"Hurry up, hurry up, or you won't be able to grab a seat in the front row," a ragged half-sized boy beckoned as he ran. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not far behind the kid was a thin man of his age, who responded as he ran: "Big brother, wait for me, wait for me!"

The two boys ran wildly through the bustling crowd, and in the blink of an eye, they had come to a clearing that had already been surrounded by three layers of the crowd.

The kid running in front saw this scene and scolded behind him: "Little bean sprouts, it's all your fault!"

The thin man who was called Little Bean Sprouts just caught up and panted, "Big, big brother, I really can't run......"

Before Xiao Dou Sprouts could speak, she only heard a few bells ringing in the venue surrounded by the crowd, and the noisy crowd immediately became silent.

As soon as the two boys heard the bell, they staggered into the crowd, and in a burst of left and right spurts, crawled to the front of the crowd in the blink of an eye.

I saw a person standing in the middle of the field, that person was not tall, his head was very large, his face was round, his hair was not long, but he had a small braid, his body was quite strong, especially the two arms, which were twice the thickness of ordinary people, and they were muscles flying sideways, and they were by no means weak.

The man saw that the people watching from the periphery of the venue were almost here, and shouted with a fist: "Fathers and fellow villagers, old and young masters, I am a rough man, and I have the strength to play the middle flag. With that, he turned and walked to the back.

On the table at the back of the venue is a flag, which was originally a kind of flag of the royal honor guard, and later evolved into a tool for folk entertainers to juggle. The main trunk of the middle flag is generally a bamboo pole about three zhang long, and colorful flags are hung from the bamboo pole, embroidered with some blessing sentences and auspicious patterns.

The man came to the table behind him, and he didn't see much force, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he lifted the middle flag, and saw that there were eight big characters written vertically on the banner of the main trunk, "Meet friends with martial arts, shake the world", which looked quite arrogant.

If there is a knowledgeable person, you should be able to see that this flag is more elaborate than the ordinary flag, there are several layers of round decorations composed of colored glaze, brocade, bell, small flag, tassel on the top of the pole, called "Yingluo Bao Gai", there is a rectangular wooden frame under the treasure cover, called "cloud disk", on both sides of the plate obliquely out of a triangular color flag, called "Shunfeng flag", there are yellow "grain bags" tied on both sides of the plate, symbolizing the meaning of the harvest of grains, the plate is a wooden banner board, the silk flag is hung under the board, and the flag is embroidered with the number of the gods and Buddhas of all roads.

In addition to the personal craftsmanship, the quality of the flag is also related to the flag itself, and the production of a good flag is quite exquisite, and it is not too much to say that it is not a secret.

The man picked up the middle flag and threw it into the air, then raised one foot, stretched out his head to meet it, and caught the middle flag with his head steadily, and then shouted "Golden Rooster Independence", and there were several cheers from the crowd of onlookers.

"Third master, that person hasn't come yet, so I'll take you around, this one who plays the middle flag, known as Wang Xiaobraid, is very famous in the Tianqiaoer area, and it is said that he also has a unique job of taking care of the house, but I have only heard about it, I haven't seen it with my own eyes" A person in the crowd in a black coat, with gold-rimmed glasses, and a mustache, looked a little like Mr. Teaching, whispered.

There was a man who was half a head taller than him, wearing a coarse cloth suit and a hat, and the hat was pressed very low, so that people couldn't see what he looked like.

"Okay, good!" There were bursts of cheers from the crowd again, and I saw that Wang Xiaobraid removed the middle flag from the top of his head, threw it up with his hand, and then stepped out, shouting in his mouth: "Su Qin back the sword", and then bent down, and the middle flag fell on his back.

Before the applause fell, Wang Xiaobraid took a step sideways, then turned around, rushed forward, and the middle flag slid to his buttocks, Wang Xiaobraid's strength was mastered very well, if he moved forward by half a minute, the middle flag must have slipped off undoubtedly, and people were fascinated by it, until he shouted "Qinglong swinging tail" and then burst out into a burst of applause.

Seeing that the shouts in the crowd were getting higher and higher, Wang Xiaobraid also became more and more energetic, he jerked his buttocks, and the middle flag flew into the air, he supported the ground with both hands, and jumped up with the middle flag, turned his head in the air, and shouted: "The giant snake swallows the elephant" and then opened its mouth to bite the bottom of the middle flag, and the people and the flag fell to the ground together, only the bell at the top of the flag rang a few times, and the flag stood firmly in his mouth, and he did not tremble, and the crowd immediately broke out into bursts of cheers.

Then Wang Xiaobraid played a few tricks "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky", "Monkeys Stealing Peaches", and "Pagoda Town Demons"...... There were constant cheers.

After a few teas, Wang Xiaobraid was already sweating profusely, he put down the flag, sat on the bench, and said to the crowd: "Thank you for your support, I'm here today, and I hope to have a rich meal later." With that, he got up and picked up a copper plate.

"Wang Xiaobraid! Don't you have a unique skill of "breaking the beam"? I haven't seen you play it in a few days!" As soon as Wang Xiaobraid said that he was here today, some people in the crowd shouted.

"Yes, I've come all the way for this, is it true or fake? It's not a lie?" someone in the crowd immediately chimed in.

"Looking at the flyover, there are a lot of people here, so many people are holding you, you are always hiding and tucking, not authentic. ”

"That's it, I won't be here next time. ”

"I think it's bluffing, what the hell is a broken beam? Who has ever seen it?"

