I'm the villain in the book

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"By the way, although I have never seen it with my own eyes, according to Li Zimu's description, I feel that the formation is somewhat similar to the one we saw Yan Huanwen perform on Bailing Mountain. I don't know if it is the same one."

"It does not matter."

Wei Changtian didn't care about such small details: "What about Lu Hongji? He's dead?"

"The slaves don't know, when the slaves came, there was no one in the place where the two sides fought."

Yang Liushi replied truthfully: "Just now, I only found out about this after asking Miss Xu and Li Zimu."

"Well, Chu Xianping is still in the palace now?"

Wei Changtian asked again: "Or have you already left?"

"Not gone, still in the palace."

Yang Liushi replied truthfully, and only then did she have time to ask about the situation outside the city: "Master, have you finished fighting outside the city?"

"It's over."

Wei Changtian looked up at the moon, which was no longer flickering with the moon-picking sword: "After you left, a big explosion happened inexplicably in the enemy's formation, and its power was much stronger than that of black powder."

"Then the enemy army fled."

"This"

Yang Liushi's eyes froze, and she asked in a daze, "What's going on?"

"What else could be going on"

Wei Changtian smiled wryly: "It must have been arranged by Chu Xianping, who else but him."

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After a word, the two of them did not speak for a while.

Xiumei frowned slightly, Yang Liushi was silent for a while before softly probing:

"Sir, then, in that case, Chu Xianping is really a counterfeit?"

"Who knows."

Wei Changtian shook his head: "Maybe, maybe this is still just his scheme."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, he is helping us anyway, let's talk about everything after I see him."

"Ah."

Yang Liushi nodded lightly when she heard the words, and it could be seen that she also felt that it would be better to wait for Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping to meet and chat before making a judgment.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help speeding up her pace a little, and the two quickly walked outside the Jinhua Hall.

From the window, you can see that the hall is brightly lit, but you can't hear any movement.

Stopping outside the palace gate, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi exchanged glances, and were about to open the door and enter.

But at this moment, Yang Liushi suddenly remembered an unimportant matter.

"By the way, Mr. Tang, to save Li Zimu earlier, Tang Chen was seriously injured. Miss Xu rescued him with mica."

"Okay, I get it now."

Nodding his head indifferently, Wei Changtian obviously has no time to care about Tang Chen right now.

After answering, he looked back, took a light breath, and immediately pushed open the palace door.

The Jinhua Hall is brightly lit like daytime, with layers of veils falling from the sky, fragrant wind and jade mist, orchid buildings and carved beams, all the furnishings are considered luxurious.

It's just that everyone sitting or standing in the hall was very silent at this time, and their expressions didn't change until Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi opened the door.

"Have you finished fighting outside the city?"

The first person to greet her was Xu Suisui. She obviously wanted to say something else, but she couldn't say it in front of so many people.

"Well, it's over."

On the other side, Wei Changtian also simply replied, his eyes swept over Han Zhao, Li Zimu and others, and then...

"Son."

Lowering his head and clasping his hands, Chu Xianping's demeanor and tone remained the same as before.

And Wei Changtian looked at him silently, without saying a word for a long time.

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The candles flickered, and there was a dead silence in the hall.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping, their expressions were very complicated.

It has been almost a month since Chu Xianping left for Qingzhou and now.

Some people only have a half-knowledge of what happened in this month, while others know the whole picture.

But no matter how much they know, everyone understands that the relationship between the two men in front of them can never go back to before.

"Let's talk alone."

Looking at Chu Xianping calmly, Wei Changtian only said this after a while.

Chu Xianping didn't say much, just cupped his hands calmly.

"Yes, son."

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In this way, after more than ten breaths, the two walked around a screen one by one, and walked into the side hall under everyone's gaze.

The reaction of the two after meeting again can be said to be both normal and weird. Although everyone is very curious about what they will say, all they can do right now is wait.

You look at me, I look at you, there are worries, doubts, and apprehensions in the eyes.

In fact, the war outside the city has just ended, and there should be many things that need to be dealt with by these people.

However, everyone still tacitly chose to wait in the Jinhua Hall, waiting for the result between Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping.

In addition, there are some relationships that have now reached the time to make a decision.

