A knife in love

Chapter 388

Lin Yilang sneered and said: "Some people are bad in the womb, even if Confucius came to teach them, they couldn't teach them well. So Mr. Situ don't have to regret it, he can live calmly."

This sentence was quite serious, and Situ Qiao raised his eyebrows, as if he was about to get angry.Liu Yong hurried out to smooth things over and comforted him a few words.Because of Liu Yong's face, Situ Qiao also knew that Deng Yao, Lin Yilang and others were strong in martial arts and had many disciples. If he turned against these people in this cave, he probably wouldn't get anything good.I had no choice but to suppress the anger in my heart, and then said: "I watched Mr. Gong walk out of the yard, and then the old man in brocade robe pointed at the child and scolded: 'You prodigal little beast! You scolded and drove away the past two years There are already six gentlemen, all of whom are well-learned and long-time Confucianists. This Mr. Gong is so popular all over the world, it is extremely difficult to recruit. In order to invite him to come to Situ's house to set up a library as an apprentice, I did not hesitate to spend 500 taels of silver to invite Xuezheng He came forward to intercede, and then he was invited from Fengyang Mansion. Unexpectedly, you, a little beast, will not change your bad habits. You will not be ridiculed and ridiculed. I will kill you, a beast today, so as not to cause trouble in the future, causing our Situ family to copy and execute the whole family, and punish the entire family!"

"The old man in brocade robe became more and more angry. He waved his cane and wanted to hit the child again. All the servants hurried forward to stop him, and there was a mess in front of the study. Later, the old lady rushed over surrounded by a group of maids and servants. Seeing that the old man wanted to beat his grandson, how could he give in? He jumped in front of the child and shouted at the old man in brocade robe: "You goddamn old man, if you want to beat your precious grandson, kill me first! I'm dead!" You will be clean. Burn down this mansion with another fire, and everyone will go to see Lord Yama...'

"I looked at everything in front of me, both sad and surprised. The scene decades ago was clearly reproduced in front of my eyes. It's just that I have become a bystander, looking at what I have experienced. Today I stand In front of you, I naturally know how absurd this matter is, but at the right time and place, I didn't realize that it was weird at all.

"I looked at the messy courtyard, and it seemed that nothing had changed. Just as I was about to step forward to speak, everything in front of me suddenly started to move, as if a sharp sword was cutting horizontally and vertically. Under the flashing light, I slightly Feeling a bit dazzling, I blinked my eyes twice involuntarily. When I opened my eyes again, where was the shadow of Situ's old house? I was still standing in the hall, facing the high platform sitting in the dragon chair The beautiful woman, and the man standing next to the steps under the stage.

"I rubbed my eyes, and the situation in front of me didn't change. The man said: "Mr. Gong died of depression not long after he returned to Fengyang. If he didn't have the experience in Situ's house, with his heart, he wouldn't have He passed away so early. He was a scholar and a well-learned Confucian. Although he failed in the examination for a long time, he would have been killed by someone else. But this Mr. Gong is open-minded, although he himself did not pass the exam. , but he opened a museum to teach apprentices and did a lot of good things. Such a person died because he couldn't stand your framing and teasing. Although you were just a naughty boy at that time, as the saying goes, when you are three years old, you will see your old age. Many of the things you do are harmful to nature. In terms of people's hearts, everything should be punished!"

"I heard his fierce words, my heart was shaken, and the sweat dripped from my forehead. Looking back on the experience of these years, it was indeed as he said. After Mr. Gong left, the old man invited three gentlemen for me, and I was angry. Either scolding or beating, life or death refused to stay. In the end, the old man became furious and died overnight. The uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle, fifth uncle, and seventh uncle all blamed me for angering the old man to death, and wanted to tie me up and send me to the officials. If my parents hadn't begged hard, I'm afraid that these uncles who coveted the family property would have been sent to the government for the crime of "disobedience". It's just that after the death of the old lady, the houses were separated. At that time, I was the third generation of the Situ family. The only male, it stands to reason that he should get the most of the family property. It's just that the other five uncles agreed that I was mad at the old man, and it would be a great benefit not to send me for punishment, so they only allocated dozens of acres to my father. Bodi, two sick cows. My father was originally a strong man and was bullied by all his brothers, but he couldn’t resist because of my sins. He died of illness a few years later. No one forced me to study anymore. I was also happy that no one was restraining me. I only learned some ingenious techniques every day, and finally escaped from the house. These years have passed, and my mother is probably gone. The Situ family's prosperity and decline are all my fault.

