After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 346 Shocked

When Su Miaozhen first appeared, she wore a veil and her expression was extreme. Su Wenfang guessed that something happened to her daughter, but he really didn't expect that her daughter would become like this!

She looks beautiful and beautiful. When she was in Jiangning, she was a well-known beauty. At this time, the scars on her face destroyed her original beauty, and she looked particularly ferocious on her fair face.

"Miaozhen!" There was a look of heartache in his eyes, and he reached out to touch the wound on his daughter's face, but this action angered Su Miaozhen, and she took a step back with resentment in her eyes.

"I have become like this, father, do you say these things are true or false?"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became:
"I won't talk about these. A few days ago, Prime Minister Gu came to his home to ask for medicine, and I was the one who helped. Mr. Gu was grateful at the time, and released Wen Qingzhe because of it." She said very excitedly:
"It was my help, so why should it be considered a favor from the Yao family? And no one thanked me afterwards, my aunt even blamed me for being troublesome, and the old slave beside her accused me of being ignorant in front of everyone!"

"That's not the case—" Su Qingchun said quickly, fearing that his father would believe Su Miaozhen's words.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Su Miaozhen sternly reprimanded:
"Qingchun, is your surname Su or Yao? I think you are bewitched!"

"You're the one who's bewitched!" Su Qingchun blushed, mustering up the courage to retort:

"Father, what my sister said did happen, but it's not like this."

He looked up at Su Wenfang, forcing himself not to cowardly turn his face away:
"It was like this in the West City that day—" He started with the accident in the carriage and the impact on the crowd, and then the eldest son saved the Liu family and got involved in a life lawsuit:

"At that time, the second cousin was sitting in the carriage. After the incident, she was worried about her aunt who rushed over. The matter had nothing to do with her. Therefore, after the people from the Department of Magic and Prison came, they asked my aunt and second cousin to leave."

He explained anxiously:

"As for thanking the general's mansion later, my aunt brought me and my sister together, but the general and the princess were not in the mansion at that time."

Su Qingchun was young, so he didn't know the clues, but Su Wenfang understood that Yao Hui was just the commander of the sixth-rank army and horse commander, if the eldest son hadn't saved the Liu family, the two sides would have no intersection at all.

Even if the eldest princess and his wife don't want to see people, it is reasonable.

He bumped into walls everywhere in his life, and he knew what it was like to ask for help. When his son said this, he nodded and didn't make a sound.

"Later, my aunt went to the General's Mansion because she was invited by the princess."

With his father's nod of encouragement, Su Qingchun became more courageous:
"The princess didn't invite me and my sister, so my aunt only brought my second cousin." After finishing speaking, she even asked:
"Father, there is nothing wrong with aunt doing this, right?"

"Yes." Su Wenfang nodded.

With his approval, Su Qingchun suddenly felt more at ease, and then said:

"As for the prison, my aunt has done her best." He explained:
"After Liu Da's death that day, the case was suspicious. My sister was bewitched by evil spirits at the time, and she didn't explain Liu Da's death clearly, which led to us being sent to prison. It has nothing to do with my aunt's family."

After that, Mrs. Liu paid for the guards and brought clothes and food several times.

"You speak so nicely, Auntie, don't forget, we were able to get out of the prison because of the eldest son of the Chu family, and it was the relationship between father and father back then!"

Su Miao really hated her so much that she couldn't help but scold her younger brother.

"Young master of the Chu family?" Su Wenfang was taken aback, and glanced at his daughter.

Su Miaozhen met her father's eyes, felt a little guilty, lowered her head and fiddled with her sleeves, refusing to speak.

"Qingchun, tell me." Su Wenfang already had a faint premonition, and turned to ask his son again.

"After entering the prison, my sister said that you and the eldest son of the Chu family were old friends, and she asked my aunt to deliver the letter to save us."

Su Qingchun said with some anxiety:

"I only found out after the fact that in order to send this letter, my aunt sold the dowry jewelry and collected some money—"

"It's just an old slave's talk, who knows if it's true or not?" Su Miao really didn't think so, thinking that her younger brother was naive and stupid.

As soon as the words fell, Su Wenfang, who had always been gentle, became very angry and shouted:
"Miaozhen!"

"Father, why are you so fierce?!" Su Miaozhen couldn't believe it, her eyes turned red:
"After my mother passed away, you regarded me and my younger brother as a burden, and couldn't wait to send us out. Now that I'm injured and my face is ruined, you're still so vicious."

