The legend of Dukang

Boundless pain overwhelmed him, body falling rapidly, heart-wrenching internal organs, eyes full of blood, bone-piercing cold... Du Shaokang suddenly woke up from his dream, his clothes were almost soaked in cold sweat, he gasped heavily Get angry.

When Su Zhong heard the movement, he hurried over with the oil lamp and asked with concern: "My lord, are you alright?"

With the faint light of the oil lamp, Du Shaokang subconsciously looked at the carved lacquer bed on which he was lying. This was Su Nihuang's boudoir.He was still alive, just dreaming.In the darkness, Du Shaokang's face was still somewhat dazed, his forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and a few strands of broken hair were wetly stuck to his cheeks.

Looking at Du Shaokang's pale face, Su Zhong asked worriedly: "Is your master not feeling well? Do you want to call a doctor?"

His body was hot and cold, and a scorching pain gradually surged up and permeated all over his body.Du Shaokang looked at Su Zhong's concerned eyes, but still shook his head: "It's just a nightmare, it's okay, make me some Xizi tea!"

Du Shaokang has always had the habit of drinking this tea, and Su Zhong is no stranger to it. He took out the oil paper bag for storing tea from the cabinet, brewed the tea quickly, and brought it in front of Du Shaokang.

Du Shaokang took the teacup, lowered his head and took a sip, the scorching pain in his body was still raging, and it took a long time before it gradually calmed down.Du Shaokang couldn't help frowning, it seemed that the tea didn't work anymore.

Outside the window, the rain started to fall again at some point, and the raindrops slammed on the window curtains, a gust of cool wind blew, and the leaves rustled.

Su Zhong got up and closed the window, looked at the tea stored in the cupboard, and said: "This tea is almost finished, where did you buy it, Young Master? Let Yuan Bao buy some tomorrow."

Handing the teacup to Su Zhong, Du Shaokang shook his head, and said lightly, "I can last for a few more days, don't worry. What about Mr. Wen and the others? Have you already left?"

"I left before dinner yesterday! It was raining heavily at the time, and I didn't know what was urgent, so I had to go." Su Zhong knew that Du Shaokang didn't like to order people around. Yuan Bao went to the major tea shops to have a look.

Thinking of Wen Ruyu who was always in the front and back, Du Shaokang smiled wryly at the corners of Du Shaokang's lips hidden in the darkness: It seems that this time he really broke his heart, no wonder he was so decisive in leaving.

Now that he was alone again, Du Shaokang suddenly felt a little lonely.

Su Zhong didn't pay attention to Du Shaokang's disappointed expression, helped him to lie down, hesitated for a while and said: "A letter came from the prison, saying that it was Aunt Zhao...she committed suicide in fear of crime..."

Although it was expected, hearing the news suddenly felt like a dream.The scene of Yunshangju attending the banquet is still vivid in my memory. In just a few months, the gorgeously dressed and well-rounded Aunt Zhao was reduced to a haggard and embarrassed criminal woman in the cell.Now, she has also stepped into the Palace of the King of Hades.

Brother Dong, I will avenge you!Du Shaokang closed his eyes, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Ms. Zhao's murder of her husband is a heinous crime. She will definitely not be able to enter the Su family's mausoleum. But she is the mother of Master Tong'er after all." Su Zhong lowered his eyes and said after consideration: "If necessary, this old servant will explain it to you and carefully We will deal with the funeral and set aside another place for burial."

Du Shaokang said: "When she is alive, she is not allowed in the world. Where can she be buried after death? Let's go to the temple and set up a tablet for her! The Buddha's fate is vast, maybe only there can give her a place to live!"

"Yes! This old slave will think about it!" Su Zhong said softly, "It's still early, so please take a rest, my lord. The old slave will be guarding outside."

The faint light followed Su Zhong and disappeared outside, and the room darkened again.

Du Shaokang turned over, feeling a little empty in his heart.The damned people are already dead, and he has already half-stepped into the gate of hell.It's time to leave, but before leaving, you have to pave the way for Su Tong in the future.

Du Shaokang's confused eyes became clear again, he got up and called softly: "Uncle Zhong!"

Su Zhong thought that he was ill again, so he hurried over and said nervously: "Could it be that the young master is not feeling well again? I'll go ask the doctor!"

"I'm fine!" Waving his hand to comfort Su Zhong'an, Du Shaokang said: "Uncle is seriously ill now, and since Cousin Jinghong has recovered from her illness, let's take her out so that their father and daughter can be reunited. "

Su Zhong's eyes lit up, and he quickly knelt down and said, "Young Master said, this old servant will go prepare now, and pick up Miss tomorrow!"

Seeing that Su Zhong wiped away his tears and wanted to go out to work, Du Shaokang smiled and said: "It's midnight, everyone has already gone to bed, and it won't be too late to wait until tomorrow."

