Chapter 19 One Life
The four words "The Adjudiced Power of the Foreign Relatives" are indeed a tight spell on Zhao's head.
Zhao Xuanji opened his eyes and looked at Fan Zhongming with a blank expression, "So, because of this, you Fan Shi has resentment towards Zhao and me. Is this the reason why you colluded with Beihu and murdered me Zhao?"
Fan Zhongming has already given up his promise, and has no scruples at this moment, sneering, "This battle has made Pan Shi realize it. In the face of power struggle, there is no black and white, no right and wrong, no honor and disgrace, and no justice, there is only success or failure!
"The power of civil officials is already at its peak. Even if the status of the generals and nobles is noble, they cannot be at the same time when there is not much military merit or a great place to use their skills. We can only bear the blame, and fame and fortune will only belong to others!
"After all, the strong are respected in this world. If the paradigm does not completely decline, they can only rely on the strong! Although my paradigm is resentful, if I do not have the actual interests at the moment, how could I participate in the action against you?"
Zhao Xuanji nodded, "It's good if you admit that Paradise participated in this conspiracy. Tell me, who promised your actual interests?"
Fan Zhongming, who was out of control, knew that he had made a mistake and his face turned pale. He just stared at Zhao Xuanji fiercely and never spoke again.
"If you don't say it, we may not be able to know." Zhao Ning suddenly spoke. After hearing this for a long time, he had already realized something in his heart. "In the court, who else dares to seek to weaken Zhao's family except the prime minister below one person?"
Fan Zhongming shut up and said nothing.
When Zhao Ning saw it, Zhao Xuanji shook his head and sighed, "The dispute between civil and military officials in the Great Qi court has indeed reached the point of not being able to explain any reason. But what you don't know is that the court has been turbulent over the years, and the dispute between civil and military officials is just the tip of the iceberg. There has been chaos in the whirlpool of power.
"In this complex situation, Zhao also has to be cautious and self-protection. Although we are the most nobles in the general, we are only one of the eighteen nobles in the end.
"What I didn't expect was that in order to completely weaken the generals and nobles, to seize the military power of the world at the center, to achieve the situation where civil officials control military generals and completely control the power of the country, those civil officials have used all means to this point and will actually collude with Beihu!"
Zhao Ning was silent for a while.
The Great Qi dynasty and the people of the country have always underestimated the Beihu, let alone the prime minister with extraordinary status? He will never take the Beihu seriously.
If the Prime Minister was really controlling this matter behind his back, he would probably just treat the Beihu as a knife. He gave him a hundred brains, and he would never have imagined how strong and ambition had expanded to the point of Beihu's strength and ambition now.
When Taizu founded the country, there were the 18 generals of Kaiyuan in martial arts, and there were also civil servants in the civil affairs. They were called the 13 wise men of Kaiyuan, and then they also formed thirteen scholarly families. The prime ministers of the dynasty came from the thirteen families.
In fact, whether it is the eighteen nobles of the generals or the thirteen civil servants, most of them were already aristocratic families before the Great Qi Dynasty started. Each of them has a stable foundation and a profound foundation. It is not because of the meritorious contributions during the founding of the court that the carp leaped over the Dragon Gate.
Of course, among the 18 nobles and thirteen families, there were also those who had previously been poor families who rose from the Dragon’s merit, but there were very few.
Children from noble families work in the military after they become officials, while handsome men from family members will enter the civil service sequence. These young people do not have to go through any exams, they just need to be recommended, that is, they enjoy the family concealment.
The diversion of civil and military affairs of the Great Qi Dynasty was the rule set by the dynasty when it was founded, but it was not the case with the previous dynasty.
Corresponding to the aristocratic families is the way for poor families to take office. The imperial examination was not a new thing in this dynasty, but it was found in the previous dynasty. Since the selection method of the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system was abandoned by the court, the imperial examination came into being.
Zhao Ning thought that the chaos in the court's power struggle was closely related to the above situations.
