[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 97 [English]

Chapter 95 Building

Wei Huaigu, who was over fifty years old, was stripped of his official robe and became a prisoner in white.He was shackled, and there was an iron fence between him and Xiao Chiye.No one had abused him during the interrogation in the past few days. He had a neat bun and a clean face. However, he seemed to have aged many years in just a few days and looked very haggard.

“The trial ended last night,” Wei Huaigu sat on a chair and said to the two of them, “My confession has been submitted, and now I am waiting for my verdict. Do you have anything else to ask?”

“Privately embezzling money from the treasury, reselling military rations, and poisoning border generals are all capital crimes.” Xiao Chiye looked at Wei Huaigu and said, “Wei Huaixing was also dismissed from his post and imprisoned, waiting to be heard. There are only two courtiers in the direct line of your Wei family. Why are you so willing this time?”

“This time it’s about Libei. Who dares to practice favoritism? No one can protect me.” Wei Huaigu adjusted his sitting posture as if he was still sitting in the main courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue. He looked at Xiao Chiye and said, “Your father has left the country, and the emperor may not even dare to sleep in the past few days. King Libei is still the tough guy he used to be, he knows how to beat people.”

“When you filled the moldy military rations, you should have known that it was shipped to Libei. Didn’t you do it the same way? At that time, you were not afraid that no one would protect you.” Xiao Chiye moved a little and said, “If you want to send these things to my brother’s mouth, shoddy goods are just the first step. When the grains arrive in Libei, you bribe the officials who inspect the warehouse and let himThey sent the things to the military camp with their eyes closed. This was the second step.Then they bribed the cooks of the Libei Iron Cavalry and mixed the poison into the food and gave it to the border officers. This is the third step.”

Xiao Chiye stopped and looked sideways at Wei Huaigu.

“These arrangements are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Once the incident occurs, you will definitely not be able to escape the connection. Not only will you not be able to escape the connection, you will also be investigated by the Ministry of Punishment and will be brought out for the crime of reselling military rations. You are not such a person.”

Wei Huaigu did not answer Xiao Chiye’s question immediately, but looked at Shen Zechuan who had been sitting behind Xiao Chiye.he laughed a few times, pointed at Shen Zechuan, and said: “Second Young Master has made great progress in the capital for six years. When he first entered the capital, he yelled and killed all the time. Does Shen Tongzhi understand this deeply? So I say that Xiao Fangxu is a strong man who dares to grind his son on the edge of a knife. You should be grateful to your father for growing up like this.”

Xiao Chiye looked at Wei Huaigu indifferently, but Shen Zechuan put aside the confession, put his hands slightly on the table, and said calmly to Wei Huaigu without smiling or angry, “Yes, you feel unhappy when you see Xiao Ce’an like this. Your son was hanging around in Goulan during the Xiande period, and when the cabinet changed during the Tianchen year, heIf you want to enter the official career by taking the scientific examination, it will be difficult for you.At your age, there is no one in the direct line of the Wei family who can support the Wei family’s continued development.You place your hopes on marriage. Unfortunately, the Fei family also knows that the Wei family is in decline. Princess Zhaoyue.Finally, she married Pan.You were demoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance many times, and you were afraid that you would be replaced by a rising star.The Wei family seems to be in its prime, but in fact it is about to overflow. If you die, the Wei family will be doomed.”

Wei Huaigu touched the shackles and said: “Family power is like the tide. It rises and falls. This is the truth in the world. It is destined to prosper and fail for a while. It is my Wei family’s turn. I have no regrets. The Great Zhou Dynasty has continued to this day and has gone through several generations. Everything is changing, except for the eight major families. So my death is the life of the Wei family.”

“Will the Eight Great Families really not change?” Xiao Chiye said, “Brothers of the Xi family fought against each other in the same room, and all their descendants died. Today, there is no bloodline to continue. The Xi family will no longer be the Xi family in the future. It will be a matter of time before they are squeezed out of the court.”

But Wei Huaigu smiled and said: “As long as the Xi family is still there, they will not be out of the game. Today you killed Xi Hongxuan and wanted to divide the Xi family’s wealth, but you were reluctant to abandon the Xi family’s business, so you have to continue to rely on others. Is the Xi family dead? They just lost a helmsman. This is a short-term predicament. In the future, the eldest lady will find a new love, as long as sheIf he still wants to control the business under the name of the Xi family, the other party can only change his surname into the wife, and the child born will still have the surname Xi. This is a new direct lineage of the Xi family.”

The candles are mottled with tears, and the night is almost over.There was silence outside, and Wei Huaigu stood up, like an elder leading a conversation.

“I have a question that I have always wanted to ask Xiao Fangxu in person, but now that I have no chance, I can only ask you. Xiao Chiye, your father was born in a poor family, experienced catastrophes on the frontier, and finally crossed the sea of suffering and became the king. You call yourself the one who broke the shackles of the family. But now, more than thirty years later, Li Bei and the Xiao family have become inseparable, heWe also have a son.You and Xiao Jiming are both legitimate children. In order to avoid the dispute between the legitimate children, Xiao Fangxu even refused to marry a concubine.He made you and Xiao Jiming the only choice for the Libei Iron Cavalry.Isn’t this the iron wall that the family built at the beginning?”

