Chapter Eighty-Three: Snow-colored Hibiscus
In the middle of the night, Su Yu had just fallen asleep, and a messenger came over to tell him, saying that Lord Liang was invited.
Su Yu thought to herself, isn't there something wrong ahead? Could it be that Liang Hong killed the envoy, so Wei Niancheng ordered a strong attack? It stands to reason that the news would not reach Wei Niancheng's ears so quickly.
Su Yu was full of doubts, put on his clothes, hurriedly went to Liang Hong's study, pushed open the door and entered.
Looking at Liang Hong who was pouring himself a drink in the house, Su Yu suddenly understood, it turned out that the old eunuch was bored, and pulled her to drink a stuffy drink, and then poured the bitterness in his heart on her, back and forth, but it was the most important senior brother in his heart, that is, between Su Yu's biological father, that old thing.
Sure enough, after a pot of wine, Liang Hong stared at her directly, Su Yu was a little hairy, and then saw Liang Hong stretch out his hand and pull her sleeve, and his voice was resolute and pleading: "Senior brother, I will never let you go with others again." ”
Su Yu pulled his sleeve out of Liang Hong's hand, looked at his hair that was getting grayer and grayer under the lamp, and felt a little regretful in his heart, in fact, according to Liang Hong's age, although he was middle-aged, even a man from an ordinary family, he should not have so much gray hair, it seems that even if he is a high-ranking person, he doesn't know how sad he is.
Listening to Liang Hong's words, Su Yu coaxed a child and said, "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving." ”
Who knew that as soon as these words were said, Liang Hong was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes turned red, and he slowly sat up straight, the wine went a little bit, his eyes had become clear, he raised his hand, poured himself a glass of wine again, twisted it on his fingertips, and said to Su Yu: "Our family is a little drunk, see and laugh." ”
Su Yu smiled embarrassedly, without words, firstly, he didn't know what to say, and secondly, if this uncertain Liang Hong looked at her unpleasantly at any moment, it was not a fun thing to peel people's faces before and strangle her to death during the day to deal with her like that.
Seeing that Su Yu was silent, Liang Hong shook the wine glass on his fingertips gently, watching the wine in the cup leave a few dewdrops along the wall of the glass, and then slowly, sliding into the bottom of the glass, and so on a few times, Liang Hong asked Su Yu, "Do you know, why did Wei Niancheng ask you by name?" ”
When Su Yu heard this, he first said his first conjecture, "Is it because I was born good-looking?" ”
After saying that, Su Yu also realized that what he said was a bit faceless and skinless, so he raised his eyebrows, and his old face was a little hot.
When Liang Hong heard this, the wine glass that had just been handed to his lips stopped, and glanced at Su Yu with slanted eyes, just this one look, he denied Su Yu's narcissistic statement.
So, Su Yu said tentatively: "Isn't it Xiao Yi, who has slept with others?" ”
Speaking of Xiao Yi, he can be regarded as Liang Hong's junior brother, aside from the slightly different political positions of the two people before, most of the time, Liang Hong did not do anything excessive to Xiao Yi or the Xiao family.
"In my master's life, the most beloved disciple is Senior Brother Xiao, he is righteous and has never been as ridiculous and vicious as me."
When Su Yu heard this, Liang Hong should have denied her conjecture with Xiao Yi's character, so Su Yu's worried heart was also slightly lowered, Su Yu thought before that if Xiao Yi's red apricot was out of the wall, she would kick him immediately, and then find someone surnamed Xiao to remarry and have a child, just call Xiao Yi! But if that guy is innocent, this matter will have to be considered in the long run.
But apart from these two conjectures, Su Yu couldn't think of any other reason, and then looked at Liang Hong, Su Yu suddenly said: "Isn't it Wei Niancheng, who also likes my affectionate father?" ”
As soon as he said this, Liang Hong almost sprayed out a glass of wine in his mouth just now, looked at Su Yu, and shook his head with a wry smile.
"There is no one in this world who cares more about him than I do, including your mother."
Su Yu's words came to her lips, thinking about the decades of relationship between her mother and Uncle Tang, and then thinking about Liang Hong's lifelong knot, indeed, she couldn't refute this.
As if he was accustomed to this kind of astringent loneliness, Liang Hong took a few sips, his eyes were a little hazy drunk, and with some irrepressible hatred, he looked at Su Yu, without the slightest emotion, and laughed a few times.
"Then what Wei Niancheng wants is your blood!"
When Su Yu heard this, he remembered that Wei Niancheng's body was a broken Gu, and he was a blood-sucking master, but he didn't know, why was it her?
Liang Hong lowered his head, was silent for a moment, looked at the candle flame in the room, pondered for a long time, and was in a trance for a moment, as if he had returned to many years ago, the person in front of him was still the same pair of eyes, he had not changed, and he had never died.
Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound next to the candle flame, and a moth flew close without hesitation, its wings touched the candle flame, and it was instantly swallowed up by the scorching flame, and it was wiped out.
Liang Hong pulled out the hairpin on his head and gently picked the flame, as if he was talking to Su Yu, and it seemed to be telling himself in the dark.
"To the south of Daliang, in the land of southern Xinjiang, there is an extremely precious flower, called snow hibiscus, that snow hibiscus grows in the jungle in an inaccessible place, it is rare to meet a plant in a hundred years, and ten years to take root, ten years to spread leaves, and another ten years, to give birth to a flower. The local people regard the snow hibiscus as a holy relic, because it can not only detoxify a hundred poisons, but also suppress the most mysterious Gu art in the southern Xinjiang. Many years ago, during the prosperity of the Great Liang, in order to be friendly with the Great Liang, the Southern Xinjiang clan sent an envoy to dedicate a snow hibiscus to the Great Liang. ”
Speaking of this, Liang Hong closed his eyes, his face was a little painful, his voice was a little hoarse, and he said slowly: "He was newly married for only a year that year, and he was sent by the emperor to other states and counties to be a civil official.
But then, a flash flood occurred in the place where he was an official, which flooded the village, killing an unknown number of people, and piling up many corpses along the river, followed by a lifeless plague.
At that time, both husband and wife were unfortunately infected with the plague, and they were afraid that the epidemic on their bodies would spread to other places, so they locked the door of their house, and only waited for death to die, and then after the plague passed, all the places that had been contaminated with the plague, and then the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court burned it clean.
At that time, I had just entered the palace, and with conspiracy money, I served by the emperor's side, and all my ambitions to fight for power and power were not fully calculated, and I was beaten by the blow he was about to die. So, I went crazy and knelt at the emperor's feet, willing to use all my things, including my life, to ask for his life for that snow hibiscus!
When he first entered the palace, he made the vows he had made, what was the determination to take revenge on him, and even to kill him, at that moment, nothing was counted."
Su Yu listened, and inexplicably choked in his throat, and then looked at Liang Hong, and saw that his eyes were red, and a tear fell.
"Unexpectedly, the snow hibiscus was really begged by me, I held the flower that was more important than my life, regardless of the fatigue of life and death, went to the place infected with the plague, and when I handed the snow hibiscus to him, he really smiled, he looked at me like that, scolded me for being the stupidest fool in the world, scolded and scolded, he also cried, crying tears horizontally, ugly.
That was the second time I saw him cry, the first time, when the people of the garden sold me to the good old man, he stood behind the crowd, and did not say a word, and when I lowered my eyes, I saw tears shining in his eyes, and the second time he was holding the snow hibiscus, it was also the last time. ”
The night was getting deeper and deeper, Su Yu only heard this, and she also guessed what would happen in the future.
Sure enough, Liang Hong's words confirmed her conjecture.
"It was not until the end that I found out that he was a fool, and that he was not at all right, because the one who survived the plague was pregnant, your mother! I gave my life for the life he begged for, but he gave it to another woman! ”
The voice in his ears trembled a little, Su Yu felt a chill on his cheeks, reached out to touch it, and he didn't know when, tears flowed.
Without making a sound, Su Yu wiped the tears off his face, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes became much calmer again, and he wanted to comfort Liang Hong a few words, but he felt that a wicked person like him who was murderous and numb, and he didn't know what to say.
If it is said that he deserves retribution, this retribution is too vicious, saying that his poor person has pity, but he has a lot of blood debts, and he will eventually be paid, so Su Yu opened his mouth and had to close his mouth again.
There were many tears in the candle, and the sharp hairpin was gently swiped, and with a scar winding down, the hot tears rolled down, leaving patches of mottled and ugly marks on the table.
The tears in Liang Hong's eyes fell, looking at the broken candle, his expression gradually became a little arrogant, his slender eyes were a little red, and he stared at Su Yu in a daze, Su Yu's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but want to take a step back.
"Your mother took the snow hibiscus, you were in the womb at that time, your bones and blood were connected, presumably there are traces of snow hibiscus in your blood, so Wei Niancheng, who wanted to save his life, thought about giving up sucking everyone's blood, and only raised you a live medicine to continue your life! All of this is the effect of the snow hibiscus, in the final analysis, it is also you and your mother who killed him, if there is no you, the one who survives will definitely be him! ”
The more he spoke, Liang Hong's expression gradually became a little crazy, and he even stepped forward and wanted to choke Su Yu's neck.
Su Yu reacted quickly, got up and avoided Liang Hong's attack, but seeing that he was drunk and confused, he was a little stronger than usual.
After fighting back and forth for dozens of moves, Su Yu drank a few glasses of wine, and his steps were a little vain, and with one careless move, he was tightly strangled by Liang Hong's big palm.