Chapter 75: Counterattack
At night, the lights are on, in the middle of Lin'an City, Chunfeng Building, and the backyard.
"It's on!"
The copper coin settled, and the gambling table was full of laughter and scolding.
"Straight sissy thief! Lost again! β
Feng Shu stood up in frustration, his face was greasy, and when he touched his body, his bag was already empty.
"What's the matter, Feng Yuhou, are you still playing?"
On the other side of the gaming table, the thin man who shook the money picked up the copper coin in his hand and said casually.
The most common way to swoop in the Song Dynasty was to throw a coin. The tool is very simple, that is, six copper coins, called "head money", thrown in the clay pot, with the front and back of the copper coin to determine the winner or loser. Throwing out a few copper noodles is called "several pure", if the six copper coins are the number of noodles, it is called "six pure", and the size is all-inclusive.
"Lao Huang, lend me something! I've turned over and I'll return you! β
Feng Shu stretched out his hand to Huang Yan, a colleague of the front division of the hall on the side.
"Brother, that's all I have left."
Huang Yan took out a few banknotes and handed them to Feng Shu.
Huang Yan is the deputy commander of the Sibu Army in front of the palace, and the two of them have the same smell and smell together, and they are the famous "gambling duo" in Lin'an City.
Today, both of them are not lucky, but Huang Yan gambles less, not as frustrated as Feng Shu.
"This time, Lao Tzu sits in the village!"
When the gambling was reopened, Feng Shu personally handled it, but he was still disappointed.
"Shopkeeper, borrow some!"
Feng Shu had no choice but to go to the counter and return to his old business.
"Feng Yuhou, you already owe more than 1,000 guan. Look at this ......."
The shopkeeper's face was full of embarrassment.
"Shopkeeper, when I pay the money, I will pay you back immediately!"
Feng Shu begged in a low voice.
Although he is the former secretary of the palace, a proper senior military attachΓ©, but Chunfeng Building is an official camp, and these gamblers are all the sons and daughters of the powerful in Lin'an City, and they are not small, so he does not dare to offend.
What's more, gambling is based on luck and ability, if he defaults on his debts, how can he mix in Lin'an City in the future?
"Okay. Feng Yuhou, for the sake of my old friend's face, I'll help you again. But let me warn you, you owe a lot! β
The shopkeeper took out the account book, wrote down the amount of the loan, Feng Shu signed and pressed his handprint, turned around and went to the battlefield again.
The shopkeeper looked at Feng Shu's figure and frowned slightly.
Feng Shu owes a lot of debts, and it seems that he has to find a way to collect the debts.
In the casino, Zhou Ping walked around carelessly, gambling a few in the air, he walked to Feng Shu's gambling table, watched Feng Shu and Huang Yan gambling in full swing, and also joined the "battlefield".
Small wins and big losses, nine out of ten bets. Sure enough, as time went by, the number of meetings in Feng Shu and Huang Yan's hands continued to decrease, and the faces of the two became ugly.
Zhou Ping looked carefully, and the look in his eyes was intriguing.
Finally, the game dispersed, Feng Shu and the others left listlessly, and Zhou Ping dragged it out and stopped the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, take a step to speak!"
In the middle of summer, early in the morning, Lin'an City, Pengbei Street, and Muqin Fang.
Early in the morning, at the corner of Muqinfang Street, a large group of scholars gathered, and some people read aloud to the tabloids on the wall, enjoying it.
ββ¦β¦ Zhao Guicheng, the heir of King Yi, is an idler in the countryside, a ruffian and hooligan, without talent and virtue, and has a vision of dragon scales, and the house is full of fragrance when he is born, how ridiculous! There are thousands of lives in the world, but one person was born with dragon scales and a house full of fragrance? Isn't it a monster? β
In the crowd, there was a commotion.
"Don't make a fuss, listen to me continue to read ......"
