In the small courtyard at No. 14 East Lane in Beijing, there lived a young couple, the man was a scholar preparing for the exam, and the woman was a gentle and virtuous wife. Such a life was completely broken after a certain rain, because of a stray dog.

The scholar knocked on all the doors of the neighbors in East Lane, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Have you ever seen my wife?" ”

"No, no." The neighbor's eyes were evasive, and he did not dare to look at him at all, and after answering the scholar's question, he immediately closed his door.

The bang also blocked the way for the scholar to find his wife.

He never went home again, wandering the streets all day long, leaving himself unkempt and unkempt, directly looking for his gentle and bright wife.

When he saw a man on the street, he took him by the hand and asked, "Have you ever seen my wife?" ”

Such a questioning without beginning or end will end with words of disdain or disdain from passers-by!

Some people scolded the scholar for being a madman, but he didn't care at all, he walked through the streets and alleys all day long, in order to find his little wife who was confused by nature and would get lost from time to time, and he wanted to take her home.

Seeing this, the neighbors in Dongxiang couldn't bear it, so they took advantage of one night to take the scholar's hand and whispered to him: "Don't look for it, I saw your wife get into the carriage of the prince's mansion that day!" It's been so many days, and I haven't seen her come back, so it can be seen that she stayed in the Prince's Mansion, don't be sad, you're still so young, you can always find another ......"

"Impossible!"

The scholar shook off his neighbor's hand like a real madman, ran all the way to the door of the Prince's Mansion, and knocked on the door of the Prince's Mansion vigorously: "Is there anyone?" Is anyone there! Give my wife back! ”

The porter opened the door a crack, and when he saw a disheveled madman standing outside, he sneered and said, "You don't look at what you are!" Looking for a lady? Is this a place where you can sprinkle casually, our Royal Highness is the crown prince, if you continue to mess around like this, beware of me calling someone to beat you out! ”

The scholar obviously heard the porter's words, but as if he didn't understand, he pulled the door of the prince's mansion vigorously: "My wife is in your mansion, let her come out to see me!" ”

"Have you said it all?"

The porter saw that he was crazy and wanted to break into the mansion, but he couldn't stand it, so he wanted to reason with the scholar in front of him, and he followed the scholar's words and said seriously: "What is the name of your wife, how old is it, and when did you enter the prince's mansion?" Alas, I see that you are really pitiful, so I will help you ask. ”

The scholar suddenly calmed down, and he reported his wife's name, as well as her age and time of disappearance, which happened to match a woman who was brought back by the prince!

The porter knew some secrets of the house, so he patted the scholar on the shoulder and persuaded him: "You kid don't be obsessed anymore, it's just a woman, and it's worth your hard work?" Alas, I see that you are pitiful, so I will tell you the truth, our Highness did bring back a woman that day, but that woman is no longer in the house. ”

"Where did she go?"

"Dead, dead by touching the pillar! Alas, at a young age, why can't you think about it like this? Later, I saw with my own eyes that someone had brought a sack outside the house, presumably to the mass grave......"

The scholar turned around and left without saying a word!

Looking at his stubborn appearance, the porter realized that he might have to do something big, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Young man, you have to see your status clearly, some people, you can't fight for a lifetime!" ”

After leaving the Prince's Mansion, the scholar rushed directly to the mass grave, and among the pile of corpses, he found a female corpse whose face had been cut with a knife! The scholar trembled and pulled up the left hand of the female corpse, only to see that there was a very shallow scar on her little finger! That was the first time his wife cooked, and she was accidentally cut out by a kitchen knife!

The scholar hugged the woman who had begun to rot and cried bitterly: "I finally found you!" ”

Early the next morning, people saw a thin figure, wearing a mourning dress of the scholar dragging a coffin walking on the street, because he had no strength, so the strength to pull the coffin was not great, the people gathered on both sides of the street, have looked at the scholar with curious eyes, at this time, they saw the scholar's blood book!

The content of the blood book is to tell the prince Li Gaozhan of the dynasty to rob the people's daughter, that is, the wife of this scholar, the woman did not obey, and after touching the pillar and dying, the prince actually used a knife to cut her face and threw her body in the mass grave! The scholar can barely distinguish people by virtue of the birthmarks on her body and the scars!

"I seem to have seen this scholar, is it the one who looked for his wife everywhere in the capital two days ago?"

"Isn't that him?"

People watched as the scholar pulled the coffin to the palace gate, and then he walked up to the tower step by step and beat the drum!

Liangzhou

When Wan Bingyu came to the yamen and wanted to talk to Heng Xinyuan, Heng Xinyuan was talking and laughing with the three princes and Qi Yu, she got closer and listened carefully to know that it was the third prince who was preparing to return to Pingyuguo, and Qi Yu was going back with him. Wan Bingyu didn't have any feelings for the three princes, so she didn't care whether the three princes went or stayed, she cared more about Qi Yu, a fellow countryman.

"You're leaving, too?"

Qi Yu nodded, and said with a complicated expression: "It's been a while since we left Pingyu Country, and if we don't go back, I'm afraid that the sky will be turned upside down over there." ”

Wan Bingyu was a little lost: "Then I won't keep you." ”

"Sister," the third prince's eyes widened, trying to put on an innocent appearance, "we may never see each other in the future, can you bear to let me go back with a regret?" Or you can forgive me, I didn't volunteer to pretend to be a poor person with both parents dead, I didn't have a way at that time. ”

Wan Bingyu still had a cold face.

After the third prince saw that there was no way to make Wan Bingyu look at him differently, he immediately changed his strategy and directly took out a bracelet from his sleeve and stuffed it into Wan Bingyu's hand.

Wan Bingyu was surprised: "What is this thing you gave me?" ”

"Naturally, it is an object used to apologize, Mrs. Wan, I didn't bring anything with me when I came, but this bead string is always with me, I don't know if this thing is worth it or not, but it has a special meaning to me."

"Today, I will give it to you, Mrs. Wan, mainly to offset the sin I concealed last time, in the future, if Mrs. Wan has something to do, you can directly take this string of beads to Pingyu Country to find me, I will help you as much as I can, and it will be regarded as a favor to Mrs. Wan."

In this way, Wan Bingyu did not return the bead string.

She and Heng Xinyuan sent the third prince and Qi Yu to the gate of the city, and witnessed the two of them drift apart, and finally disappeared in the distant mountains.