Chapter 33: Seeking Justice
Qilian City, a strange city in the southern part of the Patriotic Republic, built in the middle of misty mountains, was shrouded in a sudden heavy rain today.
The rain came very suddenly, obviously in the first half of the night in the sky, there was still a bend of the moon ring, like the gentle light of water spread to the city below, but in the second half of the night, there was a large cloud slowly flying from the south, hovering over the entire city, not only covering the bright moon overhead, but also even the already dark night was covered, so that the city became out of sight, without the slightest light, after a while, a downpour followed, the whole city became foggy.
Fortunately, the people in the city are used to this, after all, the weather in the mountains has always been unpredictable, and it is not surprising that it is common for sunny days in the morning and heavy rain at noon.
It's just that today's lightning and thunder continue, as if Lei Gong was angry, the sky above his head seems to have broken a big hole, the heavenly river poured down, the raindrops continued into a line, like a waterfall smashed down, the force is so great, it will hurt to hit people, this kind of bad weather, even the hawkers in the city who are struggling to make a living are rare and have no stalls, where will others go out?
However, outside the City Lord's Mansion in Qilian City, there was a person who stood for a long time against the torrential rain on his head.
The rain fell like arrows, mercilessly hitting the armor he was wearing, making a crackling sound, and even though the rain was pouring down, it could not make him take a step back.
Even the porter in the city lord's mansion begged him to go to the house to take shelter from the rain, he was not moved at all, the porter did not dare to slack off, handed over an umbrella, and even stood next to him to protect him from the rain.
Such a big man stood quietly in the rain and waited, and at the same time stared at this side fiercely, so that the people in the house did not dare to look directly, at this time, he only hated his parents for giving him two more eyes and a pair of ears, if he really couldn't see or hear.
When Hu Yanshi came to the door alone, Duanmu Shuofeng had actually just woken up from his sleep, Wu Heng was not there for the past few days, and many things fell back into his hands, and it was really not so easy to deal with, so he was busy until late at night yesterday, because he didn't sleep for too long, he woke up in a trance.
The rain outside the window continued, because he forgot to close the window at night, and even the whole house was a little damp, and he didn't light the charcoal basin, which made him sleep very uncomfortable, and even some depression blocked his heart, making him extremely irritable.
But after getting a message from his subordinates, it was as if he was splashed on his head by the rain, and he woke up in an instant.
After hurriedly putting on his clothes and coming to the living room, Hu Yanshi, who got the news, was willing to enter the mansion with his subordinates.
As soon as the two parties met, Duanmu Shuofeng was suddenly even more shocked.
Hu Yanshi is actually a simple farmer just looking at his appearance, and he doesn't have much of the temperament of the generalissimo of the Qilian army, but now he is wearing armor and staring at the tiger, and the whole person looks obviously different, and at this time he has a sense of majesty of a border general.
In addition, he didn't bring an umbrella before, he stood at the door for a long time in the rain, his body was completely soaked, and now he was standing in place, the corners of his clothes were dripping, and his gray-white hair was hanging on both sides of his forehead, instead of adding a touch of sloppy and decadent feeling to him, it set off him more and more majestic, and he couldn't look at him directly, like a wild beast with real anger, just trying to suppress his anger.
When Duanmu Shuofeng saw him like this, he knew that something was wrong, and he secretly said that something was wrong in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "General Huyan, is there any urgent military situation? Why did you come to me so early?"
It's pouring rain outside, and the tiles hitting the eaves are ringing, lightning and thunder, and ordinary people don't dare to go out, but he ran over in such a hurry, it should only be an emergency military situation.
Hu Yanshi first stretched out his hand to wipe the rain that covered his eyes, barely suppressed the anger he was full of for a while, and then suddenly his knees weakened, pushed the golden mountain, poured the jade pillar, and knelt directly in front of Duanmu Shuofeng.
When Duanmu Shuofeng saw it, he was shocked, and he quickly wanted to support him, but Hu Yanshi's whole person was like taking root on the ground, his legs were kneeling on the ground, but he didn't get up, and he had to persuade him when he saw this.
"General Huyan, what's wrong? What's going on, you tell me, don't do this!"
Hu Yanshi hung his head, ignoring the rain on his body, gently shook the armor he stretched out, and said loudly: "The last general is here today to seek justice with the prince!"
