Chapter 81: Secret Spitting After Drinking

Seeing the excited expression on Wei Ling's face, Wei Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly. Only those who lost know the preciousness. The county magistrate who destroyed the family, Ling Yi, who destroyed the family, and the merchant who had money and could do anything, otherwise he wouldn't have to work hard to climb up in the secret guards.

"Seventh brother, come on, drink, all these things have passed, so there is no need to say anything more. Brother Yu didn't know how to be happy for you when he heard that you became Sima of the Imperial Guards. He was just afraid that he would cause trouble for you, so he was inconvenient to go to the house to congratulate him. Now that my seventh brother is willing to come to the door, I will not be drunk tonight, so I will be like Brother Yu to make up for you."

Wei Ling picked up the wine glass, and a confused look appeared on his face. He raised his head and drank the wine in his arms completely, muttering: "It's better if this Imperial Guard Sima is not right."

"What, is it that my seventh brother has encountered something difficult? You are in the Imperial Guard. No one dares to make things difficult for you. Could it be that I am short of money? If my seventh brother needs it, even if I speak, I dare not say so. I can still take out thousands of guan." Wei Yun said readily.

"It's not a matter of money..." Wei Ling shook his head, and felt a little warm. Although the treatment of the Imperial Guards was generous, his annual salary was only more than 100 guan. He had not met for five years. Wei Yun said without hesitation that he took out thousands of guan to help him. Wei Ling's heart was always warm, and the third brother's generous temperament had not changed at all.

"Since it's not a matter of money, then Brother Yu can't help." Wei Yun said mockingly.

Wei Ling opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything. It would be fine if he said it for his own troubles. It was just that this matter was related to the life and death of the entire Wei family. Even if he trusted Wei Yun, he would not dare to reveal the news easily. However, this matter was like a heavy burden on his heart, which really made him feel breathless.

Wei Yun has dealt with countless people in the past five years. Seeing Wei Ling's expression, he was even more sure that it was not easy for him to suddenly drink with him. However, he did not ask out quickly and raised his glass: "Come on, drink, drink!"

"drink!"

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Ling was already drunk and stumbled. He stood up staggeringly: "Third Brother, I can't do it anymore, I want to go back."

Wei Yun grabbed Wei Ling: "Seventh brother, you have a rare encounter. Why are you anxious? If you really can't do it, just sleep here for a night. If you are worried about your sister-in-law, I will send your sister-in-law to your house and say it."

"No, no, it's already so late, how can I work for my sister-in-law to go out? Besides, I often go on duty at night, so there is no worry or not." Wei Ling had to return to her seat and sit down.

"Since that's the case, what else are you worried about? Just get drunk and you will have no worries tomorrow."

"I'm drunk and I'll have no worries anymore. Is this possible?" Wei Ling murmured to himself, his handsome face full of pain.

"How is it impossible? When Brother Yu drove out of the clan, he was worse than death. He wished he was drunk every day. Now he is thinking about it. Is it more difficult for you to encounter any major events than me to eliminate the genealogy?"

"This is different, different..." Wei Ling murmured, drinking wine was like drinking water, and everyone came.

It was already midnight, the moon crawled into the hollow, and the sound outside had quieted down. Wei Yun's wife and her maid had already gone down to rest first. Before going to bed, the two had already prepared more than a dozen dishes. At this time, the table was in a mess, with seven or eight wine jars weighing several pounds around, and each wine jar was drunk.

Wei Yun was a businessman with a lot of good wine hidden in his home and was about to drink it all at this time. However, both of them were drinking red, but one of them was pretending. There was a trace of wet luster under Wei Yun's feet. Most of the wine he drank was vomited out, but Wei Ling didn't notice it.

With a "dong." Wei Ling's head hit the table hard. Although the wine hidden in Wei Ling's home was not very high, it was fragrant and thick, and it was very easy to import. It had a lot of momentum. Wei Ling finally couldn't support it.

Wei Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Ling has been a drunkard since he was a child. If he did not use fraud, the two Wei Yun could not drink him. If he continued to drink, he would be drunk even if he vomited most of the wine. He hurried over and supported Wei Ling, patted his face and said, "Seventh brother, wake up, wake up."

Wei Ling opened his eyes wide, and his face was filled with surprise: "Hey, who are you? Why don't I know you?"

"I am your third brother Wei Yun."

"Oh, it turns out it's the third brother. No, wasn't the third brother expelled from the house by the clan leader? In fact, the clan leader did something wrong. He knew that you didn't steal money but took care of the face of others. He must expel the third brother out. I'm fighting with the clan members, but I can't fight."

