Crown Sword

Chapter 160

His surname is Ding. He is the second child and the youngest in his family, so everyone who "arranges seniority" calls him Ding Er.Ding Er is a wheel shaft, stretching forward and backward, pulling all the people at this end, turning around and leading Liu Yu to board the boat.At first, the boatman saw how many of them there were, so he refused to support them no matter what. It was Liu Yu who took out some pocket money he had saved from chopping firewood and fishing to make up for it, so he was willing to cross them and go to Jiankang City.

More than a dozen men squeezed together, watching the weather getting hotter, soon sweating, the man respectfully called "big brother", Liu Yu took the pain, and gave up a good position to let the seasickness breathe. Sitting in the middle of the most oppressive place.

Ding Er was a sharp-eyed man, so he quickly boasted that the location was good, and it was called Zhongxing Gongyue. He also pulled Liu Yu into the chat, and took the opportunity to introduce him: "Brother Liu, this hunchbacked bastard is called Kang Qian, and he is called Kang Qian." Kang Zi got it; those two honestly shouted together, the elder brother Hu Buchu was on the left, and the younger brother Hu Buchu was on the right..."

Liu Yu doesn't talk much like Ding Er, and most of the time he nods in response, his eyes floating on the long, flat and wide river.

It was easy to talk for a while, and his throat was swollen and hot. Ding Er's mouth was dry and he leaned over to scoop up water. He didn't think it was dirty. He drank two big gulps, and then continued: "Brother Liu, you don't know, Murong De gave the emperor Tuoba of the Dai Kingdom Gui has arrived in Qingzhou, put Guanggu there to separate the family, and established himself as the king of Nanyan, it is not because of the severe drought in Qingzhou that Kangzi and the others escaped to make ends meet."

drought?escape?

Liu Yu was just a little moved at this time, his eyes swept over the faces of the people around him for the first time, and his heart stabbed fiercely - no wonder they are all young and middle-aged, but in all natural and man-made disasters, those who can escape are those who have cultivated blessings in a few lifetimes Old and weak women and children who couldn't walk had starved to death on the way.

"Since you call me big brother, I will leave the words here. Let's go to Jiankang. I will eat a mouthful of dry food and I will never give you porridge!" On the deck, it feels like walking on waves.The person at the helm sang two ditties, and everyone had great expectations for the future, and they clapped their hands and echoed.

After the gentry of the Central Plains moved south, the Jiangzuo clan flourished, and they could count three or five whenever they settled down.The big family has good land and Zhuangzi, with countless properties, and someone always needs to take care of them. Working with strength, it is not a problem for a big man to support himself.

After arriving in Jiankang City, Liu Yu ran around and finally found a good place for his brothers. It was impossible for a group of people to stay in one place, so they scattered to several houses.

Looking forward to it, I saw that the days were going up and down, but no one thought that the brothers of the Hu family had only been working for two days, and they had a conflict with the Diao family. There was no other reason. Chu couldn't get used to it, so he murmured a few words in private. He never wanted to sue someone who cared about him and offend him.

Speaking of the Diao family in Bohai, they are also honest and loyal. It is no exaggeration to call them the loyal ministers of the Sima family. Hegemony, it is reasonable to say that the three generations of descendants who have followed this family style should be strong and unyielding, but when it comes to the generation of grandchildren, several sons do not cherish feathers.

It doesn't matter if you told the elders in the family in the past, but now any refugee dares to gossip.But he is still a son of a family, shouting and killing would be demeaning and embarrassing to the family, so he thought of a bad move, deducting the labor wages and forcing him to leave.

Hu Buchu was stern and mean-spirited, pretended to be arrogant outside, and put Liu Yu in front of him, but he was a kitten. He was afraid of being accused, so he hid his own right and wrong when he sued, and only said that Diao Kui was a miser, a stingy and useless second Shizu.

