[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 83 [English]

Chapter 81 Shadow

The food in the prison was not clean, and Xi Hongxuan became upset.He had already lost his vitality during the epidemic, and now he is even more miserable.Because of his lack of energy, he often fell asleep. When he woke up, the surroundings were dark, and he gradually lost track of the time.

The smell inside this cramped house was turbid, with no windows for ventilation, and mixed with the damp musty smell, making it unbearable for ordinary people.

Xi Hongxuan was seriously ill and could not move his body freely. He could only lie down on the straw mat, becoming cold and wet, and his consciousness became drowsy.

The jailer removed the baffle as usual and stuffed food inside, but he didn’t hear anything from Xi Hongxuan today.He looked through the hole and could only see Xi Hongxuan’s drooping arms.The jailer was afraid that Xi Hongxuan was dead, so he opened the door and waved the lamp in front of Xi Hongxuan’s face.

Xi Hongxuan struggled to open his eyes, his lips were dry and his tongue was dry, and he said: “Uncle…please enjoy your saliva.”

The jailer turned over and poured a bowl of water on Xi Hongxuan’s face.

Xi Hongxuan tried his best to open his mouth and continue, not caring about his wet collar.he drank the water, cheered up, and said: “Thank you, thank you!”

The jailer threw the bowl, picked up the oil lamp and left.

Xi Hongxuan didn’t know where he got the strength to grab the jailer’s clothes. He forced a smile on his fat face and said, “Brother, let’s see, this place, cough! This is not a prison at all, right?”

The jailer shook Xi Hongxuan’s hand away, but Xi Hongxuan laughed hoarsely and lay on the mat panting heavily.He pulled his soaked front with his hand, rolled his eyes, stared at the dark roof, and said: “This is not a prison… I should have thought of it earlier! It’s been a few days, even if Kong Qiu didn’t interrogate me, there should be officials from the Ministry of Punishment coming to inspect… It’s too quiet… It’s too quiet here…”

Xi Hongxuan said and stared at the jailer quickly.

“I have carefully calculated that you come to deliver meals at exactly the right time every day, and even the position of pushing the tray is exactly right. Brother, ordinary jailers are not so rigid! It has been several days, and no one has come to change the prison door with you… You don’t accept the money, even these sleeves are clean, not even a trace of greasy dust is stained! The ape-armed wolf is tall and cautious, and he is careful in his words and deeds. You must be a guard!”

The jailer had no expression on his face, took the oil lamp and walked away, closing the door.Xi Hongxuan listened to the sound of the iron chains wrapping around him and knocked on the straw mat under him with his fist.

“Shen Zechuan… Shen Zechuan!” Xi Hongxuan banged his knuckles until his knuckles turned red, and suddenly shouted loudly, “Scheming against me… actually plotting against me! Call him, call him, call him!”

There was no response in the darkness.

Xi Hongxuan dug at the straw mat, confused, and said hatefully: “Do you want money? Just ask him to come. Just let me out… Just let me out…” He swallowed hard, suddenly pulled his hair, and gasped, “I’ll give him money! I can’t fucking stand it anymore!”

The jailer sat down outside, lit an oil lamp, and ate broad beans with wine.The iron door behind blocked Xi Hongxuan, and only the sound of sobbing could be heard, like the wind in the middle of the night.

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Xi Hongxuan’s eyes became cloudy, and he didn’t dare to sleep anymore, for fear that he would not wake up if he fell asleep.By the time Shen Zechuan came back, he had calmed down.

Shen Zechuan stood and looked at Xi Hongxuan.

Xi Hongxuan once narrowly escaped death at sea. Ever since he saved his life, he has never been in such a miserable state.He is different from other aristocratic families, he is not afraid of falling into despair, nor is he afraid of being embarrassed.He looked at it and Shen Zechuan laughed for no reason at his dry throat for a while and said: “Lan Zhou, you are brave! Four million…I almost died because of your trick.”

“This place is hard to find. It can’t attract people’s attention, and it can’t be too far away.” Shen Zechuan sighed softly, “Your analysis of details is beyond my expectation.”

