Chapter 24: Relief
Lin Daiyun was stared at by him, turned his face away, lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "Xiuwen, I didn't mean to." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"I know." It took Shen Xiuwen a long time to squeeze out these three words from between his teeth.
Lin Daiyun glanced at him secretly and muttered, "Then why are you staring at me so sadly?" ”
Shen Xiuwen looked at the sky speechlessly, and said with his forehead on his forehead: "I remembered some things just now, and I just felt something." ”
Lin Daiyun let out an "oh" and smiled at him a little shyly. Shen Xiuwen trembled, and his gaze drifted elsewhere.
At this moment, there was a sound in the broken temple, and Shen Xiuwen looked back and saw a middle-aged man with broken legs crawling out of the temple.
He clutched a broken porcelain bowl in his hand and struggled forward with his arms, the skin on the underside of his arms worn out, and his elbows were already a blur of flesh and blood.
His dirty, messy hair was like a nest of straw stuck in his head, his eyes were deep, his bones were thin, and his body smelled of smoky.
Seeing all this, Shen Xiuwen was stunned, and even Lin Daiyun was speechless in surprise. Although they already knew that Hu and Ping's legs were broken, when they really saw the person in front of them, it was difficult to associate him with the negative man who had lost his conscience in Zhang Qingqing's mouth before.
Hu and Ping struggled to crawl with their arms, and every step forward was a great torture for him. He stopped suddenly, and after looking up at the endless sky, his gaze fell on Shen Xiuwen and Lin Daiyun.
I saw him crawl over with great difficulty, stretched out the broken porcelain bowl in his hand, knocked it on the ground three times, and waited for the two of them to give alms.
Shen Xiuwen couldn't bear it, and took out the money bag in his arms, but Lin Daiyun had already taken out two copper coins and threw them into his broken bowl. Seeing this, Shen Xiuwen thought for a moment, and then took the money bag back.
Hu and Ping kept their heads down, and when they heard the sound in the bowl, they immediately knocked down three heavy bangs in succession.
After kowtowing, I saw him reach out and touch the two copper coins, carefully put them in his tattered clothes, turned around, and crawled in the direction of the county seat.
Shen Xiuwen and Lin Daiyun followed him silently, and followed all the way to a shop that sold paper money, and when the shopkeeper saw him, he wrapped a stack of paper money with his hands and feet, and asked with a smile: "Are you going to send money to your daughter-in-law today?" Although it was a question, the tone was affirmative.
Hu and Ping nodded happily, reached into his arms and took it out, but his face changed, but he saw that he took off the tattered robe on his body, and shook it a few times, but only one copper fell out.
Hu and Ping were so anxious that their eyes were red, and tears flashed in their cloudy eyes. He gritted his teeth and planned to go the same way. The shopkeeper in the shop couldn't bear it, sighed, and said, "You can take this stack of paper money, and you will be counted as a penny today." ”
When Hu and Ping heard this, they took the paper money, their eyes showed gratitude, and they kowtowed several times, loud and loud.
When he reached the mouth of an alley in front of him, he suddenly stopped, put the broken bowl in his hand, lowered his head, and waited for passers-by to give him alms.
Half an hour later, one or two well-wishers gave him a few coppers. He was content to pick up the copper coins and the broken bowl, but he never let go of the stack of paper money. After a few moments, he continued to crawl forward.
In this way, Shen Xiuwen and Lin Daiyun followed him for a day. Hu and Ping didn't eat a drop of water, and the two of them were also hungry. I finally saw Hu and Ping stop by a river, only to find that this was Wanlin Village.
Shen Xiuwen and Lin Daiyun hid behind a big tree, only to see Hu and Ping put down the stack of paper money and quietly look at the sparkling river.
Until it was dark, and it fell again.
Hu and Ping slowly picked up the stack of paper money and threw it into the river one by one. He wept bitterly while throwing paper money, every sound seemed to hit his soul, so painful, so sad.
For a whole day, he didn't say a word, but Shen Xiuwen deeply felt his remorse and longing for Zhang Qingqing from his crying.
The rain became heavier and heavier, hitting Hu and Ping's faces, and with his tears, "popping, popping" dripped into the cold soil.
The wind whined, the rain was howling, and I saw Zhang Qingqing slowly walking out of the night at this time, standing quietly not far away.
She silently watched as her husband, who she once loved, was the murderer of her family and children. Before that, she wanted to strangle him with her own hands, and she wanted to drag him down to the eighteen layers of hell.
But at this moment, she was relieved.
There is no hatred, no resentment, no regret, no unwillingness.
She only wished that she would never see him again in the next life.
It was late at night, Hu and Ping landed on the ground with their arms, crawling on this muddy path with great difficulty, their fleshy arms completely covered by the dirty water in the mud puddle, just looking at it, his lonely and sad back was especially desolate in this dark and rainy night.
Lin Daiyun couldn't look at it and wanted to go over to help him, but was pulled back by Shen Xiuwen.
"Why?" Lin Daiyun asked puzzled.
Shen Xiuwen said: "The sins he created in this life must be repaid by himself, and if you help him, then he will owe you in the next life." ”
Lin Daiyun stared at him as he spoke seriously, and let out an "oh" as if he didn't understand.
Shen Xiuwen stopped talking, and looked at Hu and Ping's difficult figures in the rain from a distance.
He seemed to understand that death is not the cruelest way for a person to pay for his sins, but to let the person live in remorse and self-blame for the rest of his life, which is the greatest punishment and torture for him.
The rain stopped, and the wind calmed down.
Hu and Ping's figures gradually disappeared at the end of this path, and Lin Daiyun sighed deeply and was about to walk forward. Shen Xiuwen grabbed her and motioned her to look at the river.
Lin Daiyun turned around, and then saw Zhang Qingqing standing next to a dead tree, as quiet as a sculpture.
Shen Xiuwen walked over, followed Zhang Qingqing's gaze to the end of the path, stood with his hands in his hands, and sighed: "Although you hate him, it's not because you love him too much, the deeper you love, the deeper the hatred, and now he has also been punished as he deserves, it's not that God doesn't have long eyes, but the time for retribution has not come, and you can be regarded as able to blind your eyes when you witnessed his fate." The past is all in the past, and there is nothing to be nostalgic about. ”
After a while, Zhang Qingqing said: "You're right, I'm dead, I shouldn't be greedy for the world anymore, this life is like a farce, it has made me unforgettable, I hope my next life can be peaceful and stable, and I won't meet him again." ”
"Now that you've figured it out, follow me back to the Cangyun Sect." Lin Daiyun said on the side at this time.