Xu Guanghan was very familiar with this place, and he looked for it one by one, and from time to time he would ask one or two acquaintances.

Liu He followed him forward, looking curiously at the people who came and went.

Most of these young men were about his age, and either came out of the cockfighting house with red eyes and shirtless; Or lie down and sit on the liquor shop, unscrupulously pouring light wine, foaming at the mouth and talking about a certain cockfight that has helped him win a lot of money.

When Liu He was immersed in this magical environment, Xu Guanghan's shout suddenly came from ahead.

Liu He saw that Xu Guanghan was standing in front of a cockfighting house and waving to him.

Liu He, who was in a daze, suddenly sobered up a lot, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly followed.

"Chu Envoy, Liu Yi is already inside, do you want me to call him out?"

"No, I'll go in by myself."

"This ...... There are many people in this cockfighting house, and they are all prodigal children, I'm afraid ......"

"Don't worry, Guo Xia will accompany me in."

"Hahaha, this place is really wonderful, why didn't there be such an interesting place when he was young?" Guo Kai was even more excited.

"Let's go, let's get in!"

Liu He took a deep breath and walked into the crowded cockfighting house.

……

Liao means small thatched house. Every cockfighting house is very unseemly.

From the outside, it looks crooked, and when you walk in, it's even more frowned.

In this cockfighting liao, which is less than two zhang square, in the middle is a cockfighting nursery surrounded by bamboo strips, which takes up almost half of the space.

In the remaining space, a dozen shirtless or short-beaten men were crowded.

They gathered around the cockfighting nursery, their necks thickened and shouting "kill, kill, kill", and occasionally they could hear a rooster crowing or two.

Most people still have pieces of bamboo painted green or red in their hands, presumably chips.

There were also a few people standing on the periphery, looking at the group of gamblers with indifferent expressions, they were the dealers and thugs of the cockfighting house.

As soon as Liu He came in, he smelled a strong stench—the smell of and sweat, which was disgusting.

He frowned, endured his disgust, and took two more steps forward.

It's noisy and smelly, it's double torture.

Unlike Liu He, those gamblers are as intoxicated as they are.

At this time, it should be the critical moment of the "two chickens fighting", and the gamblers' attention was completely focused on the two chickens fighting in the nursery, and they did not notice that anyone came in.

On the contrary, it was the dealer and the thug, who looked at Liu He viciously, and two people came from the left and right sides, and stretched out their hands to block Liu He's way to continue walking.

"What's the matter with you?!" A tall bearded urn said in a bad tone.

Although Liu He was wearing an ordinary silk robe, he was also very conspicuous among this group of people wearing sackcloth.

In Dahan, cockfighting and lackeys are a national entertainment, not only the participation of the Qianshou Association, but also the hundreds of officials and ministers.

It's just that the places involved in cockfighting are different.

"I want to go in and have a show, too." Liu He said.

"This game has been bought and left, and we have to wait for the next game." Some of the beard's tone seemed to soften.

"Do you have to wait for such a squatter to set up a bureau, do you still have to keep people out, do you understand the rules of opening a liao bureau!?"

Guo Kai also walked in with Xu Guanghan, and he stepped to Liu He's side in two or three steps, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand and looking at his beard, not afraid at all.

The wicked have their own wicked, and the ranger is the most evil person.

The bearded man didn't recognize Guo Kai, but he recognized the sword in his waist, and even more recognized the kind of violence on his body that would draw his sword and kill people if he didn't agree at a glance, so he didn't say anything, got out of the way, returned to his original position, and whispered with a few accomplices.

"Here, don't put on the appearance of a humble gentleman, but show a ruthless heart." Guo Kai said contemptuously, and plunged straight into the crowd, seemingly interested in cockfighting.

Liu He asked Xu Guanghan in a low voice: "Which one is Liu Ai?" ”

"The one who screams the hardest over there." Xu Guanghan pointed to a young man opposite the fighting liao and said.

Because the fighting liao did not open the window, and the young man was crowded in the innermost, Liu He couldn't see Liu's appearance clearly, and could only see from the appearance that this was a thin and tall young man.

He was shirtless at the moment, his whole body was red, his hair was a little scattered, and he was holding two green chips tightly in his hand, stepping on the bamboo strips in the cockfighting garden, while waving his hands and shouting loudly, "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

"Well, don't alarm him, wait until the results of this game are out."

"No!"

Liu He and Xu Guanghan also squeezed in from Guo Kai's side, and finally saw the situation in the cockfighting nursery.

……

Cockfighting is an activity that has been spread for a long time.

From the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin Dynasty and Qin, from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, there has never been a decline, and the atmosphere is better day by day.

In the "Zuo Biography", it was recorded that two doctors in Lu State, because one of them sprinkled mustard seed powder on the chicken wings during cockfighting, and the other put spikes on his paws, and cheated each other, and finally the East Window Incident caused a turmoil in Lu State, causing Lu Gong to flee to other countries.

