Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 161 Not recognizing Shi Lang as Shi Lang

"A firework maker and a mountain witch, so you can still hold two women in one heart?"

The eldest lady's sarcasm clearly hurt Shi Zhongqing, but tears welled up in her own eyes. Thinking of the injustice she had suffered in the Shi family over the years, she almost gritted her teeth and said:
"If they can do it, why can't I? Why do you just not love me? Have you forgotten the oath you swore in front of my grandfather? You said you would marry me, treat me well all your life, and protect me forever. Yes, but you are so cold to me, and you only pretend to be in front of others, singing harmoniously, and respecting each other as if they were guests. We are basically a fake couple who are inseparable in appearance, do you understand that we are a fake couple!"

The eldest lady's sad voice echoed under the Buddha statue. She clenched her hands, her face was covered with tears, and her body was shaking and she could hardly control herself.

If she had known that marrying him would lead to what she did today, wouldn't she have forced him to marry her at all costs?
Her grandfather was kind to the Shi family, and she forced Shi Zhongqing to marry her. At that time, everyone in the Shi family took turns trying to persuade Shi Zhongqing. Mrs. Shi even threatened death and went on a hunger strike in bed. The stalemate lasted for many hours. Later, Shi Zhongqing finally made Shi Zhongqing lower his head and let go, and accepted the marriage with despair.

She got her wish, but she got him, and she never got his heart in her life.

No, she couldn't even get his person in the first place. He was still unwilling to touch her. She could never compare to a dead person. Even though Mu Nanzhi was blown to pieces in the fireworks and was beyond recognition, he seemed to have lived forever. Shi Zhongqing's heart.

He mourned her day and night, never refusing to enter their new house, not even touching her. From the beginning of her expectations to the end, her whole heart became cold.

But will the girl from the Huo family give up so easily?She wiped the tears from her face fiercely. Since Shi Zhongqing was unwilling to consummate the marriage with her, she had to think of her own way. What could she not get if she wanted in this life?
After all, they had paid homage to heaven and earth, and had a cup of wine. They were a truly legitimate couple who were destined to be tied together for the rest of their lives. Was she still worried that she wouldn't have the chance to attack him?
Later, he fell into her trap, she drugged him, made him drunk, and they successfully consummated their marriage, and didn't she get pregnant with a daughter for him?

But there was only that one daughter. Later, he would rather adopt the nephew of the clan to his side than touch her again. And her child should obviously be the eldest daughter of the Shi family, but she had to be killed by Mu Nan. The dead evil creature in the belly of the branch pressed down on him, causing him to occupy the position of the eldest son of the Shi family.

She was filled with hatred in her heart, but she still wanted to claim that she had lost a child in infancy. The eldest son of the Shi family who died young was not blessed to enjoy the spring of the world, but he was still included in the Shi family tree to comfort his soul in heaven.

"Shi Zhongqing, for your sake, I endured my nausea and accepted that scoundrel, and gave him the identity of the eldest son of the Shi family. Even Qin'er always thought that she had an older brother who died young. I have given in to this for you. I I just want to please you, I want you to smile at me, but you don’t smile, you just don’t smile, you always refuse to smile at me, for so many years, you always have a straight face, like a thousand-year-old stone Like melting ice!"

"What on earth have I done wrong to make you treat me like this? Even Qin'er thinks you have an old-fashioned temperament and are born serious and dull, but she has no idea how much her father loved to laugh when he was young, and how funny he was when he laughed. How beautiful and moving, just like the bright moon in the sky. When I went to a banquet with my grandfather, it was under the moonlight of the Shi family. When I saw your smile, I secretly promised to marry you regardless of it. But why should you? Why are you so cruel to me?!"

The now fierce and powerful eldest lady was just a young girl back then. She came to the Shi family for a banquet with her grandfather, but at Mrs. Shi’s birthday banquet, she saw the young Shi Zhongqing. He was wearing a pale green dress. Her gold-woven embroidered clothes, her hair band flowing, her whole body shining brightly under the moonlight, her grace and grace unlike any ordinary person.

Drinks were prepared for each guest at the banquet, but the strong alcohol burned her throat, and she was choked. Just as she was holding an embroidered handkerchief to cover her cough, the young man, as bright as the moon in the sky, came to her and treated her tenderly. A smile:
"Sister of the Huo family, my daughter is not used to drinking that kind of strong liquor. Try this glass of fruit wine. I brewed it myself. It is clear and sweet. See if you like it?"

She raised her head in surprise, and the aroma of green plum wine came to her nostrils. Her face flushed, but she was not drunk from the wine, but from the gentle smile of the person in front of her.

The Huo family is a family of generals, and the men she has come into contact with all have a reckless air, shouting and killing all day long, which makes her afraid and disgusted. She has never met such a handsome, beautiful and fairy-like young master. ah?

"It's that smile, that charming smile under the moon, and the glass of fruit wine you handed me, which makes me drunk to this day. But after I tried every means to marry you, you never smiled again. You were cruel to me. So far, there is no affection. After so many years, I can only see the young man who was under the moon again in my dreams..."

The eldest lady gritted her teeth hard. No matter how hard she tried to hold back, she still burst into tears. She had never told Shi Zhongqing what she was saying from the bottom of her heart. Today was the first time she mentioned to him the past event of the banquet at the Shi Mansion. , will also be the last time.

