Meng Yishan has been off for the past two days, but people can't be idle, and they have dispatched people to focus on the trading of the Ye family's light and dark lines, and comprehensively collect the information of the Ye family.

The old water thief pretended to be seriously injured, and in the dead of night, he jumped up from the head of the bed, rushed out of the window to inspect the terrain, and secretly remembered the defense situation of Yejiazhuang.

The bandits and the water cowards cooperate very tacitly.

In the official room of the yamen, a winter chrysanthemum given by Lord Li was placed on the table, with a faint fragrance floating and blooming like bright gold.

"There is no rootless tree, the flower is gone, and it is difficult to draw without phase and formlessness...... Exercise vacuum back too no"

Meng Yishan picked up the martial arts method obtained from the dead ghost Taoist priest Qingxi, and combined the Dan Dao song recipe of Patriarch Zhang Sanfeng at the beginning of the Xuanyang Sutra with the Taoist mental method in his own practice of soft boxing.

The key he used to open the inner family's cultivation was from the sword demon Yun Ao, who used decades of knowledge and experience to break open and crumple explanations for him.

The thieves sat quietly and practiced qi, slowly guiding the true qi of the inner family through the spine and through the sky. Every time you perform an exercise, your true qi grows a little bit like a snowball, which is quite a bit like gathering sand into a tower.

After the exercise, Lao Meng's temples were slightly raised, and his eyes were bright. already has a bit of a master's bearing.

But I saw Li Qi, the head catcher of the fast shift waiting at the second gate, and he had been waiting for a while with a messenger.

Mr. Meng called people in, beckoned Li Qi to sit down, and said to the messenger: "Didn't you go with Gu Zhensheng, why did you run back!" ”

The messenger said to Meng Yishan: "The head catcher, I have been guarding from the morning to the present, and I found that Lu Yunpeng went out, and the ancient head catcher followed, I don't want to rob the merit, but I know such an important matter, I must report it to you!" ”

Lao Meng had a feeling that the crisis was approaching, so he immediately took eight taels of silver and rewarded the messenger who invited merit, and asked him to go back and follow Gu Zhutou, do things carefully, and pay attention to them secretly.

When the others left, Li Qi stepped forward, took out a piece of leather paper from the briefcase on his waist, handed it to Lao Meng with respectful hands, and said, "The blank Taoist priest you want." ”

"The little one went to the Qing Palace on the mountain to find the Taoist chief in charge, and went to the political envoy to run again, and finally fortunately did not disgrace his life!"

Lao Meng took it and looked at the Taoist priest issued by the Ministry of Rites, on which there were now Hu Shangshu and the signatures and seals of the two attendants of the Ministry of Rites, which really couldn't be true, but the line of the Taoist priest's name and surname was empty.

The imperial court is very strict in the management of Taoist books, but it has left an opening, and when there is a shortage of money for disaster relief, it will buy and sell some empty degrees.

Li Qi dug the door and smashed the hole through the relationship, and bought a real one for the chief catcher.

He's a smart man, and he gets things done without asking old Bombay what the use of it is.

Meng Yishan also sent Li Qi away, opened a set of pen and ink given by Master Li, and wrote three words on the Taoist priest's name and surname crookedly, "Meng Yunshan" and other ink dried and safely put it into his arms.

"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Lao Meng sang into the empty room and laughed.

This is it, and then memorize half of the Taoist scriptures, get a Taoist robe, and be a proper Yunshan Taoist person.

The cunning rabbit still has three caves, in case he really snatches the huge amount of money from the eunuch in Shandong, he has to reserve the identity of a Taoist master as a way out.

I had a bottom in my heart, and I wanted to go out to play for a while when I had nothing to do, and I also wanted to explore the situation of the Lu family, so I asked someone to invite Lu Shaojun, who I hadn't seen for a few days.

Not long after Young Master Lu was released by his father, he was very quiet, and when he heard that Meng Yishan was looking for him to go out, he immediately responded, changed his clothes and came to Meng Zhutou.

When he met Meng Yishan, he said: "Xiao Lu, but I haven't seen you for a long time, after the Huayue Building that day, we haven't gotten together yet, go out and have fun!" ”

Lu Shaojun happily agreed, and said with a smile: "It's too early, but this Huayue Tower is not easy to go."

Meng Yishan said: "What else is there to do in this Luoyang City?" ”

"Longmen Gambling House, almost all the children of the family in Luoyang have been there, and I heard that even the King of Yongning County is a frequent visitor there."

