Chapter 100 The Greatest Sin
Everyone noticed Wei Dashuan's abnormality.
As soon as he entered the room, he took out a stack of weapon blueprints, then took a step forward and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Wu Ya was shocked. It turned out that not only was forging a sword tiring, but drawing a weapon blueprint was also so tiring.
This is all painstaking effort.
Several people sent Wei Dashuan to Doctor Yu.
Wu Ya and the other blacksmiths returned to the workshop to continue studying the weapon drawings. Su Zhizhi and Xue Che followed Hao Ren to stay and ask Doctor Yu about the situation.
Doctor Yu first took Wei Dashuan's pulse and checked his whites of the eyes and tongue:
"It's nothing serious. It's just that his qi and blood are attacking his heart. He's too old to handle it. He just needs to take a few doses of medicine and have a good rest to recuperate.
Doctor Yu turned around and told his apprentice a prescription to boil the medicine, and the apprentice went to get the medicine swiftly.
Hao Ren: "Thank you for your help."
Hao Ren's expression did not relax.
He keenly noticed the look Wei Dashuan gave Xue Che.
Hao Ren asked Xue Che:
"Ah Che, has anyone else in the Xue family ever worn the heirloom jade on your neck?"
Xue Che was a sensitive and precocious child. He also felt that Wei Dashuan's fainting was related to him. He thought:
"I only know that my great-grandfather passed it down to my grandfather and uncle. When my uncle died in battle, he gave it to my father, and my father gave it to me."
Ever since Xue Che guessed Hao Ren's true identity, he has gained an extra layer of trust in Hao Ren.
This is his father's best friend, he has nothing to hide.
Su Zhizhi didn't know why her father and Ache were talking about jade at this time. She just felt that Grandpa Wei lying on the bed seemed to be in pain.
The kind of pain that makes you want to cry.
Su Zhizhi stopped Doctor Yu who was walking to the door:
"Doctor Yu, could you please check Grandpa Wei's leg again? He fell and is crying."
Adults will only cry when they fall and feel very hurt.
Doctor Yu looked at Su Zhizhi's blinking eyes and retreated back to the bedside:
"If you fall, you might injure your leg bones or waist."
Doctor Yu rolled up Wei Dashuan's trouser legs high, exposing the part above the knees.
When the trouser legs were rolled up, the eyebrows of several people in the room jumped, and even Doctor Yu frowned.
There were many scars on the old man's thin legs. They were not the scars of a slave being whipped by his master, but scars from being stabbed by knives or guns.
Doctor Yu turned Wei Dashuan over again and lifted up his back to check, and saw that his back was also covered with scars.
One of the knife wounds spread diagonally from the right shoulder across the entire back and extended to the back of the left waist.
Just looking at this scar, one can imagine the scene of someone slashing at him from behind with a big knife...
"He has fought against the Hu people." Doctor Yu looked at Hao Ren.
Hao Ren: "Uncle Wei did say today that he served in the army in his early years. How do you know he fought against the Hu people?"
Doctor Yu pointed to several irregularly sized dot-like scars next to the large scar:
"The Hu people are good at using maces. The head of the mace has sharp spikes, which penetrate the flesh and tear it, causing this kind of wound with varying depths."
The battles with the Hu people will most likely take place in the northwest.
Hao Ren's eyes were deep as he looked at Xue Che again.
Xue Che was young, and Wei Dashuan was not interested in the child, but in the Xue family.
But only Wei Dashuan, who was unconscious in bed, knew what exactly happened.
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Wei Dashuan lay unconscious on the bed for half a day.
This half day was constantly distorted, magnified, and stretched in his dreams, spanning several years.
In the bright spring sunshine, he seemed to have returned to his military days when he was young.
At that time he had no gray hair and was full of ambition.
At that time he was not called Wei Dashuan.
Chizhu Wufu was named Wei Fu by his father who came from a military family.
Because his father was a young general in the army, he had the opportunity to come into contact with military books and weapons since he was a child.
He joined the army with the ambition to drive the Hu people out of Dayu's border forever, and he repeatedly improved the design of weapons to make them more powerful in battle.
