Chapter 155: A Lifetime Mistake for Love
This is a later story. I will not mention it now, but I will only talk about Wu Xin'an's affairs. However, the monk Shikong saw that autumn was coming. He knew that he would die. He could not let go of anything in his heart. He bribed the prison guards with a lot of gold and silver he had hidden in Linggu Temple and asked him to send a letter to the Wu Mansion and ask Wu Xin'an to meet in the prison.
Wu Xinan heard the surprise in his heart, so he asked the prison guard.
"How could Monk Shikong want to see me?"
The jailer's way,
"Miss Wu, the monk said that he killed countless people in his life, but he hid in Tibet and never believed anyone. Now that he is about to die, you are the only one who can fulfill his unfulfilled wish. I would like to ask you to see him as a dying person who has the last wish at the end of his life!"
Wu Xin knew that Shi Kong must still want to know who the thing is in, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
"What is the purpose of becoming a demon with one thought, and holding on to this end?"
So he responded,
"Forget it, I'm going to send him a ride!"
I changed my clothes and went with me.
When he arrived at the Yingtian Prefecture Office, Wu Xin'an used some money and successfully entered the prison of death row prison. Because of his high martial arts skills, Monk Shi Kong was a serious murderer. He also handcuffed his body in the prison room and fed the potion of scattered gong. When he saw him again, he was thinner and dryer than before. He was covered with dirty cloth strips on his head and curled up on the straw in the corner. His eyes were turbid and unconscious. Seeing Wu Xin'an smiled slightly.
"Miss Wu...you are here!"
His voice was extremely hoarse, but his expression was calm and his tone was familiar, as if he was greeting an old friend who came to visit him instead of capturing his enemies alive.
Wu Xinan also smiled and nodded, took two steps forward, and put the food box he brought in front of him.
"Monkey, I brought you some snacks made at home and a basket of crab roe bread..."
Shi Kong smiled when he heard this, moved his body and sat up with difficulty. The sound of chains in the prison room was rustling.
"Thank you, Miss!"
Wu Xin'an opened the food box, took out all kinds of food contained in the plate and placed it in front of the monk. Shi Kong reached out to get the food. The monk stayed in prison for these days, and suffered a lot of this crime. Although his stomach was empty, the food seemed very elegant. He slowly put it into his mouth, and smiled at Wu Xin'an.
"Miss I don't want to know. What do I have to say to the lady?"
Wu Xin'an didn't mind the cage was dirty, but he pulled some straw to cushion the bottom of his head, sat opposite the monk and responded.
"No hurry, the monk should fill his stomach first!"
Shi Kong smiled when he heard this.
"The eldest lady is not in a hurry, but I am anxious. I am not in a hurry anymore!"
After saying that, he put down what he had in his hand, fumbled in his arms, and took out a string of rosary beads.
"Miss, please accept this..."
Wu Xinan raised her eyebrows to look at him, but did not stretch out her hand.
"This is a bead used by the great monk to chant Buddha's name. I think I have been with me for many years. I am still a great monk and I want to take it to the ground together!"
Shikong shook his head and said,
"This string of rosary has been with me for a long time. We should let the object return to the original owner. Please ask the eldest lady to recite the fate of me for a while and help me fulfill this wish!"
Wu Xinan looked at his dry hand that looked like a skeleton, sighed and took it over.
"Master, please give me instructions!"
Seeing that she agreed, Shi Kong's eyes lit up suddenly, as if he suddenly felt energetic. His hunched body immediately straightened to Wu Xin'an.
"Thank you, Miss..."
Paused,
"...I took this string of human bone rosary from her. It has been more than twenty years. I have been carrying it with me. I just hope that after my death, the eldest lady can find her bones and build a tomb for her, so that she will not be lonely in the wilderness!"
After saying that, he said the location of the ruined mountain temple back then. Wu Xinan thought about it and nodded,
"I'll send someone to do it later!"
Shi Kong shook his head and looked at Wu Xinan with bright eyes.
"I also asked the young lady to answer my unkind request... I asked the young lady to do it myself... I must do it myself!"
Wu Xinan was slightly stunned, a little confused about Shi Kong's intention, Shi Kong stared at her with his eyes,
"Miss Wu, although I am imprisoned because of you, I have never blamed you in my heart, because I know that my hands are covered with blood and have committed too much evil. Sooner or later... I will be able to learn Taoism in my early years and have a look of one or two faces. Looking at the appearance of the lady, I should have passed away two years ago, but for some reason I still live to this day. I think it must be the one with a deep blessing, so I entrusted the matter to the lady..."
After a pause, his eyes became blurred, as if he had remembered something, his voice became more hoarse.
"She... always wanted to go back to her hometown. Her family suffered an accident. She and her sister left home at a young age. After that, she was separated from her sister, so she had to commit herself. But that man was not good, so she never took medicine to save him. She really liked me...but later..."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of sob in the voice.
