Chapter 135 Leaving the City
"Knock knock knock..." The servant knocked on the back door of the Wei mansion's villa.
"Who is it?" The servant on night duty came over and asked, yawning.
"I, open the door quickly."
The door opened, and the servant hurried in, took out a piece of silver from his pocket and threw it to the servant: "Don't tell others that I went out at night."
"Hey, hey!" The servant on night duty put the silver in his pocket and went into the house.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door again.
"Why are there people here again? Can't we sleep so late at night..." The servant opened the door mutteringly, and suddenly his eyes went dark and he fell to the side unconscious.
The servant hurried to the back bedroom with God.
Wei Yunxiang had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw him come back, he asked excitedly: "Did you buy the things?!"
"Yes." The servant took out a paper bag from his arms.
Wei Yunxiang snatched it away, carefully opened the paper package, frowned and asked, "Why is there only so little?"
"My dear young master, the inspection outside is so strict now, it's not easy to buy anything at all."
"Okay, okay, go down and remember to close the door."
The servant closed the door and retreated. Meng Xiang used his little fingernail to pick up a little bit of the magic medicine, placed it in the incense burner prepared in advance, and lit it. A wisp of green smoke slowly floated out.
Wei Yunxiang took a sip and collapsed on the bed in comfort. This was the life of a god. When he thought about the fact that these magic drugs were used up and he would be forced to quit drugs by that shrew, he couldn't help but feel angry.
"Divorce that bitch sooner or later!"
"Bang!" The door was suddenly pushed open.
Wei Yunxiang was startled, thinking that his wife had discovered that he was secretly taking the magic medicine. He quickly grabbed the teacup and put out the incense burner, shouting, "Madam, spare me, Madam, spare me."
Suddenly, a man's chuckle was heard at the door. Wei Yunxiang looked up and saw three hooded and masked men entering his room at some point.
"Who are you and what are you doing?"
"Don't be afraid, Mr. Wei. We don't want to harm you. We just want you to do us a small favor." The man took out a palm-sized paper bag from his arms and placed it on the table.
"Here is half a pound of magic medicine, enough for you to absorb for a year."
Wei Yunxiang widened his eyes, picked up the paper bag and smelled it half-doubtfully. The familiar smell filled his nose and his eyes turned red with excitement.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Moon Goddess, please help us get out of the city."
The three of them are all members of the Qingxu Sect. The investigation in the capital has been very strict these days. In order to eliminate the remnants of the evil cult hiding in the city, the Bingmasi and the Imperial Guards patrol the city every day.
It was even more difficult to enter and exit the city gate. Not only did one need customs clearance documents, but also proof of household registration. Once any abnormality was found, one would be detained without mercy.
A few days ago, they sent their men to sneak out of the city disguised as ordinary citizens. However, they found something wrong with the household registration at the city gate. When their men tried to escape, they were shot dead by the soldiers on the city wall.
Just when the three were at a loss, they met a servant who came to buy the magic medicine and traced back to Wei Yunxiang.
"No, no." Wei Yunxiang was so scared that he waved his hands quickly. If his father knew about this, he would beat him to death!
He was a very timid person. He escaped arrest because he was afraid to attend the Moon Ceremony.
Wei Yunxiang refused outright, "I can buy the magic medicine with money, but I can't help you get out of the city."
The leader sneered: "Master Wei, you don't understand your situation, right? If we can't survive, how can we let you live?"
Wei Yunxiang's face turned pale and he pleaded, "You've got the wrong person. I really don't have that ability."
"Your father is in charge of the military department. There will always be a way."
The noise in this room startled the people in the next room, and Wei Yunxiang's wife Qin Yuxia sat up with her clothes on.
The maid was about to light the lamp but was stopped by her. Qin Yuxia put on her shoes in the dark, walked quietly to the second master's door, and leaned against the window to listen to the conversation inside.
"Mr. Wei, you only need to go to the Military Affairs Department to borrow a pass token. The three of us can easily leave the city by disguising ourselves as your servants."
"Then...I'll try it tomorrow."
"Thank you, Master Wei. These magical medicines are just a deposit. If you can get us out of the city, I will give you more magical medicines. I guarantee you will have endless enjoyment."
Wei Yunxiang swallowed his saliva. How could he resist such a huge temptation? "How can I contact you?"
"Sir, just bring the token and we will contact you."
"Okay, okay."
Outside the door, Qin Yuxia clenched her fists and returned to the bedroom calmly.
