The back garden of the Hubu Shangfu has always been very simple, and there are no flowers and plants that are usually rich and noble, perhaps because of the more sensitive position of the Hubu Shang, the front yard of the Hubu Shangfu has always been very elegant, although it is not luxurious, but it gives the visitor a very elegant feeling.

There is a pool of clear pond water in the back garden, there are lotus duckweed in the pond, there is a hexagonal pavilion by the pool, and by the small pool, Han Xuandao, who is dressed in casual clothes and has a calm bearing, is sitting on a small chair, fishing in the pool.

The summer is scorching, and the night is also quite stuffy, Han Xuandao's casual clothes are a little thick, but his face does not have the slightest bead of sweat, just caress his beard, looking at the pool water under the light, his expression is extremely calm.

Han Mo came to Han Xuandao's side, but Han Xuandao didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he had already said softly: "There is a small stool there, come and sit!" ”

Han Mo obediently brought a small stool and placed it a little behind Han Xuandao on the left side, and then sat down.

"I often hear that when Jiang Taigong fished, he fished out an emperor, and even fished out the 800-year-old country of the Zhou Dynasty." Han Xuandao still stared at the fishing rod with a pair of eyes, and said slowly: "I remembered this story when I was a few years old, and I never doubted it. Hook fishing, straight hook fishing, but I don't know if only Jiang Taigong has this ability throughout the ages? ”

Han Mo sat down like a soldier, with a faint smile on his face, "Hook fishing, straight hook fishing, anglers are willing to fish, hookers are willing, if there is no King Wen to know talents, I am afraid that Jiang Taigong will not be able to fish for eight hundred years, and he will not lay down an inch of the country!" ”

When Han Xuandao heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then laughed.

Han Mo has seen Han Xuandao since he was a child, he is all silent, and it is rare to see him laugh heartily, at this time, when he laughs suddenly, his brows first frowned, but he instantly returned to a calm state.

"Xiao Wu, what you said is right, Jiang Taigong is fishing, that is because he knows that there is a Ming monarch like King Zhou Wen who will hook sooner or later...... I, Han Xuandao, how can I catch such a Mingjun! He threw the fishing rod in his hand lightly and threw it into the pool, then stood up, turned around, looked at Han Mo sitting behind him, and said with a smile: "Come, show you something!" ”

Han Mo got up and seemed to follow behind Han Xuandao obediently, and the two walked to the hexagonal pavilion by the pool one after the other.

Like most small pavilions, there is a round stone table surrounded by four large stone piers, and at the top of the stone table is an inky round vessel, like a Go chess piece.

It's just that there is no chessboard on the stone table, and there is only a round vessel, so Han Mo naturally knows that Han Xuandao is definitely not playing chess with himself.

Walking to the stone table with his hands on his back, he turned to look at Han Mo, and said slowly: "Recently, someone gave me a cricket, it is said that this cricket is a king of crickets who is extremely good at fighting, and there are no less than 100 fighting crickets at his feet, and they are all famous species. You know, this kind of thing, I don't understand, but after the previous delivery, I took a look at it, and it really defeated several famous fighting crickets in Beijing and put the opponent to death, and then I realized that this cricket, known as the 'Emperor of Ten Thousand Victories', really deserves its name. The person who sent this cricket also said that for this cricket, someone once offered 500 gold to buy it, and he was reluctant to sell it. ”

Only then did Han Mo understand that in that round vessel, there were crickets.

It's just that he couldn't figure out why Han Xuandao had this Yaxing for a while, and called himself to come and talk about crickets, but he also knew that this must be just the beginning, and there must be something else to say next, so he didn't move, just smiled: "That person is reluctant to make a move with five hundred gold, but he is used to honor his uncle, and it seems that he is also a person who tends to be inflammatory." ”

Han Xuandao nodded slightly, and said: "Xiao Wu, the so-called water is clear, there are no fish, and it is very rare to seek in troubled times, it is nothing more than employing people and talents." If you are talented, you are weaker, so you might as well use it! ”

"What Uncle said is that Xiao Wu wrote it down."

Han Xuandao raised a hand and gently opened the lid, Han Mo took a closer look, and saw that among the round vessels, there was a long shelf, separating the inside, and in the two semicircular spaces, there was a cricket each.

The cricket on the left has a large head and large legs, but its tentacles are extremely straight, and its body is dark and brown, and it looks like a general.

Han Mo only glanced at it and knew that this was a waiting cricket.

He is not proficient in fighting crickets, and he is not very interested, but there are many people who are happy to do this kind of interesting thing about fighting crickets, no matter how poor or poor.

The crickets fought by the poor cannot be compared with those of the rich.

Those rich and noble people who are happy to do this often look for crickets everywhere, and even spend a lot of money to buy crickets for hundreds of dollars, which is also a common thing.

When they got crickets, they took each other and fought each other, pressed down a lot of money, and gambled wildly.

Han Mo had also played one or two at the beginning, but he also understood that the advantages and disadvantages of this cricket can be found from the appearance, this kind of cricket with a big head and thighs and extremely straight tentacles is exactly one in a hundred.

Looking at the other one, it is slightly smaller than the "Great General", but the tentacles are longer than the "Great General", and the body is slightly green, and it is motionless as if it is dead.

