Chapter 596: Relatives Meet
In the hall of the Jiang Family Pavilion in Anyang, Jiang Linshan was talking politely with Ouyang Xinghuai, the elder of the Ouyang family, with a slight smile on his face.
In the hall, in addition to the two of them, there was a man and a woman, the man was sitting next to Ouyang Xinghuai, with a modest smile on his face, and a pair of eyes were looking at the woman in white opposite intentionally or unintentionally.
The woman in white sat beside Jiang Linshan, her face always remained lukewarm.
Ouyang Xing said unhurriedly while drinking tea: "Brother Jiang, as long as you can agree to the good things of the dog, my Ouyang family will promise them one by one, even if our two families are good for Qin and Jin in the future, what help the Jiang family needs, the Ouyang family will definitely not be stingy at all." β
Although Jiang Linshan kept a smile on his face, he was quite helpless in his heart, due to the war between the Heavenly Underworld Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom, the Jiang family had to move from Qingwu City to Anyang City, and the hundreds of years of foundation laid by the Jiang family in Qingwu City for several generations were almost in vain, and within more than a year of being placed in Anyang City, the Jiang family was almost unable to make ends meet in all aspects, if it continued like this, the Jiang family was afraid that it would be defeated in his hands.
In order to be able to revive the Jiang family, Jiang Linshan, as the head of the family, can be said to be haggard, and at present, the Ouyang family, one of the five major monk families in Anyang City, has thrown an olive branch to the Jiang family, and is willing to give a purple iron mine outside Anyang City to the Jiang family, but the premise is that the Jiang family is willing to marry Jiang Ling to Ouyang Tianjiao, the son of Ouyang Xinghuai, the great elder of the Yang family, as a partner.
The woman in white sitting next to Jiang Linshan was Jiang Ling, she had learned about the Ouyang family's proposal from her father Jiang Linshankou, she and Ouyang Tianjiao were friends, but the two were far from reaching the point of being a mutual partner. At first, when she heard her father's conditions, she didn't agree, after all, in her eyes. Ouyang Tianjiao can only be regarded as an ordinary friend, but considering the embarrassing situation of the Jiang family. She couldn't help but shake a little.
Jiang Linshan did not answer Ouyang Xinghuai immediately, but looked at Jiang Ling beside him, although he was the head of the Jiang family, he was Jiang Ling's father, he didn't want to see his daughter do what he didn't want to do for the Jiang family, so he still gave the choice to his daughter.
Jiang Ling knew what her father Jiang Linshan meant, and a little struggle appeared on her face, she saw the current predicament of the Jiang family in her eyes, if it was the help provided by the Ouyang family. The Jiang family's condition should improve immediately.
Ouyang Tianjiao, who was sitting opposite, stared at Jiang Ling, and seeing that Jiang Ling was a little hesitant, he hurriedly said: "Ling'er, I really like you, don't worry, as long as you agree, my Ouyang family will definitely not treat you and the Jiang family badly." β
When Jiang Ling heard this, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she did not answer Ouyang Tianjiao.
At the right time. An old man in gray walked slowly into the chamber.
The gray-clothed old man had a little excitement on his face, and when he saw the four people in the hall, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said quickly: "Master." Yes...... There is good news!"
"What's the good news, don't you see me discussing important matters with your guests?"
Jiang Linshan was quite surprised when he saw the old housekeeper of the Jiang family suddenly walk into the hall of the cabinet. He had already instructed the other party to see the VIP of the Ouyang family before, and he should not disturb him if there was nothing to do. Now that the other party has come to disturb me, I am afraid that there is something important, after all, the other party has been an old housekeeper in the Jiang family for many years. The other party can still grasp the severity of the matter, but in front of Ouyang Xinghuai, he was still quite unhappy with the sudden visit of the old butler on the surface, and his face was slightly heavy.
The old housekeeper heard some clues from Jiang Linshan's tone, and said with some trepidation: "The old man has atoned for his sins, and the old slave has some important things to return." β
Jiang Linshan looked at Ouyang Xinghuai and said slightly apologetically, "Elder Ouyang, forgive me." β
Ouyang Xinghuai smiled slightly and said politely, "It's okay." β
Jiang Linshan refocused his gaze on the old butler, and then said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"
The old housekeeper secretly glanced at Ouyang Xinghuai and Ouyang Tianjiao, and then replied respectfully: "Master, Young Master Huan is back." β
Jiang Linshan didn't react at first, and asked suspiciously, "That Young Master Huan?"
The old housekeeper immediately added: "It's the son of the old man, Young Master Huan is not dead, he is back!"
