Ding Mujie has been in the officialdom for decades and has always remained standing. Naturally, it is because of his real ability. He is too good at understanding people's minds and using various methods to achieve his goals. How can Lin Wan be his opponent now? Seeing that he not only wanted to marry her, but also moved the wedding date forward to three days later, Lin Wan became anxious and shouted, "Don't leave, I don't want to get married! I don't want to marry you!"
Finally forcing Lin Wan to tell the truth, Ding Mujie felt a deep sadness welling up in his heart, making his eyes sore.
"You made up that horoscope, right? Your mother is the Holy Maiden of Miao. It's not difficult for her to poison a whole pond of fish, let alone poison my cats and dogs crazy." He stood with his back to Lin Wan, his eyes tightly closed, because he was afraid that tears would flow out as soon as he opened his eyes. He had such a hard life in his previous life, and he only cried once, when Lin Wan died. It seemed like all the tears of two lifetimes were spent on her, but this was the result...
"What horoscope? I don't understand what you are talking about." Lin Wan flatly denied, "I just don't like you and don't want to marry you."
"If you don't like me, why didn't you say so earlier? If you don't like me, why do you blush shyly and flicker your eyes when you see me, pretending to be in love with me as well? Do you dislike me as a person, or do you dislike my humble family background?" Ding Mujie continued, "That day in the lake, I wanted to take you over, but you turned your head and saw it was me. You showed a shocked and resistant expression on your face, and subconsciously pushed me. In critical situations, a person's actions often reflect her true inner thoughts. I know you didn't want to be saved by me, but I didn't dare to think about it any further."
He suppressed his grief and said, "You broke the golden hairpin, didn't you? But you framed Dingxiang. You invited her to the Lin residence and used those jewelry to bring up the topic, gradually arousing Dingxiang's curiosity and letting her ask to see the old lady's hairpin, but you didn't tell her how precious it was. After she got the hang of it, you guided her to shake the hairpin, causing the broken golden wings to fall off. You also pretended to be righteous and wanted to take the blame for her, but in fact, you had already calculated that she was honest and kind by nature and would not bear to see you do that. In front of Dingxiang, you are a loving and responsible sister-in-law. In front of the old lady, you are also a good granddaughter who values love and friendship. You are loved by everyone, but you push the most innocent Dingxiang to be a scapegoat. She treats you with her heart, so how do you repay her?"
Speaking of this, Ding Mujie's breathing became a little unstable. If he were just a young man, he might not be able to see through the tricks, but now he has already been in the officialdom and experienced the affairs of life, so how could he be fooled by these petty tricks? This scheme was one thing after another, and each link precisely calculated Dingxiang's character weaknesses, leading her to fall step by step. Lin Wan not only stayed out of it, but also got a good reputation everywhere. She really calculated people's hearts to the extreme.
After being reborn, Ding Mujie was not unable to see her true face, but he just couldn't believe it. Lin Wan has been his obsession for two lifetimes, how could he give her up overnight?
But now, it is no longer possible to not give up. Lin Wan has not only pushed him into a dead end, but also pushed herself into a dead end. In order to achieve her goals, she is cruel to others and even crueler to herself. Thinking of this, Ding Mujie suddenly turned around and stared at her with his red eyes: "That day in Jiang's house, I almost got involved with Lin Dan. Was it also arranged by you?"
Lin Wan looked flustered and her eyes were evasive, but she still denied it, "I admitted that I broke the golden hairpin, but I don't know anything else. Don't accuse me! You know that the old lady has never liked us mother and daughter. If she knew that I broke her treasure, my mother and I would be in trouble, and she would dislike us even less from now on. I want to get married, that's okay, but what about my mother? She still has to serve the old lady! Dingxiang is a guest after all, and it won't affect her if she takes this matter for me, so I called her over. I'm just a little timid and have some small thoughts. How can you think so badly of me!" She started to cry as soon as she finished speaking.
But her tears could no longer move Ding Mujie. In a trance, he recalled that in his previous life, Lin Wan relied on this pitiful appearance to get a lot of information from him. For a while, his schemes were always discovered by King Kang, and he almost let the other side completely turn the tables. Fortunately, he went far away to the capital, away from King Kang's eyes and ears, and was able to turn the tide. At that time, he thought that King Kang had a capable person to help him, who was very smart and could guess every move he made. He had also thought about finding this capable person and either recruiting him for his own use or completely eliminating him, but he never thought that the capable person was Lin Wan, and that she had lived a glorious life in King Kang's backyard by betraying him.
In the end, he and the ninth prince won the battle for the throne, Prince Kang was imprisoned, and Lin Wan naturally fell out of favor. Later, she was poisoned and sent out of the capital by King Kang for recuperation. This was probably the last chess piece King Kang laid out in order to catch this big fish. But before he could be attacked, King Kang died first, and this move was completely wasted...
