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Ma Qinghu was stunned: "Usually you are a person who can't move, and a ghost screams and runs away, what's wrong today?" ”

Simao had a quick brain and blurted out: "Won't you become a ghost if I go?" ”

"Gotta get it, I don't fight with you, what's wrong with you? Lost in spirit? ”

Simao sighed: "I can't go to the casino in the future, I have lost my livelihood, I am worried about where my job will be in the future, and there are two old people in the family who have to rely on me to eat."

"I just heard a few days ago that you defeated a team of Jianglong, and now your reputation is very big, there are so many dark situations big and small, who won't let you in? Are you still worried about finding a place to eat? ”

Simao was stunned: "Who did you listen to?" ”

"Who else do you need to listen to? These days, it is rumored on the rivers and lakes that your current limelight is bigger than Xu San, and you are all blowing your gods, saying that you are the number one master among the treasure officials, making good use of ghost hands, and hiding deeply......."

"Fart..."Simao popped out a word from between his teeth, and scolded hatefully: "This is harming me not to die, a bunch of people who have nothing to do when they are well fed, nonsense." ”

"Yes, I invite you to go down to the restaurant, we haven't seen each other for a while, let's have a good chat today, what's the difficulty, maybe I can be a stinker for you."

Hearing this, Simao was slightly moved: "Let's say okay first, it's not that I don't pay attention to righteousness, I have a few big men left, it's enough to eat two baked cakes, it's not enough to go to the restaurant, I have to treat you." ”

Ma Qinghu snorted very contemptuously, a little "It's not a thing", when he took the lead first, the posture of walking was very interesting, stepping on his left leg and dragging his right leg, quite a bit of the charm of a polio patient, Simao knew that this was also a unique walking posture of the underworld, and it seemed pretentious.

Simao's head was big, so he hurriedly kept his distance: "Can you walk the aisle well?" ”

"Yes." Ma Qinghu replied simply, his voice did not fall, and he changed back to the posture of a normal person walking, walking like flying.

The two walked through the streets and alleys, and came to a restaurant not far from the wharf, there were two stools in front of the restaurant, and the stools were separated by the shutter board, and many people in short costumes sat or squatted, surrounded by the door panel, and each person had a coarse porcelain bowl, and the rice in the bowl was piled high.

There are a lot of this kind of restaurants in the location of the river in the mouth, many of them are husband and wife, and there are no shopkeepers, and the door panel of the shop is unloaded during the day and put it at the door, and the peddlers, pawns and laborers and the like go to surround the door panel, and the ten big sons are full, and they are called eating the door board rice, and they specialize in the poor man's business. There are also those who don't pretend to have overnight money, or who have won money in betting, and who have a little bit of identity, so they will go into the store and order a few drinks and dishes to eat slowly. Of course, this kind of small restaurant is more than a dozen streets away from that kind of luxury restaurant.

The shopkeeper is in his forties, and he is obviously very familiar with Ma Qinghu, so he began to greet him from a distance and accompany him carefully. Since ancient times, those who have been doing small business have obviously the same attitude towards the underworld, be careful and dare not offend.

"The old three, the wine should be real, don't mix it with water." Ma Qinghu is familiar with the way.

"How can it? Come inside, please. The boss replied slippery.

The store inside the store is not big, there are only five or six tables, and there are a few people sitting in the air, and the smell of oil smoke and vegetables fills the air, and the two of them find a place in the corner of the wall and sit down. The shopkeeper has a sharp hand and foot, and he doesn't know much about it, but he has two meats, one vegetarian, three dishes, and a pot of wine to take. The dish is a plate of peanuts, a plate of cold elbow slices dipped in garlic paste, and a plate of red and white fat sausages, although the plate containing the dishes is not very regular, but the smell is fragrant and recognizable, and the four cents sandwich a mouthful of vegetables into the mouth, and the boss's craftsmanship is really not bad.

Ma Qinghu poured a full glass of wine for Simao, and then asked, "You just said that you can't go to the dark bureau again, what's going on?" Let's talk about it. ”

Simao raised his neck, drank a glass of wine, and then opened his mouth to tell the two old men he met in Xu Sandao's field a few days ago, Xu Sandao gave money to let him shoot, and then how he set up a game, and finally how the other party came to seek revenge, and how he was forced to quit gambling by his mother.

