"Do you love him?"

"Loved, that's all. ”

As the city quiets down, pedestrians hurried home to catch a hot meal, and the rush of traffic dissipated like flowing water, leaving a cold breeze to sweep through the empty streets. Yue'er bent in the night sky and watched the people coming and going, yawning from time to time.

The only thing that makes the city a little noisy is the noise of the bars. The lonely people are drunk here, and the companions are drunk here. This is probably the most fireworks place on a lonely night.

The handsome young man sat at the bar, holding a freshly mixed cocktail in his hand, taking a sip and letting out a heartfelt admiration.

"This wine is good, I have time to try it. ”

I always like to drink when I am alone, I still like to drink when I am two, and I like to drink even more when I am in a group.

"On such a cold night, I can only drink some wine to warm my heart. Come on, come on, brake, I salute you with this cup. The young man raised his glass and toasted to whom, a smile appeared on his face.

The young man's face was slightly red, and he was also a little drunk.

"Handsome guy, have a drink together?" someone patted the young man's shoulder, and remembered a female voice in his ear.

The young man turned his head and saw a woman in a sundress and heavy makeup looking at him with a wine glass.

The woman is wearing a red suspender dress and long flaxen hair, the woman is not particularly good-looking, but it gives people a bewitching feeling. The woman kept shaking her glass in front of the young man's eyes, and looked at him with a smile.

"Okay. The young man lifted his glass and touched it with the woman, and then both drank the wine from the glass.

"Handsome guy, it's not boring to drink here alone. The woman looked at him and asked with a smile.

The young man smiled and shook his head, "Aren't you also alone?"

"So I'm not looking for you. The woman put down her glass, and there was a charm in her smile.

But the young man didn't seem to be moved, although he looked at her, it was not her face that he could see, but the half of the ancient jade hanging around his neck.

"The half of the jade hanging around your neck doesn't seem to match what you're wearing today. The young man looked at this half of the ancient jade and said.

"Yes, but I just like this half of the ancient jade. The woman also lowered her head and looked at the half of the ancient jade hanging from her neck, and replied.

"You drink with me, and I'll tell you a story, do you want to hear it?" the young man looked into her eyes, his eyes deep.

"Okay, but what do you want to drink this wine?" the woman touched the young man's sleeve, and the corners of her mouth lifted upward.

The young man smiled and nodded, snapped his fingers, and greeted the bartender. "Serve me and this lady another mojito. ”

After hearing this, the woman covered her mouth inexplicably and smiled, "Handsome guy, Mojito can't get drunk with me." ”

The young man seemed to be full of wine for a moment, and the whole person seemed to be a little energetic. He looked at the half piece of ancient jade hanging around the woman's neck, and said slowly: "Don't get drunk, since it's a story, it's better for everyone to be sober." ”

"You have a story, I have wine, a match. The woman picked up a mojito and collided with the young man's glass.

The young man took a sip of the cool mojito, the aftertaste still echoing in his mouth.

"Well, I'll get started. ”

Kyoto, one of the most prosperous cities in the country. There is no shortage of love stories to sing and cry about, but even if the news is big enough to spread in the mouths of people in Kyoto for a while, it will seem so prosaic.

In a luxurious private house, a handsome man is sitting on a chair in the lobby, leaning his head on the palm of his hand, and his other hand is constantly knocking on the table, his eyes closed, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, he sighed, as if disappointed.

"The sixth one, it's really more boring than the other. He shook his head, put on a robe, and walked out of the house without looking back.

Two feet of white silk hung on the beam of the lobby, and a young woman hung from the white silk, and she was already breathing at this time.

Her eyes turned out, as if something was unwilling.

On the second day, it was rumored in the mouths of the people of Kyoto that the eldest lady of the Cao family was hanged on the beam of her house. I heard that her lover abandoned her, and she couldn't think about it for a while, so she committed suicide because she was trapped by love.

Count how many ladies have committed suicide for love in the past two years? plus the eldest lady of the Cao family, you can't count it on one hand.

The moon is in the sky.

The whole city is divided into two halves by an inner river, half of which is extremely poor, and half of which is singing every night. This has also caused a huge gap between the rich and the poor in Kyoto, and I don't know whether to say that it is the misfortune of the city or the misfortune of the country.

Li Yu'an sat on the roof, looking at the bustling city of Kyoto at night on the other side of the river. He had a dog's tail in his mouth, his eyes straight at which he was looking, and he sighed from time to time.

"Erosion of the place. He sneered coldly, but only he could hear the words.

"Little rabbit, what are you doing climbing so high at night!" came a whirring sound from under the eaves, and he didn't seem to want to deal with it, but replied casually and perfunctorily.

"Look at the stars, look at the moon, look at Kyoto across from our place. ”

"Little rabbit cub, what kind of people are we in your heart, you don't have any points in your heart, and the place opposite the river is also what you can think of?" The middle-aged woman saw that Li Yu'an didn't pay much attention to her, so she sneered.

"I don't envy that the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as my own kennel. He said with some disdain.

"Don't give your mother a poor mouth here, I haven't asked you yet, why haven't I seen the girl I brought back last time?" asked the middle-aged woman with her hands on her waist, looking up at Li Yu'an's back.

"She, she is a beautiful girl, and she doesn't look down on poor people like us. Since you can't look at it, forget it. He spit out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, and lay down on the roof, facing the white white moon.

"You, you, you're not too young, you have brought back six girls in the past two years, and none of them have been successful. You don't want to hug your son, but I still want to hug my grandson. The middle-aged woman said bitterly.

"Yes, yes, my mother is right. Who doesn't want to find a good girl, those, are all girls who hate the poor and love the rich, even if they really get married, we have to live with our heads down for the rest of our lives. Li Yu'an said with some disdain.