"Madam, what happened in the second master's room?"
"It's okay, go to sleep." Qin Yuxia rested her head on her arm, tears falling down. She was a descendant of a general, her grandfather was General Qin Feng who guarded the southwest. She grew up under the influence of her grandfather and had a very strong personality.
When she first entered the mansion, she had wanted to change her husband and make him like her grandfather. But after all her efforts over the years, Wei Lao Er was still a pile of mud and could not be helped.
The more Qin Yuxia thought about it, the angrier she became. She wiped away her tears and had already made a decision in her heart.
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The next day, Wei Yunxiang changed his clothes and prepared to go out.
As soon as he walked out the door, his wife called him, "Where are you going?"
"I...I'm going out for a walk." Wei Yunxiang said he wanted to divorce his wife, but he didn't dare to do it. Although General Qin had passed away, given the friendship between his father and the Qin family, if he divorced his wife, he would definitely break his legs.
"Heh, strolling."
Wei Yunxiang got goose bumps all over his body at the wife's cold laugh. Thinking about those miraculous drugs, he gritted his teeth and said timidly, "How can I, a grown man, not go out? Besides, mother only wanted me to quit that thing, but she didn't confine me to my house."
"Well, don't regret it when you walk out this door today."
Qin Yuxia was used to threatening him on a daily basis, so Wei Yunxiang didn't take it seriously. He asked the servant to prepare the car and left.
After he left, Qin Yuxia placed the divorce letter she had written in advance in the main hall, and rode towards the military headquarters on horseback.
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"What did you say?!" Wei Hao slammed the table and stood up, his eyes wide open.
"Everything my daughter-in-law said is true. If you don't believe me, send someone to intercept me at the city gate. I think we can stop you, Second Master."
"This beast!" He grabbed the sword on the table and rushed out.
Qin Yuxia knew that her father-in-law had a hot temper and was afraid that he would kill her son with a sword in a fit of rage.
Wei Laoer deserved to die, but his father-in-law was very kind to him and he couldn't let him regret it for the rest of his life.
Qin Yuxia immediately sent soldiers from the military department to the Wei Mansion to inform the old lady that the second young master had angered the master and might be in trouble.
Then he followed Wei Hao to the city gate to intercept Wei Yunxiang.
At this time, Wei Yunxiang did not know that his actions had been exposed. He had just come out of his friend's house and borrowed a pass from him to leave the city.
As he was walking back with the token, his carriage was suddenly stopped by a peddler.
The groom pulled the reins and said, "Go, go, go, don't block the road if we're not buying anything."
Unexpectedly, the peddler threw down his carrying pole and got on the cart without saying a word.
"Mr. Wei, how are you?"
"You, you are the one from last night!"
"Now that you have the token, pick up my two friends and head out of the city."
Wei Yunxiang swallowed his saliva and said nervously: "We have already agreed in advance that I will help you get out, but you can't repay me with evil!"
The man lifted the curtain of the car and looked out quietly, "Don't worry, we are not that kind of people."
Not long after, the carriage was stopped in an alley. A man and a woman dressed as servants got on the carriage.
"Let's go."
Wei Yunxiang looked at the three people. From beginning to end, only the fake peddler spoke to him. The other two did not say a word. He suspected that the two were either dumb or deaf.
Soon the carriage arrived at the west gate. The reason for going through the west gate was that the exit token Wei Yunxiang borrowed was the token for the west city guard, so it was easier to go through the west gate.
There was a long queue at the city gate. Because the inspection in and out of the city was stricter recently, the speed had slowed down a lot and it took half a day to get through.
The three people in the car kept lifting the curtain to look outside, but they were afraid of attracting other people's attention, so they only opened the curtain a little bit each time.
The woman dressed as a maid whispered a few words to the man.
Wei Yunxiang looked at her in surprise, thinking that this person was not mute, but what she said was a little strange and he didn't understand a word.
The fake peddler asked, "Will the soldiers guarding the city ask us for our household registration and documents?"
Wei Yunxiang patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'm holding a sign that says I'm on duty. They won't stop us."
Half an hour later, the carriage finally arrived at the city gate, and Wei Yunxiang asked the driver to pass the token over.
The soldier in charge of the inspection changed his expression after receiving the token, and walked to the carriage and asked, "Is that Mr. Zhang in the carriage?"
Wei Yunxiang said, "It's me. I'm going out of town to do something. Let's get out now."
