Chapter 4: The Deer and Horse Dart Game (I)

When Luo Tianchu and the three returned to Linzi City, the city gate had been opened, and the Jin soldiers guarding the city had been favored by Yeluying for many years, and they opened the door for them late at night without complaint, let alone interrogation. The guards all recognized Yeluqi and greeted him one after another.

At night, the wind brings coolness. The three of them walked briskly on the long street, and Yeluqi said: "Pei Zifu won't live in the dart board, let's go directly to Lumazhuang." ”

Lumazhuang is located on the north shore of the Holy Virgen Lake, echoing the Liuwangfu on the south bank across the lake. Because of the vastness of the lake, standing on the shore can only see the red walls and green tiles on the opposite side. Luo Tianchu walked on the river embankment to the north for the first time and found that most of the shops here were named after "deer horses". The most extensive deer and horse dart board wall is four feet high, covering an area of two acres, and the fire is revealed through the courtyard wall. In front of the door are two stone lions, with fangs and claws, majestic, and orange dart flags flying high, embroidered with black thread of stags and horses running high. The Zhu Gate was closed, and the courtyard was quiet.

Luma Village is located in Luma Hutong twenty zhang away. It is a bit inappropriate to call the alley, because the road is not narrow, and it can accommodate two carriages in parallel, which can be regarded as a street. Someone once asked Pei Zifu why he didn't live near the lake like Liuwangfu, which was so magnificent. Pei Zifu replied that he didn't dare to "match the door" with the Liuwang Mansion, and settled in the alley to show humility. But those who are really familiar with him know that he just doesn't think the traffic on the road is quiet enough.

Turn into Luma Hutong, and find that this small street is smoother than the river embankment, and the whole street is just one of his houses, and the lanterns are bright from a distance, which is very easy to find. The porter in the house slept soundly, and no one answered the door after tapping the knocker more than a dozen times. After a long time, I heard a long yawn from far to near, and one of them scolded in Jurchen language, and said impatiently: "Who." Luo Tianchu also replied in Jurchen language: "In Xialin, Xiuwen has something to visit Boss Pei." The man was even more impatient and said, "You are really rude, what are you visiting in the middle of the night, come back tomorrow." ”

Yeluqi said: "What nonsense, let you open the door, open the door, and let the surnamed Pei come out to greet him in person." The man in the door said "hey" and said, "Where did the dead girl dare to come to Pei's Mansion to spread wild?" Ye Luqi said: "You can just knock on the door and see." After a few sounds of unloading the latch, the door opened, and the porter was a middle-aged man dressed in gray, Yeluqi stepped forward and said, "Do you recognize the lord of this county?" The man rubbed his eyes, looked at it and was startled, and hurriedly confessed: "This ...... Isn't this His Royal Highness the County Lord? The villain doesn't know, damn it, damn it. Yeluqi asked, "What about the surname Pei?" The porter said: "My master doesn't spend the night in the house these days, but I'm afraid that the county lord will run away in vain." Yeluqi said: "Where is the others?" The porter said: "Bacheng went to the "Fragrance Garden" to find that little pepper. Yeluqi snorted and said, "Go and call him back." The porter was embarrassed: "Childe has already rested at this time, and he doesn't like others to disturb his sleep the most." Jereqi said, "Go and tell me that I am coming, and he will not blame you." The porter hesitated: "This is ......" Yeluqi said angrily: "Don't go yet!" The porter then went away.

Yeluqi led the way into the hall, Pei Zifu's mansion was even more magnificent than Liuwang's mansion, and Yeluqi sat down unceremoniously. Half an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves outside the gate broke the silence of the night, and a person hurriedly dismounted, and laughed before entering the hall: "I knew that the county lord was a maverick in the morning, but I didn't expect to come to see Zai Xia in the middle of the night, which is really intriguing." Yeluqi said with a stiff face: "Pay attention to your words, the lord of this county is here to discuss important matters with you." Pei Zifu stepped into the hall and said with a smile: "Only the summons of the county lord can let me crawl out of Xiao Chili's bed, I don't know what to order?" His hair was simply tied in a bun, he was wearing a loose robe, without a belt, and his bare feet were kicking and pulling his shoes, but he really looked like he was in a hurry.

