"Dad, you're finally back." Zhao Shixi seemed to have seen a savior, and shouted at Zhao Jin, "That dog is really rebellious, he wanted to tie me up outside and freeze me to death!"

"Freeze you to death? That's too easy for you!" Zhao Jin looked around for something useful and saw a wooden stick as thick as his forearm on the ground. He picked it up and was about to hit his son with it.

"I'll beat you to death you disobedient bastard!"

He was also out of his mind. With Zhao Shixi's small body, if he was hit by this stick, he would definitely break his bones.

Yu Peng and Zhao Shizhen, who came out after hearing the news, quickly grabbed him tightly.

Zhao Shixi was frightened at first, but when he saw someone trying to stop him, he became arrogant again and shouted at Zhao Jin, "Am I your biological child? You didn't care about me for a day after I was born, and now you want to beat me to death for an outsider? What were you doing before? I don't have a father like you, so you have no right to beat me!"

Zhao Jin's old face turned blue and red when his son rebuked him. He stood there stiffly with the stick in his hand, tears rolling down his cheeks.

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder.

Zhao Jin subconsciously turned around and saw that it was Zhao Hao who appeared behind him at some point.

"What if a stick this thick hurts a child?"

Zhao Hao said this and took the stick from Zhao Jin's hand.

Zhao Shixi couldn't help but look pleased when he saw this, thinking that this kid was really afraid of getting into trouble and ruining his relationship with his father.

But before he could say anything, the next scene almost made him pop his eyes out!

Zhao Hao then handed a cowhide whip as thick as a fingertip to Zhao Jin.

"Use this to hit, it hurts but won't hurt anyone. If you're not satisfied, you can dip it in salt water."

"Okay!" Zhao Jin clenched the whip, gritted his teeth and whipped it hard!

"Ah!" Zhao Shixi screamed without any human voice.

In fact, the clothes were so thick in winter that he didn't feel much pain when he was whipped.

He was more of venting his anger!

But this is Zhao Jin's weakness. After a few lashes, the elder brother softened. Yeah, what were you doing earlier?

It's the father's fault for not raising him well. It's his own fault for him becoming like this. Who am I to hit him? I might as well hit myself.

Seeing Zhao Jin falling into a vicious circle of self-blame again, Zhao Hao coughed lightly and asked him, "Do you need help?"

"Brother, I really can't bring myself to do this. Why don't you help me beat him..." Zhao Jin finally found a solution after hearing this. He quickly raised the whip with both hands, bowed deeply to Zhao Hao and said, "If you beat me to death, I will pay with my life. It has nothing to do with you!"

"Hey, big brother." Zhao Hao took the whip reluctantly and said, "Then please step aside, so as not to make me feel uncomfortable."

"Okay." Zhao Jin nodded hurriedly and ordered Yu Peng to send all those thugs to the Daxing County Court to stay in detention. Then he went back to the East Courtyard resolutely without even looking at Zhao Shixi.

"Dad, don't abandon me. Can't I change..." Watching his father's back disappearing through the Chuihua Gate, Zhao Shixi realized that danger was coming and was finally scared.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

"Did you hear that? Your life is in my hands."

Zhao Hao walked up to him with a grim smile, whipped him hard and said, "If I don't beat your buttocks till it blooms today, you won't know who your grandfather and your uncle are!"

It's a pity that Zhao Hao is not as energetic as old man Zhao Jin.

After whipping him a few times and seeing that he didn't feel any pain and was exhausted, he threw the whip to Gao Wu and said, "You come."

Gao Wu nodded, took off his coat, revealing his knotted muscles covered with scars.

Then he started to prepare seriously.

Zhao Shixi stared in amazement at Gao Wu's muscles moving around like little mice, and finally a look of fear appeared on his face.

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I was wrong, isn't that enough?" This kid is not that stupid. He finally realized that the other party was going to be serious.

"You know you're wrong now? It's too late." Zhao Hao looked at him with a smile and said in a brisk tone: "Today I'll teach you the first lesson. If you make a mistake, you must accept the punishment."

"Today you came to my house to cause trouble, you will be lashed with fifty lashes. Just now you cursed me ten times, five lashes for each swear, fifty lashes again." He counted with his fingers and said, "Oh, and yesterday you even dared to insult my father, one hundred lashes more!"

"Isn't this too big a difference?" Zhao Shixi shouted in despair.

"Two hundred lashes in total, go ahead!" Zhao Hao ignored him and gave the order to Gao Wu in a deep voice.

Gao Wu shook his hand and swung out a whip seemingly casually.

There was a crisp sound, and Zhao Shixi began to howl as if he was stung by a scorpion!

