"This little bastard! Even if he is the young master of the Chen family, he is still a little pervert!!"

Although Li Mei whispered, someone still heard it, and saw that the old man immediately glanced at his granddaughter, and Chen Longting also heard it, but he was extremely speechless, and said in his heart, Master, am I so colorful? This is normal, okay! As long as it is a man, do you dare to say that you have never peeked at a woman?

After speaking, Chen Longting still had questions in his heart, and couldn't help asking:

"Old man, is the insect king rare?"

Looking at Chen Longting's ignorant expression, the old man nodded and said:

"It's rare, even in Qingyang County, there won't be many in a year or two!"

"So rare, isn't that the 'Worm King' the most powerful cricket?" Chen Longting heard the old man say this, and his eyes suddenly lit up, so he asked again.

Seeing the little guy say this, the old man smiled and said slowly:

"The insect king, not the most powerful cricket, but the insect king is qualified to compete in the [copper basin], you must know that the cricket is strictly graded, in addition to the small general and the big general, even the insect king is divided into third-rate and ninth-rated, your purple cricket is not yet an adult, so it can only be counted as the lower grade insect king, and the upper grade insect king, there is another saying, called 'marshal'!"

"Marshal?" Chen Longting's eyes lit up, his eyes stared at the old man tightly, and he continued:

"Yes, every two or three years, the provincial capitals of all provinces across the country will hold a 'winning the handsome'! That is, a 'weaving' contest, and every time it will attract a large number of figures from three religions and nine streams to come and participate, and the rules of the competition are, 'will be the general, the king will be the king'! The final winner will be the marshal!"

Hearing this, Chen Longting immediately became excited, 'Winning the handsome'? That's cool! I've decided! In the future, fighting crickets will be my entertainment hobby outside of practice! Chen Longting continued to ask while affirming in his heart:

"That old man, the 'marshal' is the most powerful bug, right?"

The old man shook his head again and continued:

The history of fighting crickets has a history of thousands of years, its rank has long been fixed, respectful and orderly, distinguished by different [basin buckets], tattooed snakes, iron basins, flying cranes, copper basins, unicorn silver basins, five-clawed gold basins, respectively, the general is the king of insects, the king of insects (marshal), and the king of kings, that is, the 'emperor of insects' is also"

Chen Longting was dumbfounded, above the marshal is the Insect Emperor? Wouldn't this be too much? The Inferior Insect King is worth 10,000 yuan in the ocean, so Chen Longting thought about it, and still asked:

"Old man, the kid doesn't read much, please don't laugh at me, I want to ask how much that 'Worm Emperor' is worth?"

As soon as these words came out, they instantly caused a burst of sighs from the onlookers in the weaving promotion hall, and before the old man could answer, someone in the crowd said excitedly:

"How much is the Worm Emperor worth? What are you kidding! That can't be measured by money, if you have to describe it, you can only say that the Worm Emperor is priceless!!

Chen Longting looked at the people who were very excited, although he was also very excited, but a sense of sadness appeared in his heart, it seems that in the next few years, he can try to win the handsome!! I want to tell you ruthlessly! What is priceless! After speaking, he still clenched his fists.

The little girl on the side, Li Mei, looked at Chen Longting clenching her fists, but said:

"Money, money, money, you know money, your 'purple fang' is just a 'low-grade insect king', and not to mention whether you can argue with insects, looking at your appearance, you can't even 'raise insects'! Don't think that raising insects is so simple as feeding insects, the doorway inside is big! So 'purple teeth' are a waste in your hands!"

When Chen Longting heard this, he was stunned, and then saw Li Mei again:

"You might as well sell the 'Purple Fang' to my grandfather, maybe after a few years of breeding and breeding, there will be a 'marshal' in about three generations!"

Chen Longting thought about it, crickets are crickets, also known as '100-day insects', raised well, at most 100 to 200 days, and they don't know how to raise insects, it seems unlikely that they will 'win the handsome' in the future, Chen Longting suddenly thought of the little beggar before, and finally when he handed me the cricket jar, at the moment he left, I seemed to see nostalgia in his eyes.

Nostalgia?

Thinking of these two words, Chen Longting suddenly realized, I wiped it! 'Purple Teeth' must have been raised by that little beggar, otherwise how could there be that kind of 'nostalgia' emotional outflow? Thinking of this, he immediately whispered a few words beside Wang Mazi, asking him to call Jia Ding and three followers to quickly go to the town to find the little beggar.

