Chapter 32 The Past Is Shameful
Eighteen years ago, and the state.
Located in the most prosperous area of the state, a mansion can be called one of the best mansions in the city, a huge plaque with a black background bronzing on the tall lintel, inlaid with "Lengfu" two golden characters, but the Lengfu is not the largest mansion in the city, the most luxurious is the "Qin Mansion" in the east of the city, which can be compared with the Qin and Leng mansions is located in the west of the city. In Bingzhou, if someone asks about any of these mansions, the person who answers him will inevitably tell him about these three mansions together, not because the three mansions are the most luxurious mansions in Bingzhou City, but because the young masters of these three mansions are close friends, and when it comes to martial arts, they have their own strengths. Qin Duyang, the young master of the Qin Mansion, is the eldest brother, and he is a well-known person in Bingzhou City, who has thousands of family fortunes at a young age, and has saved people from fire and water countless times, and the people of Bingzhou have great respect for him. Leng Xiaoyu, the young master of the cold mansion, is younger, ranked second, he is righteous, and the age of the blood is when the man is in his prime, and his awe-inspiring righteousness makes him make friends with a lot of heroes in the rivers and lakes, and often invites friends to gather at home to learn martial arts. As for Li Boyun of the Li Mansion, he is the youngest of the three, Li Boyun is more introverted and never competes with others, even if there are two righteous brothers Qin and Leng, he is still low-key in Bingzhou City, Li Boyun is gentle by nature, and he treats his subordinates leniently, and he has always been alone in and out of the mansion, and does not let the servants follow, so that in the entire Bingzhou City, there are many people who know Li Boyun, but there are few people who really know him.
The morning sun shone down on the earth, waking up the boy in bed, who opened his eyes and looked around. It is a room no less decorated than any princely and aristocratic mansion, and the blue bed is made of fine silk zuò. Gently swaying as the breeze blows in from the window, reach out and touch the bed rails. It turned out to be a good golden silk nanmu, he gently propped up his body, and a sharp pain in his back made the young man frown, but he still stubbornly sat up, looking around the furnishings in the room, the mahogany tables and chairs of one color, and all kinds of treasures and antiques were placed on the hollow partitions. What kind of place is this? When did he come here, is the owner of this house friend or foe? Did he save himself?
Just hesitating, a pretty girl in an emerald green dress pushed the door in, still holding a silver basin full of water in her hand, the girl saw the boy sitting on the edge of the bed, she was not surprised, just smiled lightly, placed the basin on the basin stand, and then walked in front of the boy. Ying Ying bowed: "Slave Liu Bi, serve the son on the orders of the young master and the young lady." The young man looked suspicious: "Your son-in-law is ......" Liu Bi replied: "The young master instructed, if the son-in-law wakes up, let Liu Bi report immediately." Liu Bi will go to call the young master and the young lady to come over, if the son has any doubts, you can ask my young master directly. After Liu Bi finished speaking, she turned around and left. A green dress fluttering, really like a willow swaying in the wind. A smile appeared on the young man's face: a good person is as good as his name.
After a while, I heard footsteps outside the door. Immediately, a man and a woman walked in behind Liu Bi, presumably it should be the young master and young lady in Liu Bi's mouth. The young man looked up, only to see that the male owner had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and the hostess was beautiful and moving, but it was definitely not someone he knew, and he couldn't help but be wary in his heart, the male owner saw the young man's thoughts, walked towards him with a smile, and said gently: "It's not surprising that the little brother is so vigilant, it's just that the residual poison in your body has not been cleaned up, so don't use internal force." The young man was embarrassed for a while, people saved your life, but you are so rude, is this the way of man? Then he wanted to get up and thank him, but his body did not have the slightest strength, and the man saw the embarrassment of the young man, and couldn't help laughing: "Little brother, come, lie down first." As he spoke, he helped the young man to the bed: "Don't worry, if it hurts your heart, it won't save you, this is Bingzhou Lengfu, foolish brother Leng Xiaoyu, this is Neiko Liu Hanyue, it seems that I am a few years older than you, you can be commensurate with your brother and sister-in-law." ”
