Father can be an enemy to the country

In the Xingyuan study room, the brothers had their last conversation, and it turned out that they were still not harmonious.

Lao Qi was so angry at Lao Liu that he also sneered: "I'm telling you, Lao Liu, don't be proud. In my opinion, you are the biggest idiot in the world!"

Without waiting for Lao Liu to talk, he continued: "You are just a dog of eldest brother! This time eldest brother asked you to come out, he was not at ease! Why did he let Zhu Xiongying follow you? Just to completely stop you from arguing with him. The idea of ​​​​position is like using the shackles of emotions to trap you!"

Zhu Zhen couldn't help but laugh and said: "I have never had that kind of thought. No matter whether I am an elder or a direct descendant, I have nothing to do with it. Should I ask my father to establish a virtuous person? Do you accept that I say I am virtuous?"

"Bah, you're so indifferent! That's nonsense!" Lao Qi spat: "If you didn't have that kind of idea, how could you have been messing around for ten years?"

"Don't people have to struggle in this life?" Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I have forgotten how I started. Anyway, I have been ordered by my father to do this and that over the years. It seems that I have also No choice.”

"Don't do this. Who doesn't know that you can beat the old man to the point where he can't get off the stage? Father forces you to do something you really don't want to do?" Lao Qi sneered.

"As you said, I only do what I think I should do, and I won't do anything I shouldn't do." Zhu Zhen nodded.

"So you are asked to do wet work too?" Lao Qi said angrily, "Take Lao Ten first and then me. Is this what you should do?"

"I really didn't want to do it at the time. You are my brothers after all. But my father gave me too much..." Zhu Zhen sighed and said truthfully: "He gave me one million immigrants and another 50,000 craftsmen. ! Then I have to feel sorry for you, brother.”

"You!" Lao Qi twisted his nose in anger again.

"But that was what I thought before I came to Shandong. After I came to Shandong, what I saw and heard was shocking. You have committed such heinous crimes. Who cares about me?" Zhu Zhen said with a stern look on his face:

"Do you still want me to protect you and let you continue to torture the people?"

"We are brothers, they are just ordinary people. If we kill a few ordinary people, you will take the lead and you are going to take advantage of the opportunity to kill me?" The seventh child still argued the same way. The sixth child was too lazy to refute him and there was no need to follow him anymore. Talking about rules of conduct, and how to make yourself happy, you have to let others live, etc., because there is no need for that anymore...

"Whatever you think?" He waved his hand and motioned for the guards to take Lao Qi down, and finally said coldly:

"Old Shi was lucky enough to escape death. I wonder if you are as lucky as him."

"..." After hearing this, Lao Qi said with a face full of resentment: "You really want me to die? Don't forget that we are all princes. It will not be good for you if I die! The emperor can kill me today, but he will kill me tomorrow." Can kill you!"

Zhu Zhen didn't even look at him, nor did he answer his question.

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The next day, the King of Qi and his wife were escorted to Beijing. Setting off at the same time as them, there was also a whole boatload of files on the Qi Wang case.

Lao Liu was not so careful about the lives of Lao Qi and his wife. He asked the Prime Minister Hai Zheng Yamen to be responsible for the transportation. The fleet set off from the Shipping Department of Jiaozhou City, Laizhou Prefecture, and followed the ocean currents and north wind to reach the mouth of the Yangtze River in only five days.

The group transferred to a sand boat at Chongming Island and returned to the capital in another three days.

The first person Lao Qi saw was still the prince.

"Brother." King Qi shouted with tears in his eyes. Even though he was so embarrassed in front of Lao Liu, he still pretended to be pitiful when he came in front of the prince.

"Kneel down!" The prince changed his face to a stern one, instead of being as gentle as usual.

"Brother..." King Qi quickly knelt on the ground and looked at the prince like a puppy, almost begging for mercy.

"Lao Qi, I am your eldest brother and the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Am I qualified to discipline you?" The prince was unmoved and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, of course." King Qi nodded quickly.

"Okay." The prince nodded and said, "What happened to Lao Shi last time caused great damage to my father, the emperor, and my mother. As the eldest son of the family, I can't let you do this again."

After a pause, he continued: "So I have made it clear to my father, I will punish you this time!"

"Bring the whip!" The prince said and shouted, and the eunuch hurriedly handed over the soft tartar whip that had been prepared long ago.

The four Jing soldiers carried him to the torture stool again, took off King Qi's robe, leaving only the midfielder inside, and then pressed him on the stool.

The prince then picked up the whip and slapped Lao Qi hard on his back. The thin mid laner immediately tore apart, leaving a bright red whip mark...

"Ah!" Lao Qi screamed immediately. He thought that his elder brother would let off steam like he did when he was a child, but he didn't expect that the whip this time was actually not adulterated at all.

The prince was really cruel this time. After more than a dozen whips, Lao Qi's back was already bloody and bloody. However, he had no intention of stopping. While continuing to whip hard, he scolded: "I taught you the principles of benevolence and love." Where is the heart! Why don’t you treat people as human beings?”

"Why do you want to coerce me?!"

"Why do you want to bewitch Lao Shi?!"

"Why are you so evil? You don't even spare your own family!" The prince became more and more hateful as he spoke, and his actions were completely out of proportion!

"Because you all don't want to see me..." Lao Qi replied weakly: "My father doesn't like me, my mother doesn't like me, and my concubine doesn't like me either. Lao Liu bullies me all day long and isolates me with my brothers. . Even my own brother Lao Ba doesn’t take me seriously.”

"You're talking nonsense. How many fewer beatings did you receive when you were a child than Lao Liu and the others?" The prince gave him another hard whip and said, "At least with me, you are all the same."

"That's not the case at all. You don't know it yourself? You see the light in Lao Liu's eyes. You have never seen that kind of look when you look at me." Lao Qi was also beaten out of his heart by the prince, and simply ignored him and said: "You guys Let’s all die! It’s better if everyone dies!”

"You fart! Are you possessed by a ghost?!" The prince angrily continued to whip him for more than a dozen times, until Lao Qi couldn't scream anymore and could only make a faint moan. He dropped the whip and waved it in pain. With trembling hands, he said: "Let the imperial doctor treat his injuries."

After a pause, the prince said with some difficulty: "Then he will be sent to the Dazong Temple and locked up. After a detailed review of the case, we will make a decision."

"Brother, please spare my life..." Lao Qi begged in a weak voice: "Destroy me, but don't kill me..."

"Difficult." The prince had actually learned about the case from Lao Liu's letter. The sins of Lao Qi are far greater than those of Lao Ten. Lao Ten still needs Concubine Ning to die in order to survive. How can Lao Qi escape death?

He has made up his mind that he can no longer let Lao Liu be the villain.