Because of his talent in this area, he was repeatedly promoted and he also co-authored a book "Bingfenglu" with Qin Xiao, a like-minded colleague in the Ministry of War.
At that time, there was another person who had made many military achievements in the army - Xue Ming.
Xue Ming was the son of a military family, but he started out as a small soldier in the army, eating, sleeping, and fighting with everyone else. Later, he was promoted to general because of his martial arts and military exploits.
Wei Fu, Xue Ming and Qin Xiao once fought together in Tingzhou, risking their lives and sacrificing bloody battles.
Once the army was in trouble and Xue Ming was seriously injured. Wei Fu tore off the sleeve of his inner garment and helped Xue Ming bandage the wound.
When bandaging Xue Ming's wound, he saw a piece of transparent jade hanging on Xue Ming's chest.
While Wei Fu was pressing Xue Ming's bleeding wound, he joked:
"This jade is quite good. I saved your life, so shouldn't you repay me with a priceless piece of jade?"
Xue Ming spat at him: "This is a family heirloom jade that I'm saving for marrying a wife. Don't even think about it."
Qin Xiao told them to shut up: "We can talk about getting married after we can go back alive this time."
That time, they were lucky enough to break through the siege and return to Chang'an alive to be awarded official positions and titles.
Xue Ming and Qin Xiao were really anxious to get married, and they married two sisters from the Yan family, and they became brothers-in-law.
Wei Fu's family had already arranged a marriage for him, and he got married.
They both became husbands and then fathers.
Later, Qin Xiao stayed in the Ministry of War in the capital and was promoted, Xue Ming became the commander of the Xue family army in the northwest, and Wei Fu traveled between the capital and the northwest.
Wei Fu and Qin Xiao both gave birth to mediocre and untalented sons.
But Xue Ming had a very courageous son, Xue Feng, who had been training in the northwest since he was a child.
Later, Xue Ming died in battle, and the late emperor ordered Xue Feng to be the commander of the Xue family army and defend Tingzhou.
Xue Feng defended Tingzhou for several years until the year the new emperor ascended the throne, when he died in battle in the northwest.
Afterwards, Xue Feng's eldest son Xue Yuzhuo and second son Xue Yucheng rushed to the northwest and led the Xue family army to fight the enemy.
Wei Fu will never forget the young man named Xue Yuzhuo, holding a long sword and saying in the yellow sand of the northwest:
"As long as the Xue Family Army exists, we will not allow the Hu people to invade Tingzhou. Our Xue Family Army is not protecting the princes and ministers, but the millions of people of Dayu."
When the young man spoke, he had just returned from a near-death experience on the battlefield.
The armor and collar on his chest were torn, and the Xue family's heirloom jade was covered in mud and blood.
In the fifth year of Yongjia, the Hu people invaded the south on a large scale.
Xue's army asked the court for help.
The imperial court sent Wei Fu to lead reinforcements to rush northwest.
But He Tingfang appeared before him at this time with a secret order, asking him to delay the reinforcement for ten days!
Wei Fu grabbed He Tingfang by the collar and yelled:
"He Tingfang, do you know that if you forge an imperial decree, your entire clan will be implicated?!"
He Tingfang smiled and asked him:
"General Wei, do you know that disobeying the order will implicate the entire Wei clan?"
"General Wei led his army out of the capital, and his wife and children are still waiting in the capital for him to return home for a reunion. General Wei's youngest grandson is only three years old. If he were to die at such a young age, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to find a place to be reincarnated."
He Tingfang slowly smoothed his wrinkled collar:
"General Wei, the Emperor is the sovereign, and we are his subjects. How can we disobey the Emperor's command to die?"
Wei Fu clutched the secret decree with his knuckles turning white, and saw the emperor's private seal on it:
"The Hu people are brutal and cruel. The Xue family army is dedicated to protecting the country and is supported by the military and civilians. What crime have they committed? Your Majesty, why... why..."
He Tingfang sneered:
"As subjects, if we allow our reputation to surpass that of the emperor, this is the greatest sin."
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