The ancestral hall of the Confucian family covers an extremely wide area, and it looks more like a large hall than the ancestral hall of an ordinary family. On the wall facing the gate, there is a portrait of Confucius, and below it is the long incense case dedicated to the ancestors of the Confucian family, and now there are hundreds of thousands of spiritual seats on it, which is magnificent.

When dozens of Kong clan members followed Kong Yanjin and stepped into the gate, everyone's faces became solemn, and even their breathing became gentle, not daring to show the slightest slackness.

Before coming to the statue and the spiritual position, Kong Yanjin took the lead in kneeling down, first prayed silently for a while, and then took three incense sticks from the incense table and lit them, and then knelt and bowed, and silently recited in his heart: "The ancestors and ancestors are above, and the descendants are not good, so I have ...... shame to let my Kong family suffer such humiliation."

After he reported what happened today to his ancestors in his heart, Kong Yanjin got up from the futon with some difficulty, and then inserted the fresh incense that had been burning for a long time into the incense burner.

Behind him, a group of Confucian disciples also knelt so far that their legs were numb, and when they saw the head of the family getting up, they also hurriedly followed, stepped forward one after another, and inserted the incense sticks in their hands into the incense burner. Suddenly, the curling cigarettes covered the vicinity of the incense case with a light veil.

After everyone had done all this, Kong Yanjin waved his hand: "You guys wait outside first, the old man should ask these two unscrupulous people to see why they would do such a humiliating thing." ”

The people of the tribe could see that the lord of the house was really angry, so they did not dare to say anything, but only bowed slightly, and then withdrew from the temple one after another. Soon, there was only one father, two sons, and three people left.

When the clansmen were all there just now, they didn't feel that once there were only three people in the empty hall, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. Kong Yanjin stood at the top place, staring at the two sons who were tied up and lying on the ground and couldn't move, and after a long time, he spoke: "Yongzuo, educate you from a young age for your father, let you behave properly, and be a square gentleman, so that you can inherit the position of Yan Shenggong and become the respected head of the Kong family." But you ...... How did you do such a thing? ”

At the beginning, Kong Chengqing was quite flustered, but now that it has been so long, his heart has settled down. Anyway, things have come to this point, and I'm completely finished, so I don't need to pretend like usual anymore. At this time, his face was full of disdain and distortion, even in the face of his angry father, and there were tablets of the ancestors of the Kong family on his head, he still did not regret it at all, and he just sneered when he heard the words: "Father, do you want to know why?" Then I'll tell you. Because I can't stand the way you have been teaching me, what gentleman's way, what is upright and square, it is all fake, it is all something that deceives those foolish men and women outside! ”

"You...... Can't you imagine that you are so stubborn that you have even abandoned these basics of life? When Kong Yanjin heard that his son dared to reply like this at this time, he was so angry that his body trembled again, and his face turned a little blue again.

"Hah...... Does my father really think that you are sincere? Twenty years ago, I might have believed it when I was just an ignorant child, but after seeing so many things, I didn't believe it anymore. If my Confucian family is really a gentleman's family as my father said, and we should abide by the way of benevolence and propriety advocated by the sage, then why does my Confucian family's land continue to increase every year? Why is it that every year, many domestic slaves are beaten to death by the family law because of a trivial matter, is this benevolence? ”

Seeing his father standing there in a daze, obviously unable to reply, Kong Chengqing smiled even more presumptuously: "This is not benevolence, but fake benevolence and false righteousness, but it is just pretended to protect the face of my Kong family." Even you, father, have not fulfilled the requirements of a gentleman at all, otherwise there would be no Kong Chengguang! ”

"You ......" a cough erupted from the old man's mouth, and he pointed his finger at this son, who was still arrogant and arrogant although he was tied up and fell to the ground, and he didn't know what to say.

Kong Chengqing then sighed again: "But my son also knows that since he is a member of the Kong family, he should protect the face of the Kong family, so even if it is pretending, I must pretend to be the gentleman you want to see." However, father, do you know how painful it is to pretend to be a gentleman every day, both to the people in your family and to outsiders? Twenty years, I have been pretending to be this gentleman for twenty years! I'm also human, I also have seven emotions and six desires, and I also need to vent. But I know what I shouldn't do as a member of the Kong family, so I can only secretly find a way to vent. I dug a cellar under my yard and let people secretly find women, because it was only in the process of abusing them that I realized that I could dominate the outside world, not be dominated by it, and I really lived like a human being! ”

Kong Yanjin was dumbfounded by these words, he really didn't expect that the heart of the eldest son he thought he knew best would be filled with such a dark and rebellious side. It's because I don't know and care about my son enough, otherwise I wouldn't have caused such an uncontrollable situation today.

