Chapter 338: Killing His Son
Qin Mansion.
Looking at his son, who was in his prime, talented in both civil and military affairs and full of ambition, Grand Tutor Qin could not help but burst into tears.
"Yuan Qing."
Qin Yuanqing asked doubtfully, "Father, have you encountered any problems?"
"Please tell me and I'll do my best to solve it."
Ever since he killed Xie Erlang with his own hands, Qin Yuanqing has felt infinitely more confident.
There is no difficulty in this world that he cannot overcome.
If gods block your way, kill gods; if Buddha blocks your way, kill Buddha.
"Yuanqing, you..."
"Go to hell." Master Qin's voice was choked with sobs and he was extremely sad, but he still said it in the end.
Qin Yuanqing subconsciously thought he was hallucinating.
"Yuanqing, for the Qin family, you should die." Old Master Qin repeated again.
Qin Yuanqing staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"What does your majesty mean?"
Master Qin nodded with difficulty.
"Why!" Qin Yuanqing said word by word, his voice full of grief and anger, "The Qin family is loyal to your majesty, and will always comply with your majesty's orders."
"Why!"
At this moment, every word Qin Yuanqing spoke seemed to be dripping with tears of blood.
"Yuanqing, His Majesty did not elaborate."
"After urgently summoning my father to the palace, he came straight to the point and said that he needed you to die."
"Yuanqing, as a father, I am incompetent and dare not argue for you."
"Father, my son wants to go to the palace." Qin Yuanqing pushed away the chair in front of him and said anxiously.
"If my son has done anything wrong, I am willing to apologize and correct my mistakes. If Your Majesty encounters a difficult problem, I am willing to help Your Majesty solve it."
"Even if I have to die, I have to die knowingly."
Master Qin said, "It's useless."
"Your Majesty's words are golden. Now that they are out, there is no turning back."
"If you do not wish to die, His Majesty's secret guards will send you to your death."
"Then, the Qin family, who violated the Holy Will, will not get any good results."
Qin Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said, "Father has already made his choice, right?"
"Father, have you ever thought about fighting for your son?"
"Yuanqing, be careful with your words!" Grand Tutor Qin looked terrified.
Your Majesty's secret guards must be hiding in the dark, and every word of what I said today will reach Your Majesty's ears without missing a single word.
Qin Yuanqing stopped laughing and said, "Okay, my son is willing to die."
"Please give me some more time, I want to say goodbye to my mother and wife."
"Born in the Qin family, raised in the Qin family, it is only natural that I sacrifice for the Qin family."
If the king wants his subject to die, the subject must die.
Master Qin wiped the tears from his face and said, "Go ahead."
"Father is waiting for you here."
Qin Yuanqing felt more and more bitter.
Wait for him?
Waiting to send him off?
Qin Yuanqing once again couldn't control his jealousy of Xie Erlang who died in his hands.
If it were Duke Xin, he would definitely fight to the end for Xie Erlang.
His father abandoned him almost without a second thought.
normal.
Normal.
The Qin family has always been cruel and cold-hearted.
The Qin family has reached this point today not by relying on morality but by being ruthless.
So, why should he be jealous of Xie Jilang?
He has no qualifications and no shame.
"Okay, in half an hour, my son will come and die."
After waiting for Qin Yuanqing for a long time, Qin Taishi sent people to look for him, only to find that his son, who had repeatedly said he was ready to die and was willing to sacrifice himself for the Qin family, had escaped.
"try to find!"
Master Qin was extremely terrified.
How could Yuan Qing, who is both wise and brave, make such a stupid mistake!
The Qin family members were ruthless, and the one sitting high on the throne had a heart as hard as stone.
Running away would only anger His Majesty and bring greater disaster to the Qin family.
Besides, you can't escape.
There's no way to escape.
He now only hoped to find Yuanqing before His Majesty got angry and send Yuanqing off in person.
