The two small boats approached the building boat quickly, how could Wang Yuan let them get on the boat, so he slowly drew out his long sword and prepared to start. The guards on the shore of the pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info aimed at Wang Yuan's body with bows and arrows, intending to release the arrows regardless of the order once they received the order. Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong's faces were distorted, and they themselves were nervous and breathless.

At this moment, a figure rushed forward at a rapid speed, and in the blink of an eye, the bows and arrows in the hands of seven or eight guardians were snatched away and knocked to the ground. With a bang, seven or eight bows and arrows were thrown on the ground, and Liu Tan's body appeared in front of everyone.

"Liu Tan, what are you doing? Hello bold. Cui Yuanrong shouted.

"It's you who are bold. Bastard thing, if you want to reverse the sky? A dull and annoyed shouting and scolding came from the rear, followed by a chaotic footsteps, and Cui Daoyuan rushed to the river with a large group of people. Because of the hurry, Cui Daoyuan was a little out of breath.

"Old man, we want to snatch back Yaozu and Ruoyu, we can't allow them to be held hostage by Wang Yuan, and we can't let Wang Yuan use them as hostages to negotiate conditions." Cui Yuanping hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

"Smack." A loud slap slapped Cui Yuanping's face, and Cui Yuanping's beaten eyes were buzzing in his ears. Although Cui Daoyuan is nearly seventy years old, the strength in his hands is still not small, this slap is comparable to the strength of a man in his prime, Cui Yuanping was almost knocked unconscious.

"Bastard, I knew it was you two troublemakers. The two of you have a study, and I know you're bored. Lao Liu is behind you two butts, and you still want to deny it. Someone came and tied up these two beasts. If we were a step late just now, I was afraid that you would have forced Wang Yuan to kill Ruo Yu and Yaozu, wolf-hearted things. Cui Daoyuan scolded.

"Daddy, we don't." Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong were shocked and shouted repeatedly.

"I said, everything about you is under my control, I am your father, don't I know your virtues? I don't know anything about what you're doing? It's just waiting for yourselves. But you're getting worse and worse. Get out of the way and come back to settle accounts with you. Cui Daoyuan scolded angrily and stopped paying attention to the two.

Cui Yuanrong and Cui Yuanrong were as flat as ashes, and several nurses tied up the two with hemp ropes and stood aside like zongzi.

"Grandpa." Cui Ruojiao on the boat shouted and waved to the shore. Cui Yaozu also hurriedly ran out of the boat hall and shouted loudly, because of his excitement, he couldn't help but cry.

Cui Daoyuan hurriedly shouted: "Girl, Yaozu, you two are okay." ”

Cui Yaozu just cried, and Cui Ruoyu shouted, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Cui Daoyuan nodded again and again, his eyes met Wang Yuan, who was standing quietly at the bow of the boat, Cui Daoyuan slowly bowed his hand and saluted from afar. Wang Yuan also bowed his hand and returned the salute slightly.

The boat quickly docked, and the pedal hit the shore, Cui Yaozu raised his foot and walked to the pedal, wanting to go ashore quickly. Wang Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Did I let you get off the boat?" ”

Cui Yaozu was stunned and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to let me go?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Shouldn't you thank me? You want to kill me, but I didn't kill you, and you just walked away? ”

"Oh, thank you, thank you." Cui Yaozu hurriedly thanked Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Get out." Cui Yaozu rushed off the boat from the gangplank, Cui Yuanbo stepped forward and grabbed it, checked it up and down, and found that his son was not missing a hair, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Cui Ruoyu kept standing beside Wang Yuan and did not get off the boat, Cui Yuanbo said loudly: "Ruoyu, why don't you get off the boat?" Hurry down. Get out of there. ”

Cui Ruoyu shook her head and said, "Daddy, I won't go down." ”

Cui Yuanbo was stunned and said, "Why? ”

Cui Ruoyu said: "I want my grandfather to promise me a condition, otherwise I will stay on the boat." ”

Cui Yuanbo said angrily: "What's the matter, Master Liu, go and pull her down." ”

Liu Tan was about to move, and Cui Ruoyu shouted: "Don't come up, otherwise I will kill myself." When the words fell, Cui Ruoyu's wrist flipped over, and a snow-bright dagger came out against his throat. Liu Tan hurriedly took a few steps back, not daring to act rashly.

