The gambling table is still crowded with people, Simao took out the ingots that just covered the hot and found the account of the gambling stall, in the big casinos have a special account Mr., one is responsible for bookkeeping, lending and dividends, and the other is specifically responsible for helping gamblers exchange silver taels or silver tickets, so as to facilitate gamblers to bet. After the ingots were exchanged at Mr. Ledger, the big head was put into his arms, Simao held a few small silver horns in his hands, pretending to bet, and squeezed in from the cracks, he found a position to stand diagonally opposite the two dealers, not far or near, just to take in the full view of the two, and not to be close to the block, but also to hear the sound of the two people talking.

is different from the glimpse of the floating light just now, this time I approached and looked at it with the afterglow, and Simao saw it very clearly. The cup-swinging dealer was burly, wearing a six-in-one hard-tire melon skin hat, black silk with red lining, the knot on the top of the hat was not an ordinary silk thread weaving but a bead instead, and a piece of green and white jade was embedded in the middle of the hat edge. The usual caftan and horse coat are dressed, the horse gown is embroidered with the picture of the eight immortals, the caftan is open on all sides, there is no stand-up collar, revealing the linen lining, a saddle-shaped purse pendant is hung on the waist, the horseshoe sleeves are rolled up high, revealing the thick two arms, a pair of big hands are holding the dice cup in front of the chest in a circle, the middle finger of the right hand is covered with a jade wrench, and the thumb is wearing a black iron ring. "Bang", this person put the shaker on the gambling table, and said in an official dialect: "Go around the field three times, buy it and leave...... A pair of eagle-like eyes began to look around the gambling table, watching the gamblers place bets. According to the rules, all gamblers have finished betting, the dealer has confirmed, and no longer accepts bets, and then the points of the dice will be unveiled.

And the young man next to him didn't wear a hat, he was also wearing a long shirt and a horse coat, but the horseshoe sleeves were very low in early summer, his ten fingers were slender and slender, his face was expressionless, and his eyes were just looking at the bets on the field. A game at the end, only to see the young man quiet, a moment to win and lose, the accounts are clearly understood, although there are dozens of people as many as the stakes, it is not chaotic at all, after the money is paid, he will put the money or silver tickets together, put in front of the dealer. The dealer then turns to the next hand.

Simao watched coldly, while making a small bet every three or five times, and when the silver horn in his hand was lost, he deliberately said to himself: "Bad luck...", while hurriedly squeezing out of the crowd.

Simao then glanced at the two little apprentices who were watching him from the sidelines, and the three quietly walked out of the gambling hall and returned to the courtyard. Lao Zhang also followed the post.

Simao said to one of the apprentices: "There are two fire generals in the field with them, you go to the front hall and door of the teahouse to take a look, there must be someone who receives them outside, don't alarm them, see where they are, come back and tell me quickly." ”

The little apprentice's face was clouded: "There is no writing on the face, how can I recognize whether it is one of them?" ”

Simao pretended to be mysterious and said: "This group of people is different, they all have words engraved on their faces, you can find them at a glance if you go and see them." ”

"Oh." The little apprentice answered, turned his head and walked to the front hall, only took a few steps, stopped again, and turned his head to look at Simao: "But I don't know how to read?" ”

The other apprentice was more bright, and at this time he would come to his senses and kicked over: "Don't be embarrassed here, you have seen anyone who will have words written on their faces when they go out." You can just ask Chun Niang quietly. With Chunniang's Taoism, who can escape her eyes? ”

Simao couldn't help laughing: "It's still you who are clever, so important things have to be handed over to you." After speaking, he whispered in the ear of another apprentice.

"It's as simple as that? Is that okay too? This time it was his turn to be blindfolded.

"It's a simple fart, you must act like a play, and you can't let the other party see the flaws, and you have to be fast, in case these gamblers are seen by other guests, your master's face will be lost."

