Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.Just when the Great Xia Dynasty claimed that they had no money to support the refugees of other races and killed them in pain, the flower picking wine market in the inner city was full of singing and dancing, indulging in fragrant fragrances, and full of glamor and luxury.The waist of the beauty is like willow, the skin is like jade, with a coquettish smile, jade arms and breasts. The elders of the Great Xia who have "hard-working" for a day, here take off their elegant clothes in the daytime, let go of their bodies, and enjoy themselves.

Snow-covered trees hang outside the door, silk ribbons flutter, and lights of various colors are burning brightly. The Lantern Festival is celebrated by the whole country, including these wandering women.At this moment, the rapid sound of horseshoes suddenly crushed the dream of Wei Guang, the patriarch of the Wei Clan, and the old man with a long snow-white beard but still looking handsome squinted his long and narrow eyes, and waved his hands away from the crowd around him. More than a dozen women in colorful makeup heard the words, all the women put on their clothes, half kneeled on the ground, and retreated without daring to lift their heads.

Wei Guang picked up the teacup, took a deep breath, and slowly leaned on the soft couch. The incense in the censer is curling up, and the clouds of incense are gently floating above, shaped like thin dragons, rising vertically, looking through them, everything seems a bit blurred. A subordinate's respectful voice sounded outside the door: "My lord, Mr. Shu Ye is here." It's time to come, the old man raised his eyebrows slightly, a little earlier than he expected, wasting all the hard work of Yu Niang, the old man said in a low voice, "Let him in." The door of the room was opened on the side, and he was dressed in a simple style, so plain that it hardly looked like a moon-white robe that a nobleman should wear. He flashed into the Tianzi No. 1 box in the Shihua Wine Market. Major General Shu Ye's face was gloomy, and he said without thinking: "why?"

Of course Wei Guang knew what he was referring to. He squinted his eyes slightly without even looking at him, and said slowly, "Is it the manners I have taught you all these years that you don't know how to salute when you see elders?" Wei Shuye frowned slightly, the candlelight in the corner crackled and burst into sparks, time passed quietly, and the young major general finally lowered his head: "Uncle." "Not everything in this world needs to know the reason before doing it. You have to learn from Shu You on this point." Major General Shu Ye raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Then why did you send me there? I promised them..."

"You are the next successor of the Wei family, the head of the seven major clans of the Great Xia. You are the noble of the empire, and you don't need to make promises to a group of low-blooded untouchables. Their lives exist for Lost at the right time, dedicated to the empire, you did nothing wrong, and you don’t need to feel guilty, let alone come here to question your uncle at this time.” The old man interrupted Shu Ye's words, and said in a low voice, his voice was sonorous, like broken gold. Shu Ye shook his head, frowned and said, "Uncle, you didn't teach me like this before."

"It's because I was as naive as you that your father died in the strife among clansmen." Wei Guang opened his eyes, and there was a sharp edge flickering in the old eyes, and he turned his head slowly. Come on, looked at Shu Ye closely, and said word by word: "The winner is king, the weak prey on the strong, this is how this world is. Ye'er, after so many years, don't you understand?" "Uncle," Shu Ye said with a serious face, "the empire needs people to go to the west to reclaim wasteland. All the young and strong of their clan went west because they believed in me. Why can't the elders take care of their families? They followed me all the way back home. I came to the imperial capital because you promised me that you would build permanent residences for them at the foot of the Hongchuan River. They gave up their homes and their nomadic nature because I promised them myself!"

Shu Ye excitedly picked up the small cluster of incense in front of Wei Guang's desk, and said sharply: "You said that the empire has no money to support them, but what is it? This is the golden incense of Huai Song Dynasty, and one cluster is worth two hundred Gold plants, two hundred gold plants, enough for their family to live for ten years!" Wei Guang's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly listened to Shu Ye venting his dissatisfaction. The air was tense and full of young people's anger. After a long time, the old man smiled softly and said slowly: "Ye'er, you and Dian Jiangtang Major General Zhilu went out together to supervise Shangshen's civil unrest but came back dismal. Major General Zhilu was stripped of his military rank and imprisoned in the prison hall. He is still alive and dead, but you can stand here and quarrel with me. What is the reason? ?”

Shu Ye was taken aback for a moment, the angry expression froze on his face, and he was speechless immediately. "The reason why you can stand here intact is because your surname is Wei. I know that you sympathize with those untouchables and reject the distinction of rank, but no matter how much you hate this identity, you are a direct descendant of the Wei family after all. Wei Guang's nephew, everything you have enjoyed since you were a child was brought to you by the family. What you eat and use, clothing, clothing, housing, transportation, status, and status are all thanks to the gift of the family. This point, you will never change. Enjoy it safely All these people are not qualified to hate and curse it."

