Mu Yun'an reached out and poked his cheek and said, "Be happy when you go to see them. Your parents-in-law will definitely be proud of you if they are alive in heaven."
Xiao Chengyi smiled slightly, hooked her little hand and said: "What they are most happy about is that I have found a wife who is considerate, gentle and pleasant."
Mu Yun'an curled her lips: "Where did you find it? It was obviously my mother-in-law who picked it for you. She also has good taste. She fell in love with me before I was born."
Xiao Chengyi was speechless for a moment to retort. He smiled and said: "What Madam said is that it was my mother who had foresight and made a decision for me long ago."
Mu Yun'an chuckled, leaned into his arms, and the two of them took the carriage and headed out of the city.
After walking for about an hour, the carriage stopped in a deep mountain.
Mu Yun'an got out of the car, looked around, and saw a ruined building not far away, surrounded by weeds and many unknown wild flowers blooming, colorful and very beautiful.
Xiao Chengyi's eyes also fell there. He took Mu Yun'an's hand and said, "Let's go."
Mu Yun'an asked him: "Where is this place?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "Twenty years ago, the place where my mother gave birth to me was Sanqing Temple."
Twenty years ago, his mother gave birth to him in Sanqing Taoist Temple, then set a fire and burned herself to death inside, leaving no trace of her body.
This is also the reason why Yuan Hao built Buddhist temples everywhere after he ascended the throne.
He was afraid that the wronged soul would take his life, because people who died in the fire would be very resentful.
Mu Yunxin's head dropped. She looked at the ruins in front of her that had long since lost the appearance of a Taoist temple. Only a few broken walls and ruins remained.
Because of the passage of time, grass has grown on the ruins and it no longer shows the signs of fire damage.
And in this ruins, there is a mound of earth like a tomb, covered with weeds.
Mu Yunan asked curiously: "Was my mother-in-law buried here back then?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "My father-in-law said that my mother's bones had been burned to ashes and could not be found, but he secretly buried my father's bones here and asked him to accompany my mother.
But he didn’t dare to erect a monument and couldn’t write his name, so he could only be buried hastily, and he couldn’t even come to pay homage.”
Mu Yunan felt a little sad when he heard this. How much wrong had they suffered back then?
Two people who loved each other did not even see each other for the last time before they died.
One was burned by fire and no body was left; the other committed suicide in front of his friends and died without a complete body.
Mu Yun'an wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and walked over to pull out the weeds from the grave.
However, Xiao Chengyi stopped her and said, "No need, look at the wild flowers blooming here. I think my mother will like it very much. There is no need to repair the tomb, just erect a monument here."
Mu Yun'an nodded, and together with Xiao Chengyi erected a monument for the tomb.
The inscription was carved by Xiao Chengyi himself, and each stroke represents his longing for being a son of man and his unspeakable grief over the past twenty years.
Xiao Chengyi's only memory of his parents are the two paintings given to him by Shen Chi and Yan Yan.
They passed away at their best years with deep regret and unwillingness.
Sometimes Xiao Chengyi would think, how great would it be if his parents could be as loved by the Buddha as he is?
Maybe, if we try again, the tragedy won't happen.
Xiao Chengyi knelt in front of the tomb, looked at the cold name on the monument and said: "Mom and Dad, my son has come to see you. Please forgive me for coming now.
From the moment his son knew his identity, he made up his mind to investigate the truth of what happened that year.
Fortunately, my son has lived up to his command and has now vindicated your injustice. I hope you will have spiritual peace in heaven.
And I like the wife you chose for me very much, thank you, parents."