Chapter 352: Bastard
Early the next morning, Han Jiangxue went out with Mr. Chuan.
The master and apprentice rode in a car, but it was surprisingly quiet along the way, and they didn't say a word.
Mr. Chuan didn't know what he was thinking, compared to yesterday, he was obviously too silent, and Han Jiangxue was inconvenient to squeak at any time when he sat on the side, so as not to disturb the master's thoughts.
Han Jiangxue is very aware of her master's temperament, her temper is a little weird, and her mood is also a little impermanent, but on the whole, if it is not for something important, she will definitely not look like this.
Therefore, she didn't ask much about where the destination of today's trip was, who she saw, what to do, in short, just follow the master, who let her come all the way to Xishu Jingshi just to do things for the master and his old man?
At the beginning of the marriage between her brother and sister-in-law, since she should have a master to complete a gambling contract for her, she naturally never broke her word, even if she went up the knife mountain and went down to the sea of fire, she had to move forward.
Of course, she must know that her master will not let her go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, in short, everything is waiting for the master to take the initiative to tell her.
The carriage did not travel long, and in less than half an hour, it stopped in front of a high-gate mansion.
After getting out of the car, Han Jiangxue raised her eyes and looked above the mansion, and there were four gilded characters written on the vermilion door - Jiangning Hou Mansion!
Seeing that the place where she came was actually the Jiangning Marquis Mansion, Han Jiangxue was not too surprised, her footsteps did not stop, and she didn't ask more, she just followed the master inside.
When the subordinates of the Marquis of Jiangning Mansion saw the visitor, their attitude was very strange. That is, he didn't pull and didn't let him in, and at the same time, no one stepped forward to step on it, as if he didn't see Mr. Chuan at all. On the contrary, he took a few more glances at Han Jiangxue, who came with Mr. Chuan, and there was a little curiosity in his eyes.
And Mr. Chuan did not have any objection to the attitude of these people in the Jiangning Hou Mansion, and he also turned a blind eye, as if he was in a no-man's land, he didn't need anyone to lead the way, and went directly to the gate and walked to the left.
The Jiangning Hou Mansion is huge, and it is much bigger than the Han family. I passed through a lot of places in a row. I met a lot of attendants who came in, and the attitude of those people after seeing Mr. Chuan was the same as that of the people at the gate before, that is, they did not block the inquiry. Neither greet nor salute.
Following the master, Han Jiangxue turned a few corners all the way, and finally stopped in front of a large lotus pond.
Following the master's gaze, Han Jiangxue found that a man in white was standing on the edge of the lotus pond not far away with his back to them. I don't know what I'm thinking. Do something.
And at this time, they were no more than ten paces away from the man in white, and they could see it very clearly. The man in white didn't seem to be too old, at most twenty-four or five years old, which made Han Jiangxue a little surprised.
Just by looking at the master's expression, she could guess the approximate identity of the man in white in front of her. The master's gaze mixed with love and shame, who else could it be if it wasn't a father looking at his son?
It's just that according to the age of the master. Han Jiangxue didn't expect that her master's illegitimate son would be so young, in her imagination, he should be at least about the same age as her father. In her twenties, she really didn't expect it.
Guessing from some information found by Dong Ling, Han Jiangxue already basically knew the specific identity of the man in white.
Jiang Yunchang, who has been living in Jiangninghou's mansion since birth, is the nephew of Jiangninghou, and his biological mother is Jiangninghou's sister, who contracted depression shortly after giving birth to Jiang Yunchang, and died of depression two years later.
No one in the outside knows who Jiang Yunchang's biological father is, only that his mother returned to the Jiangning Marquis Mansion after disappearing for a period of time, and was soon found to be pregnant, and then gave birth to a baby boy.
Giving birth out of wedlock, such a thing is an unforgivable shame no matter what kind of family it is placed in, let alone a princely family like the Marquis of Jiangning. At that time, no matter how the old marquis asked, Jiang Yunchang's mother refused to say who the child's biological father was, only saying that from now on she would not step out of her house again, begging her father to accept the innocent child so that the child could grow up safely.
Later, under the persuasion of his son, he finally made a concession and no longer forced his daughter, and accepted the child, letting him follow the Jiang family name and name Yunchang.
For this reason, the Jiang family has been ridiculed for more than 20 years because of this illegitimate child, especially in the previous ten years, until Jiang Yunchang's uncle attacked the throne, and the iron-fisted means were combined with domineering warnings and punishments, which made Jiang Yunchang's life better in the next ten years, and also made the unbearable past of the Jiangning Marquis Mansion slowly sink, and it was no longer used as a joke by the world.
