Chapter: 5441

Wu Shouxun looked at him with gritted teeth: "So you know I deceived the emperor, but instead of helping me keep this secret, you chose to report back to the emperor?!"

Wu Shao-hang smiled disdainfully and said: "Big brother, I've already explained. Loyalty to the emperor is our top priority. As brothers, our bond is built on both of us serving the emperor with utmost loyalty. If you betray the emperor, my brotherly feelings towards you will naturally disappear, and you'll no longer be my big brother but rather my enemy – an enemy to me and the entire White Tiger Camp!"

Wu Shouxun's heart was filled with indignation and fury, and he couldn't believe that his own brother, whom he had raised and nurtured from a young age, would betray him at such a critical moment.

In this instant, he felt like striking back or trying to escape, but it was as if he were paralyzed from head to toe, unable even to lift an arm. He was like a man in a dream, unable to do anything but sit motionless on the seat.

His eyes brimming with tears, Wu Shouxun looked at Wu Shao-hang and said, "Shao-hang, if I die, someone else will be raised by the emperor to take my place. Who knows, maybe one day your fate will be the same as mine. You're a warning to yourself."

"No way," Wu Shao-hang shook his head, his expression calm and detached. "I'm not like you. I absolutely won't betray the emperor."

As he spoke, Wu Shao-hang continued, "If I do well, the emperor will reward me, and I'll accept it; if I do poorly, the emperor will punish me, and I'll take my punishment. But I won't deceive the emperor just to avoid punishment."

Wu Shao-hang looked at Wu Shouxun with a hint of mockery in his expression. "Big brother, you're wrong because you don't understand me. You've been the governor-general for so long, you think you have unparalleled insight and can deceive the emperor with your small tricks. But in reality, everything you do is known to the emperor. Even if I don't report back to him, there may be others who will, and they'll find a way to kill us both."

Wu Shouxun was stunned, then suddenly laughed bitterly, nodded his head, and said, "Very well, you're smarter than me, more decisive, and more ruthless. When I found out that you had betrayed the emperor, I would have figured out a way to protect you. That's why I'm willing to die at your hands today – it's my own choice."

Wu Shao-hang smiled. "Big brother, perhaps I should ask you for something else instead..."

Wu Shouxun's expression froze in shock, and he blurted out, "What do you mean? You don't even want to spare my wife and children?"

Wu Shao-hang shrugged helplessly. "Big brother, even if I wanted to spare your family, the emperor wouldn't agree. He's a man who does things decisively, without leaving any room for doubt. Today, I'll kill you and take your place. No matter what story I come up with when I return, they will only see that my wife and children are safe if you're dead, and they will hate me to the bone and hate the emperor just as much."

As he said this, Wu Shao-hang paused slightly and looked at Wu Shouxun with a smile. "Big brother, the emperor's intention is... to uproot... to eradicate it all!"

Wu Shouxun was already completely broken down!

He had never thought that his fleeting idea would suddenly push himself, his wife, and children into an abyss from which there is no return!

He suddenly shed tears and begged, "Shao-hang, please spare me a thread of blood, even if it's just for one son!"

Wu Shao-hang shook his head and said coldly, "Big brother, I'll spare you a thread of blood. But after that, who will spare me a thread of blood?"

Wu Shouxun collapsed in despair, crying tears of sorrow, saying, "I want to communicate with the emperor! He too has the Wu family's blood flowing through his veins; as members of the same clan, why must he treat me so mercilessly?"

Wu Shouxun used his eyes red-rimmed from crying and pleaded pitifully with his brother, "Shao-hang, my good brother, I beg you on the grounds that you've taken care of me for half a lifetime. Please bury me and my old wife and children together. This is my last request before I die..."

Wu Shao-hang shook his head and said indifferently, "Big brother, if we were in Naples right now, I wouldn't need you to say that; I would have buried your family together myself. But since we are currently in Cyprus, I can't bring your corpse onto the plane, as both airports will not allow a dead person to enter or leave the country."

Wu Shouxun choked back a sob and said, "Shao-hang, if you won't burn me to ashes, then please bury me with my old wife and children together. Take my ashes back home and lay them to rest with theirs!"

"It's impossible," Wu Shao-hang replied expressionlessly. "In this situation, where would I burn you? Your corpse might not be fully burned when the Cyprus police show up."

Wu Shouxun asked him, "So you can't just let me rot alone in a Cyprus wilderness?"

"Of course not," Wu Shao-hang consoled him. "If you're left to rot in a Cyprus wilderness, the Cyprus police will definitely start investigating from your corpse and tracing back to our flight that came from Naples. That would cause unnecessary trouble for the Right Commander's Bureau, so the best option is to let you sleep in this earth."

Wu Shouxun said, "You mean bury me, but won't anyone find out about my corpse?" JrNovels.com