"Those girls you brought back, my mother knew at a glance that she disliked our poor family, but it is better for you to find a rich daughter-in-law than to stay here and never get ahead. It's okay for my mother to be wronged, it's okay if you live for a long time. The anger of the middle-aged woman gradually dissipated, leaving only one mother's concern for her son.

"Look at it again, with your son's appearance, are you still worried that you can't find a good daughter-in-law? The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. Li Yu'an lay motionless on the roof, looked at the moon and said absentmindedly.

"Hey, what did the little bunny say. Your appearance is with me, if you follow your father, I guess I won't want to hold my grandson in my life. The middle-aged woman became angry again when she heard this, and then mocked.

"You always say that my father is ugly and poor, didn't you follow him in the end? When my father died, you cried the saddest, and you couldn't stop it. ”

There was silence under the eaves, and it was a moment before the middle-aged woman spoke.

"Your father, although he is ugly and has no money, he is good. I remember that your grandfather didn't approve of me meeting your father, so he locked me in the house. But your father was good, he came in over the wall and gave me osmanthus cakes, and as a result, your grandfather caught it right, and your grandfather was beaten up that night. Now that I think about it, the osmanthus cake made by your father's dead ghost is still quite delicious. As she spoke, the middle-aged woman laughed, and memories came back to her mind.

"Thirty-fifth time, do you want to say that my father will come over the wall to give you osmanthus cakes every once in a while, and then my grandfather will not recruit you, so he will agree to the marriage of the two of you. My ears are going to hear the calluses. Li Yu'an said with some annoyance.

"Little rabbit cub, what's the matter? I can't say it a few more times?" the middle-aged woman asked rhetorically, "You didn't eat less osmanthus cake made by your father when you were a child, and you begged your father to make it for you every day at that time." ”

"Yes, yes, my father's osmanthus cake is delicious, and I can't eat it now. Li Yu'an rolled his eyes and replied.

"Alright, don't talk nonsense with you little bunny. When you've seen enough, hurry down and put the food on the table for you. The middle-aged woman dropped a sentence and turned back to the house, leaving Li Yu'an alone on the roof, facing Mingyue.

He let out a long sigh, and the appearance of a man suddenly appeared in his mind. Holding a baby in his arms, he coaxed from time to time.

"Yu'an, Yu'an, in the future, my father will teach you to make osmanthus cakes, and you will do a good job of deceiving a pretty daughter-in-law to come home. ”

"Alas, I want to eat osmanthus cake. He muttered to himself.

A pigeon flew in the moonlight and landed beside Li Yu'an.

He sat up straight and grabbed the pigeon. Something seemed to be tied to the pigeon's leg, and when he took it off, it was a small note. There were only a few words written on the note.

"I'll see you in the old place tomorrow. ”

After reading it, Li Yu'an squeezed the small note tightly in the palm of his hand, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

Jin Jiang Tea House, which is a small tea house next to the bazaar. There are only two people in the shopkeeper of the entire teahouse plus the shopkeeper, but it has become the favorite place for the poor in Kyoto to go after dinner. Because the tea is cheap, and the boss can do business, and he will send some melons and fruits, so although it is in a poor area of Kyoto, business is relatively prosperous.

In the past two years, Li Yu'an has often gone to this teahouse, not for anything else, just to meet with someone.

If you want to ask who it is, every time that person appears, he is dressed from head to toe in a black robe, and he can't even see his appearance, and he can only tell by his voice that the person should be younger. Li Yu'an didn't know where that person came from and where he was going? And this was the most taboo question that the man asked.

Li Yu'an sat in the pavilion of the teahouse, drinking small tea with melon seeds, saying that the person would never arrive on time when he was good, and he would make himself wait for half an hour, and Li Yu'an was used to it.

He took a sip of tea, thinking that the man was actually half of his life-saving benefactor, if he hadn't given him a sum of money, he and his mother would have starved to death, and that person would give some silver taels every time they met. Of course, he couldn't tell his mother about the black-robed man, but he lied to his mother that he had found a job in the prosperous area of Kyoto, and he had a few taels of silver to balance every month with food and shelter. Mother never doubted this, after all, Li Yu'an did have silver to take home every month. Seeing that her son is doing well, then she, as a mother, is naturally happy.

"It's coming. Li Yu'an was knocking melon seeds, and a man's voice sounded behind him. A man wrapped in a black robe appeared behind him as if out of thin air, without a single footstep.

"I'm used to being so punctual every time you're so unpunctual. Li Yu'an was not surprised at the black-robed man's appearance out of thin air, and said calmly.

The black-robed man stood behind him, and he was still knocking on the melon seeds, not looking back. The black-robed man said, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't look at what you shouldn't see. He gives money to him to do things, and the water of the well does not interfere with the water of the river.

The black-robed man threw a bag of silver at Li Yu'an.

Li Yu'an picked up the bulging silver bag and tossed it, and the corners of his mouth raised a satisfied smile.

"I really don't understand why you have to choose this place to meet?" Li Yu'an asked with some confusion.

"I like to get down to business over tea. A cold voice came from under the black robe.

"Well, who is it this time?"

"Let the target fall in love with him, hold it up high with love, and then fall to his death, inducing the other person to commit suicide. I heard that you call it a killing?" the black-robed man asked coldly.

"That's right, those ladies are too poor in their hearts, and one is not as good as one recently. Li Yu'an shook his head and said with some disappointment.

"You'll be interested in what you're aiming for. ”

"Oh, yes?"

"Kyoto's first female head catcher, Bai Wan. ”

The smile on Li Yu'an's face became more and more intense after hearing this, and there was a trace of unnoticed murder in his eyes, and he kept carrying a heavy silver bag in his hand.

"The first female head catcher in the capital, that's a bit interesting. ”