When the man got married, he saw the bride squatting at the head of the bed, and he quietly hid in the cupboard
Liu Ziheng and Bai Shaokun grew up together in the same village. In this village, there are many people with the surname Bai, while there are very few families with the surname Liu. Although the Bai family name is more prominent, Bai Shaokun's family is not wealthy, and his parents are ordinary farmers. At the same time, Liu Ziheng's family situation is even more difficult, his mother has been ill for many years and needs to stay in bed for a long time, and the family's livelihood is completely dependent on his father's efforts.
In order to reduce his father's burden, Liu Ziheng was grateful. Since he was a teenager, he has been wholeheartedly looking for a way to make money. However, due to his young age, many people were reluctant to take him. In desperation, he decided to learn the Xi from a willow weaver, although initially only doing odd jobs. As a result of his diligence and hard work, people gradually began to trust him and sometimes even asked him to assist in his work. After several years of hard work, Liu Ziheng not only mastered the craft of willow weaving, but also began to make a living from it.
While he was studying Xi craft hard, Bai Shaokun didn't think so. He often invited Liu Ziheng to play together, but Liu Ziheng knew that he had a great responsibility and his family was in a difficult situation. In contrast, Bai Shaokun's parents are healthy and don't need to worry too much. And Liu Ziheng's father not only has to work hard to maintain the family, but also needs to take care of his bedridden mother at all times.
Liu Ziheng, who grew up with Bai Shaokun, knows that if he blindly indulges in playing, family life will be more difficult in the future. He understands the truth that "a kid doesn't eat for ten years", and he can't just play and not work hard as a teenager.
As a result, the lives of these two partners, who grew up playing together since childhood, have changed dramatically. While Liu Ziheng worked hard to learn Xi willow weaving craft, Bai Shaokun made new friends. When Liu Ziheng completed his studies and began to make money with willow weaving skills, Bai Shaokun fell into a bad Xi and indulged in alcohol and gambling.
Although the two are the same age and are eighteen years old, Liu Ziheng is simple and kind, and understands that although making money depends on craftsmanship, life needs to be kind. His craftsmanship was highly praised by the villagers, and his life gradually became more prosperous.
On the contrary, Bai Shaokun indulged in bad Xi, but could not earn enough money. In order to make ends meet, he even learned to steal.
Liu Ziheng has repeatedly advised Bai Shaokun to change the status quo, stay away from bad partners, and find a way to make a living. He believes that life needs to have a foundation, a way to make a living, and he can't rely on his parents for a lifetime. When you are a child, your parents raised you, and when you grow up, you should be filial to your parents. If your parents still need to work hard to support themselves when you grow up, then what is the meaning of life?
It's a pity that Bai Shaokun didn't listen to the advice. Although he ignored it, he didn't hate Liu Ziheng's nagging, because he understood that Liu Ziheng was well-intentioned. However, once a Xi is formed, it becomes extremely difficult to change.
When Liu Ziheng lived a comfortable life, he often helped Bai Shaokun. Over time, Bai Shaokun would come to him when he was penniless. Liu Ziheng always took the trouble to persuade him, and in the end he would give Bai Shaokun some money to live.
However, Li Guizhi was very dissatisfied with this situation.
Li Guizhi has known Liu Ziheng and Bai Shaokun since she was a child, she is a girl from a neighboring village, and she is the same age as the two. In childhood, Li Guizhi once fell into the water while playing by the river, and was rescued by Liu Ziheng and Bai Shaokun.
The Li family was grateful to Liu Ziheng and Bai Shaokun for their saving grace and allowed them to come to the house often to play. Gradually, they formed a deep friendship with Li Guizhi. Although Li Guizhi is a girl and is getting older, she can't get together as often as she did when she was a child, but the relationship between the three is like that of a relative.
As she grew older, the male adult married and the female eldest married, and Li Guizhi's parents began to worry about her marriage. But Li Guizhi loves Liu Ziheng.
The Li family believes that although Liu Ziheng's family conditions are not as good as Bai Shaokun's, this young man is very promising and loyal. Especially since he has mastered the craft of willow weaving, his future life should not be too bad. So, the Li family acquiesced to their daughter's choice.
Li Guizhi signaled Liu Ziheng many times to ask the matchmaker to go to her house to propose marriage, and everything will fall into place. But Liu Ziheng thinks that he needs to save more money, so he has not taken practical action.
