Qin Tongpan was unwilling to go to Taozhou this time, so he arrived at the inn at noon and refused to leave.
The Yi Cheng served him good food and wine, and Qin Tongpan drank two more cups. He lay down to rest early and was woken up in the middle of the night.
Qin Tongpan put on his clothes and asked the servant to serve the candlelight. He took a look at the family letter and was shocked. The letter said that Mrs. Qin was suffering from an emergency and was in critical condition. Without caring about anything else, he immediately ordered: "
Quick... I have something to do at home, send a few people to come back with me."
The group of people rushed to Min County under the stars and the moon, and when it was dawn, they finally saw the city gate.
Qin Tongpan did not dare to rest his breath and went straight home with his head down.
The door of the Qin family was open, and the steward was at the door. When he saw the master coming back, he hurriedly sent someone to report to Mrs. Qin.
"How is your wife?" Qin Tongpan asked anxiously.
The steward did not dare to raise his head and said, "My wife is in the inner courtyard, go and have a look!"
Qin Tongpan frowned, obviously dissatisfied, but he didn't care to talk to the steward. He threw down his riding whip and strode to the inner courtyard. He was thinking about what kind of illness his wife had, and he was anxious and worried.
The servants stood in the yard, and no one dared to talk to Qin Tongpan. Only the steward's mother stepped forward and opened the curtain.
Qin Tongpan immediately looked into the room and was about to call Mrs. Qin by her nickname when his eyes suddenly blurred and Mrs. Qin suddenly jumped out of the shadows.
Qin Tongpan was surprised and had not yet recovered.
There was a crisp sound, and Qin Tongban received a solid slap on his cheek.
"I'll fight with you." Mrs. Qin looked like a ghost, with blue eyes, spread her fingers, and ran up to Qin Tongpan's cheek again.
"Hiss." Qin Tongpian took a breath.
A burning pain from his jaw to his neck brought Qin Tongpan back to his senses, and he pinched Mrs. Qin's wrist.
Qin Tongpan was furious and glared at Mrs. Qin angrily: "Why are you so crazy?"
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qin was not afraid at all, but was even more angry.
"Kill me! Either you die today or I die." Mrs. Qin said as she struggled with Qin Tongpuan.
Qin Tongpan practiced boxing and kicking every day, but Mrs. Qin was no match for her, so she tried her best and dragged Qin Tongpan to the ground, looking like she didn't care.
"What's going on?" Qin Tongpan was helpless and didn't dare to do anything serious, so he could only ask anxiously.
"You are raising a man outside," Mrs. Qin spat at Qin Tongpan, "You have disgraced the Qin family."
Qin Tongpan was shocked when he heard this. He stared at Mrs. Qin: "What? When did I raise a man?" It turned out that this was what happened before him.
He had never done this before, and his internal organs were about to explode with anger. Qin Tongpan's men used some strength to throw Mrs. Qin away, broke away from the entanglement, straightened her back, and shouted: "Who
Did I tell you nonsense? Does it make any sense to let you start making trouble like this without any care?"
Seeing that Qin Tongpan refused to admit his mistake, Mrs. Qin felt very sad and immediately called her son's name: "Brother Gao, come and tell him."
Only then did Qin Tongpan realize that his son was also in the house.
Qin Gao walked out from behind the screen.
While waiting just now, Qin Gao's palms were filled with cold sweat, but now he calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Qin Tongpan.
"Dad, did you think you lost face when your mother beat you just now? Maybe not long after, the people in the entire Min County will be eager to drink your blood and eat your flesh."
"Mom is right, the Qin family's face has been completely embarrassed by dad."
Qin Tongpan only felt that his son was a little different today. Usually when he got angry, his son would not dare to look at him, but now he was staring at him like this.
His determined look seemed to confirm his guilt.
Mrs. Qin sneered: "Even Brother Gao says this about you, what kind of face do you have?"
Qin Gao nodded: "What mother said is that my father studied hard for many years in Hanchuang and should be dedicated to serving the country. However, for the sake of his official career, he succumbed to influence, clung to powerful people, and abandoned the people. He was no different from a local dog kneeling in front of a villain to pray for meat.
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"If the ancestors of the Qin family knew about it, they would definitely feel ashamed and wish they had not given you a morsel of food since they were babies."
Qin Gao's heart seemed to be beating out of his chest, but it was not because of fear, but because of excitement.
The smile on Mrs. Qin's face on the ground froze, and she looked a little stunned. What her son said was different from what she thought. Aren't they hiding men for the sake of the master? Why did they talk about something else?
Qin Tongpan, who was called a bitch, was suddenly filled with anger: "Why are you talking to your father?"
Qin Gao did not flinch, but instead showed a smile on his face, and said with relief: "My son has wanted to say it for a long time, but he has never dared to overstep the moral code."
"But now, my son has thought clearly. Didn't my father violate the precepts of his ancestors by acting this way? It was my father who felt sorry for his ancestors and the people under his rule first. My son also had no choice but to do this."
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Qin hurriedly interrupted while Qin Tongpan was silent, "We are talking about that man."
Mrs. Qin looked at Judge Qin Tong again: "I have captured the man you raised in Zhuangzi in the north of the city. I have seen all the property you gave him, including two boxes of soft goods. What are you doing?
Give him half of the Qin family?"
