Lu Xiaoxian said to Yang Ke: "Brother Yang, I think there is something wrong with this deck of pai gow, you can help me smell it!" ”

Yang Ke sniffed the pai gow one by one, and then said: "Lu Gongzi, you guessed right, there are a total of eighteen cards that have been smeared with civet incense!" ”

"Civet incense?" Lu Xiaoxian was surprised: "What is civet incense?" ”

Yang Ke explained: "The civet cat, also known as the civet, is a rare animal that grows in the extremely cold land, the civet has a sachet on its body, which can collect spices, but the production is not much, and a civet cat can only collect a few coins of spices at most, so it is extremely precious." The fragrance of civet incense is very light and enduring, and it is known as 'cold incense'. When blending incense, civet incense is generally only used for incense, rarely used alone, except for experienced incense craftsmen, ordinary people can not smell the fragrance at all. ”

After listening to Yang Ke's explanation, Lu Xiaoxian understood that the "goatee" was probably from the incense maker, and he used the civet incense for gambling.

Lu Xiaoxian asked again: "Brother Yang, how can he not smell the fragrance of the civet cat?" ”

"There is also mutual restraint between spices, although the civet incense is precious, but Huoxiang can restrain its fragrance!"

"Huoxiang?" Lu Xiaoxian asked, "Brother Yang, how can you use this herb to restrain the civet incense?" ”

"Huoxiang is a kind of herb, very cheap, you only need to spend two hundred dollars to go to the pharmacy to buy one or two Huoxiang, boil it with boiling water, and after it cools, use the boiled Huoxiang water to sip it on the civet incense, and its fragrance will be eliminated."

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes widened: "It's as simple as that? ”

"It's that simple!" Yang Ke nodded.

……

When the mysterious gamblers came to the table, they found that it was not the shopkeeper who was the banker, but another young man.

"Goatee" looked Lu Xiaoxian up and down, and couldn't help sneering: "Is the shopkeeper Hu afraid of losing?" was born to be a banker after changing his hairy head? ”

Looking at the arrogant "goatee", Lu Xiaoxian felt too much helplessness in his heart.

If he does not win the "goatee", then the shopkeeper will be punished. Shopkeeper Hu is good to himself, and he has to help him no matter what.

However, if you win the "Goatee", then the "Goatee" is only a dead end, as is the case with the middle-aged scribe who came to play before.

"Goatee" has no grievances with Lu Xiaoxian, and Lu Xiaoxian doesn't want him to lose his life because of this!

Lu Xiaoxian sighed and said to the "goatee": "I know that you are an incense craftsman, and you don't do it as a good incense maker, why do you want to come to the casino to wade through this troubled water?" ”

Listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, the body of the "goatee" couldn't help but tremble and didn't answer.

The move of "goatee" fell into Lu Xiaoxian's eyes, and it seemed that Yang Ke's guess was correct.

The reason why Lu Xiaoxian pointed out this point is very simple, that is, he can hope that the "goatee" can retreat in the face of difficulties.

Seeing that the "goatee" didn't speak, Lu Xiaoxian continued to say step by step: "If you can quit just now, how about we write off the previous things?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian's kindness was considered weak by the "goatee", and he snorted coldly: "Are you here to be a banker or a bookmaker?" If you want to gamble, you can gamble, where do you have so many words? ”

Heaven is evil, and it is still violated; and thou shalt not live.

Lu Xiaoxian looked at the "goatee" with pity, just like looking at a dead man, and said lightly: "Okay! Let's bet! ”

"Goatee" may be a master among the incense makers, but after Lu Xiaoxian broke the trick, he was vulnerable, and even the two players who came with him were chased and beaten by Lu Xiaoxian, and he had no power to fight back.

The end result can be imagined.

Looking at the "goatee" staggering away, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but close his eyes.

……

The next day, Lu Xiaoxian took Lu Xiaoyi to Cen Shi's shop again, but still did not see Li Zhiying and Li Nunu. Lu Xiaoxian was stunned, and wanted to thank the two, but he couldn't even see their shadows for a few days.

The two had just left the West Market, but when they saw a few people coming towards them, Lu Xiaoxian's eyes lit up: Li Zhiying and Li Nunu were among them.

They were still dressed in men's clothes, and Uncle Liu followed.

In addition to the two of them, there was also a middle-aged scholar-like person and a few outsiders around him.

It's really a broken iron shoe that is nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to get it.

Lu Xiaoxian was about to step forward, but found that the middle-aged scholar next to Li Zhiying was dressed as Cui Xiang.

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but shake his head, this world is too small.

He didn't want to see his old friend, and was about to turn his head to leave, but Li Zhiying's eyes were sharp, and he found him at once, and shouted with a look of surprise: "Master Lu, why are you here?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian had no choice but to go over and greet Li Zhiying and Li Nunu: "Two county lords, what a coincidence!" "Let's read books

Cui Xiang patted Lu Xiaoxian's shoulder: "Young Master Lu, didn't you go to Fanyang?" Why did you come to Chang'an? ”

Li Zhiying looked at Cui Xiang strangely: "You knew each other before?" ”

"Of course, you don't know ...... Gongzi Lu" As soon as Cui Xiang opened his mouth, he was stopped by Lu Xiaoxian with his eyes, and he coughed dryly and had to change his words, "We have met in Luoyang before!" ”

"Yes! It is also a blessing that the people of my family can know Master Cui! Lu Xiaoxian said as he looked at Cui Xiang, his eyes full of warnings.