She didn't want him to look down on her. With his cold temperament, he wouldn't show the slightest pity to her. Why would she bother to beg for mercy in front of him and make people laugh?
But the strange thing is that this time Shi Zhongqing did not show his usual sneer, and the room fell into a strange silence. It was so strange that the eldest lady actually had an illusion for a moment. The look in Shi Zhongqing's eyes when he looked at her seemed to... Feeling pity for the first time?

The two stood opposite each other, neither of them moving for a long time. The sandalwood incense was lingering in the Buddhist hall, and it was so quiet that it seemed as if everything in the world had frozen.

Just when the eldest lady felt sad and couldn't help but want to speak, the man in front of her stared at her and suddenly said quietly:
"Huo Pingting, are you sure that I was the one who came to the Shi family for a banquet that year, poured you a glass of fruit wine, smiled brightly at you, and made you fall in love at first sight?"

Like a thunderclap in the ears of the eldest lady, she trembled violently, her eyes filled with tears of disbelief: "You forgot, you really forgot, you never remember our first encounter under the moon..." Her face was pale, and she suddenly took off the Buddhist beads on her wrist and threw them at Shi Zhongqing. Shi Zhongqing did not avoid it, only to hear the lady in front of her yell like she was crazy:
"Who would it be if it weren't you? Who would it be if it weren't you? Don't tell me that there are two Shi Zhongqings in the Shi family. I could see clearly in that glance that year. Your appearance has long been engraved on me. Heart, I will never admit the wrong person, never!"

The woman's heartbreaking accusations echoed in the small Buddhist hall, and a violent storm of violence attacked Shi Zhongqing, but he just stood there helplessly, his lips moved, but in the end he fell silent and lowered his head. Mrs. Mu Ren vented her feelings without saying a word.

It wasn't until the eldest lady was so tired that her body collapsed on the ground, and she was so tired that her tears had dried up. Then he picked up the food box that had just been kicked down from the floor, packed it up one by one, and gently pushed it to the eldest lady.

"Eat something, have a good sleep, and don't think about anything... I will not break my promise to your grandfather. As long as I am here, you will always be the mistress of the Shi Mansion. I will give you some honor and dignity, but don’t be obsessed with the rest. Everything in the world is caused by cause and effect, and all kinds of fate are not up to you."

A slight sigh fell in front of the Buddha statue. Even though it still contained a sense of rejection, for the first time, the words were filled with true feelings, and even a bit of pity and comfort were faintly mixed in.

The eldest lady took a shaky breath and raised her head in disbelief. Her eyes were filled with hope, and she stretched out her hand to grab something, but the hem of Shi Zhongqing's clothes slipped from her palm, leaving no trace.

The man who had been married to her for decades turned around ruthlessly and stepped out of the door without looking back. She looked at his retreating back, and the light in her eyes was extinguished little by little. As her whole body trembled, she lay He finally walked in front of the Buddha statue and burst into tears.

The gorgeous fireworks were still blooming over the Shi Mansion. Shi Zhongqing was walking on a path leading from the Buddhist hall, and suddenly looked up at the fireworks on the horizon. His expression was in a trance, and he did not move for a long time.

Recalling the past, reminiscing about the past, that old dream of reminiscing about the past has trapped him all his life. If he hadn't been entrusted by that person and still had a mission and burden that couldn't be relieved, maybe he would have gone down to accompany Nanzhi and Their children are gone.

The past events flooded into my mind in confusion, and it was God's will that ultimately caused the fate of things to come and go.

Shi Zhongqing stood under the fireworks in the sky, and the wind from all directions poured into his sleeves. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, as if he saw an old friend again in the horizon. His eyes gradually blurred:
"When the plum blossoms bloom on the top of Lingtai Mountain, the Lingtai Immortal will never come back. The cause and effect in this world are all caused by fate. Do you owe me more, or do I owe you more in this life..."

On the lonely path, naturally no one would give him an answer, and he didn't need any answer. The bond between him and that person had been written on his destiny when he was born. Since Everything was doomed, who could he blame?
The light of the fireworks reflected on Shi Zhongqing's face. His temples had white hair. Under his frown all year round, he was like a thick mass of ink that could not be melted away. His temperament was solemn and old-fashioned, but if you look closely, you can see that his facial features are still handsome and beautiful. There seemed to be another elegant figure faintly revealed.

Shi Zhongqing didn't know what he thought of. He suddenly opened an azure sachet at his waist and took out a thin piece of writing paper.

That day he led Shi Xuanling and three others to find the suicide note. He lied that he remembered the wrong place and the suicide note was not placed in the dressing table where Xuan Ling's mother had used it. But in fact, he was searching for it in the dressing table. When he arrived at the suicide note, he turned his back to several young people and quietly hid the suicide note in his sleeve. Then he made an excuse and went to the back room alone.

Not long after, he held a wooden box, pretending to be excited and said to Shi Xuanling who was waiting outside: "I found it, Xuanling, dad finally found the suicide note left by your mother-in-law!"

He didn't steal it. The suicide note he showed them was indeed true, but he secretly tore out a line in the back room, and there was one sentence missing from it.

What Xuan Ling’s mother left behind was not a cross but fifteen words.

Bury me in a Taoist temple and sleep in the same heaven and earth.

There is another sentence behind it, and these last five words are the real last wish of Xuan Ling's mother. Now, the torn piece of paper is spread out in the palm of his hand.

(End of this chapter)