The long winter has passed. With the advent of spring, the two rivers surrounding the city of Yongshi slowly thaw. The night fire is raging, the river is cold and cold, the fishermen are thinly dressed, driving small boats to and fro, scattering the nets, and getting some fat fish.

When the first rays of the morning sun shine on the earth, the whole capital becomes vibrant, and people who have been hindered by the severe cold for a winter have poured into the streets one after another, regardless of the cold of early spring.

The streets of Yongcheng are neat and orderly. The streets are crowded with people, most of whom are busy with their own livelihoods.

"It's so cold this winter!"

Just down this busy street, an inconspicuous teenager strolls along.

It is said to be inconspicuous, because such a teenager can be seen everywhere on the streets of the capital, most of them are coarse linen shirts, flat up and down, delicate in appearance, articulate, and are the messengers in the major shops in the capital.

The young man is naturally no exception, he is not far ahead, the largest clothing shop in the capital, the guy of the embroidery pavilion.

"Yo, isn't this Brother Zhang's third brother?"

Turning a corner, it was the embroidery pavilion, and at this moment, a figure flashed out from the side and stopped the young man. Looking at the demeanor, the person who came was very kind.

Zhang San was also taken aback, and when he saw the person clearly, he changed his face and scolded angrily. "You old thief, you deceived me a few days ago, but now you are still doing something!"

These six aunts are wearing a big red flower jacket and a dark green cotton pants underneath, and their taste is really not good! What's more, he was obviously deliberately waiting for this Zhang San, but he still had to pretend to be a chance encounter, and the performance was really clumsy.

The sixth aunt said with a smile: "Third brother Zhang misunderstood, the second girl of the Jiang family grew up in a deep boudoir on weekdays and rarely went out. Her parents hid her tightly, and the old woman was also deceived by the old man Jiang, I didn't know that the second girl Jiang was a pockmark! ”

"! You old thief, walking through the streets and alleys on weekdays, passing through the house, it is best to tell right and wrong, peep into people's privacy, and talk about the long and the short. You wouldn't know? ”

"The old woman really doesn't know!" The sixth aunt looked innocent. She was entrusted by others, otherwise she would not have rushed this trip again!

"Okay, you can return the hundred and ten pieces of silver to me, and this matter will be settled!"

"Oops! Brother Zhangsan, there is no such reason! gave the matchmaker happy money, how can there be any reason to go back! The sixth aunt covered her mouth and laughed, not waiting for Zhang San to be angry, and said: "The old woman came this time, but it was for a great happy event!" ”

Looking at Zhang San's appearance, it was obvious disbelief. The sixth aunt smiled to herself and said, "Speaking of which, you don't believe it either." Originally, the old man's family in Najiang had been fishing for generations, and the poor family was jingling. This old man Jiang gave birth to two daughters, the eldest daughter looks so handsome, that look, that figure, even the old woman I am tempted to see it! It's a pity that Old Man Jiang couldn't make up the dowry, and in the end she could only marry Li Si'er in the east of the city aggrievedly. Oh, little brother, didn't you see that Li Si'er, this is really a tender flower inserted in cow dung..."

The matchmaker couldn't take it back when she opened her mouth, and Zhang San'er, who saw it, became more and more impatient, and the sixth aunt got back to the topic, "Coincidentally, not long ago, the old man Jiang didn't know what luck he bumped into, and he caught a treasure from the river!" ”

"Baby?"

"That's right, it's a bad story! It is said that when the treasure was fished up, the whole body glowed, reflecting the surrounding light, and everyone could see it from afar. ”

"And then!" Zhang San asked.

"The next day, a few nobles came to Old Man Jiang's house."

"Noble?"

"yes!" The sixth aunt said proudly. Between the neighborhoods, how many trivial things can be hidden from her? She whispered: "It is said that it is on the edge of the imperial city, and I left a hundred taels of silver and bought the treasure of Old Man Jiang!" ”

"And then?" Zhang San knew that the six aunts were finally going to get down to business.

"Brother Zhangsan! That's a hundred taels of ingots! It's that you have worked in the embroidery pavilion for a lifetime, but you can't even get the spindle and leftovers! You don't know, since then, the people in these four streets and eight squares have gone to the sea! But now that he has money, Old Man Jiang's spirit has also become high. Picking horizontally and vertically, he just couldn't look at it, and finally thought of you, little brother! ”

Zhang San raised his eyebrows, "What does he want?" ”

"That old man Jiang wants to summon you into the fold!"

"Impossible!"

