Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 324

The night is like a tide, and the noise on the mountain has not affected half of the people down the mountain. In the villages and towns not far from the Xunyang River, the people who have to work on the farm the next day have gone to bed, but the sound of dogs barking can be heard from time to time on the left and right of a dirt road, until Stop at the edge.

At the end of the village, a few hundred meters away, there is a small house standing there alone. It is different from the quiet appearance of the village. Although the doors and windows are closed, it can be seen from the light coming from the gap that this place is The people still had no rest, and there was a faint noise coming out.

"Is there any more guessing? Hurry up if you can..." The bald man shook his money with both hands and kept shouting. The person he was betting against had a hideous scar on his face, which looked very... It's kind.

A circle of men around were shouting: "Quick bet, quick bet, all the money is yours, it will make people anxious to wait."

"You have to ask everyone, here you go——"

The bald man said something, raised his voice and threw down the money in his hand. The six copper coins were spinning on the surface of the decoration. The people who bought him kept shouting "Hurry", and the people who bought the scarred face shouted "Hurry". "Fork", not long after the copper coins rotated and stopped with the unique sound of metal——

"Five characters and one trowel - fork! Hahaha, what good luck!" The man with the scar on his face laughed and held the money in front of him. He counted the money with a smile on his face. The people behind him couldn't help laughing. Mouth, Scar Face wins, and so do they.

"Damn it, you lost again!"

"Straight bitch, Sun Scarface, are you a bastard?"

"That's right, I lost six games in a row..."

"Who do you blame for throwing it yourself!"

[-]. Four men gathered in the house to fight. At this time, some were winning and some were losing. Everyone had emotions on their faces. Some were scolding, while others were protecting. It was very lively for a while.

Gambling was prohibited in the Song Dynasty, and it was even stipulated in the criminal law: Those who play with property can each have a hundred sticks, and those who have stolen a lot of stolen property can each divide it according to their own needs, which is considered to be theft.In other words, as long as you catch someone gambling, you won't be able to escape with a hundred sticks. If you bet bigger, you will be punished severely as the crime of theft.

However, when setting the law, we may have considered the factors of blocking rather than opening up. There are also times when there is some mercy outside the law. During the Spring Festival, Cold Food Festival, and Winter Solstice, gambling will be banned for three days.

But there will always be people who can't resist the temptation and often gather to gamble in secret. The city is very strict about it, so they go to the countryside to open private gambling games. Most of these people are acquaintances with the villagers, or even from the same village. Very few people complain. However, many private casinos have survived, as is the case here.

"Get out of the way and let me come!"

A pair of red triangular eyes appeared next to Bald Sun, pulled him away, and sat across from Scar's face.

The man with the scar on his face looked up and down at the person opposite him: "I'm talking about Zhang Heng, you've lost more than you won in the past two days, but do you still have money?"

"Bah! How can I sit here without money?" Zhang Henggu stared with triangular eyes, took out a blue cloth bag from his arms, and slapped it on the table: "Six taels of silver, is that enough?"

"Enough! Enough!" Scarface nodded repeatedly and gave Zhang Hengyi a big thumbs up: "If this is not enough, who else can do it? Even if you keep losing, you can still play until dawn."

"You are the only one who loses because you are a straight woman, bah -" Zhang Heng retorted, and then spat on the ground: "You are about to shut up, you are a bird, can you shut up that crow's mouth?"

"I have a crow's mouth..." The scarred face glanced at him, looked at the money in his hand, and immediately ignored it: "Come on, come on, guess, guess."

"My brother Bo Heng."

"I am also Bo Heng, brother!"

"Ibo..."

The red-eyed gamblers on the side waited for the two of them to get ready, and threw their money aside one after another. Some losers shouted anxiously: "I'll use my fishing boat to offset the loss."

These guessers made their bets. The scarred face stretched out his hand and shook his head to throw the coins on the table. When the copper coins settled, there were three trowels. Zhang Heng laughed and said, "You should lose."

The other person gave him a sidelong glance and said, "We'll wait until you win."

Zhang Heng stretched out his big hand, grabbed all the money in his hand, shook it left and right, and made a full posture. He kept shouting "Quick!" the moment he let go.

The copper coins settled and two trowels were placed.

"Hahaha, you are so lucky!" Sun Scarface took the money.

Zhang Heng's face suddenly turned red: "Bake again!"

……

Three loses four.

"Blog again!"

……

The other side is faster.

"Blog again!"

……

Rolled a two and Scarface got a four.

"Blog again!"

……

Throw a cross.

"Blog again!"

……

The first money was spinning, and when it stopped, it was a foregone conclusion that two would lose and four would be lost.

Zhang Hengchi's eyes were red, and he was about to reach out to get the first coin: "More..."

