Chapter 834 Father and Son (Part 2)
Li Le'er and his daughter immediately felt that the relationship between the father and son became a little tense, and the atmosphere in the hall became depressed. However, they had not yet understood the meaning of their words, and suddenly felt uneasy and wanted to speak out.
As a result, before her daughter could speak, Li Tong said first: "Le'er, you and Tangtang will go back inside first. I have something to say to Ling'er."
"But..." Li Le'er was obviously worried and wanted to stay, but when she saw her younger brother nodding at her, she smiled and said, "Yes, sister, you should avoid it first. Don't worry, we are all a family and nothing can happen."
The men at home said this. Li Le'er didn't dare to persist. She just glanced at them with some anxiety, and then she took her daughter with the same strange expression and turned to the backyard.
Just after the mother and daughter left, the father and son's eyes met again, but there was no longer any previous avoidance. The interweaving was like swords fighting each other, which made the atmosphere in the entire hall more consolidated. After the two of them looked at each other without giving in, Li Tong could not bear the powerful aura from his son, his eyes fell, and he laughed: "I didn't expect that in just ten years, you have changed so much, as if you have completely changed someone.
"I remember when you and I were still in Jiangcheng, you were always timid and afraid. Even the county exams often made the articles messed up because of panic in my heart... To be honest, when I learned that you were in the imperial examination and became an official in the court, I was a little surprised, thinking that he was just a person with the same name and surname.
"It seems that during the time I left, many changes have indeed happened to you, which has made you very different." As he said that, he sighed again with emotion, as if he was regretful and a little relieved.
Li Ling just listened quietly, without any expression on his face. He said slowly until he finished speaking: "What happened at the beginning? Actually, I have long since I didn't want to care about it over the years. After all, although Yue'er and I experienced some discomforts after you left, everything was over. I even thought that after I found you, my father, I will be filial to you like all the sons in the world, so that you can enjoy your old age."
Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly flashed: "I just didn't expect that I underestimated my father after all. The incompetent, cowardly and selfish father in my memory actually had another hidden side. Under the cover of the poor scholar and the ignorant scholar who was deceived into the family by someone, your true identity should be a big man in the Luotian Sect! I wonder if I guess right?"
"You guessed right. I am from the Luotian Sect. From the beginning, I was a member of the Luotian Sect. As for the identity you know, it was just to cover up and escape the government's pursuit." At this moment, Li Tong had nothing to hide and nodded directly.
Then he smiled again: "It's ridiculous. My son actually embarked on the road to the imperial examination officialdom after I left, and became one of the biggest enemies of our Holy Church! If I had known that you had such skills, I wouldn't have kept you at home at the beginning, but should have taken you away together."
Li Ling frowned and snorted, "What's the use of these? Since you have admitted that you are from the Luotian Sect, it's easy to do. Come with me and explain your next plan in Xiangfan and Huguang. As long as this time the matter is done, I can count you as a result of your sins. Then you will still be my father, and you can still be with Le'er and Tangtang, Yue'er and the others, and enjoy family life. What do you think?"
Li Tong also frowned quickly: "Are you trying to instigate me?"
"No, I'm just giving you a choice, the best choice for you. After all, you are the father of Yue'er and me. I don't want to really treat you as a traitor in Luotian Sect!" Li Ling looked at him, his face full of determination, "Of course, if you refuse to accept my kindness, then I don't mind taking you down and then prying open your mouth with other methods."
"Is this how you as a son use to respect your father?" Li Tong said coldly.
"I said, I have given you a more decent choice. I know what you want to say, I am a scholar who is filial to my parents. I am very unfilial to do this! However, the saint once said that between loyalty and filial piety, loyalty should be the first priority. In the face of righteousness, the little filial piety in the family can only be put aside for the time being.
"It's true that you are my father, but you are also a traitor in Luotian Sect. I am an official and you are a thief. I want to take your own righteousness. This is called destroying relatives for justice! So you should save your energy and not use your father's identity to suppress me. By the way, there is another point that the so-called filial piety also has a prerequisite, that is, parents should be upright and treat their children well at the beginning. But what about you? When you owed huge debts in Jiangcheng and abandoned my sister and I, they would no longer take our life and death seriously.