Starting over again, many things that he couldn't see through in his previous life, now, are seen through by Ding Mujie. He could no longer bear it, his red eyes closed slightly, and two hot tears fell out. At this moment in his previous life, he had been forced to marry Lin Dan, and they were living a peaceful life, so why would he be so anxious? And Lin Wan got rid of her useless fiancé as she wished, so naturally she wouldn't have caused so many troubles and exposed her true face.
She deceived him all his life, used his love and power to seek various benefits for herself, and made him unable to forget her until his death, and he had to hold her tablet in his arms when he was buried...
The more Ding Mujie thought about it, the more he felt like a complete joke. He cried and laughed at himself, his blood running cold.
"If anyone wants to cancel the engagement, it should be your family. I won't be labeled as heartless and ungrateful." After leaving these extremely cold words, he pushed the door and walked out. Whether in the last life or this life, he has already paid enough for Lin Wan. From now on, he will no longer care about her at all. Let her walk the path she has chosen.
"My father will never cancel the engagement on his own initiative. Mujie, please help me one last time. I beg you!" Lin Wan quickly jumped off the bed and grabbed Ding Mujie's sleeve.
When he got closer, Ding Mujie realized that her pale face was made up with powder and she was not really sick. From this we can see that she has made lying a habit, and in order to make her life better, she is not hesitant to betray anyone, even herself.
This time, not only Ding Mujie's blood turned cold, but his heart too. He stared at her for a long while, then left without looking back.
Lin Wan chased after him and shouted anxiously: "Mu Jie, are you going to cancel the engagement or not? Just give me a definite answer!" When she reached the door, she didn't dare to run forward anymore. She could only watch anxiously as the other person's back gradually went away.
Ding Mujie's mind was in a mess. He rode his horse carelessly and unknowingly ran to one of his favorite temples to visit in his previous life. After standing at the entrance of the temple for a long time, he finally couldn't stand the torment in his heart and walked in slowly, only to see a familiar figure standing in front of a wall, seemingly stopping to watch something.
"Lin Dan, why are you here?" He spoke in a hoarse voice, his expression as if he were in another world.
"Do you know me?" Lin Dan naturally knew that this man was Ding Mujie. He was so handsome that he had been deeply imprinted in the original owner's memory, making it impossible for her to forget him. But logically speaking, the original owner had secretly met Ding Mujie several times, but the other party had never seen the original owner. At this moment, they should not know each other.
Ding Mujie was stunned for a long time before he said, "I am Lin Wan's fiancé Ding Mujie. I have seen you outside the mansion before, and you even wrote me a letter. Have you forgotten everything?"
The original owner did secretly send several letters to Ding Mujie in the name of asking for advice on poetry, and even deliberately imitated Lin Wan's handwriting. But Lin Dan would never admit to these scandals. She didn't do it in the first place, so why should she admit it? Ding Mujie and Lin Wan are two big troubles, and she doesn't want to provoke them at all.
"I don't know you and I have never written to you." At this point, she looked at the little monk beside her and said, "Give me pen and ink, I want to write something on the wall." It turned out that this wall was specially for pilgrims to write inscriptions. It was covered with densely written poems, which looked very interesting.
Lin Dan originally just wanted to appreciate and had no intention of participating, but after seeing Ding Mujie, she changed her mind.
The young monk quickly brought a set of pens and a bottle of ink. Lin Dan picked up the largest wolf-hair brush, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote a line of large characters in the blink of an eye - Three thousand prosperous times, a hundred years later, nothing more than a handful of yellow sand. After writing, he threw the brush to the little monk, turned around and left.
Ding Mujie looked at the words in disbelief. After a long time, he smiled bitterly, and his laughter was full of shock, depression and pain. The handwriting was as sharp as iron and silver, with dragons and snakes flying, and could be considered a masterpiece of cursive calligraphy. It had nothing in common with the letters he had received. On the other hand, although those words were ugly and awkward, they faintly bore the style of Lin Wan. It was likely that Lin Wan had written them to him under the name of Lin Dan, in order to create the illusion that he and Lin Dan had already had a private relationship.
The "catching an adulterer" in the previous life that changed everyone's fate was probably carefully arranged by Lin Wan. Like him, Lin Dan had no way to defend herself and could only marry into the Ding family. But he hated her, resented her, treated her coldly, and refused to even look at her until his death. After all, Lin Dan is the most innocent and pitiful person. It's ridiculous that he was reborn and still hypocritically wanted to give her a good ending.
Not getting involved with them would be the best outcome for Lin Dan...
The more Ding Mujie thought about it, the more ashamed he felt, and the more sad he felt for Lin Dan. He actually covered his eyes and cried silently. The person he owed the most was never Lin Wan, but Lin Dan. However, even if he could do it all over again, he could not find any way to make it up to her.
In a trance, he thought of the tragic annihilation of the Lin family. He quickly wiped away his tears and left in a hurry. When he reached the door, he looked back and silently appreciated the Zen saying - three thousand prosperous times, just a blink of an eye, after a hundred years, it is nothing but a handful of yellow sand. It turns out that Lin Dan is the one who sees things most clearly and lives the most clearly, while they are all fools.
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