Hard to be a master

Shen Ziliu frowned, quickly pulled out the hand held by the middle-aged man, and said with some displeasure: "Your Excellency, you have admitted the wrong person."

The middle-aged man shook his head immediately, and said decisively: "The young master and the master look exactly the same when they were young, and the old slave will never admit it."

Shen Ziliu has been wandering the streets since he can remember, and now a person who claims to know him and calls him the young master suddenly appears, Shen Ziliu is full of suspicion and guard, and he said in a bad tone: "I don't know what you mean by the master I don’t have such a person in my memory, but I know who I am and where I come from.”

The middle-aged man sighed with tears in his eyes, and said: "It's normal for the young master not to know. After all, you were not born when Madam left, so naturally you won't have an impression of the master."

Shen Ziliu looked at him coldly, obviously he didn't believe a word, and he didn't intend to find out at all.On the contrary, after Guan Jingxuan sized up the three uninvited guests, he seemed to suddenly think of something. After thanking the disciples from Tongdao Peak who led the three of them, he politely said to the three of them: "Kunlun Tianhan, the three of you who came from a long way I'm not a cultivator, I'm afraid I'm not used to it, so let's go in and have a cup of hot tea to warm up."

Shen Ziliu looked at Guan Jingxuan in surprise, and said, "Master?"

The middle-aged man immediately took the steps and said, "Then excuse me."

Guan Jingxuan took a step sideways and said with a smile, "Please."

Pulling away Shen Ziliu, who was unwilling to let out the door, Guan Jingxuan gave him a wink calmly, and reached out to caress his back to temporarily calm his emotions.

After inviting the three of them to sit down in the front hall, Guan Jingxuan made an excuse to make tea for them, and led Shen Ziliu into the inner room.

As soon as Shen Ziliu entered the door, he grabbed him and said, "Master, why did you let them in? Don't you believe his nonsense just now?"

Guan Jingxuan said: "Xiaoliu, do you still remember that when we went to Cheng Yun to buy Tunxiang a few years ago, we found someone following us in Yangzhou?"

After thinking for a while, Shen Ziliu said: "I remember. Master said at the time that they are just ordinary people, so don't pay attention to them."

Guan Jingxuan nodded and said, "I don't know if you noticed just now, but the taller young man among the servants following the steward was one of those who followed us at that time."

Shen Ziliu frowned and said: "The disciple didn't pay attention to the appearance of those people at the time. If it is true what Master said, then we shouldn't let them in!"

Guan Jingxuan shook his head and said: "Xiaoliu, think about it carefully, Kunlun is closed, we only had a relationship with these people, but they found out your identity a few years later and came to Kunlun, which shows that they are convinced of your identity. No doubt, there must be a reason for daring to be so convincing, otherwise we would not have spent so much effort to find Kunlun. We might as well listen to their reason for coming, maybe we can also know your life experience."

Shen Ziliu said indifferently: "The disciple is not interested in my life experience."

Guan Jingxuan tidied up his clothes casually, and said with a smile: "Then let's satisfy my curiosity as a teacher? What's more, the visitors are guests, so even if we want to ask them to leave, we can't be too rude."

In the end, although Shen Ziliu was full of reluctance, he did not object any more.After making three cups of tea for Guan Jingxuan, he served it to the three visitors with a cold face.

When the three of them saw Shen Ziliu coming over with tea in person, they quickly got up, took the hot tea with both hands and thanked them repeatedly.Shen Ziliu didn't respond, and didn't give them a good face. After delivering the tea, he stood beside Guan Jingxuan and looked at the three with a straight face.

Seeing this, the three of them stood there in embarrassment, neither standing nor sitting, and in the end Guan Jingxuan smoothed things over with a smile: "Don't mind the three, Xiaoliu has such a temper, everyone sit down."

After the three sat down again, they took a sip of tea politely. The middle-aged man praised him generously, then put down his teacup, and said, "I just saw the young master for the first time, and the old slave was too excited, so I was so abrupt." I'm really sorry. Let me introduce myself first, we are from Chang'an, the owner is Wang Wei, and I am Cui Mian, the housekeeper of the Wang family. They are both servants of the Wang family, and they both served the young master before."

Guan Jingxuan said: "Mr. Cui has always called Xiaoliu the young master, why is he so sure?"

Cui Mian looked at Shen Ziliu with complicated eyes, heaved a long sigh, and said, "It's a long story, and this matter started more than twenty years ago."

