Chapter 155: Obsession (Past)
On the second day, Shi Jian took a food box and opened the door of the Buddha hall. As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of blood came to my nose.
There was no light in the Buddha hall, and several windows were nailed to death with wooden boards, and this only source of light came from the great sun behind Shi Jian. From the open door, a ray of light poured in, casting the shadow of Shijian in front of him.
In the dim light, a monk in a white kudzu cloth monk's robe and a soap-colored gold-rimmed robe could be glimpsed with his arms tied, hunched in a corner.
He was silent, and like a frightened animal, he was startled by the sound of the interpretation, and he trembled.
"Xuanyi, it's time for fasting. Shi Jian gently put down the food box and untied Xuanyi's bound hands. Xuanyi's arms were covered with bite marks and scratches, red and swollen, and flesh and blood blurred.
The monk opened his eyes, his bright red eyes glowing eerily red in the dark space, like a bat inhabiting a cave. He didn't turn his face sideways, just rolled his eyes and looked at Shi Jian who had walked into the darkness.
"Good boy, as long as you get better. If you want to find her, you can go, if you want to return to the vulgar, we will return the vulgar for you. This Garan Temple has trapped you for so many years, and from now on, it will no longer bind you. Shi Jian squatted on the ground and persuaded him sadly, "Ah Zhu, good boy, as long as you get rid of the demons in your heart, everything will be in time." ”
"Uncle Shijian, it's too late," Xuan Yi shook his head, his eyes were dull like a walking corpse, his red eyes were uncertain, and even his voice was a few degrees deeper than before, "Eight sedan chairs, phoenix crown red robe, she is already his wife." She lied to me and she didn't deserve it. ”
Shi Jian has nothing to say, this child has fallen to such a point, he was forced to come here step by step, and now he is half crazy and half demon, and it is actually the sin they created.
Xuan Yi gasped, one hand unconsciously picked up the flesh on his arm, and he snorted, "Uncle Shi Jian, I hurt so much, it hurts so much!"
He said, clutching his skin harder. The nails that had been untrimmed for a long time were full of dander and blood.
Shi Jian knew that the child's pain was still because of Shen Qingjun. Xu thought that if his muscles and bones hurt, his heart would not hurt, so he went back and forth and mutilated his body.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts," he began to scream again, and the whole person shrank in the corner.
Shi Jian immediately tried to hold his arms and restrain him again, but inadvertently touched the string of red Buddha beads on Xuanyi's wrist.
He was so surprised that he shook his hands all at once.
Why is this Buddha bead so weird, it flashes without light, and the red beads are hot?
Shi Jian couldn't help but endure the burning sensation and took off the string of Buddhist beads from Xuanyi's wrist, and as soon as he took it off, Xuanyi stopped roaring and returned to calm. He lowered his head and took a closer look, and when he saw that he was breathing erratically, as if he was just sleeping, he relaxed.
The Buddha string in his hand suddenly dimmed, lost its brilliance, and lost its temperature.
Shi Jian frowned.
"This bead ...... I'm afraid that it is the blood of the old master that has been contaminated with that unfinished obsession, so I ......" Xuanzhen took it in his hand and took it carefully, so he guessed, "Xuanyi has been carrying it close to him since he was a child, and he has been deeply affected by his thoughts unconsciously, and in addition to the fact that you and I have been using 'great cause has not been accomplished' to restrain his wishes, it has caused his demons to grow and ......"
Fen Zhen closed his eyes, and finally came to his senses, his voice trembled, "Shi Jian, we were really wrong. Azhu, this child, was really raised by us, we were wrong, wrong!"
Shi Jian pondered for a moment and shook his head, "You and I have been coming to the Garan Temple for so many years, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, who dares to say that we are not ......? Now that he has demons in his heart, why don't we chant sutras for him to get rid of demons, maybe, it is really effective and it is impossible to say." ”
Bianzhen nodded, "I can only try him." ”
Thousands of miles away, Chang'an City.