As soon as she cried, Su Wenfang showed a guilty and helpless expression on his face, and quickly comforted her:

"That's not what I meant." Su Miaozhen turned away from looking at her father.

Su Wenfang sighed and coaxed her softly:

"Miaozhen, that's not the case."

"Father and Chu Shaolian—" Su Wenfang mentioned the name of the old man, and there was a moment of emotion and sigh in his tone. Finally, he regained his composure and said:

"We were indeed classmates and friends back then, and we were also close."

Perhaps because of recalling his youth, Su Wenfang's eyes gradually became brighter:
"We often go on trips, outings, and reciting poems. At the beginning, I didn't know that he came from the Chu family."

At that time, Chu Xiaotong was not as powerful as he is now, but he just showed his talents.

Chu Shaolian likes to make friends and also loves to read, the two have similar interests, and the relationship is very close.

"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and our relationship broke down because of one incident."

Su Miaozhen, who was crying silently, couldn't help but pause when she heard this.

"Relationship breakdown?"

She only learned about the friendship between her father and Chu Shaolian from Yaohu's mouth, but she didn't know that the two had broken off their friendship at that time.

The fox demon had a profound influence on her, which made her extremely suspicious now. Hearing the words, she immediately suspected that her father had told lies to deceive herself.

"Yes."

Su Wenfang nodded:
"This matter is also related to my marriage with your mother."

After finishing speaking, he recounted the events of the year one by one:

"After I made friends with Shao Lian, he took a fancy to my character and talent and thought that I would have great achievements in the future, so he revealed his identity and tried to recruit me as the son-in-law of the Chu family."

At that time, Chu Xiaotong was at the time when his official career was prosperous, his family was poor, his background was too weak, and he didn't have anyone to use, so he wanted to expand his power through marriage.

"But the Chu family was raised by the emperor's favor, and the emperor was wary of the eldest princess, and deliberately supported the power in order to consolidate the imperial power."

Although Su Wenfang did not really step into the officialdom, he saw all this very clearly:
"I was young at the time, and I didn't want to get involved in these disputes, so I rejected him on the excuse that I didn't think about the important things in my life for the time being."

Originally, this was just a trivial matter and did not affect the friendship between the two.

Chu Shaolian was also very gracious at the time, and laughed at Su Wenfang's refusal to marry him.

But after that, Su Wenfang got acquainted with Liu Bingzhou by accident, and then met his little daughter.

"Your mother is like a gift from heaven to me. We fell in love at first sight. Since then, I can no longer tolerate others in my heart."

The two quickly discussed marriage, and when the news reached Chu Shaolian's ears, he visited Su Wenfang that day.

Facing his friend, although Chu Shaolian felt a little unhappy, he could understand his choice.

"Shao Lian knew that your grandfather was very famous in Nanzhao, so he wanted to use me as an intermediary to persuade your grandfather to defect to Chu Xiaotong and become a disciple of the Chu family."

Liu Bingzhou was born in Nanzhao, and never entered the imperial court all his life, but he studied under Zhang Raozhi, so he was full of arrogance, how could he humble himself to serve others?
"Because of friendship, I also made such a request to your grandfather, but your grandfather rejected me at that time, and asked me a request, a question."

Su Wenfang spoke in a gentle tone, neither fast nor slow, like a gust of breeze, blowing slowly, and clearly explained the events of the year, so that Su Miaozhen, who was full of doubts, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, listened carefully to what he said, and Curiosity was aroused.

"What request? What question?"

Seeing that she was no longer obsessed with extremes, Su Wenfang was interested in what he said, with a smile in his eyes:

"Your grandfather said that he would never do anything for the Chu family in this life, and he believed that Chu Xiaotong was willing to become a knife in the hands of the emperor by any means to achieve his goals."

This kind of heart is cruel and merciless, and can accomplish great things, but it is not the blessing of the people of Daqing.

Su Miaozhen couldn't help curling her lips when she heard this.

In her opinion, those who do great things don't care about small things, if they look forward and backward in everything, what can they do?

She thought of her father, but didn't make a sound.

"He asked me never to become an aide of the Chu family, and asked me to draw a clear relationship with the Chu family."

"Father!" Hearing this, Su Miaozhen couldn't help shouting hastily:
"How could grandfather behave like this?"

Her father has the Qingyun Ladder, and she was supposed to make a fortune from then on, but because of her grandfather's words, she may have missed a great opportunity.

"Did you listen to him?" she asked.

