"Ruthless, cold-blooded ......"

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Qi gave a very general answer.

After Kou Qing heard this, he frowned.

Zhao Qi saw the doubts in Kou Qing's heart, and sighed: "After you left that day, Chen Lin asked my imperial uncle and He Niangniang to sit down and talk calmly, and wanted to solve the palace change in the Dao Palace.

But neither my imperial uncle nor He Niangniang was willing.

They have to teach high and low. ”

Kou Qing sighed and said, "Your imperial uncle won, and Chen Lin and his people intervened?" ”

Zhao Qi nodded slowly, "At first, Chen Lin didn't plan to meddle in this matter, so my imperial uncle led the people under his command to fight with He Niangniang to the end.

He Niangniang relied on the large number of people and firmly gained the upper hand.

Just when He Niangniang was about to win.

My imperial uncle put the sword on his neck, forced Chen Lin to die, and forced Chen Lin to make a move.

Chen Lin had no choice but to protect my imperial uncle, and while protecting my imperial uncle, he ordered the soldiers and horses outside the palace to slaughter all the Taoists in the palace of the Dao King.

Finally ......"

When Zhao Qi said this, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and he couldn't say any more.

Kou Qing's heartbeat slowly accelerated, and he said in disbelief: "Your imperial uncle won't kill his mother, right?" ”

Kou Qing felt that Daoist King Zhao Nong wanted to regain the authority in the fiefdom, and wanted to get rid of the mother concubine who was pressed on his head, and only killed his mother.

Otherwise, even if he overwhelmed He Niangniang through Chen Lin, it would be difficult for him to take back the authority in the fief.

After all, many important positions in the fiefdom of Daoist King Zhao Nong, as well as large and small government affairs, are all held by Daoists.

Dao King Zhao Nong just overwhelmed He Niangniang's words, and he couldn't solve any problems at all.

Zhao Qi smiled bitterly and said, "He didn't kill his mother......"

Kou Qing let out a sigh, "That's okay......"

If Dao King Zhao Nong really killed his mother, then Kou Qing would have to consider his attitude towards Dao King Zhao Nong again in the future.

As a descendant of a saint, he must not have too deep a relationship with such a person who carries the crime of mothericide.

Otherwise, it is easy to disgrace the name of the ancestors.

"What a ......"

Zhao Qi sighed and said, "Although he didn't kill his mother, he hinted at He Niangniang's self-hanging." The condition was to allow the people of the Daomen to continue to live on his fiefdom in the future. ”

Hearing this, Kou Qing gasped.

Kou Qing felt that Dao King Zhao Nong's move was much more ruthless than killing his mother.

Killing people is not enough.

It is far better to kill one's own enemy with a knife than to force one's own enemy to commit suicide.

It is hard for Kou Qing to imagine how ruthless a son must be to force his own mother to die.

That's his own mother.

Kou Qing's voice trembled a little and said, "He Niangniang...... Promised? ”

Zhao Qi's face was gloomy and speechless.

But Kou Qing already knew the answer through Zhao Qi's silence.

He Niangniang obviously agreed.

The Daomen is everything to her, more important than her life.

When she couldn't turn the tables, she could only choose to exchange her life for Daomen for a glimmer of life.

Kou Qing looked at Zhao Qi and said in a trembling voice: "Did He Niangniang say anything when she was dying?" ”

Zhao Qi gritted his teeth and said: "He Niangniang said that she should have married into the Kou clan with a dead face, not married into the Zhao clan with a beautiful face......

Kou Qing was stunned, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Qi whispered to himself: "Power? Power?! Is it really that important? For the sake of power, can you ignore family affection? ”

Kou Qing hesitated: "Everyone in the world says that the heavenly family has no family affection......

Zhao Qi said bluntly: "I don't like the lack of family affection in the heavenly family. No matter how great the authority is, how can it be important to have one's own family. My grandfather took the initiative to give the throne to my father, just to avoid the rebellion of the heavenly family.

He wants to use this method to find some family affection for the heavenly family.

I also want to give the Heavenly Family some family affection.

I don't want to see a day when we're going to be at war with each other. ”

After a pause, Zhao Qi said again: "Actually, what makes me feel the most heartache is not He Niangniang's death. It's those who died. A place full of living people has turned into a place of corpses, and I still can't forget that scene.

Obviously, they are the ones who have paid the most in this palace change, but how many people remember them?

After everything that happened in the palace of the Dao King spread, people would only talk about the Dao King and He Niangniang, who would care who the dead were?

They paid the greatest price and did not even leave their names.

What are they for?

If it's just for their own selfish desires, why would they gamble with their lives?

What does power mean?

If it only means the power of life and death, then what qualifications does it have? ”

Kou Qing looked at Zhao Qi and said in a deep voice: "So...... Do you think power is not only the power of life and death, but also the responsibility? ”

Zhao Qi nodded, "I used to look at the emperor's grandfather's living notes, but I always didn't understand. When the emperor's grandfather and maternal grandfather sent soldiers and horses to fight outside, the number of people killed was usually counted in tens of thousands, why did the emperor's grandfather check three or four times when he reviewed the documents reported by the Criminal Law Department of the Great Song Dynasty, just for a human life.

After finally confirming that the person should die, he will be sentenced with a red pen.

Now I understand that power represents not only the power of life and death, but also a responsibility.

Holding power is not only mastering the power of life and death, but also carrying that responsibility.

Therefore, even if you have the power of life and death, you can't act as you like, and you should be worthy of your own responsibilities.

Worthy of everyone who is willing to support you and let you hold the power of life and death.

They are supporting you with their lives, and you are not qualified to disregard their lives. ”

Kou Qing was silent for a long time after listening to Zhao Qi's words.

In the end, Kou Qing put his hand on Zhao Qi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, you have grown up......"

Zhao Qi stared at Kou Qing and asked very seriously, "Didn't my brother understand this a long time ago?" ”

Kou Qing said frankly: "Kou's tutor is different from Zhao's. Something that can only be learned by an emperor, my grandfather and my father broke it up and told me a long time ago.

My grandfather and my father both felt that power was all about responsibility.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Responsibility is what those in power should care about the most.

The power of life and death is secondary.

Because even the toughest in power can't kill people as they want a lot of the time.

On the contrary, it is those bandits and rogues who can kill people whenever and wherever they want.

That's why my grandfather used to say that it's much better to be a bandit that everyone fears than to be someone in power.

Because bandits kill people and don't need to take much responsibility.

And those in power have to bear too much responsibility for killing. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Qi nodded thoughtfully.

Kou Qing laughed in a low voice: "I won't hide it from you, the old man and my father said that responsibility too much." I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to carry it, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to carry it, so I had the idea of running away. ”