Scholar scum

"My lord, please give me a chance to start over again. I will never disappoint all the people who treat me well."

The young man dressed as a scholar looked haggard, his face full of remorse, as if grasping the last straw, kneeling on the ground begging the man in front of him.

If anyone sees this picture, they will be greatly surprised, because it is beyond the scope of ordinary people's cognition. The place they are in is neither the world nor the underworld, but a road between the two. aisle.

Both the scholar and the man in front of him exist in the form of souls, without substance.

The man in front of the scholar was dressed in a black robe and had a mask on his face. He looked like a god but not a ghost. From the lower half of his face that was exposed, he looked a little cold, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Although disdainful, the man still said slowly,

"Have you thought about it? Do you know what price you have to pay for rebirth?"

"Think it over, I've thought it over, as long as I can start over, I'll do whatever it takes."

Hearing what the man in front of him said, the scholar's eyes instantly filled with joy, his heart was full of hope, and he quickly agreed that no matter what the man asked, he would not ask for it, so he nodded.

"I want your soul. After this life is over, you will lose the chance of reincarnation forever, do you know?"

"Got it, got it, I am willing."

The scholar nodded repeatedly.

The man stopped talking, and with a wave of his sleeves, the scholar was sent back to the world. In the blink of an eye, the man also disappeared in place.

After a whirlwind, the scholar, namely Wang Tingxuan, woke up on the bed. There was a man lying beside him. He looked a little handsome, his face was a little pale, his long hair covered half of his face, but his face was a little red and swollen, as if he had been beaten not long ago. The traces haven't disappeared yet.

Wang Tingxuan stared intently at the man's face for a while, then unconsciously raised his hand to touch the man's face, but finally lowered his arm.

Being close to his hometown, Wang Tingxuan was a little at a loss when he saw the person he missed day and night.Staring at the man's face almost greedily, there was a trace of cautious treasure in his eyes.

Lin Xiu always thought that he didn't remember him, but in fact, Wang Tingxuan never forgot this man from the beginning to the end.

If you want to evaluate what kind of person Wang Tingxuan is, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to define himself.

In the first half of his life, he considered himself a scholar, and he couldn't carry it on his shoulders, so the burden of life was all on Fu Lang Linxiu alone.Reciting a few sour poems at the poetry meeting with a few other poor and poor scholars, it's just arty, and he doesn't even look down on those so-called literati, but they do the same thing every day.

Lin Xiu was the foster husband appointed by his father before his death. He bought it from Ren Yazi. It was the best looking one among them. It cost ten taels of silver. Lin Xiu was only eight years old when he bought it, standing quietly. There, it looks like they were raised pampered and spoiled, unlike their children from poor families, but they are very diligent and able to do a lot of work when they are brought home.Usually following behind him, being a little follower, Wang Tingxuan always liked to take him with him when he went out, and everyone said that Lin Xiu was his foster husband, his little husband.

But those memories were only available when he was young, and then he didn't know when, he gradually got tired of that handsome young man who followed him all day and called him brother Amao.

Until one time, when he took half a dime from home and was about to follow some of his friends to bet on the racecourse, when Lin Xiu grabbed his sleeve and begged him not to go, she was surrounded by some friends. He blushed amidst the laughter, pushed Lin Xiu viciously, and pushed him to the ground. Looking at Lin Xiu's unbelievable surprise and sad eyes, he actually felt a little happy, and then walked away .

That day, he made a small fortune from the racetrack, and when he returned home happily, he was beaten up by his furious father and made to kneel for a day and a night.

Seeing Lin Xiu biting his lip with guilt in his eyes, Wang Tingxuan immediately understood what was going on. After his father's punishment was over, when he returned to the house, Lin Xiu wanted to give him medicine, but he waved Lin Xiu away. The embroidered arm, scolding him for being a money-loser that no one wants, a troublemaker who only complains, white-eyed wolf.At that moment, Lin Xiu lowered her head with a broken expression on her face, but she was ignored by Wang Tingxuan who thought she had won the round.

Later, he was arty outside, attended some gatherings of literati, occasionally sensual, and when he returned home, he punched Lin Xiu if he didn't like it at all, and Lin Xiu just endured it silently.

What makes Wang Tingxuan smarter than those people is that he participates in it but doesn't indulge in it. It's just that he desires money and power more and more. Sooner or later he will leave this backcountry and become a superior person.

Lin Xiu is just a tool for him to solve his physical needs, and he is not qualified to leave here with him.

In the second half of his life, Wang Tingxuan got his wish and won the second place in the list, abandoned Lin Xiu, tried every means to become a celebrity in front of the emperor, and married several servants.

