This is the fifth day of Ding Si in the willow alley mouth stall to measure the word, the mouth of the alley a gentle river in the city, the Qingping River flows through, a three-hole stone arch bridge on the river, connecting the south of the city and the north of the city, it is the famous Wangliu Bridge in the capital city, and it is the only way to go to the most prosperous Zhengyangfang in the city at the south gate of Shangjing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

People come and go every day, there are many roadside stalls, the merchants who carry the burden, the baked cake stalls, the beads and flowers, the kitchen knife sharpeners, the jugglers, are lined up along the river embankment, and the shouting and bargaining are one after another.

Ding Si's fortune-telling booth can also have a few copper businesses every day, he likes to join in the fun, get together, and chat with people when he has nothing to do, and he is also familiar in this area.

In the afternoon of this day, when the sun was in full bloom, he was napping against a large willow tree with his back, and suddenly there was a commotion among the vendors in front of him, and he rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked forward, and saw a group of people coming this way.

The leader of the head is tied with a red scarf, two inverted thick eyebrows, a pair of green bull's eyes, thick shoulders, and a scimitar inserted in the waist.

Ding Si secretly screamed that it was not good, and was about to roll up the stall and leave, when a loud shout came from behind him: "The boy who measured the word!" ”

Ding Si turned around and said with a smile: "Third master, why did you come here in person and didn't rest at home for a lunch?" ”

The third master looked unkind, frowned, and sat down in front of him: "New here, you are still a thief, you recognize the master!" You have to pay at least five copper plates a day for the land. ”

As he spoke, he raised his big rough hand and compared his fingers to five fingers.

Ding Si smiled, but there was no deference under his eyelids, and sat back on the stone strip of the river embankment: "Third master, you see that I haven't had five copper plates here for three days!" I have to carry the third master more, introduce some business, and when Ding makes money, he naturally has to honor the third master. ”

The third master squeezed his eyebrows, and his fierce appearance was even worse: "You kid, I haven't fallen into the good yet, you want to stammer!" In this way, if you test me a word, if you are accurate, you will be exempted from the land fee these days, if not. ”

He pointed to the silk behind Ding Si for measuring words and divinations: "I'll resist this thing first, and wait for you to redeem it with a copper plate." ”

It turned out that he was here to test the words, Ding Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although the silver ticket that Ah Xiu gave him was enough for five hundred taels of silver, and it was more than enough to rent a house, but he was unwilling to pay this inexplicable land fee.

Then he was worried again, he was half-hung and calculated, whether he could be accurate or not, it all depended on luck, and when it came to the end, he couldn't say that it was unexpected, and he directly smashed his signboard.

I had to smile and say, "Third Master, please speak." ”

The stalls and people who were walking around saw that the third master wanted to measure the words, and they all gathered around.

The third master stared, looked around, and heard the chirping of yellow finches on the willow tree overhead, and said, "Just the word yellow finch." ”

"What does the third master want to ask?" Two words, even more difficult to understand, Ding Si is thinking about how to deal with the past.

The third master crooked his mouth and touched his chin and short beard: "What do you calculate what I want to ask?" ”

Ding Si pretended to be calm and wrote the word yellow finch on the paper, but a small drum was beaten in his heart.

As he was thinking about it, a whisper came to his ears, his heart lit up, he raised his head, and saw a familiar ugly face in the crowd, so he suddenly calmed down, cleared his throat, sat up straight, knocked on the white paper and said: "There are fields and soil in yellow characters, presumably the people in this matter are farmers from the countryside; The finch is taken apart to be a young beauty, a young beauty, a girl; Yellow finches, good at singing, the meaning of the tongue. There is also a saying: The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, the third master wants to be a country girl, and there is a verbal dispute with people, if this matter is not handled well, there is a suspicion of making a big fuss, and it is difficult to predict the consequences, it is better to learn from the yellow finch in the back, sit and wait for the harvest. ”

Listening to Ding Si's words, the third master's inverted eight-character eyebrows gradually flattened, his big mouth opened slightly, and there was an incredible meaning in his eyes, he was just in an irritable mood.

