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Chapter 94: Take a step back

Li Yanqing rushed back to his hometown by horses, but he was still one day late. The patriarch was over the first seventh year and was buried in the land.

In front of a new tomb next to the Li Clan Ancestral Hall in Lushan Town, Li Yanqing knelt down in front of the tombstone and said silently in his heart: "Yanqing has avenged the clan leader, and the clan leader rests in peace in the spirit of heaven!"

At this time, Li Daqi sighed softly, walked up to support his son's shoulder, "Go home with me first! I have something to say to you."

Li Yanqing stood up and stared at him for a long time, and gave the new grave two handfuls of soil, then he led his horse and his father home.

The father and son entered the inner hall to sit down, and Uncle Zhong served them tea. Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said, "Although the patriarch was killed by Liu Chenghong, Li Wengui could not escape responsibility."

Li Daqi nodded, "Everyone knows this, Li Wengui has explained this to the elders of each house in the ancestral hall. He regrets that he should not have been soft-hearted and took in Liu Chenghong, the Zhongshan wolf, which led to the patriarch being killed by Liu Chenghong. He regretted it and kowtowed to the spirit of his brother, apologized for the sake of his forehead. Everyone also forgave him."

"How beautiful it is!"

Li Yanqing sneered, "But he didn't tell the truth. Did he say that he was instructing Liu Chenghong to secretly destroy Li Jiliangxing, which made Liu Chenghong seize the opportunity to kill the clan leader?"

Li Daqi was so shocked that he couldn't stop talking, "Qing'er, is this true?"

Li Yanqing nodded tiredly, "Li Wengui borrowed a horse to cause trouble because he wanted his father to go to Zhending Mansion to find the patriarch. His target is actually his father, not the patriarch."

This is Li Yanqing's own inference. Li Wengui might not have let Liu Chenghong and the three thieves of Bai family kill his brother, but if his father was also on the boat at that time, he would have suffered a misfortune. However, human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. His father obeyed his advice and did not go to Zhending Mansion, so he survived.

Li Daqi's scalp was exploding when he heard it, and he shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, this is just a coincidence. Although Li Wengui is hateful, he is not such a person."

Seeing that his father refused to believe it, Li Yanqing did not want to bother about this matter anymore, and then turned to another matter, "The patriarch once told me that someone had reported to the military that he had falsely accused us of selling military rations privately, resulting in the detention of the food. Is there such a thing?"

"It's because of this. We used a thousand guan to handle the money. The military has only given us five days of gratitude. Could it be that Liu Chenghong's rumor?"

"It's Liu Chenghong's secret, but Li Wengui told him the information, and the patriarch also came back from Zhending Mansion with fur. How could Liu Chenghong know? Didn't Li Wengui tell him?"

Li Yanqing became more and more excited as he spoke. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Li Wengui's original intention might just be to let Liu Chenghong steal this batch of fur goods, but he created a chance for Liu Chenghong to kill the clan leader. Li Wengui is not an accomplice but is better than an accomplice. Why don't he explain these facts to his clan members clearly?"

Li Daqi was stunned when he heard this, and he sighed, "It's useless to say these things now. Li Wengui has been unanimously elected as the new patriarch by his clan members!"

"What!"

Li Yanqing stood up in anger and couldn't help but be angry. Li Wengui is shameless. What qualifications do he have to be the patriarch?

Li Yanqing turned around and walked outwards. Li Daqi hurriedly grabbed him, "Qing'er, the situation is very unfavorable to us now. Don't be reckless, calm down first."

Li Yanqing was stunned, "What does Dad mean? What does the situation mean to us? What exactly happened?"

Li Daqi hesitated for a moment and said, "Li Ji Grain Store has been disbanded."

"Why disband?"

"It's hard to say that. Before the clan leader's body was cold, his two sons were quarreling about the division of the family property. Li Wengui told them that the grain store had 40% of the clan leader. As a result, the two sons came to ask for the account every day and asked me to return the money to them. Li Dongdong and I felt that without the clan leader, it would be difficult for the grain store to continue, so we agreed to disband."

Li Yanqing was speechless. One of the two sons of the patriarch lived in Anyang County and the other in Tangyin County. The eldest son ran a tavern. The second son made a living by lending and would only come back to attend the clan festival during the New Year. It is hard to see them before. When everyone mentioned them, they shook their heads. Even the patriarch himself always said that his descendants had no future.

But Li Yanqing never expected that the two of them were so unbearable. Before their father's body was cold, they began to compete for family property. Under the instigation of Li Wengui, they dismantled the grain store. This made Li Yanqing both angry and disappointed, and his years of hard work were ruined.

