Seventy-fourth Episode: Afterlife

The moon shadow is clear and bright, and the wine and beauty are fragrant.

Walking in the world is a chic guest, and the lotus is full of ponds and graceful.

In the past few days, all I have in my mind is about Haohai and Mingyue's marriage, because although the two of them are a few years older than me, we are very good friends, so I am also very concerned about their situation in my heart.

So, when I was meditating tonight, I suddenly had a whim, I wanted to take a look at Haohai and Fan Mingyue's previous lives, what kind of marriage they married and became husband and wife.

In the picture, it appears in England in the 14th century, because the clothing is from that period, the women wear skirts with support, and the men wear tuxedos and leggings, and the atmosphere of life in the whole Britain gives me the feeling of comfort and harmony, where people enjoy a slow pace of life, and everywhere is full of quiet and peace.

Haohai lived in London, England at the time, he was a baron, named Charlie, he looked similar to this life, but he was taller and more powerful than now, with dark yellow hair, maybe Haohai's hair that he liked to dye yellow had something to do with him at this time, it may be his own deep-seated memory. He also has a pair of dark blue eyes, a fine black beard on his chin, a neat suit, and a small black top hat, looking very arrogant and conceited, and handsome and chic.

Fan Mingyue was a royal nobleman at the time, the daughter of a prince, named Mary, with pale blonde hair, long hair and shawl, a pair of big eyes with a smile and a smile, small corners of her mouth slightly upturned, red lips slightly open, her whole body in white clothes Shengxue, her waist was tightly bound, and she was born with a noble temperament.

Mary is a royal nobleman, who has received a traditional royal education since she was a child, and naturally has a very strict family education, proper manners, introverted personality, and is very traditional, honest, and does not use rhetoric.

She often likes to read quietly or take a walk in the garden, usually take care of some flowers and plants, and feed some small animals. At that time, there was a duke's family and Mary's royal nobles, because they were close to each other, so they had already entered into a marriage contract very early, and her fiancé was named Jason, who was a duke.

On this day, at the estate of his fiancé Jason, he invited a large group of men and women of high society, including Baron Charlie, to hold a grand ball in his estate.

Mary was delayed by some things, so she arrived at the manor halfway through the ball. As soon as Mary entered the manor, she was still far away, and she saw a very sexy and bewitching woman on the balcony on the second floor, a woman who would fall under her pomegranate skirt at a glance for all men, but seeing her radiant and graceful figure, she was extremely intimate with Mary's fiancé Jason.

Duke Jason looked very excited, from time to time from his mouth from a hearty laugh, when Mary appeared downstairs, Duke Jason immediately greeted him, and stood side by side with Mary, showing great enthusiasm, and asked Mary for warmth, which made the woman who was laughing with Duke Jason just now, a layer of jealousy was born in her eyes, and after Duke Jason was called away by several colleagues around her, she walked over to Mary.

The bewitching woman walked up to Mary and said to Mary, "Hello, Miss Mary, my name is Mengqi, and I am a good friend of the Duke, and I heard that you are the fiancée of the Duke." ”

Mary nodded and smiled, "Yes, Miss Mengqi, may I ask you something?" Although Mary hated the woman in front of her, her status as a royal nobleman forced her to put on an elegant posture.

Mengqi smiled: "The Duke is a very talented, very funny and humorous gentleman, many women here appreciate him and want to marry him, and I am one of them. ”

Mary said slightly angrily, "Really? Thank you so much! Miss Mengqi, are you okay? If there's nothing to do, I'll be out of company first! There was a hint of anger in his words.

Meng Qi smiled charmingly and continued: "Lord Duke, I think the person I am most willing to marry should be a woman with all kinds of amorous feelings like me, because men in the world will not like a woman as old-fashioned as you at all, and besides, I don't understand the amorous woman, Miss Mary, I think you should consciously leave him." ”

The words of the woman named Mengqi were a little vicious, but Mary, who had been taught very strictly since she was a child, didn't know how to refute it at all, although she saw the woman's femme fatale heart, but Mary didn't say anything more, but chose to turn away.

