Chapter 558: My Master Died of Depression?

"No way, this isn't a matter of unrequited love, it's that my brother-in-law can't accept his sister's passing?"

Wang Ping'an also wanted to say "impossible". He never thought that his guess yesterday would be overturned when he met one of the protagonists of the incident today. He knew that he was not an omniscient and omnipotent God, and it was impossible for him to guess everything right. It was normal to make mistakes, but he guessed wrong about this matter, which made him unbelievable.

"Who would miss a peach tree? That peach tree was obviously planted by my master and that grandmother called Zuo Wenjun. Otherwise, my master would not have looked like that when he saw that peach tree!"

Wang Pingan couldn't help but complain, and said to himself: "It was clearly a matter of love but not getting it, how could it suddenly become like this?"

It's not that he likes to watch the fun or gossip. After all, this matter concerns his master. He cares about his master very much, so he pays special attention to this matter. By the way, from this incident, he can understand why his master has never had a Taoist partner in his life. Is it because he was hurt by love, or is it because he devoted himself to practicing Taoism.

He didn't believe that the peach tree was planted by his master. In a proper Taoist temple, trees can be planted in the courtyard, but it is rare - no, it should be said that he has never seen peach trees planted in a Taoist temple. Especially since he had carefully examined the peach tree at that time, it was just an ordinary peach tree, not even a primary spiritual peach tree.

Obviously.

This peach tree was planted by his master and his master's grandmother Zuo Wenjun. How could they, as siblings, plant a peach tree together?
"Brother Gouzi, you don't know that when Wenjun was giving birth, something went wrong and even the midwife was helpless. I immediately went to see Doctor Zhao, but Doctor Zhao couldn't do anything either..."

Le Wenmao's face was filled with guilt and self-blame. Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the angry Taoist Xuanqing:
"They are useless, so you don't know how to ask my master. Could it be that my master is also helpless in Wenjun's situation?"

He didn't know what had happened that caused Zuo Wenjun to suddenly have problems during childbirth, but the fact that it cost Zuo Wenjun's life and left the midwife and Doctor Zhao helpless was enough to show the seriousness of the situation.

He also didn't know which midwife Le Wenmao had hired, but he believed that given how much Le Wenmao valued his daughter Wenjun, he would definitely hire the best midwife in Liangshui Town. Similarly, Doctor Zhao was also the best doctor in Liangshui Town. Their skills had been passed down from generation to generation, and even in the county, there might not be many doctors who could compare to Doctor Zhao.

The fact that these two people were helpless was enough to show the seriousness of his Wenjun's condition at that time.

but.

With his master's ability, although his master has not been able to do it yet, even if his Wenjun has gone to the underworld, his master has the ability to bring his Wenjun back. But he believes that as long as his Wenjun is still alive, his master's ability is enough to save his Wenjun.

and so.

The matter of his family member Wenjun is most likely a secret that is not convenient to mention.

He hated himself for being cowardly. Even though he had guessed many years ago that there must be something strange about his son Wenjun's death, he was worried about involving people he didn't want to be involved, so he hadn't set foot in his hometown for many years, let alone inquire about the cause of his son Wenjun's death.

"At that time, there was an evil spirit in Liujia Village demanding lives. We couldn't gather enough money to go to the county town to ask the immortal officials to come down and deal with the evil spirit. We had no choice but to find Taoist Master Ku Mu and ask him to help!" When he said this, Le Wenmao's face was full of self-blame. He wanted to slap himself a few times, even though it had been many years. But every time he recalled this incident, he felt a piercing pain. His voice was trembling and he cried unwillingly:
"Originally, Taoist Master Ku Mu was unwilling to go. According to Taoist Master Ku Mu, Wen Jun was in the most dangerous period of childbirth. When you left Liangshui Town, you asked him to take good care of Wen Jun. He couldn't leave at the most important moment for Wen Jun. It was me, I was too humble to resist the pleas of the villagers of Liujia Village and help them persuade Taoist Master Ku Mu to go to Liujia Village. When Wen Jun had problems, it was too late to find Taoist Master Ku Mu!"

Taoist Priest Kurumu was the old Taoist priest who adopted Taoist Priest Xuanqing. He was also the abbot of the abandoned Kurumu Temple in Liangshui Town.

Taoist Priest Xuanqing said with a complicated expression: "Are you sure that it was you who asked my master to go to Liujia Village?"

Liujiacun.

He knew that it was far away from Liangshui Town, in a mountain valley, and was one of the poorest villages in Liangshui Town. It collected a lot of tax revenue every year. During the slack season, people from Liujia Village would bring their families to Liangshui Town to beg. What's worse, some would even sell their children. It could be said that selling children had almost become an industrial chain of Liujia Village.

I don’t know how many families have lived a good life by selling their children. There are also some parents who are worse than pigs and dogs. When they see that their children are living a good life, they will immediately approach them and say all kinds of good things, just to get benefits from these children they have sold.

So much so that Liujia Village has a bad reputation in the entire Liangshui Town!
It is normal for an evil ghost to come and take your life. Given the worse things Liujia Village has done, it is normal for it to give birth to a few evil ghosts.

"Brother Gouzi, what do you mean by this? Do you mean that Taoist Master Ku Mu did this on purpose and that he watched someone die without helping?"

Although Le Wenmao was old, he was not senile after all. After hearing what Taoist Xuanqing said, he reacted immediately and looked at Taoist Xuanqing strangely. He had never expected that Taoist Xuanqing would say such a thing. He denied it:
"Brother Gouzi, I know that you may have a deep misunderstanding of Taoist Master Ku Mu, but you don't know that Taoist Master Ku Mu actually cares about Wen Jun very much, but you don't know it. You may not know that when Taoist Master Ku Mu passed away, he was still muttering Wen Jun's name. It is said that he died of depression because he failed to rush to our house in time to rescue Wen Jun!"

"impossible!"

Taoist Xuanqing subconsciously denied it.

although.

He was unwilling to say bad things about his master, but how could he not know his master's attitude towards his Wen Jun over the years?

Pick on everyone!
Even though his Wenjun did a lot of things and was responsible for all the chores of the Taoist temple, his master would find fault with her one after another, and it was obvious that he was targeting his Wenjun on purpose. If he had not had no other choice back then, he would never have kept his Wenjun in the Kurumu Temple.

He was afraid that as soon as he left, his master would kick out his daughter Wenjun.

(End of this chapter)