I'm the villain in the book

After a few steps to the two of them, Zhang San first greeted Xu Qingwan.

Seeing this, the latter knew that something important had happened, so he didn't continue to entangle with the trivial matter of children's love. He nodded to Zhang San, turned around and walked away.

After she walked away, Wei Changtian asked, "I'm in a hurry, what's wrong?"

"Sir..."

Zhang San immediately moved to Wei Changtian's ear, and said in a low voice:

"Just arrived. The envoy of Dafeng entered Beijing yesterday and asked Daning to hand over the restoration and the Western states."

"what?!"

Wei Changtian raised his head suddenly, greatly surprised by this sudden situation.

Dafeng is close to the western border of Daning, and the relationship between the two countries has always been very bad. A national war even broke out 200 years ago.

The final result was that Daning won by a narrow margin.

As for the Yuanzhou and Xizhou mentioned by Zhang San... these should be regarded as the "disputed territories" between the two countries for a long time.

It is difficult to trace who belonged to these two states in the first place. Anyway, they have changed owners several times in the past thousand years, so that the local people have become numb to the matter of "changing nationality".

After the victory in the last war, Daning took back these two prefectures, but now Dafeng must have seen the domestic chaos in Daning, so he wanted to take this opportunity to snatch them back.

"and then?"

After thinking for a while, Wei Changtian frowned and continued to ask, "How did Ning Yongnian reply?"

"I don't know about it yet, but..."

Zhang San replied in a low voice:

"However, after the envoy entered the palace, he never came out again."

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Beijing, Sanpinxuan.

Tasting tea, tasting people, and savoring world affairs, Sanpinxuan is considered a well-known teahouse in the capital. There are quite a lot of tea customers on weekdays. Whether it is the lobby or the private room, it is basically full of guests who come to drink tea and talk about things all day long.

Today, Sanpinxuan seems to be several times more lively than usual.

"...The two prefectures of the original and the west have been the territory of our country since ancient times. Dafeng's despicable behavior of taking advantage of others' dangers and throwing stones into the well will be ridiculed by the people of the world..."

"This newspaper's short commentary, the author Erri Layman believes that although we are in a troubled world in Daning, we must not show weakness to foreign enemies..."

"..."

The white-haired old man was full of air, holding a large piece of paper in his hand. There was no writing on the back, but he could vaguely see the fine ink marks coming through from the front.

It was the "Beijing News" grandly launched by Chunshen Bookstore two months ago.

As soon as the newspaper came out, it caused quite a stir in the capital. Not only can you learn about current events, but there are also many popular sections such as anecdotes and serial stories. Almost everyone can find what they are interested in.

However, there are not many literate people these days, so most people can only invite literate people to read newspapers, and then a new profession - "newspaper reader" was born.

This old man is one of them. His daily job is to read newspapers in various teahouses. Some people will lose a few rewards if they think what they hear is interesting or useful to them. On weekdays, they make a lot of money.

But today it is bound to be difficult for him to gain anything.

"What?! This Dafeng is so shameless?!"

"Damn! You're just a defeated general, yet you dare to provoke me, Daning, you really don't know how to write death!"

"Fight! If they really dare to attack, I will be the first to go to the frontier to kill the enemy!"

"Oh, but my Daning is in chaos now, if we really fight with Dafeng, we will be the ones who will suffer!"

"Hmph, didn't the newspaper say that! They made it clear that they were taking advantage of others!"

"I hope the emperor can put an end to the chaos of the Xu family as soon as possible!"

"There are still the Liu and Wei families, we must not continue to fight at this time!"

"What's the use of you talking here? If you have the ability, go to the gate of Liu Mansion and Wei Mansion!"

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! Why can't I say it?!"

"..."

Before the old man finished reading the report, the hall was already in chaos.

With anger as the keynote, the shouts mixed with worries, enthusiasm, fear and many other emotions became louder and louder, and soon completely drowned out the voice of the old man reading the newspaper.

This situation is also normal.

After all, although the war has not really started yet, the degree of explosion of this news is no less than that of the Xu family's rebellion a few days ago.

"..."

Hearing the deafening noise, the old newspaper reader felt that no one would listen even if he continued to read, so he closed the newspaper in his hand, shook his sleeves and prepared to go to the next scene.

And just as he stepped out of Sanpinxuan, Li Kan was sitting opposite a man in the Yamen of Dali Temple a few streets away.

The latter was wearing the official robe of the Ministry of Punishment, with a calm and composed expression.

Li Kan looked at the two letters in his hand with a complicated expression. After a while, he put the letters down, got up and closed the wooden window in the house, then looked back at the man and asked softly:

"What does Mr. Wei want me to do?"

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......

Ever since he recruited Li Kan and promoted him to the high position of Dali Siqing, Wei Changtian has always kept him neutral between the Liu and Wei families, and never asked him to do anything.

