I'm the villain in the book

Before Li Huaizhong could finish his apology, a furious voice interrupted him.

"How's it going?!"

"..."

The cold air almost condensed into dry ice. In the extremely tense atmosphere, Li Huaizhong swallowed with difficulty.

If possible, he would kill Ning Yongnian, but he would not want to touch Ning Yongnian's misfortune at this time, but since the matter is so important, it is impossible for him not to report it. In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply in a trembling voice:

"Back, back to the emperor..."

"The old slave has passed on your will to the eight state capitals near the capital, no, but..."

"However, only Tan and Lu prefectures have replied, and the other six prefectures have not received any reply..."

"Only two states..."

Ning Yongnian's face became even colder in an instant, he took a deep breath to suppress his anger and asked, "When did they say they would send troops?!"

"Gudu..."

Swallowing again, Li Huaizhong's expression must be as ugly as it is now.

"Emperor, Your Majesty..."

"Tanlu and Luzhou states that they have no soldiers to use, so..."

"No, I won't send troops to the capital..."

"..."

"boom!!"

With a loud noise, Huang Liumu's desk instantly exploded into countless pieces.

But it's not over yet.

I saw Ning Yongnian suddenly waving his palms like crazy, smashing everything he saw in an instant.

For a while, it was difficult to find a complete object in the entire quiet room, and there were only fragments of smoke and dust flying in the sky, and the madness swept by the true energy.

Fortunately, Li Huaizhong and Wu Ding, who just rushed in from the door, are both second-rank. If it is a warrior with a weaker realm, even if they are not deliberately targeted, they may not be able to fight against this indiscriminate true energy. Hold out too long in the storm.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

There was a continuous muffled sound, and countless fragments that were no longer made of porcelain or wood were flying around.

Neither Li Huaizhong nor Wu Ding dared to move, let alone persuade Ning Yongnian to calm down, they just stood there, letting the debris hit their bodies.

They all knew that if they made a sound at this time, Ning Yongnian's next palm would most likely come at them.

After all, the latter is obviously in a state of anger...it can even be said to be insane.

In fact, Li Huaizhong and Wu Ding can somewhat understand Ning Yongnian's mood.

The latter had ordered the eight state capitals around the capital to immediately send troops to retake the capital yesterday.

But until now, most of the time has passed, but only Tanzhou and Luzhou wrote back and found a reason to shirk.

The other six states didn't even find a reason, and chose to turn a blind eye.

Undoubtedly, even though these eight states have not explicitly expressed their support for Ning Wenjun, they are definitely trying to adapt to the situation and wait to see the future situation before making plans.

As for the remaining 20 or more states... I think they will have the same attitude.

And this means that it is basically impossible for Ning Yongnian to mobilize every single soldier in Daning.

In just two days, he was usurped by his own son, and lost control of Daning in an instant.

This feeling of "losing everything" overnight may only be understood by those who have experienced it.

But the "everything" that ordinary people can lose is probably two different concepts from the "everything" that Ning Yongnian has lost now.

You know, what the latter lost was a country.

This is undoubtedly completely unacceptable to Ning Yongnian, an emperor who has the great ambition of "unifying the world" and can be regarded as a talented emperor at the same time.

but......

"emperor!"

Suddenly, as if Wu Ding had made up his mind, he suddenly raised his head, blushing and shouting loudly:

"Don't forget that you still have 40 troops in Dafeng!"

"Now the First Prince's foundation is still unstable! Even if the states dare to disregard the sacred order, they will definitely not obey the First Prince's orders!"

"So as long as you lead an army back, it will not be difficult to take back the capital!"

"As long as you re-enter the palace, we can liquidate these traitors and rebels one by one!"

"Your Majesty! Everything has not yet been settled! The situation is far from irreversible!"

"At this time, you should be more calm!!"

"Your Majesty! Don't be blinded by anger!!"

"..."

Kneeling straight on the ground, Wu Ding looked straight at Ning Yongnian without fear, and his words were even more sharp.

The flying debris hit the general's armor, making a "ding dong ding dong" sound, but it couldn't cover up his roar of "remonstrating with death".

There is no doubt that Wu Ding took a huge risk in doing so.

But he did it anyway.

Although from the perspective of God, he can be regarded as the number one accomplice of Ning Yongnian's numerous crimes.

But from another perspective, he is also a loyal minister who is utterly loyal and devoted to the Lord.

At the very least, compared to Li Huaizhong, Wu Ding is definitely much more courageous.

Perhaps, the general's mind should be "simple".

"..."

The roar of dripping blood beating the heart still echoed in the quiet room, every word was like a stick, as if Ning Yongnian had been dealt a blow to the head.

