treacherous world

"This pen is really free." Zhan Zhao looked at it for a while while holding the pen, "How many people have died?"

"I'm more interested in how Bixian kills people?" Bai Yutang looked at the scrawny scholar on the ground, "If you give him a knife, he may not be able to kill a chicken. How can he have the courage to fight with you?" Do you have the strength to kill yourself like this?"

"That's right... where does the strength come from?" Zhan Zhao also felt strange.

"Could it be... there is something wrong with this pen?" Bai Yutang stared at the end of the pen, "They should have bought the pen from the same place, right? The person who did the tricks must be the pen seller."

Zhan Zhao also asked someone to find a steward next to Chai Xing. He was always by Chai Xing's side, so he could see more clearly.

The situation at that time was that Chai Xing was letting talented scholars show their talents, some were painting, some were reciting poems, some were playing the piano and some were writing.The scholar's name was Liu Ming, from Yunnan. He was writing well, but suddenly he broke his pen and committed suicide, which made everyone present dumbfounded.Those guards were also stunned, that's why they were attacked. Fortunately, Bai Yutang saved Chai Xing's life.Although it may not be his original intention, Chai Xing still sent someone to wait at the door, saying that he would thank Bai Yutang well.

"What are the identities of those assassins in black?" Zhan Zhao asked Ouyang Shaozheng.

Ouyang Dao said, "They are all from Jianghu, sects in Yunnan area, it is said that they were harmed by Chai Xing, so they followed to take revenge.

Seeing that no one in black was there, Zhan Zhao asked Ouyang in a low voice, "Where are people?"

Ouyang lowered his voice, "The prince will send the man to the palace, and the emperor will find someone to deal with it."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows. Originally, Zhao Zhen was quite wary of the Chai family. He probably wanted to know more about the specific situation, so he didn't bother to bother. It was more urgent to investigate the scholar's death.

The two got off the official ship, and Gongsun took the body back with someone for a careful inspection.

"Are you going to eat?" Zhan Zhao went out only to remember that he had been busy all morning and hadn't eaten yet, so he asked Bai Yutang next to him.

Bai Yutang looked at him, "Didn't you invite someone to have dinner at Taibaiju?"

Zhan Zhao thought of Qiu Langxing, "Aren't you going?"

Bai Yutang shrugged slightly, "I'll eat on the boat."

"Boat?" Zhan Zhao caught up two steps and asked, "Is the boat coming?"

Bai Yutang answered lightly, "The crabs that Pang Yu wanted arrived, and I kept some for myself. I asked someone to steam them and eat them with hot wine."

Zhan Zhao weighed it, one side was Qiu Langxing and sweet-scented osmanthus, and the other side was Bai Yutang, crab and hot wine... Old friends and good wine in the front, mice and seafood in the back, am I a cat!There is no reason to choose the first one, right?

"Wait!" Zhan Zhao ran up, "I'm going to eat crabs."

The corner of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched lightly, looking at Zhan Zhao, "What about your friend?"

"Tell him to let him eat by himself." Zhan Zhaodao didn't care, seeing that Bai Yutang's face softened a little, and he seemed to be in a better mood.Zhan Zhao lightly touched his chin... Could this mouse be really jealous?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao suddenly became ill-intentioned, and asked Bai Yutang, "Why don't you invite Brother Qiu to eat with you?"

Seeing that Bai Yutang's face immediately turned dark again, Zhan Zhao quickly shook his head, "That's not right, of course only I can eat the crabs sent by the sky island, and they are not given to outsiders."

Sure enough, Bai Yutang's complexion turned from cloudy to sunny at the place where the word "outsider" appeared.

"However, brother Qiu is also a very good friend." Zhan Zhao said again, and Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and the weather turned cloudy.

Zhan Zhao went on to say, "Of course I can't compare with you, we know each other well, don't we..."

Cloudy and sunny again.

"But I admire him very much. Is he an all-rounder in civil and military affairs..."

Sunny to cloudy.

"The paper is a versatile talent, you should be better than him?"

