Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Became the Eldest Son of Sun Ce - Chapter 188



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Episode 188. Justification (4)

Standing in front of the priest’s residence, I deliberately made awkward noises.

“Ugh, ugh….”

Then, with a creaking sound, the door opened violently.

“Who is it! Who dares to spy on the mansion of the great lady of the Son family….”

The voice of the priest, tinged with bewilderment, was sharp like the tip of a sword, but it lost strength and became dull as it neared the end.

Once you meet me… .

Above all, her young son was trembling and staring blankly at her. Son-ho’s eyes, filled with betrayal and fear, were focused solely on the lady.

A father who always acted proudly and without losing his pride even in front of me.

This time, the priest’s face turned pale.

“Heavy, Heavy…. How did you, how did you get here….”

I kindly explained to the stammering priest with the corners of my mouth curled up.

“Oh, I brought you. Because of the funeral, Jung-ho seemed to be in a bad mood, so I wanted to surprise him…

But this is such an unexpected story? I was actually more surprised. You committed an unspeakable act of infidelity?”

A mocking rebuke to the church fathers.

If he had been a normal church father, he would have fought back and shouted at him.

But she didn’t.

Instead, he was looking at Son Ho-man with a pitiful gaze, like a puppy that sensed it was going to be abandoned.

They say women are changeable.

The woman who had been more poisonous than anyone else in the world just a moment ago was nowhere to be found. She spoke in a pitiful voice, like a flower petal that seemed ready to fall at any moment.

“Jungho… I don’t know why you’re here, but this is all a lie, a lie… So, okay? Don’t believe it….”

But Son Ho’s gaze was directed at the teacher who had fallen on the table.

Judging from the teacher’s blank stare and foaming at the mouth, it seemed like he had already passed away.

Son Ho said, swallowing his fear.

“But why is your grandfather collapsed like that?”

Son Ho’s wide-eyed gaze was fixed on the lady. Then, the lady began to make excuses while hiding her embarrassment.

“That, that’s…. Your brother, Baekso, planned it….”

Of course, for me, who was watching this whole situation, it was an absurd statement.

This incident has absolutely nothing to do with me, so why did you drag me into this? It was a dirty trick, just like the school song, until the very end.

‘Truly, you are a shameless woman. How dare you try to blame me for all my mistakes? Where on earth would that lowly bloodline of the Kyo-ga go?’

But before I could correct him, Son-ho spoke loudly for the first time in a while. Considering that Son-ho always trembled in front of me, it was a huge step forward.

“Lies! Don’t lie! The little girl heard everything outside! All of this…. was planned by Mother!”

Son Ho, who had said that, seemed greatly shocked and continued speaking while shedding tears.

“How, how could you…. hurt your grandfather? And, how could your grandfather hurt your mother….”

His mother hurt his grandfather, and his grandfather tried to kill his mother. It must have been a difficult story for the young Son-ho to accept.

Son Ho said, wiping away the tears flowing like rain with his small hands.

“…Youngja, I trusted you, my mother… I really trusted you… I was disappointed… I was really disappointed! I hate it all now, I hate it! I’m sick of family and everything!”

Son Ho let out a complaining cry and ran out of the room.

But now, this feeble cry seemed to be a sharper knife than anything else, piercing the priestess’s heart.

“…What? Jungho, how could you say something like that to this mother….”

The priest’s vain expression testified to this.

If you think about it, the amount of devotion that the priest had poured into Son Ho and Hana was enormous.

If you think about the maids and private soldiers who were carefully selected to protect Son Ho from childhood, and the affluent educational environment, it is an astronomical number.

It was thanks to the wealth of Songa and Kyoga that they were able to afford that level of spending, but in any case, the devotion that Kyobuin poured into Sonso must have been sincere.

Thinking back on it, the priest must have felt betrayed by someone he had trusted with half his life.

And I, who watched this scene in real time… .

