Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Big Xia and the royal family are not one with your powerful clan. We admit this. What you want and what the people of the world want have never been the same thing, right?"

"My lord, let me tell you something in my heart. It's not that what we want is not the same thing as what the people of the world want, but what our patriarchs and elders want is completely different from what the people of the world want. As for us What the clansmen, even the disciples and disciples they recruited from outside want, is completely out of their consideration. We are just a tool to fulfill their ambitions, and there is no need to worry too much about it. Even if it is a biological child, as long as it is of no use value, As long as there are some mistakes, they will be thrown away after they are used up, and I don’t feel bad at all.”

"Is it so serious?" Jin Jing didn't believe Ning Cheng's statement, "You are a branch, not their direct line, so it is very easy to drive you out of the family. For those direct lines, it is not so easy. It was cultivated with painstaking care.”

"What you said is correct, but don't forget that the more directly descended, the stricter the requirements." Ning Cheng smiled wryly, "In recent years, there have been many young talents in the family, and many of them have emerged. The clansmen, including the direct descendants you mentioned, were all annihilated in the end, and disappeared without a sound. Could it be that they were not good at learning? No, it was because they did not meet the requirements of the patriarch and elders, so they were abandoned Yes." He sighed softly, "This includes the two sons of the current patriarch. At that time, he was the number one scholar in high school, but he was given up if he didn't make a name for himself."

"Are you willing to treat you so harshly? You are human, not a thing without emotion. Doesn't anyone think this is unreasonable? Make a serious protest?"

"Of course there is. How could it not be? It's a pity that the fate of these people is not very good, and it can even be said to be very miserable."

"Kicked out of the family like you?"

"How could it be like me? I'm very lucky to be like this." Ning Cheng shook her head lightly, and said lightly, "They were all killed in battle, and in front of the whole family and all the disciples. "

Jin Jing exchanged a look with Ying Wu who was standing on the side. This was an obvious warning to these clansmen and disciples that the end of rebellion was like this. Those who were killed were their lessons from the past.

"Your patriarchs and elders are really righteous, right? Whenever someone questions their decision, they will silence the questioning voice. What I want to know is how many of these questioning voices are their own sons or brothers. Woolen cloth?"

"Almost all." Seeing the surprise on Jin Jing's face, Ning Cheng smiled helplessly, because the injury on his body was so painful that he was a little out of breath. He paused for a moment, and then continued, " Is it unexpected? In fact, people who are closer to the patriarch and the elders are more dissatisfied with their actions. I remember the deepest impression is that the current patriarch’s brother who has the same father and the same mother pointed at the patriarch’s nose and scolded him. This will plunge the entire family into an abyss of eternal doom."

"It's telling the truth!" Jin Jing and Ying Wu looked at each other, "Unfortunately, not everyone can accept the truth, especially those who enjoy the right to speak the truth, let alone accept it."

"Yes, so, the patriarch put his younger brother in front of the whole clan..." Ning Cheng was still a little scared when he thought of the scene at that time, "I was only four or five years old at the time, and I hadn't been enlightened for long. After watching it, For the next half a year, almost every night was a nightmare."

"A kid your age wants to see it?"

"Yes, this is killing one to warn others." Ning Cheng nodded, "The patriarch wants to use his own brother to tell everyone that the authority of the patriarch and elders is inviolable, and their words cannot be refuted. Clan rules, if someone disobeys, it will be handled in accordance with the patriarch's younger brother. Moreover, no one is allowed to intercede, and whoever intercedes will be punished together."

While remembering, Jin Miaomiao complained to Shen Cha in a low voice, "There is no way for them to seize power from the royal family, so they just dream of being the local emperor at home? It is not allowed to be violated or refuted, and His Majesty the Emperor is not as eloquent as they are."