For his insistence, Li Guizhi was helpless. Coupled with the fact that he always gave Bai Shaokun money, Li Guizhi thought that this was conniving at Bai Shaokun, and even felt that it was harmful to Liu Ziheng.
One day, Li Guizhi visited Liu Ziheng's home again. Just as Liu Ziheng was about to go out to cut wicker, she stopped him and said that she had something to discuss.
Li Guizhi, who took the initiative to visit the country, mainly talked about two issues. First of all, of course, she urged Liu Ziheng, thinking that he didn't have to save too much money, and she didn't value money.
On the other hand, she talked about Bai Shaokun's problem seriously. "Ziheng, you grew up together since childhood, you know Shaokun's character. He was lazy and had now developed a set of bad Xi. If you don't persuade him to go on the right path, but you blindly give him financial support, what will his future hold?Liu Ziheng replied with a wry smile: "Shaokun is not bad, but he has not yet found a lifestyle that suits him." He was in trouble for a while, and he came to me to borrow some money, how could I not help?When I was a child, my family was in a difficult situation, and he often secretly gave me things from the house to eat”
Li Guizhi was so angry that he stomped his feet: "You are really a fool, and I didn't ask you to break off relations with him, but I just persuaded you to let him correct some things and find some work within his ability." His family is in trouble, of course you can help, but he took your money and went to gamble, how can he go on like this?”
Liu Ziheng scratched his head, how could he not understand the truth of what Li Guizhi said?At the same time, he realized that this situation was not sustainable. Just when he wanted to speak and stopped, Bai Shaokun appeared.
Seeing Li Guizhi present, Bai Shaokun was a little stunned, and was about to say hello to Li Guizhi, but Li Guizhi said that there was something at home and left in a hurry, leaving only Liu Ziheng and Bai Shaokun.
What is Bai Shaokun doing here?He lost a lot of money in gambling last night, so he wanted to borrow money from Liu Ziheng. But Li Guizhi's sudden departure was unexpected.
Looking at Bai Shaokun's expression, Liu Ziheng understood that he was losing money in gambling again. He was both angry and distressed, and said to Bai Shaokun: "Shaokun, you can't do this anymore. You have a limited family and cannot continue to indulge in gambling. You should cheer up, and if you want to start a small business, I have some resources ...... here”
Before he finished speaking, Bai Shaokun suddenly smiled: "Ziheng, do you think I came to you to borrow money?"You're wrong, I just want to see you, you're okay, I'll go. ”
He said that, he didn't give Liu Ziheng a chance to speak again, and left directly. Liu Ziheng was stunned in place, and only walked out of the door for a long time to prepare to cut wicker.
After Bai Shaokun left, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. In his heart, if Li Guizhi wants to marry someone, it must marry him, because he is smart, and Liu Ziheng is like a piece of wood, Li Guizhi can't take a fancy to him.
However, Li Guizhi went to Liu Ziheng's house alone, which made him feel very uneasy. He decided to figure out what the hell was going on.
Regarding wicker weaving, it is actually the use of wicker to weave various tools such as dung baskets, baskets, etc. The main ingredient required is wicker, but it is not as direct as one might think to be cut from the willow tree and used. The wicker used to weave tools is usually a young willow branch drawn from the roots of the old willow tree.
For example, when a willow tree is cut down, the remaining roots will continue to pull out new shoots, which are the best material for weaving tools, soft and flexible, although such wicker is not very common.
Liu Ziheng walked nearly ten miles, cut two bundles of wicker, skewered them on his shoulders with a stick, and prepared to go home. Passing by the edge of a village, he laid down his wicker to rest.
Then a woman came from the road, dragging a bundle of scavenging firewood, which had fallen from a tree. The woman tied up the firewood, but it was too heavy for her to carry on her shoulders, so she had to drag her hands to the house.
Seeing the woman's hard work, Liu Ziheng put his wicker on his right shoulder, held the woman's firewood in his left hand, and helped the woman deliver it to the door in one go.
The woman was very grateful, and when she saw him carrying a wicker, she guessed that he was a wicker weaver, and insisted that he drink some water before leaving. Although Liu Ziheng felt a little sleepy, he had no choice but to agree in the face of the woman's enthusiasm.