Duanmu Shuofeng was even more puzzled at this time: "What kind of justice, you get up first and then talk about it." ”
Hu Yanshi ignored it, just raised his head, looked directly at Duanmu Shuofeng, didn't care whether it would be heard by outsiders, and asked loudly: "The last general only asks you one question, if your subordinates make mistakes, how should they be punished?"
Duanmu Shuofeng was asked like this, and finally understood that something must have happened.
This question is too direct and sharp, but at this moment, Hu Yanshi is kneeling in front of him like this, how can he answer it in a roundabout and tactful way, no matter what, if you want to completely control the Qilian Army, then you must not chill the other party's heart now, Duanmu Shuofeng didn't think much about it, so he had to answer in a deep voice: "The Son of Heaven broke the law, and he was also guilty of the same crime as the common people, if my people made a mistake, no matter who it was, once it was verified, he should be severely punished according to the law and would not be tolerated." ”
When Hu Yanshi heard this, he stood up from the ground suddenly, his armor collided, and he made a "clang" sound, and he shouted with a straight face: "Okay!
Duanmu Shuofeng still didn't understand what was going on, and when he saw that Huyan Shiken stood up, he hurriedly asked, "What is it that makes General Huyan come to Xingshi in such a hurry to ask for the guilt?"
It's okay not to ask, this question, Hu Yanshi's eyes were red and swollen, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The prince's general, Wei Chidun, just a few hours ago, stabbed the younger brother of the last general twice in the Qianyun Tower!"
Outside the house, the lightning flashed, and the thunder rolled, like the anger of the heavens, and the sound spread to the four fields.
Duanmu Shuofeng's whole person was suddenly struck by lightning, what kind of place is "Qianyun Tower", of course he knows, and Wei Chi Dian, and Hu Yanshi's own brother Hu Yanzhuo is who he is, of course he knows in his heart, he doesn't need to say more at the moment, he probably guessed what is going on, just wanted to say something, Hu Yanshi on the other side said: "I want my Huyan family, although I have not made the contribution of founding the country and the work of opening up the territory, but it is also loyal to the monarch and patriotism, hard work and resentment, and the last general has guarded the frontier for these years, even if there is no merit, it should be a little hard work." ”
Duanmu Shuofeng saw his sad and indignant look, and hurriedly said comfortingly: "Where is General Huyan, if there is no general, I am afraid that the Liang army has already invaded the hinterland of our country, and cut the land and sued for peace like the Jin country, where is there still this situation?"
Hu Yanshi didn't answer, just silently took off his helmet, stretched out his hand to hold it in his arms, the white hair on the top of his head was thick, and his face was full of tears.
Duanmu Shuofeng himself was concerned when he saw it, and he didn't know how to persuade him.
He looked at Duanmu Shuofeng and said in a lamented voice: "My Huyan family's generation, only my two brothers, I was injured on the battlefield when I was young, and I can no longer have children, and now my younger brother has been castrated by Wei Chi Dun ruthlessly, and now he is still lying on the bed and has not woken up, life and death are still unknown, the last general wants to ask the prince a question now, is it that my Huyan family has worked hard for the imperial court, and has no regrets in a hundred battles, in exchange, is this such an ending?"
It's no wonder he's so angry this time, the reason why he loves this younger brother so much, in addition to being the younger brother born to his mother, the bigger reason is that if the Huyan family wants to continue the offspring, they have to rely on this unsuccessful younger brother.
Therefore, Hu Yanshi, who has always been known for his strict management of the army and his fair behavior, will actually secretly let people take care of this younger brother, and even his idle position in the yamen was also asked for by him, otherwise where would it be so smooth, and he acted like this, in order to leave a descendant for the Huyan family?
Now it's okay, his younger brother has been castrated in public, and whether he can survive this is a question, even if he wakes up, he is still a waste, and the Huyan family is almost the last one now, how can he not be sad and angry?
If it was done by ordinary bandits, then he would have admitted it, but it was Wei Chi Dan, this retainer under the prince, this Wei Chi Dan who had just come to find him during the day, and then left with hatred!
This is not a deliberate revenge, who believes?
Speaking of this, Hu Yanshi was already in tears, and at the same time, he was even more angry in his heart, he only hated that he didn't kill Wei Chidun with his own hands at that time, so that his brother suffered this tragic incident.
He hates!
He repented!
Duanmu Shuofeng frowned deeply when he heard this, knowing that this time the matter was really big, so he immediately shouted out of the door: "Hurry up and call Wei Chi Dun over for me!"