Simao's words did not fall, the little apprentice did not look back and walked away, disappearing in an instant like a gust of wind, looking at the little apprentice in the distance, Simao took out a few silver horns from his arms, but his eyes looked at the moonless night sky, as if he said to himself: "Soldiers don't love war, stalking is a bastard........." He didn't have a word, he felt a light hand, turned his head slightly, Simao's afterglow caught a lewd figure holding the silver snatched from his hand, like a gust of wind swept into the door of the gambling hall, I couldn't help but show a wry smile at the corner of my mouth.

"Do you get out of here by yourself or get beaten out with a stick, pick one." A delicate voice sounded, so that Simao woke up, looked in the direction of the front hall door, only to see Chun Niang wearing a green lotus-colored thin shirt, leaning against the door, the charm of the figure is graceful and colorful, with a small fan in her hand, a pair of black and white eyes staring at herself, the early summer heat is steaming in the yard to be dispersed, and there is a thick fragrance on Chun Niang's body everywhere.

Moonlit night, beauty, light yarn, Luo fan, incense, for ordinary people, they would have been confused and scattered, but Simao did not move the slightest delusion in his heart like a mirror platform, not because he was careless, but because he was rolling in the rivers and lakes of this town, he knew a truth too well, Chun Niang is a flower, but it must be a big poisonous weed of the angiosperm phylum Dicotyledons (the door to which the nightshade belongs, is a flower that can cause symptoms such as chest tightness and dyspnea in the human body, although the fragrance is very strong at night, But it is not suitable for indoor placement, only suitable for outdoor use as an ornamental plant).

"Sister Chunniang, I never dare to mess around in your teahouse, if Simao has something offensive, sister, you can scold me twice, don't drive me away, there is no other place in this town to drink such sweet tea except for you." The four-haired hippie smiled and leaned over, looking innocent.

"Phew, don't mix sand with me here, you are the only one in Chukou Town, if you catch it, you will die, and if you release it, you will be alive." To be honest, did Xu San's apprentice come to me by you? Did you prescribe the way to make a bet? Although Chun Niang's face was slightly softened, her tone was still very hard.

Simao's eyes rolled: "Sister Chunniang, do you want to listen to the truth or falsehood?" ”

Chun Niang raised her eyebrows: "You're still playing tricks on me, aren't you?" Before the words fell, he was about to fight, and Simao grabbed Chunniang's Luo fan: "Xu Sandao dug a pit for me to jump, and the other party is a hard idea, so I can only make this decision." (The hard idea of the Jianghu black language refers to the opponent who is strong in the background or very hard in the background and is not easy to deal with)

"Fart, then you will set up Xu San's apprentice and lead the troubled water to my teahouse?" Chun Niang's expression was still unrelenting, but her tone obviously gave Simao room for explanation.

"Sister Chunniang, you really wronged me." Simao frowned, and turned his body half sideways angrily, as if with great grievances.

Chun Niang was slightly stunned, but after all, she was a character who had been rolling in fire and water since she was a child, and she returned to normal in an instant: "Don't say that I'm quite unreasonable, you said that you are ugly and ugly to tell me today." ”

Simao's heart was secretly proud: "Coaxing, deceiving, and losing hands, it really fucking works, this second trick is only half used to make the old rivers and lakes fall on the road." However, there was no flaw on his face: "Although these two old tricks are clever, there are still flaws, and it is not impossible for me to lift their lids on the field, so why bother so much?" Isn't it because I'm afraid of opening a film in my sister's field (the meaning of fighting on both sides) and letting you get sparks? That's why I went around in a big circle and opened a home remedy, sister, if you don't appreciate it, it's just that, and I suspect that I will mix sand with you four cents. Sister, think about it again, I asked the little apprentice to just say something to those two old people, even if there is something, what does it have to do with your teahouse? Who can blame you? ”

Chun Niang's face was cloudy, a pair of beautiful eyes flashed, and she instantly smiled, and she was full of spring: "You are just a little monkey cub, even if something happens, when have I ever been afraid of your sister." ”

"Sister Chunniang, I really don't want to cause you to cause trouble, and I can't resist Xu Sandao, so I can't make such a bad move. These two people are their uncles, stationed in Qiu Ba, even if they are not afraid, they can't make a trip to troubled waters. (Its uncle refers to the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qiu Ba read the word soldier together, so the folk contempt for being a soldier since ancient times is called Qiu Ba, and the words come out of Shu He Guangyuan's "Appraisal Record?") Light and Bo Jian": "Taizu asked who created the drama of the blow. The doctor said, 'Qiu Ba is placed. '“）

"How do you know they're garrisoned Eight Banners?" Chun Niang asked deliberately.

