Men, listen, grab the top of the mountain and stand in the center position

Chapter 459 Prank

"Nowadays, when ordinary people in Chang'an meet, they either discuss the battle at Tongguan or speculate on when it will rain... Many villages outside the city pray to the rain god and the Dragon King..."

Liang Ju often went out of the city and was well-informed.

"It's great that the people are paying attention to these things." Wangshu never doubted the people's enthusiasm for participating in national affairs. After all, this is the capital! A few words of conversation would be worthy of the soldiers bravely fighting on the front lines.

"That's how we pray for rain?" He was worried that the ignorant sacrificial activities of kidnapping beautiful girls and throwing them into the river alive, which was called offering to the River God but was actually a sin and murder, could be passed on to future generations, indicating that this cruel killing chain had been a scourge for thousands of years.

"Prepare three animals and burn paper money. It's usually done by shamans and the like, pretending to be gods and collecting money." Liang Ju recalled two rain-praying ceremonies he had witnessed, feeling somewhat sorry. "I'm afraid the drought will continue. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the previous dynasty, there was a three-year drought. Initially, they handled it this way, but then things got increasingly extreme, with arranging sacrifices of young girls... Eventually, it got even worse. In some places, they claimed that the more young girls, the more sincere their offerings would move the gods... There were also those who burned the evil spirits alive. They were all charlatans..."

Wangshu and Ji Shou listened, each looking more reluctant than the other, and waved their hands to stop them from talking.

Backward, ignorant and stupid!

There has been a widespread harvest failure this year. Fortunately, there have been no victims yet. It remains to be seen how long this drought will last.

Qin Xiuyuan did not go to Tongguan, but stayed in Chang'an so that he could learn about the drought resistance situation in various places and respond as soon as possible.

"Ji Shou, send someone to the main camp and tell the general that praying for rain is merely a way to gain peace of mind. If it harms innocent lives, chop off the local shaman and clan leader." As he said this, the two men beside him looked at him intently. Wangshu continued, "Only when a man of integrity offers his most precious gift can he perhaps move heaven and send down a rain."

Upon hearing this, Liang Ju and Ji Shou stopped crossing their legs, their eyes became brighter, their backs straightened, their complexions became fairer, and they even felt a little urgent.

"...Okay...Okay, Miss."

"Anyway, the palace is short of eunuchs."

Wangshu propped up his chin. The more he thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed. Wasn't it that he was using his authority as the head of the family to persecute young girls? Then she would ask for the two taels of meat. If he didn't give it to her, it would mean that he was not sincere in praying for rain and would not give the villagers a way to survive. Once the two taels of meat were gone, "then I would give them the dignity of being eunuchs!"

I imitated the noble man and said a reward. Give him a taste of his own medicine. Absolutely wonderful!

Liang Ju was drinking tea fiercely. Ji Shou felt a little weak in the legs, so he dragged his legs and asked the guards to take his confidant with his token to pass on the message.

His friend was frightened, but Wangshu was unconvinced. "We just talked about throwing the virgin into the mountains or burning her alive. Isn't that more cruel than just giving away a few pounds of flesh? Between the loss of life and the injury to the body, which one do you two sympathize more with?"

"How cold-blooded!"

Ji Shou: ...It’s over, it’s true!

Liang Ju: ...It's true that he was mean just now, but is he cold-blooded and ruthless now?

I was feeling depressed for a moment, "Boss Ji, let's play dice!!"

"Okay!"

They took out their wallets, and each person had a dice cup with three dice. Every time they shook the dice, they began to observe people's expressions, act mysteriously, and throw smoke bombs that mixed truth and falsehood.

"Five sixes."

"Six fours."

"Six sixes!"

"open!"

……

Ji Shou, who was adding six behind him, cried out, "Oh my god, Miss, there's not a single six, you're really pretending to be so cool!"

"Pay the money! Once you're at the poker table, you have to ignore everyone!"

In the middle of the game, Qin Yunxiao came back on time and hugged his mother, shaking and swaying, and hugging her thighs. Wangshu's brain could be mixed into water, and he lost several times in a row.

"Qin Yunxiao! Don't force me to slap you when I'm happy!"

