When Emperor Gaozong was alive, the world was peaceful, it was a time of peace and prosperity, and the goods from all over the world flowed to the imperial capital.Chang'an was the most magnificent city in the world at that time.In the city stands the palace city of the emperor, with countless magnificent buildings, carved beams and painted buildings. Neither the caliph of Baghdad nor the emperor of Persia has ever seen such a palace.The emperor has the most beautiful concubines in the world, and even the washerwomen in the palace can be sold for a bucket of pearls in the slave market in Turkey.He also eats delicacies unheard of by foreigners, and even the sundries in his royal kitchen slop bucket can become delicacies on the tables of European viscounts, earls, and even dukes and princes.He wore soft satin embroidered with gold thread, such as no one in the world had ever seen.In the emperor's house, silk was used to make tablecloths, white jade was used to make whetstones, gold was used to make toilets, and Annan's jasper was used to build baths.He lacked almost nothing, so he suffered from mild depression.

One day, a traveling monk from Ceylon came to Chang'an.The emperor had long admired the name of the eminent monk and invited him to the palace to preach Buddhism.The monk sat down opposite the emperor, and he didn't talk about the Buddhist scriptures, nor about the deeds of the Buddha, but only about what he saw and heard along the way.He said sailing on a tropical sea on a full moon night trailed a phosphorescent trail.He also said that at dawn, he saw crab-eating monkeys on the reef on the boat.Those monkeys with the faces of dogs stretch their claws on the reef to catch fish.He talks about man-eating trees in the rainforest.A lotus bigger than a wheel in the warm water river.At night in the south, the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers, and the mermaid floats to the surface to show her delicate body under the moonlight.The emperor is rich in the world, but he has never seen such a scene.At first he wanted to behead the nonsense monk, but then changed his mind and let him go.

When the Ceylon monk left, he gave the emperor a bracelet made of bone with unrecognizable Sanskrit writing on it.The emperor didn't know Sanskrit, and he didn't have anything made of bone in his palace, but he cherished this string of beads very much.Because holding it in his hand, the emperor could see everything that the Ceylon monk said (this is of course a psychological effect).Although he is rich, he cannot step out of the palace.So he thought, being an emperor might not be a good thing.No one knows, only the emperor himself and those who have been emperors know that being an emperor will cause emperor's disease.Allergies to pollen, allergies to grass, even allergies to fresh air.If he went to the highest cloud pavilion in the palace to see the green shade in Chang'an City, he would have a stuffy nose and shortness of breath for several days after he got down, and he would also develop rashes all over his body.In addition, he can only eat food carefully prepared in silver bowls by the imperial chef.If he ate a bowl of haggis boiled in a large pot and served in a coarse porcelain bowl, he would have diarrhea for three days.He can only have sex with women in the palace whose skin is as delicate as snow and stamens.If the eunuch was asked to bring a thick-boned peasant girl from outside, he would feel dizzy when he smelled the sweat on her body.Hearing the story told by the Ceylon monk, the emperor felt that he was a prisoner in the palace.So he stopped playing with the concubine, ignored the courtiers, locked himself in the secret room, and only got close to the string of bone beads all day long.

From the skylight of the back room, the emperor saw wild geese flying by in the sky, saw the bells under the eaves swaying with the wind, and saw the shadow of the roof stretching under the sun, disappearing, and reappearing under the moonlight.Seeing the snow on the tile disappear, the rock pine returns to green and withered and yellow.In the blink of an eye, there were several cold and hot days, he didn't invite his concubine to stay in bed, he didn't ask about world affairs, he only asked the eunuch who delivered the food about the Ceylon monk, but he didn't hear from the monk when he left.

One day, Dashi's envoy came from the distant Western Regions and brought with him the letter of credence of Emperor Dashi.Even though the emperor was depressed, he couldn't neglect this mission, because Dashi was as powerful as Datang.Dashi's cavalry rode on sweaty Pegasus horses, with bows on their backs and arrows in their mouths, and often harassed the borders of the empire.The emperor of Dashi intended to repair it, which was exactly what Datang couldn't wish for.As a ruler, the emperor has an unshirkable responsibility to stop border chaos.So, he was promoted to the palace and went to meet the mission with a noble smile.He asked the envoys about the scenery they saw along the way, but the envoys could not understand.He couldn't understand the envoys talking.The emperor felt that he was not interested, so he asked the prime minister to accompany them to the state banquet, and went back to the secret room by himself.He left the secret room at six o'clock in the evening and returned at nine o'clock. During these three hours, someone sneaked into the room and stole the bracelet.The emperor got angry because of this, and ordered the maids and eunuchs guarding the door of the secret room to be tortured severely, until they screamed like cats.The emperor wanted to beat them all to death, but later changed his mind and handed them over to the most benevolent empress for reformation education, asking them to tell who stole the bracelet.He also summoned the master robbers from Chang'an to the palace to investigate on the spot, and asked them to tell who stole the bracelet.The masters couldn't tell, the emperor was furious and wanted to push them out of the Meridian Gate and behead them.Later, they changed their minds and pardoned them from the death penalty. They just ordered the guards to arrest all the family members of the thieves in the city and put them in prison, so that the servants would not be able to concentrate on solving the case because they were busy with family affairs.He also ordered the gates of the city to be closed, leaving only one gate for entry and exit, and those who left the city would be strictly searched.Then he felt bored, so he went back to the secret room and asked the eunuchs to notify him when they found the bracelet.

At the same time, all the arresting and robbery officials in Chang'an City gathered in the signing room of Jingzhaoyin Yamen to discuss the case.It was midnight, people lit red candles, and several white-bearded and gray-bearded servants who entered the palace cried bitterly and said that the emperor's grace was so great that they left their lives worthless.Today's sage's benevolence is boundless, the grass and trees are favored, and even the low-level tolerances are favored by the emperor.If they can't find the bracelet, they will be bumped to death without the emperor's action.Everyone was moved to tears and praised the emperor's kindness in unison. Then they calmed down and thought about the whereabouts of the emperor's bracelet under the light.

As we all know, the walls of the imperial city are made of ground bricks and are four feet high, and there are purple-clothed imperial guards standing under the walls day and night.The most skilled thieves in Chang'an had to climb the high walls with the help of flying rope ladders, a method that could not be used in the imperial city.But it is even more unimaginable that someone in the palace stole the bracelet.Today's holy majesty is a benevolent monarch who is rare in a hundred years. Even though he is promoted to the common people, he knows his respect, not to mention the people in the imperial city who directly receive the emperor's favor?What's more, the emperor is the source of all love in the world, everyone loves the emperor, and the emperor loves everyone.No matter who it is, as long as you don't love the emperor, you will live in darkness, and you can't live for an hour.Outside the imperial city, there might be a frenzied thief who dared to steal the Holy Majesty's beloved, such a person would never exist in the imperial city.Tolerances thought their heads were about to break, and fell asleep on the bench one by one.