The woman's surname is Cheng, her husband died two years ago, and her son is out on business, and she is the only one in the family. She wanted to leave Liu Ziheng to drink water, but found that there was no water at home, so she could only go to the dry well at the head of the village to draw water.
How could Liu Ziheng let Cheng go to draw water alone?He carried two buckets and helped Cheng fill the water tank at home. The people in the village were surprised, and they asked about the relationship between Liu Ziheng of the Cheng family, and the Cheng family could only say that he was a good boy and a good person.
After the water was full, Cheng's boiled water, Liu Ziheng wanted to sit down and rest, but found that Cheng's house threw two pieces of wood in front of the door, I don't know where Cheng's dragged it from, the wood was too thick, and she didn't have the strength to split it, so it couldn't be used to make firewood.
Although he had nothing to do, Liu Ziheng picked up the axe that cut the wicker and helped Cheng split the two pieces of wood, all of them into a one-foot-long thin strip, and arranged them neatly before stopping to rest.
Cheng was grateful for his help, but Liu Ziheng didn't care too much, for him, it was nothing to help his elderly neighbors, after all, he was young and not too tired. Helping others is a matter of course.
After drinking two bowls of water, he said goodbye to Cheng and returned home. He lives with his parents, and the house has three rooms, one of which is his parents' bedroom, one is the stove room, and he himself lives in the other. Because his mother was bedridden for a long time, his father used to take care of the household and the farm, but now that he has learned the art of willow weaving, he can take care of his mother at home, and his father no longer needs to leave home as often as he used to.
In the past two days, his father went to the city to work as a bricklayer, and Liu Ziheng returned home and quickly went to check if his mother needed help. His mother was relieved to lie on the bed with a peaceful expression. Just as he was about to quietly go out, his mother suddenly spoke.
Ziheng, did you go home just now?”
Liu Ziheng hurriedly walked to the bed and replied with a smile: "Mother, the child just went to cut wicker, and now he is back." ”
The mother frowned, as if to say to herself, "Who is it that enters the house?"”
According to her mother, about an hour ago, she seemed to hear someone outside and entered Liu Ziheng's room. Since she couldn't move, she shouted and asked who was outside, but received no answer.
After hearing this, Liu Ziheng smiled and comforted his mother: "Maybe someone wanted to find something, but found that the child was not at home, so he left quietly." ”
Mother nodded, and soon fell asleep again.
Liu Ziheng walked out of the room, his brows furrowed. His mother's words made him uneasy, who would come in when he and his father were not at home?The mother shouted and asked, but received no answer. If you are an ordinary person who comes to buy something, you will never venture into your room.
While he was thinking about it, a group of people suddenly broke into the door, one by one. Liu Ziheng didn't know why, this group of people didn't look like they were here to buy willow weaving, but like they wanted to collect debts or ask for crimes.
He was about to ask about the purpose of these people, but the other party unceremoniously pushed him to the ground, and then began to ** him.
What the hell are you trying to do?”
He asked the group in a low voice, not daring to shout loudly for fear of frightening his mother in another room. The other party sneered and reached out to give him two slaps, and at the same time, someone burst into his house and began to search.
The behavior of these people made Liu Ziheng feel very inexplicable. They broke into his home out of the blue, took him **, and searched his room. Liu Ziheng is usually gentle and honest, but at this time he is also filled with anger. But soon, he was surprised to find that the men had found something in his room.
A small box was dragged out from under the bed, and the sneering man opened it, only to see nothing of value in it, only a pair of delicately embroidered shoes.
Liu Ziheng was secretly distressed in his heart, because embroidered shoes are usually items worn by women. As a man, he shouldn't have such an object in his room, so why would there be these shoes hidden under the bed?
As he pondered, the group had already taken him out of the room. He feared that his mother would be frightened, but at home he did not dare to yell at home. As soon as he walked out of the door, he finally struggled and shouted: "You have wronged me, I have no idea why there is a box under the bed, let alone a pair of embroidered shoes inside." ”
However, the other party ignored his explanation and slapped him hard. This movement attracted the attention of many people in the village, who came over to watch. After understanding what happened, the people in the village shook their heads in skepticism, because they knew Liu Ziheng's personality and thought that he could not do such a bizarre thing. Obviously, there was a misunderstanding here.