Including the information that was usually transmitted from Dali Temple to Shuzhou, it was also Li Kan's voluntary behavior.

For Li Kan, this state is of course good.

Especially in the current situation where the whole country is in chaos, the few "neutral factions" in the court are very popular.

But he also knew in his heart that such a beautiful day could not last forever.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, Wei Changtian will use himself sooner or later.

Li Kan just didn't expect it to happen in the way it is today.

"Master Li, Mr. Wei would like to ask you to take this pill."

The man sitting opposite smiled, took out a small wooden box from his arms, and opened it to reveal a finger-sized black pill.

Li Kan frowned, subconsciously asked: "What is this?"

"Your Majesty Li, you don't need to ask any more questions. It's not poison."

The man pushed the wooden box forward, and there seemed to be some threat in his calm eyes.

"..."

Li Kan had already confirmed the identity of the person who came here before, so there was no doubt that this was what Wei Changtian meant.

But... suddenly being forced to take a elixir with unknown effect, anyone would feel guilty.

"Master Li..."

Seemingly seeing Li Kan's hesitation, the man suddenly asked, "Don't you believe Mr. Wei?"

"Of course not."

Li Kan shook his head lightly: "But you must first tell me what the effect of this elixir is?"

"I have already said that this pill is not a poison. Not only will it not do any harm to you, but it will even have great benefits..."

The man squinted his eyes, and finally added: "Unless Mr. Li betrays the young master in the future."

Great benefit.

The man was so clouded and confused that he didn't make it clear, Li Kan certainly didn't know the benefits of this.

But now that this is the point, if he doesn't eat it, it will inevitably give people a feeling that he is ready to betray Wei Changtian at any time.

"Okay, I'll eat."

Gritting his teeth, Li Kan finally made a decision.

No matter from which point of view, Wei Changtian had no reason to kill himself, so this pill is at best a special poison that needs to be taken regularly for antidote.

He reached out to take out the black pill, paused for a while, then put it in his mouth and swallowed it.

In the next second, there seemed to be a chill from the abdomen and went straight to the top of the head, but before Li Kan could react, the chill disappeared instantly.

"..."

After a moment.

Realizing that there was nothing unusual about his body, Li Kan breathed a sigh of relief.

He wanted to ask something more, but when he looked up and saw the man across from him again, he froze for a moment.

Because he suddenly felt a very mysterious breath in the other party.

This breath is not very strong, but Li Kan knows that it is definitely not his own illusion, but a real breath that seems to convey some kind of information.

"This......"

Li Kan stared blankly at the man with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and a somewhat absurd but very appropriate idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

It's... the smell of "kind".

......

Half an hour later, the man in the official robe of the Ministry of Punishment had already left Dali Temple.

In front of Li Kan, there was an extra piece of mother-of-child jade and a copper coin engraved with the word "Tongzhou".

The same boat meeting, the magic elixir that can detect the existence of "companions" within the line of sight, and what I will do in the future...

After learning of these secrets, Li Kan's mood was quite complicated, but he didn't have much resistance.

After all, I have already been on the "thief ship" of the Wei family, and now I am able to sit in the seat of Dali Temple Minister because of Wei Changtian.

If I have to say what is the difference between now and before... Maybe it is that I no longer have the possibility of "disembarking".

Shaking his head, he put away the mother-of-child jade and copper coins on the table, put on his official hat, tidied up his robes, and got into the official sedan chair that was already waiting at the door.

The sedan chair wobbled all the way to the palace, and soon stopped under the long steps in front of the Golden Luan Hall.

Ever since the Xu family rebelled, the time of the morning court has been uncertain, and it is often postponed.

This is the case today, but the reason is probably not because of the Xu family, but because of the great envoy yesterday.

"Master Meng."

"Master Wang."

"Did you hear what happened yesterday?"

"Oh, that's natural."

"What do you think the emperor thinks?"

"Holy will is unpredictable..."

Groups of court officials walked along the long steps to the Golden Luan Hall while whispering in low voices.

The same is true for Li Kan, who soon walked all the way into the majestic hall.

At this time, there is still about an incense stick of time before the early court, and all the court officials have basically arrived.

About a hundred people stood neatly in more than a dozen rows, and there were still many vacant seats.

These vacancies used to be occupied by the capital officials of the Xu faction, but now there are not any left.

In the middle of the second row, several people around Li Kan were discussing Dafeng's request to return the original and western states, but he was the only one who was still thinking about the same boat meeting, so he was somewhat taciturn.

But after a while, Li Kan suddenly seemed to feel something, and slowly turned his head to look in one direction, followed by the second, third, and fourth...

A total of sixteen lines of sight looked back, all of them nodded at Li Kan calmly.

14 people stood behind, one person stood in the same row, and one person stood in front of him.

Chapter 222 The Second Prince