"First, although they speak the official dialect, they can't hear the local accent, but the dealer every time he talks about the three circles around the field, when he buys and leaves, he reads the word Yao as the word, no matter how to change the accent, there are always some words that can't be changed, this accent should be in the area of Shengjing (the accent of Shenyang and the three eastern provinces), where is Shengjing? That's the land of dragons. Second, although the people who come and go in our town are mixed, they are mainly merchants, either Sichuan, Shaanxi, or Zhejiang, Huai, accounting for a rich word, and occasionally from the north, most of them are people from the imperial court, accounting for a noble word. Another point is that the thumb of the dealer's right hand is covered with an iron wrench used to draw the bow, and the grinding marks are very deep, and it is very likely that he was born in the army. Doesn't our province have exactly 4,000 Eight Banners garrison troops in Jingzhou? As for the dress, gestures, demeanor and tone of these two people, they don't look like businessmen, they don't look like scholars, they don't look like first-class officials, so when these articles are put together, I think they are the Eight Banners stationed in Jingzhou. In order to be more stable, I asked the little apprentice to find you, let my sister take care of the true god with your magic eye, and let another little apprentice hurry up to investigate, although Jingzhou Baqi is not far from here, but after all, it is also five or six hundred miles away, and there is no official business, so it is impossible for them to run to the mouth to stir up the scene. And these Qiu Ba are used to it, and the prostitutes and gambling factions have come to our town, it is impossible not to move, as long as you inquire, Zhun Bao can find out their details, then you can guess their identities and origins. ”

Chun Niang's face was silent, but her heart was turbulent, she knew that Simao was eccentric, but she didn't expect that there was actually such a deep hill and valley hidden in her chest, this vision and this meticulous analysis really made people secretly pick a thumbs up, but Chun Niang still had two doubts to ponder: "Then how do you know that they will definitely have hidden piles and accomplices outside the field?" ”

Simao smiled faintly, his eyes flashed crookedly, and he showed a mouthful of small white teeth: "Sister, you are testing me, right?" Although they are the Eight Banners soldiers who have no fear, but after all, they are wearing civilian clothes, and they are a raw dock, so they have to take precautions if they don't take precautions, and they don't ambush some fire generals inside and outside the field (and a group of thousands of people, who are specially responsible for using force) to take the wind and shine on the field, in case of a situation, wouldn't it be a loss? After all, they don't want to show their bottom easily, do they? (meaning to reveal identity). ”

The smile in Chun Niang's eyes grew stronger, but she didn't give in at all in her mouth: "Since you know that they are Eight Banner Soldiers, you should have heard that these bastards are not in control, and they sent Xu Sandao's people to pretend to be people from the Green Camp to scare the grass and snakes, can they scare them back?" ”

Simao replied with a confident look: "My sister is right, but it is somewhere else, you must know that in our territory, the governor in charge of the green camp is the ancestor of this group of Eight Banner soldiers, although the prohibition of gambling is thunder and rain in the army, but once it is spread on the table, you have to kill two chickens to show the monkeys, right?" ”

After hearing these words, Chun Niang secretly screamed in her heart: "How did you forget this one." "As one of the few teahouse owners in the town, I have been dealing with the three religions and nine streams all day long, and the news is smart and fast, and the tea customers are all kinds of people, many people in the public family, and they naturally talk a lot and thoroughly about the civil and military officials of this province.

The troops of the Qing Dynasty were mainly divided into two types: the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion. In the early years of Shunzhi, the Qing court in the process of unifying the whole country will be the Ming army and other Han soldiers, with reference to the old system of the Ming army, with the battalion as the basic unit to organize, with the green flag as the symbol, called the green battalion, the green battalion soldiers belong to the standing army of the town guard, usually by the Han generals in charge.