In addition to these, the other Han Jiangxue are not very clear, such as what kind of past relationship his master had with Jiang Yunchang's mother, why the master abandoned Jiang Yunchang's mother and son back then, and so on.
It's not that she can't find out about this, it's just that out of respect for her master, Han Jiangxue doesn't want to pick up those things. If one day, the master is willing to tell her, she will naturally listen quietly, but the master is reluctant to mention it, and of course there is no need to explore private matters that others do not want to say.
"Yun Chang, I've come to see you." After a while, Mr. Chuan took a few more steps forward and stopped again, as if he would not remember Han Jiangxue at all, talking to his own child.
Han Jiangxue didn't follow the master forward again, just stayed where she was and watched.
The young man in white, who was affectionately called Yun Chang by his master, didn't pay attention to it, and just stood there motionless, neither silent nor turned around.
Seeing this, Mr. Chuan did not show any disappointment, obviously such a result was expected.
"Yun Chang, my apprentice has come from Dongming, in a few days, my gambling contract with your uncle will officially begin, no matter what the result is, I hope you can live a good life and live happily!"
As if talking to himself, Mr. Chuan continued: "If I lose, I will do what I agreed to do back then, and I will never regret it." If you win by luck, I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do. You just have to go according to your own heart, and as long as you know that you are good, I will be satisfied. ”
"You're not young anymore, if you meet any suitable girl, think about it, become a family, and have someone by your side to take care of you, care for you, and accompany you. In the future, I will have a few more children and live a smooth life. You are a good boy, you are much better than me, so you will definitely be a good doctor and a good father in the future! ”
"Don't always think about the past between me and your mother, those are all my faults, I will spend my whole life to pay it back, and you don't need to delay your life because of other people's faults."
"Enough, aren't you tired of saying this every day!" Hearing this, Jiang Yunchang finally spoke up, his indifferent back was extremely lonely, without a trace of warmth: "Since you know that your own sin is unforgivable, then don't appear here again, go back to where you came from!" What the future holds for me, that's my own business, and you're not in any position to point fingers here! ”
"Yun Chang......" Mr. Chuan couldn't help but sigh, that kind of look was something Han Jiangxue had never seen before: "I know that you have always hated me in your heart, and I also know that you will never forgive me at all." It's all my fault, I failed your mother, killed her, and hurt you for the rest of your life! No amount of my sins can be repaid. But I don't want you to ......live like this all the time."
"Let's go, I have nothing to do with you, don't be amorous here!" Jiang Yunchang finally turned around and looked at Mr. Chuan, with an incomparable mockery: "Don't think that if you find someone to cure my illness, I will feel that I owe you a life, let alone that if you say this all day long, I will be soft-hearted and let you go!" There is nothing to talk about between us, so you can honestly wait for your retribution! ”
Turning around, Han Jiangxue finally saw what Jiang Yunchang's face looked like.
It is a mature face full of vicissitudes of time, of course, the so-called vicissitudes are not pale, but an indelible accumulation of bumpy experiences.
To be honest, Jiang Yun looks extremely good, and looks a little like Mr. Chuan, but the whole person has a melancholy temperament, which is easy to make people feel a sense of depression, and the mood will involuntarily become a little uncontrollably low.
At the moment when Han Jiangxue took the opportunity to look at Jiang Yunchang, Jiang Yunchang also discovered Han Jiangxue's existence.
When his gaze inadvertently swept over Han Jiangxue, Jiang Yunchang's originally angry and indifferent face suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that there would be outsiders here, and it was a young girl.
Although Jiang Yunchang was indifferent and resentful towards Mr. Chuan, he was definitely not the kind of person who would ignore and implicate this hatred on others, so when he saw Han Jiangxue, he would have such a change in expression in an instant.
"Who are you and why are you here?" He didn't remember when there was such a person in the mansion, and it seemed that the person who was either rich or noble could not be a subordinate in the mansion, and the person he hated had never brought anyone into this place.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on anything here." Seeing Jiang Yunchang asking her directly, Han Jiangxue didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable, and replied elegantly and calmly: "At the beginning, I followed the master over, I thought you knew that the master brought someone over, so I didn't deliberately avoid anything." ”
Han Jiangxue was telling the truth, although Jiang Yunchang had been facing away from them just now, and she didn't squeak from beginning to end, but the master had already mentioned that her apprentice was coming from Dongming, and it was normal for someone else to be present with the master in such a big place. (To be continued......)