Kong Chengqing's words continued: "Now, since everything has been exposed, I have nothing to fear. I have indeed done the most heinous things, and no matter how severely my father punishes me, even if he kills me in public, my son will not complain. Hate only hate, why am I not born in another family, but in the Confucian family with strict rules......" After saying the last sentence, he not only closed his mouth, but also closed his eyes, looking like he was going to die calmly.

Kong Yanjin's face was full of sadness, but he didn't know if it was for himself, his son, or the entire Kong family. After being stunned for a long time, his eyes fell on Kong Chengguang: "Yongqi, as a member of the Kong family, you actually did something to communicate with outsiders and set fire to food, what else do you have to say?" Do you know that just because of your behavior, my Kong family is facing a great crisis? ”

"I know." Kong Chengguang's reaction looked much calmer, just looking at his father in front of him coldly, but it was like looking at a stranger: "But am I really the Kong family in this family?" I am a joke in everyone's eyes, just a concubine who can be despised by countless people. Even my birth was just a mistake...... Yan Shenggong, Master Kong, I want to do something for my future, is it wrong? ”

The cold tone said the words ruthlessly, making Kong Yanjin show a surprised and sad expression again. But if you think about it carefully, you do have a prejudice against this son, and you really have never regarded him as a useful person in the family.

"I only hate myself for not knowing people, and I still underestimate those who are in charge, they are even more despicable than I thought. After using me to achieve his goal, he immediately crossed the river and demolished the bridge, betraying me. But even so, I don't regret it, this is my revenge for the Kong family that has been so much against me for decades, even if it will cost me my own life because of it! ”

After listening to his last words, Kong Yanjin seemed calm. The two sons did a series of wrong things because of themselves, and finally ended up like this. He regretted it, he blamed himself, but he understood better what he should be doing as the head of the Confucian family at this time. It is to severely punish these two unscrupulous descendants, keep this secret, and let the reputation of the Kong family not be ruined.

Therefore, at this time, he only has the righteousness to kill his relatives!

Needless to say, the two of them don't seem to show regret anymore, and they won't spare them because of it. Thinking about all this, Kong Yanjin took a deep breath and shouted outside: "Someone! ”

After a while, the door was pushed open, and several clansmen looked at the head of the family, who was looking older and older at this time, with a little concern in their eyes.

Stretching out his fingers tremblingly, he nodded at the two sons on the ground, Kong Yanjin used all his strength to order: "Drag them outside and beat them to death with heavy sticks." After death, Bo was buried, and he was not allowed to enter the ancestral grave of my Confucian family, let alone enter the ancestral hall to worship. ”

"Sir...... Think twice about ......"

"Master, the two sons are your own flesh and blood, how can this be...... So disposed of? Even if they make a big mistake, they should be given a chance to repent......"

The Yigan clan didn't expect the old man to be punished so severely as soon as he opened his mouth, and immediately opened their mouths to ask for mercy for these two people.

But this time, Kong Yanjin was completely iron-hearted, and he was not moved by their pleas at all, and said with a resolute face: "Why, the old man is old, are you all unwilling to obey orders?" Do you want the old man to kneel down and beg you? As he spoke, he made a gesture and wanted to kneel.

When everyone saw it, they were immediately startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug the old man, and then looked at the two clansmen who were still lying on the ground, but they didn't dare to speak for them anymore.

Kong Yanjin, who was being held up, no longer insisted, but still ordered: "If you don't do it yet, do you really want the old man to kill them with his own hands?" ”

Speaking of which, the people of the Kong clan had to obey the order, dragged the two brothers who did not say a word out of the hall, and in the open space in front of the ancestral hall, after holding it down, someone brought a wooden staff specially for the implementation of family law, aimed it at their backs and waved it heavily.

For a while, the sound of banging on the human body sounded, and many people were shocked when they heard it. Although it is not the first time they have seen people being beaten, the identities of these two people are completely different from those who have been tortured in the past, even if it is Kong Chengguang, it is also the son of the head of the family.

And Kong Yanjin, I don't know if he was worried that they would keep his hand, he actually stood on the spot until he watched his two sons being beaten to death, and then turned around.

However, at the same time as he turned around, a series of heart-rending coughs came out of his mouth, and then the old man, who had been hit by multiple pressures and torments, finally couldn't support it, and collapsed in the exclamation of everyone......