After listening to Leng Xiaoyu's words, the young man muttered, "Bingzhou?" In his impression, Bingzhou is a distant place, when did he actually come here. Leng Xiaoyu said with a smile: "That day, my third brother and I went to Kundu to play. The scenery is picturesque, then day and night, I don't want to bump into you outside the city of Kundu late that night to be chased and killed, nothing to do with yourself can be ignored, but I can't see their despicable behavior, use obscene means to sneak attack you, so that you are heavily poisoned, and even poured pine oil to burn you, in the middle of the night to do such a thing, it is clear that the corpse is destroyed, there must be strange and uneven, I and the third brother are temperamental people, how can we let such an unfair thing happen under our noses, so I injured the five people and saved you, I don't think you are too seriously injured, the poison gas spreads, we bought a carriage in a nearby village, all the way to take turns to protect your heart for you, and quickly return to Bingzhou, Visiting famous doctors in the city, fortunately, your internal strength is deep, otherwise even if the divine doctor is reborn, he will be powerless, but you have been asleep for more than a month, and now you wake up, it is natural to be weak, as long as you take care of yourself, you can recover in a few days. ”
The young man on the bed was already full of tears, and it was already commendable that he could save him when he met in the water when he was dying, and he did not hesitate to spend his internal strength to protect him all the way, how could he repay this kindness? He was ashamed of his vigilance just now, and he didn't know what to say for a while. At this time, Liu Hanyue turned to the bed lightly, and glanced at Leng Xiaoyu with disgust: "Look at you, what are you talking about, the little brother just woke up and was still very weak, and when you said this, look, I was about to cry." As he spoke, he wiped away the tears from the corners of the young man's eyes with the silk handkerchief in his hand, and said softly: "Little brother, don't listen to your eldest brother's nonsense, how can he be so strict as he said, it's just a gesture, you must not go to your heart, look, like a little daughter-in-law, she still cries her nose, remember, boy, you don't shed tears, big husband, you don't flick when you have tears." Liu Hanyue's words were as gentle as the spring breeze in March, but her last two sentences were eloquent. The young man silently said in his heart: Boy, blood does not shed tears, husband, tears do not flick. He nodded slightly, biting his lip to hold back the tears in his eyes.
Liu Hanyue smiled: "This is a good boy, right." What is your name?" The young man had no longer the slightest vigilance against Leng Xiaoyu and his wife at this time, and blurted out: "Zhang Chunhua." ”
"Oh?" Leng Xiaoyu heard the name. I couldn't help but exclaim: "I have heard for a long time that the Zhang Wangfu in Kundu City is famous, and my third brother and I met you outside Kundu City and were hunted down. Again, your dress is not the way ordinary people look, could it be...... Little brother, what do you have to do with Zhang Wangfu?" Zhang Chunhua said: "The little brother is the little prince of Zhang Wangfu. Leng Xiaoyu and Liu Hanyue were startled at the same time, Liu Hanyue said angrily: "Who ate the gall of the ambitious leopard and dared to murder the little prince?" Zhang Chunhua sighed, intending to get up, Liu Hanyue helped him up and leaned against the bed rail, and Leng Xiaoyu also sat on the edge of the bed together. I only heard Zhang Chunhua say: "This matter, it's a long story, it's a long story", and then told the cause ......and effect of the matter.
Leng Xiaoyu paced around the room twice with her hands behind her back and said, "There must be something strange in this." That white ice dragon, it must be his ghost, I will send someone to Kundu to find out the truth in a few days, what is the young master of Baifu, it is not in my Leng Xiaoyu's eyes. "Big brother, never. Zhang Chunhua hurriedly said: "The matter has come to this point, and it is meaningless to pursue it again, and besides, the eldest brother saving the younger brother's life is already the grace of regeneration, how can I add any more trouble, if the eldest brother has the heart to help the younger brother, I just need someone to send a letter to my father to report safety." The younger brother is grateful. Leng Xiaoyu sighed and said: "Since you have made up your mind, the eldest brother will not mention this matter, but if someone bullies you again in the future, don't blame me for the spear in my hand for not being long-sighted." ”
At this time, Liu Bi walked into the room. bowed to Leng Xiaoyu and Liu Hanyueying: "Young Master, Young Lady, Young Master Li and Mrs. Li are here." Leng Xiaoyu said: "Liu Bi." Bringing the third brother here, he is always thinking about the injury of the little brother. Leng Xiaoyu's voice did not fall. I heard a hearty laugh from outside the door: "Don't I know the road myself, do you want Liu Bi to take it?" followed by a man and a woman. The man is graceful, the woman is dignified and beautiful, with a calm face, and he is still holding a little boy who is about two years old in his arms, Leng Xiaoyu walked over and picked up the boy: "Xuan'er, let Uncle see if you have grown flesh again?" The little boy was not afraid, it seemed that this kind of situation had happened many times between the two uncles and nephews, and he held Leng Xiaoyu's face with both hands: "Second uncle, you grow up sooner, so that you can always hold Xuan'er." One sentence caused the room to laugh.
