Yesterday, the Lu Li Conference was the most popular, Qiao Ci. Not only did he win Lu Kui, but his style was convinced by everyone. He was handsome and handsome young man with two halberds and white robes in the shooting field, and even spread throughout Yuyang overnight. When the group went out of the city and passed the streets, it was heard that Lu Kui’s daughter, Adi, left today. Countless women rushed to the streets just to take a look at Qiao Ci’s beautiful young man. He was seen out of the city like this, and Qiao Ci’s limelight even overwhelmed his brother-in-law’s brother-in-law.

After leaving the city gate, Wei Shao stopped. After Yanzhou envoy Yang Feng finished expressing his gratitude to his master for these thoughtful receptions, Qiao Ci also expressed his gratitude to Wei Shao. However, he could not feel close to his brother-in-law. Seeing that he was also indifferent to him, there seemed to be a layer of estrangement in the middle. After expressing his gratitude, he had nothing to say. Wei Yan was in his heart. I remembered that after yesterday's Lu Li meeting, he had never seen him at the banquet. I couldn't help but look inside the city gate.

Wei Shao guessed that he was looking for Wei Yan, but he did not show any of it. He just said he would take care of himself on the way. Qiao Ci had to turn around. The group left Yuyang and embarked on the way back to Yanzhou.

...

After Wei Shao left, Mrs. Xu sent someone to summon Zhu Quan to ask about Wei Yan's whereabouts. He heard that he had never seen Wei Yan since yesterday, and asked, "You are serving you in close proximity, have you noticed the difference between him and usual recently?"

Zhu Quan said: "Report to the old lady. I have also thought about coming here to report to you these days. The county lord has indeed been a little different from before."

"Where is different? Let's talk about it all, don't miss it."

"The Duke of the County has not been close to his concubines recently. I seemed to be very concerned when I saw him. Before going to Dai County a few days ago, he sent all three women in his family away. He locked the door of his bedroom and ordered him not to enter without permission."

"Do you know why he is so abnormal?"

"I really don't know." Zhu Quan shook his head, "It's a coincidence that the house caught fire a few days later."

Mrs. Xu pondered for a moment, "Apart from this, there are other differences? For example, have you had an abnormal relationship with someone?"

"The county duke has been living in seclusion recently. I have not seen any abnormalities. When I came back at night, I also drank alone."

"Where does he usually go? Have you ever asked if anyone has seen him?"

Zhu Quan said: "Mrs. I saw that the county magistrate had not returned overnight. I thought he used to go to Luozhongfang, so I looked for it this morning. I heard about something..."

He showed hesitation and stopped.

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Xu looked over with her eyes.

"I heard from my disciples that after it was dark last night, Junhou actually went there to find the Duke of the County. According to the Duke of the Sect, Junhou seemed to be drunk and broke straight in. The door was kicked open by Junhou. At that time, Junhou and Junhou seemed to have a conflict with the Duke of the County. Then Junhou and Junhou left, and then I don't know what happened later."

Mrs. Xu frowned slightly. Zhu Quanping kept his breath. After a while, Mrs. Xu said, "I know. You go down."

After Zhu Quan stepped down, Mrs. Xu was alone and had someone come to send Mrs. Zhu.

Zhu told her son impulsively about the incident last night. Although she felt relieved at first, after thinking about it, she still felt a little frightened. She didn't sleep well all night. She had just been questioned by Mrs. Xu in the morning, but she had not sat on her hot butt when she came back. She saw that she was talking to her again and called herself over. She suspected that she had learned about the incident last night. She was very frightened and hesitated for a while, and knew that she could not hide. She had to bite the bullet and come over and bowed: "Mother-in-law calls me, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Xu said: "Last night, you went to the west room to see Shao'er. How did you say the wound on his face to you?"

When Mrs. Zhu heard that this was asked, she was relieved and quickly repeated Wei Shao's words and said angrily: "I don't believe it. Judging from the injuries on his face, it was clearly because someone beat him up! I asked him, but he refused to admit it and insisted that he was injured by riding a horse. I don't know which bear heart dared to hurt my son. If I asked me to know, I would definitely forgive me!"