Liu Yu acted pervertedly, he heard that it was okay, but the brother he protected suffered injustice in the city, so he hurried to the door to ask for an explanation, but unfortunately he was not good at writing, let alone a brilliant tongue, he just slammed into the gun head in a daze, Diao Kui devised a plan to wrong him for damages and demand compensation, and if he couldn't pay, he would sue to the yamen, and there was nothing good for him.

This foot stepped into the pit, it was a big stumble, Hu Buqing came here after hearing the news, so he told the truth about the young brother's secret.That Diao Kui is not kind, but they gossip behind their backs, but they can't stand up, not to mention that the gentry crushed them like crushing ants, even if they were reasonable, they still had a disadvantage first.

Ding Er wanted to calm things down, so he found some good brothers, and each of them pooled some money.

But they had only arrived in Jiankang not long ago, so they didn't have much spare money at all, so the money they had on hand was scrimped through their teeth, and they couldn't afford to save even a dollar.

Hu Buqing couldn't see that Brother Liu, whom he admired from the bottom of his heart, felt uncomfortable because they were implicated, and after thinking about it, he had a crooked idea and wanted to go to the gambling house to ask for quick money.He wrapped himself in a wide-sleeved robe, chose a time when there were few people, and hurried out at night. He never thought that Ding Er bought half a roast chicken and went to Liu Yu's residence to make wine. out of people.

Seeing him going into a dark alley, it must be a bad thing, Ding Er panicked and turned back to call for someone.

"Casino?"

"Yeah, it's still that kind of black gambling house in the gutter!" Ding Er pulled up the brothers who were sitting on the straw mat eating wine, dancing and exaggerating, "I saw it with my own eyes, if you don't believe me, go and see it. If you can't catch them, I'll cut out the eyeballs and serve you wine."

Kang Zi was a hunchback, hunched over, and smiled sarcastically, "Ding Er, what do you call that..." He bit his chopsticks, thinking hard, "It shouldn't be, Brother Hu doesn't have a gambling addiction."

Ding Er scratched his ears and cheeks, then clapped his hands, pointed at Liu Yu, showing a suddenly realized expression: "It must be because of you, brother Liu! I don't know if my brother can't sleep all night after raising money, he feels guilty! He took Liu Yu with both hands, leaned to the side and whispered, "He feels guilty for making you suffer."

After Ding Er explained all Hu Buqing's thoughts, Liu Yu comforted the people in the small seat, took his outer robe and sandals, and followed Ding Er to go out to have a look.Ding Er kept jumping and running, he didn't know what to do, he was afraid that if he lost later, not only his underwear would be left, but also his hands and feet would be cut off.

But if you look at the casino in Jiangzuo, it's not the dice that people play the most, but the scorpion.Pu is a kind of chess game. Players divide the chessboard into half on the left and right, and there are barriers on the top, just like a military exercise sand table. Each player has a number of two kinds of chess pieces, horse and pawn.

This chess was all the rage for a while, the nobles and nobles, the gentry were very obsessed with it, and its legacy was far-reaching, so it was abolished by the royal family. Now what you can see in Jiankang City is mostly private black workshops, not only set foot in the rivers and lakes, but even have big players behind them. The family is connected and the forces are intricate.

Ding Erpi has no skills, but he has a unique skill. He is a born bastard. He knows all the dirty things in every corner of the city, and others can't learn them.With him leading the way, Liu Yu quickly found the gambling house, which was better than what they imagined on the way here. Hu Buqing just lost all his money, not to the point of selling his hands and feet.

"Why are you so honest, brother Liu said that everyone doesn't care about it!"

Ding Erxin quickly cursed, Hu Buqing drooped his head, he shouldn't answer back, he just raised his eyes timidly, looked at Liu Yu who was standing in front of him, and shouted in a voice as small as a mosquito.

Liu Yu waved his hand to let him go.

Hu Buqing refused, grabbed his arm and shouted: "It's my fault, I didn't take care of my brother's broken mouth, which cost you a lot of money, even if I sell myself today, I still have to earn money !"