The gentleman, who had just read the tabloid, continued to read
ββ¦β¦ Why is Zhao Guicheng talentless and virtuous, but he can change from a scoundrel to a prince and nobleman, and there is a promoter behind the cover, and it is ...... to investigate the reason, a certain minister in the DPRK wants to push his concubine to the throne......"
The people who were listening to the reading in the corner of the wall exploded all at once.
"Didn't Shi Miyuan get the heir of King Yi back, could it be that Shi Miyuan is his biological father?"
"Zhao Guicheng is not pushed out by Shi Miyuan, it turns out that this powerful minister has been fanning the flames behind his back!"
"Doesn't the official family have princes and grandchildren, Shi Miyuan pushed his illegitimate son, does he want to usurp the throne and become the emperor?"
The crowd was chattering, and many were blinded.
"And, there's!"
Reading the newspaper shouted loudly, and the noisy crowd slowly quieted down.
ββ¦β¦ With Xuan and Xue as the heart, Sheng and Li as eagle dogs, they are good at government affairs, and their power is tilted inside and outside. Xue, Hu, and Zhao are called "three woods"; Li, Liang, and Mo rejected dissidents and spared no effort, calling them the "three murderers". Many courtiers were banished......"
After the newspaper reader finished reading, there was another exclamation and sigh.
"Aren't Xuan and Xue Xuan and Xue Ji? Xue Ji and Hu Yu only know how to nod their heads and act according to orders, and they are really "Sanmu", just like wood, they only take money and don't do things for the people. These dog officers! β
"Li Zhixiao, Liang Chengda, and Mo Ze, these three dog officials, really reject dissidents and spare no effort. What a trio of vicious dogs! β
"The worst thing is Shi Miyuan, who is a treacherous appearance, wagging his tail and begging for mercy to the golden people, printing the meeting every day, and the money he gets is worthless! It should be a thousand cuts! β
The people scolded angrily, the money is worthless this year, a pound of meat at the beginning of the year was 30 yuan, and now it is 60 yuan, which is almost doubled. In these years, eating, drinking, and Lazar have risen in everything, but their wages have not risen. If this continues, will the people still have a way to live?
The key is that the people are so poor that they can't afford to eat meat, and those corrupt officials are full of brains one by one, who do the people scold if they don't scold?
"The prospect of offering the crown prince Zhao Xun was established as the prince in the first year of Kaixi and entered the title of King Rong. By the third year of Kaixi, he was appointed as the crown prince, only two short years. And Zhao Hong, the prince of this dynasty, has been the prince for four years, and he is still a prince of the first district, how ridiculous? β
A Confucian scholar read the sermon aloud, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"As a prince, Zhao Hong, the prince of Jiguo, is the first in the country, and he is familiar with physical objects, understands the art of smelting iron and firearms, is skilled in bows and horses, and has both civil and military skills. As the only prince of the Great Song Dynasty, he has been suppressed for four years and has not seen any promotion, isn't it strange? The prince is the crown prince, as a matter of course. And if you don't move for four years, do you want to abolish the prince? Adultererous? β
When the Confucian scholar finished reading it, some of the people who listened immediately had a seizure.
"Today's prince Wen Taowu is much stronger than Prince Jingxian! If you haven't been a prince for four years, is it going to be abolished? β
"It's not that the adulterous minister and the dog queen are embarrassed, and they are causing trouble in the court, which is simply a sin!"
Another man shouted angrily, he looked at the silent few scholars, and couldn't help but sneer.
"Yu Jue, Du Shu, don't you students like to talk about state affairs the most. Why, Jeguogong was ruined like this, and you became a turtle with a shrunken head? You're not going to be adulterous, are you? β
The man laughed, Yu Jue was furious, and when he stepped forward, he punched and was tightly held by Du Shu beside him.
"Fuck you! You think we can't see that? When we get back, we'll write to the court! If you spray feces again, be careful that I break your dog's head! β
Yu Jue was furious and was pulled away by several students.