"We were once in love with each other... She wanted to go home, but she was too young when she left home. She no longer remembers where her hometown was. She only remembers that there was a small river there. There was a big tree by the river, which was growing obliquely, and the leaves hung on the water... Didn't the young lady know where the owner of the Luozi was? She also asked the young lady to find her remains, and then find her sister's descendants, ask where her hometown was, and bury her under the big tree..."
After saying that, tears flowed all over the place, and the whimpering sound echoed in the prison room. Wu Xin'an sighed,
"She...she has let you down. After so many years, are you still thinking about her?"
Shi Kong cried and said quietly after a long time,
"She...she is the first woman and the only woman in my life..."
After saying that, he sighed,
"For so many years, I have been obsessed with becoming a demon. I don't know whether it is for the immortal dew or... or to help her find her hometown. Now everything is over. I'll ask the eldest lady to help me fulfill this wish..."
As he said that, he bowed his head and bowed, his hands resting on the ground,
"Miss Gao Yi, I will be rewarded with great reward!"
Wu Xinan nodded and stood up.
"Don't worry, Master! I will do it myself!"
This room took a few steps back, bowed to Shikong, then turned around and walked out of the prison door, and a low Buddha's name came from behind.
"Amitabha!"
Wu Xin'an walked out of the dark prison prison, and the prison door closed with a bang. She turned around and looked at the sky above her head, then looked at the dark prison door, and couldn't help but sigh.
"He is also a miserable person!"
The evil people born in this world can never look back if they make mistakes, but if they make mistakes, they will never look back!
Back then, he was just a little Taoist boy in the small Taoist temple. If he hadn't met her, how could he have such ups and downs and downs? With his qualifications, it would be impossible for him to be an old Taoist priest who was already a fairy-like figure at this time. He was respected by believers and served by his disciples in the Huang Tong Temple.
What is the word love?
If you make a Buddha in one thought, you will become a demon in one thought. If you waste your life, look back on a hundred years, what will you gain?
Wu Xinan turned home depressedly, but went to see Wu Hongwen to get back the single human bone rosary, stringed it back into a string, and carefully packed the rosary, preparing to go to the barren mountain to retrieve the woman's remains when he had the opportunity in the future.
After autumn, Master Shikong asked for a killing, and the body was collected for him in Linggu Temple, but he buried it back into the hills near Linggu Temple.
"Amitabha!"
The abbot said,
"I will buried Shi Kong here, and I hope he can still bathe in the Buddha's light on the ground, forgive the sins of this life, and cultivate the blessings of the next life!"
In this way, the matter was finally settled. The days afterwards were like water, moving forward calmly and slowly. Wu Xinan practiced martial arts day after day and became the best friend of Miss Xu San. Xiao Cheng's family changed his attitude towards her, and his younger brothers and sisters at home also got along much more harmoniously with her. Although they were not close enough, they finally called her big sister sincerely.
Wu Hongwen is now proud of the officialdom, with smooth family affairs and comfortable physically and mentally. He just feels that if he keeps like this, he will be willing to be a retired official in Nanjing for the rest of his life!
So, the long story short, spring and autumn come, and year after year, Wu Xinan grew taller. Seeing that the twelve years old had passed, Wu Hongwen's transfer order came down and transferred him to the Ministry of Justice in the capital. He was still the head of the Zhejiang Qing Lishu Department, but it was a world of difference between the south and the north. The Wu family was very happy when they heard the news.
Xiao Cheng arranged to move his family, but Wu Hongwen sighed to his daughter.
"When I first came to Nanjing, I was angry and felt that I could not show my ambition. I was afraid that I would waste my whole life. I didn't expect that things in the world were unpredictable, and I still went to Beijing after a turn of things. Why did I feel a little reluctant to let it go!"
Wu Xinan said with a smile,
"Stop saying that my father can't bear to leave, my daughter can't bear to leave even more!"
Wu Hongwen thought about it and said with a smile,
"An An's master, uncle and junior sister are all here, I think I will be reluctant to leave it!"
Paused,
"However, I heard that the Duke of Wei has made a marriage to Miss Xu San, saying that she is going to marry into Duke of Anguo of Beijing. I think you will meet again in the capital soon!"
Here he looked at Wu Xin'an again and said with a smile,
"Our family An An is not young anymore. It's time to kiss. When we arrive in the capital, we have to look at each other well!"
Wu Hongwen also said that his daughter had to be shy when she talked about marriage, but then he knew Wu Xinan was generous and grinned,
"There is no need to worry about my father. I will do my own things at home. If I like someone, I will marry you. If I don't like someone, I will never marry you forever and serve my father at home!"
Wu Hongwen shook his head with a smile,
"This child... the man should get married when he is old, the woman should get married when he is old, and the daughter's family always wants to get married. I am not afraid of raising you for the rest of my life..."
After saying that, I remembered that my daughter didn't want to raise herself, so I changed my words.
Chapter completed!