nycdaug Chapter 155 His choice remains the same
Chapter 155 His choice remains the same
Zong Yanli leaned forward slightly and put almost all the weight of his body on Yang Wei.
She narrowed her eyes and smiled, "My deputy general has a bad temper. You have insulted his deceased relatives and elders several times, so you deserve this injury."
"Since you don't want to explain your origins, you must have no relationship with Wen Nian's family." Zong Yanli retracted his foot, turned around and waved his hand, saying, "Drag him away and chop him off."
“Um! Um——!” Yang Wei suddenly widened his eyes upon hearing what Zong Yanli said. He was anxious to speak, but because of his dislocated jaw he could only make a mumbling sound. He said indistinctly, “Yuan, Yuanhua…”
"Yuanhua?" Zong Yanli was close enough to hear it clearly, so he turned around and repeated it.
Wen Nian was stunned for a moment, then took a half step forward and said, "Yuanhua is my father's nickname."
Wen Nian's father, Wen Heze, was named Yuanhua.
Yang Wei looked at Wen Nian with eyes wide open. Wen Nian stared at Yang Wei with suspicion. It was obvious that he had never heard his father mention taking in a disciple.
Zong Yanli bent down and stretched out his hand to pinch Yang Wei's chin, and twisted his chin back with great force. Yang Wei was in so much pain that he almost cried. He rolled on the ground and looked at Wen Nian with red eyes, his eyes full of disbelief: "You...you are the master's son?"
Wen Nian: “…”
Yang Wei was a little bit hesitant to believe it, perhaps because Wen Nian's punch had made him quiet, and Yang Wei also started talking about the past.
He was indeed a disciple of Wen Nian's father and was his father's only disciple. It's not quite right to say that he was a disciple, because Wen Heze and Yang Wei were both teacher and friend. Wen Heze never took the idea of accepting a disciple seriously, and he taught Yang Wei spearmanship because Wen Heze was still young at the time.
He even told Yang Wei that he would wander around for the rest of his life and would never marry.
The young man was so reckless that after teaching Yang Wei the art of spearmanship, he did not even leave his name, only saying that his home was next to three jujube trees in Xingyang.
Yang Wei only called him Yuanhua, and Wen Heze didn't even want him to call him master. That's why the spear skills Yang Wei learned were missing three moves and six styles, because Wen Heze didn't teach him everything he knew!
After the two of them parted, Wen Heze naturally didn't take the incident to heart. He just thought of it as instructing a child and didn't expect that he would really promote the spear technique.
As time passed, Wen Heze finally joined the army and served under Zong Yanhongjing. He became an old subordinate of Zong Yanhongjing and married and had children.
It was because he never felt that he had an apprentice and just thought of it as a joke when he was young, so he never mentioned it to his wife and children at home. Who could have thought that this unintentional achievement would bear fruit, and the young son he met by chance would really practice his spear skills hard and look everywhere for the traces of his mentor.
Finally, I found a little bit with great difficulty, but when I hurried back, I heard that my teacher's entire family was murdered by the villain and no one survived!
Yang Wei was not a native of Wu. He rushed there and was extremely sad to hear the bad news. He then focused on tracking the thief's whereabouts, thinking that all his mentor's life's work had been stolen by the thief. That was why he was furious when he saw the familiar Kirin Eight Treasures Spear in Wen Nian's hand.
That gun was exactly the one used by Wen Nian's father back then. Even the gun Yang Wei was using now was imitated based on the style of the Kirin Eight Treasures Spear.
"So, you are really the apprentice of Wen Nian's father?" Zong Yanli was shocked after understanding the whole story.
"I started learning late and am a little stupid. I could see that my master didn't really want to teach me. When he left, he even told me that he had no intention of accepting me as a disciple..." To put it bluntly, he didn't want to accept this disciple, so he left so easily without leaving any words.
Yang Wei is really confused, he doesn't even know the name of his mentor...
Now that the truth has come to light, Wen Nian and Yang Wei have both remained silent.
Zong Yanli took back his words about beheading the man, waved his hand at Gao Feilin and said, "Take the man away and lock him up first."
After the man was taken away, Zong Yanli turned to look at Wen Nian and asked, "How true do you think what this man said is?"
Wen Nian frowned and shook his head, feeling somewhat unsure, but thinking about it, it seemed more like it was true. This was the Kingdom of Qing. Although Wen Nian had stayed with Zong Yanli the longest, he seldom went into battle and was not even as well-known as Monkie.
How did Yang Wei know about Wen Nian's life experience, and how could he make it up so precisely?
"If this person is really your father's apprentice, how do you plan to deal with him?" Zong Yanli paused, then looked up at Wen Nian and asked.
"If killing him is beneficial to the general and to our army, you can kill him." Wen Nian looked solemn, straightened his back, bowed his head and said to Zong Yanli: "It doesn't matter whether you kill him or not. You can try to persuade him to surrender and recruit him."
"I put the general first." Wen Nian's choice is always consistent.
Zong Yanli looked at Wen Nian who was bowing his head with a little helplessness, then nodded and said, "In that case, let's not rush to deal with it."
She sat back in the main tent and said, "It won't be too late to deal with it after we attack Luoshang Pass."
Wen Nian responded respectfully: "Yes."
After Zong Yanli had someone watch Yang Wei, he ignored him and turned around to call Gongsun Pu, Zhan Haoyue and others to prepare for the second round of persuasion for surrender. He included Yang Wei as one of the bargaining chips, wrote a letter of persuasion for surrender, and sent it to Luoshang Pass.
Sha Haoqian looked at the contents of the letter of persuasion and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "It seems that the Wu army has no intention of killing General Yang at the moment."
"Sir, what do you think the meaning of this letter of surrender is?" Sha Haoqian handed the letter to Zhou Cang and asked for his opinion.
"We can't surrender yet." Zhou Cang took a quick look, then shook his head and said with a smile: "What the general has to do next is to slowly plan for himself and the people of Luoshang Pass."
"I think the general should write a reply letter." Zhou Cang said with a smile, his eyes clear.
The content of the reply letter was much milder than the first time, when the blood-written flag was raised. Although there was still some fierce anger in the words, there was already some room for maneuver. It talked about the importance of Yang Wei, the importance of Luo Shangguan, and the absolute intolerance of the suffering of the people.
In a nutshell, it means putting your own position above righteousness!
This reply letter was delivered to the Wu army's camp. In front of Zong Yanli's desk, Zong Yanli understood the meaning of the letter at a glance.
"He wants our money and food." Zong Yanli pointed his finger at the table, tapped the reply letter on the table and looked up.
"The defenders of Luoshang Pass are really smart people." Zhan Haoyue praised. They did not retreat even though they knew they could not defeat Luoshang Pass, nor did they have any intention of defending to the death. Instead, they fought for the people and for the justice in their hearts.
"Give it or not?" Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone and asked.
"Pu thinks that it should be given." Gongsun Pu was the first to speak: "But when to give it, how much to give, and how to give it, there are other arguments."
The most interesting thing in the world is writing an IOU!