Liu Yong had a little bit of consciousness, but like a bug that was about to wake up from hibernation, he couldn't see anything, couldn't hear anything, didn't know where he was, and didn't know that today was the second day of the second lunar month.

The second of February is the day when the legendary dragon raises its head.

And on this day, the black clouds covering the sky lingered over Qingshen County for a long time, until the twilight, the last trace of light disappeared, and a few stars were revealed in the sky, hidden between the gaps in the black clouds, faint and cold.

At the second watch, the black clouds regrouped, and scattered snowflakes began to float in the sky, sandwiched by a cold wind, and the precipitous attack was expected.

On this cold night in early spring, the lights of Hekou Village, located on the outskirts of Qingshen County, were almost extinguished. In the east of the village, there is often a large house in Sanjin that is lit up to the third watch, and only the main house and the west wing are still lit with candles at this time. In the vast dark night of snowfall, it was faint and hazy, looking weak and desolate.

Under the candlelight in the west wing sat a plain young woman, leaning against a table of eight immortals, sobbing in front of the bed. The red candle flame spread on her face, and the mottled tears could not hide her delicate face. Between sobbing, sometimes wiping tears with his sleeves, sometimes sighing.

There was a man lying on the bed opposite, it was Liu Yong. He was covered with a yellow quilt, with only his head exposed. With his eyes closed, he seemed to be asleep.

Suddenly, the door opened. The startled woman suddenly got up. At the door, a woman walked in with the bleak wind and cold snow. The woman's eyebrows and eyes are a little lightly raised, and she is also dressed in plain clothes. Obviously, there was a funeral in this house today.

"Yo, it's my sister-in-law here!" The woman walked up to the woman with a big stab, but her eyes fell on the bed.

The woman in the room got up and raised her sleeve to wipe her tears, a little shy and cramped.

"Brother, brother and sister, you're back, I, I'm coming to find my daughter Yingying, and I'll take a look at the second brother by the way." Woman.

"What's there to see? He couldn't wake up anymore. The woman who came in flicked her sleeves and sat down on the stool, her handsome face covered with dark clouds.

"Brother and sister, you, have you eaten?" The woman was so cramped that she didn't know what to say.

"Eat? Hum! The woman glanced at the woman and lifted Erlang's legs, "When the day dawns and people come to collect the house, we won't even have a place to live, what will we eat?" ”

"Brother and sister, it's all your eldest brother who is not good, and he has lost all the property left by his ancestors." The woman began to sobble again.

The woman stood up, pointed at the woman and said angrily: "Sister-in-law, it's okay if your husband wants to lose money, but why did he lose my share of the family property?" How good is it for you to make me a widow! As he spoke, he beat his chest and cried out loud. The situation is exaggerated, and it has the meaning of performance.

"Brother and sister, don't cry, as long as there is a mouthful of sister-in-law to eat in the future, you will have a mouthful." As she spoke, she reached out and took the woman's arm as a sign of comfort. was suddenly pushed away by the woman.

"You say it nicely, you don't have a place to beg for a living." The woman crossed her waist indignantly, "Quickly return my share of the family property to me." ”

"Brother and sister, your eldest brother just finished his funeral today, and the money I saved before had already been used by him to gamble and lose, and now I have sent my personal maid away. What do you want me to take for you? The woman's crying was very sorrowful.

The woman stomped her feet hatefully and said, "If I knew this, my Fang Jinzhi would not marry into your Liu family anyway." Guarding a living dead every day, not to mention, and now he has to leave the house. In the future, bring a living dead, how will you let the slave family live in the future! The life of a slave is so miserable! He cried again, this time as if it were real.

At this time, another woman came in, carrying a lantern and dressed as a maid, walking quickly and whispering to the golden branch of the women's room. Fang Jinzhi immediately stopped crying.

"Sister-in-law, I'm tired and want to rest." Fang Jinzhi said coldly.

