I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 535 Peace Talk

In just a few tens of breaths of time, Meng Shi killed himself so simply and neatly.

He didn't say any rhetoric like "Keep loyalty to reflect history", and he didn't curse Ning Yongnian before he died.

Even when his body fell, it was just a "plop" like an ordinary person
In the end, all that remained was the sentence——

I never imagined that I would die in the end because of a certain army and horse fighting for my whole life.

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Blood slowly seeped into the cracks in the ground, and the hall fell into a long silence.

When Meng Shi fell down, Li Wutong suddenly closed his eyes as if he had been frightened, and his body couldn't help trembling slightly.

Li Qi still didn't even glance at Meng Shi.

On the matter of "sacrificing Mengshi", the father and daughter chose to remain silent.

But the reasons for the silence vary.

Li Wutong had to compromise in order to preserve Dafeng.

And as for Li Qi.
In fact, Li Qi's thinking is different from Li Wutong's.

He never believed that Ning Yongnian would give up Dafeng, even though the latter was already sitting on the negotiating table.

Or in other words, among the two remaining conditions, there must be something far beyond Dafeng's bottom line.

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"Lord Min, since General Meng committed suicide in fear of crime, I will temporarily trust that your country will deal with the rest of the criminals fairly."

On the other side, glancing at Meng Shi's corpse, Sima Cong calmly said, "However, the top three generals in your army must immediately disarm and surrender."

"I don't know if adults agree or not?"

From handing over people to Daning for trial, to having Dafeng judge himself.

Although Sima kept saying that these people still had to "take off their armor and submit to the law", no one knew that they would definitely not be able to "submit to the law".

In other words, Meng Shi did not die in vain.

"I see."

Weakly fell back on the chair, Min Zhongguang's eyes were dull.

"What about the defense over there?"

Sima Cong smiled and asked again: "I wonder if my lord has any objections?"

"No."

"Okay, since that's the case, then the third clause of the covenant will be like this for now."

Nodding his head, Sima Cong waved his hands to drag Meng Shi's body out of the hall, then glanced at the eunuch next to him.

The latter immediately walked out of the palace door knowingly, presumably he was going to convey the latest progress of the negotiation to the ritual officer again.

It is estimated that in a few tens of breaths, the crowd outside will know the news of Meng Shi's suicide.

The people of Dafeng will undoubtedly find it very difficult to accept this.

They may scold the court for its weakness and incompetence, and may sigh at Meng Shi's death.

But in any case, negotiations will continue.

Today, three of the five conditions have been negotiated.

As for the last two.
"Is it a marriage?"

The stars are sparse and the river shadows turn, and the frost is heavy and the moon is lonely.

The new moon appears, reflecting the vastness of the Gobi.

Negotiations have been going on all day from dawn to early night.

Although the snow is still falling in Huailing City, the Gobi in the Western Desert is cloudless and the stars and the moon are bright.

Beside the bonfire, Wei Changtian looked up at the crescent moon far above his head, and asked softly:

"Li Wutong and Ning Wenjun?"

"Yes."

Zhang San looked at Wei Changtian cautiously, and said truthfully, "It's Princess Wuping and the First Prince."

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"So, she agreed?"

"this."

Taking a deep breath, Zhang San's expression became more complicated.

He quietly looked at Yang Liushi, saw the latter nodded slightly, then lowered his head and replied silently:
"Yes."

"Princess Wuping agreed."

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The fire is bright, and the burning branches have a slightly burnt smell.

Wei Changtian sighed lightly, expressionless, wondering what he was thinking.

I don't know how long this silence lasted, until Yang Liushi came over and sat beside him, and asked softly:

"Young master, are you okay?"

"pretty good."

Wei Changtian turned his head and smiled, "It's as expected."

"Um"

Yang Liushi nodded lightly, moved her body, and sat closer to Wei Changtian.

Although the latter does seem to be "good" now, it is impossible that there is no wave in his heart.

Even if he has really given up on Li Wutong.

"Young master, the four conditions have been negotiated."

After a moment of silence, Yang Liushi changed the subject softly: "Now it seems that the two sides may really be able to negotiate."

"Yes."

Looking at the blazing bonfire in front of him, Wei Changtian nodded noncommittally.

As Yang Liushi said, up to now, Dafeng has accepted the first four conditions of Ning Yongnian.

1. Serve Daning as the main country and cede the land of the four prefectures.

2. The indemnity is [-] million taels, in addition to paying tribute to Daning every year.

3. The border is not fortified, and warriors in the upper third rank are not allowed to serve in the army.

4. Li Wutong married Ning Wenjun, and the two countries made peace.

In all fairness, although these four conditions are very unequal, they are not really excessive.

Except for Meng Shi's death, the rest of the content was within Wei Changtian's previous predictions, even more conservative than his predictions.

So, is Ning Yongnian's request so low?
It took a long time and exhausted all the tricks, and finally won the national war, but in the end it was just such a small condition?

Could it be that he was trapped by the domestic situation in Daning and gave in?
impossible.

Ning Yongnian is not this kind of person.

It is absolutely impossible for him to just spit out the fat that has reached his mouth like this.

Then
"Zhang San."

Suddenly, Wei Changtian raised his head and asked Zhang San: "Haven't you finished talking about the last condition?"

"Master Hui, no."

Zhang San replied immediately: "I haven't received the news yet, it should be still talking."

"How long have they been talking?"

"It's been almost two hours since noon."

"Two hours."

Frowning, Wei Changtian felt a bad premonition.

The previous four conditions were basically discussed very quickly, and it took half an hour at most to agree.

But this fifth condition has been discussed for two hours without any result.

That can only show that this condition has greatly broken through Dafeng's bottom line.

However, territorial, sovereign, military, and economic issues have all been discussed.
What else can Da Bong not budge on?
The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the more confused he became, including Yang Liushi, who was also thinking about the same question.

Then at a certain moment, the latter suddenly raised his head and asked Zhang San.

"Zhang San, among the four mansions ceded by Dafeng to Daning, is there Huailing Mansion?"

"Miss Liu Shi, no."

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For a moment, Yang Liushi's eyes widened suddenly, and after a moment of hesitation, she whispered something in Wei Changtian's ear.

After the latter heard this sentence, his body suddenly trembled.

"Zhang San!"

Wei Changtian stood up abruptly, and immediately walked towards the carriage parked not far away.

"Hurry up overnight! Go to Huailing City at the fastest speed!"

"In addition, notify my father and Han Zhao immediately! Let them make all preparations!"

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Seeing Wei Changtian who suddenly became extremely impatient, Zhang San hurriedly ran to untie the reins of several horses, but his expression was a little dazed.

He didn't know what Yang Liushi said to Wei Changtian, which made Wei Changtian react like this.

Little did he know that Wei Changtian himself was also the same, before Yang Liushi reminded him, he never thought that Ning Yongnian might do such a thing.

Including Li Qi, Li Wutong, and Min Zhongguang two hours ago
When they heard Sima Cong say Daning's last condition, they thought Ning Yongnian was crazy.

Because the latter actually wanted to use the lives of more than one million people in Huailing City to bury the two million people who died in Yuanzhou City.

(End of this chapter)