163, Bandit Emperor (9) (1/2)

The original owner's elder sister was named Wei Qingniang.

The two lost their father at a young age and had been relying on Wei's mother to barely support the family. Qingniang was a few years older than the original owner, but she was much more sensible than him.

When she was still young, she learned to take care of her younger brother, cook and wash clothes by herself, and tried hard to help Wei's mother, who was making a living, to ease some of the pressure.

Because she lost her father, Qingniang was ridiculed by the children in the village since she was a child. Basically, everyone in Weijia Village had the surname Wei. They were from the same clan and should help each other. However, when there was a plague in Jin State, the men were strong and healthy, so only a small half died, but the women were almost all dead.

The original owner's family was different from other families. Wei's father had always been weak. He was killed by the plague, leaving only his wife and a pair of children.

At that time, Wei's mother was young and had some beauty. Most of the men in the village died, and the elders in the village asked her to remarry with her children to a man of the same clan.

After all, Weijia Village was originally poor, and now more than half of the people have died. No woman is willing to marry here. If you want to marry and have children, you can only look for a wife in the village.

Wei's mother is unwilling. She is a woman and has a hard life. If she can raise two children, she will be wronged. But the elders of the clan hall mean that her children should be taken there. The girl should help with the housework and marry the nephew of that family early, and the boy should be separated from the family and live alone when he reaches the age.

If she marries there, she will be a slave, and the two children will not have a good life.

What's more, the clan hall swore that a woman should not marry two husbands. There was a girl from the Wei family who was engaged, but her fiancé died of a disease before she got married. Her parents wanted her to find another man to marry, but they were blocked by the elders of the clan hall.

It is sworn that a woman should stay with one husband all her life.

Now that most women in the village have died, they need women to continue their offspring, so they force widowed women to marry again.

When she was young, she was also stubborn. The more the ancestral hall said this, the more she refused.

Wei's mother refused to marry, and when she was forced into a corner, she told all these things directly in front of the man who wanted to marry her.

Apart from other things, if she wanted to marry with the land left by her husband, she should at least pay a betrothal gift.

She was not a fool if she didn't give a penny and didn't raise her two children.

Facts have proved that most women these days are helpless.

Even if they knew it was a sea of ​​suffering, they still couldn't stand the pressure from their elders and got married.

Wei's mother was lucky. Her mother supported her. Even the people in the ancestral hall refused to give in. In the end, those people had to give up letting Wei's mother marry again, but the feud was also formed.

Wei's mother's surname was Cheng. Although her natal family was not far from the village, it was absolutely impossible for them to stay by the side every day to help her. So gradually, her popularity in Weijia Village became worse.

Men resented her words, while women were not married well, and they were jealous of Wei's mother, who worked hard but at least no one beat or scolded her. In such an environment, few people with consciences who knew right from wrong dared not stand up to help her.

The original owner became a gangster and the clan temple did not come out to control him, which was also related to their revengeful mentality.

Therefore, this time, Wei Qingniang was divorced for no reason, and the people in the clan temple knew about it but did not intend to help her.

Wei's mother wanted to take her daughter to the Jiang family to argue, but she met people from the same clan on the way, and some people sneered at her.

"You haven't even given birth to a son in six years, so what face do you have to go to the Jiang family?"

"What's more, the Jiang family is a family of scholars. I heard that they will go to Beijing to take the exam soon. When they become officials, can you afford to provoke them?"

Wei's mother was old and trembled when she walked. Qingniang was quiet since she was a child. After hearing those words, she couldn't help crying. When she arrived at her husband's house, she was scolded by her mother-in-law for things that didn't exist at all, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.

The mother and son went to ask for an explanation, but they didn't get one, and were humiliated instead.

When they returned to their dilapidated home, thinking of their son who had never returned, and their granddaughter who was sold to a brothel by her own father, Wei's mother almost fell ill.

The mother and daughter had been struggling to hold on for the past few days, but this morning, someone came to their house with a gloating look, telling them that Yunzhou had been conquered.

And Qingniang's daughter was sold to the largest brothel in Yunzhou.

The people in the village were not too worried that they would be implicated this time. Although their Weijia Village was in Yunzhou, it was dilapidated and the terrain was complex. The entire village was in the mountains. On weekdays, the government would only think of them when they wanted to collect money.

Miaocheng would soon be beaten back by the court after conquering Yunzhou, and they would just stay in the village for the time being.

Except for the family in Yunzhou, the other villagers quickly felt relieved.

For Qingniang, this incident was no less than a thunderbolt.

In the past, she at least knew where her daughter was sold to. Although she was worried that she would be forced to receive customers when she grew up, at least she was young now and the brothel would not do anything to her. But now that the Miaocheng Army had entered the city, Yunzhou City must have been in chaos.