As Mary turned, she distinctly heard a few vicious curse words coming from the mouth of the woman named Mengqi.

Mary left sadly, believing that her fiancé Jason would see the sinister intentions of the woman named Mengqi, and she walked alone to the door of the manor, silently weeping tears herself.

Mary was hovering alone at the gate of the manor, trying to leave, and not far behind her, she heard an extremely magnetic man's voice, saying, "Beautiful Miss Mary, are you looking for a carriage, and if you allow you, may I take you home?" ”

Mary looked back when she heard this, a little surprised, and asked, "Sir, who are you?" ”

Charlie stepped forward, took off his top hat with a smile, bowed down and said: "Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Charlie, I am a baron, I have seen everything that happened just now, please don't be sad and sad, if there is a chance, I want to escort you home." ”

Mary glanced at the handsome man standing in front of her, and with a gesture, he brought out a noble temperament, so she nodded and said, "Then trouble Mr. Charlie." ”

In this way, Mary got into Baron Charles's carriage, and in the carriage, Mary was deeply impressed by Baron Charles's humor, swept away the melancholy just now, and from time to time their happy laughter came out of the carriage.

Soon the carriage stopped in front of Mary's house, and at the time of parting, Mary blushed and whispered to Charlie, "Thank you, Mr. Charlie, for a pleasant evening, goodbye!" With that, he trotted into the house.

It wasn't until Mary's delicate figure disappeared from Charlie's eyes that Charlie took a deep breath, got back into the car, and drove away.

Within a few days, Mary heard of something that made her very angry and distressed, that the Duke had been secretly with the woman named Mengqi that night.

Mary didn't know how to face this sudden blow, she didn't know how to face other people's faces and words, she was full of shame, because this kind of thing happened, for a woman of Mary's status, it was very humiliating in the upper class society at that time.

Mary washed her face with tears all day long, in order to distract her heart, and in order to vent the depression in her heart for the past few days, Mary wandered alone along the streets of the Thames early this morning, wandering aimlessly in the streets.

What people didn't expect was that there was a person not far behind Mary, and when Mary was alert, she quickly turned around and found that the person not far behind her was the baron named Charlie, and he didn't know when he had been following Mary.

When Mary saw that it was Charlie, her heart throbbed a little, and at this time, Charlie saw that Mary had discovered herself, and she did not hide her figure, and walked forward quickly with a smile.

Charlie was very gentlemanly and asked, "Miss Mary, why do you walk alone in this street, is there anything unhappy?" If I could, I would like to be your loyal listener and follower. ”

Mary was a little surprised, and said, "Mr. Charlie, why did you see you here early in the morning?" Why do you keep following me? ”

Charlie stroked his nose, a little embarrassed, and said: "To tell you the truth, I have been waiting in front of your house for the past few days, Miss Miss, wanting to see your face again, and since that day, my heart seems to be attracted by something." ”

Mary's face flushed like an apple when she heard Charlie say this, and her heart beat faster, for no one had ever said such a thing in front of her as she had grown so big.

Seeing this, Charlie changed the subject and said, "Miss Mary, it's still early, why don't we two talk while walking?" ”

Mary nodded, and Charlie walked side by side, she told Charlie about her past life experience, Charlie was really a good listener, there while listening to Mary silently, when listening to everything, Charlie smiled, said: "Miss Mary, life is actually full of beauty, you have to learn to find this beauty, there are only people in the world who can't figure it out, there is no way to go, don't dare to pick roses for fear of being hurt by roses, isn't it?" ”

Mary reflected on Charlie's words, smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Charlie, I will remember what you said." ”

Charlie and Mary, two people, strolled through the spacious street, talking about life and ideals.

At this time, Duke Jason, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared, and the carriage in which Duke Jason was riding was a very beautiful carriage, and he appeared in front of Mary and Charlie.

