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At this time, Lin Feng changed his body, took a square step, followed by a few house slaves, and his whole body was full of luxury, this dress was undoubtedly those sons and brothers who eat, drink and have fun all day long in the capital, and had strength behind them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Childe, it's here."

Bursts of laughter came out, and as far as the eye could see, the scenery here was quiet, and it was by no means a place for fireworks, why were so many men gathered, and they stared at the disc on the table with round eyes,

There are two black insects in the disc, different beats and bite each other, this kind of thing has a long history, the black insect is called cricket, don't look small, aggressive by nature, especially in a relatively closed small space, in order to compete for space at the expense of life and death, this fun gradually evolved into a way of amusing the rich, many people are for a cricket that can fight for a lot of money to buy, and also derived those places that provide places for people to compete.

Every autumn, after the White Dew Festival, crickets are born at the right time. There are several kinds of colors such as blue and black, yellow and purple, but the blue and black ones are the top grades. It is generally believed that crickets with fat heads, long legs and long legs, and broad backs are good at gladiatorial fighting. The body born on the grass is soft, and the body is strong in the cracks between the bricks and stones. Good crickets can be named with various titles, such as oil tart, crab shell green, golden pipa, red sand, green sand, plum blossom wings, three sections of brocade, fragrant lion, etc. Players first compete with each other to eliminate the many crickets raised in their own homes, among which the winner of a hundred battles is the "Great General", and then they can compete with the crickets raised by others.

The custom of fighting crickets in our country has a long history, according to the Tang Dynasty "Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics": "The palace is prosperous in the autumn, and the concubines and concubines all use small golden cages to store crickets on the pillow and listen to their voices. So the people did the same. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, many literati and writers have summarized the experience of folk feeding and taming crickets, and compiled them into monographs such as "Cricket Spectrum", "Promoting Weaving Sutras", and "Cricket Parenting Law".

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the prime minister Jia Rudao was cool and easy to raise and fight crickets. He built a semi-idle hall in the prime minister's mansion, specializing in raising and fighting crickets, so he missed state affairs and was scolded by the people. Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji, also ordered all parts of the country to pay tribute to crickets, and spread the rumor that "crickets are screaming, and Emperor Xuande wants them".

Catching crickets was originally a beneficial folk entertainment, listening to its voice, watching its fighting, but also a great pleasure in the world. However, in the old society, it evolved into a disguised gambling. For example, in Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places in Jiangsu, the wind of gambling on crickets was popular for a while. "Jiangnan Good Hundred Tunes" cloud: Yangzhou is good, and crickets are fighting. For example, the tiger athlete boasted of different species, led the sheep for a few days, and provided for the iron general.

Suzhou opened an arena before and after Bailu, and put up posters that read "Autumn is impressive somewhere". On that day, many people who raised crickets carried their cages and went to the cage, which was very lively. At the beginning of the fight, two crickets are placed in the same basin and face each other. If they do not move, the main fighter will wipe the cricket's mouth with sharp grass (commonly known as cricket grass) to stimulate the gladiatorial fight. The two crickets desperately fight and bite each other, the brave one "fights", and the cunning one "fights". When the enemy is weak, it will turn from the bucket to the bucket, and when the enemy is strong, it will change from the bucket mouth to the bucket.

The struggle of the little worm is like the wrestling of a warrior. The winner flaps his wings and roars, and the loser collapses. The straw man put a small red flag on the cage to determine the winner, the winner wins, the loser loses, and the owner also gets the silver, just like a gambling draw. The fight continued until after the cold dew, and then it naturally stopped.

The screams stopped instantly, and there was a lot of regret in it, the two crickets fought equally, and they didn't want one of them to be suddenly bitten by the other party's neck, and they couldn't break free and bite to death.

"White wins, Black loses."

Dou Cricket Hall has some famous halls in the capital, occupies the most advantageous position in the outer city, opened such a restaurant for fighting crickets, the shopkeeper knows how to operate, not only come forward to help people fight crickets, but also spend a lot of effort to collect all kinds of crickets from all over the country, one for people to watch, two to sell, the price of each one is not low.