Ma Qinghu listened with great interest, kept adding food and wine to him, and until he heard the end, he said with regret: "You are crawling in the dark situation, and now your wife is a word, all the skills of this body are in vain, I feel sorry for you." There is also that Xu Sandao, who has been prosperous in the past few years, rich and powerful, and is like a hegemon on the dock of the Cao Gang, even in the entire Cao Gang, there is gradually a momentum to enter the house, and he may really be able to eat and drink spicy food with him. ”

If we talk about his sphere of influence, it is actually distributed on the entire thousands of miles of waterway for the transportation of grain, so the Cao Gang's sphere of influence is very wide, but because of the wide, many places of the Cao Gang are beyond the reach of the whip, so they have to compromise with the local forces and get a piece of the pie, and there are also some local forces with the help of the strength of the Cao Gang or entrenched in a certain place under the banner of the Cao Gang, so the Cao Gang also has the difference between water forces and local forces. And Xu Sandao is actually one of the representatives of the local forces of the Cao Gang, so Ma Qinghu said that he is in the limelight, and he has the momentum of entering the house in the entire Cao Gang, just like the meaning of local officials entering Beijing.

Simao pulled a few peanuts in front of him with chopsticks, and said casually: "When it comes to the way on the Jianghu Road, you know better than me, and when it comes to gambling, I have seen more than you." Don't look at my mother's blindness, but my heart is as bright as a mirror, much better than my foolish father. Not to mention anything else, at the age of six or seven, I began to follow my father in the casino, all kinds of people saw I don't know how much, but there is one, I haven't seen an old gambler who can get a good death, can live because of gambling, the good fate of the cliff reined in, the bad fate was beaten with a stick, the mass grave and the wild river ditch were lost, and even the bones could not be found, this is a dead end and a dead end. ”

"Isn't Xu Sandao living a very moist life?"

"You are stupid, Xu Sandao opened a casino, when have you ever seen him gamble with others? He only acts as a dealer and a tap, making steady profits and not losing money, which is called shrewdness. ”

Ma Qinghu thought about it carefully and said, "Hey, don't say it, it's really so reasonable." So what else can you do if you don't go to the casino? It's hard to go until you take the show. ”

"Can you chat?" Simao hit Ma Qinghu back with the chopsticks that were cut into a fat and thick, crystal clear elbow piece, and rushed to pick up the elbow piece and put it into his mouth, chewing it with a good taste, while saying vaguely: "As far as my father, the apprentice who was taught by the three-legged cat reader, I know a few words, not to mention the test Xiucai, I don't know where the door of the examination hall opens, do you help me with ideas or do you have the heart to mix with me?" ”

Ma Qinghu held back a laugh and said, "Okay, no kidding, you can tell me your plan, and I'll give you an idea." ”

Simao picked up the wine glass, took a sip slightly, and then said slowly: "In fact, there are only a few roads in front of me, don't expect to be an official in this life, there is no ridge of land for farming, and there is no capital for business. You can't do it yourself, so it's okay to do the work for others, right? That's why I'm just going to the docks today to have a look. ”

After Ma Qinghu listened, he was rarely silent for a long time, Simao is a very calm character, he knew that Ma Qinghu must have something to say, but he didn't know how to say it, so he didn't urge, but looked at him quietly on the side, waiting for him to speak.

After Ma Qinghu refilled a glass of wine in his cup, he looked at it with the wine glass, but did not drink it, but put it down, and looked at Simao's rare face with sincerity: "Simao, we are brothers, if there is something serious to say about brothers, don't be ......in a hurry."

Simao nodded: "You know me, I can listen to the persuasion, and I can tell the good from the bad, even if you say it seriously, it is for my good, how can I not know the good?" If you say that you hide half and half of it, you don't treat me as a brother, and I will blame you. ”

Ma Qinghu took a sip of the wine glass, and said sincerely: "This is what I admire about you, you can carry it clearly, see it clearly, and think through it at any time." After speaking, Ma Qinghu put down his wine glass: "Just now you said that we are all good people who lean against the wharf, although you grew up here since you were a child, you can be regarded as half a Jianghu person, but what you don't know is that the interlacing is like a mountain, even if it is the Xiangjia (the meaning of the Jianghu black dialect), it is not the same mountain gate, and it may not be able to see through the number of roads in other people's doors." Speaking of this, Ma Qinghu pointed to the transparent door of the restaurant, the scenery outside was unobstructed, all kinds of people shuttled back and forth, and the river in front of the door was like a cloud: "Look at so many people and boats, there are always so many good trades, and none of them are not touching the edge of the rivers and lakes." You can't end up in a good end in the casino, but if you want to get ahead on this wharf, there is no way to live honestly, except for worshipping the mountain gate and joining the gang, but you can enter the rivers and lakes, and the same as the casino, how can you have a good ending? Have you figured out this layer? ”

Now it was Simao's turn to pour wine for Ma Qinghu: "Your family has a good history, give me a good one." ”

Ma Qinghu couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You are this dead virtue, you can't be serious in three sentences, and you don't scold people with dirty words, you might as well say bluntly that my family is a ghost." ”

After the two joked for a while, Ma Qinghu cleared his throat and began to carry out hooligan knowledge literacy: "This small wharf looks inconspicuous, but the eight gates commonly known as the rivers and lakes are not lacking all the way, and the doors are complete. ”

Simao nodded: "I've heard of it, it's the rivers and lakes, and together it is just the number of eight doors." But there are many kinds of each of them, and I don't know much about them. ”

"There is a mantra you remember, called the Nine Classics, Eighteen Skins, Four Li, Three Melons, Seven Winds, Eight Fires, Five Divisions, and Six Demons, which refers to how many types each door is divided into.

