"Son, let me in!" Father roared.

Jing Yun walked into the ancestral hall of his home in fright. It is the most sacred place in the home where the tablets of the ancestors are enshrined. As a concubine, he can only enter this ancestral hall with his father on the sacrificial day of the annual festival, and as an aunt of a concubine, he is never qualified to enter.

Hearing that it was not a sacrificial day, his father summoned him to the ancestral hall, Jingyun shuddered in his heart, knowing that it must have been a fight with the East Window, and he would be severely punished if he went, and there was no possibility of escape.

He hurriedly said to the little girl beside him: "You go and tell your mother immediately, your father is going to kill your son, please come to the ancestral hall to save me immediately!" One step too late, I might not have survived! ”

After watching the little servant leave, he forced himself to calm down a nervous heart, and walked towards the ancestral hall step by step.

Hearing his father's roar, Jingyun's knees involuntarily weakened. He fell to his knees with a plop and stammered, "Son, son doesn't know what mistake he has made to make his father so angry." ”

When his father saw him come in, he commanded his servants: "Close the door for me!" ”

The door to the ancestral hall slammed shut. Jingyun watched in horror as the servant latched the door shut.

"You've done a good job!" The father came over angrily, grabbed Jing Yun's neck, dragged him several meters in the direction of the spirit tablet offering platform without saying anything, and threw him forward hard, and Jing Yun knelt in front of the offering platform.

Jingyun was frightened by this battle, and said with tears in his eyes: "Father spare his life!" The son didn't know what he had done wrong, so he asked his father to teach him a lesson! ”

The father pointed at him and said angrily: "You, now, in front of your ancestors and ancestors, tell me clearly: what kind of deep hatred is there between you and your younger brother, so that you want to kill him with such a heavy hand?" What the hell did he do to be sorry for you?! ”

Jingyun crawled to his father's feet, trembled on the ground and said: "Father Mingjian, the son didn't kill him, but the brother didn't agree with his words for a while, he moved his hands and feet to his son, and the son knew that he was good at kung fu, so he was scared, and he was in a hurry, so he waved his fist to resist it, and it was just a moment, I didn't want him to fall, I touched the bridge of my nose, and blood flowed all over the ground." When the son saw him like this, he felt that he was in trouble, and he hurried away, so as not to have a conflict with the little savage he had with him. The son only blocked him with his fist, and he definitely didn't make a ruthless move! Father! ”

"Shut up!" After hearing his defense, his father became even more furious, and shouted: "You still dare to quibble! Am I without eyes? He beat you so that your nose was bruised and swollen, bleeding and vomiting, and he couldn't get up from the bed for a day and a night. ”

Jing Yun continued to argue, wanting to delay time, he said: "My son doesn't know why he was like that later, the conscience of heaven and earth, my son really didn't beat him ruthlessly!" ”

In a fit of rage, his father raised his leg and kicked Jing Yun to the ground, saying, "Do you mean he's pretending to lie to me?" Could it be that Dr. Sun will lie to me too? Dr. Sun said beyond any doubt that he was concussed by your blow. What's more, there are still witnesses! How can you deny it! Do you want me to call Qin'er in to testify? Jingyun originally wanted to say that Qin'er was originally helping him, but after a change of heart, he decided not to say this.

My father said bitterly: "Over the years, how much I have trusted you, cultivated you, and achieved you, and I have never let you suffer the slightest grievance at home just because you are a concubine." Before your brother came back, I specifically looked for you, what did I talk to you about at that time, do you remember? ”

Jingyun sobbed: "The son doesn't dare to forget, the father taught the son to be respectful and inferior, to be orderly, to let the son love his younger brother, to help him wholeheartedly, and to manage the affairs of the family." ”

The father said angrily: "You still remember, so did you do it?!" Yes?! Did you do it?! ”

The father said: "Since he came back, you have been disgruntled, and you have always known in my heart that you are not relatives or friends with him, and everyone in the house has also seen it. The reason why I didn't care about you is that I believe that he can tolerate you and handle the relationship between your brothers, and second, I also believe in you, I believe that you can distinguish between good and bad, respect and inferiority, and in the face of his repeated maintenance and forbearance, you will be moved by his brotherhood, and you will be ashamed to look back. I don't want you to feel that my father favors him and doesn't care for you. I have tolerated you again and again, and I have repeatedly given you the opportunity to mend your ways. Whether it's your brother or my father, you've given you countless opportunities for self-reflection, but what about you, how do you treat our trust and magnanimity?! In your heart, there is a moment when you regard him as your own brother, but there is a half-point, and you regret that your father's blood is also shed on his body! ”

Jing Yun was so reprimanded by his father that he had no choice but to fall on the ground and cry: "My son is confused, and he thought wrong for a while!" Please forgive your son! The son didn't dare anymore! ”

The father said sadly: "Our Cui family, the people are not prosperous, my father is so old, only your two brothers are under the knees, only you two brothers!" You two brothers, who are close relatives of flesh and blood, have something terrible and cannot understand each other, so you must make such a disturbance and bleed all over the house when the guests are full. You, aren't you afraid of losing all the face of our Cui family?! Uncle Ding, he was in our house that day, he was wholeheartedly supportive of your mother's birthday, but he respected your mother, he was a first-class marquis, in terms of identity, status, I don't know how much higher than your mother, but that day you also saw with your own eyes, how much he respected your mother! But what about you, you beat your brother to such a serious injury at that time, or took advantage of the danger of others, when he was so unwell! Where is your conscience? How cruel your nature is! Seeing that he had an unbearable headache and fell, not only did you not go to the rescue to help, but fell into the well and hit him to the vital point, don't you know that he has had a disease since he was a child? Didn't you see that he almost died of illness when he was a child? Don't you know that he can't be hit on the head like this? Didn't know that this could be fatal for him? Yes?! Seeing him hurt like that, I really didn't dare to tell Uncle Ding, if I let Uncle Ding see it, what face would I have to face him, and what reason would I have not to kill you, a rebel, to apologize to him? Jinglong is the only blood left by his sister, his sister gave up her life to inherit the family for our Cui family, is our Cui family to repay the Ding family by killing her son?! You bastard! ”