At this time, Zhao Ning suddenly realized that the Zhao family was attacked in his previous life and the family was lost. He was probably the inevitable product of the battle between civil and military officials of the Great Qi Dynasty and the power struggle!
The reason why the Northern Hu practitioners' plan to kill Zhao was successful was that they borrowed the east wind of internal power struggle in Daqi.
"After the Daizhou City incident, the Zhao family has avoided repeating the same mistakes. But it is much more complicated than I imagined to truly avoid the fate of my previous life and defeat the Beihu invasion and preservation of the Daqian country!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Ning's heart moved and looked at Fan Zhongming who was closing his eyes and waiting for death. His eyes changed a lot.
He said, "Fan Zhongming, have you ever thought about the great man you want to curry favor with after the failure of the Zhao family - regardless of whether he is the prime minister or not, how will he treat your paradigm?"
Fan Zhongming didn't move.
Zhao Ning continued, "You should understand that as long as you are related to this matter, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, the aftermath paradigm will be questioned by Zhao.
"The reason why you dare to continue to do it without hesitation is simply that you feel that once things succeed, you will not lose evidence. Even if Zhao takes revenge, as long as the big man appreciates you and supports you, you will gain more than lose.
"But now the situation is different. Not only did this matter fail, but you were also captured by us on the spot, and we had a relationship with the ignorant nonsense. What would that big shot think of you?
"Since the paradigm cannot even do such a thing well, it is extremely useless and has no value. And not only does his hard work leave it to waste, but all those involved in this matter will hate you. So what's the use of keeping the paradigm? Why not uproot you!
"In this way, on the one hand, it can calm the anger of Zhao and give an explanation to Zhao. On the other hand, your paradise is still a famous family. Under the destruction, you can free up many official positions and give up a lot of benefits, which is enough for them to divide up, make up for the losses, and reduce their dissatisfaction.
"And no one will feel sorry for your paradigm. No one will stand up for you. For the nobles of the generals, you are traitors, and it will be very pleasing to destroy them. For the civil servant group, you are even more eating their meat on the plate. If it is gone, it will be beneficial or harmless!
"So, the paradigm will disappear from now on, without any turbulence. Fan Zhongming, do you think so?"
When Zhao Ning was halfway through, Fan Zhongming suddenly opened his eyes. The more he heard, his eyes wider, the more he heard, the more fear he felt in his eyes, and later he couldn't help but tremble all over!
"No! No, no! Zhao Ning, you are talking nonsense and talking nonsense, I won't believe it!"
Fan Zhongming's facial features were twisted and roaring, and his saliva flew around, and his voice was so loud that it could be heard half a mile away, as if he could convince himself.
Zhao Ning did not debate with Fan Zhongming, but instead looked at Fan Qinglin with a blue face, "You said, am I right?"
Fan Qinglin opened his mouth and wanted to say something wrong, but in the end he couldn't deceive himself, so he could only lower his head.
Suddenly, he raised his head again, his eyes filled with hope, fear, and anxiety, and asked tentatively, "You, do you want to help us tell us this? Can you save us?"
A smile appeared on Zhao Ning's lips, and under the misty lights of the pavilions, it looked dark and mysterious. "Why did Zhao do something that was not good?"
"We can confess and say everything we know! Zhao Ning, Mr. Zhao, you also want to know who is dealing with you, right? You must also be careful and fight back. We all say it and say it."
Fan Qinglin walked to Zhao Ning, grabbed his robe, and looked up with tears in his face, "Please let Paradise be a horse and give Paradise a chance. Paradise will repay kindness, and in the future, the Zhao family will definitely follow the lead!"
Zhao Qiyue, who was sitting on the beauty leaning up with one leg up, looked at Zhao Xuanji, who was sitting in front of the stone table, and both saw each other's surprised expression. Then they looked at Zhao Ning, who was holding a folding fan and standing under the eaves of the pavilion, with his eyes full of appreciation, praise and expectation.
