Anecdote

Chapter 36 Shadow

The wilderness is a desolate place, full of tobacco, and flying sand all over the sky.Since Landu moved to the north, there was a lot of construction work, and gradually merchants came here, and there were many people from far and near.

There are Liu Sheng, six out of twenty, and he and his wife open an inn beside the road for a living.Passers-by, if they have a little money, all stay at Liu's shop.Especially in the north wind weather, the dust is like a black fog, making it difficult to distinguish the way.Two years later, his wife died of illness. Liu Sheng was very sad and hated himself for being cowardly and unable to return home with his wife's body.

One of them is a scholar who lives in Pennsylvania.Parents died early, and the family was poor.A little understanding of the meaning of the book, but I failed in the exam many times, and I felt more and more embarrassed.As a last resort, I entered a rich family as a counting house. In the past, I used to write and write, but now I have my abacus on my side.And because he was born handsome, he occasionally saw the young lady, which made his heart secretly moved.So they got married.Husband and wife are like fish like water, only wishing to have a son and a half daughter.

However, some sons and daughters of aristocratic families came here occasionally and saw that Liu's wife was beautiful. Although she was a woman, she still had a delicate complexion, adding a gentle and dignified look, which inevitably touched the evil heart and wanted to take her as a concubine.Although he is a rich family, how can he compete with the aristocratic family?When the soldier heard about this, the husband and wife were shocked and angry. As a last resort, they responded with clever words, and the whole family fled by boat at night.

With hatred in his heart, the son of the aristocratic family falsely accused the two of them as robbers, and sent people to hunt them down.On the way, the two elders got old and died of illness one after another. The husband and wife were greatly mourned, but the jackals were so powerful that they dared not return home.So he lived in many fields and kept his name incognito.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu was depressed and died of illness.

One night, it was dark and there were few visitors.Liu Sheng sat idle in the shop, feeling the coldness and silence around him, his heart became more and more terrified, and he couldn't help sighing.Suddenly hearing the sound of horseshoes approaching, it was a young man who lived alone. He was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was as beautiful as a good girl.Seeing the young man coming, Liu Sheng was startled for the first time, then became suspicious, and asked: "The wilderness is barren, you are young, why are you here?" Hearing this, the young man was neither annoyed nor offended, and replied with a smile: "I travel all over the world. I heard that there is a strange beast in the north of the wild, and it came here out of curiosity."

Liu Sheng shook his head again and again, and said: "I haven't heard of such a thing, but poisonous insects, wind and sand, and thieves and robbers are rampant. I also offer gold and silver every year, so that I can manage here."

"I'm not afraid." The young man waved his hand, took out a money bag from his waist, and said, "If you want to stay for more than a month, please arrange a secluded room."

Unable to persuade, Liu Sheng sighed a few times, but he added more advice, saying: "You have an outstanding appearance, and I am afraid that you will be coveted by bandits."

Knowing his kindness, the young man nodded in agreement.Without further ado, go into the room to rest.

After a few more days, the two gradually became acquainted, but the young man's whereabouts were unpredictable, and he would return in the middle of the night, so Liu Sheng was inevitably worried.One night, the wind blew up, and the young man wanted to drink, so Liu Sheng warmed the sweet-scented osmanthus wine and drank with it.After talking for a long time, I knew that he was from Nanming. He went alone and made his home everywhere.Liu Sheng sighed and said: "If it were not for injustice, I would not leave my hometown. If my wife dies, my soul will stay in the wild and it will be difficult to return to Pennsylvania."

Suspicion arose suddenly, and the young man asked, "Why is it so unfair that my brother flees to a desolate place?"

At the beginning, he refused to answer, and gradually became sad, so he complained of resentment in his chest, and said in a low voice: "My wife is elegant and handsome, and was coveted by thieves. I was afraid of her power, so I had no choice but to run away overnight. However, on the way when the two elders of the Yue family died of illness, my wife wept all day, Because there is nothing in the wilderness, only the wind and sand blinds the eyes, and finally dies of depression. I am a scholar, and it is difficult to seek justice. I only hate the evil of the heavens, and I can't kill my enemies."

Hearing some words from the bottom of his heart, the young man jumped up against the case and said angrily: "This kind of bandit is really abominable! Desire to prostitute women and fabricate charges, not only disregarding the king's law, but also against the laws of nature and ethics."

