Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 160 A Weird Gambling Game
Regarding the development of Taoism in this world, Xiao Qianli had also communicated with Taoist Qingyue, and knew some general information.

Nowadays, in the Wulin of the Central Plains, the Buddhist family dominates, and the Daoist sect is next.It's not necessarily the case in terms of decline, but in the face of Shaolin, which is like a behemoth, after all, it lacks a bit of confidence.

It's just that Taoist Qingyue has low skill after all, and he has traveled in the northwest area for a long time, and has never been in contact with the high-level Taoists in the Central Plains martial arts. He must not know much about some deep-level things.

For example, Qingyue Taoist is not clear about the fact that Zhenwu, Emei, Qingcheng, Kongtong, and Dragon and Tiger Five Ways Schools work together to advance and retreat together.

"If I'm not mistaken, Zhenwu is the Wudang I know. I believe in Emperor Zhenwu, but he belongs to the lineage of Yuqing. In addition, Emei, Qingcheng, and Kongtong belong to Shangqing and Yuqing. Even though it is well-known, Longhushan doesn’t know much about it, but logically speaking, it should be regarded as the Taiqing lineage, so why did Emei Miaoshan say that ‘the Taiqing lineage is hard to find’?”

Since it is an alliance to advance and retreat together, there must be corresponding regulations, powers and responsibilities. If the Five Great Ways have powerful figures to integrate them into one, similar to the Five Sacred Swords in later generations, this alliance will be a huge force that can rival Shaolin. power.

"If this is the case, it will be more difficult for Chunyang Palace to become the number one sect in the martial arts. Now that Chunyang has more than enough protection for itself, but not enough expansion, if it can't muddy the water, it's really more than enough to face two behemoths at the same time. And not enough power.”

Because of this, Xiao Qianli's heart moved, and he said that Hu Yinuo would stay in the Emei Sect, intending to plant an unstable nail. As for whether it will play a role in the future, Xiao Qianli doesn't care.

"A character like an ant can't make any big waves. It doesn't matter whether he is expelled from the Taoist sect or not. As long as he takes revenge because of this matter, there will be something to sing about. Except that this seat is the person he hates the most, say Maybe he will vent his anger on Miao Shan who took the punishment, and then affect his friends in the faction..."

Naturally, Xiao Qianli would not tell Lu Wuyan about this calculation.It's just a pawn randomly placed, even if there is no disturbance, it doesn't have much impact on Chunyang Palace.

After walking a few steps, Cheng Jun has already caught up from behind, following behind them step by step.

The western capital city is extremely spacious, and the three of them wandered around for half a day. At that time, the Golden Crow was sinking to the west, and a vermilion three-story building with a plaque of "Tianxiang Pavilion" in front of it had opened its gate. Merchants walked in one after another, and there was a faint sound of laughter.

A window on the second floor opened, and a woman full of jewels and heavy make-up waved a silk handkerchief and shouted, "Gentlemen downstairs, come and play..."

Hearing this voice, Xiao Qianli couldn't help but burst out laughing. It really is the same from ancient to modern times, even the advertisements to attract business are almost the same.

Lu Wuyan just glanced at it, and immediately blushed with embarrassment, and gave a soft "pooh".Cheng Jun looked at it curiously for a while, and asked, "Master, what is this for?"

"It's not easy to say this place, it's the place where Yin and Yang reconcile, and practice happiness Zen. I don't know how many heroes there are... Ouch!" Xiao Qianli was making serious nonsense, but Lu Wuyan quietly stretched out a A small hand came and twisted his fingers under his ribs, the pain made the muscles on his face twitch, and he swallowed the rest of the words immediately.

Lu Wuyan said angrily in a low voice: "How can you teach apprentices like you? Xiaojun is an honest person, so don't spoil it!"

Cheng Jun didn't hear Lu Wuyan's words clearly, and said happily after hearing the words: "Yin and Yang Harmony? It must be the martial arts school here? Master, we are all here, do you want to take a look?"

"Come on your head!" Lu Wuyan didn't want to slap him angrily, he reached out to knock Cheng Jun's head, and Cheng Jun was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms.

Suddenly there was commotion at the door, and a few burly men carried a disheveled drunk out cursing, "One, two, three!" Qiqi exhaled and threw the drunk seven or eight steps away, "Plop!" With a sound, the drunk rolled several times on the ground until he reached a corner before being blocked by the wall.

No need to ask, it's another unlucky guy who spent all his money in the kiln, got drunk, pretended to be crazy, and was thrown out.Xiao Qianli just glanced at it, then looked away.

"Hi'er..." The drunk man turned over and muttered, "Sigh to relieve anger, why is the sky dark and faint, looking at the ethereal Dongting, but I can't see..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already snoring loudly, and fell into a deep sleep.

"Huh?" The three of them were not far from the drunk man, and they were all people with clear ears and eyes. Although the drunk man was only muttering, they could still hear them clearly.Cheng Jun asked in surprise, "Master, what is he reading?"

