Let's say that when Zhou Rui, Ma Biao, and Zheng Jian took the initiative to resign, it was around the Qingming Festival, and it was drizzling in the sky. On the road, people who burned incense to the graves of their ancestors came and went, and they exchanged hooves. On the surface of the canal river, the boat shook gently, ready to go, someone blew the flute, the sound of the flute is melodious, exciting. I saw pedestrians on the bank of the Qujiang River, especially beautiful women. or the posture is charming, or the body is light, or the heavy makeup is glamorous, or the light is light, or the graceful posture becomes a major scenery.

At this time, Zhou Rui, Ma Biao, and Zheng Jian were walking on the road, preparing to go to Tongzhou to seek refuge with their distant uncle Zhou Yi. Before leaving, Zhou Rui wanted to say goodbye to Huang Chu. I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Huang Chu? Thinking of this, Zhou Rui asked Ma Biao and Zheng Jian to go home and wait first, saying: "I still have some personal matters in Jizhou City that I am in a hurry to deal with, and it may take a while." When that's done, I'll come back to you and go out with you to find something to do. Zheng Jian asked, "Do you need our help?" As long as you say it, we will go all out and go to the soup and fire, even if we die. Zhou Rui said: "No, it's not as old as you say." It's my own business, and you can't get involved. When Ma Biao and Zheng Jian heard this, they had to give up. Zhou Rui said goodbye to Ma and Zheng, slowed down, quietly crossed the street, and walked straight to Huang Chu's house.

After passing through a few streets, you will arrive in front of Huang Chumen. Seeing that the door was closed, Zhou Rui was shocked and felt that something was wrong. He reached out and knocked lightly on the door clasp, but there was no sound inside. When he knocked again, the door suddenly opened, and it was Huang Chu who opened the door. When Huang Chu saw that it was Zhou Rui, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and let him into the house. Zhou Rui saw the portrait of Huang Ji hanging on the hall, and hurriedly asked what was going on? With this question, Huang Chu suddenly burst into tears and told everything that had happened recently. Zhou Rui also said a thousand words, and he also brought out the grievances and resignations in one go.

Huang Chu sighed and said, "My mother also knew about your resignation as the shopkeeper, and when she saw you wandering around, she told me not to associate with you anymore." She decided to marry me to a merchant family surnamed Chen in the north of the city, and the Chen family had already paid a dowry. Zhou Rui would never believe that this was true, he thought that marrying Huang Chu would be sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be the case, and he was all to blame for his carelessness. Such a good girl, she didn't care about her, and she was busy with work all the time, but now that she lost her job and Huang Chu also lost it, Zhou Rui was desperate, and still asked without giving up: "Have you agreed?" ”

Zhou Rui said, then held Huang Chu's little hand, and stared at her with a pair of hot eyes. Huang Chu said: "What can I do if I don't agree? My marriage is all decided by my mother, and I don't want to be an unfilial daughter against my mother's wishes. Busy lowered his eyes, and a line of tears flowed. Now, now that it has been decided, what else can Zhou Rui say? pulled Huang Chu into his arms, Huang Chu did not struggle, and happily snuggled in Zhou Rui's arms. Huang Chu lightly opened his lips and kissed Zhou Ruichun's heart rippled, and his heart shook. "Chu'er, open the door!" When he was forgetting his feelings, Jiang Yun's voice suddenly came from the door. The two were shocked, and then Huang Chu calmed down and said, "Let's go, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in this life, just wait for the next life." Huang Chu straightened his hair, pulled the corners of his clothes, and went out to open the door. Zhou Rui fled through the back door.

Later, Huang Chu married Chen Luo, the son of a businessman surnamed Chen. Chen Luo is not angry, idle, gambling, smoking opium, prostitution, and has some bad habits. So far, the ancestral family business has been completely defeated by Chen Luo. Chen's parents were to death. In addition to the silver owed to others, he also owes the government tax silver. Chen Luo was imprisoned by the government.