Her poor daughter was only five years old and didn't know anything yet. How could she survive?

Qingniang and her mother were crying in this small house at this moment because she would rush to Yunzhou City with her bag on her back early tomorrow morning.

She knew what she might encounter and that her life might not be saved this time, but her daughter was in Yunzhou City...

Even if she couldn't find her, at least she had to look for her.

"Mother, my daughter is unfilial, my daughter is unfilial..."

Qingniang cried and her eyes were full of guilt.

She is the only one left with her mother now, but in order to find her daughter, she left her mother alone in this village...

"Mom, I don't blame you."

Mother Wei was aging quickly, and her hands were already covered with wrinkles. She gently touched her daughter's cold face with tears streaming down her face, "Qing Niang, if you leave, you may never come back again. Have you really thought about it?" ?”

"Mom, I know."

Qing Niang wiped away her tears, with a rare look of perseverance on her usually weak face, "I was weak and incompetent back then, and watched helplessly as my husband and mother-in-law sold my own daughter. I owe her that, and I must give her to her." get back."

"It's useless for my mother to let you marry the Jiang family..."

"It's not my fault, mother. It's my own fault for being blind. I blame evil people for being good people."

Qing Niang tried her best to suppress her tears and said in a choked voice, "Mom, go and have a rest. You have to get up early tomorrow."

With tears in her eyes, Mother Wei's heart became increasingly bitter, "If Hu Cheng was still here, then the Jiang family wouldn't be able to bully you like this."

Thinking of her younger brother, Qing Niang shed even more tears.

"It's our brother and sister who are unfilial. Mom, you brought us up, but now you are here, but we still don't receive our filial piety."

The mother and daughter were talking and about to cry again, when the sound of cavalry suddenly came from outside.

They suddenly panicked.

Didn't it mean that the officers and soldiers wouldn't come to them because the village was desolate?

The villagers in Weijia Village also woke up one after another, but none of them lit their lamps. The men hid their children in the rice vats and listened with bated breath to what was going on outside.

The cavalry went straight to the Wei family.

Just as mother and daughter huddled together and hid in the closet, the horses stopped. Wei Mingyan got off his horse and knocked on the yard door.

"Mom! The baby is back!"

"mother!"

The old lady in the closet listened to the sounds outside in disbelief. She pushed the door open without thinking and stumbled to the yard to open it.

Qing Niang also couldn't believe her ears and quickly followed behind.

"Mom, mother, wait for me..."

Mother Wei opened the door tremblingly, and there was a man standing outside the door.

He wore mighty armor, had a handsome face, and was tall and strong.

This is... her child! !

"Hu Cheng, Hu Cheng... Hu Cheng, you are back, Hu Cheng..."

The old lady's lips trembled and she was speechless with excitement. She touched him with trembling hands.

Wei Mingyan's eyes also turned red, and he knelt on the ground and said in a harsh voice, "Mom, my child is unfilial. It took me so long to come to pick up my mother."

Mother Wei's hands trembled for a while, her mouth was opened but no sound came out, almost as if she was mute.

When Qing Niang came, she seemed to shout from the bottom of her heart, "Son... I miss you so much, I miss you so much..."

"My son..."

"mother……"

Wei Mingyan's eyes became even redder, and his face was full of guilt, "It's my son who is unfilial. From now on, my son will take you and your sister to enjoy your happiness. Mother and son will never be separated again."

Mother Wei was so excited that her mind went blank. It wasn't until she was helped into the house and watched her son light the oil lamp that she looked at his armor with some confusion.

"Hu Cheng, what are you doing?"

"Mom, didn't I want to come to the village to pick you up? Can you dress better?" Wei Mingyan looked at his mother's trembling hands and swallowed the fact of rebellion.

If he dared to say that now, Mother Wei would really be frightened and faint.

Afraid that Mother Wei would ask again, he quickly changed the topic and looked at Qing Niang, who was sitting aside and taking care of his mother carefully with a happy look on her face.

"I've been gone for such a long time, is my sister getting married?"

"I left early. If my sister got married, I would take a good look at my brother-in-law and then send him the dowry I had prepared. Although it is a little late, I said at the beginning that I would let my sister marry in glory."

Qing Niang's eyes were still red, and the tears that she thought she had dried up could not help but fall again after hearing her brother's words.

The smile on Wei Mingyan's face fell, and his eyebrows furrowed deeply, "What's going on?"

half an hour later

In the Jiang family, Scholar Jiang, who was still sleeping, suddenly heard a loud noise. His body trembled, and he opened his eyes in a daze and looked outside.

