"Okay!" Wei Fu said fiercely, as if he had made up his mind.
Wei Ju's face lit up with joy, but the next second, Wei Fu looked at him grimly, "You can ask me to send troops, but I want you dead!"
Wei Ju was shocked and blurted out, "I'm your biological father! How could you force your biological father to die?"
Wei Fu sneered and said nothing.
Wei Ju frowned and looked at him. The atmosphere was tense. Seeing this, "Old Qiao" gave Wei Ju a look and whispered in his ear, a voice only the two of them could hear, "Master, it's okay to agree to his request first. After the matter is settled..."
Wei Ju took a deep breath and was about to agree when suddenly a voice rang out at the door, "Brother, you can't agree to this!"
Wei Yuan had been waiting outside the door since some point, seemingly having overheard the entire conversation.
Wei Ju and Wei Fu were startled when Wei Yuan rushed to Wei Fu and said with red eyes, "Brother, you can't go!"
"Do you know that once you send troops, you will be a traitor and a traitor. Your grandfather deserves to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the Wei family has accumulated generations of meritorious service. If you go, everything will be over!"
Wei Fu said sadly, "Ayuan, you don't understand the truth. You don't know..." He glared at Wei Ju and said, "You don't know how big a mistake your father made. If you don't fight, I'm afraid the whole Wei family will lose their heads..."
"I know! I heard it all outside!"
"That's why you can't go! Since ancient times, generals have always had to have a legitimate reason to go to war. Otherwise, it would be unjust and God would not bless you. Have you ever seen a war won by an unjust cause? Our Wei family is not in the right in this matter!"
"Yes, Cousin Cheng Qian will hate you and our Wei family, but once you seize her Zhao family's inheritance, she will be a princess of a fallen nation. How can she survive? Since you love her so deeply, why do you force her to die?"
Wei Fu was shocked, as if he had been hit on the head with a stick.
Seeing this, Wei Ju quickly shouted, "Wei Yuan, shut up, you unfilial son! You're harming your brother by trying to persuade him like this! Do you want to see your brother implicated and killed?"
Wei Yuan was almost pissed off by Wei Ju's shamelessness. It was clearly him who caused the genocide of the clan, but now it seemed as if Wei Ju was forcing his elder brother to death. How could he do that? How could he possibly do that?
He would rather die than let anything happen to his elder brother!
Wei Yuan said earnestly, "Brother, don't be afraid. We will be fine. The Emperor is kind and generous, and he doesn't take his anger out on others. The Empress and Auntie have also treated you and me very well. The most they can do is confiscate our property and exile us... Even if the worst happens, it doesn't matter. On the road to the underworld, you and I will be brothers, and we won't be alone. This will be the end of our earthly relationship, and our lives will not be in vain."
As Wei Yuan spoke, tears fell from his eyes.
Obviously, he remembered the days when the two brothers depended on each other when they were young.
Wei Fu's eyes were filled with mist. He slowly reached out his hand, patted Wei Yuan's shoulder, and said with a sob, "It's my fault that I'm useless. I can't protect you..."
Wei Yuan shook his head, "Brother, you are the best brother in the world!"
Wei Ju and "Old Qiao" were furious when they saw Wei Yuan, the Cheng Yaojin who suddenly appeared to do something bad. They looked at him coldly and were about to persuade him again when they heard a dull sound suddenly.
The two of them looked over and saw Wei Fu using his palm as a knife. He raised the knife and chopped Wei Yuan unconscious.
Wei Fu caught the unconscious Wei Yuan and frowned.
Ayuan, don't blame me.
It's because I'm your brother that I can't bear to see you die!
Although Wei Ju took advantage of me, this was an unsolvable situation.
Wei Fu called the servant over and said, "Come here, take the Second Master back to his courtyard and find a few people to guard him. Don't let him out."
Wei Ju closed his mouth, breathed a sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Wei Fu immediately sent someone to secretly call over several of his trusted lieutenants. After the messenger left, Wei Fu stood with his hands behind his back in the empty and silent courtyard. There were two century-old mulberry trees planted in the courtyard, which were now lush and green.
When they were young, the three siblings and Zhao Ying would run around this tree, chasing after it.
He looked up at the desolate night sky. The night was so deep and dark, like an airtight box. He was locked inside, feeling suffocated to death.
Wei Ju then approached from behind him and whispered, "Ah Fu, I owe you for what happened in the past. Don't worry, when you succeed and protect the Wei family, I'll take your father's head!"
What a beautiful thing to say.
Wei Fu sneered and remained silent.
Seeing that Wei Fu ignored him, Wei Ju shut up awkwardly.
Wei Fu just looked up at the stars in the sky, his eyes focused, as if he was looking at something else through the stars.
Suddenly, the man frowned, and endless pain was revealed in his eyes.
I'm sorry, Yingmei, please forgive my cowardice. I can't just watch the Wei family being slaughtered.
I gave up on you again...
I'm really at my wit's end...
Whether you blame me or hate me, your cousin will pay with his life when the time comes!
Wei Fu's thoughts were interrupted by the noise coming from the side courtyard.
"The fire is coming! The fire is coming!"
When everyone heard the sound, they looked and saw Wei Yuan's yard.
Wei Ju gritted his teeth in hatred. This brat is really restless!
Wei Fu lifted his robe and was about to walk over, but unexpectedly Wei Yuan's pace was faster than his. He rushed towards him in a panic, crying as he ran.
"Brother, the fire is coming! Brother, look, the fire is coming!"
He stepped forward, grabbed Wei Fu's arm, pointed at the nearby courtyard where flames were blazing, and said excitedly, "Brother, this is heavenly fire! An ominous fire! The heavens have warned you, you will never return!"
Wei Fu frowned, obviously not believing it.
Wei Ju sneered, "A Yuan, you can just disrupt the morale of the army before the battle, but why bother spreading rumors about gods and ghosts to confuse people? I think you most likely started the fire!"
"How could it be me? When I woke up from my bed, the fire was already on. The people guarding me said that the fire started suddenly. Brother, if you don't believe me, you can go ask those people in my yard!"
At this time, the Wei Mansion was in chaos because of the fire. Wei Fu was skeptical. Seeing this, Wei Yuan wanted to bring people to prove it, but was stopped by Wei Fu.
Wei Fu advised, "Ayuan, I have made up my mind. You just wait patiently in the mansion, wait..."
Wei Yuan turned around, his face looking even paler in the darkness. After hearing what Wei Fu said, he seemed to be so desperate that he was exhausted. He opened his dull and bloodshot eyes, shook his head continuously, and his pale lips moved, but no one knew what he was saying.
It took Wei Fu a while to hear clearly.
"It's decided..."
"It's decided..."
"Heh..." He found it funny. He looked at Wei Fu, his doubt mixed with a hint of cruelty. "Since it's Big Brother's decision, then I have nothing to say..."
"I just have two words to say...Brother, you and I have been his sons for many years. When has he ever thought of you and me?" Wei Yuan was heartbroken.
Wei He closed his eyes.
"One more thing, big brother. Since you're heading out to fight, I, your younger brother, will... bid you farewell with blood!"
After saying that, Wei Yuan resolutely banged his head against the tree trunk.
There was a muffled sound, and the next second, blood splattered everywhere.
Wei Ju roared in pain, ran to Wei Yuan, hugged him, and cried, "A Yuan, why are you so stupid..."
The servants who were coming and going to put out the fire in the Wei Mansion also came over when they heard the noise. They were so surprised at what they saw that they were speechless.
"Old Qiao" seemed to be frightened by the scene before him. After a while, a hint of sneer flashed across his eyes as he looked at Wei Ju.
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