Helian Hongzhan's face was very ugly, and he also thought of that person, who he had originally planned to let off for Master Bai's sake, but he didn't expect that the other party would use such an extreme method to challenge his bottom line people.
"It seems that we need to talk to Master Bai."
Rong Qing rolled his eyes, but said nothing.
The two went to the back house of Helian's house together. There is only one person living in this courtyard, and that is Master Bai. The servants are not allowed to set foot in this small courtyard except for delivering three meals and cleaning at fixed times.
Master Bai has been obsessed with refining weapons all his life, and he does not allow anyone to disturb him when refining weapons. So He Lianqing arranged a separate courtyard for him, so that he could refine weapons in peace of mind. The Helian family has never asked Master Bai to refine many weapons for them, but Master Bai will refine one or two weapons of magic weapon level and give them to the Helian family every year. He always remembered the kindness of Helian's family, and the many cares Helianqing took for him.
"Master Bai!"
Hearing Helian Hongzhan's voice, Master Bai, who was matching materials, stopped what he was doing and hurried over to open the door. Because He Lianqing has a life, ordinary people can't come to him to disturb his weapon refining, even He Lianmian and He Lianfeng can't come here. As for the one who has the authority to come over, apart from his sons Bai Jingzhi and He Lianqing, only the young master Helian Hongzhan is the only one.
"Young master, why are you here?"
He Lian Hongzhan pulled Rong Qing over, "This is Rong Qing, my future Taoist companion. We came here because we want to talk to you about something."
Master Bai smiled, "Let's talk if you have anything to say!" He also watched Helian Hongzhan grow up, and he liked this junior very much.
Rong Qing and Helian Hongzhan followed Master Bai in. The furnishings in the room are very simple, except for the necessary furniture, there are no redundant furnishings. There was only one teapot and two teacups on the table, presumably because only He Lianqing came here on weekdays. The two old friends drank tea and talked, reminiscing about their youth.
Master Bai poured tea, "Young master, what do you want to say to me?"
"Master Bai, let's not go around in circles anymore. To be honest, we met Bai Jingzhi in Danzhou before."
"Oh? I met Zhizhi!" Master Bai immediately beamed with joy, "Haha, how is Zhizhi now? How is he doing? I told him before that he should not be too eager for quick success. He is a seventh-level alchemy at such a young age." Master, you are already very good, and you don’t need to be so anxious to climb up. Hey, Zhizhi is too young, young and vigorous, I really don’t trust him to wander outside alone, and I am always worried that something will happen to him. In fact, after such a long time , I found that Zhizhi has changed a lot. Even as a father, I haven’t seen Zhizhi for a long time.”
"Master Bai, I know that you love Bai Jingzhi. He is your son and your only family member. But have you ever thought about why your family has been gifted with alchemy for generations, but when you come to Bai Jingzhi, it turns into alchemy?" talent?"
Master Bai's face turned pale, "Young Master, what does Young Master mean?"
"What I mean is very simple, Bai Jingzhi is not your son at all!"
"Young master, please be careful!"
Ever since they came in, Master Bai had always been amiable. He didn't change his face until Helian Hongzhan said so. Rong Qing and He Lian Hongzhan had no children, but they had Rong Yin and Rong Yu, so even if they couldn't completely understand Master Bai's mood, they could still understand a little.
"Master Bai, the master's words are a bit straightforward, but what he said is also the truth. We were a little skeptical before, and found it very strange, because I heard that your family has been a master of crafts for generations. It turned into alchemy. So we went to your hometown to investigate.
We were abrupt without your permission, but after a search, we found out that your wife was already with the murderer who killed your whole family, and the womb was secretly tied. But because that person didn't give your wife's natal family enough dowry at that time, they didn't agree until you proposed marriage to them, and they married your daughter to you directly, and even brought a child.
Later, that demon cultivator was not reconciled, so he cooperated with your wife and killed your family members! If Master's grandfather Yihao hadn't rushed to rescue you at that time, if he and his grandfather hadn't found her later, she would have brought their children to live together! "
Rong Qing rushed to say these words before Helian Hongzhan. He could see the loving look in Master Bai's eyes when he looked at Helian Hongzhan. He treated Helian Hongzhan as his son. If these If the words were spoken from He Lian Hongzhan's mouth, the harm to Master Bai would be even deeper. It would be better if he, an outsider, said the words.
"No! You're talking nonsense! You're lying to me!"
Master Bai was much younger than He Lianqing, but because he didn't have He Lianqing's cultivation level, he just looked like He Lianqing's grandfather in appearance, with gray hair and beard, and his figure was a bit awkward. Originally, he was in good spirits, but after hearing Helian Hongzhan and Rong Qing's words, his spirit seemed to collapse in an instant.
He said he didn't believe it, but he believed it more than half in his heart. It's not that he hadn't thought about it before, why he had a talent for refining weapons in his ancestors, but he didn't inherit the talent for refining weapons at all when he came to Zhizhi.
But he kept telling himself that the child was born at full term at the beginning, and the time was correct, and the child must be his own. That's why he forced himself not to doubt, and he didn't even do blood test, because he was worried that doing so would make Zhizhi sad. Zhizhi inherited his mother's temperament, and she was very sensitive. If Zhizhi knew that she doubted whether he was his own, Zhizhi would definitely not be able to accept it.
But he never thought that before his wife married him, he was already pregnant with someone else's child!
Seeing that Master Bai was silent and not speaking, Rong Qing thought that the other party still didn't quite believe their words, so he handed an envelope to Master Bai.
"This is a letter from your wife's natal family. Although your mother-in-law and father-in-law are no longer alive, they still told the children and grandchildren about this matter, saying that if anyone asks about it in the future, they will tell the whole story.