The woman was relieved and said, "Okay, I'll go and go to Yingying." Then he asked the maid, "Shui Niang, have you seen my daughter Yingying?" The maid didn't answer, and looked at Fang Jinzhi.

Fang Jinzhi sat down slowly, and said, "I asked Yingying and Yun'er to go to the room to cook." ”

"What? Yingying is a six-year-old female doll. How can you go about cooking? The woman was astonished.

"What can't you do? Now that all the people in the room are gone, do you want me to cook for myself? Fang Jinzhi said it rightly.

The woman remembered her daughter, so she did not reason with her, but ran to the room.

Seeing that the door was closed, Fang Jinzhi stood up and said to Shui Niang, "Go and call my cousin into the house." Shui Niang nodded and left.

"Wait."

The water lady stopped.

"Remember, don't let that bitch and the two little bitches see it."

Shui Niang nodded solemnly and went.

Fang Jinzhi turned around and walked to the edge of the bed and sat down. Looking at the man who seemed to be asleep, he said to himself: "Husband, you really might as well die if you lie like this every day." It's just that you've been blinded by your pretty face. He reached out and touched the handsome pale cheeks of the man on the bed with a little feminine softness, and let out a lament.

"It's been two years since I married you, the living dead. Before the marriage, the dead mother-in-law said that you can wake up. The slave believed it at the time, hoping that you would wake up, and the slave could be regarded as marrying a wishful man who had both wealth and appearance. But two years have passed, and you still haven't woken up. Now, your Liu family's 400 acres of fertile land and this big mansion have all been lost by your brother. But he didn't take a breath, spit out a mouthful of blood, and shook his hand away. Speaking of the eldest brother, Fang Jinzhi couldn't help but snort, "The old lady doesn't want to live that kind of upside-down life!" So I can't accompany you, my mother. After saying that, a few sneers came out of his mouth.

Before the laughter could be heard, the door opened, and a man of medium stature entered. The green shirt and Confucian scarf, although he looks like a scholar, has a little frivolity on his face.

Fang Jinzhi turned his head to look: "Cousin." ”

The man turned around and gently closed the door, and then ran towards Fang Jinzhi. Fang Jinzhi got up and took two steps, and the two hugged each other at the head of the bed.

"Miss me, Sister Zhi." As he spoke, the man stretched out his mouth and gnawed on Fang Jinzhi's face and neck.

"Oh, you dead ghost, you've been so anxious when you came here, as if you've been hungry for days." Fang Jinzhi was disgusted, and he avoided his face back and forth, left and right.

"I'm just hungry!" The man gnawed desperately.

Maybe the man's kiss was too frizzy, and it scratched the itchy flesh of Fang Jinzhi, causing her to giggle. But after only a few laughs, it stopped abruptly, and the man hurriedly let go of the golden branch of the room, and the two stood looking at each other with a slightly panicked expression. After all, this is a sneaky business, how can you laugh heartily and be so flamboyant. Although there is a water lady guarding outside the house, he is still weak in heart as a thief.

At this moment, the two quietly listened to the movement outside the house.

After a while, he couldn't hear anything outside the house, and Fang Jinzhi was relieved. At this moment, the candlelight flickered in her big excited eyes, and the autumn waves flowed with the light. And that merry face is even more charming under the cover of the candle. The man was stunned.

Fang Jinzhi saw that his cousin looked stupid, snorted, and couldn't help laughing. Her cousin shook his head and smirked.

"Cousin, the slave family is already a married woman, and I always feel sorry for you in my heart!" Fang Jinzhi said delicately.

"Sister Zhi, you and I have been getting along for more than a year, and you still say such things? What if you marry this Liu family Xiaolangjun? He's just a living dead who can only breathe. Sister Zhi, aren't you still my Zhao Biao's woman after all? The man who called himself Zhao Biao stretched out his hand and gently grabbed the thin waist of the house branch.