Cui Yuanbo frowned and shouted, "Girl, are you stupid?" What is this for? Wang Yuan, don't coerce her, what kind of hero are you doing this. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and took a few steps back, and said at a distance of a few feet from Cui Ruoyu: "Cui Shibo, I didn't coerce Miss Ruoyu. She just had a few words to say. ”

Before Cui Yuanbo could speak, Cui Daoyuan slowly spoke: "Yuanbo, step down." I came to ask her. ”

Cui Yuanbo retreated with a gray face, and Cui Daoyuan said in a deep voice: "Girl, don't mess around, what do you want to do and tell grandpa, grandpa will promise you." ”

Cui Ruoyu said: "Grandpa, Wang Gongzi didn't coerce me, this is what I want to say." I persuaded the prince to come to you, but if you want to hurt him, I will die with him. ”

Cui Yuanbo couldn't help but say angrily: "You Nizi, what are you talking about." ”

Cui Daoyuan said in a deep voice: "Shut up, if the girl is affectionate and righteous, what's wrong with what she said?" ”

Cui Yuanbo was speechless, Cui Daoyuan turned his head to Cui Ruoyu and smiled: "Girl, it turns out that this is the condition, of course grandpa will agree to you." This matter is the disrespect of my Cui family to him, and it is the fault of my Cui family, how could my grandfather be wrong again and again. You can rest assured, just because he is unharmed by you, grandpa will definitely not treat him badly. ”

Cui Ruoyu said: "Really? Grandpa, you swear. ”

Cui Daoyuan was stunned for a moment, and Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Miss Ruoyu, you will be exempt from swearing." Cui Weng is a person who promises a thousand gold, what else do you need to swear. Let's get off the boat. ”

Cui Ruoyu put down the dagger, and Wang Yuan walked slowly and walked along the gangplank to the shore. Once Cui Daoyuan gave the order, these people would rush forward without hesitation to capture Wang Yuan.

Cui Daoyuan watched Wang Yuan come to the shore, slowly stepped forward, and stood still in front of Wang Yuan, staring at Wang Yuan with his eyes like lightning. Wang Yuan looked at him with a smile on his face, and his eyes did not show weakness. The two looked at each other like cockfights for a long time, Cui Daoyuan suddenly smiled and arched his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The Jiangnan Provincial Inspector Cui Daoyuan has seen Wang Xiangguo. The old man didn't know the true face of Lushan before, and he was extremely rude. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and saluted: "It's not strange if you don't know, is Cui Weng not knowing or pretending not to know?" ”

Cui Daoyuan stroked his beard and smiled: "It's just because Xiangguo himself doesn't want us to know." However, it is not hidden from Xiangguo that in the southeast of me, no one can hide the secret in front of my Cui clan. ”

Wang Yuan also smiled: "Awesome, admire and admire!" ”

……

In the hall of Cui's house, the giant candle is as bright as day.

Cui Daoyuan sat steadily at the table, his eyes scanning Cui Yuanping, Cui Yuanrong and Cui Yaozu who were tied up like zongzi. Soon after Cui Yaozu came ashore, he was ordered by Cui Daoyuan to be tied up and kneeled in front of Cui Daoyuan with his two uncles.

Wang Yuan was not present, because such an occasion was not suitable for him to be present, so Cui Daoyuan asked Cui Ruoyuan to accompany Wang Yuan to drink tea and rest in his study, and told Wang Yuan to come back to meet him later. Of course, Wang Yuan understood that before he could fight himself, Cui Daoyuan needed to deal with the disputes within his family. What the three uncles and nephews of the Cui family did was done without Cui Daoyuan, and the behavior of challenging the authority of the head of Cui Daoyuan's family was naturally intolerable. Besides, before Cui Daoyuan talked deeply with himself, he also needed to touch his own details and ask himself what secrets of his Cui family he knew from Cui Yaozu's mouth.

"You're so bold to take my words like bullshit, don't you? I have strictly ordered you not to act rashly, but you still did this kind of thing behind my back, do you still have me in your eyes? Cui Daoyuan asked in a deep voice.

"Daddy is angry, my son is confused for a while, please forgive my father." Cui Yuanping knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"The sons are also thinking about my Cui family, killing Wang Yuan is a great credit, my Cui family wants to return to the court and get the appreciation of the new emperor, this is a great opportunity. Daddy couldn't make up his mind, so we made our own decisions. For the sake of our family, you will spare us. Cui Yuanrong also said with a sad face.