Li Yanqing had not slept for two days and was extremely tired. He didn't want to talk about anything anymore, so he went back to his room to sleep.

.........

At the next five o'clock in the morning, Li Yanqing got up and ran as usual. While running, he was thinking about what his father should do in the future? Although the grain store was disbanded, could his father do something else? For example, opening a bookstore, opening a school, etc.

Li Yanqing was thinking all the way, and when he returned to the entrance of the village, he happened to meet Li Zhen. Li Yanqing smiled and said hello, "Uncle San!"

Li Zhen glanced at him, his face changed, he quickly walked away, leaving Li Yanqing at the entrance of the village. Li Yanqing looked at his back and left, wondering in his heart, where did he offend Li Zhen?

At this time, someone behind him coughed heavily. When Li Yanqing turned around, he saw that it was Li Daguang. He was riding a donkey and passing by himself, as if he hadn't seen himself.

"Uncle Fourth, did you go to school so early?"

Li Daguang ignored Li Yanqing and urged the donkey to run away. This made Li Yanqing very unhappy. Why did the tribe members see him like avoiding the plague god? Could it be because-

Li Yanqing had already guessed the reason. All the people of the tribe were afraid of Li Wengui and dared not get close to him. It seemed that Li Wengui knew that he would be unfavorable to him when he came back, so he took action first so that everyone would use this attitude toward him.

As soon as Li Yanqing returned to the door, Uncle Zhong ran out and said, "Little official, the third master is here!"

The third master is Li Wengui. He heard that Li Yanqing had returned, so he hurried to Li Yanqing's house. Li Daqi was quite polite and invited Li Wengui to the inner hall to sit down. After a few greetings, Li Wengui asked with a smile: "Daqi, where is Qing'er?"

"I'm here!"

Li Yanqing walked into the inner hall from outside. He glanced at Li Wengui and said, "The new patriarch would not enter the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Please tell me if you have anything to do!"

Although Li Yanqing did not salute, Li Wengui was not angry. He smiled and said to Li Daqi: "I want to talk to Qing'er alone!"

Li Daqi retreated, and only Li Wengui and Li Yanqing were left in the room. Li Wengui drank tea and asked lightly: "If I guess correctly, Liu Chenghong should be killed by you!"

Li Yanqing looked at him coldly, "You are indeed very lucky. The three heroes of the Bai family died and Liu Chenghong died, and there is no evidence to die now. No one knows the evil things you have done, but..... are you worthy of your conscience when you sit in your brother's former seat?"

Li Wengui looked sad, and he sighed softly, "I have some responsibility for my brother's death, but I have no idea of ​​killing him. If I, Li Wengui, have the idea of ​​killing my brother, and I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will not die well!"

"A little responsibility? It's light. You can hide what you do from others, but you can't hide it from me. Liu Chenghong won't know which boat the clan leader is on? He won't know when the clan leader will come back? But you know it clearly.

Also, Liu Chenghong colluded with the three evil forces of Bai. Not only did you know the truth, but you also accused him of doing that, providing Liu Chenghong with a lot of money. You know what kind of person the three evil forces of Bai is, but you still indulge Liu Chenghong. Such sins are just a little responsibility, can you distinguish them from the word "four words"?"

Li Yanqing stared at Li Wengui with a serious look and said, "If you really regret it, why don't you confess your crimes in the ancestral hall? You still want to hide it, afraid of losing the opportunity to be a patriarch. Is it right?"

Li Wengui's face turned red and white. He tried his best to avoid Li Yanqing's stern eyes and said for a while: "Some of you are right, some are wrong. I admit that I have been deliberately destroying your food business, but that is aimed at you father and son, not my brother. I never thought of killing him. I even sent someone to warn the Bai brothers that they would only rob money and not hurt people. After the matter is done, I would give them another 300 taels of silver. If they hurt people, there would be no money. But why didn't I expect Liu Chenghong to do it himself? To be honest, I really wish I could peel him off with my own hands."

Speaking of this, Li Wengui regretted and hated, and tears burst out again. He was blinded by the narrow jealousy in his heart. In order to destroy Li Daqi and his son, he did whatever he could, but unexpectedly, he ended up hurting his brother. Now that he woke up, he regretted it.

Li Yanqing looked at Li Wengui coldly. He knew that Li Wengui was telling the truth. Captain Lei also told him that the three Bai brothers did not pursue the clan leader, and almost turned against Liu Chenghong for this.

But no matter how Li Wengui explained, he could not shirk his sins. He really cared about family affection, so how could he find a fierce person like the Bai brothers to deal with his brother? This alone is enough to prove that he is vicious in his heart and is enough to prove that he has no brotherhood in his heart.