When the hot wind of May blows into the signing room, bluebottle flies are flying in the house.The servants woke up and felt ashamed when they thought of the Sacred Heart of the Emperor anxiously waiting for them to recover the bracelet.Several senior officials said that everyone went to the street to catch suspicious people and tortured them severely. In this way, the lost property of the Holy Majesty might be recovered.So everyone went out into the street.Even Tolerance Wang An, who strangled the thief to death, followed him out. Wang An worked as a errand in Chang'an for ten years and never caught a single thief alive.His figure is too big, according to the Tang ruler, he is more than nine feet tall, and according to the modern metric system, he is also two meters tall.Broad shoulders and thin waist, long beard over the abdomen, thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and a voice like a bell.An appearance like this is simply not suitable for tolerance.What's more, on the first day when he was on a job, he saw someone stealing in the street, so he tied the thief's neck with a chain and dragged him to the yamen.Unexpectedly, with too much force, the thief was strangled to death, and the thief was never caught again.So all the thieves in Chang'an knew Wang An's name.He appeared on the street, and the thief disappeared at the end of the street.

In fact, why do people like Wang An need to be on business?He could be a Purple Guard.Being an imperial guard doesn't require martial arts, just height and a beard, both of which Wang An possesses, he can even go to the gate of the imperial city to be a halberd bearer.The customs of the Tang Dynasty were different from those of the Song and Ming Dynasties. Ladies from official families often went out for outings. When they saw a majestic spear bearer, they gave them the fruits in their bosom.Princesses and princesses often flew out of the palace to enter the palace. When they saw the well-groomed military officers, they asked them to follow them to their secret rooms, brushing their delicate bodies with their beards, and afterwards they used priceless jewels as a token of love. Gift.Wang An was a low-ranking official, and he delayed all the romantic affairs of his life.

Wang An went out with the servants, and everyone else went to thoroughfares and bustling shops, and no one wanted to go with Wang An.He had no choice but to bid farewell to his companions and walk on the common road.There are 108 squares in Chang'an Street. The squares are four miles square, surrounded by three-foot-high square walls, and the towers at the four corners reach into the sky. There is an open area half a mile wide between the squares, which is full of locust trees. .How big was the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, bigger than Rome, bigger than Babylon, bigger than Baghdad, bigger than all the ancient and modern cities.Wang An walked in the green shade of the workshop, but he didn't meet a single person everywhere.

Most of Chang'an City is a lively small city, but there are few people in the green area away from the gate, not to mention that Wang An walked towards Guifangfang in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, which was even more desolate.The tall thatch closed the main road, leaving only the narrow path.The walls of Guifangfang are peeled off, exposing the adobes used to build the walls.The water flowing in the open channel under the wall is as green as pus, and when the breeze blows, dry acacia flowers fall from the trees, like a heavy rain. All the buildings in Guifangfang have collapsed.Three of the four square doors are permanently closed, leaving only one door for people to enter and exit.That elm gate is going to become a fence gate!At noon, the one-eyed Si Yan sat in the shadow under the gate and sewed clothes, and he sewed clothes on his body, like a monkey catching lice.Walking into the workshop, one can only see a desolation, with broken walls, dead trees and weeds everywhere. This workshop has been deserted for hundreds of years. Apart from himself, his wife, and this old official, Wang An didn't know who else lived in this ghost workshop.Standing in the empty field inside the gate of the workshop, Wang An looked around, only seeing the pavilion covered with weeds on top of the half-collapsed high tower in the workshop.The pond filled with earth and rocks is full of thorns, and a few sections of dry vines hang on the rockery in the early years.There is a long corridor in the distance, and the roof has collapsed in several places, like the skeleton of a giant python.This desolate place is a withered yellow, with few green spots to be seen. Wang An did know that there were still people living in the workshop, but he had never seen this person or these people.The inner side of the square wall is complete and is covered with chicken paw figurines.Wang An asked the old Si Yan about these urchins' drawings, but found that the old man was deaf and confused, and spoke the most difficult Shanxi dialect inarticulately, and could not understand him at all.Wang An went home along the path under the wall of the square, studying the murals along the way, and he felt that this painting technique was very unusual. Wang An walked past a row of locust trees.Strange to say, there are no fewer than ten million pagoda trees in Chang'an City, and none of them grow insects. Only the pagoda tree in Guifangfang grows pagoda silkworms.It's only May, and the green leaves of this tree have been eaten by insects, leaving only a