Chapter 18 (1/2)
Chapter 18 The Powerful Wei Family
The verate emitted a stench of meat and wine, and the roads were frozen to death like bones The Great Xia Dynasty kept proclaiees, and so were constrained to kill them But in the inner city, they actually put on a show of peace and prosperityThe streets were filled with singing and dancing, carried in the wind of fragrant s Countless beautiful women aist like atree, skin like jade, sweet, delicate smiles and voices, white arms refined and supple breast The “hard” Days of the Great Xia’s nobles unloaded their “stress” by reant dress fro in pleasure, forgetting their home and duty
Outside, the snow clung on the trees, silk sashes were flying, and lanterns of every kind were burning The whole country celebrated the ShangYuan Festival, including these fe in, carrying the Wei Faht that for others to attain it was only a pipe drea back behind the screen In front were dozens of adorn woood clothes, all of the to lift their heads
Wei Guang sat in his soft seat, holding his tea while slowing breathing in the fumes
The aro a shape like a s became kind of blurred
Outside the door sounded a subordinate’s respectful voice, “My Lord, Prince Shu Ye came”
The old man lifted an eyebrow at that Shu Ye came earlier than he expected, the jade he used to please his mother was used in vain The elder spoke in a low voice, “Let him come”
The side door opened to a youth wearing a simple style, he was unadorned when he arrived, and hardly seemed to reseing the Huajiu (feht steps, Rear Adly, “Why?”
Wei Guang of course knehat he was referring to, his eyes slightly squinted, to , then slowly said: “That you do not kno to salute your elders, that I taught you so many years of courtesy was pointless?
Wei Shu Ye furrowed his brow as the candles in the corner continued to crackle, bursting of sparks, the ti admiral bowed his head, “Uncle”
“In this world, not every thing must have clear reasons This point, Shu Ye will have to learn”
Rear AdmiralShu Ye broitched at that, “Why send me then, I promised them … …”
“You are the next successor of the Wei fareat powerful faold, as an honorable noble of the empire, you do not need to make promises to those outcasts Their existence is a sacrifice for the appropriate time to die for the euilt You did not have to come here at this time to question your uncle”
The oldout a sermon, like it ritten in stone and bronze
Shu Ye shook his head, frowning, said: “Uncle, you have not taught me this”
“Because I was once as naive as you Your father died fro opened his old eyes, with a look of unconstrained, he turned his head slowly and looked at Shu Ye, slowly and clearly speaking”The winner is the king, it is the law of the jungle, our world is like this For so many years, did you not understand?”
“Uncle,” Shu Ye looking serious, sternly said: “The Empire needs people to reclaim the western land Because they believed that ould take care of the families the went, why can’t the Church look after their families? They follow me back all the way to the Imperial Capital because you have proave up their hoave up their nomadic nature, because I personally assured them!”
Shu Ye agitated,picked up a s table, before he snapped, “You said the empire has no , only a sold strains is enough for a family to live for ten years ah!”
Wei Guang looked unmoved as he quiet listened to Shu Ye vent his dissatisfaction The air rattling, full of the anger of the young ently s, “Ye’er, you and the Church melt out task the former Major General Lu used to supervise Because he deceived the Shang people causing chaos Making the situation bleak then on returning the dear Major General was stripped his rank and imprisoned His life and death so far I do not know At this ti up a fuss with me, what is the reason? “
Shu Ye gawked at hiry expression still on his face,speechless
“The reason you can stand here perfectly fine is your surnaardless of your status But even if you hate this identity, you are the descendant of Wei’s family, my nephew You are the only one that can stand here in front of ’s nephew Froht you all the necessities of life You have status and receive all the obeisance the fae Enjoy these commoners safely, they do not have the qualifications to loathe and curse us”
Wei Guang took a deep breath, leaning against the couch, his chest steadilyup and down He continued to speak with a low voice that had a trace of the vicissitudes of life, “Today, I give you the truth The reason the Wei Fahtered the Bian Tazu Tribe was not because we enjoy killing people but because the Wei fa solely for the benefits of the fauarding the territory, reclai the border, entered the palace to becouished services Growing frorazed sheep to people with children that have begun to learn to shoot arrohile riding those horse We began to learnbusiness so we can avoid unexpected blows to our foundations So many years later, the Wei Family is one of the 7 powerful families, but they actually want to send us to the frontier to service the border area, and save a race fro soh No one can be saved when their oer is weak They are cursed to suffer the bullying of the strong You want to not be killed, you can only becoer Today you syht, if the ancestors of Wei were like you, then today thosewould be your brothers and sisters” (this logic is so ridiculous I am speechless)