Xi Hongxuan shook his arm and said: “Man perishes for money, and birds perish for food. Brother, I am willing to give this money to you! But you can’t kill me for this little money…” his tone was a little fluttery, but neither hunger nor illness deprived him of his ability to adapt.Then he said, “Lan Zhou… I could have still pretended not to know. Only I know where the key to the Xi family is. I could have followed you in circles to get myself out, but you see, I didn’t do that. I was thinking about this brotherly love… Lan Zhou! We teamed up to kill Xi Gu’an and Ji Lei. Now you are jealous in Jinyiwei.”, if you kill me now, you will lose the support of the Xi family!Jinyiwei, you already know how difficult it is to move even further, right?Which of those hereditary old men is willing to accept you?Isn’t it just for my sake that Han Cheng can tolerate you?If you kill me, you will be the target of public criticism!

Shen Zechuan knelt down, held the handkerchief between his fingers, looked at Xi Hongxuan, and asked seriously: “In your opinion, what should I do?”

Xi Hongxuan has seen Shen Zechuan look like this countless times, heKnowing that Shen Zechuan must have murderous intentions, he shed cold sweat, looked at Shen Zechuan for a moment, and said, “It’s not time for us to quarrel with each other, Shen Zechuan, I’m in trouble this time, I admit it! Failure in business is not shameful at all. I don’t have to fight with you over such a trivial matter.””I’m afraid of you! It’s true, but it’s because I’m afraid of you that I continue to fight with you. Think about it, you only have four million to kill me, but you have the gold and silver mountain of the Xi family, so why do you have to have such blood in the future?”

“That makes sense.” Shen Zechuan said, “But it would be too easy to dismiss me with just the word ‘convinced’. I heard that the Second Young Master has sixty-eight keys, so why don’t we split them up into four or six, which reassures me.”

Xi Hongxuan slowly stood up, looked at Shen Zechuan with a fierce look, and said, “I can give you the key, but once you take the key, you can’t ask for Qi Huilian again. What, are you willing?”

Shen Zechuan slowly raised his finger, then put it down as if he was bored, and said, “Do you think Qi Hui is worth this? Of course I want the key.”

“Since he is worthless, there is no point in keeping him. I will kill him!”

Shen Zechuan suddenly laughed and said, “Do you think I don’t know where he is? At this moment, you still dare to test me.”

“You are testing me!” Xi Hongxuan slowly crawled towards Shen Zechuan, finally showing a ferocious expression, “I know you, Lan Zhou, the same trick is useless if you do it too many times. You are used to cheating with words, and the more you pretend not to be here at this momentThe more careless you are, the more important it is to you.You deceived me once in the yard, and now you are using the same trick. Although I, Xi Hongxuan, am not a very smart person, I am not that stupid.You don’t know.If you know where he is, haha!You will kill me after you get the money!What about Shen Zechuan, have you searched all over the place and still can’t find he?”

Shen Zechuan clenched the handkerchief slightly.

Xi Hongxuan smoothed away his messy hair and said: “No matter how eloquent you are, you have forgotten one thing. That is that you hide people so carefully, which makes me very suspicious. Even if I trust you a little, I have to be on guard early. When dealing with you, I am afraid of turning around.”

Shen Zechuan’s eyes were emotionless, he looked at Xi Hongxuan and said, “What do you want?”

“I want to get out,” Xi Hongxuan pointed at the door, “I want to get out unscathed. If I can’t get out tonight, Qi Huilian’s body will be on your doorstep tomorrow morning. Believe it or not? Try me. Xi Dan, a bastard who seeks glory, must have told you that all the people under my command are family-born, and my safety is related to the safety of hundreds of people. Even if I can’t get out, there are still ways to kill Qi Huilian!”

“You lied.”

Shen Zechuan stood up suddenly, and his gloomy and violent emotions surged out of the dirty room.He took a few steps back, and the dim light made the face blurry, turning into some kind of behemoth in the darkness.

“This place is isolated from outsiders. How do you communicate with others? You are trying to trick me when you are about to die. Can you tell me to try?” Shen Zechuan smiled half-heartedly and said in a cold voice, “Okay, let’s try and I’ll take you out.”

