As the saying goes, "It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel thousands of miles." ”
Once upon a time, there was a rich man named Zhang Tianyou, who left home to travel the country to increase his knowledge when he was less than twenty years old.
On this day, he just arrived in Jinzhou territory, the sky has darkened, in front of a dark forest, although there is some fear in his heart, but now there is no village in front, and there is no place to cover the wind and rain after the shop, and he can only hope that through the woods you can meet people or broken temples, and you can spend the night.
He walked into the dark woods, and before he could get far, he heard a woman's cry for help not far ahead, "Help... Help me...... Who can save me?"
Zhang Tianyou thought to himself, "How can there be a woman calling for help in this desolate wilderness, and is it some kind of monster that seduces and deceives herself?" He had the heart to ignore it, but thinking about it, if someone really died and he didn't save himself when he saw death like this, wouldn't it be like killing people, and his heart would be uneasy in the future.
He grew bold and looked in the direction of the sound, and it didn't take long to see a young woman tied to a poplar tree in front of him.
By the moonlight, I saw two tear marks on the woman's delicate and lovely face, and the tears were full of tears, looking so helpless and pitiful.
Zhang Tianyou looked around, and there was no one around. He had the courage to untie the rope for the girl and asked, "Who are you, how did you end up here, and how did you end up tied to a tree?"
The woman replied: "The little girl's name is Mu Zihan, not long ago, my parents died of illness, my brother and I planned to run to relatives, but I didn't expect to meet a robber here, my brother and I ran away all the way." I was caught by them and tied up here, and they went after my brother again. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Tianyou quickly looked around and said, "That gang of robbers may come back immediately, so you should flee quickly!" When you're done, you're leaving.
Mu Zihan grabbed the corner of his clothes, and a pair of eyes full of autumn water kept staring at him: "This prince, can you take me with you?" I don't know if my brother is alive or dead now, what if I were alone if I met that gang!" Mu Zihan said as he kept flowing down his tears.
Zhang Tianyou couldn't bear to refuse when he saw her like this, so he had to take her on the road with him. Along the way, Zhang Tianyou walked in front, and Mu Zihan followed him closely.
The two men walked all the way and unconsciously came to an ancient temple. Zhang Tianyou looked up and saw that the plaque in front of the door had three gilded characters written "Spirit Void View".
He hurriedly went forward to knock on the door, and after a while he heard someone come and open the door, and the person who opened the door was an old Daoist monk of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone, and after the old Daoist priest performed a ritual, he said, "In the lower spirit of the Void Dao Chief, I don't know what noble deeds the prince has?"
Zhang Tianyou hurriedly threw up his hands and said, "It's dark when I pass by this place, and I want to borrow a night here, and I hope that it will be convenient for me to go on a long journey."
The Dao Commander smiled and said, "What is convenient or inconvenient, everyone who comes is a guest, come in!" With that, he invited Zhang Tianyou into the Taoist Hall, and then found him a clean room for him to rest.
During this time, Mu Zihan had been clutching the corners of his clothes tightly and following behind him without a word.
Zhang Tianyou saw that the Dao Commander did not ask about Mu Girl, but directly helped him find a room, thinking: "It must be that the Dao Commander misunderstood that he and Mu Girl were a small couple, so he only prepared a box room." It seems that you have to make it clear to the governor, otherwise how should you rest this night?"
Just as Zhang Tianyou was about to open his mouth and let the Dao Commander prepare a box room for Mu Zihan, the Lingxu Dao Commander said, "Gongzi is tired from the journey, you rest first, and I will ask Madame to help you prepare some meals." After saying that, he quickly left the room. Zhang Tianyou wanted to open his mouth, but the Spirit Void Dao Commander was no longer there.
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Taoism is different from Buddhism, and many Daoist monks at that time were married and had children, so Zhang Tianyou was not surprised that the Lingxu Dao had a wife.
After a while, an old woman with a kind eyebrow walked into the compartment with a food plate, the food was very simple, two vegetarian dishes and a bowl of porridge, the woman put the meal on the table, and said: "It is too late, there is only this in the kitchen, the prince should not be abandoned!"
Zhang Tianyou thanked him one after another, "If you can only stutter, Xiaosheng is already grateful, how dare you abandon it!"
"Then the boy will eat it while it is hot!" I'll come back in a minute to clean up the dishes!" After saying this, the woman turned and left the room.
Zhang Tianyou sent the woman away and turned to look at the table, only to see that there was only an empty bowl and a pair of chopsticks in the food plate, and then saw that there was only a chair next to the round table, and she couldn't help but feel surprised.
