Three anecdotes

Cardinal Jin was alone holding the qin in a daze, Tao'er rubbed against his leg pitifully, and the eunuchs who passed on the rewards had been lining up at the gate of the palace since he got up, and the rewards had not been finished until noon.Finally, Cardinal Jin got impatient and went out with Tao'er in his arms. Before he could step out of the door, he saw Shang Chengbi's chariot. He sighed softly and leaned against the pillar. , Leaving aside the bewildered maids and eunuchs behind him, he flew in front of him after a few ups and downs, "I went to Yikun Palace, I feel uncomfortable."

Tao'er threw herself into Shang Chengbi's arms and grabbed him. Shang Chengbi smiled and said, "It also knows how to vent your anger on you."

Cardinal Jin clapped his hands, Tao'er jumped back, and Marquis Linyuan twitched his lips, "It's only because you are in a good mood that you dare to stretch out your claws."

Shang Chengbi stretched out his hand and rubbed the black cat's head. Tao'er was so awkward that she actually got her head under Cardinal Jin's armpit.Shang Chengbi smiled, "Tao'er really looks like you." Then he hugged his waist and came in together, "You don't like Wang Zijing's words, I will read it with you."

Cardinal Jin said lightly, "I just envy him being disciplined. Take it back, I don't like his "Duck Head Pill Post" the least."

Shang Chengbi backed away from the left and right sides, "You were the one who said that I should concubine Feng, and I never agreed, but now I let her live in Yikun Palace, to give the queen a little warning, why are you and I putting on a face instead?"

Cardinal Jin clenched his fists, and Tao'er meowed, "When you get off the court, look at your beloved concubine and your son excitedly. She is a woman and can bear children for you. What do you want from me? Kneel down and say to you Congratulations?"

Shang Chengbi hugged him, "I know you feel bad—"

Cardinal Jin broke away, and Shang Chengbi roared, "What else are you going to do! You snatched the Jade Ruyi that I rewarded her this morning, and smashed it to pieces in front of everyone. I was not afraid of your displeasure, so I gave it to you again." These conggui and jade are smashed for you—”

"Really? You rewarded me with a bunch of useless things, why don't you just give her a five-foot-high blood coral." Cardinal Jin shook his face.

Shang Chengbi was helpless, "So it's because of anger, isn't there a nine-foot-high plant reserved for you?"

Cardinal Jin bit his lip and said after a long time, "I just knew it, so I didn't have another attack. Otherwise, I would grab Yu Ruyi instead of Blood Coral?"

Shang Chengbi held his hand, "Why is it so cold, you've been sitting withered all morning."

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "You still refuse to agree to what I said?"

Shang Chengbi's face darkened, "Since Jingchu has surrendered to Daliang, his surname should no longer be Jin."

Cardinal Jin raised his eyes to look at him, the eyes that once fell into the moon and Shen Xinghun were now full of pity, "Jia, you will have a son soon, so happy; but I am also someone else's son. The clan doesn't even have a place to burn incense, I'm simply a descendant of the Jin family!"

Shang Chengbi flicked his sleeves, "I said before, I don't want to see the Jin family's ancestral hall on my land in Daliang!"

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "Why? "The Book of Rites · Kingship" contains: seven temples for the son of heaven, five temples for princes, three temples for officials, and one temple for scholars. Since the Jin family has proclaimed their ministers to the emperor, how can my Jin family be regarded as a prince, why can't I even offer a god?"

"Why? Your father is treason! Do you know what treason is? If he can save his family's life, he should thank God for giving them a good son." Shang Chengbi was a little impatient, "Every year Argue with me about this matter! Chonghua, according to your intelligence, you should understand what ancestral temple sacrifices represent. The people of Jingchu are not yet enlightened, superstitious about clans, your father and king, I am not at ease. To make you sad, you should be more sensible, don't make things difficult for me anymore."

Cardinal Jin looked up at him, "Military administration, money and food, what else is in the hands of my Jin family now? For five years, I have committed myself to self-defilement, and the son of Chonghua back then has long been a disgrace to Jiangdong! I know what you are still worried about. My eldest brother and second brother died in the war, and the head was hung on the horse's head by the left and right generals of King Jingbian to offer you. Now the father has only one son left, so even if he still has disobedience If you want to kill him, my father is already in his twilight years, two sons are dead and one son is under the control of manpower, he is an old man who is dying, even if he seizes the country, who will sit for him?"