However, those people didn't care about this, and insisted on taking Liu Ziheng to a certain Gaomen compound. As soon as he saw the magnificence of the main family, Liu Ziheng was even more miserable in his heart, and he realized that this time the grievances might not even be cleared up by the Yellow River.
A team of people pushed Liu Ziheng into a mansion, where there was already a middle-aged man waiting, it was Zheng Yuanwai, the head of the family. Zheng Yuanwai's face was gloomy, and there was a man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks next to him.
As soon as the man saw Liu Ziheng who was brought, he immediately showed a flattering smile: "Zheng Yuanwai, I didn't lie, did I?"And what about my pay?”
Zheng Yuanwai's face was dull, he handed him some gold and silver, and he left triumphantly.
Liu Ziheng still can't figure out what happened. He didn't know the person who left just now, and the current situation made him even more puzzled.
It turned out that the only daughter of Zheng Yuanwai's family suddenly caused a sensation a few hours ago. The family heard movement from Miss Zhang's room and rushed to take a look, only to find that Miss Zhang was unconscious and the window was wide open. When she woke up, she found that a box and a pair of embroidered shoes were missing.
This is simply a shame for Zheng Yuanwai. Someone sneaked into his daughter's room and even stole embroidered shoes. He immediately sent someone to look for it.
Zheng Yuanwai's family background is illustrious, he knows many people, as soon as he heard that he was looking for a thief, the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man just now came to the door, claiming to know who the thief was, and it was Liu Ziheng, a willow weaver who seemed to be loyal on weekdays.
Zheng Yuanwai couldn't believe it, but he still sent someone to Liu Ziheng's house to search, but he didn't expect to find embroidered shoes and boxes. Zheng Yuanwai decided to send Liu Ziheng to the government.
Liu Ziheng felt that he had been greatly wronged, and recalled that his mother had said that someone had entered his room, could it be that someone deliberately framed him?
Zheng Yuanwai didn't listen to his explanation, and ordered someone to take him out to prepare to send him to the official. At this moment, Liu Ziheng saw Li Guizhi and Bai Shaokun.
Why did the two of them appear at the same time?It turned out that when Bai Shaokun heard the news, he hurriedly ran to Li Guizhi's house and told her that Liu Ziheng was arrested for stealing the embroidered shoes of someone else's daughter.
Li Guizhi couldn't believe it when she heard it, she knew that Liu Ziheng couldn't do such a thing, so she hurried to the scene to find out the truth.
Although Liu Ziheng couldn't explain why the embroidered shoes appeared in his room, he would never admit that he stole the embroidered shoes. Of course Li Guizhi believed Liu Ziheng, but Zheng Yuanwai refused to believe it, and when the situation was deadlocked, someone suddenly came, an old woman with a group of villagers.
The old woman was Liu Ziheng's Cheng who helped carry water and chop firewood, and came with the villagers. The reason why Cheng came was because she felt that she should thank Liu Ziheng, the hen laid some eggs, and she wanted to give them to Liu Ziheng. The people in the village saw Liu Ziheng helping her with their own eyes, and they also felt that they should be grateful.
Liu Ziheng was a willow weaver, and it was easy to find out about Cheng's situation, so Cheng took the eggs and walked to Liu Ziheng's house with the people in the village. When I got home, I learned that Liu Ziheng had been taken away, as if he was stealing something.
Cheng and the people in the village came to the door of Zheng Yuanwai's house to testify for Liu Ziheng, proving that Liu Ziheng was definitely not a thief.
How do they prove it?When Zheng Yuan's house was burglarized, Liu Ziheng happened to be helping the Cheng family to work, how could he run to Zheng Yuan's house at the same time to steal?
Zheng Yuanwai did not believe an old woman's statement, but the people in the village also testified together, and were even willing to call all the people who witnessed Liu Ziheng's work for the Cheng family.
After Zheng Yuanwai thought about it carefully, considering that so many people testified against Liu Ziheng, it seemed that it was difficult to be fake. If he was working for the Cheng clan at the time, then someone deliberately framed him.
Despite the unpleasant mood, Zheng Yuanwai finally released Liu Ziheng. Liu Ziheng and Li Guizhi were deeply grateful to the Cheng family, and Bai Shaokun was even more happy, saying that Liu Ziheng escaped safely and must have good luck.
