Chapter 6888: The rising family heads

Chapter 6888: The rising family heads

Pei Qian was exiled to Chang'an not because he killed many humanoid creatures in his research. For a large and established family like the Pei family, this behavior was not wrong. If we really want to talk about it, it is a question of cost-effectiveness.

Then the question is, is what Pei Qian is doing now very cost-effective?

No, the cost-effectiveness is very high. Not to mention that two results have already appeared now, even if there are no results, it is just a direction. This thing named war pattern by Pei Mao is also worthy of investing resources for in-depth research.

Moreover, with Pei Qian's talent and hard work, the strength battle patterns and speed battle patterns have been successfully realized on the veterans of the fifth and sixth levels of smelting. Even though there are still problems that ordinary veterans cannot bear, the battle pattern etching is difficult and requires a deep understanding of the human meridian network for matching, and extremely high acupuncture skills are required to engrave the battle patterns on the human body, the finished product has appeared.

There is no doubt that as long as Pei Qian survives, it will not be a problem for him to open up a new path of martial arts or military strategy based on the battle patterns.

Under this premise, what does a small sacrifice made to the ancestors to bless the Pei family to successfully open up a bright future count for?
As for the evilness of behavior, for a family that has already defined moral ethics, whether it is evil or not is really not something others can say.

Without saying anything unnecessary, just look at the Zhang family of Hanoi and the Wang family of Shanyang. After discovering the incredible research direction of battle patterns, they immediately rushed in to delve into it without any regard for their dignity. This shows how excellent this technology is.

Under such circumstances, Pei Mao decisively sent Pei Qian to Chang'an after Pei Qian completed the human body etching of the speed battle pattern. How could it be a simple exile?
After all, the appearance of the power battle pattern can be said to be a momentary flash of inspiration for Pei Qian, and it cannot prove Pei Qian's ability to develop in this area.

But the speed battle pattern was obviously something that was like a composition, but even with the three families willing to sacrifice the experimental subjects, Pei Qian was able to research it in just seven months. This was enough to show that Pei Qian was not just a flash of inspiration, but also had an amazing talent in the related field.

The only thing more admirable in this world than hard work is talent itself.

After Pei Mao realized that his eldest son had such qualifications, he decisively ordered Pei Qian to stop research in this area. It was not that this technology was not important, but that Pei Qian had a more important identity besides research: he was the next generation heir of the Pei family.

Therefore, Pei Qian needs a positive image. If he indulges in that kind of experiment for a long time, even if he is supported by noble national character and justice, his temperament will change significantly over time.

Pei Mao had already observed that Pei Qian's temperament had changed greatly because of this experiment. He went from being a gentle and refined heir to being gloomy and cold. Moreover, as the eldest brother, he also changed from the natural feeling of brotherly love to being distant.

For Pei Mao, this was an unqualified development. Even though his second son Pei Jun was also suitable to be the head of the Wenxi Pei family, when Pei Qian had such achievements and abilities and was the eldest son, passing the position of head of the family to his second son Pei Jun would really cause an explosion. The Pei family has now risen, but it still needs to unite all the forces that can be united.

At this stage, if even the five most core sons could be blown up, it would be almost a matter of course that the Pei family would be wiped out by their own allies.

After all, there is no moral pressure between the aristocratic families. When you are about to collapse, they just think you are good and don't attack you directly. They are already reliable allies. And when you really collapse, those allies will absorb you as a part of themselves, which is also a completely reasonable way to help you. Just tell me whether they helped you or not.

Therefore, after realizing this, Pei Mao notified Pei Qian to go to Chang'an in his place as soon as Pei Qian developed the speed battle pattern.

On the one hand, it was to make Pei Qian's status clear. He was no longer the heir, but the acting head of the family. On the other hand, it was also to make Pei Qian stop his research, go to Chang'an, the core of the empire, to broaden his horizons and calm down to think about what he should do.

It's not that you can't capture black slaves, white slaves, Central Asian savages, etc. for experiments. After all, doing research is inevitable. Don't say that you, Pei Qian, have already achieved results. Even if you haven't, you still have to continue to do certain verification experiments. It's just that in this entire system, what is your position, Pei Qian? Are you a front-line experimenter or a scientific research leader?

Obviously, this is what Pei Mao wanted his eldest son to understand. He hoped that he would become a leader in scientific research, the head of an academic clique, and lead others to do it together, instead of being completely obsessed with it, and focusing on both technology and political management.