Liu Sheng wept for a while, and persuaded him: "Your brother is pure in character and full of righteous indignation. I am so grateful. However, I am a common people, and compared to the clan, I am nothing more than an ant..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man laughed suddenly, and said: "It's okay, Mo Dao family, the emperor broke the law, and he is also guilty of the same crime as the common people. I will seek justice for my brother!" Then he drank the wine in his glass and walked out the door.

Unable to catch up, Liu Shengyuan looked at the wind and sand, but felt at a loss.

Since then, it has been more than a month, and there has been no news of the young man. Liu Sheng feels more guilty and depressed.One night, just as he was about to be put to bed, he suddenly heard an urgent knock on the door, and it was a young man.With a haggard face, he went into the inner room and threw his luggage on the table. Two or three people's heads were bloody, rolling and jumping around.Liu Sheng was shocked, and looked at it with concentration. That face was that of the son of the aristocratic family, and the remaining two people did not know who they were.The young man explained: "His father was a high-ranking official in the court, and he was greedy for ink all his life; his mother was a noble daughter, and also a poisonous woman. So I taught him to be arrogant and violent. Now I kill three people with my hands, and I should clear up the grievances of my brother and sister-in-law."

Liu Sheng was overjoyed, and then frowned, as if worried, and said: "However, you know that three people are dead in Beijing, where do you get out?"

Before the young man opened his mouth, a handsome man appeared from behind him, hugged him into his arms, and said: "I killed three people, except for heaven and earth. How can ordinary people know?"

The more startled he was, Liu Sheng asked, "You, who are you?"

"This is my husband, the shadow of the sun." The young man smiled and replied, there was no shadow under him, only the moonlight remained, "I have been traveling with me for many years, and I hate such thieves the most."

Knowing that he was a different person, Liu Sheng respected him and was even more grateful.Then he put the head in front of the tomb of his wife and the two elders, burned incense and chanted scriptures.The young man took a small bottle from his bosom, within a short while, the head turned into blood and disappeared without a trace.If Liu's wife and others in Jiuquan know, they can comfort them from now on.

But he said that this room Liu Changchang knelt down and chatted with his dead wife Xuxu.The boy in that compartment went back to his room to rest, and went to the couch, looking very obedient.Then the man raised his eyebrows and said: "I knew you were nosy, and if you saw injustice, you must seek justice for it." To kill three people is to be bitter." The man laughed, hugged them together, and turned them upside down, saying: "I am your shadow, and you are my master, how dare you be jealous like a woman?"

The young man leaned forward to meet him, with charming eyebrows and peach-colored cheeks: "Don't talk too much! I haven't tasted this taste for a long time, so please take good care of me." After speaking, he wrapped his feet around his waist, going back and forth, Very beautiful.The man remained silent, seeing the young man's face like a spring flower, he couldn't help himself.

So lingering around Miao at night, regardless of the seriousness of the previous murder, just want to have sex, love like glue.

At noon the next day, Liu Sheng saw that the two of them were not going out. He was grateful for their kindness, and specially searched for fine wine, gold and silver, and wanted to send them to his room.However, the knock on the door was not answered, and the door was opened to see that the room was already empty.Unable to help feeling disappointed, he said to himself: "If you are a hero of a different person, you are different from the world!"

Another ten days later, Liu Sheng heard that two or three merchants were chatting with each other, and he knew that some sons and parents of aristocratic families in Beijing had been killed, their heads were missing, and their bodies were hanging in front of the palace gate.There is even a book in his bosom, which is full of eloquence, all of which are related to the evil things he did in the past.The Holy One was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, but it was hard to find the real culprit, so he could only justify the names of those who were persecuted by the sons of the family, so as to reassure the people.But when the subject changed, the bandits around Yan Fenye didn't know who was killed, and they all fled. After passing this place, they don't need to spend gold and silver to cross the road.

From then on, Liu Sheng made up his mind and left the inn with a simple and honest mistress, and returned home with the bones of his parents-in-law and wife, and moved into the ancestral grave.After buying a shop, I will never marry again, adopt a son and a daughter, and live well in my old age.Only in the quiet room of the house, set up longevity cards for the two teenagers, and worship them day and night.