He is one of the three major gangs in Beijing, the third in command of the Beijing Gang, a few days ago there was a rural ruffian in the Beijing Gang gambling house in debt, the Beijing Gang took him dozens of acres of land to pay off the debt, this kid for the ancestral field, willing to pay off the debt with his sister.

Originally, this kind of human trafficking, you and I will, is common in Beijing.

This ruffian girl is in good shape, and when the second brother saw it, he was overjoyed and wanted to be a concubine. I didn't expect this girl to be a hard head, claiming that she had a marriage contract with a poor foreigner, and she swore to die.

The Beijing Gang is also quite powerful in the capital, and has a lot of dealings with the eunuchs and nobles, how can the second master put a poor show in his eyes.

The third master thinks it's inappropriate, now it's a show, in case of next year's spring, a leap into the dragon gate to become a person, that is, a person with an official body, it is not a trivial matter to rob the official wife.

Although it is a gang in the rivers and lakes, it is one of the rules to abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, and not to violate the government.

For this woman, he argued a few words with the second master, and the second master had a gap with him for the position of helper. The old gang leader is about to abdicate, in terms of seniority, the second master is before him, and in terms of prestige, he has a slight victory. Therefore, the second master thought that this matter was deliberately targeted by him, and the two of them made a fuss about it, and even had the intention of fighting.

Someone suggested that he take the opportunity to bring down the second master in the name of this, but he was not very sure and hesitated.

At this time, listening to Ding Si's words, his heart moved, and he didn't want to talk about the things in the gang on the street, so he put away his surprise a little, and said lightly: "You kid is quite capable of foolishness, where do you live?" ”

Ding Si was stunned for a moment, knowing that this was the intention of visiting, he glanced at the crowd, saw Ah Xiu's head, and said with a grin: "The little one lives in the courtyard next to the crooked neck locust tree next to Lu Mansion in Willow Hutong." ”

The third master didn't say more, pulled the white paper on the ground, and crumpled it into a ball: "You can't calculate it accurately, I'll take the silk first, and let's go tomorrow to make up money!" ”

With a wave of his hand, the man next to him took the silk of Ding Si's word measurement, and the group left.

In the crowd of onlookers, those who can understand know that this kid who measured the words is accurate, and the third master is going to visit the house!

Ding Si smiled bitterly, flicked his sleeves, rolled up the stall, and walked towards the willow alley.

This is an ordinary three-in-five house, with a total of fifteen rooms, which is not too big in this upper capital.

Ding Si led Ah Xiu and her mother-in-law into the house, first took the two of them around, returned to the main hall of the front yard and sat down, and said happily: "The master is really timely, and if it is a little later, the apprentice's three-legged cat kung fu will be revealed." ”

Ah Xiu's face was calm, as if he didn't react, and said first: "This house is good, it suits your identity, and since you are a skilled fortune teller, you can't live too coldly." ”

Ding Sixi said: "Can you start?" ”

Ah Xiu nodded: "Just borrowed the mouth of the third master to make you famous, you just said on the road that he was from the Beijing Gang, right?" ”

"Exactly, this person is the third-in-command of the Beijing Gang, and I heard that he and the second leader of the Beijing Gang are competing for the position of the gang leader, which is quite a holiday."

Ah Xiu said: "I'll watch here tomorrow, if this person is available, we will help him." It's just that there is a place to go and no return in that Liufu, are you really not afraid? ”

Ding Si shook his head confidently: "The master thinks I'm short-lived?" ”

The corners of Ah Xiu's mouth moved slightly: "Longevity." ”

Ding Si shook his head, his head was not big, but his body was too thin, and he looked like a big head dangling, and said, "Since I have the master Jin Yan, what am I afraid of?" ”

"That's right." Ding Si asked curiously, "What is the master's skill of communicating just now?" ”

The ugly mother-in-law interjected with a smile on the side: "Transmission is in your ears, you can't learn this." ”

The three of them were chatting when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.