Just when he saw a group of torches, the door to his room was kicked open.

Jiang Shusheng trembled, and then he saw a gloomy face that was illuminated by the firelight.

"Jiang Cai!"

"If you dare to sell my niece, divorce my sister..."

Wei Mingyan stood up and waved his hand coldly, "Hit me!"

"What are you doing! Who are you, ah——"

Jiang Cai subconsciously ran away, but was held down and beaten. Jiang's mother in another room was also arrested, her mouth covered, tied up and left there, and she was forced to watch her son being beaten.

Wei Mingyan wrote a page of words on the desk that the Jiang family spent a lot of money to buy, and threw it in front of the man who was beaten and howling.

"Signed."

Jiang Cai didn't even dare to ask what it was, so he quickly signed his name on it with shaking hands.

"You, you are Wei Hucheng..."

Wei Mingyan didn't even bother to look at him. He picked up the paper and sneered.

"Remember, you didn't divorce my sister, it was my sister who divorced you, a useless man who can't even protect your own flesh and blood."

He threw down a piece of silver and said, "I'm giving you the money you need to take the exam. You're welcome. I was also your brother-in-law."

After saying that, Mo Da, who had been silently following him, stepped forward and asked the person holding Jiang Cai to let go. Just when he thought he had escaped, Mo Da raised his hand and hit him directly between the legs.

"ah--"

The screams resounded all around, and some villagers woke up and secretly looked outside. After seeing the densely packed armored officers and soldiers standing outside, they were so frightened that they crawled back into the house and hid.

I waited anxiously for the firelight outside to disappear and the sky to light up again, then I cautiously opened the door and looked around cautiously.

After confirming that those people were indeed gone, the villagers carefully opened the door of Jiang's house and saw only Jiang Cai, who had passed out, and Jiang's mother, who was tied up and moaning.

"Sir, why don't you kill him?"

Thinking about what he heard, Mo Da felt hatred for Wei Mingyan, "He can even sell his own daughter. He is really worse than a beast."

The most hateful thing is that what they saw at the Jiang family just now didn't mean that they had to sell their daughter to make money. It was just the table, and they could get some money by selling it out.

That man claimed to be a scholar, and he used all the best pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but he watched his mother sell off her daughter. It was really despising.

"Kill him and then kill him?"

Wei Mingyan said what he was writing on Table Mountain with an indifferent expression, "My sister has suffered six years since she was married to him. He wants to pay it back overnight. How can it be that easy?"

Mo Da couldn't figure it out, "Then let's arrest him and send him to prison to be tortured for six years!"

"How many times have I told you that you have to attack the heart when doing things. Jiang Cai is a coward at first glance. He is thrown into prison and tortured. He then turns around and commits suicide. What's the point in that?"

The handsome man standing in front of the table added ink and showed a sarcastic smile, "Tell me, what does he value most?"

Mo Da thought for a moment, "Fame!"

"He sold his biological daughter in order to take the exam in Beijing. He must care about fame."

"yes."

Wei Mingyan put down his pen, raised his eyebrows slightly, and picked up the list in his hand.

"Since my cheap brother-in-law likes fame, then I will fulfill his wish."

"Go and arrange for someone to talk things over today. He is a scholar. He sold his daughter and divorced his wife who had been running the family for six years. I, the younger brother, came back to pick up my sister and give her a gift. Five taels of silver, tsk.”

"As soon as this incident came out, his reputation was bad in the eyes of those scholars, but because I am a rebellious minister, the court will not do anything to him. This time I went to Beijing to take the exam, even if he is only half a bucket of water, I will let him I passed the exam.”

Mo Mo looked at Wei Mingyan in confusion, "Sir, why do we still need to help him?"

"Stupid or not."

Wei Mingyan laughed and said, "Since General Zhao has agreed to our request, we are sure of our success."

"Jiang Cai endured a lot of hardships and managed to gain fame, but as a result, the country changed hands and everything was in vain."

"How would he feel?"

Mo Da suddenly realized it, and before he could praise Wei Ming for a few words, he stuffed an order into his hand.

"Send someone to buy these. Take a look. If you want to buy them for your daughter, buy one together."

Looking at the items on the list that the woman wanted to use, Mo Da happily agreed.

"Thank you, sir."

He is still worried about how to have a good relationship with his daughter.

Wei Mingyan patted himself and went to his mother's house.

Wei's mother is drinking medicine, and Qing Niang is taking care of her. She was too emotional last night, and she has a cough today and feels dizzy.

Although she was not feeling well, as long as she saw her majestic son, Mother Wei felt at ease.

