I am the villain in the book

Yun Lian.

Regarding this Child of Destiny, who was also within the borders of Da Ning, Wei Changtian had asked the Xuanjing Division's branch in Qingzhou Prefecture to conduct a simple investigation.

The result, of course, was that nothing was found.

But thinking about it, it was normal, after all, the system only introduced a "Fish Demon from the East Sea", without even saying whether she was currently a "fish" or a "human".

With such broad conditions, finding such a "creature" was undoubtedly like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Originally, Wei Changtian was thinking of taking a trip to Qingzhou himself when he had the chance, but unfortunately, the Spring Dragon Poetry Conference came after that, and the world fell into chaos.

Wei Changtian, who was busy dealing with the Liu family and Ning Yongnian all day long, naturally had no time to pay attention to this matter.

But he never expected that this Yun Lian would have her first intersection with him in such a bizarre way.

Lu Jingyao, failed escape, Wantong Escort Agency, scalding tears...

Keywords flashed through his mind, and finally, they were simply summarized into two most important questions.

First, Yun Lian told Lu Jingyao that she came to Shuzhou to find her husband, so who was her husband?

Second, according to Lu Jingyao, Yun Lian's tears had a certain corrosive effect, but she could be cured by applying her blood. What was going on?

With these questions in mind, Wei Changtian, whose butt hadn't even warmed the seat, rushed to the Shuzhou branch of the Wantong Escort Agency as soon as possible, wanting to find out where this Yun Lian had gone.

But the chief镖头 (biāotóu, head escort) with a bushy beard in front of him gave him a rather surprising answer.

"Young Master Wei, I'm afraid this matter cannot be investigated."

"Because the three escorts who sent this Miss Yun Lian to Shuzhou all died suddenly the day after they arrived in the city."

Seven days ago, Yun Lian took the Wantong Escort Agency's carriage to Shuzhou City. Because Lu Jingyao paid enough for the fare, there were three escorts accompanying her all the way.

After the four arrived in the city, the Wantong Escort Agency considered their mission completed. In addition, Yun Lian herself didn't know where to go, so the three escorts put her in an inn and left.

After that, the three escorts died.

The first person drowned in the river after drinking too much.

The second person suddenly suffered a relapse of a hidden illness during cultivation, went into a frenzy, and committed suicide.

The third person was even more bizarre, dying on the belly of a prostitute in a brothel.

Someone from the yamen (government office in feudal China) had examined the body and concluded that it was due to a reversal of blood flow, in layman's terms, dying from excessive pleasure.

Although the deaths of the three were strange, there was no clear connection between them. In the end, the yamen classified the matter as a coincidence and did not investigate further.

As for Yun Lian... Later, the Wantong Escort Agency felt that something was wrong and sent someone to the inn to inquire about the situation.

However, Yun Lian had not stayed at the inn at all, and no one knew where she had gone.

". . ."

"Young Master Wei, that's about it."

"I dare to guarantee with my life that every word I said is true!"

The man standing in front of him patted his chest confidently, but Wei Changtian didn't even look at him, his mind full of the three dead escorts.

Without a doubt, the deaths of these three were inseparable from Yun Lian.

In addition to what Lu Jingyao mentioned in her letter...

So what exactly is this Yun Lian?

Isn't she a fish demon?

Why does she sound like a jinx?

Could it be related to the direction of her Heavenly Dao luck?

Wei Changtian didn't know that his casual guess was already close to the truth. After pondering for a while, he asked the man in front of him again.

"Besides these, did the three escorts ever say anything else related to this person?"

"This..."

The man frowned and thought hard for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up and he remembered something.

"That's right!"

"Young Master Wei, one of the escorts mentioned it casually."

"Saying that the Yun Lian girl once asked them if they knew a person named Xiao Feng."

"Xiao Feng?!"

The镖头 (biāotóu, head escort) was startled by Wei Changtian's reaction and quickly replied truthfully, "Miss Yun Lian said that as long as she could find Xiao Feng, she could find her husband."

"But that镖师 (biāoshī, escort) had never heard of Xiao Feng, and seeing that Yun Lian was beautiful, he jokingly said that if she couldn't find her husband, he could also be her husband..."

"Young Master Wei, we escorts are mostly crude, this was just a joke..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Wei Changtian frowned and shouted, "Continue!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The镖头 (biāotóu, head escort) instantly didn't dare to breathe loudly, and quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"That镖师 (biāoshī, escort) said that he only said a joke, but Yun Lian seemed to be angry, and whispered back..."

"I will definitely find my husband, even if he is dead."

One hour later, the Shuzhou branch of the Gongjihui (Common Aid Society).

A portrait of a woman was distributed to thousands of members, along with a "highest order".

Their main task for the next period of time was to search the city of Shuzhou like looking for a needle in a haystack, using all means and at all costs to find this woman.

"Young Master, everything has been arranged."

In the dark room, Chu Xianping looked at Wei Changtian with a frown and said softly, "Unless this Yun Lian deliberately hides, otherwise the results should be found within three days."

"Sigh, as soon as possible."

Wei Changtian sighed and put the matter aside for the time being.

Although he now knew that this Yun Lian was related to Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng had contacted so many people in Shuzhou, both openly and secretly, who knew which one was her husband?

Damn it, it would be great if Xiao Feng was still alive.

After taking a sip of tea and adjusting his mood, Wei Changtian remembered another thing.

"By the way, Brother Chu, how is the investigation into the imperial court's order to transfer troops to Yuanzhou?"

"Oh, it has been found out."

Chu Xianping handed over a notice.

"Five days ago, the Ministry of War had already passed the tiger tally to the state yamen of fifteen states, requiring these fifteen states to prepare weapons and increase troops to Yuanzhou within ten days."

"Shuzhou is among these fifteen states."

"Fifteen states..."

Wei Changtian took the notice and read it, and had a rough idea in his mind.

Fifteen states, including ten border states and five central states.

There was no problem with such a dispatch, which was basically a routine wartime troop deployment.

After all, although Da Ning has a total of thirty-six states, the border states with a large number of troops stationed for a long time are the ones that really have combat power.

Now that a war is about to start with Da Feng, troops must first be transferred from these border states.

Wei Changtian knew that with Liang Zhen's character, he would definitely not resist the decree on such important national affairs, so he didn't think about persuading the latter not to send troops.

However...

Even though he hadn't broken face with Ning Yongnian yet, Wei Changtian always felt that the latter would plot against him again on this matter.

Or plot against Liang Zhen once.

No, he still had to talk to Liang Zhen.

Sigh... so busy, I originally planned to have a good emotional exchange with Yang Liushi tonight, but now I probably won't have time again.

After sighing for a while, Wei Changtian suddenly remembered a bowl of chicken soup from his previous life.

If I hold a brick, I can't hold you; if I put down the brick, I can't support you.

If I put this on myself, shouldn't it be called—

If I worry, I can't... cough!