He turned to Lady Mu and said, "The owner of this place is so strange!" Although it is very enthusiastic, but the food given is too little, and there is only a pair of dishes, the girl or you eat first!"
Mu Zihan did not give in after listening, so he sat down at the table and picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them.
After about a column of incense, there was a knock at the door, and at this time, Mu Zihan also finished eating and hid behind Zhang Tianyou.
When the old woman entered the house, she began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and after everything was packed, she said to Zhang Tianyou: "Gongzi, the husband of the family invited the gongzi to the back hall for a while, I don't know if the gongzi has time?"
Zhang Tianyou hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Exactly, I also want to thank the Dao Chief in person!"
Then, he turned to Mu Zihan behind him and said, "Miss Mu, you can rest here tonight!" I asked the governor to borrow a room. ”
The old woman looked at Zhang Tianyou in surprise and said, "Gongzi, who are you talking to?"
"She." Zhang Tianyou said and pointed to Mu Zihan behind him. The old woman's face changed suddenly, and the dishes in her hand fell to the ground.
The old woman pulled Zhang Tianyou out of the room, then closed the door of the compartment tightly, and then took out a large lock to lock the door.
Zhang Tianyou asked puzzledly, "Old man, what's wrong?" Why did you lock Aunt Mu in the room?"
The old woman asked nervously, "Son, you honestly tell me, did you save a woman in the woods?"
Zhang Tianyou looked at the old woman in surprise and asked, "How do you know?"
The old woman did not answer, and then asked, "Is that woman in your room now?"
Zhang Tianyou glanced at the box room, a little puzzled, since she entered the Taoist Hall, Mu Girl has been following behind her, hasn't she seen it? "Yeah, she's been in the room all the time, didn't you see her smiling at you?"
As soon as the words fell out, I saw the old woman frown and sigh, "Oh... Dude... Do you know that you are about to be in a catastrophe? ay...... How did you provoke her?"
Zhang Tianyou now recalled everything before, the bowl and chopsticks and a chair suddenly broke into a cold sweat, and his voice trembled a little, "Don't you old people see her?"
The old woman nodded, and Zhang Tianyou asked again: "Old man, you seem to know her very well, what is going on?"
The old woman seemed to be caught up in the memory, and after a while said, "Oh... She is also a bitter woman, passing through this place many years ago with her husband. Unexpectedly, she met the robbers, and her husband left her alone and ran away, and she was humiliated to death by the robbers. From then on, she transformed into a powerful ghost, and whenever the moon was high in the sky, she would confuse those men who were alone and rushing to the road in the forest, follow them to their residences, and then take their lives in the middle of the night. ”
After Zhang Tianyou heard this, his body couldn't help but start to tremble, and he couldn't believe that the Mu girl who had been following him was not a person. He grabbed the old woman's sleeve and pleaded, "Old man, you must think of a way to save me, I don't want to die yet!"
The old woman said, "At this point, maybe only the old man of my family may have a way to drive her away, but everything depends on the creation of the prince." After saying that, he led Zhang Tianyou to the back hall.
When the two of them came to the back hall, Zhang Tianyou was about to go in but was stopped by the old woman, only to see the old woman with a serious look and whispering, "No, why is the demon here so heavy, or first look at the situation inside."
The two crept to the window, Zhang Tianyou dipped his fingers a little saliva, poked a small hole in the window paper, looked down the small hole, only to see a woman with a vicious face, her white hands were full of blood, the most terrifying thing was that she was still licking the blood on her hands, and a Taoist priest covered in blood lay motionless on the ground.
That Daoist priest was the Lingxu Daoist who had received him before, and the woman with the vicious face was no one else, it was Mu Zihan, Mu Girl, who had been following behind him!
At this time, only to hear the female ghost emit a cold laugh, "Oh... You are an old miscellaneous hair, on weekdays we can also be regarded as well water does not violate the river water, and we have been safe and sound. I didn't expect that today you actually wanted to rely on this bit of your mana to do it for Skywalker, so don't blame Grandma for my fierce heart! However, since you have just given me a meal, I will leave you a whole corpse today and not eat you. However, the little brother surnamed Zhang must have tasted very delicious... Hahaha"
Looking at the vicious-looking female ghost, blood dripping down the white fingers on the ground, he only felt that his eyes were black, his legs and feet were weak, and his body was slanted and fainted.
When he woke up, he found himself lying on a man's back, walking in the moonlight.
Zhang Tianyou thought that the old woman had saved herself, and was running for her life on her back: "Old man, thank you for saving me!" Then he felt that something was wrong, he was also a prime-age man, how could the old man be so old that he could move his back.
