1679 Atonement, a child with a father is a treasure

"How did you get in?" Feng Qingchen was surprised, with a cold look in his eyes. He took a step back cautiously, putting some distance between them.

Feng Li Youge didn't notice Feng Qingchen's expression. When she heard the voice, she turned around and shouted in surprise, "Father."

The man who came was Feng Lizhi, the father of Feng Li Qingge and Feng Li Youge, the man who almost became King Fengli.

Feng Lizhi's clothes were half-worn, his face was weather-beaten, with a few strands of white hair on his temples. He was holding a box wrapped in black cloth in his hands, looking very shabby.

Seeing Feng Li Youge's relieved smile, he looked at Feng Qingchen seriously and called out stiffly, "Miss."

"You're welcome. According to seniority, I should call you cousin, and you can just call me Qingchen." After the initial surprise, Feng Qingchen didn't take Feng Lizhi to heart.

Since he came here on his own initiative, there is no possibility that he will leave. As for the Sixth Elder?

Feng Qingchen's eyes fell on the box in Feng Lizhi's hand, with a meaningful look...

Feng Lizhi lowered his head following Feng Qingchen's gaze, revealing a hint of sadness. Without keeping the secret, he directly opened the black cloth outside the box and said with a sob, "Miss, the sinner Feng Lizhi brought the ashes of the Sixth Elder."

"What? Grandpa?" Feng Li Youge exclaimed, and rushed forward to snatch the urn from Feng Lizhi's hand: "Father, you said that grandpa..." died, and his body was in this small urn?

Feng Li Youge did not say the rest of the words, but asked in disbelief: "Father, tell me, this is not true, Grandpa is not dead? He is not dead, right?"

"Youge, stop making trouble. Dad is talking to the eldest lady." Feng Lizhi took a deep breath, blinked back the tears in his eyes, and pushed Feng Li Youge away.

Feng Qingchen said that the crime should not be committed by children, and he did not want to involve Youge. He alone was enough.

"Miss, please take a look." Feng Lizhi took the urn back and handed it to Feng Qingchen.

Looking at the small jar in front of her, Feng Qingchen knew that her father's death had been avenged, but she was not as happy as she had imagined. Instead, she felt an indescribable sense of loss.

So what if the people who killed her father are dead? Her father cannot be resurrected. Besides, her original intention was to force Feng Lizhi to show up to prevent him from betraying the Fengli clan. However, she did not expect Feng Lizhi to be so straightforward and directly bring back the ashes of the Sixth Elder.

Feng Qingchen sighed softly: "No need, bury the Sixth Elder properly."

Feng Qingchen waved her hand, unwilling to say more. Feng Lizhi bowed her head respectfully: "Thank you, Miss."

Like Feng Qingchen, he bowed his head not for himself, but for his two children. He had many opportunities outside to betray Feng Qingchen and the Fengli clan, but he didn't.

He always remembered that he was a member of the Fengli tribe, and never forgot his two children. No matter how difficult or hard it was, he would never betray his tribe members and abandon his children.

Feng Lizhi handed the urn to the stunned Feng Liyouge beside him, lifted his robe and knelt straight in front of Feng Qingchen: "Miss."

"What are you doing? Get up." Feng Qingchen was startled and hurried forward to support him.

Are you kidding? Although Feng Lizhi is of the same generation as her, he can be her father in terms of age. How could she bear to see him kneeling like this? But Feng Lizhi did not move at all. No matter how Feng Qingchen pulled him, he just knelt there.

"Father..." Feng Li Youge couldn't hold back his tears any longer, but he could do nothing. He knew that his father was atonement for his sins and knelt down for him and Qingge.

Feng Lizhi looked determined. He kowtowed to Feng Qingchen regardless of her attempts to stop him. "Miss, I know I am guilty and I dare not ask for your forgiveness. No matter how you deal with me, I will not say a word. But Qingge and Youge know nothing. Please give them a way out for the sake of our common ancestry."