Simao listened, came to the interest, the so-called layman to see the lively, the insider to see the doorway, don't look at Ma Qinghu This mantra sounds very simple, but it is often the secret of the children of the Jianghu family, the Ma family is three generations of continuous Jianghu people, the experience of the older generation of people is summarized and refined, and the word of mouth is often just some concise sentences, but they are all condensed essence, so that the children of the clan can know all kinds of rivers and lakes, in fact, it is a kind of wisdom and philosophy of survival in the rivers and lakes, so, These secrets are never easily passed on and leaked, and even the master and apprentice often cherish their own secret skills, and pass on the art without passing on the secrets. Therefore, there is a saying on the rivers and lakes, called "Rather give a gold ingot, do not pass on a word of spring". Simao said very seriously: "You can tell me about it." ”

Ma Qinghu threw a peanut into his mouth, chewed it rattling, and said: "My grandfather used to force me to learn these things, saying that I can't write and carry the burden of martial arts, so what else can I do except mix the rivers and lakes?" Learning these things, at least you can have a clear eye and a bright heart, so that you will not suffer losses, and you may be able to save your life at a critical moment. At that time, I was playful, I didn't know the hard work of my elders, but now I understand it too late, after my grandfather passed away, I didn't have a place to find a master if I wanted to learn. I'm only half-scooped now, and I've only memorized a rough one. If you are not afraid of annoyance and are willing to listen, I will give you gossip and sell dog skin plasters. ”

Simao knew that what Ma Qinghu said was the meaning of gossip in Shaanxi dialect, although the Ma family has reached the third generation in Chukou, there are still many local chatters in the family that have been preserved: "Today you are a master, and I am an apprentice." ”

Ma Qinghu is obviously very proud of being the master of Simao, and he is very happy: "Let's talk about this scripture gate first, also known as the towel door, and the people in the rivers and lakes who use their pens to make food belong to this door, implying that the scriptures and readers are wearing headscarves." Now it's the Qing Dynasty, no one dares to wear a headscarf, but no matter which of the nine classics in their door, according to the rules, there must be a cloth curtain signboard, and the line is divided into hexagram masters, xiangshi, word measurement, starting classes, Kanyu, mages, supporting scholars, astrologers, and sects. But when it comes to practice, no matter which scripture they are, it is nothing more than Mai Xiangshu, Six Kings, King Wen Hexagram, astrology, Fuqiu, charms, and séance. But do you know what the real housekeeping skills of the people in the Nine Classics are? ”

Simao thought for a moment and said, "Clever tongue? ”

Ma Qinghu nodded: "I touched the edge, but I couldn't see through, what my grandfather said at the time was, observe words and colors, understand people's hearts, flip yin and yang, and invite you into the urn." ”

"These words are a bit interesting, what are they all about?"

Ma Qinghu explained: "Observing words and colors is an introductory kung fu, the eyes are poisonous, the clichés are absolute, the master in the Nine Classics can scan your eyes, and you can guess your identity, personality, and intentions. It is a person who has to wear clothes and hats, but people are different, the dress is naturally different, and the person's expression is very different with the identity, plus the person's expression is happy, angry, worried, thinking, sad, fearful, and frightened. For example, you are dressed ordinarily, with a vegetable face and a sad face. Xiangshi will say, respect the snake twisted lock, thin ears and eyebrows, bright hall dim, eyes sluggish, sir, you have long worries about food and clothing, and close to have difficult worries. First slap you stunned, once you feel that every sentence is in the middle of the sentence, followed by the aftermath, what to say fortunately is that you are in good spirits, and there will be a turning point in the future, and so on. After these words, it is like tying a fairy rope, even if you are like a ghost, you have to be tied up strongly. ”

"Born from the heart, the most reasonable saying. What can be done to understand human nature? ”

"There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people, each with their own troubles, each with their own hearts, each with their own encounters, no matter how powerful the people in the scriptures, it is impossible to predict the prophet, know what you have encountered, what you want, but there is a way, from the root of the measure, it will eat you, this root is actually the human heart. Think about it, if you are a young girl, what you can't get rid of is a beautiful marriage, if you are a dying old woman, nine times out of ten you will ask for harmony between your children and grandchildren, adding people to imports, eliminating disasters and avoiding disasters, and longevity. These big condoms are put on, no matter what different thoughts you have in your heart, they can always circle your mind, right? ”