"Thanks!"

One person smiled, and the white flowers and silver were stuffed into the waist along with the silver ticket, and a large piece of it was thrown to the cricket hall master, which was the rule, and the winning party had to show something, one was etiquette, and the other was for good luck, and if he gave enough silver, his crickets could also be better taken care of here.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way."

The shout came out, and the favor was suddenly left and right, and a person walked out of it, not tall, with a white face, carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, the workmanship was fine, and the person who came was full of style, and the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, "What kind of wind blew the prince here." ”

The man was happy, "This king recently got a baby, and he came here to try it." After speaking, he made a look, the next person stepped forward, carefully opened the lid above, the store probed over, popped up, startled, full of energy, much bigger than ordinary crickets, "Lord, the best." ”

Who's coming?

Zhu Rong, the seventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang, has mediocre skills, once followed Emperor Taizu to fight the Yuan soldiers, so he was arrogant, after the king obtained the fief, he had no king's law, and he did nonsense all day long, and the monthly money issued by the court was not enough to squander, so he could only think of ways to make money himself, and almost all the courtiers in the fief had been blackmailed by this prince, and they didn't dare to speak on the surface, but they hated this lord behind their backs.

"I don't know where the prince got this treasure?" The head of the cricket hall stepped forward and asked with a flattering face.

"What this king wants to get, naturally there is a way to get it, when to start another gambling game, this king is already impatient."

The man frowned, "What the prince got should be an iron general who has been undefeated for decades, and it is the best, sweeping the world, I'm afraid no one dares to take it." ”

King Qi listened to it even more meaningful, this person is right, the varieties of crickets are different, and the combat effectiveness is very different, the most ferocious and ruthless of them is the big iron general in his hand, who is as black as iron, moves quickly, and can solve the opponent in an instant, which can be called the absolute king of crickets.

"Then pay a high price, whoever can win, ten to one." King Qi stretched out a finger and shook it in front of the other party's eyes, this is the rule of private betting on crickets, in order to attract more people to participate in it, most of the dominant side will increase the odds, once there is a reversal, the other party will get a huge profit, of course, this probability is extremely rare.

What's more, the other party is the prince, and there are not a few people who stammer, even if it is a white silver in front of you, there are few who have the courage to take it.

The shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, and King Qi snorted coldly, "This king really doesn't believe it, no one dares to bet on this in such a big capital." ”

"1 to 10?"

The voice sounded, and everyone turned around at the same time, it was a new face, the instrument was extraordinary, followed by several house slaves, with guys in their hands, and at first glance it was a master who was not easy to mess with.

"This is the ....." The shopkeeper was just about to tell the identity of King Qi so as not to cause trouble, King Qi's arm was raised, and the person behind him quickly left the shopkeeper behind.

"You're going to bet with me?"

"I'm just interested in silver."

King Qi laughed, "Silver, I have it, I'm afraid you don't have the ability to take it." ”

"Okay, I'll bet with you."

"Really?"

"What is there to be afraid of, if you are afraid, you can get out of here now." The man smiled, and the people on the side began to secretly sweat, this master is a frequent visitor here, and he usually loses a lot, so he is annoyed, this time I don't know where to get such a big guy, I must want to use this to turn the book, I didn't expect such an eyeless master to pop up.

"Then make a note, lest someone cheat when you get it."

"Okay."

Lin Feng stepped forward, this was just the first step of the plan, his palm stretched out, and the house slave behind him took out a stack of silver tickets, "Ten thousand taels." The voice fell, and it immediately caused a burst of exclamation, 10,000 taels, it is definitely the first time in the cricket hall, usually it is only a few hundred taels, at most a few thousand taels, this person is 10,000 taels, and he does not give this prince face at all, and he can't help but secretly guess what the identity of this lord is.

"Okay, but I didn't bring that much silver, so bring it." King Qi is a good gambler, he is a man of temperament, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he quickly opened it, it was a land deed, "This is my mansion, enough for hundreds of thousands of taels, stay here, if you win, just take it." ”