51, weeping blood cage

The little girl came in and looked around, and found that there was no vacant seat, only the table on the other side of Zhao Hu was still sitting, she wanted to walk over, but the shopkeeper stopped her with his arm cross, and looked at her in shabby cloth clothes with a little disgust.

"Little girl, what do you want to eat?"

Xiaohe looked like a girl from the countryside, with a pair of pure and innocent eyes, with the strength of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and asked, "What are you eating here?" ”

Xiao Er raised his hand and pointed to the wall: "Do you know how to read?" It says that you can choose what you want to eat. After saying that, he hurriedly greeted the other guests.

Xiaohe looked at the words on the wall carefully, and at this time, the thrush in the cage screamed weakly, causing Zhao Hu to sneer.

This little girl is a layman at a glance, the first thing to choose a thrush bird is to look at the eye water, the more transparent the eye water, the better, and then to look at the eyebrow line, the eyebrows are slender and soft birds, the temperament is docile and stable, and the stubby short eyebrows, the eyebrows and forks are messy birds are irritable, if they can be tamed, they are definitely a tyrant in the arena. Look at the little thrush in her cage, the body is small, and it is also a "white powder hall", the eyebrows are about the same color as the head, it looks beautiful and cute, but it is the kind of bird that is "golden and jade and lost in it", and I can't help fighting at all.

Zhao Hu is an expert in playing with birds, and Qianqian next door doesn't know how to do it, she saw that the thrush was beautiful, and beckoned to the little girl: "Little girl, come here." ”

Xiaohe pretended not to know her, frowned and wondered: "You called me something?" ”

Qianqian teased the thrush in the cage and asked with interest, "Do you sell this bird?" I will give you ten taels of silver. ”

Zhao Hu couldn't help but glance at her, secretly gloating.

What a big injustice! The ferocious thrush fluttered when he saw the living, but the bird did not say a word, and the nest was full of sacks, at most it was worth two taels of silver, and there were many birds in the bird market outside, who spent this unjust money.

Xiaohe shook his head: "Not for sale." ”

"Why don't you sell it?" Qianqian's face was surprised, and she was intrigued by the beautiful thrush, and increased the price again, "Fifteen taels, you sell it to me." ”

Xiaohe is still very resolute: "I don't sell, I'm here to find someone to fight birds." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Hu couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed so hard that he squirted out the tea in his mouth.

Qianqian glared at him across the table, took out a handkerchief and fanned the wind, and said in disgust: "Then adults won't eat well, disgusting!" ”

Zhao Hu stood up, pointed at the thrush disdainfully, and said, "This kind of bird still wants to fight?" He was pecked to death in three or two strokes. ”

"What's your business!" Qianqian patted the case, "I buy thrushes, you don't point fingers here, where is it cool!" ”

Zhao Hu glanced at her: "Idiot." ”

Qianqian clenched his fist and waved: "Xianggong beat him!" ”

Zhao Hu was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back and glared at Miao Fan nervously. Miao Fan calmly pulled Qianqian's sleeves: "Lady, don't worry too much." ”

On the other hand, Xiaohe's face was calm and natural, poured water for the thrush, and said, "My little eyebrows are very powerful, and they will definitely win." ”

Qianqianmei flashed at Zhao Hu and bared his teeth: "Did you hear that?" It's a great bird! ”

Zhao Hu was impetuous, and he couldn't see her arrogant appearance, so he sneered: "Heh, amazing? Do you dare to take it out and fight? ”

Qianqian waited for him to say this, holding his neck high and refusing to admit defeat: "Fight, fight!" Afraid of you? She raised her eyebrows and looked him from head to toe, "Even the birds can't afford to fight, what do you fight?" Shh ”

Zhao Hu was stunned, yes, yesterday's golden thrush had flown away, and he came out empty-handed today. Zhao Hu was unwilling, his eyes glanced around the inn, and he saw a young man with slender eyes in the corner who also brought a bird cage, and from a distance, the thrush was big and bright, and it was about a good color, at least stronger than the little girl's thrush.