Qin Tongpan frowned and his face was gloomy: "When will I raise... a man?" It was embarrassing to say this, how could he do such a thing?
What kind of man, what kind of soft person?
Qin Tongpan had no idea what happened at home the day he left.
Qin Gao didn't give Qin Tong the time to think. He took a step forward, lifted up his robe, and knelt down straight.
Mrs. Qin subconsciously went to help her son, but Qin Gao bent down to Mrs. Qin and knocked his head on the ground: "Mother, my son lied to you."
Mrs. Qin took a deep breath and stood there in a daze.
"The man in the north of the city is not my father's lover, and the property you found was not given to him by my father."
Qin Gao straightened up, suddenly smiled, and looked at Qin Tongpan again: "I made it all up to deceive you. That man, no, she is actually a woman. She came to see Sun Ji disguised as a man. She wants to help Sun Ji."
Ji buys and sells war horses and spices. Those treasures my mother found should be her tribute to Sun Ji."
After Qin Gao finished speaking, there was silence in the room.
Mrs. Qin was completely dumbfounded. She never expected such a result. From the beginning to now, Brother Gao had lied to her about everything.
Qin Gao looked at Qin Tongpan: "Dad, you took Sun Ji's people and his property. What do you think Sun Ji will do to you next? Your explanation is all a misunderstanding. Do you think Sun Ji believes it or not?"
Qin Tongpan stared at his son who smiled brightly at him. His son actually deliberately set up a trap to make him an enemy of Sun Ji. A sudden disaster would happen to him. Just thinking about it made all the hairs on his body tremble with fear.
Stand upright.
"You rebellious son, how dare you..."
Qin Tongpan looked at the culprit, and his eyes were bloodshot from the mixed emotions. This treacherous son wanted to kill him, and wanted to kill the entire Qin family.
This unworthy man.
There was a shattering sound in Qin Tongpan's ears. He found the sword hanging on the wall, untied it and drew it out, and immediately slashed at Qin Gao.
"Master, please don't, master..." Mrs. Qin reached out and hugged Qin Tongpan's leg, "Brother Gao, go quickly, go quickly..."
Qin Gao did not hide, but still knelt there: "Father, you behead your son and go to Sun Ji to change your official career! Maybe Sun Ji will not pursue the matter because of your righteousness in killing your relatives. From now on
after……"
Qin Tongpan's sword has reached Qin Gao's throat.
Qin Gao continued: "You will follow Sun Ji to buy and sell war horses, oppress the people, and use the gold and silver squeezed out to enjoy your glory and wealth. If I die... don't look at it. I don't have to be ashamed of you, so I can go see you cleanly."
Ancestors and sister Wan'er."
A drop of blood fell on the tip of the sword.
There was a wound on Qin Gao's throat. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but his integrity and Wan'er's last instructions did not allow him to flinch at all.
Qin Gao's eyes seemed to be filled with blood. At this moment, he could only think about the people who were locked up as military households and his sweetheart who died tragically.
He hates Sun Ji, so he can't watch his father become the person he hates.
Qin Tongpan's hands kept shaking, Mrs. Qin cried heartbrokenly, but Qin Gao was the only one who looked magnanimous.
Finally, Qin Tongpan could no longer hold the sword in his hand, and the sword fell to the ground. Could he really kill his son and go to Sun Ji to plead with him?
No. Qin Tongpan gritted his teeth: "Am I doing it for myself? Not because of you."
"I'm not afraid of death," Qin Gao said, "and I can't let the people scold me. If dad wants to follow your path, don't take your son with you. Today, dad is still stubborn. If his son doesn't die, you and Sun Ji will be sued in court.
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Qin Tong was sentenced to death, and he raised his foot and kicked Qin Gao hard on the shoulder.
Qin Gao was kicked to the ground and was in so much pain that he couldn't get up for a while.
Qin Tongpan didn't know what to do and walked around the room. It was the first time that he faced such a situation and was tricked by his son. Once he got into this situation, he couldn't even think about playing both sides again.
If that person was really Sun Ji's man, and he arrested people and robbed things, even if he went to apologize to Sun Ji immediately, Sun Ji might not believe it.
He knew Sun Ji's secret of selling war horses, how could Sun Ji give him a way to survive?
How vicious a method is this? Only someone who hates him to the core can think of it, right?
However, all this was arranged by his son.
He really underestimated his son. All the staff in the family combined were not as good as Qin Gao.
His anxiety and anger were temporarily suppressed. Qin Tongpan looked at Qin Gao on the ground: "Tell me, what happened to that person? How did you know that she came to buy and sell war horses with Sun Ji?"
Qin Gao's mouth was full of blood, which was bruised when he was kicked down, but he remembered what Mr. Song and the girl from the Zhao family said to him.
Qin Gao said: "Miss Kong told me before she passed away that Uncle Kong Shishu told her these things. There are people from the Kong family who have been placed around Sun Ji. They got accurate information this time and came to tell me."
"I searched secretly and kept an eye on the merchant named Sui Ji. Finally I overheard Sui Ji talking to the manager and learned that she was going to see Sun Ji and exchange the tea she brought for the war horse in Sun Ji's hand."
Qin Tongpan couldn't believe it. Qin Gao was secretly checking these things, but he didn't notice at all. Was it really Qin Gao who did it all by himself? No one else helped?
Qin Tongpan slapped his palm on the table and looked at Qin Gao coldly: "Who taught you to do this?"