‘This is entertainment, what else is entertainment?’

I felt like all the hardships I had endured were slowly being relieved.

***

The incident of the poisoning of a teacher by a teacher’s father caused an explosive repercussion in the construction industry.

The people were criticizing him, but first of all, the Han officials and Confucian scholars were at a loss when they heard this news.

They didn’t understand the words father poisoning. No, they seemed to reject the input into their heads.

After a while, the construction managers, who had their father’s poisoning forcibly input into their brains, began printing.

They also began to scold the church father as if they were going to kill him.

-How could you poison your father, whom you should have served with filial piety!

-Unfilial piety, this is a great unfilial piety! The religious leaders who commit unfilial piety should be executed!

―This is the first time in history that a father has been poisoned to death. Your Majesty, please punish Lady Kyo!

The rain of arrows pouring down on the battlefield could not have been more severe than this.

The number of bamboo slips requesting the punishment of the teacher was so great that, with a little exaggeration, it was comparable to a small mountain.

If Sun Ce were alive, they would not have dared to write such a bamboo slip. Why? Because telling Sun Ce would only make their mouths hurt and their hands numb.

However, I clearly differentiated myself from Sun Ce. First of all, I gave the impression that I was more communicative than Sun Ce. The fact that my relationship with Jiao Bu-in was not good also played a part… .

And fundamentally, the immorality of the religious leaders touched a nerve with the Han officials and Confucian scholars.

The government officials and Confucian scholars were already feeling very suppressed by the extra-legal power holders. For them, the priest was the perfect excuse to attack them.

Finally, I opened my mouth as if I had no choice.

“Your Majesty, as the ministers of Jianye have said, this is an atrocious crime against nature that has never happened since the beginning of time. The person who committed this should have been put to death, but considering that the general’s body was not cold and that he was favored by the late general, we would like to execute him within the family… What do Your Majesty think?”

In fact, this was quite a concession.

Originally, the priest had to be humiliated in front of numerous people.

But, just because she is Sun Ce’s wife, she doesn’t even do that. How great of a favor have I shown her?

Meanwhile, the emperor, who had been staring blankly into space, blinked and opened his mouth.

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“…Ah, let it be as the General wishes.”

The Emperor has been like that ever since Empress Dowager Fu was deposed.

‘Tsk tsk, if that’s what happens when you become a dead person… If I had killed him, he would have really been buried in a coffin.’

I poured out some advice to such an emperor.

“Your Majesty, it seems that the Kyo family has many problems. The head of the family who was poisoned was a person who enjoyed badmouthing people and was good at insulting them. Not only that, but the head of the family’s daughter even committed the heinous crime of poisoning the head of the family.

It has been said since ancient times that the conduct of the superior is modeled after that of the inferior, but Kyo-ga has only imitated the conduct of the horrendous and evildoers, so please punish Kyo-ga, who has many sins, severely and make him an example to the powerful clans.”

The emperor asked me with a still gloomy expression.

“What kind of severe punishment does the General mean by that?”

After thinking about what to do with the school song, I decided to slowly kill it.

“I believe that Kyo-ga should donate all of his family’s assets to the government and prohibit him from holding public office for the next three generations!”

Wealth is the source of confidence and confidence of the aristocracy. But if 90% of that wealth is taken away? It was obvious that a school with insufficient wealth would shake like a building without a foundation.

And that’s not all?

If he was banned from holding public office for three generations, the downfall of the Kyo family was inevitable. For the Kyo family, who had only hoped for the prosperity of the Kyo family, there could be no revenge more satisfying than this.

‘Even if Sogyo helps, there’s a limit… Juyu will probably know why I gave him this punishment, so Sogyo’s help will also be limited.’

After a while, the emperor stared helplessly into space and said.

“…Please do as you wish.”

“Your Majesty, I am so grateful!”

And a few days later, the punishment of the traitor that had been postponed began.