"If His Majesty the Emperor is eloquent, he would have been drowned by the spitting of the eloquent officer." Shen Cha rolled his eyes and said angrily, "It is said that ugly people do more mischief, and these big clans have proved this with their own actions. They didn't get any benefits from Emperor Taizu. Haoxuan ruined the whole family, so they could only bow their heads and confess. But their ambition for power made them unable to accept such a gap, so they could only show off at home. Just pretending to be supreme."

When Shen Cha spoke, she didn't deliberately lower her voice, the entire torture room could hear it, she just said it to Ning Cheng on purpose, to tell her how much they despised the so-called clan rules, patriarchs, and elders.

Sure enough, after hearing Shen Cha's words, Ning Cheng's expression was not particularly good, but he had to admit that Shen Cha was right.

"The general is right. From the beginning of our enlightenment until we grow up, that's how we were taught. When I was young, I secretly told my brother that the patriarch was addicted to being an emperor. I can be his slave. As a result, my elder brother listened to me and was very frightened. He covered my mouth and warned me not to speak nonsense, otherwise the consequences would be very serious. I later learned that the patriarch and elders would let them His cronies pretended to be servants and patrolled the clan to see if anyone was speaking ill of them behind their backs. However, this was before I saw the patriarch’s brothers being punished. After that incident, I never Nothing like that was ever said."

"You have another brother?"

"some!"

"Where is your brother now? Why didn't he come to the border with you?"

"I was killed by my ex-brother-in-law three years ago." When talking about this, Ning Cheng gritted her teeth with hatred, "You probably don't know that those old bastards miss my sister, it's not just during this time. It was before my good brother-in-law got married."

"Your good brother-in-law knew this and sold your sister to the old bastard who coveted her, didn't he?"

"Yes!" Ning Cheng nodded, "At that time, my sister was going to discuss marriage. In fact, there are not many people who can choose from a family like ours that is not very high in the clan. My brother-in-law is someone Old bastard's favorite student, won the Juren at a young age, he..."

"No, that's not what your sister said before." Ying Shiqiu, who sent Ning Cheng's sister back and came back quickly, heard Ning Cheng's words, and retorted, "Your sister said that he is a scholar, and he didn't pass the exam. up, isn't it?"

"My sister didn't tell you anything else, did she?" Ning Cheng smiled wryly, "This is what I discussed with my sister, and it was fabricated to deal with outsiders who asked why we were reconciled. The real reason is basically There's no way to speak, is there? If it wasn't for me this time, it wouldn't have happened."

"Didn't you deliberately piss us off and send yourself in?"

"To be honest, I thought about doing this, but my sister refused, and only wanted to leave Daxia as soon as possible. Although the patriarch and elders are in the south of the Yangtze River, we have no way to guarantee that their hands will not reach the border Come. If we want to save our lives, we have no choice but to leave our homeland."

"But you still came to us that day, because you wanted to fight, so you deliberately talked about Ningchang Kingdom?"

"Originally our plan was to leave as soon as possible without causing any complications, but when I saw a few adults on the street that day, I also got a headache and forgot everything, so I rushed over directly. I know that if I speak well, you guys It will definitely not be taken seriously, only such a collision, which is different from your ideas, can you take it seriously and we can come here."

"Understood!" Jin Jing turned her head to look at Shen Cha, "We were plotted against."

Shen Cha didn't speak, just smiled faintly, raised his chin towards Jin Jing, motioning him to continue.

"Well, let's assume you think so, tell me about your brother-in-law!"

"There's nothing to say. That bastard wants to marry my sister. It's not love at first sight as he said. He just pretended to marry my sister to match up with an old bastard. He never thought highly of my sister from the beginning to the end, and he didn't really think about it. Touched her. The wedding night in the bridal chamber was the beginning of my sister's nightmare."

"Understood." Jin Jing's expression became even uglier, he understood the meaning of Ning Cheng's words, and prevented the other party from continuing. "That is to say, your elder brother found out about this problem and went to confront your brother-in-law, but he was silenced, right?"

