Sister-in-law Xiang and his wife went up the mountain with us, and the Zhuangzi under the mountain was also managed by her son, and she spent most of the income on the production of the village over the years, although there was nothing to see on the books, but it was more than enough to support our family; The mountain hut was built by the second brother himself, although it is not large, but it is very practical and comfortable. This is the life I want, simple and plain. Because I want to come up to live, the lanes on both sides have been repaired, and the scenery of the hill is also charming, I helped the old lady to stand in front of the courtyard, pointed to the tomb of Shitong not far away, and said: "I told him a long time ago that I would come to accompany him, and now that everyone is with him, Xianggong is not afraid of loneliness." ”

"Home is gone!" The old lady gently wiped away her tears.

"Mother, with those two losers, the family will be defeated sooner or later, why don't you follow me out, we won't be burdened by them."

"Why don't you chase them away? The Seventh Master said that he could drive them away. Mei Niang finally couldn't help it and screamed.

"Because I can't guarantee that the next one will be better! They've been with me for a few years, they're all going to be like this, will the new ones be better? ”

"Mei Niang, your mother is right, they are not from our family, and they will never kiss us, so at least your mother will keep the house and protect you." The mother-in-law waved her hand gently.

"Don't you can't do it?"

"No! Your mother has no son, if she doesn't have it, our mother can only be swept away. "Mother-in-law is even more miserable.

I gently rubbed her shoulder: "Mother, I'm sorry. ”

"Forget it, you've done a good job, how well you've taken these three children." My mother-in-law patted me gently and smiled easily, "Mother is not confused, you have already prepared this place, and the Zhuangzi under the mountain is enough for us to eat and drink." In the future, the dowry of the girls, you and my jewelry will be enough. ”

"Mother, we will go home, they will beg us to go back." I smiled softly and looked into the distance, "From now on, there will be no more bad things in our family." You live happily, and we live a good life together. ”

She smiled, but Mei Niang kept standing in front of us, she thought for a while, raised her head, and looked at us: "That's what I told my mother, aren't all the people in our family bad people?" ”

"You villain, why do you want to do so much? Sister-in-law Xiang is a bad person? General Helan who sent us back is a bad guy? Is the Seventh Master a bad person? Mei Niang, there are relatives, friends, and enemies in the world, and in addition to relatives, friends may become enemies, and enemies may also become friends, so you can't classify everyone other than relatives as enemies. ”

"Alas! Not all of my relatives are good people! Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang are also relatives, how many of them are fighting within the family, blood does not mean everything! "After all, the mother-in-law is older, she sees and listens more, and she is more realistic," alas! Look at Emperor Yang of Sui in the previous dynasty, how good he was when we merged the state, but in the end, what is the greater sin of killing his father and killing his brother? Everyone knows about the royal affairs, and the other worlds are so big, and this kind of thing abounds among the common people. So Mei Niang, you have to listen to your mother, you can't be so paranoid, and treat people who are good to you sincerely, whether they are relatives or not. ”

Mei Niang went back to the room thoughtfully, alas, I have actually been waiting after Shi Tong's death, waiting for Mei Niang to come to me and talk to me about the jade bottle, there was no doubt in her eyes when she picked up the jade bottle from the ground and handed it to me that day, only resentment, that resentment is not for me, I think she has guessed the clue from the conversation between the eunuch and General Helan, I hope she will come and ask me, yelling like just now, but she is surprisingly silent. Thinking of the events that have happened over the years, in her short eleven years of life, she may have experienced things that others cannot experience in their lifetimes, such as the loss of her mother, the death of her brother, and the departure of her father; After me, I experienced the mysterious death of people and Shi Tong, and was bullied by my adoptive brother, all of which were engraved in her heart like a knife, which should be Wu Zetian's unscrupulous personality development for survival after adulthood. Should I be guided?

The next morning, I sent the children to my named father, because my mother-in-law and I were going to stay in the temple for a few days; And the second is also more important, I hope that the nominal father will teach Mei Niang to read, he himself is an expert in the study of Sui and Tang Dynasties, and he has been here for almost 20 years, he knows better than me what to say and what not to say, and he knows what Mei Niang should learn at this time.