Shang Chengbi pulled him on his lap, "The land of Chu is not allowed to worship the ancestors of the Jin family. This is the decree written by my imperial pen and silver hook. I can't change the order just because you are the person I care about most. Otherwise, how can I win the trust of the people?" ?”

"The person you care about the most? Go to Yikun Palace and find that proud Lu Chongyuan who cares about your son!" He broke free from Shang Chengbi, grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it out, "Go! You'd better never pay homage to him again in your life. My ancestor of the Jin family!"

"Meow!" Tao'er screamed and fled.

Shang Chengbi grabbed Cardinal Jin's wrist, "Have you had enough! Don't say that the child in her womb is less than two months old. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. What's wrong if I really have a son? "

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "Okay! Nothing wrong! Since I can't worship my ancestors, why don't I find a woman to bear a bunch of sons for me. It's hard to find a lover who is happy with each other. Women who can bear children are everywhere! "

How could Shang Chengbi tolerate his words like this, he was originally cold-tempered, and after practicing the Heavenly Tribulation of Heaven, he became even more hostile. Cardinal Jin's words were aggressive, every word seemed to be smashed into his heart with a big iron hammer, Before Shang Chengbi himself realized it, he had tightened his hand around his right wrist.Cardinal Jin wrinkled his face from the pain into a forest blown by a strong wind. Tao'er had been hiding under the table, but now that his master was at a disadvantage, he immediately rushed over. When he came over, he was bounced far away, "Tao'er!" Cardinal Jin became anxious, and swung his left palm to slap Shang Chengbi's big acupoint on his chest.Although his martial arts is not up to Shang Chengbi's, but it will not be too far behind, not to mention, Shang Chengbi didn't intend to fight him at all, he had a sudden attack and was forced to retreat.

Shang Chengbi is no one who can suffer. This flashy block and parry was pushed out with a palm before he had time to think about it. Cardinal Jin was just afraid that he would hurt Taoer, so he immediately went to hug the cat as soon as he succeeded. They were all sold to him, Shang Chengbi was so angry that he slapped him, and he was swept away by the wind of the palm, Cardinal Jin picked up the black cat and rolled down the hall to dodge in embarrassment, Shang Chengbi hastily withdrew The strength of the palm tore apart half of his clothes.Cardinal Jin wrapped Tao'er in his arms, turned over and stood up. He was hiding a little panicked just now, but this time he was extremely agile and free, his movements were extremely fast, and his movements were extremely stable. After standing still, he was even taller. , It’s so beautiful, “It’s fine if you hit me, but you want to kill Tao’er too!”

"I—" Shang Chengbi looked ashamed, and was about to explain, but suddenly saw the torn corner of his clothes, "I told you not to fight with me, if I hadn't stopped in time, you—! But It's a cat, you like it, and you can raise ten or eight more cats!"

"It's just a male favorite! If you like it, you can raise seven or eight hundred more! You're a worthless wretch who can't even keep the family temple, why are you bullying me!" Cardinal Jin stared at Shang Chengbi, caressing Tao'er's softness The still bones shocked him.

"Jin Chonghua, do you have to force me to beat you and punish you?" Shang Chengbi looked at him.

Cardinal Jin didn't answer at all, turned around and entered the inner hall with Tao'er in his arms.Shang Chengbi heaved a sigh of relief and refused to go in. After a while, he was seen coming out with his upper body bare, holding Tao'er in one hand and a soft whip in the other. He threw the whip away without looking at Shang Chengbi. In the past, he turned his back and said, "If you want to be beaten, you can be beaten, and if you want to be punished, you can be punished. The majesty of the emperor cannot be violated. I recruited you. You can do whatever you want. The past five years have been just for you to vent your anger?" The back is straight, and a spine is so beautiful that people can't wait to bite it.

