[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 34 [English]

Chapter 34 Interrogation

“You… what on earth are you…” Ji Lei leaned against the railing, looked at Shen Zechuan’s smile, and moved back quickly, “What on earth do you want to do!”

“You asked me,” Shen Zechuan said happily, “Are you asking me?”

Shen Zechuan’s eyes turned sinister, and he waved to Ji Lei haughtily.Ji Lei didn’t move, leaning his back against the wall, refusing to get any closer to Shen Zechuan.

Shen Zechuan said: “The prisoners are all animals waiting to be slaughtered. Uncle Master, how dare you ask me?”

Ji Lei said: “What else can you do, kill me?”

“It’s rare for us uncles and nephews to get together. We don’t have enough time to play. How could I kill you so quickly.” Shen Zechuan slid his thumb across the railing and softened his voice, “You didn’t speak, because you thought you had an opportunity. With those secrets, no one could bear to touch you. The life in Xing Prison is more comfortable. Not only do you have no worries about food and clothing, but also your life. With Pan Rugui as your companion, you have a lot of leisure and are happy.”

Ji Lei was sweating, he pressed against the wall, no longer looking directly into Shen Zechuan’s eyes.

“But the days of joy are fleeting. As long as the tongue is still there, missing a leg, breaking an arm, gouging out eyes, it’s no big deal. A few months ago, my uncle invited me to eat donkey roast, but I didn’t taste it that time. It’s a long night, and it’s the right time to drink wine.” Shen Zechuan slipped out a thin blade between his fingers, knocked it between the railings, and said, “Ji Lei, you’ve drunk.”

“You’re crazy!” Ji Lei stretched his neck and said word by word, “Shen Zechuan, you’re crazy!”

“I’m crazy.” Shen Zechuan stared at he and answered affirmatively.

“How dare you touch me?” Ji Lei said evilly, “The Queen Mother is holding your head, how dare you touch a hair on my head!”

Shen Zechuan became happy again and said with a smile: “Uncle Master, why do you always say such hilarious things tonight? When I come here, who do you think asked me to come?”

Ji Lei was furious and said: “Don’t even think about it——”

“Shen Wei is dead.” Shen Zechuan quickly cut off Ji Lei’s voice, “On the day when Shen Wei burned himself, I heard that the Jianxing Palace in Dunzhou was in flames. He was burned beyond recognition. He was dragged out of the ruins by the Jin Yiwei and hung on the wall of Dunzhou, where he was reviled. I didn’t see that scene with my own eyes, but I have been trying to think about it over the years. After thinking about it over and over, I finally discovered something.”

Ji Lei swallowed his saliva.

“He’s plan to cooperate with the enemy has been successful. Wouldn’t it be more comfortable to defect before the battle? Duanzhou has fallen, and he has led his troops to meet him. He can join the Biansha cavalry and capture the capital before the Libei cavalry crosses the glacier. But he is so scared that he cowers and only dares to retreat.” Shen Zechuan stood up, “He has succeeded, and there is a way to survive if he advances. But he keeps retreating, even if heHe is a loser, and he should know that retreating is the only way to death.”

Ji Lei breathed heavily and said with disgust: “Because he doesn’t dare, who among the Twelve Biansha tribes will take him seriously? He was already a dead man when he collaborated with the enemy!”

Shen Zechuan threw an east bead into the cage. The bead clattered on the edge and rolled to Ji Lei’s feet.Shen Zechuan looked at Ji Lei’s gradually changing color and smiled.

Ji Lei’s hands were trembling, he stared at Dongzhu, and said with difficulty: “No…impossible…”

“Emperor Xiande is dead.” Shen Zechuan leaned forward and said, “Shen Wei is also dead.”

Ji Lei kicked Dongzhu away and said, “Shu is cunning, don’t try to deceive me!”

Shen Zechuan said happily: “Hua Siqian also bit her tongue and committed suicide. Who is next, you or Pan Rugui? How about we draw lots! Uncle Master, you come first.”

After he finished speaking, he took out two thin blades from his fingers and handed them to Ji Lei through the gap.

“If there is a gap, kill Pan Rugui. If there is no gap, feed your flesh and blood to the dogs. Don’t be afraid, just whip him.”

