The shopkeeper curled his lips and said: "Forget it! Those people in the People's Army have not practiced once in many years. Except when they are patrolling, they work as coolies for Shangguan. Even when they know how to practice, they have to pay to hire idle men on the street. How can you possibly have any real ability if you just make up the numbers!"
The guy said, "That's the truth, but that's not the case! If the gambling house dares to offer this handicap, there must be a reason! Well, I'm going to buy two bets, and I'll lose if I buy Jin Yiwei!"
The shopkeeper sneered and turned to Old Man Zhang and asked, "Old Zhang, which family are you going to buy?"
Old man Zhang said: "I don't know either. Why don't I just buy Jinyiwei like Xiao Wu? Shopkeeper, do you want to buy it?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "You know I don't gamble! In a place like a gambling house, even if you have a lot of money, it won't be enough! So you two should be careful!"
The guy said, "I just bet dozens of copper coins. Where can I get the money to gamble? Besides, I just treat it as having fun."
Old man Zhang also nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, just have fun!"
The shopkeeper said: "That makes sense. Remember, never really gamble! There are countless people in the capital who have lost their families, and they all lost because of gambling!"
While the three shopkeepers were having a heated discussion with the tea guests, behind a hidden curtain at the stairwell on the first floor, a little maid of twelve or thirteen years old was listening to everyone's remarks with her ears pricked up. When she felt that she had heard enough, she trotted up the stairs.
The tea patrons who come and go all know the existence of this staircase, but no one walks here. Because they all know that this staircase does not lead to other places, but leads directly to the third floor, where the master of the tea house rests and plays.
Although the entire third floor is quite large, since the ceiling on the second floor is hollow, there is not much room for people to walk around. There are only three bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, and an open piano table.
The little maid quickly ran to the third floor and rushed directly into a bedroom. As soon as she entered the room, she said loudly: "Miss, miss! Mr. Lu just said a lot of things in front of everyone, and everyone applauded!"
Hearing this, the woman sitting at the table turned around and said, "Really? What did Mr. Lu say again?"
I saw that this woman looked about seventeen or eighteen, in her prime! Her eyebrows are clear and her eyes are full of smoke! A pair of red lips that have never been touched but are extremely rosy! She was wearing a light blue top and pleated skirt of the same color. There is also a sky-blue armor on the outside, and a belt of the same color, which makes the slender waist look slimmer. This person is Tan Cuiying, the master violinist of Difanlou! As for the little maid, she is her personal maid Xiaozhu.
Xiaozhu was smart and articulate. He quickly recounted roughly what Lu Tianhua said. Not only was the content detailed, but his tone and expression were also imitated perfectly!
After listening to Xiaozhu's words, Tan Cuiying said with a smile: "I know, thank you for your hard work, Xiaozhu!"
Xiaozhu looked at the faint smile on Tan Cuiying's face and said a little discouraged: "Miss, why are you so cold-hearted? Isn't Mr. Lu right?"
Tan Cuiying asked back: "Then do you think he is right?"
Xiaozhu tilted his head and said: "Master Lu is a well-known scholar in the capital, and he is also an official. How could what he said be wrong? Aren't those servants working hard, and the guards in uniform are not hateful?"
Tan Cuiying took Xiaozhu's hand and sat down next to her, and said: "If you believe in scholars so much, sooner or later the scholars will deceive you!"
Xiaozhu blushed and said, "How is that possible? I will definitely marry the lady! Besides, scholars read books by sages, and they will definitely not pay attention to an illiterate little girl like me!"
Tan Cuiying touched Xiaozhu's head and said: "Xiaozhu, you have to remember one thing! This person, don't look at what he says, look at what he does! Only in this way can you tell whether a person is true or false!"
Xiaozhu said unconvinced: "I heard what the young lady said, do you think you don't believe Mr. Lu's words? Then, young lady, what's wrong with what you said about him?"
Tan Cuiying said with a smile: "Oh, it's wrong from beginning to end, not a single word is right!"
Xiaozhu pouted and said, "Young lady must be a liar!"
Tan Cuiying said with a strong smile: "I am originally a lady from an official family. I have been working with my parents since I was a child. I am the only daughter in the family, so my father always tells my mother and me about anything. So in the officialdom I don’t understand things any better!”
Xiaozhu saw that Tan Cuiying looked a little unhappy, so he hugged her arm and said, "I'm sorry, miss! I've made you sad again!"
Tan Cuiying forced a smile and said: "It's nothing, it's been many years! But if you want to know, I can still tell you where he went wrong! But I said it here, you can't tell anyone else ,Understand?"
Xiaozhu nodded excitedly after hearing this and said, "Okay, miss! I will never tell anyone!"
Tan Cuiying said slowly: "This Lu Tianhua is just a hypocritical villain! He said that the guards are good, but how good are they? You have heard a lot of rumors in the teahouse in the past few years, right? Those guards are blackmailing the plaintiff, They oppressed the defendants, harbored stolen goods and gambled away, what bad things have they not done? How can they be good people! It’s just that they are all subordinates of civil servants, and Lu Tianhua is also a civil servant, so he speaks to the servants! "
After hearing this, Xiaozhu recalled the things she had heard in the teahouse over the years, and suddenly connected them together and seemed to understand a lot of things! But this sudden epiphany made her unable to accept it for a while, and she was stunned!
Then Tan Cuiying continued: "It is said that the Jin Yiwei deceived the saints, falsely accused officials, and did all kinds of bad things! In fact, they are just knives in the emperor's hands! And those officials who were dealt with by the Jin Yiwei were just people the emperor wanted to deal with! Lu Tianhua didn’t dare to target Jin Shang, so he could only target Jin Yiwei! That’s why he made plans to abolish Jin Yiwei! But he is not stupid. He knew that Jin Yiwei could not be abolished, so he just wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Jin Yiwei! "
Suddenly receiving so much breaking news, Xiaozhu's eyes almost drew mosquito coils! So she thought for a long time before saying: "Then according to what the lady said, this fight will be like a dog biting a dog, a mouth full of hair! It's not a good thing!"
Tan Cuiying chuckled and said: "Talk about some common sayings again! But you are right, their fight this time is just dog eating dog!"
