"Fourth Young Master!" The servants of the Ming family saw Ming Sheng coming out of the Yamen and hurriedly greeted him.
After three days, Ming Sheng returned to the human world, as if he had been separated from another world.
He is an important witness and has been detained in the Yamen for the past few days. Although the treatment is not bad, the feeling of losing his freedom is really uncomfortable.
"Brother Cha." Ming Sheng quickly stopped the official who was escorting him out, "I don't know if my father..."
The official knew that his superiors valued him, so he was kind to him: "My lord, I have ordered you and your son to go home. Your father will be out soon. Please wait here."
"Thank you, Brother Cha." Ming Sheng bowed.
After waiting for a while, I saw Master Ming Si being escorted out as expected.
"father!"
"master!"
The fourth master looked a bit more haggard than Ming Sheng, but he was still in good spirits.
He nodded: "Go back first."
The father and son got into the car and the carriage drove towards Ming's house.
"Dad!" On the carriage, father and son faced each other, but Ming Sheng stopped talking.
He had many things to ask the fourth master, but their relationship between father and son was not close, so he couldn't ask him for a while.
"Just ask whatever you want to ask. You may not have the chance in the future." The fourth master's attitude is very different from the past. I don't know if he has thought a lot about it after this incident.
Mingsheng opened his mouth, closed his eyes, and finally said the words: "My father and mother were arguing that day, and I heard it..."
The Fourth Master was startled.
"Dad, you and Third Aunt are really..."
"That's all in the past." The Fourth Master interrupted him.
"But, dad, you came out to testify." Mingsheng lowered his voice, with complicated emotions, "Is it... for the third aunt?"
He didn't expect Ming Sheng to ask him such a question directly, and the fourth master didn't know how to answer it.
His mind went back and forth for a long time, and he said: "This matter is not something that I would say to you juniors. But since you have doubts in your heart, if you don't make it clear to your father, I'm afraid you will be in trouble for the rest of your life. Sheng'er, don't you know?
Fake, your third aunt and I met earlier back then, but it was just by mistake that your third uncle told you first. Later, we each got married, and the matter just passed..."
"After I got married to your mother, and soon after I had you, dad didn't think about it anymore. No matter what happened before, we were already married separately, and we were uncles and sisters-in-law. Why are we still thinking about old things? It's just that dad has a bad temper.
You have been so negligent towards your mother and never cared about her feelings..."
Having said this, the fourth master lowered his eyes.
Not knowing what he thought of, he sighed and continued: "It's just that what happened later made me feel guilty for my father. For ten years, I suffered day and night. It's because I couldn't forgive your third aunt, knowing that she was humiliated but standing by and watching. I did it for
She, but not just for her, Sheng'er, do you understand?"
Ming Sheng didn't know the inside story of what happened to Mrs. Ming San, but he was smart and keen and vaguely guessed that there was something behind it, and it wasn't just as simple as being molested by Uncle Six.
At this time, his father treated him heartily. He felt relieved and said in a low voice: "Dad, this is for the sake of conscience and morality."
Ming Sheng was not the only one to be happy. The fourth master felt relieved when he heard this and said softly: "Dad is not as noble as you said. I just don't want to live with self-blame and guilt for the rest of my life. I can't control my love. I'm sorry."
Your mother, I don’t want to let you down anymore. My father has been cowardly and incompetent all his life and cannot set a good example for you, but at least he cannot bring shame to you..."
"Dad!" Mingsheng's eyes turned red.
The fourth master patted his head: "It's dad's fault. I always thought that disciplining you strictly would be good for you, but ignored other things. I never knew that your mother was so resentful of me. If you think about it carefully, this fact is really true.
Now I can't help her. It's just that I can't make up for this guilt..."
After these few days of turmoil, Ming Sheng also figured out a lot of things and said softly: "No wonder dad, as you said, you can't help yourself when it comes to love..."
The heartbeat of his youth was the white moonlight of his life. He had tried his best to be a husband and father, but fate played a trick on people, and Mrs. Mingsan's misfortune made him unable to let go for the rest of his life...
"I only thought about my mother's feelings before, but not my father's. I'm sorry..."
Seeing Ming Sheng's remorse, the Fourth Master felt particularly guilty: "It's dad who didn't do well, and you all suffered."
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The father and son returned home and first went to see Mrs. Ming.
The old lady was particularly surprised when she saw them. She managed to say a few words and told them to go back and rest quickly.
The two returned to the west courtyard, where the fourth lady had prepared clothes, food and water.
After taking a bath first and then eating, the father and son finally had a peaceful meal.
Mingsheng looked at Mingxiang who was staring at him eagerly, smiled and touched her head: "Fourth brother said it's okay, does Axiang believe it now?"
Mingxiang nodded, grabbed his sleeve and asked: "Is the fourth brother injured? I heard that the torture by the officers was very severe..."
"Don't worry, I'm not a prisoner." Ming Sheng said softly, "Master Jiang treated us very politely. He only stayed in the Yamen to testify. Now that the case has been sorted out, he released us. You see, Fourth Brother is very nice.
, not hurt at all. It’s just that the food in the Yamen is not delicious, I haven’t had a good meal these days.”
Mingxiang was amused by him and asked, "Will fourth brother still eat?"
Ming Sheng touched his stomach: "Don't eat it. It's too full at once and it won't be easy to digest. Let's save it for tomorrow and eat it slowly."
"Well." Mingxiang suddenly took a step forward, hugged Mingsheng's arm, and rested his head on his shoulder, "Fourth brother scared me. These days, I am so afraid that you will be beaten. Mom is also worried.
Can't sleep..."
Mingsheng smiled and reassured: "Isn't this okay? Don't worry, it will all pass."
"Yeah." Mingxiang showed a bright smile.
The fourth master and fourth lady in the main room were in another different situation.
The couple had had a big quarrel before and had been separated for a long time. The fourth lady didn't know what to say for a while. After serving the fourth master for dinner, the two of them felt a little embarrassed.
After a while, it was the fourth master who spoke first: "I've been exhausted these past few days. Let's take a rest early."
"Hmm..." The fourth lady agreed and went to make the bed herself.
The couple lay down, but no one could sleep.
The fourth lady's mind was spinning a thousand times, full of thoughts, when she suddenly heard a voice from beside her: "Are you asleep?"
She woke up with a start and asked, "Master, do you want some water?"
Just as he was about to stand up, the Fourth Master held his hand: "Don't be busy, I just...have something to say to you."
After suffering these days, the Fourth Madam had already regretted it. Seeing that he was a bit groveling, she softened her heart and said, "Master, please tell me if you have anything to say."
The Fourth Master sighed softly and said, "It was my fault that day." After a pause, he added, "It's been my fault all these years. I always thought that he would be a good husband if he didn't act like the Sixth Lao, but I never thought
However, you need more emotions. I will try my best to change my temper in the future and never treat you like that again."
After hearing no sound for a long time, he touched it and found that the fourth lady had tears streaming down her face.