"Of course, now it seems that all this is a different reason. You have to leave because of the momentum, or even to protect us... However, this is still irresponsible to our brothers and sisters, so I am not required to do my filial piety now."
Li Tong looked at his son talking in surprise, and he could not find the shadow of the timid son at the time. What shocked him even more was that his self-consistent logic seemed to be very different from the current public order and good customs, but when you think about it carefully, it seemed to make some sense.
At the same time, he also understood his son's determination from it. It was indeed impossible for him to change his mind by his father and son.
After exhaling a breath of turbid breath, Li Tong laughed again: "You said right. I was indeed a little irresponsible at the beginning. Even if I had the difficulties, I would not be able to treat you. So you hate me today and want to ask me for me, my father will not blame you. But before that, I still hope you can listen to some words so that I can understand why I did those things and why I became a member of the Holy Church."
Li Ling looked at him thoughtfully, raised his glass and drank a sip of tea, took out the tea stem that was drunk in his mouth, waved his hand and threw it out, then said, "You say, I'll listen."
"The reason why I was found and discovered through my identity this time is because of Le'er, right?" Li Tong asked after adjusting his mentality.
Seeing Li Ling nodding, he smiled bitterly again: "Actually, it was because of changes in the church that I had to come forward to solve some problems and had to leave Jiangcheng. In order to prevent people from doubting that there was something strange about me, I thought of finding such a bad reason to avoid debt and go away from home. But in fact, I have always asked the people in the church to help you take care of you. Once the dealer dares to be unfavorable to you, my Holy Sect brothers will not let them go first.
"Just like when Le'er had an accident a few years later, Le'er was the one who felt most at ease when I left Jiangcheng, but I didn't expect that she was the one who suffered the most in the end. She was so harsh by the Wei family... Fortunately, you discovered the clues later and rescued her from the Wei family, which made me feel relieved.
"I just didn't expect that the Wei family did not give up. Later, they colluded with the corrupt officials and arrested Le'er. Not long afterwards, I also got a message that it seemed that the Wei family just locked Le'er in the ancestral hall to think about their mistakes, but in fact, they couldn't swallow this. They had already planned to secretly poison Le'er and his daughter in secret, and then report to me that they had a depressed death!"
Li Ling's calm face suddenly changed, and he really didn't know about this at all. But thinking about the so-called righteous style of the Wei family and the situation of women in this era, this is really likely to happen. After all, he was not a juren at that time, and his status was very different from that of the Wei family, so they naturally would not have much concern.
Even though I knew my sister was safe and sound, I still felt a little scared and angry when I thought about it carefully.
Li Tong's eyes were even more murderous: "I can bear the moment when Le'er was bullied by the Wei family for many years, but after the incident, they didn't want to repent and wanted to kill her, so how could I be compatible!
"So shortly after receiving the news, I planned that big change, allowing my Holy Sect brothers to break through Jiangbei County and kill more than 100 people from the Wei family! Let them use their lives to atone for their sins! Ling'er, do you think there is something wrong with me doing this?"
Li Ling was stunned. From his original intention, he would actually do similar things. If his sister was really killed by the Wei family, when he had gained considerable power, he would also seek revenge on the Wei family and let their family die!
However, after really putting the problem in front of him and letting him think calmly, he felt that doing so was a big problem. It is really against humanity and law to vent his personal anger in this way.
But his silence made Li Tong misunderstand. He thought his son was the same as he thought, so he said excitedly: "This is the idea that my Holy Church has always adhered to! The unfair world requires us to uphold justice. The unrighteous court requires us to rectify the chaos and replace it.
"No, it should not be called replacement, but it should be said that everything that belongs to us should be taken back. All of this, this world should belong to us, and belongs to our leader!"
These abrupt words made Li Ling even more stunned, and he threw the idea that he wanted to refute his father aside: "What do you mean by this? What does this world belong to you and your leader?"
Chapter completed!