Cloudy to sunny.

……

Zhan Zhao was overwhelmed with joy, who said that Bai Yutang's face was paralyzed and his expression was rich.

Bai Yutang also figured out what it was like, and looked at Zhan Zhao helplessly, "Is it fun?"

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder, "It's super fun!"

After boarding the Baifu's painting boat, Bai Fu had already steamed the crabs and waited. After warming up the wine for the two of them, he retreated to the back.

After a while, the wine was hot, Zhan Zhao chatted with Bai Yutang while peeling the crabs, "By the way, don't you find it strange?"

"What are you referring to?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Chai Xing, Shi Tianqiong and others came suddenly." Zhan Zhao said, "Especially the two brothers from the Shi family."

"Did you see many Jiang Hu people under Chai Xing just now?" Bai Yutang asked him while holding a wine glass, "They are all desperadoes."

"He's not a feudal lord, why did he recruit so many literati and warriors?" Zhan Zhao also nodded, "There must be some rumors. Let's go find out after dinner."

Bai Yutang nodded in agreement, and after drinking a glass of wine, Zhan Zhao asked him with a smile, "Are you still angry?"

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and touched his nose lightly, but felt that there was no need for him to be angry, he seemed petty.

Seeing his appearance, Zhan Zhao picked up the jug and poured him a glass, and said, "Then what, why are you chasing Qiu Langxing out? Want to beat him up?"

"How is it possible." Bai Yutang looked at the sky, "I didn't know that he was your friend at first."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, "So you really want to beat up that friend of mine?"

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, and answered vaguely, "Not at all."

"Oh, that's right!" Zhan Zhao dipped a chopstick in vinegar with crab roe, "I don't know who was scribbling at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion this morning."

"Ahem..." Bai Yutang choked on the wine, coughed twice, and changed the subject, "I was in your yard last night, and I really saw a ghost."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao frowned and thought for a while, "Could it be that the ghost looks a lot like Qiu Lang, so you chased him into the boat?"

"En." Bai Yutang nodded.

"But..." Zhan Zhao counted the time, "No, I went to the side of the boat with him, and then he went up, and I waited outside, if you just got on the boat after seeing him, there is no reason why you can't see me .”

Hearing this, Bai Yutang pondered for a while, "According to what you said, the time is indeed not right... and the person on the boat I saw at first sight was only similar to Qiu Langxing, but not the same person. Does he have any brothers? ?”

"No, he and one elder sister are the only ones in his family, and the elder sister has already married." Zhan Zhao sighed, "In fact, his elder sister originally wanted to betrothed to my elder brother."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why didn't you get married later?"

"Brother refused to marry." Zhan Zhao shrugged, "His sister is called Qiu Ziqing, she is gentle and beautiful, and she took care of us since childhood. I always thought that my elder brother liked her very much, but I didn't expect to refuse the marriage in the end, which made Ziqing very sad. In the end, he married someone else. Brother Qiu was very angry with Big Brother because of this matter, but this time he didn't mention it."

Bai Yutang listened and nodded, "According to the current situation, your eldest brother may not want her because he doesn't like it, right?"

Zhan Zhaoyang pretended to be dissatisfied, "Yes, yes, my elder brother is heinous."

"That's not what I meant." Seeing that Zhan Zhao was angry, Bai Yutang quickly defended himself.

Zhan Zhao laughed, Bai Yutang was quite honest in some respects, after deliberation, he sighed, "God bless, this matter has nothing to do with my elder brother, otherwise it will be troublesome again."

"By the way, I haven't heard from your elder brother for so long." Bai Yutang asked, "He got the few things before, but after taking them back, is it so silent?"

"It's a good idea, sooner or later something will happen." Zhan Zhao looked at the crab paste sticking to his chin, and suddenly thought of something, "That's right..."

"Huh?" Seeing him frowning, Bai Yutang probably remembered something important, and it wasn't a good thing.

