A knife in love

Chapter 2071
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Wang Xiaoyu couldn't help yelling "Ah", thinking that the greed and cunning of this dog official is already contemptible, and he didn't expect the gambling products to be so poor.When I was in Dongliao County, I once heard people talking in private, saying that Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty liked to fight crickets, and when he had nothing to do in the palace, he often caught crickets with the eunuchs and guards to fight with each other.The eunuchs and guards dared not fight crickets with the emperor, they all fell to their knees in fright, refusing to mess around with the emperor.Emperor Xuanzong became annoyed, pointed at the crowd and yelled at them, and threatened that if they didn't find crickets to compete with him, they would be disobedient.Everyone was startled, thinking to themselves that disobedience and disobedience would be a serious crime of beheading and extermination, so everyone was stunned.

Later, these people thought about it again, resisting the decree is death, catch crickets and compete with the emperor, if the emperor is happy, maybe they can survive by luck.Thinking of this, the eunuchs and guards kowtowed to apologize, and then searched for crickets everywhere in the palace.Emperor Xuanzong was overjoyed, so he fought crickets with the eunuchs and guards in the palace.

At the beginning, everyone was trembling, fearing that the emperor's life would be lost if he offended the emperor.The eunuch who was the first to fight Emperor Huangzong with a cricket was even more frightened. He only hoped that his cricket would be bitten to death by Emperor Xuanzong's cricket.Unexpectedly, the cricket in Emperor Xuanzong's hand was raised by him for a few days, and it was far less vigorous than the cricket that the eunuch had just caught. Therefore, the cricket in Emperor Xuanzong's hand met misfortune as soon as they fought.Seeing this situation, the eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, thinking that his life was in danger, but Emperor Xuanzong was not angry at all, and even discussed with the eunuch whether he could sell the cricket to him?The eunuch was frightened to death. Hearing what the emperor said, it was like a man who was about to drown grabbing a straw. He kowtowed more than a dozen times and said in a trembling voice, His Majesty the Emperor has taken a fancy to the cricket of the servant. Come with an air.The slaves are willing to offer crickets to His Majesty the Emperor, how dare His Majesty spend money to buy them?

After Emperor Xuanzong heard this, he shook his head again and again, and said to the eunuchs and others, we, the monarch and his ministers, must pay attention to the word fairness.If I took your crickets but didn't give you the money, wouldn't it be a robbery, what kind of holy son?Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing whether Xuanzong's words were true or not.It was only later that I saw that the emperor bought the cricket with one tael of silver and did not blame the eunuch, so I knew that the emperor was not angry.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that their heads were finally saved.

Since then, Emperor Xuanzong has fought crickets with eunuchs and guards in the palace.At first it was just a fight, but later Emperor Xuanzong declared that he wanted to add some prizes, so he bet with everyone.Eunuchs and bodyguards are on duty in the palace every day, and they are extremely boring. They spend their free time gambling for fun.Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong openly set up a bet, and the eyes of the eunuchs and guards immediately lit up, and they were extremely happy.Later, not only eunuchs and guards fought crickets with the emperor, but even some court ladies also participated in it.

Although Emperor Xuanzong took part in the cricket gambling game as an emperor, he was a very good gambler. Dare not to look at him, but once they get into a fight with crickets, they forget about the superiority and inferiority, making the originally solemn and solemn Daming Palace messy and messy.Emperor Xuanzong was a very smart person. Although he liked to fight crickets, he did not delay the business and managed the world in an orderly manner.But after he finished handling the political affairs, he messed around in the harem and neglected to teach the prince.Later, after his death, Emperor Yingzong succeeded to the throne. He did not have the talent of Emperor Xuanzong, but he made more mischief than Emperor Xuanzong. In the end, there was a "Civil Fortress Change", which made Ming Dynasty almost perish.The magistrate of Wangqi County is just an official the size of a sesame mung bean, but he imitated Emperor Xuanzong to fight crickets.Fighting crickets is just fighting crickets, but the gambling is so bad.There is nothing redeeming about this person, and a hundred deaths cannot atone for his sins.

When Wang Xiaoyu thought of this, his heart moved, he glanced at the shopkeeper and the short fat man, and thought to himself, looking at the appearance of these two people, he probably wasn't lying.If I sneaked into the magistrate's office and killed that dog official with a sword, the people of Wangqi County would be grateful to me and regard me as a reborn parent.

The more Wang Xiaoyu thought about it, the more excited he became, thinking how he could sneak into the Yamen.I just heard the shopkeeper go on to say: "The two foxes heard from Miaozhu that the magistrate was ruthless and slapped the two crickets to death, but they were also indignant. They all said that the magistrate was despicable, shameless, and dirty. Miaozhu sighed, and then said, magistrate The evil things he has done are not as simple as shooting two crickets to death. After he killed the crickets, he even played tricks, only saying that someone secretly injured the brave and invincible general, which made it not win, so today The gamble doesn't count, wait for him to find another strong cricket, and then compete with Uncle Ji.

"The people onlookers saw that Zhixian was so shameless, and laughed in their hearts that he was mean, but on the surface they didn't dare to speak for Uncle Ji, and hid aside to watch the fun. Uncle Ji saw that Zhixian was cheating, but he didn't turn his face. He just smiled and said in his mouth. Said, as the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, and I am a guest from afar, so naturally the guest does as he pleases. Since the magistrate has drawn the line, I will listen to you. Although the magistrate is arrogant, he is also a generation of strong outsiders but capable in the middle He knew that the salt merchants were not only salt merchants, but also the pocketbooks of many court officials. The surname Ji had an extraordinary bearing, and I was afraid that he would not be easy to get along with. Therefore, he became angry and shot Uncle Ji's cricket to death. I was already a little uneasy. It was only when I saw that Uncle Ji did not turn against me, the magistrate put his heart back into his stomach, thinking that Uncle Ji might just be a small salt merchant, and he had nothing to rely on in the officialdom. So respectful. Thinking of this, the magistrate regained his arrogance and said to Uncle Ji, since our crickets are all dead, we might as well postpone it for seven days. Let’s find new crickets to fight again. You can't just spend a few taels of silver. If you dare to fight, I am willing to place a bet of 1000 taels of silver. What do you think?
"Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard what the magistrate said. They thought to put out 1000 taels of silver as a bet. They probably didn't gamble like this in the world. But some people were very smart and thought to themselves, the magistrate is a bastard. Dan has always been greedy, how could he be willing to make a loss-making business? He probably deliberately bluffed, intending to force Uncle Ji to dare not fight, so he could use the excuse that Uncle Ji lost the bet and ask him to pay for the life of the brave general. According to the county magistrate This dog official's pissing nature, why can't he extort more than a dozen taels of silver from Uncle Ji?

"It's just that everyone didn't expect Uncle Ji to agree to it outright, which made the county magistrate feel a little embarrassed. But now, he can't go back on his word, so he has to bite the bullet and give Uncle Ji a high-five as an oath. The two sides agreed to wait seven days later. In a match, the loser will lose 1000 taels of silver. The news spread, not only caused a sensation in Wangqi County, but also shocked Dongyang Mansion. Many gamblers and rich people rushed to Wangqi on horseback and sedan chairs County, have to see with their own eyes who wins and who loses in this gamble."

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