On the afternoon of the day Zhang Shumo was released, Fan Yao also interrogated Zhao Da and Niu Er, the two thieves who stole clothes, and the two couldn't stand the torture, so they had to admit to perjury, and then they also named the person who made them perjury.

Fan Yao immediately ordered someone to arrest the person who made the two commit perjury, but when he arrived at the man's house, the man's family of seven had all died in Huangquan, and the line was broken again.

On the other side, not long after Zhang Shumo left, Gao Ning'er packed up and attacked to see Gongsun Rong.

As soon as he saw Gao Ning'er, Gongsun Rong couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, did the eldest brother go to you to tell you about Zhang Shumo?" ”

Gao Ning'er pursed her lips: "Okay! We haven't seen each other for so long, I didn't expect the first thing you said when you saw me was about Zhang Shumo, do you care so much about him? ”

Gongsun Rong saw that Gao Ning'er was joking with him, so he guessed that Zhang Shumo should be fine, so he also breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm worried that the second brother will launch a ruthless attack to kill Zhang Shumo directly, so I'm worried about him." ”

Gao Ning'er was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "How do you know that it was done by His Royal Highness?" Is there any evidence? ”

Gongsun Rong shook his head: "There is no evidence, but the eldest brother caught the assassin who assassinated Zhang Shumo, and he caught it from the second brother, so the second brother should have wanted to kill Zhang Shumo a long time ago." How about it, how did you help Zhang Shumo clear his suspicions? ”

"His Royal Highness found someone to give false testimony for Zhang Shumo, and Zhang Shumo had no time to commit the crime, so he naturally cleared his suspicion."

When Gongsun Rong heard this, he stood up in surprise, and then couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect it to be like this, it was Zhang Shumo's idea, right?" ”

Gao Ning'er pursed her lips a little jealously: "I didn't expect you to know him well, so you guessed right at once." Also, Zhang Shumo invites you and me to Shunde Building tomorrow, which can be regarded as a thank you to us. ”

After hearing this, Gongsun Rong immediately sat down lonely: "I was grounded by my father." ”

"Huh? Why? Because of the rumored thing? ”

Gongsun Rong nodded: "That's right, my father summoned me after hearing the rumors, I said what was in my heart, and then I was grounded." ”

Gao Ning'er wanted to comfort Gongsun Rong after hearing this, but she didn't know what to say, so the two of them just sat there quietly, and no one spoke.

After being silent for a long time, Gongsun Rong suddenly showed a smile: "Maybe this is my life, so Zhang Shumo will be handed over to you, and you will eat my share back tomorrow!" ”

Looking at Gongsun Rong's smile, Gao Ning'er still couldn't lift her spirits, but nodded silently: "I know." ”

On the second day, Liu naturally drove Zhang Shumo to the General's Mansion, but only received Gao Ning'er alone. So Zhang Shumo asked about Gongsun Rong's situation.

Gao Ning'er casually found a reason to prevaricate, and then went to Shunde Building with Zhang Shumo.

Shunde Building is located in the center of Daijing City, in addition to eating delicious wine and food, you can also enjoy singing, dancing and opera, and it is a pastime place for officials and nobles to go to Daijing.

Because Zhang Shumo came to Shunde Building for the first time, he didn't understand the rules and didn't book a private room in advance, so the two had to come to the hall on the second floor.

At this time, singing and dancing were being performed on the stage on the first floor, and the two simply chose a place near the railing to enjoy the performance on the first floor.

Gao Ning'er ordered wine and food while asking Zhang Shumo: "If you are allowed to stay in Daijing for a long time, will you come to this Shunde Building often?" ”

Zhang Shumo shook his head: "I don't like places with a lot of people, I like to be clean." ”

Gao Ning'er continued to ask with a look of disbelief: "Didn't you have a pastime when you were pregnant with the country?" ”

Zhang Shumo shook his head again: "When I was young, I was not good at words, so my father never let me go out, so naturally I had no way to entertain myself." ”

"Huh? Aren't you pitiful? Staying at home all day and not being bored to death? Gao Ning'er asked.

Zhang Shumo smiled slightly: "When I am bored, I like to fight crickets the most, because I can't go out, my father bought me a lot of crickets, and I play with them at home." ”

Gao Ning'er immediately said when she heard this: "It turns out that you like to fight crickets, there are often people fighting crickets on the third floor of this Shunde Building, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Zhang Shumo saw that Gao Ning'er seemed to be very interested in fighting crickets, so he nodded: "Okay, there's nothing to do anyway, let's go and have a look!" ”

The two came to the third floor, although there was no performance on the first floor, but it was more lively than the first and second floors, many tables were crowded with people, and people often shouted something.

Since Gao Ning'er had never been here, it was the first time for both of them to come, so they were curious to stroll. The many tables were full of people, but one table had only one person sitting, so the two walked over.

When they arrived at the table, they found that there were many signs on the table, and they didn't know what they were for. When the person sitting saw Zhang Shumo and the two coming over, he immediately got up and asked, "Do you want to bet?" ”

Zhang Shumo realized that this was a gambling cricket, so he asked, "How to bet?" ”

"Childe only needs to spend ten taels of silver to buy a brand, write the optimistic cricket, and when the gong is sounded, if the cricket with the most wins is the cricket that Childe likes, you can exchange for a hundred taels of silver here with the brand!"

"And what if I want to fight crickets myself?" Zhang Shumo asked.

"That son only needs to come to the small place to pay ten taels of entrance fees to participate, but if the son wants to participate, he can be faster, and he can't continue to bet and participate when the incense is burned." The man pointed to the incense on the table.

Gao Ning'er looked at it and said: "We are not prepared for how to participate in the cricket, I think it is better to choose a good cricket to bet." ”

When the man heard this, he immediately introduced: "I saw two face-to-face students, it should be the first time I came here, let me recommend a few crickets to the two of you." ”

After speaking, the man took Zhang Shumo and Gao Ning'er to walk around, and introduced the crickets one by one.

"This is just Daijing's unique white tooth green, he has already won three games, there is still more than an hour before the gong is sounded, and he can fight five or six more games, which is today's favorite."

"This one is even more powerful, called Favoring Feizhu, it is our winning general here, but unfortunately he came late today, and only won two games, but there is still time, maybe he can surpass."

"This is just a golden beard bought from the south, although it has only been a few days since his debut with us, he has already won the first place twice, and he is also a big hit today."

......

The man introduced a circle, but when he arrived at a small sharp-toothed jujube general, he just said a few words hastily, so Zhang Shumo couldn't help asking, "Isn't this one good?" ”

The man nodded: "This is just a new cricket today, although there will be new crickets every day, but this one has not won a game today, I'm afraid there is no hope!" ”。

Zhang Shumo pouted: "Then I'll choose it!" ”

The man squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Shumo: "Is Childe sure?" ”