Chapter 3 In the third round, Fu Laiwei Fang in the sleeves solved the problem of vertebrae and capsule removal.
A few days later, he arrived in Beijing, and when he entered the city, it was already afternoon, Mao Shiba told Wei Xiaobao to be careful in what he said and did, because the capital has many eyes and ears, so don't let your flaws show.Wei Xiaobao said: "What flaws do I have? You should be careful not to reveal your flaws. Aren't you going to compete with Oboi? Just go to the door and look for it."
Mao Shiba smiled wryly and did not answer.That day when he said that he wanted to compete with Oboi, it was just a strong word when he was in a turbulent mood. Although he was reckless and bold, after all, he had been in the world for more than twenty years, did he not know that Oboi was a high official who was under one man and above ten thousand? How could he come to compete with such a quack?His martial arts are only second or third rate, if Oboi is really the number one warrior in Manchuria, he probably can't beat him.But now that we have boasted about Haikou in front of Wei Xiaobao, we have to go to Beijing, thinking that we will take this child to wander around Beijing for ten days and a half months, see the scenery of the capital, eat and drink to our heart's content, and then send him back to Yangzhou. yes.Aobai would definitely not want to compete with him, but he didn't want to, it's not because he didn't dare, and Wei Xiaobao couldn't laugh at me for being worthless.If Oboi really wants to compare, then Mao Shiba will risk his life.
The two came to a small hotel in Xicheng, Mao Shiba ordered food and wine, while drinking, suddenly saw two people walking in outside the hotel, one old and one young.The old one was about sixty years old, and the young one was only twelve or thirteen years old.The clothes the two wore were very strange, Wei Xiaobao didn't know what kind of people they were, but Mao Shiba knew that they were eunuchs in the palace.
The old eunuch's complexion was sallow, his back bent, and he couldn't stop coughing, as if he was seriously ill.The little eunuch supported him, walked slowly to the table and sat down.The old eunuch said sharply: "Bring the wine!"
The old eunuch took out a paper bag from his side, opened it, carefully picked out a little with his little nails, dissolved it in the wine, put the medicine bag back into his bosom, picked up the wine glass, and drank it slowly.After a while, my whole body suddenly convulsed and I couldn't stop shaking.The bartender panicked, and hurriedly asked: "What? What?" The little eunuch shouted: "Go away! What are you doing?" The bartender bowed to laugh and walked away, but kept looking at the two of them.The old eunuch supported the table with both hands, his teeth chattered, and the shaking became more and more violent. After a while, even the table kept shaking, and the chopsticks on the table fell to the ground one by one.
The little eunuch panicked, and said: "Eunuch, take another dose, okay?" He reached into his arms and took out the medicine bag, and was about to open it.The old eunuch screamed: "No...no...don't...!" The look on his face was very urgent.The little eunuch held the medicine bag and dared not open it.
At this moment, footsteps sounded at the door of the store, and seven big men walked in.They were all bare-chested, wearing cowhide pants, braids coiled on top of their heads, and their bodies were greasy and shiny, as if they had been covered with grease from the top to the legs.The seven of them were all muscular, with black hair growing on their chests, and when they stretched out their hands, they all had huge palms and thick fingers.The seven people sat at two tables and yelled loudly: "Bring the wine quickly, beef fat chicken, the sooner the better!"
The bartender replied: "Yes! Yes!" Putting the cups and chopsticks on, he asked, "Guest officer, what do you eat?" A big man said angrily, "Are you deaf?" Another big man suddenly reached out and grabbed The bartender backed up, turned his arms, and lifted him up.The bartender danced wildly, screaming in fright.The seven big men laughed loudly.The big man shook his hand and threw the bartender outside the shop, and fell to the ground with a bang.The bartender shouted: "Ah, my mother!" All the big men laughed in unison again.
Mao Shiba said in a low voice: "This is for wrestling. When they catch someone, they must throw them far away, lest the opponent fall beside them and immediately counterattack." Wei Xiaobao said: "Can you wrestle?" Mao Shiba said: "I haven't learned it before. This kind of hard work is not very useful if you meet a good martial artist." Wei Xiaobao said: "Then you can beat them?" Mao Shiba smiled: "With this kind of martial arts What is there to fight with a reckless man?" Wei Xiaobao said: "If you beat seven of them, you will definitely lose." Mao Shiba said: "They are not my opponents."
Wei Xiaobao suddenly said loudly: "Hey, big guys, my friend said that he can beat seven of you by himself." Mao Shiba hastily shouted: "Don't make trouble." No, seeing the seven big men beat the bartender to death for no reason, I was angry, and when I heard Mao Shiba said that one person could beat seven of them, I provoked them, so that Mao Shiba would teach them a lesson.
Seven big men all looked at Mao and Wei.One person asked: "Little baby, what did you say?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My friend said, you bully the bartender, you are not considered a hero, if you have the guts, fight him." Mao Shiba said, "Bastard, did you say that?"
Mao Shiba knew that these seven people were all Manchurian wrestlers, and he didn't want to cause trouble at first, but when he saw the Manchurians, he felt angry, and when he heard the big man swearing at them, he lifted the flagon and flew out facing him.The big man stretched out his hand, unexpectedly Mao Shiba exerted his inner strength in this throw, with a click, the wine pot hit his arm, the big man's arm was in severe pain, "Ah yo", he yelled out.Another big man rushed towards him, Mao Shiba kicked him.Manchurians seldom use their legs in wrestling, this leg can't be avoided, it hits the lower abdomen, and immediately flies straight out.
The other five burly men, "Bastard bastards", rushed forward one after another.Mao Shiba's body was nimble, and he used his grappling techniques, hitting his elbows and chopping his palms, knocking down four of them in an instant.The other leaned over and received Mao Shiba's palm with his shoulder, stretched out his hand to grab his back, lifted him up, and then turned his body upside down, trying to smash the top of his head onto the stone steps.Mao Shiba kicked him in the chest with two kicks.The big man opened his mouth, blood spurted wildly, and his hands immediately let go.
Following the trend of the big man falling on his back, Mao Shiba kicked his chest with both feet, and with both palms he swung "Returning the wind blowing the willow", he slashed out, and hit the back heart of the first big man who was hit by the wine pot. With a click, the big man broke several ribs and crawled on the table.Mao Shiba grabbed Wei Xiaobao with one hand, and said: "Little brat, you're just going to get into trouble, hurry up!" The two ran towards the hotel entrance.
He only took two steps, but saw the old eunuch bent over, standing at the door, Mao Shiba stretched out his hand and gently pushed his right arm, trying to push him away.Unexpectedly, as soon as his palm touched his shoulder, he felt his whole body shake violently, staggered involuntarily, fell a few steps to the side, hit the table with his right waist, and the table collapsed immediately, this retreat brought Wei Xiaobao also fell out.Wei Xiaobao yelled: "Hey, my mother, it hurts to death." Mao Shiba grabbed the stake violently, and then stopped, he felt his whole body rolling like a fire.He was terrified, when he looked at the old eunuch, he saw that he was bowed and his back was bent, coughing continuously, as if he didn't know anything about his talents.
Mao Shiba knew that today he met an expert, most likely the opponent possessed magic arts, otherwise even if his martial arts were superior to his own, he would never be able to transform his light push into a huge force.Although in martial arts there are techniques of "using force to fight back" and "four or two to pull a thousand catties", but they are always counterattacked with as much force as the opponent has in attacking, there is absolutely no way to turn a small force into a strong force.He hurriedly turned around, picked up Wei Xiaobao who was still yelling, and ran towards the back hall.
He only ran three steps, only heard a cough, and the old eunuch was already standing in front of him.Mao Shiba was startled, he exerted all his strength on the soles of his feet, and threw his upper body forward, as if to attack the opponent, but his body had turned backwards.Before his feet landed on the ground, he suddenly felt a gentle force hitting his vest, he hurriedly struck back with his left hand, but the blow missed, and he threw forward and fell on the two big men.
This fight was extremely heavy, but fortunately the two big men were fat and strong, and they made thick pads, so they were not injured.The two big men had broken legs and couldn't stand up, but their arms were intact, so they immediately used wrestling techniques to grab him firmly.Mao Shiba wanted to resist, but he couldn't exert any strength on his hands and feet, it turned out that the acupoints on his back had been sealed by someone.
He turned his back to the sky and couldn't see the scene behind him, but he could hear the old eunuch coughing and weakly scolding the young eunuch: "You want to take medicine again, isn't that intentional to kill me? You only need to take half an extra dose of this medicine." , and killed my old life, cough...cough...cough...cough, you child, you are such a fool." The little eunuch said: "I really don't know. I won't dare in the future." The old eunuch said: "It's still Is there a future? Sigh, I don’t know how many days to live, cough...cough...cough..." The little eunuch said: "Eunuch, what is the origin of this guy? I'm afraid he is a traitor."
The old eunuch said: "Where are you friends from Buku?" A big man said: "If you go back to Eunuch, we are all from Prince Zheng's mansion. If Eunuch hadn't taken action today and captured this rebel, We have lost face." The old eunuch snorted and said, "Then...that's just a coincidence. Cough...cough cough...don't disturb others, just put this man and that child together Send it to Done Shangshan Supervisor, saying that it is the person Hai Laogong wants." Several big men agreed in unison.
The old eunuch said: "Don't you call for a sedan chair? Look at me, can I still walk?" The little eunuch agreed and rushed out.The old eunuch lay on the table, coughing continuously.
When Wei Xiaobao saw Mao Shiba being captured, he remembered the storyteller once said: "If you keep the green hills there, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood." You have to put oil on the soles of your feet, at thirty-six, walking is the best.He sneaked along the wall to the back hall, seeing that no one noticed him, he was secretly happy, when the old man flicked his finger, a chopstick flew out and stuck in the crook of his right leg.Wei Xiaobao's right leg went numb, he fell to the ground, unable to move any more, he opened his mouth and cursed: "Consumption has turned into an old tortoise..." In the blink of an eye, he saw a big man with a vicious look on his face, he was startled, and after that he said a dozen or so vicious words All retracted into the stomach.
Not long after, a sedan chair was carried outside the door.The little eunuch came in and said, "Eunuch, the sedan chair has arrived!" The old eunuch coughed repeatedly, and with the support of the young eunuch, he got into the sedan chair and was carried away by two bearers.The little eunuch followed behind.
Four of the seven men were slightly injured, Mao Shiba and Wei Xiaobao were tied up tightly with ropes.While being bound, he kept punching and kicking Mao Shiba.Wei Xiaobao couldn't help being dirty, but he had no choice but to be obedient and dare not make a sound after the two heavy ear scrapers hit him.The big men called two sedan chairs, stuffed cloths in their mouths, blindfolded them with black cloth, put them into the sedan chairs and carried them away.Wei Xiaobao had only sat in a sedan chair with his mother when he was seven years old when he went to burn incense with his mother, and now he could only comfort himself: "Damn it, I haven't sat in a sedan chair for a long time, today I am a good son and a good grandson who is filial to my son and serves me in a sedan chair! "But when he thought about whether he would be beheaded with Mao Shiba, he couldn't help trembling with fear.
He was dazed in the sedan chair, but felt that he couldn't finish walking.Sometimes when the sedan chair stopped, someone questioned him, and the big man outside the sedan chair would always answer: "Shangshan Supervisor Hai Laogong asked me to send it." Wei Xiaobao didn't know what Shangshan Supervisor was, but that Hai Laogong seemed to be quite powerful. As long as his name is mentioned, the sedan chair will pass without hindrance.Once the interrogator lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, opened it, and said, "It's a baby!" Wei Xiaobao wanted to say, "It's your ancestor!" But suffering from the cloth stuffed in his mouth, he couldn't speak.
