Although Qin Mubai was very reluctant, the main hall of his house did become a gambling house.

The people of the Tang Dynasty are willing to accept new things, and their ideas are more radical and open-minded, which is relatively special in the history of China's feudal dynasties. In addition, young people love to play and have strong curiosity, and the children of the Chang'an Shigentry family are even more leaders and pioneers. And so—

The appearance of mahjong caused a wave of exclamation and admiration.

"Cool! - Good stuff! ”

Qin Mubai was unlucky.

In the face of such a group of whites who don't know anything about mahjong, how easy is it to teach them to debate in a short period of time? So, he explained for a long time with dry lips, but there were still many people who looked at him with wide frog eyes in confusion and shook their heads again and again.

"I don't understand, I still don't understand!"

"It's more than 10,000 times more complicated than the calamus!"

"But it's obviously more interesting than the calamus, and you have to learn it!"

"Mu Bai, you can say it again! This touches, eats, and bars...... How do you tell the difference? ”

"Also, why is it that the card played by the person on my left can be eaten, but the card played on the opposite side cannot be eaten? It's too much! ”

"I want to eat, he wants to touch it, what's going on? Feed! You can't touch it! I'm so familiar with you, can't I show mercy? ”

……

Qin Mu's white head was as big as a clock, and his facial muscles were a little cramped because he talked too much and laughed too much.

About an hour or two later, a room of people finally reluctantly put together a table of cards, and after Qin Mubai's four families looked at the cards, they came to teach them to play by hand.

The four people in the game are Li Ke, who is the most addicted to gambling, Wu Meiniang, who is the smartest and the fastest learner, Princess Gaoyang, who is interested in everything she wants to learn and is interested in, and there is a demon that everyone can't think of, but even Qin Mubai is a little amazed!

The demon is a blind girl, and she relies on her fingers to touch the cards.

Anyone who has played mahjong knows that this is an introductory skill. Whoever can rely on his finger to touch the bottom of the card to know what the card is, in the eyes of ordinary people, can be regarded as a standard gambler.

There is no doubt that in the eyes of pure rookies like Li Ke, the skills of the demon can be called - amazing!

And because the demon is blind and can't see, his fingers are used to touch and perception, and he is extremely sensitive. Plus, she memorized all the cards she had played. Maybe it's because she has been accustomed to mental arithmetic over the years, so she knows what cards she has played, and she has never made a mistake. Just when everyone was rummaging through the messy card table to find out what cards were out, the demon could tell who had played what cards and when, such as eight cylinders and 90,000 of these things, there have been a few on the table, no mistake!

After a few laps, everyone had to bow to the demon, and even Qin Mubai was amazed - this is really a natural god of gambling!

Three women against one man, Li Ke's hand smell came home, and he lost a disgrace. The demon child killed the Quartet without any suspense, and Princess Gaoyang, who claimed to be "a fool with a fool's luck", was not bad, and she also made a few fools under the guidance of Qin Mubai. Wu Meiniang has always been relatively flat, with neither big wins nor big losses.

A deck of mahjong tiles can be regarded as making everyone fully devoted, and the more you play, the more enjoyable you are, you have to forget the time.

Qin Mubai was worried about what the emperor told Princess Gaoyang to return to the palace. After a few rounds, he told her, "Princess, it's late, and the palace gate is about to close." ”

"Oops, don't make noise! Do you think I'm Hu 258 or 369? Hey, hey, I'm going to have to draw myself, it's such a beautiful card! Princess Gaoyang happily stared at the card game and shouted excitedly, without looking at Qin Mubai with her eyes.

"Three-six-nine is good - it seems that you and King Wu really smell like each other, and if you have cards, you forget everything." Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Uh...... Have it? Princess Gaoyang was stunned after throwing out a card, turned her head and smiled apologetically, and then turned her face and shouted, "Quick, hurry up and play the card!" I'm going to be huh! ”

Qin Mubai scratched her head depressedly, this little girl, why did she get carried away as soon as she was happy?

"Your Royal Highness Princess, why don't I make a bet with you!" The demon said with a smile, "If you touch this card, listen to my third brother, and go back to the palace now, so as not to worry about His Majesty the Emperor and Concubine Yin." If you don't have Hu, we will accompany you to continue to fight until you get tired of playing, how about it? ”

"Hey, you're so sure? You don't even know my cards, but can you know when I'm going to win? Princess Gao Yang said in surprise.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, do you say that you don't gamble?" The demon laughed.