"This is Emperor Wansheng." Han Xuandao stretched out his hand and pointed at the "general"-style big cricket and said: "As far as I know, although crickets fight each other, although they are cruel, but in the end, there are very few fatal situations, most of them are just mutilated bodies." But this Emperor Wansheng is different, almost none of the crickets he fights can survive, and his opponents are often torn off their heads by him. ”

"Those who are good at water drown." Han Mo said calmly: "There is no eternal winner, it has torn off countless heads, Xiao Wu is worried that when it encounters a real fierce opponent one day, its head may also be ripped off by other fighting crickets." ”

Han Xuandao nodded and said, "That's right." Maybe it's today! Pointing to another cricket, he said, "This is the one cricket I found today, and so far, it has only five opponents!" ”

Han Mo let out an "oh", and carefully looked at the slightly smaller cricket, although the tentacles were long and straight, which was the characteristic of other crickets, but other places did not look so special, and from beginning to end, this green cricket was motionless, if it weren't for the tentacles that occasionally moved twice, I thought it was a dead cricket.

"Compared to the number of fights and the opponents defeated, these two crickets are not the same." Han Xuandao said calmly: "But I appreciate this 'Green Assassin' very much!" ”

"Green Assassin?" Han Moqi said: "Why is there such a name? ”

Han Xuandao stretched out two fingers and gently clamped the long small partition in the middle, and did not speak, but lifted the small partition.

When the small partition was lifted, Emperor Wansheng's tentacles immediately erected, and his body began to move, but the green assassin remained the same, motionless, like an old monk in his meditation.

Han Xuandao stroked his beard, calmly watched the two crickets in the vessel start to fight, occasionally glanced at Han Mo, and saw that Han Mo was also paying attention to the two crickets fighting in the vessel.

Emperor Wan Sheng is obviously also experienced, and he did not immediately attack the Green Assassin, but fully demonstrated his strength, as if he wanted to suppress the Green Assassin with momentum.

It moved slowly from side to side, like a poisonous snake quietly approaching its prey, its tentacles raised, and the Green Assassin's tentacles also swayed slightly, for such a powerful opponent as Emperor Wansheng, the Green Assassin at least showed absolute calmness on the surface.

Han Xuandao and Han Mo were silent, the Emperor of Ten Thousand Victories circled around the Green Assassin for a long time, the Green Assassin was always motionless, and suddenly saw Emperor Wansheng's body jump suddenly, and the two front feet had already touched the Green Assassin's body, and the speed was so fast that Han Mo also felt a little surprised.

He had seen a lot of crickets fighting each other before, but he had never seen it at such a speed today, and he could accurately see that Emperor Wansheng's sudden blow was by no means unstoppable, but it was only after many temptations and sufficient preparations that this blow would be issued.

Just by looking at this one, Han Mo understood why this cricket could be called Emperor Wansheng.

Emperor Wansheng's attack was sharp, but the green assassin, who had been silent, showed a strength that was very inconsistent with its appearance at this moment, and at the moment when Emperor Wansheng was about to pounce on it, the green assassin dodged with a faster movement.

Emperor Wansheng deserved to be the war-torn king of crickets, and he swooped into the air with one move, without any stagnation, and almost at the same time as landing on the ground, he began a second attack.

The two crickets attacked and retreated, but in this small space, they staged a thrilling death match.

Emperor Wansheng's attack is fierce and fast, if it is replaced by an ordinary cricket, I am afraid that it will become a dead soul at its feet, but the green assassin seems to have an advantage in speed, and has never launched a counterattack, just quickly dodged Emperor Wansheng's attacks again and again.

With a faint smile on his face, Han Xuandao turned his head to look at Han Mo and asked, "Do you know what it wants to do?" ”

"Show the enemy weakness and consume the opponent's physical strength." Han Mo said neatly.

Han Xuandao bowed slightly, and at this time, after Emperor Wansheng swooped into the air with one move, the green assassin who had been evading and dodging suddenly counterattacked back, and pounced at Emperor Wansheng who had just jumped and was about to attack at lightning speed.

This time the peak protruded, Emperor Wan Sheng had been an attacker more than ten times before, and seemed to be adapted to the game of pursuit, obviously not expecting the Green Assassin to suddenly counterattack at this moment.

The Green Assassin and Emperor Wansheng collided together in mid-air, its counterattack was extremely sharp, and it was obviously used with all its strength, Emperor Wansheng, whose body was larger than it, was actually pounced on by it, Han Mo only saw that the Green Assassin was in Emperor Wansheng's body for just two seconds, and then jumped away, and Emperor Wansheng, who only defeated the country's hundred fighting crickets, was struggling in the vessel, and couldn't get up for a while, Han Mo looked closely, but found that Emperor Wansheng's head had been cracked.

After the Green Assassin jumped away, it was still less than a second, and he jumped to Emperor Wansheng's body again, and when it jumped away from Emperor Wansheng's body again, Emperor Wansheng's head had been separated from his body, and only a trace of mucus was connected to it.

Han Xuandao said lightly: "This battle, from the very beginning, is destined to be only one who can survive!" He turned his head to stare at Han Mo and said slowly: "Defeat the enemy with one blow, that's why it's called the Green Assassin!" ”