Shengjing Noble

Chapter 133 Coming from afar

Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan supported each other and stood up, both of them looking extremely ugly.

"I must teach you a lesson today..."

Su Yongcheng was about to call for help but Liu Ruyan grabbed his arm.

"Master, she must be stalling for time on purpose!"

This sentence reminded him, and Su Yongcheng immediately calmed down, pointed at Su Lanyin and shouted: "You stinky girl, I don't have time to deal with you now, I will deal with you slowly when I come back!"

After saying that, he dragged Liu Ruyan out at high speed and headed straight for the yard where Su Shengming lived.

Seeing this, Su Lanyin immediately rushed out and ran in front of them to stop them.

"Where are you two going in such a hurry?"

Su Yongcheng yelled impatiently, "Get out!" and reached out to push her, but she grabbed his wrist.

Su Lanyin looked at him calmly and asked again, "Let me ask again, where are you two going?"

Su Yongcheng wanted to pull his hand out, but he couldn't get it free no matter how hard he tried. He then realized that the seemingly fragile girl in front of him had long lost her former cowardice and docility, and was becoming increasingly difficult to control.

He was so angry that he simply raised his hand and pushed her away.

"I told you to get lost! It's not your place to interfere in the affairs of our elders!"

Su Lanyin had expected that he would do something desperate, so she stepped aside and pretended to be thrown away.

Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan then rushed out of the courtyard in a hurry and headed towards Su Shengming's yard.

Watching the two figures disappear outside the courtyard gate, she folded her arms across her chest and sneered.

She tried to stop them on purpose. If she didn't pretend, the two would become suspicious and would not continue the fight.

It just so happened that the people she invited a few days ago were about to arrive.

"Green Bamboo."

With a soft call, he walked out from the green bamboo hidden behind the door.

"Girl, your orders."

"Go to the inn and ask if the elders have arrived. If they have, invite them all in."

"I'll go right away!" Cuizhu immediately turned around and ran out happily.

There is a big show to watch today!

……

Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan came to Jingxin Pavilion.

A'mo was cleaning the yard with other servants. When he saw someone coming, he immediately went forward to greet them.

"I pay my respects to the master and his wife."

Su Yongcheng looked down at him, and then asked coldly, "Where is Ming'er?"

"The fourth young master...he...he is in Langya Pavilion. Yes, in order to take care of the eldest young master, he moved to Langya Pavilion."

A'Mo answered haltingly, with his head lowered and a guilty look on his face.

Su Yongcheng snorted coldly, "Humph, Langya Pavilion? You are so bold that you even dare to deceive me, a master. You are so bold!"

Ah Mo hurriedly explained: "I dare not lie to you, the fourth young master is really..."

But before he could finish his words, Liu Ruyan interrupted him: "You, a servant, are helping to conceal it. You are harming our Ming'er by doing this! Master, this servant has evil intentions and is leading Ming'er astray. He must not be allowed to stay."

Su Yongcheng shouted, "Speak! If you tell me another lie, I will kill you without a burial place!"

Ah Mo knelt on the ground with his tall body huddled, and replied timidly: "Master, I did not lie to you. It was the Fourth Young Master who said he wanted to live in Langya Pavilion, and I reported it truthfully."

Hearing this, Su Yongcheng looked at Liu Ruyan suspiciously and asked in a low voice: "Did we misunderstand?"

Liu Ruyan assured solemnly, "I have absolutely no misunderstanding. If you don't believe me, send someone to the Wanjinfang underground casino immediately. Ming Ge'er must be there."

Seeing her answer so confidently, Su Yongcheng finally believed it and kicked A'mo on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

"Humph, do you think I don't know where he went? When I catch him, I will beat you to death with a stick!"

After saying that, he immediately turned around and walked out with Liu Ruyan.

A'Mo stood up from the ground with his head lowered, watching them walk away expressionlessly, a cold light flashing in his cold eyes.

……

Half an hour later.

Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan returned from Wanjin Pavilion with their servants. They didn't even find Su Shengming, let alone his shadow.

If that were all, it would have been fine, but the people at the casino thought they were there to cause trouble, so they sent their thugs to surround them and give them a good beating.

Su Yongcheng had a bruised face but did not dare to resist. Liu Ruyan was a woman and although she was not beaten, she was pushed to the ground and her hair was messy.

The two men fled back to the Su family in a panic with a group of servants.

As a result, he was stopped by the servant as soon as he entered the door. He wanted to report, but after seeing Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan's faces, he couldn't help but ask a question.

"Master, what happened to you and your wife? Are you okay?"

"Shut up! Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"

Su Yongcheng rubbed the painful corners of his mouth, his face full of impatience.

The servant immediately became obedient upon hearing this, and then reported: "Master, there are guests at home, three in total."

"Three? Who are they?"

"They are the elders of the Su family."

"Ah? Why are they here?" Su Yongcheng thought to himself that it was not good. He has always cared about his face, so how could he face others with his bruised face and nose?

Liu Ruyan said hurriedly: "Maybe he heard that our Hao'er is going to take the imperial examination, so he came to express his condolences."

"But you and I are like this now..."

"How about...I can put some powder on it to cover it up?"

"You... can only do this!"

Su Yongcheng had no choice but to compromise and went to Mingzhu Pavilion.

Liu Ruyan used rouge and powder to cover up the bruises and red and purple areas on Su Yongcheng, but the swelling did not get any smaller.

"Master, I have tried my best."

Su Yongcheng looked at his powdered face in the mirror and wished he could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

But the elders are also our seniors. How could it be disgraceful if we avoided them when they came?

The current emperor values ​​officials’ respect for their elders and filial piety the most.

If the news of his neglect of the elders of the clan got out, how could he continue to be an official in Shengjing? Wouldn't he be condemned by everyone?

What is all the humiliation compared to future and reputation?

He stood up straight and encouraged himself, then strode away towards the reception room, with Liu Ruyan following behind him.

……

Reception room.

"Uncle, you must have come all the way here. I wonder how the folks back home are doing this year?"

The leader is the current patriarch of the Su family. Although he is the most senior, he is also a country boy.

Every year he would come to Shengjing to visit on behalf of the Su family's relatives, and Su Yongcheng would put on airs in front of his relatives, and every time he would ask Lu Wanjun to give the clan leader more than a thousand taels to build the ancestral hall.

You know, one thousand taels is enough to support ten families like theirs!

These people have relied on sucking Lu Wanjun's blood to wear gold and silver and enjoy a lot of life over the years.

Everyone else called the clan leader Old Su, and he was willing to act like an elder. He always acted condescending to Lu Wanjun, and this was no exception.