Just then, a faint voice came, "Son, you're awake."
Oh, my God! This is clearly the voice of the female ghost. Zhang Tianyou was completely desperate at this time, and he still did not escape death in the end, thinking that he would be eaten by the female ghost, and he was frightened and fainted.
By the time Zhang Tianyou woke up again, the sky was already bright. He opened his eyes slowly and found himself lying on top of a pile of soft hay, with a charming woman across from him, looking at herself with delight.
"Mu Girl... Spare your life... Since ancient times, there have been unjust debts and masters... I have no vendetta against you... Don't eat me!" Zhang Tianyou exclaimed, desperately moving backwards, trying to get as far away from the woman in front of him as possible.
"Don't be afraid, gongzi, I'm a human, not a female ghost, don't believe you, I have a shadow!" Said, turned around in the sun.
Under the sun, Mu Zihan looks even more beautiful and moving, charming and colorful, and even the shadow looks peugeot.
Zhang Tianyou carefully glanced at Mu Zihan's feet, found that there was really a shadow, slightly relieved, and asked, "Why were you obviously locked in the room last night, how did you appear in the room of the Lingxu Dao Chief, and kill him?" What the hell are you?"
Mu Zihan whispered, "Dissatisfied Gongzi, the Head of the Spirit Void Dao is my father, and that old woman is my mother, and as for what you saw yesterday, it wasn't me at all, but my twin sister!"
Zhang Tianyou was a little relieved after listening to it, and after a while, he said, "Is what I saw yesterday all fake..."
"Yes!" Mu Zihan nodded.
"Why are you doing this?" Zhang Tianyou asked somewhat puzzled.
Mu Zihan bowed his head and said, "What our family does is also to maintain their livelihood. Rest assured, we have never harmed anyone's life, we are only asking for money, even if it is those disciples who want to take advantage of me, we only punish them slightly, and we do not harm their lives. ”
"Then why did you save me and send me here?"
"Because... I..." Mu Zihan looked down and fiddled with the corners of his clothes, his face suddenly turned red, and whispered, "Because I like you, you are different from others, I want you to marry me!"
When Zhang Tianyou heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he stood up and said loudly: "If you want me to marry you, it is impossible!"
"Why! Am I not good-looking?"
Zhang Tianyou pointed at Mu Zihan and scolded: "Your family uses the kindness of others to seek money, others are kind enough to save you, you don't know gratitude and use the theory of ghosts and monsters to steal other people's money, just like you are such a ungrateful, don't know how to reciprocate, and how shameless women, I would rather die than marry you."
Mu Zihan's voice choked up and said, "I didn't expect you to look at me like this!" After saying that, he covered his face and ran out.
Two years later, Zhang Tianyou participated in the scientific examination and won the Jinshi, but he did not expect that the emperor would appoint him as the prefect of Jinzhou. When he passed through the woods again, he found that the "Spiritual Void View" had become a ruin, and it was already human.
He inquired about the local people and learned that two years ago, a fire inexplicably broke out in the "Spirit Void Temple", and the four members of the Ling Void Dao Chief's family were all buried in the sea of fire.
Zhang Tianyou didn't expect that it would be the Lingxu Daoist family that would end like this, sighed, and went away in a daze.
finish
Xiao Ran wanted to say: What is right is not necessarily good, and what is wrong is not necessarily bad.
In this world, it is not black and white, right and wrong are also conditional, under different conditions, right and wrong are also different, and with the difference of our age, the perspective of looking at the problem will be different.
Just like Zhang Tianyou many years later, if he met Mu Zihan again, I would definitely let them marry, after all, from the beginning I did not plan to let her not be a bad person.
Who can guarantee that no mistakes will be made in a person's life? No one is a saint, and even a sage will make mistakes in front of him all his life. It is not terrible for a person to make a mistake, but it is terrible that no one gives him the opportunity to correct it.
Mu Zihan is such a person, she was just born in such a family, there is no way to change, she also wants to escape from such a life, but those who saved her before may have other plans, until they met the upright Zhang Tianyou.
A good word is warm in three winters, and a bad word hurts people in June. Zhang Tianyou's words were like a sharp sword, stabbing Mu Zihan's fragile soul.
I remember a news story where a child got into an argument with his mother and the boy suddenly ran out of the car and jumped straight off the bridge. At that time, I was thinking, what makes a person not even afraid of death?
I hope that friends will have more understanding and forgiveness for their loved ones around them, things may become different, and life may become better!