Along the way, he was in a daze and almost fell asleep, when suddenly the sedan chair stopped, and someone said: "The person Eunuch Hai wants has been delivered." A child's voice said: "Yes, Eunuch Hai is resting, let him go." Here it is." Wei Xiaobao heard his voice, it was the child he met in the hotel.Just listen to the previous human said: "Let's go back and report to Prince Zheng, the prince will definitely send someone to thank Mr. Hai." The child said: "Yes, you said that Mr. Hai greeted the prince." The man said: "I dare not do it." Follow along Someone dragged Mao Shiba and Wei Xiaobao out of the sedan chair, carried them into the house and put them down.
He could hear everyone's footsteps going away, but he could hear Hai Laogong's coughing a few times.Wei Xiaobao smelled a very strong smell of medicine, and thought: "This old ghost is dying of illness, but he died a few days sooner, it seems that Brother Mao and I are going to be the vanguard for him to go to the King of Hades." All around was quiet. Quietly, except for Mr. Hai's occasional cough, there was no other sound.Wei Xiaobao's hands and feet were bound, his fingers and toes were numb, he was indescribably uncomfortable, but Mr. Hai seemed to have forgotten the two of them and ignored them. After a long, long time, Old Man Hai called out softly: "Xiao Guizi!" The child replied: "Yes!" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "So your brat's name is Xiao Guizi, and it has something to do with your grandfather's name." The characters for 'small' are the same." Only Mr. Hai said: "Untie the two of them, I have something to ask them." Xiao Guizi replied: "Yes!" Wei Xiaobao heard the rattling sound, and thought it was Xiao Guizi cutting the ropes on Mao Shiba's hands and feet with a knife, and after a while, the ropes on his own hands and feet were also cut, and then the black cloth over his eyes was removed.Wei Xiaobao opened his eyes, and saw that he was in a large room, there were few things in the room, only a table, a chair, and teapots and bowls on the table.Hai Laogong sat in the chair, half sitting and half lying down, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were half open and half closed.It was already dark at this time, and there were two copper candlesticks on the wall, each with a candle lit, the flames flickered on and off Hai Laogong's sallow face. Xiao Guizi took out the cloth stuffed in Mao Shiba's mouth, and went to get the cloth stuffed in Wei Xiaobao's mouth.Hai Laogong said: "This kid's mouth is not clean, let him stuff it for a while." Wei Xiaobao's hands were already free, but he didn't dare to dig out the cloth in his mouth. It was ten times better than Zhihai's husband could imagine. Mr. Hai said: "Give him a chair and sit down." Xiao Guizi moved a chair to the next room and put it next to Mao Shiba, Mao Shiba immediately sat down, Wei Xiaobao saw that he had no seat.To be honest, he sat down on the ground. Mr. Hai said to Mao Shiba: "Brother, your name is your name. Which school or faction do you belong to? You have a good grasping technique. It seems that it is not our northern martial arts." Mao Shiba said: "My surname is Mao, and my name is Mao Shiba. Five tigers in Taizhou, Jiangbei, under the knife door." Mr. Hai nodded and said, "Brother Mao Shiba, I have heard of your name before. I heard that in the area of Yangzhou, you robbed families and houses, killed officials and escaped from prison. I really did it. A lot of big things happened." Mao Shiba said: "Not bad." He couldn't help being dissatisfied with the astonishing martial arts of this consumptive old eunuch.He didn't dare to speak out against him.Hai Laogong said: "Your Excellency came to the capital, what do you want to do, can you tell me?" Mao Shiba said: "Since it falls into your hands, if you want to kill or cut, I listen to you. The surname Mao is a man of the rivers and lakes, and he will not frown. If you want to force a confession, then you have misread the person." Hai Laogong slightly He smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that Mao Shiba is a good man who is hard-working, and he dare not force a confession. I heard that Your Excellency is the confidant of King Pingxi of Yunnan..." Before he could finish his sentence, Mao Shiba became furious, and shouted: "Who has anything to do with Wu Sangui, a big traitor? If you say that, I will definitely tarnish my reputation as a hero, Mao Shiba." Mr. Hai coughed A few times, with a slight smile, he said: "King Pingxi has made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and the master relies heavily on him. If you are a close friend of King Pingxi, let's take care of the prince's face, and don't worry about minor offenses." Eighteen said loudly: "No, no! Mao Shiba and Wu Sangui are not in the slightest sticking together. The surname Mao will never talk about this traitor. If you want to kill him, kill him. If you say I am Wu Sangui's What confidantes, the ancestors surnamed Mao are in bad luck." Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and the Ming Dynasty fell. Wei Xiaobao was in the market, and when he heard people mention Wu Sangui, he always added the words "traitor", "smelly thief" and "straight mother thief", thinking: "Listen to the tone of this old turtle, as long as brother Mao pretends to be Wu Sangui's confidant, he can let us go. However, brother Mao has a hard bone and refuses to pretend. But if the bone is hard, the flesh will suffer. As the saying goes:' A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses', those who suffer from immediate losses are naturally not good men. Let's talk nonsense about how much Wu Sangui values our two brothers, and it won't be too late to scold Wu Sangui's eighteen generations of ancestors after he has escaped." His blood gradually softened, and he quietly covered his mouth with his sleeve, and dug out the cloth stuffed in his mouth. Mr. Hai was watching Mao Shiba's face, he didn't see Wei Xiaobao playing tricks in the dark, he saw Mao Shiba's expression was serious, he smiled and said: "I also thought that Your Excellency was sent to the capital by King Pingxi, so I guessed wrong." Mao Shiba thought to himself: "Being captured in Beijing now, the matter at the emperor's feet, it is absolutely impossible to get away. Leopards die to leave their skins, and people die to leave their names. It doesn't matter if Mao Shiba dies, but a man can't." Confused." Seeing that Wei Xiaobao was looking at him helplessly, he said loudly, "To tell you the truth, I heard it said in the rivers and lakes in the south that Oboi was the number one warrior in Manchuria. He punched a mad cow and kicked a tiger and leopard. , The talk was hype. The surname Mao refused to accept it, so he came to Beijing specially to make gestures with him." Mr. Hai sighed, and said, "Do you want to compete with Ao Shaobao? Ao Shaobao's official residence is the best. Apart from the emperor and empress dowager, Ao Shaobao is the only one in Beijing. Dude has been waiting in Beijing for ten or eight years. It may not be obvious, how can we compete with him?" At that time, Mao Shiba was still Hai Laogong's sorcerer, and later the acupoints on his back were sealed, and it was only at this moment that he slowly released it. It is known that this is an extremely high-quality internal martial art.Look at the old eunuch's expression and accent, he is a Manchu, he can't even beat an old man from Manchuria, how can he compete with the number one warrior in Manchuria?When he fought fiercely against Shi Song and others at the foot of Desheng Mountain in Yangzhou, although the situation was critical, he was not discouraged. Now facing this consumptive ghost eunuch, he couldn't help losing his pride, and finally sighed. Mr. Hai asked: "Your Excellency, do you still want to compete with Ao Shaobao?" Mao Shiba said: "May I ask how much is Ao Bai's martial arts comparable to that of the respected one?" Mr. Hai smiled slightly and said, "Ao Shaobao I am a minister of Gu Ming who is born and entered the prime minister, rich and honorable, and extremely prosperous. I am a miserable lowly person. How can I compare with Ao Shaobao, who is in the sky and the other is in the ground?" He was talking about the status of the two, In the section of martial arts, he avoided mentioning it.Mao Shiba said: "If Oboi's kung fu is half as good as yours, then I am absolutely no match." Mr. Hai said with a smile, "My brother is too modest. From my point of view, my humble kung fu is as good as yours." Compared with Chen Jinnan, how is it?" Mao Shiba jumped up and asked, "You...you...what did you say?" Mr. Hai said, "I'm asking about the chief rudder of your club, Chen Jinnan. ', the internal strength is so high that no one can predict it, but it's a pity that I'm a bitch, I don't have the good fortune to meet President Chen." Mao Shiba said: "I'm not from the Tiandihui, and I'm not lucky enough to meet President Chen. The rudder master. I heard that Mr. Chen's rudder master is extremely skilled in martial arts, but I don't know how high he is." Mr. Hai sighed, and said, "Brother Mao, I knew you were a good man. With your skills, why didn't you serve the royal family? It's not difficult to be an admiral or a general in the future. Follow the heaven and the earth and you will rebel." , alas..." Shaking his head, he said again: "That will always end badly. I advise you with kind words, you might as well rein in the precipice and quit the Tiandihui." Mao Shiba said: "I...I...I'm not Tiandihui." He suddenly magnified his throat and said, "I'm not denying or denying. People with the surname Mao only hope to join Tiandihui, but there has been no one to welcome them. Jianghu There is a saying: "If people don't know Chen Jinnan, it is useless to call him a hero." Mr. Hai, I think you have heard this before. The man surnamed Mao is a dignified Han. Why do you want to be a traitor against Manchuria? Kill me quickly! The man surnamed Mao murdered and set fire to him. The crime he committed was too serious. " Mr. Hai said: "You Han people are not convinced that the Manchus won the world. There is nothing wrong with it. I respect you for being a good man. I will not kill you today. After I let you go to see Chen Jinnan, you will die with your eyes closed. I hope you will see him sooner. The better he is, when I saw him, I said Mrs. Hai wanted to see him very much, and wanted to learn how powerful his "blood clotting god grasping" kung fu is. If the chief rudder doesn’t come to Beijing again, I’ll see him not coming. Hehe, ‘It’s useless to call him a hero if you don’t know Chen Jinnan!’ How can Chen Jinnan be a hero? There’s such a big name in the Jianghu?” When Mao Shiba heard him say that he let him go just like that, unexpectedly, he stood up but left instead.Mr. Hai said: "What are you waiting for? Are you still leaving?" Mao Shiba said: "Yes!" He turned around and took Wei Xiaobao's hand, wanting to say a few words to explain, but he didn't know what to say. Mr. Hai sighed again, and said, "It's a pity that you have been in the Jianghu for so long, and you don't understand the rules. You don't want to leave anything, and you want to leave?" Mao Shiba gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, my surname is Mao's carelessness. Little brother, if you use this knife, I'll break off your left hand." He pointed to the dagger next to the little eunuch Xiao Guizi .This dagger is about eight inches long, it was used by Xiao Guizi just now to cut the ropes on his hands and feet. Mr. Hai said: "One left hand is not enough." Mao Shiba said with a livid face, "You want me to cut off my right hand?" Mr. Hai nodded and said, "Yes, two hands. Originally, I still have to You have a pair of tricks, cough...cough...but you want to see Chen Jinnan, without the tricks, you won't be able to see anyone. In this way, you crippled your left eye and left your right eye!" Mao Shiba took two steps back, let go of the hand holding Wei Xiaobao, raised his left palm, pressed his right palm obliquely, and made a "rhinoceros looking at the moon" move, thinking: "You want me to cripple my left eye, and then cut off my hands. , What is such a disabled person doing alive? It’s better to fight with you and die at the bottom of your hands, that’s all.” Mr. Hai didn't even look at him, he coughed continuously, the cough got worse, until he couldn't breathe, his sallow face suddenly turned red.Xiao Guizi said: "Elder-in-law, can you take another dose?" Mr. Hai couldn't help shaking his head, but he still coughed continuously. After coughing, he couldn't help standing up, put his left hand on his head and neck, his expression was extremely painful. Mao Shiba thought: "If you don't leave now, when will you wait?" He jumped up, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's hand, and rushed out the door. Hai Laogong pinched the thumb and index finger of his right hand towards the edge of the table, immediately pinched a small piece of wood on the edge of the table, and flicked it out with a hissing sound.Mao Shiba was about to step out with a big stride, when the piece of wood bumped into the "rabbit hole" of his right leg, his right leg became sore and limp at once, and he fell to his knees.With a chirping sound, another small piece of wood popped out, Mao Shiba's left leg acupuncture point was hit again, and he rolled down together with Wei Xiaobao under the sound of Old Man Hai coughing.
