Chapter II

Su Jin'an has been living in this small courtyard for three months, and on this day, as usual, Su Jinan put away some sun-dried herbs and hid them in the house, and as soon as she went out, she heard Shen Mama say to Shen Wanjun while walking: "Madam, the master is here!" ”

Su Jin'an subconsciously retracted her foot across the threshold, she had lived here for three months and it was the first time she heard her "father" coming, but she was still a little curious about her father Su Jin'an, she wanted to see what kind of man made Shen Wanjun fall in love at first sight.

Su Jin'an tiptoed to the window and stood on tiptoe to look out of the crack in the window, only to see a man in a dark blue robe walking towards the courtyard, looking from a distance, the man was about 1.8 meters, his figure was thin, and his appearance was not clear.

Su Jin'an also quietly followed Shen Wanjun's house, leaning against the corner of the wall to eavesdrop on the movement inside, but she couldn't hear it clearly, just when Su Jin'an was lying on the wall and listening hard, suddenly there was a sound of the porcelain cup breaking, followed by Lin Wenguo's opening of the door, the frightened Su Jinan hurriedly lay down in the grass, fortunately she was small, otherwise she would be discovered, after Lin Wenguo left, Shen Wanjun's crying and Shen Mama's consolation came from the house: "Madam, your body is not good, don't cry." ”

Shen Wanjun said while crying: "Now he doesn't even want face for the glory and wealth that he doesn't know where he is!" ”

"Mama, what do you think I should do-"

Listening to the conversation in the room, Su Jinan really felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know what Lin Wenguo wanted to do.

Su Jinan secretly returned to her house, and before she had time to catch her breath, Mama Shen came: "Miss, Madame asked you to come over." ”

Looking for her? Su Jin'an came to Shen Wanjun's room with Shen Mama with doubts, but Shen Mama sent her in and went out, and closed the door, which made Su Jin'an feel furious, looking at Shen Wanjun's red eyes, Su Jinan suddenly thought that she wouldn't think about it.

At this time, Shen Wanjun spoke: "Xiaoyue, come here, my mother will talk to you." ”

Su Jin'an's heart became more and more bottomless, but she still obediently walked to Shen Wanjun's side, Shen Wanjun touched Su Jin'an's face, and said to her: "Xiaoyue, your father is here today, he hasn't come to see us for a long time, I thought he had to suffer for the official position, but today it seems that he is going to bear me." ”

"Shinohsuki, you may not quite understand what your mother is saying, but you have to keep your mother's words firmly in mind, and you will understand when you grow up. The Shen family has been in business for generations, and they have always been low-key, and they just want to live in peace, but their mother has seen the wrong person, which has affected the Shen family's ......" Shen Wanjun chattered a lot with Su Jinan, Su Jinan just listened quietly, and occasionally touched the purse tied to Shen Wanjun's body, after all, she is still a child now, and it is normal for her not to understand. And Shen Wanjun didn't seem to need Su Jin'an's response, maybe she just wanted to say it.

Shen Wanjun turned around and walked to the side of the bed and took out a purse from under the pillow, returned to Su Jin'an, opened the purse, and took out a quail-egg-sized jade-like thing, glowing with a lustre, Su Jinan knew that this thing was worth a lot of money no matter how good she was, Shen Wanjun said to her: "Xiaoyue, it's called the Night Pearl, it will shine by itself at night, if you are afraid of the dark at night, take it out, just like your mother accompanies you, you won't be afraid, right?" ”

Su Jin'an nodded obediently.

"When my mother got married, your grandfather gave it to me as a dowry, and now my mother wants to give it to you, you have to remember that this bead can only be hidden by yourself, and you can't show it to others, and others will snatch it when they see it, you know?" Shen Wanjun solemnly instructed.

Shen Wanjun put the beads in Su Jin'an's hand and instructed again: "You must keep it and can't give it to anyone, including your father, do you know?" ”

Su Jinan nodded: "I know, I will definitely hide it, no one can find it." ”

Shen Wanjun touched her daughter's head and said, "Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and I want to go to the temple to pray for blessings, and you have to ...... alone."