The celebrity in front of the emperor is almost like an eunuch, a scholar, who was deceived by a seductress, got the power and status he dreamed of, which is something that all scholars are not ashamed of, but Wang Tingxuan doesn't care.

He didn't get on well with almost everyone, he fought against upright officials, he also fought against the same eunuchs, he had bad relations with everyone, almost everyone hated him.

Lin Xiu came to the capital somehow, and even found his residence, but was sent out by his servants without even seeing his face.

When he was in his 40s, his house was in a state of turmoil, and he was in a state of distress. An county was flooded. He volunteered to take the funds from the imperial court to control the flood, but when he came back, he was thrown in the face by a pile of evidence of corruption and bribery, and he was sent to heaven. In prison, choose a day to ask for execution.

During the time in the sky prison, none of the gentle and caring husbands and servants came, Wang Tingxuan knew very well that when disasters approached, they would go their separate ways, and what they wanted was always his position, not him.

Before his death, Wang Tingxuan realized that he was just a loner. Often at such a juncture, he yearned for the warmth from his relatives even more.

He still saw a person, Lin Xiu came out from the corner carrying a food box, the hardships of life were engraved on Lin Xiu's face, making him even more inconspicuous, but gentle as before.

Until Lin Xiu put all the small dishes in front of him and said to him, "I know you don't like these dishes, but I can only give you these, you can eat as much as you want."

Wang Tingxuan sighed, "You shouldn't have come."

Lin Xiu trembled, and when she raised her head again, tears were streaming down her face, "Why shouldn't I come? Is it because they can come that I can't come? I was appointed by your father, and I'm your husband. Why can't I come?" it's me?"

Lin Xiu lowered her voice, and even faintly growled when she spoke, and even collapsed.

What Wang Tingxuan wanted to say was choked back. The man in front of him looked agitated. Wang Tingxuan was thinking about how to comfort this man, "You don't seem to be doing well."

Lin Xiu looked a little hysterical and didn't speak, just lowered her head and kept crying.

Wang Tingxuan was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Lin Xiu to come. After so many years, even if he had some good memories back then, he didn't want to talk about it with Lin Xiu now.

"...I will be executed tomorrow...I buried a pot of silver under the fourth to seventh trees from the left in the west of the city. You can dig out the silver and keep the flowers."

"...Go buy some bolts of good cloth, buy some jewelry, and tidy yourself up. You don't look very... pretty like you are now."

"...At your spending speed, you can't spend all that money in a few lifetimes. Just like the gentlemen of those wealthy families, you buy what they have."

"...You didn't remarry in the early years and you insisted on coming to the capital to find me. Now that you are old and you have made yourself like this, I don't know if anyone is willing to want you..."

Lin Xiu raised her head abruptly, and wiped away the tears on her face, "Do you know that I looked for you a few years ago?"

Too bad, Wang Tingxuan was startled, but the panic on his face was acquiescence to this matter.

Lin Xiu smiled miserably, "I should have known earlier."

......

Wang Tingxuan felt ashamed in his heart, opened his mouth to apologize, tried several times but closed his mouth again, falling into silence.

After being silent for a long time, Lin Xiu said in a hoarse voice, "Eat quickly, the visiting time is coming soon."

Wang Tingxuan picked up his chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls. The familiar taste almost made him cry. Stewed cabbage with tofu and potato pancakes were his favorite dishes in the past. Later, he ate delicacies from mountains and seas every day, but he never tasted the same taste again. Not anymore.Wang Tingxuan ate food in big mouthfuls until the food box was empty.

Lin Xiu put away the food box silently, "I'll bring you food tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

The next morning, Lin Xiu came again with a food box, but this time there were two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

The dishes were richer than yesterday, both chicken and pork, Wang Tingxuan ate without saying a word.

Before Lin Xiu left, Wang Tingxuan suddenly said, "It's true that I took bribes, but I really want to do a good job in water control."

"I know." After a pause, Lin Xiu responded lightly.

He knew that Lin Xiu put poison in the food, but Lin Xiu chose to eat this meal with him because she wanted to die with him.Although it would be disgraceful to die in prison, he didn't want to let this heart down.

Before his consciousness gradually dissipated, Wang Tingxuan stared at the wall of the prison and thought, Lin Xiu has been a fool all his life, if possible, he will pay him back for the rest of his life.

The author has something to say:

One day, Lin Xiu woke up and said to the man, "I had a dream yesterday."

Wang Tingxuan hugged him sideways, "Well, what dream?"

Lin Xiu: "I dreamed that you buried silver under a tree in the west of the city."

Wang Tingxuan broke out in cold sweat suddenly, "No, no, how could it be possible."

Lin Xiu said quietly, "Nothing is the best."

In Wang Tingxuan's heart, ooo how did his daughter-in-law know, it seems that the money has to be hidden elsewhere!