Chapter 17 Blood
Time is the medicine that heals emotional wounds, but it is also the poison that numbs.
The wedding date was approaching, and Weng Guimi's thoughts about Liu Ye became deeper and deeper, but he didn't think about looking for her. He only felt that he was tired and tired, he didn't care about anything, it didn't seem to matter what the future was, and he didn't even care who the person who had been with him all his life was.
This kind of peaceful life is what the old sage king yearns for, and he hopes to guard his son for the rest of his life, away from those political disputes and intrigues, and the father and son live a simple and happy life on this grassland.
However, do they deserve to have a simple and happy life? The old sage king knew in his heart that this was just his good wish to deceive himself, and that a princely family like theirs was destined to be simple, and there was no way to escape the endless conspiracies. He is old now, and no one sees him as a threat anymore, but Weng Guimi is still young, and there are many people who want to calculate him.
The Commander was jealous of his talents, the other princes looked down on his origins, the elders of the nobility were jealous of his power, and even Ubuji wanted to use him for his ambitions.
Isn't it? Ubuji swallowed his anger and tried his best to match this family business, on the surface, thinking of their friendship for many years, it seemed that he really admired Weng Guimi, after all, didn't he fancy his strength to compete with Jun Sumi!
The heir to the throne of Jun Sumi is Nimi, and if Nimi succeeds in becoming king, the Wusun Dynasty will be turned upside down. Not to mention what kind of person Xu Qige is, the Xiongnu royal family supported behind her has long been eyeing the fat of Wusun, and they all dream of annexing Wusun, but they are afraid that Jun Sumi will fight hard and die together.
If you can subdue Wusun without spending a single soldier, the Huns are afraid that they will wake up laughing in their dreams! If Jun Xu Mi can wait until Ni Mi becomes an adult and instill him with the concept of independence, Wusun's catastrophe may be able to alleviate it, but if he can't wait that long, Ni Mi is young and ignorant and barely claims the king, then it will be the era when Su Qige covers the sky with one hand.
This meant that sooner or later Wusun would be annexed by the Xiongnu, lose their autonomy, and the people would be reduced to enslaved inferiors. Of course, for those in power, this is not the most important thing, what matters is that their position is in jeopardy.
Once the son of heaven and a courtier, after Su Qige grasps the power, they will not be left behind, these old bones of the Wusun Dynasty, conservative ideas and stubborn concepts, enjoy all the glory and wealth, and will never tolerate someone to deprive them of their power. In this way, the fierce civil war is only a matter of time, and the fall of Wusun is destined to be inescapable.
Although the future situation is only hypothetical, if there is such a day, the princes and nobles can only accept the arrangement of fate, unless they set up another Kunmo, a king who has nothing to do with the Xiongnu. With pure royal blood, it is enough to lead Wusun to become a strong country, have the courage to compete with the Xiongnu, and can protect the interests of the noble elders......
Obviously, there are very few princes who meet these conditions, but it is not really none, Weng Guimi is their last hope.
It is precisely because Jun Sumi is aware of this threat that he will squeeze out Weng Guimi everywhere, and he is afraid that these people will see the interests in it and turn to support Weng Guimi. He wants to strike first and decisively eliminate it when it first appears, but Ubuji, as the head of the elders, also sees this, and he doesn't want the Ubuji family to be controlled by the Xiongnu in the future.
When there is a conflict of interests, the selfish nature of human beings is usually exposed, and Ubuji takes advantage of the contradiction between Jun Sumi and Weng Guimi to drive away Liu Ye as an obstacle and promote the marriage of Fuma and Weng Guimi. By taking advantage of the Wusun Dynasty's vigilance against the Han Dynasty and instigating the army to completely get rid of the power of the Han Dynasty, then the only thing he can use next is Weng Guimi.
Use Weng Guimi to deal with the Huns! That's what Ubuji is all about!
Thinking of this, the old sage king shuddered, this old friend, who kept saying that he was a good friend, was actually beating his son's idea behind his back. That is his only precious son, how can he be reduced to a pawn of the cunning and cunning Ubuji! If he hadn't overheard Ubuji's conspiracy with Jun Sumi, he would have been kept in the dark and stupidly sent his son to a dead end!
Lao Xianwang knows very well that the current stability of Wusun is inseparable from the balance between the Han and the Xiongnu, just like a scale, the balance of Wusun depends on the pacification of the Han and the Xiongnu, if either side is weightless, this balance can no longer be maintained. Whether the Han can treat Wusun well, the old sage king does not know, but if the Xiongnu get Wusun, Wusun will definitely fall into a dire situation.
The old sage king knew too much about the Xiongnu, and he didn't believe that the Xiongnu would treat every grass and tree in Wusun well, let alone Weng Guimi, who was on the cusp of the waves. The higher Ubuji pushes him, the greater the danger he will be, and when Wusun goes head-to-head with the Xiongnu, he will be the first to die.
Princess Xie Wu, the old sage king thought of the gentle and lovely princess of the Han Dynasty, is she sincere to Weng Guimi? The ambition of the Han to subdue Wusun can be seen by the blind, but the lesser of the two evils, after all, the Han is thousands of miles away, and it is impossible for them to kill Wusun to a dead end, it is nothing more than to seize the right to rule, but Wusun will not be substantially threatened, and the lives of the people will not change much.
