Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

As soon as they said there was something new, the two men leaned their heads over.Whether you want to play or not is another story, let’s listen to it first.

I saw Tang Zhong being mysterious, rummaging around in the desk and cabinet, and fetching a stack of papers.

Paper used by officials is different from ordinary people in the market, and the thickness and firmness of the paper are much better.

Tang Zhong twisted it with his fingers, the quality was good, and it was enough.He wiped off the oil stains on the table, spread out the white paper, carefully folded it in half along the corner several times, and carefully cut it along the crease.

Hu Tou'er was picking up a piece of square paper and looking it over and over again, wondering what the game was, when Tang Zhong took a pen and ink and drew symbols on the upper left corner and lower right corner of each square paper.

After a long while, Tang Zhong clapped his hands like he was done, and said, "It's done! Let's play poker!"

Poker?Really unheard of!Hu Touer and Zhao Li looked at each other blankly.

"It's just a small game in my hometown. It looks complicated, but the rules are simple. Children of our age can play it."

Hu Tou'er and Zhao Li immediately pricked up their ears when they heard that the yellow-haired children could do it.You have to listen to the rules carefully, if you can't learn it, then you will be ashamed to grind around in circles with bare buttocks!

Tang Zhong unfolded the cards in his hand one by one on the table, arranged them in four rows and began to introduce them.

"Here is a deck of cards, with a total of four shapes, namely circle, square, triangle, and crescent. Under each shape, there are thirteen cards respectively, from number two to number ten, a total of nine number cards , and the four character cards of Hook, Kuang, Ke, and Point. In addition, there are two ghost cards, the big ghost and the little ghost."

"Shape cards, number cards, word cards, ghost cards..."

Head Hu looked up at the sky, mumbling back and forth, counting with his fingers.Which village's children can play this kind of game? Just a few names make him dizzy.

"It doesn't matter, it sounds complicated, but in fact, after playing a few games, you will understand everything!"

While Tang Zhong took back the 54 cards and shuffled them, he comforted the two men beside him who had suffered a blow in confidence.

In the past, when he was idle and bored, he would play a few games of Doudizhu on the computer. He hadn't played poker for a long time, and he couldn't wait!

Speaking of people from this dynasty, they probably don't understand the meaning of "Fighting the Landlords"!Tang Zhong put the shuffled poker cards in the middle of the table, looked at the vigilant face of old Zhang Yi diagonally across, and said with a half-smile, "Now, I'll teach you a poker game called Fighting Evil Ghosts!"

When he said the word "evil ghost", Tang Zhong deliberately emphasized his tone, and Lao Zhang shuddered suddenly, and his face became more tense.

Different from online, offline real battle landlords, four people can also form a game.It's just that there is one less card when there is a straight.Tang Zhong took out the cards that needed to be subtracted and continued to explain the rules.

"We'll take turns taking cards for a while, and after we're done, one of the four of us is an evil spirit, and the remaining three need to fight against the evil spirits together."

Old Zhang's back felt cold again. He didn't want to participate in the card game, but Hu Touer insisted on sitting down by himself, and he couldn't refuse.

Sensing that Tang Zhong was always looking this way whether intentionally or not, Lao Zhang didn't dare to lift his head, and silently reached out to take the cards.

Looking at these inexplicable scraps of paper, he felt deeply uneasy.After staring at a so-called ghost card that was drawn so crookedly, Lao Zhang's eyes suddenly widened after taking a closer look.

He could clearly feel a chill gushing out from the cards in his hand, seeping into his body little by little.

He suddenly realized that this was not a country game at all, but a spell that Tang Zhong deliberately used to lock his soul!

And Deng Erhu, who was insane before, was clearly locked up by Tang Zhong with the demon method!

"what!"

Lao Zhang jumped up from the bench screaming, threw away the cards in his hand and shouted: "No!"

Tang Zhong on the one side was talking about the rules of fighting evil spirits. It just so happened that anyone can grab the next three cards.

Hu Tou'er tried his best to turn his not-so-bright mind, and was getting some clues when he was suddenly interrupted by Lao Zhang's howling.

"If you don't want the hole cards, you fucking talk about it, what are you talking about! Sit down!"

Tang Zhong pretended to be ignorant on purpose, and chimed in: "Yes, Lao Zhang, don't get excited at your age, you are prone to sudden death from high blood pressure! Pick up the cards quickly, the real game hasn't started yet!"

Hu Tou'er is a person who has a big addiction to cooking. Before playing dice with his subordinates, he usually loses more and wins less.

The city gate guards comforted him, presuming that it was bad luck. After hearing so much, Hu Touer really thought that his loss was just bad luck in gambling.

With a new game in front of you, is there any reason not to play it?Hu Touer's gambling addiction came up again, and he repeatedly urged Lao Zhang to sit down, he couldn't wait to come and play!

"Shunzi!"

"Huh? Four of the same, is it called a bomb?"

"Me too, ghost bomber!"

After a few rounds of trial play, Hu Touer and Zhao Li have already fully mastered the game, except for Lao Zhang who is still wandering in the sky.Not to mention, this country game called poker is so fucking exciting!

"Okay! The trial play is over now, and we will see the real chapter next!" Tang Zhong shuffled the cards and blew the horn for the formal discussion.There are no friends at the poker table, and it is interesting to fight with real swords and guns.

Hu Touer came back to his senses, and touched the empty money bag, how could he have money to play?Already lost!He clenched his fists with ten fingers and coughed dryly: "Well, it's getting late, why don't we leave today!"

"Don't!" Zhao Li and Tang Zhong said in unison, resolutely opposed!

