Spring Stone Garden

Small courtyard

Not long after Ma Jin's comfortable life, the Eighth Prince led Zuo Tian to visit him.

The Eighth Prince waved his hand and asked Ban Xia Niu Ben and others to salute him to get up, sat on the stool brought by the maid, laughing at Ma Jin.

"Good example, I didn't embarrass myself. This is a good thing."

Ma Jin smiled. He was familiar with the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince was generous and did not care about the details. Ma Jin was also relaxed in front of him.

"It's all the best taught by the prince on weekdays. We will never be vague in the face of big things for men."

The Eighth Prince likes to listen to good things, but he knows that Ma Jin is deliberately flattering him, and he is also very happy.

He patted Ma Jin on the shoulder: "Boy, don't worry. The old saying goes, no matter how great the merit is, you can save the Lord. This time your merits are made great. I will go to the emperor to use my strength to give you more benefits."

Ma Jin's eyes lit up and he asked with a shy face: "What are the benefits?"

But the Eighth Prince kept in a silence and touched his beard: "You will know in a few days."

After many inquiries, Ma Jin had to give up. At this time, the Eighth Prince suddenly asked, "Your injury is nothing serious."

Ma Jin said indifferently: "Doctor Tong has been diagnosed with skin trauma, so it will be cured for a while."

The Eighth Prince nodded: "Old Man Tong is still a little capable. Young people are strong and well-raised."

Immediately, the Eighth Prince changed his mind: "You are bored to recuperate from your injuries. Let's play chess with me."

“…”

Ma Jin wanted to slap himself, why did he forget this...

A wry smiled on his face: "If the student is injured, let others accompany the prince."

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Prince shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, the other people's chess skills are too poor and they are not satisfied with them. That is, the emperor can still compete with me, but he has too much work and has no time. After two games with me, he said goodbye and left to comment on memorials.

I think about it all the time, and it is the most comfortable to play chess with you. Besides, if you don’t need to play chess, young people will have to endure more hardships. Come on, let’s have a game.”

Ma Jinma clawed, but he was still quite anxious and said to the Eighth Prince: "Prince, playing chess is too energy-consuming. If you want to play, students will play with you as a leaf card."

Ye Zi Card is an ancient playing card, which began to emerge during the Tang and Song dynasties.

The Leaf Card can be played or gambling, also known as "Leaf Play". Legend has it that in order to reduce the nostalgia of the soldiers, Han Xin, a famous general in Fang Nian and the early Han Dynasty, invented a card for entertainment in the army. Because it is only the size of a leaf, it is called the Leaf Card.

From scholars to ordinary people, they all enjoyed it. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, each of the "Yezi Play" cards had forty cards, divided into four categories.

There are many types of patterns on the card, including characters, birds, animals, flowers, birds, insects, fish, etc.

Although this time and space are not as good as the Ming and Qing dynasties, the development of Ye Zi brand is roughly the same, and it is very popular in big work.

"No, no, no."

The eighth prince's round head shook into a rattle: "That thing is too complicated, there are dozens of things. I will have a headache when I play it. Let's play chess."

"Oh~"

Ma Jin smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't know that my Ye Zi card plays differently. It's simple and easy to learn and fun. You can learn while playing, and you can learn it in just two or three games."

"real?"

The Eighth Prince was moved by Ma Jin and hesitated a little.

"Of course it's true. Pinellia, go find some thin wood chips and then take the pen and ink cinnabar. I'm useful."

Seeing that the Eighth Prince was moved, Ma Jin quickly struck while the iron was hot to make sure the matter was settled, and he felt relieved.

Banxia brought what Ma Jin wanted, and Ma Jin asked Zhu Hu to divide the thin wood slices into fifty-four palm-sized wood slices of equal size.

Zhu Hu nodded and was about to take action when Zuo Tian stopped him. He said blankly: "I'll do it."

He threw the thin piece of wood into the sky, and Zuo Tian drew his sword, and Ma Jin felt the sword light flashing in front of him.

The wood chips fell to the ground, and were as neatly sized as if they had been measured with a ruler.

