I'm the villain in the book

It was as if an unsolved case suddenly became clear because of a trivial clue, and Wei Changtian suddenly noticed something because of this sentence.

Something that he had never cared about before, and never put it in his heart, but at this moment, it greatly affected his perception of the world right now.

"Life and death are destiny, wealth is in the sky."

Wei Changtian is very familiar with this sentence, and even knows that it comes from "The Analects of Confucius".

Then why is it engraved in the cave of the ancient sword cultivator in this world?

......

What's the problem?

This is the first time Wei Changtian seriously thinks about the relationship between that book "The Great Peak of Martial Arts" and the current world.

The original book did contain words describing the five forked roads in the cave, but the author did not explain why the words of these past sages appeared in a world of comprehension.

From the author's point of view, this is not a problem. Anyway, it is an overhead world. The world setting can make do, and the pursuit of logic and rationality everywhere is probably exhausting.

From the reader's point of view, this is not a problem. Anyway, it is good enough to read cool articles at a glance.

But from the perspective of Wei Changtian, a time traveler, this is really a big problem!

Since the setting of this world is highly consistent with the setting in the book, there must be a reasonable explanation for all the unreasonable things in the book.

"Princess...have you ever heard of Xunzi?"

"Xunzi? No."

"Confucius?"

"nor......"

"Wang Yangming?"

"No......"

"Princess, have you never heard of the five sentences in the cave?"

"..."

Ning Yuke shook her head in a daze for the fourth time, and Wei Changtian also took a deep breath at this time, finally convinced of one thing.

Since these words were not spoken by the natives of this world, there is only one reasonable explanation——

I am not the only traveler.

At least the owner of this cave is the same as himself, also from the land of China on the earth with a splendid civilization of 5000 years!

"Sir..."

Next to him, Ning Yuke pulled Wei Changtian's sleeve worriedly: "What's wrong with you?"

"fine......"

Wei Changtian shook his head and was about to find a reason to perfunctory, but Zhang San hurried over at this moment.

His expression was very serious, he just nodded to Ning Yuke, then he leaned into Wei Changtian's ear and said in a very small voice:

"My lord, something happened in Shun Palace."

Chapter 144 Wei Changtian's Choice

Something happened to the palace.

Hearing these words, Wei Changtian's eyes froze for a moment, and he glanced at Ning Yuke who was bewildered from the corner of his eye, and then slowly stood up from the bluestone.

"Princess, I have some urgent matters to arrange, please wait a moment."

"Well, you don't need to worry about me, sir." Ning Yuke nodded slightly.

"Sorry."

Wei Changtian smiled and cupped his hands, and after walking some distance away from Zhang San, the expression on his face gradually became gloomy:

"What happened? They found that Ning Yuke was missing?"

"no......"

Zhang San replied in a low voice: "My lord, the brothers who monitored the palace just reported that they saw dozens of men in black sneaking into the palace with their own eyes. As soon as they noticed this, they immediately sent people to Yanyun Mountain. Half an hour has passed."

"The man in black? Entered the palace?"

Wei Changtian's tone froze, and his pupils shrank suddenly: "What else? Bring the spies here!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Sanyi waved his hand, and the thin man who was waiting at the side immediately stepped forward, and quickly described the affairs of the palace in detail.

The man in black, with a knife, has extraordinary skills. After entering the palace, there is no movement...

While Wei Changtian was listening, his brain was running fast.

Judging from the spies' description, there are only two possibilities for the origin of this group of people.

One is from Ning Qingyu, and the other is from Ning Yongnian.

Wei Changtian feels that the former is more likely.

After all, the "Joint Investigation Team" is still in Shuzhou City, and the assassination of the prince is still under investigation. Ning Yongnian probably won't do it again at this juncture...

But that's not certain.

In case it really is an assassin...

Wei Changtian was too lazy to meddle in other people's business. If those people were really the killers sent by Ning Yongnian, he would never go to save Ning Qingyu after scoring twice.

But... what about Ning Yuke?

Send her back, send the sheep to the tiger's mouth?