Xiaoguizi said: "Take another half dose, it probably doesn't matter." Haigong said: "Okay, okay, just...just a little. Too much...it's very dangerous." Xiaoguizi replied: "Yes!" Stretching out his hand He took out the medicine bag from his arms, turned around and went back into the inner room, took out a glass of wine, opened the medicine bag, stretched out his little finger, and picked up some powder with his nails.Hai Laogong said: "Too... too much..." Xiao Guizi said: "Yes!" Put some powder from the nails back into the medicine bag, looked at Hai Laogong, Hai Laogong nodded, bent down and coughed loudly, suddenly body He jumped forward, crawled on the ground, and couldn't stop twisting. Little Guizi was shocked, rushed over to help her, and shouted, "Elder-in-law, what's the matter?" Old Mr. Hai panted, "It's so...so hot...help...help me...go to the water...water tank...water Soak...soak..." Xiao Guizi said, "Yes!" and helped him up with all his strength.The two staggered into the inner room, and then heard the sound of splashing water. Wei Xiaobao saw all this, and immediately stood up quietly, walked to the table, stretched out his little finger, picked up three nail powders, poured them into the wine, fearing that it would not be enough, picked two more nails, and folded the medicine bag Close it, reopen it, and wipe out the traces of fingernails in the powder.I could only hear Xiao Guizi saying in the inner room: "Elder-in-law, are you feeling better? Don't soak it for too long." Mr. Hai said, "It's so hot...so...it's as hot as a fire." Wei Xiaobao saw the dagger on the table Go up, hold it in your hand immediately, return to Mao Shiba's side, and lie down on the ground. After a while, there was a sound of water, Mr. Hai was dripping wet, supported by Xiao Guizi, he came out from the inner room, still coughing uncontrollably.Xiao Guizi picked up the wine glass and fed it to his mouth.Mr. Hai coughed a lot and couldn't drink.Wei Xiaobao's heart almost jumped out of his heart.Hai Laogong said: "You can not take it...it's better not...not to take this medicine..." Xiao Guizi said: "Yes!" Put the wine glass on the table, wrap up the medicine bag, and put it in Hai Laogong's arms.But Old Man Hai coughed loudly again, and pointed to the wine glass.Xiao Guizi picked up the wine glass and brought it to his mouth, this time Mr. Hai drank it all in one gulp. Mao Shiba couldn't hold his breath, and couldn't help saying "ah".Mr. Hai said: "You...you want...to get out alive..." Suddenly there was a click, and the chair collapsed.He leaned over the table, the force of this push was extremely strong, with two clicks, clicks, the table collapsed again, the person and the table fell forward. Xiao Guizi was shocked and shouted: "Elder-in-law, father-in-law!" She rushed to help her, her back was facing Mao Shiba and Wei Xiaobao.Wei Xiaobao jumped up lightly, lifted the dagger, and stabbed at his vest.Xiao Guizi let out a low snort, and died instantly.Hai Laogong was still writhing on the ground. Wei Xiaobao raised the dagger, pointed it at Hai Laogong's vest, and waited to poke it again.At this moment, Old Man Hai raised his head and said, "Xiao...Xiao Guizi, this medicine is not right." Wei Xiaobao was so frightened that his wits flew out of his wits, how dare he poke the dagger down?Hai Laogong turned around, stretched out his hand, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's left wrist, and said, "Xiao Guizi, did you take the medicine by mistake?" Wei Xiaobao said vaguely: "No...it's not wrong..." I felt that my left wrist was bound by an iron hoop, and the pain was so painful that my right hand holding the dagger shrank back a few feet in fright. Hai Laogong said in a trembling voice: "Quick...light the candles quickly, it's pitch black, what...you can't see anything." Wei Xiaobao was amazed, the candle was clearly lit, why did he say it was pitch black? "Could it be that he's blind?" Then he said, "The candle is still on, father-in-law, you... didn't you see?" Although both he and Xiao Guizi had children's accents, Xiao Guizi spoke the official accent of a banner man, so how could he learn it all at once? Yes, I had to say it vaguely, I just hope that Mr. Hai won't find out. Old Man Hai shouted: "I... I can't see, who said the candles are lit? Hurry up and light them!" Then he let go of Wei Xiaobao's wrist.Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" He hurried away, walked quickly to the side of the candlestick installed on the wall, stretched out his hand to touch the copper ring of the candlestick, made a clanging sound, and said: "It's lit!" Hai Laogong said: "What? Nonsense! Why didn't you light up the wax..." Before finishing a sentence, he twisted his body and fell on his back. Wei Xiaobao hurriedly gestured to Mao Shiba, telling him to run away.Mao Shiba waved to him, asking him to flee with him.Wei Xiaobao turned and walked towards the door, but he heard Mr. Hai groan: "Little... Xiao Guizi, little... Guizi...you..." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes, I'm here!" He waved his left hand repeatedly, calling Mao Shibaxian After escaping, he had to find a way to stabilize Mr. Hai. Mao Shiba struggled to stand up, but the acupoints on his legs were blocked. He stretched out his hands to massage the acupoints on his waist and legs, and tried hard, but there was no movement at all. He thought, "I can't move my legs, so I had to crawl out." .This child is a ghost, a child, no one will pay attention to him, it is not difficult for him to get away, if he is with me, if he encounters an enemy, he will be dragged down instead." Immediately waved to Wei Xiaobao, both hands resting on the ground , quietly climbed out.
Hai Laogong's groans were soft and loud.Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to leave, for fear that he would find out that Xiao Guizi was dead, and would make a fuss, and his subordinates would launch a roundup, and he and Mao Shiba would definitely be unable to escape, thinking: "This disaster was all caused by me. Brother Mao's legs I can't walk, and I don't know how long it will take me to escape. I'll stay here for a good while. As long as the old tortoise Hai doesn't find out that I'm a fake, it's fine. This old tortoise is so sick that he's unconscious. Kill him with a knife, and you can escape." After a while, I suddenly heard the sound of beating, beeping and beeping from a distance, but it was the first watch that had already been handed in.Wei Xiaobao saw the candle light shining, suddenly it lit up, the candle on the left was lit to the end, and then went out, seeing Xiao Guizi's corpse curled up into a ball, he was very frightened: "I killed this man, he turned into a ghost, he will Won’t you ask me for your life?” Then he thought: “It will be hard to get out after dawn, and you have to escape in the dark in the middle of the night.” But Mr. Hai kept moaning, and he was no longer unconscious. He lay on his back, no matter how courageous Wei Xiaobao was, he didn't dare to lift a dagger and thrust it into his chest or lower abdomen. When he touched his skin, he immediately felt that his brain would burst when he hit him with a palm.After a while, the other candle was also extinguished. In the darkness, Wei Xiaobao thought that Xiao Guizi's corpse was within reach, and he was terrified, hoping to escape as soon as possible, but as soon as he moved, Mr. Hai called out, "Xiao...Xiao Guizi, are you...here?" ?" Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to agree: "I'm here!" After more than half an hour, he tiptoed to the door, and Mr. Hai called again: "Xiao Guizi, where are you going?" Wei Xiaobao said, "I...I'm going to pee." Mr. Hai asked, "Why...why? Don't urinate inside the house?" Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes, yes." He walked into the inner room, which was a place he had never been before. He had just walked in the door, and after only two steps, there was a bang, and his knee hit the foot of the table. Mr. Hai asked from the outside, "Little... Guizi , you... what are you doing?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No... nothing!" Stretching out his hand to grope, he found a fire knife and flint on the table, hurriedly lit the fire, lit the paper media, and saw a dozen candles on the table , immediately lit one, and plugged in the candlestick. Seeing a big bed and a small bed in the room, it is expected that Hai Laogong and Xiao Guizi slept there.There are a few boxes in the room, a table and a cabinet, and nothing else.There is a large water tank at the east end, which looks very abrupt, and a large area of the ground is splashed wet.He was checking to see if he could escape from the window, when Mr. Hai yelled again from outside: "Why don't you pee?" Wei Xiaobao was startled: "Why does he keep calling me? Could it be that he heard something wrong with my voice and became suspicious? Otherwise, if I don't urinate, who cares about him?" Immediately he replied: "Yes!" Going under the small bed I touched the potty, peed, and looked at the window. I saw that the window was closed tightly, and every window seam was covered with tissue paper. I think Mr. Hai had a bad cough, and he was afraid of catching cold, so he didn't let in even a little cold wind.If he forcefully opened the window, Mr. Hai would definitely hear it, and he probably caught him before he escaped from the window. He looked around in the room, trying to find a place to escape, but there wasn't even a dog hole or a cat hole in the room. If he escaped from the outer room, he would definitely be noticed by Mr. Hai. With a glance, he saw Xiao Guizi at the foot of the bed. Putting on a new dress, with a thought, he hurriedly took off his clothes and put the new clothes on his body. Mr. Hai shouted again from outside: "Xiao Guizi, you... what are you doing?