Dong Biren looked into the distance, his deep eyes showing nostalgia.
After a long time, he said: "Yunyang, he said: He learned this from me, as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, people flock together. He is what kind of person I am...
If you listen to this, it is obvious that you are cheating! "
Dong Biren turned to Shi Qingxue and said the last sentence with a smile.
Without waiting for Shi Qingxue to answer, he continued to laugh: "I said that he was arrogant, but he still refused to admit it. He insisted that what he said was the truth and asked me to find a reason to refute him. He also said that if I, a Confucian scholar, couldn't find one, When it comes to speaking, it proves that he is right.”
Shi Qingxue didn't expect Shi Lei to be so playful when he was young, and was eager to know more, "Grandpa, have you thought of some words to refute grandpa?"
Dong Biren glanced at Shi Qingxue and asked, "Didn't you learn your cheating skills from that bad old man in Yunyang? I can't even refute your argument. Do you think I found an excuse later?"
Shi Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to realize that Dong Biren was just roundabout saying that he was cheating!
Not only did she not argue, she smiled with pride and nodded in agreement: "Just like grandpa said, Qingxue learned it all from grandpa!"
So if you have any questions, you have to ask Grandpa!
She didn't say the last words, but the pride on her little face had already revealed her thoughts.
Dong Biren encountered the "cheating incident" again many years later, and he was still as helpless as ever.
He looked at Shi Qingxue with some emotion and relief, and murmured: "After all, your grandfather didn't spend all his time on you in vain."
Shi Qingxue lowered her head in shame, her expression a little sad, "But Qingxue never did what grandpa expected."
She paused for a while, then spoke in a hoarse voice: "When grandpa handed the [Alchemy and Iron Voucher] to me, he said he hoped to keep me safe for the rest of my life, but I know that grandpa actually also has his wish in Qing Dynasty. It's a pity for me..."
It's a pity that she failed to make Shi Guogong's palace prosperous. Instead, it looked like it was calm on the outside, but actually fell apart.
Qingxue felt that she was so ashamed of Shi Lei that she even had no shame to go to the ancestral hall to visit Shi Lei's memorial tablet.
Dong Biren didn't know what happened in his previous life, and Qingxue was still modest about himself at that time.
He touched Shi Qingxue's head and said lovingly: "You have done a good job, but there are some things that you can't do anything about... why should you blame yourself."
"Back then..." Dong Biren recalled the past, and there was some indescribable emotion on his face.
Heavy and complex.
He didn't look at Shi Qingxue, as if he was completely immersed in his own emotions, and murmured: "If Yunyang hadn't done such a thing for that herb, maybe everything today wouldn't have happened!"
Shi Qingxue was still in a state of self-loathing at first, but when she suddenly heard Dong Biren's words, she was stunned for a moment and finally realized that the two of them didn't seem to be talking on the same channel
"Herbs?"
"Yes!" Dong Biren responded with emotion, "That rumor was originally meant to save a life, but I didn't expect that life was not saved. Instead, it ruined the happiness of several generations, your parents, and even you..."
Dong Biren's words stopped abruptly. He met Shi Qingxue's confused eyes in embarrassment and realized what he had said. He quickly closed his mouth and said no more.
Shi Qingxue had an intuition that what Dong Biren was talking about might be related to a big secret. She was unwilling to stop like this. She pulled Dong Biren's sleeves with her little hands and kept shaking them: "Grandpa, why don't you go on? What is that herb? Can it save lives? ? Why was the rescue not successful? Did someone else use it? Or was someone deliberately trying not to give the herb to my grandpa
What's going on? You should tell me quickly! "
Shi Qingxue quickly threw out all her questions. The previous question hadn't been solved yet, so she started asking and answering it herself.
She said it with enthusiasm, but she didn't expect Dong Biren to be frightened when she heard it.
Dong Biren never thought that he just said it casually and actually revealed nothing at all. However, Shi Qingxue was stunned to find clues from his few words, and what he inferred was even close to the truth.
Even if the parties involved do not know this.
Dong Biren spent a lot of effort to suppress the horror in his heart, and pretended to be calm when he interrupted, Qingxue guessed more and more deeply, "Okay, don't think about it! I just said casually, it has nothing to do with you juniors, and you don't Don’t bother with this kind of thing!”
"It has nothing to do with us?" Shi Qingxue murmured in a low voice. An idea flashed in his mind and he blurted out, "Does that have something to do with grandma?"
Dong Biren was so surprised that his face changed, and he stared blankly at Shi Qingxue without saying anything.
But now silence is better than sound.
Shi Qingxue had already gotten the answer from Dong Biren's expression.
However, she was not satisfied because the doubts in her heart were getting bigger and bigger.
"Is it related to grandma? What is the relationship? Is it related to dad again, or..." Shi Qingxue lowered her head and murmured, starting her divergent thinking.
Dong Biren's scalp felt numb and he quickly shouted, "Okay, okay, you girl, what are you guessing?! Don't you want to see your mother? If you don't go, I will kick you out. oh!"
