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Zhou Dezhang had just finished breakfast and was about to go to school when he heard from his servants that Zheng Yiliang was visiting.

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Soon Zheng Yiliang came in an aggressive manner and started shouting from afar: "Jun Yu! Could it be that we just do nothing?"

Zhou Dezhang sighed, thinking that his little friend just couldn't keep calm. He led him in and sat down, and asked in a warm voice: "Have you eaten? Do you want some more?"

Zheng Yiliang waved his hands angrily, "If you don't eat, I'll be so angry!"

Zhou Dezhang tapped him with his hand: "You have such a short temper."

Zheng Yiliang glared at him: "How long has it been since this happened and you are still so calm!" He asked angrily: "Do you know what the newspapers are saying about Li Jingran now? The newspaper said the day before yesterday that he was a double-dealer and that he was a man with breasts. mother Yesterday, the newspaper said that he was a lecherous and romantic man who bullied well-behaved women and was a well-known scoundrel. They all said he had a nose and eyes. If these unscrupulous tabloids continue to compile it like this, Li Jingran's reputation will really be ruined. !”

Zhou Dezhang also frowned, with a flash of disgust in his eyes, but he still said: "I sent a telegram to Li Jingran. He said he would solve it himself, so we don't have to worry."

Zheng Yiliang was anxious: "He said he would solve it by himself. It's been three or four days, but the disgusting words in the newspapers are still going on. He hasn't even published a clarification article. How can people not be anxious?"

"As time goes by, even if he clarifies, no one will believe him!"

Zhou Dezhang didn't understand the reason, but - "I believe Li Jingran knows what's going on."

Zheng Yiliang's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't know what he thought of. He looked at him with a strange look: "You don't really believe what is written in the newspaper, do you?"

Zhou Dezhang couldn't laugh or cry, "Who do you think I am? I know very well what kind of person Li Jingran is."

After all, he lived to be more than forty years old. If a teenager can't see through it, then he has lived as long as a dog.

Zhou Dezhang thought of his past interactions with the young man and couldn't help but sigh: "No matter what kind of past Li Jingran has, the Li Jingran we know is a young genius with amazing talents and a bright mind, and the Li Jingran we interact with is also like this. As for his What does the past have to do with us?”

Zheng Yiliang nodded silently and bit his cheek: "Tomorrow...if Li Jingran doesn't take action tomorrow, I will take action myself! My temper is not good enough to sit back and watch my friend being splashed with dirty water and remain indifferent!"

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Li Tingfang sat silently on the main seat, and there were two rows of elders sitting at the bottom.

When the boy came in, he saw that the old man's face was so gloomy that water dripped from his face, and he was obviously suppressing his anger. The clan elders also had unkind expressions on their faces, and their eyes gleamed fiercely.

The boy trembled, lowered his head and did not dare to look again. His voice was as thin as a mosquito or a fly: "Master, someone is here."

Li Tingfang snorted coldly, "Tell him to get out of here!"

A few breaths later, a fat middle-aged man walked up. He was about thirty or forty years old, with sharp eyes, thin lips, and a hooked nose. He looked mean and unkind.

He faced the gloomy gazes of the clan elders on the left and right without changing his expression. He cupped his hands at Li Tingfang, who was at the top, and asked in a deep voice, "I wonder why the clan leader called me here?"

Li Tingfang sneered: "Li Tingye, stop pretending now! You know why I called you!"

Li Tingye panicked, but a surprised expression appeared on his face, "Where did the patriarch start from saying this?"

Li Tingfang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and said bluntly: "I don't care if you really don't understand or if you pretend not to understand. You should publish it in the newspaper immediately to clarify the attack on Jing Ran in the newspaper in the name of Jing Ran's father and restore his reputation."

Li Tingye's face also darkened: "Is it possible that what the newspaper said was wrong? Not to mention how many ridiculous things he has done before, let's just say that he contradicted and slandered his aunt, and kidnapped his biological sister who was engaged, and trapped my Li family in The injustice is there for all to see. Even if I am his father, I cannot say without conscience that this matter does not exist. It is normal for some righteous people in the newspaper to look at it and speak out against it. "

Although his second son's sudden voice in the newspaper disrupted all his plans, it also created a good opportunity for him to completely control his eldest son. If that beast wants to resolve this matter, he must give him a good apology before he can be merciful and let him go.

"You're confused!" The person who spoke this time was not Li Tingfang, who was sitting in the first seat, but the clan elder who was sitting first on his left. He stood up and nodded Li Tingye hard, his beard starting to tremble with anger: "Do you think Li Jingran's reputation is bad, and your reputation as a father will be good?!"

