A knife in love

Chapter 1284

Shopkeeper Ji smiled and said, "What can I mean? You, Hu, don't play cards, why don't I, Lao Ji, play two?"

Shopkeeper Hu said angrily: "Who said I won't play anymore?! I just want to persuade the old gentleman to stay and play leaf cards together. Since the old gentleman won't leave, I will naturally come back and sit down! Give up the chair!"

Shopkeeper Ji was full of joy, but he sat motionless on the chair, and said in his mouth: "As the saying goes, 'roots grow on the ground'. According to the rules of the gambling house, since I sit on this chair, if I let it go out, I will definitely touch it. It's bad luck, if you gamble today, you will lose your money. Therefore, Lao Hu, you should feel wronged for a while, and after I play a few games, it will not be too late to give you this chair."

Shopkeeper Hu saw Shopkeeper Ji's face as a rascal, and became more and more annoyed, pointing at Shopkeeper Ji and shouting.Shopkeeper Ji was calm, even though Shopkeeper Hu scolded him, he didn't get angry, and kept talking to Shopkeeper Hu with a smile on his face.It's just that although he said it nicely, he refused to give in at all.As a result, after shopkeeper Luo and shopkeeper Song, Hu and Ji quarreled again.

Shou Nanshan kept smiling and watching shopkeeper Hu and shopkeeper Ji talking, only to see shopkeeper Hu's voice getting louder and louder, and finally rolled up his sleeves, as if he was about to beat shopkeeper Ji, and then he took the few leaf cards he had been playing with Put it on the table, and said slowly: "Why should you two be angry about a chair? Since everyone wants to play with it, I have an idea."

At this time, everyone knew that "Lao Tzu" was Shou Nanshan's colloquial language, so no one got angry when he heard him speak like this.Shopkeeper Hu turned his head, his face still angry, and said in his mouth, "What advice does the old man have?"

Shou Nanshan said with a smile: "Leaf cards, it's best for four people to play. But with so many people gathered together today, there must be a lot of men who want to play cards. Since everyone wants to have fun, why not use this Put down the leaf cards, let's play Pai Gow or throw dice, can't everyone participate?"

Dongsheng Inn is the best inn in Dongliao County, and the guests staying in the inn are either rich or expensive.At this time, among the tenants watching the excitement, there were two salt merchants, two merchants who sold medicinal materials, and five merchants from Liaoyang Mansion who sold rice, flour, grain and oil.These people are all businessmen, so they naturally have a lot of money in their pockets, and they are gamblers by nature.Just now I heard that someone was going to play leaf cards in the lobby to gamble money, so I scrambled to gather here.Everyone was eager to try, but they only regretted that they were late and could not sit at the gambling table.

In addition to these few businessmen, among the crowd, there was a Nanjing Ministry of Rites surnamed Yan who came back from Dongyi and wanted to gamble.Yan Siwu was ordered to go to Dongyi to give the newly born grandson of King Dongyi the name bestowed by the Ministry of Rites in the capital.It stands to reason that this mission should be sent by the Ministry of Rites of the capital city, but Dongyi is a small country, there is no money to be made, and it has to go far outside the pass, the road is bumpy, officials at all levels of the Ministry of Rites of the capital city do not want to go, so they sent This was pushed to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.The officials of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing were not stupid either. No one wanted to take this hard job.In the end, the minister of the Ministry of Rites actually came up with the method of "drawing lots", asking 37 officials from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to try their luck in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites.It's just that before the lottery was drawn, the minister of the Ministry of Rites made some tricks, and in the end, this Yan Siwu caught the paper ball going to Dongyi.

It's just that Yan Siwu didn't know that the servant of the Ministry of Rites was cheating, and deliberately let him catch the paper ball with "Dongyi" written on it, so he had to admit that he was unlucky.Si Wu is the lowest-ranking official in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.What's more, he is in the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. In terms of power, he is inferior to the masters in the yamen of magistrates and counties in various places.Therefore, Yan Siwu traveled through Nanjing, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Zhili, Liaoyang and other places, and suffered a lot from stares at post stations.The two clerks of the Ministry of Rites who followed him also complained in secret, scolding Siwu Yan as an unlucky guy behind his back, so that the two of them could only eat bran and swallow vegetables every day, and suffered a lot.

