Chapter 2 Snake Man Ye Zhuqing

How long does it take to forget someone? Is it hard to forget someone you only met twice? Su Mu started dreaming again. It is no longer the desolate haze of hail and snow, and the sky is no longer full of catkins. This time, the dream is clearer than ever before. It can be seen that it is the garden of a rich family. The gate of the garden is made in the shape of a moon hole, with the words "Su Garden" written on it. The orchids bloomed into deep purple, and the woman in white walked through the orchid bushes, her back was still there, but what a beautiful back, with a slender waist, she was so weak that she couldn't bear her clothes.She carried a small wicker basket covered with green leaves in her hand, and she picked it as she walked.Her hands don't need to identify the selection, but the flowers picked up in the basket are always the brightest and fullest in the garden.

In this way, she slowly filled her flower basket, looking here and there, the flower stems were long and short, and it seemed that she could clearly determine what kind of picture they would form without needing to put them into a vase. The sun cast a halo on her loose hair, and the long brocade skirt was covered with butterflies. When she walked, the butterflies flew up. I don't know whether it was her footsteps or the dew from the flowers that gave the butterflies new life. Then, she turned around. That woman, the woman in white, the woman in the dream who was always turning her back, finally turned her head, her face was that of snow and ice.

Su Mu woke up from the dream, inexplicably feeling the familiar heartache again. Snow Bingchan, how come?He had been dreaming for six years, guessing that the dream girl for six years would turn out to be Xue Bingchan, who had only two faces.Is it a coincidence of thinking day by day and dreaming at night, or is it a hint of fate's unpredictable destiny? He bought a bouquet of roses and decided to find out for himself.Thinking all the way, I have been in love with Xiao He for two years, and I have never given her roses. If she finds out that I bought flowers for strangers, I don't know how angry I will be.

He went straight to the general manager's office in Block A of Bingchan Building. The secretary stopped him at the door and said, "I can transfer the flowers, but there is no guarantee that Manager Xue will accept them. Please leave a card. If the manager is willing to see You, I'll let you know." The tone of the flower-giver is like dismissing the candidate candidates. It is obvious that he is used to dealing with the flower-giver every day. Su Mu never thought that he would eat such a soft nail, and he couldn't get off the stage, so he had to put out the bouquet embarrassingly.

No card was left. Staying is also staying for nothing, Xue Bingchan will not call back a stranger. At the corner of the square downstairs, Su Mu saw a female artist performing. It was just May, but the woman was already wearing a very bright and revealing tight-fitting hot skirt, dancing belly dance. Hindu music is lingering and shrill. The woman's hair is so short that it sticks to her scalp. There is a giant snake wrapped around her neck. The snake's head is spitting out a message, which makes the onlookers scream from time to time, and the snake is just like its owner. , as if nourished by everyone's panic, the interest became higher and the twisting became more enchanting.

Banknotes of different denominations fall into the bamboo basket at the feet of the female snake-man. For pampered urbanites, such a fresh stimulus is not easy to see. The female snakeman finished dancing, took out a small snake from her backpack, threw it into the air, the giant snake suddenly sprang up, opened its bloody mouth and accurately grabbed it in mid-air, swallowed it, and suddenly swelled up seven inches from the snake , slide down quickly.The audience booed loudly.The snake proudly saluted the snake man frequently, as if saluting. Su Mu suddenly felt unwell in his stomach, and wanted to leave, but hesitated.Whether it was intentional or not, the female snake-man glanced at him from time to time during the performance, and it seemed like deja vu.

Finally, the snake man took the snake and walked towards Su Mu. Another burst of palpitations and discomfort spread throughout the body, like an electric shock.Su Mu regretted that he didn't leave in time just now, and now he felt embarrassed even if he wanted to. The snake woman's eyes are a strange blue and green color, as if descended from Persia.There is a colorful little snake on her belly, half bent and half bent, showing various seductive shapes as she moves, trying her best to seduce. Su Mu felt his heart beating faster, so he spoke up first, "What kind of snake is this?"

"Bamboo Leaf Green." "Miss, what's your name?" "Bamboo Leaf Green." Her name is Zhuyeqing. Zhuyeqing is a good name. Zhuyeqing is the name of a kind of wine, very strong wine. Zhuyeqing is the name of a snake, a very poisonous snake. Zhuyeqing is the name of a person, a very beautiful person. woman. A beautiful woman as strong as wine and as poisonous as a snake. The woman named Zhuyeqing must be very unusual, she has two unique skills: the first is raising snakes, and the second is refining medicine. What is even more outstanding in these two is that she knows how to judge people.