Zhang San shouted and turned to leave. The sixth aunt chased after and shouted: "Third brother Zhang, think about it again?" Marrying Miss Jiang Er, you can save more than ten years of struggle! ”

"Needless to say, I won't say yes."

"I don't know what to do." Looking at Zhang San's distant figure, the matchmaker scolded unwillingly.

Embroidery Pavilion is the largest clothing shop in the capital, the store is three storeys high, located on the most prosperous street in the southern city, at the intersection of the north and south streets.

The shop displays a variety of jewelry, gorgeous clothes, and most of the customers are the wives and concubines of dignitaries.

Of course, most of them were the servants of the rich family, and the rough servants came to get the clothes and accessories that their masters had already ordered.

The real famous lady, Miss Shen, and the embroidery pavilion have special women's mustaches, and they come to introduce new products every month, and few of them come in person.

The wages of those female mustaches are several generations higher than those of envoys like Zhang San. Their looks and figures are also the best choices. Even if you don't stay in the embroidery pavilion one day, you can find a good family with your savings.

Zhang San walked out of the corner, walked across the wide street, and just walked into the clothing shop, he met a guest and was pacing out. Behind him is followed by the popular female Qiaomei in the store.

Seeing this, Zhang San immediately avoided it. The man didn't glance at Zhang San, and walked out directly. When Qiao Mei saw off the guest, she turned around and smiled at Zhang San.

Zhang San immediately responded: "Sister Qiaomei, I let you do a big business again!" ”

"Yo, look at your boy's sharp eyes! Recognized? ”

"Then how can you not know him, he is the second housekeeper of Huo in General Zuo's mansion." Zhang San glanced at Qiaomei, didn't dare to look more, and looked away again.

This Qiaomei wore a red semi-sheer tulle coat, a white mink jacket on the outside, and a cotton gauze skirt underneath.

With Qiaomei's experience, it is not comparable to a hairy boy like Zhang San. How could she not see what Zhang San was thinking? Qiao Mei smiled and changed the subject, "I heard that you have recently found a family affair, how are you doing?" ”

"Hey, I was deceived by the sixth aunt, and I lost a few months' monthly money in vain....!"

"What's going on?"

"That second girl Jiang is a pockmark!"

"Flutter!" Qiao Mei smiled narrowly, "You little ghost! ”

Zhang San also laughed, which can be regarded as admitting.

Qiao Mei glanced at Zhang San, and smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, still leaving three points of coquettishness. Then, Qiao Mei turned around, twisted her waist, left a shadow in the longing eyes of the little guys, and walked up to the second floor.

At the beginning of the day, Zhang San was busy with his own accounts at the counter, only to see Qiaomei walking down the stairs on the second floor. Before the body arrived, the fragrance was already blowing in the face.

Zhang San smiled and said, "Sister Qiaomei, do you want me to help?"

"Just count you as a clever boy. Give you a chance, today sister, I will take you to see the world! ”

Qiaomei handed over the two heavy boxes to Zhang San, and the two of them walked out of the store one after the other.

"Sister Qiaomei, where are we going?"

"Several ladies in General Zuo's mansion ordered a few pieces of jewelry and clothes!"

General Zuo's Mansion is not far from the Imperial City in the Guiye Fang, covering an extremely wide area, and there are two extremely powerful stone lions at the main entrance.

Of course, with the identities of Qiao Mei and Zhang San, it was impossible for them to enter through the main entrance. After a big detour, I found a small door for people to enter and exit in the side alley. It was not the first time for Qiaomei to come, Si Yan and her were also acquaintances, and after explaining twice, the two of them entered General Zuo's mansion.

Entering the small courtyard from the side door, you can see busy servants everywhere. The rules of General Zuo's Mansion are very large, and when these servants saw Zhang San and Qiaomei, they neither said a word, nor dared to look at them, and were busy with the work in their hands, as if the two of them did not exist.

After walking some distance, a stout old woman was waiting for the two of them.

"The front is the inner house, men can't enter, you just wait for me here!"

Qiao Mei turned around, took the two boxes from Zhang San's hands, followed behind the stout old mother, and entered the inner house, and the figure quickly disappeared.

Zhang San glanced around, even the scenery in this remote garden was patchwork and orderly.

It is worthy of the general's mansion, and it is really full of the demeanor of a warrior.

Zhang San was idle, he waited here for an hour, and he didn't see Qiaomei come out, so he planned to go to the toilet.