Huang Chu had no other way to save Chen Luo, but fortunately, there was a fat sheep in the sheepfold. Thinking about selling to sheep dealers, and paying off the debt. Because of the urgency of the silver, I can't wait for a good price, and I see that as long as someone comes to buy, even if the transaction is ten taels of silver. There was also a fake in that silver, Huang Chu didn't pay attention, but he got fake silver. In fact, the way to distinguish the real and fake silver is very simple, as long as the silver falls to the ground, listen to the sound, the real silver is crisp and clean, and the fake silver is rough and harsh. And Huang Chu was careless, thinking that the sheep dealer would not lie to her, so he didn't carefully identify it. took these ten taels of silver to the yamen to pick up people, but who knew that he was told by the officials: "This is silver is fake!" ”

Huang Chu panicked all of a sudden, thinking to himself, there is only this sheep in the family, which is worth some money, and now he has been deceived and has nothing to redeem his husband. Anyway, it's not interesting to live, it's better to look for a short-term view, and die a hundred. Hurried to the river, just about to jump into the river. But it was fate that I met Zhou Rui. It turned out that Zhou Rui happened to pass by here. Zhou Rui saw Huang Chu throwing into the water, grabbed it, and asked the reason. Huang Chu tearfully told him about selling sheep to save his husband and mistakenly receiving fake silver, saying: "I am in a hurry, I just want to die!" ”

Zhou Rui asked, "Why is this difficult?" How much do you owe? Huang Chu said: "I owe ten taels to the government, and I owe forty taels to others." Zhou Rui said: "I have it here, I can help you, you go with me to get it." Huang Chu then turned his sadness into joy and followed Zhou Rui. When he arrived at Zhou Rui's residence, Zhou Rui asked Huang Chu to sit in the house for a while and drink tea, walked into the inner room, weighed the silver out, handed it to Huang Chu and said: "The silver is a foot pattern, full fifty taels, just to pay off the debt." "Huang Chu is very grateful. came to the yamen and paid the official silver. Her husband Chen Luo was released from prison, and when he returned home, Chen Luo asked, "Which of these silver was given to you?" ”

Huang Chu felt that Chen Luo was stingy and wanted to hide the truth, but she would not lie. Under Chen Luo's repeated questioning, Huang Chu told the truth that Zhou Rui gave him, and said: "If I hadn't met Zhou Rui, I would have returned to Huangquan a long time ago." Chen Luo was half-convinced, mixed blessings. The joy is to be rescued by the silver, and the worry is Zhou Rui. Chen Luo had long heard that Huang Chu and Zhou Rui had a relationship in the past. He wondered if his wife would have an affair with Zhou Rui during his time in prison, otherwise how could Zhou Rui help her?

Thinking of this, Chen Luo's jealousy came out of his guts. As soon as the two eyes turned, they came up with a plan to test whether there was an adultery between his wife and Zhou Rui. Chen Luo asked, "Do you know where Zhou Rui lives?" Huang Chu replied: "Of course I know the silver that I went with him to get it." Chen Luo said: "Now that I am released from prison, why don't we thank him?" Huang Chu said: "That's exactly how it should be, but it's getting late now, let's go tomorrow!" Chen Luo said: "I can't wait for tomorrow, I'll go now." I'm an anxious person, and I can't let go of things. Huang Chu disobeyed, lit the lantern, and went to the door of Zhou Rui's dormitory with Chen Luo. It's nighttime, and most people have mostly gone to sleep. Chen Luo asked Huang Chu to call the door. Huang Chu asked, "I'm a woman, why did I go to his door at night?" ”

Chen Luo said: "It was because it was a big night that I tried Zhou Rui's thoughts. When Huang Chu heard this, he saw Chen Luo with a sharp knife, and then he knew that her husband suspected her character, although she and Zhou Rui had a previous relationship, they have not been in contact since then. Chen Luo is probably a gentleman's heart with the belly of a villain. But she was worried that if she didn't call the door, if her husband blamed her for coming down, she might not have a good time in the future. In a sense, she also wanted to test Zhou Rui's mind. But Huang Chu was afraid that Zhou Rui would open the door. Chen Luo may not distinguish between indiscriminate and stab Zhou Rui with a knife, what should I do? Wouldn't it hurt Zhou Rui?