"I want to go with my mother, let me go together, where my mother goes, where I go." Su Jinan interrupted Shen Wanjun's words, usually in the TV series, it is a very story-telling road on the way to incense, she is not worried that Shen Wanjun will go out by herself, so it is better to follow her.

Shen Wanjun hesitated for a while but agreed to take her, and Su Jinan returned to her room satisfied.

Back in the house, Su Jinan closed the window, locked the door, and dragged out a cloth bag from under the bed, which was full of the fruits of her labor in the past few days: dried medicinal herbs. Su Jin'an is going to prepare a few herbs in case of emergency, she always has a bad premonition for tomorrow, what Lin Wenguo's intention is today Su Jin'an is not sure, but it is certain that he must not have succeeded, and he should not rest. So Su Jinan felt that she had to do something, but she didn't find any useful herbs, just when she was about to give up, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a special herb, looking at this inconspicuous herb, Su Jinan silently analyzed its medicinal properties, and there was a dangerous light in her eyes: Lin Wenguo, you'd better not have any bad ideas, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless, if Shen Wanjun is safe tomorrow, forget it, if there is any accident, then the fish will die and the net will be broken.

The next day, it was overcast and it looked like it was going to rain. Su Jinan got up when she heard Shen's voice, she slept a little late last night, and today it was a cloudy day that made Su Jin'an very reluctant to move, but she had to cheer up today, Shen Wanjun's words yesterday gave her a bad premonition, and she always felt that something was going to happen.

Lin Wenguo's arrival aggravated Su Jin'an's uneasiness, Lin Wenguo came after breakfast, just like yesterday, he entered Shen Wanjun's house as soon as he came, Su Jin'an was a little worried, people like Lin Wenguo would not give up easily if they didn't reach their goal.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Su Jin'an came to the firewood room alone, Mama Shen built a stove here, usually boiled some water, and heated the meal is here, Su Jin'an swept around the house, and finally saw the jar that Mama Shen usually holds tea, but the jar is placed on a high shelf, and her small body can't reach it now. So Su Jinan went to find Mama Shen and said to her: "Mama, my father and mother are here today, I want to make them a cup of tea, but the tea is too high, I can't reach it, you can help me." ”

Looking at such a sensible child, Mama Shen couldn't help but redden: "Okay, Miss, wait a minute, the old slave will get it for you." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took the tea leaves and cups from the shelf, and instructed Su Jin'an: "Miss, don't have too many tea leaves when making tea, be careful when pouring water, or the old slave should bring it over after brewing it." ”

Su Jinan gave full play to the child's stubbornness and arrogance: "Don't, don't, I'm going to soak it myself, Mama, go and see if they're finished, come and call me when they're done, I can do it, you can go quickly." ”

Seeing that Mama Shen was still not at ease, Su Jinan pushed people directly, and finally drove Mama Shen away.

Su Jinan returned to the stove and looked at the cup on it, she first made two cups of tea and put them there, and then slowly pulled out the medicinal herbs hidden in her sleeve, she broke the medicinal herbs into small pieces and put them in another cup and soaked them in hot water, waiting for the effect of the medicine to come out, looking at the water that gradually changed color, Su Jinan suddenly doubted her decision, she didn't expect that the first time she came here to use medical skills was to harm people, she admitted that she was not a good person, but she has lived for more than 20 years and has never harmed anyone!

What the hell is she going to do? Su Jinan fell into a tangle, forget it, Su Jinan turned his heart sideways and said to himself: This is not a bloody throat sealing poison, if Lin Wenguo stopped looking for trouble with Shen Wanjun after today, wouldn't it be good to relieve him again, what is there to be entangled, just decide, as for Lin Wenguo, I will wronged you for the time being.