Of course, if Pei Qian could not understand, then Pei Mao would have no choice. If that were the case, he would only be able to educate Pei Jun to be the chief steward of the Pei family, betting that Pei Qian could bring enough benefits to the Pei family and leave Pei Jun with necessary backup plans. When Pei Qian completely lost his humanity and might backfire, he would execute this outstanding son who made Pei Mao feel that he was the eldest son of the Pei family.

Fortunately, Pei Qian was similar to Yuan Shu in some aspects, the only difference was that while Yuan Shu treated others as cattle and sheep, he regarded him and Liu Zhang as a sheepdog and a watchdog respectively.

Liu Zhang agreed with this statement. Although he would strongly express that he was a dog guarding the land under the jade steps, it was not wrong for Yuan Shu to simplify him to a watchdog.

After all, these days, the word "dog" has not become an insult. Words like "gong dog" and "guard dog" are still commendatory words, so when people make analogies between the two, there is nothing wrong with it.

As for Pei Qian, this guy's understanding in this regard is very simple. If someone is not of my race, then he is not a human being. Then there is no need to consider moral issues because no morality applies to humans.

It is precisely because of this logic that Pei Qian was able to conduct a large number of human experiments without experiencing any spiritual alienation.

However, black slaves, white slaves, Parthian savages, etc., all look very similar to humans after all. This is also the reason why Pei Qian's temperament gradually became colder and gloomy. However, after being exiled to Chang'an by his father and hanging out with contemporary young people for a period of time, Pei Qian's temperament has become much more normal.

This was also why Pei Qian quickly figured out the reason why his father sent him to Chang'an, and he was more grateful to his father. Although Pei Qian also knew that Pei Mao was willing to do this more because of the huge benefits on his side, the fact that he was willing to send himself to Chang'an at this time was more of a father-son relationship. It was not easy to talk about this in a wealthy family that was alienated from human beings.

So after arriving here, Pei Qian stopped his research on battle patterns and instead spent his days wandering around red-light districts, walking his dog and playing cockfighting. After indulging himself for a while, he felt much better.

As a result, he was blocked by his own ally today, who asked about the reaction enhancement etching.

To be honest, there is basically no research. Although I have a plan in my mind now, it will take at least more than a year to come up with it. Moreover, how to combine the new battle pattern with the previous strength and speed battle patterns so that they do not affect each other or even promote each other will take more time.

Therefore, when facing Zhang Fan and Wang Can, Pei Qian was somewhat perfunctory. There was nothing he could do. The technical master didn't want to work recently. What's the point of your talking?

“Wenxing, I called the head of the Zhang family here mainly because I am here to look for my brother. Please help me.” Wang Can stood up and saluted Pei Qian with a sincere look.

Pei Qian sighed when he heard this. He didn't even need to listen to what was said next to know what Wang Can wanted to help with. When Wei Ji, the head of the Hedong Wei family, was in a meeting with the Cao family, he was threatened by a group of noble families. Although Wei Ji was ready to die, the families pushed him too hard and Wei Ji became rebellious. He directly killed Wang Qian to break the impasse. And Wang Qian was Wang Can's biological father.

Although Wang Qian is a direct descendant of the Shanyang Wang family, this kind of infighting among aristocratic families, and it seems that neither side has any reason, is purely a dog-eat-dog matter. Chen Xi doesn't care.

As for the Shanyang Wang family seeking revenge on Wei Ji, the same thing applies: the Wei family is no pushover. Even though Chen Xi did not take the initiative to deal with the Hedong Wei family, he still beat them half to death. But that was not the Hedong Wei family's cup of tea. It was just that Chen Xi was too outrageous.

No matter what, the Hedong Wei family is also a top wealthy family, and it is not so easy for the Shanyang Wang family to take revenge. Not to mention the current situation, it is impossible for the Shanyang Wang family to retaliate against the Wei family with all their strength. Even if they can, it is not worth it to fight to the point of mutual destruction for Wang Qian alone.

So this matter has been delayed, and Wang Can, as Wang Qian's son, has been pushing this matter forward. Until this time, Wang Can finally had an opportunity.

The Hedong Wei family accepted the advice from the middleman from the Yang family. After all, if they continued to be entangled with the Shanyang Wang family, it would be troublesome if a flaw was revealed one day. So when the accounts could be settled, Wei Ji, as the head of the family, was willing to negotiate peace with the Gaoyang Wang family. Of course, it would not cost their lives, as it had not come to that point yet.