Lao Mengxin said that this is not a coincidence, "Just go to the Longmen Gambling House!" ”

Gu Zhensheng was behind Lu Yunpeng, followed cautiously, walked through the streets and alleys, and hung for half an hour before he stopped in front of a restaurant and walked in.

Gu Zhensheng waited for a while, and slowly walked inside, swept his eyes, and understood the situation in the building, Lu Yunpeng would not stay on the first floor, he must have chosen the private room on the second floor, Gu Zhensheng did not follow this time, found a remote location downstairs, asked for a bowl of noodles, and ate slowly, but his eyes kept glancing at the entrance of the building.

Before the tea, Lu Yunpeng came down from upstairs, his face was solemn, and he walked back in the direction of the inn when he went out.

Gu Zhensheng didn't know what Lu Yunpeng had done on it, he came out so quickly, and he sat down when he went back, he might as well sit again, maybe he could wait for a suspicious person, if someone really came down upstairs, Gu Zhensheng glanced at it casually, and suddenly his soul was overwhelmed, and he quickly drank a big mouthful of noodle soup to hide his uneasiness.

The man was dressed strangely, this restaurant was no warmer than the outside, but he wore a leather hood and walked out with low eyebrows.

After the man walked a long way, Gu Zhensheng raised his head, and wondered in his heart, "Why are these two people in a restaurant, it must not be a coincidence!" After paying the bill and going out of the building, Gu Zhensheng didn't follow Lu Yunpeng anymore, and turned directly to the yamen, the person he saw just now turned out to be Wang He!

Longmen Fang can be called the largest gambling stall in Luoyang, decorated like the prince's mansion, only one street away from Huayuelou, and take the good head of the fish leaping dragon gate.

Every day, gamblers gather, all of them are high-ranking officials and nobles, and the sons of wealthy families, this group of people don't care much about winning or losing, they just want the excitement of a thousand gold.

At present, Meng Yishan and Lu Shaojun walked into this gold cave, betting on treasure, rolling dice, playing double land, Tianjiu dominoes, looking at all kinds of bizarre gambling equipment, Meng Zongzhuo, who was born in Taihang, was a little dazzled, but he got used to it, and said to Lu Shaojun with a smile: "You lead the way, I bet!" ”

Lu Shaojun looked excited and said with a smile: "Let's see!" ”

Most of these gambling equipment Meng Yishan can't, but Lu Shaojun is proficient, and he took Lao Meng, a local leopard, to Shuanglu Tai, and said to Meng Yishan: "Brother Meng, this game is interesting, let's have two games!" ”

When Meng Yishan saw Shuanglu, it was a chessboard, drawing twelve equal vertical lines, a piece of black and white, and two dice were placed on it, and he immediately shook his head and said: "Grandma's, dizzy!" ”

Lu Shaojun is happily gambling with others, this pair of land is not better than playing chess, competing with the chess skills of both sides, it is completely a test of the level of dice rolling, throw a few points and move a few squares, as long as all the chess pieces advance to the opposite end point is considered a victory! Lu Dashao played this more easily than his sword, his technique was quick, and he threw a little accurately, and won two sets in a moment.

Meng Yishan followed the bet, won ten taels, and smiled at Lu Shaojun: "The technique is good, hehe, who did you learn from!" ”

Lu Shaojun smiled, and replied with a bamboo chip: "My uncle, his methods are clever!" ”

Meng Yishan chased another fifty taels of bets, and said with a smile: "It seems that your uncle is a good player, why didn't you find him, the three of us bet and win these boys to take off their pants one by one!" ”

Lu Shaojun said regretfully: "It's rare for the eldest uncle to be at home, and when he came back the day before yesterday, he brought back a Mr. Xie from the Huashan faction, they discussed the sword behind closed doors, and they won't come out to play!" ”

Meng Yishan's heart moved, and he asked Lu Shaojun, "That surnamed Xie has a round scar on his forehead?" ”

Lu Shaojun said: "Yes, Meng Zhutou has seen it?" ”

Meng Yishan nodded and said, "I had a drink with him once, so I don't know him very well!" ”

Lu Shaojun didn't ask deeply, Meng Zongzhu guessed that the uncle of the Lu family must be the Lu Jiuyuan he had seen on the boat, and it was Xie Jin who had attacked him on the boat that day, how could the two get together, he didn't understand even if he wanted to break his head.

Playing a few games casually, these gambling equipment could not arouse Meng Yishan's interest, and when he heard that he was gambling on the second floor, he pulled Lu Shaojun up excitedly.

The second floor is full of crickets, cockfighting and other toys, Meng Yishan is very enjoyable to watch, this second floor is very large, there is no dealer, most of them are some official eunuchs and huge rich in betting.