Her two blue and green eyes seem to have penetrating power, she can easily see through a person's heart, and see his essence clearly through the surface of a person. There is a legend: In the barbaric era, wild beasts lived in groups and lived in harmony.However, one day, God created man and became the spirit of all things.The beasts were upset, and Qi Qi came to God to reason, saying: All living beings are originally equal, why should people be nobler than us?We also have to be human.God was so entangled that he had no choice but to promise: When the lamp head is down and the water is up, you can all be human.Millennia and hundreds of generations have passed, electricity was invented in the world, the electric lamp with the lamp cap turned downward, and the generator that made water flow to high places were invented, so all the beasts became humans.

However, Zhuyeqing seemed to have that kind of ability - to be able to see through the surface what kind of beast the essence of that person was. She told Su Mu: You are a cold-blooded person.You are ruthless, but have a sensitive heart.That heart does not belong to you.It is born of a tear. Su Mu didn't listen to a word. He suspected that she didn't have the thinking of a normal person, or that she couldn't express clearly in Chinese. What does it mean to be ruthless but sensitive, what does it mean that his heart does not belong to him, what does it mean that a drop of tears changes your heart?

But Zhuyeqing said: You will come to me again.When you want to find me, release this snake. She gave him a green and slender bamboo tube.Needless to say, the tube was naturally a snake. Su Mu became more and more uneasy, but for some reason, he couldn't say no. He walked home holding the bamboo tube, feeling like a fool.At the same time, he thought about Zhuyeqing, and always felt familiar. He knew her, when?in Canada?Or before going to Canada?It seems to be earlier, so when I was a child?Yet he did not recall having such blue-green-eyed mulatto neighbors. That night, Su Mu dreamed of Xue Bingchan again. Sitting alone in the boudoir, the night falls.She slowly wiped a sword under the lamp, and gently wiped the scabbard, hilt, body, and edge of the sword with a snow-white silk handkerchief—suddenly, her fingers were The blade cut, and blood dripped down, quickly staining the snow-white veil red. Xue Bingchan put her fingers in her mouth in pain, a sad smile appeared on her pale face... Dream woke up at this time. Amu's heart was in a trance, with a dull pain, and at the same time, she remembered Zhuyeqing's words: You are a ruthless person, but you have a sensitive heart.That heart does not belong to you.It is born of a tear. At this moment, the heart made of tears seems to be eager to try, and it seems that it can be spit out with one mouth. Su Mu hurriedly changed his clothes and went out. Today there is a small clothing trade fair in the exhibition hall, and he is the representative of the factory.But there was a traffic jam all the way, and it was even more difficult to get to the south gate, so I simply got out of the car and walked.Only after hearing the comments from passers-by did I know that someone jumped from a certain building and caused traffic jams. There are so many people in the world, no one's death is related to Ah Mu, but this person died in a bad place, blocking the main road, hindering the traffic, and delaying Ah Mu's meeting in the exhibition hall. Originally, he had done enough homework for this negotiation and was sure of winning, but because he entered the venue half an hour late, he had already left a bad impression on the other party at the first time, allowing the competitor to take advantage of the loophole. Unsuccessful negotiation is a trivial matter, but the negative impact on the company's image made the factory leader furious. Needless to say, the dismissal order was issued immediately. Ah Mu walked down the road in a daze, so frustrated that she just wanted to jump off the building too. Unemployment may not be a good reason to commit suicide, but a person who is hopelessly decayed has no reason to live. But he really doubted, even if he had the courage to jump from the top of the 18th floor, would he really be able to die quickly? It's hard to guarantee that I won't fall and be half-crippled, but I can't swallow my breath. People say that it is better to die than to live, but it is easier to live than to die. I don't know if there is any way to ensure success without a doubt of death? Buying?What if the killer took the money and ran away, or if his hands and feet were not smooth? Hang yourself?Where to hang it?Although the streets are full of trees, could it be that he was hanged by the side of the busy road?The shade of the trees in the park is reserved for lovers, the more secluded the place, the more bees and butterflies will be chaotic; Crash?This is the most unsafe, dead or half-dead is completely out of your control; Take poison?But where did the