Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Li Zhaoheng walked into the bedroom where his father Li Xiaohe was staying with a somewhat frivolous pace.

The eldest brother Li Zhaoyuan and the third brother Li Zhaozhen looked at him coldly at the door, as if they were looking at a dead man, not a brother.

Li Zhaoheng didn't say anything and walked inside.

The eldest brother Li Zhaoyuan suddenly said: "My father is almost mad at you, do you still have the nerve to see him?"

Lee Zhaoheng stopped and said without looking back: "Since I made a mistake, I will admit it. I will apologize to my father."

"Aren't you going to apologize? The Lee Group is almost gone. No matter how much you pay, what's the use?" Li Zhaoyuan said angrily, "If you hadn't been greedy and fought with Du Yongxiao without telling us, you wouldn't have ended up like today. appearance!"

The third brother Li Zhaozhen said: "The Li family is almost over. Are you happy now? Are you satisfied? Second brother, you have always been self-sufficient, smart and wise, and you have never looked down on me and my eldest brother. Do you think you are Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin, you conquered the whole Li family, no, the Li family is our Li family, not yours alone!"

Li Zhaoheng trembled slightly, bit his lip and repeated: "Let me see my father first!"

The eldest brother and the third brother wanted to stop me, but a voice in the room said: "Come in, tell me clearly what you want to say!"

Then there was a violent cough.

Li Zhaoheng stepped into the bedroom. There were his mother, brother-in-law, younger siblings and others in the bedroom. Everyone looked over.

There may be resentment, hatred, sadness, or despair.

Li Zhaoheng looked through these gazes expressionlessly, walked to the bed in the bedroom, slowly knelt down, and kowtowed to Li Xiaohe, who was leaning on the bed and unable to get up.

Boom, boom, boom! ! !

Boom, boom, boom!

Li Zhaoheng's head hit the floor hard and blood soon appeared.

Li Xiaohe looked at his son, covered his mouth, and kept coughing. The violent coughing made his chest and abdomen rise and fall, and his breath became even more chaotic.

I don't know how many times Li Zhaoheng kowtowed before Li Xiaohe said in a weak voice: "That's enough!" Then he coughed again.

Li Zhaoheng raised his head and looked at his father Li Xiaohe with tears in his eyes.

Li Xiaohe looked at his second son, whom he had high hopes for, and saw that his forehead was cracked and bleeding. He couldn't help but gently touch Li Zhaoheng's head kneeling in front of his knees with his hands as rough as tree bark, and asked in a somewhat erratic voice: " Is the Li family really over? The empire that your grandfather and I built is gone like this? Then does Du Yongxiao really not let go of our Li family?"

He just asked three questions casually, and all the women on the scene turned around and murmured with their handkerchiefs in their mouths.

Li Zhaoyuan and Li Zhaozhen looked even sadder, clenched their fists, gritted their teeth, and remained silent.

"I'm sorry, father! It's all my fault! It was me who brought disaster to the Li family." Li Zhaoheng kowtowed deeply to his father, his voice choked with sobs.

"Now that our Lee family is gone, even this ancestral house is about to be confiscated. You and I...the whole family must move out!"

This sentence was not loud, but it was clearly heard by the women with different expressions in the living room. They immediately stopped crying subconsciously, while Li Zhaoyuan and Li Zhaozhen slightly widened their eyes. He looked in disbelief at his brother who was kneeling in front of his father.

The company is gone,

Can't even defend the ancestral home?

What do you mean?

Should their whole family be made beggars?

This ending was beyond the expectations of these people. In their view, no matter how cruel and ruthless Du Yongxiao was, he would not kill everyone, but now -

The Chinese people have a deep-rooted concept of family. Only when there is a country can there be a family. Only when there is a family can there be people. Only when there are people can we be reunited.

Now that their family is almost gone, where will their family go?

"Second brother, what did you say? Did I hear you wrong? Are you even betting on our ancestral home?"

"Second brother, are you crazy? We can still tolerate the loss of Ritchie Group. Now we don't even have a place to live. Where do you want our family to go?"

The eldest brother Li Zhaoyuan and the third brother Li Zhaozhen almost roared at Li Zhaoheng.

Watching his two sons getting angry at Li Zhaoheng, Li Xiaohe remained silent.

He is now nearly sixty years old. After the war, he started a business with his father Li Xizhen and conquered the world. He participated in all the medicine, real estate and other businesses of the Li family.

