Early the next morning, while it was still dark, Zhou Xu was woken up by a knock on the door.
After opening the door, Shen Wan couldn't wait to come to the insect tank. He opened the lid and took a look. He found that the purple-robed marshal inside was in good condition. He then said with relief: "Brother Zhou, we just came to Suzhou today, how can we fight?"
Zhou Xu said: "It's a small test. If Zipao is in good condition, then let's go straight to the big one! Buy some time and go to Jinling as soon as possible."
Shen Wan rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to you!"
A few people ate breakfast in a hurry and rushed to Mingya Garden without stopping.
Bug fighting restaurants like this one are usually open all day.
Although at night, Suzhou Prefecture has had a curfew for the past two years because of the Japanese war.
But Mingya Garden closes its doors as soon as it gets dark, and there is a one-stop service for eating, drinking, playing and sleeping inside. As long as you have money, you can build it.
So when Shen Wan, Zhou Xu and others arrived at Mingya Garden, the door was already open.
However, compared to the bustle of yesterday afternoon, there were far fewer people fighting for money in the hall at this time.
Before entering the door, Shen Wan said to the two servants he brought: "Why don't you just follow me? Just go and stay in the teahouse. Come over at noon and let me use it!"
In the past, Shen Wan, a gambler, didn't like to have servants around him. Firstly, he felt red-faced when gambling, which made him lose his status. Secondly, when someone followed him, they would always nag him and remind him to spend his money leisurely. In short, it was very unpleasant.
The two servants were still enjoying their leisure time. After hearing that the master said there was no need to wait, they hurriedly left and went to find a teahouse to drink tea and listen to books.
Shen Wan took Zhou Xu directly to the second floor.
The second shopkeeper who was serving inside saw that Shen Wan was not dressed like an ordinary person, so he quickly stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "This young master is very cool, are you here to fight insects?"
Shen Wan rolled her eyes at him and said, "If I don't come to fight with insects, why would I come to your place to play with women?"
The second shopkeeper was startled when he heard this, thinking that this person was quite arrogant, but he was a guest. He smiled and said, "Since the young master is here to fight insects, let me tell you the rules on the second floor!"
Zhou Xu said: "No need. Yesterday we went around a circle. To win or lose, the minimum bet is fifty taels. There is no upper limit, right?"
When the second shopkeeper heard this, he said, well, since you know the rules, don't talk nonsense: "Okay, okay, we still need..."
"I want to see if I have any money with me. There's too much nonsense!" Shen Wan frowned and took out a thousand-tael silver note from his arms!
When the second shopkeeper saw the banknote, he immediately said as if he were meeting his ancestors: "Please come in, please come in!"
When he came to the table, Shen Wan first looked at the fighting conditions at the tables around him and felt confident.
He followed the method mentioned by Zhou Xu before, first pulled out the purple robe and had a fight with a young man with a mole on his mouth.
There was no suspense. The purple-robed marshal was in good condition today. In just one round, he helped Shen Wan win fifty taels of silver.
At the end of the first game, Shen Wan asked Zhou Xu to call the boss, saying that he wanted to play something big today and asked the boss to help set up a game. Everyone who came came could place bets starting at 500 taels, and there was no upper limit.
When the second shopkeeper heard that this guy was playing such a big game, he quickly went to report it to the owner of the famous tooth garden, shopkeeper Ma.
When Shopkeeper Ma heard that a stick had arrived, he first asked his men to take a look at Shen Wan's insects.
After a while, the subordinate came back and reported: "The insect in this man's hand is a plaster-winged insect, but it is extremely ferocious!"
Shopkeeper Ma heard that it was a plaster insect, so he laughed loudly and said: "It's written in the Sutra of Promoting Weaving that plaster wings can't last long. I guess this person doesn't know anything!"
The second shopkeeper frowned and said, "Then...should we also end up?"
Shopkeeper Ma nodded when he heard this: "Go, help him set up a game, first use a few insects to consume the energy of that insect, and then we will invite the champion!"
When the second shopkeeper heard this, he knew that the shopkeeper was trying to defraud money again, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away!"
At noon, the second shopkeeper invited all the wealthy people in Suzhou City to come over.
There were not many people, about ten or so, similar to the people in Songjiang the day before yesterday.
Everyone first put all the insects into the tank for their opponents to see.
Shen Wan winked at Zhou Xu, and the two of them stepped forward to take a closer look.
After a while, when the two came to a quiet place, Zhou Xu said: "Fortunately, almost all of them are Ningyang bugs, and a few are Hebei and Henan bugs. Most of them are early autumn bugs, and one or two are late autumn bugs."
The so-called Ningyang insect refers to the famous insect produced in Ningyang, Shandong Province. Ningyang has been famous for its insect since ancient times. Even in later generations, in autumn, the place is full of people collecting insects.
Early autumn insects refer to the insects with the strongest fighting spirit in early autumn. As the name suggests, there is no explanation for the third autumn.
But it doesn’t mean that early autumn insects will no longer survive in late autumn. In fact, that’s not necessarily the case, because as the old saying goes, young insects don’t fight with old insects.
Anyway, there are a lot of variables here.
But generally speaking, the early fall bugs cannot defeat the fall bugs.
The person Shen Wan trusts most now is Zhou Xu. After hearing his analysis, he immediately geared up and said, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's get started!"
Because he was planning a fight, he had the final say in the rules.
Shen Wan likes to go straight, and he still uses Songjiang's method, where the insect king takes all.
No one had any objections, and the bureau was just formed.
Sure enough, the purple-robed marshal still has one man in charge, and no one can stop him.
In the battle, several famous early autumn insects were defeated one after another, and they did not seem to be tired.
This made Shopkeeper Ma, who was pretending to watch the excitement, couldn't help but look at Shen Wan's bug with admiration.
But his [Red Sand Purple] named Champion Hou was not a vegetarian either, killing two early autumn bugs in a row.
Although there are weaklings deliberately arranged to accompany him, the strength of the champion is also evident.
By the afternoon, there were four worms left in the field.
Shopkeeper Ma wanted to make money, so he naturally asked the champion to avoid the purple-robed marshal in the lottery and picked a weakling to bully.
But Zipao met a famous Baoding insect named Li Kehuang in this round.
According to insect records, there are chestnut shell green and chestnut shell purple, but chestnut shell yellow has never appeared.
This is a mutant species obtained by Shopkeeper Ma from an insect dealer.
This insect is neither green nor yellow, with a dark maroon top, a light maroon head, six white legs, and two white tails. Its performance in previous insect fights was only slightly worse than that of the champion.
Sure enough, when Zipao met Li Kehuang, he no longer had the domineering attitude he had in the first battle to decide the outcome, but instead dealt with his opponent cautiously.
It wasn't until about ten rounds later that he won the points with his voice and entered the final battle.
Seeing this scene, Shen Wan looked at Zhou Xu worriedly: "Is Zipao okay? I see that the other party's red sand purple named Champion Hou seems to be very powerful."
There is no way to be absolutely sure about fighting insects, but now that the matter has come to this, Zhou Xu can only bite the bullet and say: "It should be no problem, success or failure depends on this, we have to believe in the purple-robed marshal!"
His words immediately made Shen Wan nodded and said as if he was reassured: "Yes, we must believe in the purple-robed marshal!"
