As he walked, Yu Zhenyi had already come to the border of Ziqi Prefecture.

Datang Kyushu, one state is more prosperous than another, and Ziqi State is just a small state. The next destination is Bodhi State. As you can tell from the name, Buddhism flourishes in this state and county.

Yu Zhenyi carried the real martial sword on his back and walked at the forefront.

Caiyun doesn't like to walk, and from time to time flies against the wind, flying around in the air. And Yang San honestly led the horse and walked behind. On horseback, there was an old Taoist priest, very sloppy.

A group of four people is very eye-catching.

Bodhi Prefecture is not so turbulent, everyone is well-behaved, and few people fight. Yu Zhenyi came here to send the Nine Zen Beads back to the Nine Zen Temple. Jiuchan Temple is still a little far away, so there is no hurry.

In a teahouse along the road, Yu Zhenyi sat down again and listened to the people around him chatting. He found that the teahouse was a really good place, where there were all kinds of religions and nine streams, and all kinds of news could be heard.

For example, at this time, there was a fortune teller who talked eloquently: "It is said that the demon clan attacked Longhu Mountain, and was stopped in front of Longhu Mountain by the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, as well as my Tang White Tiger Guard, and he couldn't enter half a step." The Heavenly Master of Dragon and Tiger Mountain is extremely powerful. ”

Someone on the side accosted: "It seems that the demon clan is nothing more than that." ”

The fortune teller glared at him: "But that's it? What you said is really funny, do you know that there are seven great sages in the demon clan." The one who led the way hasn't made a move yet. He is ranked third in the heavenly rankings and is super strong. ”

Someone on the side laughed and said: "I know, isn't it a demon venerable, I don't even dare to come to Datang, how powerful can it be?"

Among the seven great sages of the demon clan, the first one is called the Demon Venerable.

The fortune teller was a little annoyed: "You are just mortals in the world, how do you know how powerful that demon venerable is, but I heard that as soon as he raised his hand, he could shatter several mountains." With one stomp, he can step on a big river, do you dare to say that he is not powerful?"

The man smiled and said, "No matter how powerful it is, it's not a defeated soldier of Zhenyang's subordinates." ”

The fortune teller was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't refute it.

Yu Zhenyi was on the side, sounding a little funny, this fortune teller was deflated. People believe that as long as there is a real person in Datang, there will be no problems in Datang.

Xu Yang stopped and asked the shopkeeper to pour some wine, although he rarely went down the mountain, he liked to drink.

At this time, the fortune teller said again: "I heard that recently, in the Qilu Academy in Ziqi Prefecture, a great monk made a move and grabbed the head of the academy. And I heard that there are also holy clouds appearing, it seems that the world is going to rise again. ”

The people on the side laughed and said: "You take care of yourself first, what does it have to do with you if the storm rises again?"

The fortune teller sighed: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband." ”

The shopkeeper who sold tea glared at the fortune teller: "Don't talk nonsense, what country rises and falls, my Datang is so strong, will it lose the country? Even if you are gone, Datang is still standing." Isn't it just a demon clan, and it won't be long to be arrogant. ”

The fortune teller said: "However, my Datang's Fire Phoenix Guard has been completely annihilated. ”

These words caused silence among the people in the teahouse, indeed, since the Tang Dynasty was strong, it had not suffered such a heavy blow. That's Huo Fengwei, one of the four great divine armies of the Tang Dynasty, how could it be that it was destroyed so easily?

When the news first came, there were still many Datang people who didn't want to believe it.

Datang has been strong for so many years, how can it be dangerous?

Many people don't seem to be aware of the danger at all. Now the demon clan is defended by Longhu Mountain outside, so the southern

People still feel peaceful. After all, the territory of Datang is too broad.

There is a war going on in the north, and there is still no one in the south.

Yu Zhenyi was on the side, and it was a little unpleasant to listen to. Xu Yangzhi on the side looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't think like this, ordinary people, how can they know so much? Don't say that they, even some mountain sects, also think like this." ”

After speaking, the old man sighed, Datang has indeed been comfortable for too long. Everyone thought that with the presence of the real person of Yanyang, they could sit back and relax. But no one thought that the real people of Yanyang would also be old and would die.

And the demon venerable of the demon clan, he has a long lifespan, longer than the real person of Yanyang.

The fortune teller in the teahouse saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and hurriedly said: "There is one more thing, the He family in Bodhi Prefecture, I have heard about happy events recently. Do you want to go to have a wedding drink together, and gamble on two by the way? ”

Yu Zhenyi smiled: "Aren't you a fortune teller, how can you still gamble money?"

The fortune teller glanced at Yu Zhenyi and said with a smile: "What did Childe say, what, the fortune teller is not a person? I not only gamble money, but also drink, life is alive, and I want to have fun." Childe, are you interested, let's go together?"

Yu Zhen thought for a while: "What, is it still good to have a companion?"

The fortune teller was a little embarrassed: "Bring more people, you can drink more." ”

Yu Zhenyi asked again: "Do you want to bring congratulatory money?"

The fortune teller shook his head: "Don't worry, just go and eat and drink with your belly open, just want you to say congratulations." This He family is very rich, so I don't care about this bit of silver. ”

Yu Zhenyi was a little interested, and asked, "What is this family, what is it for, so rich?"

After saying this, everyone in the teahouse stared at Yu Zhenyi and his party. Especially the fortune teller, he laughed: "Childe is a foreigner, let me tell you, this He family is amazing." ”

Outside the teahouse, tomorrow hangs high.