After Cheng and the villagers left, Liu Ziheng looked at Li Guizhi and smiled bitterly. He couldn't understand why he had fallen into such a grievance, if he hadn't helped the Cheng clan in the first place, he might have become a thief in the village and had a bad reputation. In this way, not only will Li Guizhi not be able to marry him, but he himself will not be able to gain a foothold in the village.
I believe in you!"
When Li Guizhi was persuading, Bai Shaokun came over with a human-legged badger. The so-called human-legged badger is actually a badger species, because its claws resemble human feet, hence its name.
Bai Shaokun tied the human-footed badger firmly, holding a knife and wanting to kill. However, Liu Ziheng saw that the human-footed badger trembled all over because of fear, and even tears rolled down his eyes.
He hurriedly stopped Bai Shaokun: "Shaokun, slow down, this foot badger knows that it will die, so he will cry and beg for mercy, so let it go." ”
Bai Shaokun smiled and said: "Ziheng, you are good at everything, but you are too soft-hearted." This foot badger is a beast and doesn't understand anything, so why do you pity it?”
In the end, Liu Ziheng's persuasion worked, and although Bai Shaokun was reluctant, he nodded. Liu Ziheng quickly untied the rope, allowing the badger to escape from the edge of life.
After this incident, Liu Ziheng's mentality changed. He had always wanted to accumulate enough wealth to marry Li Guizhi. However, this grievance made him feel deeply in crisis, and he could face the fate of disrepute at any time.
Therefore, he agreed to Li Guizhi's proposal and asked the matchmaker to go to Li's house to propose marriage. The Li family had been prepared for this for a long time, and immediately agreed, and relaxed some conditions.
Time waits for no one, and a month later, Liu Ziheng and Li Guizhi got married and became husband and wife. Liu Ziheng was busy preparing for the wedding and had no time to engage in weaving, and Bai Shaokun was no longer addicted to gambling.
On the day of the wedding, after lunch, Liu Ziheng and everyone happily went to greet their relatives. When the sedan chair arrived, everyone cheered and welcomed Li Guizhi into Liu's house.
The Liu family had already prepared a wedding banquet, and after worshipping heaven and earth, Li Guizhi went directly into the cave room to wait. Liu Ziheng needs to toast outside, and only after the toast can he enter the cave room, drink wine with the bride, and officially become a husband and wife to spend honor and disgrace together.
After a round of toasting, Liu Ziheng walked into the cave room amid laughter. As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but get excited, expressing his gratitude to Li Guizhi and sighing at the drama of the world. He never thought that it would be himself who would marry Li GuizhiHe always thought that the Li family would fall in love with the smart Bai Shaokun, but he didn't expect it to be him.
He happily walked to the bedside, expecting the bride Li Guizhi in a bright red wedding dress to sit on the bed. But when he saw the bride actually squatting on the bed, was such a behavior really appropriate?
Then his brow furrowed, and he was even a little frightened, for he noticed that even in her red wedding dress, the bride looked a little strange, with long, thin nails on her feet, and black and white hair.
He was horrified, and the "bride" squatting on the bed shook her head and her hijab fell off, leaving him dumbfounded. It wasn't Li Guizhi on the bed at all, but a human-legged badger. He was so frightened that he almost turned around and ran.
However, at this time, the badger looked at the cabinet in the room. The cabinet was accompanied by Li Guizhi's family, and Liu Ziheng followed the gaze of the human-footed badger and found that Li Guizhi was hiding in the cabinet.
There were so many strange things that he couldn't figure out what was going on, no matter how much he thought about it.
Li Guizhi beckoned to him, he walked to the edge of the cabinet, and Li Guizhi motioned for him to sneak in.
He did as instructed, and when the door of the cabinet was closed, he saw through the crack that the badger was lying on the bed, and the quilt was being pulled on.
Time passed little by little, the sound of drinking outside gradually decreased, and when the bangzi rang for the fourth watch, there was a sudden movement outside the house. One by one, three masked men jumped in through the window. When Liu Ziheng and Li Guizhi in the cabinet were dumbfounded, the three of them pulled out their sharp blades and walked towards the bed together.
When they reached the bedside, the three of them swung their knives, but suddenly heard a scream from the human-footed badger, and then jumped out of bed. This scene frightened the three of them on the spot, and the two turned around and fled, and the human-footed badger pawed at the other person in a daze, and immediately scratched out the blood, making him unconscious.
