Those years when I climbed the wall

The star's bad contract, the chicken is called Fusang Bai.

After tossing and turning all night, Mu Yunqi woke up early again.And the worst thing is not that he has not rested well, but that this is not a dream—because he lost his coils, he has been trapped in the fireworks field in the south of the Yangtze River for several days!

As the sky brightened and the birds began to sing, Mu Yunqi put on his clothes and got up: After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind: he must go to the city for a walk today!

Stepping out of the house door, the morning sun rises, and the courtyard is filled with a faint fragrance of porridge.

With a creak, the courtyard door opened.

"Your Majesty is up?" The visitor smiled sheepishly, and walked towards the kitchen, "The porridge is ready, and yesterday's steamed buns are ready for me, too."

"Early in the morning, where did you go?" Mu Yunqi followed him slowly and asked casually.

"I..." The man seemed to hesitate.

Thinking of what he mentioned to him last night, Mu Yunqi's eyes lit up: "Did you borrow the money?"

"Not... not..." Panicked, Xun Miao blurted out, clutching the corner of his clothes: "The ancestral hall of the family needs repairs, my uncle asked me to set an example..."

"Example?" Mu Yunqi's complexion changed: "You donated the rest of the money too?"

"No...it's not!" hurriedly waved his hands, Xun Miao's ears were warm: "Yes... I promised to send the money back after I returned to Beijing, but..." I didn't dare to look back at the other person's face: "I really don't have the face to borrow money again Things……"

"It's face again!" Mu Yunqi flicked his sleeves, "You lost your burden in Linjiang City that day, and you took care of face and refused to go to the government office because you were afraid of being ridiculed by your same year (1). People want to die here?"

"This...then Li was resentful and unwilling to be overwhelmed by me on the list back then. He once wrote poems to ridicule me. Now that he sees me in trouble, how can he sincerely help?" It wasn't stolen or robbed, but it was accidentally left behind on the way, so the government may not be able to find it!" I dare not say a word: If you hadn't decided to take a detour to the riverside for fun that day, how could you have encountered heavy rain on the way? Ride back to the city in a hurry and lose your burden?

Or knowing that he was wrong, Mu Yunqi walked around twice, then bypassed the previous words, and said, "I have decided, I will go to the city today to try my luck."

"Try luck?" Xun Miao was about to lift the lid of the pot, and turned his head full of doubts: "How to try?" Isn't it possible to just ask someone to borrow money?Or... coercion and temptation, or even... robbery? ?Thinking of this, I was surprised, but the person who looked at him didn't look like that...

"What are you thinking?" Mu Yunqi glanced sideways, "Instead of thinking about it here, it's better to think about how to get out of trouble."

This really reminded Xun Miao, and he immediately cheered up: "Lang Junrong, although I didn't borrow any money when I went out early in the morning, I heard about the opportunity to make money for a lifetime." His face was beaming, "The horsemen in the city came out recently. It's a strange thing. I thought it was a ghost, but I asked Taoist priests to do it several times, but it didn't work. I heard the inside information and thought that someone was pretending to be a ghost. Since the Ma family paid a high price to ask someone to do it, I thought I would give it a try! So I ate breakfast So I asked Tang Shu to take me there, and if I succeed, I won’t have to worry about going back to Beijing.”

It is also a way to think about it.Mu Yunqi nodded: "Yes, you go to the Ma's house, and I go to the city, each doing his own thing, but only if one thing can be done."

The plan was established, and after some porridge was hastily eaten, the two parted ways and set out on the road.

According to Mu Yun's praying man, he went south all the way, walked about seven or eight miles, and reached a street with many restaurants, turned around and walked through two alleys. The word "Jieyixuan" seems to be here.

Before dismounting from the horse, a young man who guards the gate greeted him and asked whether he should drink wine or tea. Mu Yunqi only answered two words: "For fun." The young man nodded and led him in.Or it is still early, and there are almost no people in the outer hall, and the servant invites the visitors to sit and wait for a while, and then goes inward.

After a while, a man who seemed to be in charge came out, looked at Mu Yunqi up and down, and asked with a smile, "Is this your first visit to Pingjiang?"

It seems that just now the young man heard that his accent was not like a local, and he had already reported it.Mu Yunqi had no intention of hiding it from him, and said truthfully, "I am a native of Kaiping Mansion."

The man asked again: "It seems that the officials are going south to enjoy the spring? It's such a sunny day, why don't you go to enjoy the flowers and outing in the morning, but spend your time in a humble place?"