What Su Jinan didn't know was how glad she would be that she didn't throw out this medicine today after today, and even wanted to turn this medicine into poison, but this is all for later. Now Su Jin'an heard Mama Shen's footsteps, quickly poured out half of the tea in the two cups of tea just now, then mixed the brewed potion into it, and threw the medicine residue into the firewood, a series of actions in one go, worthy of the person holding a scalpel.

When Mama Shen came in, she saw that Su Jinan was about to put two cups of tea in the tray, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Miss, let's come here or the old slave, be careful of scalding." ”

Su Jin'an has done everything she should do, and it is up to Mama Shen.

When the two came to Shen Wanjun's house, Lin Wenguo and Shen Wanjun were already sitting on one side and didn't speak, but Shen Wanjun's eyes were red again, and Lin Wenguo's face was not good. ”

Then he took the tea on the left from Mama Shen's tray and walked towards Lin Wenguo. Lin Wenguo looked at his daughter who walked towards him in small steps, she was wearing a light pink dress, the white tassels around her waist hung down to the top of her feet, swaying gently with her steps, watching Su Jin'an's smiling little face slowly approach, Lin Wenguo was a little in a trance, his daughter was not small, today's Lin Wenguo was not as excited as yesterday, his emotions today were more restrained, Lin Wenguo looked less than thirty years old, his chin was a little pointed, the bridge of his nose was very high, his mouth was slightly pursed, and there was a little flickering light in his slender eyes.

Su Jinan stood still in front of Lin Wenguo, his arm raised forty-five degrees: "Father, please drink tea." Su Jinan really couldn't open his mouth and call him "Dad", so he had to change his name.

Lin Wenguo looked at the tea in front of him, did not hesitate, drank it directly, and didn't even notice that the water did not match the bitterness of the tea, so he hurriedly got up and walked out, leaving only one sentence: "The hour is not early, let's leave quickly." ”

Su Jinan felt that Lin Wenguo was weird today, as if he was hiding from something, what did he want to do?

"Satsuki, let's go." Shen Wanjun's words interrupted Su Jin'an's train of thought, so Su Jin'an nodded, and Shen Wanjun led him out.

Walking to the door, Shen Wanjun turned back to Mama Shen and asked, "Mama, it looks like it's going to rain today, do you bring an umbrella?" ”

"Madame, don't worry, the old slave put the umbrella on the carriage early in the morning," Mama Shen returned.

Shen Wanjun was relieved: "I don't have to worry about Mama doing things, then let's go." ”

The place they are going to is called Qingshan Temple, named because it is located in Qingshan, it is said that it has a history of hundreds of years, the incense is very strong, but the road is not easy to walk, and Su Jin'an, who is sitting in the carriage, is going to be broken up. Shen Wanjun kept telling Su Jinan to be obedient, not to run around, not to be disrespectful to monks, not to do rude actions in the temple, etc., Su Jin'an wanted to hit the wall when he listened.

After enduring three hours of physical and psychological suffering, he finally arrived at Qingshan Temple, and Shen Mama said that Shen Wanjun came here every year to pray for blessings and incense, and it was Lin Wenguo who met here. Su Jinan secretly said: This God's eyes are ordinary, Shen Wanjun is so pious, but at the foot of this Qingshan Temple, she met Lin Wenguo, a scumbag, it seems that this Qingshan Temple is not as god as the legend.

Follow Shen Wanjun at the foot of the mountain to get on the car, and then walk along the path between the trees to the mountain, Qingshan Temple is located in the middle of the mountain, in order to show sincerity, most of the people are at the foot of the mountain car, and then hike up the mountain. This is bitter for Su Jin'an, with her small body now, her feet hurt and her legs hurt after only a few steps, fortunately it was cloudy today and there was no big sun, otherwise she would have died of heat.

"Xiaoyue, are you unable to walk, why don't you take you away, or let Mama Shen carry you?"

Seeing that this illness was old, Su Jinan could only swallow the word "good" back and said to Shen Wanjun: "No, I can walk, but my steps are too small, you can just walk slowly." ”

So the three of them marched towards Qingshan Temple at a turtle speed, and when they arrived, it was already noon, and at the time of eating, there were few people in Qingshan Temple, where incense was vigorous, perhaps because the weather was not good.

