Kang Zhi's two maids, one holding a bronze mace and the other holding a silver hook, were both skilled in their craft. They came to Kang Zhi, drew out the swords hidden under their cloaks, and stood on the left and right to guard against anyone approaching.
Although they were not capable of fighting a hundred people alone, no guard of the Shi family dared to step forward without permission. The old lady's life was so precious that no one dared to be a hero and gamble at this time.
The safest approach is to stabilize the other party first and then let the head of the family make the decision.
"...Don't hurt my grandmother!" Shi Wen's face turned pale, and she looked at Kang Zhi in fear and anxiety: "Just tell me what you want me to do! You just come at me because you don't like me, but what's the point of taking revenge on my grandmother!"
Kang Zhi sneered, "Spoiled brainless thing, I'm not coming for you."
Kang Zhi walked out holding Madam Shi hostage, and said to the guards, "Please tell General Shi that I need his help!"
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At the same time, Kang Cong was kneeling in front of his father's desk, trembling.
This is the study room that Kang Dingshan used for meetings. It was heavily guarded and no outsiders were allowed to enter. Kang Cong was even searched inside and out before he was allowed in.
In the study room with closed doors and windows, the view was a little dim, and Kang Dingshan was filled with deep anger.
He had already found out that Cui Jing only led 30,000 Xuan Ce troops here. He might be able to fight them if he joined forces with the Mohe cavalry... However, just as he was about to send out his troops, he heard that Tieshi Fort was attacked, and the food and weapons he had stored for many years were destroyed! At this time, he looked at his eighth son who was the least favorite of him, who was kneeling there, and shook his head to explain: "I have never known about the Tieshi Fort incident... How could it be leaked?!"
"Father, please check carefully. Someone must have deliberately framed your son!"
Kang Sizi, who was standing nearby, felt as if he had heard a huge joke: "Who do you think you are? Why would anyone bother to frame you?"
Kang Liuzi said in a deep voice: "I saw you sneaking around this study last time. Whenever my father summoned me to discuss matters, you would always come uninvited. You want to compete in everything and want to get involved everywhere. Who knows how many military secrets you have secretly stolen-"
At this moment, there are only four of them, father and son, in the study room.
Kang Dingshan's eyes were extremely cold behind the desk, and his voice was hoarse and murderous: "Tell me, what other information did you leak to them?"
Kang Cong, who had explained everything in detail, looked up and said firmly: "I swear to heaven that I have never betrayed my father!"
"Swear to heaven?" Kang Dingshan's eyes darkened, and his voice was as low as water: "Your biological mother also swore to heaven that you are my flesh and blood...but why do you not look like me at all?"
Kang Cong felt as if he had been doused in ice water, and he stood there frozen, motionless.
Kang Dingshan's broad figure slowly rose from the chair. He was suspicious by nature, and even when he was not on the battlefield, he was used to carrying a sword with him. In addition, he was full of murderous aura, and when he was not smiling, he always gave people a sense of silent deterrence.
He walked step by step to Kang Cong.
Kang Cong seemed like a frozen statue, kneeling there and looking at his father walking towards him.
As they approached Kangding Mountain, Kang Cong began to have to look up at his father's strong and majestic figure.
Due to the light, Kang Cong couldn't see his father's expression clearly until his father bent over him and raised his hands to strangle him.
"I'm going to ask you one last time, what other information have you leaked?"
Along with this cold and hoarse question, Kang Cong also sensed the breath of death brought by the rough big hand that quickly contracted around his neck.
"Son... I really didn't..." Kang Cong shook his head with difficulty, his face flushed, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. Just when he was almost determined, he felt that the big hand slowly loosened.
Kang Dingshan took his hand back and smiled with satisfaction: "Well, you didn't change your words even when you were on the verge of death. I believe you!"
The weak Kang Cong supported himself on the ground with his hands and coughed violently, unable to believe his ears.
Then, I heard the majestic voice say, "From this point of view, it is more likely that they let you back on purpose to make me suspicious of you, so that you and I would be alienated. At the same time, they can use this to hide their real accomplice beside me... The one who actually leaked the information about Ironstone Fort is someone else."
Kang Cong was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly felt extremely grateful and happy: "Father..."
Yes, how could he forget that his father had come this far and was not someone who would be easily deceived! His father was sober and rational...all his previous actions, including the one just now, were just to test him!