There is also a gold hairpin with eight treasures inlaid with Dongzhu in the betrothal gift you gave as a witness. I don't think they may have had a conscience discovery, but after knowing that your whole family was killed, they had already guessed in their hearts and felt uneasy, so they did this. It is also in the heart of luck that if someone asks you in the future, you will tell the truth to make atonement. If not, it will be treated as if this incident did not happen at all. "
Master Bai opened the envelope with trembling hands, took out the letter inside, and took out the golden hairpin. The last hope was completely shattered after reading the contents of the letter!
After so many years, he actually learned the truth of the matter in such a sudden situation! Still such a cruel truth! Irony, what irony!
After about a cup of tea, Master Bai was relieved from his deep grief.
"The young master came here to tell me this, probably because of Zhi... what happened to Bai Jingzhi?"
"That's right, Bai Jingzhi intends to harm Rong Qing, my destined Taoist partner, and there will be other actions in the future. If Bai Jingzhi comes to you, I hope you can inform me."
"If you catch him, will you kill him?"
Helian Hongzhan thought for a while, but in the end he did not choose to deceive Master Bai, "Maybe, he did too much to Rong Qing, which is not worthy of forgiveness at all. It’s better to find someone first and then talk about it.” After all, there is another way to torture people, that is, life is worse than death.
Master Bai didn't even have the strength to nod his head, he just closed his eyes, his heart was ashamed. The scene of the tragic death of the family members back then is vivid, and the caressing hands of the parents seem to be still on the top of the head.
Rong Qing bit her lower lip, looked at Master Bai and said, "I understand that the truth should be cruel to you, but it is the cruelest if you are kept in the dark and don't know anything. Live your family who died in vain.
Although the son you have raised for so many years is not your own child, but the enemy's child, but after all, you brought it up with your own hands. From the birth of the child to the present, you have poured all your efforts and love into it. I think you must be in a certain mood now. Very complicated. It's just that no matter whether you still love this enemy's child or not, at least you should teach him to distinguish right from wrong, and stop being like his biological father and mother. "
Master Bai sighed, "I see, if Bai Jingzhi comes to me, I know what to say, young man, Rong Qing, right? Thank you for talking so much to me, a bad old man! What should I do? care about."
Rong Qing and He Lian Hongzhan glanced at each other, since everyone said so, it would not be good for them to stay here and continue to poke someone's pain.
So the two didn't stay any longer, and after caring about Master Bai, they left. Before leaving, Helian Hongzhan looked at Master Bai, hoping that Master Bai would not disappoint him.
Throughout the whole day, Master Bai's mind was in a state of wandering. The son he had raised since he was a child was not his own, but also the son of an enemy. The woman who had loved and loved her all her life actually put on such a big green hat for herself, and even sympathized with her husband to kill his whole family!
Over the years, he has always felt that there is a big problem with Bai Jingzhi's personality. Not to mention being competitive, sometimes his methods are extremely extreme and cruel. To give birth to such a son? Is it true that he is not well educated? Only now do I know that this should be inherited from their adulterer and adulterer!
But... After all, this is the child he has raised for so many years, after all, he has been by his side since he was a child. They also have many happy memories when the children were young. Up to now, he still clearly remembers Zhizhi's cute appearance when she was just learning to walk, and the first word the child said when she first learned to speak was Daddy.
His Zhizhi, why is he the enemy's child! Why not his own flesh and blood!
All night, Master Bai hardly closed his eyes, and kept the posture that Rong Qing and Helian Hongzhan left, sitting at the table to Tianjing.
It was almost noon the next day, Master Bai's body was stiff, and he still had no intention of standing up and moving. Sitting there motionless like a statue. His face was very pale, his lips were pale, his eyes were closed and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In the side courtyard where Master Bai lived, there happened to be a small door opening on a wall next to the back street. So you can still come in without going through the door of Helian's house. In the past, it was for the convenience of the cooperative merchants to send the materials for the refining device. There were people guarding the door, and not just anyone could come in. Of course, Bai Jingzhi is not in the ranks of "anyone".
When Bai Jingzhi came in, he saw his father sitting in the living room, pointing his head with his hands on the table, eyes closed, brows furrowed.
"Father? What's wrong with you?"
Although it was a question of concern, there was not much feeling of concern in the words. Bai Jingzhi has always talked like this, but the previous Master Bai didn't pay much attention to it. Now after the conversation with Helian Hongzhan yesterday, I thought about it a lot, so I noticed it.
Master Bai raised his head and was stunned when he saw Bai Jingzhi, "Zhizhi, why are you here?"
"I haven't been back for a long time, so I came to see you."
"Our father and son seem to have not seen each other for more than a year."
Bai Jingzhi nodded, "It's been more than a year. Dad, did anything happen to the Helian family from yesterday to today?"
Yesterday, after An Qiannan came out and told him that the photo stone had been placed in Helian's house, he sent people to keep looking around the periphery of Helian's house, but they didn't find any movement. Bai Jingzhi was also impatient, so he couldn't hold back anymore, so he came over to see what was going on.
He couldn't go directly to the main courtyard to ask, he was afraid of running into Rong Qing or Helian Hongzhan, so he came to the side courtyard's father. He thought that if Helian Hongzhan was furious, there must be a lot of movement in Helian's family. Even if people outside couldn't see it, people inside Helian's family would definitely be able to spot the clues.
Master Bai moved his stiff arm, then slowly withdrew it, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "You know my small courtyard is always quiet, and the servants can't easily come in, even if something happens, they can't even chew their tongues. Come to me. Didn’t you come back to see me? Don’t even ask about my health.”