The Eight Banners belong to the elite troops of the Qing court, and it is also the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Shizu Shunzhi moved the capital from Shengjing to Beijing, in line with the principle of "heavy and light", half of the elite of the Eight Banners were stationed in the capital, called the forbidden brigade. At the same time, it did not neglect the control of key local positions, and dispatched the Eight Banners to garrison all the most important military positions except the Beijing Division for a long time in the major provincial capitals, water and land points, and border and coastal defenses across the country, and these expatriate troops were called garrisons. The Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade were divided between the Emperor and the kings, Baylor, and Beizi. The garrison of the Eight Banners was commanded by the commanders and generals from the Eight Banners.

Because the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners have different commanders, different formations, and different backgrounds (although there are also Han military flags in the Eight Banners, compared with the Green Battalion, there are also high and low), so the garrison of the Eight Banners often presses the Green Battalion and rarely urinates into a pot. Just now, Chun Niang was very puzzled, pretending to be a green battalion soldier to act, can she be shocked by these two old men in the scene? But Simao's words woke up the person in the dream, Chun Niang suddenly thought that this province is a special case, the supreme commander of the green battalion and the governor are originally from the banner people, and they also have the position of the commander of the eight banners stationed in Jingzhou, so the gamble of the green battalion soldiers to catch the eight banners is not effective in other places, but in this province, it must work. During the Qianlong period, the army was not yet corrupt and rampant enough to dare to openly gamble, which was also the only weakness of the two old men in the casino. Most of the tricks on the rivers and lakes are actually fighting the world and people's hearts, the world can see accurately, and the people's hearts can be grasped thoroughly, and they can transfer thousands of pounds in four or two, but without this way, it is like a mountain next door.

Chun Niang looked at the quirky little guy in front of her, and couldn't help but be interested: "Have you thought about it, what if Xu Sandao's subordinates are smashed?" Wouldn't it be a big joke if you were bitten by those two Qiu Ba? ”

Simao sighed: "Chunniang, why did you become a hundred thousand today?" ”

Chun Niang was at a loss: "Why is 100,000 what kind of Rausch thing?" ”

Simao knew that he was speechless, and said in a normal tone: "Playing this kind of trick of officers and soldiers to catch gambling, isn't it the first time that Xu Sandao's team has deceived others, can you deceive your Chunniang?" So don't worry, their acting skills can't stand on the stage, and for the sake of safety, I didn't let them enter the scene to take pictures, just bent the bow in front of the dark pile, deliberately made some breath, and startled the snake, and the dark pile will naturally hand in the message to let the two dealers retreat. ”

Before Simao's words fell, Chun Niang suddenly raised her tone and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you anymore, how are your parents and mother?" Let's go to my sister's room for some snacks. As he spoke, he stretched out a slender jade hand and grabbed Simao, and walked to the front hall.

Simao was stunned, but he was very clever, and he saw a man with a fresh face next to him hurriedly entered the courtyard and walked to the gambling hall, he knew in his heart that this was the snake that was frightened, and went in to report to the dealer, so Chun Niang deliberately interrupted, so he obediently kept silent and followed Chun Niang to act.

At the same time, this also reflects the domineering place of Chunniang Teahouse, gamblers can enter and exit at will if they want, and local officials are not allowed to enter the door, unlike the dark situation in other places, which is not brought by acquaintances, and they can't even enter the field at all.

Seeing the man's back disappear into the door frame, Chun Niang's face instantly lost her smile, withdrew her hand, and walked to the front hall by herself.

"Hey, Sister Chunniang, are you still eating the snacks in your room?" Four Mao elongated the tone.

"Eat you big-headed ghost,." Although Chun Niang scolded in her mouth, she glanced at Simao quickly from the corner of her eyes.

Looking at the back of Chunniang Pingting, the nephrite warm fragrance that was still in her hand just now did not dissipate the residual heat, Simao put her hands behind her back, hummed Chu dialect in her mouth, and walked out of the compound with a swaying pace.