Thinking left and right, dilemma. Seeing this, Chen Luo took a knife next to her, dangled it in front of her, forced and forced, and said viciously: "If you don't call the door, I will kill you with a knife!" In desperation, she wants to protect herself and believes that Zhou Rui will make the right choice. So, he raised his voice and shouted: "Zhou Rui, I'm Huang Chu, open the door, open the door, please open the door!" Zhou Rui was asleep when he heard a woman's voice. Listening carefully, it turned out to be Huang Chu. Then he asked, "What's the urgency?" Big night, call the door. Huang Chu said: "You saved my husband, I came to thank you!" ”

Hearing that his former lover Huang Chu came to look for him at night, and he had a kindness to Huang Chu, Zhou Rui had a bad idea for a while, thinking that Huang Chu would come to repay his kindness at night. Wouldn't it be a wonder to open the door and let her in, thinking about sharing a bed with her and spending a wonderful night? But after thinking about it, no, listening to what Huang Chu said just now, it was clear that there was something in the words. She had secretly sent a message to Zhou Rui, meaning that she came with her husband. Zhou Rui guessed that it was a trap designed by her husband to let him drill into it. Maybe Chen Luo wanted to test her to have an adulterous affair with him. To tell the truth, they were originally innocent between them, and they couldn't stink their reputation for a lifetime because they were not guaranteed for a while, which harmed both Huang Chu and themselves!

Thinking of this, Zhou Rui said: "No need, this is not the season to thank people, if you want to thank you, come tomorrow during the day!" You are a woman, it is inconvenient to come here at night, hurry home! After hearing this, Chen Luo dispelled his suspicions and put away the sharp knife. At this time, Huang Chu was especially nervous, and his heart was about to jump out. Seeing that Zhou Rui didn't open the door, a hanging heart suddenly fell to the ground. Huang Chu admired Zhou Rui's conduct more and more. I regret that I listened to my parents and made the wrong choice of marriage.

After Huang Chu married Chen Luo, he was not happy. Chen Luo was fond of opium and died of an overdose soon after. Jiang Yun died one after another due to a sudden illness, leaving only Huang Chu alone. Huang Chu thought about going to Zhou Rui again, but she thought that she had married another man and had no virgin body, so she was so sorry for Zhou Rui's infatuation with herself, so she had to give up. At this time, he was helpless and had nowhere to live, so he had to sell himself to Zhou Shao's Mansion to become a maid.

However, Zhou Rui did not give up on Huang Chu, and learned that she went to Zhou Shao's mansion to be a maid ring, and entrusted someone else to send a letter to Huang Chu, and he was willing to marry her. But now Huang Chu can't help it, and he can't easily enter and exit the gate of the Zhou Mansion. Huang Chu made an appointment to meet Zhou Rui again one night. Zhou Rui was overjoyed by this. But Zhou Rui knew that Huang Chu was in the high-walled compound of the Zhou Mansion, and if he wanted to meet, how easy would it be?

In desperation, tormented by lovesickness, Zhou Rui sat on the ground and could only sigh. At this time, I saw a woman floating over, saw that Zhou Rui had something on her mind, and asked, "What's the trouble of Shopkeeper Zhou?" Zhou Rui looked at it and asked who it was. The woman said, "Don't be alarmed, my name is Snake Sister, and I'm here to help you." Zhou Rui said: "You know me? The snake sister said: "Not only do I know you, but I also know that you want to meet Huang Chu tonight, but you can't enter the high-walled compound of the Zhou Mansion, so you can only sigh here, right?" ”

