Chapter 260: Finding the Door
In the front yard of the Su Mansion, Su Shen stood at the door of the flower hall, quietly looking at the old man Su who was much older than he remembered.
Old Man Su is different from Old Man Shen, Old Man Shen only cares about eating, drinking and having fun by himself, but Old Man Su has a new person and forgets the old person, and he no longer knows the word "principle" when he is blown by the pillow wind.
He can be said to have no father-son affection for Su Shen's father, if it weren't for Su Shen's uncle who has been doing everything possible to protect his nephew, Su Shen's father is afraid that he would not have survived to marry a wife and have children.
"Ah Shen, is that you?" Old Man Su walked over to Su Shen with an excited face, and he didn't know that he thought he was actually a loving grandfather who cared about his grandson.
Su Shen watched Old Man Su act coldly, but he himself didn't say a word.
Old Man Su, who had been brewing his emotions with a lot of effort, was stared at by him with cold eyes like a leopard, and his heart suddenly felt a little more weak and worried.
Before Su Shen's father passed away, Old Man Su served as the governor of Yingzhou.
Su Shen's father was the general of the Zhengwupin Zhichong under General Shen at that time, and he was slightly higher than the grade of Old Man Su, and he could be said to be the most promising person in the entire Su family.
At that time, Old Man Su was actually very satisfied with Su Shen's father - because he had a son who was a subordinate of General Shen's confidant, Old Man Su had a smooth life in Yingzhou, which made him rarely attach importance to his eldest son.
However, Su Shen's father soon died in the barracks.
Although he fell into the name of "bravely saving Shangguan", General Shen will definitely take more care of the Shen family in the future, but after all, he has become a corpse, and the people he really values and cares about, can General Shen still take care of them personally?
Originally, it was the concubine of Old Man Su, but he was later straightened into his house-filling lady in the main room, and at the moment when the news of Su Shen's father's death came, several vicious thoughts quickly appeared in his mind.
She had already regarded Su Shen's family as a stumbling block and a thorn in her side, and at this time, it was rare to have such a great opportunity to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, of course this woman would not hesitate or be merciful.
In order to logically occupy the place left by Su Shen's father and the share of the family property that should have belonged to their house, this woman stretched out her evil hand to Su Shen and Su Shen's mother at the same time.
Su Shen's mother died in the Su family's back house, but Su Shen was able to escape because of a good deed in his father's early years.
Although it was Su Shen's stepgrandmother and third aunt who did the evil, Su Shen did not think that Old Man Su was completely innocent.
He may not have known about it beforehand, but afterwards he pretended to be deaf and dumb, which made Su Shen completely lose the last bit of respect for him.
With the clumsy methods of his stepmother and third aunt, Su Shen didn't believe that his grandfather, who was the governor of Yizhou, couldn't figure out who wanted to kill him and his mother.
But in the end, he chose to help his stepfamily whitewash the peace, and help his unsuccessful youngest son to fight for the favor that Su Shen's father exchanged for his life.
With such a person, Su Shen really can't treat him as a relative or an elder anymore.
"You are, Zhizhou's position is unstable?" Walking past Old Man Su, and then sitting down on the main seat, Su Shen took the warm tea handed by the maid and took a sip.
Old Man Su, who was hanging at the door by him, had a red and blue face.
He thought that Su Shen would hate him, but he didn't expect Su Shen to come up and give him a big faceless face directly in front of his subordinates.
"Ah Shen, are you complaining about your grandfather?" There are requests for others, no matter how angry and embarrassed Old Man Su is in his heart, he can only be cheeky and continue to have a relationship with Su Shen.
Since Su Shen's father passed away, his official position has actually been crumbling, which Old Man Su never expected.
Although he attaches great importance to his step-family and loves his son-in-law, but compared with his official position and future, his step-room and his son have to lean back.
Originally, Old Man Su also had the same idea as his stepfamily, thinking that even if General Shen was grateful to Su Shen's father for saving his life, he would not have the spare time to ask about the Shen family's family affairs in detail.
Su Shen accidentally fell into the river and was washed away, Su Shen's mother couldn't stand the accident of her husband and son, and was so stimulated that she died twice.
Although Old Man Su could also understand the statement given by his stepfamily, in his mind, as long as he insisted that things were so coincidental, General Shen would never have to overstep his responsibilities and investigate the ugly man.
The eldest son, who had died and would never again be of any help to him; The eldest daughter-in-law who has no obvious background and is not very useful in the first place; Although he has a good face, the eldest grandson who is temporarily useless because of his age; is still in the mother's womb, and the little grandson or granddaughter who can't be counted on even more.
Such a family of four, even if three of them all died a little strangely, Old Man Su, who was originally more partial to his stepfamily and his second and third sons, had no intention of seeking justice for them at all.
The dead have died, but the living still have to live, since Old Man Su has made up his mind to pretend to be confused, he will naturally not let go of the matter of fighting for the place of grace for his younger son.
However, what he didn't expect was that General Shen actually reached out to take care of their Su family's housework.
Not only did he directly deduct the place that should have been allocated to the Su family, but he also clearly expressed great doubts about the "coincidental" death of Su Shen and Su Shen's mother.
What made Old Man Su's family unbearable the most was that General Shen actually sent a large number of people along the river to find Su Shen, the grandson of the Su family, who had not seen anyone alive or dead.
Although General Shen failed to find Su Shen until the end, his disgust for the Su family gave the officials of Liaodong Mansion a clear way to curry favor with him.
Old man Su and his second son, who has already obtained the position of county commander, are actually not particularly clean in office, so the father and son's respective colleagues do not need to deliberately exclude them at all, and they can directly grab their sore feet and beat the water dogs.
In this way, where can the father and son continue to be their own officials in peace?
Old Man Su's second son was the first to be kicked off from the magistrate's office, and not only that, but he even received a ruthless approval from the Ministry of Officials that he would never be reused.
The second master of Su, who is ambitious and wants to be promoted to become an official, has completely lost the way to become an official.
Because Old Man Su is less timid and more thoughtful and meticulous, he has persevered for several years longer than his son.