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Come on! Come on!" Knotting his buttons, he went out, picked up Xiao Guizi's hat, and put it on his head He went up and said: "The candles are out, I'll go and light one." Going back to the inner room, he took two candles and lit them out. Mr. Hai sighed for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You really have lit the candle?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Yes, didn't you see it?" Mr. Hai remained silent for a while, coughed a few times, and then said, "I knew I can't take more of this medicine, it's just that the cough is really... really... too bitter, alas, although I only take a little bit each time, it accumulates over time, the toxicity is too severe, and finally... finally something happened to my eyes." Wei Xiaobao felt relieved. : "The old guy didn't know that I added medicinal powder to his wine, and he said that he had taken the medicine for many days and accumulated it, and then he had an attack." Only Mr. Hai said again: "Xiao Guizi, how does Gonggong treat you?" Wei Xiaobao didn't know how Mr. Hai treats Xiaoguizi at all, so he hurriedly said: "It's very good." Mr. Hai said: "Well, now, Gonggong... ...I'm blind, you are the only one in this world to take care of me, will you leave father-in-law, don't... ignore me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I...Of course not." Hai Laogong said: "That's true. Isn't it true?" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Of course it's true." He answered without any hesitation, and his tone was sincere, which must have greatly moved Mr. Hai.He said again: "Eunuch, you have no one to accompany you. If I don't accompany you, who will accompany you? I see that your eye disease will recover in a few days, so don't worry about it." Mr. Hai sighed, and said: "It's over, it's over!" After a while, he asked, "The one surnamed Mao has escaped?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Yes!" Mr. Hai said, "He brought Did you kill that child?" Wei Xiaobao's heart was beating wildly, and he replied, "Yes! What about his... what about his corpse?" Mr. Hai pondered for a while, and said: "We murdered someone in our house, and people know about it. It's a long-winded question. You...you go and get my medicine box." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" Go away When I entered the inner room, I couldn't find the medicine box. I opened the drawer of the cabinet and looked for one by one. 海老公突然怒道：“你在干什么？谁……谁叫你乱开抽斗？”韦小宝吓了一跳，心道：“原来这几只抽斗是开不得的。”道：“我找药箱呢，不知放在哪里去了。”海老公怒道：“胡说八道，药箱放在哪里都不知道。” 韦小宝道：“我……我杀了人，心……心里害怕得紧。你……你公公……又瞎了眼睛，我……我完全胡涂了。”说到后来，竟哇的一声哭了出来。他不知药箱的所在，只怕单是这件事便露出了马脚，说哭便哭，却也半点不难。 海老公道：“唉，这孩子，杀个人又打什么紧了？药箱是在第一口箱子里。” 韦小宝抽抽噎噎的道：“是……是……我……我怕得很。”见两口箱子都用铜锁锁着，又不知钥匙在什么地方，伸手在锁扣上一推，那锁应手而开，原来并未锁上，暗叫：“运气真好！这锁中的古怪我如又不知道，老乌龟定要大起疑心。”除下了锁，打开箱子，见箱中大都是衣服，左边有只走方郎中所用的药箱，当即取了，走到外房。 海老公道：“挑些'化尸粉'，把尸首化了。”韦小宝应道：“是。”拉出药箱的一只只小抽斗，但见抽斗中尽是形状颜色各不相同的瓷瓶，也不知哪一瓶是化尸粉，问道：“是哪一只瓶子？”海老公道：“这孩子，怎么今天什么都胡涂了，当真是吓昏了头吗？”韦小宝道：“我……我怕得很，公公，你的眼睛……会……会好吗？”语气中对他眼病的关切之情，着实热切无比。 海老公似乎颇为感动，伸手轻轻摸了摸他头，说道：“那个三角形的、青色有白点的瓶子便是了。这药粉挺珍贵，只消挑一丁点便够了。” 韦小宝应道：“是，是！”拿起那青色白点的三角瓶子，打开瓶塞，从药箱中取了一张白纸，倒了少许药末出来，便即撒在小桂子的尸身之上。 可是过了半天，并无动静。海老公道：“怎么了？”韦小宝道：“没见什么。”海老公道：“是不是撒在他血里的？”韦小宝道：“啊，我忘了！”又倒了些药末，撒在尸身伤口之中。海老公道：“你今天真有些古里古怪，连说话声音也大大不同了。” 便在此时，只听得小桂子尸身的伤口中嗤嗤发声，升起淡淡烟雾，跟着伤口中不住流出黄水，烟雾渐浓，黄水也越流越多，发出又酸又焦的臭气。眼见尸身的伤口越烂越大。尸身肌肉遇到黄水，便即发出烟雾。慢慢的也化而为水，连衣服也是如此。 韦小宝只看得挢舌不下，取过自己换下来的长衫，丢在尸身上，又见自己脚下一对鞋子已然踢破了头，忙除下小桂子的鞋子，换在自己脚上，将破鞋投入黄水。 约莫一个多时辰，小桂子的尸身连着衣服鞋袜，尽数化去，只剩下一滩黄水。韦小宝心想：“老乌龟倘若这时昏倒，那就再好也没有了，我将他推入毒水之中，片刻之间也教他化得尸骨无存。” 可是海老公不断咳嗽，不断唉声叹气，却总是不肯昏倒。
眼见窗纸渐明，天已破晓，韦小宝心想：“我已换上了这身衣服，便堂而皇之的出去，也没人认得我，那倒不用发愁。” 海老公忽道：“小桂子，天快亮了，是不是？”韦小宝道：“是啊。”海老公道：“你舀水把地下冲冲干净，这气味不太好闻。”韦小宝应了，回到内室，用水瓢从水缸中舀了几瓢水，将地下黄水冲去。 海老公又道：“待会吃过早饭，便跟他们赌钱去。”韦小宝大是奇怪，料想这是反话，便道：“赌钱？我才不去呢！你眼睛不好，我怎能自己去玩？”海老公怒道：“谁说是玩了？我教了你几个月，几百两银子已输掉了，为来为去，便是为了这件大事，你不听我吩咐么？” 韦小宝不明白他的用意，只得含糊其辞的答道：“不……不是不听你吩咐，不过你身子不好，咳得又凶，我去干……干这件事，没人照顾你。”海老公道：“你给我办妥这件事，比什么都强。你再掷一把试试。”韦小宝道：“掷一把？掷……掷哪一把？”海老公怒道：“快拿骰子来，推三阻四的，就是不肯下苦功去练，练了这许久，老是没长进。” 韦小宝听说是掷骰子，精神为之一振，他在扬州，除了听说书，大多数时候便在跟人掷骰子赌钱，年纪虽小，在扬州街巷之间，已算得是一把好手，只是不知骰子放在什么地方，说道：“这一天搞得头昏脑胀，那几粒骰子也不知放在什么地方了。” 海老公骂道：“不中用的东西，听说掷骰子便吓破了胆，输钱又不是输你的，那骰子不是好端端放在箱子中吗？” 韦小宝道：“也不知是不是。”进内室打开箱子，翻得几翻，在一只锦缎盒子中果然见到有只小瓷碗，碗里放着六粒骰子。当真是他乡遇故知，忍不住一声欢呼，待得拿起六粒骰子，又是一声欢呼。原来遇到的不但是老朋友，而且是最最亲密的老朋友，这六粒骰子一入手，便知是灌了水银的骗局骰子。 他将瓷碗和骰子拿到海老公身边，说道：“你当真定要我去赌钱？你一个人在这里，没人服侍，成吗？” 海老公道：“你少给我啰唆，限你十把之中，掷一只'天'出来。” 当时掷骰子赌钱，骰子或用四粒，或用六粒；如用六粒，则须掷成四粒相同，余下两粒便成一只骨牌，两粒六点是“天”，两粒一点是“地”，以此而比大小。韦小宝心想：“这骰子是灌水银的，要我十把才掷成一只'天'，太也小觑老子了。”但用灌水银骰了作弊，比之灌铅骰子可难得多了，他连掷四五把，都掷不出点子，掷到第六把上，两粒六点，三粒三点，一粒四点，倘若这四点的骰子是三点，这只“天”便掷出来了，他小指头轻轻一拨，将这粒四点的拨成三点，拍手叫道：“好，好，这可不是一只'天'吗？” 海老公道：“别欺我瞧不见，拿过来给我摸。”伸手到瓷碗中一摸，果然六粒骰子之中四粒三点，两粒六点。海老公道：“今天运气倒好，给我掷个'梅花'出来。” 韦小宝提起骰子，正要掷下去时，心念一动：“听他口气，小桂子这小乌龟掷骰子的本事极差，我要是掷什么有什么，定会引起老乌龟的疑心。”手劲一转，连掷了七八把都是不对，再掷一把之后叹了口气。 海老公道：“掷成了什么？”韦小宝道：“是……是……”海老公哼了一声，伸手入碗去摸，摸到是四粒两点，一粒四点，一粒五点，是个“九点”，海老公道：“手劲差了这么一点儿，梅花变成了九点。不过九点也不小了，你再试试。” 韦小宝试了十七八次，掷出了一只“长三”，那比“梅花”只差一级。海老公摸清楚之后，颇为高兴，说道：“有些长进啦，去试试手气罢，今天带五十……五十两银子去。” 韦小宝适才在箱中翻寻骰子之时，已见到十来只元宝。说到赌钱，原是他平生最喜爱之事，只是一来没本钱，二来太爱作假，扬州市井之间，人人均知他是小骗子，除了外来的羊牯，谁也不上他的当。此刻惊魂略定，忽然能去赌钱，何况赌本竟有五十两之多，那是连做梦也难得梦到的豪赌，更何况有骗局骰子携去，当真是甫出地狱，便上天堂，就算赌完要杀头，也不肯就此逃走了，只是不知对手是谁，上哪里去赌，倘若一一询问，立时便露出了马脚，那可是个大大的难题。 他开箱子取了两只元宝，每只都是二十五两，正自凝思，须得想个什么法子，才能骗出海老公的话来，忽听得门外有人嘎声叫道：“小桂子，小桂子！”
韦小宝走到外堂，答应了一声。海老公低声道：“来叫你啦，这就去罢。”韦小宝欣然正要出门，猛然间肚子里叫一声苦，不知高低：“那些赌鬼可不是瞎子，他们一眼便知我不是小桂子，那便如何是好？”只听门外那人又叫：“小桂子，你出来，有话跟你说。” 韦小宝道：“来啦！”当即回到内室，取了块白布，缠在头上脸上，只露出了一只眼睛与嘴巴，向海老公道：“我去啦！”快步走出房门，只见门外一名三十来岁的汉子，低声问道：“你怎么啦？” 韦小宝道：“输了钱，给公公打得眼青脸肿。”那人嘻的一笑，更无怀疑，低声问道：“敢不敢再去翻本？”韦小宝拉着他衣袖，走开几步，低声道：“别给公公听见。当然要翻本啦。”那人大拇指一竖，道：“好小子，有种！这就走！” 韦小宝和他并肩而行，见这人头小额尖，脸色青白。走出数丈后，那人道：“温家哥儿俩、平威他们都已先去了。今日你手气得好些才行。”韦小宝道：“今天再不赢，那……那可糟了！” 一路上走的都是回廊，穿过一处处庭院花园。韦小宝心想：“他妈的，这财主真有钱，起这么大的屋子。”眼见飞檐绘彩，栋梁雕花，他一生之中哪里见过这等富丽豪华的大屋？心想：“咱丽春院在扬州，也算得上是数一数二的漂亮大院子了。比这里可又差得远啦。乖乖弄的东，在这里开座院子，嫖客们可有得乐子了。不过这么大的院子里，如果不坐满百来个姑娘，却也不像样。” 韦小宝跟着那人走了好一会，走进一间偏屋，穿过了两间房间，那人伸手敲门，笃笃笃三下，笃笃两下，又是笃笃笃三下，那门呀的一声开了，只听得玎玲玲、玎玲玲骰子落碗之声，说不出的悦耳动听。房里已聚着五六个人，都是一般的打扮，正在聚精会神的掷骰子。 一个二十来岁的汉子问道：“小桂子干么啦？”带他进来那人笑道：“输了钱，给海老公打啦。”那人嘿嘿一笑，口中啧啧的数声。韦小宝站在数人之后，见各人正在下注，有的一两，有的五钱，都是竹签筹码。他拿出一只元宝来，买了五十枚五钱银子的筹码。 一人说道：“小桂子，今日偷了多少钱出来输？”韦小宝道：“呸！什么偷不偷，输不输的？难听得紧！”他本要乌龟儿子王八蛋的乱骂一起，只是发觉自己说话的腔调跟他们太也不像，骂人更易露出马脚，心想少开口为妙，一面留神学他们的说话。 带他进来的那汉子拿着筹码，神色有些迟疑。旁边一人道：“老吴，这会儿霉庄，多押些。”老吴道：“好！”押了二两银子，说道：“小桂子，怎么样？”韦小宝心想：“最好不要人家留心自己，不要赢多，不要输多，押也不要押得大。”于是押了五钱银子。旁人谁也不来理他。 那做庄的是个肥胖汉子，这些人都叫他平大哥，韦小宝记得老吴说过赌客中有一人叫作平威，这平大哥自是平威了。只见他拿起骰子，在手掌中一阵抖动，喝道：“通杀！”将骰子掷入碗中。韦小宝留神他的手势，登时放心：“此人是个羊牯！”在他心中，凡是不会行骗的赌客，便是羊牯。平威掷了六把骰子，掷出个“牛头”，那是短牌中的大点子。 余人顺次一个个掷下去，有的赔了，有的吃了。老吴掷了个“八点”，给吃了。 韦小宝每见到一人掷骰，心中便叫一声：“羊牯！”他连叫了七声“羊牯”，登时大为放心。 他怀中带着海老公的水银骰子，原拟玩到中途，换了进去，赢了一笔钱后，再设法换出来。掷假骰子的手法固然极为难练，而将骰子换入换出，也须眼明手快，便如变戏法一般，先得引开旁人的注意，例如忽然踢倒一只凳子、倒翻一碗茶之类，众人眼光都去瞧凳瞧茶碗时，真假骰子便掉了包。但若是好手，自也不必出到踢凳翻茶的下等手法，通常是在手腕间暗藏六粒骰子，手指上抓六粒骰子，一把掷下，落入碗中的是腕间骰子，而手指中的六粒骰子一合手便转入左掌，神不知、鬼不觉的揣入怀中，这门本事韦小宝却没学会。 有道是：“骰子灌铅，赢钱不难；灌了水银，点铁成金。”水银和铅均极沉重，骰子一边轻一边重，能依己意指挥。只是铅乃硬物，水银却不住流动，是以掷灌铅骰子甚易而掷水银骰子极难。骰子灌铅易于为人发觉，同时你既能掷出大点，对方亦能掷出大点，但若灌的是水银，要什么点子，非有上乘手法不可，非寻常骗徒之所能。韦小宝掷灌铅骰子有六七成把握，对付水银骰子，把握便只一成二成。虽只一成二成。但十把中只须多赢得一两把，几个时辰赌将下来，自然大占赢面。至于真正的一流高手，则能任意投掷寻常骰子，要出几点便是几点，丝毫不爽，决不需借助于灌铅灌水银的骰子，这等功夫万中无一，韦小宝也未曾遇上过，就算遇上了，他也看不出来。 他见入局的对手全是羊牯，心想骰子换入换出全无危险，且不忙换骰子，他入局时有两只二十五两的元宝，一只兑了筹码，当下将另一只元宝放在左手边，以作掉换骰子的张本，又想：“小桂子既常常输钱，我也得先输后赢，免得引人疑心。”掷了几把，掷出一只幺六来，自然是给吃了。 如此输一注，赢一注，拉来拉去，输了五两银子。赌了半天，各人下注渐渐大了，韦小宝仍下五钱。庄家平威将他的竹筹一推，说道：“至少一两，五钱不收。”韦小宝当即添了一根筹码。庄家掷出来是张“人”牌，一注注吃了下来。韦小宝恼他不收自己的五钱赌注，这一次决意赢他，心道：“你不肯输五钱，定要输上一两，好小子，有种，算盘挺精。我若用天牌赢你，不算好汉。”他右手抓了骰子，左手手肘一挺，一只大元宝掉下地去，托的一声，正好掉在他左脚脚面。他大叫一声：“啊哟，好痛！”跳了几下。同赌的七人都笑了起来，瞧着他弯下腰去拾元宝。韦小宝轻轻易易的便换过了骰子，一手掷下去，四粒三点，两粒一点，是张“地”牌，刚好比“人”牌大了一级。平威骂道：“他妈的，小鬼今天手气倒好。” 韦小宝心中一惊：“不对，我这般赢法，别人一留神，便瞧出我不是小桂子了。”下一次掷时，他便输了一两。眼见各人纷纷加注，有的三两，有的二两，他便下注二两，赢了二两，下一次却输一两。 赌到中午时分，韦小宝已赢得二十几两，只是每一注进出甚小，谁也没加留神。老吴却已将带来的三十几两银子输得精光，神情甚是懊丧，双手一摊，说道：“今儿手气不好，不赌啦！” 韦小宝赌钱之时，十次中倒有九次要作弊骗人，但对赌友却极为豪爽。他平时给人辱骂殴打，无人瞧他得起，但若有人输光了，他必借钱给此人，那人自然十分感激，对他另眼相看。韦小宝生平偶有机会充一次好汉，也只在借赌本给人之时。那人就算借了不还，他也并不在乎，反正这钱也决不是他自己掏腰包的。这时见老吴输光了要走，当即抓起一把筹码，约有十七八两，塞在他手里，说道：“你拿去翻本，赢了再还我！” 老吴喜出望外。这些人赌钱，从来不肯借钱与人，一来怕借了不还，二来觉得钱从己手而出，彩头不好，本来赢的会变成输家。他见韦小宝如此慷慨，大为高兴，连连拍他肩头，赞道：“好兄弟，真有你的。” 庄家平威气势正旺，最怕人输干了散局，对韦小宝的“义举”也是十分赞许，说道：“哈，小桂子转了性，今天不怎么小气啦！” 再赌下去，韦小宝又赢了六七两。忽然有人说道：“开饭啦，明儿再来玩过。”众人一听到“开饭啦”三字，立即住手，匆匆将筹码换成了银子。韦小宝来不及换回水银骰子，心想反正这些羊牯也瞧不出来，倒也没放在心上。 韦小宝跟着老吴出来，心想：“不知到哪里吃饭去？”老吴将借来的十几两银子又输得差不多了，说道：“小兄弟，只好明天还你。”韦小宝道：“自己兄弟，打什么紧？”老吴笑道：“嘿嘿，这才是好兄弟呢，你快回去，海老公等你吃饭呢。” 韦小宝道：“是。”心想：“原来是回去跟老乌龟一起吃饭，此刻再不逃之夭夭，更待何时？”眼见老吴穿入一处厅堂，寻思：“这里又是大厅，又是花园，又是走廊，不知大门在什么地方。”只好乱闯乱走，时时撞到和他一般服色之人，可不敢问人大门所在。
他越走越远，心下渐渐慌了：“不如先回到海老乌龟那里去再说。”可是此刻连如何回到海老公处，也已迷失了路径，所行之处都是没到过的，时时见到厅上、门上悬有匾额，反正不识，也没去看。 再走一会，连人也不大碰到了，肚中已饿得咕咕直响。他穿过一处月洞门，见左侧有间屋子，门儿虚掩，走过门边，突然一阵食物香气透了出来，不由得馋涎欲滴，轻轻推门，探头一张。 只见桌上放着十来碟点心糕饼，眼见屋内无人，便即蹑手蹑脚的走了进去，拿起一块千层糕，放入口中。只嚼得几嚼，不由得暗暗叫好。这千层糕是一层面粉夹一层蜜糖猪油，更有桂花香气，既松且甜。维扬细点天下闻名，妓院中款待嫖客，点心也做得十分考究。韦小宝往往先嫖客之尝而尝，尽管老鸨龟奴打骂，他还是偷吃不误。此刻所吃的这块糕，显然比妓院中的细点更精致得多，心道：“这千层糕做得真好，我瞧这儿多半是北京城里的第一大妓院。” 他吃了一块千层糕，不听得有人走近，又去取了一只小烧卖放入口中。他偷食的经验极丰，知道一碗一碟之中不能多取，这才不易为人发觉。吃了一只烧卖后，又吃一块豌豆黄，将碟中糕点略加搬动，不露偷食之迹。 正吃得兴起，忽听得门外靴声橐橐，有人走近，忙拿了一个肉末烧饼，但见屋中空空洞洞，墙壁边倚着几个牛皮制的人形，梁上垂下来几只大布袋，里面似乎装着米麦或是沙土，此外便只眼前这张桌子，桌前挂着块桌帷，当下更不细思，便即钻入了桌底。