In the warm room, Fang Jinzhi suddenly thought of business, suddenly broke free from Zhao Biao's arms, and asked, "Cousin, did you bring anything?" ”

Zhao Biao took out a small paper bag from his arms and handed it to Fang Jinzhi, saying, "This is Heding Red." Sister Zhi, Liu Yong is almost like a dead man, do you need to do this? ”

"Almost? I ask you, do dead people gasp? Fang Jinzhi glanced at Zhao Biao, and gently opened the paper package, which was red powder.

"I mean, you and I just take some gold and silver and go." Zhao Biao didn't seem to approve of what Fang Jinzhi was going to do.

Fang Jinzhi saw that there was nothing wrong with the contents of the paper bag, and glanced at Zhao Biao again, and said: "If that cheap reports to the official, you are a criminal who abducts a woman from a good family, and I am a woman from a slave family." As he spoke, his index finger pointed at Zhao Biao's forehead, with a lot of blame. I'm afraid that you know more than I know about the criminal laws of the Great Song Dynasty, so think about what punishment there is. ”

Zhao Biao smiled, but said, "However, although Liu Yong can't move, he is a living person after all." ”

"It's the living dead!" Fang Jinzhi corrected, "I can also help him, it's good for everyone if he dies." Go get a bowl and come here. Zhao Biao's butt stuck to the stool and didn't move.

"Let's go!"

At the urging, Zhao Biao had to bring the bowl.

Fang Jinzhi's hand that poured the red powder into the bowl trembled a little, obviously she was scared. "Pour water?" But his mouth was still hard.

Zhao Biao poured the water, Fang Jinzhi stirred it with a spoon, and soon, the red powder melted, and the water turned into a light red soup. Fang Jinzhi trembled and tried to serve the bowl, but when he touched the edge of the bowl, he retracted suddenly.

"Cousin, cousin, how did you get in? Isn't it outside the house, isn't it guarded? Fang Jinzhi wanted to say something else to distract his panic.

"I'm very familiar with the big official of Madama, and I know all his subordinates." When talking about the future owner of this mansion, Zhao Biao was very proud. smiled, and continued: "If it weren't for me, how could you Liu family officials ......" stopped in the middle of the conversation.

"What can I do?" Fang Jinzhi asked.

Zhao Biao did not answer positively, and said a few perfunctory words. Fang Jinzhi didn't think so, in her heart, what was in front of her was the big thing.

"Cousin." Fang Jinzhi looked at the bed and said, "When he dies, I will be able to be with my cousin in the open." With that, he walked to the bed, leaned over and took out a bag from under the bed, and put it on the table.

"Cousin, this is the property I have accumulated and collected for two years, and when he dies in a while, you will take it and go. Then tomorrow, I will go to the official mansion to draw a free document and fly away with you. Fang Jinzhi pushed the burden in front of Zhao Biao's eyes.

Zhao Biao's eyes lit up, and he opened the baggage, which was filled with glittering gold and silver ingots and jewelry. I only looked at it for a moment, and quickly tied up my burden again, looking around with thief eyebrows, as if I was afraid of being seen by others. In fact, there were only two of them in the house.

"Alright, cousin, now it's your turn." Fang Jinzhi also pushed the bowl filled with the Heding Red Liquid to Zhao Biao's eyes.

(Note: First, for the sake of smooth reading, this book will change some incomprehensible titles from the Song Dynasty.) However, at the same time, the change was still based on the principle of respecting the customs of the Song Dynasty. For example, the title of 'Miss', which meant the same in the Song Dynasty as it does now, was the title of a girl. So it won't be used on a woman from a good family. There are also 'young master' and 'son' that were not often used in the Song Dynasty. Although the term 'girl' was not used to refer to young women in the Song Dynasty, the term "girl" is used extensively in this book to distinguish between young and older women. Second, the main currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty was copper coins, and gold and silver were not used as circulation currencies as precious metals and imperial court reserves, and this book will prevail on this. ）