"Shut up, what do you think you're justified? I made it very clear that this is not the time to remove Wang Yuan. Yangzhou is facing a great enemy, Wang Yuan is sitting in the city to defend the city, and Yangzhou has a chance to hold it. As soon as Yangzhou is broken, everything is over. Don't you understand the big picture? Idiot. Cui Daoyuan scolded.

"Yes, yes, we were wrong, we don't dare anymore." Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong kowtowed again and again.

Cui Daoyuan snorted coldly, turned to Cui Yaozu and said, "Yaozu, you have disappointed me too much. Grandpa has great expectations for you, but I didn't expect you to be a fool too. For fear that you would be impulsive, I didn't let you know Wang Yuan's identity, but I didn't expect you to do something stupid. ”

Cui Yaozu shouted: "Grandpa, the second and third uncles asked me to do it." I was deceived by them. The child was confused for a while, so he fell for the second uncle and the third uncle. ”

Cui Yuanping turned his head and said: "Yaozu, don't open your eyes and talk nonsense, your third uncle and I didn't lie to you to do this, you took the initiative to do this, and I and your third uncle couldn't persuade you." Why don't you feel sorry for such things now? ”

Cui Yaozu shouted: "Second uncle, you are saying such things now." Although you pretend to stop me, you want me to do it. I didn't understand it at first, but then I figured it out. Otherwise, the second uncle and the third uncle, you have already decided to kill Wang Yuan, so you can just bring someone to do it yourself, why do you still invite me to drink and discuss this matter with me? Isn't this a clear indication that you want to encourage me to do it? It can be pushed on my head afterwards. My nephew isn't stupid, he's just been poured ecstasy soup by you. ”

Cui Yuanrong shouted: "Yaozu, are you speaking so conscientiously? We are looking at you as the future head of the Cui family, and we think that there are some things that need to be discussed with you, but you are saying so now. It's really chilling. ”

Cui Yaozu is still waiting to ridicule him. Cui Daoyuan couldn't listen to it anymore, and roared angrily: "Shut up for me!" You still have the face to quarrel here? is also in the Cui family, and when something happens, they blame each other and blame each other, do you still have the love of the elders and the young, and the love of kinship? It's just ruining my Cui family's style, and pigs and dogs are not as good. If I don't punish you severely today, it will not be able to eliminate the hatred in my heart. Come on, please family law. ”

As soon as they heard the family law, the three uncles and nephews of the Cui family looked like earth, kowtowed like garlic and begged for mercy: "Spare your life, don't dare anymore, we know that we are wrong." ”

Cui's family law is different from ordinary family law, which is just a simple punishment such as spanking and kneeling, while Cui's family law has been extremely strict since the ancestor. The corporal punishment is so cruel and the cruelty of the methods is outrageous that it is comparable to torture. Other people's family law is thorn strip whipping, but Cui's family law is often used mulberry sticks. Most of the ancestors of the Cui family were officials, so the mulberry sticks that beat criminals in the government were also introduced into the Cui family law. Some of the harsh punishments imposed on those who commit adultery are also naturally applied.

Cui's family law showed no mercy to the punishment of Cui's children, treating them as class enemies and completely deniing them a way to live. Perhaps it is precisely because of such a harsh family law that the children of the Cui family can always maintain a good family style, and the Cui family has produced many talented and virtuous people. This law may be a deterrent force hanging over their heads.

Although such a strict family law is rarely used, especially in the past hundred years, the children of the Cui family know the strictness of the family law, but few people really rely on the family law. The last time the Cui family used the family method, it was ten years ago. At that time, a son of the Cui side branch hooked up with his brother and sister-in-law for adultery, and that time Cui Daoyuan used family law to beat the pair of adulterous men and women to death in front of the ancestral hall in front of the children of the whole clan.

At that time, the three brothers of the Cui family were also present to witness it, and even Cui Yaozu, who was only a teenager at the time, also witnessed it on the spot. More than a dozen mulberry sticks as thick as children's arms were beaten down, and the beaten people spurted blood and screamed and howled vividly.