Ji Lei looked at the cold light blade, moved his lips, and said, “What nonsense are you talking about…”

“The Queen Mother told me to act quickly.” Shen Zechuan stared at him, “But I gave you a chance to choose, uncle, if you live one more day, there will be a turn for the better.”

Ji Lei was tortured for days and his consciousness was in a trance. In this strange atmosphere, Shen Zechuan’s words were confused between true and false.He stared at the two thin blades, and finally raised his hand out of nowhere. When he’s trembling fingers touched the thin blades, he saw Shen Zechuan slowly twitching the corners of his lips.

“Ah,” Shen Zechuan smiled sadly, “I forgot, all the blades I brought today are new, and the ones with gaps have been dealt with.”

The shame of being played by Ji Lei immediately flooded into his heart. He rushed over uncontrollably, grabbing the railing and shouting hysterically: “If you want to kill or chop me, just do it! What you want to know, I won’t say a word! You kill me, you kill me!”

“Wrong.” Shen Zechuan firmly controlled the atmosphere, “It’s not that I want to kill you.”

“It’s you!” Ji Lei dug at the railing, “It’s you!”

“Is it me?” Shen Zechuan gently pushed Dongzhu over, stepped on it under his feet, looked at he with cold eyes, and asked again, “Is it me?”

Ji Lei held his head and plucked his disheveled hair, slid down the railing and knelt down, repeating over and over again: “It’s you…it’s you…”

Shen Zechuan suddenly said: “Shen Wei killed the prince.”

Ji Leiru fell into an ice cave, looked up at He in fear, and said: “You…”

Shen Zechuan said: “You and Shen Wei killed the prince.”

“It wasn’t me!” Ji Lei grabbed his hair, “It wasn’t me! It was Shen Wei who killed the prince!”

“You teamed up to frame the prince for rebellion.” Shen Zechuan said quickly, “You forged the document. You forced the prince into Zhaosu Temple. He wanted to see Emperor Yongyi, but you drew your sword and killed him.”

“It’s not me!” Ji Lei was already crazy. He tried his best to retort in this chaotic questioning, “It wasn’t me who drew the knife! It was Shen Wei, and it was Shen Wei who insisted on killing him!”

“So Shen Wei is also dead.” Shen Zechuan walked back and repeated, “Shen Wei burned himself and was burned beyond recognition. Now you are the only one left.”

Ji Lei was forced to think about the word “death” by these repeated hints, and he clearly recalled the face of the former prince when he was killed.At that time, he stood in Shen Zechuan’s position, condescending, like looking at a pig.Now that he has been cleverly swapped, the cage will give people the illusion that he is like an animal. He has become an ant under Shen Zechuan’s feet, and can only be killed by his neck.

Ji Lei doesn’t want to die.

The desire to survive has never been so strong. He knocked his forehead on the railing and said: “We are all following orders, and there is nothing we can do! Do you want to avenge Shen Wei? I can help you! Shen Wei killed the prince, became a feudal king, and went to Zhongbo. He escaped!”

Ji Lei choked up in embarrassment, he didn’t know where the fear came from, as if he had really become a beast at the mercy of others, he could only look up at Shen Zechuan.

“I didn’t kill the prince, I wanted to save him! But my father died suddenly.” Ji Lei said helplessly, “If my father is dead, they will frame me! If I am found guilty, my eldest brother will kill me, and Ji Gang will kill me too! What can I do? I can only beg Pan Rugui! If Pan Rugui wants to protect me, I have to forge documents! I was forced into that situation, and I want to live!”

“How did Ji Wufan die?” Shen Zechuan asked coldly.

“I don’t know, I don’t know how dad died… Dad is sick, because Ji Gang has also left, and all his favorite sons are gone.” Ji Lei said this, and became ferocious again. He hates it, “I was the one who died for him! But he said that I was rotten. He regarded Ji Gang and Zuo Qianqiu as his biological sons and passed on his thoughts to them both. But my surname is Ji, and I did nothing. How could he treat me like this!”

“Shen Wei killed the prince and couldn’t sleep at night. He was scared. We had a drink, and he told me that he gradually realized that someone was staring at him. He was in the house, and people could be heard walking on the roof late at night. I said it was not our Jinyiwei who did it, but in this capital, what else can avoid Jinyiwei? I guess there are traitors in Jinyiwei, and there are people from the Eight Families everywhere.”