When Jiang Linshan heard this, his expression paused slightly, his face changed suddenly, and a trace of shock and disbelief appeared, and he said with some excitement: "You...... What are you talking about, Huan'er he's back!"
The old housekeeper nodded and replied, "Yes, Young Master Huan is back!"
Getting the affirmative answer from the old housekeeper, Jiang Linshan seemed to finally realize who was back, when he got the news of Jiang Huan's fall from the Spirit Sword Gate, he was completely discouraged, and he couldn't imagine that decades had passed, and he had "fallen" The son suddenly came back, just heard the old housekeeper's words, he obviously didn't believe it, after all, the news of Jiang Huan's death came from the Spirit Sword Gate, and Jiang Huan's master also came to Qingwu Jiang's house in person, and from the information revealed to the other party, his son Jiang Huan had indeed fallen, and now when he heard that his son was back, he didn't accept it in time at the first time.
"What...... What, brother, he's back!"
Jiang Ling's original struggling face was immediately replaced by a trace of surprise, and some unbelievable colors also appeared on her delicate face, when he got the news that his brother Jiang Huan had fallen in the Spirit Sword Gate, she didn't want to believe it, and then she spent a while looking up the relevant information of the extraterritorial battlefield, and according to the information she obtained, she finally reluctantly accepted the news of the division, but now her brother Jiang Huan, who has fallen, actually reappeared, and her heart seemed to be flooded with earth-shattering waves, although she has not seen her brother Jiang Huan now, but she is willing to believe the information of the old housekeeperγ
Jiang Linshan stood up from his seat, then looked at the old housekeeper, and said with some excitement: "Huan'er, where are you now?"
The old housekeeper quickly replied, "Young Master Huan has gone to the Meditation Courtyard." β
"Oh!"
Jiang Linshan's expression eased slightly, realizing that there were still Ouyang Xinghuai's father and son in the hall of the Chamber, and the excited look on his face quickly subsided, but the surprise and shock in his heart could still be revealed through his eyes.
"Dad, I'm going to see my brother. β
Jiang Ling, who was sitting next to Jiang Linshan, then stood up and left a sentence. Then he walked quickly towards the outside of the hall with a hint of excitement, seemingly completely throwing Ouyang Xinghuai and Ouyang Tianjiao in the hall aside.
"Suzu...... Bell!"
Ouyang Tianjiao looked at Jiang Ling's departing back. He wanted to call the other person back, but he had just spoken. Jiang Ling had already walked out of the hall and disappeared.
Jiang Linshan resisted the urge to go to see Jiang Huan immediately, but forcibly sat back, then looked at Ouyang Xinghuai apologetically, and said slowly: "Elder Ouyang, I'm sorry, I lost my temper just now, I hope you will forgive me." β
Ouyang Xinghuai was slightly puzzled, the reaction of Jiang Linshan and Jiang Ling just now could be said to have greatly exceeded his surprise. Isn't the old housekeeper his son back, how could the two of them react so much, and what made Jiang Ling a little unhappy was that Jiang Ling didn't even say hello and left his father and son directly, he was a little suspicious that the other party was deliberately using this matter to avoid the marriage he proposed just now.
In the face of Jiang Linshan's apology, Ouyang Xinghuai did not show any displeasure on the surface, but smiled slightly: "Brother Jiang, why do you still have a son? β
"It's hard to put into words!"
Jiang Linshan sighed lightly, and then briefly recounted Jiang Huan's matter.
Ouyang Xinghuai listened with great interest, waiting for Jiang Linshan to finish speaking. He was a little relieved in his heart, it turned out that the other party's son had been recognized as dead by the Spirit Sword Sect decades ago, and now he suddenly returned to the Jiang family, no wonder Jiang Linshan's father and daughter reacted so abnormally.
"I see. Congratulations to Brother Jiang. β
Ouyang Xinghuai smiled faintly and continued, "That's right, Brother Jiang. I don't know what your attitude is towards the matter between you and me?"
Jiang Linshan said with a little apology: "Elder Ouyang, if our family can get married to Qin Jin, I am naturally willing to see it. But I can't make a direct decision on this matter, and I have to see what the little girl means. Therefore, I hope that Elder Ouyang will forgive me for today's matter, and I hope that you will give Elder Ouyang a clear answer for some time. β
Ouyang Xinghuai remained silent and nodded slightly.
Ouyang Tianjiao, who was sitting on the side, had a little unwillingness on his face, he thought about it today, but now Jiangling actually "ran away".
Subsequently, Jiang Linshan and Ouyang Xinghuai, father and son, exchanged polite words with each other, and then personally sent the two out of the Jiang family.
