Although Sheng Weiqiao felt that Sheng Suihe's life experience should not be revealed without Sheng Lanci's consent, she had already started it carelessly. With Feng's level of clichés, it was of course impossible for her to continue to keep it a secret.
Especially in her mind, Xuan Yu Feng's credibility was not much worse than that of her biological father and mother - so after Xuan Yu Feng was cleared, she hesitated and told her aunt the whole story, and finally got nervous. Said: "Aunt, even grandma doesn't know about this, so you must not tell anyone else! Otherwise, dad said something big will happen!"
"If this is true, then it really cannot be spread to outsiders!" Xuan Yu Feng heard this, thought for a moment, raised his head and said, "But how do you know that what your father said is the truth?"
Sheng Weiqiao said in astonishment: "Daddy, what are you trying to do to lie to me?"
"Do you still remember how much you hated and rejected your brother when you brought him to this house for the first time?" Xuan Yu Feng gave her a hateful look and became more determined not to have her niece as her son. The daughter-in-law's thoughts - Sheng Weiqiao is such an easy-going person, if she becomes the mistress of Xuan Yu's family, let alone being a good wife to Xuan Yushe, she will be a real hindrance!
Xuan Yu Feng leaned back, sneered, and continued, "Even if he helped you beat up Xuan Yu Che who made rude remarks on the way back that day, you didn't thank him much, right? Otherwise, Tianxiang Tower's Sister will not cause trouble with the Sheng family on the grand occasion of Mrs. Sheng’s birthday!"
She glanced sideways at Sheng Weiqiao, who had turned from stunned to thoughtful, and she softened her tone, "If my prediction is correct, you changed your attitude towards your brother, it must be after your father told you these things, right?"
"But dad cares about him far less than me. Otherwise, when he first received the false news that Lord Gongsun Hai was injured, he wouldn't dare to ask dad for help. He could only leave hand in hand when he went to Dangui Court to congratulate Feng's cousin. ?" Sheng Weiqiao's heart sank, but he really didn't want to believe that his own father would lie to him about such a thing. He bit his lip for a while, and managed to think of a reason to refute, and said hurriedly, "It can be seen that in father's mind, his status is also low. That's it, why would dad make up such a lie for him?"
Xuanyu Fengshi said cheerfully: "I just want to ask you: How did you get to the sea so well?"
"It's because of my brother's men!" Sheng Weiqiao answered without thinking, which immediately earned Xuan Yu Feng's sneer: "The one who bribed Sister Tongtian Xianglou to destroy Old Master Sheng's birthday party is just a servant of your Sheng family!"
That thing was done by Sheng Weiwu, but in the end the culprits announced to the public were all slaves. Xuanyu Feng's meaning was very clear: she suspected that Sheng Suihe's men were just assuming a false name!
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned, hesitated for a while, and whispered: "Even if my brother ordered his subordinates to do it, I guess it was because he was too worried about his sworn brother Gongsun Haizhu, right?"
Xuanyu Feng said calmly: "My son, you always think so sweetly, but you ask us elders to worry about you for how many years?"
She sneered, "You actually only doubt your brother? That boy is a sensible person at first glance, how could he do such a stupid thing? You are the apple of the eye of the three most powerful families in Nanfeng County - if he dares to make decisions without authorization, he will kill you Taken to the sea, even if this solves the dilemma of Tortoiseshell Island, as long as you come back in the future, our three families will work together to settle accounts, can he and Tortoiseshell Island behind him be able to stop him?!"
Sheng Weiqiao was confused by her, and said calmly: "It's not my brother's subordinates, nor my brother's, so who is that? Is it Lord Gongsun Hai?"
"Gongsun Haichu was too late to beg us, so how could he cut off his own retreat!" Xuanyu Feng narrowed his eyes, "Good Qiao'er, have you never doubted... your father?"
