The north wind is as chaotic as a knife, and the cold snow cuts off people's souls.
The bustling street market was quickly emptied by the first heavy snowfall of winter, and occasionally there were still a few pedestrians passing by in a hurry.
The vendors on both sides of the street hung their heads listlessly and put their hands in their sleeves to keep warm.
The business of wineries and teahouses suddenly improved due to the sudden heavy snow, and shouts and cheers could be heard from a distance.
Click, click, click A painted red carriage drove slowly.
In the carriage, warm warmth continued to radiate from the small stove, baking the entire carriage as warm as spring.
Shen Lian yawned and saw several children kneading snowballs and having snowball fights outside the swaying carriage.
They laughed happily one after another, making him grin.
"Oh, I can't go back."
Shen Lian remembered something and sighed deeply.
Seven days ago, he woke up from a socialist successor who worked 7 to 9 in a private enterprise to buy a house and a car.
After drinking a bottle of 52% liquor with his leader and getting drunk, he came to this world.
This place is very similar to ancient times, but it is not like any dynasty or region he knows.
The climate and environment are also different.
Winter and summer are extremely long, while spring and autumn are extremely short, not to mention completely different customs and habits.
The carriage slowly stopped.
Shen Lian got off the carriage and looked up at the ancient temple in front of him.
A rectangular plaque is placed horizontally above the head, with three powerful characters written in a flying phoenix: Hanyue Temple "Master Shen is here.
Prince Wang and the others have been waiting for you for a long time."
A boy came out with a smile on his face.
Shen Lian nodded and shook his thick velvet coat inlaid with gold and jade.
He was full of majesty as a rich man.
The paper fan was unfolded and painted with spring trees, autumn frost, continuous mountains and rivers, and a finishing touch of inscriptions, showing his elegant demeanor. .
He followed the young man into the ancient temple with ease.
This place had been abandoned for many years.
After Wang Fugui spent money to repair it, it was restored to a presentable place and became his happy place.
He held a poetry gathering every three days to meet friends through literature.
In the hall where the incense wood is burning, the fire is beating, it is warm and very comfortable, making people forget that it is winter outside.
A young beauty in a green skirt is playing the piano in the middle.
The sound of the piano is quiet and distant.
There are eight tables neatly placed on both sides, and all of them are elegantly dressed literati.
They are quietly listening to the music of the piano in the empty valley, and looking at the woman playing the piano with different eyes.
Most of them are admirers, and many are drooling.
Shen Lian walked in quickly and looked at the woman playing the piano, feeling amazed.
The fat Wang Fugui had a wretched smile on his face.
He suddenly saw Shen Lian and waved to him hurriedly.
Shen Lian walked to sit next to him and asked in a low voice: "Who is this beauty?"
Wang Fugui chuckled and said, "The new oiran of Zuihua House, Li Chengcheng, spent a thousand taels to invite her."
Shen Lian smiled and said nothing, but he was filled with emotions.
The wealthy young masters here were all born into the richest families in Xueling City.
Shen Lian's Shen family and Wang Fugui's Wang family are among the most wealthy families, and their wealth is still small.
With their rich family background, these young men spend huge sums of money without feeling distressed for a second.
"It's so corrupt to lead a life of fine clothes, fine food, noble status, and the ability to invite courtesan to perform at any time."
Shen Lian took a sip of wine as if in a dream.
Isn't this kind of luxurious life what he had been pursuing so hard in his previous life?
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After the song ended, Li Chengcheng immediately received a round of applause.
Shen Lian also applauded.
At this time, he suddenly noticed a person who was quietly drinking wine and not looking away, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
"Who is that person sitting next to Zhu Yu?"
Shen Lian asked Wang Fugui.
"This person is not simple, he is not the same kind of person as us."
Wang Fugui replied mysteriously.
"Why is this not simple?"
"Do you still remember the tragedy two months ago, when the Zhu family almost fell into trouble?"
Shen Lian searched his mind carefully and suddenly remembered.
The Zhu family runs an escort agency.
They received a big deal two months ago.
Zhu Yu's father personally escorted the escort.
On the way, he encountered a terrifying robber who killed many people.
The escort agency suffered heavy casualties and even lost the escort. , big loss As a result, the Zhu family almost collapsed.
"Of course I remember this, what's wrong?"
Shen Lian glanced at Wang Fugui suspiciously.
"You only know one thing and don't know the other."
Wang Fugui suddenly became serious, "Actually, that terrifying robber is not a human, but a monster."
Shen Lian's heart was shaken and his expression changed.
Since coming to this world, he has often heard some strange things, whether true or false.
This time he seems to have met a real person.
"Are there really monsters in this world?"
Shen Lian still couldn't believe it.
"That monster is ten feet tall, has a green face and fangs, tears living people with its hands, eats raw meat and drinks human blood.
It's terrifying."
Wang Fugui said in a serious tone.
Shen Lian was dubious and deliberately sneered: "Editor, if you continue to make up stories, it would be weird for me to believe you."
"Damn, I lied to you that you were a puppy."
Wang Fugui pointed at the stranger excitedly, as if he had been wronged.
"After something happened to the Zhu family, I invited him to kill the monster and find the dart, and then we got through the difficulty.
Zhu Yu told me this personally."
Shen Lian's eyes flashed: "Who is this person?