Hearing his angry words, Liu Yu's head was as big as a bucket, and he ordered Ding Er to drag him back.Hu Buqing's method is a bit more radical, but it is really helpless. Apart from robbing houses and houses to get a large sum of money, there is no better place than here.Liu Yu looked around, the spacious room was filled with chess tables, almost every player was surrounded by a lot of people, most of them couldn't spend spare money to enjoy their hands, they could only feast their eyes and enjoy their hearts.

To be honest, Liu Yu is also a little bit itchy right now.

When he was in Jingkou, he would also secretly play with others to win some gambling money and subsidize his family. His skills are fairly sophisticated, but he can always make some small money if he is not lucky. In the end, the bad luck will come to an end, so he found an empty table and sat down, also wanting to try his hand.

Hu Buqing felt timid: "Can it be done?"

Ding Er slapped him on the head and said, "Brother Liu, is there a problem?"

People who come to the casino are always looking for strangers. When they see a stranger, someone will come and sit down soon. They are not polite, grab Wumu and throw it into the cup. The mechanism is like dice.

After a few rounds, he won [-]% of the money.

Seeing the good omen, the three of them were secretly happy. They wanted to win back their money [-]% of the time, and wanted to double it when it was enough. In short, they should not give up easily.Seeing that the time is getting late and there are fewer people coming, many old gamblers have poisonous eyes. It is clear who is going smoothly today and who is currently in debt.

When the momentum is strong, no one will come to the table.

To gamble, there must always be someone who gambles against each other. If it sounds bad, you will be taken advantage of, but you often go to the game, and you can calculate well in your heart. How can you pay for nothing, and Ding Er will tell you to leave.But Liu Yu didn't answer, and wanted to wait a little longer. Hu Buqing felt itchy in his heart, and he was lucky, so he persuaded him instead.

Ding Er had no choice but to wait.

When Hu Buqing fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes, Liu Yu let go of his voice and greeted the casino, "Is anyone else coming?" The two shadows came side by side, the tall man in the lead glanced at it, and saw that the empty table was just Azalea, and answered in a loud voice: "I'll come!"

Liu Yu turned to look at each other, Tuobagui saw his appearance clearly, couldn't help but said: "It's you!"

Liu Yu didn't remember him, only seeing that he looked like an outsider, and wanted to empty his pockets, even if Cui Hao and Tuobagui brought out Shuangli to explain, they only got indifference.

I thought he was a hot-blooded hero, and he wanted to make friends, but he didn't know that he didn't care, Tuobagui was also the king of a country, he was despised, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to give someone a blow.

He didn't know how to play with Azalea, but he only heard Cui Hao talk about the rules on the way here, which was very similar to forming an army and attacking a battle, which aroused his great interest and wanted to have fun with it.At first glance at Liu Yu's fanatical eyes and the expectations of the two followers, Tuobagui knew that he wanted to win money, so he got up, glanced up and down, pointed to the money bag next to his hand and said, "I bet everything."

After speaking, put down a piece of gold.

"What if I don't gamble?" Liu Yu pinched the money bag, saying that he was really greedy, but he was still a little hesitant.

Hu Buqing laughed so hard that his jaw couldn't close, and Ding Er was also dumbfounded. The two stood behind Liu Yu, pushed their backs with their hands, and muttered: "Brother Liu, gold, that's real gold!"

"Let me bite and bite." Hu Buqing started, biting so hard that his teeth were almost broken, and he was still reluctant to let go after putting it down, so he whispered "really".Tuobagui took advantage of the situation and withdrew from the mat, as if he was saying that he would not gamble if he couldn't afford it, and stretched out his hand to get back his betting money.

Liu Yu was silent for a while, then pressed his hand: "Gambling."

The two played chess on the table, throwing five woods each, and lined up pawns and horses in an orderly manner.After a cup of tea, the chess pieces were fighting anxiously, and after half a stick of incense, the battle came to an end.The strengths of the two sides are comparable, but it is neither a tie, there is always a win or a loser, Hu Buqing pointed his finger at the side, strictly speaking, Tuoba Gui narrowly won by one.

"Brother Liu..." He muttered in a low voice, seemingly in disbelief.