"Bet! Bet! Princess Gaoyang smiled and said, "I don't believe it, can you still be unpredictable?" I'm going to draw the cards - wow! How is it possible, it is really six cylinders! I'm huh!! ”

"Hehe, Your Highness, you have to talk about it!" The demon laughed.

Everyone looked at the demon in amazement, confused. Only Qin Mubai smiled evilly, thinking: Gao Yang is so stupid, the cards on that side are demonic throughout, with her super memory, of course she knows what kind of card Gao Yang is going to touch now!

"Ah, that's amazing! Sister You'er, you can teach me to play mahjong in the future! I want to learn from you the art of winning every gamble, haha, win all the money of the third brother! Princess Gao Yang laughed triumphantly.

Li Ke was annoyed when he lost a mess, and scolded angrily: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's you who are here to make a mistake with me, and my luck will get better if you leave!" ”

"Hehe, let's go, how could I embarrass Mu Bai?" Princess Gaoyang stood up happily and said with a smile, "I'm leaving!" I'll come out of the palace to play with you another day when I have time, I'm so happy today! ”

Qin Mubai smiled, then went out to ask the people in the house to prepare the carriage and horses, and prepared to send her back to the palace.

Outside the house, the goose feathers were flying in heavy snow, the vehicle was inconvenient to walk, and the driver was also a little miserable in the wind and snow. The two got into the car and told the car to go quickly, heading straight for the palace.

The fire in the car was warm, and there was no one else, Princess Gaoyang lay down in Qin Mubai's arms, hooked his neck and pulled him down, kissed him deeply for a long time, and refused to let go.

"Mu Bai, it's only been a day or two since we were separated, I think you're thinking bad. So I ran to my father and begged him to come out of the palace to play, and I would see you by the way. Princess Gao Yang muttered, "My father is good to me now, even better than before." He agreed without even thinking about it! ”

"That's a good thing." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Seeing that you are now reconciled with Your Majesty, and more importantly, you are safe and happy, I am also relieved." ”

"But you're leaving......" Princess Gao Yang pursed her lips, "what should I do?" In the future, you will be in Xiangzhou, so far away! Today, I also specially asked my father, who said that it was recorded in the gazetteer that Xiangzhou was more than 1,170 miles away from the capital. If you travel normally, you have to walk for more than half a month to get there. What if I miss you? ”

"Write a letter." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "The post guards at the post station can run fast, one or two hundred miles a day is no problem, and the border pass army reports eight hundred miles in an emergency." ”

"What's the use of that, the postman runs fast and it's not me who runs fast, it's that I want to see you, and it's not the postman......" Princess Gaoyang muttered like a tongue twister.

"Don't be so childish, it's not like I'm not going back to Chang'an." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "This is my home, my hometown, there are my relatives and friends, and I can't give up...... Naughty bag. ”

"Naughty bag? Do you mean me? Princess Gao Yang smiled and asked.

"I don't know." Qin Mubai smiled, "Whoever is seated is whoever it is!" ”

"No, no! It can only be me! …… Shake one’s head? Still laughing so badly? I'll bite you! ”

When the carriage arrived at the Xuanwu Gate of the Imperial City Daming Palace, Qin Mubai opened the city gate with a token and drove straight in. After entering the imperial city, Princess Gaoyang also restrained herself a little and stopped laughing out loud. She asked Qin Mubai to guide the coachman directly to Dajiaoguan, saying that in the recent rainy and snowy weather, Concubine Yin De had lived in the Taoist temple and had not returned to the Xianju Palace, and she would go there to accompany her.

Thinking of Concubine Yin De, Qin Mubai couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart: She, is she really planning to escape into the empty door?

The carriage walked to Dajiaoguan, and Princess Gaoyang still relied on the carriage and refused to get down, humming and chirping in Qin Mubai's arms, and said coquettishly: "Hug for a while, just for a while!" ”

"Hey, I haven't asked you yet, what did you tell Wu Meiniang when you called Wu Meiniang away before?"

"Hehe, you're nervous? You want to know? ”

"Then you can say it quickly!"