However, the Qin family is not as powerful as the emperor.
midnight.
Qin Yuanqing, who was breathing out more than he was breathing in, was thrown into Grand Tutor Qin's study like a dead dog.
There were arrows stuck in his eyes and blood was gushing out.
The man was dressed in black, had an expressionless face and a dull voice.
"Master Qin, His Majesty's order."
Master Qin even felt sorry for his son's death and fell to his knees with a thud.
The man in black said coldly, "I overestimated the loyalty of the Qin family."
"Qin Yuanqing dared to disobey my order and flee privately. Will the rest of the Qin family dare to resent me and plot to usurp the throne in the future?"
Qin Taishi hurriedly said, "This old minister dare not."
The man in black ignored Master Qin and continued, "For the sake of our relationship as monarch and subject, I will give the Qin family another chance."
"Cut off Qin Yuanqing's head and hang it on the flagpole at Caishikou."
"To make up for one's crime with merit."
"I appreciate that."
"I accept your order and thank you for your grace." Grand Tutor Qin felt desolate.
For the first time, I doubted whether my decision to follow him till death was right or wrong.
He indeed brought the Qin family to a whole new level.
All the new and old nobles in the capital, as well as officials of all ranks, had to rely on the Qin family.
However, the emperor followed by the Qin family was neither a benevolent nor a wise ruler, but a cold-blooded one.
If things don't go as planned, the Qin family will have to pay the price for it.
"Please come in, Grand Master Qin." The man in black retreated to the door, drew the long sword at his waist, and crossed over.
Master Qin took the long sword and staggered towards Qin Yuanqing.
His hands trembled as he raised them to Qin Yuanqing's neck again and again, and then moved them away again and again.
Finally, Qin Yuanqing slammed into the long knife, which cut across his neck, and hot blood spurted out.
"Bang." A sound.
The long sword in Master Qin's hand fell to the ground.
"Son." Master Qin knelt on the ground, holding the soundless Qin Yuanqing in his arms, crying loudly and sobbing uncontrollably.
Yuanqing, don't be reborn into the Qin family in your next life.
Don’t reincarnate into the Qin family.
Faced with such a tragic and bloody scene, the man in black remained indifferent, and calmly and numbly reminded, "Your Majesty's order is to cut off Qin Yuanqing's head and hang it on the flagpole at Caishikou."
Sure enough, it only hurts when the knife cuts yourself.
Master Qin took a deep breath, raised the knife with tearful eyes, and swung it towards Qin Yuanqing's bleeding neck.
Yuan Qing is dead.
Death is worth it.
After the head was cut off, the floor of the study was covered with bright red blood.
The man in black took out another imperial edict and said, "This is the honor bestowed by His Majesty on Qin Yuanqing."
Such a way of death cannot be made public.
Your Majesty still had some concerns about the Qin family and was afraid of completely disappointing them, so he thought of a glorious death for Qin Yuanqing.
"Also, the Second Young Master Qin and the Fourth Young Master Qin will come down in a few days after accepting their fate."
"Also, Your Majesty, the Yongning Marquisate is about to fall, so the Grand Tutor can find another marriage for the fifth young lady of the mansion."
Qin Taishi knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
The next day.
It's dawn.
The head hanging in Caishikou was found.
Qin Yuanqing, a second-rank civil official and Guanglu doctor with a bright future, died.
It was a miserable death.
Beheaded.
The news soon reached Changning Palace.
Empress Dowager Xie put down the scripture in her hand and laughed silently.
very nice.
Revenge for Erlang.
Qin Yuanqing should have thought of this day when he tortured and killed Erlang.
But how should the Lu Ming Dynasty deal with the next crisis?
The smile on Empress Dowager Xie's face disappeared, replaced by worry.
Wanxing County.
Lu Mingchao was stunned for a moment.
Qin Yuanqing, who was vicious, rational and extremely conceited, died without causing any waves.
Is she dead?