It can be said that once the Cui family's family law is used, it is basically a life-saving move, which is also the reason why this family law is not easily used. The Cui clan is naturally not a pure person, but as long as they don't act like they are corrupt and frustrated, they will not have the opportunity to see the power of family law. Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong like to visit restaurants and wrap up red prostitutes, but these behaviors are far from enough to be punished by family law. And now, Cui Daoyuan shouted out the family method, which means to give the lives of these three people, not only the three of them were frightened, but everyone around them was also shocked and changed.

"Old man, dissipate your anger, after all, it is a family, although they are at fault, they can't use the family law. Heavy punishment for them is enough. Cui Yuanbo was the first to step forward and kneel down to plead, and as soon as he knelt, the surrounding servants and guards knelt down and pleaded for mercy.

Cui Daoyuan shouted: "What are you doing? Get up for me. What do you keep for such transgressions, and unkind and unrighteous things? ”

Cui Yuanbo shouted: "Old man, if you want to use the family method, even I will be killed together." I have also had it, and the fault of Yaozu, the beast, is also my godson who is a father. ”

Cui Daoyuan trembled angrily and said angrily: "Are you saying that I have nothing to do with you three godsons?" Should I also be subject to family law? ”

"No, no, my son didn't mean that. Father, please think about it, I am such a son, and our Cui family's generation is not very prosperous. My son is almost fifty years old, and after killing Yaozu, I can't give birth to a son, won't my Cui family have no one to succeed in the future? Cui Yuanbo said with tears in his eyes.

"It is better to have no one to succeed than to let an unvirtuous person inherit it." Cui Daoyuan scolded on his lips, but his heart softened. really killed Yaozu, and indeed there will be no one in the next generation. Although Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong each have a son, those two grandchildren are stubborn, far inferior to their ancestors, and they are not embarrassed at all. Although Yaozu is also a gentleman, it is better than the two of them.

"Father, I hope you will be gracious. Besides, Yaozu is also ...... is also bewitched and instigated, he actually doesn't understand the seriousness of the matter. Under the bewitchment of Yuan Ping and Yuan Rong, how can Yaozu have his own power? If you insist on using the family law, I have nothing to say if Yuan Ping and Yuan Rong are punished, but Yaozu should not be severely punished by the family law. Seeing that Cui Daoyuan had no intention of changing his mind, in order to save his son, Cui Yuanbo couldn't care much more, so he simply said what was in his heart. Although such words are a bit of a snack, Cui Yuanbo still thinks about it so much.

Cui Yuanping and Cui Yuanrong opened their mouths wide in shock. Cui Yuanping sneered: "Big brother, do you want us to die in order to save your son?" You're too ruthless, aren't you? ”

Cui Yuanbo was silent, and Cui Yuanrong also said: "Big brother, we are also your siblings, don't we have any status in your heart?" ”

Cui Yuanbo waved his hand and said, "I didn't mean that, you did something wrong, and your father should punish you." But Yaozu was designed by you. You instigated him to kill Wang Yuan, and he hid behind, and now the Yaozu wants you to die together, is this fair? ”

Cui Yuanping opened his mouth and smiled: "Fair? Eldest brother. Are you fair with us? Then our brother will talk about fairness in front of the old man. Old man, my son doesn't plead anymore, if you want the family law to punish me, Yuan Rong can also let you. Yuan Rong and I are also given by you, if you want to take it, you can take it, and we won't say anything. But there are some things I need to ask before I die. ”

Cui Daoyuan was already so angry with the situation in front of him that he was about to faint, his face was like a blank sheet of paper, and he was indescribably disappointed and angry in his heart. At the moment of life and death, his three sons and one grandson bit and blamed each other, and they had completely lost their due integrity, Cui Daoyuan suddenly realized that the Cui family could not be revitalized, and they could no longer return to the glory of the past. Because the bloodline of the Cui clan has been eroded.

"Okay, you say. Whatever you have to say today you will speak. I know you're usually disgruntled, so you just say it all and make a decision. Cui Daoyuan shouted angrily.

