A knife in love

Chapter 83

Murong Danyan said: "My father seldom mentioned the affairs of the Jianghu in these years, he didn't know what he was busy with every day, and he rarely saw him practicing sword in the garden like before. It's my brother who practiced very diligently, which actually annoyed me. He was not happy, and often said that my brother was stubborn and worthless. A few years ago, my father actually found a teacher, and wanted my brother to study and get a good reputation. The two had a big fight. If my mother hadn't persuaded me, I would Daddy will drive him out of the house."

Li Qiufeng had heard Murong Danyan talk about Murong Qiushui and Murong Danqing before, and he really couldn't understand it.Hearing that Murong Qiushui actually wanted Murong Danqing to give up martial arts and follow literature, and go for a test of merit, he just felt that this famous martial arts master was really unimaginable.

Murong Danyan said again: "Oh, sometimes I'm really worried, if what this witch in white clothes said is true, if my mother finds out, I'm afraid she won't want to have a divorce with my father. These years they did it for my brother There have been many quarrels about it..."

When Murong Danyan said this, he couldn't help sighing, his face was deeply worried.

Since Li Qiufeng knew her, he had never seen her so sad, so he could only comfort him: "The elderly have the blessings of the elderly. We, as juniors, just don't let them worry."

Murong Danyan took a look at Li Qiufeng and said, "You mean I'm fooling around and worrying my parents, don't you?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned, with embarrassment on his face, and said: "Miss will be wrong, I have no such intention..."

Murong Danyan did not answer, and said after a long while: "When I was in Murong Villa, everyone let me mess around. Every time my brothers and the others came back from outside, I pestered them to tell some stories about the Jianghu. I thought Everywhere is full of heroes who are happy and enmity, but I didn't expect to sneak out this time, encountering these things, every thought of it is scary..."

Li Qiufeng smiled wryly, and thought: You finally know that the world is not just a joke.It's just that this sentence can't be said naturally, and I don't know how to comfort her for a while, so I can only keep silent.

A group of people came down the mountain and soon arrived at a market.Everyone walked into a long street and stopped before a tea stall.Zhuang Ding, who led the way, whispered to Li Qiufeng: "The third villa owner told the villain to wait here. Mr. Li and his brothers wait here first, and I will bring them over."

Li Qiufeng nodded and said: "The third villa owner is very thoughtful, you should go quickly."

Zhuang Ding, who led the way, hurried away.Li Qiufeng asked everyone to rest at the tea stand and ordered a tea snack for each of them.He sat at the table with Murong Danyan, took a sip of tea, and said: "Unexpectedly, the tea is pretty good in this small place."

Opposite the tea stand is a small tavern, which is quite lively with people coming and going.Murong Danyan was a little strange, and said to Li Qiufeng: "It's not a time of dinner, why is this tavern so lively?"

Li Qiufeng turned his head and took a few glances. Hearing the voices shouting and shouting inside, he smiled slightly and said, "This tavern is just a trick to sell dog meat."

Murong Danyan's eyes widened, he looked up, down, left, and right of the tavern carefully, then turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Why didn't I see where the sheep's head was hanging?"

Li Qiufeng almost spit out hot tea, coughed several times, and then said in a low voice: "Although this shop appears to be a tavern, it is actually a gambling house."

"Gambling shop? A place to gamble?" Murong Danyan asked excitedly with his eyes widened.

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "Yes. Miss Murong, have you ever heard of gambling houses?"

Murong Danyan said: "I heard that Hangzhou Mansion also has a gambling house. It's just that my father made a rule that people in Murong Villa are absolutely not allowed to gamble. One year old Wu, the concierge, went to a gambling house in Moganshan to gamble. Dad found out and beat him twenty boards. If my mother hadn't pleaded for mercy, Old Wu would have been miserable."

Li Qiufeng said: "Mr. Murong has already shown mercy, if the government finds out about this, this old Wu is afraid that something will go wrong."

Murong Danyan said: "Does the government still care about gambling?"

Li Qiufeng said: "This is of course to be taken care of. When the Taizu of this dynasty was here, some honorable children in the capital often gathered together to gamble and drink. Jin Yiwei reported to the palace, and the Emperor Taizu thought that gambling would make the people idle, so he went down Gambling together is strictly prohibited. It’s just that these dandies are used to idleness, and they don’t gamble on the surface, but they still gamble in secret. Emperor Taizu heard the secret report and ordered Jin Yiwei to build a Xiaoyao Building in the north of Huaiqing Bridge in Nanjing. After being caught by Jin Yiwei, those who do not do their job, chase after the end, game, and play games are all imprisoned in this Xiaoyao Building. They do not do other things every day and force them to gamble in the building. These people were originally I am very happy. After less than three days, I can no longer gamble. It is easy to get in, but it is more difficult to get out than to climb to the sky. Many people finally go crazy. So this Xiaoyao Building is called "Xiaoyaolou" Xiaoyao Prison' is more terrifying than the Heavenly Prison."