Seeing that he wanted to interrogate himself, Mu Yunqi felt displeased, but he knew it was inevitable: who taught him that this kind of business is hard to see the light of day?He suppressed his unhappiness for a while: "I have been going south for a few days, and I have visited all the places I should go, and I am getting a little tired, so I want to pick up the old fun, so that I can spend a day before talking about it."

"That's how it is." He stroked his short beard, and turned sideways in a gesture of "please come in": "Officials come with me."

Out of the front hall is the atrium, where flowers and trees are flourishing, but the passage in the middle is narrow, twists and turns, and stretches forward.It's just that the deeper you go, the more you can hear the noise.

"What kind of tricks do officials prefer?" the guide suddenly asked.

Mu Yunqi was stunned for a while before he understood what this "trick" meant, and said after a moment of thought: "Since it's a game, you need to be more alarmed."

"It's shocking!" The other person expressed his appreciation, and then asked: "Is the official betting to die or to live?"

"Dead...alive?" Mu Yunqi's eyes froze, and his footsteps slowed down: "I... came here for entertainment, but I didn't expect..."

Knowing that he misunderstood his intentions, the man laughed and confessed: "I forgot that the officials have just arrived and don't know what to do. I hope to forgive my sin." Then he explained the meaning of "death" and "living" with him in detail.

Dead refers to dead things, such as dice, chess and cards, etc.; alive refers to living things, including insects and birds.If you bet on the latter, you can bring your own live animals, otherwise, you can choose to buy from the insects and birds raised here to participate in the bet.

Mu Yunqi thought to himself: Although in terms of preferences, he is more inclined to live by gambling, but it is hard to make a profit by selecting talents locally.As for the chess and card dice, Mu Yunqi didn't care how to choose. If he had to say something, it would take less time and the stakes would be higher.

After exiting the atrium and entering another door, the eyes suddenly opened up—a two-story building stood in front of it, with black tiles and white walls, like the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, demure and elegant.

"How much do you want to bet?" the guide turned around and asked with a smile.

Mu Yunqi was stunned: "You want to place a bet now?"

The man nodded, and pointed to the room in the middle behind him: "This room is exclusively for Shuanglu, and the entry note is Wuguan."

"Five guan??" Mu Yunqi stared blankly, hesitated for a while, and said cheekily, "Is there... less?"

"Yes! The one on the far left, the entrance is consistent!" The expression on the speaker's face was somewhat subtle.

"One..." Crying in his heart, Mu Yun prayed for the heat in his ears, and stopped talking.

Seeing his embarrassment, the person in charge frowned: "How much can the officials get?"

"I..." Like a thorn in his back, Mu Yunqi realized at this moment that the taste of humiliation is a hundred times more unbearable than any kind of sword wound!With a flick of his sleeves, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute!" There was a soft sigh behind him, seemingly helpless: "That's all, the visitor is a guest, and the officials don't want to spend a lot of money, so let's explain it early in the morning, and it will avoid many setbacks." , dare not offend people at will?

Going around this small building, there are several low huts in front of it, but the noise is worse than that of the small building just now.

Pushing open a door, a puff of sour smell came out, like the smell of alcohol mixed with sweat and acid, only a trace of it entered the nose, and Mu Yunqi was already nauseated.The boy who led the way smiled and said, "They are all idlers on the street, and some of them have not been out of the house for several days, so the taste is more serious."

Waving his hand, Mu Yunqi held his breath and went around.

The second door was pushed open, but there was nothing strange about it. Mu Yunqi felt a little relieved, and looked in, and saw a dozen or so figures gathered around one place, and there were bursts of high-pitched geese calling from the stage in the middle—fighting geese. !With a thought in his heart, he strode in, but after a while, he backed out with a gloomy face: "How can there be a child in there?"

The young servant said in an ordinary tone: "The door is open to accept customers, but anyone who only has money and can speak whole words can enter." He glanced inward, "Let's say, thirteen or fourteen years old, isn't it too young? "

"Thirteen and four?" Mu Yunqi pointed to the person whose head did not reach his waist: "Well, maybe he is less than ten years old?"

"That's Li Yuanwai's youngest son in the outskirts of the city." The boy sneered, "He's in his early twenties, but he's been this tall since he was ten years old, and even..." He poked his forehead: "There's no growth here, and he only grows up here all day long." Know how to eat, drink and play, and be with this young man."

I don't know whether what he said is true or not, but it's okay, and I simply don't have the money to buy fighting geese, because this room cannot be entered by him.

Touching the deflated purse in his sleeve, Mu Yunqi finally moved to the last door.The room inside was not as noisy as the previous rooms, only trivial voices could be heard, and occasionally a cough or two could be heard.

"This is the Leaf Theater." The boy opened the door as he said, "If you are lucky, you can get dozens of coins in one round."