"Oh yes, the old slave is confused." Su Zhong was obviously overjoyed, standing there crying and laughing at the same time.

Du Shaokang lowered his eyes and said, "Is that Rong An really like what you said?"

Seeing him asking about Rong An, Su Zhong immediately turned his face away, and said solemnly: "Rong An was raised by an old slave. That's right. Although he is Li Shi's nephew, he doesn't have the bad intentions of his aunt."

Su Zhong raised his eyes and looked at Du Shaokang's pale face, hesitantly said: "Master is not feeling right now, the Su Mansion is not as good as before, and Master Zhang is also planning to return to his hometown to take care of himself. Although Su Ping and the others have some accomplishments in embroidery, they are not good at business. The field is full of novices. Young master is weak, leaving Rong An behind, at least I can help young master share some..."

Du Shaokang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for him. Tomorrow, please invite Rong An here!"

"Hey!" With Du Shaokang's assurance, Su Zhong heaved a sigh of relief, and retreated with a smile.

Du Shaokang looked at his slightly hunched back, and the corners of his eyes suddenly became moist.The old man has worked hard for the Su family all his life, and now he is over half a century old, and he is still doing his best to plan for the future of the Su family.

After a day of rain, Du Shaokang sat in the house and looked out the window in a daze.

Seeing this, Yuan Bao sighed, the young master has become more and more reticent these days.

"Master Qin, Second Master Rong is here." Su Zhong reported at the door.

Du Shaokang heard the voice and said, "Please come in."

Since Su Qin entered the mansion, Rong An only saw him a few times, and he didn't even say a word, so there was no interaction.Right now Su Jinxiu is bedridden, Su Qiubao and Zhang Qiushi are buried in the ground, Su Tong and Su Gu's identities are embarrassing, Su Qin can be regarded as the veritable head of the Su family.Rong An was not too surprised by Su Qin's invitation.Now that the business of the Su family is in his hands, if Su Qin wants to secure her position as the head of the family, she must take him first.

Regarding the future, Rong An was quite calm.Everything he has today was given by the Su family, even if the Su family wants to take it back, it's nothing.He, Rong An, has a lot of skills. After leaving the Su family, he can still start all over again.If Su Qin disliked his aunt, he could also use his status as a nephew to take his aunt home to take care of her.The only thing he was worried about was Su Jinghong.

Waiting outside Xiangli Garden with a heavy heart, Su Zhong personally came to greet him with an umbrella.As Su Zhong entered the main hall, looking up at Su Qin's pale and handsome face, Rong An thought to himself: I have to say, regardless of appearance and demeanor, Su Qin can beat Su Qiubao by several blocks.

The two greeted each other and took their seats.

Su Zhong sent Yuan Bao out after serving tea to the two of them, and the room fell into silence for a moment, only the sound of rainwater "tick" outside the door.

After being silent for an unknown amount of time, Du Shaokang took the lead and said, "How is Mrs. Side these days?"

"I fell ill that day in the hall, I'm afraid I won't survive the winter." Rong An said flatly.

Du Shaokang chuckled lightly: "It's her own fault that she ended up like this!"

Rong An's eyes flashed, and then there was a trace of displeasure: "Young Master Qin, my aunt has indeed done a lot of wrong things, and she has already received retribution. But she is an elder after all. As the saying goes: A son never blames his mother. Mr. Qin Why bother to speak out and ridicule!"

"You are a sensible person! Mrs. Li is guilty. Not only ruined other people's lives, but also caught up with her own." Du Shaokang looked up at Rong An, and said word by word: "You still have your happiness. !"

Hearing this, Rong An couldn't help feeling amused: "Both my parents died when I was young, but fortunately my aunt adopted me and treated me like my own. My aunt treats me like a man again."

Du Shaokang sneered, "Maybe it's true that Entong recreated, but it might not be true to treat it as if it was his own."

Rong An heard that there was something in Du Shaokang's words, so he could only say: "Young Master Qin, please tell me what you want to say."

Du Shaokang also didn't go around in circles: "I heard that you have always been in love with Cousin Jinghong, since Mrs. Side regards you as her own, why didn't she make decisions for you?"

There was a gloomy look in Rong An's eyes: "Although I adore the eldest lady, it's a pity that Liushui is intentional and Luohua is ruthless. How can my aunt be so hard on others!"

"Because she rejected you, so in order to get revenge on her, did you and Mrs. Li leave her like a lunatic and let her fend for herself?" Du Shaokang asked sharply.

"We didn't!" Rong An quickly denied: "Many years ago, Jinghong suffered from hysteria, and my uncle and aunt were afraid that she would hurt others, so they sent her to the inner house." Rong An paused, and continued: "Jinghong Hong is seriously ill, and my aunt is also very distressed."

"Sudden hysteria?" Du Shaokang looked at Rong An, with seven points of mockery and three points of pity in his eyes: "Did you see this with your own eyes, or did your aunt tell you?"

