The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 1

Eastern Jin Dynasty, the first year of Shengping.

12 years away from Yonghe, less than a year since Huanwen's second Northern Expedition;
Nine years after Yonghe, four years have passed since Wang Xizhi and a group of friends drank Qushui at the Lanting Pavilion in Shanyin, Kuaiji;
40 years have passed since the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when Sima Rui, king of Langya, moved southward to Jiankang, the former capital of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, at the suggestion of Director Wang;

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After years of wars, you will sing and I will appear on the stage. The formerly prosperous Luoyang has become an old capital, and the north has been reduced to a piece of scorched earth, with ruins and ruins, and the grass is desolate.

And the land of Jiangdong is a place of "vigorous vitality and prosperity", where the aristocrats and aristocrats enclose the land and forests, drunk and lie in the mountains and rivers, singing and dancing, enjoying themselves, and enjoying themselves.

This is true of all the upper-class families, not to mention the strong and powerful local families. There are many young people in the family, who are ignorant, dog-fighting, idle, gambling and lewd...

It is located in a secret warehouse on the second floor of Xiao's Manor in Wujin County, Jinling County. At this time, no less than a dozen young men are hiding, playing a fierce gambling game-Pushing Pai Gow.

This domino game originally originated in the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty. The reason why it appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty more than 600 years earlier was due to the "Xiao Qinzhi" who "souled" a month ago.

Let’s take a look at Xiao Qinzhi, who is crowned with a jade veil, and his clan brother Xiao Shu, who sits side by side, sits in the manor together. The younger brother of the house.

The two worked together, with a clear division of labor, and a tacit cooperation, cheating the monthly money of a group of younger brothers. In the past month, the two of them have made a lot of money by pushing Pai Gow.

Today is the first day of February, the monthly money has just been issued, and the younger brothers have plenty of money. The two of them deliberately lost a few games in a row before, saving enough capital so that the younger brothers can relax their vigilance. Today is the harvest time, so this game The bureau is the most important, and you must not make mistakes.

For this reason, the two carefully selected this secret place, and in order to avoid being caught by the adults, they spared no expense in hiring a few younger brothers to watch the wind at the key points of each corner, calling three times .

The game of poker has reached a critical moment, the atmosphere at the scene is tense and intense, one family is happy and the other is sad, Xiao Qinzhi sits on the bank and plays the cards, skillfully, as steady as an old dog, with swords and knives falling, changing the decline of the previous games, like chopping Smooth as melon slices.

After a few pieces, a group of younger brothers were dumbfounded. As long as the big bet is made, no matter if they draw a big card such as nine o'clock, Tiangang or Digang, the cards in the banker's hand are always slightly better, or they all draw the same card. The banker has the upper hand; either the banker makes a pair and kills; on the contrary, the light bet will often win.

As a result, the younger brothers lost more and more, with less and less money in their hands, and the bets they made became bigger and bigger, and the bigger the bets, the more they lost. In the end, everyone blushed when they lost Thick neck, breathing heavily.

If there are casino veterans here, you can see the crux of the matter at a glance, Xiao Qinzhi must have cheated, but these are a bunch of younger brothers who have never experienced beatings in society, how could they think of this, besides, everyone in the previous few games Winning, at this moment it all comes down to bad luck today.

However, it was a helpless choice to attack a group of underage brothers. Whoever let the original Xiao Qin stay away from business all day long, walking dogs and fighting eagles, and having fun all day long, that's fine.

Unexpectedly, a month ago, Xiao Qinzhi suddenly saw a cow lying in the field, and concluded that the cow was sick, so he led a group of clan brothers to kill the cow and eat the meat, grill it over charcoal, and set fire to it. Several rooms.

Seeing that her son made such a big mistake, Xiao's mother hated that iron could not be made into steel. In a fit of anger, she cut off her son's monthly allowance. After a few days of confinement, she was sent to the clan school and forced to study.

Xiao Qinzhi, who was used to living a happy life, was naturally unwilling, and the 14-year-old boy was in the rebellious period, and he couldn't think about it for a while. He was relaxing by the lake at night, accidentally fell into the water, and died.

Then, the body is taken over by a soul from the afterlife who has entered time and space.