"I won't tell you! This is the secret between me and her! ”

"Secret?" Qin Mubai smiled dumbly for a while, "What else can you not agree with?" ”

"That's none of your business!" Princess Gaoyang giggled, finally got up and prepared to get out of the car, and said, "Listen, don't ask Mei Niang!" Besides, even if you ask, she won't tell you! That's it, I'll go back. Let's go, it's snowing! ”

"Hmm......" Qin Mubai waved goodbye to her.

There were already two Dao aunts who came out to greet Princess Gaoyang, holding the lamp and standing under the eaves with her. Princess Gaoyang watched Qin Mubai's carriage go away for a long time, and then she stomped her frozen feet, rubbed her hands and ran quickly into the Taoist temple.

Sitting in the car, Qin Mubai pondered: This eccentric Princess Gaoyang suddenly seemed to be a different person, and actually took the initiative to approach Wu Meiniang. I don't know what the two women talked about, mysterious and mysterious.

Back at the mansion, Li Ke and others were fighting fiercely. Princess Gaoyang gave up the position to Qin Shuang'er, and the four lame gamblers played cards noisily, happy to be a mess.

Seeing Qin Mubai come back, everyone only glanced at him quickly, and Li Ke said casually: "Are you coming back so soon?" ”

"Could it be that I dare to stay in the palace for a few more moments?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

Wu Meiniang smiled: "That's not certain, what else do you dare not do as a disciple?" ”

"Hee-hee! Princess Gaoyang is gone, and Sister Mei is finally going crazy! Qin Shuang'er smiled, "Third brother, you are miserable!" You have seriously offended Sister Mei today! ”

"I don't." Wu Meiniang smiled, "How can I take care of his affairs?" yes, Mubai. ”

"Ahem! How do I sound a little ...... The smell of cold knives and dark arrows? Qin Mubai knew that he was a little unreasonable, and today in front of Wu Meiniang, he was really too intimate with Princess Gaoyang. So he smiled and came to her side and said, "Ah, this card is good, all the same!" ”

"Shut up! Let you say it, they won't touch me! Wu Meiniang scolded, stretched out a hand under the table, and secretly twisted it on Qin Mubai's back.

Qin Mubai was clever and obedient, and he grinned and made a strange expression.

The demon can't see it, but the others see it. Li Ke, a veteran of the love field, and the spirit of the love scene immediately laughed: "Mu Bai, do you know how cheap your expression is now?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Qin Mubai said, "If a person is cheap, he is invincible!" Mei Niang, with me covering you to play boldly, this game will be won! ”

Wu Meiniang smiled bitterly: "I really can't stand you!" Go away a little, don't be next to me! ”

……

Before you know it, it's late at night. After a day of excited play, everyone was tired, and even Li Ke yawned a few times.

"Let's stop playing, it's time to rest!" Li Ke smiled, "Continue tomorrow!" Mu Bai, come to my house! ”

"Okay." Qin Mubai nodded in response, he also knew that Li Ke had something to say about him when he came to him, that is, about the promulgation of the martial arts list by the Wu Palace.

Everyone dispersed in turn, on the night of heavy snowfall, Qin Shuang'er was left by the demon to sleep together, Li Ke was escorted by Yin Yang and others, and left a Wu Meiniang, so Qin Mubai had to send her home in person.

Qin Mubai smiled evilly and was about to say the "bad intention", Wu Meiniang waved her hand with a clever smile: "Don't open your mouth, I have to go home." ”

"It seems that you can count these intestines in my stomach clearly." Qin Mubai smiled, "Okay, I'll send you home." ”

The two boarded the car, and Wu Meiniang let out a long sigh of relaxation and said, "I'm really tired today!" ”

"It's been a little too long. Go back and get some rest. Qin Mubai said.

"It's not that you're tired of playing, it's pretending to be tired." Wu Meiniang smiled bitterly and said, "The emperor is here, your parents are also here, Li Ke is present, and Princess Gaoyang has also arrived." There are so many people, and none of them are I dare to offend. A lot of eyes seemed to be staring at me unconsciously. I'm going to be today...... Walking on thin ice for fear of making mistakes can be regarded as exhausting. ”

"Mei Niang, it's really hard for you. I know it's harder for you than I am, it's not easy. Qin Mubai took her hand and covered it in her palm, and sighed to warm her up, and said with a smile, "Are you quite angry with me now?" ”

"Nope. If I really have such a small device, I will leave early in the morning, why should I stay here and suffer this sulking? Wu Meiniang smiled, gently leaned on his shoulder, and said, "Do you know what Princess Gaoyang said when she came to me today?" ”

"I want to know."

