"Daxia and the royal family are not the same as your clan. We admit this. What you want and what everyone else wants are never the same thing, right?"
"Sir, to tell you what I think, it's not that what we want and what the people of the world want are not the same thing, but that what our clan leaders and elders want is completely different from what the people of the world want. As for us What the clan members, or even the hangers-on and disciples they recruit from outside, want, are completely out of their consideration. We are just tools to fulfill their ambitions, and there is no need to take it too seriously. Even if it is a biological child, as long as it is of no use value, As long as there are some mistakes, just throw them away after use, I don’t feel bad at all.”
"Is it so serious?" Jin Jingcai didn't believe Ning Cheng's statement, "You are a branch, not their direct line, so it is very easy to drive you out of the family. For those direct lines, it is not so easy. After all, it is It took a lot of effort to cultivate.”
"What you said is correct, but don't forget that the more direct the family is, the stricter the requirements." Ning Cheng smiled bitterly, "In recent years, there have been many young talents in the family, and many have been highly motivated. The clansmen, including the direct lineage you mentioned, were all disappeared in the end, and disappeared without a trace. Is it because they couldn’t learn well? No, it was because they did not meet the requirements of the clan leaders and elders, so they were abandoned ." He sighed softly, "This includes the two sons of the current clan leader. Although they are not direct descendants, they once had the title of child prodigy in the clan. They just did not reach the age of thirteen or fourteen. I was the top pick in high school when I was only 10 years old, but before I could make a name for myself, I was given up."
"Are you willing to treat you so harshly? You are human beings, not emotionless things. Doesn't anyone think this is unreasonable? Make a serious protest?"
"Of course there is, how could it not be? It's a pity that the end of these people is not that good, it can even be said to be very miserable."
"Being kicked out of the family like you?"
"How could it be like me? I'm quite lucky." Ning Cheng shook his head lightly and said calmly, "They were all killed in battle, and in front of the whole clan and all the guests. .”
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Jin Jing exchanged a look with Ying Wu who was standing aside. This was a clear warning to the tribesmen and disciples that this would be the consequences of resistance. These people who were killed in the battle were a lesson to them.
"You clan leaders and elders are really very righteous in exterminating relatives, right? Whenever anyone questions their decision, they will silence the questioning voice. What I want to know is, how many of these questioning voices are their biological sons or brothers? Woolen cloth?"
"Almost all." Seeing the surprise on Jin Jing's face, Ning Cheng smiled helplessly. Because the injury on his body was very painful, some of it made him breathless. He paused for a moment and continued, " Isn’t it unexpected? In fact, the more direct relatives and people who are close to the clan leader and elders, the more dissatisfied they are with their actions. What I remember the most is that the current clan leader’s half-brother pointed at the clan leader’s nose and scolded him. This will plunge the entire family into an abyss of eternal destruction.”
"You're telling the truth!" Jin Jing and Ying Wu looked at each other, "Unfortunately, not everyone can accept the truth, especially those who enjoy the power of telling the truth."
"Yes, so the clan leader killed his younger brother in front of the whole clan..." Ning Cheng was still a little scared when he thought about that scene. "I was only four or five years old at the time, and I had just started enlightenment. After reading this, For the next half a year, I had nightmares almost every night.”
"Does a child your age have to go see it?"
"Yes, this is to kill one person as a warning to others." Ning Cheng nodded, "The patriarch wants to use his brother's incident to tell everyone that the authority of the patriarch and elders cannot be violated, and their words cannot be refuted. Later, this became According to the clan rules, if someone disobeys the clan leader's brother, he or she will be punished. Moreover, no one is allowed to plead for mercy. Anyone who pleads for mercy will be punished together."
Jin Miaomiao complained to Shen Cha in a low voice while remembering, "They have no way to seize power from the royal family, so they dream of becoming a local emperor at home? They are not inviolable or rebuttal, and His Majesty the Emperor is not as clear-minded as they are."