After Duke Jason got out of the car, he glanced at Charlie with contempt and said to Mary beside him: "Mary, so you are here, let me find it, come with me, I will show you a gift!" ”

As Duke Jason spoke, he forcibly pulled Mary to the car, and Charlie, who was on the side, couldn't see it, stepped forward, stopped the duke, and said, "Mr. Duke, is it too rude for you to do this, please let it go!" Be gentle with Miss Mary! ”

The Duke looked at Charlie viciously with his eyes, and said word by word: "Charlie, you'd better be smart for me, Mary is my fiancée, and it's not your turn to get involved!" Get out of here! Otherwise, I want you to look good! ”

After saying that, he closed the door, and the carriage quickly left here, all the way away.

Unbeknownst to Mary and the Duke in the carriage, Charlie followed closely behind the carriage, running wildly.

The duke's carriage drove into a large manor, and at the entrance of the manor, he saw a huge sculpture with a pedestal about one person high, on which was a knight riding a tall horse, the whole statue was gilded, very majestic, and the pedestal was engraved with two words "Mary's Manor".

Mary was very surprised when she saw it, how did she engrave her name? There are many other sculptures on the estate, and the pedestal is engraved with Mary's name, and Mary's name is everywhere.

In the center of the garden there is a huge fountain, there are many flowers in the pool, and there are sculptures, the fountain is fenced with gilded balustrades, behind the fountain is a large villa bungalow, many servants and gardeners in the manor are busy, when he sees Mary coming, Duke Jason tells the servants to call Mary his wife, and the servants treat Mary with the same respect as a real duchess.

The servants had long known about Duke Jason and the woman named Mengqi, and they had great respect and sympathy for Mary. Duke Jason only found out after getting along with the woman named Mengqi during this time that the only one who could really bring him peace of mind was Mary, so Duke Jason did not hesitate to abandon the woman named Mengqi and pursue Mary again. In order to express his apologies to Mary, he specially purchased a manor house for Mary to ask for Mary's forgiveness.

However, Duke Jason thought too simply, he regarded Mary as an ordinary woman who loved and vanity like other women, and could get her heart as long as she gave a little favor. In fact, Mary is not happy at all now, because Mary values a woman's reputation more important, and she will not give everything for a man with a heart.

Mary was reluctant to accept Duke Jason's gift, so she left the manor sadly. She wept as she walked, and kept crying, at this time, not far ahead, a figure appeared panting, none other than Charlie himself, when Mary saw the man in front of her, somehow, Mary instinctively ran towards him, and the two of them hugged each other on the street, and many people on the street saw this scene, including Duke Jason in the manor.

After Duke Jason saw this scene, his face was blue and white, and his whole body was trembling with anger, he didn't allow this kind of thing to happen, this was the biggest humiliation to himself, this was something that was absolutely not allowed to happen!

Thinking of this, the Duke was already carried away by jealousy, and like a beast of prey, he rushed into the carriage, and drove the splendid carriage towards Charles and Mary.

The pedestrians on the street were stunned when they saw this happening, and the first to notice that it was Charlie who rushed over immediately, and he saw Duke Jason roaring wildly in the carriage at a glance, and just as the carriage was about to impact him and Mary, Charlie pushed Mary aside with all his might.

A scream sounded, Charlie was swept under the wheels of the carriage, covered in blood, and Mary, who fell to the side, rushed to Charlie like crazy, and hugged him tightly in her arms, tears had filled Mary's eyes.

Charlie's mouth kept oozing blood, he looked at Mary, smiled and opened his mouth, and finally, slowly closed his eyes, and died.

At the same time as Charlie closed her eyes, Mary burst into tears and said a sentence from her mouth, "Charlie, if there is an afterlife, we will definitely become husband and wife and stay with you for a long time." ”

The people on the street gathered in front of Mary and Charlie, some pointed at them, some looked sad, some looked numb, and Duke Jason, who calmed down not far away, also knew that he had made a big mistake this time, and in order not to be punished, he began to dot up and down.

In the end, Duke Jason was only punished by being demoted to the rank of Earl, without any substantial loss, and when Mary learned of all this, she was not surprised, but made a decision that surprised everyone, that is, she asked the royal family for her life, and finally, became a nun, never married, and completely broke away from this world.

When I was in the middle of the meditation and saw all this clearly, I sighed the pain of being a human being, and I also saw more clearly that behind all these things, there is a cause and effect, it seems that the combination of Haohai and Fan Mingyue in this life is caused by the difficulties and wishes of the previous life, and they will become a loving couple in this life.