Li Tingye was silent for a moment and said with a wry smile: "It's the son's fault that he doesn't teach his father. I am also responsible for the child becoming like this. I will call him home and discipline him well." That little brat relied on Li Tingfang's head. The old bastard backed up and his wings became stiff, how dare he not take him into his eyes! He was going to let him taste the consequences of disobeying his elders now!

Another clan elder stood up and angrily shouted: "Discipline, his reputation will be ruined by then! It is not easy for our generation of the Li family to have a talented person. Is it possible that the success will be ruined because of your inaction?!"

Li Tingye argued forcefully: "He did something wrong in this matter. Since he did something wrong, he must be punished..."

Li Tingfang finally couldn't listen anymore. He slapped the table hard and looked at Li Tingye with eyes that seemed to be breathing fire: "Idiot! How stupid! I really don't understand how a fool like you could give birth to Li Jingran like that." Linghui’s son!”

Although Li Tingye did not dare to reply because of Li Tingfang's former majesty, there was still clear dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Li Tingfang almost laughed out of anger. In order to avoid being tempted to blow Li Tingye's head off, he turned sideways respectfully, cupped his hands and said, "Second uncle, tell him."

The person he calls his second uncle is the old man sitting first under his right hand. He had kept his eyelids drooped and said nothing before, but now he raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Tingye. The flash in his eyes made Li Tingye dare not underestimate him.

This old man's name is Li Dehui. He is ninety-eight years old this year. He is currently the oldest and highest-ranking person in the Li family. Although he seems to be getting old now and usually spends most of his time in the house entertaining his grandchildren and not caring about worldly affairs, Li Tingye does not dare to look down on him because of this.

Li Dehui was a Jinshi in the former Qing Dynasty. He was a second-rank official. He served three emperors successively. He had seen countless storms in his life. He was the best among men.

"I know that you have always disliked this eldest son, and prefer the second son born by your stepmother." Li Dehui drooped his eyelids and slowly rolled the iron walnuts in his right hand: "After all, Li Jingran's behavior was too ridiculous before, and it seems that his future is not as good as his hard work. The studious second son, it’s normal if you don’t like him.”

Li Tingye breathed a sigh of relief and echoed with a smile: "Although a father needs a bowl of water to be balanced, how can his ten fingers be even? My eldest son is a rogue, not to mention eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. In the end, I sucked it big I asked him to quit smoking, but he contradicted his aunt and even kidnapped his sister and ran away from home... He was also uneasy in Peiping. He offended many people with his articles. He was imprisoned and became a member of the authorities. Banned evil writers..."

Li Dehui listened silently to Li Tingye's accusation of Li Jingran's past crimes. It wasn't until the last sentence fell that he raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Tingye: "Have you finished? Let me say a few words."

"You want to teach your son a lesson and don't want to publish a clarification article, that's fine." Li Dehui raised his eyes and met Li Tingye's overjoyed eyes. His cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp: "Lock you up and find someone to publish an article in your name." It’s the same thing.”

Li Tingye was shocked. Sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. He forced a smile and said, "What did my second uncle say? This kind of joke is not allowed."

Li Dehui smiled and looked at him with a cold look: "A joke? I never joke."

He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and asked in a low voice: "Why did Li Jingran, who had been a rogue for more than ten years, change his temperament once he left you, and write such a beautiful article?"

"Do you know who Li Jingran made friends with in Peking? Do you know that he was released on bail by Marshal Xue after he was imprisoned? Do you know how many gentlemen have written articles praising his articles? Do you know that my Li family has already How many years has it been since there was such a young genius?”

"I don't ask you to be the first to discover Qianliju as Bole. Now that Qianliju has shown his talent and shines, why don't you just support him peacefully?"

"Do you think everyone can't tell that you are behind this? Do you think..." He chuckled, his voice getting softer: "Who are you?"

Li Tingye looked innocent and innocent, but he still insisted on retorting: "I don't know how much my own son weighs. It's impossible for him to write such an article. He must be..."

Li Dehui interrupted him with a smile, "Ghostwriter? Li Tingye, you are really living like a dog at your age. If I were you, I would just strangle myself with a rope. How do you have the courage to live until now if you are so stupid? ? You are worthy of being a roadblock for my Li Jiayingju? Even if you are his father, you are not worthy."

He didn't give Li Tingye a chance to refute, and looked at him with deep eyes, which were particularly powerful: "You are just stupid, but you still want to drag the entire Li family into the abyss. Why don't you think about why your eldest son came and went? Two different people?"

