I looked into Chen Yuanyuan's eyes. This girl who was originally pure and beautiful now had a sophisticated look in her eyes.
I looked at her as if I were looking at the most cunning fox.
I didn't want to agree, but just the two messages about "Wuzi Rebellion" and "People who survived back then" gave me absolutely no reason to leave.
Chen Yuanyuan seemed to have guessed that I would not leave and could not leave, so at this time, she still just sat there and looked at me.
Chen Yuanyuan is laughing, and so am I.
I smiled and sat back to my previous position, and slowly said: "If you calculate it this way, it's still a good deal..."
When Li Su saw me sitting back, he hurriedly said: "Hu Tian, think about it...the words of these guys are not worthy of belief! We still have something to do..."
I waved my hand, interrupted Li Su's words, then turned to look at Chen Yuanyuan and said, "I think what she said makes sense. The terms you offered are indeed very tempting, but you also know that I am naturally suspicious. I rarely believe what others say, how do you prove it..."
I wanted to say, "How do you prove that what you said is true?" But I only said half of what I said. The girl next to me who had been silent all this time suddenly threw something at me.
The thing was wrapped in a gray cloth bag. It was very heavy, and it fell on the table in front of me with a bang.
Before I could figure out what was going on, the dull gourd-like girl next to me said coldly: "Open it!"
I didn't move to open the package in front of me, but turned my head and glanced at the Meng Gourd beside me, then looked at Chen Yuanyuan, and asked with a smile: "Miss Chen, what does this... mean?"
When Chen Yuanyuan saw me asking her, she didn't answer my question directly. Instead, she smiled and said, "Open it and you will know what I mean...!"
I frowned slightly. Although I was filled with doubts, I still unconsciously reached out to the gray cloth bag in front of me.
The buckle of the gray cloth bag was not too tight, so I opened it without much effort.
As the furoshiki fell, a dark brown wooden box appeared in front of me.
This wooden box is about twenty centimeters long and less than ten centimeters wide. It is not very tall. At first glance, it is only about four or five centimeters. It has a long and flat shape.
Perhaps due to age, the reliefs on the surface of the wooden box have begun to darken.
I reached out and took the wooden box in my hand. I saw eight little figures carved on the front of the wooden box, all with animal heads and human bodies. From left to right they were horse, ox, dragon, chicken, hog, pheasant, dog, and sheep.
On the back of the wooden box, there is a line of small words engraved, "Zheng, Ti, Fan, Tuo, Feng, Huo, Chu, Yao..."
When I saw these eight words, I couldn't help but be surprised, and then I blurted out: "Thousands of Eight Generals...!"
Hearing me say the words "Eight Generals of a Thousand Sects", Chen Yuanyuan, who was sitting opposite me, smiled slightly and said: "As expected of the young master who is in charge of the Eighth Sects, he is indeed well-informed!"
Hearing what Chen Yuanyuan said, I quickly looked up at her and asked, "Are you from Qianmen?"
Qianmen is one of the eight lower sects. The so-called Qianmen make a living by cheating.
The old men among a thousand sects are divided into the "eight generals of the upper class" and the "eight generals of the lower class". The eight generals above are Zheng, Ti, Fan, Tuo, Feng, Huo, Chu and Yao, collectively known as the Eight Generals of Qianmen.
The next eight generals are Chong, Liu, Tian, Feng, Zhong, Ma, Zhen and Kun.
Among the top eight generals, the general starts his life with a thousand skills, and is also the host of the beginning. Tijiang, the pondside crane at the gambling stall, is responsible for persuading people to join the game. Counterattack: Use the opposite method or the method of provoking the general to lure you into the game. Take off the general, act as a gang, and help people escape and walk. The wind general specializes in collecting wind or information, that is, the one who looks out for the wind and inspects the environment. Fire generals are responsible for violent solutions, that is, thugs and killers. In addition to generals, he is responsible for telling numbers and handling the aftermath of the game. Rumor generals specialize in spreading rumors and luring "old linings". Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, some people called these deceived people Yanggu, so that they would believe the lies and fall into the trap.
The so-called "eight generals" are also the most unorthodox and incompetent among the crooks.
It turns out that the scammer only has "eight generals" and he only uses clever "surgery" to deceive others.
But gradually, some unlearned and unskilled people just want to achieve the purpose of defrauding money, regardless of other things, and even use violence when things go wrong. People in the world call these unorthodox scammers the "eight generals" .
But among today's Qianmen, few people would include the Xiaba General in the Qianmen. Many people even think that the Xiaba General is not even a disciple of the Eighth Sect, and can only be barely regarded as a street gangster.
The Qianmenba will have a clear division of labor.
There are mainly four types: "coming hand", "front hand", "sticking hand" and "back hand".
In the jargon of Qianxing, there are various nicknames, such as "Lai Shou", also known as "Jia", because the word "Jia" is similar to the word "Lai".
"Lai Shou" is a person who specializes in luring the "Uncle", that is, the target of being deceived, into the game.
The front hand is also called "two points". The word "front" is written two points first. It is to assist the "uncle" to act as the deceived before the start, such as "tuo" in northern dialect.
"Tie Shou", also known as "Tie", is a person who is often close to the "uncle", such as "undercover" and "ghost" in Hong Kong dialect.
The backhand, also called "double enterprise", is responsible for the aftermath of the gambling game.
To be honest, I don't know much about Qianmen, because the "Xiabamen" has been passed down to my generation. The serious Qianmen has almost disappeared, and there are only a few Xiaba generals who have a little bit of craftsmanship on the road.
And everything I know about the Eight Generals of the Thousand Gates comes from the stories told by my grandfather when I was a child.
As for the wooden box I am holding in my hand at this time, it is probably the most precious token among the Thousand Sects, the "Tianji Box".
When I was very young, my grandfather once told me about the tokens that each of the eight gates had. For example, the door we stole was a seal, the flowered handkerchief was a clue to the gods, and the thousand gates were the secret boxes.
It is said that the secret box can only be opened by eight generals at the same time. As for what is inside, outsiders have never known it.
I looked at the slightly blackened wooden box in my hand. After a while, I slowly placed it on the table in front of me, and then I said, "I have taken out all the token secret boxes in Qianmen. It looks like You guys have already thought of ways to deal with me!"
When Chen Yuanyuan heard what I said, she just smiled and didn't say much.
And I continued: "So...come...front...post...back...which hand are you using?"
Chen Yuanyuan said with a smile: "The young master of the Hu family really understands the affairs of our Qianmenzhong!"
I said: "Don't flatter me! Since we are all from the Lower Eight Gates, I am willing to help you...but..."
Chen Yuanyuan asked: "Just what?"
I said: "It's just that I have to figure it out first..." At this point, I pointed at Chen Yuanyuan's body that seemed to be riddled with holes, and then continued: "What on earth is going on..."