He pointed to his hand: "Fight with him." ”

After negotiations, the young man with slender eyes agreed to fight the birds. He was dressed in a splendid robe, with a straw pole in his mouth, and walked crookedly, with a new fan pinned behind his collar. He asked a few people, "Who is in charge?" ”

As soon as you hear it, you're a casino veteran.

Zhao Hu is the dealer, let people bet, the inn has some good people also come to join in the fun, Qianqian is naturally to buy Xiaohe's thrush to win, and the rest of the buyers are optimistic about the young man.

Because he really had the chance to win, Zhao Hu actually offered odds of 1 to 20.

Qianqian proudly threw out a silver ingot of eleven taels, like a spoiled young lady, specifically singing against Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu secretly laughed at her for not being able to do anything, and when everyone bought and left, she began to fight birds.

Xiaohe opened the door of the bird's cage, gently led the thrush out, touched the bird's head and whispered, as if the bird could understand human speech. The young man also released his own war bird.

As soon as the two birds met, they fought fiercely, and everyone next to them was excited and cheered.

Result –

It was the little lotus's bird who won!

Seeing that his thrush was defeated, the young man had a tendency to be pecked to death, so he hurriedly stepped forward and separated, and took the initiative to admit defeat: "If you don't come, you won't come!" ”

Xiaohe calmly retracted his bird, accustomed to it: "I said that Xiaomei is very powerful." ”

Qianqianmei danced triumphantly, and stretched out her hand towards Zhao Hu: "Two hundred taels, bring it." ”

Ten taels of bets, one to twenty odds, isn't that exactly two hundred taels?

Zhao Hu's face turned pale and pale, he didn't expect that he would capsize in the gutter and plant! He hesitated and vomited, and he didn't burst out a word for a long time.

Qianqian clasped his hands to his chest and said meanly: "Yo-the dignified Second Master Zhao, the second master of the Cao Gang, actually wants to rely on a mere two hundred taels of silver?" You're really related to Er......"

Zhao Hu was annoyed and angry: "Who wants to rely on your money!" Isn't it just two hundred taels, you wait! He immediately called Xiao Er to send a message to the Cao Gang and asked people to send silver.

Qianqian looked at him playfully, and his tricky little appearance made him hate it even more.

"Oops! The bird flew! ”

Suddenly, I heard an exclamation from others, and I saw that Xiaohe's thrush took advantage of people's unpreparedness, spread its wings and flew away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. It turned out that after fighting the birds just now, she was negligent and did not close the cage door for a while.

Qianqian was so anxious that she stomped her feet: "My thrush!" ”

Everyone was sorry for a while, this thrush is so combative, it is a rare good thing, and the loss is not small if it flies like this.

On the other hand, Xiaohe was still calm, silently lifted the birdcage, turned around and went back to the teahouse, and asked for a basket of small packets to eat slowly.

Zhao Hu felt that her reaction was too abnormal, so he followed her in, and saw that she was just eating quietly, and glanced at the bird cage at hand from time to time, and that look was like looking at some rare treasure.

"Little girl." Zhao Hu was interested, sat down next to her, and asked curiously, "Your bird is gone, why don't you look for it?" ”

Xiaohe didn't raise his eyelids: "What is there to find." "It doesn't matter at all.

Zhao Hu was even more curious: "Aren't you sad?" That bird fights so well that it can make a lot of money! ”

"Don't be sad." Xiaohe shook his head, "Just another one." ”

"Another one? How much effort does it take to train the birds! ”

Xiaohe suddenly turned his head to look at him, his eyes bright: "No, as long as there is this cage, any bird can win." ”

The second monk of Zhao Huzhang was puzzled and wondered: "What is it for?" ”

Speaking of this Xiaohe, his eyes turned red, and he lowered his head and wiped his tears: "Grandpa gave me ...... He's very sick, and I'm going to win money to treat him. ”

Zhao Hu also wanted to inquire clearly, but at this time, the people of the Cao Gang came to send silver, so he took a bag of money and threw it in front of Qianqian, and said fiercely: "Take it!" You'll be rewarded! ”

Qianqian didn't have a hard time with the silver, so he generously accepted the money and called Xiaohe: "Little girl, you come out with me, and I will give you the silver." She also glanced at Zhao Hu with distrust.