Mrs. Xu seemed to have not heard of it and just asked: "Later Shao'er sent you back to the room, have you said something else?"

Mrs. Zhu's heart was shocked. When she met Mrs. Xu's single-eye that was looking over, she insisted on calming herself: "I haven't. After he sent me here, she returned." Although she said that, her eyes unconsciously showed a hint of guilt. She didn't dare to look at Mrs. Xu, and after that, she lowered her gaze.

There was only her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the room. At this moment, she seemed to be able to hear the sound of a needle falling to the ground.

Mrs. Zhu knew that Mrs. Xu was watching from the opposite side, holding her breath, and she didn't even dare to speak loudly. After a while, she heard Mrs. Xu's cold voice: "Last night, you were the last person to meet Shao'er. I heard my grandson's wife say in the morning that he was fine before you called out. Why did you send you a trip? I turned around and couldn't see anyone all night? To be honest, I already know about you! Did you tell him about Yan'er?"

Mrs. Zhu's shoulders shook slightly, and she looked up and saw Mrs. Xu staring at her one-eyed eyes tightly, with a cold expression. She immediately thought that her son had come back to the north house this morning. It must be that he had not heard his advice from her last night and had already told her about it. Her heart couldn't help but be beating, her face showed panic, her mouth was stunned, and she couldn't speak for a while.

Mrs. Xu originally had this kind of doubt. When she first called Zhu in the morning, she saw her unstable eyes. After decades of getting along, she could tell at a glance that she had concealed something. She called her again. Seeing her reaction, she felt confident in her guess. She couldn't help but feel furious, slapped the table, and shouted sternly: "You are so brave! You dare to speak nonsense in front of Shao'er, and to separate your brother!"

Although Mrs. Xu has not been very fond of Zhu for the past few decades, she would never be so stern as she is now. As for outsiders, she gave her enough face to be ashamed. Zhu's face was so scared that she almost couldn't kneel down. Tears in her eyes fell to the ground and argued: "Don't calm down and let me argue. I have no intention of trying to get rid of my brothers. It's almost thirty years. If I have always been disgusted, I wouldn't wait until now. My mother-in-law doesn't know, I'm really worried that Shao'er is loyal and honest and never guarded. If it's nothing else, it's fine, but Wei Yan's origin is complicated. My Wei family raises a Hun son, and it will take thirty years to raise him. Sooner or later, it will be a disaster. If Shao'er doesn't know anything, I'm afraid that he will suffer a great loss in the future..."

With a "slam", Mrs. Xu was furious and threw the heavy incense solid wood table at her hand to the ground. All the things on the table were smashed down, and the bowl bottles and jars broke and jumped away on the ground. The sound alarmed Zhong Ma, who was outside the door, hurriedly entered. Seeing Zhu lying on the ground, Mrs. Xu on the side had a pale face and pointed her finger at Zhu on the ground. She breathed as if she was about to be unable to see through. She was shocked and snatched up and held it up, and kept rubbing the back of her chest. After a while, Mrs. Xu made a long sound in her throat, and then she took a breath and said in a trembling voice: "Call her out!"

Zhong Mama looked at Zhu, and saw that she was already scared and trembled, so she asked her to retreat first. Zhu Mama was weak and barely got up from the ground, leaving in a hurry without mentioning it. Zhong Mama and another servant helped Mrs. Xu to the bed and lay down. She ordered the servant to go out and stayed with her. After a long time, she saw that Mrs. Xu's originally pale face gradually recovered from some blood. She was a little relieved. Just as she was about to ask her about her diet, she suddenly saw Mrs. Xu slowly opened her eyes and said, "Prepare the car. I want to go out."

Although there was still a little fatigue in her voice, she had always calmed down.

Zhong said it should be.

...

Wei Shao sent Qiao Ci out of the city. After noon after returning, he went straight to Luozhongfang.

During the day, Luo Zhongfang was light and deserted. He entered through the back door, passed through a corridor shaded by green trees, stopped at the door of a quiet house, pushed open the empty door, and stepped in.