After the Buddha went to Daye Temple, returned to the Zen room Shiju and his wife were already waiting for us, they were dressed in plain clothes with blank expressions, and they stood up when they saw us come in, and the mother-in-law naturally pulled her son to cry, and was helped to the chair by Shiju, and kowtowed to her together with Aoxue, this is the first time Aoxue has seen her mother-in-law, and she looks a little nervous. The mother-in-law hurriedly helped her up, seeing her slightly bulging abdomen and tearfully patting her hands, but she couldn't say a word.

I'm suspicious, they've been married for four years, and they won't just have children! Just as I was thinking, a small figure rushed in, as fast as a gust of wind, I didn't see it clearly, I only felt that the figure had flown towards me, I didn't know whether to hide or pick up, Shi Ju held me with one hand, and picked up the figure with the other. I calmed down and looked carefully at the figure that was carried high, it was a kid, and there was a bit of similarity to Mei Niang between his eyebrows, but his demeanor was exactly the same as that of Aoxue back then, and I couldn't help laughing.

"Dad, let me down." The boy cried out, and the mother-in-law immediately pounced, her grandson! Sure enough, this is a cure for the disease, the mother-in-law who has a grandson no longer needs to be helped, picked up the kid and chatted with Aoxue, I smiled and walked out of the meditation room, Shiju also came out with me, he had something to say to me.

"Exactly nine years!" His voice was cold, and his eyes were like torches.

"He knows too many things, and the emperor wants to take him with him."

"You know it's going to happen, why don't you stop it?" He lowered his voice but was furious.

"He's my husband!" I looked at him calmly, he looked at me for a long time, put his hands behind his back, I guess he should have clenched his fists, but he couldn't be angry with me, I was telling him that he was sad to lose his brother, but not even a ten-thousandth of my husband.

"What's going on with those two boys?"

"The villain has the ambition, don't pay attention to it, I will take good care of my mother and Mei Niang. Now I'm in a calm mood. And I talked a lot with your eldest brother that day, and I told him a lot of things that I couldn't say, and he went peacefully. ”

"I buried some gold under that house, which is the surplus that my sister-in-law has given me over the years to buy land and build a house, and some of the money you have given me. Get your own when you need it! He handed me a drawing, and I looked at it, four places that I remembered very well, and he saw that I nodded and threw it into the censer to see it turn to ashes.

"What are your plans for the future?"

"Marry the children, be companions with your mother, and accompany your eldest brother together. When I get old, I go to Liniang, and Mei Niang's family asks them to give me a pension and send me to the end. Looking at the fire, I suddenly laughed, "You know what? Some masters said that I am blessed with a long life, and my children are very lucky. ”

"Still don't let Mei Niang associate with us?"

"No!" I'm very resolute, think about it, if Mei Niang knows that she has a brother and nephew in the future, then I don't know what will happen. Alas!

"Will you enjoy the blessings of a girl?"

"I will also be afraid of her for the rest of my life, watching her become stronger day by day. I wonder if I'm wrong, if I did the wrong way to educate her like that. But from her point of view, every step is really helpless, and if I were her, I might do the same. I may spend my whole life in this contradiction. Second brother, you and Ao Xue just know Mei Niang's life experience, don't tell the children, your children are not surnamed Wu, and they have nothing to do with the martial arts family. ”

He looked at me deeply, as if trying to find an answer from me, and finally he gave up, "I should believe you, right?" ”

"We are all people who have been pushed by history, I have imposed my view of history on you, who knows if it is right or wrong, but second brother, I really hope that you and your children and grandchildren will stay away from history. Everyone wants to leave a name in history, in fact, it is easy to write a name, but how will future generations comment on it? It's actually happier to be a nameless person. ”

"I understand, after my parents-in-law are a hundred years old, I will take Aoxue away from here and never see each other again."

"I'm sorry!" I can only say this, let them separate their flesh and blood, but they keep saying that it is for his good, maybe Mei Niang knows that she has a father, and she may not be so perverse in the future if she has a younger brother? Forget it, I don't want to do more, I don't want to be the one who rewrites history, so be it.