Chapter 90: The Gambling
(Thanks to the reader for the red reward of "blowing Sting Eel".) )
In the study, Du Chuanyun looked tired Hou up and down, "What are you doing dressed like this?" ”
Han Ruzi was wearing his usual practice clothes inside, a long black cloak wrapped outside, and a hat to protect him from the rain on his head, "Shouldn't we be more hidden?" ”
Du Chuanyun had already changed out of the servant's clothes, wearing short clothes and trousers, looking like an ordinary teenager who had just finished working during the day, "You don't look hidden, you're warning outsiders not to interfere with you to do bad things, do you think they will listen?" Especially those officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, will they listen? ”
Du Chuanyun always spoke very impulsively, Han Ruzi was used to it, took off the hat, and asked, "Say, how should I dress up?" ”
Du Chuanyun took the hat and threw it aside, "Don't have a cloak...... Forget it, you look like a son, keep a cloak, don't use a hat, you are a rich kid who was taken by me to gamble money, bring more silver, spare. ”
Han Ruzi had no money on him, so he turned to Zhang Youcai, "Give me all the money you have." ”
Han Ruzi and Du Chuanyun want to go out at night, and they can hide it from others, but they can't hide it from Zhang Youcai, and they also need his cover.
Zhang Youcai reluctantly untied his purse, "Why don't you take me there, I've also practiced martial arts for a few months......"
"No, you have to stay, in case someone comes looking for me, you have to cover it for me." Han Ruzi took the purse, and he didn't know how much silver it contained, so he stuffed it into his arms.
"Then you come back early, Du Chuanyun, protect the master, if something happens to him, I won't ...... Alas, if something happens to him, I have to die, and I can't do anything about you. ”
"I'm here. What could happen? Du Chuanyun was free and easy by nature, and he couldn't stand a thousand instructions, so he turned around and left.
Han Ruzi and Du Chuanyun left the house through the back door, Zhang Youcai closed the door inside, and made an appointment to come over and open the door around the fourth watch tomorrow.
Behind the Hou Mansion is an alley, and it is not far from the street. Not long after dark, there were still many pedestrians on the street, so Du Chuanyun hired a mule cart at the corner of the street and went straight to Nancheng.
Han Ruzi sat in this kind of car for the first time, felt very bumpy, grabbed the car board tightly with both hands, and was a little nervous about the adventure that was about to start, and asked, "What did you say to grandpa?" ”
Du Chuanyun sat cross-legged opposite, "What do you say?" There is not much to say. I often go out at night. ”
"In the Hou Mansion too?" Han Ruzi lowered his voice, not wanting the coachman to hear.
"Of course, the house is so boring, I always have to come out to breathe, and besides, friends on the rivers and lakes also have to come and go."
"Do you know a lot of friends in town?"
"There are not a hundred, there are also eighty, there are many heroes in the capital, and I have heard of the reputation of our grandfather. Would you like to make friends with us......" Du Chuanyun gushed out, occasionally mentioning names that Han Ruzi had heard. They are all the heroes of Luxiang who went to the Tihou Mansion to help him on the first day of his abdication.
When he arrived at the location, the coachman hugged his fists and said to Du Chuanyun: "This little brother knows a lot of people, I don't have anything to say, I invited me for this trip, I don't want the car money." ”
Du Chuanyun returned the salute with a fist, "No merit will be punished." You have to pay for the car. ”
"If you are brothers in the four seas, you should be considered friends." The coachman jumped into the cart and whipped the mule away.
Han Ruzi was very surprised, "This ...... who is driving the car"
Du Chuanyun was triumphant, "He must also be from the rivers and lakes." Listen to me these words and be willing to make friends with me. ”
"But you didn't even say your name."
"Haha, you don't understand this, how can friends be so snobbish? I told me a lot of things, and he always found out who I was, and I had to go to him for a drink in the future. Don't underestimate those who drive cars, there are also heroes and heroes in the car dealership. ”
Han Ruzi didn't underestimate the coachman, he just felt that this way of communication was a bit roundabout and easy to leak, but he didn't say anything, he looked around, the second watch had not arrived, it was already dark, and by the moonlight, he could see that there were all low houses around, and there were pieces of open space in the middle.
"Those are all ...... Vegetable garden? ”
"yes, that's why it's called fresh vegetables."
"I thought it was an immortal ...... Where to find the iron-headed Hu San'er now? ”
"Follow me."
Du Chuanyun is not from the capital, but he is very familiar with the path, leading the way in front, turning into a winding alley, stopping in front of a house, raising his hand and knocking on the door.
Someone inside whispered, "Which one?" ”
"Xiao Du, come to find Third Brother Hu."
There was no sound inside, and after a while, the courtyard door opened, and a big man walked out, first looked at Du Chuanyun, turned his head and looked at Han Ruzi again, and couldn't help but be shocked after recognizing it, and said in a lost voice: "It's you!" ”
"Third Brother Hu recognizes me?" Han Ruzi had never seen the appearance of the iron-headed Hu San'er before, and at this time he secretly praised in his heart, just looking at his appearance, this person is a good man.
Hu San'er was tall and tall, closed the courtyard door, pulled the two out of a distance, hid in the shadows, and whispered to Du Chuanyun: "You are crazy, why did you bring him here?" ”
"He's coming." Du Chuanyun said unconvinced.
"It's true that I want to come to see Third Brother Hu myself." Han Ruzi explained.
Hu San'er was greatly embarrassed, and he didn't know what to call Tihou, scratching his head, "This is the gambling game, you ...... What are you doing here? ”
Du Chuanyun preemptively said: "Ask the third brother about someone." ”
Hu San'er immediately became vigilant, "I'm not a native of the capital, what do you want me to ask?" ”
"But the third brother knows a lot of friends, who are you looking for? Let's talk about Yang Feng......"