"It's not bluffing, I've seen it, but you don't have this eye. ”

The crowd began to talk about it, and it became a pot of porridge, but few people left, for fear of missing the rare unique skill.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaobraid couldn't help it, put down the copper plate, came to the middle of the venue, hugged his fist and said: "Thank you for your love, it's not that I don't want to play, the "broken beam" is a trick to sell my life, I just earn a hard money, and there is still an old child at home pointing at me, if you have to see it, I mean it, I have no worries, so I will give up my life to play a hand, if not, then I'm sorry", said Wang Xiaobraid turned around and picked up the copper plate and began to beg for a reward around the venue.

Although there are a lot of people around the venue, most of them are poor people or idle gangsters who are watching the excitement, but there are few who are really willing to give money.

"Don't just watch it, if you have money, you will cheer up, and if I don't have money, I will help shout and shout", someone in the crowd shouted.

Then someone chimed in: "Yes, that master is doing well, and it also opened the eyes of the old and young masters." ”

The gentleman-looking man in the corner of the crowd glanced at the man with the hat next to him, and the man with the hat nodded.

"Come here!" shouted the gentleman-looking man beckoning to Wang Xiaobraid.

As soon as Wang Xiaobraid heard someone shouting at him, he knew that someone was going to pay money, so he trotted to the man in three steps and two steps, and the man took out a silver ingot from his arms and put it on the copper plate in Wang Xiaobraid's hand, and said in a low voice: "No thanks, no need to make a noise, just play your trick." ”

Wang Xiaobraid was so shocked that he didn't know what to say, he just nodded vigorously, he had not even seen much silver in his life, let alone silver ingots.

Wang Xiaobraid picked up the silver ingot, returned to the middle of the venue, picked up the middle flag and said: "Thanks to a certain master's blessing, I will play with this broken beam today, you can take a good look." ”

As he spoke, he shook the middle flag with both hands, and the flag shook faster and faster, spinning like a wooden stick thrown into the whirlpool, until people were dazzled by it, Wang Xiaobraid snorted lightly, and threw the middle flag into the air, and the crowd couldn't help but exclaim.

In the usual style, whether it is connected with the head, shoulder, or mouth, the position of the middle flag is only ten inches, but now the middle flag is six or seven feet high from the top of Wang Xiaobraid's head, and the middle flag weighs dozens of pounds.

Wang pigtail tied up a horse step, tilted his head, and the middle flag fell straight to his face, his head swaying slightly, as if he was looking for some position.

In the blink of an eye, the middle flag smashed into his face, and he heard a muffled snort, and the middle flag stood firmly on his face.

Inside and outside the venue, there was a sudden silence, everyone looked at it, the middle flag actually stood on the bridge of Wang Xiaobraid's nose, this broken beam and broken beam actually smashed the bridge of the nose, everyone present pinched a cold sweat for him, dozens of pounds of things smashed on the bridge of the nose, just thinking about it hurts, not to mention having to stabilize the middle flag.

In the midst of the deafening applause, the man in the hat said to the man who looked like a teacher: "Steward Liu, the silver is worth it." ”

Steward Liu smiled and replied, "It's good that the third master is happy." ”

The two people were whispering, and a person suddenly squeezed into the crowd, this person was wearing a jute cloth clothes that didn't fit very well, and there was a scar on his face, and he came to the two and whispered: "Third Master Qian, Steward Liu, still haven't come......"

Steward Liu touched his beard when he heard this: "Since you haven't come yet, is the third master interested in seeing anything else, if Wang Xiaobraid is to win in danger, and his skills are shocking, there is also a person's kung fu here that is a ghost and a god, which is unprecedented." ”

"Steward Liu said so, it must be worth seeing," Qian Sanye said and touched his hat again.

After saying that, the two of them walked towards another circle of people, there were already a few people wearing all kinds of clothes, giving way to a crack in the crowd, Qian Sanye and Steward Liu came to the crowd from the crack, and the scarface and a few other people disappeared in the crowd in the blink of an eye.

There was an old man squatting in the center of the venue, who looked a little like Steward Liu, and was also dressed as a teacher, wearing a gray robe, looking dry and thin, with cheeks and a sparse yellow beard.

In front of the old man lay a large jar, a small jar, a bottle with a thin neck, and a rectangular plank.

In the corner of the venue, a thin boy whispered: "Big brother, big brother, this old man's eyes are yellow, and he looks really innotable." ”

"What's so scared of this, is it terrible to have a cripple Li, remember what I told you just now, right? If you succeed this time, you and I, as well as the little mouse and the old pig, will have a good life" The one who spoke was a little older than the thin boy next to him.

"Meaningless, start at the first opportunity, don't worry," the thin boy replied.

These two people who spoke were the two and a half children who ran wildly to squeeze into the crowd to watch the middle flag, they were orphans who no one cared about, no name or surname, and they called each other by nicknames, the smaller one was called "Little Bean Sprouts", and the older one was the boss of several orphans in the overpass, not only flexible, but also ruthless, and the adults may not be able to catch it, and they were called "Little Crazy Monkeys", but he himself felt that it was not good, so he changed it to "Hou Xiaofeng" , Although it is still those words, he is still proud of the name he has chosen, because the names of these friends are either little bean sprouts and small potatoes, or pig rats, and his own sound is a bit chivalrous.

Hou Xiaofeng's "Li Lame" in his mouth is called Li Jianzhong, who is the "dark hanger" under the hands of the "three-handed Liu" of Rongxing in the capital, and is also the real boss of Hou Xiaofeng and their children, the so-called "dark hanger" is the name in the rivers and lakes, and there has been a distinction between light and dark in the rivers and lakes since ancient times. If you get into the business of stealing, stealing, blocking and robbing, then it is called "hidden hanging".

The rivers and lakes are huge, but they cannot escape the two paths of light and dark, yin or yang, good and evil, and the people who can stand in the middle of this dividing line of opposites may only exist in those mysterious legends.