above the galaxy

Chapter 563 Flag Sacrifice!

Your answer determines our choice.

Your choice determines the future of our family.

Sheng Xinhuai understood what his father meant, but that was precisely why it was even more difficult to answer this question.

How could I have the ability to decide the rise and fall, life and death of an entire clan?

Father as a mountain.

Sheng Xinhuai felt so heavy inside that he could hardly breathe.

"dad"

Sheng Xinhuai's eyes were red. She was not a sentimental woman, and she would not express her feelings easily.

Unless you can't control it.

Sheng Jing grinned, but because he smiled so seldomly, his expression seemed a little stiff.

He boiled a pot of water and poured the hot water into the teapot. The mellow and rich tea aroma with a hint of sweet fragrance immediately wafted out from the spout of the pot.

It is refreshing to hear.

"The situation is becoming increasingly tense. With the Tang bandits pressing on step by step, it is no longer realistic for us to remain neutral."

Sheng Jing poured the golden tea into the fairness cup, then picked up the translucent fairness cup to pour tea for Sheng Xinhuai.

Sheng Jing likes to drink tea, so he is naturally a master of the tea ceremony.

Same cup of tea, same pot of water, but the tea he made was so different from others.

Sheng Xinhuai asked him why, and he replied that it was just because he was skilled at it.

You can open the bottle cap faster than others.
Sheng Xinhuai was speechless.

"To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. If Shen Wuxiang wants to fight the Tang bandits to the death, he needs a stable and strong rear base. Make a fist with your five fingers, and you will have more power when you strike out."

"So, during this period, the Security Bureau and the Supervisory Commission arrested people everywhere. Those who did not cooperate, did not stand on the side, and were unwilling to pledge their allegiance were thrown into prison."

"The charges are not important. If they want to arrest someone, what charges can't they make up? Shen Wuxiang is madly eliminating dissidents, and the others are watching in anger but dare not speak out."

"Now that I think about it, he had an agenda when he asked the security bureau to intercept you at the airport. If the family of the chancellor dared to do it, how could anyone else dare to speak out?"

"Killing the chicken to scare the monkey?" Sheng Xinhuai asked with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"That's pretty much what it means. Shen Wuxiang pushed us out and immediately intimidated those dissatisfied opponents."

"They really know how to select people," Sheng Xinhuai said harshly. Anyone who encounters such a thing will feel very unhappy: "Supervisory Office? Yan Wenli was arrested, Yan Jingnian betrayed, and the supervision system has been paralyzed, right?"

"There are always speculators in any place and at any time. With so many important figures in the Supervisory Council, isn't there anyone who wants to make a contribution?"

Sheng Jing was not surprised by the reappearance of the Supervisory Commission. After all, in troubled times, severe punishments are needed, and the Supervisory Commission is indeed a sharp blade.

"The current president of the Supervisory Yuan is Zhao Deqian, the former vice president of the Supervisory Yuan."

"Zhao Deqian? Isn't he a student of Dean Shang Xiulin?" Sheng Xinhuai looked confused.

"Ha," Sheng Jing sneered, and said, "Tang Fei was able to convince Shen Qingping to work for him, so what's wrong with Shen Wuxiang appointing a student of Shang Xiulin as the president of the Supervisory Council? If you spend a fortune on horse bones, then there won't be many people who will respond."

"How spineless."

"Integrity?" Sheng Jing shook his head and sighed, "In times of life and death, integrity can be easily defeated."

There was another sentence that Sheng Jing didn't say. Although Tang Fei had gathered a group of people to compete with Shen Wuxiang for the world, most people still were more optimistic about Shen Wuxiang.

There was no other way. He had been in charge of the imperial army for decades, and most of the empire's territory was in his hands.
The Tang bandits won several battles and occupied several cities, but compared with the huge empire, they were really nothing.

They choose to support and follow Shen Wuxiang now, but who knows if he will become a dragon follower in the future?

Judging from the basic situation, Shen Wuxiang is obviously more destined to be an emperor.

In other words, he is now the behind-the-scenes emperor of the Phoenix Empire.

The Supreme Emperor?
Thinking of Zhong Tianque's situation, Sheng Jing sighed softly in his heart.

The son of a king has fallen to such a state.
Wealth does not last for more than three generations, and it is even more difficult to continue power.

"Dad, I understand what you mean, and I also know what you want to do." Sheng Xinhuai raised his head, looked at Sheng Jing seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Tang Fei and I are friends, very, very good friends, friends who can exchange lives."

"But this is my personal emotion and life. I cannot let the development and future of the entire family be affected because of me."

"You are not only my father, but also the patriarch of the Sheng family. Therefore, for the sake of the Sheng family and the family, you should make the most correct choice."

Sheng Jing held the teacup and sipped the hot tea in the cup carefully.

After finishing a cup of tea, he turned to the kitchen and said, "Your mother said she wanted to make soup. Is the soup not ready yet?"

"Dad, I'm serious." Sheng Xinhuai said anxiously.

She didn't know whether her father had made up his mind, and she felt uneasy until the result was confirmed.

She has people she wants to protect, but she doesn't want to become the sinner of the family.

Sheng Jing sighed softly, looked at Sheng Xinhuai and said, "I am your father first, and then the patriarch of the clan. Your happiness is integrated with the happiness of the clan. If my daughter is not happy, then am I a failure as the patriarch?"

"Don't worry, I know what choice I should make. Whether it's for you or for the Sheng family."