"No, I can't tell you." Wu Meiniang giggled.

"Aren't you making it clear that you're making it easy to make people appetize?" Qin Mubai protested, "Swallowing back halfway through the words, it's too unrighteous enough!" ”

"Because I promised Princess Gaoyang that I wouldn't tell you." Wu Meiniang smiled, "Don't worry, I didn't say anything bad about you." ”

"I'm so curious, between the two of you...... What can be said? Qin Mubai shook his head in confusion.

Wu Meiniang smiled without saying a word, and said after a while: "Mu Bai, God really treats you unfairly. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Qin Mubai asked in surprise.

"Because he's too partial to you." Wu Meiniang said with a smile, "I didn't know Princess Gaoyang before, so naturally I was a little disgusted with her. After today...... I think I'll like her a lot, too. Don't you think you're a little too lucky to have a woman like her who loves you deeply and does everything for you? ”

"That's right." Qin Mubai smiled, "What's more, I still have Mei Niang you!" ”

"I'll forget it! Compared to Princess Gaoyang, I sometimes feel really ashamed. Wu Meiniang sighed and said, "Maybe I was influenced by my parents and family since I was a child, and I thought more about things like interests and benefits. For people, things, and feelings, I inevitably weigh the pros and cons, and after thinking about it, I decided that it was foolproof, and then I took action. When I met Princess Gaoyang, I knew what a real and hot relationship was. It is really admirable that she can love so pure and without hesitation! In contrast, I felt like a mercenary villain...... No treachery, no business, that's true! ”

"Mei Niang, you don't have to say that." Qin Mubai said, "The same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, and you can't live like others." It's good for you to do that. Mei Niang is Mei Niang, irreplaceable and unique, I don't want you to become the second princess of Gaoyang. I like the way you look now. ”

"Hehe, it's just a little emotion." Wu Meiniang said with a smile, "Princess Gaoyang is actually the real wise fool. There is a very natural, pure, and back-to-basics kindness and sincerity in her body, which is naturally revealed without any disguise, and inadvertently moves people. And we, the laymen, always strive to learn to deepen the city, to hide our true thoughts and emotions, as if we are eager to live in the repression and bondage of the world for a lifetime. Princess Gao Yang is the polar opposite of us. What she wants, she strives to get; If she likes it, she will strive for it. No matter whether the process is difficult or not, or whether the ending is perfect, she has the same oblivion. Her body is weaker than most people, but her courage to fight against the emperor, against the world, and against fate is so huge that it can be described as shocking, and I am ashamed of myself! Simple, persistent, her simplicity is admirable, her persistence is admirable! ”

"Huh!" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "I didn't expect that in just half a day of getting along, you would be able to understand her so deeply!" ”

"It's not an understanding, it's just an intuition." Wu Meiniang smiled, "I was really disgusted with her kind of people before. With his good family background and background, he is arrogant and arrogant, and he always has a superior posture there. Today I learned that Princess Gaoyang is such a flesh-and-blood and so cute person that even I, a woman, can't help but be moved by her! ”

"Heh, it seems that the two of you still cherish each other?" Qin Mubai smiled, "Say, what did you two talk about?" ”

"If I don't tell you, I won't tell you." Wu Meiniang said with a smile, "But there is one thing I can reveal." ”

"What?"

"Princess Gaoyang said......" Wu Meiniang suddenly laughed, "You must hate women with bad breath!" ”

"......" The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth twitched again, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

……

finally sent Wu Meiniang home. The coachman was pitifully frozen in snow, so Qin Mubai didn't stop any longer and returned immediately.

After returning home and taking a hot bath comfortably and then retracting into the quilt, Qin Mubai let out a long sigh of relief, looked at the roof with his head resting his arms, and muttered to himself: "Chang'an, Chang'an...... From now on, you're going to haunt me! At the moment, I really can't bear to leave. ”