The few tears now are just the tears of crocodile.

What made Li Yanqing particularly angry was that when things got to this point, Li Wengui still refused to let them go, and he had to cut off the firewood from the bottom of the fire, instigating the two unscrupulous sons of the clan leader to come to the door for a quarrel, which led to the final disbandment of the grain store.

Li Wengui is now just afraid that he will make an offer to seek peace by making an offer by himself in his family. But once he gets past the limelight, will he let him and his father go?

He wanted to see how Li Wengui wanted to continue singing this drama? Li Yanqing said nothing and watched Li Wengui's performance coldly.

Seeing that Li Yanqing didn't say anything, Li Wengui thought he had moved him, and continued, "Qing'er, it's meaningless to say these things now. In any case, I am very grateful for your avenge for my brother. If it weren't for you, I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life.

In this way! We have written off the grudges in the past, and now we start from scratch. As long as you publicly recognize me as the patriarch and publicly tell everyone that I have nothing to do with Liu Chenghong, I will ask your father to represent Wencunfang to join the family presbyterian church and participate in family decision-making. How about it, you should be able to accept this requirement!"

Speaking of this, Li Wengui looked at Li Yanqing with anticipation. He offered a condition that he thought Li Yanqing could not refuse. He believed that Li Yanqing had tasted the taste of being neglected by his tribe members and would definitely agree to his request.

Li Yanqing had already seen through his hypocritical and vicious nature. He said with a firm and uncontroversial attitude: "The patriarch treats me as much as a mountain. If I promise you, it will be a betrayal of my conscience. I will not accept it!"

Li Wengui's face immediately became gloomy. He glared at Li Yanqing fiercely, unable to hide his anger.

"Forget it if you don't accept it, but I want to remind you that if you talk nonsense behind my back and destroy my reputation, I may not be able to do anything to you, but I will take revenge on your father and let him taste the taste of being kicked out of the family."

Li Yanqing turned around suddenly and stared at Li Wengui with murderous intent, "If you dare to do this, your grandson Li Baoer can't survive, do you believe it or not!"

Li Wengui's face changed drastically, and he was so scared that he took a few steps back and looked at Li Yanqing in disbelief. He suddenly remembered that Li Yanqing killed the three Bai brothers and Liu Chenghong. This murderous devil might be able to do it.

Li Wengui's arrogance was beaten down, so he had to hold back his breath and said, "Okay! I apologize for what I said just now. In short, I will slowly make up for the mistakes I made in the future. I only ask you to consider for the interests of the family and stay silent for the time being."

Li Yanqing hated him in his heart and said coldly: "You go! You won't be allowed to step into my house again in the future. I don't want to see you again."

Li Wengui was angry and hated, but he had no choice but to turn around and leave in a hurry.

Soon, Li Daqi walked in. He looked at his son nervously and said, "What are you going to do?"

Li Yanqing stared into the distance. After a while, he said lightly: "Now that I and him are in a row, they will only be both sides of the country, and it will also cause family division. The cost is too high, and I will not touch him for the time being."

Li Daqi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, this is what my father wants to advise you. Take a step back and the vast sky will be wide. Don't let hatred blind your heart. The patriarch is dead, but we living people have to continue living. You have done your best in this matter."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If I don't move him now, it doesn't mean I will let him go. One day, I will ruin him, Li Wengui will be disgraced and get angry in my heart!"

Li Daqi couldn't say a word. After a while, he sighed, "Whatever you do! I don't want to know about Li Wengui's affairs, nor do I want to ask about it anymore."

Li Yanqing temporarily put this matter aside and asked his father again: "Dad has any plans?"

Li Daqi smiled, "Tomorrow I will go back to Anyang with Li Dongdong and sort out the accounts well. Then I want to travel to Bashu and Jiangnan for a few months. This is my wish since childhood, and I will talk about the future!"

At this time, Li Daqi suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "I heard that Yue Ge'er, Wang Gui, and Tang Huai have decided to take martial arts exams. You... won't you have this idea too?"

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted: "Dad, don't worry, learning martial arts is just my interest, but it will never be my main business. I know very well what I want to do."

"That's good, Qing'er, when you pass the exam and pass the juren exam, Dad will definitely come back to celebrate for you."

Li Yanqing was silent again. He comforted his father and said that martial arts was just a hobby, but his father didn't know the pain in his heart. The arrow shot by the Khitan barbarian in front of his eyes five years ago still hurt his heart.

Li Yanqing sighed softly in his heart. He just wants to grow up quickly now, and he is already a little impatient... Friends reading books, you can search for "" and you can find this site as soon as possible.
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