In Yongzhou, the heavy snow has not stopped for three years.

The sound of bangzi is already the fourth watch, and it is the time when the sleepiness is deep.

The figure under the lamp was emaciated, and he was hungry for a long time, and the gray and blue thorn brocade jacket hung on his body like a wide robe, making him more and more skinny.

This jingjin comes from Jiangling, in addition to being expensive, making clothes is a weapon to show identity, even if the clothes are eaten by rats and rats, even if the yellowed cotton wool is like the grass in early spring stubble drilled out, it can also show that the person wearing the clothes used to be rich, but later spent it.

The inch-long candle head burned in embarrassment on the bronze candlestick, the dark night wind swept through the half-open carved window, the dim candle flame flicked fiercely, and the people under the lamp hurriedly wrapped their hands around the wick, and coughed while writing hard at the desk.

"Yongzhou has been snowing heavily for many years, the snow is yellow and black like dust, its gas is like smoke, its taste is bitter, there are five inches of blood, the snow is deep, more than 1,000 houses have collapsed, and those who have died of freezing and starvation are not counted. ”

The pen was as sharp as a knife, and the words wept blood, and before I knew it, the blue thin velvet blanket on my lap slipped to the ground, and the person was also paralyzed on the mottled bookcase.

The flame of the candle was finally burned out, and the man lay motionless in the darkness, and out of nowhere streams of blood poured out, slowly slicing red over the yellowed tissue paper on the table.

Outside the window, the overwhelming snow fell silently, flying in the sky endlessly, and the plain white snow was piled up layer by layer, covering the deep footprints of several lines coming and going.

As the imperial city of Yunchu State, Qingzhou City is much more lively and prosperous than the other eight states, with vehicles and ships intertwined all day long, and a large number of foreign merchants and eunuchs poured into the capital, hoping to win a place in this prosperous imperial capital, and be promoted or make a fortune.

A very famous son once said that standing on the second floor of the Gushan house, throwing a rolling pin on the street, and smashing a person casually, he was either a giant or a big official, and said that in the capital, he had no money and no face to say that he was a businessman, and he was embarrassed to say that he was an official below the fourth grade.

When she said this, there was a girl who was accompanied by the son, and when she heard this, she turned her head and ran into the second floor of the Gushan house, and looked for a rolling pin that did not take advantage of it, so she had to pour a pot of vinegar.

Qingzhou City is a prosperous city that can squeeze people to death, the population is large, more than the fish in the moat, take a walk around the city, look up and see the back of the head, hang your head only the heel, it is really lively and noisy, but there is no good scenery worth seeing, the beautiful scenery is outside the city, through the streets and alleys, out of the pink wall and tiles covered by green bamboo and flowers, bypass the terraced fields and tea mountains outside the city, you can see the blue sky and cloud shadow are naturally interesting, the water village mountain is beautiful and picturesque, a prosperous and rich scenery.

In the most ordinary courtyard in the capital, the green trees are shady and full of flowers, and several gray-robed little guys stand quietly, letting the sweat beads slowly slide down along the sideburns, and they don't dare to raise their hands to wipe them, and even the atmosphere doesn't dare to make a sound, and under the wall, there are kneeling young girls, all of whom are ragged and low-browed, and their long hair is scattered messily, and it seems to be mixed with some straw dust and cotton wool, and the bright sun reflects their faces, and the water is weak and pale.

"Sir, the girls have been brought back, see how you settle down. The leader bowed slightly, and spoke softly with full respect and fear.

Under the shade of the tree, there was a white-faced scholar standing on his back, drinking tea with a small cup of gold pastel, the indigo dark flowers on his body were white and the golden auspicious clouds rolling on the collar and cuffs were very rich.

When the scholar heard this, he turned around, his face was amazingly thin, his cheeks were deeply sunken, and his face was a dish that had suffered a disaster, which really discredited this prosperous imperial capital. He handed the small cup to the maid beside him, only slightly raised his puffy and slightly swollen eyes, and motioned to the little maids around him to hook the girl's jaw one by one, and he leaned down to look at it carefully, and from time to time he also pinched his face.

The scholar reads a lot of books, and he is used to seeing Yan Ruyu in the book, and his vision for picking girls is a little better than that of ordinary people.

When he took a look, he knew which one was "delicate in texture and even";

Through the thin shirt, you can know which is "ice muscle is born thin";

glanced at it, and chose the one that could teach and cultivate "looking back and smiling";

What's more, if you burn a pillar of incense, you can know which is "unstoppable".