I slowly woke up from the state of meditation, and did not rush to get out of bed, but continued to meditate, looking at the sun gradually rising outside the window, I thought in my heart, although the day and night change, the years are like a shuttle, and the wheels of time and history are rolling forward, but this cause and effect has never been broken, it can really be said that there is no love for no reason, there is no hate for no reason, all love and hatred are in this fate.

Now that I've cleared my mind and have a clearer goal, I'm going to keep moving forward on this path so that I can get rid of this endless cycle of cause and effect, and get rid of this cycle of samsara.

I still repeat the rhythm and lifestyle of my previous life every day, and the only thing I am thinking about in my heart is Haohai's wedding.

Tomorrow is the day of Haohai's wedding, and I became one of the best men in Haohai's best man group, and I was able to accompany Haohai to Fan's house to marry Fan Mingyue throughout the whole process.

Haohai is the grandson of the Sun family of the Oriental Group, and Fan Mingyue is the eldest daughter of Fan Changming, chairman of the Haitian Group.

Tonight, I came to Haohai's house, he had already prepared a white dress for me, and I really had a handsome temperament on my body.

Haohai's best man team, counting me has ten people, it can be said that the lineup is strong, and I am the most down-to-earth one in it, and the smallest one.

In the evening, more than a dozen of us were resting at Haohai's house, and after dinner, we were all idle, so we sat around the living room drinking tea and chatting and watching TV, and a few people were playing cards.

Haohai four or five of us sat on the sofa and watched TV, we watched and chatted, in the process of chatting I intentionally or unintentionally, from the side said about the fate between Haohai and Fan Mingyue, at first Haohai a few of them did not believe, thought it was a fantasy, however, I did not force it, because everyone's views and perceptions are different, can not ask others how to how, so, I told them a story, when I began to tell this story, other people playing cards in the living room also gathered around, Listen to me curiously.

This story takes place in the last year of the Tang Dynasty, there was a monk named Yuanguan in Huilin Temple in Luoyang, who could cultivate the fields and had a lot of grain and cloth. In addition to studying Buddhism, he was also proficient in music, and people called him a rich monk at the time, but they did not know his origin.

At that time, there was a counselor Li Yuan, who was originally the son of an official eunuch. During the Tianbao period, he ate, drank and played all day long, indulged in singing and dancing, and his father Li Xin guarded the border and was captured by thieves.

Since then, Li Yuan has been forced to eat coarse grain and wear coarse cloth clothes, settle in Huilin Temple, and donate all his family property to the temple. The monks in the monastery gave him a meal every day, did not give it to his servants, and did not tell the outside world about him.

He only became close friends with the monk Yuanguan, and the two of them often talked to each other, from the morning to the dusk, and the people at that time thought that the two of them were innocent and muddy, and it was unreasonable to be together, so they often ridiculed and ridiculed them.

After 30 years in this way, both of them were old, and one day, the two old men made an appointment to travel to Shuzhou together and go to Emei in Qingcheng to visit the immortals for medicine.

Yuanguan wanted to swim through Chang'an and go out from the valley, Li Yuan wanted to pass through Jingzhou and go out from the Three Gorges, they kept arguing for these two routes, and they didn't reach an agreement for half a year, Li Yuan said: "I have cut off earthly things, how can I pass through the capital of the two dynasties?" Yuanguan said: "If you don't have the will to take any road, you should go out from the Three Gorges." So the two went up to the Three Gorges from the Jing River.

