strictlysupreme Chapter 215 Biting each other
Chapter 215 Biting each other
"Wang Yulan!!" Tian Zhongqing suddenly burst out, rushed to the pole, and grabbed Tian Yulan's clothes.
He pulled her up from the ground and slapped her face repeatedly.
"You called my son a beast?!"
"You insulted my son."
"How dare you insult my son!"
Whether it was because Tian Zhigao was dead or not, Wang Yulan showed no mercy and also pulled and tugged at Tian Zhongqing.
"Your son is a beast!"
"Tian Zhiyuan is a beast, and Tian Zhicheng is a beast too!!"
“That Tian Zhiyuan, I don’t allow him to study, but he insists on studying secretly, and he even learns to write, and he writes better than Zhicheng.”
What is he trying to do?
"Pah! He's a son of a mother but no one to teach him, and he thinks he can read and write?"
"Humph!"
Wang Yulan forcefully pushed Tian Zhongqing away, and then tugged at her clothes with a smug look on her face.
What's the rush?
"What's the rush?"
"Anyway, we're all going to be exiled!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you!!"
Wang Yulan glanced at Guo Xiuyun behind her and said, "I've known about Zhigao and Guo Xiuyun for a long time."
"My ambition is great, hahaha."
"Hahaha!"
"I, Zhigao, am the most capable, the most capable."
Tian Zhongqing was stunned, his face filled with disbelief.
"you you!"
"You're insane! You're insane!!"
Wang Xiuying grabbed Wang Yulan, "Auntie!! What are you saying?"
"Are you crazy? Are you insane?"
Her aunt actually knew about her husband's affair with Guo Xiuyun all along, and... she let it go?!
"Aunt, are you crazy?"
"I'm going crazy, I'm going crazy! Haha, Zhigao..."
Tian Zhicheng sat amidst the bloodstains, sobbing uncontrollably.
Tian Tian watched all this with a cold eye. She took out a ten-tael silver ingot from her sleeve, tossed it lightly, and it landed right next to Tian Zhicheng.
Here's the ten taels of silver you wanted.
After saying that, Tian Tian turned and left. As she passed the jailer, she said indifferently, "Tian Zhicheng killed Tian Zhigao."
The jailer was shocked. "What?!"
He ran quickly towards the innermost cell...
A moment later, he came running out again, shouting, "Help! Help! Someone has committed murder in the prison!!"
As he passed by Tian Tian, he stopped and said, "Miss Tian, you should leave this place quickly, it's too unlucky."
After saying that, he continued running out, muttering to himself, "We're about to be exiled, and this has to happen? What bad luck! What bad luck!"
*
Later, I heard that Tian Zhicheng's sentence for murder was changed to beheading, and he would be executed the following autumn!
As for the rest of the Tian family, they were exiled to Shazhou as previously sentenced.
However, before they were exiled, Tian Zhongqing kept insisting on seeing Tian Tian.
Tian Tian didn't want to go.
But I'm also very curious about what Tian Zhongqing would say in this situation.
then...
She went to the prison the day before the Tian family was exiled.
"Tian Tian..."
In just a few days, Tian Zhongqing's figure became so thin that he looked like a withered skeleton, as if a gust of wind would blow him away into dust.
The skin clung tightly to the bone, devoid of color, leaving only a sallow complexion and mottled age spots, like aged tree bark eroded by time.
His eyes were sunken in their sockets, like two dry wells, devoid of any ripples of water, only endless emptiness and deathly stillness.
He squinted, his eyes seemingly filled with both anticipation and fear.
His pale beard hung down in a mess, covered in dust...
When he saw Tian Tian, his two dry wells seemed to come alive again.
“Tian Tian…” A few dry coughs escaped his throat, like an old, rusty lock being turned with difficulty. The sound echoed in the empty cell, adding an indescribable sense of desolation and sorrow.
Tian Tian stood at a distance, his clothes tattered and emitting a nauseating musty smell.
Tian Zhongqing stood quietly, head bowed, like an old tree bent over in a storm.
His lips moved as if he wanted to speak, but no sound came out for a long time.
"Tian Tian, Grandpa was wrong..." His throat bobbed, and finally he managed to squeeze out a trembling voice.
Tian Tian didn't speak, but just looked at him coldly, her eyes filled with suppressed anger and icy indifference.
Tian Zhongqing took a deep breath, summoning all his courage, "Over the years, I've made too many mistakes..."
His voice grew softer and softer, his fingers clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms.
Just when Tian Tian thought he was genuinely repenting.
He continued, "But don't blame me, blame the Wang family!!"
"She's lying to me!!"
"If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have treated your family like this."
Tian Tian remained silent, but her eyes were slightly red.
Tian Zhiyuan has a talent for studying, but she doesn't think that he should be allowed to study just because he has talent.
But..
We shouldn't have wasted our time like that.
If he hadn't wasted so much time, Tian Zhiyuan would probably have lived a few more years...
“Tian Tian, it’s Grandpa’s fault. Grandpa shouldn’t have listened to Wang’s slander.”
"Grandpa should let your father go to school; perhaps he has already passed the imperial examination and become a scholar."
"Maybe our whole family will follow him and become officials."
"Grandpa really knows he was wrong, but this time it's not too late to make amends."
Tian Tian raised an eyebrow slightly. Is it still possible to make amends? How can it be made amends?
Her brows furrowed; it wasn't what she thought, was it?
Tian Zhongqing's body trembled slightly. He gave a bitter smile and said, "Tian Tian, Grandpa is all bones and won't live much longer. Please beg Lord Li to let Grandpa stay in Baishi County. Grandpa will definitely make it up to you."
Tian Tian immediately smiled.
"Tian Zhongqing, you're not regretting it, you're just scared, aren't you?"
Tian Tian crossed her arms. "That's right. If we really went to the sandbar, there..."
"How can you live at your age?"
"So you disregard your son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren..."
"Preparing to live alone?"
Tian Zhongqing didn't pick up on the contempt in Tian Tian's words. He only hoped she could save him. "You are my grandchildren, and Lu Shi is my daughter-in-law..."
"Tian Tian, please..."
"I swear, if you're willing to save me, I'll make it up to you."
Tian Tian turned away coldly, leaving him with a chilling back view.
“Tian Zhongqing,” her voice was as cold as ice, “you should have known long ago that some mistakes cannot be forgiven simply by saying a few words of repentance.”
Only Tian Zhongqing's powerless sigh remained in the air.
Does he regret it?
Yes, but things are already like this...
"Tian Tian, I'm your own grandfather."
“I am Tian Jinghe’s biological grandfather. If he studies hard and enters officialdom in the future, and people find out that he treats his grandfather like this, how will he have any face left?”