Li Yuanwai is in a good mood today, his only daughter Li Xiang'er has just decided on a family affair, and the man is Wang Cunliang, the second son of Wang Lun's family, the largest wealthy family in the city.
If you want to say that Wang Cunliang, he looks really talented, has an extraordinary bearing, and is also a promising scholar, who has nothing to say, is the most popular descendant in the city, although Li Xianger is also very delicate, but she is not the most beautiful woman in the city, but I didn't expect Wang Lun to come to his house in person to propose marriage.
After Li Xiang'er learned about this, she couldn't wait to get married tomorrow, so she immediately called the maid and said: "Xiao Lian, you hurry up and go to the cloth village and help me pick a good embroidered cloth, and I will start embroidering my wedding dress now." ”
Xiao Lian is also happy for Li Xiang'er, you must know that Li Xiang'er has a crush on Wang Cunliang for not a day or two, since that time she sat in the carriage and saw Wang Cunliang passing by by outside the window, she put a heart on him, thinking about marrying him day and night, but she didn't expect that now her dream has finally come true.
She said mischievously: "Miss, I don't want to stay in the Li family for a quarter of an hour, if I let the master know, I don't know whether I should be happy or sad." ”
Li Xiang'er listened, and said shyly: "You don't make fun of me, it's important to hurry up and get down to business, if you delay my big business, be careful of your skin." ”
Xiao Lian hurriedly bent her knees and said with a smile: "Yes, the slave and maid will go now, and choose the best and most fashionable cloth to come back, so that the young lady will be the most beautiful bride in the city, so that the prince will not be able to take his eyes off when he sees it." ”
After Xiao Lian left, Li Xiang'er walked around the room, she was so happy, she had been praying for so long, and her pious prayer had finally come true, and she really couldn't calm down for a while.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked out of the room, found Li Yuanwai and said, "Dad, Ming'er I want to go to the temple to offer incense, thank the Buddha for his blessing, and pray for all the best by the way." ”
Li Yuanwai listened to it and said busily: "It's time to go, donate a little more sesame oil money, and make sure that this matter is not extraneous, then Wang Cunliang will definitely take a career in the future, and you will be the official's wife at that time." ”
Li Xiang'er listened, pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Dad, look at what you said, even if he doesn't follow his career, I am willing to marry him." ”
The next day, Li Xiang'er really took Xiao Lian to the largest temple on the edge of the city, and Xiao Lian kept saying to her along the way: "Miss, it's really a bodhisattva's eyes, you are such a kind woman, you should be worthy of the best man in the world, and that prince Wang can be regarded as the best man in the world."
I heard that he has never been close to women, and now there is no maid in the room, Miss married in the past, is his only wife, he will definitely not take a concubine, when the time comes, Miss and him will be a couple for a lifetime, and this life will be considered complete. ”
After listening to Li Xiang'er, she looked forward to a bright future, and she never stopped smiling happily.
When the two arrived at the temple, they hurried to worship the Buddha, Li Xianger saw the sign on the incense case, and religiously went to ask for one, and took it to the monk to unsign.
There was a man next to the monk, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he looked upright, but he kept smiling on his face, which made people understand at a glance that he was definitely not a normal man, and at this time he was sitting cross-legged next to the monk, looking at the pilgrims coming in and out with a curious face.
Li Xiang'er didn't think much about it, and said to the monk: "Master, the little girl has been doing good things recently, I want to ask the master to help calculate it, this matter will go well, and our husband and wife will go well in the future."”
After hearing this, the master looked at the signature carefully and asked, "Miss, but her surname is Li?"”
Li Xiang'er listened, nodded suspiciously, and said, "How does the master know?"Could it be that there is still something wrong with this?”
When the monk heard this, he pointed to the stupid man who was sitting next to him, and said, "Forgive the old man, he is your husband, and the one you are talking about now has no marriage with you." ”
Li Xiang'er didn't expect to hear these words, she was stunned for a while, and looked at the man next to the monk, even if the monk said it so loudly, he didn't look here, as if those pilgrims who came and went made him very interested, and suddenly felt sad.
She asked, "How could the master say that?"Even if the family business I'm talking about now doesn't work out, I won't marry him, you see him, he doesn't seem to understand anything. ”
After listening to her words, the master looked at the man with a very kind look in his eyes, and said, "Miss Li, you remember one sentence, what you see may not be true, and what you expect may not be what you want.