Liu Yu was frustrated and didn't want to vote. He gritted his teeth and persisted until the inventory, but failed to change the outcome.This loss was nothing tonight. Thinking of this, my chest felt oppressed, and I sat silently in the banquet with my hands on my forehead.

Tuobagui gave Cui Hao a look, and the latter stepped forward and picked up the money bag beside the table. The two walked around the casino again, not interested, and planned to go out to meet Gong Yangyue and the others. .

When he left, he saw that Liu Yu was still in a daze, so he casually encouraged him: "The scorpion looks like a battle, but it is not a real battlefield. You are very strong, but you are not lucky enough to lose tonight."

Hu Buqing was impatient, but he couldn't beat him, he couldn't scold him, he could only rush to the door and block Tuobagui and the two with his hair sullen.

Liu Yu called to stop him: "Get out of the way!"

Hu Buqing pursed his lips, his face was bruised, and he shook his head stubbornly: "Brother Liu, but..." He couldn't continue, and he didn't have the courage to move his feet, so he just stretched out his arms and grabbed the door frame tightly.

Ding Er leaned over, put his big arms around his neck, raised his hips and squeezed him out: "You are stubborn, Brother Liu is really angry!" He also gave Tuoba Gui and Cui Hao a smile.

Hu Buqing was very aggrieved, secretly glanced at Liu Yu, let go, bowed his head and obediently stepped forward.

Seeing him temporarily entangle Liu Yu, Ding Er's eyeballs rolled around, and a thought came to his mind, and he quickly chased out the door, putting on a shy expression: "Wait, wait! Two, what, what? Everyone is out to hang out, no one has any difficulties, no, we are all from poor families, owed foreign debts, and came here to try our luck when we had nowhere to go. Look at your outfit, you are not short of this little spare money, you can see cannot……"

Tuobagui understood his voice, and didn't know whether it was Liu Yu's instruction or his own initiative, he was a little displeased, and asked: "I don't understand the reason why people don't recognize money after going out of the casino? If you dare to gamble, you must dare to lose, dignified Can a man still afford to lose?" Hearing about the foreign debt, he was a lazy and useless guy, someone with some skills, why should he come to the gambling house to ask for money, Tuobagui paused, then joked again, "You guys What does debt have to do with me?"

Ding Er didn't block the way like Hu Buqing did, but followed five or six steps aside, trying to explain: "Brother Liu is not that kind of person, we really have difficulties! Master, listen to me..."

"That's right, a manly man, of course he can afford to lose!" Liu Yu's voice came from behind, Ding Er turned his head, and saw him lift the curtain, standing by the wall, with his lips tightly pursed and his face livid, his gaze Like electricity, his expression is a bit rebellious.Hu Buqing hurriedly shook his head to signal, but it was a step too late, Liu Yu had already strode up.

Ding Er shivered, knowing that he violated his taboo: "Brother Liu, I..."

Liu Yu knocked him over with one palm, and walked up to Tuobagui, with a bit of embarrassment, he said bluntly: "I'm sorry for the trouble, I'll think of a way myself, man," he glanced at the little skinny man, " I'll take care of it myself." After saying that, he clasped his hands and fisted, and walked sideways.

When rubbing shoulders, he stopped suddenly, bowed his head and stood silently for a moment, and said to Tuoba Gui: "Didn't you just say that the sky gave me a blow? The ups and downs of luck, it goes back and forth, and it will definitely come back in the future!"

Tuobagui glanced at it from the corner of his eye, slightly moved, and waved to Cui Hao to present the prize he had won at this sentence.

"No need!"

Liu Yu's face was cold, his whole body was full of bones, and he still disdained the charity. He tossed back the money bag stuffed in and stubbornly threw it back: "If you lose, you don't want to lose. You will win back when you should win it!" Ding Er and Hu Buqing were stunned in place, and he dragged them away with one hand in each hand.

Looking at that stubborn back, Tuobagui felt a little excited in his heart, and said to him in a loud voice: "I'll wait, I'll fight again when I have a chance!"

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