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Outside the Jiang family's meditation courtyard, Jiang Huan stopped slightly, the meditation courtyard in front of him was not big, just a small courtyard, and the design of the courtyard was quite similar to the courtyard where he lived in the Jiang family.
Li Hu, who was following Jiang Huan's side, respectfully introduced: "Young Master Huan, this is the meditation courtyard where Madame lives. β
Jiang Huan nodded slightly, and then walked slowly towards the Meditation Courtyard.
On the way to the meditation institute just now, Li Hu told him about "Jiang Huan"'s mother Liu Baiqing, when Liu Baiqing learned the news of Jiang Huan's death, he couldn't accept that he had some mental disorders, and decades have passed, although he has gotten better now, but occasionally he will show some abnormalities.
For Liu Baiqing's insaneness because of him, Jiang Huan's heart was still slightly touched.
Li Hu stopped outside the courtyard and did not follow Jiang Huan in.
Jiang Huan walked through the courtyard and into the two-story house.
The room seemed a little calm, and a woman was sitting cross-legged on a futon in the hall, her face calm and her eyes slightly closed.
Jiang Huan glanced at the woman, and the figure of a woman appeared in his mind, it was his mother Liu Baiqing, but there were many differences between Liu Baiqing in his mind and the person in front of him, Liu Baiqing in front of him was obviously much older, and there were already a lot of white hairs mixed in the original black and green silk, and there were a lot of wrinkles on his face.
"Who?"
When Jiang Huan looked at Liu Baiqing, Liu Baiqing's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and then looked at Jiang Huan, and at the same time asked in his mouth.
Jiang Huan smiled faintly and said, "Mother, it's me!"
In the past, Jiang Wanzhong did not experience any parental affection, although the current Jiang Huan had contact with his parents and relatives in the Jiang family before, but the time was not long, he was still quite weak about family affection, facing the woman in front of him, he shouted the word mother, his heart was still slightly fluctuating, but he could still easily grasp those slight ups and downs.
Liu Baiqing looked at Jiang Huan, her expression seemed to fall into a sluggish state, and after a long time, she seemed to come back to her senses, and then muttered: "It seems that the old problem has been committed again!"
After speaking, Liu Baiqing slowly closed her eyes again.
Jiang Huan took a light breath, a little speechless.
After being silent for a moment, Jiang Huan unleashed the power of his powerful divine sense, which instantly enveloped Liu Baiqing not far in front of him.
Jiang Huan quickly discovered Liu Baiqing's problem through his powerful divine sense, Liu Baiqing's current cultivation is only ten layers of Qi training, and the power of his divine soul is quite weak, among which the divine soul has suffered a lot of damage, this kind of injury is not an external stimulus, it is very likely to be self-trauma.
"It seems that her mental insanity must be related to the trauma of the soul. β
Jiang Huan quickly came to the conclusion that the reason for Liu Baiqing's mental disorder came from the trauma of the divine soul, and the recovery of the trauma of the divine soul was a rather troublesome thing, and if you wanted to repair it quickly, you needed a soul master who was proficient in the divine soul to be able to sit down, of course, there were other methods, such as cultivating special secret techniques that could restore the divine soul, but the recovery process was relatively slow.
After finding out the situation, Jiang Huan quickly retracted his senses.
At this moment, a white figure walked quickly into the courtyard.
Jiang Huan's expression moved slightly, but he immediately realized that it was his sister Jiang Ling, although the two had not seen each other for decades, and the original girl had already lost her childishness, but he was still able to give a clear judgment from the appearance characteristics.
"Brother!"
Jiang Ling walked into the room quickly, saw some familiar backs, and subconsciously shouted out some unfamiliar names.
Jiang Huan turned around slightly, and said calmly: "Ling'er!"
Jiang Ling looked at Jiang Huan's familiar and somewhat unfamiliar face, and her originally calm heart rose and fell violently again, and then she said with some excitement: "Brother, you really didn't die, you finally came back!"
Jiang Huan smiled slightly, then nodded slightly.
"At first, I thought you were ......"
There were some tears in Jiang Ling's dark eyes, and she seemed to be unable to control her emotions when she could see her brother who had cared for her again.
"Huan...... Ling'er, it's true, I'm not confused!"
Just between the conversation between Jiang Huan and Jiang Ling, Liu Baiqing, who was sitting with her eyes closed, opened her eyes again and looked at a pair of children, she seemed to realize that everything just now was not false, but real.
At this moment, the desertion in the meditation courtyard seemed to disappear without a trace in an instant. (To be continued......)