"Whoosh!" With a sound, Shang Chengbi struck out with a whip. Cardinal Jin instinctively tightened his back muscles, but the expected pain did not hit him. Bi wrapped the long whip in his hand, and dragged him into his arms, "I know you are uncomfortable because of the establishment of the temple, forget it!" He said so, but suddenly he raised his hand and pressed the top of Cardinal Jin's head, quite domineering He turned his head abruptly, "Listen to me clearly, some words are not pleasant to listen to, but if you act coquettishly and lose your temper, I will take it as your petty nature; some words will be different when you say them—" He ruthlessly He stared hard at Cardinal Jin's eyes, as if he could swallow him up, "If you dare to touch another woman—"

Cardinal Jin stared back at him without showing any timidity, "I dare not, and I don't want to! I don't have the glory and glory of the world, and I will never have children with a woman I don't love. Shang Chengbi, listen to me clearly, no? Every man can’t live without that hobby, if it’s not someone I’m in love with, I’d feel sick even if I touch him!” After he finished speaking, he grabbed the whip wrapped around his waist, “Will you beat me? ,I am leaving."

"Where are you going?" Shang Chengbi asked.

"Out of the palace." Cardinal Jin replied.

"Come out, there is a bucket of Gong behind." Shang Chengbi held the handle of the whip.

"Don't pretend to be confused with me. I'm not the women in your harem waiting for Lu Qiuen. If you don't want to let me go, just break my legs." Cardinal Jin pointed his toes, and slipped out with a heavy waist pillowed on the whip. Shang Cheng Bi Wei stopped him again and let him change his clothes. After he got his zither and sword, he finally couldn't help asking again, "Where are you going?"

"Auspicious Casino." Cardinal Jin wore an apricot-colored robe, but he was covered with a golden gauze as thin as a cicada's wings.

"What are you going to do in that kind of place?" Shang Chengbi said with a sullen face.

Cardinal Jin didn't turn his head back, "I can't have children, and I always have other skills that women like you will never be able to match!"

Shang Chengbi thought of Jing Shanbo who was resting at the Penglai Inn on the second floor of the Jiqing gambling house, "Chonghua, be careful."

Jiqing Casino is a very auspicious place.There are wines that satisfy men the most, and there are men that satisfy women the most.Ordinary casinos always prepare many beautiful women for rich men to play more generously, but Jiqing Casino does the opposite, because only one woman here is enough.The woman's name is Thirteenth Sister, and this gambling shop was originally opened to choose men for Thirteenth Sister.

Miss Thirteen is beautiful, mature, rich, intelligent, and charming. For such a woman, it seems easy to marry a good man. Unfortunately, it is usually difficult to make a 29-year-old woman both intelligent and charming. It's because the men they encountered in the past were not good enough.When a woman learns to survive in a place like Jiqing Casino, her way of judging whether a man is a good man becomes much easier.Wine quality depends on character, gambling skills depend on power skills, whether the wine is good or not is used to consider whether the person can marry, whether the gambling skills are good or not, let's measure whether the person is worth marrying.Since she is choosing a son-in-law for Thirteenth Sister, and Thirteenth Sister herself is a woman of great taste, at least the men who come to Jiqing Casino will not be too bad. However, the gambling shop was well managed by the capable Thirteenth Sister, and became the most stylish gambling shop in Jing'an.

Even though Cardinal Jin was handsome and expensive, he was politely stopped when he entered the door, "I'm sorry, guest officer, the shop only serves regular customers."

Cardinal Jin was not a regular customer, so he just nodded slightly, and quietly waited at the door with his piano in his arms.

The servant at the door seemed to be sorry, and bowed to him. With this salute, he saw the qin in his arms clearly, "The villain is rude, sir, forgive me."

Cardinal Jin smiled slightly, "It's a good thing to be cautious."

The servant respectfully gave way, and Cardinal Jin entered sideways, followed by the jubilant Tao'er.

The business of Jiqing Casino has always been very good. Even if the customers here are more polite than others, gambling should be a lively thing, but today, it is too quiet here.Quiet, not because of desertedness, but because of depression.

In a casino, there is only one possibility to bring about such depression. The two sides are too crowded and the bets are too high.

Cardinal Jin's eyes pierced the line of sight and forced him to see Jing Shanbo again.

Today, he is dressed in white clothes, the white clothes are like snow, but the hand holding the sword is even whiter.He should have opened the dice cup with the hand that was not holding the sword, because the woman opposite him had already thrown a five leopards, and everyone was looking at him, but he turned his head to look at Cardinal Jin, "You come here Yes." This is of course a sentence that does not need to be answered, so he did not wait for Cardinal Jin to answer, and opened the dice cup.

