In the deep night, the faint light of kerosene lamps swayed; Drunkenly groping against the wall, Yudecao staggered all the way to the lodgings, and through the gate he walked up to the second floor, holding on to the creaking old wooden ladder.

Dr. Yudekaw, who was drinking and drinking, stood outside his door and patted his pants pocket.

"Huh? Damn, where's my key?

Worst! Maybe you forgot to be in the black pepper bar or forgot to be in the hospital while drinking, and it's not practical to walk back to the black pepper bar or the hospital now.

Luckily, the owner of Mills is a very attentive person, although he looks rough, and if the key is in the black pepper bar, he will definitely keep it for me.

Alas. Let that vicious woman open the door for me. I don't know if she's asleep? After all, it's late at night. ”

Yudkaw thought.

As he was about to bang on the door, Yudecao noticed the sound of rustling in the room, accompanied by the creaking of wooden furniture against the broken floor.

"Something is wrong! Could it be that there is a thief in the house? At this time, Yu Dekao's heart was up and down, thinking that with his thin body, he might not be able to beat the thief with his bare hands! But there is only one lady in the family, and now I have to think of a way!

He adjusted his breathing, exhaled a long breath, slowed the pace of his breathing slowly, and then tiptoed into the hallway to fetch a long wooden broom, and hid his figure in the shadows under the stairs of the roof of the third floor, which he usually sealed.

Patiently waiting for the thief to come out of the door, holding the broom in his hand gave him a lot of confidence and courage as if he was holding the sword of the king.

Holding the broom high all the time stiffened the muscles in Yudeko's arm, and he listened with bated breath to the movement in the room, as if any slight sound would irritate his sensitive nerves.

Suddenly there was a muffled gasp of a man and a delicate pant of a woman who deliberately lowered her voice.

"What?!" At this time, he had already realized what was happening in the house, which made Yudekao's heart feel mixed, and his chest felt so stuffy that he couldn't breathe.

In a few moments, a tall, sturdy man with a fierce face walked out of Youdekao's house. He was disheveled, and he hurried to leave before he even had the zipper of his pants closed, and he didn't even find the hidden figure of Yudekaw, which was the time when Dr. Yudkaw usually came home from the night shift.

Dr. Yudekao's shift today was the middle shift, so he deliberately deceived the fierce woman in advance, so that he could get some lazy and pleasant personal time, but he did not expect to see such an amazing but "wonderful" scene.

Yudekao's drunkenness was instantly washed away by negative emotions such as anger, unwillingness, and grief, and even a crazy, no, crazy thought in his mind, that is, he wanted to kill this man!

The moment he clenched the wooden broom in his hand and was about to swing it from a high place and smash it down, Yudecao regained his composure and stopped his movements.

He saw his wife, who was from the kingdom of Ename, come out of the door, and called out to the man who was in a hurry.

"Eisen, you dead ghost, come early next time, he's almost coming back."

"Got it." The man named Eisen responded.

Yudekao's wife's name is Sarita, a native of the Enamel country, who was appointed by his parents to be betrothed to Yudekao when he was young.

Sallyta used to be a blonde beauty, but since moving to Germany, her weight has increased, her physique has begun to develop horizontally, and she loves to drink more than Yudeko.

When he was sober, his temper was more easy-going, but after drinking, he seemed to change as a person, becoming irritable, excited, and even becoming a person.

The last point is simply due to the love of romance and freedom, and there is even a majority of the people of the Enamel who believe that cheating is just a spice in life. ①

But this is unbearable for the rigorous, traditional Germans. It just so happens that Yudekao is an authentic, native, traditional German. If this is spread, it will be as if you have been stripped naked and whipped in public.

But Yudecao didn't make any movement at this moment, because he recognized this Eisen, who was a famous butcher in the city of umur. Not only is he physically strong, but he also has a fierce look in his eyes because of his long-term slaughter of livestock.

Because of his profession as a butcher, he also developed strong arm, wrist and waist strength: arm and wrist strength for cutting and slaughtering, waist strength for carrying, and he was able to easily lift a slaughtered cow without the help of any tools.

After a little calculation, Yudekao gave up. It's not that you give up revenge, hatred will always be buried in your heart, but now is not the time to go head-to-head, and there is no way to fight it.