Perhaps Xiao Qin didn't understand how his soul came to this world, entered this 14 years old body, and somehow became Xiao Qinzhi.

Before Xiao Qin was eight years old, his father had a successful career, his mother was virtuous and elegant, and she paid special attention to family education. She enrolled in various interest classes and invited many tutors, so that Xiao Qin's childhood was no fun at all.

Later, Xiao's parents were unfortunately killed on vacation abroad, leaving a huge inheritance, and Xiao became a hot "orphan" in the eyes of relatives. When Xiao grew up, he became a bastard in a third-rate university. At that time, there was no one left of the huge inheritance.

Fortunately, Xiaoqin's father had the foresight to buy some real estate in the Shanghai stock market earlier, but now the price is no longer what it used to be. Originally, Xiaoqin was counting on graduating from college, becoming a charterer, and living a happy life. Unexpectedly, the green light passed. On the road, I was hit by a drunk driving a car, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I came to this world.

Xiao Qin was only a first-rate or third-rate university bastard, and his understanding of historical knowledge was very scarce, let alone the unpopular Eastern Jin Dynasty. He probably knew a few famous people, such as Xie An, Wang Xizhi, etc., as well as history books. In addition to the "Battle of Feishui", that is, the emperors of the Qi and Liang kingdoms of the Southern Dynasties who occupied the C position of Xiao's ancestral hall, the eyes of the rest were smeared.

The essence of Hunzi will not change because of the change of the times. However, Qi and Liang were born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Liu Song Dynasty, and there are still more than a hundred years from now. The dream of the relatives of the state has been shattered.

Fortunately, although the Xiao family in Lanling has not yet made a fortune, their family is well-off. There are hundreds of hectares of fertile land and a huge Xiao family manor, which is located at the foot of Jinniu Mountain and beside Fengqi Lake. It is more than enough to accommodate a bastard.

At first, Xiao Qin, who was used to the life of the mobile Internet, was very unaccustomed to the ancient life. He could bear eating and drinking, and he could bear it even if he couldn’t use Douyin to watch beautiful women, but it’s true to scrape his butt with a piece of bamboo after going to the toilet. unbearable……

But after only one month, Xiao Qin has gotten used to the life in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the morning, he has nothing to tease the two little maidservants, and occasionally bullies the younger sister. Zhuangzi ran rampant, caused troubles, and made the whole Xiao family restless. In this way, he became a veritable anointed disciple Xiao Qinzhi.

Although with Xiao Qinzhi's "accidentally falling into the water" before, Xiao's mother did not dare to be too strict and turned a blind eye to everything, but the cut off monthly money has never been recovered, which makes the inheritance of the body Xiao Qinzhi is very painful.

It's really uncomfortable to spend money lavishly and suddenly empty pockets, let alone go to the county town to meet the world and condolences to the needy people, so Xiao Qinzhi turned his mind and turned his idea to a group of clan brothers.

Pu, Xishe, Playing Chess, and Tibetan Hook are all entertainment games that are often played by people in the present age. As tools for making money, they are not easy to operate, so Xiao Qinzhi thought of Pai Gow that he often played with his college roommates. This game is also easy to make. Let the carpenters in Zhuangzi find some bamboo pieces to engrave the numbers on, and just add some colors.

Not to mention, the brothers and sisters who are tired of playing those games are immediately attracted by the fresh Pai Gow. After playing it several times, everyone knows how to play.

However, after everything was in place, another problem confronted Xiao Qin. Lacking start-up funds, he recruited "Xiao Shu" to become a shareholder. Xiao Shu was the second brother in the clan, and his father, Xiao Qing, was the patriarch of the Xiao clan.

Xiao Shu is one year older than Xiao Qinzhi, and has the word "Book" in his name, but he doesn't do anything related to books. Apart from playing with knives and guns, he just goes to the county to spend money. Money, no need to think about it.

In this way, Pai Gow and Qianqian duo were formally established.

The poker game in the warehouse was in full swing. Xiao Shu was in charge of the pile of money. He weighed the heavy cloth bag in his hand, the bottom of which fell into a circle. He estimated that he had won hundreds of dollars. He touched Xiao Qinzhi's waist, which means it's almost the same, and he can stop.