There were no more choices, and with a secret sigh, Mu Yunqi took out the twelve coins in his sleeve, and walked in slowly under the gaze of a room full of dim old eyes.

For half a day, I don't know how many times, while waiting for the opponent to play the cards, Mu Yunqi fell asleep. Several times he dreamed of the scene of sitting beside his grandmother watching the cards when he was young, but every time he was grabbed by the horse-woman next to him. Pushing to wake up, playing out the cards amidst the grievances of the three ancient old men, and then falling asleep while waiting... The cycle went on and on, after half a day, it made up most of the energy that was lost due to tossing and turning the night before. In addition, I also learned that Mrs. Ma had married the cousin of Mrs. Fupinghou’s wife and uncle 50 years ago. The cousin of Mrs. Wang’s sister-in-law once caught her unruly wife in bed with Li Jia next door. Tried thirteen times...

After spending half a day, after noon, Mu Yunqi's spirit returned, and the copper coins in front of him were piled up high, and his mood improved a lot.

The old man Deng was free to continue the previous words: "Although the old man is still at ease today... he has no worries about food and clothing, and his descendants are around his knees. However, he has not won the title of the gold list. Climbing to the golden palace to see the sky is still for his whole life." What a pity..."

Mu Yunqi glanced at him.

"You young people, how do you know that you are going to die when you are old, but what is it like to hang in your heart!" The old man was heartbroken, and stretched out his hand tremblingly to touch the cards, "If you can see the sky in this life, you will die when you are old..." Yan Before it fell, the hand holding the card twitched for a moment, and the five fingers were curled up into the shape of a bird's claw, accompanied by a distorted face, and salivation from the corner of the mouth!

Mu Yunqi lost color for a moment, but saw that Ma and Wang's wife had both got up and rushed to the old man's side, one straightened his head, and the other pinched him fiercely.His hands and feet are fast, fierce, and accurate, and he is completely different from the old woman in Longzhong on the poker table!

After a while, I only heard a strange sound coming from the old man's throat, and I saw his eyes turning, and he slowly woke up.The mother-in-law beat his back a few more times to make him spit out the thick phlegm that blocked his throat, and after drinking a few sips of tea, he returned to normal.

"This is..." The old man turned his eyes and looked around, "Whose turn is it going to play?"

Wang and Li Erpo each sat back and poked at him: "You!"

After being dazed for a long time, Mu Yunqi believed that what happened just now was definitely not his imagination.

"Young student, it's your turn!" Ma Po clapped her palm again.

Having made up his mind, Mu Yunqi stood up: "Everyone, I still have some things to do, let's take a step first."

Step out the door.

"Hey, this is already the sixth one that you scared away this month..." Wang Po whispered quietly behind her.

With a sigh of relief, Mu Yunqi strode forward with his head held high, weighing the heavy burden in his hand.

After being counted by the servant, he won 92 Wen in the past half day, plus the money for the [-] Wen that he brought with him, it was always enough to knock on the door of the two-story building.

The opportunity was not lost, Mu Yunqi spared no effort to kill all directions in the next two hours, after going in and out several times, when the sun was going to the west, he was already sitting in the room in the middle of the upstairs.In fact, I have already made enough money, and I will be fine if I go back now, and it is rare that the "tricks" here are perfect, so I can play without worry for a day, and there is nothing wrong with it.

It was almost dusk, and the game of Shuanglu was coming to an end. Mu Yunqi sipped his tea, picked up the dice, smiled at the eyeing opponent, and threw: two sixes!

A hammer!

"Ten Guan!" exclaimed behind him.

The corner of his mouth twitched disdainfully, and Mu Yunqi sneered secretly: "It's just ten points, and it's worth making a fuss about?"Back then, he had voted for the Marquis of the Forbidden Army!

"Should the official stay here, or go to the next door?" The servant asked in a low voice.

Looking sideways at a crowd of unwilling or envious eyes, Mu Yunqi got up: "Go to the next door!" People walk to high places, and water flows to low places.

The young man responded, straightened his hands and feet to straighten the burden for him, and led him out.

Going up the corridor, I suddenly saw a person coming out of the courtyard, with a flustered expression, and silently gestured upwards. Seeing that the face below had darkened, the young man turned his head and shouted: "Everyone, there is water outside, please get out!"

Seeing all the gamblers rushing to the outside after hearing the sound, Mu Yunqi looked puzzled and grabbed the boy: "Walk? What do you mean?" The sky was cloudy and there was no trace of smoke in front of him, why? Way to go?

Stuffing the burden with him, the boy said in a hurry: "The government is here to arrest people, run away!" (2)