What's more, how embarrassing it is to go out now, it's not good that Eisen, the butcher, can't think of it, and slaughter Youdekao. Unlike a married woman, who can play with a widow, this is an immoral act that may damage Eisen's reputation.

Yudecao watched Eisen turn around and hug his fierce mother-in-law, and Salita was reluctant to straighten the collar of Eisen, the butcher.

It seems that these two have been fornicating for a long time, and they don't know when they started their adultery.

Yudekaw was saddened and thought to himself that perhaps he was a good doctor, but not necessarily a good husband, or his wife would not have betrayed him in such a way.

After Eisen left, Yudecao waited for a while, standing alone at the door of the house, thinking about how to face his wife for a while. Reaching out and gently patting the side of his face, he tried his best to pull out a reluctant smile, and then rang the doorbell outside the door.

"It's coming, it's coming," Salita's voice came from inside the door.

"Why did this guy come back so early? He's not going to bump into Eisen, is he? ”

Sallyta thought to herself.

Yu Dekao smirked and looked at his wife, who was still a little flushed on her face but didn't dare to look directly at her, and said,

"I'm back."

Salita stretched out her hand and took Yudekaw's coat and hung it on the hanger by the door, saying,

"Have you had dinner? There's still a little leftovers in the kitchen, you know, usually I take care of it myself when you're on the night shift. ”

When Sarita finished speaking, she ignored Yudekaw and went to the wine cabinet in the living room to take out a bottle of malt whisky and drink it to herself.

Yudkaw nodded his head to indicate that he had eaten dinner, and then returned to the bedroom in silence to take out a change of clothes.

In the bathroom, he lay in the bathtub and sighed silently as he looked at his overworked figure.

"Damn! Damn it! Damn it!!! It was a roar in his heart, "How am I going to face you?!" ”

As the hot water in the bathtub gradually lost its temperature, Yudekao's anger began to subside, and there was more unwillingness and powerlessness in his heart.

In the past, he had talked to his colleague in the andrology department at the hospital about the problem, but the male colleague in the specialty stopped responding after concluding that recovery was impossible.

Youdecao also knows that this problem is more due to the rise of age and psychological disorders, which is extremely face-damaging for all men.

But the next day, the doctors and nurses in the hospital looked at Yudekaw with pitiful, playful eyes, but still with a disguised smile, and it was clear that the colleague had told the shameful secret.

"Why am I so scumbag, why am I so incompetent!"

Yudekaw snatched a few hairs from his head, and from the reflection in the water, he saw the moonlight outside the window, and his haggard old face, and the few hairs he had.

"These mouthy sluts!"

He put his hand back into the water, and there were ripples on the water, and he lay on his side looking out the window at the paleness, but he didn't notice that he was smiling hideously in the reflection, and the color of the water suddenly turned blood red.

Letting go of the sigh in his heart, he got dressed and went back to the bed in the bedroom, and slowly fell asleep.

Although he pretended to be indifferent and pretended to be fine, an evil seed had already been planted in Yudekaw's heart, quietly sprouting and taking root, and eventually growing that evil and bewitching flower.

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After Kirk recovered, Herman took Kirk and little Albert home from the hospital to recuperate, and hired a personal maid to take care of Kirk and the fragile boy, who were still somewhat frail.

A few days later, Albert's Full Moon was approaching, and Herman was preparing to invite his neighbors and friends to the family feast, no, perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that it was a celebration.

After the invitation, the servants were busy shopping for the ingredients for the banquet and decorating the house, while Hermann himself went to the grocery store in Pvent, which had excellent wines from the Orient, which were the best for entertaining guests, and of course some whiskey, wild grids, the famous red wines of the Bordeaux winery in the country, and the white wines produced by the most luxurious and high-end Château Klaus Eberbach Abbey in Germany. ②

"Good day, Mr. Pvent, how is business today?"

Herman took off his hat and saluted Pvent, who was busy in the store.

Pvent looked up and thought,

"Hey, it's Herman, rare customer, it looks like there's business today, I have to sell something high-profit."

But Pvent said,

"Oh, you're Mr. Herman, and thanks to you, business is pretty good today.

See! This is a good thing that has just been purchased today, the incense of the East, which is said to come from an island country called Fuso. ”

Sweating profusely, Pvent responded as he carried various goods, and continued,

"I'm sorry there's no place for a gentleman like you to sit, and as you can see, it's full of all sorts of goods."