tree with withered and yellow veins, like the curly beard of a barbarian from the Western Regions.A girl in a green shirt was catching silkworms under a tree. When she saw Wang An approaching, she stood up and called, "Uncle! My aunt has been taken away!" Wang An was taken aback.First, he didn't know the man.Secondly, this girl is really beautiful, with glossy black hair, eyes as bright as spring water, lips as red as flowers, two small breasts slightly protruding, and slender hands and feet that seem to have bird bones.Finally, she caught locust silkworms and put them in her clothes. She wore a long robe dyed green with locust beans, and tied a silk rope around her waist. Countless locust silkworms wriggled in the clothes around her waist.Wang An felt chills down his spine.As for her calling him uncle, that was quite common.At that time, girls called all grown men uncle. Wang An nodded to her and said, "Did you see it? Who came to catch her?" "A group of soldiers in purple clothes, they asked my aunt to follow, but my aunt refused, so they caught my aunt, tied her hands and feet with leather straps, put them on horseback, and left. Before leaving, they pulled the gatekeeper. Uncle gave him a whip and told him to repair the road. These soldiers are really cruel." After Wang An heard these words, he went straight home.The girl loosened her belt, and countless silkworms fell to the ground. She crushed them with her feet, stained her feet with green juice, and then chased them to Wang An's house. Wang An lives in a small thatched cottage, the door has been kicked open, and the furniture in the house is crumbling, as if after a life-and-death struggle.Wang An packed up his belongings and sat on the bamboo bed to change his clothes.I took off my old clothes, but there was no new ones to change into, so I had to pick a worn one in the closet that was not too dirty and put it on.At this time, he heard someone say: "Uncle's shoulders are so broad, and his arms are so thick!" Only then did he realize that the girl had slipped in at some point and stood in the shadows. Wang An said, "My niece, it's not good for you to come in like this without saying hello." The girl said: "Uncle, I haven't finished my words yet! My aunt scolded eight generations of your ancestors before leaving. What's going on?" "It's none of your business, what were you doing just now?" "Catch locust silkworms and feed the chickens." "Then go and catch locust silkworms again." The girl thought for a while and said: "Uncle, I don't catch silkworms, and the chickens have something to eat. Now I have more important things to do. My aunt has been captured, and your clothes have not been washed. I will wash your clothes and earn money. There must be more money than catching locust silkworms." Wang An really needed someone to do laundry, so he wrapped up the dirty clothes and gave them to her.The girl hugged the clothes and smelled the stable-like smell above, but thought it smelled good.She saw Wang An turning her head away, as if she didn't like the sight, so she asked: "Uncle, why did my aunt scold you?" "The emperor lost something and asked my uncle to catch the thief and take my aunt as a hostage. If my uncle can't solve the case, my aunt will live in prison and eat bad food. So she scolded me." The girl said: "That shouldn't be the case. A woman like my aunt, married to a man like my uncle, isn't that enough? Let alone a few days in prison, it's worth losing your life!" Wang An lay down on the bamboo bed again, narrowed his eyes and thought, "She knows my wife is fierce and lazy. How did she know?" Wang An's wife is very fierce and can grab people with ten fingers.Wang An knew that when the imperial guards came to arrest her, they would definitely have a bad face, so she would suffer more than other women in prison.Therefore, she must be rescued as soon as possible.He closed his eyes, the girl thought he was asleep, but in fact Wang An was reminiscing about the past.Before having sex at night, his wife came to play with his beard.Wang An's beard is soft and shiny, like the thousands of strands of blue hair of a beautiful woman.His wife inserted her hands into those beards, and the ferocity of the day seemed to be washed away by water, leaving only tenderness like water.The girl saw the beards and wanted to touch them too, but he turned over and pressed the beards under him so that she couldn't touch them, so she sighed and went out the door. Wang An opened one eye and looked at the sunlight leaking in from the broken door. He thought of the seven spider moles on his wife's nipples, shaped like the Big Dipper.The color of those moles is like the red ribbon on the precious agate.Those moles are clearly visible under the lights, moonlight, and stars, just like Wang An's attachment to her.The woman is two people during the day and at night; she is a yaksha during the day and a dragon girl at night.During the day it is a swollen-necked cobra, and at night it is the most docile Persian cat.Why did she behave like this, Wang An has never been able to figure it out, the more he can't figure it out, the more Wang An loves her. The next day, when Wang An went to the yamen for appointment, he found the atmosphere of despair in the signing room.Yesterday when he was taking a nap on the bamboo bed, his colleagues caught hundreds of thieves on the street and found dozens of strings of bone beads.After torture, seven or eight thieves admitted that the bone beads were stolen from the palace.They sent those bone beads into the palace, and the emperor