He could hear everyone's footsteps going away, but he could hear Hai Laogong's coughing a few times.Wei Xiaobao smelled a very strong smell of medicine, and thought: "This old ghost is dying of illness, but he died a few days sooner, it seems that Brother Mao and I are going to be the vanguard for him to go to the King of Hades." All around was quiet. Quietly, except for Mr. Hai's occasional cough, there was no other sound.Wei Xiaobao's hands and feet were bound, his fingers and toes were numb, he was indescribably uncomfortable, but Mr. Hai seemed to have forgotten the two of them and ignored them. After a long, long time, Old Man Hai called out softly: "Xiao Guizi!" The child replied: "Yes!" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "So your brat's name is Xiao Guizi, and it has something to do with your grandfather's name." The characters for 'small' are the same." Only Mr. Hai said: "Untie the two of them, I have something to ask them." Xiao Guizi replied: "Yes!" Wei Xiaobao heard the rattling sound, and thought it was Xiao Guizi cutting the ropes on Mao Shiba's hands and feet with a knife, and after a while, the ropes on his own hands and feet were also cut, and then the black cloth over his eyes was removed.Wei Xiaobao opened his eyes, and saw that he was in a large room, there were few things in the room, only a table, a chair, and teapots and bowls on the table.Hai Laogong sat in the chair, half sitting and half lying down, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were half open and half closed.It was already dark at this time, and there were two copper candlesticks on the wall, each with a candle lit, the flames flickered on and off Hai Laogong's sallow face. Xiao Guizi took out the cloth stuffed in Mao Shiba's mouth, and went to get the cloth stuffed in Wei Xiaobao's mouth.Hai Laogong said: "This kid's mouth is not clean, let him stuff it for a while." Wei Xiaobao's hands were already free, but he didn't dare to dig out the cloth in his mouth. It was ten times better than Zhihai's husband could imagine. Mr. Hai said: "Give him a chair and sit down." Xiao Guizi moved a chair to the next room and put it next to Mao Shiba, Mao Shiba immediately sat down, Wei Xiaobao saw that he had no seat.To be honest, he sat down on the ground. Mr. Hai said to Mao Shiba: "Brother, your name is your name. Which school or faction do you belong to? You have a good grasping technique. It seems that it is not our northern martial arts." Mao Shiba said: "My surname is Mao, and my name is Mao Shiba. Five tigers in Taizhou, Jiangbei, under the knife door." Mr. Hai nodded and said, "Brother Mao Shiba, I have heard of your name before. I heard that in the area of Yangzhou, you robbed families and houses, killed officials and escaped from prison. I really did it. A lot of big things happened." Mao Shiba said: "Not bad." He couldn't help being dissatisfied with the astonishing martial arts of this consumptive old eunuch.He didn't dare to speak out against him.Hai Laogong said: "Your Excellency came to the capital, what do you want to do, can you tell me?" Mao Shiba said: "Since it falls into your hands, if you want to kill or cut, I listen to you. The surname Mao is a man of the rivers and lakes, and he will not frown. If you want to force a confession, then you have misread the person." Hai Laogong slightly He smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that Mao Shiba is a good man who is hard-working, and he dare not force a confession. I heard that Your Excellency is the confidant of King Pingxi of Yunnan..." Before he could finish his sentence, Mao Shiba became furious, and shouted: "Who has anything to do with Wu Sangui, a big traitor? If you say that, I will definitely tarnish my reputation as a hero, Mao Shiba." Mr. Hai coughed A few times, with a slight smile, he said: "King Pingxi has made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and the master relies heavily on him. If you are a close friend of King Pingxi, let's take care of the prince's face, and don't worry about minor offenses." Eighteen said loudly: "No, no! Mao Shiba and Wu Sangui are not in the slightest sticking together. The surname Mao will never talk about this traitor. If you want to kill him, kill him. If you say I am Wu Sangui's What confidantes, the ancestors surnamed Mao are in bad luck." Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and the Ming Dynasty fell. Wei Xiaobao was in the market, and when he heard people mention Wu Sangui, he always added the words "traitor", "smelly thief" and "straight mother thief", thinking: "Listen to the tone of this old turtle, as long as brother Mao pretends to be Wu Sangui's confidant, he can let us go. However, brother Mao has a hard bone and refuses to pretend. But if the bone is hard, the flesh will suffer. As the saying goes:' A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses', those who suffer from immediate losses are naturally not good men. Let's talk nonsense about how much Wu Sangui values our two brothers, and it won't be too late to scold Wu Sangui's eighteen generations of ancestors after he has escaped." His blood gradually softened, and he quietly covered his mouth with his sleeve, and dug out the cloth stuffed in his mouth. Mr. Hai was watching Mao Shiba's face, he didn't see Wei Xiaobao playing tricks in the dark, he saw Mao Shiba's expression was serious, he smiled and said: "I also thought that Your Excellency was sent to the capital by King Pingxi, so I guessed wrong." Mao Shiba thought to himself: "Being captured in Beijing now, the matter at the emperor's feet, it is absolutely impossible to get away. Leopards die to leave their skins, and people die to leave their names. It doesn't matter if Mao Shiba dies, but a man can't." Confused." Seeing that Wei Xiaobao was looking at him helplessly, he said loudly, "To tell you the truth, I heard it said in the rivers and lakes in the south that Oboi was the number one warrior in Manchuria. He punched a mad cow and kicked a tiger and leopard. , The talk was hype. The surname Mao refused to accept it, so he came to Beijing specially to make gestures with him." Mr. Hai sighed, and said, "Do you want to compete with Ao Shaobao? Ao Shaobao's official residence is the best. Apart from the emperor and empress dowager, Ao Shaobao is the only one in Beijing. Dude has been waiting in Beijing for ten or eight years. It may not be obvious, how can we compete with him?" At that time, Mao Shiba was still Hai Laogong's sorcerer, and later the acupoints on his back were sealed, and it was only at this moment that he slowly released it. It is known that this is an extremely high-quality internal martial art.Look at the old eunuch's expression and accent, he is a Manchu, he can't even beat an old man from Manchuria, how can he compete with the number one warrior in Manchuria?When he fought fiercely against Shi Song and others at the foot of Desheng Mountain in Yangzhou, although the situation was critical, he was not discouraged. Now facing this consumptive ghost eunuch, he couldn't help losing his pride, and finally sighed. Mr. Hai asked: "Your Excellency, do you still want to compete with Ao Shaobao?" Mao Shiba said: "May I ask how much is Ao Bai's martial arts comparable to that of the respected one?" Mr. Hai smiled slightly and said, "Ao Shaobao I am a minister of Gu Ming who is born and entered the prime minister, rich and honorable, and extremely prosperous. I am a miserable lowly person. How can I compare with Ao Shaobao, who is in the sky and the other is in the ground?" He was talking about the status of the two, In the section of martial arts, he avoided mentioning it.Mao Shiba said: "If Oboi's kung fu is half as good as yours, then I am absolutely no match." Mr. Hai said with a smile, "My brother is too modest. From my point of view, my humble kung fu is as good as yours." Compared with Chen Jinnan, how is it?" Mao Shiba jumped up and asked, "You...you...what did you say?" Mr. Hai said, "I'm asking about the chief rudder of your club, Chen Jinnan. ', the internal strength is so high that no one can predict it, but it's a pity that I'm a bitch, I don't have the good fortune to meet President Chen." Mao Shiba said: "I'm not from the Tiandihui, and I'm not lucky enough to meet President Chen. The rudder master. I heard that Mr. Chen's rudder master is extremely skilled in martial arts, but I don't know how high he is." Mr. Hai sighed, and said, "Brother Mao, I knew you were a good man. With your skills, why didn't you serve the royal family? It's not difficult to be an admiral or a general in the future. Follow the heaven and the earth and you will rebel." , alas..." Shaking his head, he said again: "That will always end badly. I advise you with kind words, you might as well rein in the precipice and quit the Tiandihui." Mao Shiba said: "I...I...I'm not Tiandihui." He suddenly magnified his throat and said, "I'm not denying or denying. People with the surname Mao only hope to join Tiandihui, but there has been no one to welcome them. Jianghu There is a saying: "If people don't know Chen Jinnan, it is useless to call him a hero." Mr. Hai, I think you have heard this before. The man surnamed Mao is a dignified Han. Why do you want to be a traitor against Manchuria? Kill me quickly! The man surnamed Mao murdered and set fire to him. The crime he committed was too serious. " Mr. Hai said: "You Han people are not convinced that the Manchus won the world. There is nothing wrong with it. I respect you for being a good man. I will not kill you today. After I let you go to see Chen Jinnan, you will die with your eyes closed. I hope you will see him sooner. The better he is, when I saw him, I said Mrs. Hai wanted to see him very much, and wanted to learn how powerful his "blood clotting god grasping" kung fu is. If the chief rudder doesn’t come to Beijing again, I’ll see him not coming. Hehe, ‘It’s useless to call him a hero if you don’t know Chen Jinnan!’ How can Chen Jinnan be a hero? There’s such a big name in the Jianghu?” When Mao Shiba heard him say that he let him go just like that, unexpectedly, he stood up but left instead.Mr. Hai said: "What are you waiting for? Are you still leaving?" Mao Shiba said: "Yes!" He turned around and took Wei Xiaobao's hand, wanting to say a few words to explain, but he didn't know what to say. Mr. Hai sighed again, and said, "It's a pity that you have been in the Jianghu for so long, and you don't understand the rules. You don't want to leave anything, and you want to leave?" Mao Shiba gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, my surname is Mao's carelessness. Little brother, if you use this knife, I'll break off your left hand." He pointed to the dagger next to the little eunuch Xiao Guizi .This dagger is about eight inches long, it was used by Xiao Guizi just now to cut the ropes on his hands and feet. Mr. Hai said: "One left hand is not enough." Mao Shiba said with a livid face, "You want me to cut off my right hand?" Mr. Hai nodded and said, "Yes, two hands. Originally, I still have to You have a pair of tricks, cough...cough...but you want to see Chen Jinnan, without the tricks, you won't be able to see anyone. In this way, you crippled your left eye and left your right eye!" Mao Shiba took two steps back, let go of the hand holding Wei Xiaobao, raised his left palm, pressed his right palm obliquely, and made a "rhinoceros looking at the moon" move, thinking: "You want me to cripple my left eye, and then cut off my hands. , What is such a disabled person doing alive? It’s better to fight with you and die at the bottom of your hands, that’s all.” Mr. Hai didn't even look at him, he coughed continuously, the cough got worse, until he couldn't breathe, his sallow face suddenly turned red.Xiao Guizi said: "Elder-in-law, can you take another dose?" Mr. Hai couldn't help shaking his head, but he still coughed continuously. After coughing, he couldn't help standing up, put his left hand on his head and neck, his expression was extremely painful. Mao Shiba thought: "If you don't leave now, when will you wait?" He jumped up, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's hand, and rushed out the door. Hai Laogong pinched the thumb and index finger of his right hand towards the edge of the table, immediately pinched a small piece of wood on the edge of the table, and flicked it out with a hissing sound.Mao Shiba was about to step out with a big stride, when the piece of wood bumped into the "rabbit hole" of his right leg, his right leg became sore and limp at once, and he fell to his knees.With a chirping sound, another small piece of wood popped out, Mao Shiba's left leg acupuncture point was hit again, and he rolled down together with Wei Xiaobao under the sound of Old Man Hai coughing.
Xiaoguizi said: "Take another half dose, it probably doesn't matter." Haigong said: "Okay, okay, just...just a little. Too much...it's very dangerous." Xiaoguizi replied: "Yes!" Stretching out his hand He took out the medicine bag from his arms, turned around and went back into the inner room, took out a glass of wine, opened the medicine bag, stretched out his little finger, and picked up some powder with his nails.Hai Laogong said: "Too... too much..." Xiao Guizi said: "Yes!" Put some powder from the nails back into the medicine bag, looked at Hai Laogong, Hai Laogong nodded, bent down and coughed loudly, suddenly body He jumped forward, crawled on the ground, and couldn't stop twisting. Little Guizi was shocked, rushed over to help her, and shouted, "Elder-in-law, what's the matter?" Old Mr. Hai panted, "It's so...so hot...help...help me...go to the water...water tank...water Soak...soak..." Xiao Guizi said, "Yes!" and helped him up with all his strength.The two staggered into the inner room, and then heard the sound of splashing water. Wei Xiaobao saw all this, and immediately stood up quietly, walked to the table, stretched out his little finger, picked up three nail powders, poured them into the wine, fearing that it would not be enough, picked two more nails, and folded the medicine bag Close it, reopen it, and wipe out the traces of fingernails in the powder.I could only hear Xiao Guizi saying in the inner room: "Elder-in-law, are you feeling better? Don't soak it for too long." Mr. Hai said, "It's so hot...so...it's as hot as a fire." Wei Xiaobao saw the dagger on the table Go up, hold it in your hand immediately, return to Mao Shiba's side, and lie down on the ground. After a while, there was a sound of water, Mr. Hai was dripping wet, supported by Xiao Guizi, he came out from the inner room, still coughing uncontrollably.Xiao Guizi picked up the wine glass and fed it to his mouth.Mr. Hai coughed a lot and couldn't drink.Wei Xiaobao's heart almost jumped out of his heart.Hai Laogong said: "You can not take it...it's better not...not to take this medicine..." Xiao Guizi said: "Yes!" Put the wine glass on the table, wrap up the medicine bag, and put it in Hai Laogong's arms.But Old Man Hai coughed loudly again, and pointed to the wine glass.Xiao Guizi picked up the wine glass and brought it to his mouth, this time Mr. Hai drank it all in one gulp. Mao Shiba couldn't hold his breath, and couldn't help saying "ah".Mr. Hai said: "You...you want...to get out alive..." Suddenly there was a click, and the chair collapsed.He leaned over the table, the force of this push was extremely strong, with two clicks, clicks, the table collapsed again, the person and the table fell forward. Xiao Guizi was shocked and shouted: "Elder-in-law, father-in-law!" She rushed to help her, her back was facing Mao Shiba and Wei Xiaobao.Wei Xiaobao jumped up lightly, lifted the dagger, and stabbed at his vest.Xiao Guizi let out a low snort, and died instantly.Hai Laogong was still writhing on the ground. Wei Xiaobao raised the dagger, pointed it at Hai Laogong's vest, and waited to poke it again.At this moment, Old Man Hai raised his head and said, "Xiao...Xiao Guizi, this medicine is not right." Wei Xiaobao was so frightened that his wits flew out of his wits, how dare he poke the dagger down?Hai Laogong turned around, stretched out his hand, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's left wrist, and said, "Xiao Guizi, did you take the medicine by mistake?" Wei Xiaobao said vaguely: "No...it's not wrong..." I felt that my left wrist was bound by an iron hoop, and the pain was so painful that my right hand holding the dagger shrank back a few feet in fright. Hai Laogong said in a trembling voice: "Quick...light the candles quickly, it's pitch black, what...you can't see anything." Wei Xiaobao was amazed, the candle was clearly lit, why did he say it was pitch black? "Could it be that he's blind?" Then he said, "The candle is still on, father-in-law, you... didn't you see?" Although both he and Xiao Guizi had children's accents, Xiao Guizi spoke the official accent of a banner man, so how could he learn it all at once? Yes, I had to say it vaguely, I just hope that Mr. Hai won't find out. Old Man Hai shouted: "I... I can't see, who said the candles are lit? Hurry up and light them!" Then he let go of Wei Xiaobao's wrist.Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" He hurried away, walked quickly to the side of the candlestick installed on the wall, stretched out his hand to touch the copper ring of the candlestick, made a clanging sound, and said: "It's lit!" Hai Laogong said: "What? Nonsense! Why didn't you light up the wax..." Before finishing a sentence, he twisted his body and fell on his back. Wei Xiaobao hurriedly gestured to Mao Shiba, telling him to run away.Mao Shiba waved to him, asking him to flee with him.Wei Xiaobao turned and walked towards the door, but he heard Mr. Hai groan: "Little... Xiao Guizi, little... Guizi...you..." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes, I'm here!" He waved his left hand repeatedly, calling Mao Shibaxian After escaping, he had to find a way to stabilize Mr. Hai. Mao Shiba struggled to stand up, but the acupoints on his legs were blocked. He stretched out his hands to massage the acupoints on his waist and legs, and tried hard, but there was no movement at all. He thought, "I can't move my legs, so I had to crawl out." .This child is a ghost, a child, no one will pay attention to him, it is not difficult for him to get away, if he is with me, if he encounters an enemy, he will be dragged down instead." Immediately waved to Wei Xiaobao, both hands resting on the ground , quietly climbed out.
