Chapter Ninety-Eight: Expulsion
There was a local sound, and the door was kicked open. The furious father appeared at the doorway with a long leather whip.
The eldest brother sat up from the bed in horror. He cowered in the corner of the bed and said tremblingly, "Mother, help! Help me! “
The aunt stood up in horror and rushed to the door, trying to prevent her father from entering the room.
The father roared angrily: "You taught a good son! ”
He slapped his aunt to the ground, stepped to the bed in three steps and two steps, grabbed the eldest brother's neckline, and dragged him off the bed.
In the desperate cry of the aunt, the father dragged the eldest brother from the room to the center of the courtyard, ignoring the layers of blood oozing from the eldest brother's head.
My father trembled with anger. He pointed his whip at Jing Yun's nose and said, "Bastard, what did I say to you last time in the ancestral hall, do you remember?" I said, if you dare to do such a thing to your brothers and sisters again, go to the ancestral hall to bow down to the Dharma to thank your ancestors! Today is the day of your retreat! ”
The father raised the horsewhip and slashed his head, causing the eldest brother to hold his head and howl endlessly, and after a while, countless dark red and purple whip marks appeared on the eldest brother's body, which was simply covered in scaly wounds.
The eldest brother held his head and rolled all over the ground, dodging the whip raining down, while trying to distinguish his actions.
He said: "Father, my son likes Qin'er so much that he can't help but do foolish things for a while. But, son, son doesn't want to hurt her, doesn't want her to bleed like this! ”
He said that if my body hadn't been so nervous and stubbornly resisting, he would never have done this. It wasn't his intention, but he now knew he was wrong.
However, even in the midst of his panic, he did not forget the point of life and death, and he took all the blame on himself, never mentioning that his aunt was also involved in the conspiracy.
His answer drove his father mad with rage, and he threw his whip at the brute, trying to find a sharp blade to kill him.
At this time, the aunt rushed over again with a cloak, and hugged her father's legs with all her might.
The aunt hugged her father and didn't let go, and she cried hoarsely. She whimpered and said, "Master, although Jingyun did this foolish thing, he didn't harm Qin'er's life!" He has been a childhood sweetheart with Qin'er since he was a child, how could he have the evil intention to harm her, if he wants to harm her, why wait until today! Master! He was indeed confused for a while, and he couldn't help it! Besides, Qin'er has already killed him once, and if there is any deep hatred, it can't be regarded as a lack of revenge. Jing Yun, he is your biological son, master! Sir, do you remember how you joyfully held him in your arms when he was born? He is also your blood and blood, master, please be merciful, this time spare his life, spare his life, let him get out of this house far away, and find a way to survive by himself! ”
The father was so hugged by his aunt that he couldn't take a step, and he couldn't let go of his aunt after throwing him a few times.
The father was furious and said, "Someone, someone!" Drag her out of the way and get a knife! Bring a knife!! ”
Seeing her father's entourage walking towards her, her aunt knew that everything was over, and she screamed one after another: "Jingyun, don't run away yet, don't leave quickly!" ”
Jing Yun escaped from the yard in the midst of his father's thunderous anger when the entourage was struggling to drag his aunt and father to find a knife.
The servants of the house watched in bewilderment as he fled out of the courtyard, staggering all the way to the front yard, then crawling out of the gate, and a cloud of smoke disappeared into the market.
Since then, he has never been able to return home until the night of the massacre.
We never saw him again.
The father held the knife handed by his attendant, stood in the courtyard trembling for a while, and threw the knife into the ground with all his might.
He said to his aunt bitterly: "A mother can be honored with a virtuous son, and she can also be inferior and lowly with a son." Jingyun does such a beast thing, I don't ask you whether you know it in advance or not, even if you don't know, do you still have the face to be the mistress of this family again? You and Qin'er's biological mother are still sworn sisters, how did she entrust her daughter to you before she died! How did you promise her then? Do you remember! Remember! Now, I ask you, how dare you die? When you die, what kind of face will you use to meet Qin'er's parents? Qin'er's father saved our family and your son, but how did your son repay his orphans? Shame on our ancestors! Your mother and son let me live without the face to walk out of this gate! Even if you die, you can't go to see your ancestors! Is this the retribution I have pampered you for so many years? Yes?! Until now, you still don't know how to repent and dare to defend him like this. He treated Qin'er like this, Qin'er was still a child, she was only fifteen years old! Is this called can't help it? Is this called love? You have to have a conscience. You are a woman yourself, will you forgive a man if he treats you like this? Would you consider this to be a deep love? Compare your heart to your heart! Your biological child is a child, and Mrs. Li's biological child is not a child? For so many years, Qin'er has always regarded you as her biological mother and your mother and son as her closest relatives, how could she have thought that her life would be ruined in the hands of your mother and son?! Which of those bastard words you just said is worthy of Qin'er who called you a mother for fifteen years! ”
The aunt fell to the ground crying, speechless.
Father said: "Last time in the ancestral hall, I also made it very clear to Jingyun. If he does this again, you can't be without responsibility. For the sake of our decades of affection, you are also old, I don't do anything to you, you now give me a quiet return to my yard, reflect on it, and don't have to come out if it's okay. You don't have to worry about things at home anymore! The father said, "Come, send my aunt back to her yard to face the wall and think about it." ”
The weeping and crying aunt was dragged from the ground by the entourage in humiliation, and dragged back to her yard.
My father looked at the empty courtyard and couldn't help but feel sad again.
A good home, since then, has been torn apart.
Father felt heartfelt sadness and weariness.
He stood alone in the empty courtyard and was stunned for a while, until the old butler came and persuaded him to go back to his room and rest for a while.
Father was entangled in his heart for a while, should he send someone to find Jingyun and arrest him back.
He thought about it for a while, and at last he let the old butler hold him and send him back to his room to rest.
He didn't mention Jingyun's name again.
This person has completely disappeared from the home since then. It's as if he never existed before.
From this incident, the eldest brother only saw his father's cruelty to him, but did not understand his father's kindness to him. His father scared him away, but in fact, he still wanted to protect him in his heart.
Father knows very well that after this incident, you and I will no longer be able to continue to live under the same roof. Therefore, letting him run away from it may not be the most merciful solution for all parties.
After the eldest brother escaped from home, he has been hiding in the house of a distant relative of his aunt.
After worrying for a few days, the aunt realized that her father did not mean to kill Jingyun in his heart, and did not investigate whether anyone else was involved, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so she secretly sent some relief to her son who was outcast, so that he would not be without food and clothing. The aunt asked someone to bring a message to the eldest brother, asking him to hide quietly outside and not show his head, and wait for a period of time after the incident passed, and then slowly beg his father for forgiveness.
As for the follow-up of this matter, this is the case.
Jingyun is his father's only healthy son.
Father, after all, still doesn't want to give up on him.