Especially after his father Li Xizhen was shot dead, he supported the entire Li family by himself. Not only did the Li family not decline, but it continued to rise. At this time, Mo Da suffered an accident at his age and was still able to sit here because of half a lifetime of suffering. The nerves and state of mind tempered by this generation of heroes are far beyond those of others.

"I don't know why, but I always like to dream lately. I especially like to dream about your grandfather. I remember that day after he finished negotiating a pharmaceutical business, he drove me to Guangfa Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. and said that he would sell me a new set of clothes after making money. He said mine was too old and it would be unseemly to follow him out on business.”

"When we got to the place, he got out of the car, but asked me to wait in the car. He said he would choose clothes for me and give me a surprise then. Unfortunately, I was not very sensible at that time and thought he was fettering me and restraining me. , I don’t even have to choose the clothes I wear, so what’s the point of independence and freedom? If you want me to inherit the great business of the Li family in the future, you should respect me and give me the right to choose.”

Li Xiaohe stroked Li Zhaoheng's hair with his hands, his eyes completely unfocused, looking through Li Zhaoheng in front of him into nothingness.

“But this is the tradition of our Li family. The father is the mountain, the majesty, and the master of everything, so I can only wait in the car, thinking that I will find faults after he has chosen the clothes and embarrass him. Just when I was thinking about it, gunshots were heard in the Yanghang Department Store, bang, bang, bang, three consecutive shots! I heard it clearly, and I still remember how sharp and short the gunshots were, just like a child suddenly setting off firecrackers, which scared you."

“At that time, I also thought someone was setting off firecrackers, until someone shouted, Murder! Murder! I knew something happened. But I never expected that the person in trouble would be your grandfather. At that time, he staggered out of the department store, holding the clothes he had chosen for me in one hand, One hand covered his chest, blood seeped from his fingers——"

"I was so scared at that moment, I didn't know what happened, I just knew that he smiled and stuffed the clothes into my hands, and told me that this was the last time, he helped me choose clothes, and I would be free in the future, I could choose anything I like, and choose any path I want to take. "When Li Xiaohe said this, tears had already slowly flowed out, and he lowered his eyes to look at his son Li Zhaoheng, "Just like you now, the Li family is over, and I am about to leave, you can choose the path you want to take, I - a father, a person who has always been strict with you, now, give you freedom!"

"Give me... freedom?" Li Zhaoheng seemed to think of something, and his tone trembled a little.

"Yes, now I give you freedom. You, you should also do something for the Li family, right?" Li Xiaohe said resolutely, looking at his son.

Li Zhaoheng understood.

The old father is going to abandon the car to save the general.

The current situation is very clear, Li Zhaoheng's death is better than dragging a whole family to death.

"Father, thank you!" Li Zhaoheng said bitterly, "Thank you for raising me up, and thank you for supporting me and trusting me. Really, thank you!" Li Zhaoheng kowtowed to Li Xiaohe three more times.

"That's what I should do." Li Xiaohe said lightly, but he felt very uncomfortable.

He didn't blame his son Li Zhaoheng from the beginning, blaming him for ruining the Li family and leaving everyone homeless. He didn't scold him as he did in the past, and he didn't cry. He just talked about the little things he had with his father Li Xizhen and his feelings after his father passed away like a nagging old man.

He was sick and didn't have much time left. He no longer cared about the future of the Li family.

At this age, the family had suffered a big change, and he didn't know what to do. He could only numbly let himself try to recall the past with his father to fill his brain that was on the verge of collapse.

He had gone through so many ups and downs, and he was very clear in his heart, and he also understood very well that it was useless to blame his son. All the beatings, scoldings and blames in front of him were useless. The only way for the Li family to revive the family business was to let go and let the three brothers go out independently.

Before the bank came to search the family property, they should quickly divide the family, at least they could save the eldest and the third brother.

There is a very traditional Chinese saying, if there are people, there is still a chance.

As for Li Zhaoheng---

Li Xiaohe actually said it very clearly--

Sacrifice him to make the Li family complete.

Li Zhaoheng knelt in front of his father for a long time before he slowly stood up and looked at his eldest brother, third brother, and the women in the family. His usually gentle and warm face was now full of determination: "Eldest brother, third brother, and eldest sister-in-law, younger sister-in-law - please rest assured that I will take responsibility for everything from now on, and will never implicate the Li family again! In short, you will take responsibility for the Li family in the future, and I will take all the blame! Don't worry, the Li family will not collapse!"

Li Zhaoyuan, Li Zhaozhen and others all looked at Li Zhaoheng who was so firm in his words.