But after crossing the great river to Dongyi, hundreds of officials, big and small, including the king and queen of Dongyi, went out of the capital for more than [-] miles.Yan Siwu did not expect that he would be greeted so grandly, and was pleasantly surprised.When he handed over the wooden box containing the imperial decree with the name of the king and grandson to the king of Dongyi, the king of Dongyi had tears in his eyes and shouted long live.In the next ten days or so, there was really a small banquet every day, and a big banquet every three days. Yan Siwu was so happy to eat that he wished he could live in Dongyi forever.The two tolerances are also popular and hot drinkers, and they are served every day, so they are naturally happy to leave.It's just that the emperor's life is in his body, and although Yan Siwu is reluctant to give up, he still has no choice but to set off to return to Daming.The king of Dongyi led all the princes and officials to send them away for a hundred miles. Before parting, he gave Yan Siwu a black cloth bag embroidered with gold silk.

Yan Siwu has never received such preferential treatment, and he is very grateful to King Dongyi.After walking for a few miles, there was no sign of Dongyi's monarchs and ministers, so Yan Siwu quietly opened the small cloth bag and found that there were twelve silver barley seeds in the bag, each of which weighed twelve.There are also three gold leaves, which together are worth 100 taels of silver.When Yan Siwu saw these silver barley seeds and gold leaves, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.The two servants riding behind him didn't know what happened to Yan Siwu, so they chased after him.Yan Siwu had already stuffed the black cloth bag into the big bag next to the saddle, only saying that the horse stumbled and nearly knocked himself off.Fortunately, he held the reins tightly, so he didn't fall off the horse.It's all right now, so don't worry if you want two tolerances.

These two missionaries also received 20 taels of silver from the officials of Dongyi Kingdom in private. It was a time of joy, but they did not notice that Siwu Yan also made a fortune.The three of them were very happy, and they traveled day and night. After crossing the big river, they entered the boundary of Dongliao County.When the three of them came to stay at the post station in Dongliao County, after all the eyes and insults from the postmen in the post station, they didn't want to suffer from this birdishness again.So the three of them discussed for a while, and they all said that they didn't want to go to the post station anymore, since they had already entered the territory of Daming, they didn't need to hurry.You might as well find an inn in the city to rest for two days before setting off for the pass.

The three of them had made a plan, and when they found out that Dongsheng Inn was the best inn in Dongliao County, they rushed to the inn to stay overnight.The three of them were exhausted from running all the way, they went to bed early last night, and this morning they heard the noise in the inn lobby, so they went downstairs to watch the excitement.Yan Siwu liked to gamble all his life, but his life was poor and he never had any chance to gamble.Today, he hid more than 200 taels of silver in his bosom, and his waist was straightened. Standing in the crowd, he stretched his neck and looked at the leaf cards on the table, wishing he could sit at the table and play a few.

Hearing that Shou Nanshan said that he wanted to play Pai Gow and dice, and that he intended to let the spectators also participate in the game, Yan Siwu and the businessmen immediately lit up and squeezed forward one after another, yelling that they might as well play together a few.When Yan Siwu was trying his best to push forward, he suddenly felt someone hit the knee of his left leg unexpectedly, and almost fell to his knees.He was furious, turned his head and scolded, but saw one of his servants following him closely with excitement on his face.He was startled, and was about to speak, when the tolerance chuckled, and said, "The villain sees the excitement, and wants to go up and play a few games."

Shopkeeper Hu heard Shou Nanshan say that he wanted to play Pai Gow and dice, and thought to himself, looking at Lao Ji's appearance, it would be very difficult for him to give up his chair.At this time, I can't turn my face against him, but it makes me unable to advance or retreat.If playing Pai Gow and dice, it is a good way not to tear the face.What's more, Pai Gow and dice are easier to cheat than leaf cards.Hmph, I originally planned to win dozens of taels of silver from this old guy surnamed Shou, but I didn't expect that you, Lao Ji, didn't give me face and jumped out by yourself.Since you jumped into the well by yourself, don't blame me for not helping you.If I don't kill you severely today, I'm afraid you, Lao Ji, don't know how powerful I am!

Thinking of this, shopkeeper Hu said: "Since Mr. Shou wants to play Pai Gow and dice, I will accompany you."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to shopkeeper Feng who was watching the fun and said, "Shopkeeper, do you have Pai Gow and dice in the inn?"

Shopkeeper Feng said with a grin: "Master, I was just joking. We are an inn here, not a gambling shop. How can there be Pai Gow and dice? But, if you guys want to play, I can let the guys go to the gambling shop outside the alley." Go borrow a few. But the government has an order not to set up bets without permission, which is a bit difficult to handle..."

(End of this chapter)