On the edge of the alley of Yonghefang, there is a bluestone slab, about four feet long, about two feet wide, and about half a foot thick, square and square. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The mottled marks on the bluestone slab are like the bark of an old tree, although it looks inconspicuous, but if you look closely, it is also a thing with years, and when the wicker of the years whips it mercilessly, it is just so silent.

Zhang Bao'er squatted down, stroked the desolate and warm bluestone slab, and asked without turning her head back: "Is this the heavenly stone you said?" ”

Li Si nodded: "Exactly!" ”

Li Si told Zhang Baoer the origin of the name "Chaotian Stone", which was still yesterday.

Although Li Si's talk is simple, Zhang Baoer's mind can probably restore the scene at that time: the two evil young people surnamed Xu and Qin had a bloody battle for the head of Yong'an Fang.

Zhang Baoer seems to think of her life before she crossed over, for the sake of the territory, for the sake of the eldest brother, for the sake of righteousness, fighting and killing without her life, how similar it is now.

Since ancient times, the streets and alleys of various cities have the existence of the boss, the head and their subordinates, is a special group in the market society, because of their existence, so accompanied by theft, abduction, extortion, prostitution, gambling, fraud and many other disgraceful things.

Different from other places in Datang, all squares in Chang'an are basically led by evil youths.

Most of the evil people in Chang'an are all organized households, and some of them have fathers and brothers who are still officials. These people learned bad things at a young age because they were fearful, shallow in the world, and uncertain. The wicked youths, with their heads shaved and their skin carved with various patterns, carried sheep bones in their hands and long snakes around their arms, and ran rampant through the streets, and the merchants or the slightest dissatisfaction with the thickness raised the sheep bones and beat people.

You can't make a forest alone, and the evil young man has to control the affairs of the fang, and he can't do it on his own, so he naturally needs his subordinates. So, those villains and green skins naturally became their subordinates.

Wicked men are sprinkling, committing murder, and making trouble on the streets, causing trouble, looking for opportunities to blackmail, and even the government can't cure them, and the people in the neighborhood will stay away when they meet them.

As for Qingpi, they gathered at the temple fair to make trouble, and at the same time took the opportunity to snatch the victim's belongings. Many Jianghu artists who come from other cities to run the dock to perform perform as a rule, as usual, must be stripped by this generation before they can put on a show, otherwise they will be beaten and you will be untenable. The green skins often joined forces with the thieves to do evil, humiliate the clothes, molested the women, and did everything. Sometimes they also share the oil and water of other hooligans such as cheaters, helpers, gamblers, and thieves.

Three years ago, the two people surnamed Xu and Qin were in the open space in front of the bluestone slab, and their heads were broken and bloody, their limbs were disabled, and they almost killed themselves. In the end, it was a lose-lose situation, and there was no winner or loser.

The surname Xu and the surname Qin, who were unable to fight again, had to agree to take this bluestone slab in the middle of Yong'an Fang as the boundary, and each manage a section, which was the end of the matter.

As a result, there was a situation where two heads were tied in Yong'an Fang, which was also the only special case of Chang'an's Fang.

Since then, the bluestone slab has been called "Chaotian Stone", which is the meaning of "the road is facing the sky, each going to one side".

"This is it!" Zhang Bao'er nodded with satisfaction, pointed to Chaotian Stone and said to Li Si: "Put our signboard on the side!" ”

"Master, is it here? You don't think about it anymore? Li Si hesitated and reminded.

Li Si didn't know what Zhang Bao'er thought, so he had to erect the signboard next to the Chaotian Stone. This place seems to be the most sensitive place, and Xu and Qin are all staring at it. Anyway, in the past two years, no one dared to fight the idea of this Chaotian Stone, but Zhang Baoer didn't believe in this evil.

"Consider what?" Zhang Bao'er glared at Li Si: "Are you afraid?" If you're scared, go home and sleep! ”

"Master, I'm not afraid!"

Although he is not afraid, Li Sixin has been jumping around, and he is not afraid to see the hell, those wicked people are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Li Si's hands trembled a little, and he finally inserted the signboard made of cloth into the soil next to the bluestone slab.

It is said to be a signboard, but in fact, it is no different from the kind of white flags commonly used by fortune tellers.

A bamboo pole, with a piece of white cloth on the pole, the words on the white cloth are still written by Zhang Baoer begging Cen Shaobai.

Above the white banner is a big cursive "bet" word for dragon flying and phoenix dancing, and below is a line of block letters: one bet on ten dice, limited to three per person. If you win, you will lose one or two silver, and if you lose, you will no longer be charged.

Zhang Bao'er's words on the white banner are very big, just like people in the martial arts putting up the stage and hanging out the couplets of "punching all over the world and kicking in all directions", which is a taboo thing.

However, then again, it is still very tempting for many people to fight for a tael of silver with a ten-wen copper plate.

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Wu Qingpi hummed a little song while strolling along the streets of Yonghefang.

Everyone can't remember what Wu Qingpi's real name is, his behavior makes everyone can only call him Qingpi, and he is happy to be called like this, as if it is particularly honorable to be called like this.

Wu Qingpi was working leisurely when he suddenly heard a shouting sound in front of him.

"Slam! Slam! Slam! ”

Listening to this shout, someone should be gambling money.

Sure enough, when Wu Qingpi looked up, he saw a circle of people in front of Chaotian Stone, and the shouts in the circle were quite neat, as if someone was commanding.

Chaotian Stone is often Yonghefang old and young to enjoy the cool, from time to time there are some small calls to spend gambling money or children play, Wu Qingpi didn't care, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong: the little flowers gambled to play, how could they toss such a lively scene?

Wu Qingpi pushed away everyone and squeezed in to take a look: Sure enough, it was gambling money, but it was not a simple game, but someone hung a signboard to set up a gambling stall!

Who is so bold that he dares to set up a bet at the beginning.

Wu Qingpi saw more than a dozen teenagers squatting on the edge of the Chaotian Stone, about fourteen or fifteen years old. Looking at their tattered and dirty bodies, you know that they are called Hanako. These people are both beggars and thieves, and occasionally help people do some light work to earn a meal or two, struggling to survive in the crevices of the bottom. The little shouting flowers obviously don't often live in Yonghefang, and there are no people who beg for a life in Yonghefang, Wu Qingpi doesn't know, but these are all fresh faces.

There is a young man sitting in the middle of the stone in the sky, and it seems that he is the person who sets up the gambling bank.

The rules of juvenile gambling are very simple, two dice in the bowl are rolled once by one person to compare the size, and whoever is bigger wins.

At this time, the young man put a large pile of copper coins in front of him, obviously all of which he had just won.

Wu Qingpi, the young man sitting in the village, didn't recognize it, but the person standing behind the young man, Wu Qingpi recognized that it was Li Si, a thief who lived in Yonghefang.