It is said that "Father and son are inseparable from each other when going into battle, and brothers are needed to fight tigers."
But there are inevitably many conflicts between brothers, let alone brothers who are not brothers.
If their parents were still alive, two unrelated brothers might still be able to get along like real brothers. But if the parents are gone, it seems difficult to maintain the brotherhood that is not related by blood.
Although Sheng Lingren has two sons, they are not both his biological children. Sheng Zhiqiang is Sheng Lingren's only son, and Sheng Moming is just Sheng Lingren's adopted son.
Even when Sheng Lingren was in charge of the family, the relationship between the two people had never been harmonious.
Now, although Sheng Lingren is not dead, he has become a prisoner, and he has no chance to intervene in the affairs of the temple.
Since Sheng Lingren no longer cares about the affairs of Jianghu, then the Holy Temple, one of the four major families in Jianghu, can only fall to his two sons. Originally, Eunuch Shi from Dongchang was afraid that the fire of the temple would burn him, so he strongly advocated that all the disciples of the temple should be killed and the nine tribes should be killed, so as to completely eradicate this cancer in the capital. However, Prince Xiao felt that this would involve too much and many innocent people would die tragically, so he strongly opposed Eunuch Shi's suggestion.
Fortunately, the emperor and Prince Xiao are brothers after all, and he is not a person who is easy to kill, so he did not adopt Eunuch Shi's suggestion, but only arrested the relevant people. Other temple disciples who did not participate in the rebellion were not involved. Investigate further. Of course, even those who are caught will only be punished themselves and will not harm their families.
King Xiao had previously promised Sheng Moming to let Sheng Lingren live. Prince Xiao could not break his promise, so he also suggested that the emperor should not kill Sheng Lingren, but only imprison him in a prison for life. The emperor also agreed to Prince Xiao's suggestion and gave Prince Xiao full authority to handle all matters after the rebellion.
After Sheng inexplicably received the news, he felt relieved. Because he knew that as long as Prince Xiao was responsible for handling the follow-up matters of their temple, it meant that the temple had escaped disaster, at least it would not be uprooted by the court. However, even if King Xiao is tolerant, the strength of the temple will still be greatly reduced after this battle, at least it will no longer be as prosperous as it used to be.
After Sheng Lingren is imprisoned, the temple will undoubtedly be handed over to Sheng Zhiqiang and Sheng Moming. Firstly, Sheng Zhiqiang is the eldest brother; secondly, Sheng Zhiqiang is also Sheng Lingren's biological son. From these two points of view, Sheng Zhiqiang is obviously more suitable to be the new temple master.
Although, when Sheng Ling was in charge, among the two sons, Sheng was inexplicably more in line with his wishes. But in the current situation, Sheng Lingren no longer has the right to speak because he has become a prisoner.
Even if he wants to speak, I'm afraid Sheng Zhiqiang, who is as ambitious as him, will simply not listen to him anymore. From the moment Sheng Zhiqiang attacked his father from behind, the relationship between their father and son was already broken. Sheng Lingren's imprisonment was actually something Sheng Zhiqiang wanted to do.
Sheng Zhiqiang has long known that although Sheng Moming is only his father's adopted son, his father obviously trusts Sheng Moming more than himself.
Sheng Lingren often told Sheng Zhiqiang that he should learn from his second brother, but the more his father said this, the more dissatisfied Sheng Zhiqiang became.
Sheng inexplicably just felt lucky for the temple secretly, but he had not yet felt that his situation had actually become a bit embarrassing after his father was arrested.
Regarding this, Sheng Lingren in prison could actually think of this, but he has no way to influence anything now.
In order to avoid suspicion, Sheng Zhiqiang would not go to see him in prison. Sheng inexplicably wanted to see him, but was told that Sheng Lingren could not see anyone now. The main reason why the court wanted to do this was because they were afraid that Sheng Ling would continue to control the temple forces and fight against the court even in prison.
Although Prince Xiao is a bit soft-hearted, he is not a fool after all, and he is also very smart. Since he has opened his eyes to the Temple, he will naturally be wary of the Temple's resurgence.
On this day, Sheng Zhiqiang called his younger brother to discuss matters, and naturally he was the one to discuss the position of Lord.
Sheng Zhiqiang did this just to show off to his younger brother. In fact, he was already determined to win this position. Moreover, Shen Lingyu now also supports him, and she even said that if Sheng Zhiqiang really becomes the Lord of the Temple, then she will marry her daughter to him. If this happens, Sheng Zhiqiang will naturally become even more desperate and will surely win this position.
However, he didn't know yet that Sheng inexplicably had no intention of taking this position, and he had no intention of competing with his elder brother. Although they are not biological brothers, Sheng inexplicably always regards Sheng Zhiqiang as his biological brother.
"Second brother, I asked you to come today, so naturally we will talk about the future of the temple. The emperor and King Xiao will be lenient with our temple, but we two brothers cannot let the temple fall into our hands. Do you think so or not?" When Sheng came inexplicably, Sheng Zhiqiang's words became a bit strange.
Moreover, it is naturally a big matter for the temple to discuss the position of Lord, and it is also a private matter of the temple. But beside Sheng Zhiqiang, there were actually Shen Lingyu and her daughter.
"The eldest brother is right! If father is not here, the eldest brother should naturally make the decision regarding the temple. If there is anything, the eldest brother can just tell the second brother to do it. The second brother will definitely do his best to assist the eldest brother and will never let the temple be in our hands. Brother, we are defeated at our hands." Sheng's inexplicable words spoke exactly what was in Sheng Zhiqiang's heart.
However, Sheng Zhiqiang is a very suspicious person, and he also knows that Sheng's inexplicable abilities are indeed better than his own in many aspects, and this is what he is most afraid of.
He was most afraid that Sheng would inexplicably say one thing in front of him and do another thing behind his back.
Sheng Zhiqiang and Sheng are inexplicably not brothers, and their personalities are quite different. Sheng Zhiqiang is more impetuous, prone to going to extremes when things happen, and his heart is harder than Sheng Moyin's. In fact, he is more like his father Sheng Lingren, who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
"So, the second brother also thinks that the eldest brother should take over the position of Lord?" Sheng Zhiqiang asked knowingly.
He clearly knew that Sheng Moming had no intention of arguing with him, but he still asked such a question just to get Sheng Moming to tell the truth.
"Of course, this is what I think from my heart. If my father is not here, the eldest brother should be in charge of the temple." Sheng confirmed inexplicably.
"Okay! Brother, I feel relieved when you say this. You know, the temple has suffered some serious disasters now. If people's hearts are still divided, I'm afraid it will really break up. Second brother, you are a smart man, you should be able to Understand brother's good intentions!" Although Sheng Zhiqiang's words seemed reasonable on the surface, they seemed to have a slightly threatening meaning.
If you understand what I mean, then that's good; but if you don't, then there's another story.
"Of course, brother, don't worry." Sheng replied inexplicably.