"Please wait a moment, sir. I will let them go."
Wei Yunxiang smiled at the people in the car and said, "See, I said they wouldn't stop me."
The carriage continued to move forward, and the three people on board slowly let down their guard.
Just as it was about to pass through the city gate, the car body suddenly shook and then stopped.
The people in the car were startled. The fake peddler pulled out a knife and put it against Wei Yunxiang's throat: "What's going on?!"
Wei Yunxiang was even more nervous than them and shouted, "Why don't you leave?"
No one answered because the driver had been taken away by the soldiers.
The woman dressed as a maid quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked out, and her body froze instantly.
The man next to her asked her anxiously in Japanese what happened outside.
There were hundreds of soldiers surrounding the carriage, and the one in the front wearing armor and holding a sword was Wei Yunxiang's father, Wei Hao, the commander of the military department.
The curtain of the car opened, and the fake peddler threatened Wei Yunxiang.
"Commander Wei, your Second Young Master is in my hands. We are worthless, but the Second Young Master is different from us. If you let us go, we will let the Second Young Master go, how about that?"
"You want to use him to threaten me?" Commander Wei had a calm expression and didn't take him seriously at all.
Wei Yunxiang was so scared that his face turned blue. He didn't care that he was being threatened by the bandits. There was only one thought in his mind: his father would kill him, he would definitely kill him!
Seeing that Wei Hao disagreed, the three men anxiously increased the strength of their hands, and the blade pierced into Wei Yunxiang's neck, and blood flowed out instantly.
"Hurry up and tell your father to let us out!"
Wei Yunxiang was so frightened that he could not speak.
He has lived under the shadow of his father and elder brother since he was a child. Wei Hao is a strict general who is strict with his subordinates and even stricter with his two sons.
But he was the one who failed to live up to expectations. He was not good at anything since he was a child, and he had been beaten so many times that he couldn't count them. Now that he had done something like this, his father would definitely beat him to death!
"father……"
"Don't call me dad! I don't have a son like you!" Wei Hao was so angry that he had the urge to stab him to death with a sword.
"Don't go any further. If you come any closer...I will really kill him!"
"Ha, it's just right to kill him, so I don't have to do it myself!"
"Dad..." He knew that his father looked down on him. If his elder brother had not died early, his father might not have acknowledged him as his son.
Wei Hao pointed at him and angrily shouted, "You bastard, who told you to get involved with that stuff! Who told you to join that damn Qingxu Sect! How could I, with all my fame, give birth to a loser like you!"
Wei Yunxiang burst into tears. Although he knew that his father looked down on him, he still felt extremely uncomfortable hearing these words from his father.
Waste... Yes, he is a waste. Compared with his wise and brave elder brother, he is even worse than waste.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry for embarrassing you."
"You still know how to be ashamed? If I were you, I would just hit my head against the wall and die!" Wei Hao was furious. He really didn't expect that his second son would be related to the Qingxu Sect. He heard from his daughter-in-law that the second son had been taking the magic medicine for half a year, and his wife had been stopping her from telling her. Now he dared to take the people of the Qingxu Sect out of the city without permission. What a loving mother spoils her son!
Wei Yunxiang smiled bitterly and thought, yes, what is the meaning of living? He has been timid and cowardly in this life. His father looks down on him, his wife thinks he is useless, and even his mother's doting on him is because his eldest brother died early.
He had been a coward for so many years, and he didn't know where he got the courage from, but he suddenly broke free from control and rushed towards the blade.
The tip of the knife instantly pierced his neck and blood gushed out. Before falling down, Wei Yunxiang thought to himself, it must be so painful to have the knife cut my neck.
"Yun Xiang!" Wei Hao's eyes were bloodshot. The soldiers rushed over at the same time and controlled the three Qingxu believers.
Wei Hao hugged his son's body and covered the wound on his neck, but the blood still flowed down through his fingers.
“Dad…Dad…”
"Dad is here, Yunxiang's dad is here!" Wei Hao put his face close to his and listened to him talk.
"In the next...next life...I won't be born into your...your family."
Wei Haoru was struck by lightning. He stared blankly at his son's face. How could he be so thin...
The scene flashed in my mind. I vaguely remembered that it was an autumn afternoon. He carried his five-year-old second son on his shoulders. Little Fatty hugged his neck and said sweetly, "Xiang'er loves Dad the most!"
(End of this chapter)
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