The violent zhenqi stopped abruptly in an instant, and a sliver of clarity returned to the latter's red eyes.

Ning Yongnian just lowered his head and stared at Wu Ding, then slowly closed his eyes after a few breaths.

The pulsating dragon robe fell, and the slightly trembling hands became stable.

"you're right."

"I lost my temper..."

"..."

I lost my temper.

This is the first time Li Huaizhong and Wu Ding heard Ning Yongnian "admit his mistakes".

And this undoubtedly means that the latter has finally regained his sanity.

"General Wu."

Sure enough, when Ning Yongnian opened his eyes again after a while, the blood in his eyes had faded away, leaving behind only a gloomy calm.

"Order the soldiers who are still stationed in Dafeng to break out of the camp immediately and march eastward to chase us."

"Let the soldiers in Huailing City prepare their weapons immediately."

"Tonight, I will personally lead the army back to Beijing!"

With the 10 people stationed in Huailing City as the vanguard and the 30 people scattered throughout Dafeng as the rear army, Ning Yongnian unexpectedly led the army back to the capital tonight.

Such a choice of his may seem a little impatient, but it is actually very reasonable.

After all, if the situation in Daning drags on for another day, there will be more variables, and it will be even more unfavorable to him.

Therefore, taking back the capital as quickly as possible is definitely the most correct decision.

Of course, this also means that the plan of "messing up Dafeng" has basically gone bankrupt.

Not to mention the "Huailing Alliance" that has not yet been signed, even the most basic "land cede compensation" is gone.

Fortunately, Dafeng's royal blood is now in his hands...

"Your Majesty, what should we do with Li Qi and Li Wutong?"

On the other side, Li Huaizhong saw that Ning Yongnian had recovered his "wisdom", so he finally dared to speak at this moment.

"But you want to take them back together and make plans?"

"Bring back?"

Ning Yongnian glanced at him with a cold tone.

"Li Wutong may be useful in the future, so let her live for the time being."

"As for Li Qi... an hour later, he was killed in the downtown area."

Chapter 548 Xueluo is silent

It's been said before.

When Li Qi stopped pretending to be stupid and rejected the fifth condition, it was impossible for him to live.

What's more, now that Ning Yongnian is anxious to go back to deal with Ning Wenjun, he has no time to take care of Dafeng's affairs.

Under such circumstances, killing Li Qi, taking Li Wutong away, and letting Dafeng fall into "no owner" chaos is the simplest and most direct approach.

Li Wutong was taken away because she might still play a role in dealing with Wei Changtian in the future.

And Li Qi was obviously of no value to Wei Changtian, so if he killed him, he would kill him.

In fact, if Li Wutong could stick to the bottom line during the negotiations that day and refused to agree to the last condition even if he was killed, then Li Qi might not have to "expose", and Ning Yongnian might have saved his life today.

But there are no "ifs".

In the future, Li Wutong will think about these things one day. At that time, she must be heartbroken and extremely remorseful, but there is no way to do it all over again.

It can only be said that no matter what, Li Qi got his wish. In the end, he used his life to preserve the reputation of the Li family and the more than one million people in Huailing City.

And as for whether he will die or not...

......

"Young master, this is all the situation in the city in the past few days."

Just when Ning Yongnian ordered Li Qi to be executed in public, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi had already stayed in an inn in the south of the city, and met the spies of the Freemasonry in Huailing City.

After learning that Ning Yongnian was coming to Huailing, Chu Xianping had already sent people to hide in the city in advance, in order to inquire about some news as soon as possible.

However, these spies were too low-level after all to find out too many inside stories, and there were no people in the same boat meeting among the envoys in Daning's peace talks this time.

So Wei Changtian actually doesn't know too many details of the negotiation that day, nor does he know what Ning Yongnian's plan is now.

Even the "fifth condition" that has never been agreed upon is just a guess between him and Yang Liushi, which has not been verified so far.

"..."

"okay, I get it."

Nodding his head, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi looked at each other, and took a sip of tea helplessly.

The spy chattered for a long time, but in the end there was basically no useful information. It seemed that he had to check it out by himself.

"Where does Ning Yongnian live now? Have you found out about this?"

"Back to the son, I couldn't find out."

The spy lowered his head in shame: "But judging from the distribution of guards in the city, Ning Yongnian should live in the government office."

"Well, where is Li Qiguan?" Wei Changtian asked again.

"This... I don't know, but I think it should be in the Yamen Prison."

"..."

Good guy, it's "should" and "want to come", that's how you do intelligence work?

I complained in my heart, but didn't say anything.