I heard that the head of the Huo family, Hawthorne, was pressed into the prison and hit dozens of boards, which made Chang'an full of storms, and the people talked about it.
"You said that the emperor has always been kind to the Huo family, why don't you say that he made any mistakes now, and punish him?"
"This Huo family is extremely favored, and it has always been valued by the Son of Heaven. That Hawthorne is also sleek, no matter how you think about it, he is not the kind of person who will provoke the anger of the Son of Heaven. Look, this favorite courtier can be imprisoned for once, no wonder the old man ......"
"Shhhh
"I'm just going to tell you about it, how can this conversation flow into the palace?"
"That's just as well. ”
"Do you think Huo Mansion will fall like this?"
"Not necessarily, I heard that Huo Lanyuan, the son of the Huo family, is smart by nature, and he behaves like his father.
Although I didn't learn before, I mixed up with several sons of the family, and I was nostalgic for the restaurant all day long, but recently I seem to have the intention of becoming an official, and I have had dealings with many ministers...... Perhaps, he can turn the tide. ”
"Then you and I might as well see how things develop in the future, make a bet?"
"How do you want to bet?"
"I'm betting that the Huo family is isolated and can't exonerate his father. The Huo family has been ...... since then You can't make a comeback. ”
"Good. ”
As for the protagonists of this gossip - those people from the Huo family, they are all scared, and they don't know what the head of the family has committed before they are imprisoned, and they are more worried about whether this crime will be connected to themselves?
All of a sudden, people's hearts are impetuous. Productivity is extremely low.
At this critical time, Shen Qingjun was not impatient or impatient, and showed the demeanor of the hostess of the house, and it was also thanks to her that she presided over the overall situation, and the rewards and punishments were clear, so that the Huo family would not be in a mess.
Of course, there are not a few people who fled in the middle of the night. They didn't have any intention and affection for Huo Mansion to advance and retreat together, so naturally they didn't want to share hardships with Huo Mansion.
What's more, at this juncture, the Huo family will definitely not set their sights on the fleeing subordinates, they have more important matters that need to be dealt with urgently.
"Young lady, young master is back. Qing Huan brought a bowl of porridge to Shen Qingjun, she frowned, as if she had something to say but was afraid of trespassing.
"Qing Huan, what's wrong with you?" Shen Qingjun glanced at Qing Huan's appearance of wanting to say goodbye, and motioned to her to say it was okay.
"What does the young master look like...... It's a little strange, he ......" Qinghuan's little face wrinkled, as if he didn't know how to describe it.
"Brother Lan Yuan, what's wrong with him?" Shen Qingjun scooped up a spoonful of white porridge and blew lightly.
"I can't tell you, if the young lady is worried, it is better to go over and take a look by herself. As soon as the young master came back, he went directly to the ancestral hall. ”
Shen Qingjun nodded, "Wait until I'm done drinking the porridge." ”
The Huo family ancestral hall is located next to the main house, and Shen Qingjun was only taken there once on the day he married Huo Lanyuan. Counting it down, this was only the second time she had set foot here.
"Brother Lan Yuan, you're back. From a distance, Shen Qingjun saw a person kneeling in front of the tablet of the Huo family's ancestors, prostrating himself on the ground.
The man did not say a word, and did not answer.
When Shen Qingjun approached, he found that the man was a little unkempt and disheveled, and Xu had been wandering in front of the minister's mansion with the Huo family for several days to inquire about the news, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes.
"I came back this time, but what did I find?" Shen Qingjun asked with concern, wanting to walk up to him and see his expression.
"Don't come here. Huo Lanyuan shouted angrily.
Shen Qingjun was taken aback, this was the first time a man had spoken to her with this attitude and tone, even if it was a cold face that the relationship between the two had not been harmonious before.
"You...... What's wrong?"
"Your father, your father," Huo Lanyuan gritted his teeth a little, kneeling in front of the ancestral tablet for a long time, as if begging for forgiveness from his ancestors, "Your father wants to kill our Huo family!"