was furious when he saw it, saying that whoever dared to send such fakes would castrate him and make him a eunuch. Tolerance complained that if the thief was caught and the bone beads were found, no one would know whether the beads were stolen from the palace without severe torture.After being tortured, the thief admitted that he had stolen it from the palace, and no one knew whether he was tortured or not.In the end, I had to ask the emperor Yulan as the final appraisal, but the emperor wanted to eunuch them as eunuchs.If they are eunuchs and become eunuchs, even if the real thief is finally caught and the emperor returns their wives, they will be useless again. How could the great and wise emperor not understand such twists and turns? The emperor sat in a secret room in the deep palace, his eyelids twitching.He knew that someone was talking about him, and he immediately thought that it was those black crow-like officials who were talking about him.In his holy wrath, he thought of making an imperial decree to immediately eunuch all the Tolerances.But he immediately changed his mind and stopped issuing the edict.Tolerance is something he can do with confidence, why should he be in a hurry when he is sure? When the emperor usually sat in the secret room, he always held the string of bone beads in his hand.He could see the tropical rain forest, the steaming swamp, the black rotting tree stumps in the warm water river, and hear the heavy breathing of the Ceylon monk.He could still feel the heavy heartbeat of the Ceylon monks as they pulled their feet out of the muddy water, and he could smell the pungent perspiration of the virgin monks in the smell of the swamp.It wasn't until he was extremely tired that he let go of his hand, letting those dark and warm beads slip between his fingers.Now that there is no string of beads, the emperor can't help being anxious. He wants to leave this secret room, issue orders from the throne, reprimand the tolerance, castrate Jing Zhaoyin, and send the eunuchs and maids guarding the gate to be beheaded.But he immediately changed his mind and decided not to go out.This is Yi Yi's business, why should you worry about Yi Yi's business? Even with the string of beads in his hand, the Emperor's anger sometimes rises.At that time, he also wanted to get out of the secret room and go to the queen.The twenty-seven-year-old queen's skin is as transparent as polished white jade.She has not eaten since she was born, and she lives on clear soup.The emperor wanted to smell the fragrance of the queen's flesh. The strange fragrance on her body was innate and had the effect of seductiveness. Every time the emperor smelled it, he couldn't help feeling aroused. Sexual intercourse is undoubtedly cruel corporal punishment for the delicate queen.But the queen never rejected the emperor, nor did she complain.Therefore, the emperor judged that among all the people in the world, only she really loved him.So when he thinks of the queen, he can't help but feel elated.But every time after thinking this way, the emperor changed his mind again, and it was the easiest thing to do to go to the queen.Why worry about things that are easy to do? It is difficult for the emperor to recover the lost bracelet.But he was not willing to leave the secret room.This is not a major military matter, and it is inconvenient to leave it to the prime minister, so he handed over the recovery of the bracelet to the empress.Although he hasn't seen each other for three years, he believes that only the queen understands his heart best.She must be able to recover the string, and he asked someone to tell the queen that although it was a string of ordinary bone beads, it was held in the right hand of a Ceylon monk during a long journey, so it had a special meaning. The emperor said that it was a string of ordinary beads, but the tolerances did not believe it. They thought that the things around the emperor must be rare treasures from the Buddha, at least they were made of relics.It is said that things like relics emit Buddha light, which can only be seen by lucky people and eminent monks.Therefore, if you find bone beads in the future, you should first send them to famous mountain temples for eminent monks to have a look, and then send them to the palace after verifying that they are Buddha treasures.After hearing such arguments, Wang An stuck out his tongue and walked outside the signing room.Looking at the towering imperial palace from a distance, he saw the buildings and pavilions in Chengdu with flying eaves and brackets, like a mirage in the sky. The shortest attic here is more than ten feet long, right? If you find someone who can climb into such an attic, then there is still some hope of recovering the bracelet. Just imagine how a thief with such skills would be caught by Tolerance on the street?The method of catching thieves like his colleagues will only kill everyone? ?Give it away with my wife.Thinking of this, Wang An completely lost confidence in his colleagues' ability to catch thieves. He sighed and went home. Wang An walked back to Guifangfang, stood under the wall of the workshop and looked at the villains on the wall, and found that they had square heads, square brains, square mouths and square eyes.With two numb legs under the huge square body, I couldn't help but feel sympathy. If a character like this came to life, his legs would be broken immediately.While in a trance, someone called from behind: "Uncle, are you back?" Wang An turned his head and saw the girl in the green shirt standing under