Facing Fan Qinglin's plea, Zhao Ning looked indifferent and remained indifferent, "You can see correctly and react quickly, knowing that the paradigm is about to be destroyed. So I want to take a letter of fame to embrace the big tree of Zhao, in exchange for the vitality and future of the paradigm?
"But don't forget that your father and son colluded with Zhao Yujie before, but also sent people to assassinate this young master in the street, killing many Zhao cultivators. Later, Fan Biejia even came to the door to take action! How to calm my Zhao family's anger and how should we settle this account?"
Fan Qinglin was stunned for a moment, and his face was ashamed, but soon his face was full of hope, "What happened before was that Bai Shi did something wrong. We should pay the price to give Zhao family a statement. As long as Zhao family is willing to give Fan Shi a chance to follow and be loyal, you can do whatever you want me to do!"
"good!"
Zhao Ning pulled out a long sword from the waist of the nearby practitioner Zhao's family, threw it on the ground, and said coldly to Fan Zhongming and Fan Qinglin, "I want my life! You father and son must one of you die, choose it yourself."
Fan Qinglin, who was holding Zhao Ning's robe, froze and Fan Zhongming's shoulders trembled even more.
In an instant, needles fell inside and outside the pavilion could be heard.
Compared with the fate and future of the entire paradigm, the fate of their father and son is not worth mentioning.
In just a moment, Fan Zhongming jumped forward and rushed forward.
For a moment, his face changed a lot.
After his son was caught by Zhao Ning, he was tortured to death, but he never said anything. He was hesitating about whether there would be a second way for the paradigm, but the other party weighed the pros and cons early and begged for mercy to Zhao decisively, which gave the paradigm a glimmer of hope, and this mind was better than himself.
He has more than one son. Although Qinglin is talented and has extraordinary minds, he was not the one he loved the most before. Is it worth losing his life for him?
Of course it is worth it! Every one of my sons is the flesh in his heart. For them, he can go to the sea of swords and fires. What is death?
Fan Zhongming, who had made up his mind, moved quickly, and his hand was about to grab the hilt of the knife.
But someone is faster than him.
Seeing the long sword disappearing on the ground, he raised his head in horror.
Fan Qinglin's hands were already holding a knife in front of his neck.
The position where the long sword fell was closer to him, so he took the lead.
Fan Zhongming was anxious and got up and wanted to grab it.
He saw his son's decisive eyes.
That is a reluctant farewell.
"Qinglin! Put down the knife, let your father put down the knife! No"
Puff, blood fountains flying.
With a jingle, the long sword fell to the ground, Fan Qinglin fell into Fan Zhongming's arms, and blood fountains surged on his neck. No matter how the latter blocked it, it would be useless.
"Father, father, how many sons do you have? But I am the only father. On weekdays, I may be dissatisfied with you and have some incomprehension. But as a son of man, how can I watch you die in front of me?"
Fan Qinglin, whose chest was fluctuating violently, was swallowing and spitting blood. His eyes were wide open, and the light in his pupils gradually disappeared and became empty. However, the fear, anxiety, unwillingness, and nostalgia were still so clear and strong.
He was only eighteen years old, and his wonderful life had just begun. He had not seen enough prosperity in the world, had not appreciated enough brothel music, mountains and rivers, and there were too many wonderful things waiting for him to discover. He still had relatives and friends, but he didn't want to die, so he didn't want to die.
His voice became rapid, and the horror in his eyes was extremely strong. He grabbed Fan Zhongming's sleeve with one hand and struggled with all his strength and said, "Father, baby, go first, father, I'm cold, hug my father, you haven't celebrated your child's birthday for three or three years. Boy, baby, baby, I want to do it very much."
The hand that grabbed Fan Zhongming's sleeve tightly loosened, and the undulating voice stopped abruptly. The light in Fan Qinglin's eyes finally dissipated, and his head drooped weakly. There was no chance to say the words behind him, but blood was still gushing out from his throat.
"No, Qinglin! My son!"
Chapter completed!