He turned to Hu Yanshi and comforted him: "General Hu Yan, please wait here for a while, I will call him over to confront him immediately, if it is really as the general said, I will definitely not be partial!"
Hu Yanshi listened, although he was not angry with him, but he was worried about the stability of the border pass, so he did not immediately speak out against it, and just said calmly: "I believe that the prince and the court will definitely give my Huyan family justice, and the last general will wait here!"
In a word, the back road was blocked, Duanmu Shuofeng knew that if he didn't handle this matter well, this Hu Yanshi would inevitably make a big fuss, and even go to the capital to let his father preside over justice, and now he can come over in advance to inform him and let him deal with it, which is already enough to give him face.
The more Hu Yanshi was so knowledgeable and gave face, the more resentful he was of that damn Wei Chi Dun, how could he be so ignorant, and he would cause such a monstrous disaster after not seeing him for a day?
The most hateful thing is that he didn't want to deal with the trouble he broke in, but now it's good, and he even let the family sue in front of him.
After waiting for a short time, Wei Chi Dun, who looked shrunken, came in cautiously with the people in the house.
The rain outside was dripping, and the rain in the middle of the night had already been much lighter.
Since Wei Chidun committed that disaster at night, looking at the blood on his hands, people have also sobered up a lot, in a panic, stumbled out, rushed all the way back to the house, and did not dare to disturb Duanmu Shuofeng, Wu Heng was not there, I really didn't know who to talk to, when I was in a hurry, the wine came up again, and as soon as I fell in the house, I slept until now, until I was woken up and brought over just now, I was still a little confused, until I saw the center of the field, heard the movement and turned around, my eyes widened angrily, and I wanted to kill my own Hu Yanshi, and finally woke up。
Wei Chidun was also simply, and directly "pounced" and knelt in front of Duanmu Shuofeng, kowtowing more than once.
"Prince, his subordinates are guilty!"
Duanmu Shuofeng looked at Wei Chi Dun, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy in front of him, and was so angry that he wanted to pull out his knife and kill him.
But the man in front of him is his mother's only younger brother, and he has always been loyal to him, since he was a child, he has followed him around, very pampered, and then followed him out of the luxurious Kyoto without looking back, all the way to this side of the difficult land, helped him a lot, and then later helped him to establish the Wutong Garden, hard work, and now the attitude of admitting mistakes is sincere, how is he good?
This is the difference between intimacy and intimacy, even if I value you Hu Yanshi again, but you are also an outsider, your brother's life, where is it more important than my uncle?
It is still difficult for the Qing official to cut off family affairs, and he Duanmu Shuofeng inevitably falls into this kind of struggle and consideration.
Not to mention anything else, the Wei Chi family is the first family to defend the country, and it is his mother family, it will not help him a lot, to be honest, if there is no support from the Wei Chi family, then his crown prince position is not stable, even if the other party has bet all the treasure on him now, but if he disposes of Wei Chi Tang this time, it will not be difficult for people to cut the relationship.
Besides, what can I do with it, is it possible to castrate him?
But after you call the Yan family, I castrated my uncle for you, and the line of the head of the Wei Chi family will also be cut off, I will deal with it like this, don't say that my mother will not agree, and then the Wei Chi family will continue to support me.
Is it important to be a captain of the Chi family, or is it important to be a generalissimo of the Qilian army?
Seeing that Duanmu Shuofeng's face was changing, obviously hesitating and struggling, Hu Yanshi also knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Please ask the prince to administer justice!"
Wei Chidun was smart at this time, knowing that he couldn't talk much at this time, he lay on the ground directly, waiting for Duanmu Shuofeng to make a decision, from his momentary hesitation, he knew that he definitely wanted to protect himself, thinking of this, Wei Chidun was a little relieved.
Yes, I'm your uncle!
Duanmu Shuofeng frowned, forced to be extremely uncomfortable by this choice, and could only say first: "General Huyan, you should get up first." ”
When Hu Yanshi heard this, he raised his head, glared at the tiger, just knelt on the ground, and asked loudly towards Duanmu Shuofeng, "Does the prince want to protect him?"
Seeing him like this, Duanmu Shuofeng suddenly flashed a trace of displeasure in his heart, but he still said with good words on his face: "No, you must understand the situation clearly before you talk, and then General Huyan, you kneel like this, I really can't do it." ”
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