I am the villain in the book

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the General Commander's residence.

Since Wei Changtian married Xu Qingwan, they had moved into this larger residence, and the previous small house near the General Commander's residence, along with Li Suyue's house next door, were both vacated.

However, these two small courtyards were not idle now. One was given to Du Chang, and the other was converted into the "Bureau of Secrecy."

All intelligence from the Gongji Society, the Tongzhou Society, and even the Xuanjing Division was gathered here, and then Chu Xianping and Du Chang would screen it, picking out some of the more important information to report to Wei Changtian.

With such a dedicated institution, Wei Changtian's entire intelligence network became smoother, and the transmission efficiency of intelligence and instructions was also higher, which could be said to be of great use.

The only problem was that the name "Bureau of Secrecy" was a bit too modern. Later, at Du Chang's suggestion, it was changed to "Tianji Institute."

Well... in fact, Da Ning already had a "Tianji Tower" that specialized in reselling intelligence. The "Da Ning Black and White List", which included the entire Wei family, was created by them.

Wei Changtian remembered seeing this list when he first arrived in Shuzhou, with his name listed as twenty-seventh on the Black List.

He wondered if his ranking had risen a bit after so long.

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian suddenly became interested, so he opened the curtain and briefly explained a few words to Zhang San.

Then Zhang San quickly obtained the latest "Da Ning Black and White List" from the Tianji Institute.

"Okay, let me see."

Taking the small booklet made of rough paper, Wei Changtian opened it with great interest, skipping the White List and starting to check the latest Black List rankings.

Well...

The general situation was about the same, mostly familiar faces.

Qin Zhengqiu was still at the top of the list, indicating that the news of his disappearance had not been leaked.

Wei Xianzhi was still second, indicating that he had killed many people in the capital recently.

The third was still that Ghost Head Saber Pan Wu... I might have a chance to meet him.

Fourth...

Huh?

Wei Changtian couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the fourth name.

Because he actually saw Ning Yuke's name.

Good heavens, it turns out that this Tianji Tower is in cahoots with the Da Ning court...

In Wei Changtian's opinion, Ning Yongnian, who had sacrificed three million people in Yuanzhou City in one go, should be the number one villain.

Of course, not many people knew the truth about this matter, so it was normal for Tianji Tower not to have found out the cause.

However, even if the latter knew the truth, they probably wouldn't dare to write Ning Yongnian's name on it.

"Tch."

Clicking his tongue, Wei Changtian immediately lost interest in this not very "objective and fair" list.

His gaze quickly moved down, and after skimming over a list of familiar names, he finally found himself at forty-eighth place.

Last time it was twenty-seventh, this time it's forty-eighth... How did my ranking go down??

There are only fifty people on the Black List, and I'm about to fall off the list??

Wei Changtian was greatly surprised and fixed his eyes on the small print behind his name.

[Tianji 14th year, ninth day of the ninth month, beheaded the current prime minister in the capital]

[Tianji 15th year, second day of the second month, composed nine world-renowned poems at the Chunlong Poetry Conference in Shuzhou, attracting the True Dragon]

[Tianji 15th year, eighteenth day of the fourth month, single-handedly faced tens of thousands of troops under Yuanzhou City, defeated Meng Shi with one move, and killed a third-rank official with one slash]

[Tianji 15th year, twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, defeated a third-rank official at the Dragon Gate Inn in the Western Desert...]

[...]

One by one, the things he had done in public were basically recorded.

The last time he looked, there was only the first entry, but now there were already seven or eight lines densely packed.

Obviously, in the eyes of Tianji Tower, many of the things he did were not considered "evil deeds", especially things like composing poems at the Chunlong Poetry Conference and saving Liang Zhen under Yuanzhou City, which were more like "heroic acts."

Good deeds and evil deeds offset each other, so his ranking dropped.

Tsk tsk tsk, I wonder if my ranking can break into the top five after I lead the army to wipe out the 300,000-strong rebel army.

"What a load of crap, wasting my time!"

Shaking his head, Wei Changtian casually threw the booklet aside, and then bent down and climbed out of the carriage.

The General Commander's residence was still the same as before, with a high and imposing vermilion gate.

However, the plaque with the words "General Commander's Residence" had been removed and replaced with the words "Liang Residence."

This was normal.

After all, Liang Zhen was no longer the General Commander of Shuzhou, but the Minister of War of the Shu Kingdom.

"..."

"Things are different, but people remain the same."

Looking at Zhang San knocking on the door, Wei Changtian suddenly sighed for no reason.

A quarter of an hour later.

Facts proved that Wei Changtian's sigh just now was not very accurate.

Leaving aside other things, at least Liang Zhen's wife was still as big as before, exactly the same as when Wei Changtian saw her in the capital, without any sense of "things are different, but people remain the same."

"Auntie!"

"Changtian, come over and let Auntie take a look!"

"Auntie hasn't seen you come over since she came to Shuzhou these days. What have you been busy with lately?"

"..."

After exchanging pleasantries with "Big Auntie" for a long time, Wei Changtian didn't treat himself as an outsider and sat down at the table to eat, and also saw Liang Qin.

It could be seen that the latter's mood was very complicated at the moment, and she always secretly looked this way while eating.

However, Wei Changtian wasn't used to talking about serious matters while eating, so he only said a few harmless everyday things to her.

In this way, they ate for almost half an hour, and then Big Auntie said that she was feeling unwell and wanted to go back to her room to rest for a while.

Wei Changtian and Liang Qin naturally understood the meaning, after all, the joy on the former's face was too obvious, and she didn't look like she was unwell at all.

"..."

"Brother Changtian, why did you come today?"

After sending her mother, who was eager to marry her off, out of the room, Liang Qin slowly returned to sit opposite Wei Changtian: "Aren't you and Daddy both very busy now?"

"I'm quite busy."

Wei Changtian nodded, picked up a teacup and took a sip of tea: "In a few days, Liang Shu and I will lead troops to Guanghan. I've been busy dispatching troops recently."

"Is that so?"

Liang Qin lowered her head, with some worry and disappointment in her eyes: "Then how long will you be gone?"

"We'll be back when we repel the imperial troops."

Wei Changtian smiled and said, "It'll be about a month if it's fast."

"Okay, I understand..."

Liang Qin nodded lightly, her fingers unconsciously pinching together.

Her current appearance was far from her previous carefree personality, and it was no wonder Liang Zhen was worried.

However, Wei Changtian could roughly guess why she had become like this, so he deliberately joked:

"Huh? Why aren't you clamoring to go with me this time?"

"Ah?"

Liang Qin was stunned and immediately raised her head: "I, can I go?"

"There's nothing you can't do."

Wei Changtian smiled, stood up and stretched: "Let's go, accompany me for a walk in the courtyard."

"I might as well tell you what you're thinking, how did you seem like a different person in just half a year?"

"..."

Liang Zhen and his wife had actually asked the same question countless times before.

And Liang Qin had never answered before, perhaps because she didn't know how to answer.

But this time she didn't hesitate at all.

"Yeah."

"Brother Changtian, I, I actually have a lot of things I want to say to you..."