Simao couldn't help but be heartily convinced: "People have the same heart, and the heart is the same reason." I didn't expect this sentence to be used by them here. High, really high. ”

"The higher is still to come, what is the flip of yin and yang? My grandfather said that yin and yang in this world depend on each other, one eliminates the other, it is originally a turn of hands for clouds and hands for rain, and the past can be taken care of upside down, the key depends on who you use and where you use it. For example, the auspicious word, if your face is happy, the scholar will say, the auspicious, the mouth of the scholar, add the tie to the knot, the sponsorship of the matter and wealth can be just around the corner, and the good news will be transmitted. If you look displeased, the scholar will say, "Although the word is auspicious, it is not an auspicious sign, and the mouth is below the priest, and the scholar is above the mouth, it is auspicious, and if you add the door, it is harmful, and the Lord lives at home, or suffers from disease, or encounters a small disaster." If you add words, you will be a critic, and the mastermind will have a lot of tongues in seeking wealth. ”

Hearing this, the four-haired ghost made the god messenger blurt out: "Your grandfather has studied dialectical materialism? ”

With his understanding of Simao and conditioned reflexes, Ma Qinghu scolded back without thinking: "Your grandfather has only learned dialectical materialism, and your whole family has learned dialectical materialism." ”

Simao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bright smile: "It's a good word, it means to praise your grandfather." ”

"Excuse me, say something you can understand."

Simao put away his smile: "Is this invitation to the urn rely on a scare word?" ”

Ma Qinghu laughed and said: "You have a lot of talent for being a liar." My grandfather said that there is a six-character mantra for inviting you into the urn, which is called trial, knocking, beating, thousand, long, and selling. The so-called trial first and then knock, rush and slow thousand. Long sells Qi Shi, beats and uses. Ten thousand nine rings, ten long ninety percent. First thousand, then forward, invincible. There are thousands of dragons, the talent of the emperor's longevity. The most critical of this is Qianhelong, Qianhe is to scare you, for example, if you have the disaster of breaking your house and destroying the door within three days, Long is to invite you into the urn, saying that you have a noble person in your life to help, and you will be able to avoid this catastrophe. For example, there is a kind of deception in the rivers and lakes called the ghost to knock on the door. First of all, in a place to choose a wealthy family with family assets, believe in God and Buddha, and then send a tour of the Taoist priest in front of the door shouting exorcism fortune-telling and the like, to attract attention, in short, to try to see the main family, after the meeting first to hold it, and then say what the noble house is quite mysterious, recently when there are demons, of course the main family does not believe, the Taoist priest will not argue, only said that if there is a miracle, you can go to the place to find someone, and then say goodbye and leave. Within three days, this rich family will definitely encounter the strange thing of the ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night, once the door is opened, there must be no one in front of the door, after closing the door, there will be a knock on the door endlessly, if it is three or four times, the main family will inevitably hire him to come to catch the demon according to the address left by the Taoist priest. ”

"The ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night must be the collusion of the Taoist priest's accomplices, but what method did they use?" Simao asked.

"To put it bluntly, it is actually worthless, and the accomplices of the Taoist priest will take advantage of the night to paint the blood stains of yellow eels in front of the door of the rich family, first, because the rich family's homes generally use vermilion lacquer gates, and the blood stains are not easy to find after being painted. The second reason is that the smell of blood is extremely strong. At night, the bats will follow the blood trail and hit the door, and when the door is opened, the bats will of course fly away in fright, and the master will not be able to detect it, and once the door is closed, the bats will go and return. If it is repeated or four times, the main family can only enter the urn, once the money is received, only the blood stains need to be wiped off, and naturally there will be no ghosts knocking on the door. ”

When Simao heard this, he suddenly slapped the table and said loudly: "I understand, there are many ways to talk about this scripture, but in fact, it is just one thing to eat mixed rice......"

Ma Qinghu was startled, and immediately asked after coming back to his senses, "What do you rely on to eat rice?" ”

"Catch ghosts." After Simao said these two words heavily, he paused for a moment, and seeing Ma Qinghu's dazed look, he added: "It's just that this ghost is not a ghost of a ghost, but a ghost who is suspicious of a dark ghost. ”

Ma Qinghu smacked it for a long time, and after pouring a large sip of wine, he had red eyes, hiccuped, sighed and said: "My grandfather has been rolling on the rivers and lakes all his life, and he couldn't say this sentence until he died, but what you said is really thorough, if you are a bad person, a good person will not have a way to live." Do you think I'll have to guard against you in the future? ”