Even though the Shanyang Wang family lost face at the aristocratic family alliance a few years ago, they later realized that a good blacksmith must be strong himself. The head of the Wang family, Wang Bin, quietly created many major events, but the matter soon passed.

After all, we are not fools. It is not uncommon for large aristocratic families to have occasional embarrassing incidents, if not every year. However, shame and ruin are two different things. Wang Qian of Shanyang Wang family suffered a big loss, but then the Wang family proved that shame is shame and strength is strength, so no one paid attention to it.

Besides, the Wang family didn't go crazy and start revenge, they just put it in a small notebook, so we have to wait and see what happens next. Who knows, someday, the Shanyang Wang family might seize the opportunity and make a surprise move, and then it will be the Wei family's turn to be embarrassed. Oh, the Wei family has been embarrassed a lot in recent years, so they have all been blocked and no one cares about them anymore.

But this matter was recorded in the notebook of Wang Bin, the head of the Shanyang Wang family. That was Wang Bin's business. Wang Can was the son of Wang Qian, and that was a hatred of murdering his father, which was irreconcilable.

Therefore, Wang Can has been actively pushing for the death of Wei Ji, but Wei Ji never gave the other party any chance and has been hiding in the Caucasus region to develop. That place is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Wang Can has not found any opportunity for so many years.

There is no way. Although Wang Can is considered a famous scholar and a great poet of Yuanfeng, the difference between his history and official history is that because of the plague, the chaos in the world, and most importantly, the overall downturn of society, the views of the major families on their country, people's hearts, and the future are bleak.

The result is a self-indulgent atmosphere in the whole society, and the upper-class entertainment forms also begin to go crazy. When the country is in misfortune, the poets are fortunate. To put it bluntly, all literary works will reflect the author's mental state, social cognition, the overall humanistic and social environment, etc.

But what is the Yuanfeng Dynasty? The Yuanfeng Dynasty is on an upward trend. The economy is experiencing explosive growth. We cannot say that everyone’s future will be bright, but thoughts and cognition are generally positive.

This also led to the fact that although Wang Can was still a very good poet, what was popular these days was not poetry or songs, but the real six arts and chariot driving!
Therefore, those who are good at poetry do not receive as much praise as before, but those who are good at chariots will really receive praise, which is very helpless.

To put it another way, Wang Can, who used to study classics and write poetry to build up his reputation, saw his status in the Shanyang Wang family decline day by day. The family heads such as Wang Bin, who developed rapidly on the battlefield, gained the attention of other families. After all, this was a real dare to challenge you, and a continuous challenge.

Although military nobles cannot sing well and cannot become singers or dancers, their chariots can make others sing and dance well, so even in the 21st century, top-level weapons still have the ability to command respect.

Under such circumstances, Wang Can, who had been engaged in poetry for several years to avenge his father's death, finally realized that it was meaningless to continue like this. The only way to seek revenge was to use chariots. Weapons of criticism, manifestos, and flattery were just for fun for the military aristocrats.

So the head of the family, Wang Bin, told Wang Can, "After I asked the middlemen, the Hongnong Yang family and the Wei family, to discuss the revenge for my brother Wang Qian, the result has been achieved. The Wei family will form a team of six people with the Zhao family to participate in the grand martial arts performance. If our Shanyang Wang family team defeats the Wei and Zhao teams, then Wei Ji will personally come to the tomb of my brother Wang Qian in the Persian Gulf to kowtow three times and nine times and admit his mistakes!"

"Mistake?" Wang Can's voice rose eight octaves. His father was hacked to death in front of a group of people, and you tell me this is a mistake?

"You lost, so you kowtow three times and nine times and admit your mistake? Is that all?" Wang Can glared at Wang Bin angrily without waiting for his uncle to finish speaking.

Wang Bin looked at his nephew in silence. He looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot. You are already thirty years old. Have you wasted all these years of studying? Do you still need me to teach you how to kill someone?
But Wang Qian is Wang Bin's brother after all, and Wang Can is Wang Bin's nephew. Although he chose family over revenge, Wang Bin is still willing to give it a try if there is a chance to avenge his cousin.

So after Wang Can glared at him angrily, not understanding what he meant, Wang Bin took a deep breath and said angrily, "If the Wei family loses, Wei Boju will come in person to kowtow to my brother Wang Qian three times and nine times. After all, he will be in our Shanyang Wang family's territory at that time. We can't do anything about him in the Caucasus. But if he comes, you can just kill him with a sword after he pays homage!"