Hai Laogong's groans were soft and loud.Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to leave, for fear that he would find out that Xiao Guizi was dead, and would make a fuss, and his subordinates would launch a roundup, and he and Mao Shiba would definitely be unable to escape, thinking: "This disaster was all caused by me. Brother Mao's legs I can't walk, and I don't know how long it will take me to escape. I'll stay here for a good while. As long as the old tortoise Hai doesn't find out that I'm a fake, it's fine. This old tortoise is so sick that he's unconscious. Kill him with a knife, and you can escape." After a while, I suddenly heard the sound of beating, beeping and beeping from a distance, but it was the first watch that had already been handed in.Wei Xiaobao saw the candle light shining, suddenly it lit up, the candle on the left was lit to the end, and then went out, seeing Xiao Guizi's corpse curled up into a ball, he was very frightened: "I killed this man, he turned into a ghost, he will Won’t you ask me for your life?” Then he thought: “It will be hard to get out after dawn, and you have to escape in the dark in the middle of the night.” But Mr. Hai kept moaning, and he was no longer unconscious. He lay on his back, no matter how courageous Wei Xiaobao was, he didn't dare to lift a dagger and thrust it into his chest or lower abdomen. When he touched his skin, he immediately felt that his brain would burst when he hit him with a palm.After a while, the other candle was also extinguished. In the darkness, Wei Xiaobao thought that Xiao Guizi's corpse was within reach, and he was terrified, hoping to escape as soon as possible, but as soon as he moved, Mr. Hai called out, "Xiao...Xiao Guizi, are you...here?" ?" Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to agree: "I'm here!" After more than half an hour, he tiptoed to the door, and Mr. Hai called again: "Xiao Guizi, where are you going?" Wei Xiaobao said, "I...I'm going to pee." Mr. Hai asked, "Why...why? Don't urinate inside the house?" Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes, yes." He walked into the inner room, which was a place he had never been before. He had just walked in the door, and after only two steps, there was a bang, and his knee hit the foot of the table. Mr. Hai asked from the outside, "Little... Guizi , you... what are you doing?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No... nothing!" Stretching out his hand to grope, he found a fire knife and flint on the table, hurriedly lit the fire, lit the paper media, and saw a dozen candles on the table , immediately lit one, and plugged in the candlestick. Seeing a big bed and a small bed in the room, it is expected that Hai Laogong and Xiao Guizi slept there.There are a few boxes in the room, a table and a cabinet, and nothing else.There is a large water tank at the east end, which looks very abrupt, and a large area of the ground is splashed wet.He was checking to see if he could escape from the window, when Mr. Hai yelled again from outside: "Why don't you pee?" Wei Xiaobao was startled: "Why does he keep calling me? Could it be that he heard something wrong with my voice and became suspicious? Otherwise, if I don't urinate, who cares about him?" Immediately he replied: "Yes!" Going under the small bed I touched the potty, peed, and looked at the window. I saw that the window was closed tightly, and every window seam was covered with tissue paper. I think Mr. Hai had a bad cough, and he was afraid of catching cold, so he didn't let in even a little cold wind.If he forcefully opened the window, Mr. Hai would definitely hear it, and he probably caught him before he escaped from the window. He looked around in the room, trying to find a place to escape, but there wasn't even a dog hole or a cat hole in the room. If he escaped from the outer room, he would definitely be noticed by Mr. Hai. With a glance, he saw Xiao Guizi at the foot of the bed. Putting on a new dress, with a thought, he hurriedly took off his clothes and put the new clothes on his body. Mr. Hai shouted again from outside: "Xiao Guizi, you... what are you doing?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Come on! Come on!" Knotting his buttons, he went out, picked up Xiao Guizi's hat, and put it on his head He went up and said: "The candles are out, I'll go and light one." Going back to the inner room, he took two candles and lit them out. Mr. Hai sighed for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You really have lit the candle?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Yes, didn't you see it?" Mr. Hai remained silent for a while, coughed a few times, and then said, "I knew I can't take more of this medicine, it's just that the cough is really... really... too bitter, alas, although I only take a little bit each time, it accumulates over time, the toxicity is too severe, and finally... finally something happened to my eyes." Wei Xiaobao felt relieved. : "The old guy didn't know that I added medicinal powder to his wine, and he said that he had taken the medicine for many days and accumulated it, and then he had an attack." Only Mr. Hai said again: "Xiao Guizi, how does Gonggong treat you?" Wei Xiaobao didn't know how Mr. Hai treats Xiaoguizi at all, so he hurriedly said: "It's very good." Mr. Hai said: "Well, now, Gonggong... ...I'm blind, you are the only one in this world to take care of me, will you leave father-in-law, don't... ignore me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I...Of course not." Hai Laogong said: "That's true. Isn't it true?" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Of course it's true." He answered without any hesitation, and his tone was sincere, which must have greatly moved Mr. Hai.He said again: "Eunuch, you have no one to accompany you. If I don't accompany you, who will accompany you? I see that your eye disease will recover in a few days, so don't worry about it." Mr. Hai sighed, and said: "It's over, it's over!" After a while, he asked, "The one surnamed Mao has escaped?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Yes!" Mr. Hai said, "He brought Did you kill that child?" Wei Xiaobao's heart was beating wildly, and he replied, "Yes! What about his... what about his corpse?" Mr. Hai pondered for a while, and said: "We murdered someone in our house, and people know about it. It's a long-winded question. You...you go and get my medicine box." