Shen Wanchuan held Mrs. Shen's hand tightly and said nothing. Everyone didn't know how to persuade them, so they had to disperse and let Shen Wanchuan and his wife stay a little longer. At this time, Shen Wanchuan's temples were already white, and in this short period of nearly a month, it seems that he has spent half of his life, and the whole person has faintly had the second half of his life.

Shen Wanchuan remembered that the people in the yamen came to inform him today that Shen Tingyu would be beheaded at noon tomorrow. At that time, there was a buzz in his head, a stumble, and he almost fell over, and now he is under the fence, his wife is dying, and his son is about to be beheaded, and no one can bear such pain.

At this time, it was almost evening, Shen Wanchuan found Han Yuanjiang and said to him: "Brother Yuanjiang, can you help me order two pairs of better longevity materials, and then help me make some wine and food, I want to go and see Tingyu tonight." ”

"Brother Xian, don't worry, I'll ask someone to order it, it's definitely the best coffin, and then I will tell the kitchen to make a table of the best wine and food. It's just that...... Han Ling and ......," Han Yuanjiang said.

"Brother Yuanjiang, I understand that it was just a joke to get married back then, Brother Yuanjiang must not take it seriously."

"Brother Xian, don't blame it for being a brother, it's just that now this Shen Tingyu is about to ......"

Seeing that he was soon left alone in this world, Han Yuanjiang's power was already insufficient, Shen Wanchuan just smiled lightly.

......

In the prison, an old man carried a basket and staggered inward, looking at Shen Tingyu in the prison, Shen Wanchuan called softly: "Son, I have come to see you for my father." ”

Shen Tingyu immediately knelt in front of Shen Wanchuan and said repentantly: "It's all children who are unfilial, and they have affected their parents. ”

"Alas, in the final analysis, they were all victimized by traitors, and I don't blame my son." Shen Wanchuan sighed and said.

"Blame me...... It's all my fault! ”

"Come, don't talk about this, today I prepared wine and food for my father for you, you and I, father and son, let's have the last reunion dinner here." Shen Wanchuan opened the basket and saw that it was full of wine and food.

"Mother, she ......" Shen Tingyu asked uneasily.

Shen Wanchuan paused and said, "I'm afraid she's ...... I'm afraid time is running out. ”

Shen Tingyu said sadly: "Mother...... The child is not filial, the mother ......"

"It's okay to go with you, then your mother and son will also have a care in heaven, but it's just ......" Shen Wanchuan shed tears and continued: "It's just that when the time comes, only I, a bad old man, will be left alone in this world." ”

"It's all the child's fault, it's all the child's fault......" Shen Tingyu was still there constantly blaming himself.

"Now it doesn't make sense to say whose fault it is, maybe it's all fate. Come, eat, finish this meal, let's ...... Let's renew the father-son relationship in the next life. ”

No matter how much delicacies there are on the plate, now it tastes like chewing wax, only that pot of wine, I always feel that it is not enough.

As the night deepened, Shen Wanchuan packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and when he was about to leave, he looked at Shen Tingyu blankly as if he was stunned, and said, "Son, let my father take a good look at you again, my father's memory is getting worse and worse, and I am afraid of my father...... I'm afraid that I'll forget what you look like later. You say, if a father forgets what his son looks like, how incompetent he must be! As he spoke, tears fell into his eyes.

"Father's ......"

"Son, don't be afraid, when you send your mother away, your father will come to accompany your mother and son, and you are afraid of your father...... The Father fears that you will be alone in heaven; I'm afraid that after you leave, my father won't be able to endure this endless loneliness! ”

Shen Tingyu watched his father slowly turn around and walk towards the dark night, he kept staring at the direction his father left, and muttered silently: "Father...... Father ......"

Perhaps too tired, Shen Tingyu actually fell asleep, and gradually, he fell asleep:

In the dream, the fog in front of him was very large, and I saw that he was surrounded by a thick fog.

"Tingyu, slow down, slow down......" Shen Tingyu heard his mother's voice, but he couldn't see her figure.

"Mother......" he shouted.

...

"Father, why do you want to study?" A childish boy voice asked.

"Of course, it's for being an official." A young man responded.

"Then why do you want to be an official?"

"Because being an official can help a lot of people."

Shen Tingyu ran in the direction of the sound, but the voice always seemed to be far away from him, but it was very clear.

"Father......" he shouted.

...

"Shen Wanchuan, you sell illicit salt, and you should be beheaded according to the law." He saw Lord Yu sitting high above the public court and ordered the officials to escort his father to the execution ground.

"No, no, Lord Yu, Lord Yu, my father he was wronged, let my father go." He shouted.

He ran towards the courtroom, but in an instant, only a blanket remained.

...

In the blink of an eye, he came to the Jinluan Treasure Hall again.

"Shen Tingyu, you dare to bribe many officials, who gave you the guts?" The figure standing high above the court said.

Shen Tingyu tried to look up to see who was talking, but he just couldn't see clearly.

You hurt your parents...... You hurt your parents...... You hurt your parents. Voices poured in like a tidal wave.

He fell to his knees and shouted, "Father, mother...... I'm the one who hurt you, it's me ......"

Suddenly, he felt someone gently caress his forehead with a warm palm. He slowly looked up and saw his mother standing in front of him smiling, just like when she had fallen down as a child.

"Mother......" he cried.

The mother in front of him stretched out her hand to him, smiled and said, "Tingyu, let's go, let's go home." ”

He slowly stood up and reached out to his mother, who suddenly turned away.

"Mother, mother, mother......" he cried out desperately like a child.

He desperately chased after his mother, but he was always some distance away from her.

"Tingyu, let's go, it's going to be dark." Mother shouted from the front.

"Mother, wait for me, wait for me......"

Shen Tingyu, who was running, suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a trap, swallowed by the endless darkness, and he woke up suddenly.

Shen Tingyu, who woke up, looked around, the sky outside was as dark as ink, the candles in the cell were flickering on and off, and he was leaning against the wall, his face full of tears.

Regret and guilt, grief and hatred...... All of this will be over tomorrow.

Everything is over, and the debts of this life can only be paid off in the next life as cattle and horses. Father, mother, children are not filial, tomorrow will be the first step, Shen Tingyu thought so.

He stayed awake all night, and gradually, the east showed the whiteness of the fish's belly......