Chapter 26: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey

Wei Zhaoxian regretted it very much.

Why didn't he notice anything unusual about Shen Shilang when he came back that day?

His father is Shen Liangyu! How could Shen Shilang be a useless person who doesn't want to make progress?

That day, Shen Shilang was injured, but he was able to take several of his moves. It was not easy at all.

But he still thought that he was not enterprising and let Shen Shilang kneel for so long with injuries all over his body.

The more Wei Zhaoxian thought about it, the more hateful he became.

The Shen family trusted him so much that they gave their only bloodline to him to raise.

But he let Shen Shilang suffer bullying in the mansion!

Wei Zhaoxian's eyes were red and mist filled his sore eye sockets.

Wei Jianming was awakened by a bucket of water.

Some water splashed on the wound on his back, causing him to twitch in pain.

But Wei Zhaoxian had no intention of holding back.

But considering that he still had to take exams, I didn't spank him.

After being whipped five times, Wei Jianming fainted again.

Wei Zhaoxian saw that Wei Jianming really couldn't hold on any longer, so even if he splashed water on him again to wake him up, it would only take one whipping.

I could only throw away the whip angrily and say, "Carry it away!"

Mrs. Wei didn't care about anything at this moment and hurriedly followed Wei Jianming.

"You said that the servants in the mansion all attacked Shilang tonight." Wei Zhaoxian said to Wei Jianlang.

"Yes." Wei Jianlang said, "They must punish him, but they haven't had time to punish him tonight."

"Sell out Steward Zhou first." Wei Zhaoxian said, "He is in charge of all the servants in the mansion. Without him taking the lead, no one else would dare to do it. He played a big role in this."

"Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, with the precedent of Steward Zhou, others will not dare to neglect Shi Lang again in the future." Wei Zhaoxian said, "Anyone who participated tonight will be beaten with ten boards."

"As for the housekeeper, I'll write to my parents and ask them to arrange for someone trustworthy to take over." Wei Zhaoxian said, "In the meantime, let's transfer a shopkeeper from another shop to take over temporarily."

"Send Madam Liu back to your maternal grandparents' home," Wei Zhaoxian said. "She knew that what your mother did was wrong, but she didn't try to persuade her and even helped her to do evil."

"Your grandparents are sensible people. Ask them to arrange a stricter mother for you when the time comes." Wei Zhaoxian said again.

"Yes." Wei Jianlang sighed secretly in his heart.

His father was already very busy in the army, and he also had to deal with the affairs of the palace himself. Wei Jianlang said with guilt: "It's my son's fault that I have to take charge of the situation."

"You are very good." Wei Zhaoxian said, "It's my fault that I was fooled like this right under my nose."

"I'll go to Shilang first." Wei Zhaoxian said.

Wei Jianlang did not follow them. Wei Zhaoxian came to Shen Shilang's courtyard alone.

It was already daylight.

Wei Zhaoxian was at the gate of Shen Shilang's courtyard when he heard the sound of a long sword breaking through the wind.

It can be seen that Shen Shilang works hard every day.

Thinking of his criticism of Shen Shilang that day, Wei Zhaoxian blushed even more.

What did he say?

Wei Zhaoxian pushed the door and entered the courtyard.

Shen Shilang stopped when he saw Wei Zhaoxian, "General."

"Do you practice sword at this time every day?" Wei Zhaoxian asked.

Shen Shilang nodded.

"Don't worry about me, just continue practicing your own skills." Wei Zhaoxian said.

Shen Shilang smiled slightly, "This is also going to end."

Shen Shilang picked up the cloth on the stone table in the courtyard and wiped his sweat. Wei Zhaoxian asked, "Are your injuries all healed?"

"It's all healed now." Shen Shilang said.

"Would you like to fight with me for a few more moves?" Wei Zhaoxian asked again.

"Okay." Shen Shilang drew his sword again, "General, please."

Wei Zhaoxian drew out his sword, and the air in the courtyard seemed to suddenly freeze as the sword pointed.

Wei Zhaoxian drew his sword quickly, and only a shadow of it could be seen.

In the blink of an eye, the tip of the sword was already in front of Shen Shilang.

But if it happens to others, they may not react in time.

But Shen Shilang predicted Wei Zhaoxian's action the moment Wei Zhaoxian raised his sword.

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"when!"

While Shen Shilang was deflecting the long sword that Wei Zhaoxian was stabbing at him, he stabbed at Wei Zhaoxian with his sword.

The two of them fought back and forth, which was completely different from the last time.

Wei Zhaoxian had not encountered such a strong opponent for a long time. He fought with great pleasure and was unwilling to stop for a while.

Finally, Wei Zhaoxian and Shen Shilang put away their swords at the same time.

Although they were enjoying the fight, Wei Zhaoxian did not look happy. Instead, he looked ashamed. "Shilang, the last time I came back, I didn't even notice you were injured. I even dragged you into the fight."

"You were injured but you still tried to take my attack, but I thought you were lazy and didn't practice martial arts well." Wei Zhaoxian looked embarrassed, "Shilang, I'm sorry."

"General, you don't have to be like this." Shen Shilang said, "You don't know, and it's my own fault for not telling you, so I can't blame anyone else."

"I made you suffer so much in my house." Wei Zhaoxian shook his head, "I feel so ashamed..."

"General." Shen Shilang didn't let him say the word "Shen family". "It's all in the past. Besides, I didn't tell you about this matter. If I had told you, you would definitely seek justice for me like you did today."

If he didn't tell him, who could he blame? On the way back from the military camp, Wei Zhaoxian gradually calmed down from his original rage, and figured out why Shen Shilang didn't tell him.

Shen Shilang always remembered his kindness and didn't want any chaos in his family, nor did he want him to have any worries in the army.

"Shilang, don't do this again." Wei Zhaoxian said in a deep voice, "No matter what, it's not as important as you. If you have anything to say, you must tell me the truth."

"I will." Shen Shilang also felt a little guilty. "I thought I could keep it a secret from the general for a lifetime, and it would be fine if the general didn't know about these things. But I didn't expect that the general would still know about it, and it made the general feel guilty and restless, which was not my intention. In this case, Shilang will not dare to hide anything in the future."

Wei Zhaoxian finally felt a little comforted, and then he thought of something else, "That day when I tested you and Jianming on your homework, were you also worried about Jianming, so you pretended not to know it?"

Thinking of this possibility, Wei Zhaoxian felt very uncomfortable.

Shen Shilang actually had to put himself in such a difficult position just to avoid his good-for-nothing and dissolute son.

Shen Shilang nodded somewhat embarrassedly, "I did hide some things."

Just as he had said to Su Jinshi before, to prevent Mrs. Wei from tripping him up.

It's better to act like a wimp than to get into bigger trouble.

Wei Zhaoxian's eyes were red and his fists were clenched tightly at his side.

He has said the word "sorry" enough times.

No matter how many times I say it, it's meaningless.

"So you also hid your abilities in the previous exam?"

Shen Shilang knew what Wei Zhaoxian meant, so he said, "I hid my strength before, not entirely because of Madam Wei and Wei Jianming, but also because I didn't want to stand out too early and attract attention."

(End of this chapter)