Wei Huaigu, who was over fifty years old, was stripped of his official robes and turned into a prisoner in white. He was in shackles, and there was an iron fence between him and Xiao Chiye. In the past few days, no one has abused him. His hair is neat and his face is clean, but in just a few days, he seems to be many years old and looks very haggard.
"Last night's trial ended," Wei Huaigu said to the two of them, sitting in a chair, "My confession has been submitted, and now I'm waiting for the decision. What else do you want to ask?"
"Private treasury and silver, reselling military rations, and poisoning border generals, these three are all capital crimes." Xiao Chiye looked at Wei Huaigu, "Wei Huaixing was also dismissed and imprisoned, waiting for the hearing. Your Wei family's direct line is only two courtiers, why? , are you so willing this time?"
"This time it's about Libei, who would dare to cheat for personal gain? No one will protect me." Wei Huaigu adjusted his sitting position, as if he was still in the main seat of the household office, he looked at Xiao Chiye, "Your father is out of the mountain. , I'm afraid the emperor didn't even dare to sleep in the past few days. King Li Bei is still the same hard bone back then, and he knows what to do to beat people."
"When you filled the moldy military rations, you should have known that it was transported to Libei. You didn't do the same? At that time, I was not afraid that no one would protect you." Xiao Chiye took a step and said, "I want to put Sending these things to my eldest brother's mouth is only the first step. When the food arrives in Libei, you bribe the officials who reviewed Canglin and let them send the things into the barracks with their eyes closed. This is the second step. Then I bought the clerk of the Libei Iron Cavalry, mixed this batch of poison into the food, and gave it to the frontier soldiers to eat, this is the third step."
Xiao Chiye stopped and looked sideways at Wei Huaigu.
"These arrangements are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Once the incident occurs, you will definitely not escape the relationship. Not only will you not be able to escape the relationship, but you will also be investigated by the Ministry of Justice to bring out the crime of selling military rations. You are not such a person."
Wei Huaigu did not immediately answer Xiao Chiye's question, but looked at Shen Zechuan who had been sitting behind Xiao Chiye. He laughed a few times, pointed to Shen Zechuan, and said, "Second Young Master has been in the capital for six years, and has made progress. When he first entered the capital, he shouted and killed all day, right? That's why I say Xiao Fangxu is an iron fist. Son, dare to sharpen your son on the blade of a knife. You should really thank your father for being like this."
Xiao Chiye looked at Wei Huaigu indifferently, but Shen Zechuan opened the confession, put his hands on the table slightly, and said calmly at Wei Huaigu without smiling or angry, "Yes, looking at Xiao Ce'an like this, your heart is in your heart. Injustice. Your son was in Goulan during the Xiande period. When the Tianchennian cabinet is replaced, it will be difficult for him to enter the official career with scientific examinations. You are also at this age, but none of the Wei family's direct line can support Wei. The family continues to go on. You pin your hopes on the marriage, but unfortunately the Fei family also knows that the Wei family is going downhill, and the Zhaoyue County Lord finally married the Pan family. You have repeatedly demoted the newcomer from the position of the Minister of the Household, you are afraid The only thing is to be replaced by a rising star. The Wei family looks like it is still in its prime, but in fact it is about to overflow - if you die, the Wei family is doomed."
Wei Huaigu felt the shackles and said, "Family power is like a tide, rising and falling is the truth of the world. It's fate to flourish and lose for a while. It's my Wei family's turn, and I have no regrets. Da Zhou continued. So far, after several generations, everything has changed, but the Eight Great Families have not changed. So my death is the life of the Wei family."
"Will the Eight Great Families really not change?" Xiao Chiye said, "The Xi family brothers fought in the same room, and all the descendants of the concubines withered away. Today, there is no blood line to continue, and the Xi family in the future will no longer be the Xi family it used to be. Sooner or later they will be pushed out of the court."
Wei Huaigu smiled and said: "As long as the Xi family is still there, they will not be out. Today you killed Xi Hongxuan, and you want to divide the Xi family wealth, but you are reluctant to abandon the business of the Xi family, so you have to continue. Rely on people to manage. Is the Xi family dead? They just lost a person at the helm. This is a short-term predicament. In the future, the eldest lady will have a new love, as long as she still wants to control the business under the name of the Xi family, the other party will You can only change the surname by joining the family, and the child born is still surnamed Xi, which is a new round of direct line continuation of the Xi family."
The candles are mottled with tears, and the night is coming to an end. There was silence outside, Wei Huaigu stood up, like an elder guiding the conversation.
"I have a question, I've always wanted to ask Xiao Fangxu in person, but now I have no chance, so I can only ask you. Xiao Chiye, your father was born in a cold element, experienced the disaster at the frontier, and finally overcame the hardship and became king. He claims to be the one who broke the shackles of the family. But now for more than 30 years, Libei and the Xiao family have become an inseparable one, and he also has a son. You and Xiao Jiming are both direct descendants. In order to avoid disputes between descendants, Xiao Fangxu, He didn't even want to renew the string, and he didn't want to marry a concubine. He made you and Xiao Jiming the only choice for the Libei Iron Cavalry. Isn't this the iron wall built by the family at the beginning of its establishment? You are walking in the same direction as us. on the road."