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" Go away When I entered the inner room, I couldn't find the medicine box. I opened the drawer of the cabinet and looked for one by one. 海老公突然怒道：“你在干什么？谁……谁叫你乱开抽斗？”韦小宝吓了一跳，心道：“原来这几只抽斗是开不得的。”道：“我找药箱呢，不知放在哪里去了。”海老公怒道：“胡说八道，药箱放在哪里都不知道。” 韦小宝道：“我……我杀了人，心……心里害怕得紧。你……你公公……又瞎了眼睛，我……我完全胡涂了。”说到后来，竟哇的一声哭了出来。他不知药箱的所在，只怕单是这件事便露出了马脚，说哭便哭，却也半点不难。 海老公道：“唉，这孩子，杀个人又打什么紧了？药箱是在第一口箱子里。” 韦小宝抽抽噎噎的道：“是……是……我……我怕得很。”见两口箱子都用铜锁锁着，又不知钥匙在什么地方，伸手在锁扣上一推，那锁应手而开，原来并未锁上，暗叫：“运气真好！这锁中的古怪我如又不知道，老乌龟定要大起疑心。”除下了锁，打开箱子，见箱中大都是衣服，左边有只走方郎中所用的药箱，当即取了，走到外房。 海老公道：“挑些'化尸粉'，把尸首化了。”韦小宝应道：“是。”拉出药箱的一只只小抽斗，但见抽斗中尽是形状颜色各不相同的瓷瓶，也不知哪一瓶是化尸粉，问道：“是哪一只瓶子？”海老公道：“这孩子，怎么今天什么都胡涂了，当真是吓昏了头吗？”韦小宝道：“我……我怕得很，公公，你的眼睛……会……会好吗？”语气中对他眼病的关切之情，着实热切无比。 海老公似乎颇为感动，伸手轻轻摸了摸他头，说道：“那个三角形的、青色有白点的瓶子便是了。这药粉挺珍贵，只消挑一丁点便够了。” 韦小宝应道：“是，是！”拿起那青色白点的三角瓶子，打开瓶塞，从药箱中取了一张白纸，倒了少许药末出来，便即撒在小桂子的尸身之上。 可是过了半天，并无动静。海老公道：“怎么了？”韦小宝道：“没见什么。”海老公道：“是不是撒在他血里的？”韦小宝道：“啊，我忘了！”又倒了些药末，撒在尸身伤口之中。海老公道：“你今天真有些古里古怪，连说话声音也大大不同了。” 便在此时，只听得小桂子尸身的伤口中嗤嗤发声，升起淡淡烟雾，跟着伤口中不住流出黄水，烟雾渐浓，黄水也越流越多，发出又酸又焦的臭气。眼见尸身的伤口越烂越大。尸身肌肉遇到黄水，便即发出烟雾。慢慢的也化而为水，连衣服也是如此。 韦小宝只看得挢舌不下，取过自己换下来的长衫，丢在尸身上，又见自己脚下一对鞋子已然踢破了头，忙除下小桂子的鞋子，换在自己脚上，将破鞋投入黄水。 约莫一个多时辰，小桂子的尸身连着衣服鞋袜，尽数化去，只剩下一滩黄水。韦小宝心想：“老乌龟倘若这时昏倒，那就再好也没有了，我将他推入毒水之中，片刻之间也教他化得尸骨无存。” 可是海老公不断咳嗽，不断唉声叹气，却总是不肯昏倒。
眼见窗纸渐明，天已破晓，韦小宝心想：“我已换上了这身衣服，便堂而皇之的出去，也没人认得我，那倒不用发愁。” 海老公忽道：“小桂子，天快亮了，是不是？”韦小宝道：“是啊。”海老公道：“你舀水把地下冲冲干净，这气味不太好闻。”韦小宝应了，回到内室，用水瓢从水缸中舀了几瓢水，将地下黄水冲去。 海老公又道：“待会吃过早饭，便跟他们赌钱去。”韦小宝大是奇怪，料想这是反话，便道：“赌钱？我才不去呢！你眼睛不好，我怎能自己去玩？”海老公怒道：“谁说是玩了？我教了你几个月，几百两银子已输掉了，为来为去，便是为了这件大事，你不听我吩咐么？” 韦小宝不明白他的用意，只得含糊其辞的答道：“不……不是不听你吩咐，不过你身子不好，咳得又凶，我去干……干这件事，没人照顾你。”海老公道：“你给我办妥这件事，比什么都强。你再掷一把试试。”韦小宝道：“掷一把？掷……掷哪一把？”海老公怒道：“快拿骰子来，推三阻四的，就是不肯下苦功去练，练了这许久，老是没长进。” 韦小宝听说是掷骰子，精神为之一振，他在扬州，除了听说书，大多数时候便在跟人掷骰子赌钱，年纪虽小，在扬州街巷之间，已算得是一把好手，只是不知骰子放在什么地方，说道：“这一天搞得头昏脑胀，那几粒骰子也不知放在什么地方了。” 海老公骂道：“不中用的东西，听说掷骰子便吓破了胆，输钱又不是输你的，那骰子不是好端端放在箱子中吗？” 韦小宝道：“也不知是不是。”进内室打开箱子，翻得几翻，在一只锦缎盒子中果然见到有只小瓷碗，碗里放着六粒骰子。当真是他乡遇故知，忍不住一声欢呼，待得拿起六粒骰子，又是一声欢呼。原来遇到的不但是老朋友，而且是最最亲密的老朋友，这六粒骰子一入手，便知是灌了水银的骗局骰子。 他将瓷碗和骰子拿到海老公身边，说道：“你当真定要我去赌钱？你一个人在这里，没人服侍，成吗？” 海老公道：“你少给我啰唆，限你十把之中，掷一只'天'出来。” 当时掷骰子赌钱，骰子或用四粒，或用六粒；如用六粒，则须掷成四粒相同，余下两粒便成一只骨牌，两粒六点是“天”，两粒一点是“地”，以此而比大小。韦小宝心想：“这骰子是灌水银的，要我十把才掷成一只'天'，太也小觑老子了。”但用灌水银骰了作弊，比之灌铅骰子可难得多了，他连掷四五把，都掷不出点子，掷到第六把上，两粒六点，三粒三点，一粒四点，倘若这四点的骰子是三点，这只“天”便掷出来了，他小指头轻轻一拨，将这粒四点的拨成三点，拍手叫道：“好，好，这可不是一只'天'吗？” 海老公道：“别欺我瞧不见，拿过来给我摸。”伸手到瓷碗中一摸，果然六粒骰子之中四粒三点，两粒六点。海老公道：“今天运气倒好，给我掷个'梅花'出来。” 韦小宝提起骰子，正要掷下去时，心念一动：“听他口气，小桂子这小乌龟掷骰子的本事极差，我要是掷什么有什么，定会引起老乌龟的疑心。”手劲一转，连掷了七八把都是不对，再掷一把之后叹了口气。 海老公道：“掷成了什么？”韦小宝道：“是……是……”海老公哼了一声，伸手入碗去摸，摸到是四粒两点，一粒四点，一粒五点，是个“九点”，海老公道：“手劲差了这么一点儿，梅花变成了九点。不过九点也不小了，你再试试。” 韦小宝试了十七八次，掷出了一只“长三”，那比“梅花”只差一级。海老公摸清楚之后，颇为高兴，说道：“有些长进啦，去试试手气罢，今天带五十……五十两银子去。” 韦小宝适才在箱中翻寻骰子之时，已见到十来只元宝。说到赌钱，原是他平生最喜爱之事，只是一来没本钱，二来太爱作假，扬州市井之间，人人均知他是小骗子，除了外来的羊牯，谁也不上他的当。此刻惊魂略定，忽然能去赌钱，何况赌本竟有五十两之多，那是连做梦也难得梦到的豪赌，更何况有骗局骰子携去，当真是甫出地狱，便上天堂，就算赌完要杀头，也不肯就此逃走了，只是不知对手是谁，上哪里去赌，倘若一一询问，立时便露出了马脚，那可是个大大的难题。 他开箱子取了两只元宝，每只都是二十五两，正自凝思，须得想个什么法子，才能骗出海老公的话来，忽听得门外有人嘎声叫道：“小桂子，小桂子！”
韦小宝走到外堂，答应了一声。海老公低声道：“来叫你啦，这就去罢。”韦小宝欣然正要出门，猛然间肚子里叫一声苦，不知高低：“那些赌鬼可不是瞎子，他们一眼便知我不是小桂子，那便如何是好？”只听门外那人又叫：“小桂子，你出来，有话跟你说。” 韦小宝道：“来啦！”当即回到内室，取了块白布，缠在头上脸上，只露出了一只眼睛与嘴巴，向海老公道：“我去啦！”快步走出房门，只见门外一名三十来岁的汉子，低声问道：“你怎么啦？” 韦小宝道：“输了钱，给公公打得眼青脸肿。”那人嘻的一笑，更无怀疑，低声问道：“敢不敢再去翻本？”韦小宝拉着他衣袖，走开几步，低声道：“别给公公听见。当然要翻本啦。”那人大拇指一竖，道：“好小子，有种！这就走！” 韦小宝和他并肩而行，见这人头小额尖，脸色青白。走出数丈后，那人道：“温家哥儿俩、平威他们都已先去了。今日你手气得好些才行。”韦小宝道：“今天再不赢，那……那可糟了！” 一路上走的都是回廊，穿过一处处庭院花园。韦小宝心想：“他妈的，这财主真有钱，起这么大的屋子。”眼见飞檐绘彩，栋梁雕花，他一生之中哪里见过这等富丽豪华的大屋？心想：“咱丽春院在扬州，也算得上是数一数二的漂亮大院子了。比这里可又差得远啦。乖乖弄的东，在这里开座院子，嫖客们可有得乐子了。不过这么大的院子里，如果不坐满百来个姑娘，却也不像样。” 韦小宝跟着那人走了好一会，走进一间偏屋，穿过了两间房间，那人伸手敲门，笃笃笃三下，笃笃两下，又是笃笃笃三下，那门呀的一声开了，只听得玎玲玲、玎玲玲骰子落碗之声，说不出的悦耳动听。房里已聚着五六个人，都是一般的打扮，正在聚精会神的掷骰子。 一个二十来岁的汉子问道：“小桂子干么啦？”带他进来那人笑道：“输了钱，给海老公打啦。”那人嘿嘿一笑，口中啧啧的数声。韦小宝站在数人之后，见各人正在下注，有的一两，有的五钱，都是竹签筹码。他拿出一只元宝来，买了五十枚五钱银子的筹码。 一人说道：“小桂子，今日偷了多少钱出来输？”韦小宝道：“呸！什么偷不偷，输不输的？难听得紧！”他本要乌龟儿子王八蛋的乱骂一起，只是发觉自己说话的腔调跟他们太也不像，骂人更易露出马脚，心想少开口为妙，一面留神学他们的说话。 带他进来的那汉子拿着筹码，神色有些迟疑。旁边一人道：“老吴，这会儿霉庄，多押些。”老吴道：“好！”押了二两银子，说道：“小桂子，怎么样？”韦小宝心想：“最好不要人家留心自己，不要赢多，不要输多，押也不要押得大。”于是押了五钱银子。旁人谁也不来理他。 那做庄的是个肥胖汉子，这些人都叫他平大哥，韦小宝记得老吴说过赌客中有一人叫作平威，这平大哥自是平威了。只见他拿起骰子，在手掌中一阵抖动，喝道：“通杀！”将骰子掷入碗中。韦小宝留神他的手势，登时放心：“此人是个羊牯！”在他心中，凡是不会行骗的赌客，便是羊牯。平威掷了六把骰子，掷出个“牛头”，那是短牌中的大点子。 余人顺次一个个掷下去，有的赔了，有的吃了。老吴掷了个“八点”，给吃了。 韦小宝每见到一人掷骰，心中便叫一声：“羊牯！”他连叫了七声“羊牯”，登时大为放心。 他怀中带着海老公的水银骰子，原拟玩到中途，换了进去，赢了一笔钱后，再设法换出来。掷假骰子的手法固然极为难练，而将骰子换入换出，也须眼明手快，便如变戏法一般，先得引开旁人的注意，例如忽然踢倒一只凳子、倒翻一碗茶之类，众人眼光都去瞧凳瞧茶碗时，真假骰子便掉了包。但若是好手，自也不必出到踢凳翻茶的下等手法，通常是在手腕间暗藏六粒骰子，手指上抓六粒骰子，一把掷下，落入碗中的是腕间骰子，而手指中的六粒骰子一合手便转入左掌，神不知、鬼不觉的揣入怀中，这门本事韦小宝却没学会。 有道是：“骰子灌铅，赢钱不难；灌了水银，点铁成金。”水银和铅均极沉重，骰子一边轻一边重，能依己意指挥。只是铅乃硬物，水银却不住流动，是以掷灌铅骰子甚易而掷水银骰子极难。骰子灌铅易于为人发觉，同时你既能掷出大点，对方亦能掷出大点，但若灌的是水银，要什么点子，非有上乘手法不可，非寻常骗徒之所能。韦小宝掷灌铅骰子有六七成把握，对付水银骰子，把握便只一成二成。虽只一成二成。但十把中只须多赢得一两把，几个时辰赌将下来，自然大占赢面。至于真正的一流高手，则能任意投掷寻常骰子，要出几点便是几点，丝毫不爽，决不需借助于灌铅灌水银的骰子，这等功夫万中无一，韦小宝也未曾遇上过，就算遇上了，他也看不出来。 他见入局的对手全是羊牯，心想骰子换入换出全无危险，且不忙换骰子，他入局时有两只二十五两的元宝，一只兑了筹码，当下将另一只元宝放在左手边，以作掉换骰子的张本，又想：“小桂子既常常输钱，我也得先输后赢，免得引人疑心。”掷了几把，掷出一只幺六来，自然是给吃了。 如此输一注，赢一注，拉来拉去，输了五两银子。赌了半天，各人下注渐渐大了，韦小宝仍下五钱。庄家平威将他的竹筹一推，说道：“至少一两，五钱不收。”韦小宝当即添了一根筹码。庄家掷出来是张“人”牌，一注注吃了下来。韦小宝恼他不收自己的五钱赌注，这一次决意赢他，心道：“你不肯输五钱，定要输上一两，好小子，有种，算盘挺精。我若用天牌赢你，不算好汉。”他右手抓了骰子，左手手肘一挺，一只大元宝掉下地去，托的一声，正好掉在他左脚脚面。他大叫一声：“啊哟，好痛！”跳了几下。同赌的七人都笑了起来，瞧着他弯下腰去拾元宝。韦小宝轻轻易易的便换过了骰子，一手掷下去，四粒三点，两粒一点，是张“地”牌，刚好比“人”牌大了一级。平威骂道：“他妈的，小鬼今天手气倒好。” 韦小宝心中一惊：“不对，我这般赢法，别人一留神，便瞧出我不是小桂子了。”下一次掷时，他便输了一两。眼见各人纷纷加注，有的三两，有的二两，他便下注二两，赢了二两，下一次却输一两。 赌到中午时分，韦小宝已赢得二十几两，只是每一注进出甚小，谁也没加留神。老吴却已将带来的三十几两银子输得精光，神情甚是懊丧，双手一摊，说道：“今儿手气不好，不赌啦！” 韦小宝赌钱之时，十次中倒有九次要作弊骗人，但对赌友却极为豪爽。他平时给人辱骂殴打，无人瞧他得起，但若有人输光了，他必借钱给此人，那人自然十分感激，对他另眼相看。韦小宝生平偶有机会充一次好汉，也只在借赌本给人之时。那人就算借了不还，他也并不在乎，反正这钱也决不是他自己掏腰包的。这时见老吴输光了要走，当即抓起一把筹码，约有十七八两，塞在他手里，说道：“你拿去翻本，赢了再还我！” 老吴喜出望外。这些人赌钱，从来不肯借钱与人，一来怕借了不还，二来觉得钱从己手而出，彩头不好，本来赢的会变成输家。他见韦小宝如此慷慨，大为高兴，连连拍他肩头，赞道：“好兄弟，真有你的。” 庄家平威气势正旺，最怕人输干了散局，对韦小宝的“义举”也是十分赞许，说道：“哈，小桂子转了性，今天不怎么小气啦！” 再赌下去，韦小宝又赢了六七两。忽然有人说道：“开饭啦，明儿再来玩过。”众人一听到“开饭啦”三字，立即住手，匆匆将筹码换成了银子。韦小宝来不及换回水银骰子，心想反正这些羊牯也瞧不出来，倒也没放在心上。 韦小宝跟着老吴出来，心想：“不知到哪里吃饭去？”老吴将借来的十几两银子又输得差不多了，说道：“小兄弟，只好明天还你。”韦小宝道：“自己兄弟，打什么紧？”老吴笑道：“嘿嘿，这才是好兄弟呢，你快回去，海老公等你吃饭呢。” 韦小宝道：“是。”心想：“原来是回去跟老乌龟一起吃饭，此刻再不逃之夭夭，更待何时？”眼见老吴穿入一处厅堂，寻思：“这里又是大厅，又是花园，又是走廊，不知大门在什么地方。”只好乱闯乱走，时时撞到和他一般服色之人，可不敢问人大门所在。
他越走越远，心下渐渐慌了：“不如先回到海老乌龟那里去再说。”可是此刻连如何回到海老公处，也已迷失了路径，所行之处都是没到过的，时时见到厅上、门上悬有匾额，反正不识，也没去看。 再走一会，连人也不大碰到了，肚中已饿得咕咕直响。他穿过一处月洞门，见左侧有间屋子，门儿虚掩，走过门边，突然一阵食物香气透了出来，不由得馋涎欲滴，轻轻推门，探头一张。 只见桌上放着十来碟点心糕饼，眼见屋内无人，便即蹑手蹑脚的走了进去，拿起一块千层糕，放入口中。只嚼得几嚼，不由得暗暗叫好。这千层糕是一层面粉夹一层蜜糖猪油，更有桂花香气，既松且甜。维扬细点天下闻名，妓院中款待嫖客，点心也做得十分考究。韦小宝往往先嫖客之尝而尝，尽管老鸨龟奴打骂，他还是偷吃不误。此刻所吃的这块糕，显然比妓院中的细点更精致得多，心道：“这千层糕做得真好，我瞧这儿多半是北京城里的第一大妓院。” 他吃了一块千层糕，不听得有人走近，又去取了一只小烧卖放入口中。他偷食的经验极丰，知道一碗一碟之中不能多取，这才不易为人发觉。吃了一只烧卖后，又吃一块豌豆黄，将碟中糕点略加搬动，不露偷食之迹。 正吃得兴起，忽听得门外靴声橐橐，有人走近，忙拿了一个肉末烧饼，但见屋中空空洞洞，墙壁边倚着几个牛皮制的人形，梁上垂下来几只大布袋，里面似乎装着米麦或是沙土，此外便只眼前这张桌子，桌前挂着块桌帷，当下更不细思，便即钻入了桌底。