"The ancients always liked to say that one would risk one's life for a beautiful woman. I don't have a beautiful woman, only a wife and children."

"Someone bullied my wife and children. It's not easy to get away with it."

"I don't agree."

"dad"

Sheng Jing waved his hand and said, "Eat. Only when you are full can you have the strength to fight with others."

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"Who are you fighting with?" Mei Yuyin walked towards the restaurant with a pot of soup. After hearing Sheng Jing's words, she asked in confusion.

"I said that the cats at home always like to go out and fight with other people's cats," Sheng Jing said with a smile, and stood up and walked towards the restaurant.

Everyone knows that the Minister of Finance is a man who dotes on his wife. He doesn't want the wind and rain outside to blow into the yard and get his family wet.
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Qishan. This is the military base of the Shen family. Most of the people stationed here are military personnel and their families from various parties, so there is no civilian prison here, only a military prison.

Friends who often go to prison know that military prisons are more strict, harsh, top-secret and tragic than civilian prisons.

The prison was located in the northwest corner of Qishan, a secluded place.

A cave was dug directly out of the stone wall. Inside the stone chamber that was like a dry well, the scraping sound of the iron chain pierced into the bone marrow.

The moss-covered walls oozed salt frost, which looked like frozen tears in the torchlight.

Very retro.

This was what Shen Wuxiang did intentionally. This kind of environment is more oppressive and can more easily destroy the psychological defenses of those who commit crimes and force them to tell the truth.

"Open the door."

Shen Xinglan stood at the door of a stone prison and shouted.

"Yes, General."

The warden who was following him pressed his fingerprint on the fingerprint lock. The red button rotated and the dark door opened with a click.

"Go down." Shen Xinglan said coldly.

"Yes, General."

The warden did not dare to hesitate and turned and left.

He also waved his hand, signaling the surrounding prison guards to leave.

He knew the identity of the young man in front of him; he was not someone he could reach.

Can not afford to offend.

Shen Xinglan stood at the door, looking at the man and woman in the stone prison who were tortured beyond recognition.

Shen Anyuan and his wife Ji Yunfeng are also his third uncle and aunt in the clan.

The sudden noise woke up Ji Yunfeng who was in a daze. The rich lady of noble status suddenly became a prisoner, living in darkness and without food and drink.

The most important thing is that their psychological endurance is not good. Even if they have not been tortured, the emotions of despair and panic can overwhelm them.

Ji Yunfeng rubbed his eyes and saw that the person coming was Shen Xinglan. He rushed over excitedly and hugged Shen Xinglan's thighs: "Xinglan, I am your third aunt. Xinglan, please save me, save us."

"We can't stand it any longer, Xinglan. Please, let us out."

"We didn't do anything wrong. We don't know anything. Xinglan, Third Aunt loved you the most. When you were little, you loved eating the cheesecake I made the most."

"Every time you come to my house, I make you cheesecake and pack it in a small box for you to take home."

"Xinglan, do you still remember? Do you remember? I am your third aunt, Xinglan."

Shen Xinglan is the pride of the Shen family and is flattered wherever he goes.

The uncles and aunts in the family all knew that he was of an unusual status, so they were all willing to get close to him and build a good relationship with him, and let him enjoy all the delicious and fun things.

Shen Xinglan remembers it all.

But now he can only pretend to forget.

Half of his face was covered with a silver mask, and the exposed half looked even colder than the mask.

He looked down at Ji Yunfeng, who was lying on the ground, and his voice was devoid of any human emotion: "Did you get through?"

"No. No one answered. Did Qingping change his number? His phone is always turned off." Ji Yunfeng cried loudly, trying to soften Shen Xinglan with tears: "Xinglan, can you talk to uncle and let us out?"

"We promise. We promise to keep calling and we will definitely bring Qingping back."

"He is a member of the Shen family in his life, and even if he dies, he must die in the Shen family."

Shen Anyuan was sleeping and heard his wife crying in a daze.

He tried hard to open his eyes and saw Shen Xinglan standing in front of them, with his wife kneeling on the ground begging him for help.

Shen Anyuan looked at Shen Xinglan and asked in a hoarse voice: "Did your uncle ask you to come?"

"I wanted to come here on my own initiative." Shen Xinglan said expressionlessly.

"Xinglan, you know everything. We have tried our best."

"We call him many times a day and try to contact him, but you know the situation."

Shen Anyuan was so excited that he suddenly started coughing violently.

He does not understand cultivation, but is in charge of the Shen family's business empire.

And because of indulgence in alcohol and sex, his energy and spirit had long been exhausted.

He looks fine at ordinary times, but his true colors appear instantly when something happens.

He stayed in this stone prison for a few days, and it seemed like half a century had passed.

I slept on this dark and damp stone bed again. The cold air entered my body and I had a high fever. I am still in a daze every day until now.

Shen Xinglan remained calm, as if he was an outsider, and let him cough heart-wrenchingly.

After a long while, Shen Anyuan calmed down again before he said, "Your mission has failed."

"Xinglan, give us some more time." Shen Anyuan pleaded, "For the sake of our family."

"Xinglan, Third Uncle has never treated you badly before. I am also a member of the Shen family. I have Shen's blood flowing in my body."

"I'm going to the battlefield tomorrow." Shen Xinglan was indifferent, his voice as clear and cold as ever: "You guys come with me."

"Go to the battlefield? What can we do on the battlefield? Xinglan, we are powerless."

"Sacrifice the flag."

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"Those who betray their country will be killed without mercy."

(End of this chapter)