Wei Yun was silent when he heard this. He used to have only one friend in the clan, but now he wants to quarrel from him. However, Wei Yun quickly threw away the hesitation and asked, "Seventh brother, why did you suddenly ask Brother Yu to drink?"

"Fire, set it on fire." Wei Ling said vaguely, his head tilted to one side.

"What fire? Seventh brother, please make it clearer." Seeing Wei Ling going to fall asleep, Wei Yun hurriedly approached Wei Ling's ear and asked.

"No, I can't tell you, otherwise the Wei family will be searched and destroyed..."

Wei Ling's words became a beeping sound, no matter how close Wei Yun was, he couldn't hear it clearly. Wei Yun became excited, as if he saw a bright door opening towards him.

"It's okay, Seventh brother, don't keep it in your heart if you have anything, otherwise you will be suffocating yourself. There are no outsiders here, just say it, it will be comfortable to say it." Wei Yun induces him earnestly.

"Let's set fire, patriarch, general ordered me to set fire to Wude Hall, burn... to Wude Hall."

Wei Yun was so angry that he heard the news of the fire in the palace last night. He heard that the palace was blocked tightly, so he was inconvenient to inquire. However, as a household in the secret garment guards, he still got some news. Unexpectedly, the person who set fire was right in front of him. No wonder the guards could not find the person who set fire. This person was right among them. How could he find it?

Putting Wei Ling down, Wei Yun's face became unstable. Reporting this news, the Wei family would undoubtedly face the disaster of extermination. This was the opportunity he had dreamed of before, but when the opportunity really came, Wei Yun hesitated. Do he really want to report this news? Although he was expelled from the clan, he was a child of the Wei family. What he wanted was to return to the Wei family in a dignified manner, but he was not going to eliminate the Wei family. Once the Wei family was gone, even if he was promoted and made a fortune, he might be criticized by thousands of people if he spread it out.

But if he doesn't report it, how can he be worthy of the emperor? The secret guards are the emperor's eyes and ears. Since the day of its establishment, all the secret guards have vowed to be loyal to the emperor. Now the emperor is wise and powerful, and the Great Sui Dynasty is at its peak. If he hides it, it will be like betraying the emperor.

Only then did he feel Wei Ling's pain, on one side was the king who was loyal to the king, on the other side was his own family. Even he, a person who had been away from the family for five years, was so hesitant, let alone Wei Ling, who had been helping the family, but the Imperial Guard was a troops that were directly loyal to the emperor, not the family's private territory. From the day he entered the Imperial Guard, all his children would be educated to be loyal to the emperor. Their salary and military positions were granted by the emperor, and loyalty to the emperor was their mission.

Wei Ling is not a direct child of the family. Only people like him know how difficult it would be to get into an official position based on the recommendation of officials of aristocratic families. At that time, Wei Yun was slandered because he blocked others' ways. Nowadays, military generals can still kill the enemy and serve the country and become military positions, but civil servants are completely controlled by the aristocratic families and local officials. If there is a fair way for everyone to choose, it is undoubtedly a good thing for the country and the people. However, this good thing was opposed because it deprived the interests of the aristocratic families and even tried every means to destroy it. Moreover, the person who carried out this destruction was still himself. Faced with the dilemma of loyalty to the emperor and loyalty to the family, Wei Ling would be so disobedient.

After thinking about this, Wei Yun's face was not relaxed at all. Could he really want to send the Wei family to a dead end and betray his only friend in exchange for wealth?

"Wei Zisheng, General Wei, you are going to take the Wei family to the dead end." Wei Yun murmured to himself, looking at Wei Ling sleeping soundly beside him, an indescribable worry surged up. He grabbed the wine jar that was still on the table and shook it. Seeing that there was still half a jar of wine, he picked it up and poured it into his mouth. Gurgle, spitting a sound. Wei Yun drank the remaining half of the jar of wine upwards, threw the jar on the ground and threw the powder to the ground. With a bang, Wei Yun also fell to the table and fell asleep.

Late at night, the candles in Wude Hall were still bright, and the chief examiner Xu Deyan took all the deputy exams and the magistrates who were marking the papers for the final work. This afternoon, the marking of all the candidates had been completed. At night, the list of recruited scholars would be drawn up for the emperor to take a look. In order to show the grandeur, Yang Yong himself did not sleep, so he stared at the actions of the examiners in Wude Hall.

Because it was the first imperial examination, the emperor decided to admit it from the imperial examination and took 200 scholars, of which 80 were selected for the Ming Dynasty, 50 were selected for each subject of Ming Dynasty, while only 20 were selected for each subject of Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!