.

So at this moment, perhaps only Yuan'er really missed the big house in the capital and the people living in the house.

"Young Master..."

She quietly moved to Wei Changtian's side and whispered with teary eyes, "I miss Madam and Sister Qiuyun..."

"It hasn't even been ten days since we left, counting at most."

Wei Changtian was a little speechless at first, but then he thought that Yuan'er had lived in the Wei residence since she was a child and had never traveled far, so it was normal for her to be a little uncomfortable now.

Thinking of this, he wanted to tell a little joke to ease the atmosphere, "Ahem, I mean, you're thinking about them here, but they might not be thinking about you at all?"

"......"

Yuan'er's body stiffened, and then her crying became even louder, "I don't believe it! Madam and Sister Qiuyun must be thinking of me too!"

Damn it! Why doesn't she have any sense of humor!

Seeing that his joke had backfired, Wei Changtian had to quickly remedy and comfort her, "Okay, okay, don't cry. I'm just kidding you!"

"Huh?"

Yuan'er immediately widened her eyes and quickly shouted angrily, "Young Master, this joke is not funny at all!"

"You, don't you miss them?"

"Me?"

Wei Changtian was slightly stunned, and looked up at the setting sun falling between the mountains outside the window.

Ten thousand miles communicate with autumn geese, a thousand peaks share the setting sun.

It would be false to say that he didn't miss them at all.

Not only Lu Jingyao and Qiuyun, but also Xu Qingwan, Wei Qiaoling, etc...

Well, in addition to that, there was also the person he "missed" the most—Xiao Feng!

It was impossible for Wei Changtian to leave Xiao Feng in the capital to harm the Wei family, as for how to get him to Shu Prefecture...

......

The capital, Xuan Tian Society, Qingmu Hall headquarters.

Xiao Feng passed through layers of secret doors and entered the secret room, his face was very ugly.

He had indeed been having a very bad time lately.

First, the plan to lure and kill Wei Changtian failed. Not only did he almost lose all the masters of Qingmu Hall, but he himself was repeatedly besieged and intercepted by the Suspended Mirror Division for more than ten days. Although he was able to escape danger every time, the process was too nerve-wracking.

Secondly, Wei Changtian unexpectedly ran to kill Liu Yuanshan, whom he had finally managed to get in touch with, and he actually survived!

It's outrageous!

Xiao Feng felt that his luck had never been so bad since his parents died, so he hated Wei Changtian to the core now.

"Wei Changtian! I must kill you with my own hands!"

"Bang!!"

He punched the wall, his ordinary but not unremarkable face full of ferocity.

However, at this moment, the door of the secret room was suddenly pushed open, and a burly man walked in with something in his hand.

"Hall Master, there is a letter here, saying it's for you..."

"Letter?"

Xiao Feng tried to calm down and turned his head, "Who sent it?"

"I don't know, but the signature on the envelope..."

"Who is the signature?"

"Wei, Wei Changtian..."