Li Zhaoheng looked at his father again: "You are not in good health, so don't get involved in future things!"

Father sighed, closed his eyes, and stopped looking at him.

Li Zhaoheng could not bear it and turned his head to the side, gritted his teeth and remained silent for a while, then said to everyone in the room: "I will go to the police station to surrender now, admit to forging seals and fabricating contracts! At the same time, apply for bankruptcy of Li's company. You transfer the property as quickly as possible, as much as you can, everything is up to me!"

As if to prove his determination, Li Zhaoheng looked at his trusted subordinate Li Tianwang again: "Awang, please go to the police station with me, record the news of my surrender, come back and tell everyone, and let everyone see clearly that since my surname is Li, I am also a man, and I can bear all the consequences for the Li family! I am not a useless scum, nor am I a useless person who can't be helped up!"

Li Tianwang looked at Li Zhaoyuan and Li Zhaozhen, both of whom nodded slightly at him. At this moment, there was only one way to do it. Sacrificing one person is better than the whole family dying.

After Li Zhaoheng finished speaking, he took a step to walk out-

At this time-

Father Li Xiaohe suddenly said behind him: "Debts are cancelled when people die!"

The short four words hit Li Zhaoheng like thunder.

He couldn't help shaking.

Li Zhaoyuan and Li Zhaozhen also showed a trace of shock in their eyes.

Li Zhaoheng said nothing, and after a slight pause, he continued to walk out.

Behind --

The room became quiet again, leaving only Li Xiaohe's violent coughing --

A moment later --

He just said: "As the saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Am I a little cruel?"

No one answered him.

There was no way to answer.

When a person dies, his debts are cleared!

Even if Li Zhaoheng took responsibility for everything and went to jail, what would it matter?

All the debts will eventually be put on the Li family.

But if he dies——

everything will be gone!

The Chinese people pay the most attention to——

death is the greatest!

…

In just half a day.

Li Zhaoheng took the initiative to surrender to the Wan Chai Police Station and was immediately detained.

The next day, the barrister hired by the Li family came slowly accompanied by Li Tianwang.

In the prison visiting room, Li Tianwang saw Li Zhaoheng again after just half a day. Although he was not handcuffed and shackled, he had changed into the prison uniform. Under the supervision of two prison guards, Li Zhaoheng sat across the iron bars opposite Li Tianwang.

"Have a cigarette!"

After sitting down, Li Zhaoheng said to Li Tianwang.

Li Tianwang heard what Li Zhaoheng said, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Li Zhaoheng.

Li Zhaoheng reached out to take the cigarette handed over by Li Tianwang, picked up a match, lit it, and smoked it slowly.

Seeing this, the two prison guards who were in charge of guarding him pretended not to see it and turned their heads away.

"Mr. Li, the situation is not favorable for you. Although you turned yourself in and admitted to forging signatures, forging contracts, and suspected commercial fraud, the lawyers of the Du Group have filed a new complaint against you. The charges alone are thirteen pages long. Take a look first!" The accompanying barrister handed the information in his hand to Li Zhaoheng.

Li Zhaoheng didn't even look at it, and threw it back and said, "You can always find excuses to accuse someone of a crime?"

The lawyer was embarrassed for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, you lost more than 5 billion in the stock market. Now the Li Group has filed for bankruptcy, but it is still insolvent. You personally need to repay at least 300 million Hong Kong dollars--"

Li Zhaoheng smoked silently, and after a long time he said, "300 million? My life is too worthless--"

"Uh, what do you mean?" The lawyer was stunned.

Li Zhaoheng didn't answer, but looked at Li Tianwang: "Tell me a message, I'll take the 300 million! Debts are waived when a person dies, right? I'm not a coward, but before I finish this, there's something you need to do-"

"What do you want me to do, Lisheng?"

Li Zhaoheng looked at Li Tianwang: "You know why I lost so badly this time? I heard that Jiang Ling'er, that bitch, betrayed me! Otherwise, how could Du Yongxiao control the overall situation? How could he plot against me?"

Li Zhaoheng said coldly: "It's rumored outside that the bitch is now having a hot affair with the Du guy, and she even gave birth to a son for the Du guy. The family is reunited!"

Li Zhaoheng's eyes were vicious.

"I understand, Lisheng!"

Li Tianwang nodded.

"Debts are waived when a person dies, haha!" Li Zhaoheng laughed, "Even if I die, I'll take someone with me!"