Li Boyun walked to the side of the bed: "How does the little brother feel?" Zhang Chunhua smiled: "It's much better, thank you Brother Li for saving me." Leng Xiaoyu hugged the child and interjected: "This is not good, I am the eldest brother, Bo Yun can't be the eldest brother, I should be called the second brother." Li Boyun was choked, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I really can't compete with you, when the little brother is injured, the three of us will become three brothers, okay?" Leng Xiaoyu and Zhang Chunhua responded at the same time: "Okay!" Li Boyun smiled at Leng Xiaoyu: "But as a brother, seeing that your nephew is so old, don't you have a trace of anxiety in your heart?" Leng Xiaoyu choked: "What's the hurry? I am very happy to have Xuan'er." Then he thought about the child in his arms and said, "Xuan'er, call godfather in the future." Xuan'er shouted crisply, "Godfather!" provoked another burst of laughter.
Three years later.
Li-Yun-Xuan, Zhang Chunhua wrote three words on the ground with a branch, and the little boy next to him opened his big black and white eyes and asked, "Uncle, is this Xuan'er's name?" Zhang Chunhua stroked Li Yunxuan's head dotingly: "Yes, our Xuan'er has grown up, and you have to learn to write your own name, come, uncle will teach you to write." As he spoke, he handed the branch to Li Yunxuan, held the small hand with his big hand, and wrote carefully on the ground one by one.
Suddenly, Liu Bi stumbled over and panted, "Second young master, madam...... Madame is going to give birth. "Leng Xiaoyu specially ordered the servants in the family to call Zhang Chunhua as the second young master, and asked the subordinates to be courteous for several times, and called the second young master with Liu Bikou. Li Yunxuan threw away the branch in his hand: "Godmother is going to give birth to a baby, great!" Zhang Chunhua saw Liu Bi's nervous expression and knew that things were not so simple, and hurriedly said to Liu Bi: "Don't worry, speak slowly." Liu Bi said: "The young lady had a difficult birth, and the midwife said to let the master and the young master choose whether to protect the adult or the child......" Zhang Chunhua didn't wait for Liu Bi to finish speaking, picked up Li Yunxuan, and went to the cold rain hall where Leng Xiaoyu and his wife lived, and said to Liu Bi behind him: "You continue," Liu Bi followed and trotted all the way behind. Bian said: "Now the old master and the young master are in a hurry, the young master said...... I heard that the second young master once said that Kundu has something to urge. So he ordered Liu Bi to come and call the second young master over...... "Soon, several people came to the door of the Cold Rain Hall. Zhang Chunhua instructed Liu Bi: "Liu Bi, you go in first to take care of it, and let me know if there is any situation." ”
"Big brother, what's going on?" Before he had time to stabilize his figure, Zhang Chunhua handed Li Yunxuan to Li Boyun, turned to Leng Xiaoyu and asked. Leng Xiaoyu looked anxious, and was already incoherent: "Yue'er...... She...... The midwife said that your sister-in-law is not able to give birth to a child. Zhang Chunhua said: "You can use internal force to help your sister-in-law." Leng Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "How can I help?" Zhang Chunhua looked embarrassed, after all, he was only a twenty-year-old boy. I don't know anything about giving birth to a child, but I just remember that five years ago, when Bai Binglong's mother, Mrs. Bai, gave birth to her daughter Bai Bingying, because she was older, she was also unable to give birth to a difficult birth. Bai Binglong's father, Bai Jingxiong, took a bold try, but he didn't expect that in the end, the mother and daughter were safe, and they were all happy. At that time, he only heard the midwife's dictation outside the door, and it is unknown what he did in the room afterwards. Thinking of this, I can't help but shake my head.
At this time, the midwife pushed open the door and shouted anxiously: "The young lady has fainted, have you thought about it?" Leng Xiaoyu's eyes turned to Zhang Chunhua again. Full of help, even the old man Leng Shihao seemed to look at Zhang Chunhua with begging eyes. Zhang Chunhua's heart was shocked, this is a critical moment related to the sister-in-law's life and life. How could he look forward and backward like this, if he had thought about it for a while when the eldest brother saved him, I am afraid that he would have turned into ashes and drifted away with the wind three years ago, he bit his lip, nodded to Leng Xiaoyu and Leng Shihao, turned around and walked towards Leng Yutang, Leng Xiaoyu suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhang Chunhua: "Brother, no matter what the result is, the eldest brother will not blame you." Zhang Chunhua didn't look back, and went straight to Lengyu Hall.
Wait...... The long and torturous wait......
