Chapter 142: Old Friends
Su Ye didn't understand how Sheng Shangpei could appear here, he thought about the reason in his heart, guessed that he was here to find Sheng Xuan, and said with a smile: "Uncle Sheng, Xuan Xuan complained that he went to Senior Qin's place to get you tea, and he was not in the pavilion." When you come here, the disciple of this sect will inform you, and he will definitely go to see you immediately. ”
Sheng Shangpei exhaled lightly, as if he understood Qin Hanchuan's intentions, and when he heard Su Ye's words, he put his hands behind his back, and a trace of peace appeared on his face that was not angry and arrogant: "Is it?" ”
"That's right, Sheng Xuan resents you so much respect for you, uncle."
"Sheng Jun invited you to come to the mansion as a guest?"
"Well, yes, except for inviting me, there's Joan...... It is Lu Xiyan of the Lu family, and another friend. When Su Ye talked to people, he always had a natural sense of familiarity, even in the face of Sheng Shangpei, who never dared to look directly at his disciples, he did not have the slightest twist and stage fright.
The young man's smile and demeanor made Sheng Shangpei a little stunned, Su Ye's tone with Yichuan tail accent seemed to be Su Min many years ago, but the expression between the words was very similar to the girl who walked together.
That year in Yangcheng, a tall girl carried a red tassel gun, walked in front of them, and pointed at the noses of him and Su Min very rudely, wanting to make friends with them, travel by boat, and fight all over the Jiangnan Martial Arts Gang.
The girl's voice was proud, and she raised it high: "Well, yes! In addition to me, there is also Ah Pei, and then there is this, Su Min. Your little broken boat was rented by the three of us! ”
Not only the looks, but also the tone and actions of the speech, are so similar.
Ah Xian......
Sheng Shangpei's eyes showed a touch of silence, which he slowly closed and forcibly covered, and a few shallow fine lines under his eyes could not be erased as a cultivator. By the time of the year, it has long been gone, the deceased cannot be traced, the coming is still waiting, and the Su Ye in front of him is just as young as they were when they practiced.
He only said, "Su Ye, you are very similar to your mother. ”
"Really?" Su Ye scratched his head: "When I was at home before, I often heard people say that I was like my mother, but A-Niang went early, I can't remember her appearance at all, and my father didn't allow me to ask about A-Niang, and he got angry when I asked......
Sheng Shangpei's wide sleeves clenched his fists stiffly.
The two people Su Ye mentioned, their parents, were once close friends with their lives, but the son of the deceased was in front of him, and he could only miss it through his face, and the things that were pressed in his heart couldn't be turned over.
How can I turn the page? He had a friendship with Su Min for many years, and it was torn apart at that time.
Su Min, who was alive, didn't stop at that time.
"Father?"
Sheng Xuan's voice came from behind him, he stood outside the wall, holding the bag of Longjing tea in his hand, looking at Su Ye and his father side by side, as if they were chatting about something, and he couldn't believe his eyes for a while. Qiong also reacted and saluted, "Sect Master Sheng." ”
"No need to be polite." Sheng Shangpei waved his hand, looking a little tired.
Su Ye hurriedly greeted him, and said in a low voice: "Sheng Xuan complains that you can come, your father has been waiting for you here for a long time, why don't you invite him into the house to sit?" ”
Sheng Xuanyan immediately sent Sheng Shangpei into the main hall to rest, and summoned the attendants who were on standby outside the courtyard to enter the hall to make tea.
Sheng Shangpei sat in the hall, half-squinting his eyes and pinching his eyebrows, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate, when he opened his eyes and looked at the three people in the hall, his expression was extremely complicated, and Qiong couldn't understand the gaze cast by Sect Master Sheng, which seemed to be thinking, missing, or suffering and self-blame.
Qiong was also a little puzzled, thinking: The feud between Sect Master Sheng and Sect Master Su is known to the world, the two of them were once close friends and were also popularized, but no one has ever known why they turned against each other from close friends.
Qiong couldn't guess what was going on, and the friendship between the twenty and thirty years could be broken, and even the two ancient clans were involved in the water, causing a stalemate, and today, it has become a complete stranger.