When Wang Can heard this, he was struck by lightning. He had never thought that this could be possible. Although he realized that the hatred for killing his father was irreconcilable, he had never thought of doing this.

In the mind of a scholar like Wang Can, after Wei Ji came to his father's grave and kowtowed three times and nine times, the matter was theoretically over, completely over, and there should be no follow-up. It was only an ethical end, not an emotional end, so Wang Can was extremely angry.

As a result, Wang Bin told him that after Wei Ji kowtowed, Wang Can drew his sword and slammed the other party directly in front of the grave. Damn, it was simple and crude, but also extremely effective. More importantly, it was full of a sense of fate of revenge.

"Zhongxuan, what are you hesitating about?" Wang Bin saw Wang Can stunned and said in a low voice.

"But, if we tricked the head of Wei family, Marquis Yanting, here and killed him directly, is it really okay for our Shanyang Wang family?" Wang Can said stutteringly at the time.

Hearing this, Wang Bin's eyes became sharper, even a little disappointed.

Wang Can sensed the change in his uncle's eyes and quickly said, "It's not that I don't want to avenge my father, I'm just worried that doing so will humiliate the reputation of our Wang family, and will this way of killing marquises not be punished by the court?"

"These are not things you should consider. You just need to win the game, and then kowtow three times and nine times in front of your brother's grave, and then kill him. The rest is my business." Wang Bin said coldly, "And if we can't kill Wei Ji in the Caucasus, the Wei family can't kill you in the Persian Gulf either, so you just do it directly. As for the Han court, it won't care about such things."

Wang Can was persuaded by Wang Bin. After all, he really wanted revenge, but due to the laws of the country, he never had the chance. Wang Bin said this to such an extent that Wang Can felt that he would be unworthy of being a son if he refused.

As for the punishment from the Han court, Wang Can had already prepared himself mentally. If he was really held accountable for killing the Marquis of Yanting without authorization, Wang Can was also prepared to take the blame.

To some extent, Wang Can did have the morals of a gentleman, but he just somewhat failed to keep up with the times.

On the contrary, Wang Bin, the bad-guy head of the Shanyang Wang family, is thriving in this era. In other words, it is nonsense for the Three Kings to absorb the super-large branch of the Wang family like the Shanyang Wang family. With such a bad-guy as the head of the family, the family will surely prosper!

Similarly, Wei Ji never thought in his life that the head of Shanyang Wang family, who had never shown obvious hatred, would actually set up a trap to kill him. Even the Yang family, who acted as the middleman to Wei family and talked about this matter, never thought that this bastard of Shanyang Wang family was really using his family as a pretext!
As for the reason, when the aristocratic families met together that year, your Yang family took the lead and said that you were going to divide Wei family's rice. Then when you saw Wei Ji killed the leader of my Shanyang Wang family with a sword, you turned your gun around and sold out our Shanyang Wang family. Fine, I will sell you one too, one for one!
Before, Wang Bin didn’t have time to dwell on these things, nor did he have the opportunity. Now the time has come, and the opportunity has come, and it’s time to settle accounts.

As for why Wang Can was let to do it at that time, damn, Wang Can is the son of Wang Bin's brother Wang Qian, and this is his father's revenge. As his uncle, I deceived Wei Ji to the grave of my cousin and let his son do the killing. I did my best, okay!

Although this behavior was also a means for Wang Bin to completely win over Wang Qian's faction, to be honest, when things got to this point, any member of the Wang family with a bit of moral integrity would have to admit that the head of the family was indeed responsible.

You have to know that it was Wang Bin who sent the notice, it was Wang Bin who invited the Yang family to negotiate, and it was Wang Bin who asked Wei Ji to come. Although it was Wang Can who killed people in the end, if the Wei and Yang families wanted to cause trouble, would they go to Wang Can, a loser? What a joke, of course they would go to Wang Bin! What kind of person is Wang Can, worthy of such a table?

However, Wang Bin did not say a word of these words, and told Wang Can, I have found the people for you, and I have arranged the tasks for you, now you just need to take your people to Chang'an to win the victory. Of course, if we lose the battle, I guess with the help of the Yang family's man, Wei Ji will also come, and it will be risky to kill Wei Ji at that time, but it doesn't matter, just kill him. We, the people of Shanyang Wang family, should not be afraid of trouble.

After all, after experiencing a series of events, Wang Bin has realized that his family and the Zhang family of Hanoi and the Pei family of Wenxi have truly signed a contract of sharing life and death.