Xiao Chiye was silent for a moment, and said, "You think this way because you don't understand that there are people in this world who are willing to be trapped by love. My father doesn't continue his career and doesn't accept concubines, just because he is only willing to make a white head promise to my mother in his life. The Northern Iron Cavalry is the heavy cavalry he established. He knows this army better than anyone else. This is his third son, even more important than my eldest brother and I. I have always regarded me and my eldest brother as the only choice for leaving the Northern Iron Cavalry. It is you who are here. I am in Yedu, and it is not Li Bei, but Xiao Fangxu and Xiao Jiming. You have not understood one thing, my father is indeed the commander-in-chief of Li Bei Iron Cavalry. The iron wall is built, but it is not the iron wall of the family's lintel, but whether he can truly become the commander of the army and lead the Libei Iron Cavalry to bear the weight of the iron wall in the endless confrontation with the border sand. Thirty years The person who defeated this layer of iron wall before was Xiao Fangxu, and the person who defeated this layer of iron wall ten years ago was Xiao Jiming. If someone can defeat this layer of iron wall in the future, they are willing to be forged like this without fear of hardship and suffering. He is the new commander-in-chief of the Libei Iron Cavalry."
"You made such a high-sounding statement on behalf of Xiao Fangxu, but in fact, the Xiao family came to dominate the Libei military power for several years." Wei Huaigu smiled slightly.
"That's because the two people who have shouldered such a weight one after another happen to be surnamed Xiao." Xiao Chiye's eyes suddenly revealed some kind of unsightly light. He was both Xiao Fangxu and Xiao Jiming in this dim light. , or the pride of the three Xiao family hidden under the armor. He said: "You call my father the head wolf. The wolves have no blood prejudice. As long as they defeat us, they can lead us. Everything that the Libei Iron Cavalry has shown today is what it deserves. —”
Xiao Chiye's voice stopped.
But Shen Zechuan understood what he was going to say next. He wanted to say that when he returns to Libei in the future, he will also participate in such a battle of wolves. As long as he defeats others, he will be the third alpha wolf. The source of their pride and wantonness is that they have never been afraid to fight. This is Xiao Fangxu's soul. He taught this spirit to his two sons and Libei Iron Cavalry.
"You know why, the Qi family is also guarding the border and holding military power, but the Qi family has never experienced hostility from an aristocratic family like the Xiao family?" Wei Huaigu and Xiao Chiye looked at each other, and he said calmly, "Because you are both born with Anti-bone, this kind of pride is the root of Qi Duo's inability to trust Li Bei. Do you know why the family does not fall? Because we know how to follow the trend. The Li family is the root of Da Zhou, we surround it and let it grow, Let it grow, we alternate with each other, we give each other, and we are the soil that supports the great circle. The ground you step on, the sky you see when you look up, they are all the stability maintained by the family, anyone who wants to break this People who are stable are all enemies. Twenty-six years ago, Prince Li led the East Palace to try to break the situation. That was naive. The prince didn’t understand that once the family collapsed, the Li family would also wither quickly, so he would definitely die.”
"Hua Siqian can die, Xi Hongxuan can die, and so can I. But we are only dead, and the family is not a world that can be overthrown by manpower alone. No one, no one can defeat us. After so many years, the real siege occurred in the DPRK. Hai Liangyi is the only person who harms the Han Shi. He has spent nearly thirty years in dormancy. Now he has come up, but does he dare to turn the world over? He revived the Taixue and promoted the Han Shi. Because he knows that the outcome of fighting with brute force is that the whole world will fall, but how long can he live? After he dies, this situation will collapse, and it is impossible for him to succeed." Wei Huaigu suddenly laughed, he leaned on the railing, watching Looking at Shen Zechuan, "Qi Huilian led the East Palace to act resolutely, and he would never settle with us. He thought he could do it, but he killed the crown prince. All geniuses in this world should learn to introspect, he is a radical example."
"Stuck him!" Shen Zechuan suddenly got up.
Xiao Chiye took action immediately, but it was too late. Wei Huaigu coughed violently, he bent down to hold the blood, raised his eyes to look at the two of them, and said with blood in the severe pain.
"You can't win...you're doomed...you're doomed to lose!"
Xiao Chiye kicked open the prison door, dragged Wei Huaigu up, and squeezed his mouth open. The filthy blood inside slid down, Wei Huaigu was like a candle in the wind, his limbs gradually stiffened in convulsions, and his eyes stopped moving.
The candles were extinguished, and there was only the whirring of the wind in the prison.
"Imperial heir!" Xiao Chiye released the body and walked out.
The sky outside was a little bright, but it was still shrouded in dense clouds, and the rainstorm that had just stopped seemed to be making a comeback. Depression pervaded the messy footsteps, Xiao Chiye opened the door and saw the panicked girls in the prison. The smell of blood came from the nostrils, the boys had all died, and the bodies were lying on the ground. Xiao Chiye was sweating on his temples. He held the wolf's sword and glanced at the frightened faces.
He and Shen Zechuan hadn't started yet, who killed the emperor
The cool wind was blowing on Xiao Chiye's wet back, and before he turned around, he heard the sound of horses galloping.
Fuman shouted in a panic, "Master Hou, Master Hou! Quickly enter the palace! The emperor is in danger!"
Xiao Chiye turned around suddenly, but Shen Zechuan squeezed Xiao Chiye's arm. He was extremely calm, and his eyes made Fu Man's hands and feet tremble. He said, "What do you mean by critical, explain it clearly."
Fuman cried with snot and tears: "The emperor is seriously ill, and I am in a hurry to see Marquis Xuan, and I have something important to entrust to you!"