The silent temple in front of her seemed to be specially opened for the three of them, walking in the red-walled and gray-tiled temple under the drowsy sky, Su Jinan didn't know what kind of mood she was in, and suddenly felt a little depressed, she didn't believe in the gods and ghosts, but some things really couldn't be explained, such as her crossing, so she just wanted to stay away from what gods and Buddhas, as a doctor, she didn't ask for Buddha, didn't worship God, she only believed in herself.

When Shen Wanjun knelt on the futon in the main hall and made a vow, Su Jinan couldn't help but think, every day someone makes a wish, who should he help with so many pious people, she feels that people still have to rely on themselves, fate cannot be changed by others, only she can change her fate, but what Su Jinan doesn't know is that her fate will be completely changed today.

When they walked out of the main hall of Qingshan Temple, the sky was even more cloudy, and it was obviously noon but there was no sunshine, giving people the illusion that it was still early in the morning. The summer in the south is already hot, and without the sun, it will be sultry, but although there is no wind today, Su Jinan feels a little cold, not so much cold as a kind of horror that something big is about to happen. The whole sky was dark and dreary, and it felt like it was going to collapse in the next moment, Su Jinan didn't like this kind of depression before the rainstorm, and her immature little face was tense like an adult.

Shen Wanjun looked at the sky and was obviously a little worried: "Mama Shen, it looks like it's going to rain soon, we have to go down the mountain quickly, or I'm afraid we won't be able to leave in a while." ”

Mama Shen was also worried: "Yes, madam, didn't the master say that he was going to pick you up today, should we wait?" ”

Shen Wanjun was silent for a moment, and said softly: "It's just a plan, let's go, don't wait for him." ”

Lin Wenguo actually came back to pick up Shen Wanjun, it seems that he really has a plan, Su Jinan thought silently, but he didn't know what else Shen Wanjun was in in this situation worthy of Lin Wenguo's plot. Su Jinan thought as she followed Shen Wanjun out.

As soon as they walked out of the temple gate, there was a man in a gray family uniform walking towards them, that person's life was a little rough, a little bluffing at first glance, Su Jinan pretended to hide behind Shen Wanjun, but in fact, it was to better observe this person, this person was not the family they brought, this person did not distinguish between joy and anger on his face, his muscles were strong, and he walked very lightly. Su Jin'an's intuition told her that this person was afraid that the person who came was not good.

The family Ding stood three steps away from Shen Wanjun, and saluted Shen Wanjun with a fist: "Madame is Lord Lin's family, Lord Lin saw that the sky was not good, and specially sent the little one to pick up Mrs., please come with the little one." ”

Su Jinan silently hugged Shen Wanjun's legs, Shen Wanjun patted her daughter's shoulder comfortingly, and said to the man: "Who are you, I have never seen you before." ”

"The villain is an attendant who serves in the official office, so you haven't seen it, but the villain is indeed sent by the adult, and the villain has a token given by the adult." As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his cuffs, and the yarn on it was made by Shen Wanjun.

Shen Mama took the sign in the man's hand and handed it to Shen Wanjun, Shen Wanjun nodded and said to Su Jin'an: "Xiaoyue, it's your father who came to pick us up, let's go." ”

Su Jinan hugged Shen Wanjun's leg and didn't move, even if it was really someone from Lin Wenguo's faction, this person would definitely not be credible, but Shen Wanjun clearly believed him.

"Mother, if you don't follow him, I want to go home." Su Jinan tried to stop Shen Wanjun.

"Xiaoyue, your father is here, we are going home with my father, obedient-" Shen Wanjun leaned over and held Su Jin'an's hand.

Su Jinan could only let Shen Wanjun pull her in the direction that Ding had guided. After walking for about a cup of tea, the housekeeper who led the way in front of him said that he had arrived, and then stepped aside.