When the boat came to the foot of the hill, they saw a few women, dressed in bright dresses, carrying jugs on their backs to the river to fetch water. Yuanguan saw them in tears and said, "I don't want to come here, I'm afraid to see these women." Li Yuan asked in surprise: "We came out of this gorge and saw a lot of such women, why did you only cry these women?" Yuanguan said: "Among them, there is a pregnant woman surnamed Wang, who is the place where I will take care of her in the next life, she has been pregnant for three years, and she has not given birth to a child, because I have not died, and since I have seen her today, it is my destiny, which is what Buddhism calls the cycle of reincarnation." ”

Then he said to Li Yuan, "Please recite a mantra for me, so that I can be reborn quickly." Thy sailor shall stay for a few days and bury me at the foot of the mountain. Three days after the baby is born, you go to the house to visit, if the baby sees you and smiles, it is that he knows you, twelve years later, the Mid-Autumn Festival moonlit night, outside the Tianzhu Temple in Hangzhou, is the day to meet you. ”

Li Yuan regretted the trip at this time, and felt extremely sad about the incident, so he called the woman over and told her to prepare for the birth of the child, and the woman returned home happily, and after a while, the woman's relatives arrived, and offered dried fish and wine sacrifices by the river.

After Yuanguan bathed, he changed into new clothes, and that night, Yuanguan passed away, and the pregnant woman gave birth to a child.

Li Yuan went to see the newborn baby three days later, and the baby in the swaddling clothes could recognize people, and sure enough, he smiled at Li Yuan, Li Yuan's tears flowed down, and told Wang in detail about it, so Wang took out a lot of money to bury Yuanguan.

The next day, Li Yuan boarded the boat and returned to Huilin Temple, he asked the fortune teller for advice, only to know that this matter was predestined, and in the autumn and August of the twelfth year, Li Yuan came directly to Hangzhou to go to Yuanguan's appointment.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, near Tianzhu Temple, the mountain rain is sunny, sprinkled with moonlight, he is not knowing where to look for Yuanguan, suddenly saw Ge Hongchuan, there are shepherd boys singing bamboo branch words, riding on the back of the ox and beating the horns, tying two hair buns, wearing a short coat, a while to the front of Tianzhu Temple, it turned out to be Yuanguan.

Li Yuan visited him and said, "Is it healthy to watch the elderly?" But the shepherd boy said to Li Yuan: "You are really a reputable person, I take a different path from you, be careful not to approach each other, your worldly fate is not over, I hope you can practice diligently, if you practice diligently and are not lazy, we will meet soon." Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Yuanguan and cry because he couldn't talk about his past friendship with Yuanguan.

At this time, Yuanguan sang the bamboo branch words again, walked forward step by step, the mountains and rivers were far away, and the singing could still be heard, the singing was deep and the rhythm was high-pitched, I don't know what to sing. When I first arrived in front of the temple, I sang: "The old spirit on the Sansheng Stone, don't talk about the moon and the wind." I am ashamed that my lover visited each other from afar, although this body is of the opposite sex. There is also a passage that says: "Things are vast before and after, and if you want to talk about karma, you are afraid of breaking your bowels." Wu Yuexi Mountain searched for himself, but returned to the smoke on Qutang. After another three years, Li Yuan became a counselor and died after three years as an official.

By the time I finished telling the story, everyone in the living room was listening silently, as if they hadn't jumped out of the storyline yet.

One of the best men asked me, "Hyun, how do you know such a magical story, I have never heard of it since I was a child, do people really have reincarnation?" ”

I smiled and replied: "I can't answer you about this, there are those who believe, there are those who don't believe, it depends on people's choices, how much you can perceive, you don't care if there is really reincarnation, you don't have to care if this story is true, you just need to remember, this story itself is to tell you a truth, that is, what you have done, it is possible that you will repay it one day in the future, this is cause and effect, no one can escape, you can believe it or not, this depends on yourself!" ”

However, Haohai beside me said: "I completely believe what Xiao Hyun said, you don't know his ability, I have seen it with my own eyes and experienced it myself." So, Haohai told everyone here about some of my things, and everyone sat there and listened with relish.

We only rested for a while at dawn, but it wasn't too much of a problem, after all, we were all young people, and when we were ready to leave in the morning, our groomsmen were all in good spirits again.

For a whole day, I accompanied Haohai to marry the beautiful bride, walked the red carpet with him, accompanied him and several groomsmen and bridesmaids to play games to set off the atmosphere of the scene, etc., the wedding went very smoothly and successfully, and the wedding of the century also became the headline of some tabloids across the country, occupying the page of entertainment news for a period of time.