"The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became, until I trembled all over and wanted to cry loudly. The man said: 'You have committed too many crimes, and you can only be forgiven by death. Mrs. Situ, your father, mother, and Mr. Gong, They are all waiting for you to apologize to them. If you are dead now, maybe you can catch up with them. Otherwise, once they enter the six realms of reincarnation, you will not find them if you look for them. At that time, you can only fall into In the endless hell, you will suffer forever. Situ Qiao, you should die. This way, your loved ones can feel at ease, and you can be reincarnated as a human. Wouldn't it be joyful.

"I nodded and thought to myself: 'What this man said is a good idea. As long as the old man, my parents forgive me, I can raise my head and start a new life. I have to die as soon as possible, lest they can't be found. '

"The man smiled when he saw me nodding. I said to him: 'I want to die, you kill me.' The man shook his head and said, 'If you want to atone for your crime, you must commit suicide.' I thought he was right. Only suicide can prove my repentance. So I said to the man, "If you kill yourself, you kill yourself. Lend me your knife."

"The man still shook his head and said: 'You must use your own weapon to commit suicide, or bite your own tongue. No one else can help you.' After listening to his words, I thought that I didn't carry a weapon with me. Blade, biting my tongue to kill myself is afraid that it will be very painful, so I can’t make up my mind. After hesitating, I suddenly remembered that I had a few plants of ‘Water Immortal Grass’ with me, which I got by accident when I passed a mountain field a few days ago. If people take it by mistake, they will be poisoned and die immediately. However, if they are dried in the sun, smashed into powder, and mixed with gentian grass with wine, not only the toxicity will be eliminated, but also rheumatism. Therefore, I I just carried it with me, and I wanted to find gentian grass and use it to make medicine. Now that I thought about it, I wanted to take out the tile fairy grass and chew it, it would kill me in a while.

"The man saw me reach into my arms and groped, with a weird smile on his face. The beautiful woman sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform seemed to be relieved, and looked at me intently.

"My hand was groping in my bosom, but I didn't find the small cloth bag wrapped with waxiancao, but I came across a kit. My heart skipped a beat, and I immediately remembered that what was hidden in the kit was the antidote to the poison. At the right time and place, there seemed to be a voice in my head saying to me: "Take it out quickly, it can save your life!" Another voice said: "You have committed too many crimes, and you will suffer if you live. You should commit suicide as soon as possible to atone for your sins." , reincarnated as a human being.'

"My head was in chaos again. I pinched the bag with my right hand, but couldn't get it out. The man saw that my right hand was stretched into my arms, but he never took out the tile fairy grass, so he said softly: 'Live in the world. , can only make you tortured by your conscience every day, why bother? Or take poison and kill yourself early to wash away your sins.'

"I think so, so I want to loosen the kit. It's just that when heaven and man were fighting in my heart, I unknowingly exerted a lot of force in my hand, which made some of the medicine powder in the kit squeeze out. When I held the bag in my right hand When the small cloth bag of Waxiancao was taken out of his arms, he smelled a strong smell of antidote powder in his nose.

"When this smell hit my mind, I suddenly noticed that the expression of the man standing opposite changed drastically, as if he saw something extremely frightening. He opened his mouth wide and was about to speak, but a small piece of his forehead suddenly peeled off. Flesh. Just like a white pottery bottle, after it shattered suddenly, a piece of shards peeled off. Afterwards, small pieces of flesh continued to fall off his face. After a while, the man's originally white face disappeared Gone, turned into a skinny skeleton.