"I don't have any money, I'll lend you! I still have it!" Zhao Li was in a hurry, and in order to continue playing cards, he did not hesitate to puncture Hu Touer's old face.

"Who the hell has no money!" Hu Tou'er was angry, he was young and unkind, talking nonsense.

Tang Zhong understood, and looked at Hu Tou'er sympathetically, he was also a downcast in the world, he was poor without money!

"I just learned not to play with money first. If anyone of us loses, we will stick a note on our face, okay?"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Touer's anger dissipated immediately, and he stretched his neck to urge Zhao Li, who was learning to shuffle the cards: "Be quicker! Hurry up, deal the cards!"

On the east gate of Qingjiang County, the winter night is still bitterly cold.The river wind blew across the city wall, sweeping away the remaining heat of the day.The full moon in the sky broke through the clouds, and the cold moonlight sprinkled every roof in the small town of Linjiang.

It was bitterly cold outside, but inside it was a hot scene.The crackling of the charcoal fire in the basin echoed the sound of calling cards one after another.

After several rounds, many notes were pasted on the foreheads of the four of them, and Hu Tou'er was so pasted that he could barely see the cards in his hand.

"Ha! I won! You three, stick it up!" Hu Touer was shaking his head excitedly as he won a round with one opponent and three.

Several strips of white paper shook with his head and fell into Lao Zhang's eyes, making him feel even more strange.

No matter how excited Hu Touer and Zhao Li were, he was always on guard against Tang Zhong and never got distracted for a moment.He was almost exhausted to be able to hold on till this moment.

"Hey! Why are you staring blankly? Post it!" Hu Tou'er couldn't understand Lao Zhang's shyness, and even played poker all night, he would criticize him so badly, who would he show his embarrassment to?

It was finally his turn to win a round, and the punishment method should not be fooled!Hu Bingyi grabbed the white note at hand, and spit on it directly: "During it, come on! I'll paste it for you!"

Unable to resist, Hu Tou'er grabbed his shoulder and firmly stuck the note on Lao Zhang's bridge of nose!

"What is it posted? It looks like a life-threatening talisman!" Tang Zhong deliberately pointed at Lao Zhang's face and laughed. Zombie?"

The three of them laughed so hard that the note on their heads flew up and down, Tang Zhong smiled like a ghost, and Hu Touer inexplicably aimed at...

All kinds of abnormalities have brought Lao Zhang's emotions to the verge of collapse.He felt more and more that what was going on now was not a game at all, but an unprecedented ceremony.

right!Sacrifice ceremony!

Amulets were pasted on their foreheads one by one, and when the foreheads were completely covered, it must be the moment when the ceremony was completed!

He suddenly realized, and looked up at Tang Zhong.I saw him laughing wildly triumphantly, his overly thin face was like a revived mummy.And in the pair of curved brows and eyes, wisps of light are showing.

Sacrifice!They are clearly sacrifices waiting to be captured!

"Stop it! Don't! Don't!" The tense string in Lao Zhang's heart broke suddenly, he couldn't take it anymore, he tore off all the notes on his face, kicked the stool away and fled inside.

The three people at the poker table were stunned. After a period of silence, Hu Touer sarcastically said: "Cut, the brand is not good! This is how much you lose!"

There was the sound of clappers at the second watch under the city gate. It was getting late. If I didn't go back, I was afraid that my wife would not open the door again.

Hu Touer took off the note on his forehead, patted Tang Zhong on the shoulder, and waved to Zhao Li: "I'm gone."

The funeral leave is not over yet, so Tang Zhong doesn't need to be on duty tonight.After a brief wash, he walked inside holding the oil lamp.

At this time, there were two piles of quilts on the Datong bunk, one on the left and the other on the right. Hearing Tang Zhong's footsteps, the two piles of quilts shook even more violently.

Are you scared now?Why did you go when you bullied him?

Holding the candlelight, Tang Zhong paced back and forth admiringly, then lay down among them contentedly, pulled off the quilt and fell asleep.

Tonight, he will have a good dream.

The rising sun passed through the rhombus window, leaving shadows criss-crossing like a chessboard on Tang Zhong's face.

He slowly opened his eyes, got up and stretched his waist, feeling comfortable physically and mentally. This was his first good night's sleep on the East City Gate.

The people in the two quilts on the left and right had disappeared, and he didn't bother to care about the two guilty villains.

After putting on his clothes and straightening his hair, he casually picked up the cold steamed buns on the table outside, stuffed them into his mouth, and walked out.

Today is a rare good weather, the blue sky is clear and blue, and the warm winter sun shines on the earth.

Although the weather is good, it is a pity that the scenery under the city wall is unsightly.Under the city walls on both sides of the east city gate, there are beggars lying in the water at this moment.

They lay sprawled on the ground, lazily basking in the sun, catching fleas on their bodies as if no one else was there.

Think about the west gate opposite, the roads are spacious and the streets are clean and tidy, and then look at the front of your own door, the sloppiness is unbearable to look at directly, the grade is more than a star and a half away!

Tang Zhong stuffed the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth, wiped his hands on his thighs, walked to the opposite side of the beggars, and paced back and forth.

All of them clearly have sound hands and feet, but they don't seek legitimate jobs, preferring to beg for food for a living. It's really shameful to teach others.

The youngest among them, who looked to be only eight or nine years old, mixed among a group of old beggars, and showed his belly like an adult.

It's really pitiful to be reduced to the streets at a young age, eating and sleeping in the open!His age is about the same as Tang Laosan!

"Hey! Thin-skinned monkey! I warn you, don't look at me with such fucking eyes!" The little beggar noticed Tang Zhong's gaze, and was staring over with his head tilted, with an arrogant expression on his face.