It turned out that all this was not as hopeless as he had imagined? He and his father had never reached that point! Great, great! Kang Cong, who had survived a catastrophe, cried and laughed like a child. He finally had the courage to grab the corner of his father's robe. He was grateful and even flattered: "Thank you, father... Thank you, father, for believing that your son is innocent!"
Oh no...Ani! Could it be that Anni has already...
Kang Cong was just thinking about this in great joy when he suddenly heard his father's flat voice above his head: "But they don't believe it."
Kang Cong was unable to react to the meaning of these words for a moment, and looked up at his father with a slightly sluggish expression.
Kang Dingshan also looked down at him and asked, "Do you know who the spy was who actually leaked the military secrets of Tieshibao?"
Kang Cong shook his head subconsciously, his lips whispering: "Son, I don't know..."
Kang Dingshan: "I, your father, don't know either."
"As a father, I must find out who this traitor is and kill him." Kang Dingshan said, "But at this moment, no one knows who he is."
He suddenly raised his sleeves and pointed in the direction outside the study: "Originally, the troops were to be mobilized tomorrow, but Tieshibao was suddenly attacked, and the army was in chaos - but this battle tomorrow must be fought. The more so, the more we must take Youzhou as soon as possible. If we delay any further, the army will lose morale!"
"But at this moment, my subordinates and the Mohe leader are waiting for me to give them an explanation!"
"This is not just my father's business. The outcome of this battle is also related to their interests. They will not rest assured until the traitor is punished—"
"If we want to mobilize the troops as planned, the people's hearts must be united and not in chaos! The only plan now is to go with the flow and stabilize the hearts of our soldiers, then use this opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole and secretly find out the traitor..."
At this point, Kang Dingshan asked, "Kang Cong, are you willing to help your father accomplish this?"
Kang Cong was stunned. He felt as if what he was holding in his hand was not his father's robe, but a sharp blade that cut through the bones, leaving his hands covered in blood.
He asked almost dully, "Father...are you still going to kill your son?"
First, he would use the head of this "traitor" as a sacrifice to appease the army, and use the head of his own son as a sacrifice to boost the army's morale, so as to ensure a smooth military operation tomorrow... Later, if he could find out the real culprit, and "forced to kill" his father by mistake, he could even gain the guilt of his subordinates, and then further win their hearts...
And all the father needs to do is sacrifice a son who is like a thorn in his side... When you think about it this way, it's such a good deal that no one can refuse.
How clear-headed and rational his father was! Kang Cong seemed to have lost all his strength. He loosened his hands that were tightly holding his father's robe. He knelt there, slowly lowered his head, and suddenly revealed a miserable smile that was a hundred times uglier than crying.
It turns out that being killed by your own father who was suspected and misunderstood is not the most terrible thing...
The most terrifying thing is that even though his father believed he was innocent, he still wanted him to die! It didn't even matter whether it was right or wrong, his father just made the most favorable choice at the moment!
"No, I won't kill you." Kang Dingshan raised his hand and drew his sword, saying slowly, "You have always wanted to prove your loyalty and filial piety to me. Now is your chance."
"After you die, your father will find out the real traitor and clear your name. By then, I will tell everyone that you proved your innocence with your death today. After that, you will be the most respected member of the Kang family in everyone's eyes."
"I believe that my son, Kang Dingshan, will not fear death in the face of the overall situation."
"..." Kang Cong raised his hand tremblingly and took the knife.
This knife seemed to be the only glory his father was willing to give him, allowing him to destroy himself and prove himself.
It seemed that as long as he was willing to die like this, he could prove that he was a son worthy of his father's affirmation and a competent and loyal descendant of the Kang family.
Isn't this the opportunity he has been longing for for the past twenty years? Looking at the knife in front of him, Kang Cong was actually moved.
He really wanted his father's approval.
For a long time, he, bearing the stigma of his blood, seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. Toxic algae gradually grew in the quagmire, covering the surface of the quagmire thickly, and then dark green and smelly poisonous bubbles emerged, which could take his life at any time.
He was looking forward to the day when he could get out of the mire and be completely clean...
Now, that day seems to have really arrived.
"Eighth brother, didn't you always say that you were willing to help father achieve his great cause, even if it meant your death?" Kang Si said with a hint of cold smile: "Then what are you hesitating about?"