"Qiu Langxing and my elder brother had a falling out for a while because of Ziqing's matter, but then they suddenly reconciled, and they are still together often, as if they were discussing something. I remember at that time, whenever I approached and wanted to Hearing what they said, they stopped at the right time, being mysterious." Zhan Zhao took a handkerchief to wipe his hands, "Tsk...I always feel that there should be something."

"Hey!"

The two were thinking about the relationship between Qiu Langxing and Zhan Hao, when suddenly they heard shouts from a distance, the voice was quite familiar.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed the prestige, and saw Pang Yu standing under a willow tree on the bank, waving while jumping, and shouted at them, "Hey! Have you two finished eating? Please help!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt puzzled. Bai Fu docked the boat and said to Pang Yu, "Someone sent the crab to your house."

"Oh, it's not about crabs!" Pang Yu stomped his feet anxiously, "Something happened to Xiao Mantou!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned - something happened to Bao Yan?

"What happened?" Zhan Zhao hurried ashore, "Is it serious, have you notified your lord?"

"You can't tell his father. If you tell him, he will die!" Pang Yu waved his hands tightly, "You two save lives first!"

Zhan Zhao's eyelids twitched, "Did the two of you get into trouble?"

Pang Yu looked at the sky, "You can say yes, or you can say no."

"Can you just speak up?" Bai Yutang was annoyed.

Pang Yu lowered his voice, "Speaking of which, it was that magic stick who caused the trouble! The old man took us to drink, and during that time, there happened to be a group of Mr. Wen Sheng who recited poems against each other, and even uttered wild words, saying some unpleasant things."

"What's not pleasant?" Zhan Zhao frowned.

"They all heard that Xiao Mantou will participate in the autumn test this time, so most of them rumored that this time the champion must be him."

"What's so unpleasant about this?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"But they say that not because they think Xiao Mantou is good at writing, but because..."

"It means that he relies entirely on Mr. Bao's relationship, right?" Bai Yutang asked.

Pang Yu nodded.

"Alas, the heart of a villain!" Zhan Zhao shook his head, "The test questions were set by the emperor himself, and Mr. Bao didn't know before the test. Those who clean themselves will clear themselves, so why bother with them?!"

"I said the same thing, but the old man boasted a lot and bet with those people, talking about poetry, calligraphy, painting, piano, chess and cards, and the little man is not inferior in everything."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry, "It's fine to invite chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry, what does it have to do with Pai Gow?"

"That's right!" Pang Yu patted his chest, "It's clearly me, Young Master, who will win Pai Gow!"

Zhan Zhao sighed, "Bao Yan doesn't really gamble with people, does he?"

"Yes!" Pang Yu stomped his feet, "Suddenly a scholar ran out to bet with him. If you don't go, I'm afraid Xiao Mantou will lose like pants!"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "If you lose, you lose. If you lose a few dollars, you can learn a lesson."

"That can't be done!" Pang Yu raised his eyebrows, "That man is from the Jianghu, and he has made it clear that people from Kaifeng Mansion are so bullied?"

"What?!" Zhan Zhao's face sank, "People from the Jianghu bully a scholar? Where can I gamble?"

"Taibai Residence..."

Before Pang Yu finished speaking, Zhan Zhao disappeared in a flash.

Pang Yu hurriedly followed, Bai Yutang patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Why would Bao Yan gamble with others? You should not do things you are not sure about."

"That magic stick said that one, two, three guarantees winning, and he used his father's face to provoke him, and that Jianghu man was dressed as a scholar!" Pang Yu was quite dissatisfied, "Who knew he was a veteran?"

Bai Yutang frowned slightly when he heard this, "What's the name of the person who bet with Bao Yan?"

"The surname is Qiu." After Pang Yu answered, Bai Yutang sneered, "Oh..."

"Little Mantou is actually very talented." Pang Yu smiled wryly. "I played dice with him before. He has a good memory and a good ear, and he can calculate points from the sound and the number of times the dice shake! He has tried everything."

"Oh?" Bai Yutang was surprised, Bao Yan still has this ability?

