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Liu Feng's words were like a knife, cutting mercilessly into Liu Qi's fragile nerves. His hands shook violently, causing his weak body to spin around dizzily.
A thunder-like angry roar echoed in the hall for a moment, gradually disappearing, but the sound still lingered in Liu Qi's eardrums. When Liu Feng let go of his hand, on Liu Qi's face which was originally filled with sorrow and despair, a hint of shock and anger flashed across.
"To be honest, from the moment my uncle, who was known throughout the land for his benevolence, was taken in by my father Liu Jing after falling into exile in Jingzhou, he had not spent a single day without plotting to take over Jingzhou."
Liu Qi's face twitched with blue veins, and the truth revealed by his younger brother once again pierced his wounded heart. To be sure, when Liu Bei came in defeat that year, Liu Biao had hesitated whether to accept this hero, and it was thanks to Liu Qi's advice that Liu Biao finally decided to take him in.
Liu Qi had always thought that Liu Bei was forced to tear his face off after the defeat of Dangyang, in order to get Jiangxia, but he did not expect that the other party had been harboring a wolf's heart all along.
Liu Feng ignored his shock and continued, "In the past when competing with Liu Zong for the position, as that uncle's identity, if he really supported him, he could have influenced your respected father or persuaded us brothers to be harmonious. However, he didn't do so, but instead let Zhuge Liang come up with a 'heavy ear outside' strategy, letting out take the post of Jiangxia Prefect, the true purpose being to cause division among our family members."
Liu Qi's whole person fell silent, the dejected look on his face gradually faded away, and in the depths of his heart, a flame seemed to be ignited, that angry fire was raging up.
Liu Feng just wanted to use one cruel fact after another to arouse Liu Qi's anger, and now it seems that the effect has begun, but it is still not enough.
"At the time of Hanjin, he had once personally boarded the ship to visit us. But what we couldn't have guessed was that before this, he had already given us a secret order: if we didn't agree to ally with Wu and resist Cao, he would immediately tear off his disguise and take us down on the spot."
Liu Qi suddenly raised his head, and in the deep eye sockets, a fierce flame of shock and anger burst out.
"There's also the mutiny in Beiyuan, which shouldn't have been expected either. That was another conspiracy orchestrated by Xu Yuanzhi under his orders, aiming to trick the master into surrendering military power. Who knows how many overt and covert tricks were used."
When Liu Feng revealed all the cruel truths one by one in front of Liu Qi, at this moment, this person who was once drunk and weak, as if the original nature in his heart was aroused, the whole person was surrounded by flames of anger.
"How dare you treat me like this!" Liu Qi clenched his fists, his joints cracking with a loud crackling sound, his face twisted in a ferocious expression of hatred.
Suddenly, Liu Qi thought of something in anger, and a few moments of confusion and astonishment flashed on his face. He stared at Liu Feng in a daze, puzzled: "Ah Feng, also the son of Liu Xuan De, why did you say these things to me?"
Liu Feng didn't come to play games, but with a determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat, he came to take the key that would unlock his dead knot, and that key was right in front of him.
"My elder brother treated him with great kindness, and to me, his sense of justice was as boundless as the sky. Seeing him use such despicable means to bully my brother time and again, and now he doesn't even care about their past relationship, imprisoning my brother here, I really can't tolerate it anymore."
Liu Feng's words were ninety percent true, but that one percent of falsehood was his motive, which was not so simple. To put it more accurately, even if he had feelings of gratitude and pity for Liu Qi, if it wasn't for his own future and fate, he would never have reached the point where he revealed his true heart to Liu Qi.
"Ah Feng..."
On Liu Qi's astonished face, a few hints of comfort suddenly flowed out, apparently Liu Feng's words made his heart, which was shrouded in gloom, feel some warmth. At the time when he thought he had been abandoned by everyone, Liu Feng could still do so, how could it not move him?
Looking at Liu Qi's gradually calming expression, Liu Feng suddenly remembered something that had been bothering him for a long time. Now that things have come to this point, he didn't see the need to hide it anymore, so he asked: "Brother, actually I've always had one thing I don't understand. Although we are brothers in name, in reality we've never met before, why do you treat me with such kindness?"
Liu Qi's expression faltered, and he shook his head with a bitter smile, sighing: "Perhaps it's because we two are birds of a feather, when I see him, I think of my former self."
Liu Feng's heart skipped a beat. Liu Qi's answer had touched him, and for the time being, the doubts that had been plaguing his mind were finally dispelled.
"I have a younger brother, and my late father doted on my younger brother Liu Xuan. No matter how I tried to be filial, I couldn't stop my late father from being cold towards me. In the end, he even gave all of Jingzhou to Liu Xuan, but sent me to Jiangxia, this place of gossip and rumors. Ah Feng's situation is even more dire - at least I am my late father's biological son, whereas he is merely a foster child without any blood relation. His fate will likely be even more miserable than mine."
Although these sincere words sounded cruel and straightforward, Liu Feng had long been unmoved by them. What truly touched his heart was that he suddenly understood why he had always felt a sense of camaraderie with this cousin of his.
Actually, in Liu Qi's body, he also saw his own shadow.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became cold and bleak.
After a moment of silence, Liu Feng remembered the purpose of his visit. He walked to the edge of the door, with eyes as sharp as an eagle's, and looked around cautiously, making sure no one was listening behind the wall. Then he pushed the big gate open and went up.
As he turned around, the handsome face suddenly became cold and stern, with a resolute determination like iron in his sharp eyes. The murderous intent in his expression was something Liu Qi had never seen before, and the fierce killing aura that emanated from him like a rolling tide of cold air made Liu Qi feel a chill run down his spine.
"Zi De, you're absolutely right, we're all the same kind of people. I won't hide it from you either - my uncle actually suspected that I was the one who killed his sister back at Changban Slope, and he even suspected that I had intentions to kill Adou. Previously, he even sent my second uncle, Mi Fang, to keep an eye on me at Lu Shan, but unfortunately, he didn't listen to my advice and got killed by Cao's army. I reckon my uncle must have suspected it was me who did it - given the relationship between him and my father, this matter will sooner or later lead him to turn my father against me, and now they've pushed me into a corner with no way out."
Liu Qi was momentarily unaware of Liu Feng's true intention, but upon hearing this speech, he was also quite shocked: "That such a thing exists, what do you plan to do about it?"
Liu Feng's mouth corners slightly rose, revealing a cold smile. He patted Liu Qi's shoulder and said: "Brother, I've told you before, being bullied is not a big deal, but if you don't know how to fight back, that's when you're truly stupid. Since we're both being bullied by the same group of people, now is the time for us to join hands and give them a taste of their own medicine!"
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