the locust tree, holding a large pile of clothes in her hands.He thought: If this girl doesn't catch silkworms, she will be quite cute.So he said with a smile on his face, "My niece, it's just a coincidence to meet you." The girl laughs in the sunshine. "It's not a coincidence, I've been waiting for you here for a long time!" Wang An's face became serious again, he put his hands behind his back, turned and walked slowly, the girl followed behind.She asked: "Uncle, you are looking at the painting on the wall, who do you think it is?" "have no idea." "It's you!" Wang An knew that he might be the model for those coffin-like characters, because those people had grass-like beards growing all over their chins.But hearing her say that, he was still very angry.If a person grows up like the picture on the wall, what face is there to live in the world?He walked home quickly, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find a piece of clothing to change from the sweaty one, but he couldn't find it.The girl said, "Uncle, change my laundry!" Wang An wanted to refuse for a moment, but he changed his mind, smiled again, took the clothes and said, "Go out, I'll change." "What are you afraid of, uncle? I'm a child." Wang An didn't want to force her to go out, so he took off his long clothes in front of her and exposed his upper body.He is a man with heavy hair, and he is very ashamed when outsiders see his chest hair.But the girl felt elated when she saw Wang An's thick arms and broad chest.She said: "Uncle's beard is so pretty. Can you let me touch it?" Wang An said: "This is not good. A beard is a man's majesty. How can you touch it casually?" "What majesty? My aunt always touches it, I saw it!" Wang An's face turned red to purple; her wife just stroked his beard in front of the intercourse.She has seen this kind of thing, it is crazy to the extreme.He roared, "How did you see that?" "I climbed a tree and saw it. Why did you stare? I won't tell you anymore!" The girl's face quickly turned red, her eyes widened and she made an angry look.Wang An did not expect her temper to come so quickly.So he put away his glaring vajra face and made a smiling face. Suddenly he smelled a good smell of moss, which came from his clothes. The clothes were also very soft and clean, so he said kindly : "My niece, your clothes are very clean." The girl said angrily, "Really?" "Of course, the clothes still smell nice of grass. Have you smoked them with grass?" The girl was already happy: "What are you smoking? I washed it in the pond behind, and it smelled like this when it came out." Wang An felt chills all over.He knew that there was a pool of green algae growing in the pond, full of frogs and water snakes, and the pond water was as thick and green as snot.If I had known that she was going to wash clothes there, I might as well not ask her to do it.But it is inconvenient to say such words.So he went to the cabinet to take copper coins, and paid the laundry fee one by one, plus five Wen, which was counted as the reward for clean washing.Then he told the girl to go home, he was going to take a nap.When the girl was about to leave the house, she said: "Uncle, I must touch your beard. I'm not reconciled if I can't touch it!" Wang An thought, this little devil might really want to do this.Wang An still had something to ask her, so he called her back and said, "You can touch it, but don't pull it." The girl stretched out her ten fingers and inserted them into the silky beard.She felt that if a woman could have (of course not grow herself) such a beard.It is simply the greatest happiness in the world. When she was indulging in her beard, Wang An asked her: "Niece, do you know who painted those little figures on the wall?" "it's me." Wang An had guessed it was her, but he still pretended not to believe it.The girl said: "There is nothing to believe in this. I will draw it for my uncle to see!" She went to the kitchen to get a piece of charcoal, and then climbed onto the wall to paint.She put a screen on the wall like a gecko, and she moved up, down, left, and right very freely.Wang An thought that the robbers in Chang'an would surely die in shame when they saw the boy's ability to climb the wall.Draw a picture in a blink of an eye.She came down from the wall, patted the black ash on her hands and said: "Uncle, how do I draw?" Wang An said, "The painting is very good." He nodded, and was about to walk away, when he suddenly saw the girl standing against the sinking sunset, eyes narrowed, smiling unguardedly.He suddenly changed his mind, and rushed towards her like a hungry tiger. The speed of castration was so fast that even the goshawk could not compare with it.Little did he know that the girl jumped on the ground and crawled under his crotch faster than a rabbit. When Wang An turned around, the girl had already fled ten feet away, clapping her hands and laughing; "Uncle and I play hide-and-seek! You catch If it’s not for me, I’ll come back tomorrow, and I’m going home today!” The next morning, Wang An went to the yamen to order a job, and found that the signing room was full of joy, and the case of the bergamot string was over.It turned out that the holy and benevolent queen announced that she had entered the emperor's secret room and taken the string of bone beads.The servants happily went to pick up their wives at the Forbidden Army's Yamen, but the soldiers said that they couldn't let her go without order.However, they also said that they believed that the imperial decree would come down from time to time, so that the