Murong Danyan's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Is there still such a thing? Sometimes I get into trouble, and my father will lock me in the building in the back garden and face the wall to think about it. After only one day, I can't bear the boredom." It's not surprising that these people are locked in the building, even if they are crazy."

Li Qiufeng said: "After Emperor Chengzu came to the throne, he hated gambling even more. He ordered that if anyone who gambled was caught, he would be punished severely. Even if someone played chess or Shuanglu, he would be punished with 'severing his hands'. Emperor Chengzu also Make a rule that if you commit a crime of gambling, civil servants will be dismissed as civilians, and military officials will be dismissed as soldiers."

Murong Danyan said: "When I was at home, I often fought Shuanglu with them. I didn't expect that there was a risk of breaking my hand. Hehe."

Speaking of this, she looked at the tavern, and whispered to Li Qiufeng: "Since the punishment is so harsh, why do these people dare to gamble so blatantly? Aren't they afraid of the government?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Since the founding of the ancestors, the government's control over folk gambling has become more and more relaxed. Officials in the court have also played some games of gambling in secret. The local officials are too lazy to take care of it, so the folk gambling has resurfaced. Some People saw that there was a profit in the middle, so they set up gambling shops to draw profits from it. However, the court decree is still in place, and this matter is not dared to be too public, so they use taverns and tea houses as a cover to attract gamblers behind their backs to earn benefits. It’s just that those who dare to do this business are all related to the government, if ordinary people open a gambling house, it will inevitably lead to disaster if they report it to others.”

The two talked about it, and Murong Danyan had very little experience in the world, so he was fascinated by it, and when he heard the excitement, he couldn't help but reached out and grabbed Li Qiufeng's left hand and said, "Brother Li, you will take me to the world together in the future, okay?" it is good?"

Li Qiufeng's left hand was held by her, he was stunned, and couldn't help but blush.Only then did Murong Danyan wake up, and hastily let go of his hands, hurriedly took a sip from the teacup, but he didn't know what it was like in his mouth.

When the two of them were embarrassed, they suddenly heard a broken gong-like voice saying: "...What's the big deal? After I get my wages, I'll come back to gamble with you!"

Li Qiufeng was quite familiar with the voice, and immediately turned his head to look, only to see an old man in ragged clothes standing at the door of the tavern, shouting angrily towards the door.

Li Qiufeng's complexion changed, he recognized that this person was the old man surnamed Shou who lived in the side room of Kangling Hall.

This person has also appeared in the Lama Temple, his whereabouts are strange, but his martial arts are not weak.Li Qiufeng didn't expect to meet this person here, only to hear him yelling and cursing loudly at the door of the tavern, and finally a few casino thugs dressed as juniors came out and pushed him aside, pulling and dragging him. Then he walked to the tea stall cursing, asked for a cup of clear tea, sat down angrily and drank it.

At this time, a few soldiers turned around from the corner of the street, walked to the tea stand, sat down and ordered tea snacks.The soldier in the lead had a big beard. Seeing Lao Shou sitting aside and drinking tea, he immediately laughed and said, "Old Shou, could it be that you have lost another clean?"

That old man squinted at him and said, "So what if you lose? Don't tell me you can't win every time?"

The bearded man smiled and said, "Of course I don't win every time, but I also won't lose everything every time."

Lao Shou snorted, stood up and said to the owner of the tea stall, "Put the tea money on the account first, and I will pay it back next time."

The boss was all smiles, and he nodded and said yes.Lao Shou put a burden on his shoulders, turned his head and left.The bearded man smiled and said, "Lao Shou, you are quite old, what's the point of playing these things? It's serious to save some money early and marry a wife to warm the bed."

The old man turned the corner of the street without looking back, and disappeared into the crowd in an instant.

The bearded man turned his head and said to the soldiers at the same table: "This old man is also over 50 years old. He just plays poorly every day, and gives all the hard-earned money to the gambling house as his Parents and children, that’s really not cultivating in previous lives!”

(End of this chapter)