"Yes, that bastard still used this to threaten my sister, saying that obedient obedience is better than anything else, don't ask others to complain, almost all girls who are good-looking will end up like this, this can maintain the blood of the big clan Pure. After he finished threatening, he comforted my sister, saying that after the great cause is achieved, my sister will really have power in the world, and if he wants to see my sister in the future, he will have to kneel down."

"You heard these words, and he didn't know?"

"I don't know!" Ning Cheng shook her head, "Three years ago, I was quite an asshole, and I didn't know what this guy meant to my sister, so I didn't care. But my brother's death still made me feel bad , I was depressed for a while, but I was too busy with my studies, and I didn't have much time to be depressed."

"That is to say, at that time, you didn't know the truth about your brother's death?"

"Yes, we were told that he had a sudden illness, and my elder brother was indeed ill before he passed away, and the illness came very quickly, so we didn't suspect it. Until this time, my sister couldn't bear it anymore, no matter how hard she paid. No matter the price, I have to make peace with that bastard, and I know the truth of all this. It was this time that I really saw the true colors of my family, patriarch and elders."

"There's a filthy, rotten heart beneath the shiny surface, right?"

"Yes!" Ning Cheng smiled wryly, "Several adults may not be able to understand the feeling of collapse after I know the truth. In my heart, they really make me admire, so everything they said, I believe They are all accepted, without any doubt. For example, they say that it is natural for the clan and the emperor to share the world. This is a common understanding. In the past 200 years, all dynasties have done this. Therefore, in the past This is the case, it should be the case now, and it should be the case in the future, and it cannot be easily changed.”

"You just believe it."

"Yes." Ning Cheng nodded, "Because they not only told us so themselves, but also invited the patriarchs and elders of other famous families in the south of the Yangtze River to give lectures. You know, those patriarchs and elders are famous Confucian scholars in the literary world. It is very rare to hear their lectures. Therefore, almost no one will doubt what they say. They will all say that it is natural for the emperor to share the world with the clan, but now they are confused like this because of the big The Xia royal family. Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, they have abolished everything that the clan had previously enjoyed. They will not be reconciled, and they will fight for their due power. Although the big clans also had troubles at the beginning, But it's useless, after all, Daxia established the dynasty with martial arts, and it's not difficult to crush these clans to death. Therefore, the powerful clans want to keep a low profile, and want to slowly and find opportunities to infiltrate Daxia's power center. If you want to do this, you can only spread all kinds of treasonous remarks you said to the children of the clan, saying that the current predicament is only temporary, and if we can work together to overcome this difficult period, it will be our real world."

"This set of rhetoric is similar to that of those cultists in the market." Jin Jing nodded, "You know that your clan is related to the Qinglian Sect, right?"

"Of course, many years ago, almost all clan leaders in the south of the Yangtze River were loyal followers of the Qinglian Sect, but later it was discovered that the Qinglian Sect was a liar, and the clan began to eliminate the Qinglian Sect members on a large scale, and then what happened, I will I don’t know, I just remember that in order to prove their innocence, the patriarchs of several big clans wrote letters to His Majesty the Emperor at the time to express their innocence.”

"The patriarchs and elders really use all means for their ends, and when necessary, they can lower their noble heads." Jin Jing said with sarcasm, "I have been persistent for so many years, and I have a lot of perseverance."

"Generation after generation has persisted, and generation after generation has failed. Except for my own clansmen, I don't know what they have gained!" Ning Cheng said bitterly, "However, there is one thing I want to ask the adults to help .”

"Help?" Jin Jing looked at Ning Cheng's embarrassed face, "Your mother doesn't know this? She doesn't even know what happened to your sister, your brother-in-law's behavior, and your brother's death?"

"Yes, she doesn't know, and we didn't dare to tell her." Ning Cheng looked at the entrance leading to the cell, and sighed softly, "She is not mentally well, and she can't remember too many things. It all started when my father passed away."