Xiao Hemune nodded and walked out of the inn with Qianqian. As soon as the others left, Zhao Hu carefully measured the bird cage, and felt that except for the exception of the wood being extremely bright red and faintly emitting an unfamiliar fragrance, there seemed to be nothing special about it.

"Huh?"

Just when Zhao Hu was studying the bird cage, an old gentleman in a green shirt walked over quickly, with a white beard in good spirits, holding the bird cage on the ground, and was amazed: "It turned out to be a weeping blood cage!" ”

Zhao Hu looked at him as if he was a learned person, so he asked, "Crying blood cage?" What do you mean? ”

The old gentleman stroked his beard and couldn't put it down, but he refused to tell Zhao Hu what happened, but asked him: "The cage is yours?" To sell or not to sell? ”

"It's not my ......" Zhao Hu was stunned, subconsciously told the truth, and quickly reacted, "What is so great about this cage that I said?" ”

"It's not yours." The old gentleman's expression was disappointed, and he sighed, "No fate, no fate!" After more than 30 years of loss, the weeping blood cage has finally reappeared. ”

Maybe he can't buy his beloved things, so there is no need to hide it from others, and the old gentleman seems to have opened the conversation box and told the story of this cage.

It is rumored that many years ago, there was a master bird trainer who was good at taming birds of prey, and the birds he trained by his hands were all outstanding bird kings. He had a gentle and beautiful lady, and the two were very affectionate at first, but as the fame of the bird trainer increased, he was busy with bird training and socializing, and had less and less time to spend with his wife. The wife was left out in the cold and depressed, became seriously ill, and sent a message to her husband to see him at the last side, but the husband did not return home for a long time, and finally the wife died of depression. On her deathbed, she vomited a large mouthful of blood and splashed it on the newly made birdcage, and when her husband finally came home, all he saw was the cold body of his wife and the red birdcage soaked in blood. Since then, all the birds that have passed through this birdcage have all looked quiet, but in fact they are fierce and aggressive, and they will let out a terrible wail in the middle of the night. It is said that the wife's grievances are entangled in this birdcage, and it is her soul that possesses the birds of war, allowing them to win and fulfill her husband's wishes.

The old gentleman told a poignant and legendary story, tears streaming down his cheeks, and he was extremely moved: "These red stains are blood stains that penetrate deep into the bone marrow, and they can't be washed off, and the things that have been stained with blood are very angry, so the birds raised are fierce." After that, he put down the cage with emotion and waved his sleeves, "That's it, I'll leave it to you, otherwise I will think of this sad incident when I look at it, and it will only add to my troubles." ”

Zhao Hu didn't have the sentimentality of these literati, but when he heard that this weeping blood cage could raise an invincible bird king, his heart was itchy and eager to try.

Wasn't that mediocre thrush just now a surprise? There is also the performance of the little girl, who values the cage more than the bird, it seems that this cage really has a mystery!

Just as he was thinking, Xiaohe came back, holding some broken silver in his hand and frowning, probably not getting much benefit.

Didn't this stupid little girl say that her grandfather was sick and waiting to get money to see a doctor?

Zhao Hu's eyes rolled, and he thought about it, and a bandit face smiled as kindly as possible, and discussed with her: "Little girl, you can't fight birds, but I see that you are in a hurry to use the money, why don't you sell this cage to me?" ”

……

On the dock, Qianqian and Miao Fan, as well as Master Lu and Ah Piao were all waiting for Xiaohe, and when they saw her appear with a heavy burden, everyone hurriedly got on an inconspicuous canopy boat.