Zhou Rui saw that he couldn't hide it from the snake sister, so he had to honestly explain the reason. The snake girl said: "This is just a trivial matter, there is no need to sigh here. Zhou Rui asked what to do. The snake girl told Zhou Rui that this was so. So, the snake girl got into action. The Zhou Mansion is guarded by fierce dogs, its police are like gods, and its fierceness is like a tiger. Because of this, no one dared to enter. That night, the snake girl first killed the vicious dog. Then he picked up Zhou Rui on his back, crossed the wall, and entered the courtyard. The snake girl said to Zhou Rui: "You go on a date first, I'll wait here." Huang Chu was also sighing alone at this time, as if he was waiting, but he was overjoyed to see Zhou Rui suddenly come.

But at the same time, I couldn't help but be surprised, because I asked Zhou Rui what magic skills he had? I was able to come here. Zhou Rui has a word. Huang Chu was grateful, and hurried to meet the snake sister, and brought the snake sister into the room to treat each other with wine. During the banquet, Huang Chu complained of his suffering, saying: "Although I am now dressed in Qiluo and my face is stained with lead, I am like a bird in a cage, and I can't be happy at all. Plead to deliver me from the sea of suffering. "Zhou Rui didn't want to save him, but he was afraid of Zhou Shao's power, besides, there were so many high walls and families everywhere, once he was discovered, how could he get it?

After thinking about it, Zhou Rui had no choice but to remain silent. The snake girl said, "Since you are so loyal, it is easy to go out if you want to." So, the snake girl asked Huang Chu to pack her makeup and bags. After that, it was taken out on three round-trips. When I came back again, it was already dark. The snake girl said: "It's not early, this time I'll take the two of you out together." So, Snake Sister took Zhou Rui and Huang Chu with her arms and flew out of the high wall, and no one in the palace knew about it.

Waiting for dawn, the family reported: "The guard dog has been killed." When Zhou Shao heard this, he was surprised, and immediately ordered someone to search the house strictly, only to find that the maid Huang Chu was missing. Zhou Shao was shocked and said: "The door wall of my house has never been closed. The door lock is undamaged, but the person is gone, which hero must be flying out with his load? Do not make a noise about it, so as not to invite trouble again. ”

Huang Chu and Snake Sister hid in Zhou Rui's hometown for a period of time, and then Huang Chu and Snake Sister were recognized by Zhou Shao's family because they went to the riverside to enjoy the flowers and play, and they were told about it. Zhou Shao immediately summoned Zhou Rui to ask. Zhou Rui didn't dare to hide it, and Gu talked about the past. When Zhou Shao heard this, he was furious and said, "Since you like Huang Chu, let me say it clearly, why did you ask the snake sister to poison my dog to death like this?" Do you know that my dog is more precious than some, and I bought it from abroad at a great price? So, he sent his subordinates to go out together to surround Zhou Rui's small courtyard layer by layer. Capture the snake girl alive, and then refuse to give up. After being surrounded on all sides, he was about to enter the search and arrest.

Suddenly, I saw the snake girl holding a dagger, like an eagle, flying out of the high wall. Seeing the snake girl flying out, all the families opened their bows and shot arrows together, and for a while the arrows rained down, and the snake girl was not harmed. In an instant, the snake girl was gone. Seeing that the snake girl had such a skill, she couldn't help but be shocked. Later, Zhou Shao was scared, and every night, he ordered his family to hold a sword and defend him by his side in case of accidents. After a long time like this, Zhou Shao slowly put his mind at ease.

Zhou Shao saw that Zhou Rui wanted to marry Huang Chu as his wife, and forced Zhou Rui to take 200 taels of silver to ransom people, and at the same time take 1,000 taels of silver to compensate for the dog's death, otherwise don't think about it. But where does Zhou Rui have so much silver? I had to give up, go to find Ma Biao and Zheng Jian to go to Tongzhou to find Zhou Yi, and ask my distant uncle Zhou Yi to find something to do.