She looked at Sheng Shangpei on the main seat, glanced at Sheng Xuan's resentment again, and said secretly: Sect Master Sheng's aura is lofty and mighty, Sheng Jun not only follows his father's appearance, but also picks up the good-looking points of the sect master and Mrs. Shen. I have also seen the sect master of the Su family, his temperament is elegant and dignified, Su Ye and his father can't be said to be different, and their temperament is completely different. Sect Master Sheng is now seeing nostalgia? It doesn't make sense.
"Xiyan." Sheng Shangpei put his hand on the desk, half of the tea bowl, and asked, "What is on my face?" ”
Qiong Yi's heart tightened, the tone of this voice was gentle, but with a sense of sharp suppression, it was the tone of an elder that could often be felt from her own master, she looked away without moving, and said: "No, Sect Master Sheng, you are dressed in gorgeous clothes on weekdays, and it is the first time I have seen you in idle clothes." It's Xiyan who is disrespectful. ”
"It's okay, it's not a question."
Sheng Xuan's resentment was also a little puzzled, at that time, in the Su family's mansion, what Sect Master Su had said to himself floated in his ears for no reason:
"It's just a betrayal."
"I don't live long, thanks to him."
At that time, he wanted to know the details, Su Min kept silent, and only asked him to come back and ask Sheng Shangpei, but now that his father is sitting in the high hall, so far away from him, how can he ask these grievances?
"Uncle Sheng." Su Ye straightened his sitting posture slightly, and took the lead in speaking, "I just talked about my aunt, and before I could chat a few words, I was interrupted, and I want to ask you about her." ”
Sheng Shangpei lowered his eyebrows: "Su Ye, what do you want to ask?" ”
Qiong also felt that when Sheng Shangpei called Su Ye's name, the bite that fell on his surname was a few points heavier, and her right eyelid began to beat inexplicably.
Mrs. Su, whose name is Mu Xian, has not built a foundation and entered the Tao, and is a mortal woman from a small family. As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and those words that are widely circulated in the market are always evil. Qiong also only heard that this lady was very unruly, and on the first three days of marrying into the Su family's mansion, she demolished the door plaque, tore up the family motto, and even carried a gun to overturn the hall, which angered all the relatives in the family.
Su Ye recalled for a long time and said: "The clan says that my aunt has a pungent temperament, but my father says that she has a quiet personality, beautiful and gentle, and is a good lady who is generous and decent. Uncle, you are someone who has known my aunt, you must know what kind of person she is, right? ”
Sheng Shangpei pressed one hand on the armchair and said lightly: "Mrs. Su is a chic person, with a strong temper, and she is not as quiet as your father said. ”
Su Ye sighed: "That's it......" He murmured as if talking to himself: "Also, my mother could kill wicked people with a knife on the street back then, how could she be a weak woman." ”
Mu Xian in Sheng Shangpei's mind became clearer and clearer in his memories.
The wives of close friends are each other's confidants.
Since he got acquainted with her, he has always respected Mu Xian very much, and he has no affection for her, just a friend. As a mortal with no cultivation and true qi, Mu Xian only relied on a red tassel gun and an original martial art, he was able to fight with Su Min when he was young, fight all over Yangcheng martial arts competitions, and dominate Jiangnan, he can be called a heroine among women, how can he not admire.
It's only because of myself that something like that happened.
Sheng Shangpei pressed his hand on the armchair to retract his strength, the back of his hand was still bruised, the wooden armrest had been slightly twisted, but his tone was so flat that it couldn't be more light: "Is there anything else you want to ask?" ”
Su Ye realized that his mother's death was quite close to the time when Sect Master Sheng and his father had been separated from each other from close friends, so close that he had to wonder if there was any connection between them.
He secretly gritted his teeth and said in his heart: My father has been lying to me...... He said that Ah Niang's gentle temperament is fake, and it is also false to say that he will find an aunt to continue the string in the future, so what he said, my mother died of postpartum cold, most of them are still fake!
Then why did my aunt die?
So Su Ye hesitated for a while, and asked tentatively: "Uncle Sheng, ...... between you and my father?"