poison come from? Su Mu thought of the bamboo tube given by the snake man Zhuyeqing. He wondered if there was a poisonous snake in the tube. If it was, it would be a clean and worry-free way to bite him and send him to heaven. Thinking about it, I took out the bamboo tube and unscrewed the cover.I just felt a blur in front of my eyes, as if a white light flashed, and the tube was empty.Did a snake jump out just now and walk under my nose?Amu didn't see clearly at all. The plague flew out of Pandora's box, did Pandora know what was going to happen? At dusk there was a knock on the door. Ah Mu thought it was Xiao He.After renting the house for so long, only two people have entered the house, one is Xiao He and the other is the landlord.Ah Mu doesn't want to see these two people now, and she doesn't want Xiao He to see that he is worse than when she was with her so that she can take pleasure in other people's misfortunes, and she doesn't want to be urged to rent by the landlord. But it was Zhuyeqing who came. She was dressed in men's clothing, wearing a suit and tie, and her white shirt was buttoned all the way to the top. Except for her blue and green eyes, she looked like an insurance broker on the street.It's just that he didn't hold an insurance policy in his hand, but a crystal ball. Su Mu laughed: "The snake man and the crystal ball? I seem to have entered a fairy tale world." "Su Mu, are you looking for me?" "Huh?" Su Mu didn't have time to deny that she had looked for him, but wondered how she knew her name was Su Mu.Also, is she a she or a him? "Are you male or female?" "What's the point?" Zhuyeqing said coldly, "I've always been the only one who asked about other people's needs, and no one cared about my identity." "You're not Chinese, are you?" Su Mu smiled cynically, "Although you speak Mandarin fluently, it's not grammatical, so I don't even know what you're talking about." "This is because when I talk about business, I seldom talk about it, but watch it." "Talking about business?" Su Mu felt dizzy, "Do I have any business to talk to you about?" "You have, because you have bad luck." Su Mu didn't understand what Zhuyeqing, who was always male and sometimes female, was talking about. "Could you make my luck better?" He asked, "But what can I offer you in exchange?" "Soul and Immortality." Su Mu decided to shut up.Not a single word of this snake man is Chinese, not even human speaking.Yes, every character is a Chinese character, but it is inexplicable to organize them together.He didn't understand a word. Zhuyeqing had already placed the crystal ball on the table, and started to turn it gently, chanting words. Su Mu was about to intervene, but suddenly his eyes widened in amazement, and he opened them wider and wider, almost unbelievable—he really saw images from the crystal ball, just like TV dramas with plot development images, and even actions and dialogues: In a certain month of a certain year, the wind and the sun are fine and peaceful. At the well of the village head, the peach blossoms are in full bloom. A peasant woman in a jingchai cloth dress draws water by the well and beats her clothes. A knight leads a horse passing by, begging the woman for water and drinking the horse.The woman's heart has long been agreed, but she refuses to be so obedient verbally, teasing: "It's such a big well, you can drink it anyway, why ask me for it?" The seven and eight are nothing more than to say a few more words and to see this handsome young man in a foreign land to his full. The samurai got annoyed, and suddenly drew his sword and split the tub in half—I don't drink water, and you don't want to do laundry anymore... Su Mu was surprised: "There are such unreasonable people! And I don't understand the style." The snake man smiled seductively, and just turned the crystal ball gently: "Look." The water poured down, and the women screamed in shock, entangled with each other endlessly, pulling their clothes and sleeves.Warriors have the pride of warriors, and they are absolutely unwilling to deal with unarmed people. Fortunately, there was a little maidservant in white clothes and hair, carrying a wooden basin, with a slender figure and a handsome face, although she was dressed simply, she did not conceal her beauty.With a sweet smile, he first filled the water to drink the horse, then paid the basin in his hand to the woman, and settled a lawsuit in a few words. The samurai saluted, but he didn't thank him. He just let the horse drink to his full and walked away. The women surrounded the little girl and asked: "You lost the pot to us, how can your master explain it?" The woman withdrew her smile and said sadly: "Tomorrow there will be another bet. I lost the lottery and became one of the bets. Once the master loses me to the gamblers, I will leave this village forever tomorrow. It doesn't matter if I don't explain it." .” "Bet?" Su Mu was surprised. He vaguely remembered: there was a kind of gambling in the previous dynasty, called