Gao Wu whipped Zhao Shixi with the whip again and again. After just a few whips, Zhao Shixi was crying for his parents and begging his ancestors to spare his life!

Zhao Hao was watching from the side and was amazed. He did not see how Gao Wu exerted his strength, nor did he see Zhao Shixi's clothes being torn to shreds, but he clearly saw that Zhao Shixi's neck swelled up to be as thick as his head, his face turned purple, and snot and tears flowed down his face.

Gao Wu whipped him a few more times, and finally he could explain: "We used inch force, and the force went straight through his clothes and into his flesh."

"Ancestor, please spare my life. I will never dare to do it again..." Taking advantage of Gao Wu stopping to speak, Zhao Shixi cried and begged for mercy.

He has been spoiled since childhood, how could he bear this pain?

Zhao Shixi realized that pain is such a terrible thing. Not only does it cause physical pain, but it also greatly damages your soul...

But Zhao Hao didn't call for a stop, so Gao Wu was naturally indifferent and continued to whip him one after another.

“Oh, I’m going to die…”

"Ah, ah, ancestor, I will never dare to do that again!"

"Ahhh, mother, where are you? If you don't come back, your son will be beaten to death..."

Zhao Hao originally planned to call a halt, but seeing that the fellow was still full of energy, he knew that Gao Wu's attack was measured and would only make him feel pain but not hurt him.

So what's there to worry about? Let's have fun first...

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In the other room, Zhao Jin's wife Chang also received the report and rushed back in a hurry. While she was still in the sedan chair, she heard her son's inhuman howl, and Chang's heart was burning. Before the sedan chair stopped, she hurriedly got off and ran towards the Moon Gate.

"Stop!" Unexpectedly, Zhao Jin called him.

"Master, is it my uncle beating Shixi inside?" Chang asked hurriedly.

"That's right." Zhao Jin nodded with a dark face. Seeing that Chang was about to go to the west courtyard again, he said in a low voice: "I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?!"

"I can't let anyone beat Shixi!" Chang said anxiously, "That's flesh that fell from my body. The child is still young. What if he gets hurt?"

"He's not a child anymore! If you don't discipline him, he'll be ruined!" Zhao Jin glared at Chang. In fact, he was very dissatisfied with his wife for spoiling their son like this, but he owed her a lot, so he couldn't say anything to blame his wife. So he lowered his voice and said, "You only think he's still a child, but you don't know that he and those bad boys are eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring outside, doing everything!"

"Oh, no way? He's only sixteen..." Chang almost fainted when she heard this. Parents always think the best of their children, and she always thought her youngest son was just fooling around.

"Why do you think he keeps asking his family for money?" Zhao Jin said with a dark face, "They stay in the Guanglu Temple's restaurant all day, eating and drinking for free, but no one forgives his gambling debts and whore money!"

"How could this happen?" Chang felt dizzy and Zhao Jin quickly supported her.

She never expected that her son would learn bad habits so quickly. He had only been in Beijing for two months. If he stayed longer, wouldn't he become a venereal and gambling addict?

Seeing Chang crying with fear, Zhao Jin slowed down his tone and sighed, "Now that my brother is willing to discipline her for us, it is a blessing for both of us and for that rebellious son!"

"I'm not being nosy, but your brother is too young. Can you discipline him well?" Now Chang started to worry about whether Zhao Hao could be taught well.

"I have no confidence in others, but my brother can definitely cure the disease!" Zhao Jin said to Chang solemnly, "Although he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, he is definitely not an ordinary person. Look at his two disciples, one is from the Wang family of Taicang and the other is from the Hua family of Wuxi. They are the top two candidates in the imperial examination. Shi Xi is not even worthy of carrying their shoes! But aren't they wearing green clothes and small hats, bowing their heads and obediently serving my brother? What do you think they want? Isn't it because my brother is powerful and can teach them and solve their doubts?!"

"Really?" After hearing what her husband said, Chang was a little bit unbelievable. After all, Zhao Hao looked too young. He was about the same age as Shi Zhen, and one or two years younger than Shi Xi.

"Of course." Zhao Jin snorted and said, "If I hadn't begged him repeatedly, my brother would not have bothered to pay attention to that rebellious son. It's his good fortune that my brother is willing to beat him now. If you still want him to learn well, just ignore it and wait and see the results!"

"Alas..." Chang finally listened to her husband and followed Zhao Jin back. She still said with some concern: "Just teach him a lesson, but don't hurt the child."

"Don't worry, my brother is a sensible man. Don't be soft-hearted and interfere, making things difficult for my brother." Zhao Jin and his wife went into the main room. The servant lowered the thick curtain and closed the door. Then they could no longer hear the screams coming from the west yard.

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