servants could be reunited with their wives.Wang An also firmly believed in this.He came home, swept the yard, packed the furniture, and was very busy.The girl suddenly came, she stood at the door, raised her eyebrows and said: "Uncle, what are you busy with? Is my aunt coming out?" Wang An said, "Probably so. The queen admitted that she stole the beads, and this case should be closed." The girl said: "I don't think so. How could the empress steal the emperor's beads? Could it be that she is also a thief?" Wang An smiled: "My niece, the Queen said that she took the beads. She thinks there is a reason for it. We are inconvenient to speculate on such things. I think her old man, as the mother of the country, can still bear a string of bone beads. I It is inconvenient to care about this case, but your ability to climb walls is admirable, who taught you?" "No one taught me, I was born with light bones, and I could climb walls since I was a child." "It doesn't matter whether someone teaches it or no one teaches it, it's not a good skill anyway. You can forget about it. When your aunt comes back, you can learn needlework with her." When the girl heard this, she immediately became furious and grinned like a wild cat.She said viciously: "I know how to needle and thread, so you don't need to learn from her. Uncle, don't be complacent, maybe it's all for nothing!" Wang An shook his head and stopped talking to her. The girl said, "Uncle, are you still catching me?" Wang An blushed with embarrassment when he remembered what happened yesterday.Before Wang An came to Chang'an, he worked as an official in the Hejian Mansion for nine years. At that time, he was the pride of the official. He was the nemesis of thieves. He was fast enough to catch birds flying by, but he couldn't catch even a small bird. girl.He shook his head and said: "Niece, forget about this too. I was confused yesterday." "Uncle is not confused at all, I'll just sit here, come and catch up again?" Wang An knew that she was like the clouds in the sky and the wind on the ground, no one could catch her.Yesterday he was confused by her superficial slack, and he made a fool of himself as a result.Today he is not fooled by this.He shook his head and said: "Why should I catch you? It's over." The girl just walks out.Wang Dang lay on the bamboo bed, thinking that he would meet his wife in a few days.He tried his best to restore her image in his imagination, but it was very difficult.He was also confused by the girl.Of course, it's not because of her beauty.Although she is beautiful, she has not yet grown up.Wang An's wife is much more beautiful than her at night.Wang Dang is just obsessed with her quickness, her exquisite bones, and her moody personality, these temperaments are more charming than women's sex. Wang An vaguely remembered the image of his wife sitting on the bamboo bed on a moonlit night. She was tall and plump, with her chest exposed, like a living jade carving.Her ferocity during the day seems to be all to cover up her beauty at night, it seems like a dream.But the figure of the girl swimming on the wall was right in front of her eyes, her body seemed weightless.You can't get someone like that unless she's willing to let you have it.And letting her put herself in the hands of others is a very labor-intensive thing.Thankfully, Wang An doesn't have to worry about it anymore.Just when Wang An felt brisk, the emperor felt a splitting headache and troubles all over his body.The queen said she had ruined the bracelet.The emperor had to come out of the secret room and try to live his previous life.But he felt that the light outside was dazzling, the noise was noisy, the delicacies of mountains and seas were unpalatable, the Jindun Dragon Chair was uncomfortable, and the women in the palace were abominable, so he went back to the secret room and summoned the queen to meet. When the queen, who was covered in a strange fragrance, came in front of the emperor, her face flushed. The emperor felt that she was extremely glamorous, so it was extremely difficult to say what she wanted to say.He hesitated for a long time and finally said painfully: "Zi Tong, I know your painstaking efforts to dissuade me from being obsessed with beads, and I will try to do as you wish. In fact, although I have six beauties, besides you, there are no other beauties. There is no woman who can be trusted. Because of your natural fragrance and because of your great love for me, I have already decided that I will never disobey you in my life. But this bracelet is really my life, and I must take it back. I hope you can understand my distress." The queen knelt in front of him and said long live, saying that the concubine deserved to die, but the emperor was out of his mind.Looking at the queen's face like a flower, he remembered that he lost his mother when he was young and never felt his mother's love.Therefore, after he fell in love with the queen, he felt a slight sense of guilt. Every time he had sex with the queen, he felt the trembling of her body, and he felt like a child raping his mother.If it wasn't for this, he would never have given up on the queen and went to the secret room to practice penance.So he gave a wry smile and told the queen to flatten her body.And gave her to sit with him.The emperor shook the queen's hand and said: "Zitong, I already have a way to get back the bracelet, but I will inevitably offend you. Since you and I became friends, you have endured a lot of pain for me. In order to get back the bracelet, I want you to do it for me again. I suffer