"I was so shocked that I didn't care about taking poison to kill myself. I saw that everything in front of me was spinning, and it was spinning faster and faster. Everything became fragmented and spliced ​​together again after a while. I rubbed my eyes desperately. When I can see the situation in front of me clearly, how can there be any shadow of the hall? I am still standing at the entrance of the secret room corridor, two or three feet away is the altar, which is full of jade objects. The jade statue behind the altar is still intact, And the mummy still sat on the right side of the altar.

"I just woke up from a big dream. Looking at the small cloth bag containing waxiancao in my hand and smelling the strong smell of poisonous antidote, I realized what was going on. Before monk Hongdao committed suicide, he also He used to rub his eyes desperately, and then he punched and kicked like crazy, and stabbed himself to death with his last finger. Presumably he also fell into a hallucination, fighting the enemy in the hallucination, and from what he said when he was hallucinated In other words, the person who fought against him is most likely the mummy Zheng He. The enemy's martial arts moves are all imagined by Monk Hongdao himself. He once said that Zheng He's martial arts are unpredictable and invincible in the world , he is naturally not Zheng He's opponent. Therefore, in the illusion, he was pointed out by Zheng He. In fact, the tricks of both sides were all vain imaginations in his own mind, and finally killed himself. Later, I also fell into an illusion, and revealed the most ashamed things in my heart. I was almost taken advantage of by the illusion, and I wanted my own life. Fortunately, the medicine powder in the kit in my arms spilled out, which made me wake up.

"I was scared out of my wits at the time, how could I dare to stay in this secret room? Purple jade grapes, emerald jade cabbage, all go to hell! Out of the corridor, I suddenly heard a sharp hissing sound behind me. I was startled, and I couldn't help but look back, only to see that the candlelight on the altar table suddenly exploded, and the flames flew away like a burst. A ball of flames landed on the mummy, and immediately ignited a big fire, and a gust of hot air rushed over from the secret room. I was terrified, I dared not stay, and struggled to escape into the hall. I only felt a scorching heat in the back of my heart , It's so hot that I feel uncomfortable.

"After I fled to the side of the statue in the main hall, I turned my head and looked. I saw flames spreading from the corridor, and even the walls were on fire. I was so frightened that my liver and gallbladder were torn apart. I was afraid that this was still an illusion. Biting the tip of my tongue cruelly, I felt salty in my mouth, and I almost cried out in pain. I knew that these were no longer illusions. Although the fire was burning strangely, I could faintly smell something easy to ignite, such as sulfur, in my nose. It smells like a fire starter was buried in the walls when it was built. How dare I stay in the hall, I fled to the entrance of the hall, and found that the door was unlocked, looking out from the crack, the courtyard was empty There was no one. It seems that Monk Hongjing dismissed all the monks when he entered the main hall in order to deceive the public. Monk Hongdao's whereabouts were even more secretive, so naturally he didn't want to alarm the monks, so although the secret room of the main hall has already turned upside down, The other monks have already rested.

"I was overjoyed. I opened the door and fled into the yard. When I reached the end of the yard, I stopped and looked back. I saw a majestic hall has now turned into a huge fireball, directly threatening the whole place. The big Baoen Temple was as bright as day. I could hear the sound of gongs ringing around me. It seemed that some monks on duty at night noticed the fire and beat the gongs to summon the monks to put out the fire. I was afraid that the monks would arrive and cause trouble if they found me. Although I still wanted to see what happened, I didn't dare to stay, so I had to dodge and flee to the outside of the Dabaoen Temple. Fortunately, at this time, all the monks were rushing to the main hall to put out the fire. The rushing monks bumped into them, and they all hid at the very moment. I didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until I escaped from the gate of the temple, and I was mixed in with the crowd watching the excitement. Looking at the red light above the Dabaoen Temple, Looking back on what I experienced that night, it seems like a lifetime ago."

(End of this chapter)