Chapter 31
: The rebellious son kills his father
Tang Feng's words did not surprise me at all. He was still sorting out Tang Feng's things and said lightly: "Young Master, what are you saying? I am your book boy? I have been with you for nearly ten years, why do you seem to have just met me today? And my martial arts is not because the young master saved an old man back then, and he taught me? I remember that the old man asked the young master if he wanted to learn, but because he wanted to take the imperial examination, he didn't want to waste his energy on these things that were useless to the imperial examination."
Tang Feng was stunned when he heard this. After all, he was no longer the Tang Feng he was the same. Although he retained some of his memories, it was impossible for everyone to know everything. He laughed as if he suddenly thought of it and said, "Oh, I really forgot this. I only remember that you have learned a good martial arts, but I didn't expect that you were so powerful that you could hurt more than ten people with one person's strength."
He kept solving the problem and said, "That's so much that I have taught the old man so much. I only used 50% of my ability, and those people were already unable to afford it."
Listening to his words, Tang Feng suddenly felt regretful. Why was Tang Feng so pedantic before? He didn't understand the benefits of martial arts, and he felt a pity. But then he thought that he knew that solving doubts was true, and even if he didn't know martial arts, it had nothing to do with him. Isn't it the same as if he could do martial arts? And he wasn't it true that he could do with the old man's guidance.
Just when Tang Feng didn't want this question, he suddenly asked: "Young Master, what's the result of going to the Wang family today? They didn't make things difficult for you, right?" His face was full of concern. Tang Feng smiled when he heard this: "Of course they won't make things difficult for me. I'm the county magistrate of She County, and I brought Wang Dedao back and interrogated him in the court tomorrow morning. At that time, we can hit the arrogance of the Wang family again."
"Then you guys, let's take a break earlier. You've been tired for a day and you still have big things to do tomorrow." He said respectfully.
Tang Feng nodded with a smile, and then asked, "Did the Liu family leave me what words when they left?"
A meaningful smile appeared in his eyes to solve the problem: "When it comes to the words of the young master, the Liu family and the wife did not leave anything. Although they seemed a little unpleasant, they knew that the young master was forced to do so. But the wife said that she would support the adults, saying that it is much more important to seek welfare for the people of She County than to get married with him. And the wife also asked me to tell the young master that she would treat each other in the boudoir. When will the adults' affairs be completed, she will marry into the yamen."
Listening to these words of wisdom and thinking of Liu Hui's expression when she said this, Tang Feng was full of gratitude: "I, Tang Feng, can marry a wife like this, is so lucky. I must not let her down, whether to her or to the people of the county." Liu Hui's words made Tang Feng's decision stronger, thinking about coming soon tomorrow.
Just when Tang Feng was excited, Wang Degong was hesitating in his room. He was still unsure of whether he should do this. The temptation of doing this was very great, but the same risk was also great. If someone knew that this was done by himself, Wang Degong would probably die without a burial place. "But if he didn't do this, I'm afraid that the old man would take away all my power and even expel me from the house once he recovered. By then, although the world is big, there is no place for me to live in." Thinking of what might happen later, Wang Degong's face was a little distorted. In the past, when Wang Wenzheng refused to let him take over the matters in the house, Wang Degong could bear it, but since he felt the taste of power and asked him to hand over all this, it made him feel more uncomfortable than killing himself. What people fear most is not not not gain, but loss after getting.
Two "giggles" sounds interrupted Wang Degong's thoughts. One of his confidants Wang Fu came in. Seeing that the person who was arranged by him by Wang Wenzheng suddenly came back, Wang Degong knew something had happened and asked, "What? But the master has woken up, or?" He hoped that his father would die, so he would save his worries.
But the answer was not as he wished. Wang Fu replied carefully: "Uncle, the master woke up under Doctor Li's acupuncture just now and took the medicine prescribed by Doctor Li. Now he can speak..."
"What did he say?" Before Wang Fu finished speaking, Wang Degong asked anxiously, for fear that his father would look for him when he woke up, so he would be finished. But Wang Fu's words made him stunned: "The master did not mention the old man and the third master, but just ordered the wealth manager to send someone to invite the second master and the second master back, saying that he had important things to discuss with them. Then he fell asleep again. The young man came to see the old man while he was asleep." The latter words were obviously seeking credit.