I saw that there was an open area with a back to the cliff in front, and there was a small pine forest not far away, but the trees grew very vigorously, and it looked a little scary in the dark sky, and there was a carriage parked in front of the woods, but it was not the one they sat in when they came, it should be Lin Wenguo's, and there were four men in the same clothes as the family just now, but they didn't look as strong as the family, but they were equipped with knives around their waists.

Su Jinan looked around carefully, there was no one here except them, if these people were like them, then they would definitely not be able to escape, Su Jin'an's heart secretly screamed that it was not good, just when Su Jinan looked at Shen Wanjun, he suddenly found that the family who was standing behind them and brought them over was gone, and at the moment when she was about to speak, the back collar was picked up like a chicken, and the four people in front of the carriage also moved quickly, and immediately stepped forward to control Shen Wanjun and Shen Mama, and the three of them instantly had no power to resist.

Shen Wanjun's frightened face turned pale, and she spoke with a tremble: "You, what do you want, let go of my daughter!" At this moment, the curtain on the carriage was lifted by the people inside, and Su Jin'an's pupils shrank when he saw the person inside, while Shen Wanjun was full of shock.

Su Jin'an's heart sank to the bottom, and the person who appeared was Lin Wenguo.

"Let them go." Lin Wenguo said in a deep voice.

But those attendants didn't make any moves, it seems that these people are not from Lin Wenguo, they should have been brought by another person in the carriage. When Lin Wenguo stepped out of the carriage, Su Jinan saw a corner of brown robes and a pair of soap boots through the lifted curtain, and the people inside must not be simple.

"Lin Wenguo, what do you want to do, let go of Xiaoyue, she is your daughter!" Shen Wanjun said angrily.

Shen Wanjun's words did not move Lin Wenguo, he slowly walked towards Shen Wanjun and looked at her: "Give me the Night Pearl, I can keep you." ”

Hearing this, Shen Wanjun laughed angrily: "Are you treating me like this for that bead?" ”

"I don't want to do that either, so don't push me."

"Forcing you?" Shen Wanjun sneered: "When did I force you?" You and I have known each other for seven years, you said that you want to get famous, I will wait for you for three years, and my Shen family is even more meticulous to you, never letting you have worries. Yes, you got fame because you married me as promised, but now, I have become your concubine, not to mention how much I am, how many times have you come to see your daughter? What did you do to the Shen family? Who's pushing whom, you say?"

"Tuk, tuk, tuk" There were a few taps on the walls of the carriage.

Lin Wenguo closed his eyes, turned his head to look in Su Jin'an's direction, and said to Shen Wanjun: "I admit that I am ashamed of you, but today you only have two choices, either hand over the beads, or I will take Xiaoyue away." ”

Shen Wanjun's eyes widened and looked at Lin Wenguo in disbelief: "What are you talking about?" What do you mean, where are you going to take Sagetsuki? ”

"It means, you have to choose between two things, a daughter or a bead." Lin Wenguo looked at Shen Wanjun again, and his cold tone made Shen Wanjun unable to believe it.

Shen Wanjun felt that the strength of her whole body was drained, she sat on the ground slumped, she felt the wind blowing into her bone marrow through the humid and sultry air around her, and her cold soul was trembling, she raised her head and looked at Lin Wenguo, wanting to find the young man who had promised her a happy and healthy life from his face, but she couldn't see the face of the person in front of her clearly, no matter how hard she tried, what she saw was always an outline blurred in the mist.

Shen Wanjun gave up the struggle and said softly: "Whatever you want is given to you, as long as you don't hurt Xiaoyue, as long as you don't let us separate, you can take whatever you want, I have nothing, only my daughter, you can't take her away." ”

"Cough, cough" At this time, there were two more coughs in the carriage, and I saw that the attendant who was originally restraining Shen Wanjun seemed to have some order, let go of Shen Wanjun, and then quickly pulled out his saber and slashed at Shen Wanjun's back.

"Mother!"

"Madame!"