new pains. I therefore ask your forgiveness." The queen knelt down in front of the emperor again, saying that she was able to become the current mother of the country thanks to the kindness of the emperor. She was willing to do everything for the emperor, and the only thing she could not do was to recover the bracelet, because it had been destroyed.The emperor is tired of this statement.Waved the queen to leave.After sitting quietly on the futon for a long time, I finally made up my mind.He thought: The queen has already endured a lot of pain for him, so it’s okay to let her endure a little more. This is like the vague state of mind when an urchin bothers his mother. Since she can bear the pain of giving birth to him, there is nothing she can’t bear. . When Wang An went to the yamen to order Mao, he found that his colleagues were drinking and gambling in the signing room, full of indulgence and relaxation.Before he had time to find out what happened, he was called to the court, where he was held down and beaten with thirty slaps. Those who work on official business are always beaten.But this time the beating was very light, with such force that even the mosquitoes could not be killed.After being beaten, Wang An got up on his knees and wanted to hear why he was beaten.But the official didn't say anything, and left the hall shaking his head and sighing. He asked the beating man's tolerance what happened to the thirty boards today, but those people just left shaking their heads and sighing.So Wang An went back to the signing room and asked what happened.Others said that the emperor issued an imperial decree in the morning, ordering the tolerances of the whole city to continue to investigate the bracelet case, and the investigation was strict. If the case was not solved for a day, all tolerances would suffer 30 boards. The servants said that the bracelet had been destroyed by the queen, and they still had to be investigated. Isn't this a matter of asking for antlers from a male dog and milking a hen?They also said that with the grace of the emperor, he only gave thirty slabs a day, even if they castrated everyone and sold their families into slaves, there was nothing they could do.Wang An was not so optimistic, he hurried back to find the girl, searched all over Guifangfang, but couldn't find it anymore, so he came home, sat on the bed and regretted his stupidity; Son, secondly, you shouldn't believe that the case is over, and thirdly, you shouldn't tell the girl that she should learn sewing from her wife.At this time, she must have gone far away, and he thought how lucky he was to be able to live in the same workshop as her.She came to the door by herself again, what an opportunity this is.God gave Wang An so many opportunities, yet he let her slip away safely.Literally deserved to lose his beard and his wife. Now Wang An had no choice but to pin his hopes on the queen.He went back to the signing office and heard that the emperor had ordered her to be deposed as a commoner.It is also necessary for the Jingzhao Yamen to move the public cases and instruments of torture into the palace.Tonight, he wanted to personally interrogate the empress dowager, and asked all the servants in the city to enter the palace to stand in the hall.When Wang An heard the news, his face was livid with fright, and he sat on the bench like a piece of dumb wood. After the queen was demoted to a commoner, she was moved from the palace to a black prison.There she was half-dead by the musty smell on the mat, stripped of her gown, removed from the hairpin, and put on a sinful skirt.She had never worn this kind of coarse clothes, and she felt like a rat was bitten all over her body.Before dark, the sunset glow came in from the window and shone on the queen. She felt bloodstained all over her body and thought of the coming humiliation and torture. She almost passed out several times.Finally, someone opened the cell door, locked her hands and feet with chains, and took her to see the emperor.The queen staggered barefoot across the flagstone floor of the palace, thinking to herself: It is a cruel thing to be born a peerless beauty. For the queen, even such a small thing as changing clothes is a huge pain.从窗缝里吹进来的风也能使她感到利刃割面的痛苦。出浴时的毛巾不管多么柔软，她都觉得如板锉毛刷。所以活在世上就如忍受一场酷刑。尽管如此，做绝代佳人也比不做好。这就如君王的雨露之恩，来时令人不堪忍受，但是如果不来，更叫人无法活下去。因此皇后决定领受皇帝赐给的刑罚，宁可在刑具下死去，也不改变上谏皇帝的初衷。 皇后来到皇帝前跪拜时，披散着万缕青丝，脖子上套着铁链。她穿着死囚临刑时穿的褐色衣裙，赤手赤足，用气息奄奄的声音喊道：“犯女XX，愿皇上万岁、万岁、万万岁！”皇上听了有一种奇异的感觉。他叫皇后抬起头来，发现一天不见，皇后已经清简了很多，他以聊天的口吻说： “梓童，你披枷戴锁，身着死囚的服装，朕觉得更增妩媚。” 皇后说，她已经贬为庶人，现在是皇上的阶下囚，请皇上不要以梓童相联系称呼。皇上却说，他觉得阶下囚比皇后更加可爱。皇后就说，只要皇上喜欢，她也乐意做阶下囚。皇帝就挽了她的手到窗口去，让她看庭院中熊熊的烈火，如狼似虎的公差，血迹斑斑的刑具。皇后看了这些东西，只觉得天旋地转，立刻倒在皇上的怀里。 皇后醒来之后，皇帝对她说：“梓童，现在改变你的决心还不算晚。否则朕只有为就要发生的事情请求你的原谅。” 皇后明白，无论什么都不可能阻止皇帝追回他的手串，但是她还是说，她的身体归圣上所有，无论置于龙床上还是刑具下，都是正确的用途。 于是皇帝叫人把她牵出去，几千名公差齐声高叫升堂，几乎把皇后娇嫩的耳膜震破。她被带过公差们站成的人甬道（几乎被男人身上的汗臭熏死），来到公案前跪下，在皇帝面前复述她的供词。皇帝立即命令对废后用刑，拶子刚套上她的十指尚未收紧，皇后的指尖就渗出血来。她像被门夹住尾巴的猫一样惨叫一声，晕死过去。 皇帝命令，用香火把皇后熏醒，再开始刑讯。拶子又收紧了一点儿，皇后在痛苦之中挣扎，却不能晕死过去。她身上的异香随着汗水蒸发，使行刑的公差腿软腰麻。这时皇帝逼问她的供词，皇后仍然不肯更改。皇帝就命令松去拶子，用藤条抽打她的手心，用金针刺入她的足趾。皇后晕厥了几次，终而不肯改口，最后皇帝命令松去皇后的刑具，她立刻瘫软在地昏死过去。 皇帝命令把皇后送回寝宫，请太医诊治。然后板起脸来，公差扔下手中的水火棍，跪在御前磕头，那情景就如几千人在打夯。皇帝提高嗓子说： “朕已知道，你们这些乌鸦，不肯为朕尽心办案，却污蔑说皇后偷走了朕的手串。朕本该把你们全体凌迟处死，奈何还要依仗你们追回失物，只得放你们一条生路。朕这宫中没有石碾石磨，任凭什么人，都不能毁掉手串。而要说那手串为皇后藏匿起来呢，你们的狗头上也长有狗眼，应该看到皇后受刑时的情景。在这种情形之下，她如果能交出手串。绝无不交的可能。故而你们这批狗头，应该死心塌地地到宫外寻找，不要抱有幻想，朕的话你们可明白？” 公差们抬起头来，齐声应道：“明白！”皇帝脸上露出了笑意说： “还有一件事情，朕说与你们知道。朕已下旨到关中各郡招集民间阉猪的好手，七天之内，你们如不能把手串交回御前，朕就要把你们阉掉半边。再过七天还不能破案，就把你们完全阉掉。现在你们马上出去为朕追赶寻失物。滚吧！” 公差们从宫里出去。顾不上包扎额上的伤口，就到大街上去胡乱捕人。王安不参加捕人的行动。他回去家。出乎他的意料，他家里点着灯，那女孩坐在灯下，见到他进来，她站起来迎接说： “舅舅回来了！