“The Hua family has gained power, so we are careful. Shen Wei’s insomnia became more and more serious, and he wanted to run away, so he spent a lot of money to bribe Pan Rugui and wanted to leave Qudu. At that time, Libei was rising, and the Queen Mother had no soldiers except the Eight Battalions. In order to be wary of the Xiao family, Shen Wei was named King Jianxing and went to Zhongbo, a must-pass between Qidong and Libei, and between Libei and Qudu. The Queen Mother asked him to be a watchdog, keeping an eye on Libei and Qidong.”

Ji Lei became more and more anxious as he spoke.

HeI don’t want to be controlled anymore.The Hua family had a bastard at that time. According to the Queen Mother’s wishes, if the bastard grows up, Zhongbo will not need outsiders to look after him.Shen Wei has done so many evil things for the Hua family in Yuan.If Zhongbo no longer needs him, he will be the Queen Mother’s waste son.”

“No one expected that he would jump over the wall and send in the Biansha cavalry to massacre the city… This is revenge! This is his revenge on Qudu, the Queen Mother, and the Great Zhou Dynasty!”

Ji Lei held the railing and begged: “I’m done…it was the Queen Mother who forced Shen Wei to death, and it was the Queen Mother who forced the Crown Prince to death, as well as Emperor Yongyi, Emperor Xiande, and Hua Siqian, heThey are all the abandoned sons of the Queen Mother!Now you are running errands for the Queen Mother, look at me, I didn’t tell the Queen Mother that you had taken refuge with the Xiao family… You saved Xiao Chiye that night, right?But the Xiao family won’t help you, Xiao Chiye is in the capital, and the Xiao family can’t move. They have nothing to do but care about you!”

He wanted to prove that he was useful, but his fear became more and more serious. The collapsed defense line made him defeated. The more humble he became, the more afraid he became.

Shen Zechuan asked he the last question through the railing: “Duanzhou fell five years ago, and my wife died. No one knows about this. How come you know it so well?”

Ji Lei looked at Shen Zechuan in the eyes, and in the dead silence, beads of sweat slowly dripped down.

* * *

Xi Hongxuan waited until he fell asleep, until papers were thrown on him.he woke up with an excitement, took the paper, shook it open in the dark and looked at it. Seeing the bright red fingerprints underneath, he laughed vaguely and said, “You are really good at it.”

Shen Zechuan’s body had a bit of a salty smell, he smiled for a moment and said, “Whether this confession can be submitted or not depends entirely on Mr. Haige’s discretion.”

“Such a big favor,” Xi Hongxuan said, “It’s not for nothing, right?”

“There is a man named Qiao Tianya in Jinyiwei. He is very good at swordsmanship. I want him.” Shen Zechuan said calmly.

“…It’s easy to talk.” Xi Hongxuan hesitated for a moment, “I’ll talk to Yan Qing.”

“Thank you.” Shen Zechuan said, “It’s late at night, it’s time for me to leave.”

After that, he opened the door and left first.

It was raining outside at night, and Xi Hongxuan wanted to ask Shen Zechuan to get in the carriage and go together, but he thought of something else and changed his mind.He read through the confession and found it to be very smooth.

Xi Hongxuan thought that he had to show Xue Xiuzhuo the confession first, and said to the attendant beside him: “Go, drag Ji Lei out and send him back.”

The attendant responded, went up to open the door, and stepped in. He fell to the ground with a “clang” and screamed as if he had seen a ghost.

Xi Hongxuan walked along the open door and saw Ji Lei.He’s stomach was tumbling, he covered his face and retreated, he knocked aside tables and chairs desperately, rushed into the rain and vomited violently.

* * *

Shen Zechuan washed his hands until they turned red before wiping them with a handkerchief.The white clothes on his body were not stained with blood, but the smell of blood lingered around him.he picked up the skirt of his clothes, frowned and smelled it.

It stinks.

Shen Zechuan just squatted by the water, soaked in the rain.The night rain quickly soaked him, and he slowly raised his head and looked at the dark sky, which made his neck feel sore.Then he stood up and walked back.

Shen Zechuan walked to the alley of the Forbidden Army’s residence and saw a man standing at the door of the residence.

Xiao Chiye leaned against the door, holding his arms in the darkness, staring at him like a cheetah.

I don’t know when the rain was mixed with snow, making me feel wet and cold.