As long as they don't rebel, the Zhang family and the Pei family will definitely help them. Everyone is in the same boat. After all, these two families don't want to leave the precious land of the Persian Gulf and have to follow the Shanyang Wang family to endure the criticism of the Roman Empire. So everyone is determined to share life and death.

In this case, what you, Wang Can, have to do is to defeat the Wei family with a grand martial arts show, and the rest is to wait for killing!
As I said, winning is the best, but if you lose, the moral pressure will be too great. However, considering that it can unite the family at a deeper level, you have to kill!

What a good family head he is. Even if he is considered a bad guy in the eyes of other forces, he is definitely the best family head in the hearts of the members of the Shanyang Wang family!

Wang Can was not a fool. When Wang Bin asked him earlier, he was just influenced by the gentleman's way and did not react. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was indeed the best opportunity, and Wang Bin was taking all the blame. Even Wang Can realized that Wang Bin was trying to win the hearts of their people.

You should know that although Wang Bin was the head of the family, Wang Can's line was the orthodox line of Shanyang Wang family in the early days. The reason why the head of the family was given to Wang Bin was because the pioneering era needed a head of the family who was capable of fighting and making decisions, so the position of head of the family was transferred to Wang Bin, instead of doing as in history, with Wang Qian as the head of the Wang family and Wang Can as the heir to the head of the family.

Therefore, although Wang Bin became the head of the family, there was still a considerable gap between him and Wang Can's faction in terms of foundation. Although as Wang Bin became increasingly powerful in the military field and became more and more adept at being a military noble, members of Wang Can's faction gradually turned to Wang Bin, but in terms of basic education and organizational management, Wang Can's faction still suppressed Wang Bin.

At any other time, if Wang Bin had developed to this level, he would have chosen to tear the family apart manually. But now, these are all his own strength, and he would feel sad for several days if he lost even a single point. Internal fighting is allowed, but it must be benign. Vicious competition is absolutely not allowed, and tearing the family apart manually is even more unacceptable. We are all from the Shanyang Wang family, and we must be harmonious and united, so Wang Bin chose the most orthodox way of inheritance!
I will take the blame, I will settle the matter, the person is brought to you, I will kill him for revenge!
Wang Can just doesn't like to use his brain, not that he has no brains. He is also a very smart person and he quickly figured everything out. However, he not only did not feel disgusted by Wang Bin's behavior, but he also believed that his uncle was indeed more suitable to be the head of the family than him and his father!
Therefore, after thinking it through, Wang Can took the initiative to transfer those old people who were united around him and in charge of livelihood and education to Wang Bin. He didn't care about these things himself, but who made them the best talents in the world? It was like a Li Bai in the literary world of the 21st century. It was not he who needed the Writers Association, but the Writers Association that needed him. This was also Wang Can's logic towards these old people.

Wang Bin accepted all the requests and quickly made arrangements for these people, ensuring a smooth handover within the family. He did not show any deliberate hesitation or other actions that could deceive others. What he needed now was the power of Wang Can's faction.

Wang Can not only did not feel disgusted by this, but also felt that his uncle was indeed a man of character. The only shortcoming was probably that such behavior was not suitable for survival in the Central Plains and he could easily be beaten to death. However, such a head of the family was indeed needed to develop foreign countries.

After Wang Bin received these people, he immediately invested more manpower and energy, and constantly had people investigate the intelligence of the Wei and Zhao families. He still wanted to win if he could, and he also reminded Wang Can of this several times. Wang Can also fully understood this, so he came to harass Pei Qian. After all, the battle pattern is really powerful!

"I'm sorry, it will take at least a year to develop an array pattern that accelerates reaction ability, and how to use it by then will still be a big problem." Pei Qian spoke the truth.

"I have special medicine on hand that can temporarily enhance the body's resistance." Wang Can said seriously.

“This will reduce the difficulty, but you should know that these special drugs may even interfere when the battle patterns are engraved, and I only have a rough draft of the array pattern that accelerates reaction ability.” Pei Qian could understand Wang Can’s thoughts. If his father was chopped by someone, he would do the same, especially since Pei Maogang had touched Pei Qian during this period. The father was very loving and the son was very filial!
Because of Wang Bin's performance up to that time and Wang Can's gentlemanly appearance, no one considered that the two really wanted to kill Wei Ji. Pei Qian really thought that as long as Wei Ji kowtowed three times and nine times, the matter would be over.

The heads of various families have different ways of playing, but those who can lead their families to move forward are all great people. They may have various flaws, but they definitely have their own shining points.