"But this time it just won't work, so that scholar is sure to be a trickster. I have been eyeballed by casinos for a long time, and the one who can fool me must be a master of the rivers and lakes!" Pang Yu always plays in the casino, so naturally he knows the reason He said, "It's the magic stick that's to blame. One, two, three will definitely win, but unexpectedly lose three in a row!"

Bai Yutang was suspicious, Qi Siren and Bao Zheng seem to have a very close relationship, he is also a good person, he doesn't seem to be deliberately playing tricks on Bao Yan, why did he propose a bet?

The two quickened their pace and rushed to Taibai Residence.

Bao Yan and the others gambled in the private room on the second floor and refused to visit. A large group of people waited for news at the stairs, so Bai Yutang led Pang Yu and jumped up to the second floor.I saw Bao Yan sitting at the side sullenly, Zhan Zhaozheng was arguing with Qiu Langxing.

God phase Qi Siren and Xiao Sizi sat and watched the fun together, one ate osmanthus cake and the other drank tea.

"How's it going?" Pang Yu hurried over and asked Bao Yan.

Bao Yan lowered his head and said nothing.

The fourth son whispered, "Little Mantou lost more than 1 taels."

"Huh?" Pang Yu opened his eyes wide, "Really?"

"He cheated." Bao Yan muttered, and there were three bets in total, but Qiu Langxing made it clear that he wanted to extort money from him, and the money went up to 1 taels after repeated rounds.Blame myself for being stupid.

"Oh, it's all due to the magic stick!" Pang Yu glared dissatisfiedly at Qi Siren, who was sharing a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake with the fourth son, "Aren't you the magic stick? You said one, two, three would definitely win." Yes, I didn't expect to lose!"

Shen Xiang rubbed his nose and curled his lips, "Besides, the little baby is not sensible."

"You..." Pang Yu jumped, Bao Yan grabbed him, "Don't be so loud!"

Bai Yutang felt that the old man seemed to have some articles, so he turned to Zhan Zhao who was talking about Zheng and Qiu Langxing's theory.

Qiu Langxing folded his arms, and was a little surprised to see Zhan Zhao, even saying that he didn't know that Bao Yan was Zhan Zhao's friend.But he changed the subject again, saying that his brother would settle the score clearly, and he still had to give the money.

"It's only 1 taels, just give it to you." Pang Yu stood up and asked for the money.

Bao Yan pulled him back, "Let my father know that I use your money. Didn't I ruin his reputation for the rest of his life? I would rather jump to my death than not have your money."

Pang Yu grinned, thinking about it, so he looked at Bai Yutang... He also knew that except for Bai Yutang, everyone here was poor.

It's not that Bai Yutang has no money, but he just thinks it's too useless to give it to that kid for nothing.

Shen Xiang said cheerfully at the side, "Why don't you gamble again? What is the so-called long-term gambling without a winner, maybe you will be lucky." He said, counting with his fingers, "Well, the Feng Shui level hasn't left yet. , One, two, three will definitely win!"

Bao Yan wrinkled his nose, that's what the old man said just now, it's not shallow.

"I'll bet you!" Pang Yu jumped up.

Qiu Langxing smiled, "I'm a student, you can bet with me, and it's the same as before, match my pair first."

Zhan Zhao frowned, only to see that Qiu Langxing had a pen and paper in his hand, and there were three pairs on it, just now he and Bao Yan were betting on pairs.

Qiu Langxing calmly took out his pen, replaced it with a new piece of paper, and wrote on it——Lovers in the world will finally get married.

Pang Yu poked Bao Yan, "Oh, I'm not good at this."

"You can only gamble by one person." Qiu Langxing said with a smile, "Play a high or low for a pair."

Zhan Zhao was a little displeased, Qiu Langxing was clearly looking for trouble.

Bao Yan thought for a while, he was a literati here, he was hesitating with a pen in his hand, the pen in his hand was taken away.

Looking up, Bai Yutang came to him at some time, took his pen, and wrote a sentence under Qiu Langxing's sentence - people who are predestined in the world should never miss their marriage.