Rong An was taken aback for a moment: "Everyone in the Su family knows about this!"

Du Shaokang sneered: "It seems that you really don't know anything!"

"What exactly do you want to say?" Looking at Du Shaokang's mocking face, Rong An couldn't sit still.

Du Shaokang looked up at Su Zhong beside him, Su Zhong understood, and said to Rong An: "Second Master Rong, we have to start from the beginning."

Su Zhong sighed, and said solemnly: "Uncle is ignorant and incompetent, which makes the master quite displeased. The master intends to follow the example of the old master and recruit a husband-in-law for Miss Jinghong, so that the future son-in-law will be the head of the family in the future."

"There is such a thing?" Rong An's eyes widened in surprise.

Su Zhong nodded, and continued: "Miss Jinghong has a pure heart and exquisite embroidery skills, she is very similar to Mrs. Yunshang back then. Mrs. Fang was afraid that Miss Jinghong would steal Su Qiubao's position, so she did everything possible to prevent the master from recruiting for her. Husband-in-law, and designed the young lady to marry the son of the prefect of Suzhou at that time."

"My aunt told me about this." Rong An laughed at himself, "That happened when I went to Yunchuan. I heard that the eldest son of Jia Zhifu is not only good-looking, but also has a good literary talent. He and Jinghong met by chance at the temple fair. , fell in love with her at first sight, they are a match made in heaven!" Rong An said, with a little bit of bitterness in his mouth: "Even if my aunt doesn't want Jinghong to recruit a husband-in-law, marrying Young Master Jia will not humiliate Jinghong."

"How did Second Master Rong know that Miss is going to marry not the eldest son of the magistrate, but the second son." Su Zhong said sadly: "This second son has a very bad reputation. He usually only knows about prostitutes, drinking and gambling. That day When I met the lady at the temple fair, I made frivolous remarks, if there were not so many people at that time, something would have happened."

"What?" Rong An raised his head in astonishment.

Su Zhong said in grief and indignation: "The Prefect Jia came to propose a marriage, and the young lady refused to agree! But God is not discerning. The elder brother of the Prefect Jia was suddenly promoted to the second-rank servant, and the master did not dare to offend easily."

Seeing Rong An's clenched fists, Su Zhong continued: "Madam Side pretended to give Miss an idea and asked her to pretend to be crazy and force Jia's family to withdraw the engagement. Missy had no other choice but to reluctantly agree. Who knows Mrs. Side?" Under the guise of medical treatment, he forcibly fed the young lady with safflower, and went to the master to slander the young lady for committing suicide in order to escape marriage. Later, the doctor diagnosed that the young lady would not be able to have children in this life, and the old lady was very furious, and never cared about the young lady.”

"After Miss fell out of favor, Mrs. Side became more confident, and repeatedly poisoned Miss's meals. Fortunately, God has eyes and was discovered by Liu Ma. In order to save her life, Miss had to pretend to be really crazy!" Su Zhong said with his sleeve. Wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Later, the old slave heard from Mama Liu that the lady on the other side deliberately drove the lady's carriage away when it was a good time, so that the lady met the second young master Jia." Su Zhong said with a heartbroken voice. .

Rong An's eyes were red, he grabbed Su Zhong and said loudly: "How could I not know about such a big thing that happened to Jinghong!"

"The side madam deliberately picks up a time when the second master is not around, so she will attack the young lady." Su Zhong said: "Since she wants to hide it from you, she will definitely do everything possible to prevent the second master from knowing! Besides, everyone in the house is watching Who would dare to say a word for the young lady if she acts on the face of Mrs. Chou!"

Rong An finally couldn't help but fell down on the seat, covering his face and crying bitterly.He remembered that when he came back from Yunchuan, he heard about Jinghong and Jia's divorce.While he felt sad for Jinghong, he was even secretly happy.He liked Jinghong since he was a child, but Jinghong never expressed that he liked him.If Jinghong is really sick or disabled, maybe he will have a chance.

Rong An went to visit Su Jinghong with the Shu brocade brought from Shu, but she didn't see her behind closed doors.At first, Rong An just thought that she was in a bad mood and didn't want to see anyone, so she stood and waited for three days and three nights, until she couldn't bear it anymore and fainted and was carried back, the gate of Hehoe Garden was not even opened.

After he went back, he fell seriously ill, and Li's earnest persuasion every day was nothing more than Su Jinghong's disdain for him and so on.He didn't believe it, and after recovering from his illness, he still went to wait outside the lotus hoe garden, but he never saw Su Jinghong.Waiting and waiting, gradually became disheartened.It didn't take long for him to be sent out to do errands, and when he came back, he heard that Su Jinghong had gone crazy and had already moved out of the Hehoe Garden.He ran madly to the inner house to ask Su Jinghong to see him, but he got a heartless sentence: "I'd rather go crazy than marry someone of humble origin like you!"