Xiaohe entered the cabin, threw down the burden and drank a large glass of water, and wiped his mouth proudly: "One thousand taels!" ”

In the baggage were a few ingots of silver and a large stack of silver tickets, which she took out and prepared to distribute to everyone.

Qianqian held her down, put away the burden and returned it to her: "These are all yours, you are a little girl!" ”

"But I wouldn't have succeeded without your help." Xiaohe said excitedly, "I was almost nervous at the time, but I was able to survive, it was really nervous and exciting!" You also have a share of the money, and I cannot take it alone. ”

Ah Piao had already taken off his fancy clothes, still holding grass in his mouth, leaning on the side and shaking his legs and saying, "You just take it!" We have another income. ”

"Other?" Not only Xiaohe, but also Miao Fan was confused.

Master Lu fetched water to wash the white dye on his beard, and said with a smile: "Do you think Zhao Hu bought the weeping blood cage that is said to be able to raise the bird king, what will he do next?" ”

Xiaohe wrenched his fingers and was dumbfounded: "The cage was bought to raise birds, he will raise a bird, and then ...... I understand! He's going to fight birds! ”

Miao Fan also understood: "He thought he would win, but in fact, the result was that he was defeated." He looked at Qianqian with a smile, "Lady, you ...... Very smart. ”

"This is just a small test, it's not a big deal." Qianqian happily snuggled up to him, "Zhao Hu Douniao, if we bet, we will buy him to lose, a gambler like Brother Piao is the happiest, don't you say?" ”

Ah Piao rubbed his hands and said: "When I think of killing all sides and sweeping the gambling house, my heart is happy!" ”

Miao Fan also remembered one thing and was puzzled: "Qianqian, Xiaohe's bird looks relatively weak, why can you win Brother Piao's one?" ”

"Stupid! What is Xiaohe's best at? It's a human or a bird, and you will get dizzy if you take medicine! ”

"Haha......"

The canopy boat soon left Tiger Town, leaving almost no trace.

The author has something to say: the prototype of this hoax is called the violin hoax, and the story is as follows:

In the bar, a down-and-out man sat at the bar with a violin and drank alcohol and told the bartender about his misfortune, how he had become so depressed from his family's wealth, and only the violin handed down by his grandfather was still around. After a while, the depressed violin owner got up and said that he wanted to go to and from the toilet, and asked the bartender to help take care of the violin. Get up and leave. After a while, a well-dressed man came from outside the store, came to the bar, saw the violin, and asked the bartender, "This violin is yours?" Are you willing to sell? ”

The bartender said, "The master just left."

"Well, this is a good piano, I have been looking for such an old piano, and when the master comes back, please help me bring a word, I am willing to pay 100,000 yuan to buy this piano." I live in XXX. Feel free to come to me. With that, the rich man left.

After a while, the depressed violin owner returned, and a few fierce and vicious uninvited guests came outside the store, who turned out to be the violin owner's creditor, who came to collect debts. The creditor beat him up and threatened him to pay off the $10,000 he owed within three days. Then he walked out of the field with a beam.

The unlucky piano owner sat there in despair, and the bartender said that he was willing to pay 5,000 to buy this violin, and the piano owner looked at the violin and said that this was a violin left by his grandfather, and it would not be sold if it was less than 30,000. After some bargaining between the two, the deal was sold for 15,000. The piano owner withdrew.

When the bartender happily went to find the rich man with his violin, he found that the address left by the rich man could not find anyone at all. Of course, this violin is also an ordinary violin in the thrift market.

Uncle Wine has repaired the text, because the editor said that if you don't change the clear water, you may be invited to tea in minutes, so you understand!

There is new content in the previous chapter, so remember to go back and read it if you haven't read it. And you have to remember that Uncle Wine is now a little fresh! The message should also be fresh! (The editor said that the reader is too unrestrained...... Tears run, you are all heavy-mouthed goblins that I brought with one hand, how can the swelling strangle you! ）