Wei Guang took a deep breath, leaned on the couch, his chest rose and fell slightly, and his voice was low, with a hint of vicissitudes: "Everything in this world has its reason. The reason why the Wei family slaughtered the Bianta clan today, and It wasn't that the Benta clan slaughtered the Wei people, it was because the Wei family had been fighting for the interests of the family since their ancestors. For three hundred years, the Wei family has defended the country, reclaimed the frontiers, entered the court and served as officials, and established countless Thanks to the hard work, when the Bianta people were leisurely herding horses and sheep, the children of the Wei family had already begun to learn the art of cavalry, archery, military tactics, and the way of doing business, so they could avoid the secret plots. So many years later, the Wei family was the head of the seven great clans. One, but the Benta will be distributed to the frontier, and the whole family will be destroyed. Children, God is very fair and never favors anyone. The reason why they will lose is because they have not paid enough. No one can Because of your own weakness, you curse the bullying of the strong. If you want not to be killed, you can only become stronger. You sympathize with them here today, but have you ever thought that if the descendants of the Wei family are like you, today Those who died outside Zhenhuang City are your brothers and sisters."

Shu Ye stood where he was, with his brows tightly furrowed, trying to say something, but felt that his chest was severely suppressed by a huge rock, and he was speechless. Wei Guang stood up slowly, stretched out his hand and patted Wei Shuye's shoulder: "Ye'er, uncle is old and can't protect you for long. In the future, when uncle is gone, who will protect the family? Who will protect my children from being raped?" Who will protect my daughter from being manipulated? Who will protect them? You?" The door was wide open, and the sound of silk and bamboo came in leisurely, and the fragrance was intoxicating and dizzy.The sound of the old man's footsteps gradually faded away, Wei Shuye straightened his back, feeling a burning pain in his shoulder, pressing down there was an invisible mountain, a heavy burden that he tried to escape but could not get rid of after all.

The night was pitch black, but it wasn't as dark as the thick fog in his heart. Those invisible ghosts and ghosts were wandering in his thoughts, devouring his reason, struggling to no avail, and finally heaved a long sigh, speechless. Some things are already decided at birth, like blood, like fate. The man sat down slumped, picked up the wine cup, and drank it down, full of depression and unwillingness. Chu Qiao just walked to the gate of the city when she saw the servants wearing the clothes of Zhuge's family looking around with lanterns. When she saw her, she immediately ran over overjoyed. "Xing'er, Fourth Young Master asked us to wait for you here, go back home quickly." Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect that with Zhuge Yue's temperament, she would send someone to look for her, she nodded, and got into the carriage prepared by the visitor. The carriage creaked forward, walking in the still noisy and lively market, gradually, the sound outside gradually became smaller and quieter.The child leaned against the inner wall of the carriage, and the massacre just now echoed in front of his eyes, the cold-blooded eyes of the soldiers, the deep-seated hatred of the refugees, and Wei Shuye's powerless stop. With his identity, he is still powerless, let alone his insignificant self.Fighting against the entire dynasty with one's own ability is undoubtedly a mantis' arm. All she can do now is to live carefully, look for opportunities to avenge her big revenge, and then leave safely with Xiaoba.As for other things, her ability is too small, and she doesn't expect to change anything. The carriage wheeled and gradually drifted away, Chu Qiao suddenly regained consciousness, opened the curtain abruptly, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "This is not the way back to the house, where are you taking me?" The servant was startled, he didn't expect such a young child to remember the way, he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "The young master is in another courtyard, not in the mansion." The child raised his eyebrows, and said cautiously: "The other courtyard, which other courtyard?" "The other courtyard in the west of the lake, you don't know." Chu Qiao's brows were tightly furrowed, and the cautiousness that arose from years of dangerous work secretly reminded her that something was a little strange, and she tentatively said: "The young master asked me to go back to the house to get the things before I had time to get them, let's go back to the house first, and then Go to another hospital." The servant smiled and said: "Don't worry, the young master just said that there is no need to pick up the things, he is waiting in another courtyard, let's go quickly, don't make the young master wait in a hurry." The child nodded slowly, with a calm expression, let go and lowered the curtain.The servant heaved a sigh of relief, a sly look slipped across his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but at the moment when the smile on his mouth just widened, a cold dagger suddenly touched his neck and throat, The child followed the trend like a small beast, and said in a gloomy and cold voice: "You are not from the fourth young master, who are you?" "Hey," a hoarse, night owl-like low laugh suddenly sounded from the side, and a gorgeous carriage slowly came out from behind the bushes. The old man with a rogue face but a gorgeous dress smiled lewdly at the man who was nodding and bowing: " Zhu Shun, the girl you introduced is really good, she has such a stubborn temper at such a young age, and she looks good, I will reward you well later." Zhu Shun smiled obsequiously: "It's the slave's duty to share the old man's worries. If the old man rewards the slave, he will not give him the opportunity to serve you loyally." The old man chuckled, and said to the attendants on the left and right sides: "Take this little girl down and send her back to the mansion." Everyone agreed with a bang, and immediately gathered around.