Leng Xiaoyu's eyes were firmly fixed on the closed door of Leng Yutang, Leng Shihao was pacing anxiously around the courtyard, Leng Old Woman kept twisting the rosary in her hand with the support of the maid, Li Boyun hugged her son Li Yunxuan, and her eyes never left the door of Leng Yutang, Mrs. Li Chen Donger was so nervous that she grabbed her husband's arm with one hand, and pinched her son's hand with the other, Li Yunxuan obediently lay on his father's shoulder and said a word.
Suffocating tranquility.
It was so quiet that everyone could hear the panicked heartbeat in their chests.
Long...... Long......
A baby's crisp cry pierced the silent sky, but everyone in the courtyard looked more solemn in addition to the instant joy, quietly waiting for the door to open.
"Squeak!" The door was finally pushed open, and Liu Bi walked out with a happy face: "The young lady and the little lady mother and daughter are safe." Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The midwife was wrapping the baby and hugging it, Leng Xiaoyu walked to the midwife happily, picked up the child and shook it gently, then sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Liu Hanyue, Liu Hanyue's face was tired, and her bloody face still couldn't hide her joy, Leng Xiaoyu lowered her head and kissed Liu Hanyue's forehead deeply, put the child next to Liu Hanyue, and said softly: "Yue'er, thank you for your hard work." Liu Hanyue shook her head: "Yue'er and her daughter were able to survive thanks to the second brother." Leng Xiaoyu nodded, got up and walked to Zhang Chunhua's side, and said with a solemn expression: "Brother, thank you for your great kindness, I, Leng Xiaoyu, am fortunate to have a good brother like you." Zhang Chunhua raised his tired eyes: "Where did the eldest brother say, if it weren't for the eldest brother's sacrifice three years ago, how could there be a younger brother today, and we don't need these politeness." Leng Xiaoyu patted Zhang Chunhua's shoulder gratefully, yes, brotherhood doesn't need too many words.
Li Yunxuan sat in front of the table, holding a brush in his hand, writing on the paper with a nervous expression, his mouth was tilted to the side because of the difficulty, that serious appearance made people laugh when he saw it, and he wrote for a long time before he put down the brush in his hand, picked up the written things and asked Zhang Chunhua beside him: "Uncle, do you see the name written by Xuan'er beautiful?" Zhang Chunhua raised his eyes and was stunned: "Is this written by Xuan'er himself?" Li Yunxuan nodded: " Of course it was written by Xuan'er herself, uncle, Xuan'er has been sitting next to you and has not left, you said, when Xuan'er's name is written beautifully. Just teach Xuan'er to practice martial arts, isn't Xuan'er's name beautiful?"
Zhang Chunhua smiled: "Beautiful." Xuan'er wrote the name so beautifully so quickly, uncle must teach you to practice martial arts. But. Your godmother's daughter is going to have a full moon tomorrow, and my uncle is busy writing invitations, and after tomorrow, my uncle will definitely teach Xuan'er, okay?" Li Yunxuan stretched out his right little finger: "Uncle wants to pull the hook with Xuan'er, and my mother said that if you pull the hook, it will never change again." Zhang Chunhua scraped Li Yunxuan's little nose with his index finger: "The little guy is quite serious, come, let's pull the hook, uncle must be talking." Li Yunxuan pouted. He whispered: "However, the eldest uncle doesn't talk much." Zhang Chunhua knew that the eldest uncle in Li Yunxuan's mouth was Qin Duyang of the Qin Mansion, so he smiled and said, "Why can't the eldest uncle speak?"
Li Yunxuan pouted: "The eldest uncle said that he would come to see Xuan'er often, but Xuan'er hasn't seen the eldest uncle for a long time, only the second uncle will take Xuan'er here to play, otherwise, Xuan'er will suffocate at home." Zhang Chunhua stroked Li Yunxuan's little head funny: "You, you must be trying to play with the little brother of the eldest uncle's family." Li Yunxuan's face was innocent: "But the eldest uncle said that the little brother should study hard and didn't let him play with me." Zhang Chunhua comforted: "It's okay." Now we also have a little sister at home, when she grows up, she can play with Xuan'er, and Xuan'er won't feel bored at that time. Li Yunxuan nodded. Said seriously: "I want to water my little sister a little, and my mother said that watering a little water will make her grow faster." Zhang Chunhua almost laughed: "Your mother is talking about flowers and plants, water the flowers and grass." They'll grow faster, but the little sister is different. She has to eat as hard as Xuan'er to grow up quickly. ”
The full moon banquet in Lengfu was extremely grand, and the entire city knew that today was the full moon of Lengfu's daughter. The Leng family held a banquet for three days to entertain relatives and friends, and as long as the people in the city came to congratulate them, whether they knew them or not, they would not refuse.