There were gasps all around, and the three dice were as everyone expected, leopards, and six leopards.

"It's so fucking evil, there are 21 in a row." An old man who looked very wealthy scolded.

The woman who gambled with Jing Shibo lightly waved her hand, and immediately two burly men invited the old man out. Although their attitudes were very respectful, they were absolutely unquestionable, "I lost 10 yuan tonight!" Two!"

"Pay him. Whoever let him in will be expelled together." It was that woman again. The woman's voice was not sweet enough, and she was not sweet enough, but for some reason, there was a strange attraction similar to seduction.She had already seen Cardinal Jin at this time, "Master, is Mr. Jing's old acquaintance?"

"Meow—" Tao'er jumped onto the gaming table.

The woman was really considerate, "I have lost 21 games in a row, if you don't mind my misfortune, can you turn my luck around for me?" She said and left the gaming table.

"Thank you, Miss Thirteen." Cardinal Jin stood opposite Jing Shanbo, "I have heard that the World Honored One has a strict family education. Unexpectedly, Mr. Jing is an expert in gambling."

Jing Shanbo didn't answer at all.

"I heard that the young master has won for eleven days in a row, how about we come to gamble." Cardinal Jin smiled.

"I only bet on swords with you." Jing Shanbo's voice was very cold.

Cardinal Jin seemed to have a particularly good temper, "Yes. But let's compare the dice first. If you lose, my lord, I don't want your sword either, as long as you have the carved wooden swallow on the head of your sword."

Jing Shanbo's expression changed, "You're courting death!"

Cardinal Jin put the qin on the gambling table, "I heard that this carved wooden swallow is the son's 12-year-old birthday gift. As long as you have this token, 63 provinces in the south and north, 270 and [-] families can reach the bank, and you can drive it."

Jing Shanpu pursed his lips, his lips were too thin, when he was not speaking, there was a kind of arrogant indifference.

Cardinal Jin seemed to have expected his reaction, "Unfortunately, I don't have a senior brother who is as generous as Young Master, who can raise millions of taels of silver with just a gift. So, if I lose to Young Master, I will lose—" He raised his head , with a bright smile, the gambling house that had already lit 190 and six palace lanterns seemed to be lit up again.

The black cat suddenly stretched out its paws, and slapped the head of the piano hard. For some reason, a piece of paper appeared on the gambling table. If you want to avoid the world's land tax for ten years, it's up to you to decide."

Jing Shanbo flicked his sleeves, rolled up the blank handbook, and saw Shang Chengbi's red seal.There were rumors in the world that Shang Chengbi once gave Cardinal Jin a blank letter to fill in the rewards at will, but it turned out to be true.

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "Ji Xigu has always been concerned about the sufferings of the people, and he is the leader of the world. Now he has this opportunity to plead for the people. What's more, you have won the dice for eleven days in a row, and even the thirteen girls have lost. In your hands, young master, should you bet or not?"

Jing Shanbo folded the handbook and pushed it back, and rubbed the carved wooden swallow on the sword head with his fingertips. Cardinal Jin sat leisurely in front of the gambling table, seemingly indifferent, but always paying attention to the scene. Seeing that he was holding the swallow firmly, he smiled more lightly, "Of course, if you lose, you will lose your own money. If you win, there will be no practical benefits. You should not agree, young master."

How could Jing Shanbo be able to withstand the excitement, what's more, his dice skills are unrivaled in the world, it is absolutely impossible for him to lose.However, this swallow was given by the third senior brother. He was not allowed to gamble at all. If he still used his birthday gift as a bet——

Cardinal Jin was like a scheming hunter, calmly waiting for him to take the bait, "Ji Xigu has done a lot for the common people, so even if you don't want to, it's understandable. After all, not everyone has the chance to gamble for a long time without winning." Such courage."

What Jing Shanbo can't see most is his pretense of generosity, those gleaming eyes are clearly saying that Ji Xigu's benevolence and righteousness are all pretending, and now that he is involved, he dare not stand out again .He looked at the blank handwritten letter, and stared at Cardinal Jin, who still had that half-smile, "Since you don't dare, let it go."

"Who said I wouldn't dare?" Jing Shanbo couldn't stand the excitement after all, and was about to untie the carved wooden swallow from the sword and press it on, but suddenly heard a very powerful voice, "You don't dare, I said it."