However, Dr. Lu's method of deception has become commonplace in the Han Dynasty, and when fighting cocks, as long as manpower does not participate, then he can do whatever he wants on the chicken.

……

At this time, in the cockfighting nursery are two sturdy roosters, with small and collapsed crowns, thin and long necks, sharp and sharp beaks, broad and broad chests, strong and thick legs, and long and sharp claws...... It is twice as tall as a normal rooster.

Not only are these fighting cocks ferocious, they wear shiny iron spikes on their beaks and claws – which can make the cockfight even more intense.

It is said that these fighting cocks are kept for two and a half years before they can be selected for the cockfighting nursery.

The two roosters in the nursery are estimated to have been on the scene for a long time, and a lot of hair has fallen on their backs and wings, and wisps of blood are oozing from their bodies.

Their combs are dyed red and green, respectively, matching the color on their chips.

Under the constant provocation of the two thugs with bamboo guns behind them, the two roosters sometimes approached to fight, sometimes tossed and turned, and sometimes screamed......

The claws are torn and the beaks are pecked frequently...... It's like two top swordsmen, fighting to the death.

The fluttering feathers, in the roar of the gamblers, fluttered all over the room, mixed with blood, and could exacerbate their manic mood.

Just after looking at it for a while, Liu He also became a little nervous, he silently chose a side in his heart, and shouted loudly with the gambler.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

……

The red fighting found the right moment, flew up violently, and pounced on the green fighting, and an iron claw just grabbed the green fighting's head and poked into the latter's eye.

"Oh-"

With a scream, the green fighting was completely defeated, and there was no further strength to fight back, and was chased by the red fighting, running around in the cockfighting nursery.

"Good!"

"Alas!"

Among the gamblers, there are two very different sounds, representing different moods.

Liu He found that he was already soaked with sweat, and his voice was even more hoarse after shouting.

The dealer with the bamboo gun in his hand stabbed accurately and violently, and poked the defeated chicken in half, and the blood flowed out.

The dealer stretched out his hand and took out the chicken, and shouted angrily: "This chicken is ten dollars, nourishing yin and yang, who wants to buy it?" ”

Several good deeds immediately rushed to surround them and showed the five baht coins in their hands.

The rest of the gamblers gradually dispersed, and the man with the red chips happily went to the dealer to withdraw the money, and the man with the green chips threw the chips fiercely and walked out of the cockfighting house with a curse.

The people in the cockfighting liao gradually became sparse, and Liu He finally saw that Liu was ill.

is only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a good appearance, a heroic spirit exuded between his eyebrows, a sackcloth on his shoulders, and a rebellious look.

Liu Yi had cursed a few words at the victor in the cockfighting nursery, patted the chicken feathers on his body, and prepared to walk in the direction of the door.

"Envoy, he is Liu Ill."

Liu He nodded, and was about to walk over with Xu Guanghan, but someone was one step ahead of them - the four or five thugs had already blocked Liu Yi inside.

"What are you doing to stop me?"

"You're losing again?" Said with a beard.

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, what if you lose, you will come again tomorrow!" Liu Yi was already standing diagonally, and there was more than a straw in his mouth.

"I won't come tomorrow to talk about it, but don't forget, just now you borrowed another hundred dollars from us, and the two of them owed before, with interest, it is two thousand yuan, I heard that you have a district house in Shangguan, so use it to pay off the debt, I will wait for benevolence and righteousness, and give you an extra thousand dollars."

It turned out that this Liu Ill had already incurred gambling debts.

Liu He held back a smile and looked at Xu Guanghan beside him, Liu Ai, the old father-in-law who had not come to the door, was so angry that his lips turned white at this time.

What a shaft!

"Are you crazy when you want money, didn't you say that you would pay it back at the end of the month, what are you waiting for, rest assured, at the end of the month, you will naturally come to exchange money when you send money and food."

"You have a small bucket of food, a month's money and food is only seven hundreds, so if you have to go to the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, I can't wait that long?"

"Then it has nothing to do with me, what is said to be good cannot be changed, you have to wait if you don't wait." After Liu Yi finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to push those people away.

"I think you don't know whether you live or die, in this cockfighting alley, no one dares to go out like this."

As he spoke, he already had a few more bamboo sticks in his hand - it seemed that he didn't intend to take Liu's life, but just wanted to make him suffer a lot.

Liu Yi was not afraid, took a step back, and said fiercely: "You can wait, but if you call, I will not be surnamed Liu, the house in that district is not mine, and I will not give it to you." ”

"Hmph, you are also worthy of the surname Liu, a wild cub with no father and mother, I don't know where the ancestor is a splashy hooligan!"

This sentence angered the two people in the liao at the same time.

Liu Ai and Liu He shouted viciously almost in unison: "You say what you just said again!?" ”

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