"The hut is two hundred steps west from here, then turn south, and you can see it after a little walk. Remember, there's a deserted yard nearby, don't go inside. ”

"Okay!"

After some refreshment, Zhang San walked out of the thatched house, but saw Qiaomei's figure not far away.

The location of the thatched house is very partial, there is a dinner party in General Zuo's Mansion tonight, and the servants are busy with their feet facing the sky at the moment, and there is no figure in sight here.

Zhang San was about to say hello, but saw that Qiaomei's figure was a little sneaky, looked around, and soon turned into a crossing from the corridor.

When Zhang San came, he saw very clearly, and there was only one way from there, leading to the deserted courtyard in the mouth of the servant.

What does Qiaomei go there for?

Zhang San was puzzled, so he followed.

The trail is barren, no one has taken care of it for a long time, and the wild grass outside the courtyard has grown half a person tall.

The closer Zhang San walked, the clearer the trivial voice in his ears became.

"I want to kill you!"

"I hate it, why are you trying so hard!"

The man's eager voice and the woman's delicate voice mingled, and finally turned into a burst of gasps. Zhang San quietly approached and looked at the scene in the courtyard through the gap in the wall.

I saw that under the dead trees in the deserted courtyard, Qiaomei was cheating with a man.

Zhang San's eyes widened, and he looked through the cracks in the wall, and as the two of them progressed, the man's face was gradually becoming clearer.

Huo Er's housekeeper!

It turned out that the two of them had already hooked up and committed adultery, no wonder Qiaomei was always able to get the list in General Zuo's mansion.

"This dog man and woman!"

Zhang San was not angry in his heart, as if a dog tail grass that he liked had been picked by others, and he was about to leave, but he saw a sudden change in the courtyard.

The two are in a hot relationship, one is naked and muscular, and the other is half-dressed and slightly exposed. When the union was about to be closed, I saw layers of yellow hairs growing on Qiaomei's snow-like skin.

Zhang San squinted his eyes, wondering if he was dazzled, but when the second housekeeper Huo turned around, where could he still see half of his face.

I saw a wolf head full of black hair, and a pair of blood-like eyes on his hideous face glanced in the direction of Zhang San, with fierce intent.

"Oh no, it's been discovered!"

"You're showing up."

Qiaomei's white hands stroked the wolf's head, her face was crimson, and her eyes were full of autumn water, which was already emotional.

"I just did the most important thing, and my blood is surging. Who's that kid? ”

"A little guy in the embroidery pavilion, I brought it."

"This kid is very clever, when he saw my true face, he didn't fall down in fright, and immediately ran away."

"Don't worry, he is helpless in this Yongcheng and can't run."

"Well, kill him! A little guy is dead. It's important to put away what I've given you. ”

"What's the hurry, he can't run."

Qiaomei's white and tender hand turned the wolf's head and made him look at him, his face overflowing with emotion.

Ancient temple at night.

The firewood crackled, the wind outside the temple was loud, and a fierce intent spread to the temple along with the sound of the wind.

Zhang San sat behind the fire, the flames were high, and his face was inexplicable.

Qiaomei walked into the ancient temple step by step. This temple is a few miles away from Yongcheng, and it is in a hurry to get here, but Qiaomei is breathing steadily.

Maybe it's because of despair, maybe it's because of incompetence, Zhang San is sitting there at the moment, and he doesn't have the cleverness he has on weekdays.

"After three years of being together, I wish I couldn't find you. It's a pity that mortals are mortals after all. ”

Qiaomei's eyelids are drooping and her face is dull.

"You and Steward Huo Er are both demons!"

"You're right."

Qiaomei took two more steps forward, but then she was suspicious in her heart. Mortals don't say that they see demons, even if they hear it, they will be scared.

But now Zhang San is too calm.

"Whether it's a demon or a human! Sister Qiaomei, I like you. ”

Zhang San walked up slowly and hugged Qiaomei.

Qiao Mei did not refuse, and a poignant smile appeared on her face.

"I like you too!"

The blade in her hand no longer hesitated and stabbed into Zhang San's body.

The blow was fatal, and Zhang San didn't even say a word.

The moment she felt the hot blood, a tear flowed out of Qiaomei's eyes.

Slowly helping Zhang San's body down, Qiao Mei looked at Zhang San's corpse, a trace of weakness appeared in her eyes, and she turned around silently.

"It's just that ants like us don't deserve to talk about liking."

However, what Qiaomei never expected was that not long after she left, Zhang San, who fell to the ground, turned into a truncated lotus root, like ashes, and dissipated in the temple.