In the lobby full of friends, Leng Xiaoyu frequently toasted to the guests, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart, today he has to announce one thing in public, towards Zhang Chunhua, Leng Xiaoyu raised the full wine glass high, to the crowd: "Relatives and friends, I Leng Xiaoyu is happy to have a daughter, today you have to come to the cold house, it is an honor, in addition, I will announce one thing to you today." Leng Xiaoyu patted Zhang Chunhua on the shoulder, Zhang Chunhua stood up with a smile: "Big brother, why do you have to be so ......" Leng Xiaoyu interrupted him: "Today, big brother is happy, you just let me have a good time." After speaking, he turned to everyone: "Zhang Chunhua, now the second young master of Lengfu, I Leng Xiaoyu has a bold temperament, and I will speak straightforwardly, my brother will walk around in Bingzhou City in the future, I hope everyone will be convenient, for the sake of Leng someone's thin face, don't deliberately embarrass ......"
Qin Duyang, who was sitting at the main table next to him, lowered his head and whispered to Li Boyun, who was sitting beside him, "What is the origin of this Zhang Chunhua? Why does your second brother value him so much?" Li Boyun said: " The eldest brother didn't know, the matter originated from my trip to Kundu with my second brother three years ago, we happened to meet him outside the city of Kundu and was chased and killed by gangsters, so he rescued him, never thought that he was the little prince of Kundu Zhangwangfu, but he was young, strong martial arts, deep internal strength, and very upright, even the second sister-in-law had a difficult birth, and he rescued him to be able to keep the mother and daughter safe. Qin Duyang said with an "oh" and said, "No wonder your second brother is so excited today. After speaking, he said meaningfully to himself: "Kundu...... Zhang Wangfu. ”
At this time, Leng Xiaoyu had also finished toasting, and sat down beside Qin Duyang, the joy on his face made him look radiant, Qin Duyang looked at Leng Xiaoyu, who was already a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't just be happy, in another month, on the martial arts alliance master competition in Sword Villa, do you decide to go?" Leng Xiaoyu said: "Go, of course we have to go, our three brothers will go together." Looking at the martial arts in the world, if we don't even go, then others are even less qualified. Li Boyun said: "It's good for the eldest brother and the second brother to go, the younger brother has never had the ambition to compete, this martial arts alliance leader...... Hehe. Li Boyun shook his head, he had never been greedy for these false names.
Leng Xiaoyu waved his hand to Li Boyun with the strength of wine: "You are too gentle, but it's okay like this, if you suddenly become strong one day, it won't be my third brother." Then he turned to Qin Duyang: "The eldest brother has strong martial arts and can be kind, in the entire Bingzhou City, who doesn't know that the eldest brother is righteous and squanders money, rescues the suffering, and saves the suffering? Qin Duyang smiled and said: "Second brother, what if the eldest brother wants to be the leader of this alliance?" Leng Xiaoyu said: "Then I will have a happy fight with the eldest brother at that time, I haven't fought with the eldest brother for a long time, and when the competition comes, we will compete again." ”
Zhang Chunhua's position is not far from Leng Xiaoyu's three people, and all the conversations of the three of them fell into his ears, maybe in the eyes of everyone, this is just a joke between the three brothers, but he always feels that there is something in this Qin Duyang's words, if there is no harm from Bai Binglong and Xiao Hongyun's betrayal, he may only smile lightly, and not take the jokes between these brothers to his heart, but at this time, he has experienced the ruthlessness of his lover, Brother is unrighteous, he can't help but be a little more wary of people and things, he can't help but move his gaze to Qin Duyang, this look, makes his heart shock, Qin Duyang looked at Leng Xiaoyu's gaze, there is clearly a forest cold, and his eldest brother Leng Xiaoyu, half-drunk and half-awake, still keeps talking, smiling......
Following.
Zhang Chunhua, who had been wandering outside the Cold Rain Hall for a long time, never knocked on the door of the Cold Rain Hall, he didn't want to be a villain who sowed discord, he just wanted to remind his eldest brother to beware of Qin Duyang, but he didn't know how to speak, in case the eldest brother felt that he was doing something extraordinary, wouldn't he become a person who played right and wrong? He hesitated for a long time in a dilemma, and finally, he turned around and left, he decided to hide these words deep in his heart, after all, he was in the same house, he was always careful, there should be no mistakes, he hoped that he was more careful. It's just that he couldn't imagine that his hesitation and turn around would become the most guilty and regretful thing in his life. (To be continued......)