[R18] Will drink wine – Chapter 1 of “About to Enter the Wine” [English]

Volume 1: I am an exiled minister

Chapter 1 Cold Wind

“The Shen Guards of King Jianxing were defeated at the Chashi River in the northeast. The Dunzhou front line fell immediately, and 30,000 soldiers were buried alive in the Chashi Tiankeng. You are among them, why are you the only one alive?”

Shen Zechuan’s eyes were distracted and he didn’t answer.

The interrogator pounded the table hard, leaned over, and said with sinister eyes, “Because Shen Wei has already liaised with the twelve tribes of Biansha, intending to hand over the six states of Zhongbo to foreign enemies, and you want to cooperate inside and outside to attack the capital, so the Biansha cavalry didn’t kill you, right?”

Shen Zechuan’s dry and flaky lips moved, and he struggled to listen to the interrogator’s words. His throat rolled slowly, and he replied sluggishly: “No… no.”

The interrogator said sternly: “Shen Wei committed suicide in fear of crime. All the documents of the affair have been submitted to the emperor by Jin Yiwei. Shu Zi still dares to speak harshly. He is really stubborn!”

Shen Zechuan’s head was dizzy and he hadn’t closed his eyes for an unknown amount of time.He is like being hung by a thread thousands of feet high in the sky. If you let go of your hand if you are slightly negligent, you will fall to pieces.

The interrogator spread out the confession, glanced at it a few times, and said, “You said last night that you were able to walk out of the Chashi Tiankeng alive because your brother saved you. Isn’t that right?”

The scene of that day appeared in front of Shen Zechuan’s eyes in a daze.The pit was so deep, and countless soldiers were crowded together, but they could not climb up. The corpses they stepped on became thicker and thicker, but they still could not reach the edge of the pit.The Biansha cavalry surrounded the Tiankeng. The cold wind in the night was mixed with the sound of flying arrows. Blood covered the calves, and the wailing and gasping were all close to the ears.

Shen Zechuan’s breathing was rapid and he began to tremble in the chair.He grabbed his hair uncontrollably and choked uncontrollably.

“You lied.”

The interrogator raised the confession and dusted it at Shen Zechuan.

“Your brother is Shen Zhouji, the eldest son of King Jianxing. He abandoned 30,000 sergeants in front of the Chashi Tiankeng and escaped privately with his soldiers. However, he was tied up with a rope by the Biansha cavalry and dragged to death on the official road by the Chashi River. When the Biansha Twelve Ministries killed the sergeants, he was already dead and could not save you at all.”

Shen Zechuan’s mind was in confusion, the interrogator’s voice seemed to be far away, and there were only endless cries in his ears.

Where is the way out?Where are the reinforcements?The dead are squeezing the dead, and the stinking rotten flesh is pressed against their hands.Brother Mu covered his head, and he lay on the bloody corpse.He listened to Brother Mu’s rapid breathing, but the cry in his throat was because he was too desperate.

“Brother has three heads and six arms.” Ji Mu struggled to smile, but tears were already streaming down his face. He continued with a sob, “Brother is an iron wall! Just hold on and you’ll be fine. Reinforcements will be here after you hold on. When the time comes, I’ll go home with you to pick up your parents, and I’ll have to go find your sister-in-law…”

The interrogator banged the table and shouted: “Tell me the truth!”

Shen Zechuan struggled, as if trying to break free from invisible shackles, but was pinned to the table by the Jin Yiwei who swarmed forward.

“You entered our prison. I forgive you for your young age, so we didn’t use severe punishment. But you are so ignorant, don’t blame us for being ruthless. Someone, give him a sentence!”

Shen Zechuan’s arms were tied with ropes and then dragged to the open space in the hall.The bench came down with a clang, and his feet were tied to the bench.The sturdy man next to him picked up the prison stick, weighed it, and then struck it down.

“Let me ask you again.” The interrogator stirred the foam in the tea and took a few sips slowly before saying, “Is Shen Wei a treasonous traitor?”

Shen Zechuan bit him to death and refused to let go. During the cane torture, he kept shouting: “No, no!”

The interrogator put down the teacup and said, “If you use this toughness on the battlefield, it won’t be your Shen family’s turn to come in today. Let me continue to fight!”

Shen Zechuan gradually couldn’t bear it anymore, and he buried his head and said hoarsely: “Shen Wei did not collaborate with the enemy…”

“The battle at Chashihe was defeated, and the whole Shen Wei army met the enemy rashly. After the defeat at Chashihe, there was still a chance for Dunzhou to recover, but heHowever, due to the disparity in strength, the three cities of Duanzhou fell, and tens of thousands of people in those cities were killed by the scimitar on the edge of the sand.” When the interrogator said this, he sighed and said in anger, “Shen Wei led his troops to retreat south.The battle of Dengzhou was the most strange!However, they abandoned the strategy of flanking and dispatched thousands of cavalry to escort the family members to Dancheng, causing the entire Dengzhou defense line to collapse. Isn’t this intentional?If the Libei cavalry hadn’t crossed the glacier for three nights, the Biansha cavalry would have arrived in front of the capital!”