Li Zhiying looked at Lu Xiaoxian and smiled: "Master Lu, what are you looking for us to do?" Isn't there another good story to tell us? ”

"If you want to hear a story, there is an opportunity. Today, I came to the two county lords to thank you! Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian saluted the two of them and said, "Thank you to the two county lords for their great help, helping me find that flavor of medicinal materials and saving Uncle Chen's life!" ”

"There is no need to mention some small things, you also helped me, even if we don't owe each other!" Li Chiying doesn't seem to take finding medicine seriously.

Cui Xiang saw that Li Zhiying and Lu Xiaoxian were very familiar, and asked curiously: "Lord Yuzhen, do you also know Lu Gongzi?" ”

"That's right, Mr. Lu is my friend with Sister Nunu!"

Li Nunu, who had not spoken, suddenly said to Li Zhiying: "Yingying, let Lu Gongzi go with us, it just so happens that I have something to discuss with him!" ”

As he spoke, Li Nunu gave Li Zhiying a look.

Li Zhiying and Li Nunu have been together for a long time, so they naturally have a tacit understanding, and they immediately understood Li Nunu's intentions, and said with a smile: "It's exactly what I want!" ”

After that, Li Zhiying said to Cui Xiang: "Lord Cui, Your Majesty has appointed you to be responsible for receiving distinguished guests, and I will invite friends to join me, can you give a word, okay or not?" ”

Cui Xiang glanced at the outsiders next to him, and said with a smile: "As long as the guests have no opinion, of course I have no opinion!" ”

Li Zhiying looked at the foreign people led by him again: "His Royal Highness Zhudan, I don't know if you have any opinions?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked at these outsiders, and couldn't help but shake his head again: Among the three people, except for the one named Qi Dai Zhudan who was the leader, he didn't know him, and the remaining two turned out to be acquaintances: Qi Li Xu and Hatred Shui.

Needless to say, several of them are from Tibet.

Seeing Lu Xiaoxian, Qi Lixu and Hated Water were also surprised, and the two of them glanced at each other and did not speak.

He was not very old, he should have been only sixteen or seventeen years old, but from the four sides of his chin to the base of his ears, he was covered with a dense beard, like a brush with strong hairs, and like a clump of thatch that had been trampled on.

It was the first time for Lu Xiaoxian to see someone with such a thick beard, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Hearing Li Zhiying's question, Zhu Dan glanced at Lu Xiaoxian and Lu Xiaoyi, and smiled faintly at Li Zhiying: "As long as the two county lords are happy, I have no opinion!" ”

The two county lords invited, but of course Lu Xiaoxian couldn't refuse, so he joined them.

A few people walked forward again, and Li Nunu came to Lu Xiaoxian to follow, and whispered with a bitter face: "Lu Gongzi, Yingying and I are in trouble, and I ask Lu Gongzi to relieve the siege for us!" ”

"What's the trouble, you say slowly!"

Li Nunu whispered, and Lu Xiaoxian could only smile bitterly when he heard it.

It turned out that the ruler belt Zhudan was the son of Tubo Zanpu Chidu Songtsen. If there was no Chidu Songtsan back then, it would have been impossible for Lu Xiaoxian to get rid of Qinling. However, since Gar was eradicated, especially after Li Xian succeeded to the throne, Tubo and the Tang Dynasty were separated and rarely sent people.

This time, for some reason, Chidu Songtsan specially sent a ruler to bring Zhu Dan to Jin to meet the Tang Emperor Li Xian. Since Li Xian's accession to the throne, Tubo came to visit the Tang Emperor for the first time, and he was very happy and rewarded him with a ruler with a pearl pill.

Considering that they had not seen the prosperity of Chang'an, in order to show their enthusiasm, Li Xian specially arranged for officials to accompany Zhu Dan and his party to walk around.

It stands to reason that such a thing should be done by officials from Honglu Temple or the Ministry of Rites, but in order to show his grandeur, Li Xian specially appointed Cui Xiang of the Ministry of Officials to accompany Zhu Dan and his party.

Out of nowhere, he heard about the names of the county lord of Jincheng and the county lord of Yuzhen, and proposed to Li Xian to invite the two county lords to visit Chang'an City together.

Li Xian complied without hesitation, even if Li Nunu and Li Zhiying had a hundred reluctances in their hearts, but with the Holy Order, they had to reluctantly embarrass them.

After listening to Li Nunu tell the truth, Lu Xiaoxian realized that they were too lazy to go to Yang Ke these days, and it turned out that they were accompanying the ruler to bring Zhu Dan.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't understand what Li Nunu meant, and wondered: "What do you need me to do?" County Lord, please speak up! ”

Li Nunu said softly: "We need Lu Gongzi to think of a way to let the ruler take Zhu Dan to retreat, and Ying Ying and I can get rid of his entanglement!" ”

"The two county lords also look down on me too much, how can I do this kind of thing?" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly waved his hand.

Who knew that Li Nunu was full of confidence: "Master Lu, you can definitely do it, Yingying and I both believe in you!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian was silent.

This matter is really troublesome, Li Zhiying and Li Nunu accompanied the ruler with Zhudan by His Majesty's holy decree, if there is a bad pool, it is a protest order, this is not a joke.

Lu Xiaoxian introduced cloth clothes, how could he help them, isn't this a duck on the shelf?