"I never thought of taking their lives. You can get up now." Feng Qingchen stood aside and did not accept Feng Lizhi's greeting.

"I am a sinner." Feng Lizhi still refused to get up, with a hint of threat in his tone.

Feng Qingchen glanced at him and said, "It's up to you. Kneel if you want. I'm sorry I can't keep you company." Then he turned around and left.

Feng Lizhi didn't react at all, but Feng Li Youge couldn't bear to see her father kneeling like this, so she rushed forward to block Feng Qingchen's way: "Aunt Qingchen..."

I cried out, but I couldn't say the next words.

Beg for mercy? Feng Qingchen didn't punish Feng Lizhi, so how could he beg for mercy?

Feng Qingchen didn't say anything, just looked at Feng Li Youge. After a moment, Feng Li Youge lowered her head and said in pain, "Aunt Qingchen, why did things turn out like this? What did I do wrong?"

His family was gone, his grandfather died, his father was decadent, and his sister was ruined.

"You are not wrong, it is God who is wrong." Feng Qingchen looked at the gray sky and sighed heavily: "Cousin Zhi, I will arrange for someone to send the three of you back. As for whether you are guilty or not, it is not up to me to decide, but for the clan members. Your punishment will naturally be carried out according to the clan rules. I will not interfere."

"Thank you, young lady." This time Feng Lizhi did not refuse. After bowing to express her gratitude, she stood up. Feng Li Youge opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but received a warning look from Feng Lizhi, so she had to shut up in the end.

Feng Qingchen didn't care what the father and son were thinking. After explaining everything clearly, he left, and at the same time, a heavy stone in his heart fell.

Feng Lizhi is back, no matter what the reason, at least the danger has been eliminated, and she doesn't have to worry about her identity being exposed in the short term.

"Father, why didn't you let me speak?" Feng Li Youge asked as soon as Feng Qingchen left.

"Don't say anymore. There's nothing wrong with what the young lady did." In just a few months, Feng Lizhi had aged a lot, his back was slightly hunched, his eyes were cloudy, and he didn't have a single bit of fighting spirit.

"But she did something wrong too." Why did she ask them to abide by the clan rules while she herself did not.

Feng Lizhi smiled bitterly: "Because... she is the legitimate daughter of Fengli, she is the King of Fengli!" Who dares to ask her to abide by the clan rules? Who dares?

"So my sister and she made the same mistake, but only my sister has to be punished according to the clan rules, but she doesn't?" Feng Li Youge knew that this was wrong, but he felt uncomfortable whenever he thought about the punishment his father and sister would face when they returned to the clan.

"You don't understand..." Feng Lizhi sighed, his voice distant and empty.

Qingge was to be punished by the clan rules, not because she lost her virginity before marriage and her reputation was ruined, but because she did not know how to judge people, bringing shame to the Fengli clan and the daughters of the Fengli clan. Not to mention the clan members, even he, as a father, could not forgive her.

His daughter, the daughter of their Fengli clan, must not be trampled on like that.

"Youge, remember, you are a member of the Feng clan. King Fengli and the legitimate daughter of Fengli are the ones you must follow for the rest of your life. No matter what they say or do, it is not your business to interfere. You just have to obey their orders. Also, it was not the eldest lady but Jingyang who caused the tragedy of our family. Don't look for the wrong person if you want revenge." Feng Lizhi's words sounded like instructions for his funeral. Feng Li Youge was so scared that her face turned pale and her whole body was shaking. She held the urn tightly in her hands, her eyes filled with panic.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Qingge and I already have no grandfather and mother, but we can't be without a father. Father, you can't abandon us..."

"Silly child, what are you thinking about?" Feng Lizhi smiled: "Father will not abandon you. Father will always protect you. Father will not die before he sees you get married and start a family."

Even for the sake of his two children, he would live on no matter how hard it was. If he died, what would happen to his children? His children could not be bullied by others...