The fat man who originally wanted to force civilization out of his brutality, hugged his mother's waist and sat on the floor tiles, refusing to let go. His mother, unwilling to accept defeat, was in a panic and said, "Go back!"

Only then did he sit down and watch the game next to his mother.

After he had read it several times and understood the rules, every time Wangshu reported the number, he could not hide his expression of surprise, confusion or wide eyes. Under the unraveling of the mystery by the big fox Liang Ju, Wangshu's wallet gradually became deflated.

Fortunately, Wangshu took out a second purse.

The third.

He was so depressed after losing that his face turned red with anger.

"Mother, if you could just say one less five!"

"Oh my, mother lost again!"

The other two who were overjoyed with their victory: Hehe, hehe, haha~~

Wangshu raised his head and howled to the heavens, patting his fat son who couldn't even fill his stomach, "You are an enemy's spy!"

Qin Yunxiao was unconvinced, "My father is a general!" He continued to lecture, "Mother, the teacher said that repeatedly fighting after repeated defeat is the most undesirable use of dice!"

Now even Tang Bo and Xiao Qing at the door couldn't help it and turned sideways to laugh.

Wangshu completely admitted defeat, "I didn't check the almanac before going out, and I'm going to spend my money today! Wait until I get back to practice."

Several people went downstairs, but Qin Yunxiao insisted on holding his mother's hand. The flower fairy, who could have been surrounded by stars or alone, was almost stepped on the hem of her skirt by her rebellious son who was nagging right next to her. She tilted to the right, but fortunately Liang Ju reached out and grabbed her from behind. Wangshu, who was annoyed but still enduring, steadied herself in panic. Over and over again, she completely lost the last bit of her nerve and slapped Qin Yunxiao with gritted teeth.

"F*ck (a plant) you beast!!"

Using all his strength, "Pa!" Wangshu's chest heaved, and seeing the man covering one side of his face, good things come in pairs of slaps. He changed his hands and slapped him again!

Ji Shou hurried down the stairs and separated the mother and son. "Miss, don't be angry, it's not worth it."

Tang Bo threw his disciple to the front to be watched by the guards. He was also a little angry. For most of the day, Qin Yunxiao had indeed gone too far. He kept making a fuss about going out. After going out for a while, he wanted to go out again. If he was not allowed to go out, he would make trouble. People who practiced martial arts were agile and could move their feet quickly by stepping on the hem of a skirt... He just wanted to embarrass his own mother!

The group stopped at the third-floor staircase. Many people from the third-floor private rooms came out to watch the fun. Wangshu became angrier and angrier. He stomped down and continued beating people, cursing, "Who the hell do you think you are? Time and time again, I give you face, but you don't!"

Tang Bo pulled Qin Yunxiao away, not daring to move too much. Wangshu chased after him again. Ji Shou closed his eyes and bravely grabbed Wangshu, whose chest was heaving violently. "Miss, it's not worth it, it's not worth hurting your hand!"

Qin Yunxiao, who was standing below, was stunned by the beating. He kept crying and stood there quietly taking the beating. He had never been slapped so much in his life...

Liang Ju and the shopkeeper persuaded the guests to return to the private room, quickly cleared the stairs, and protected them from leaving.

From the time he got on the carriage to the time he got off, Wangshu didn't say a word.

Ji Shou and Qin Yunxiao rode together, and Ji Shou spoke sternly, "Yunxiao, you've gone too far today! You're twelve years old, and you're still deliberately trying to piss off your mother! The stairs are so high, if your mother falls down, not only will she be humiliated, but she might even break an arm or leg, or hit her head. All these guards, your master, Boss Liang, and I will all be killed by you!"

"I took you out to play, let you stroll around the streets, taught you how to guess dice, and even let you lose all my money. And you're so cruel! You didn't make your mother uncomfortable at all this afternoon, and you even wanted to make her fall?"

The fat man, whose face was swollen like a pig's head and was about to be paraded through the streets, wiped his tears, his eyes dull and he said nothing.

Ji Shou was extremely helpless, and he and Liang Ju, who still looked unmoved, both sighed. The scene just now, where the son tripped his mother and the mother slapped him wildly, had been witnessed by countless people.