In front of a table made of somewhat primitive iron mahogany, two figures sat. One was a middle-aged man in white robes with a slightly haggard expression, about forty or fifty years old.
The other one was a woman. In comparison, her face was well maintained. She was wearing an orange dress and was sitting opposite the middle-aged man.
On the iron mahogany table between the two of them, there are several mahogany boxes that have the same smell as this room. They contain several pieces of expensive cloth and some great tonics for nourishing the body and blood.
People looked at the things inside and couldn't help but sigh.
These were naturally sent by Zhang Jingchen not long ago by his maid Qingniao.
The middle-aged man looked away, took a sip of tea, and said harshly: "This damn girl went out to hang out with that Han Xuan as soon as she returned to the city, and left her fiancé aside. It's really outrageous."
"You are just such a daughter. It's not because you always spoil her and cares about her all day long." The beautiful woman opposite also spoke. Although there was a hint of blaming the middle-aged man in her words, her tone was still
It makes people listen without being annoyed.
The woman sighed again: "If we get married in the future, the child Jingchen will suffer."
"Yes!" The middle-aged man put down his tea cup and leaned on the chair.
These two people are the owners of the Ruodasu Mansion, the president of the Pearl Chamber of Commerce, and the president's wife, Su Minghe and Ma Sufen.
And the "daughter" they refer to naturally refers to their daughter, Su Qianqian.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" At this time, the door was suddenly knocked.
Su Minghe shouted lightly, "Come in!"
The door was pushed open, and an old man in plain clothes walked in. It was Huang Jiuping, the housekeeper of Su Mansion.
"Ah! It's Uncle Ping, what's the matter?" Su Minghe said with a smile.
"Sir, your distinguished guest has arrived." Butler Huang Jiuping stepped forward and said gently and respectfully.
"Dignified guest?" Su Minghe thought for a moment, "What distinguished guest?"
"He is a handsome young man in his twenties, named Xiao Chunqiu." Huang Jiuping replied.
"Young man?" Su Minghe smiled: "Uncle Ping, have you been too tired recently? I didn't invite any distinguished guests to my house! I saw that you were always absent-minded in the past two days. Didn't I have any distinguished guests coming to visit?
Do I need to tell you so that you can prepare in advance?"
Huang Jiuping suddenly realized: "Master, look at me, I'm an old fool. I saw that young man passed the guard outside the house, so I didn't think much about it, thinking it was arranged by you, master. Alas... I am old and have become useless.
"
Su Minghe comforted me: "Uncle Ping, don't say that. You have watched me grow up since you were a child. You have worked hard all your life, and you have worked hard too."
"Hahaha... Master, it's not hard, it's not hard." Huang Jiuping smiled happily and showed his big yellow teeth.
"Hey! Uncle Ping." Su Minghe was a little unhappy, "Didn't I tell you many times? Just call me Minghe."
"Master, the rules in this house cannot be broken." Huang Jiuping was a little embarrassed.
Su Minghe waved his hand: "Forget it, you can call him whatever you want! As for that young man, he should be one of those scholars who denounced the distinguished guests. Just send someone to drive him out. And tell Sang Hua outside to call him.
I've watched over the people who are there. Don't let people in without my consent."
Having said this, Su Minghe's tone finally became a little more authoritative, unlike before when he was having trouble with Huang Jiuping.
Huang Jiuping nodded: "It's Master, I'll do it right away."
"Wait." As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Jiuping turned around and was about to leave. Su Minghe suddenly called out to him because Su Minghe saw the white scabbard in his hand: "Uncle Ping, what are you holding in your hand?"
What is it?"
Huang Jiuping said hurriedly: "This is what the young man named Xiao Chunqiu asked me to pass on to you just now. He said that you will know who he is after reading it. However, according to what you said, since he is not an honored guest, I
There’s no need to bother you to read it.”
"No! Let me take a look." Su Minghe frowned slightly, reached out and took the white scabbard in Huang Jiuping's hand, holding it in his hand and looking at it.
When he first looked at it, he thought it was just an ordinary scabbard and didn't pay much attention to it. But then the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. He always felt that he had seen this scabbard somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it.
Suddenly, the beautiful woman Ma Sufen on the side hesitated and said: "This seems... to be the scabbard of the Purple Smoke Sword."
"Purple Smoke Sword Scabbard?"
Su Minghe suddenly stood up from his chair. The face of the old housekeeper Huang Jiuping also changed slightly.
"Su Fen, hurry up, go to the secret room inside and take out the painting handed down by your ancestors." Su Minghe said anxiously while looking at the white scabbard in his hand.
"Yes." Ma Sufen nodded, turned around and walked quickly towards the inner room.
The three of them knew what the scabbard of the Purple Smoke Sword represented, especially Su Minghe, the head of the Su family.
Because there has been a legend circulating in the Su family. It is said that when the Su family was in decline eight hundred years ago, Su Moxuan, the head of the Su family at the time, rescued an immortal who fell seriously injured at the door of the Su family. The immortal wanted to thank Su
Because of his family's life-saving grace, he left his own sword, the Purple Smoke Sword, with the Su family before leaving. The immortal cast a spell on the Purple Smoke Sword, saying it could protect the prosperity of the Su family for ten generations.
The Su family, which had been in decline since then, became a wealthy family in Da Changhe again within a year.
Such unclear legends have been circulated to this day, but few people in the Su family believe it, and few people know that the legendary Purple Smoke Sword actually exists.
Because only the eldest son's lineage has the right to know the truth about this matter, the other two sons and others have no right to know the truth. This is one of the reasons why few people in the Su family believe what the immortal said.
As the eldest son of this generation, Su Minghe lives in Su Mansion in order to protect the purple smoke sword left by the immortal.
However, they say they are protecting, but they are actually waiting for the immortal to come again.
If this white scabbard is really the scabbard of the Purple Smoke Sword, then the young man outside may really be the immortal from the legend of the Su family's ancestors.
"Minghe." Suddenly a voice sounded behind them.
Su Minghe turned around and saw his wife Ma Sufen walking out of the room, holding a painting in her hand, a white scroll painting. It seemed that the painting had existed for a long time, but it was still well preserved.
"Uncle Ping!" Su Minghe glanced at the old butler Huang Jiuping.
Huang Jiuping already knew it after just one glance. He stepped forward and took the white scroll painting from the hand of the beautiful woman Ma Sufen, opened it and spread it on the desk next to him.
Just look, there is a lifelike long sword painted on this painting. The sword body is as white as jade and has a beautiful shape. There seems to be a faint fairy wind around it, as if it is about to fly out of the painting at the next moment.
Purple Smoke Sword.
There is also a white scabbard painted next to the Purple Smoke Sword. If you look closely, the scabbard is exactly the same as the scabbard Su Minghe is holding in his hand at this time, and there are eight characters written underneath.
Anyone who sees this sheath is like seeing an immortal.
The three of them couldn't help but be surprised.
Immortal!
Really a fairy!
Su Minghe raised his head suddenly and asked hurriedly: "Uncle Ping, where is that young man...not the immortal?"
"In the main hall." Huang Jiuping, the old butler, also hurriedly replied.
"Okay, take me to see the immortal quickly." After saying that, Su Minghe hurriedly put on his coat, and followed the housekeeper Huang Jiu to rush out of the door and hurried towards the main hall.