Xiao Chiye was silent for a moment and said: “You think like this because you don’t understand that there are people in this world who are willing to be trapped by love. My father will not continue his marriage or take concubines, just because he will only make a promise to my mother in his life. Libei Iron Cavalry is a heavy cavalry established by him, and he knows this army better than anyone else. This is why heThe third son is even more important than my eldest brother and I. It is you who have always regarded me and my eldest brother as the only choice for the Libei Iron Cavalry.When I was in Qudu, it was not Li Bei who was trapped, but Xiao Fangxu and Xiao Jiming. You haven’t understood one thing.My father did build an iron wall in the position of commander of the Libei Iron Cavalry, but that was not the lintel of his family.The iron wall is about whether he can truly become the commander of an army and lead the Libei Iron Cavalry to bear the weight of the iron wall made of ice and fire in the endless struggle with the border sand.The person who defeated this iron wall thirty years ago was Xiao Fangxu.He is the new commander of the Libei Iron Cavalry.”

“You speak so grandly for Xiao Fangxu, but in fact you have been coming to the Xiao family to monopolize the military power in Libei for several years.” Wei Huaigu looked at him with a mocking look.

“That’s because the two people who have shouldered such a heavy weight happened to be named Xiao.” Xiao Chiye’s eyes suddenly revealed a light that was hard to look directly at. In the dim light of the dead lamp, he was both Xiao Fangxu and Xiao Jiming, and it was the pride of the three Xiao family members hidden under their armor.He said: “You call my father the alpha wolf. There is no blood prejudice in the wolf pack. As long as it can defeat us, it can lead us. Everything the Libei Iron Cavalry has shown today is what it deserves. In the future -”

Xiao Chiye’s voice stopped.

But Shen Zechuan understood what he was going to say next. He wanted to say that when he returned to Libei in the future, he would also participate in such a wolf fight. As long as he defeated others, he would be the third wolf.The source of their pride and wantonness is that they have never been afraid of resistance. This is the soul of Xiao Fangxu. He taught this spirit to his two sons and also to the Libei Iron Cavalry.

“Do you know why, although they also guard the border and hold on to military power, the Qi family has never experienced hostility from aristocratic families like the Xiao family?” Wei Huaigu and Xiao Chiye looked at each other, heHe said calmly, “Because you are all rebellious. This kind of pride is the root cause of Qiandu’s inability to trust Li Bei. Do you know why the family does not collapse? Because we know how to go with the flow. The Li family is the root of Dazhou. We surround it, let it grow, let it grow, we alternate with each other, we give to each other, we are the supportThe soil of the Great Zhou Dynasty.The ground you step on, the sky you look up to see, they are all the stability maintained by the family. Anyone who wants to break this stability is an enemy.Twenty-six years ago, Prince Li led the East Palace to try to break the situation. That was naive. The prince did not understand that once the family collapsed, the Li family would quickly wither.he will definitely die.”

HeHe took every step so carefully, because he knew that fighting with brute force would end with the world falling together, but how long can he live?The situation will collapse after his death, and he will not be able to succeed.”Wei Huaigu suddenly laughed, he held the railing and looked at Shen Zechuan, “Qi Huilian led the East Palace vigorously and refused to compromise with us. He thought he could do it, but he killed the prince.All geniuses in this world should learn to reflect on themselves.It’s a radical lesson.”

“Stuck he!” Shen Zechuan suddenly stood up.

Xiao Chiye took action immediately, but it was already too late.Wei Huaigu coughed violently, he bent down to hold the blood, raised his eyes to look at the two of them, and said with blood in the severe pain.

“You can’t win…you are destined…to be defeated!”

Xiao Chiye kicked open the cell door, dragged Wei Huaigu up, and pinched his mouth open.The dirty blood inside slid down, and Wei Huaigu was like a candle in the wind. His limbs gradually stiffened in twitching, and he stared motionless.

The candles were extinguished, and there was only the sound of the whistling wind in the prison.

“Emperor’s heir!” Xiao Chiye let go of the body and walked out.

The sky outside was already slightly bright, but it was still shrouded in dense clouds, and the heavy rain that had just stopped seemed to be coming back.Depression filled the messy footsteps. Xiao Chiye opened the door and saw the panicked girls in the prison.The smell of blood assaulted the nostrils. All the boys had been killed, and their bodies were lying on the ground in a mess.Xiao Chiye was sweating on his temples. He held the Langlu knife and glanced at the frightened faces.

He and Shen Zechuan haven’t taken action yet, who killed the emperor’s heir?

The cool breeze blew on Xiao Chiye’s soaked back. Before he could turn around, he heard the sound of galloping horses.

Fuman shouted in panic during the turbulence: “Master Hou, Master Hou! Enter the palace quickly! The emperor is in danger!”

Xiao Chiye suddenly turned around, but Shen Zechuan pressed Xiao Chiye’s arm.He was extremely calm, and his gaze made Fuman’s hands and feet tremble. He said, “What does crisis mean? Please explain it clearly.”

Fu was crying with runny nose and tears: “The emperor is seriously ill. I am anxious to see you, Lord Marquis. I have something important to entrust you!”