Zhu Hu and Niu Ben's eyes shrank, their eyes filled with shock. This person's sword skills were so powerful.

Ma Jin was also shocked by Zuo Tian's amazing sword technique and gave Zuo Tian a thumbs up.

Then let the penguin grind the cinnabar ink ingot, let the oxen be raised, picked up the brush and started to draw patterns on the wood chips. In order to make the fast, Ma Jin drew the pattern very simple, and the sun was very good. After Ma Jin finished painting, the ink traces were dried after a while.

In less than a quarter of an hour, fifty-four simple playing cards were finished. Ma Jin looked up and turned around the people around him, and then called Fatty Wu. This guy has always been a playful guy, and he is smart and must be quick to get started.

Asked Zhu Hu to bring a table, Ma Jin, the Eighth Prince and Fatty Wu sat upright. Ma Jin held the wooden sign in his hand, smiled slightly, and began to tell the two of them how to play Landlords in later generations.

"The game we play is called Landlord, with fifty-four cards, from big to small, one, two, three, four, five, six..."

Ma Jin didn't change his name, but he just wanted to have a happy life. Besides, the Eighth Prince is here, what's wrong with fighting the landlord? If you get angry, you will fight the emperor...

The rules of Landlord Fighting are very simple. The Eighth Prince and Fatty Wu are not stupid people. After Ma Jin said it twice, they generally understood the way to play.

In order to take care of them, Ma Jin took them to try two games and get familiar with the rules. After the two games, the Eighth Prince and the Two had fun.

………

"Snatch the landlord." Fatty Wu was aggressive.

"I'll grab it." The Eighth Prince was not willing to be outdone.

"I won't rob it." Ma Jin didn't care.

...

"Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, straight." Fatty Wu shouted and threw out a card.

"No." Ma Jin glanced at the bad card in his hand, weak.

"Four hooks, blow up." The Eighth Prince opened his eyes wide and shouted angrily.

"Four two, please do." Fatty Wu bulged his fat face and did not give in at all.

"I can't afford it." Ma Jin continued to paddle.

………

After playing for a few games, Ma Jin felt tired and gave the seat to Zuo Tian who was eager to try. He returned to the room with the help of Banxia.

There were another angrily shouts behind him.

"Grab the landlord."

"I'll grab it."

"I'll grab it, too."

“…”

Ma Jin in the room heard the sound, his mouth twitched, thinking to himself that it would be even more perfect if he had to get them two more cappuccinos.

...

The Eighth Prince and the others were really having fun. They played from morning to night, and they didn't even eat supper. They shouted cards and their throats were hoarse. The three of them thought it was boring to play cards, so they added bets, one handful of five taels of silver.

When the curfew in Quanshiyuan was about to arrive, Ma Jin was trying to persuade the Eighth Prince to leave, and the old man was almost in a hurry. Five hundred taels of silver were put into the pockets of the fat man and Zuo Tian.

For some reason, no one dared to beat the Eighth Prince when playing chess, but instead took a ruthless move when fighting against Landlord.

The Eighth Prince didn't argue with Ma Jin, so he pulled Fatty Wu and insisted on taking him back to the Eighth Palace to continue playing cards. Ma Jin saw that the Fatty was happy, so he let them go.

The Eighth Prince and the other two returned to the Eighth Palace and fought for the landlord all night. The Eighth Prince returned to the home court and occupied the right place and people. It was considered a profit. Not only did they win back all the money they lost, but they also made Fat Wu lose a lot of blood.

The Eighth Prince was happy to win the card, and patted Fatty Wu on the shoulder to praise him for being interesting, which suited his taste.

Fatty Wu looked at the rows of swords on his waist and swords behind him, and his serious guards on his face, and his fat face pulled out a smile that was even worse than crying.

This is what you should do...

...

The eighth prince hid in the Baxi Palace every day, which quickly attracted the attention of others, and the gameplay of Doudizhu was also spread.

Because Landlords are simple and fun, they soon became popular in Quanshi Garden, from concubines to palace maids and eunuchs to them.

Later, Landlords spread to the outside world, setting off a craze in the capital. Of course, this is a story later.
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