Cui Yuanping straightened up and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then the son will say it all." Old man, my son asks you, in your heart, my eldest brother and Yuan Rong, the three of us brothers, who is the person you value the most? ”

Cui Daoyuan looked at Cui Yuanping coldly and was silent, Cui Yuanping said: "Old man, you can't speak, I'll answer for you." In your heart, the most important thing must be the big brother. You value him, not because his knowledge and skills are stronger than me and Yuan Rong, not because of how capable he is and how he can serve the Cui family, but just because he is the eldest son. Which point between me and Yuan Rong is not as good as my eldest brother? When I was a child, I could recite the entire Analects in one go, but my eldest brother couldn't memorize ten of them. When learning martial arts, Yuan Rong learned a set of Fuhu boxing in half a day, and even the master who taught fists and feet praised him for being smart and a good seedling. And what about Big Brother? I can't learn a set of five poultry dramas for a year. However, so what? What if Yuan Rong and I work harder? We will always be the object of rebuke in your eyes, and you will not even look at us directly. Why? Because he is the eldest son, the eldest son of the concubine, and Yuan Rong and I are the sons of the concubine, we can only prostrate forever and never get your favor. ”

Cui Daoyuan frowned and said, "Are you finished?" ”

Cui Yuanping said proudly: "It's not over." I'm not done yet. You have been calling us waste, only knowing that it is difficult to eat, drink and have fun. But have you ever wondered, what's the use of our efforts? Will you give us a chance? What is the use of me being able to memorize the entire Analects, but I still can't get a single compliment from you. What is the use of Yuan Rong's ten sets of punches, you don't even look at it. What other literature and martial arts do Yuan Rong and I study? We simply don't learn anything, we just eat, drink and have fun every day. Is Big Brother better than us? How many ridiculous things did he do? What did he do successfully? But don't you still spoil him? It's just because he's your eldest son. ”

"Old man, we are also your blood and bones, why can't Yuan Rong and I do anything to satisfy you? We can't take the turn to be an official, of course, you and the eldest brother. But we can't even get our hands on the family business, and we can't even get rid of Ruoyu. You'd rather leave your family business to Ruoyu than let us get involved. People outside the family say that the second and third masters of our Cui family are so leisurely and comfortable. Did they ever know that the biological sons of our two Cui family heads had to get the approval of their nieces and nephews even for drinking and listening to music, otherwise they would only have to get by with the monthly money. My Cui family is rich and rivals the country, but the money is yours, the eldest brother's, Yaozu's, Ruoyu's, what do the others have? We're just a by-branch, and after a few generations we're just like those by-side kids, we're living in a down-and-out situation, have you ever thought about how we feel? ”

"Just now the eldest brother said that it was fair, eldest brother, let me ask you, is this fair? The same old man's son, do you think this is fair? It's okay for us, and it's the same for the next generation. My son Yaozong, Yuan Rong's son Yaoting, have they ever been favored by the old man? If they make a mistake, it is a big mistake, and if Yaozu makes a mistake, it will be a big thing, and everyone will cover up the past. Big brother, you are the future head of the Cui family, and Yaozu is also the head of the next generation. You are all beautiful in the future, I am very Yuanrong? Can't we be the head of the house? Our children and descendants are destined to be collateral branches? Why? Where is the fairness? You answer me? ”

Cui Yuanping's fierce words poured down like a storm, pouring out all the resentment in his heart for so many years. Come out. The wind and rain made Cui Yuanbo speechless. Cui Yuanbo never thought about such a problem, he only felt that his status and his son's status were natural, but he didn't think about the feelings of his two younger brothers.

Cui Daoyuan sat quietly, he was also shocked, he didn't expect that his two sons, who were not successful in his eyes, actually had so much resentment buried in his heart.

"The order of the young and the old, this is the order of the norm. The head of the Cui family has always been inherited by the eldest son, and you don't know it. I didn't mean to do it. I, Qinghe Cui, have been inheriting the position of the head of the family since the Spring and Autumn Period thousands of years ago. Don't you think it's unreasonable to question this now? Cui Daoyuan said in a deep voice.

"But is that fair? Why is it the elder? Aren't Yuan Rong and I your sons? Cui Yuanping shouted.

"There are many unfair things in the world, you were born in my Cui family, you are clothed and fed, and you are full and warm. Why don't you ask and compare yourself with the ordinary people who are begging for a living? Cui Daoyuan said coldly.

"Hehe, but I can choose, I would rather be born in an ordinary people's home, at least I can make my own decisions. It's a pity I can't choose for myself. What do you mean by the order of the young and the young, is the emperor the eldest son today? In terms of ranking, the enthronement should be the longest living prince Li Pu, but the current emperor is the eighteenth son Li Mao. What do you say? The court is changing the rules, what else are you telling us about the orderliness of the young and the young? Cui Yuanping sneered.