"If His Majesty the Emperor had been a man of words, he would have been drowned by the words of the officials." Shen Cha rolled his eyes and said angrily, "They say ugly people tend to do mischief, and these big clans have proven this with their own actions. . They did not get any benefits from Emperor Taizu, and the whole family was ruined, so they could only bow their heads and admit defeat. But their ambition for power made them unable to accept such a gap, so they could only show off at home, Just pretending to be supreme.”
When Shen Cha spoke, she did not deliberately lower her voice. The entire torture room could hear it. She deliberately told Ning Cheng to tell her how much they despised the so-called clan rules, clan leaders, and elders.
Sure enough, after hearing what Shen Cha said, Ning Cheng's expression was not particularly good, but he had to admit that Shen Cha was right.
"The general is right. From the time we were enlightened to the time we grew up, we were taught this way. When I was young, I secretly told my brother that the patriarch was living the addiction of being an emperor and turning us all into I could be his slave. As a result, my brother was very scared after hearing what I said. He covered my mouth and warned me not to talk nonsense again, otherwise the consequences would be very serious. Later I found out that the patriarch and elders would let them The cronies of the clan pretended to be servants and patrolled the clan to see if anyone was speaking ill of them behind their backs. However, this was before I saw the clan leader’s brothers being punished. After that incident, I could no longer No such words were said.”
"You have a brother?"
"some!"
"Where is your brother now? Why didn't he come to the border with you?"
"I was killed by my former brother-in-law three years ago." When she said this, Ning Cheng gritted her teeth in hatred, "You probably don't know that those old bastards are not thinking about my sister only during this period. But it was before I got married to my good brother-in-law."
"Your good brother-in-law knew this and sold your sister to the old beast who coveted her, right?"
"Yes!" Ning Cheng nodded, "At that time, my sister was preparing to discuss marriage. In fact, for a family like ours that does not have a high status in the clan, there are not many people to choose from. My brother-in-law was a certain The old bastard’s favorite student was selected as a candidate at a young age. He..."
"That's not right. That's not what your sister said before." Ying Qiqi, who sent Sister Ning Cheng back and quickly came back, heard Ning Cheng's words and retorted, "Your sister said that he was just a scholar and failed to pass the examination. Up, isn’t it?”
"My sister didn't tell you anything else, right?" Ning Cheng smiled bitterly, "This is the excuse I discussed with my sister. I made it up just to deal with outsiders asking why we divorced. The real reason is basically There's no way to speak, right? If it weren't for me this time, I wouldn't be in this situation."
"Didn't you deliberately provoke us and send yourself in?"
"To be honest, I thought about doing this, but my sister refused. She just wanted to leave Daxia as soon as possible. Although the clan leader and elders are in Jiangnan, we have no way to guarantee that their hands will not reach the border. Come. If we want to save our lives, there is no other choice but to leave our homeland."
"But you still came to us that day. Did you want to fight, so you deliberately told us about Ning Changguo?"
"Originally our plan was to leave as soon as possible without causing any complications, but when I saw a few adults on the street that day, my head was so hot that I forgot everything and rushed over. I know that if I say it properly, you guys We will definitely not take it seriously. Only when this kind of conflict is different from your ideas can you take it seriously and we can come here."
"I understand!" Jin Jing turned her head and looked at Shen Cha, "We have been tricked."
Shen Cha didn't say anything, just smiled indifferently, raised his chin towards Jin Jing, and motioned for him to continue.
"Okay, let's assume that's what you think. Let's talk about your brother-in-law!"
"There's nothing to say. That bastard wanted to marry my sister. It wasn't love at first sight as he said. It was just to help some old bastard pretend to marry my sister. He never thought highly of my sister from the beginning to the end, nor did he really care. Touched her. The wedding night was the beginning of my sister's nightmare."
"I understand." Jin Jing's face turned even darker. He understood the meaning of Ning Cheng's words and stopped him from continuing. "That is to say, your brother discovered this problem and went to confront your brother-in-law, but was silenced, right?"
