Chapter 354 - 168: Open Strategy, the Decision of the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture_3
Located near Changli Prefecture and autonomous from the core competition of the Da Feng Dynasty,
the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture had never really made a move against other family forces.
However, just a few days ago, they unexpectedly declared war on the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family.
Moreover, they dispatched countless armored soldiers and supplies,
as well as what seemed to be no fewer than ten thousand Mo Jade Kirins.
The Mo Jade Kirin, that is the Mo Jade Kirin—one of the three great divine steeds of the Da Feng Dynasty.
If those ten thousand Mo Jade Kirins,
were to be paired with cultivator soldiers in a charge,
even if the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family were to send out several hundred thousand, or even over a million armored soldiers,
battling the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture would still be an exceedingly troublesome affair.
"What on earth is going on?"
"Speak!!!"
Inside the room,
Ke Xiaowen yelled at the top of his lungs.
As Ke Xiaowen’s emotions gradually became more and more furious,
Ke Wencheng, standing silently in the room, suddenly knelt down on the ground.
His face was full of fear and panic.
His body was also trembling slightly.
"I, I don’t know..."
"Father, I really don’t know..."
Ke Wencheng said, his words trembling with fear.
"Don’t know?"
When Ke Xiaowen heard this, his already slightly furrowed brows knitted even more tightly.
His second son, Ke Wencheng, didn’t know?
Was it that he truly didn’t know, or was it that he did not dare say?
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a lazy voice suddenly came from outside the room.
"Don’t know?"
"Second brother, this whole affair started because of you, how can you not know about it?"
The lazy voice from outside grew closer, Continue reading on empire
until a young man dressed in luxurious clothes, who appeared somewhat indolent, walked into the room.
Upon seeing this newcomer,
Ke Wencheng, who had knelt on the ground, suddenly showed a deep fear in his eyes.
"Don’t say it, don’t say it..."
Ke Wencheng tried to stand up and approach his elder brother, the current Young Master of the Ke Family, Ke Shaozheng.
However, regarding the actions of his younger brother,
Ke Shaozheng could only helplessly shake his head.
Then, he reached out his right hand and pressed Ke Wencheng back down to the ground.
After all this had been done,
Ke Shaozheng, as the current Young Master of the Ke Family, slowly approached their father, the Family Head.
"What do you know about this matter?"
From the seat of honor, Ke Xiaowen quietly asked his eldest son.
Ke Shaozheng gave a faint smile, then said in a low voice, "Father, I know everything about this matter..."
Ke Xiaowen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Then, he inquired further, "Let’s hear it..."
Upon hearing this, Ke Shaozheng didn’t immediately explain the cause of the matter.
Instead, he turned around, glanced at his younger brother, Ke Wencheng, who was lying on the ground, his eyes still flickering with traces of panic and unease.
In his eyes, a trace of disdain flashed involuntarily.
Then, he turned back.
He spoke to the Family Head, his father, in a soft voice, "The reason Wan Shan Prefecture’s Xu Family took action against us, the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family, wasn’t it because my second brother, carelessly, killed the third son that the Xu Family Head cherished the most? Though my dear brother covered up the truth of his actions, there’s nothing to be done.
Even without evidence, the Xu Family Head could still ascertain the entire truth of the matter."
"Just so happens, at this time, the Luo Family gave the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture a chance to act against our Ke Family of Xunyang Prefecture."
"And even if the Xu Family Head of Wan Shan Prefecture knows that the recent incidents were the Luo Family’s doing, he would still willing tread the path laid out for the Xu Family by the Luo Family."
Having said this,
Ke Shaozheng gave a cupped fist salute.
He then stepped back several paces.
The Ke Family’s current Family Head, Ke Xiaowen, who sat in the seat of honor, heard these words.
At this moment, his expression became somewhat uncertain.
"Father, Father..."
"He’s lying, it’s all lies..."
"Don’t believe him, Father, don’t believe what he says..."
At this time, Ke Wencheng, who had been pushed to the ground, crawled up once again.
He hastily scrabbled in the direction of his father, Ke Xiaowen.
His face was now streaked with tears of panic.
"Alas..."
Ke Xiaowen, the current Family Head of the Ke Family, silently observed the scene from his seat of honor.
He couldn’t help but shake his head slightly, his gaze gradually shifting from initial anger to a look of helplessness.
Was this incident Ke Wencheng’s fault?
If one thinks about it carefully, it certainly seems like Ke Wencheng’s fault.
But if one gets down to the root of it after careful consideration...
It also seems like it’s because he, Ke Xiaowen, was too indulgent towards Ke Wencheng in the past, leading to such an outcome.
...
Inside the room.
Having understood this,
Ke Xiaowen, who sat in the seat of honor, called for several people.
They took Ke Wencheng out of the room.
Confined for a year.
Upon seeing this, Ke Shaozheng in the room slightly bowed his head and gave a cupped fist salute.
He then left that room.
The incident had already occurred, and punishing his second brother now was futile.
Moreover, to have his father, who had always doted on his second brother,
impose such a punishment,
Wasn’t this already the best outcome?
As for the Xu Family within Wan Shan Prefecture?
That enemy was indeed troublesome.
But if the Ke Family of Xunyang Prefecture couldn’t handle even the Xu Family who only occupied one prefecture...
How could they even talk about competing with the Luo Family, the New Emperor, and Feng Wuhen for supremacy?
...
The Ke Family estate.
Inside the room where the Family Head resided.
After everyone had left,
only Ke Xiaowen, who sat in the seat of honor, remained in the room.
"The Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture..."
"And that Luo Family..."
"They are indeed very calculating..."
After murmuring to himself, Ke Xiaowen could not help but sigh uncontrollably.