你的头上怎么破了？” 听了这句话，王安勃然大怒，这简直是在揭他的短。他尽力装作不动声色，可是还免不了嘴角发抖。那女孩拍手笑道：“舅舅生气了！你来捉住我好了，只要捉住我就可以出尽你的恶习气了！” 王安更加愤怒，非常想朝她猛扑过去，可是他知道捉不到她，他强笑着到席上去盘腿坐下，要那女孩拿来短几，把灯台放在几上。然后他叫她在对面坐下，和她对坐了许久。 那女孩的手放在案上，手背和十指瘦骨嶙峋，叫人想起北方冰封悬崖上黑岩石中一缕金子的矿脉。她手肘上洁白的皮肤下暗蓝色的血管，就像雪原上河流，又如初雪后沼泽上众多的小溪。 王安把双手也放到案上去，把她的双手夹在自己的手中间。 王安感到她的双手的诱惑，如多年前他老婆的脖子的诱惑一样。王安的老婆在婚前也是个贼，虽无飞檐走壁的奇能。却擅长穿门过户。这原不是王安的案子，可是他为她雪白修长的秀颈所迷惑，一心要把链子套到她的脖子上去。王安这一生绝不贪恋女色，却要为女贼所迷。因此他看到墙上的壁画就会怦然心动，看到女孩在树下捡槐蚕就心悸不安，现地看到灯下案上一双姣好的双腕，手就禁不住轻柔地向上移去。 十年前，王安看到那修长的脖子，天鹅似的仪容，禁不住起了男人的欲望，因此他就判定这个女人是个贼。看见她从前门走进巨富人家，他就到后门去等。现在他坐在女孩对面，手指轻轻触及她的肌肤，心中的狂荡比十年前有过之而无不及。女孩的腕上传过回夺的悸动，可是她立刻又忍住了，把手腕放在一点点收紧的把握中。王安始终不相信她会被抓住，直到他的手已经握实之后。他猛然用上了十成握力。那女孩“哇”地一声叫出来，猛地挣了起来，却丝毫也挣不动。然后她兴奋地面红耳赤，大叫道：“舅舅，你捉住我了！” 王安猛想到捉住她也没什么用。他没有一丝证据，不能把她送到衙门里严刑拷打。他觉得受到了她的戏弄，就把手松开了，女孩把手捧到灯下去看，发现腕上印下了深深的青痕，不禁心花怒放，把双腕并着又伸了出来说： “舅舅你把木杻（音丑）套在这青痕上，再用链子锁住我的脖子，拉我到衙门去吧！我乐意！” 王安虽然确信这女孩是贼却不能送她坐牢。他茫然地坐着，一会想说，你把这事忘记忘了吧。一会又想说，你回家去。最后他说： “甥女儿，我捉了你又放了，你满意了吧？现在告诉舅舅，皇上的手串你拿了没有？” 女孩说：“舅舅的话我不大明白，什么满意不满意的，难道你当年也这么捉过舅娘？” 王安当年站在那家巨富后门的僻巷里，他老婆出来时，他把链子锁在她脖子上。他本该把她拉到衙门去，但是他没有，他把她拖到没有人的地方，动手掏她怀里的赃物，结果看到她乳房上的痣，就再也把持不住，冒犯了她的身体。等到发现她的处女的血染上他的身，王安就不便送她去坐牢，而是娶了她当老婆。如今这女孩问起，他就简略地说过此事，然后说：“甥女，舅舅是怎么一个人，你已经明白了。我现在求你，帮我找回皇上的手串，要不皇上要阉了我们。阉是怎么回事，你知道吗？” 那女孩面露不悦之色说，她知道什么叫阉，却不懂王安为什么为难。他如果怕阉，可以逃走，至于手串，她可帮不了忙。王安就说： “甥女儿，别拿舅舅开心。凭我对你的感觉，你就算不是偷手串的贼，也是大有来历。你一定能帮舅舅寻回手串。至于要我逃脱，是你小孩子不懂事。我怎能扔下舅娘不管？” 女孩怒起来，跪在席子上说：“舅舅说我是贼为什么不搜我的怀？” “那怎么成？搜你舅娘已经很不对了。” 女孩大发雷霆，尖叫道：“有什么对不对的！既然都是贼，捉住了有的搜，有的不搜，真是岂有此理！”说着她一把把胸襟扯开。王安看到她的胸上也有七点红痣，和他老婆的毫无二致。他因此大吃一惊，两眼发直，然后他才看到她怀里藏了一串珠子。肯定是皇上遗失的，他连忙去抓她的足踝已经迟了，堂屋里就如起了一阵风，女孩一晃就不见了。 女孩走后，王安想了很久，他忽然彻底揭穿了这个谜。有两点是他以前没有想到的，第一是那女孩和王安的老婆很熟，王安可以想像他老婆在荒坊里很寂寞，如果有一个女孩来做伴她就会把什么都说出来。还有第二点，就是这女孩一直在偷东西。按照规律，地方上出了大案公差领命破案时，总要收家属为质。她想用这种方法把王安的老婆撵走，所以这两年长安城里的大窃案层出不穷。不过王安在衙门里不属于机智干练那一类，所以总也捉不到他老婆头上来。直到她偷到皇帝头上，方才得逞。想明了这两点，王安觉得这案子他已经谙然于胸。他对追回手串又有了信心。他在灯里注入新油，在灯下正襟危坐。他知道那女孩一定会回来的。 她果然回来了，坐在王安面前吐舌头做鬼脸。王安视若不见，板着脸说： “甥女儿，你别挤眉弄眼，这不好看。我问你，你胸上的红点是天生的吗？” 女孩一听，小脸登时发青。王安又说：“你舅娘对你多好，连奶都给你看，可是你却累得她坐牢，你不觉得可耻吗？“ 女孩的脸又恢复了原状，她说：“有什么可耻的？我早就想送她进牢房。我听舅娘说，上次舅舅勒死一个贼就在佛前忏悔，发誓道今生再不捉贼，伸左手砍左手，伸右手砍右手。可是你却一连捉了我三次，怎么也不知道羞耻？还不把手砍下来！” 王安脸红了一下说：“这也没什么可耻的，大人者，言不必信，行不必果，手也不一定要砍。”然后他觉得这样不足以启迪女孩的羞耻心，就说： “甥女儿，你胡闹得够了，又偷东西，又点假痣，还把赃物揣在怀里，这全是学你舅娘的旧样。这种小孩子的把戏，你还要耍多久？” “舅舅既然说我是小孩子，那我就把这戏耍到底。” 王安为之语塞。那女孩又说：“其实我并不是小孩子，舅舅伸手捉了我，我就是不折不扣的女贼，你该用对待女贼的态度对我。” 王安苦笑着说：“舅娘是个苦命人。十年前舅舅无礼强暴了她，到今天她对我还是又抓又咬。这是舅舅的孽债，不知什么时候才能还清。甥女儿，我们不能让舅娘再受苦，否则舅舅的孽债就更深重了！” “呸！她算什么苦命人？你这话只好去骗鬼！” 女孩说，王安的老婆是什么样的人，她比王安还清楚。白天来看时，王安的老婆蓬头垢面音嗓粗哑，显得丑陋不堪。她用男低音说话。说到王安，她说他是一群猪崽子中最下贱的一只。十年前他用铁链子勒着脖子把她强奸了，她说王安的身体毛茸茸的，好像只大猴子。在夜里，因为夫妻的名分和女性的弱点，让他占有了她的肉体。白天想起来，就如喉咙里含了活泥鳅一样恶心，她真恨不得把王安吃掉，以解心头沉郁十年的怒气。然后她给女孩看她指甲上的血迹，说她刚把王安抓得落荒而逃。这时她哈哈大笑，就如坟地上的猫头鹰，她还直言不讳地承认自己是母夜叉，被王安强奸之后，除嫁他别无选择，就如被装进笼子的疯狗，她只有啃铁条消磨时光。 晚上远看王安的老婆，就发现一切都很不同。她在镜前梳妆着衣，等待王安回来。那时她肩上披着的长发没有一丝散乱，身上穿着锦丝的长袍，用香草熏过，没有一个污点，一个皱褶。她脸上挂着恬静的微笑，用柔和的女中音说话。说王安是公差中的佼佼者，她曾是贼中的佼佼者。最出色的贼一定会爱最出色的公差，就如美丽的死囚会爱英俊的刽子手。那时候她显得又温柔又幸福，又成熟又完美，高大而且丰满。女孩痛恨她佛一样的丰肩，天女一般的宽臀，看到她像大理石雕成的手和修长的双腿，女孩真恨不得死了才好。 她说到王安对她的冒犯，有和白天很不同的说法，她说当锁链忽然套到她颈上时，在最初的惊慌之后，她又感到一丝甜蜜，这种甜蜜混在铁链的残酷之中。王安锁住她以后，犹豫了很久，这使她想到自己有多么美，然后他牵着她到嫩黄的柳林里去，她隐隐知道要出什么事。那时她跟着铁链走去，脚步蹒跚，有时想喊，可始终没有喊出来。 强暴来临时，她拼命抗拒过，然后又像水一样顺从。她不记得失去贞操的痛苦，却记得初春上午林梢的迷雾，柳条低垂下来，她的衣服被雪泥弄得一塌糊涂，只好穿上王安的外衣，踏着林荫处半融的残雪回家去，做他的妻子。 王安的妻子梳妆已毕，敞开胸襟，给女孩看她胸上的痣。她说月夜里，王安把嘴唇深深印在这些痣上。女孩妒火中烧，恨不得把那洁白的乳房和鲜红的痣都用烧红的烙铁毁掉。她束紧腰带，又用布带在臀下系紧，布料下显出她的曲线。她说到王安会用温柔的手把这些结解开，禁不住心花怒放。 她还说王安的身体，宽阔胸膛，浓重的体毛和铁一样的肌肉，王安就如航行于江海上的航船，有宽阔的船头，厚重的船尾。在两情相悦的时候，她用身体载起这只巨舟，她是水，乳白色的，月光一样的水。所有的女人都是水，但是以前她并不知道。她是独脚贼，没有人告诉她，直到王安这条船升起风帆驶入她的水域。说到这里时，她身上浮起思念丈夫的肉香。女孩闻听这种味儿，恨不得把这娇滴滴、香喷喷的骚娘们儿一刀捅死，以泄心头之恨。 女孩说，她不相信男女之间只有干那种丑事才能相爱，尤其是像王安这种伟大的男人。试过王安以后，她更加相信，他是被那娘们儿的骚性诱惑了，说完这些话，她就从屋里出去，并没有说怎样她才能把手串交还。 又过了三天，皇帝对公差寻回手串的能力失去了信心，他下诏说赦免窃珠贼一切罪责。如果贼肯把手串交还，他还要以爵位和国库中的珍宝相赠，他还答应给那人以宫中的美女或禁卫军中的美丈夫。这通诏书一下，长安朝野震动，以为皇帝是疯了。 只有王安认为皇帝真正圣明。王安相信，任何丢失的东西都可以寻回，捉不到贼，就要用贼想要，或更想要的东西交换。他虽然对这一点深信不疑，可还是想不出怎么才能使那女孩把手串交回来。中午时他坐在家里凝神苦思，下意识地用指头去挖席子，不知不觉把席子抠出一个大洞。 那时屋外天气很热，阳光把蝉都晒晕了，以致鬼方坊里万籁无声。可是王安屋里是一片凉爽的绿荫，空气里弥漫着夹竹桃的苦味，草叶的芳香，还有干槐花最后的甜香味。他家里摆满了瓶瓶罐罐，里面插着各种各样的绿枝。一旦露出干枯的迹象，女孩就把旧枝条拿出去用新的枝条来代替。现在屋里的树枝、灌木和草叶全是一片新绿。她心满意足，就伏在窗前的席子上睡着了。 女孩睡着时，没有一丝声息。只有肩头在微微起伏。她睡觉的姿势也很奇特。这说明她所说的并非虚妄。她说她没有家，也不记得有过家。王安没法相信人没有家怎么能长大，但是如果她有过家，就不会以这种姿势睡觉，因为没有人用这种姿势在家里睡觉。 这女孩搬到王安家里已经两天了。王安以为住在一个屋檐下两天两夜已经足够了解一个女人。可是除了她说过的那些话，王安对她还是一无所知。她对王安说，除了王安的老婆她和谁都不熟识。也许王安的老婆能说出，怎样才能使女孩交去手串。可是她却被关在禁卫军把守的天牢里，不容探视。王安没法向别人打听这女孩的心性，他只好自己来解这个谜。 他想到昨天晚上，他在她面前更衣，那女孩走过来，用指尖轻轻触及他的肉体。她不像王安老婆那样把手掌和身体附着到他身上。只消看一看，闻一闻，轻轻一触就够了。她在王安面前更衣，毫无扭捏之态，在青色的灯光下王安看到除了两个微微隆起的乳房，她身上再没有什么阻止她跑得快，就如西域进贡给皇帝的猎豹。她骨骼纤细，四肢纤长，好像可以和羚羊赛跑。 女孩说，她爱王安，如果得不到王安的爱，她一辈子也不会把手串交出来，哪怕王安的老婆死在狱中，哪怕王安因此被处宫刑，也得不到她的同情。王安也准备爱她，可是不知怎么爱才好。如果她再大几岁，或者在市井里住过几年，那么一切都简单了，现在要他去爱简直是岂有此理。 女孩说，以前她住在终南山中，一年也见不到几个人，在山林里她感到需要爱，才搬到长安城里来。这个哑谜叫王安无从捉摸起，人住在深山无人的地方，也会知道爱吗？她在深山中体会到的爱，也不知有多么怪诞。王安想不出头绪，就把她叫起来问。 “甥女儿，你在深山里见过飞鸟交尾，或者两条青蛇缠在一起？你听见深秋漫山的金铃子叫，心中可有所感？你也许见过一只雄猫寻母猫的气味而去，或者公山羊们在绝壁上抵角？” 女孩听了勃然大怒，说：“舅舅，你真讨厌死了，你简直像舅娘一样骚，如果你再这么胡说，我就跑到深山里去，等你被阉了再回来！” 王安只好让她继续睡觉，他知道她不是个思春昏了头的傻丫头。在胸上点痣，引诱王安去捉，那不过是孩子的恶作剧，她并不喜欢这些。 王安想来想去，觉得脑筋麻木，他闻到屋里森林般的气味，就动了出去走走的念头。于是他走到坊间的绿荫中去，觉得天气很热。等头顶槐花落尽，真正的酷暑就会来临。 星星点点的阳光从树叶间漏下来，照在王安身上，光怪陆离，他渐渐忘去心中的烦恼。走进一片浓绿之中，听见极远处一辆牛车在吱吱地响。坊间的道路不只一条，它们弯弯曲曲地在槐林中汇合又分散。王安遇到一只迷路的小蝴蝶，它在荆棘之中奋力扑动翅膀要飞出去。他想到皇帝也是这么奋力地要寻回手串，寻求一条通向月夜下横陈的玉体之路。这些路曲曲弯弯，居然在这里汇合，其中的机缘真不可解。 王安在心中拿蝴蝶打个赌赛：如果它飞出草丛，那么皇上的手串也能寻回来。所以当蝴蝶的白翅膀在刀丛剑树中挂得粉碎，它那小小的身子和伤残的翅膀一起坠落时，他几乎伤心地叫进来。就在这时那个女孩来到他身边，拉着他的手说： “舅舅，出来散步也不叫上我！一起走走吧。” 王安把蝴蝶的悲哀忘掉，和她一起到更深的绿荫中去。他把她的小手握在手中，感受到一股冷意从手中透入。就想起初见她时，这个女孩在槐树下捡槐蚕的情景。女孩把绿色的活槐蚕揣在怀里，那种冰凉蠕动的感觉是多么奇妙啊！她身上有一种青苔的气味，王安想到女孩在一池绿水中洗衣服，洗出的衣服又柔软又舒适。他们在绿荫中走了很久。王安很放松，很愉快，他感觉她贴体的触觉、嗅觉和遥远的听觉、视觉逐渐分开。她在很近的地方，女孩在很远的地方。当冰凉蠕动的感觉深入内心的时候，王安知道自己在爱了。 他们回家以后，王安脱去冷湿的衣服。女孩伸出舌尖，尝一尝他胸前的汗味儿。她叫王安是“舅舅情人”。后来这位“舅舅情人”和她在椭圆形的大浴桶里对坐，桶里盛着清凉的水。 王安看到女孩在一片绿荫之中。他终于伸出一根粗大的手指，按