For the benefit of his granddaughter's family, Ubuji broke up Weng Guimi and Liu Ye, and tried his best to get rid of the Han Dynasty. For the sake of the future of his son Wusun, even if he doesn't want Weng Guimi to reconcile with Liu Ye, he never wants Weng Guimi to be used by Ubuji. It's not that the old sage king has no confidence in Weng Guimi, and it is unknown who can win the hard fight between Wusun and the Huns, but the old sage king can't risk his son, let alone watch him as cannon fodder.
Another day has passed, the vast dark night is like the mood of the old sage king at this time, Weng Guimi is his son, the son of the woman he loves the most in exchange for his life, now he is a person whose loess is not up to his chest, for the sake of his son, he doesn't care about anything.
"Solang!" The old sage king thought for a long time, and finally spoke, "Come here, I have something to say to you!" ”
Weng Guimi put down the shuttle in his hand and walked over obediently: "Father, do you have anything else to instruct?" Don't worry, I'll listen to you and live a good life after marrying Fuma......"
"No, that's not what I'm talking about!" The old sage king shook his head in disarray, raised his eyes to look at him, his old face added a little worry and haggardness, "Solang, whether you are a child or an adult, I will worry about whether you are doing well, I thought it was for your good to let you marry Fuma, it was for your good to let you be willing to be mediocre, and it was for your good to let you give up the chase, but now it seems that I was wrong." ”
Weng Guimi was a little confused, but he couldn't interject, so he could only listen to the old sage king continue: "You and I were born in a princely family, this life is destined not to be an ordinary person, the kind of simple life that ordinary people live, we don't even think about it, let's recognize the reality!" People, no matter when you have to learn to plan for yourself, you must see what to do next, otherwise, you will regret it for life! The heart of defense is indispensable, some people look good to you, in fact, there are no eternal friends in this world, and there are no permanent enemies, parents always want their children to live according to the way they have formulated, in fact, it is harmful to children! ”
"Solang, you are an adult now, you have your own judgment, you can decide your own life! I'm going to tell you a secret that may make your situation more dangerous, but it will also make you see the reality clearly. Do you want to think about it, do you have the confidence to face the dilemma? ”
Weng Guimi didn't know what he was going to say, whether that secret was hiding an amazing conspiracy, but since he wanted to say it, it meant that this matter was not trivial.
"Father, you say, I have the confidence to face everything!"
"Okay, I won't hide it from you, you can weigh what to do." The attendants of the Lao Xian Dynasty waved their hands and motioned for them to go out, and when there were only two of them left in the yurt, they lowered their voices and said, "The king sent away that group of Han craftsmen a while ago, and appointed Princess Xie Wei as the overseer, and was responsible for the expansion of Chigu City together with Ubuji. The craftsmen of the Han Dynasty were so skilled that it didn't seem like much to send them, but did you know that everyone in the court was against the Han people participating in the expansion, and the king did this to cater to them. ”
As long as it is related to Liu Ye, Weng Guimi will take it to heart, and he hurriedly asked: "Cater to them?" Father, what the hell is going on? What exactly is Brother Wang going to do? ”
The old sage king lowered his head and sighed: "After the Chigu City is built, the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty will be killed, leaving no one alive, including, Princess Jiewei!" ”
Weng Guimi stared at him dumbfounded, his brain was blank, and the strength in his body was withdrawn in an instant, his Ye'er was facing such a big danger, but he didn't know anything.
"It's true, I have heard with my own ears that your brother Wang and Ubuji are discussing this matter. Alas, I really didn't expect that Ubuji would be so insidious, I thought it would ...... Forget it, it's all my self-righteousness, who else can I trust but you! Solang, what are you going to do? ”
"Elder Ubuji......" Weng Guimi couldn't imagine the scene of the conspiratorial Ubuji with a pleasant face, he was so distraught that he could no longer keep his calm, he eagerly grabbed Lao Xianwang's hand and pleaded, "Father, I want to save her, I can't lose her, as long as she lives well, I am willing to sacrifice everything." However, I can't wait for a moment now. Father, I'm sorry, even if you don't agree, I must go ......"
The old sage king expected him to say this, and said softly, "So, what next? ”
"Next......" Weng Guimi took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, "If being the king is our only way out, I am willing to do it for her!" ”
The old sage king had mixed feelings in his heart, after all, he had come to this point, and his son was still like him, unable to escape the fate of the fight.
"Okay, go ahead and do what you want!"
"And how are you going to explain it to them? I can't just walk away! Weng Guimi said that he couldn't let the old sage king clean up this mess for him, "I'll go to Elder Ubuji first, I want to get out of the marriage, and then ask Brother Wang to let me go to Chigu ......Castle as well."
"Don't be stupid!" The old sage king shook his head with a wry smile, "It's all come to this point, do you think they'll let you go?" Solang, let's go, let's go tonight, it's still too late to stop their plot. I'll come back to you after the wedding, and remember, you can't reveal your whereabouts during this time. Alright, you just do what I say, and I'll take care of the rest! ”
However, his father ...... "ran away from marriage and disappeared, Weng Guimi felt difficult to think about it, "Will they believe you?" In case even you ......"
"I'm your father, if I say it's okay, it's no problem, so I don't need you to worry about it! Oh, you don't know how powerful your father is, this time I'll let you see it! ”
"Well, father, take care!"
Father and son looked at each other and nodded heavily, they trusted each other, and the common blood gave them infinite strength.