Shen Zechuan was unconscious and dripping with cold sweat. The interrogator threw away the confession with contempt and hit him on the back of the head.

“I would rather be a dog than a middle-aged man. This time, Shen Wei is the sinner of Dazhou. You don’t admit it? You can only admit it!”

Shen Zechuan was so painful that half of his body was numb. He leaned on the bench and looked at the confession covered in front of his eyes.The ink on it is clear, and every word is a humiliating whipping, slapped on his face, telling everyone in the world.

Shen Wei is a traitor and is not even a dog.

He let the corpses of the six states of Zhongbo flow out, and no one has collected the corpses buried in the tea stone sinkhole until now, because the cities of Dunzhou have been slaughtered.

Shen Wei set himself on fire, but a living person had to bear the bloody debt.Shen Wei had many wives and concubines, and many sons. They all died when the Biansha cavalry captured Dunzhou. Only Shen Zechuan survived because his background was too humble and he was raised outside.

Shen Zechuan was dragged back, leaving traces of blood along his heels.He faced the wall and looked at the narrow window.The cold wind is howling, the snow is beating, and the dark night has no end.

He’s head was confused, and he returned to the pit amid the sound of wind.

Ji Mu was already dying. His breathing became difficult. The blood flowed down the armor to the back of Shen Zechuan’s neck, and soon became cold.The wailing around them had disappeared, leaving only the unbearable moans of pain and the roar of the wind.

Shen Zechuan was face to face with the unrecognizable dead man, his legs were pressed under the heavy human body, the shield was pressing against his waist and abdomen, and there was a strong smell of blood while he was breathing.He gritted his teeth and shed tears, but couldn’t cry out.He stared dejectedly at the trampled face, but couldn’t tell if it was a soldier he had seen before.

“Brother.” Shen Zechuan sobbed in a low voice, “I, I’m so scared…”

Ji Mu slid his throat, gently patted Shen Zechuan’s head with his palm, and said, “It’s okay…it’s okay.”

Shen Zechuan heard the dying soldiers singing. The songs were torn by the strong wind and floated in tatters in the cold night.

“War in the south of the city…die in the north of Guo…death in the wild will not be buried…nothing can be eaten. [1]”

“Brother.” Shen Zechuan whispered under He, “I will carry you…brother.”

Ji Mu’s body was like a twisted shield. He smiled and said hoarsely: “Brother can walk.”

“Did you get hit by an arrow?”

“No.” Ji Mu’s tears had dried up and he said lightly, “…Biansha Baldy’s arrows are not accurate.”

Shen Zechuan’s fingers were soaked in flesh and blood. He reluctantly wiped his face and said, “My wife has made dumplings. When you and I go to my house, we will eat many bowls.”

Ji Mu sighed and said, “…Brother eats slowly, you…don’t grab it.”

Shen Zechuan nodded vigorously from below.

Snow gradually covered Ji Mu’s body. He seemed very sleepy, his voice was so small, and he didn’t even have the strength to move his fingers.He sang slowly, and when he got to the words “The owl cavalry will die in battle,” Ji Mu closed his eyes.

Shen Zechuan said: “My… I will also give my money to my brother to marry my sister-in-law…”

“Brother.”

“Brother.”

Ji Mu was silent, as if he was tired of hearing what he said and couldn’t help but fall asleep.

Shen Zechuan trembled all over. He forgot when the Biansha Cavalry left and how he climbed out.When he raised his body on his arms, there was deathly silence in the snow.Overlapping corpses were piled under his knees like discarded sacks.

Shen Zechuan turned around, but choked up.

Ji Mu’s back was filled with arrows, and he turned into a curled up hedgehog.So much blood was dripping on Shen Zechuan’s back, and he was completely unconscious.

The sound of horse hooves rushing towards me was like dull thunder.Shen Zechuan suddenly woke up with a start.

He wanted to retching, but found that his wrists were tied tightly and his body was covered with a sack filled with soil.

The sack became heavier and heavier, pressing down on my chest, and I couldn’t even make a sound.This is the “earth bag killing” commonly used in prisons. It is specially used to treat prisoners who do not want to be left alive, and will not leave any wounds.If he hadn’t woken up just now, Shen Zechuan would have been completely cold by dawn.

Someone wants to kill him!