He can actually kill monsters?"
"Zhu Yu refused to say, and he didn't seem to know.
He only knew that the man's name was Lin Xiuping."
Wang Fugui also looked curious.
At this time, someone suggested that everyone take turns writing poems, one for each person, and if they couldn't finish it, they would be fined with alcohol.
Wang Fugui was the first.
He happily punished himself with three cups.
After going around in a circle, many people wrote poems, which were appreciated by both refined and popular people.
Finally, it was Shen Lian's turn.
He pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Green ants have newly brewed wine, and there is a small red clay stove.
It's snowing in the evening, so I can drink a glass of nothing."
This poem was very suitable for the occasion, and everyone was silent.
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After savoring it carefully, everyone praised it, "It's so wet, so wet."
Even Lin Xiuping, who ignored everything, turned to look at Shen Lian and clapped his hands.
Next, start the second round of poetry writing.
People basically can't do it.
They mainly drink to cheer up, eat, drink and have fun.
That's what they do.
"Hey, why are there still mosquitoes in this cold weather?"
Shen Lian suddenly heard Wang Fugui complaining.
He turned around and saw a blood spot on his palm, which was a mosquito that had been swatted to death.
In the cold and snowy winter, Shen Lian was wondering where the mosquitoes were coming from.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from The boy who greeted him ran in from outside, and strangely, he was shrouded in a black cloud.
"Buzz buzz" The black clouds made a strong noise like the flapping of mosquito wings.
Chu Xiaofei looked intently and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.
That black cloud is full of mosquitoes I don't know how many mosquitoes gathered into a cloud, biting crazily around the boy.
The poor boy fell to the ground and rolled around, screaming repeatedly.
For a moment, he stopped moving, and the black clouds dispersed, revealing a body of skin and bones that had been sucked dry.
Everyone was horrified and gasped The oiran Li Chengcheng's eyes went dark and he fainted on the ground.
Shen Lian also had a numb scalp.
He had never seen mosquitoes moving in groups and sucking people dry.
It was too penetrating.
"Sorry, something happened to the Zhu family."
Lin Xiuping suddenly shouted, pulling Zhu Yu and running outside.
Everyone didn't know if it would be dangerous to stay here, so they hurriedly followed Lin Xiuping and ran out.
I saw Lin Xiuping running to the entrance of the ancient temple and suddenly stopped, looking up in a certain direction.
Shen Lian then stared and saw a huge black cloud entrenching low in the distant sky, and there was a faint thunderous buzzing noise.
"Gulu, my dear, aren't all those black clouds just mosquitoes?"
Wang Fugui exclaimed in shock, swallowing his saliva.
"It's so evil, there must be demons if anything goes wrong" "Look, that direction seems to be the Zhu family."
"I've long heard that the Zhu family has provoked monsters, and now something big has happened."
"Hey, where's Zhu Yu?"
Just as everyone stretched their necks to look at the black clouds, Lin Xiuping and Zhu Yu had already run away, heading straight towards the Zhu family.
"Let's go over and take a look."
Someone suggested.
"Let's go and have a look" The number of people emboldened them, and they were less afraid when they gathered together to act.
They braved the heavy snow to chase Lin and Zhu.
However, when Shen Lian and others arrived in front of Zhu's mansion, they found that the government's officers and soldiers had already arrived first.
Moreover, even the county magistrate and the heads of the four major families came, looking at the black clouds above their heads with solemn expressions.
Shen Lian saw his father, Shen Wanquan, at a glance.
What came into view next was a hellish scene.
The officers and soldiers carried out corpses one after another from Zhu's mansion and placed them in the open space in front of the door, covered with white cloth.
Shen Lian clearly saw that the deceased were all skin and bones that had been sucked dry, exactly like the dead boy.
In Zhu's Mansion, in addition to the Zhu family, there are usually many bodyguards, servants, and handymen living there.
There are more than a hundred people, men, women, old and young.
No one is spared.
The group is destroyed.
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In the huge Zhu family, only Zhu Yu is still alive.
The world is deathly quiet, and unspeakable panic lingers in everyone's heart.
Shen Lian walked to his father.
"father" "Go home first and talk about it later."
Shen Wanquan waved his hands and sighed heavily.
Shen Lian raised his head and glanced at the sky.
The black clouds were gradually dispersing.
The heavy snow was getting more violent, and the crystal snowflakes had a hint of strange red.
"Monster, monster" He murmured, and suddenly realized that the world did not seem to be as safe as he imagined.
On the contrary, it was very dangerous, even unpredictable, and the good days might be gone.
Even though it is as powerful as the Zhu family, there are many bodyguards with outstanding martial arts guarding it.
If the whole group is destroyed, the whole group will be destroyed.
Shen Lian took a deep breath before heading back home.
Shen Wanquan didn't come back until dark, with a tired look on his face.
When he saw Shen Lian waiting for him, Shen Wanquan hesitated for a while and said in a deep voice: "A vicious plague broke out in the Zhu Mansion and the whole family died.
The county magistrate will handle this matter personally.
Don't meddle in other people's business.
Understand. "?"
Shen Lian said speechlessly: "Father of Vicious Plague" before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Shen Wanquan.
"Lian'er, you are seventeen this year.
It's not a problem to wander around all day.
I want to send you to study with your uncle.
What do you think?"
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