"Listen." Su Wenfang said with a smile:

"If you don't listen to him, he won't allow me to marry his precious daughter."

When he talked about the events back then, he didn't see any loss or grievance, but he was complacent.

"..." Su Miaozhen was angry, hated and even a little bit angry. Seeing her father's happy face, she wanted to cry.

Su Qingchun thought it was a little funny, and urged curiously:

"Father, what else did grandfather ask you?"

Su Wenfang's expression gradually became serious, and he looked at his son:

"Your grandfather asked me, if you cut off the connection with the Chu family because of Zhizhu, you may suffer revenge and attack from the Chu family. I am afraid that I will not be able to use what I have learned in my life. I want to serve the country and become an official. , Maybe it’s just a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water, he asked me if I can bear such consequences, am I afraid that I will regret it in the future?”

"What do you say?" Su Qingchun's heart was inexplicably agitated, and he asked again.

Although Su Miaozhen burst into tears, she was also very curious about this question, so she couldn't help but listen to it.

"Of course I don't regret it!" Su Wenfang said this lightly but firmly.

"Now?" Su Miaozhen wiped her eyes and asked.

"I don't regret it either." Su Wenfang shook his head.

After he finished speaking, he laughed again, and there were a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, which not only did not damage his demeanor, but added to his gentleness:
"It's a pity that I can't be an official, but my talents and learning are not in vain. In this life, I have also assisted several good masters and done a lot of things."

He said happily:

"In our spare time, your mother and I can recite poems, go out for an outing, travel all over the rivers and mountains of Daqing, and see the beautiful scenery all over the world."

He has made many friends, and although life is not rich, it is also interesting.

"If I give up your mother because of my official career, without you, my life will be boring even if I am a high official and rich salary."

Su Wenfang said frankly:

"Your grandfather didn't know, I never made a choice in my heart."

What can be given up is not worthy of his concern.

This is the person Xiao Liushi insisted on following and gave up everything for it.

"..."

Su Qingchun thought about his father's words, and couldn't help feeling a little lost.

But Su Miaozhen was also shocked and didn't make a sound.

"Since then, Shaolian and I have cut off our robes and have no relationship with each other. The Chu family hates me, so they have been suppressing me all these years—"

Having said that, he looks ashamed:

"Your uncle is not like me."

Yao Hui is loyal, smooth, and has a strong sense of professionalism.

When he was in Nanzhao that year, he was from a poor family background, but he had a flexible mind. He was able to climb up to his boss and win friendship. Afterwards, he rose step by step and was transferred to the capital ten years ago.

With his ability, he should have been promoted early, but he stayed in Beijing for ten years, and never moved his position——

"It must be because of me."

After finishing speaking, his eye circles were reddish, facing his son's wide eyes, he did not avoid, but said:
"You are young and don't know anything. But your aunt and uncle are sensible people."

He sighed:
"Miaozhen, when you mentioned to your aunt that Shaolian and I were friends, your aunt probably already guessed the clue."

If it is a close friend, why not carry it with you.

And it's not that Su Wenfang has no talent, it's clear that he is underappreciated for his talent.

Although Daqing was corrupt and the officialdom was corrupt, with Su Wenfang's talent, no matter what, he would not be able to get involved in such a field.

The only possibility, "is that I offended someone and was suppressed by others."

Su Wenfang wiped the corner of his eyes with his sleeve:

"It is not an ordinary person who can do such a thing, and he is old with me. Your uncle is smart, and he must have guessed that he was unable to get promoted in these years because he was suppressed by the Chu family."

And the reason why the Chu family is so fussy is because of Su Wenfang's feud with Chu Shaolian back then.

"So that's how it is—" Su Qingchun looked complicated, and turned to look at Su Miaozhen:

"Sister, you really misunderstood."

Su Miaozhen looked stunned, with a look of struggle in her eyes:
"I, have I misunderstood?"

She was still a little unwilling to believe it, but she felt faintly in her heart that what her father said was not false.

The family's words began to fight with the 'cognition' in her mind, which had a strong impact on what she had always believed in.

The ferocious face of Liu's 'previous life' appeared in her mind, and those words were like a knife, piercing her heart;

At the same time, Su Wenfang's words also sounded in her heart: she had a bad relationship with Chu Shaolian...my uncle was implicated...

Two diametrically opposed faces of Liu's "past life, present life" appeared at the same time, facing her sharp scolding, while gently asking her about her diet and daily life.

(End of this chapter)