He took a breath and continued to question: "You pampered your concubine and destroyed your wife. Your second wife is vicious. Li Jingran was able to come up with self-defiling methods to protect himself at a young age. He has such a tough mind to endure humiliation and burden, which even I couldn't do when he was young. arrive."

"Why don't you think about it, with this son's character and methods, if it is really because you have hated the Li family, it will still grow in the next few decades. How do you know that he will not destroy the Li family?"

Li Tingye sneered: "Just him?"

Li Dehui smiled: "It's up to him. When I was an official, one of my subordinates treated the bastard harshly. Do you know what happened to that family in the end?"

Li Tingye swallowed: "...what?"

"Later, the concubine endured humiliation and heavy burdens for twenty years. Finally, he became the top scholar in high school and became an official in the court. He rose all the way to the first rank of officialdom. The family's direct branches and branches were cut off, and the family had to rely on the concubine to live." Li Dehui looked at him kindly: "Do you want my Li family to be like this?"

Li Tingye's face turned pale, but he still retorted fiercely: "My second uncle thinks too highly of him! It's just a child's playfulness in writing a few articles, and it's still unknown whether he will become a dragon in the future!"

For the first time, there was no smile on Li Dehui's face.

It was also the first time I stopped to plate walnuts.

He opened his eyelids and slowly scanned Li Tingye and the clan elders, finally stopping at Li Tingfang. "Although Li Jingran is young, he will become a great person with his talent and character! The most important thing is that he has a fiery heart." Serving the country, no matter what happens, our Li family must keep him!"

Li Tingfang nodded slightly, and then Li Dehui smiled with satisfaction.

He glanced sideways at Li Tingye, who was confused and still a little unconvinced, with deep disgust flashing in his eyes.

He waved his hand like a fly and said to the young men guarding the door: "Shut your Master Ye Wu into the room and sober up. When you figure it out, let him out again."

Li Tingye opened his eyes in disbelief, "No! You can't do this to me! I'm Li Tingye! The grain store under me has brought so much income to the family..." The boy covered his mouth and forcefully stopped struggling. The restless man pulled out.

Li Tingfang and other clan elders watched this farce with cold eyes and did not say a word to dissuade them. This was originally the result of their previous discussion. As for the grain store owned by Li Tingye, it was originally the ancestral property of the Li family. Since Li Tingye is useless, the clan can take it back and distribute it to others.

If Li Tingye is obedient, this matter will be settled peacefully and will not hurt Heqi. But he just refuses to accept and doesn't understand... Then this person is useless, no need to waste words, just lock him up and reflect.

Li Dehui sighed, with incredible confusion in his eyes: "Li Jingran is his eldest son. He will be promising in the future. He is not the face of his father. Why is he so eager to push his son to the opposite side?"

Li Tingfang said, "I think what he was trying to do was use this incident to blackmail Jingran into obedience."

Li Dehui shook his head: "It's really stupid." He looked at Li Tingfang with a touch of appreciation in his eyes: "Fortunately, you made a decisive decision and won over Li Jingran early. The blessing that Li Tingye cannot enjoy will definitely be given back to the clan in the future."

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Li Tingfang's eyes, "There are very few people in this world who are as stupid as Li Tingye."

"Such a fool could give birth to a son as talented and beautiful as Li Jingran. What a twist of fate." He said to himself, "It would be fine if he was a bastard, but he is the eldest son. How stupid he is."

Li Dehui sat back on his seat and told Li Tingfang calmly: "You will publish an article to the newspaper in the name of Li Tingye later to help Li Jingran restore his reputation. Wang will let her guard the ancestral hall and burn incense and pray for future generations." He paused. After a pause, he seemed to be talking to himself: "How can a person like Li Jingran have such a confused father? If things go on like this, it will probably bring trouble to our Li family."

Li Tingfang's eyebrows moved, "Second uncle, what do you mean...?"

Li Dehui thought for a few seconds and made a decisive decision: "Don't the Tingxuan family not have a wife yet? Just adopt Li Jingran and her sister into their family."

Li Tingxuan is Li Tingfang's youngest biological brother and his legitimate son. Because I injured my body a few years ago, I have not had enough time to have a child. Now my knees are hanging on my knees, and I have recently started thinking about adoption.

Li Tingfang was a little surprised.

"Why, you didn't expect me to do such a brilliant job?" Li Dehui said with a smile: "Do you think I should turn the big things into trivial matters at this time, and try to persuade Li Tingye to atone for his sins, so as not to hurt the harmony between father and son?"