Xiao Qianli replied smoothly: "This person must be full of grief and indignation, and he is also extremely pessimistic about the future, so he inscribed his ambition with the scenery... It's just that Dongting is not less than thousands of miles away from Xiping. His poem may have been written in his early years, or it may have been written in his early years." In the memory of my hometown, it is still unknown!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Qianli couldn't help thinking of his hometown in his previous life, and couldn't help sighing: "Looking west of Dongting at the branch of the Chu River, the water is exhausted and the southern sky can't see clouds. Now that the world is separated, I don't know when I will be able to..."

These two lines of poems are originally from the masterpieces of Li Bai, a poet in the previous life. Lu Wuyan didn't know what his senior brother was feeling, but he just stared at Xiao Qianli with a pair of wonderful eyes, but he heard someone beside him praised: "Look west from the Dongting Courtyard, where the Chu River divides!" , the water is exhausted and the southern sky does not see clouds...Who wrote the poem? Take it out and let me see it?"

The three of them turned their heads together to look, only to see that the drunk had opened his drunken eyes again, his hands were gesticulating in the air, as if he wanted to grab something and stand up.

Cheng Jun was amused to see it, stepped forward, squatted on the ground with a long knife, and said with a smile: "Uncle, this is a poem written by my master, what's wrong?"

This man has a beard, black hair is messy, and looks very old. Cheng Jun called him "Uncle" and he should have meant it. Unexpectedly, the man made a weird cry, grabbed Xibei's sleeve, struggled to sway, and climbed up. He got up and said angrily: "Who is the uncle? Who is your name? I am only 43 years old this year, don't call me... hiccup... old..."

A strong breath of alcohol made Cheng Jun back again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I'm wrong. Brother, you stay here, let's go!"

"Wait!" The drunk stood there staggeringly, grabbed Cheng Jun's sleeve, and said angrily, "I'm very upset if you call me indiscriminately... Let me tell you, if you don't pay me three 500 taels Yinzi, today you just... hiccup... don't even think about leaving..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he staggered and fell to the ground, his eyes dimmed, and he was about to fall back into a deep sleep.

Xiao Qianli caught a glimpse of something protruding from his chest, and couldn't help but feel his heart move. With a single finger, a bucket of "impurity-free mineral water" fell from the sky, and immediately drenched the man.

After being completely doused by a bucket of cold water, the man was startled, turned over and jumped up, looking around, trying to see who was pouring water on him.

I only heard Xiao Qianli say coldly: "Suppressing the North Army is so famous, so it's just like this!"

"What is the Zhenbei Army? What kind of bullshit is the Zhenbei Army?" The drunk squinted at Xiao Qianli and said with a smile, "That Taoist, what do you know! Buried in the heavy snow outside the pass, there are a lot of wine bags, rice bags, pustules and bears left, do you want to know some of them?"

Originally Xiao Qianli was just probing, but unexpectedly the drunk said something like this, and laughed immediately: "Could it be that you are also a drunkard, a pustule, and a bear?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "You're asking the right person. If I'm not good at shit, I'll drink, gamble, and go shopping in brothels. How about it, how about we gamble?"

Xiao Qianli smiled and said: "You were thrown out of the door just now, you must have nothing, so what are you going to bet on?"

The man touched his body, just in time to touch a small wooden sign protruding from his chest, and hurriedly wanted to stuff it back.But Xiao Qianli said with a smile: "Since you say Zhenbei Army is bullshit, it is useless to you, why not pay a hundred taels of silver, how about we bet against each other?"

The man froze, took a long time to slowly take out the small wooden sign from his arms, stared at it for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears, tears and snot forming a ball, looking extremely embarrassed.

This cry immediately alarmed the crowd on the street. They all looked this way and saw a drunk crying in the street, probably in a drunken frenzy. Most of them just curled their lips and quickened their pace again.

The man cried for a while, then suddenly wiped his tears and snot with his sleeve, and said viciously, "Taoist, how do you want to bet? Pai Gow, leaves, dice... Or bet on eating, drinking, sleeping? Everything is fine! Let's make an agreement in advance, otherwise It's not beautiful for you to turn your back on your debt!"

The gambling equipment mentioned at first was still a common thing, but when he heard what he said later, it became more and more outrageous, and even used it for gambling when eating, drinking and sleeping, Lu Wuyan couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle.

The man gave Lu Wuyan a look, and said angrily, "What do you know, little girl? Eating, drinking, and sleeping are the three great pleasures in life, and it's best if you use them for gambling!"

"Master, let's bet with him for dinner!" Upon hearing the word "dinner", Cheng Jun immediately beamed with joy, touched his belly and laughed, "I didn't eat enough just now, even if I eat a few more bowls, it's okay!"

"No gambling!" Xiao Qianli smiled and said slowly, "You and I bet ten games in a row, if you can win one game, you will win the hundred taels of silver, okay?"

"Ten rounds in a row? As long as I win one game, I will win?" The drunk hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want to bet?"

Xiao Qianli's voice gradually lowered, and he said in a deep voice: "Inner strength, punches, weapons, hidden weapons, formations, hexagrams, calculations, offense and defense, scheming, court games! There are ten rounds in total, do you dare to bet?"

(End of this chapter)