Wei Yan has been here since last night. The big windows on the left and right sides of the room were wide open, and the wind passed through the room from north to south. He sat cross-legged on a couch in the middle, his hair was not combed, and he was wearing only a loose white mid-clothed body. His lapel was wide open, his eyes were closed, and his cheeks were covered with a short messy moustache. He looked very depressed, and he was not as elegant as he usually rode a horse and leaned against the bridge, and his red sleeves were all over the building. He heard the door open and the sound of Wei Shao's footsteps approaching, and slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that he was wearing the lords' clothes and standing opposite him, his originally tall and slender figure became more and more upright and majestic by the clothes. He looked out for a moment and suddenly said: "You know that I had a secret communication with the Huns, so I left me here like this, aren't you afraid that I would escape?"

Wei Shao went opposite him, sat next to him, and said, "If you intentionally escape like this, I will say that I have lost a brother of twenty years."

Wei Yan said nothing.

Wei Shao said: "I only have one word for you to cut off the contacts with the Huns from now on. Then what will happen in the past, what will happen in the future."

“How was the past, how did it go in the future…”

Wei Yan murmured and repeated, raised his eyes, his eyes stopped on his face, and suddenly showed a strange look.

"Even if I love you or even insult your wife on your back, you no longer care about me?"

He stared at Wei Shao and said slowly.

A dark and gloomy look quickly surged in Wei Shao's eyes, but his expression was still unpredictable.

"How can I kill all the people in the world who offend me?"

He said lightly.

Wei Yan was stunned, and suddenly laughed wildly, and even said to him: "Second brother, although I used to regard you as a lord, I never agreed to submit to you in my heart. It is now that I realized that with the words you can say, you are the head of the Wei family!"

He kept laughing, his posture was wild, and his laughter seemed to burst into tears.

Wei Shao kept looking at him. When he stopped, he said, "How? Have you thought about it?"

Wei Yan's face was gradually fading away. He turned to look at the mottled shadows that had been thrown into the shadows of the tree at the south window. After a moment of excitement, he turned around and said slowly: "Second brother, you can't care about my offense to your wife, and you can't care about the despicable Hun bloodline in my body. But I can only tell you that I can't go back and can never be the elder brother who is destined to be your destiny! Unless you kill me, I am..."

"Otherwise how are you?"

Suddenly an old voice sounded outside the door, and then the door opened in response.

Wei Shao and Wei Yan looked at each other and saw that Mrs. Xu was standing outside the door with a cane at some point. Both of them were stunned.

Wei Shao quickly reacted and quickly got up to greet him, looking a little nervous.

"Grandma, how did you come here..."

But Mrs. Xu didn't look at him. She stepped into the study and walked past Wei Shao. She looked at Wei Yan, who was still sitting on the couch and looked stiff, walked towards him, and finally stopped in front of him.

"Otherwise how are you?"

Mrs. Xu paused her crutch suddenly, then asked again, and her single-eye shot out cold light, which made people dare not look directly at her.

Wei Yan finally got up slowly. Suddenly he knelt down again, gave a great gift, knocking on the ground with his forehead, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

"I am unfilial to my grandson Yan, and I dare to ask my grandmother to fulfill my wishes and let me go."

He said word by word.

Wei Shao showed anger on his face, and blue veins on his forehead burst out.

Mrs. Xu stared at Wei Yan who was kneeling in front of her, and her expression turned angry at first. The hand holding the crutch was also trembling slightly.

After a long time, the anger on her face gradually faded away.

"Well said," she said, "You told me to fulfill yours. I fulfill yours. Who will fulfill my heart?"

Her voice was tired, and she exuded a hint of helpless sadness.

Wei Yan slowly raised his head and met Mrs. Xu's gaze.

"My grandmother's biggest mistake in her life is you, Yan'er. My mistake is not because I have raised you, but because I have taught you!"

Wei Yan was silent.

