Mr. Chi Ergong was sent back to his cell, thanked the two jailers who sent him back, and lay motionless on the slightly cold bed.
Before today, or before the interrogation just now, he never thought that he would become a very ridiculous person. He smiled mockingly to himself. His father was really not merciless in cheating his sons. He had tricked his only two sons into prison.
Staring at the roof of the cell, Mr. Chi's mind drifted back to the day Chi Hong was brought back a few years ago.
He remembered very clearly that there was nothing going on in the Yamen that day, so he went home early, and his eldest brother happened to be at home too. The two brothers hadn't talked together for a long time, so they warmed up a pot of wine and drank on the porch, enjoying the snow and talking.
The second young master Chi sighed softly. At that time, the conflict between him and his eldest brother was not that deep and the gap was not that big. The two brothers could still talk together.
The two brothers drank two bottles of wine and were in the mood to write poems when their father came back with a sleepy child in his arms. He didn't even have time to say hello to their two sons, so he hurriedly sent people to the Tai Hospital to invite him. The imperial doctor then carried the child to the main room and took care of it carefully, completely ignoring the people around him.
Young Master Chi wanted to turn over and lie down in a different position, but he had no strength at all. He tried several times without success, so he simply gave up and continued to think about what happened many years ago.
His father thought of their two sons. It was already the next morning, because the child he had brought back had finally woken up and his condition had improved. His father was relieved a little, and then he remembered that he had not followed the two sons after he returned home. Son says hello.
Mr. Chi Er remembered that he and his eldest brother both asked his father about the origin of the child. At that time, his father said that the child was rescued from the hands of human traffickers. The reason why he noticed the child was because he lost it with them. My uncle is very similar to me. The child has all the characteristics of my uncle. In addition, the child is sick, so I took him back.
Thinking of this, Mr. Chi sneered again. To be honest, he and his eldest brother didn't remember any characteristics of their uncle at all. The two brothers felt that since his father said so, it must have been confirmed. , there is no need to doubt anything. Besides, his father is not the kind of person who just picks up a child and raises it.
Thinking about it now, maybe his father knew at that time that this child had an unusual origin and might be able to help him, so he pretended to be his uncle and brought him back.
Young Master Chi gently shook his head. His father really used any means to achieve his goals. Such a young child, who is still sick, can actually make calculations. To describe it as "crazy" is really not an exaggeration at all. .
"Second Young Master!" The jailer interrupted Second Young Master Chi's memories. He opened the cell door and walked in with a bowl of hot porridge. "The prince asked the younger one to prepare the hot porridge for Second Young Master and let the younger one feed it to Second Young Master." .”
"..." Young Master Chi looked at the jailer standing beside his bed, "Thank you, Prince, for me, and please help me up."
The jailer put down the porridge bowl in his hand, slowly helped Mr. Chi up, sat on the edge of the bed and fed Mr. Chi the porridge in one sip, and finished it.
"There is one more thing." The jailer looked at the Second Young Master Chi, "The eldest Young Master wants to see you. The prince, the Duke and the General agreed, but the premise is that the younger ones are watching. Second Young Master , do you want to meet him?"
"Okay!" Young Master Chi nodded, "It's time for me and my eldest brother to have a good chat."
"Then please wait a moment while I go ask the eldest son to come over."
The jailer left with the empty porridge bowl. Not long after, he and the other two jailers appeared in the cell of Second Young Master Chi with Chi Rui.
"Brother!" Mr. Chi smiled bitterly at Chi Rui, "Sit down!"
"Are you feeling well?" Chi Rui sat next to Master Chi and reached out to touch his forehead, "Fortunately, there is no fever."
"Brother, I..."
Chi Rui waved his hand towards him, "I know what you are going to say. You want to ask me why I kept Chi Hong's life experience from you, right?"
"No." Mr. Chi shook his head gently, "I just want to apologize to my eldest brother. I shouldn't have ignored your words and been obsessed with it."
"Xiao Bo, this is not your fault. Who would have thought that a father could trick his son into being like this for an outsider?" Chi Rui smiled bitterly, "If I'm really to blame, it's also my fault that my eldest brother is too small-minded. Push you to that side.”
"Father knows the two of us very well. He knows that you disapprove of his behaviors and actions, and he will not shy away from you. Even if you report him, he has been spreading rumors about you outside all year round. It can't affect him at all. But for me..." Chi Ergong smiled bitterly, "Actually, he doesn't know that I don't support his things at all." Seeing Chi Rui's surprised expression, he smiled sarcastically. , "The person who fooled him is so old and not in good health. Both of us are against him. If we make the old man angry again, aren't we the unlucky ones? So, if you object, I can only support him , but I didn’t think he could really accomplish those things. I didn’t expect..." He shook his head gently, "Chi Hong..." Seeing that Chi Rui wanted to say something, he shook his head, "Brother, I I know, you think that I am from my father’s side, so you think that I know the truth, and that I am helping others, and you are unwilling to talk to me. But you don’t know that they actually did not tell me the truth. I didn’t know until today that the whole family except me Besides, everyone knows that Chi Hong is not a member of our family, this feeling of being kept in the dark by everyone... is really not a good feeling."
"I really never thought that he would hide it from you." Chi Rui reached out and touched his brother's head, "I never thought that the things you did were not from your own heart. But that's fine, if not You won't be able to learn the truth after this incident, right?"
"Eldest brother is right." Young Master Chi nodded, "I know that eldest brother has a lot of opinions about me. He thinks that I do business unscrupulously and will not care about anything for money. In fact... I don't know how I got such a reputation. I want to find out too."
"What do you mean?" Chi Rui glanced at the jailer guarding the door, "You don't know what it means? Aren't you responsible for our family's business?"
"I am responsible, but I thought about it carefully..." Mr. Chi Er snorted, "Someone must have been causing trouble behind my back, setting up a trap, waiting for me to jump in."
"You mean Chi Hong?"
"Besides him, I'm afraid there is no one else."
"Where's the evidence?"
"Brother, don't worry, listen to me and tell you slowly."