He is indeed a little stupid now, but what will happen in the future, who can say for sure, just like the one you are talking about right now, the world says he's good, so is he really good?Even if he's really good, will he be nice to you?These are all things that need to be seen with heart, and you can't follow everyone else. ”
Li Xiang'er listened to the master's words, her face was still full of sadness, she had imagined the appearance of her husband many times in her heart before she met Wang Cunliang, although the man in front of her looked no worse than that Wang Cunliang, but she never thought that he would be a person who was completely immersed in his own world.
The monk knew what she was thinking, and said, "Miss Li, although you are a little disappointed, I don't see disgust in your eyes, so I'll tell you a story." ”
A few years ago, in a small town, there was a man named Wu Xuan, his father was a very prestigious rich family in the town, named Wu Wei, the most benevolent, and he himself was also admitted to Xiucai in his early tens, but he was very humble.
He has a cousin named Wu Daoneng, because his father died early, he was also raised in his family, because Wu Xuan only wanted to study, and he was not interested in business at all, so his father cultivated Wu Daoneng as his own ** person, everything was going well, but what happened later made the Wu family irreversible.
That Wu Daoneng is a person with a lot of fame and fortune, although Wu Wei has already thought about it, and the business of the Wu family will be handed over to Wu Daoneng in the future, but he has never said this to him, and he feels that he is young and vigorous, and he still needs to be sharpened a little more to become a tool, so he is very strict with him.
This also made Wu Daoneng always feel that Wu Wei was not satisfied with him, and he was always worried that he would be kicked out by him one day, so he wanted to make some achievements and let him recognize himself.
Once, in order to let him go out to buy goods, Wu told him all his experience in moving goods, and gave him the corresponding purchase money, thinking that even if he messed things up, he wouldn't lose much, and he could still give him a long insight, which was also an experience.
Wu Daoneng was also overjoyed, thinking that as long as he completed this matter, Wu Wei would definitely rest assured of him, and the people below would also be impressed by him, and they would no longer look down on him in private.
On this day, Wu Daoneng took the silver money, and when he arrived at the place where the goods were purchased, he didn't immediately go to inspect the goods, feeling that he also had the boss's score, so he came to a restaurant first, ordered a table of dishes, asked for a pot of good wine, and enjoyed himself.
His style attracted a bastard who often wandered here, the bastard was very sharp-eyed, and when he saw that Wu Daoneng was a fledgling, he even thought about it, walked to his table and sat down, and said: "Brother, but I just arrived here today, I am a native here, you can find me for anything, just saw my brother's heavy drinking, and I am very close to him." ”
Wu Daoneng listened to his words, and didn't realize that he might be deceived, but thought to himself: "Look, people still have to work like this, as soon as I put on the appearance of the boss, someone took the initiative to come forward to say hello." ”
So he waved his hand and said, "Then how about sitting down and having a drink together?"”
These words are in the heart of the bastard, he sat down busily, and Wu Daoneng drank wine, during which he was extremely flattering to Wu Daoneng, praising him for his youthful success, and at first glance he was a dragon and phoenix among people.
Every sentence was what Wu Daoneng wanted to hear the most, and in the end, he felt that it was too late to meet the bastard, and the bastard saw that the time was ripe, and said to him: "Brother, I know that there is a very good-looking Oiran in a green building, why don't we go there for a pastime tonight?"”
Wu Dao can grow so big, he hasn't touched a woman yet, it's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that Wu Wei is very strict in this area, he himself is, after his wife died, he never touched another woman, so he hopes that Wu Daoneng will be like him, but Wu Daoneng is different from him in this regard, he didn't think about doing anything to the maid next time, he was severely punished by Wu Wei, and after that, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Now it's okay, no one can control him here, and he won't be known by his family if he goes once, he immediately staggered and stood up, climbed the bastard's shoulder, and said, "Lead the way ahead, and Ye will also go to the gentle village today to enjoy it." ”
The bastard immediately took him there, and when he woke up the next day, he saw that the woman was so ordinary that she could not be called an oiran, and what made him even more shocked was that everything he had on him was gone, including the bag of silver.
When asked the woman, she only said: "Childe came with a friend last night, and after you rested, he said that he wanted to help you deal with the smell of alcohol on your clothes, so he took all your clothes away, and returned them soon after. ”
Wu Daoneng was dumbfounded, the sea of people is vast, where can he find someone now, at this time he also reacted, he was deceived, thinking that he was going back to be scolded, his scalp was numb, but now he has no ability to make that money, so he can only go back.
