As night falls, the lights come on.

The main street of the county town is very lively, with all kinds of small traders occupying both sides of the road, shouting and bargaining, and there are many more pedestrians coming and going than during the day.

A horse-drawn carriage stopped at the corner of the street, and Gu Meng, dressed in an ochre-colored robe, got out of the car, embroidered with a green bamboo pattern representing the pre-test Gongshi, he wore a Dongpo scarf on his head, and held a folding fan, which looked full of bookish atmosphere.

In the past, he used this outfit to haunt the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which was highly sought after, and the sleeping girl didn't have to give money.

Then, Qin Mo, dressed in a green coat and a small hat, jumped out of the carriage and praised: "It's really lively, you can see the whole leopard at a glance, and a small county town has already shown the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Gu Meng snorted: "What's the benefit of prosperity, not only you and I can see it, but also the Liao people, Jin people, and Xixia people, so they will be eyeing the Great Song Dynasty and digging out their hearts to take a bite on this piece of fat." ”

Qin Mo glanced at him and said, "According to your meaning, we should be poor and not be coveted, right? Rich is not wrong, what is wrong is the hatred of the rich, I don't have the ability to make a fortune, I only know how to achieve my goal by waging war, this is the idea of a barbarian." ”

Gu Meng retorted: "Wealth is not exposed is a realm, and if you don't know how to restrain yourself, don't blame others for being remembered." Besides, knowing that you don't have the ability to protect your belongings, you should be more careful, shouldn't you?"

Qin Mo didn't bother to continue dwelling on this issue, his attention was attracted by the stall next to him.

On the stalls are cotton cloths of various colors, and the flowers are very gratifying.

A man in a gray cloth robe stood in front of the stall and asked, "How do you sell the cloth?"

The peddler replied with a smile: "Monochrome cloth is 300 wen per zhang, and flower cloth is 360 wen per zhang." ”

The guest reached out and touched his pocket, and there was a sporadic sound of copper coins colliding, obviously not enough money, at most thirty or fifty coins.

But he didn't show any shame on his face, but asked arrogantly, "Can you turn it off?"

The smile on the peddler's face did not diminish at all, and he nodded and said, "Yes, thirty wen once, four pure monochrome cloth one zhang, five pure two zhang, six pure one horse, how about it?"

"Pounce!" the guest counted out thirty copper coins and placed them on the stall, and the vendor took out a large porcelain bowl from under the stall, as well as six Chongning Tongbao of the same color.

The guest took the coin, put his hands together and blew on it, then let go, and the coin fell into the bowl with a clanging sound.

The so-called four pure, refers to the six copper coins in four face up, five pure, six pure and so on, in fact, is a matter of probability, the higher the number of pure, the smaller the probability of occurrence, all depends on luck.

If you win, you can get a higher value item with a small amount of money, and if you lose, you will only lose a small amount of money.

Four of the six copper coins were face up, the guests' faces were happy, the hawker was very indifferent, and did not feel that he had lost money, so he quickly took out a blue cloth and handed it to the other party, and said very politely: "You are lucky, come again next time." ”

"Okay. The guest took the cloth and went away happily.

The vendor continued to smile and start chatting with his new customers.

This proves that the hawkers have made a lot of money in this way, and they have long been accustomed to winning and losing.

Gu Meng saw that Qin Mo was very interested in this, and said: "Not only cloth, but many things can be used to close the fight, including those priceless treasures in Wenbao Zhai. ”

Qin Mo raised his eyebrows and said, "Why didn't the guy mention this every time he went to Wenbao Zhaidu?"

"If you don't mention it, of course people won't mention it. Gu Meng explained: "This is a tacit understanding between the buyer and the seller, Wenbao is a high-end thing in the eyes of the scribes, and Guan Bao is a mundane thing that can be done by the peddlers and pawns, so the store will not take the initiative to mention it, and it will reduce the grade of the store." ”

Qin Mo suddenly realized and said, "Where is the handicap, let's go over." ”

Gu Meng frowned and said, "Since you feel ashamed, let's not go." ”

Qin Mo Zhengse said: "When did I say that the bet was embarrassing?"

Gu Meng pointed to his clothes and said, "Then why do you want to change your clothes and dress yourself up like a little girl, why don't you wear children's clothes to show your identity." ”

Qin Mo smiled: "It's always a little embarrassing to bet on yourself, no matter how you say it, I'm also the first child in the world, I want face." ”

He is just famous, but in fact, no one knows him when he goes to the county school, and changing his clothes can achieve the purpose of hiding people's eyes.

Gu Meng was not lightly angry, pointed to his old face and said: "What about me? Am I shameless, the whole city knows me, what should I do?"

Qin Mozuo thought about it, and after a while, he said: "It's okay, if someone asks, you just say that you put the bet on your own students, it's right!"

After a while, Gu Meng, who was full of reluctance, took him to a gambling stall.

There is a lantern hanging at the door of the gambling stall with the word "treasure" written on it, and a thick cotton curtain hangs from the door, which is said not to keep warm, because even in the summer, it will not be replaced with a thin curtain with good air permeability.