Wang Mazi didn't drag, and quickly walked over with Ge Erdan and the three of them, and went out of the weaving promotion hall, and at this moment, Li Mei saw that Chen Longting was not listening to her, and immediately became slightly annoyed, and then reminded:

"How about you? You sold Purple Fang to my grandfather, right?"

The old man standing on the side, his eyes were also looking at Chen Longting, looking forward to his answer.

I'm not a fool, why sell it if it's possible to raise it myself? After speaking, Chen Longting shook his head.

Seeing the little guy shaking his head, everyone sighed one after another, they all felt that the 'purple fang' was not worth it, but this situation made Chen Longting's anger rise up, you are paralyzed! Are insects more expensive than people? What kind of attitude do you have!

When the old man saw Chen Longting shaking his head, he sighed again:

"That's it! I'm lucky, but I'm sorry!"

Hearing this, Chen Longting's anger subsided for the time being, and he said in his heart, this old man is a little interesting, he looks quite open, and he is a master, so this thigh, he must hug it! If it weren't for the little beggar, I would have given him the 'purple fang', so what's the matter? Anyway, it was bought for ten yuan.

Chen Longting continued to ask:

"Old man, the Insect Emperor is fighting in the 'Five-Clawed Golden Basin'?

Seeing this, the old man after watching it smiled and said:

"About the basin bucket, this matter is a long story, during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was the famous 'cricket emperor', but he had an obsessive childlike heart for crickets. ”

"Xuanzong's favorite is to fight crickets, it can be said that he is fascinated, addicted, he has sent eunuchs to look for the best crickets, brought back to the palace to compete in gladiatorial fights, and even held a cricket fighting competition in the country, and then ordered craftsmen to build a 'unicorn silver basin' and 'five-clawed dragon golden basin', of which the silver basin was sent to various states, held 'to win the handsome', and then the golden basin was left in the palace, as the last basin of the national cricket competition, in order to elect the 'insect emperor'! Although nearly a thousand years have passed until now, most of the silver basins have been destroyed, and the existing ones are imitated by later generations, but the golden basin is still there, and the cricket competition held by later generations, once the final winner is on the golden basin, it will be the insect emperor!"

Hearing this, Chen Longting closed his eyes and nodded, he also found these materials on his golden finger, decades ago, Mr. Shi Menglan, the "first person in Jingdong" in the late Qing Dynasty, once satirized this matter in "The Words of the Whole History Palace":

"The sound of autumn fills the courtyard at dusk, and the incense burner closes the door of the temple. If you want to try the new seeds in the south of the Yangtze River, Luo Jin gently wiped the golden basin. ”

Xuanzong "kept improving" in playing crickets, and thought that the soil in the Jingzhao area was barren and weak, and he couldn't raise good crickets, so he specially sent eunuchs to Suzhou, where the soil was fertile, to purchase high-quality crickets, and also secretly ordered the prefect of Suzhou to assist in handling it.

According to historical records, it is ridiculous that the dignified Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the local officials to assist in the procurement of 1,000 crickets.

But after all, the king's order is difficult to disobey, and the prefect has to assign tasks to the people, as a result, the people in Jiangnan have to climb over the walls and tiles everywhere, shovel grass and dig soil to find crickets, and those who can't find it in person have to pay for it, resulting in a tenfold increase in the price of crickets.

Good crickets even cost more than a dozen taels of gold to buy, Fengqiao has a grain chief, saw a high-quality cricket in the market, in order to complete the task assigned by the boss, had to exchange his own horse, after returning home, the wife and concubine felt that a small cricket was more expensive than a horse, so they wanted to peep at it, but they didn't want to open the cage, the cricket jumped out, escaped without a trace, the wives and concubines saw the catastrophe, and hanged themselves.

The grain chief also committed suicide because he lost the emperor's tribute and lost his wife and concubines.

Seeing this, Chen Longting shook his head, for the sake of the people who are crickets, this Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji is also a bastard emperor! Fortunately, the Xuande period was a relatively stable and prosperous era in the Ming Dynasty at that time, otherwise he would have died early if he played like this.