"Master Soup"

Not long after Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping entered the side hall, Li Zimu, who had hesitated for a long time, suddenly walked up to Tang Chen and said softly:

"Let's go for a walk"

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As if he had a premonition, Tang Chen's expression was very calm at this time.

Although Xu Suisui healed his injury with the "healable" mica mushroom, his face was still pale and his voice was weak due to excessive blood loss.

Looking at Li Zimu, who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him, a trace of pain flashed in Tang Chen's eyes, but it disappeared quickly.

"Okay, let's go."

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He stood up and walked out of Jinhua Hall together with Li Zimu.

In the cool night wind, there is a bit of late spring chill and a bit of the faint fragrance of crabapple.

The two walked down the long steps outside the hall side by side, and walked in the long corridor soaked in the night, neither of them spoke.

For Li Zimu, she might not know how to speak.

To Tang Chen, he might not know what to say.

Think about the past for a long time, the bright moon is ruthless, and the smoke cage is tonight.

On this night when the flowers and the moon meet and the war ends, the stars in the sky seem to be a little brighter than usual.

However, this starlight is extremely heavy for the two of them now.

Although sometimes silence is better than sound, a lot of things are actually self-evident in silence without saying anything.

But since the story has a beginning, it must have an end.

"Master Tang, I can't lie to myself anymore."

"Yes, I'm sorry"

"sorry"

Chapter 780

The side hall was tall and empty. Although there were a few bright lamps lit, the light from the few fires was not enough to illuminate the entire room.

Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping sat facing each other on both sides of the tea seat. The pot of tea on the table had already cooled, and there were only a few wisps of faint tea fragrance left.

"Young master, I really made my own claim before."

Looking at Wei Changtian calmly, Chu Xian said calmly, "But I can explain everything."

"Is it?"

Wei Changtian shook his head noncommittally: "Then tell me."

"Yes"

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The candlelight flickered lightly, and there was silence.

For the next quarter of an hour, Wei Changtian didn't say a word, only Chu Xianping's voice echoed in the hall.

He told Wei Changtian a story, a story that could explain everything.

Of course, this could also be true.

Whether it is a story or a fact, the truth may only be known by Chu Xianping himself.

As far as Wei Changtian was concerned, he just listened silently without saying a word, and his expression never wavered.

About Du Chang.

In fact, Chu Xianping had already started to doubt Du Chang when Lao Zhang's accident happened.

And this suspicion became more certain after he found out that Lu Hongji was the elder of Huangtai.

But I have to say that Du Chang hid it very well, so he couldn't find any evidence.

Because of this, Chu Xianping never acted rashly, nor told anyone about it.

But looking back now, it is not difficult to find some clues from his past actions.

For example, Chu Xianping has always controlled the distribution of black powder, and did not completely hand over this big killer to the control of the Tiangou Army.

For example, he personally led the team to the "Surprise Attack on Immortal Pond" and directly excluded Du Chang.

For example, he has placed many secret agents like Wang Kang, who have been secretly monitoring the situation of the Tiangou Army.

All of the above proved that Chu Xianping had been suspicious of Du Chang for a long time.

But doubts are just doubts after all, and it takes an opportunity to determine whether Du Chang is meticulous.

And this opportunity appeared during the time when he stayed in Dajue as a "hostage".

About Yan Huaiqing's temptation.

How could it be possible for an extremely meticulous strategist to defect and betray just because of a few words from the enemy?

In fact, when Yan Huaiqing "instigated rebellion" against Chu Xianping, the latter almost immediately guessed that Wei Changtian was testing him behind the scenes.

However, Chu Xianping still pretended that he could not stand the test, and cooperated with Yan Huaiqing to act in a scene.

The purpose of acting this scene is naturally to make Wei Changtian deepen his suspicion of him, and then pave the way for the two people to "turn against each other".

Wei Changtian was also very "cooperative", and soon after the army left Liangzhou, he seized his power and sent him to look for those precious swords.

The battle is imminent, but the strongest strategist is suddenly sent away.

In fact, at that time, many people including Li Zimu and Han Zhao had already sensed that something was wrong.

And this is exactly what Chu Xianping wanted.

He just wants everyone to have an expectation first, and then when he really "betrays", everything will become reasonable.

About the night of "betrayal".