"Brother Heng, you have lost everything." Sun Scarface picked up Zhang Heng's wallet and turned it around with a corner in his hand: "What will you use to win again?"

Zhang Heng was stunned. He lowered his head to look at the table and took out the money places on his body. However, he couldn't find even a copper coin. The other person seemed to see his predicament and grinned: "Brother Heng." If you are willing to use your boat as payment, you can."

"That belongs to us two brothers." Zhang Heng glared at him.

But the person on the other side smiled: "I'll give you an extra half a tael of silver." Zhang Hengmian hesitated immediately, stared at the first coin in front of him and struggled for a long time, and finally pushed the copper coin forward with a sullen face, and turned his face away: "That's it, I won't play anymore. I'll come back when I have money."

The scarred face said softly, shrugged, and leaned back: "Prepare more money next time."

"Bah! I can't have bad luck all the time. You're such a bastard, you look down on people so much." Cursing, Zhang Heng opened the door and walked out, raising his arms to block the early morning light.

After closing her eyes and waiting for a while, she finally got used to the light. Then she rushed home, opened the courtyard door and shouted, "Mom, I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?"

"Mother? Second brother?" Pushing open the bedroom door, the man looked around and saw his mother and brother. He simply found some cold noodles and stuffed them into two random mouthfuls. He had been in the casino for a few days and was really tired. I was so excited that I lay down on the bed with my clothes on and slept until dawn.

The man got up and felt his belly. He was very hungry. He had eaten all the food he had eaten at home. He gave all his money to the casino. He didn't even have money to buy a pancake. He thought about catching two fish, so he walked to his house. A look at the crude dock revealed that the boat was not there either.

Rubbing the messy beard that had not been taken care of for several days with his hand, Zhang Heng sighed and hurried to the house of an acquaintance. Fortunately, he had returned from fishing. He managed to borrow a boat, picked up the fishing gear, and rowed straight to the river alone. A place full of fish.

After getting two fat fish and it was already dark, Zhang Heng hurriedly rowed the boat towards the shore, thinking of setting up a fire on the shore, cooking the fish and eating them.

Fang Zi picked up a few pieces of firewood, opened the firewood in his hand, and was about to put the dead branches together when the sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and a male voice came: "Boatman, take me across the river quickly."

Zhang Heng opened his mouth and turned around with a fire starter in his hands. He saw a big man standing behind him, with a small baggage of unknown material on his back. In the dim light, he looked like a tall man with shabby clothes. There were several holes in his face, and he looked unkempt. His cheeks and forehead were covered with black gray, and his hair was disheveled. When he pulled it down, he could not see his face clearly. Only his chin was bare and there were a few red scratches, which showed that he had just shaved his beard. Soon, she was looking at him from her hair nervously.

Looking at the man up and down from the corner of his eyes, Zhang Heng ignored him. He was hungry now, so it was better to eat first.

Seeing that Zhang Heng was ignoring him, the man quickly said: "Shipman, I have an urgent matter to cross the river. If you can help me, I will thank you very much."

Then he reached out and took out a piece of silver and weighed it in his hand: "As long as you cross the river, it will be fine."

Zhang Heng's triangle eyes suddenly widened, and his stomach growled untimely. He looked at the money, the man, and then the money. A trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Wait for me to eat something. Are you hungry now?" Row with strength.”

The man hurriedly said: "I have some cooking cakes here to eat. Please send them to me as soon as possible." He stretched out his hand and took a cooking cake from the bag and handed it to Zhang Heng.

He grabbed the boat's fire and put it to his nose to smell it. He didn't smell any peculiar smell. He was also very hungry and didn't ask for water. He swallowed it in three gulps. The man over there grinned: "Boatman, It’s time to go.”

Zhang Heng nodded, chewed the last bite of the cake vigorously, looked at the two fat fish on the ground, stretched out his hand to lift it, and said vaguely: "That's enough, it's always heavy."

"Huh?" The man didn't hear clearly and said quickly: "Shipman, what do you mean?"

"I told you to hurry up, it's getting late."

Zhang Heng swallowed the cake and quickly got on the boat. The people behind him tilted their heads, always feeling that something was wrong, but now it was the boat fire's turn to urge him: "Hurry up and get on the boat. I will go back after I see you off." Home, it’s so late and you’re still dragging your feet!”

The man didn't have time to think too much and hurried up.

The boat rocked, and amid the sound of rushing water, the boat sailed toward the other side of the Xunyang River like an arrow on the dark water. Maybe rowing was too boring, so Zhang Heng took the initiative to talk: "Why do you have to cross the river so late? , I remember there is no village within five or ten miles over there, if you don’t find the right way, won’t you have to sleep in the wild?”