Herman said,

"That's not a problem, Mr. Pwente, I'll be fine standing. I wonder if you still have Oriental wine here? I need some, and I need some other miscellaneous stuff as well. Here's the list for you to see. ”

Taking the list from Herman's hand, and after a cursory glance, Pvent said,

"Most of them, so many things, are you going to have a banquet?"

Herman smiled and responded,

"Great, Mr. Pvent, our Einstad's baby is about to be full moon, so we have to invite our neighbors, relatives and friends to bless the child.

This is a grand banquet, and of course you and your family are welcome to come and join us.

The date is April 14th, so be sure to come and see it. ”

With that, Herman took the invitation out of his pocket and offered it to Pvent with both hands.

Provent also took it politely and placed it at the cash register, and then sorted out a large pile of goods with the list, and he asked Herman,

"I think you shouldn't be able to bring back the things here alone, sir, today.

If it's convenient for you, I can deliver it all to your house with the addition of fifty pfennigs.

This adds up to a total of thirty-five gold marks.

Well, this Oriental album is also given to you as a gift.

I'm sure you'll be able to use it before your lady recovers. ”

After finishing speaking, Pvent smirked his eyebrows, but thought to himself, "A picture album that is not very valuable can be exchanged for the friendship of a big businessman, this transaction is too cost-effective!" ”

Herman took the Oriental album for no apparent reason, put it in his arms, and paid forty gold marks as a reward and the amount of money for the album.

No one could have imagined that this album would lead to a series of tragedies that followed.

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April 14, 1879

Festive music was played by the band in the hall,

Hermann went out of his way to invite the famous band to be the resident performers of the evening feast, and they would match the music that best suited the mood for each occasion, and it was a great deal for only twenty gold marks and a dinner for one night.

A little extravagant spending does not hinder Herman's happy mood,

To prepare for the banquet, he also hired a chef from a fine dining restaurant to prepare a variety of exquisite dishes, dim sum and cold dishes.

As the guests entered one after another, Mr. Herman, dressed in a crisp and unmarked suit, shiny leather shoes, holding a black oak cane in one hand, and Mrs. Kirk, who was wearing a pale yellow dress and combing her fluffy hair in the other, made a grand appearance with the main character of the day, Albert, and they slowly walked up the stairs on the second floor to the hall.

The ceiling was illuminated by crystal chandeliers, a mix of ancient art and new technology, and guests applauded.

Herman exclaimed, "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to Albert's Full Moon Feast. I hereby declare that the banquet has officially begun! ”

The hall cheered, and to the sound of upbeat music, the men invited the ladies dressed around them to form a pair of butterflies dancing on the dance floor.

"Hey, Dr. Yudekau, hello." Pvent greeted Dr. Yudekaw, who was making his selections at the side of the food.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Pwente, that I can meet you here today." Yudekao replied.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, can you give me a moment? I'd like to grab a glass of champagne over there. ”

The person who spoke was tall, about 1.8 meters tall, about the same as Eisen, but much more elegant in temperament than Eisen's reckless man. These were the results that Yudekao had come to mind after a quick look, then took a step back and said, "My pleasure, sir. ”

Provent looked at the person who came, patted his head and said,

"It's you, Alphes. Vasap, how did you end up here? ”

With white gloves on his hands and elegantly holding the bottom of a champagne glass, Alfes said,

"Theoretically, you should call me brother-in-law, Provent. You're still so rude in your conversation.

I don't know why my lovely cousin, Ariana, would marry you.

Oh, it's rude, it's my gaffe, I'm so sorry.

As for why I'm here, it's because Mr. Herman and I have a business relationship.

Last quarter my firm sent me as a representative to negotiate with Mr. Hermann in the city of Ulm for an electrical business of 30,000 gold marks. Naturally, I will be invited, but I am a symbol of the existence of the gold lord. ”

Alfes has a proud but indifferent temperament in his bones, but he has some disdain for Pvent in his heart.

But Yudecao felt that this person was a little familiar, so he spoke and asked,

"Mr. Elphes, have I seen you? My name is Yudkaw and I am a doctor. ”

"Dr. Yudkaw, it's a pleasure to meet you, and I hope you won't have the opportunity to see me when you visit the ward in the future."

Alphes continued,

"Your memory is amazing, we did meet outside the Black Pepper Bar, look, remember this pipe?"