After he looked at it carefully, his fingertips were still slippery, and he pointed out more than a dozen girls in one breath, and his unsmiling face showed a faint and thin joy: "Although Yongzhou is bitterly cold, the girls raised have a unique style, these good seedlings are very charming, and they are brought to other courtyards to have a good life and upbringing, which will be of great use in the future." ”

The little servant echoed: "Well, the villain knows the severity, and will let the grandmother in the other courtyard teach them how to serve people." ”

The scholar stared, his tone was calm and gentle, but his eyes were like a cold wind in a cold day, blowing fiercely and coldly: "Be careful, don't hurt your body, flesh and skin, on weekdays, you do your hands and feet to the girls next to you, I can't see them with one eye open and one eye closed, but these girls are of great use, you tell them to go down, if any of them want to cut off their children and grandchildren, they should be haphazard." ”

The little guy's heart sank, and he bowed down and nodded his head from the goodness: "The villain will watch them closely." ”

The scholar took the maid's hand, took a sip of tea, looked at the remaining girls, and said lightly: "You know the severity of the matter, just teach the rest of the rules, and send them to the mansions as maids in the coming year." ”

The little servant bowed and said yes, clapped his hands, summoned a few people to come closer, whispered a few words, and led the girls to an unknown future. He wanted to ask for a trick in front of the scholar, so he thought about it for a while, and said diligently: "In the future, the villain will often go to Jianshui Ancient Road to take a turn, the Yongzhou disaster, the sale of children and daughters is endless, I think there will be better and cheaper goods." ”

The scholar nodded slightly in appreciation: "Today, I bought the girls who fled from Yongzhou, it is too conspicuous, I look at those boys, there are also a lot of bones and bones, suitable for serving people, you go again in three or five days, all buy them back and raise them carefully, these children are our foothold in Qingzhou City in the future, don't be careless." ”

The little guy lowered his eyes, not daring to be careless: "Well, the villain will be careful." ”

The scholar stared at him and said, "It's been two years, and there is no news of Wushuang's return to Beijing." ”

The little guy snapped his fingers, and a white dove fell from the treetops to the ground, spitting out a rippling bead, and the bead just touched the dark shadow of the ground, and it was magnificent, and cast a shadow of water waves on the ground, and after the ripples were dissipated, a man's back appeared in the light, and the pale blue collared robe was not decorated, only a black gold moire belt was tied around the waist, and the posture was elegant, and in front of him was an endless dark blue sea, with a huge boat going back and forth.

After half a cup of tea, the light was gone, and the man was gone, replaced by a red mountain, like a fire.

The little guy bowed and said: "Sir, please see, the unequaled prince finally disappeared in the Yin Fire Mountain Range of the Eastern Fujian Kingdom, and the ban of the Yin Fire Mountain Range is weird, and the villain's tracking technique is completely useless there. ”

The scholar looked at the brilliance on the ground, stretched his sleeves, and said with a gloomy face: "The unequaled prince is not in vain, you have followed him all the way, I am afraid that he has already been alarmed, but you just pretended not to know and did not attack, or not, you will take back all the manpower, and you don't have to follow anymore." ”

The little guy said: "Well, the villain followed him all the way, and found that the temperament of the unequaled son had changed greatly, and he almost didn't leave his body all day long." ”

The scholar stared and said: "What happened in the First War of Eastern Fujian two years ago, he was so depressed, leaving Qingzhou, not to mention, and drinking all day long. ”

The little guy shook his head: "The villain has been checking for a few years, and he has no clue, what happened two years ago was done by Qu Tianxiong himself, but after the villain checked it, he seems to have no idea the inside story." ”

The scholar was secretly suspicious, the initiator did not know the details, this is really unreasonable, but it can be checked and checked, but there is nothing suspicious, he pressed his mind and said slowly: "The matter of two years ago is slowly investigated, and it can always be found out, as for the unequaled son, there is his master in Qingzhou City, he will come back sooner or later, and he will be ordered to go down, and all the people who have been withdrawn will go to guard the four gates of Qingzhou. ”

The little guy bowed: "Oh, it's just that the villain has something unclear, His Royal Highness has clearly ordered it to be handed over to Qu Tianxiong to investigate, why does Mr. have to work hard." ”

The scholar's eyes were sharp, and he smiled deeply: "The master can trust him, but I can't trust him." ”

The little guy lowered his head: "Oh, the villain will give the order, and he will not miss Mr.'s business." ”

The scholar's eyes lit up for a moment, as if he had been dyed with autumn frost: "How is the county lord recently, what is the movement?" ”

Xiao Wu shook his head: "No, after the unequaled son left Beijing, the county lord was very quiet, except for the close relationship with the eldest girl of the Qu family, he did not see any dealings with others, I think it was two years ago that the county major was abolished, and the unequaled prince left Qingzhou again, she didn't dare to move it." ”

"The county lord has a strong mind, where can she be so easily decadent, she will endure for a while, but she will never endure for a lifetime. The scholar sneered: "It's Qu Lian, I really didn't expect that the county lord had a very close relationship with her, but I don't know if she has the intention of taking advantage of it, that girl is simple-minded, and she deserves to be a stupid word, but Qu Tianxiong has no last resort, but she can't count that she will be spoiled by her daughter." ”

The little guy said: "It's just sir, Qu Tianxiong is indulging his daughter in contact with the county lord, could it be that he has two hearts and is arranging a way back for himself." ”

The shadow of the sun rippled slightly, and the scholar hid in a faint shadow, so thin, like a ghostly shadow, and his voice became more and more cold: "This matter is not impossible, people are keeping an eye on the exchanges between the Qu family and the county lord's mansion, and they have to come back to report to me at all, if he dares to find a way out for himself, then don't blame me for finding a way to die for him." ”