***

On the side of Geonup Avenue.

The Geonup-daero area was bustling even in normal times, as befitting a capital city, but today it was literally teeming with people.

The reason was simple: there was an execution ceremony for the great criminals.

In today’s era where there is nothing to see, this kind of execution was entertainment and amusement. As someone who calls myself a civilized person, this is a story that I cannot understand at all.

I sat down at the table prepared on the street and asked Son Ho, who had a pale face.

“Are you feeling better?”

Then Son Ho answered with a pale face.

“Yes, it’s okay, brother.”

“Then it is done. Listen, execute the sentence!”

Soon the soldiers dragged out dozens of criminals, most of whom were the ringleaders of the attack on the palace.

As all the sinners knelt, one of the military officers stepped forward and spoke loudly.

“These are the traitors who dared to attack the palace not long ago! His Majesty has ordered that they be beheaded for their crime of challenging the imperial authority, and this is also something the General has instructed!”

At the shout of the military officer, the people of Jianye began to curse the criminals with one heart and one mind.

Not only that, seeing the countless stones or trash being thrown at the sinners, one could see how fierce the people’s hatred was.

‘Yeah, I guess I should just watch something like this to vent some anger… .’

It was then that Sun Quan began to curse, wondering how he could get the gag out of his mouth.

“Save me, save me! Baek So-ya, this central officer was wrong! Please spare this central officer’s life! This central officer will live quietly as if he were dead! Please just spare his life!”

This is the second most interesting story I’ve heard recently. The first, of course, is the case of the poisoning of a school teacher.

I pointed to Sun Quan, who was begging for my life, and said to Sun Hao.

“Look at that, it is the words of one who dares to covet what belongs to the general without even knowing the subject.”

“Yes, brother….”

“I think my brother is quite smart. Let me tell you this right now.

I hope that my only brother will live comfortably and content with his place.”

As I stared into Son Ho’s round eyes, he nodded with a blank expression. At first glance, it looked like he was fed up with the power struggle.

“Anbunjijok…. This is truly a good quote…. If only my mother had known those words sooner, how could she….”

It seems that Son Ho has become weaned from power struggles due to this incident of poisoning a teacher.

After all, it would have been terrifying to witness a power struggle between his mother and maternal grandfather at the age of not even ten.

For me, it was a great achievement.

‘… How nice it is that there is no need to kill.’

Of course, even while Sun Ho and I were talking, Sun Quan’s desperate appeal continued.

When Sun Quan persisted, I frowned and made a gesture of lowering my head. I was sick of hearing the name Sun Quan.

“You bastard, Baekso! How dare you try to kill this central figure! There is a clear order of things under heaven…. Ugh….”

But Sun Quan’s words were cut off abruptly before he could continue.

The bastard had already cut off my neck. Well, it was just a story that didn’t have much nutritional value, so I wasn’t even curious.

Hours later, dozens of heads were beheaded, hung on pikes and displayed for all to see.

Now… there was one full-scale performance left.

At that time, Son Ho asked in a tone as fragile as a reed.

“…Brother, Mother….”

I stroked Sonho’s head with a regretful expression.

“The government and the people’s will are so strong that I have no way to do anything about it. Still, this Woo-hyung has decided to use his power within the family… to punish them…”

Son Ho opened his mouth with a face filled with regret, sadness, and pain.

“…Yes, thank you, brother.”

Perhaps because the crime was unfilial, Son Ho could not even think of saving his mother. He could only shed tears.

But even in this situation, the priestess was still herself.

***

The priest threw down the poison on the table and shouted.

“Gyaaaaah! Can’t you get rid of this medicine? What did I do wrong that you’re treating me like this!

“I am the wife of the great general and the late Son Rang’s first wife! You guys are not the kind of people who would bring in poison like this!”

Of course, it was an absurd statement to hear for me.

‘But my son accepted it maturely… but his mother’s temper is still strangely the same.’

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