The corners of Chen Longting's mouth rose when he opened his eyes and looked at the 'purple teeth' who were spinning in the 'Snake Iron Basin', smiled slightly, and said in his heart, if I can, I would like to take my own crickets to play in the golden basin!

After speaking, he looked at Li Mei's little girl, and then said with a smile:

"Sister's previous fight, I won it, right?"

Hearing his words, Li Mei snorted, held her head too much, and ignored him, Chen Longting laughed, and then said:

"We agreed before that either give me a hundred pieces of the ocean, or I'll teach you how to make meat muffins!"

"Meat muffins?"

Li Mei's grandfather looked at his granddaughter with a questioning face, but Chen Longting smiled and didn't speak, his eyes were also looking at Li Mei, but he saw that her little face was flushed, and then he didn't know what to say, but the old man shook his head, and then said with a smile:

"Since it's a gambling fight, then you have to abide by the rules, Xiaomei, this time grandpa will help you pay, don't steal grandpa's crickets to gamble next time." After saying that, the old man was going to pay for it.

But Li Mei suddenly said in a hurry:

"Don't give it to him! This guy is full of money! Don't give it to him, see what he can do to me!"

After speaking, he still pouted, looking delicate and cute, Chen Longting saw this scene, and immediately felt that she was too scoundrel, and at the same time, he couldn't help but have a bad taste in his heart, he stretched out one hand and pinched his throat, and then raised his orchid finger with the other hand and said falsetto:

"I hate it! You don't even give it to someone for a hundred dollars! I hate it!"

All:

The people present were dumbfounded, Chen Longting then laughed, and said in his heart I am still a child now, I can play as much as I like, some things will only be considered when I grow up, and now this is my Republic of China!

Li Mei only reacted at this time, she found that this little kid was too hateful, and she had to find a way to fix him in the future, so she said:

"Money won't be given, didn't you say you were going to teach me how to make 'meat muffins'? Okay! I promise you!"

Hearing this, Chen Longting's eyes suddenly glowed with gold, and he nodded very happily, with a smile on his little face, and then he continued to ask the old man for some knowledge about crickets, and at the same time integrated them with the information he searched for on the golden finger, and then found out.

It turns out that there are six criteria for debate,

One is the head and teeth, the other is the number of centimeters, the body of each part, etc., and these six standards are concentrated on a cricket, and the level of this insect can only stop at the 'general'!

It is impossible to reach the point of marshal of the insect king, in the kingdom of crickets, the hierarchical distinction of male insects is quite strict and important, just like all classes in feudal society, there is only one emperor, just like there is only one insect emperor forever. The above six points can be fully guaranteed, a cricket has a strong physique and fierce fighting nature!

But it lacks the most important thing that can make it the 'king of insects', that is, 'energy', an energy that is enough to deter all opponents! This kind of power is not a strong supporting force of six legs, nor is it a fierce fighting force and a super strong bite force, it is carried by the cricket itself and radiates into the energy field of the surrounding environment, which is the true embodiment of the cricket's level.

The cricket covered in yellow spots that the 'Purple Fang' fought for the first time before, the other party fled directly before the fight, the reason was that it was affected by the energy field of the 'Purple Fang', which made Chen Longting feel that he had gained a lot, he learned Xingyi Boxing, many of which [moves] were created by the predecessors of the past generations to observe animals, and he didn't know if the energy field of the 'Purple Fang' could be learned?

Even if you can learn, it's definitely not an overnight thing, anyway, the days will be long in the future, I believe that one day, there will be some gains, since this is the purple tooth! Let me raise you, right?

He had already put the 'purple fang' into the hexagonal jar, and at this time, when he saw it fluttering its wings and chirping, Chen Longting stared at it and said word by word:

"I not only want to raise you! I also have to raise your children and grandchildren! Until I figure out the 'energy field'! So you are happy, Purple Fang!"

But it's not me who raises you, it's the little beggar!

After speaking, Chen Longting and Li Mei agreed on a time, and he would take the time to teach her the making process of 'meat muffins', just let her prepare the ingredients first, and then say goodbye to the old man, and after speaking, he strode out of the weaving promotion hall.

(The second update!It's about to get more and more exciting!Xiaosha is particularly excited,Continue to code words,If you can,The third update will be updated before twelve o'clock,Readers, it's better to go to bed early.,It's better to read tomorrow morning.。 ）

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