Sheng Shangpei's eyes were slightly cold, but he slowed down again, and only spit out four words, and the words were cold: "I was a close friend." ”
Su Ye wanted to ask the truth, but saw Sheng Shangpei stand up: "I'm a little tired." Xiao Jun, Xi Yan, you take Su Ye to the pavilion for a stroll and stay for a few more days. ”
"Uncle Sheng!"
Seeing that he was leaving, Su Ye hurriedly got up to stay, but Sheng Shangpei ignored it at all. Qiong also knew that Sheng Shangpei was sending off guests, and she also wanted to know about these old events, and seeing that the atmosphere was solemn, and the person who wanted to experience this was in pain, she dispelled her curiosity, went to pull Su Ye, and persuaded: "Su Ye." ”
Su Ye looked at Qiong Ye and shook his head, signaled himself to give up, looked at the back of Sheng Shangpei striding out, and knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he could only endure the emotions in his heart, waved his sleeves, and left through the side door.
Sheng Xuanyan stepped forward and said to Qiong Yi: "Su Ye is afraid that he will be entangled for a while, Qiong Yi, you go and persuade him, go and take a walk in the garden." After a pause, he said, "I have something I want to say to my father alone. ”
Joan also nodded: "Okay." "Let's go, follow Su Ye's figure.
Sheng Xuanyan looked under the porch outside the hall, where his father was standing, and he really thought exactly what he thought, waiting for himself.
He walked over slowly and called, "Father." ”
Sheng Shangpei looked back and sighed: "Over the years, you have become more and more estranged from me, and it is easy to come to the pavilion once, but you brought a friend to be a guest." ”
Sheng Xuan was stunned and lowered his head: "Hmm." ”
He thought in his heart, how to ask about the grudge between his father and the Su clan master, his father's wide and warm hand fell on his shoulder, Sheng Shangpei said with emotion: "You are already so tall. I'm afraid that in two years, I will be about the same height as your eldest brother. ”
Sheng Xuan resented and said "um" again.
"That child of the Su family is about the same age as you, young and vigorous. The friendship between you should be cherished. Sheng Shangpei withdrew his hand and said.
"Father, I will."
The two were silent for a long time, and Sheng Xuanren finally spoke: "Father." In the early spring of this year, I went to the Su family's mansion and met with Sect Master Su alone and talked about you. ”
“…… Really? Sheng Shangpei's voice was hoarse, like a solid layer of ice, without a ripple.
He asked, "...... Su Min, he still hates me, right? ”
These words are short, obviously calm, but they are depressing everywhere.
"Hmm." Sheng Xuan said truthfully: "Sect Master Su said that it was your father who betrayed him, but I know my father's personality, you won't do such a thing." ”
Sheng Shangpei closed his eyes and was silent.
"Father, what happened between you? Did you hide something from him? Sheng Xuanyan felt that he was a little speechless in his words, and said: "I'm just asking, if the enmity between you and Sect Master Su is a misunderstanding, then ......."
"Not a misunderstanding." Sheng Shangpei admitted flatly, "He should hate me." ”
Su Min couldn't have forgiven him.
Sheng Shangpei knew very well that Ah Xian was dead, and Su Min would never let go of it in his life.
"The author has something to say:
The facts about Mu Xian are: When she married into the Su family, she was disliked by everyone in the clan, especially against it, but Su Min still tried her best to marry her.
On the day of marriage, a group of people in the side branch wanted to set rules for her, and read the fake ancestral precepts made up on the side, counting her one by one, Mu Xian had a big temper, just one point, directly ripped off the hijab, took out her treasure gun and overturned the door plaque, tore up the family motto on their hands, and said that it was their blessing to marry her, not to be angry.
The seven aunts and eight aunts of the side branch were so angry that Su Min pulled her to worship her directly and went back to the house to rest.
(There is pure brotherhood between Sheng Shangpei and Mu Xian, there is no relationship between men and women, Sheng Shangpei doesn't like women who can beat him, but Su Min likes it.)
Su Min and Mu Xian's personalities are warm and hot, Sheng Shangpei and Shen Wei met in the back, they are really affectionate, not fake couples, these two have very cold personalities, so the three sons are cold, not cold, but also disciplined...... )」