Chapter 698 – The Fall of First Snow (1/2)

Chapter 698 – The Fall of First Snow

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Everyone knew that Chen Changsheng wanted to kill someone today. People put their focus on many places within the capital. The alley of the Northern Military Department was naturally the most important one, but not even the Imperial Palace was excluded. However, no one had imagined that after he walked out of the Li Palace, he did not go to the alley of the Northern Military Department, nor to the Imperial Palace, but to the Wei Estate.

This caught many people rather unprepared, and then perplexed them with the same questions as Zhou Tong.

What sort of estate was the Wei Estate? Why did Chen Changsheng go there first? Could it be that in his mind, this place was even more important than the Imperial Palace or Zhou Prison?

Soon after, some people recalled that the current Assistant Minister of Rites carried the surname of Wei, and the wife that he had just recently cast off and driven home had the surname Xue, and was the eldest daughter of the Xue Estate.

Was it just because of this reason?

What was Chen Changsheng going to the Wei Estate for? To vent the Xue Estate's anger? Or was it to persuade Assistant Minister Wei to take back his wife?

The moment Assistant Minister Wei recognized Chen Changsheng, he began to nervously speculate as to the reason for his coming and also obtained a similar conclusion.

Chen Changsheng had assuredly come to vent the Xue Estate's anger, or he had come to 'persuade' him to rejoin with Xue Zhihua.

The word 'persuade' naturally meant 'force'.

Assistant Minister Wei was rather angry, but he did not dare show it.

If he really did take his wife back, the Wei Estate would certainly lose a little face and he would certainly receive no small amount of inconvenience, but…what else could he do?

Chen Changsheng's authority as the future Pope was far above his own.

He had already made his preparations, already thought of how nervous and angry, yet not too upset, he should be when Chen Changsheng made his demand. Reluctantly, but without losing any of his demeanor, he would accept this demand.

It was just then that Chen Changsheng had spoken of his reason for coming, his eyes bright, his posture upright, his voice sincere: ”I've come to kill you.”

The snowflakes drifted down into the courtyard. All was silent within the world.

Assistant Minister Wei stood in the snow, his face pale, his mouth slightly agape. For a very long time, he found himself unable to speak.

It turned out that he had not come to make a fuss nor force him into marriage. Rather, it was to kill him.

He was the Assistant Minister of Rites. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was a tall and unclimbable mountain. However, to him, it was this youth that was the truly lofty peak.

If the future Pope wanted to kill you, just who would be willing to come to your rescue? No other conclusion awaited you except death.

You should be nervous and angry, but not too upset. Reluctantly, but without losing any demeanor, you should accept his demand…and die.

No one wanted to die.

”Though I've done many wrong things, none of them are a justification for me to die.”

Assistant Minister Wei stared into Chen Changsheng's eyes, his gaze particularly gloomy, his breathing extremely rough.

”Yes, neither the laws of the Great Zhou nor the scriptures of the church say that execution is the punishment for driving a wife from one's home. In the past, I definitely wouldn't have killed you, but now my view is somewhat different. Righting a wrong doesn't require overdoing, but a price must be paid for committing a wrong, and it must be seen. You forgot gratitude and committed injustice, so I want to tell all the people and believers of the world that what you have done is wrong.”

Chen Changsheng finally said, ”And a repulsive punishment makes for a beautiful eulogy.”

As he spoke, his eyes were very bright, his tone extremely serious. He was not speaking falsehoods, was not intentionally ridiculing the minister, did not seek to humiliate him right before his death. He truly thought this way. He had come to the Wei Estate to kill the minister precisely because he hoped that in the future, such incidents would occur a little less in this world.

Two abnormal patches of red appeared on Assistant Minister Wei's pale face and his body began to tremble.

He did not know what to say.

In the view of a 'normal person' like him, the current Chen Changsheng was a madman. Who would pay the price of death for such a matter as casting off one's wife? Even if he did commit somewhat of an injustice, was inconstant and shallow in his love, with a heart as cold as iron…why did he have to die? If nothing unexpected happened, his wife's clan, along with his wife, would truly be stifled to death by the Imperial Court, but…what did that have to do with him?

If this was just an excuse to kill him, that would be fine.

But it was not. This was Chen Changsheng's reason for killing him.

His eyes shone brighter and brighter, his tone growing ever more serious. In the eyes of 'normal people', he was getting crazier and crazier.