蒯雪如是清末江苏吴江(今江苏苏州市吴江区)黎里镇蒯家弄底人,相貌娟秀,出生于书香门第,父亲蒯秀培是河南固始县知县,蒯雪如从小开始读书识字,经过十几年的勤学苦读,成为一名博学多才的才女,受父亲熏陶,很懂得官场之道。张曜是浙江上虞人,少小顽皮成性,游手好闲。等到长大成人,放荡不羁,日夜在赌场混生活,闲来无事练就一身好武艺。后来,张曜父亲病亡,家道衰落,他只好给人当雇工、为人舂米谋生。后来,张曜无法在家乡存身,只好流亡到河南光 蒯 snow is the end of the Qing Dynasty, Jiangsu Wujiang (now Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province) Li Li home town at the bottom, looks Juanxiu, was born in a scholarly family, his father Xiu Xiupei Gushi County, Henan magistrate, 蒯 snow, such as childhood literacy After more than a decade of diligent study, becoming a talented talented woman, influenced by his father, it knows the officialdom of the road. Zhang Yao is a Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, a small naughty, leisurely. Wait until grown up, bohemian, day and night mixed life in the casino, leisurely training on a good martial arts. Later, Zhang Yao father died of illness, family path decline, he had to give people when hired workers, for people to make a living. Later, Zhang Yao can not survive in his hometown, had to exile to Henan light