Shen Qinglin only said these two sentences and stopped, and Shen Qingyu asked, "That person's surname is Li?" What's called Lee? ”

"Li Xi."

"Lee?" Shen Qingyu repeated the name and asked again, "He's dead, isn't he?" How did he die? ”

Shen Qinglin glanced at his sister, "How did you know he was dead?" ”

Shen Qingyu lowered his head, "When you see his things, your face is so ugly, and everything you say is in the past, don't mention it." I guess the other person is gone. ”

"Yes, he's dead." Shen Qinglin took a deep breath, "I killed me." ”

Shen Qingyu was taken aback by this, and she could be regarded as having taken the initiative to understand this brother.

Shen Qinglin is a young talent, with a hidden arrogance in his bones, and a calm attitude towards others, but this is because he actually doesn't care about others in his heart.

Even so, Shen Qingyu didn't believe that such a person would harm others.

This matter has always been a thorn in Shen Qinglin's heart, and every time he mentions it, he will regret it.

Probably because this matter has been buried in his heart for too long, he really wants to confess to others, since Shen Qingyu asked, he also told Shen Qingyu about Li Xi's death.

If you want to talk about Li Xi, you have to mention another person first, Cheng Wangzhi.

Cheng Wangzhi's grandfather was the head of the cabinet of the dynasty, Cheng Zhi was in charge of the cabinet for more than 20 years, and most of the court and the central government were his henchmen, and it was not too much to say that the power was tilted towards the government and the opposition.

Li Xi was born in poverty, and his father was just a craftsman, and it is said that the two would not intersect even if they studied in the same academy, but the development of things is often not expected.

But this was actually caused by a misunderstanding.

Shen Qinglin entered Alum Mountain Academy when he was seven years old, and when he was twelve years old, he was admitted to Xiucai, which was already a very remarkable achievement, so he was transferred to another class after he was admitted to Xiucai, that is, at that time, he became the current classmate of these people.

Li Xi came with him.

Shen Qinglin was young and impulsive, and after joining the new team, he found that Cheng Wangzhi was bullying people with his followers all day long, so he naturally couldn't bear it, for a twelve-year-old boy, all he could think of was to stop the other party's atrocities by telling the teacher to the gentleman.

But the gentleman in the academy refused to offend Cheng Wangzhi, and the matter was finally settled.

Cheng Wangzhi's target turned to Li Xi, and it was common to abuse and beat him every day, and Li Xi, who was often beaten, was bruised.

Shen Qinglin was enthusiastic at the beginning, and he always intervened, and gradually became accustomed to this.

It was at that time that things changed, and Cheng Wangzhi's grandfather was impeached by the imperial history and listed all kinds of crimes, which had never happened before.

One of the charges is about clustering into a hierarchy to cultivate evil, and indulging relatives and harming the people.

It happened that someone came to the Academy to give lectures, and in addition to some respected scholars, more people were incumbent court officials.

At that time, it was the Ministry of Rites who went to lecture at the Alumyama Academy.

And Li Xi took advantage of the fact that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu jumped off the high platform when he was in the Jinshan Academy, and died in front of the Ministry of Rites, and there were many papers that fell with his body, and the words on those papers were bloody and tearful, accusing Cheng Wangzhi of suppressing and persecuting him when he was in the academy.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu left with Li Xi's body and suicide note, adding evidence to the impeachment at that time.

Of course, the result was not ideal, and most of the henchmen of Cheng Jie were lost in this incident, but in the end, Cheng Jie was not pulled off the horse, and the emperor put people in charge as the end of this matter.

At this point, the story actually doesn't have much to do with Shen Qinglin.

Shen Qinglin closed his eyes, what he was going to say next was what had been bothering him all along.

He said slowly: "I thought I was dying and not being saved, but I didn't expect Li Xi to take me to suffer." ”

"When I first went, I told Mr. about Cheng Wangzhi's bullying, because Li Xi and I went at the same time, so Cheng Wangzhi misunderstood, he thought that the person who sued was Li Xi, so he kept targeting Li Xi and even forced him to die."

Shen Qingyu was puzzled: "Why don't you think you did it?" ”

Shen Qinglin said: "My father was already a waiter in the Ministry of Works at that time, and in Cheng Wangzhi's opinion, how dare the officials in the family offend him, so the complaint is naturally Li Xi, who was born as a carpenter." ”

"I often think that if Cheng Wangzhi had been targeting me, maybe the result would have been different, and I would never have chosen to kill myself. But I obviously overestimated myself, after Li Xi's death, I felt guilty, so I went to his house and wanted to do something to remedy it, but found that Li Xi's father had died half a month ago, and there was only one pregnant sister left in the family. ”

Shen Qinglin gritted his teeth and said, "I only knew at that time that Cheng Wangzhi was not only hurting Li Xi, but also ......."

He swallowed the rest of his words and stiffly moved on to another topic, "I want Li Xi's sister to be a witness to testify against Cheng Wangzhi's crime." ”

In the end, Shen Qingyu guessed that Shen Qinglin just wanted to seek justice for Li Xi at that time, but he happened to bump into such a big thing that happened in the court.

The testimony of a living person is more powerful than that of a dead person, how could a person who wants to be safe and sound allow Li Xi's sister to live.

Just as Shen Qingyu guessed, Shen Qinglin told the ending of Li Xi's sister, "In the end, Li Xi's sister was beaten to death, saying that she was secretly dating a married man, because she was caught raped in bed, so the murderer will not be held responsible." ”

Shen Qinglin choked up a little, "The death of this brother and sister ...... Even if it's ...... It doesn't make a difference if I killed it. ”

"I ...... It's true...... I don't know what to do. ”

His hands were clasped together, the green tendons on the backs of his hands were tensed, and in the end, his eyes were red, with a miserable white face, how pitiful and pitiful.

"It's not your fault." Shen Qingyu couldn't see Shen Qinglin like this, her brother should have been high-spirited, just like the first time they met, putting on a stand against her, showing his proud youthful nature, instead of being crushed by self-blame and guilt like now, and being so fragile that he almost collapsed.

"Don't comfort me, this matter is indeed my fault, Li Xi's death has always been pressed in my heart, I can pretend not to remember it if I don't mention it, but once I touch it, it's like cutting open my festering wound."

Shen Qinglin continued in a deep voice: "Cheng Wangzhi should pay the price, but he has been living well, which is the most difficult point for me to accept. ”

No wonder Shen Qinglin's attitude towards Cheng Wangzhi was like this.