Chapter 335 I Don’t Want to Hear a False Word
He knocked on the gate in front of him.
After a while, the gate opened and he walked in.
Su Ying followed him to the outside of the yard, listened to the movement inside the door, and climbed over the wall. On the wall, he could see two figures walking in.
Su Ying's body landed lightly on the ground, and she quickly followed forward.
The house is not big and is very quiet. There is not even a single person in sight as I walked along.
The two men walked to a lighted room, and the other party opened the door and let the man go in.
Su Ying looked around and climbed onto the roof. She carefully lifted a tile and could see the situation inside the house clearly.
"Old friend, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to see you again in Beijing." The speaker was a short and fat middle-aged man, who was looking at the person who entered the room with a look of sarcasm and disdain.
"What do you want to do?"
The man laughed playfully. "What are you talking about, old friend? I was afraid that you would be framed. I left shortly after you were taken away. I have always wanted to find a chance to explain everything to you."
"Hmph, stop being hypocritical here. Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"
The man's smile deepened. "You also know that the queen got into trouble because of that snack. Tell me, if your master knew about this, would he want to kill you?"
"What on earth are you going to do!?"
"It's nothing. Someone is just curious about the situation in your master's house and wants to ask you some questions. Just answer truthfully. I will just pretend that what happened back then never happened."
"You're dreaming!"
Seeing his refusal, the man sneered, "Don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit. I tell you, if this matter is exposed, you will have no way to survive. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly. As long as you are obedient, you will have endless wealth and glory. Isn't it better than being a cook? Don't be in a hurry to refuse me. Go back and think about it carefully. But I don't have much patience. I will give you two days at most. If you can't figure it out, I'm afraid that the stupid things you did before will be heard by your master."
The flickering candlelight illuminated the wretched and cold face of the middle-aged man, and also made He Shouyi's face flickering.
The darkness of Su Ying's phoenix eyes almost blended with the night. She slowly covered the tiles and watched He Shouyi leave the yard.
He Shouyi walked out of the yard with a heavy heart and walked into the alley. When he came to the entrance of an alley, he saw a carriage parked in front. He was a little surprised, and when he was about to go around, the curtain of the carriage was lifted.
Su Ying's cold face appeared under the faint moonlight.
The silvery moonlight fell on her beautiful face, like a layer of frost.
For some reason, He Shouyi's heart instantly fell back into his stomach the moment he saw Su Ying.
"princess……"
"Get in the car."
He Shouyi got on the carriage with his body stiff. The moment the curtain fell, it blocked out the little light left in the carriage.
The temperature inside the car seemed to have dropped to an extreme point, making people shudder.
"princess……"
"Let's start from the beginning, Uncle He. I don't want to hear a single lie."
He Shouyi took a deep breath, feeling like a huge rock was pressing on his chest. "Let me start with what happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Chu, Nanguo and Jin were the three major powers. Although Jin was weaker, the gap was not big. None of the three countries was willing to give in to the other. The emperor had just ascended the throne and wanted to take down Nanguo and Jin to show his might."
Emperor Kangze was a very competitive person. It happened that the Three Kingdoms were disliking each other, and no one knew who started the war, so the Chu Kingdom launched a war with the Southern Kingdom. The three generations of the Wei family's ancestors were all military generals, so Emperor Kangze sent the men of the Wei family to the war.
The Wei family army was brave and good at fighting, and they caused the Southern Kingdom to suffer a lot. Not long after the Wei family army arrived at the battlefield, they received news of victory one after another. The emperor was very happy, and for this reason he made Concubine Wei the most favored among the six palaces, and even the queen had to avoid her.
Originally, everyone thought that the Wei family was going to move to a higher level. However, in the last battle between the Wei family and the Southern Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom suddenly intervened to help the Southern Kingdom, catching the Wei family army off guard. General Wei lost his life in this war.
But this is just the beginning.
The State of Jin came with great force, as if it had been prepared, and always used some insidious tactics, causing the State of Chu to lose several battles in a row.
Originally he thought he could return with a great victory, but unexpectedly he was defeated in the final battle and almost lost the city he had seized from the Southern Kingdom. Emperor Kangze was furious when he found out.
He ordered the Wei army to take down the State of Jin as well.
Fortunately, the Wei family had rich experience in warfare and quickly adjusted their tactics and found a way to deal with the situation. They fought one against two and fought against the Southern Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom for another year, finally defeating them.
The beating lasted for two whole years, and at the same time there was a disaster nearby, so many people starved to death on the streets that year.
When the Wei family army returned to the court, some officials criticized the Wei family army for deliberately delaying the war and wasting the national treasury, and even colluding with the Jin State and the Southern State to empty the national treasury!
The men of Wei family sacrificed their lives for the people of Chu on the front line, but those people in the front hall who wanted to talk about the world as soon as they opened their mouths slandered them.
When the Wei family's sons learned about this, they were so angry that they disobeyed the order and delayed returning to the court.
Emperor Kangze was originally very suspicious, and now seeing that the Wei family had not returned yet, he thought that they were trying to show their self-respect to the mercenaries!
Emperor Kangze immediately ordered the beheading of the civil servant who had reported the Wei family's son, and hung his head on the city wall for three days and three nights for public display to show his trust in the Wei family.
The Wei family really believed it and returned to the capital immediately.
What they could not have imagined was that when they returned to the capital, what awaited them was not a welcoming reception but cold weapons!
Emperor Kangze arrested all the men of the Wei family on the charge of disobeying the imperial edict. He did not even give them a chance to defend themselves and simply beheaded the entire family!
He Shouyi's voice trembled unconsciously as he spoke, "Back then, my father ran a medium-sized restaurant, and General Wei had dinner with him several times. I will never forget the determination General Wei showed when he said he would become a barrier for the Chu Kingdom. But how could he have imagined that he would sacrifice his life for the Chu Kingdom, but his loyal monarch would take the lives of his entire family!"
Su Ying listened quietly, her face hidden in the dark night. Only her phoenix eyes would flash a frightening light from time to time.
"What does this have to do with you?"
He Shouyi lowered his eyes, his voice was a little heavy, but full of determination, "The moment I learned that the Wei family was going to be beheaded, I rushed to the capital like crazy and saw those bloody heads! Princess, do you know what I was thinking at the time?"
(End of this chapter)
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