At this time, when he saw Luo Tianchu and Xiao Dong, he restrained his smiling face, and said, "It turns out that Brother Lin is also here, disrespectful and disrespectful." Luo Tianchu got up and said, "Brother Pei is polite, and he takes the liberty to disturb him." Pei Zifu said: "It's easy to say, who is this gentleman?" Xiao Dong said: "Call me Xiao Dong." Pei Zifu said: "It turned out to be Mr. Xiao, you must have something important to visit late at night, I don't know what you can do next?" Luo Tianchu said: "The stakes are very high, I don't know if you can change to a clean place to talk about it in detail?" Pei Zifu said: "Of course you can." ”

Pei Zifu took them to the study and sat down, and said, "Brother Lin, please speak." He put away his cynicism at this time, and saw that Luo Tianchu was the protagonist among the three, and even Yeluqi was a foil. Luo Tianchu said: "We want to ask your dart bureau to bet on a dart." Pei Zifu's expression softened a lot, and said with a smile: "What else should I do, Brother Lin's bodyguard can be regarded as finding the right place, and I guarantee that there will be no better reputation for a dart game within a radius of thousands of miles." All aspects of our relationship are in place, and no matter which hill we pass by, we are also given three points of thin noodles. ”

Luo Tianchu said: "Has there never been an accident with the dart of your bureau?" Pei Zifu said with a smile: "It has been twenty-three years since the opening of the dart bureau, and I have only planted a heel in the hands of the Wu brothers in Heifenggang. At that time, we had just opened and did not have much money, but we still compensated our customers with 6,000 taels of silver according to the rules, and the business of the dart board was almost impossible to sustain at that time, but we still gritted our teeth and survived. Three years later, a few masters came to the bureau, so they picked Heifenggang, killed the Wu brothers, and handed over all the stolen money to the imperial court. Luo Tianchu praised: "Amazing." Pei Zifu said with a smile: "So we are a golden signboard, whether it is gold and silver or treasure antiques, as long as the conditions are met, you can rest assured that you can entrust us." ”

Luo Tianchu said curiously: "I don't know what conditions are required." Pei Zifu said with a smile: "Darts worth less than 10,000 taels of silver will not be accepted." Darts of unknown origin are not answered. The darts related to enmity and enmity are not answered. Darts that do not pay a deposit will not be accepted. As long as the above points are met, any dart can be received. Luo Tianchu thought for a while and said, "The conditions should all be met." Pei Zifu smiled and said, "Should it? Brother Lin is not sure?" Luo Tianchu smiled: "I'm sure it is." Pei Zifu said: "Now the business of the dart game is taken care of by Xiao Yan, let him talk to Brother Lin about the specific matter." Luo Tianchu said: "Okay, it's just that I'm going to disturb Brother Xiao again." Pei Zifu said with a smile: "Since he competed with Brother Lin, he seems to have changed as a person, he no longer fools around with me, he ******** practiced his sword hard, and said that he used to be a frog at the bottom of the well, until he met Brother Lin, he didn't know how high the sky was." Luo Tianchu said: "Don't dare to be." Pei Zifu said: "Sit down for a while, I will personally call Xiao Yan, he lives in the dart bureau next door." After that, he went out.

They came back after only a quarter of an hour's effort, Xiao Yan was neatly dressed, carrying a long sword, without any sleepiness, his eyes were bright, and there was a drop of water rolling on his cheeks, apparently left after washing his face by the well. Luo Tianchu was very satisfied with him, and it could be seen from this little thing that he was a serious and efficient person, and his attitude was the premise of doing good deeds, followed by martial arts and intelligence. Xiao Yan first saluted Ye Luqi and Luo Tianchu, there was no arrogance on his face, and his attitude was also respectful and polite. (To be continued.) )