"My dad?! How is that possible!" Sheng Weiqiao widened his eyes in surprise and shouted, "My parents were frightened when they knew I was taken to sea! When dad saw me on Tortoiseshell Island, in front of so many people His face almost shed tears! How could he allow others to take me to the sea?!"
Xuanyu Feng stared at her niece with half helplessness and half pity, and said: "Why is Gongsun so polite to you and even let you live in the courtyard of the daughter of the sea master? Isn't it because you are Sheng Lanci's daughter? !If it weren’t for your father who nodded in person, who from the Gongsun family would dare to take you out to sea? Do you think your father is really a gentle scholar? How could an ordinary scholar let a murderer like Gongsun Laohaizhu do it without batting an eyelid? Does the master treat him differently?!"
Sheng Weiqiao's hands and feet were cold and he couldn't help but stand up: "These are just your guesses, aunt! You have no evidence at all, right?"
She suddenly thought of something and said hurriedly, "Besides, why does daddy want me to go to the sea for a trip?!"
"There are so many reasons! Maybe it is to add weight to convincing the Sheng family to fully support the Gongsun family. After all, your grandfather has never thought highly of Tortoiseshell Island; maybe it is to give you brothers and sisters a chance to cultivate their relationship. "Perhaps it is to allow your mother to truly accept your brother - I heard that he saved you at sea?" Xuanyu Feng stroked her hair and calmed down and said, "Look, my aunt can tell you a lot of things casually. Pile of reasons, think about it carefully, do these reasons make sense?"
Seeing her niece biting her lip and remaining silent, she added, "Okay, let's not mention who caused your trip to the sea, but let's talk about the story your father told you!"
Xuan Yu and Feng sneered slightly, "Although the Sheng family has only become qualified to be on an equal footing with the Xuan Yu family and the Feng family in recent years, our ancestors are not considered poor. Even your grandfather lived a wealthy life when he was young. It’s the days of jade food, right?”
Sheng Weiqiao was very confused at this moment, and said a little irritably: "Yes - but what does this have to do with what dad told me?"
"When your grandfather was a boy, he lived a life of fine clothes, fine food, and servants, let alone your father!" Mrs. Xuanyu Feng took a sip of the already warm tea, then continued, "Then When he went on a long trip to deal with business matters, why would he not take anyone to serve him? Even if he was traveling lightly, he would always have to take a personal servant with him, right? "
"And the official invited him to a banquet, but he wasn't going to jail him. There's no reason why his servant can't follow him, right?"
"At the banquet, your father was not familiar with the local wine rules, and he asked the host to get drunk. Could it be that the servant didn't follow the rules and ate wine and food, and was also drunk to the point of unconsciousness?!"
There is no need to announce the next words to Feng - Sheng Lanci is a shrewd person, and those who can be trusted by him are not mediocre, let alone his personal servant. Even if he is not old, he must be sensible and clever.
Originally, it was impossible for a slave to sit down and eat and drink with his master at a banquet. Even if the servant took the time to go to the place where the servants were eating and grab a few chopsticks to fill his stomach, he would never get drunk.
With him sober, even if Sheng Lanci was kept overnight after being drunk, it would definitely be his own servant who would take care of him and stay with him all night.
In this case, the official's act of borrowing money could not be concealed from Sheng Lanci, but it was impossible to conceal it from the young man!
Of course he could bribe the servant, but let alone Sheng Lanci's perspective on picking the servant, whether the servant would betray his master, just to borrow such a big secret... Who would rashly trust a servant whom he met for the first time? Keep a secret
There is also a possibility that they may have tampered with the food the boy ate, so that the boy slept like Sheng Lanci without knowing what was going on.
However, Sheng Weiqiao knew that this possibility was not high, because people like them from wealthy families would bring guards with them when they went out, and their children would also practice their skills. When encountering gangsters with many people, they could also ask for help from the local government—that is, He said that when they go out, they are not afraid of trouble in an open and honest manner - they are afraid of hidden trouble.