“Since I was on guard, wouldn’t I have been prepared?!” Seeing that the situation was not good, Xi Hongxuan suddenly raised his voice in a cold sweat, “I have told the guards that I will go every half a month. If I didn’t go, they would take action! Last time you asked me if I dared to believe it, Shen Zechuan, this time I want to ask you, if you dare to believe it!”

Shen Zechuan said nothing.

Xi Hongxuan slowed down his voice as if to comfort him: “If you can bribe Xi Dan, you must already know. I am the only one in the world who knows where Qi Huilian is. I have long known that no one in this world can be trusted, and I have left countless escape routes for myself. Lan Zhou, why should we lose both sides? You are irritating me.Me, if I irritate you, it’s not good for either of us.Aren’t you just doing it for profit?This business is so unprofitable, you will definitely not do it. I have everything you need, and I will give it to you.As long as you lend me your courage and talent, we can prosper in this place.He is a good emperor who can only be seen in a century. He means that people like you and me have a faster path to success!If you kill me and offend the family, will Xiao Er accept you?How long can Xiao Fangxu’s reputation of being invincible in all battles last?If Xiao Jiming is also defeated, what’s the use of Xiao Er?”

Xi Hongxuan seemed to be sighing with emotion and encouraging at the same time.

“Lan Zhou, both you and I have had the hard time of being controlled by others. Now you have to choose to succumb to Xiao Er and serve him.”Is it an errand?The only thing that can stay with me in this world is power and money!If you join forces with me, I will give you a mountain of gold and silver. As long as you keep the reputation of the Xi family intact for me, our business will reach a higher level. By then, no amount of intrigue will be able to shake you and me.Status!You previously wanted me to annex other families and become king, but now you are restricted! There are also the six states of Zhongbo.Don’t you want to rebuild the six states of Zhongbo?Shen Wei can’t clean up, but you can use money to open the door of the six states of Zhongbo.We are so poor now that you are a god who descended from the sky.Who will dare to disobey you then?This is all money can give you, can you, Xiao Erxing?Why are you still hesitating?We can continue to climb up as before.”

Shen Zechuan was moved. He seemed no longer so murderous, and his tone was gentler, and said: “If you are so honest, why would you and I confront each other? You are right, we can save a lot of troubles by working together.”

“I’m a businessman, and in business, if you and I don’t have that much benefit from joining forces, then why should I waste so much time talking about it?” Xi Hongxuan’s back was itchy, and the area injured by the collapse last time had scars, and it had been itching and hurting in the past few days.He calmed down and continued: “Then without further ado, let’s go out now. When we are out, let’s sit down and talk.”

Xi Hongxuan has more than a dozen martial arts masters in Xi’s house in Qudu. They were all hired with a lot of money to frighten Shen Zechuan last time, and they have been kept in the house.He was actually very anxious. Because he couldn’t figure out Shen Zechuan’s thoughts, he also had murderous intentions and decided to go all out. No matter what, he had to get out of here first – only after he got out, there would be variables!

He wanted to kill Shen Zechuan, and he couldn’t even wait for tomorrow, let alone deal with it.If the deal can last for a long time, it often means that the two sides are evenly matched, and there is room for them to sit back and play aggressively.Xi Hongxuan felt that he and Shen Zechuan had lost their balance now. As Shen Zechuan’s official position rose, he seemed to have fallen into some kind of pocket covered by Shen Zechuan and could no longer influence the situation as he did at the beginning.

Xi Hongxuan still didn’t know what the problem was, but relying on his businessman’s intuition, he had discovered that his situation of spinning in circles like a ghost hitting a wall was inseparable from Shen Zechuan.

They have joined forces to this day. In addition to killing Xi Gu’an and getting the key to the Xi family, all the sweetness that happened later will be fleeting for Xi Hongxuan. Only Shen Zechuan has truly held the power and ascended to the top.

Xi Hongxuan was sure that he had been tricked, but his face was still full of sincerity, as if he admired Shen Zechuan so much that he was so afraid of him that he didn’t dare to move.

Qiao Tianya pushed open the door and cast the light of the oil lamp in.Shen Zechuan’s exposed wrist was very clean. He was surrounded by the light and looked the same as during the day. He said politely: “Please.”

Xi Hongxuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.