Opened the curtain and walked in, there was a miasma of smoke in the gambling stalls, and there were all kinds of people, and there were even a few guys in yacha clothes, like everyone else, who were shouting endlessly.

After entering, Qin Mo pretended not to know Gu Meng, and walked straight to the corner on the right, where there was a wooden table, and a thin middle-aged man with rat whiskers sat upright, and the plaque hanging behind him had the words "The Battle of the Four Academies" written on it.

"What handicap?" he asked.

Seeing that there was business coming to the door, the middle-aged man shook his head and said: "There will be two games tomorrow, Ma Zhong vs. Yan Shu, Ma Zhong wins one to two, Yan Shu wins one to three; Qin Mo vs. Shen Yun, Qin Mo wins one to two, and Shen Yun wins to one and loses two." ”

"Qin Mo and Shen Yun are the same handicap?" he looked suspicious.

The middle-aged man twisted his beard with his hand and said: "Qin Mo is very strong, and he has the title of the first child in the world, but after all, he has just become an old child, and Shen Yun has already participated in the battle of the Four Academies three times, so the two are evenly matched, and it is normal for the same handicap to appear." ”

This guy's analysis was quite thorough, Qin Mo took out three hundred taels of coins and said, "Bet on Qin Mo to win." ”

"Okay, three hundred taels of Qin Mosheng. The middle-aged man picked up the brush, danced on the cut paper for a while, opened the gambling ticket, handed it to him with a smile, and said, "This young master, don't you bet on Ma Zhong and Yan Shu too?"

From the odds, it is not difficult to see that Ma Zhong has a greater chance of winning, but based on what happened today, he decided that it would be better to be more stable, in case Ma Zhong was also bought by the other party and deliberately released water in the game, wouldn't he have to lose money.

Instead of betting on others, it is better to bet on yourself to be safer.

He shook his head and turned to leave, the smell was so bad.

Gu Meng stepped forward cheekily, and before he could speak, the rat-bearded man jumped up directly as if he had a spring on his fart, and said in a quacking voice: "Isn't this a genius of Gu Da, your willingness to come to the trumpet really makes us shine......!" Don't be stunned, hurry up and serve tea to the great talent, good tea...... Otherwise, people should say that we don't know how to be hospitable. ”

Gu Meng waved his hand and said, "Don't be so troublesome, I'll leave after placing my bet." ”

The rat-bearded man's enthusiasm did not diminish in the slightest, and he said: "Then what about it, serving tea is our business, whether to drink it or not is your business, and hospitality is inevitable!

Gu Meng Zhengse said: "Of course it's Qin Mo, a student of this doctorate, do you think I will bet on others to win?"

The rat-bearded man immediately gave himself a mouthful and said, "Look at my brain, of course you are betting on your own students to win, mainly because I was too excited to see you, so I asked such a bastard, how much do you play?"

Gu Meng gritted his teeth, lured out the hundred taels in his pocket and slapped it on the table.

It's all his possessions, so it's a bit of a pain.

It's not that he doesn't believe that Qin Mo can win, but he didn't have a hobby of gambling before, and he was always a little unaccustomed to it the first time.

In front of everyone in the calligraphy, of course, the rat-bearded man did not dare to make a mistake, changed the previous way of writing Long Fei Feng Dance, and solemnly opened a good gambling ticket for Gu Meng.

I wanted to let Gu Meng evaluate his words, but before he could speak, Gu Meng grabbed the gambling ticket, turned around and ran.

On the street outside, Qin Mo looked at him with disdain, shook his head and said, "As for it, it's not stealing or robbing, no matter what, you are also a doctor in the county school." ”

Gu Meng snorted: "What's wrong with the doctor, gambling money is never a face-showing. ”

Qin Mo looked at him and said word by word: "Is it very revealing to visit the kiln, how come I have never seen you ashamed, and I am still happy to do it, I often write poems for those girls who serve you, have you calculated how many strong songs you have written......?" The gentleman doesn't move his hands!"

He shuddered and looked at the handsome old man angrily.

The handsome old man smiled and said: "Are you polite to your students, you kid will dare to speak openly in the future, and his head is full of light...... Hey, where are you going, it's getting late, we have to hurry back. If you can't learn new attack skills, you won't be able to win the game tomorrow, and our money will be wasted. ”

According to the regulations of the county school, students are not allowed to leave the college after sunset, and offenders will be expelled from the school.

The reason why Qin Mo was able to appear here with a swagger was because he borrowed the light of Gu Meng, otherwise he would not have thought of stepping out of the gate of the academy for half a step.

He turned a deaf ear to Gu Meng's words, and said to himself: "It's hard to come out, such a good opportunity to make money, of course, you have to invest all the capital, you can earn twice as much for no reason, where can you find such a good thing." ”

He brought enough gambling books, which were the 1,500 taels of silver he received from the dividends with the Xu family last time.

No way, as a scribe of calligraphy, there will be more places to spend money in the future, how can you do it if you don't take the opportunity to make a few more money.

In line with the principle that eggs cannot be put in one basket, he divided the book into six parts and placed bets on six different betting stalls.