Qiu Langxing smiled, looked up at Bai Yutang, "Brother Bai wants to bet with me?"

Bai Yutang nodded lightly.

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, and stood aside to watch the excitement.

"Do you want to bet 1 taels for the first one?" Qiu Langxing asked with a smile.

Bai Yutang reached out to Pang Yu, he was not afraid to take money from Pang Yu.Pang Yu was very interesting, he touched his whole body, and handed over the 1 taels of bank notes, and added a 1000 taels of jade pendant.

Bai Yutang put 1 taels on the table, "I lost, and I will give you the money, and I will give you another 1 taels. If you lose, Bao Yan's gambling account will be written off."

"Hehe, it's fair." Qiu Langxing nodded with a smile, took out the color and put it in the color cup, shook it, put it on the table, and asked Bai Yutang to guess the number.

Bai Yutang wanted to tease him or not, so he answered directly, "One, two, three, small."

"Hehe, I guess it's three three, leopard." Qiu Langxing said, reaching out to open the lid of the cup. The moment the lid was picked up, Zhan Zhao put the cup in his hand on the table... The color cup opened, and a two three.

Qiu Langxing looked at Zhan Zhao beside him, and finally said with a smile, "It seems that I have settled my gambling debt with Mr. Bao, how about another gamble?"

Bai Yutang indicated yes, and put Pang Yu's jade pendant on the table. Qiu Langxing touched the money bag, "It's just right, there are 1000 taels of silver notes."

Zhan Zhao went to get the cup.

Qiu Langxing suddenly pointed to the side, and said, "Brother Zhan, why don't you sit there for a while? Eat some snacks too."

"Ahem." Zhan Zhao coughed and had no choice but to go over.

Qiu Langxing picked up the pen and wrote another sentence - the fireworks in the world.

Bai Yutang answered him a sentence - the sword is the world's wind and cloud.

Qiu Langxing was slightly stunned, and smiled, "Brother Bai's sentence doesn't seem to fit... In my pen, I wrote the words "fireworks in the world", and Brother Bai used a knife..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang pointed at Zhan Zhao.

I saw him sitting at the table drinking tea, and suddenly reached out and put Ju Que on the table. There was a painting hanging on the table, which was about the wind and cloud in the world.

"Good job!" Bao Yan admired him, but Zhan Zhao actually understood, how tacit understanding should these two people have?

Pang Yu rested his chin on the side and sighed, is there something wrong with these two?They all have a tacit understanding, why don't they finally get married...

Qiu Langxing had no choice but to go to the sex cup, but Bai Yutang said, "To be fair, it's time for me to shake the cup this time, right?"

Qiu Langxing smiled, and handed the color cup to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang took it and shook it lightly, without shaking it, and put it on the table.

Qiu Langxing said with a smile, "Four five six, big."

Bai Yutang shook his head, "One, two, three, small."

The color cup was opened, and Zhan Zhao suddenly coughed and patted his chest.

Under the cup of color - one, two, three, small.

Qiu Langxing sighed, and looked helplessly at Zhan Zhao, who looked up at the sky.

After handing over the money bag to Bai Yutang, Qiu Langxing felt a little regretful, "It seems that the senior is right, there is no winner in a long-term bet."

After saying that, he decided to leave, but he heard Bai Yutang say, "Are you taking a gamble?"

Qiu Langxing turned around, "Brother Bai, I really want to make money, but I have no money to gamble."

"Just bet on something you know." Bai Yutang said flatly, "If you lose, answer me a question. You are not allowed to lie, only tell the truth."

Qiu Langxing hesitated for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Then what if I win?"

"You pay for the gambling."

"Okay." Qiu Langxing nodded, "I want the precious sword in Brother Bai's hand."

"Ahem..." Zhan Zhao started coughing again.

Bai Yutang put the silver knife on the table and readily agreed, "Yes."

Pang Yu stretched his neck, "Oh, it can't be bought with ten thousand taels of gold. Bai Yutang is rich."

