Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1063 Brothers
Shentu Tai was silent for a moment, then said, "They pretended to surrender. In order to avoid being discovered by us, most of the soldiers at Hulao Pass did not know the truth. Therefore, Your Highness wanted to take this opportunity to recapture Hulao Pass. Now some people have surrendered naturally, but there are still some people... Maybe their wives and children are in Luoyang, and they are unwilling to surrender, so they rebel."

"..."

"We have been dealing with this matter for the past two days and have played several games with them."

"..."

"Right now, the situation has been temporarily stabilized, but Liang Shide will not be willing to lose Hulao Pass like this. He will definitely have another wave of attacks. So now His Highness is dispatching troops, firstly to strengthen the guards of several passes around to prevent them from falling into Liang Shide's hands again, and secondly-"

He stopped in the middle of his words because he saw that Shan Tong'er was not listening.

The child lowered his head, as if he could no longer bear the weight of his mind and the complicated emotions within it. He seemed to be buried deep in the ground.

Looking at him like this, Shentu Tai sighed softly in his heart.

He said, "Shanshi Yu is not dead yet."

Upon hearing this, Shan Tong'er's shoulders twitched slightly. He slowly raised his head and looked at Shen Tu Tai, his big eyes filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy.

Shentu Tai added: "But he can't survive either."

"...!"

"He has always refused to surrender. Your Highness promised that as long as he surrenders to us, we will go back to Hulao Pass to recruit his subordinates to surrender. If so, we will have fewer obstacles and can take Hulao Pass without bloodshed, which will be good for them and us. But he said nothing and refused to agree."

"..."

"We fought those battles over the past two days and many of our brothers died, but we finally managed to secure Hulao Pass."

"..."

"Now, the first thing your highness has to do is--"

He didn't finish his words, nor did he need to say anything more, Shan Tong'er understood immediately. He took a breath and immediately turned over and got out of bed, while Shen Tu Tai, who was standing beside him, saw him like this and didn't stop him. He just reached out to help Shan Tong'er when he stood up because he had slept for too long and hadn't eaten anything and was about to fall down. Shan Tong'er grabbed his arm with his backhand and whispered, "Brother Shen Tu, where is the prince? I want to go - beg him."

Shentu Tai said: "Your Highness is still handling military affairs in the big tent, but he will go to Hulao Pass soon."

The good boy understood immediately.

On the other side, the big tent was silent except for the rustling sound of the brush scratching across the rough paper. Normally, this sound always exuded a sense of tranquility and peace, but at this moment, the sound was filled with a strong murderous aura.

After Yuwen Ye finished writing the last word, he threw the file in his hand to the soldier kneeling in front of him and said, "Go."

The soldier took the order and immediately turned around and walked out.

Everyone standing in the tent followed the file with their eyes until the soldier walked out of the tent. But just as they were about to look away, another familiar figure hurried into the tent. It was the kind boy who had been unconscious for two days and now broke in with a pale and frightened look.

As soon as he entered the big tent, he saw people standing on both sides, and Yuwen Ye sitting in the front. He immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Your Highness."

"..."

As soon as they saw him, everyone's faces showed complicated expressions.

Yuwen Ye remained calm and said calmly, "Awake."

"I--"

"Rest well when you wake up. Shentu Tai also told me that you were injured when you fell off your horse at Mengjin Pass a few days ago, but you didn't have time to rest because you had to rush here. Take advantage of these two days to take good care of your injuries. You won't have time to rest in the future."

After saying that, he looked up and waved his hand at Shentu Tai who came in with Shan Tong'er: "Take him down."

Shentu Tai bowed and was about to bend down and reach out to pull Shan Tong'er's arm, but he blocked it with his hand. Shan Tong'er looked at Yuwen Ye with red eyes and choked up and said, "Your Highness, are you going to kill my eldest son - are you going to kill Shan Shiyu?" Yuwen Ye drooped his eyelids, was silent for a while, and said, "Shouldn't I kill him?"

Shan Tong'er's throat choked.

He fought in the army, and even though he had practiced Buddhism for several years and had some good intentions, he was used to seeing that lives on the battlefield were worthless. He also understood that military rules were strict. People like Shan Shiyu, who pretended to surrender but went back on their word, would surely be killed once they were caught. Under normal circumstances, he would not have the position or mind to raise this issue.

But he is good at teaching and he is not an ordinary person.

Shan Tong'er lowered his head and said softly, "Your Highness, can you not kill him?"

Hearing this, everyone around looked at each other, with an expression of reluctance on their faces, especially Mu Xian, who raised his head hesitantly, as if he also wanted to plead with Shan Tong'er. But before he could open his mouth, he saw Yuwen Ye slowly stand up, walk around the table, come to Shan Tong'er, and look down at him.

He said, "I can choose not to kill him."

"...!"

Upon hearing this, Shan Tong'er immediately raised his head and looked at him with bright eyes.

But the next moment, his eyes dimmed.

Because Yuwen Ye said clearly word by word: "If, he really surrenders."

"..."

"If, he didn't intend to assassinate and kill Nie Chong."

"..."

"If, during the two days when we were attacking Hulao Pass, he had sincerely surrendered and persuaded those who were resisting stubbornly at Hulao Pass to surrender, we could have avoided the war in the past few days..."

"..."

"If he had done even a little bit, I wouldn't have killed him."

With every word he spoke, Shan Tong'er's eyes became darker. By the end, his eyes were completely dark and his whole body seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss. There was no light anymore, and no trace of life.

Yuwen Ye said: "You asked me to spare him, but how can the soldiers below be calm?"

"..."

"Who can take Nie Chong's life?"

"..."

"As long as he is alive, everyone in the world will know that there will be no punishment for pretending to surrender to me, Yuwen Ye, and killing my generals. In this way, no one will surrender when we attack Luoyang in the future. Our road will only become more and more difficult."

"..."

"Just because of this, I must kill him!"

His last words had already determined Shan Shiyu's life or death. Shan Tong burst into tears, and his whole body convulsed. Shen Tutai naturally understood Yuwen Ye's considerations, and he also knew that he wanted to cut the person who killed Nie Chong into pieces, but seeing the child crying like this, he couldn't bear it, so he bent down and said in a deep voice: "Old Nine, Your Highness is right."

Everyone around nodded silently.

Shan Tong'er still knelt on the ground and couldn't get up. He choked and said, "Your Highness, but he, he is mine..."

Yuwen Ye looked at him coldly.

"Good boy, those standing here and those buried underground, who is not your brother?"