Shi Mingyue was shocked. She thought that He Jun had hatred in his heart and was depressed, so he did all these things, but He Jun's words completely overturned her idea.
"When I woke up, the first person I saw was you. There's something I didn't tell you." He Jun suddenly stopped talking here.
Shi Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
He Jun seemed to be looking at her, yet not looking at her. His eyes were vague and uncertain. "Have you read history books? Do you remember Ming Wei, who is always mentioned together with my name?"
Shi Mingyue was familiar with the name Mingwei. Historical records indicate that Mingwei was a Jinshi (Jinshi) graduate, a brilliant young man with a close relationship with He Jun. Later, when He Jun sought to resist Buddhism, Mingwei assisted him. Consequently, He Jun was convicted for his words and forced to become a monk. Mingwei was also implicated, but since he wasn't the emperor's son, the emperor couldn't show him any mercy. Therefore, he was castrated and barred from serving as an official.
Historical records indicate Mingwei had no future, but fortunately, his excellent handwriting enabled him to earn a living as a copyist in the capital. A few years later, He Jun rose to fame and sought Mingwei out. He Jun sought to ordain his wife, but a castrated man could not become a monk. Mingwei remained with He Jun. It wasn't until Fu Bo rebelled and reached Shangjing that Mingwei was captured by Fu Bo's men while evacuating civilians. Fu Bo later executed Mingwei after asking him if he hated the He family for having been castrated. Mingwei replied no. Fu Bo then ordered his men to remove his pants and question him again.
Ming Wei still refused to change his words, so Fu Bo killed him in anger.
"What's wrong with Mingwei?" Shi Mingyue didn't understand why He Jun suddenly mentioned his name.
He Jun looked at her and smiled, tears sparkling in his eyes, "Because the first time I saw you, I thought you looked a lot like Ming Wei."
Shi Mingyue was silent. There were many strange things in the world, and it was not surprising that there was someone who looked like her.
"Do you know why you were reborn?" He Jun suddenly asked.
Shi Mingyue remembered what He Jun said to her that day. He said that because her will before her death was too strong, it and the meteorite formed a reinforcing effect on each other. The remaining energy after her death constituted a spirit body, which is what people often call a soul. Fortunately, she encountered a black hole and came to this time and space.
"It's because I'm looking for Ming Wei. Ming Wei is my best friend, and I want to find him. After he died, Fu Bo cut him into pieces and fed them to dogs. I snatched his bones from the dogs and collected the fragments of his spirit. Only a small part of it remains. The rest of his spirit attached itself to a new life, and after the changes of life and death, it became you. The spirit in you is actually Ming Wei." He Jun paused for a moment and told Shi Mingyue the truth that shocked her: "In other words, you are Ming Wei."
"In the time and space of your previous life, I saw your corpse and felt the fragments of Mingwei's soul, so I worked hard to collect them, so that you could be reborn."
Shi Mingyue wanted to doubt He Jun's words, but He Jun's expression was so serious that she had to believe him. "...If what you said is true, you and I are best friends, and you should respect my wishes."
He Jun smiled and said, "So I plan to let you go back to Fu Yueli, but before that, I'll give this to you." As he spoke, he took out a purse from his arms. It was a black purse that was washed to a pale color. It was obvious that it was very old, and it was probably an item from two hundred years ago.
Shi Mingyue took the purse, and He Jun said to her again: "Open it and take a look."
She opened the purse, and inside was a white finger bone with faint bite marks on it.
“…Is this Mingwei’s?” Shi Mingyue’s mood became quite heavy.
"Yes, he only has this one finger bone left." He Jun felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He could not recall how he had snatched this last finger bone from the mouths of a pack of vicious dogs that night. The rest of the bones and flesh had been eaten up by the vicious dogs. At that time, he would rather they had gnawed on his body.
Shi Mingyue picked up the finger bone with her hand. The moment her skin touched the finger bone, her heart was filled with endless sadness. Maybe she still doubted He Jun's words the moment before, but at this moment she no longer doubted it. She was indeed Mingwei.
He Jun lit incense nearby, and Shi Mingyue smelled a familiar fragrance. This was the fragrance she had smelled in the underground palace. At that time, she fell into a deep sleep and dreamed about things in her previous life.
"Have a good sleep and make a decision after you wake up." He Jun said to her.
Shi Mingyue really felt sleepy. Her eyelids gradually closed and her body fell to the side uncontrollably. He Jun caught her in time.
He took the finger bone from her hand, bent down to kiss it, and then put it into the black purse. The purse was not exquisite, but it was something Mingwei left for him.
In the fourth year of Tianqi in Tianyun Kingdom, Shi Mingyue believed that she had come here, because she was seeing it from a third-person perspective, just like when she had dreamed in the underground palace. At that time, she could not leave Fu Yueli, just like she could not leave Mingwei now.
The moment she laid eyes on Ming Wei, she knew his identity. He Jun was right; Ming Wei looked very similar to her, almost like she was a woman disguised as a man. Although her biological brother, Shi Mingji, also bore a strong resemblance to her, they were completely different beings compared to Ming Wei.
At this moment, Mingwei was holding a thick stack of books, which were the results of copying books for others, and he exchanged them for money.
After exchanging the money, he prepared to go home and passed by Ningguo Temple.
He stood at the gate of Ningguo Temple for a long time, did not go in, and finally left.
Shi Mingyue guessed that he really wanted to see He Jun at this moment, but He Jun was still imprisoned in the temple and had not surrendered.
Mingwei returned home, which was a shabby and leaky house where poor people gathered. Along the way, people smiled at him and greeted him, but there was no kindness in their words and actions.
Shi Mingyue watched him lying on the wooden bed, motionless like a corpse. Then someone broke into his house, because the door was not really a door; it crumbled when kicked open.
Several hooligans gathered around him and held out their hands. Ming Wei sat up and took out the money he had just collected. Those people snatched it away, and after counting it, they said dissatisfiedly, "Is that all?"
Mingwei didn't say anything, so those people laughed maliciously: "Are you really a woman?"
Shi Mingyue's head was buzzing. What had they done to Mingwei? The men began to take off their pants. Shi Mingyue's eyes moistened. Why, why did Mingwei have to endure this?
"Ah!" A wailing sound was heard, and one of the thugs fell to the ground.
The others looked back and saw that it was He Jun who came.
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