As expected, after Wu Wei knew the truth, he really scolded him fiercely, and later Wu Xuan made peace from it, and Wu Wei let Wu Daoneng go, and only said: "Just like you, I can't stand it at all, how can I rest assured that you can take over the business, I think you are simply at home, be a young master who is leisurely, and sit and eat nothing." ”
Wu Daoneng was depressed in his heart, and ran away from home on the spot, Wu Xuan couldn't shout back no matter how he shouted, Wu Wei was still behind him and said: "Let him go, I think he is used to being the eldest young master, I don't know how hard many people outside are living, it's also a good thing to let him go out and endure hardships, maybe he can grow faster." ”
That Wu Dao Neng really didn't survive long outside, but he couldn't let go of his son, and he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by the people in the family when he went back, so he endured it all the time, waiting for Wu Xuan's father and son to pick him up, Wu Xuan did go to him, but he still wanted Wu Wei to come in person, so he was never willing to go back.
One night, when he was resting in a ruined temple outside the city, a group of robbers passed by, and when they saw that he was alone, they suddenly felt pity for him, and said to him: "I don't look like you can't afford to eat, how can you be mixed up like this, you are in good health, or you can follow us to do it, so that you can live freely, and you don't need to look at people's faces." ”
Wu Daoneng was attracted by the sentence that he didn't need to look at people's faces, and he asked, "What do you guys do?"”
When the man heard this, he laughed, thought for a while, and said, "We can be regarded as businessmen, but we do it as a business without roots, and it is profitable." ”
When Wu Daoneng heard this, he was immediately moved, thinking: "Then follow them, and when you make a lot of money, you will come back, and let my uncle be impressed, and no one will look down on me at that time." ”
That's it, he followed the guy, and when he knew what they were doing, there was no way to quit the gang, those were outlaws, as long as Wu Dao could reveal a little bit of wanting to go home, they would beat him hard, and he was forced to be helpless, he could only follow them and become a real robber.
A few years later, the leader of the robbers kept an eye on a family that had just moved to their territory, and in the evening he gathered all the robbers and said, "Brothers, I have already inquired about the situation, and the family has just come here today, and I think there will not be too many people in the house, but his family has been in business, and there will be no shortage of money."
Cheer me up, as long as we don't miss tonight, then we can rest for a long time, the old rule, as long as you see our faces, there is no one left alive. ”
Wu Daoneng used to be terrified when he heard him say this, but now he is used to it, and his hands are no longer clean and have become a tool for killing.
A group of people rode horses, catching the family off guard, Wu Daoneng didn't know what he was doing, he only waved the knife in his hand, and he was also numb as he watched an innocent person fall under his knife.
At this time, a person didn't know what to throw at him, he instinctively took a knife and slashed it, and when he turned around, something happened that made him regret it for life, because he cut it was his uncle Wu Wei, whom he hadn't seen for many years.
Wu Wei also recognized him, but at this time he couldn't reprimand him anymore, he only tried his best to touch his face, and after a while, he opened his eyes and swallowed his breath.
This scene happened to be seen by Wu Xuan, who rushed out, and when he was about to fight with **, he found that the person who killed his father was his cousin, and the strength in his body fell to the ground as if he had been sucked away by something.
The robbers ransacked the Wu family, worried that they would be discovered by the officials who patrolled the night, so they hurriedly retreated, but Wu Daoneng did not leave, he hugged Wu Wei, like a fool, until the officials rushed in and locked him up.
When he was in the cell, Wu Daoneng asked the jailer for a pen and paper, wrote down all his crimes, and wrote down all the information about the gang and robbers.
Before Wu Xuan could bury his father, he was told by the official to collect Wu Daoneng's body, he felt like a marionette, numb enough to deal with everything at home, and when he was grief-stricken and buried all the people who should be buried, he went crazy and forgot everything.
This is the end of the story, Li Xiang'er looked at the man and asked the monk, "Is he Wu Xuan?"”
The monk nodded and did not speak.
Li Xiang'er asked again, "How did the master know?"”
The monk was silent for a long time before he said: "These are all written by Wu Daoneng, I just happened to have some friendship with the county commander, and I happened to be at his house, and after learning about this, I found the crazy Wu Xuan and brought him to this temple." ”
Li Xiang'er couldn't calm down for a long time after listening to him say all this, and didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, so she suddenly walked up to Wu Xuan and grabbed his hand.