The two people who tried to escape, one jumped out of the window, and the other tripped by the window, and was pounced on by the badger and bit hard.
The movement attracted a lot of people, and although one of them managed to kick the badger away and run into the yard, the two people who were surrounded did not want to escape.
Liu Ziheng and Li Guizhi came from the cabinet ** and went to the bedside to take a look, although the face of the person who was scratched by the badger was dripping with blood, he recognized it at a glance, it turned out to be the person who had wronged him at Zheng Yuan's house, the sharp-beaked monkey gills, he would never admit it.
After taking this person, he and Li Guizhi went out. Everyone had removed the black cloth from the faces of the people outside, but everyone was stunned, Liu Ziheng couldn't even believe his eyes, and the person surrounding the courtyard was Bai Shaokun.
Now, everything has come to light, although Liu Ziheng is honest but not a fool, he understands, and at the same time understands why Bai Shaokun acts like this.
It turned out that Bai Shaokun witnessed Li Guizhi and Liu Ziheng's private meeting, which made him unbelievable. When he learned that the Li family intended to welcome Liu Ziheng as his son-in-law, Bai Shaokun's jealousy boiled even more. So, he conceived a vicious plan to ruin Liu Ziheng's reputation and make the Li family completely give up the idea of marrying his daughter.
Taking advantage of Liu Ziheng's opportunity to cut wicker, he and his accomplices sneaked into Zheng Yuanwai's house, stole embroidered shoes, and hid them under Liu Ziheng's bed. Then, he asked the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man to go to Zheng Yuanwai's house, claiming to have seen Liu Ziheng as a thief.
What Bai Shaokun didn't expect was that although Liu Ziheng also helped Cheng after cutting the wicker, providing him with strong testimony, his false accusation plan completely failed.
The frustration made Bai Shaokun lose his mind more and more, and his jealousy made him decide to take a risk and prepare to do it on Liu Ziheng's wedding night. He knew that Liu Ziheng would be unsuspecting because he was happy, so he planned a deadly plan.
His goal is to ruin Liu Ziheng and make Li Guizhi a widow. Then, he planned to make Li Guizhi grateful to him through care and care after a period of time, and finally succeeded in marrying this widowed woman.
However, what Bai Shaokun didn't expect was that the human badger who was almost killed by him actually helped Liu Ziheng. After Li Guizhi entered the cave room alone, the human-footed badger suddenly appeared. Although it was speechless and frightened Li Guizhi, it behaved completely harmless, and Li Guizhi chose to believe it.
So, the human-footed badger put on a red wedding dress and let Liu Ziheng hide in the cabinet. In the middle of the night, Bai Shaokun and his accomplices came to commit evil deeds, but found nothing in front of everyone.
From a former friend to a stranger now, Liu Ziheng felt extremely sad, but Bai Shaokun did not restrain himself, and kept shouting that Li Guizhi should belong to him. His heinous behavior led to his eventual arrest and punishment he deserved.
After marriage, Liu Ziheng and Li Guizhi loved each other and lived a happy and peaceful life. They never had any intersection with Bai Shaokun in the years to come, and they never mentioned this person.
This story makes people think deeply, how terrible is jealousy?It can distort human nature and make people abandon everything. Bai Shaokun and Liu Ziheng were friends who grew up together since childhood, when Liu Ziheng's family was poor, Bai Shaokun lent a hand;After becoming an adult, Bai Shaokun indulged in depravity, and Liu Ziheng helped him again. It was a friendship that could have been a good story.
However, when he learned that Li Guizhi was going to marry Liu Ziheng, jealousy made Bai Shaokun lose his mind. He not only framed the other party, but after the failure, he even went to the point of no return, and actually murdered Liu Ziheng, but he was completely exposed in the plan.
All this is not Liu Ziheng's luck, but his kindness saved him. It was this kindness and honesty that made Li Guizhi take a fancy to him, and the two were happily married.
On the contrary, because of his actions, Bai Shaokun finally reaped endless remorse and due punishment. The two started from the same starting point, but embarked on very different paths of fate, which is what people often say about their choice. Liu Ziheng chose to be with good, while Bai Shaokun chose to be with evil.
With such a choice, their end has long been doomed. Does this story make you think?