I was about to squeeze to the front of the cockfighting stage, but I saw a person standing there who was very familiar, and when he stepped forward, Meng Yishan secretly scolded, "Bad luck!" ”

That person was Zhu Pan, Mr. Meng had a lot of belly, and he stepped forward to greet his rival: "Zhu Persimmon, I haven't seen you for a day!" ”

When the prince of Yi Wang saw that it was him, he thought that Meng Yishan couldn't pronounce clearly, so Sven replied with a salute and said, "Meng catches the head!" ”

Lu Shaojun followed and squeezed over, and saw that there were two chicken coops in the field, and in the left cage was a yellow chicken, which was born thin and small, with some white feathers growing next to its wings!

The black chicken on the right is much more powerful, half the size of the yellow chicken, the red crown is like blood, and the black beak pecks are shining.

There was one person sitting on each side, which was obviously the two sides of the bet.

On the left is a young man in his twenties, with eagle eyes and thin lips, a pale complexion, and luxurious clothes, and behind him stand two beautiful maids with lovely postures.

The young man casually put the pearl and the jade bucket on the case, and smiled at the opponent on the other side: "It's your turn!" ”

On the opposite side is a middle-aged man, the face that should be the national character is fat and round, some noses, but a pair of eyes are deep and sharp, leaning there There is a domineering momentum, seeing that the young man bet, he didn't bet anything, waved his hand and said: "Let's start!" ”

The young man nodded, and was about to ask someone to release the chicken, but he heard Lao Meng shouting, "Damn, you can bet without betting!" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said to Meng Yishan: "This one is also here to participate in a game!" Meng Yishan looked at the two chickens, nodded, and turned his head to ask Zhu Pan beside him: "Have you bet?" The one who bet? ”

Zhu Pan said humbly: "I'm not good at it, but that black "iron-billed eagle" seems to be powerful, so I'll get off it!" ”

Meng Yishan opened his mouth and said: "Okay, you bet on black, I bet on yellow!" "He didn't care if he won or lost, he wanted to say goodbye to Zhu Pan, so he bet on the skinny Luhuahuang!"

Lu Shaojun was busy on the side and said: "This yellow chicken can't be stopped!" You see that its body is thin and small, its eyes are weak, and the black rooster is full of energy, just like a master fighting, the strong one is strong, and the one with deep merit wins! Hurry up and change to black! ”

Meng Yishan rushed to say that he was angry, and when he looked at the "Luhua Huang" thin and thin chicken, the stewed chicken was too little meat, it was indeed a little unreasonable! But he wanted to save face, refused to change his words, and said stiffly: "What do you know, this yellow chicken is hidden deeply, hehe, he is really a master who is even higher than the black chicken!" ”

The table indicated that the minimum bet was five thousand taels, and Meng Yishan didn't bring so much silver, "Bang! Without saying a word, he threw the Broken Army Treasure Knife on the case, and said loudly: "Bet this!" ”

Lu Shaojun saw that he bet on the treasure knife, and couldn't help but worry about him, but he didn't know that this guy's gambling was not good, Meng Yishan had already calculated it, and if he won, he would naturally make a lot of money, and if he lost, he said that this was a treasure knife sent by King Yi, and no one dared to ask for it, and he didn't lose money left and right.

The middle-aged man with a sharp nose and the young man in gorgeous clothes all looked moved when they saw him betting on the sword, and the man looked Meng Yishan up and down for a while.

When the two subordinates lifted the two chickens out of the cage, they took a silver needle and pricked it on the claws, and verified that it was not coated with poison, as a sign of justice!

The subordinates put their arms around the wings of the two chickens and threw the two fighting cocks, which were already cooing, into the field. The yellow chicken changed its appearance when it was put in the field, the original unkempt feathers were all erected, the wings could not stop beating, and the corners of the eyes were slightly bloodshot, which was clearly a combative and bloodthirsty demeanor, and immediately fought with the black chicken, and there was no weakness

Lao Meng couldn't help but applaud loudly, shouting that this "Luhua Huang" really wanted to get it, his vision was very accurate, and he knew the chicken.

In fact, Luoyang is close to Kaifeng, the wind of cockfighting in the two places prevails, it has a history of thousands of years, and those who can be brought on the field are fierce and aggressive species, it can be said that there will be no weak person in all cockfighting.

The two chickens are fighting, the feathers are fluttering all over the sky, and there will be scratches on each other for a while, the "iron-billed eagle" is strong after all, and the yellow feathers that fall from the sky are always more yellow feathers and less black feathers, and the reed yellow more pecked out a few wounds.