For example, in a remote place with no store, a team was knocked down by a pack of sweat pills, and then they were slaughtered. No one knew about their death, and the family didn't know who to turn to for revenge
Therefore, as a servant of a wealthy family, especially a confidant who will accompany his master on long journeys, identifying poisons, traps, and traps is a must-have skill!
With Sheng Lanci's personality, it was impossible to be careless in a place like this and run the risk of becoming stuffed buns in a black shop.
Therefore, Sheng Lanci's little boy must not be so easy to cure - Sheng Weiqiao's face changed for a moment, and finally turned pale: "Maybe the little boy is too tired? After all, my father has to rush to handle the business in other places personally. Obviously it's very important. Then Dad will definitely not have a good rest on the road. Those who follow Dad will be even more tired! After getting there, they have to deal with things non-stop, and then they are invited to attend the banquet. After such a busy time, even if That young man is loyal, so he can't help but bear it. Nine times out of ten, he will fall asleep after the banquet is over, so he can't take care of the fact that dad is being plotted against!"
Xuanyu Feng sighed: "Good boy, it's hard for you to come up with this explanation for your father! But let me tell you the truth: Why did my aunt say it was a story when she heard what you said?"
Sheng Weiqiao instinctively felt something bad, and his pale face became increasingly pale - but this did not stop Xuanyu Feng from showing his niece the cruelty of reality, "Because considering the age of your brother, when he was conceived, Your father has definitely never left Nanfeng County!"
Xuan Yu Feng's tone was cold, "Auntie can guarantee you this: because during that time, it was the Sheng family who proposed marriage to the Feng family, and the entire Feng family, including my aunt who had already married to Xuan Yu's family, discussed all day long whether to marry or not. When you agree to this marriage!"
She said cheerfully, "You know, because of your aunt's lesson that I was not kind to others, the entire Feng family, including my aunt, had really investigated the entire Sheng family for eight lifetimes - even a special Send someone to Chang'an to inquire about your father's reputation when he was in Chang'an!"
"And during that time, we were more concerned about your father's activities than Mr. Sheng!"
"Of course, in order to avoid annoying your father and in case your mother is implicated after the marriage is completed, we can't send people to keep an eye on his every move every day."
"But whether he left Nanfeng County during that time, we can definitely confirm this - absolutely not!"
Xuanyu Feng's eyes were as cold as ice: "So, what your father said to you was just a temporary fabrication by him to win your sympathy for your brother and make you no longer reject him!"
Sheng Weiqiao felt weak in her legs and feet!
There was simply a seat behind her - after falling back to the table, she shivered for a long time, and then under Xuan Yu Feng's gaze that seemed stern but also pitiful, she hurriedly said: "Is it possible? He... he is not my father. His bloodline, but for some reason, dad recognized him back to the Sheng family?"
Xuanyu Feng knew that her niece was asking this question, and she obviously would rather accept that Sheng Suihe had no blood relationship with the Sheng family than believe that Sheng Lanci, her biological father, would lie to her. However, Xuanyu Feng was not Feng, and she had always thought that she was used to it. Ziru kills his son—even though the eyes looking at Sheng Weiqiao are full of pity at the moment, he still shakes his head without hesitation: "I can't think of a reason why your father would consider someone who is not a relative or an acquaintance as his own son?"
"Life in this world is nothing more than fame and wealth, and the other thing is conscience."
"Your father has neither fame nor fortune."
"As for conscience... From what I know about your father, even if he owes you any favors, it's definitely not to the point where he needs to spend more than half of his family to repay it!"
"So unless he suddenly lost his mind and got involved in something he shouldn't get involved with, there is a high probability that Sheng Sleeping Crane is your half-brother!"
There was silence in the room for a long time. Seeing her niece standing there with a confused look on her face, Xuanyu Feng sighed and reminded, "In this case, you'd better take advantage of today's lotus banquet to find a suitable one for your brother." Sister-in-law, we must let him get married as soon as possible!"
Sheng Weiqiao asked in confusion: "Why?"