This threat was very effective.
Shi Qingxue immediately shut her mouth obediently and made a sealing gesture to indicate that she would not ask any more questions.
After going back, he looked at Dong Biren carefully and said, "Grandpa, can I go see my mother now?"
"Go, go! I know you are not really here to play chess with me. If you don't take a look at your mother, how can you, a kid, be in the mood to play chess?" Dong Biren looked at Shi Qingxue in disgust. He waved his hand, then turned his back to avoid talking to Qingxue.
When Shi Qingxue was told what she was thinking, she didn't refute and giggled.
Said: "Then Qingxue will go and see if mother is alright first, and I will play chess with you later!"
Dong Biren wished he could send this little ancestor away so that he wouldn't have to dig out all his secrets in front of him again. How dare he think of her playing chess with him.
Unexpectedly, when Qingxue heard that Dong Biren did not want her to accompany him anymore, she immediately refused to leave.
The big eyes turn red whenever they want, and it seems to be more effective than anything else.
"Grandpa, you dislike Qingxue again... wuwu, I knew it..."
Shi Qingxue followed the script and repeated the tricks he had just performed in front of Dong Biren.
Logically speaking, Dong Biren should have immunity, but when he saw those big red eyes, shrinking like a rabbit, all he felt was helplessness and distress.
"Yes, yes! I'm afraid of you! Whatever you want to ask, just say it!"
Shi Qingxue was very proud and secretly gave herself a victory sign, but when she faced Dong Biren again, she looked obedient again.
She looked at Dong Biren seriously and spoke seriously and sincerely: "Qingxue hopes that grandpa can truthfully tell Qingxue what happened back then. Are there any secrets that Qingxue should know but doesn't?"
Through Shi Qingxue's serious eyes, Dong Biren seemed to see his former best friend who was fearless in facing the truth.
A little dazed for a moment.
After a long while, Cai Na Na whispered: "These are old things. The parties involved have already passed away, so what's the point of bringing them up again?"
Shi Qingxue did not flinch, and emphasized word by word: "Qingxue only cares about thin arms and legs, but since he has become a grandfather, he should pick up the mainstay of the Shi family and never give up. Now the Shi family has There was a wavering, but Qingxue always felt that his eyesight was dark and he could not get to the crux of the problem, let alone prevent diseases and control moths!
Therefore, please grandpa please fulfill Qingxue’s filial piety and tell Qingxue everything you know! "
After finishing speaking, she thought that Dong Biren might have kept the secret for fear that the matter would be spread out and have a bad impact on the Shi family. She immediately raised her right hand and swore: "I, Shi Qingxue, swear that I will keep the truth I learned from my grandpa today secret." , it will never be spread to outsiders, it violates this oath, God..."
Before he finished swearing, he was forcibly interrupted by Dong Biren.
Dong Biren spat at the ground and muttered a few words: "Children's words are Wuji! Children's words are Wuji! Don't blame me! Don't blame me..."
After doing all this, he looked at Shi Qingxue again and sighed complainingly: "If your grandfather Quanxia knew that I forced you to swear such a poisonous oath, he would jump out of the coffin and strangle me to death!"
"I don't care about grandpa's affairs, it's Qingxue's own wish..."
Dong Biren shook his head and asked her to stop talking.
The old man sighed heavily and said, "Actually, it wasn't really a secret, but because of the guilty conscience of the 'participant', this matter became a thorn in everyone's heart."
'Party', 'Everyone', 'Guilty'...
The more Dong Biren explained, the more confused Shi Qingxue became.
She almost cried. How could anyone solve the mystery like this
Just when she wanted to protest, Dong Biren waved his hand again and said to her in an almost solemn tone: "It is true that this matter is not a secret, but it should not be said by me as an outsider. So. , my little sweet granddaughter! Don’t force me, okay?”
Shi Qingxue stared: "..." Can she say no
The little sweet granddaughter was so fooled by the old man's words that she couldn't ask any more questions. It was better to cry and make trouble to get the old man to really tell her this matter.
Fortunately, the old man didn't hide it from his sweet granddaughter on purpose.
After thinking for a while, he added: "If you really want to know, you can go to the ancestral graves of your Shi family. With your intelligence, you might be able to see some clues!"
After Dong Biren said these words, he left.
When Qingxue was left alone, she was confused and had no clue at all.
"Humph! If you don't tell me, I won't check it myself!"
The only thing Shi Qingxue was sure of was that this matter must be related to Mo Shujun.
As long as she knows this, she will not give up the pursuit.
She cheered herself up secretly and ran towards Dong Hui's boudoir with small steps.
Mom was very angry at Mo Shujun this time. It would be better if nothing happens!
But no matter what, Shi Junhe couldn't hide the fact that he wanted to marry Leng Yan as his concubine.
When Shi Qingxue thought of this, she suddenly felt confused about the way forward.