Yes, what was he hesitating about? Kang Cong looked at the knife in his hand, and through the blade, he saw his own embarrassed tears.
However, the next moment, he suddenly saw Annie's figure above the deadly blade.
Ani...
It was the teenaged Ani who pulled the teenaged boy back from the edge of the high roof.
At that time, many brothers were standing beside him. They either sneered or made fun of him, saying to him, "If you dare to jump from here, we will believe that you are our father's bloodline! From now on, we will never question or make fun of you again!"
It’s a very superficial way of provoking someone, but only those who have been in the situation know how it feels.
He was very scared, he closed his eyes tightly, and when he was about to jump, Ani appeared: [Idiot! Coward! Don’t you think our lives are hard enough? ]
He was furious: [But they said that if I jumped, I could prove that I was...]
Ah Ni stared at him fiercely: [This bullshit truth that needs self-destruction to prove, let it go as far away as possible! If you dare to be stupid again, get as far away as possible! ]
"Why, you don't dare, or you don't want to?"
Seeing that Kang Cong did not move for a long time, Kang Dingshan asked.
Kang Cong shook his head in panic, and tremblingly bent over, the knife in his hand fell to the ground. He cried, "My son doesn't dare... My son is incompetent!"
Kang Si sneered, "You can't even seize the opportunity that came to you. You are really a waste."
"You don't dare to die." Kang Dingshan finally showed contempt in his eyes: "You don't even dare to live - otherwise, you could have tried to stab me with the knife just now. Even if you can't kill me, I still respect your courage."
Looking at Kang Cong who began to kowtow and beg for mercy, he almost got the answer: "How could such a coward and incompetent person be the son of Kang Dingshan..."
Kang Cong knocked his head heavily on the ground: "Father, please spare my life!"
"Please, father!"
Kang Cong hit the target without any hesitation each time. Blood soon oozed out of his forehead. His hair, which he had not had time to style carefully, was blown apart, and the bamboo hairpin that he used to tie up his hair also fell out of his hair.
"Such a waste deserves no death." Kang Dingshan bent down and raised his hand to pick up the knife.
This final "test" was like a test question he used to resolve his morbid mental disorder. He had almost determined that this incompetent man could not possibly be his son. With this answer in mind, he could pierce the other person's body with a knife without feeling the slightest regret or pity.
But in this brief moment, something he did not expect happened.
The good-for-nothing who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, suddenly raised his hand, stood up and pounced on him when he was about to pick up the knife, and stabbed his neck with the object in his hand.
Kang Dingshan subconsciously raised his elbow to block and kicked Kang Cong at the same time.
Kang Cong was kicked three or five steps away and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Father!" Kang Si and Kang Liu came forward quickly.
Kang Dingshan raised his hand and touched his pierced and bleeding neck, while looking at the copper bamboo-jointed male hairpin that had fallen to the ground.
Kang Cong hurt him with that hairpin.
Kang Cong, who had been searched before entering, could not have produced any other sharp weapons.
Kang Dingshan sneered, "You want to kill your father based on this?"
Even though Kang Cong's action was beyond his expectations, his reaction was not slow, and the copper hairpin only managed to pierce a layer of skin on his neck.
Kang Cong, who was kicked to the ground, stood up tremblingly.
Kang Cong had his hair disheveled and his face was covered with blood and tears. He stared at Kangding Mountain and suddenly let out a strange laugh.
Kang Dingshan frowned suddenly, and suddenly felt a strange numbness on the injured side of his neck. Almost the next moment, a feeling of dizziness spread through his head.
"Father!" Kang Si held up the shaking Kang Dingshan and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Kang Liu saw the wound on his father's neck darken in color, and his face immediately changed: "Oh no, it's poisonous! Someone come! Someone come quickly!"
Kang Dingshan's vision quickly became blurred, and as his five senses dulled, he heard the voice asking, "Father, can you look at your son again now?"
Kang Cong stood there, and asked with a smile that sounded like he was crying, "Is this proof enough for me to prove myself? Is this how I deserve to be your son?"
"You beast!" Kang Si rushed towards Kang Cong and grabbed Kang Cong by the collar: "Where did you get the poison? Who ordered you to do that? Hand over the antidote!"
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