Li Tingfang smiled sheepishly: "After all, they are father and son. Broken bones are connected to tendons. How can father and son have an overnight feud? What you did is tantamount to completely severing the flesh and blood relationship between the two of them. I'm afraid it will not be good for you if word spreads in the future. reputation."

Although Li Tingfang didn't say it out loud, Li Dehui also understood what he meant.

How could anyone adopt their eldest son?

"I'm already at this age, what else can I hold back? Even if I sacrifice my life's innocence, this matter must be completely resolved at this time." Li Dehui said lightly: "Only in this way can we be kind to Li Jingran and let him He owes us the Li family a favor."

Li Tingfang was deeply moved, "I didn't expect that my second uncle would be so optimistic about Li Jingran. It seems that this son will be extraordinary in the future." His second uncle Li Dehui is the wisest person in the Li family. His decades of experience in officialdom have made the whole clan proud. Deeply convinced.

That Li Jingran can be so strongly supported by his second uncle only proves that his future is limitless. That idiot Li Tingye won't cherish their Li family's Qianliju. Others should cherish it.

Unexpectedly, Li Dehui smiled and shook his head, "I don't know what kind of prospects that child will have in the future... but I am willing to take a gamble."

His cloudy old eyes seemed to be rejuvenated, filled with the clear color of youth, and deep in his eyes was a fire that has not been extinguished for many years. "I read the light from that child's article, so I am willing to take a gamble."

"If the bet is won, the young man's light may be able to illuminate the decaying eternal night and bring some changes to this country. Our Li family can also take the opportunity to leave a mark in the history books. The bet is lost," he said slyly Blinking his eyes, "There's nothing to lose if you can win over a young genius, right?"

Li Tingfang smiled and nodded.

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Li Dehui walked out of the house and squinted at the dazzling sun above his head.

Suddenly remembering that day, it was also such a bright sun. The young man who was exiled in Japan made an impassioned speech in the newspaper and said angrily: "Those who created today's Big China are the injustice of China's old age. Those who create the Young China of the future." , then it is the responsibility of the Chinese youth. What is the use of that old man? It is not far away that he will leave this world, but I, a young man, am new to the world. "

They failed to defend this great river and mountains and allowed the Yi army to show off their power in this five thousand year land. This was the fault of these old men. In the history books of future generations, scholars of our generation will be nailed to the pillar of shame and enjoy endless infamy.

Although Li Zhongtang was mentally prepared, when he was seriously ill that year, he couldn't help but write a desperate poem saying: "The carriage and horse have not left the saddle after hard work, and they only know that they will die at the last moment. For three hundred years, they have harmed the country." Eight thousand miles away, the people are dying. The swords are hanging in the autumn wind, and the banners are setting in the altar of generals. The atmosphere abroad has not yet ceased. Don’t wait and see."

Zhongtang died with endless infamy, but he is still alive, mediocre and doing nothing in his life.

However,

Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.

Let him use this broken body to clear the way for his Li family's thousand-mile horse.

The young man also said: "If young people are strong, the country will be strong; if young people are wise, the country will be wise; if young people are rich, the country will be rich; if young people are independent, the country will be independent; if young people are free, the country will be free; if young people make progress, the country will progress; if young people are better than Europe, then the country will win." In Europe, if a young man is strong on the earth, his country will be strong on the earth.”

What a shame. He couldn't see this scene anymore.

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Chu Jin is the librarian of Kaiming Middle School and a fan of Night Watch.

Since Mr. Night Watchman was banned, he has not heard from him in the newspaper, nor has he seen his articles anymore, which made him quite angry and depressed.

A few days ago, a report suddenly appeared in the newspaper. Wheatfield is actually Mr. Night Watchman’s new pen name!

He also read "The Wandering Adventure" and was worried about Da Mao's experience in the book, so he also began to give away the leftovers at home to the homeless children. He never thought that "Wandering Adventure" was also written by the Night Watchman!

After knowing this, he liked the Night Watch even more!

Then a few days later, the true identity of the night watchman was exposed in the newspaper: Li Jingran, a man of Fengtian, a man of food, drink, prostitution, gambling and drugs, unfilial and unfaithful, and regardless of human ethics...

All these things combined made Chu Jin dumbfounded and at a loss.

Is Mr. Night Watchman actually such a person? How could he be such a person? !

Wait, why is the name Li Jingran so familiar? He seemed to have heard of it somewhere...