Meng Yishan was anxious, but he didn't know that the reed yellow couldn't resist the enemy head-on, but there was a strange trick to perform, his wings shrank, and he flew under the belly of the iron mouth like a yellow weasel, and went around to the back and pecked it fiercely

As soon as the iron mouth turned around, the reed yellow was estimated to be reapplied, and a "crotch drilling" was applied repeatedly, until the iron mouth was played around, and it was all bitter.

Meng Yishan's heart blossomed.

It's a pity that the same trick loses its effectiveness when used too much, the iron mouth gradually touched the law, as long as Lu Huahuang went to his lower abdomen, he immediately flapped his wings and jumped up, as soon as he landed, he hit quickly and quickly, even pecked and caught, Lu Huahuang was pecked by him and scarred, and the wings and chest were full of blood, revealing red flesh and blood.

The face of the head catcher became more and more heavy, and when he saw the Lu Huahuang fall to the ground sadly, when Mr. Meng lost face, the black chicken was still pecking hard, and immediately annoyed Meng Yishan, "Brush!" He pulled out the broken saber on the case like lightning, cut the iron mouth in half, and the blood and organs flowed all over the case.

Everyone was dumbfounded by the result of the cockfight, that Lu Huahuang did not die, but fell to the ground with all his strength, but the iron mouth that should have won let Meng Yishan kill with a knife, and there was no winner in this gamble.

Although there are not many people on the second floor, there are more than 20 of them, more than half of them are betting on the iron mouth to win, seeing that the color head of the hand is gone, they all feel unlucky, so they will be surrounded by Mr. Meng in the middle, and they all shout and scold!

The owner of the iron mouth spoke, and the man with a sink-nosed nose looked at Meng Yishan and sneered: "Your Excellency's gambling is not very good, but it's a pity that I have a good cockfight!" ”

Meng Yishan is tall and tall, standing in the middle of this group of gamblers like a tiger entering a flock, he put the broken saber in his hand, and laughed: "Gambling? Luoyang Mansion Chief Arrester Grandpa Meng is investigating the case here! Wouldn't it be nice to try my sword? ”

The eagle-eyed and thin-lipped young man got up from his chair and pointed at Meng Yishan and said to the few servants standing behind him: "Throw this guy to death on the street, and let some people who don't know the rules!" ”

Zhu Pan on the side hurriedly said: "Don't mess around!" ”

But those few people came out in response, only knowing their own masters, and didn't take Zhu Pan's words seriously.

The gamblers gathered on the side all dispersed, making way for this group of people to hide in the distance to watch the excitement!

There were six people in a group of entourage, and the two who came up first, one with a palm and the other with a knife, both attacked like Lao Meng, and the recognition was all crucial!

Meng Yishan broke the saber with a wave of the sheath, swung the knife away, and slapped the palm with his left hand, shaking him back two steps, and scolded: "Little bastard!" will let the dog bite your grandfather, and have the courage to come down by yourself! ”

The wheel knife rushed towards the young man, how could the entourage let him hurt his master, and immediately surrounded Lao Meng and beat him.

Lu Shaojun was locked up by his father for more than a month, and he couldn't fight bravely, so he was so lively, he rushed in with his fists and helped Lao Meng fight!

These entourages have solid kung fu, and they are both steady and ruthless, unlike ordinary martial artists in the courtyard, six of them together, Meng Yishan and Lu Shaojun couldn't get out for a while.

The sink-nosed man watched the fight between the two sides with great interest, and couldn't help laughing: "It's a bit of a sight, good!" ”

At this time, some gamblers saw that the two sides were fighting fiercely, and they were afraid of being affected, so they wanted to take a detour downstairs, and the young man in Chinese clothes said to the man with a collapsed nose: "Uncle Gao, I'm really sorry, I messed up your business!" The little nephew will set up a banquet on another day to make amends! ”

The sink-nosed man scolded with a smile: "Don't come to this set, you made a scene, don't you accompany me again, you must not be spared!" After speaking, he jumped onto the table and shouted: "Don't go, bet, bet!" ”

The gamblers were reminded by him, and when they saw that Meng Yishan and Lu Shaojun were very good at martial arts, they would not show their defeat by fighting more and less, and the kung fu over there was not bad, and there were many people, which was a good gamble.

The man with a collapsed nose urged: "Open three sets, bet on those two to lose, or win all, and one is a one-person win, if you want to play quickly, after two incense injections, you will not bet." ”

When the gamblers heard this, they immediately put their safety aside, and even stepped forward to watch, lest they bet on the wrong object!