After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

"Okay!" Wei Fu said boldly, as if he had made up his mind.

Wei Ju's face lit up with joy, but the next second, Wei Fu looked at him grimly, "You can ask me to send troops, but I want you to die!"

Wei Ju was shocked and blurted out, "I am your biological father! How could you force your biological father to die?"

Wei Fu sneered and said nothing.

Wei Ju frowned and looked at him. The atmosphere was somewhat tense. Seeing this, "Old Qiao" glanced at Wei Ju and whispered in his ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Master, it's okay for you to agree to his request first. After the matter is settled..."

Wei Ju took a deep breath and was about to agree when suddenly a voice came from the door, "Brother, you can't agree to this!"

Wei Yuan had been waiting outside the door since some point, and seemed to have heard the entire conversation.

Wei Ju and Wei Fu were shocked, and then they saw Wei Yuan rushing to Wei Fu, saying with red eyes, "Brother, you can't go!"

"Do you know that once you send out the troops, you will be a traitor who has committed treason? Your grandfather deserves to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the Wei family has made great contributions for generations. Once you go, everything will be over!"

Wei Fu said sadly, "A Yuan, you don't know the truth, you don't know..." He glared at Wei Ju and said, "You don't know how big a mistake your father made. If you don't fight, I'm afraid the whole Wei family will lose their heads..."

"I know! I heard it all outside!"

"That's why you can't go! Since ancient times, generals have to have a legitimate reason to go to war, otherwise it will be unjust and God will not bless you. Have you ever seen a war won without a legitimate reason? Our Wei family is not in the right in this matter!"

"Yes, cousin Cheng Qian will hate you and our Wei family, but once you seize her Zhao family's foundation, she will be a princess of a fallen nation. Can she survive? Since you love her so much, why do you force her to die?"

Wei Fu was shocked, as if he had been hit on the head with a stick.

Seeing this, Wei Ju quickly shouted, "Wei Yuan, shut up, you unfilial son! You are harming your brother by advising him like this! Do you want to see your brother implicated and killed?"

Wei Yuan was almost pissed off by Wei Ju's shamelessness. It was clearly him who caused the extermination of the clan, but now it seemed as if Wei Ju was forcing his elder brother to die. How could he do that? How could he?

He would rather die than have anything happen to his elder brother!

Wei Yuan said earnestly, "Brother, don't be afraid. We will be fine. The emperor is kind and generous, and he is not the kind of person who takes his anger out on others. The aunt and queen also treat you and me very well. At most, our property will be confiscated and we will be exiled... Even if the worst happens, it doesn't matter. On the road to the underworld, you and I will be brothers together, and we will not be alone. It will be the end of a relationship, and our lives will not be in vain."

As Wei Yuan spoke, tears fell.

Obviously, he remembered the days when the two brothers depended on each other when they were young.

Wei Fu's eyes were also filled with mist. He slowly reached out his hand, patted Wei Yuan's shoulder, and choked up, "It's because big brother is useless. Big brother can't protect you..."

Wei Yuan shook his head, "Brother, you are the best brother in the world!"

Wei Ju and "Old Qiao" were furious when they saw Wei Yuan, the Cheng Yaojin who suddenly showed up to do something bad. They looked at him coldly and were about to persuade him again when they heard a dull sound suddenly.

The two men looked and saw Wei Fu using his palm as a knife, raising his hand and slashing with the knife, knocking Wei Yuan unconscious.

Wei Fu caught the unconscious Wei Yuan and frowned.

Ayuan, don't blame me.

It's because I'm your brother that I can't bear to see you die!

Although Wei Ju took advantage of me, this was an unsolvable situation.

Wei Fu called the servant over, "Come here, send the Second Master back to his yard, find a few people to guard him, and don't let him out."

Wei Ju closed his mouth, breathed a sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Fu then sent someone to secretly call over several of his trusted lieutenants. After the messenger left, Wei Fu stood with his hands behind his back in the empty and silent courtyard. There were two century-old mulberry trees planted in the courtyard, which were now lush and green.

When they were young, the three siblings and Zhao Ying would run around this tree.

He looked up at the desolate night sky. The night was so deep and dark, like an airtight box. He was trapped inside, feeling suffocated to death.

Wei Ju came up from behind him and whispered, "Ah Fu, I owe you for what happened in the past. Don't worry, when you succeed and protect the Wei family, you can take my head!"

What a beautiful thing to say.

Wei Fu sneered and did not comment.

Seeing that Wei Fu ignored him, Wei Ju shut up awkwardly.

Wei Fu just looked up at the stars in the sky, his eyes focused, as if he was looking at something else through the stars.

Suddenly, the man frowned, and endless pain was revealed in his eyes.

I'm sorry, Yingmei, please forgive my cowardice. I can't just watch the Wei family being slaughtered.

I gave up on you again...

I'm really at my wit's end...

Whether you blame me or hate me, your cousin will pay with his life when the time comes!

Wei Fu's thoughts were interrupted by the noise coming from the side courtyard.

"It's too late! It's too late!"

When everyone heard the sound, they looked and saw that it was Wei Yuan's yard.

Wei Ju gritted his teeth in hatred. This brat is really restless!

Wei Fu lifted his robe and was about to walk over, but unexpectedly Wei Yuan's pace was faster than his. He rushed towards him in a panic, crying as he ran.

"Brother, the fire is coming! Brother, look, the fire is coming!"

He stepped forward, grabbed Wei Fu's arm, pointed at the fire in the yard not far away, and said excitedly, "Brother, this is heavenly fire! An ominous fire! The heavens have warned you, you will never come back!"

Wei Fu frowned, obviously not believing it.

Wei Ju sneered, "A Yuan, you can just disturb the morale of the army before the battle, but why do you have to use some supernatural words to confuse people? I think you must have set the fire!"

"How could it be me? When I woke up from my bed, the fire had already started. The person guarding me said that the fire started suddenly. Brother, if you don't believe me, you can go ask those people in my yard!"

At this time, the Wei Mansion was in chaos because of the fire. Wei Fu was skeptical. Seeing this, Wei Yuan wanted to bring people to prove it, but was stopped by Wei Fu.

Wei Fu advised, "A Yuan, I have made up my mind. You just wait in the mansion, wait..."

Wei Yuan turned around, his face looked even paler in the darkness. After hearing what Wei Fu said, he seemed to be so desperate that he was exhausted. He opened his dull and bloodshot eyes, shook his head continuously, and his pale lips moved, but no one knew what he was saying.

It took Wei Fu a while to hear clearly.

"It's decided..."

"It's decided..."

"Heh..." He thought it was funny. He looked at Wei Fu, doubtful but also a little cruel. "Since big brother has decided, I have nothing to say..."

"I just have two words to say...Brother, you and I have been his sons for many years, when has he ever thought of anything good for you and me!" Wei Yuan was heartbroken.

Wei He closed his eyes.

"One more thing, big brother, since you are going to fight, I will... send you off with blood!"

After saying that, Wei Yuan resolutely banged his head against the tree trunk.

There was a muffled sound, and the next second, blood splattered everywhere.

Wei Ju yelled in pain, ran to Wei Yuan, hugged him, and cried, "A Yuan, why are you so stupid..."

The servants who were coming and going to put out the fire in the Wei Mansion also came over when they heard the noise. They were so surprised that they were speechless when they saw the situation.

"Old Qiao" seemed to be frightened by the scene before him. After a while, a hint of sneer flashed across his eyes as he looked at Wei Ju.