From sunrise to sunset to sunrise. From the bright sky to the tip of the moon and then to the bright sky.

Qi Zhen knelt in the front hall of the main house for three days and three nights. A layer of cold sweat on his pale face, the clothes on his body have long been soaked and dried, and they are soaked again.

Qi Zhen was already seriously injured and had not recovered, and he knelt for so long. By the third day, his upright body was shaking uncontrollably.

It staggered like a young sapling in a strong wind.

It wasn't until the evening of the third day that Uncle Qi came to the hall with a gloomy face and asked Qi Zhen to go to the ancestral hall with him.

Qi Zhen's legs were completely paralyzed, and his knees were even more red and swollen like big steamed buns that had just come out of the pot.

Not to mention walking, just standing up is a pain in the heart.

Uncle Qi didn't care about him, and walked forward without looking back.

When Qi Zhen staggered to the ancestral hall, Uncle Qi asked Qi Zhen to kneel down again.

Qi Zhen didn't say a word. Facing the ancestral tablet, he bent his knees and knelt straight again.

The ancestral hall was extremely cold, and the ground was full of hard bluestone slabs. Qi Zhen knelt down, like a hammer hitting the wound.

No matter how forbearant Ren Qizhen is, he will also scare his teeth and wrinkle his eyebrows.

"I hope Daddy will be perfect!"

Qi Zhen's pale lips trembled slightly, and his words were all with obvious trills.

Uncle Qi looked at Qi Zhen expressionlessly for a while, then put his hands behind his back, his eyes staring at the Qi Ye tablet at the front.

"Do you know why I didn't let you be with that girl from the Yang clan?"

"Because of the grievances between the Qi and Yang clans. ”

"Yes. ”

Uncle Qi answered, and then turned to look at Qi Zhen.

"But do you know that Yang Zhan once made a poisonous oath that if the children of the Yang clan go against his will and marry the Qi clan in the future, they will both die, and the whole family will be harmed. ”

"I know that you have a deep affection for that girl, and you don't care about your own life for it. But you don't even care about that girl's life, and you don't even care about the lives of your whole clan?"

Uncle Qi's words shocked Qi Zhen. He looked at his majestic father in disbelief.

Even though he knew that it was impossible, Qi Zhen still had a trace of luck in his father's words, perhaps, this was a lie woven by his father in order to get him out of Zhilan.

seems to have seen through Qi Zhen's luck.

Uncle Qi then raised two fingers to his chest, facing the ancestral tablet, and his voice was solemn and solemn.

"I swear to the ancestral tablet that if there is half a lie, I will not die well. ”

Qi Zhen's straight body bent down because of Qi Yi's words. Kneeling on the bluestone floor, which was as cold as water, he knelt in embarrassment.

The last glimmer of hope in his eyes was extinguished. He shook his head in pain, muttering to himself, he couldn't accept his fate and Zhilan's fate.

And Liang Meng, who followed their father and son, who was standing against the door of the ancestral hall at the moment, was also shocked.

Come to think of it, this is why Qi Zhen finally lost to Zhilan.

But

Liang Meng was still unhappy with Zhilan in his heart. Even if they can't be together, the two have such a deep relationship, so many sincere vows.

Even if you don't marry for life, you can't live up to this feeling.

The room was silent for a long time, and Qi Zhen's somewhat hoarse but very firm words came again.

Liang Meng hurriedly listened quietly.

"If Zhilan and I are destined to not be able to stay together in this life, in order to live up to her, I Qi Zhen will never marry. ”

The body knelt straight, the same as Qi Yi's oath just now, and Qi Zhen also raised two fingers and put them on his chest.

Looking at the rows of ancestral tablets on the table in front of him, his eyes were resolute and serious.

Qi Zhen's words made Liang Meng outside the door give a thumbs up.

That's a man.

Who knew that a basin of ice water was poured on the two without warning.

"I'm afraid it's not up to you. ”

Qi Yi seemed to know that Qi Zhen would make such a decision, and there was no surprise or annoyance on his face.

Condescendingly, his eyes looked faintly at Qi Zhen, who was kneeling and swearing straight for love. I think the stubbornness on his face is ridiculous.

Qi Zhen raised his head in surprise, and two clusters of flames lit up in Qi Yi's puzzled eyes.

Beloved woman, don't let you marry!

It is not allowed to choose to be alone for love!

What makes sense?

"You don't have to stare at me with this exasperated look. ”

Qi Yi put his hands behind his back, looking at Qi Zhen's jaw that was trembling slightly due to anger, and snorted disdainfully, still in the same light tone just now.

"The Qi clan only has your bloodline now. You have the heavy responsibility of continuing the incense for the Qi people. ”

Liang Meng at the door objected inappropriately in his heart, don't you still have yours. You're old and strong, and it shouldn't be a problem to have another ten or eight.

After pouting and muttering, he hurriedly put his ears close to the door.

Qi Yi's words continued.

"Living a life is not only about love. Relatives and elders, family glory, blood continuation. As the next patriarch of the Qi clan, you have no right to be selfish and capricious. ”

Qi Zhen lowered his head and didn't say a word. silently expressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.

His chest rose and fell violently due to anger and grievance, and his breathing was thick and rapid. The hands hanging from the sides of the legs were also clenched into fists, and the hand bones and green tendons protruded from the surface of the hand.

"You don't have to feel unfair, as the next patriarch of the Qi clan, you will inevitably have to shoulder your due responsibility when you are bowed down by the whole clan. ”

It is not difficult to hear from Qi Yi's tone that in his heart, only power and glory are the most important. Anything else can be given up for it.

With power you have everything. Nothing is a joke without power.

After staying at the peak of power for a long time, perhaps, my heart will be cold and hard.

"But the Qi clan still has a side lineage, and I'm not the only one left, I,"

"Presumptuous!"

Qi Zhen raised his head, his neck stubbornly stalked. Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Qi Yi's loud shout.

"You know how hard it is to get the position of patriarch. Do you know how many pairs of eyes are eyeing this son? ”

"Today you are going to give it to another. Incompetent!

Qi Zhen had never seen his father so excited and angry. Ever, no matter what wars with other tribes, his father's face always has a calm and calm look.

That kind of calmness that makes Qi Zhen believe that the big thing can be solved calmly when he gets to his father.

Qi Zhen didn't have as much affection for power as his father, so he couldn't feel Qi Yi's anger and the faint trace of fear and panic.

The panic of power falling into the hands of others.

"I will tell you the truth today. ”

Qi Yi's high-pitched and angry voice froze. There was also a layer of unknown emotion in his eyes.

"Originally, I was going to take this secret underground. Bury it forever. Who knew you were so obsessed. It is in vain that I have cultivated you so hard. ”

Qi Yi stood up straight, his eyes shifting from Qi Zhen's face to Qi Ye's tablet.

With a flicker of his eyes, he indifferently and slowly traced Qi Ye's name on the black tablet.

"This is a shame for our entire Qi clan!"

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