"Okay, don't mention him, who do you want to inquire about?" Hu San'er was quite jealous of the eunuch Yang Feng, but he owed him favors, and he couldn't get a seizure.
"There is a liar, who calls himself Lin Kunshan, about forty years old, taller than me and shorter than you, wearing a Taoist crown, wearing a long robe, a white face, three wisps of beard, and often sits in the building of no return in Xishifang." Du Chuanyun remembers going to prison.
Han Ruzi added: "There is also the mad monk of Bao'en Temple, whose Dharma name is Guangding, and he must have a connection with Lin Kunshan. ”
"Didn't you say to inquire about someone? How did it become two, is there anything else? ”
The two teenagers shook their heads.
Hu San'er pondered for a while, "Why are these two people inquiring?" Tired Hou is a nobleman, it is best to stay away from right and wrong, Du Chuanyun, don't mess around, beware of causing trouble. ”
Du Chuanyun spread his hands. "A trivial matter, you don't help, let's go find someone else, I have made a few friends in the city, but I haven't known each other for a long time, not like the third brother who knows the roots......"
"It's useless to talk about it. You kid is fast-talking, and you will make trouble for your grandfather. Wait here, I'll ask. Hu San'er turned around and walked back to the courtyard.
"It's finished." Du Chuanyun said with a smile.
Han Ruzi felt that he had realized a little way, and whispered: "You Jianghu people are polite when you are not familiar, but after you are familiar, you are casual. ”
"Really? I didn't pay attention. The third brother is very capable, his iron head skills are all over the rivers and lakes, and what is even more powerful is the kung fu in his hands. ”
"Fist technique? Palm? ”
"Roll the dice."
"Huh?"
"Don't underestimate this kung fu, just rely on a few dice, the third brother can go all over the world. You can eat anywhere......"
Du Chuanyun began to brag again, Han Ruzi understood, dare to love nothing in the rivers and lakes.
Hu San'er came back, didn't say a word, and slapped Du Chuanyun on the top of his head first.
"Hey, you're not my grandfather, why are you beating me?"
"What is this place that hits you with many mouths and tongues? You shouldn't have come here with a tired marquis. Do you still want to shout and scream, for fear that others will not know? ”
Du Chuanyun snorted a few times. Didn't speak again.
"Tired Hou, I have to ask, why are you asking these two people?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I fell for the conspiracy of these two people, and I lost a few hundred taels of silver, which is not much. It's just that...... I can't swallow this breath. Han Ruzi had already thought of the lie, and he was a little ashamed in his heart, but he really didn't want to reveal the secret casually - he was not familiar with the iron-headed Hu San'er.
Du Chuanyun, who was standing next to him, widened his eyes in surprise, and his good impression of the tired marquis increased a few points.
Hu San'er nodded, "I see." Since the tired marquis has found me Hu San'er, I can't ignore it, so let's give you the silver and ask for it back......"
Han Ruzi shook his head, "What I want is not silver, first, I want to vent my anger, and second, I want to know how these two people can deceive me, and I will have a long memory in the future." ”
The iron-headed Hu San'er thought for a while and said: "Guangding is not an ordinary person, I can't afford to offend, I advise Tihou not to mess with him, Guangding definitely didn't mean to target you, probably entrusted by someone to do a small favor." ”
Han Ruzi was taken aback, but he didn't expect that the mad monk Guangding was actually a big man in the rivers and lakes who "couldn't be provoked", and nodded and said: "Okay, it's Lin Kunshan who cheated the silver, I'll look for him." ”
"I don't know who Lin Kunshan is......"
As soon as Hu San'er's words came out, Du Chuanyun said angrily: "One can't be provoked, the other doesn't know, you haven't heard anything, and I ...... praised you in front of the tired marquis."
"If you shout again, I'll take you to see Old Man Du and ask him if he knows what his grandson is doing."
Du Chuanyun shut up.
Hu San'er said to the tired marquis: "I didn't inquire about Lin Kunshan's origin, but I know where he is, do you want me to bring him here?" ”
"Of course, that's even better." Han Ruzi didn't expect things to be so easy, "Where?" Let's go together, Du Chuanyun and I can help. ”
"Uh...... This place is too tired to go. ”
"Why? I'm already here. ”
Hu San'er didn't know what to say, Du Chuanyun spoke, "Tired Hou is very talkative, you don't need to hide it from him, isn't it a brothel?" I will go, and he will go. ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" The iron-headed Hu San'er shouted, "I'll find a place, I'll wait there for a while, someone has seen the Lin Kunshan you said, he lives in a prostitute every night these days, I'll bring him to you." ”
"Then there is the third brother of Laohu." Han Ruzi really didn't want to go to that kind of place.
The iron-headed Hu San'er sent Tihou and Du Chuanyun into a room next to the gambling game and left by himself.
The sound of the dice rolling next door was very loud, and Han Ruzi was sitting on the clay kang, a little uneasy, "It's okay for Third Brother Hu to go alone, I shouldn't hide the truth from him." ”
"Don't worry, he is measured, and he will definitely call someone to help." Du Chuanyun wasn't worried, but his hands were a little itchy, "I don't know when the third brother will come back, or I'll go over and bet two?" Forget it, he knows that he has to complain to his grandfather......"
Du Chuanyun held back his gambling, covered his ears with both hands, paced back and forth, and muttered, "You can't gamble......"
A whole hour passed, and Du Chuanyun said suspiciously: "Third Brother Hu is usually a very stable person, why hasn't he come back at this time?" ”
Without waiting for Han Ruzi to speak, the group of people next door who were gambling suddenly fell silent.
(Ask for subscription, ask for recommendation) (To be continued.) )