In the teahouse, the fortune teller was telling Yu Zhenyi about the origin of the He family.

The old head of the He family, in Kyushu, is also well-known and is known as the "gambling king". In fact, he is not a native of Bodhi Prefecture, but he moved to this Bodhi Prefecture when he was old and fasted and recited Buddha.

The largest cultivation sect in Bodhi Prefecture used to be the Jiuchan Temple, but now the Jiuchan Temple has declined, and the Pagoda Sect has replaced it, becoming the largest sect in Bodhi Prefecture in one fell swoop, and the status of the Purple Qi Sect is almost the same.

I heard that half of the sect of the Pagoda Sect was donated by this "gambling king". Because the pagoda sect is also the practice of Buddhism.

Regarding gambling money, Yu Zhenyi really knows a little about it.

The aristocrats liked horse racing, while the lower class people loved to play "cockfighting" and "lackeys". The trend of metaphysics is flourishing, and the children of the big families dislike those official positions with real power, and they are "turbid officials" and refuse to do it, but when they play cockfighting, they don't think those chickens have lost their feathers.

In the Tang Dynasty, Taizong period, he deeply felt that the previous dynasty was corrupt and degenerate, and strictly ordered the scholars to gamble, but it still could not be prohibited. After Emperor Taizong grew old, Bo Opera became a beautiful scenery in the streets and alleys, and even the Tang Emperor himself was addicted to cockfighting, and there were even people in the palace who made a living by raising cockfighting, and he was favored by him, and he was specially recruited to raise chickens for the emperor.

A person named Jia Chang in Chang'an Dongcheng was named "Clothing and Food Dragon Martial Army" and "Chicken Fang Child" for cockfighting. Datang not only fights cocks, but also likes to fight quails. The game is to place rice grains in front of two birds, let them scramble and fight, and the winner is determined by the retreat of one side.

There was a time when gambling money and throwing dice were very popular in Datang. Many gamblers lose destitute and their families are ruined, and eventually embark on the criminal path of theft and abduction.

Losing money is still a trivial matter, how many people, because they lost all their gambling money, sold their children and daughters, bet their wives and children on the gambling table, and lost to the end alone, and they still wanted to turn over the book, until they were unable to pay it off, chopped off their fingers and cut off their ears, and they couldn't survive from then on.

How many people from well-to-do families have been involved in gambling and have become street beggars. How many honest people have been involved in gambling, wiping their necks and hanging.

There was a great Confucian in the academy, seeing that gambling was so prosperous in the world, in order to save everyone, he made a poem about quitting gambling and distributed it to all parts of Kyushu.

"Bei is a human being, not a human being, just for the sake of today's Bei bane. One day it will be decibels, and in the end it will become a Bejon person. ”

Through the analysis of the glyphs of "gambling, greed, poverty, and thief", these four poems integrate the gambler's behavior, mentality, and the gambler's tragic fate into the poem, which is really a unique poem for quitting gambling. Bei is the shell, the shell is the poor, the decibel is the poor, the Bei Rong is the thief, and the gambling, greed, poverty, thief four words also.

The wind of gambling has slowed down.

In the past, when he was in the Demon Town, Yu Zhenyi didn't gamble, but Li Yan liked it. Always told him that in the future, he must become a rich man.

This head of the He family, whose name is He Hongshen, can be said to be one of the rich people in the land of Kyushu. The family business is spread all over Kyushu, and there are branches everywhere, and all kinds of businesses are done.

But the best is still the casino, and the casinos of the He family are really all over Kyushu and are very famous.

And although gambling is harmful, in all dynasties and generations, it is a legitimate business to open casinos, and the business of casinos is constantly very prosperous. Although most casinos, those gambling equipment are relatively simple, but there is still an endless stream of people coming and going

In Datang, it can be said that dice are the most important gambling device. Dice have also been used for divination, drinking, or playing games, and are one of the old gambling devices. The most common dice are six-sided dice, which is a cube with one to six holes on it, and the sum of the numbers on the opposite sides must be seven.

Datang's dice habit is painted red at one and four points. Because the number of dice can be arbitrarily combined, others cannot predict the size of the points, so at the beginning, the dice and gambling money have formed an indissoluble bond.

The vast majority of Datang's games are related to dice, which need to be carried out by rolling dice, and some games are connected by dice rolling and chess, and playing cards to determine the victory or defeat.

No matter what class of people come to play this kind of game, there is a common characteristic that is "hanging in the air".

In the article "Yi Zhi", it is written: "Bo hangs in the investment, not in the line. That is to say, the game of craps is a great inevitability, and it is a kind of gambling behavior. This is very different from using intelligence to win the opponent, it relies on fate, not thoughts.

The old head of the He family started by gambling money, and finally opened a casino, I have to say, this is a good story of Datang.

After listening to these things, Yu Zhenyi had some understanding of this He family in his heart.

The fortune teller smiled, "How is it, do you want to come with me?"

Yu Zhenyi shook his head: "I still don't go, I don't have much time." ”

The smiling face of the fortune teller suddenly froze, he said for so long, I don't know how much saliva was wasted, and it wasn't for that pot of wine. Unexpectedly, Yu Zhenyi refused, he was very angry and ready to scold.

Yu Zhenyi took out a few copper plates and shouted: "Boss, come two pots of wine and give them to this gentleman, he has been talking for so long, I'm afraid he is tired." ”

The fortune teller's scolding words came to his lips, and he forcibly held it back, he looked at Yu Zhenyi and smiled: "Sensible, sensible." ”