"22 years ago, the young master's mother, the first wife, Shen Yuming, was the jewel in the palm of Shen Tianqin, the magistrate of Nanyang at that time. Shen Zhixian won the hearts of the people because of his outstanding achievements during his tenure in Nanyang, and was also a student of Yuan Chenglin, the Minister of the Ministry of War. Then he was transferred to the capital and served as the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. The Wang family was already a well-known merchant family in Chang'an City at that time, and the father of Wang Yuanwai was the head of the family. The old patriarch and Shen Shaoqing were old acquaintances. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Shen were in the Before leaving the pavilion, they were close friends in the boudoir, and Shaoqing's mansion happened to be not far from the Wang family's mansion, so the two families moved around very frequently. After coming and going, Wang Yuanwai, who was the second son of the Wang family at that time, fell in love with the daughter of the Shen family."

"This is a good thing. The two families have been on good terms in the first place. If Qin and Jin can make good friends, it will be even more joyful. The elders are naturally happy to see it succeed and will not stop it. It is a pity that the master and the first wife agreed to each other. I spent my whole life, and when I was about to talk about marriage, something happened."

"The Minister of the Ministry of War, Yuan Chenglin, formed a party to eliminate dissidents. He was accused of colluding with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to control the court's employment. He was impeached and sent to prison. Shen Shaoqing was implicated and sent to the prison to wait for questioning. Shen's family was implicated. The first wife was afraid of implicating the Wang family. , immediately cut off all contact with the Wang family, and tried every means to escape when the officers and soldiers sealed the Shaoqing mansion. Although the Wang family wanted to help the Shen family at that time, it was not easy to confront the court in the open, so they only dared to look for it secretly, but kept The first lady was not found."

"No one thought that Mrs. Xian was pregnant at that time, and the reason why she ran away desperately was for the child in her belly. When the Wang family finally found Mrs. Xian, she was about to give birth, but no matter what She refused to accept the help from the Wang family, and even threatened her with death. The Wang family had no choice but to secretly pay attention to protecting the safety of Mrs. Xian. Not long after, Mrs. Xian gave birth to the young master and handed him over to a friend of hers. It's not to ask friends to take good care of the young master, but to ask her to send the young master to a place far away from Chang'an City, and let him fend for himself. Although the people sent by the Wang family to protect the late wife wanted to stop it, it was not the chivalrous woman The opponent can only watch her take the young master away."

"Later, Mrs. Xian surrendered herself to the government, and was executed not long after. The master knew that Mrs. Xian did not want to hurt the Wang family, so she refused to accept the help of the Wang family. He was very sad, and tried his best to retrieve Mrs. Xian's body for proper burial. After the master inherited the Wang family business, he quietly added her memorial tablet in the Wang family's ancestral hall as his old wife, and he has been looking for the young master for so many years. Thank God, he finally found it."

After Cui Mian finished speaking, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to Shen Ziliu: "Young master, in the past twenty years, there has not been a day when the master has not missed you."

After listening to Cui Mian's narration, Shen Ziliu was not moved at all, and only said: "These are just your one-sided words, what does it have to do with me? Even if what you said is true, how can you be sure that I am the person you are looking for?" ?”

Cui Mian said: "Young master, before being taken away by the first lady's friend, the servants of the Wang family wanted to snatch you back. During the fight, they saw a birthmark in the shape of a peach blossom behind your left ear. The birthmark was very light in color. It's hard to find if you don't look carefully. A few years ago, the people sent by the Wang family to find the young master ran into you and your master in Yangzhou. At first, the servants only found that you and the master looked very similar, so they followed up quietly to have a look It was only after I found out that you really had a peach blossom birthmark behind your ear that you were able to confirm that you are the young master. It is a pity that the servants quickly lost with you at that time, and no one knew you after asking around in Yangzhou City. This was another few years of delay , It took a lot of effort to find out your whereabouts, and I hurried to Kunlun to look for you. If you don't believe me, you can ask your master to see if you have the birthmark behind your ear that the old slave said."

Shen Ziliu didn't move, didn't say a word, until Guan Jingxuan waved to him, he slowly bent down expressionlessly, and gave Guan Jingxuan the light on the back of his neck.

Guan Jingxuan leaned closer to Shen Ziliu's left ear and took a closer look, and indeed found a peach blossom-shaped birthmark the size of a cherry pit on the back of his left ear, and just as Cui Mian said, the color of the birthmark was extremely light, and it did not match the color of the surrounding skin. The difference is so small that it would be hard to find without careful observation. No wonder the two have been together day and night for so many years. Guan Jingxuan didn't even know that Shen Ziliu had a birthmark behind his ear.