"The second and the second uncle are in charge of the business outside and the relationship with the local governments. How could the old man think of calling them back? And even if he wants to use the power of other governments to deal with the Tang, he has to ask them to do some things outside. What is the old man's idea?" Wang Degong thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of a reason, and his heart was thrilled: "No, it seems that the old man has realized that most of the people in the family are not under his control, so he wants to find the second and the others to deal with me!" The more he thinks about Wang Degong, he feels that this idea is not wrong, and his face becomes even more dim.
Seeing that he was thinking and not daring to disturb him, Wang Fu wanted to leave softly, but he found it. After gritting his teeth, Wang Degong said, "You are still watching the old man to see what he has done. Also, where is the old man's medicine, I will check it for me." There is no need to investigate this, Wang Fu immediately replied, "The medicine used by the master was decocted in the yard outside his room, because Dr. Li said that the medicine must be consumed while it is hot."
Wang Dedao nodded and sent him away, then stood up and bolted the door from the inside. After confirming that there was indeed no one else in the room, he took out a porcelain bottle from a dark pavilion under his bed. Holding the porcelain bottle in his hand, Wang Degong's eyes became darker and his face became more distorted. He said softly: "It turns out that I wanted to put you in the third brother's medicine. I don't want the third brother to be lucky to have the old man watching from the side. It seems that you still have a place to use it!" As he said that, he restored everything back to its original state and left his yard with the porcelain bottle.
Outside the small courtyard where Wang Wenzheng lived, two servants were looking after the carbon stove and medicine jar. When they saw the eldest master coming, they hurriedly said hello. After Wang Degong was slightly convinced, he asked with a smile: "Are you decocting medicine for the master?" After getting the affirmative answer, he smiled and said: "Look, you are tired too, go down and rest first, I will do it here."
"How can this make these rough work be done by us servants..." the two hurriedly said.
"I just want to be filial to my father. Do you want to stop me like this?" Wang Degong said and hummed. This really shocked the two servants. After a moment of stuttering, he said, "It's just that you can't decoct medicine, so let's take care of me."
Wang Degong thought to himself that if you were watching me at the side, I would be unable to do anything, and he was rushing to decoct medicine, but his face was serious: "Do you want to see how I am a young master beside me? If I don't retreat, if I really can't, I will call you back." Seeing that Wang Degong's face was not good, the two of them did not dare to persevere anymore. They bowed slightly and left.
Wang Degong looked at the fire in a fake way, then looked around and found that there was no one, he immediately took out the porcelain bottle from his arms. Then, regardless of the fire, he lifted the lid and poured the powder in the bottle in. Finally, he took the bottle back and watched the powder mixed into the soup and disappeared before covering the lid.
After a while, Wang Degong greeted the two people loudly and told them that the medicine should have been boiled. The two servants had no idea what Wang Degong had done at all, and looked at him with respect. Seeing that the medicine had been boiled, they poured it into a bowl and put it in the room. Seeing that the medicine with ingredients was brought in by someone, Wang Degong felt nervous and guilty, but then he was covered up by his greed and resentment: "Dad, who told you to only care about the third brother, and at this time
I still think about dealing with me. Since you don’t regard me as your son, why should I recognize you as a father? In order to prevent me from being looked down upon in the past thirty years, I have to make this bad decision. If you want to blame yourself!" After talking to his father in his heart, Wang Degong turned around and walked towards his yard. He did not have the courage to watch his father poisoned to death. But at this moment, all the joy that was about to gain had already overwhelmed the anxiety of killing his father in his conscience.
A muffled thunder sounded in the sky, as if God could not see this disobedient son anymore, but he could not hit the head of the person who had already hidden in his room.
After a while, a scream came from Wang Wenzheng's room: "Master, what's wrong with you! Hurry up, go and invite Dr. Li!" When Li Dao ordered him to come from the room on the side, he had no choice but to tell a fact that the master of the Wang family was helpless.
In an instant, this bad news spread throughout the Wang family compound, so people were shocked and rushed there to see it in disbelief, but all this could not be changed. After a while, the crying came from the courtyards, spreading far and far...
Chapter completed!