Chapter three hundred and seventy-seven: forced questioning (2)
Chen Zhi's knife was very fast. After going down, the blood on the child's neck spurted out.
The wound was very deep and close to the artery. It was estimated that if the wound was left as it was, it wouldn't take long for the boy to bleed to death from excessive blood loss.
Seeing this scene, the stubborn Kong Shoucheng was no longer as tough as before.
It could be seen that he felt very sorry for his grandson. His face immediately turned green, and then he fell limply to the ground. His old face was full of weakness.
"It's all my fault, it has nothing to do with this child~~
Let him go. What do you want to ask?
I said that’s it!!”
"Well!",
Chen Zhi then said:
"Clan Chief Kong, I want to ask you some questions now!!!
But I don't have much time to distinguish between true and false. I will only ask, and then you will answer me clearly.
Don't talk about him, don't play with stationery, don't try to lie.
Otherwise, this child will be ruined in your hands, so there is no need to take any chances on this, do you understand?"
"I see!",
Kong Shoucheng nodded very clearly, his old face was full of exhaustion, and he was no longer as stubborn as before.
At this time Chen Zhi began to ask his first question:
"As my friend said just now, we are looking for a person named Kong Qinghan. Do you know this person?"
"Know!" Kong Shoucheng replied, nodding.
"Well!" Chen Zhi was very satisfied with Kong Shoucheng's current state. This old man was a sensible person and knew what the situation was like now.
"Then let me ask you again..." Chen Zhi started his second question,
"Has this person named Kong Qinghan ever been the second head of your Kong family?"
"Yes!" Kong Shoucheng replied very clearly without any hesitation.
"Then why..." Chen Zhi looked at Kong Shoucheng,
"Why hasn't this person entered your Kong family's genealogy?
I have studied the genealogy of your Kong family. Your genealogy is very comprehensive. It has been recorded by all the descendants of the Kong family from ancient times to the present.
Regardless of whether it is a direct descendant or a common descendant, which family and which lineage? Even if the child is born to the humblest maid, as long as it is of the blood of your Kong family, it will be recorded.
Even if you commit a serious crime, it will be marked next to it, and the name will not disappear due to accountability.
Why was he left out alone?
Is there anything special about this Kong Qinghan?"
"because……",
When Kong Shoucheng said this, he was already very weak, and his face instantly showed a trace of obvious grief and fear.
It seems that this kind of grief has been hidden in his heart for a long time.
"Because he is not a bloodline of our Kong family, he is an outsider!"
"Outer hole?"
Chen Zhi instantly became clear about Kong Qinghan's status.
The Kong family is a very special family. Because Confucius has an irreplaceable supreme status in the land of China, his descendants have enjoyed favorable treatment in all dynasties and generations for thousands of years.
Looking through the development history of the Kong family, you will find that the descendants of Confucius are divided into "inner Kong" and "outer Kong", while the outer Kong is a very special group.
Generally speaking, the Kong family, who are descendants of saints, often call themselves "Neikong" or "Zhen Kong". Whether they are direct descendants or concubines, they have more or less the blood of Confucius and are the true descendants of saints.
This is not the case for Wai Kong. They often do not have the blood relationship with Confucius, or they are only in-laws with a weak relationship. Their surname Kong was later given by the head of the Confucius family.
From ancient times to the present, there are roughly two types of "outer holes":
One is the Kong family who has the same surname as the saint but a different clan, that is, the Kong family other than Confucius.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was not the only person with the surname Kong. There were also several people with the surname Kong who did not come from the surname Zi.
As the lineage from Confucius to Confucius multiplied and expanded, the Kong surname other than these "holy descendants" gradually disappeared into obscurity.
However, the few Confucius who are not descendants of saints sometimes find ways to sneak into the descendants of saints in order to enjoy the preferential treatment given to the descendants of Confucius by the court.
Therefore, in the history of the Confucius family, a large number of fake Confucius and pretending to be the ancestors were caused. In other prefectures and counties outside Qufu, there were sometimes fake "saints" from other Confucius who were not descendants of Confucius, in order to avoid the benefits of local labor.
This happens in every dynasty and every generation.
A historical record once recorded that there was a servant in the Kong family named Kong Mo.
The ancestor of Kong Mo, whose real surname was Liu, later entered the Confucius mansion as a "sweeping household". Later, because he was smart and capable, he took the surname of Kong after his master.
By the time of the Five Dynasties and the end of the Tang Dynasty, China was experiencing troubled times. Taking advantage of the turbulent situation and the greatly reduced power of the Kong family, Kong Mo betrayed his master and killed all the Kong Guangsi, the 42nd generation eldest grandson of the Kong family.
Seize his family property, replace his position, worship Confucius, and claim to be the direct descendant of Confucius.
When he learned that Kong Guangsi had a nine-month-old son, Kong Renyu, who was living with his mother at his grandmother's house in Zhangjiacun, he sent people to hunt him down to eliminate the root cause and avoid future troubles forever.
In order to save her grandson, Kong Renyu's maternal grandmother, Grandma Zhang, sent her grandson out to be killed by the pursuers. Only then did the Kong family's bloodline be saved, and today's direct bloodline emerged.
After learning this bloody lesson, the Kong family will no longer easily give the Kong surname to others.
Even if there are some special circumstances, they have always been very repulsive towards Wai Kong. Even if some Wai Kong have made great contributions to the family, they still have great distrust.
The second case of external holes is very special, that is the external holes in in-laws.
These children of Waikong are more or less related to the Kong family by blood.
Some are the children of the married daughters of the Kong family, and some are the children of adopted relatives of the Kong family.
And this Kong Qinghan belongs to this category!!
"He is my aunt's son!!" When Kong Shoucheng mentioned this cousin, his voice was extremely sad.
"Qinghan is stronger than me!!
Because he was born with a fire zodiac sign, the fortune teller said that the strong wind on the mountain top made him angry, and he had to use water to relieve his temper, so he got this cold name.
I didn’t expect that his life would be so sad and cold...",
When Kong Shoucheng said this, his eyes were filled with tears, and the sadness showed how deep their feelings were at that time.
"He was extremely talented and pure in nature since he was a child. My father loved him. After my aunt passed away, he took him in and raised him as his own son. He also gave him the surname Kong when he was very young.
My father always told me to treat your cousin well!!
When the time comes, he is the only person in the world who can save you!!
The reason why he is not listed in the genealogy is because his surname is not Kong.
He is a descendant of women from our Kong family..."