The man sat on the boat and didn't even raise his head when he heard the words: "I have important things to do, but I can't care about so much."

"Is it urgent? Is it so urgent that you have to travel all night?"

The man said impatiently: "This is my private matter, but I can't tell anyone."

"Oh……"

With a syllable uttered from his mouth, the boat smashed into the moon shadow on the water and pressed over it. Zhang Heng lowered his eyes and said, "Let me guess what private matter it is..." The corners of his mouth were pulled to both sides, and the smile he showed was a little penetrating. : "Could it be that he ran for his life overnight?"

The man shook his body, put his hand into his arms, and when he took it out, he held a sharp knife, stood up suddenly, and stabbed Zhang Heng.

How could Zhang Heng be injured on the boat? He tilted his body and jumped into the river with a splash.

The man turned around on the boat and looked around. At this time, the boat was in the middle of the river, still some distance away from the shore. He could only hold the sharp knife in one hand and shook it with one arm while gritting his teeth. However, the speed was actually different from before. Incomparable, slow as a snail.

Behind, a head popped out of the water with a pop, and Zhang Heng's voice came from the river: "Li Li, you have your hair loose and your beard is shaved so that you can't be recognized? Your good deeds have long been spread in Jiangzhou. I listened to it in the gambling house, how could I escape!"

Li Li lifted his hair from his forehead and said with a stern expression: "I have no enmity with you. I invited you to eat cake just now. How about letting me go? You are not Li Fu's old and immortal disciple. There is no need to listen." his words."

Zhang Heng sneered: "There is no one on the shore, but there is one just now. If you stab me with a knife, I will kill you!"

Before Li Li could say anything more, he saw the head on the water suddenly sinking, and he secretly screamed something bad. The urging judge frantically waved his arms to paddle through the water, but the boat somehow started to spin, and he was so panicked. A layer of sweat broke out on Li Li's forehead and flowed down his face.

Before he could find out how to row the boat forward again, the boat suddenly lurched to the side. Li Li, who was almost thrown out, quickly let go of the boat and hugged the side of the boat. Then he felt this... The boat rocked more and more violently, and it was difficult to stabilize the body as it swayed from side to side. Knowing that Zhang Heng was under the water and trying to knock him down, how could he stop it as his water quality was at a level where he could not drown?

"Ah...ah!"

The next moment, the boat that was rocking left and right could no longer be grasped. The man howled and was thrown away, and entered the water with a plop.

The night in Mengxia was still a bit chilly, and the cold river water suddenly surrounded his whole body. However, Li Li felt that his heart felt even colder. The moment he fell into the water, he suddenly held his breath, and the hand holding the sharp knife kept moving in front of him. .

At this time, the light was not good, and it was even harder to see in the water. The arms blocked by the water were not swaying smoothly. The judge suddenly realized that he should float upwards. The moment he swung his hands, he suddenly felt that someone was holding his ankles. Then there was a downward tugging force, and the body that had just been swimming upstream was pulled down again.

Li Li hurriedly swung his arms upwards, but he still couldn't stop the speed of sinking. He urgently remembered that he had feet to move, and when he kicked the arm holding his ankle, he suddenly felt a light touch on his feet, and the foot that was kicking was touched again. Grab it and sink faster.

it's over...

Li Li felt anxious and choked a mouthful of water. Then he couldn't hold his breath anymore and poured a mouthful of water in. Bubbles came out of his mouth and nose. The next moment, his whole body stopped struggling and floated there motionless.

Zhang Heng felt the strength of the struggle above disappear under the water, and was not in a hurry to get up. He pulled the person and hovered in the water for a moment. When he was sure that the person was indeed drowning, he moved his feet and pulled the person up to swim up.

"Pfft!" Zhang Heng exhaled, looked around and saw the boat not far away. He quickly swam over and pushed Li Li onto the boat. He also pushed up and looked at the boat lying there. The man closed his eyes tightly, with a sneer on his lips. He squatted down and took out the silver coins from Li Li, then weighed them in his hands: "Hey, it's quite rich. Grandpa and I are much cheaper."

He stood up, wiped the water on his face, and said to himself: "Boss Li must have shown some signs of holding you, haha, then another sum of money will be credited to the account."

He stretched out his hand to hold the boat and rowed it twice. He didn't know what he thought of, but he turned to look at Li Li again and murmured to himself: "Don't tell me, this method can make money quite quickly..."

The moonlight is like a hook, and a boat crosses the river and disappears.

　PS1: Moving is really tiring. After transporting the furniture to the new home, I was all stretched out. My left arm kept shaking, and my brain was throbbing with pain. I was so tired. . . . . .

　　PS2: My whole body hurts more when I wake up today, and it’s difficult to get up. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)