Xiao Qin understood the truth and understood the principle of not killing the chicken and taking the eggs, so he had to leave some pocket money for his younger brothers, and it happened that there was only the last one of this note left, so he said:
"I still have something to do later, this is the last one, save it, I'm lucky today, you all be careful, don't lose it all, you don't have to wear your pants, don't blame the fourth brother for not reminding you then."

It’s okay not to mention this, but once the bet was bigger, the younger brothers were already anxious to lose, and all the losses in the previous few games were lost, and even the monthly money that had just been handed was lost in an instant. This is the last one, how can I bear it?

An eleven or twelve-year-old fat man was sweating profusely when he lost, and he was beaten six or seven times in a row. It can be said that he was lucky enough to recite it home. He held the remaining twenty coins in his hand, slapped him down, and lowered his voice. shouted:
"Twenty dollars, one head, I don't believe it, and I can lose a whole lot in a row."

The key is not a question of whether you believe it or not. If you gamble nine times out of ten, you will lose if you gamble for a long time.

Xiao Qinzhi held back his laughter, and proficiently crafted the bill in a leisurely manner, while persuading him:

"Eighth brother, don't say that the fourth brother didn't persuade you. I'm one, you hold back ten; your nine, I'm nine, I'm going to beat you today, so don't let it go, so as not to eat bran and swallow vegetables this month. If you lose weight , Eighth Aunt should be nagging again."

Beside Xiao Qinzhi is the second elder brother Xiao Shu who is in the palm of his hand, leaning against the wall with his tulle skirts open, and at the same time whispering persuasion:

"Eighth brother, if you lose this one again, including what you owe us, your monthly bill for this month will be gone, right?"

The little fat man wiped the sweat off his face, one fat hand lined his knees, and with the heavy breathing, the fat on his face also trembled, his sunken eyes stared at the note, urging road:
"Second brother, you don't need to persuade me. I've made up my mind. Fourth brother, hurry up and make a note. I'll definitely win the tail note."

The sixth younger brother from the lower sect and the seventh younger brother from the Tianmen sect were also in a hurry to lose. They couldn't hold back and threw all the spare money in their hands into the village, all of them breathing heavily and looking ferociously.

Even the small fisherman on the edge went all out, bet heavily, and bet all his belongings in this last bet, Xiao Qin glanced at it, and roughly estimated that the total compensation was only a few tens of dollars more, compared to What I earned today is a drop in the bucket, so I am ready to do good deeds and end the game satisfactorily.

"I made up my mind to leave the boat and take no one with me. Let me go!" The two special dice in Xiao Qinzhi's hand were accurately thrown into the high tray, and there was a sound of "cracking" dice, and when the rotation stopped, One point, one four points.

"Oops, it's a nine, you can't throw a nine for everything, it's over, it's over." Xiao Qinzhi smiled and lamented, the cards in his hand don't need to be looked at, it must be a ten, and the cards of the three opponents are all big ideas.

"Hold ten, pay for it!"

When the younger brothers heard this, they were all excited, and they slapped the big card "Kaka" on the table, cheering and cheering. They only regretted that they had no money and less bets.

Suddenly, three high-pitched trumpets sounded outside the door. It was too late to say it, and it was so fast. Xiao Shu was shocked all over, a carp stood upright, and rushed towards the window behind the warehouse with the money bag in his arms.

"Quickly withdraw, quickly withdraw, someone is coming."

Xiao's manor was built on the edge of the mountain, and behind the warehouse on the second floor was a low and gentle hillside. Xiao Qinzhi followed closely and headed towards the pre-prepared retreat route. He caught up with him in three or two steps, and jumped out of the window. Running around, the whole warehouse was turned upside down in an instant, and birds and beasts scattered, leaving only a puff of smoke.

It's just that man's calculation is not as good as the sky's calculation. Xiao Shu's patriarch Lao Tzu, after all, was superior in skills and personally led the team. He had already laid a large net on the hillside behind the warehouse.

Xiao Shu, Xiao Qinzhi, Xiao Fatty and others who jumped from the window were caught by the net, and the sixth uncle led a team to arrest people from the front. After a while, more than ten criminals were all obediently kneeling in the ancestral hall .

(End of this chapter)