Su Jinan struggled hard, and when she saw that the knife was about to fall on Shen Wanjun, Shen Mama didn't know where to break free from the attendant and block behind Shen Wanjun, the knife did not stop and slashed directly at Shen Wanjun's body, blood gushed out, staining Shen Wanjun's clothes red, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she shouted Mama in her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound at all.

When Su Jinan was struggling, she saw the right time to bite the back of the hand that grabbed her, the man let go of his hand after eating the pain, Su Jinan ran towards Shen Wanjun, the attendant saw that Su Jinan broke free, and did not rush to chase, but pulled out his saber and threw it directly at Su Jinan, Su Jinan didn't have time to take care of the danger behind her, because she saw the attendant behind Shen Wanjun who killed Shen Mama raised his knife and stabbed Shen Wanjun again.

The two knives stabbed into Su Jin'an and Shen Wanjun's bodies almost at the same time, Su Jin'an didn't expect her second life to end so quickly, watching Shen Wanjun slowly fall into blood, her eyes still carried guilt and pity for her daughter, and she didn't even close her eyes until she died.

The pain of the steel knife piercing into her flesh made Su Jin'an almost breathless, and she could feel the blood flowing away little by little with her body temperature as she fell to the ground.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and as a thunderclap exploded in the sky, raindrops began to crash to the ground.

Looking at the three people who fell in a pool of blood in the blink of an eye, Lin Wenguo's limbs stiffened, and at this time, the person in the carriage finally walked out, it was a somewhat obese middle-aged man, he didn't seem to see the scene in front of him and walked straight to Lin Wenguo, patted him on the shoulder: "Wenguo, it's raining, it's time for us to go home." ”

The rain gradually intensified, and it became a downpour in an instant, and an attendant held up an umbrella for the middle-aged man and Lin Wenguo.

Su Jinan looked at the figure of the two of them preparing to leave, she was really unwilling, for the first time in her life, she had the feeling of wanting to kill, the cold rain almost suffocated her, she tried hard to crawl in the direction of Lin Wenguo.

Lin Wenguo turned around and was about to leave but saw Su Jin'an moving, the small body was crawling in his direction with difficulty, and the blood in her chest gushed a little more with each crawl, but she didn't stop, letting the blood she shed out meander under her body, accompanied by the rain that fell down and turned the ground into blood, as if the heaven and the earth were colorless in an instant, only the blood red, dazzling and cold, the blood extended to his own feet with the rain, watching Su Jinan stretch out a small hand and pull the hem of his clothes little by little, That hand was exceptionally pale against the background of the blood, it seemed to be more dazzling than the blood, like a white bone that grabbed people's souls from the Nine Hells, Lin Wenguo's heart was cold, he now felt like a clay sculpture about to be washed away by the rain, and he didn't even have the strength to take a step. Su Jin'an raised her little face washed by the rain and showed him a shallow smile: "Heaven and earth are proof, blood is the oath, Lin Wenguo, I, curse you for all calamity, cut off your children and grandchildren, heh, you have to live a long life."

Her voice was small, but he heard it, word for word, with great clarity. Lin Wenguo felt as if the strength in his body had been drained all at once, and he was about to sit on the ground but was stopped by the attendant. Su Jin'an had long lost her strength, her consciousness gradually blurred, and then she fell into boundless darkness.

The attendant didn't look at Su Jin'an, but just said to Lin Wenguo: "Our lord said, Aunt Shen took her daughter into the incense and met a thief in the mountain, and was unfortunately killed. ”

The rain fell heavily for two days, washing away all traces as if nothing had happened in the green hills. After the rain, the sky is extraordinarily deep, and the sunlight shines on the green trees, and the rain that hangs on the leaves reflects a little light, and it looks crystal clear from afar. In Qingshan Temple, the little novice was cleaning the stagnant water in the courtyard, and in an inconspicuous meditation room, an old monk with a white beard looked at the clear sky and recited the sentence "Amitabha" and walked out of the meditation room.