Keep her and protect her well?

Or just ignore her and let her fend for herself?

"Take Ning Yuke and prepare the car to go back to the city."

After a while, Wei Changtian made up his mind.

"Yes."

Zhang San nodded, and then confirmed: "My lord, should we go back home, or..."

"Go to Prince Shun's Mansion first."

......

"My lord, what happened?"

After burning a stick of incense, the black carriage left the foot of Yanyun Mountain and drove towards Shuzhou City along the official road.

Ning Yuke looked at Wei Changtian who didn't say a word, and said softly with some worry: "I see that your face doesn't look very good."

"Thank you princess for your concern."

Wei Changtian shook his head: "It's nothing serious, I was just thinking about something."

"Oh......"

Seeing that Wei Changtian didn't want to say anything, Ning Yuke didn't ask anymore, but turned her head slightly to look at the night outside the car window.

I don't know why, but since just now, there has always been an inexplicable panic and anxiety in her heart.

Dark clouds covered the moon, and her heartbeat became more and more rapid.

"who?!"

At the south gate of Shuzhou City, several city guards waved and stopped Wei Changtian's carriage, preparing for a routine inspection when entering the city.

Zhang San turned over and got out of the car, and put his hands into his chest while walking towards the soldiers.

He always has the badges of the Xuanjing Division and the Qingpao Army on his body, as long as any one is shown, he can basically pass through the entire Shuzhou City unimpeded.

But this time what he took out was not a token, but a few ingots of silver.

"Military masters, my master fell asleep in the car, can you accommodate me so that you don't wake him up?"

"Ok?"

Several soldiers glanced left and right, then took the money with a smile, and slipped it into their sleeves quietly.

"There are many people in the middle of the night, which is understandable."

"It seems that you don't look like a villain, then we won't investigate, you go in quickly."

"Thank you, Mr. Jun, for your accommodation!"

Zhang San cupped his hands to express his thanks, and the black carriage entered the city smoothly, driving towards the palace at a leisurely pace.

It was already Yin time, and it would be dawn in about two hours.

Although there is no curfew in Daning, few people will wander the streets at three or four o'clock in the middle of the night.

The streets were empty, the doors and windows of the houses were closed, and occasionally a few beggars and drunkards lay down on the side of the road and fell asleep.

All in all, tonight seems to be no different from usual.

Am I thinking too much?

Looking at the scene in the night through the curtain of the car, Wei Changtian breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been more than an hour since the group of men in black entered the palace. If they were really assassins, the whole city must have been in chaos by now, how could it be so quiet.

"call......"

so best.

"Princess, I will park the carriage near the palace later, and ask Zhang San to take you in."

Withdrawing his gaze, Wei Changtian said softly to Ning Yuke who was frowning and wondering what to think: "Please don't tell others what happened tonight."

"what......"

Ning Yuke came back to her senses when she heard the words, and hurriedly nodded her head to assure: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely not tell anyone about it."

"That's fine."

Wei Changtian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took something out of his sleeve pocket.

"Princess, and this... Please take it back too."

"This is......"

Ning Yuke looked intently through the candle lamp in the sedan chair, and then trembled all over the next moment.

A sachet with a gold pattern on a white background, with the word "Ping An" embroidered on it.

"Young Master Wei..."

There was a smile on his face, but there was a bit of pleading in his tone.

"You, don't you like the style of this sachet?"

"Yes, or I'll embroider another one for..."

"No need."

Wei Changtian shook his head slightly, and put the sachet by Ning Yuke's hand.

He originally wanted to say something more, but in the end it only became one sentence.

"Princess, take care."

"..."

The sound of "da da da" horseshoes became slower and slower, and then stopped.

Ning Yuke bit her lips tightly, clutching the sachet she had sewn stitch by stitch, her eyes full of painful struggle.

"My lord, we've arrived at the palace."

Zhang San's voice came from outside the car, Wei Changtian glanced at Ning Yuke, and asked through the car curtain:

"Is there any difference?"

"It's business as usual."