meat chess.But it uses people as pawns.The women who make chess pieces are colorful, half-naked, advancing and retreating with the players' moves, dancing and offering wine if they win, and repaying their gambling debts if they lose. Very momentary. That being said, that little maid is a piece of meat on the chessboard.But I don't know who will win in that match? Along the Bahe River, the mounds are piled up with soil, the boundaries are drawn, and the piles are inserted into the piles, arranged in the shape of a "game bureau". It is a real plum blossom pile.Those new trees are the main trunks of growing plum trees, the top has been flattened, but the branches are still there, each of which is producing burning flowers, the ribbons are fluttering, and the golden bells are clanging with the wind, following the dance of the woman . The girls are all only thirteen or fourteen years old, with their hair tied around their waists. Although it is a world of ice and snow, they only wear a bright silk obscene dress, and their bare feet are wrapped with golden bells. They dance lightly on plum piles. The most beautiful one in the middle, with a golden crown and white clothes, is the woman by the well.Even though the clothes are so thin and revealing, they still don't give people a trace of uncleanness.She danced delicately among the plum blossom piles, with a graceful figure, like a heavenly being, as if she would ride the wind and go back to the colorful clouds anytime and anywhere. There is a four-legged bronze game under the stage, with twelve curved lines and a square frame engraved on the stage, four dots painted with red lacquer, a line dug deep on the side of the game, six green bamboo chopsticks, and twelve crystal chess pieces.Brocade mattresses and embroidered piers on both sides, delicious food and wine, a group of heroes sat in the middle, holding wine bottles in their left hands and chess pieces in their right hands, holding their breath and fighting silently. ——This is a six-game competition, also known as "Big Bo".Six chopsticks and twelve sons, six sons per person, one big and five small, the big one is owl chess, and the small one is scattered chess.Chess moves along a curved path. During the process of playing chess, when there is a dispute, both sides can eat the opponent's pieces.Eat the opponent's owl chess, you can win. The dancing girl on the pile makes the same advance and retreat as the player moves.Whenever a piece is eaten, the dancer who replaces the chess piece will fly down from the plum blossom pile and present a gold cup to the winner. And the woman in white is Xiao Xiao, who is always the most beautiful woman in the chess game.If you win, you can take her away; if you lose, you have to pay the price, even your life. Gamblers don't know whether they win or lose, and dancers don't know where they belong.We are both fallen people in the end of the world, why should we have known each other before meeting? The winner of this bet is the warrior who drinks the horse. However, he pointed to the white-clothed woman who acted as Xiaoqi and said: "You have drunk my horse, I decided to repay you, and you are free." The woman wept with joy, her face suddenly became crystal clear, and she said: "No, master, I am willing to follow you." "I don't like having women follow me," he frowned, unmoved. "There is no woman in my house. You'd better go." But she begged him: "Don't drive me away. If you win me, my life is yours. I will obey you forever, be your slave and handmaid, drink horses, wipe swords, brew wine, and wash clothes for you." "Can you make wine?" He became a little interested, "What kind of wine can you make?" "Rice wine, medicinal wine, snake wine, silkworm wine... I can make eighteen kinds of wine, choose rice, wash rice, steam rice, spread it cool, make koji, wait for ripening, pour water, container, press liquid, seal urn, know how Distinguish the names of five Qis and three wines, know how to brew wine from the next song, and know which cup to drink and which wine to keep from getting drunk, and there are eighteen ways to sober up." "Then you can go to the winery to help." The warrior finally nodded slowly, "Follow up." He got on his horse and went away. She followed behind, step by step.This walk is a lifetime. "This warrior is you." Zhuyeqing said word by word, "This woman in white is Xue Bingchan." Samurai, woman in white, snow ice cicada? Su Mu understood this sentence clearly, but he was only more confused.However, in the confusion, another ray of sunshine penetrated through the gaps in the clouds and shone into his ignorant heart.His heart, which didn't belong to him originally, turned into a tear. Zhuyeqing said: That drop of tears came from Xue Bingchan. Before leaving, she left behind a small bottle of wine, a white jade bottle of suet, filled with green and viscous juice, the wine was fragrant and clear, and the lover wanted to get drunk. "If you want to know more, drink this bottle," she said.