Wu Xuan seemed to be afraid of being touched, so he quickly pulled his hand out, and when he retreated, he accidentally bumped into the incense case and fell unconscious...
Li Xiang'er didn't know what mood she was in when she walked out of the temple, she didn't have the excitement she had before, but she didn't know what kind of heart she had for Wu Xuan.
Just when she was hesitating whether to marry Wang Cunliang, one thing directly helped her make a decision.
That day, after Li Yuanwai got together with his friends, he had been gloomy when he came back, Li Xianger was worried about her father and asked, "Dad, but what happened to the business?"Money is something outside the body, Dad, don't be angry because of this. ”
Li Yuanwai listened, looked at his sensible daughter, and after a long time, he sighed deeply and said, "Xiang'er, cancel your relationship with that Wang Cunliang, he is not your good match." ”
When Li Xiang'er heard him say this, she didn't feel very sad in her heart, and only asked, "Is he unwilling?"Dad, you don't have to care, he is not the only one in the world, and I am not the one who does not marry, you really don't have to worry about this. ”
Li Yuanwai listened, a little surprised, obviously when Li Xianger learned that she could marry Wang Cunliang, she was still very happy, I don't know what's going on, after coming back from the temple, it's like a different person, and I don't have the idea of embroidering my wedding dress in person.
He said: "Xiang'er, when you were in the temple, you discovered Wang Cunliang's secret?"”
Li Xiang'er didn't know why, and said suspiciously: "Does he have any secrets?"I don't know, but when I was at the temple, a master told me that he was not my husband, but someone else. ”
Li Yuanwai listened, nodded hurriedly: "That master is really powerful, I will go to help you withdraw from your relatives tomorrow, do you know who Wang Cunliang is?"He has no feelings for beautiful women because he is a person with the goodness of Longyang.
His family had a house in the suburbs, and he often went there, and people outside said that he was trying to escape the world, but in fact he hid many beautiful men there, and went to have a tryst with them.
This time it was discovered by a villager, and we only found out, otherwise it would really hurt you, but his father and mother didn't know about it, so we just quit our relatives, and we don't need to say more. ”
After Li Xiang'er learned about this, she was also relieved, and during this time, she had been struggling with what to do.
The next day, she went to the temple again, she wanted to go to tell the monk about it, and by the way, she looked at Wu Xuan again, but she didn't expect the monk to say to her: "Miss Li, that day after Wu Xuan crashed into the incense case and fell into a coma, he woke up and woke up. ”
Li Xiang'er was a little disappointed when she heard this, and suddenly she asked a little shyly: "Master, you said that I have a lifelong relationship with him, but is it true?"”
The monk listened to her words, smiled, and said, "This is indeed the case, young lady, just wait." ”
On this day, Xiao Lian suddenly rushed to Li Xiang'er and said: "Miss, I heard that the champion will pass by our city in a while, should we go and have a look, maybe the champion will take a fancy to you, miss." ”
After Li Xiang'er heard her words, her first reaction was to laugh and scold: "How can such a character take a fancy to me?"Don't toss, there will definitely be a lot of people at that time, and we may not be able to see people, so let's not go. ”
After finishing speaking, she suddenly remembered what the monk said, he said that Wu Xuan went to Beijing to take the exam, could he be the champion Lang?
Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still anymore, so she quickly called Xiao Lian, and the two went to the street to wait together.
After waiting for a long time and not waiting for anyone, Li Xiang'er suddenly thought, "Could it be that Wu Xuan went to the temple?"After all, the monk is his savior, without the monk there would be no him today, if he really won the champion, the person who wants to share the joy for the first time is the monk, right?”
So she went to the temple again, and when she found the monk, she found a handsome man with his back to her, and when the monk saw her coming, he said to the man: "The person you are waiting for has arrived." ”
After hearing this, the man hurriedly turned around and looked at Li Xiang'er, who was undoubtedly Wu Xuan.
It turned out that when Li Xiang'er shook his hand, he felt it, but his mind was not clear at that time, but he always had an impression in his heart, and now after he won the champion, he hurried to this temple, one reason was to thank the monk, and the other reason was to find her.
Soon after, the two became relatives, Wu Xuan became a parent official, and he was very strict with the robbers in his jurisdiction, and those robbers would take a detour as long as they heard his name.