Mrs. Xu seemed to be trapped in the memories of the past. After a moment, she said, "Yan'er, your mother is my only daughter. I love her like a pearl in my hand. But unfortunately, she was captured by the Huns and robbed her. After three years, she had already nurtured you in her belly, and she gave birth and passed away. I knew that your father was an opposite person, and even though I knew that your life experience might become a hidden danger in the future, I would still keep you up. This is not wrong. If I return to the moment when your mother gave birth to you, I would make such a decision. You are the only remaining bone and blood on the world. No matter who your father is, you are my grandson, and I will never give you up. My fault lies in my upbringing for you!"

She let out a long sigh.

"The Han and the Huns have been in constant attacks. The Han people lost their wicked souls under the iron hooves of the Huns, and the Hun herders were killed by the Han people. I have always been worried that if you know your life experience, you will be at a loss and even feel suspicious. Therefore, when you were young, I hid this matter tightly. I thought that when you were older, I would tell you in detail. When you became older, I saw that you were full of energy and carefree, and I couldn't bear to speak up and add to your trouble. When you were older, by the age of fourteen or fifteen, you had followed your uncle to kill the Huns. At that time, I couldn't speak to you. You and the Huns who had your head cut off! Day after day, year after year, grandmother was hesitant and lucky, and you had grown up to this day!"

"Yan'er! I shouldn't have taught you by mistake, so that you mistakenly think that you are a Han Chinese. I should let you know as soon as possible that although half of your blood comes from a foreign race, you are a member of my Wei family forever! Everything to this day is all my fault! If you want to leave now, is it a fault to punish my grandmother's upbringing?"

When Mrs. Xu talked about the emotions, shed tears of walking.

There was also a faint light of tears in Wei Yan's eyes.

"Grandma! Not only do you have no responsibility for your upbringing, you have raised me! I also know that you are out of care, so I was confused and my mind was not taught me! I was too grateful, so how could I punish me? Today's mistake is completely wrong with myself! What does it have to do with my grandmother!"

Mrs. Xu said: "Since you don't blame me, why do you have to do your own thing?"

Wei Yan closed his eyes and opened his eyes and said, "The fault lies in me. The natural evil and injustice in my blood! Grandma, you never know. Since I was sensible, I have thought why I have the same surname as Wei. When I was older, my second brother was recognized by others. Why is the second brother born to be the head of the family, and I can only be a retainer on the side? This thought has been like a shadow and a snake for more than ten years. Even though I hate it, I can't drive it away! I was able to restrain myself. Three years ago, when I learned about my life experience from the Huns who found me, these evil thoughts grew increasingly and I could never get rid of it!"

Mrs. Xu was shocked. Wei Shao was also looking at Wei Yan with a slightly stiff expression.

"I am jealous of my second brother, and I also hate the unfairness of fate! My second brother was born with a head of family, had outstanding talents, and had a beautiful wife, but what do I have?"

Wei Yan looked weird and smiled, "Grandma, since I was a child, you hired a doctorate in Luoyang to teach me. But I only remember one sentence, I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Grandma, it was my grandson who let you down. The evil of my father's bloodline is destined to be unable to be a member of the Wei family! I am not a gentleman! My mind makes me never become a so-called gentleman! Now that things have come to this point, even if my grandmother and second brother do not care about past grudges, I have no face to stay. If I force myself to stay, I will never be able to be the Wei Yan of the past! I will suffer the torture and pain day and night. Grandma, grandson beg you, it is better to let me leave and let me release it."

"Brother!" Wei Shao shouted suddenly, "How dare you speak so loudly in front of your grandmother!"

Wei Yan turned his head and looked at Wei Yan, showing a wry smile: "Second brother, I am different from you. You have the style of a great man. If I were born as a murderer, I would not be able to walk into the right path of that gentleman."

He turned to Mrs. Xu and kowtowed heavily: "I beg my grandmother to fulfill my wish!"

Mrs. Xu's eyes were covered with tears at this moment, looking at Wei Yan who was kowtowing to him on the ground: "Do you think that after you go to the alien race, you will be able to dominate the king as you wish from now on?"

"It's my blessing. If it doesn't happen, it's my fate. Even if it's dead, there will be no regrets." Wei Yan said.

Wei Shao drew out his long sword, and the tip of the sword hit Wei Yan's throat, his eyes red, and he said word by word: "Do you think I will let you go to the Huns alive?"
To be continued...