"Yu Jue, I remember your words! It's up to you, don't let me down! β
The man shouted loudly with a smile at the back of the students.
"What for, what for? So many people get together and want to make trouble? β
"Don't block the road, scatter, scatter!"
The crowd was excited, and several messengers from the Yamen of Lin'an Mansion came over and impatiently dispersed the crowd.
"I know how to play prestige in front of the people! When you see an official, it's like a dog! β
"Why, it's a crime to read a tabloid!"
"If you don't leave, what can you do with me?"
Perhaps it was the content of the tabloids that stimulated the people, or maybe some of the guys themselves were young and vigorous, brave and ruthless, and many people confronted the officials.
"What's the matter, Wang Gui, you have a lot of ability, you dare to go against the government!"
The soapman said with a sneer on his round belly.
"Don't be a fox! Why, you can't look at the tabloids, can you manage it? β
The man named Wang Gui didn't seem to be stunned, and said with a stalk in his eyes.
"Yes! Who is in the way of reading a tabloid? Could it be that the ruling ministers will also be arrested by you if they read a tabloid? β
Wang Gui's companion Du Er followed, with a mixed posture.
In fact, since following his eldest brother Zhang San to change his ways, they have long stopped making side business. My heart is at ease, and my courage is much righter.
"Stand back! Hear no, back off! β
"What's the matter, Wang Gui, Du Er, do you really want to go into the cell?"
The people are numerous and powerful, and the officials are a little weak-hearted, and they are still soft-mouthed.
"Okay, okay, everybody don't say a word. Let's disperse! β
The elder hurried to become a peacemaker.
The two sides were in close proximity, but there was no clash. Wang Guidu and the others were pulled away by the surrounding people, and the official messenger stepped forward to clean up the "dog skin plaster" on the wall.
"Hurry up and get it, don't let the ministers see it!"
"It's all over the streets, I'm afraid I've seen it a long time ago!"
"There are so many, I'm afraid the officials know about it, let alone the ministers!"
The officials were whining, scolding, and doing useless work.
Wang Gui and the others came back, and Zhang San was holding his cheeks and pondering.
"Third brother, the ugly thing about the traitor and the big-headed ghost, I'm afraid the entire Lin'an City has seen it!"
Wang Gui said excitedly.
"Those people hid from the officials, tore them up and pasted them again, and the officials were too busy! I just don't know, will the students get involved? β
Du Er was also full of smiles.
Just now he mocked the student and almost had a conflict with the student, which he deliberately did.
"Du Er, well done! I didn't think you still had the ability to do this! β
Zhang San nodded with satisfaction. It would be great if the students could help the way.
"Remember, Shifu and Yiwangfu. All stared. Don't miss it! β
Thinking of something, Zhang San told him seriously.
"Third brother, don't worry. They are all trustworthy brothers, and they will never make a mistake! β
"Third brother, with us personally watching, you can put your heart back in your stomach."
Wang Gui and Du Er patted their chests and swore one after another. Wang Gui smiled and asked in a low voice:
"Third brother, why are we doing these things?"
Du Er also looked at Zhang San curiously.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, can the third brother still harm you?"
Zhang San took out the money and divided 50 yuan for each of them.
"Collect it in the future, don't be angry with those officials, you can't do it."
"Thank you, third brother!"
"Third Brother Xie!"
Wang Gui and Du Ermei smiled and hurriedly took it.
"Take the money, don't spend it indiscriminately, it's for you and your brothers. Go back to my house, work hard, and use it later! β
This was given to him by Zhao Hong recently, and he didn't keep it at all. He still has some "stock", enough to make a fuss.
"Third brother, it's both reading and martial arts, when will you be able to use it?"
Wang Gui put the money in it and asked suspiciously.
Making money in this way is much more practical than "fairy jumping".
"When you finish practicing kung fu, you will be able to recognize the characters, and you will naturally use them."
Zhang San said seriously, muttering in his heart.
I don't know, how long does Zhao Hong want him to be dormant?