The father said: "Fortunately, your brother is not as confused as you, so this incident did not make a big fuss that day, did not make everyone know, did not make your mother lose face, and fulfilled her beautiful birthday." And you, you don't regret it at all afterwards, even if you know that Dr. Sun has been here twice, even if you know that he is so injured that he can't get up, you still don't care, you haven't even been to his yard! Do you still care if he lives or dies? Do you want your father to lose his son in old age, will you be satisfied?! ”

Jingyun still wanted to argue. The father cut off and said, "Shut your mouth!" You can't escape the punishment of family law if you do such a thing! Kneel down for me at the tablet facing my ancestors! Now, on behalf of your fathers, I will teach you what it means to be a son of man! ”

Jingyun trembled and knelt in front of the spirit card. The illustrious titles on those spirit tablets weighed on his soul like Mount Tai, making him feel incomparably small, like dust on the ground.

At this moment, he hates you very much in his heart, and he has cursed you countless times, if you hadn't pretended to be so badly injured, if it weren't for you lying on the bed and pretending not to get up, today, I would never have been scolded by my father like this, and I would not have this humiliation and fear! He hated himself deeply, why didn't he be ruthless that day, and he ended you with one punch, why didn't that punch kill you!

The father said to the left and right, "Go and get the family law!" ”

The attendant whispered to his father: "Master, my aunt is here, just outside the door, do you want to ......?"

The father said categorically: "Go and spread my word, tell her to stay outside honestly, and listen to what I have to teach her good son!" This is our Cui family's man's business, and it's none of her business. If she dares to do anything, she will expel me from the door immediately! Go get the family law! "Why do you use people to pass on the words, my father roared so loudly that the aunt standing outside could hear every word clearly. Hearing his father's tone so decisive, and hearing that even such heartless words as "expelling from the door" were uttered, I knew that my father was really angry this time, and he was determined to discipline Jingyun. Where did my aunt dare to make a noise, so she had to stand silently outside the door with tears in her eyes.

"Smack!" There was a crunch. The father held a leather whip in his hand and used all his strength to give Jing Yun a whip firmly. Even through the gate, the outside of the ancestral hall can be clearly heard. When my aunt heard this, her whole body was cold, and tears flowed down her eyes, but she covered her mouth and didn't dare to cry at all.

After the crisp sound, a blood-red whip mark half an inch deep appeared on the eldest brother's back, and the part where he was beaten opened his skin and flesh opened in response, and blood gushed out. He gritted his teeth, his body trembled, his eyes filled with tears, and he didn't dare to make the slightest sound of pain, for fear of attracting a second whip that would be more ruthless.

After the father had pulled the whip with all his might, he threw it on the ground and said, "As the eldest brother, where do you still have a little friendship!" This whip is given to you so that you can understand that your brother's pain is your pain. Your happiness and beauty in this family cannot be obtained by hurting your brother! ”

"Get up!" His father said to him, "This whip is also for your mother, and it also lets her know that you should be more careful to control your inconsistencies!" Our Cui family, for generations, has never had a person who has mutilated siblings. I can't let this happen to my son. This kind of thing will never be allowed to appear in my Cui family in the future! If you dare to do anything to your brothers and sisters in the family, either you will bow down in the ancestral hall to thank your ancestors, or you will get out of the house for me, and never call me father again! Next time, it's absolutely impossible for you not to affect your mother! If you still have a little filial piety to your mother, don't do these things anymore, let her be humiliated and humiliated with you! ”

The father said, "Now, go out of here, go see your brother at once, go and apologize to him, and thank him for his forgiveness and affection." If it weren't for the fact that he was still thinking about begging me not to punish you, the punishment you deserve today would be far more than a whip! Open the door, let this rebel get out of here, and correct the mistakes he has made! ”

The door to the ancestral hall opened. The eldest brother climbed up. He looked at his father. He saluted his father and walked out unsteadily.

He endured the burning pain in his back, crossed the threshold, and saw his aunt standing at the door of the ancestral hall with tears in her eyes, her face trembling all over.

Jingyun knelt down silently, kowtowed to his mother, and said, "My son is sorry for his mother, and he made his mother worried." ”

When my aunt saw the shocking whip marks on his back, she was so distressed that she couldn't help but want to take care of him.

The father walked out of the ancestral hall and shouted, "Let him go!" Let him correct his mistakes first! Since he has the courage to mutilate flesh and bones, he must have the courage to bear the consequences of doing so. There is a price to pay for making mistakes! ”

When my aunt heard this, she didn't dare to pull Jingyun. She fell to her knees with weak knees, sobbing and saying, "My son is not good, what the master disciplines is that the concubine confesses to the master." However, the son can discipline slowly, and I hope that the old man will calm his anger and not be angry about this matter. ”

Jingyun silently got up from the ground, bowed to his parents again, and then staggered all the way to your residence.