The handsome face of a young man suddenly appeared in his mind.

This young man also worked in the library before, but Chu Jin always looked down on him because of his low academic level. That boy was only a teenager, and he matched the age of Li Jingran written in the newspaper...

All kinds of clues are connected together, eventually leading to the most impossible truth.

His young colleague turned out to be the night watchman!

Thinking of the way he yelled at him in the past, he couldn't help but feel a suffocating embarrassment and shame. But when he thought of the evidence against him published in the newspaper, he felt confident again.

An unfilial and duplicitous gangster like him does not deserve the respect of others!

He was so blind that he fell in love with this kind of author in the first place!

He was really depressed for several days. He was too angry to read the newspaper and had no appetite to eat.

Then one morning, a trumpet suddenly sounded in the school.

The principal, Mr. Zhou Dezhang, loudly asked them to read today's "Literary Journal" through the loudspeaker. It published the self-defense letter of the night watchman, saying that as long as they read it, they would definitely believe in the night watchman's innocence!

Chu Jin, who was already frustrated with the Night Watchmen, couldn't help but rekindle hope in the Night Watchmen because of Mr. Zhou Dezhang's words.

Maybe... he was wrongly accused?

Chu Jin, who had not read Literary Journal for many days, borrowed a colleague's newspaper and prepared to read it clearly.

He wanted to see how the night watchman would defend himself.

The Night Watchman's confession was published on the front page, so he found it quickly. It's just that the name is a bit strange, it's called "The Way of Animals". This name is so weird!

[I was born in a wealthy family in the Northeast, and I have been a strange child since I was a child.

"You should study hard and be filial to us in the future." The face of the mother who said this has long been blurred in the memory. I haven't thought about her for a long time since her death.

The so-called parental affection is something that I have always been elusive about. In other words, I have always had an inexplicable fear of the word "filial piety".

What is filial piety? Are you listening to your parents? Isn't it? What if the parents are wrong?

Do you want to serve your parents well? So what is the standard for good service? Who gets to define it?

Isn’t reading to understand knowledge? Isn't it to serve the country? Why is it related to filial piety again?

I tossed and turned, thinking about this problem all night long, but it only became more and more confusing.

"Those who are unfilial are beasts!" I forgot who said this, but it was just the words of my parents. I shuddered at these obscure words. If you are not filial, you will lose your qualifications as a human being and can only be reduced to livestock like pigs and dogs?

My mother committed suicide because my father doted on his stepmother who was still a concubine at the time. My stepmother also became my new mother.

My stepmother is a lovable yet terrifying woman, and I have always kept a distance from her.

It is true that she is my mother's enemy, but when she became my new mother, she also became the object of my "filial piety" in legal terms.

"You must study hard and be filial to us in the future." This time it was my father who said something similar to my mother, and his smile was strange and profound that I could not interpret.

Who is "us"? Does it refer to him and my stepmother?

In this way, my stepmother is my mother's enemy, but not my enemy. I should be "filial" to her, which is what my father wants to see.

I don't understand, but I dare not not understand. A huge fear weighed heavily on my stomach, making me vomit.

How can I be called "filial"?

So I began to observe, and the object of observation was my stepmother's son.

...

... Then such a word suddenly jumped into my mind-"pretend".

The so-called filial piety is nothing more than "pretend". "Pretend" to listen to parents and make them happy. As for my thoughts and will, they are terrible products that should not appear. Once this terrible product emerges, I will become an unfilial "beast". In other words, I will no longer be called a human being.

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My father got angry and said that if I wanted to be filial, I had to quit smoking.

I was entangled and panicked for several nights. If I quit smoking, I would not be "filial" to my stepmother. If I don't quit smoking, I would not be "filial" to my father.

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I lay in bed, and I seemed to see the steam rising around me, and they turned into my body like insects.

My mind recalled the wonderfulness of smoking in the past, but it seemed that there were maggots crawling in the joints of my bones, and it itched very much.

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My stepmother sent someone over, and the interlayer under the tonic was filled with dense opium.

The servant showed me that elusive smile again: "Master, let me serve you to smoke?"

I almost trembled.

I am going to be eaten by filial piety!

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The author has something to say:

The estimate is wrong, and I haven't finished writing 7,000 words...

I will wrap it up tomorrow and write about the response to "The Animal Path".

This chapter imitates Dazai's writing style in "No Longer Human". It is very rough and only imitates the form. Because I was in a hurry, it feels a bit rough. I have only written half of the content of "Animal Realm". It is not finished yet. I will continue writing tomorrow.