In the dark dungeon, the sound of mice grinding their teeth could be heard from time to time. Tianwen was chained to the cross, and the jailer beat him with a whip dipped in salt until his skin was torn apart. Tianwen had never suffered such torture before, and he fainted several times.
, the jailers used cold water to wake him up. This was already the sixth time. The jailers were probably tired from beating him, so they all went out to rest.
Tian Wen fell into a drowsy sleep. He really wished that he could not sleep again. He knew that no one could save him this time. He was bound to die. If he died earlier, he would suffer less physical pain.
"Tianwen, wake up, wake up."
Tian Wen reluctantly opened her eyes. This beautiful face was so familiar. Why didn't she go to the bridal chamber to spend the night? Why did she come to this ghost place?
"You." Yu Qiao's soft, boneless hands held Tian Wen's chin, and a light kiss fell on Tian Wen's lips.
"Send him away." After Yu Qiao said all this, she ran away crying.
Only then did Tian Wen realize that Lin Feng was standing opposite him, his face so gloomy that he could shed tears.
"Let's go."
The two jailers untied Tian Wen's shackles, held his arms and walked out.
"Where are you taking me?"
"What's so good about you? I can't compare with you. Why doesn't Yu Qiao love me? Even if I frame you and make you lose everything, she still only has you in her heart. I really want to send you to hell."
." Lin Feng grabbed Tian Wen's collar and said fiercely.
Tian Wen's head was in chaos. He should have thought of the small piece of paper with the answer that appeared inexplicably on the examination venue. The examiner didn't listen to his explanation and kicked him out of the examination room. It all had something to do with this prime minister. He also loves Yu Qiao.
, so he cannot tolerate the existence of Tianwen.
"You devil." Tian Wen really couldn't bring himself to forgive this enemy who killed his father and took his wife.
"It doesn't matter that I am a devil. As long as I can get Yu Qiao, I will not hesitate to turn him into a Shura from hell. You are a saint, but what can you do now? You are my prisoner. Life or death is entirely up to you.
I have the final say. Your dead ghost father died because of you. In order for Yu Qiao to let me go, you promised to serve me wholeheartedly. You said your life is sad or not. Everyone who loves you has been hurt because of you.
No, I will love Yu Qiao well and let her know that I am her most correct choice, take her away."
Tianwen was stuffed into a carriage, and his ears were always filled with what Lin Feng said and Lin Feng's last unbridled ridicule.
"Go away." A few days later, Tian Wen was thrown out of the carriage. The Lin family's servant threw a bag of scattered silver to Tian Wen. Tian Wen didn't even look at it. No matter how shameless he was, he couldn't pick up that bastard Lin Feng.
s things.
"All you have left is your backbone. How can your backbone be used as food? You idiot." The servant of the Luo family was not polite. He picked up the money bag, got into the carriage and drove away.
Tian Wen looked at the desolate scene around him. It seemed that Lin Feng really didn't want him to go back. In disguise, he exiled him to a place where birds don't lay eggs. However, Tian Wen didn't care anymore. He was no longer prepared to live anymore.
, when he couldn't hold on anymore and fell down, that was where his bones were buried. After losing his father and Yu Qiao, Tian Wen had no love left in his life.
At this time, Feng Yu's soul was pulled out of Tian Wen's body and returned to the dim yellow world. The idol came out of his body and stared at Feng Yu without saying a word.
"Did you create the memory just now? Who is that Tianwen? Why did he encounter so many misfortunes? What does he have to do with me?" Feng Yu broke the deadlock with a series of questions.
"He is you, and he is also me." The statue's words left Feng Yu confused.
"What do you mean, who is he?"
"He is your past life, and I am him in the future."
"Am I the reincarnation of Xiang Tianwen? But you are so strong, how can he and you be the same person?"
"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. Don't bully young people into poverty. Some things are just a joke played by fate. Success and failure always happen in an instant. How can there be eternal weakness or eternal victory in this world?
, are you interested in continuing to read?"
Feng Yu nodded. He really couldn't connect the scholar Xiang Tianwen with the emperor statue full of murderous spirit. Feng Yu's soul returned to Tian Wen's body again.
As Tian Wen walked, his vision became blurred and his steps were so frivolous. He went without food or sleep for several days and nights. Even his iron-clad body couldn't hold on, let alone a weak scholar like Tian Wen. Yan Yang
The dazzling sunlight shone brightly on Tian Wen's face. Tian Wen felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
"Donor, benefactor."
Tian Wen pursed his dry and cracked lips. In front of him was a white-haired old monk. His faded cassock was shabby but spotless and looked very clean.
"Where is this and why am I here?"
"Donor, don't you remember? This is the land of southern Xinjiang. The poor monk is the abbot of the Two Holy Temple. The benefactor fainted in front of the temple yesterday. The young novice in the temple rescued you. I don't know if the benefactor is in any difficulty.
, maybe this poor monk can do his best." The old monk asked amiably.
"Help me, no need. Even if a Bodhisattva comes to the world, he can't save me. What's more, there are no Bodhisattvas in this world. I think it's better to demolish your temple. Why bother to confuse all sentient beings."
Tianwen no longer believed in the existence of gods and Buddhas in the world. His mother ate fasting, chanted Buddha's name, and helped the poor. However, when Tianwen was nine years old, she was raped and brutally killed by bandits. There was no symbolic crackdown by the government at all.