"There is no winner in gambling for a long time. Brother Bai has already won two games. No one in this world can always win." Qiu Langxing picked up the pen and wrote a sentence on the paper - people are not enough to swallow an image.

Pang Yu leaned over and asked Bao Yan, "Oh, nerd, what's wrong with this?"

"This..." Bao Yan rubbed his head and couldn't figure it out, he was a little worried for Bai Yutang, if he didn't match, would he still be considered a loser?

But Bai Yutang picked up the pen, and wrote without hesitation, and the words "Flying and Flying and Flying Phoenix" matched him, and what was written was - the impermanence of the world and the mouse playing with the cat.

"Pfft...cough cough." Zhan Zhao continued to beat his chest, this time he really choked.

"That's right, that's right!" Bao Yan clapped his hands excitedly, thinking that Bai Yutang is really smart, and this kind of pair can match.

Pang Yu laughed awkwardly at the side, and said to himself, isn't it, this pair can only be matched by him, Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao scratched his cheeks and said to himself, you're a dead mouse.

Qiu Langxing took the sex cup, shook it, and asked Bai Yutang, "Brother Bai, do you still want to guess one, two, three?

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yes."

"Hey, is this okay?" Bao Yan asked Pang Yu in a low voice.

Pang Yu said helplessly, "Hey, you also heard what the magic stick said, one, two, three will definitely win! If you were betting on one, two, three just now, you wouldn't lose like pants."

Bao Yan kicked him, "I didn't!"

"Then I'll bet two, three, six, big." Qiu Langxing was about to open the cup, and suddenly asked Zhan Zhao who was about to cough, "Brother Zhan, do you want to cough first?"

Zhan Zhao laughed awkwardly, and pretended to cough twice, "The weather has been dry recently, and my throat is itchy."

Qiu Langxing smiled slightly, opened the color cup, the moment the cup was opened, suddenly, he heard the fourth son "Ah Choo..."

With that sneeze, the "six rolled sideways and became a dot...one two three, small."

President Qiu Lang sighed, "Brother Bai is lucky with gambling."

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "Accept."

"Brother Bai, what do you want to ask? But it's okay to ask." Qiu Langxing was generous.

Bai Yutang put away the knife on the table, and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Qiu Langxing nodded, and clasped his fists at everyone, "I had a good time gambling today, I will continue next time, so I'm leaving." After speaking, he opened the door and left.

"Tch, leave if you lose the bet." Pang Yu deliberately walked to the door and said something.Coincidentally, there are many scholars outside the door waiting to watch the show, looking at the situation, thinking that Bao Yan really won, they looked at each other in blank dismay.They didn't expect that Bao Yan was not only talented in literature, he could even win gambling, but they were convinced in their hearts, and they dared not say that he got cheap by relying on Bao Zheng's status.

After Bai Yutang finished gambling, he turned around and saw that everyone, especially Bao Yan, looked at him with admiration.

Bai Yutang tossed the money bag to Qi Siren, originally the old man helped him to win the money, one, two, three would definitely win, the appearance is the appearance, and the reputation is well-deserved.

Everyone was about to go back, but they heard Shenxiang Qi Siren suddenly said quietly, "I said, is this talented man from Changzhou?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yes."

"Oh, look, there are really all kinds of bank notes in his hand. Some come from Suzhou Prefecture, and some come from Huaiyang... Tsk tsk, even Yunnan."

Everyone was stunned, and Pang Yu took it over to look at it, and saw the old man opened Qiu Langxing's purse and was looking at the name of the bank on the bank note.

"This, did you exchange it with someone else?" Pang Yu asked.

"Suzhou, Huaiyang, Yunnan?" Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, "Kong Mao is from Suzhou, Wei Xitong is from Huaiyang, and the talented Liu Ming who just died is from Yunnan..."

Bai Yutang glanced at Qi Siren, who was pretending to be crazy and foolish, and knew in his heart that this old man came up with the idea of ​​gambling just to get Qiu Langxing's money bag.