"Mom, my sister was divorced without reason, didn't the ancestral hall come forward?"

The expression on Mother Wei's face suddenly darkened, "No, it's all my fault. I offended the ancestral hall..."

"Son, mother knows that you are successful now, but you must not imitate what mother did back then. They already hated me. If you conflict with them again because of this matter, maybe the clan leader will just take your name off It’s crossed out on the Wei family tree.”

"Mom, don't worry, of course the child won't cause trouble."

Wei Mingyan smiled gently and coaxed Wei's mother to lie down and close her eyes to fall asleep. The smile immediately turned cold.

"Hu Cheng..."

Qing Niang had watched him grow up, how could she not know what his expression meant, and her face suddenly became anxious.

"elder sister."

Wei Mingyan took her out the door, stretched out his hand and gently straightened the wooden hairpin on Qing Niang's hair. His eyes were full of seriousness, "Now that I'm back, I won't let anyone bully you and your mother again."

"I will take back those who have bullied you."

Qing Niang's eyes suddenly turned red, and she looked at her younger brother who had grown up and no longer needed her to support her, "But that's the ancestral hall..."

"What about the ancestral hall?"

Wei Mingyan's face showed a bit of ridicule, "When we were young, didn't we witness them forcing my mother to hand over our father's land in the name of the ancestral hall?"

"If it weren't for my grandmother's help, we would have survived without our land."

"But the ancestral hall is not wrong on the face of it. If you attack the ancestral hall, don't you want to make yourself feel unkind and unjust?"

"Who said I was going to take action against the ancestral hall." The heroic man smiled and said, "Sister, just watch."

"Those who have bullied Mom and you, I will let them trap themselves to death."

***

The people in the ancestral hall are now as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

Most of them had ridiculed the Wei family before. In addition, Qing Niang was divorced some time ago, so they also added insult to injury and laughed a lot.

Now that Wei Hucheng seemed to be in trouble, what should they do?

"What's the rush?"

Among the group of people, only the patriarch was not anxious at all. He drank a cup of tea and said slowly, "What are you afraid of? Even if Wei Hucheng becomes prosperous, he is still a member of our Wei family. What else can he do to us?"

"After all, he comes from our Wei family. Even if there was some gap at the beginning, he couldn't touch a finger of our clan. Instead, he had to respectfully enshrine us."

"Yes, but after all, we almost watched them die..."

"Unless Wei Hucheng doesn't want to continue to advance and lose the incense in the ancestral hall after his death, he will have to be humble to us."

After the patriarch finished speaking, he looked at the group of people and said, "Okay, don't hang around anymore. I'll go take a look in a moment. If he's restless, just scare him with the method of killing the clan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Mingyan's hearty laughter came from outside.

"Clan leader, I'm here to announce the good news."

Seeing his smiling face, the clan leader's wrinkled face immediately showed a bit of pride.

Throughout the ages, the status of ancestral halls has been supreme.

He had worked hard to get to this position, and he could see clearly that no matter how big the officials were, they were not trying to please the ancestral hall with nice words.

"Hucheng, we haven't seen you for a long time. What's the happy event?"

Wei Mingyan's smile widened when he saw the patriarch's kind gesture as an elder.

"Does the patriarch know that Yunzhou City was captured? The happy event I mentioned is related to this."

The clan leader took a sip of tea, his brows filled with joy, "Did you accomplish great feats by annihilating those Miao soldiers?"

"almost."

Wei Mingyan looked at the smile on his face and said loudly, "I destroyed the Yunzhou army and captured Yunzhou."

"Clan leader, our clan is about to have an emperor named Wei."

The old man who looked calm just now opened his eyes stiffly, the tea cup in his hand shook and fell to the ground.

"you you……"

"Yes, I rebelled."

The man in white armor chuckled, "Aren't you happy, patriarch? If I ascend the throne, our Wei family will be relatives of the emperor from now on. Patriarch, you will be the prince."

——"Rebellious ministers and traitors!!!"

"Rebellious ministers and traitors!!"

The patriarch pointed at him with trembling hands, "You, you are being treasonous! This is treason!!"

"Why is the patriarch so angry? I have rebelled, but if I become the emperor, the whole Wei family will benefit."

"You...you lose...our Wei clan is doomed! Do you know what the crime of rebellion is? Kill the nine tribes!!"

The patriarch's eyes widened, and his heart that originally wanted to get a piece of the pie was completely broken.

"Exterminate the tribe!! Eliminate the tribe immediately!!"

"From now on, you Wei Hucheng will have nothing to do with our Wei family!!"

Wei Mingyan gently stroked the willow table in the ancestral hall and raised his lips slightly.

"Then let's eliminate the clan."

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