As a result, the bandits are still at ease, causing harm to the countryside. Tianwen's father donated money to build the temple and paid good respect to the monks, but in the end he ended up with such a tragic end. If there are gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in this world, then they will die
Even if they don't save them, their hearts are cold and vicious, and Tianwen doesn't think he needs to respect them.
"Donor, this is so important. If you have a Buddha in your heart, you will naturally be protected by the Buddha's light. Buddhism pays attention to sincerity and tranquility. Donor, why don't you let me teach you the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra? If you read it carefully, you will find a way to escape suffering.
." The old monk was not angered by Tian Wen's blasphemous words, but continued to follow Tian Wen's advice.
"Really? Then you have prayed to the Buddha all your life, and has the Buddha protected you? Why is your temple so dilapidated and your life so difficult?"
"It doesn't matter if you have a simple meal or coarse clothes. Why don't the donor regard it as a kind of practice and accumulate good results. Even if you don't get salvation in this life, you will definitely be happy in the next life." The old monk's face was filled with a happy smile. For him,
Although bitter is actually sweet, his heart is very peaceful, and nothing seems to cause any disturbance.
After Tianwen encountered all this pain and hatred, his mentality had become distorted, and the old monk's indifference made him feel that it was a mockery of him.
"Did the Buddha tell you that not only did he not protect you, but he also sent you a devil?"
Tian Wen picked up the wooden box that the old monk brought to him and hit the old monk's forehead hard, causing blood to flow. Tian Wen was so frightened that he threw the wooden box stained with blood far away. The old monk lay on his back.
The air on the ground is like a gossamer.
Tianwen didn't even dare to kill a chicken, but now a living person was about to die in front of him, and the murderer was himself. He was repaying kindness with vengeance. The old monk saved him, and he went because of a ridiculous person who couldn't be in a ridiculous place.
The reason was that he killed the old monk.
"Young man, don't feel sorry for me. The Buddha has finally realized my sincerity. I will return to the Buddha's arms soon. You must believe that the Buddha really exists, live well, and understand the true meaning of the Buddha."
After finishing these words, the old monk breathed his last breath.
Tianwen put on his clothes indiscriminately, fled the room, and fled the temple. He was still afraid that this was his first time to kill someone, and he killed a good person. He thought he had no love left, and he was destined to die.
For him, there was nothing to fear, but just now, he was afraid. He was afraid of being caught by the government, and he was afraid that he would be sent to the guillotine.
Panicked, Tian Wen stepped on the air and rolled down the abyss.
At this moment, thousands of miles above the Shuangsheng Temple, two figures appeared on the clouds. Behind them, the Buddha's light shrouded them, and the precious elephant was solemn.
"Sister, the old monk has guarded the incense for us for so many years, why don't you save him?" asked the woman wearing a red and black cassock.
"This is his fate and the last calamity of his life. He died in response to the calamity and used his own life to influence the world. His merits have prevented him from falling into reincarnation again. His soul should now fly back to the great thunder
Yin Temple has accepted the canonization of the Buddha." The woman in white cassock said slowly.
"Forget it, the murderer is already dead anyway, so one life pays for another, and the grudges are settled."
"No, he is not dead, and I want to save him."
"Why, he is such a vicious person, why did sister save him? Doesn't sister know the principle of killing one person to save ten thousand people? Sister, your heart is too kind, otherwise you would have become a Buddha long ago." The younger-looking one
The woman was a little angry.
"It doesn't matter whether you become a Buddha or not. People in the world are still living in suffering. It's our destiny to jump out of the Five Elements and get rid of the suffering of reincarnation. All I want to do is to make fewer people suffer in the world. Sister,
You are in charge of hell, and you should not be so reckless in judging a person's good and evil. Do you know how many people may be wronged with just a stroke of your pen?"
My sister seems to be tired of listening to her sister's teachings.
"You don't believe it, how about we make a bet?"
"What are you betting on?" My sister became interested.
"How about we just bet on whether this person can become a Buddha?"
"Sister, are you kidding me? If a murderer like him can become a Buddha, then my Buddhist world will be destroyed." My sister didn't believe her words at all.
"He is a man of great luck. I have a hunch that he will become an important key to changing the pattern of the Three Realms that has not changed for hundreds of thousands of years."
"Change the Three Realms, sister, your expectations for him are too high."
"No, the three realms have already begun to decay under the long river of time. Not to mention the two realms of immortals and demons, even the Buddhist realm that claims to save all sentient beings no longer cares about the human realm. Even the endless life has made some Buddhas and Bodhisattvas...
Arhats have begun to become selfish, and the pure land of Buddhism has long been covered with dust. But I can't change all this, not even the Buddha, the Immortal Emperor, or the Demon Lord can change it."
"Then is it okay for my sister to trust this mortal?"
"I believe he can do it."
"Okay, then I will make this bet for my sister. If it is true as my sister said, he can become a Buddha and change the three realms, I will agree to any condition of my sister. On the contrary, my sister must also agree to my condition."
"That's not necessary."
"Since it's a bet, it naturally requires a bet."
"Okay, I promise you, but from now on, we can't use magic power. Just like a mortal, I will lead him to do good, and you will lead him to hell. Let's see who can do it."