"Yes, that bastard also used this to threaten my sister, saying that being obedient is better than anything else, and don't find anyone to complain to. Almost all good-looking girls end up like this. This way, the bloodline of the big clan can be maintained. Pure. After he finished threatening, he also comforted my sister, saying that when the great cause is accomplished, my sister will really have all the power in the world. If he wants to see my sister in the future, he will have to kneel down. "
"You heard these words, but he doesn't know?"
"I don't know!" Ning Cheng shook his head, "Three years ago, I was quite an asshole. I didn't know what this guy meant by what he said to my sister, so I didn't care. But the death of my brother still made me feel very sad. , I was depressed for a while, but I was really busy with my studies and I didn’t have much time to be depressed.”
"In other words, at that time, you didn't know the truth about your brother's death?"
"Yes, we were told that he was seriously ill, and my brother was indeed ill before he passed away, and the illness came very quickly, so we had no doubts. Until this time, my sister really couldn't bear it anymore, no matter what the effort, No matter what the cost, I had to make peace with that bastard, and then I knew all the truth. It was only this time that I truly saw the true face of my family, clan leader, and elders."
"There's a dirty and rotten heart hidden beneath the glamorous surface, right?"
"Yes!" Ning Cheng smiled bitterly, "A few adults may not understand the feeling of collapse that I felt after knowing the truth. In my heart, they are indeed admired by me, so everything they said, I They are all accepted without doubt. For example, they say that it is natural for the clan to share the world with the emperor. This is a common understanding. In the past two hundred years, all dynasties have done this. Therefore, in the past It is like this, it should be like this now, and it should be like this in the future, and it cannot be changed easily."
"You just believe it."
"Yes." Ning Cheng nodded, "Because not only did they tell us so themselves, but they also invited the heads and elders of other famous families in the south of the Yangtze River to give lectures. You know, those heads and elders are all famous scholars in the literary world. , it is very rare to hear their lectures. Therefore, almost no one will doubt what they say. They will all say that it is natural for the emperor to share the world with his clan, but now it is like this because of the great The Xia royal family. Since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, everything that the clan had enjoyed before has been abolished. They will not be reconciled, and they will fight for the rights they deserve. Although the big clans also made trouble at the beginning, But it's useless. After all, Daxia used force to establish its dynasty. It's not difficult to crush these clans. Therefore, the powerful clans want to keep their power and concealment, and want to slowly find opportunities to infiltrate the power center of Daxia. Think about it. To do this, we can only spread all kinds of treasonous remarks to the children of the clan, saying that the current predicament is only temporary, and if we can work together to get through this difficult period, then the world will truly be ours."
"This rhetoric is similar to those of the cults and deceivers on the market." Jin Jing nodded, "You know that your clan is related to the Qinglian Sect, right?"
"Of course, many years ago, almost all the clans in the south of the Yangtze River were loyal followers of the Qinglian Sect. But later it was discovered that the Qinglian Sect was a liar, and the clan began to eliminate the Qinglian Sect on a large scale. What happened next, I I don’t know clearly, I just remember that in order to prove their innocence, the heads of several big clans wrote to the then emperor to express their innocence.”
"The clan leaders and elders are really willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and they can lower their noble heads when necessary." Jin Jing said with a sarcastic look on her face, "You must have persevered for so many years."
"After generations of perseverance, generations of failures, apart from my own people, I don't know what they have gained!" Ning Cheng said bitterly, "However, there is one thing I want to ask the adults for help. .”
"Help?" Jin Jing looked at Ning Cheng's troubled look, "Don't your mother know this? She doesn't even know what happened to your sister, your brother-in-law, or your brother's death?"
"Yes, she doesn't know. We didn't dare to tell her." Ning Cheng looked at the entrance leading to the cell and sighed softly, "She is not in good spirits and can't remember too many things. This It all started when my father died.”
