By midnight, most of the shops in Ruoshui were closed, and only a few were still open to welcome customers. Those few were not only gambling houses, but also pubs or brothels. The people who went to those places were either rich or noble, and there were even some mysterious figures.
Su Yan and Yan Zhen crowded in front of a gambling table. Yan Zhen was dressed in women's clothes this time, and it was hard to tell whether he was male or female. Beside them were two young men of the same stature standing side by side, one yellow and one red. It was Chang Sun Yue and Nangong Jin.
Waiter, the two of them were looking attentively at the dice cup in the dealer's hand.
The gamblers were all in high spirits, as if they had been pumped, and a considerable amount of money was piled on the table in front of everyone.
"Good sister, you should place a bet!"
Su Yan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and yelled at him impatiently, "Boy, don't interrupt, I'm about to place a bet!"
Yan Zhen was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "Then you're better off! Why are you dragging me along! I'm not money!"
Su Yan weighed the money in his hand, gritted his teeth, and threw the money out. This move frightened Jin Guan, but he couldn't stop it.
“Buy big!”
The gamblers glanced at her and quickly bought small ones.
The dealer smiled meaningfully at her and shouted: "Buy and leave!"
The gamblers couldn't help but bend down, staring at the dice cup with their golden eyes, almost not falling out!
Su Yan's heart suddenly became cold, "Buy again! They can't be colluding with each other! This is my last money. If you make me lose money again, I will tear your face apart. Believe it or not!"
He smiled cunningly, "Good sister, this time I will let you win back your capital and profits!" As he spoke, he raised his hand slightly, and a blast of wind came out of his sleeve at high speed, grazed the table and hit the dice Gu directly, and then disappeared without a trace.
No trace.
The dealer revealed the dice and exclaimed: "Four, five, six? She really won!"
"How could this happen?" the gamblers exclaimed in unison.
"You win? You really win, it's all mine!" Su Yan excitedly grabbed all the money.
But the loser was unwilling and pulled Su Yan away, determined to wait three more games before letting her go.
Yan Zhen said disapprovingly: "Then let's play three more games!"
Su Yan scanned the people present with his eyes, feeling anxious, so he persuaded Yan Zhen to leave it alone.
"Yes, yes, the little money we have is enough for a banquet!" Jin Guan and Chang Sun Yue agreed with their husband like chickens pecking at rice.
As he spoke, a clear voice resounded in the small gambling house. Everyone looked back and saw that it was a young boy, wearing aqua robes and a fan on his waist.
Su Yan recognized it, this person was none other than Ran Ying.
I saw her slowly approaching the crowd, standing in front of the gambling table, glancing at the bets on the table, and couldn't help but sneer: "Oh, I actually bet, Mr. Tangtang, is this setting an example, is this an example?" Turning around
He then said to the person behind him, "Sir, our trip was worth it. We caught him for good."
As soon as he finished speaking, Changsun Xi, dressed as a suave young man, walked out of the crowd and stared at Su Yan with a sinister smile. After just a moment, he immediately turned into a gentle and elegant one, and said to Yan Zhen: "Cousin... why did my cousin come to a place like this?
How noble you are, don't let the atmosphere here and the dirty behavior of some people affect you."
Jin Guan rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you here too? What's the matter, you are also dirty? How ridiculous!"
"Don't get me wrong, we are here on a special trip to catch you all and get all the stolen goods. I will tell the boss tomorrow and see how you defend yourself!"
Su Yan said: "The academy does not stipulate that gentlemen are not allowed to gamble. As for the two people beside me, Jin Guan took leave today and celebrated her grandmother's birthday at home. After the birthday celebration, she walked on the street by herself and met me here.
It's really a coincidence. Why do you have to worry about it? Besides, we are all here for an appointment today."
"Whose appointment are you going to?" Ran Ying chased after him.
"Of course it's the fairy girl next to me who is as beautiful as a fairy!" He said and squeezed Yan Zhen's arm, and he responded immediately.
Ran Ying had already recognized Yan Zhen, so naturally he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Yan Zhen played with the hair in his hand, still pretending to be a woman, and said softly: "Cousin, I ran away from home a long time ago. My father doesn't educate me and I don't support my mother. Who will care about me? It's you. You can do it in the middle of the night."
The little kid came out to do something bad. Go back quickly and don't let uncle find out. You will be beaten severely!"
Jin Guan said angrily: "That's right, go back quickly and don't hinder our good deeds!"
Su Yan pulled them away, calming down the invisible flames of war. Yan Zhen took the opportunity to bet the money she had just earned again, "Keep betting big, but do you still have money to bet?"
"I haven't covered the heat yet!" Su Yan was about to cry, "You should have left half of it for me!"
Everyone immediately turned around their money bags, and Yan Zhen laughed sinisterly: "If you have money to gamble but don't have money... let's just take off our clothes!"
Su Yan reflexively covered his chest, and the other two simultaneously hid behind Su Yan with only half of their heads sticking out.
The banker wiped his greasy chin and said with a smile, "This girl is so brave, okay! Let's make a bet! Everyone's heads are divided into two groups. You and the girl next to you will be a group, and we will play three games.
Two wins!”
Su Yan tugged at the corner of his clothes, "You're crazy! What if you lose?"
Yan Zhen was too lazy to pay attention to her and said to the banker: "Okay, okay! I...I like this gambling method!"
Su Yan held his head in despair, this was a big bet!
When Changsun Xi saw that none of them paid any attention to her, she immediately became angry and simply took all the money and put it all on the banker's side to fight with them to the end!
The lights inside the gambling house were bright, but the alley outside the gambling house was very deserted. Zuo Qing and Xilou appeared at the end of the alley, their eyes wandering to the gambling house with the lights still on in the alley.
It's just that the two brothers didn't come here to spend a lot of money, and they didn't know that Su Yan was here. This night visit to the gambling alley was to find someone, a businessman. This person would come to Ruoshui every three months, and when he came he would bring two large cars with him.
The goods belong to Murphy.
Zuo Qing has been paying attention to the people who interact with Mo Fei. Among them, this person is the one who makes him most suspicious. However, his whereabouts are hidden and difficult to track. However, he has recently discovered a pattern of his actions. This person is extremely addicted to restaurants and gambling houses.
, and left at dawn the next day. At that time, the city gate was not well guarded, and there were very few people and patrolling troops in the city. It was the best time for him to escape without being noticed.
"I'll go in and take a look." Xilou said as he approached the casino.
Zuo Qing quietly exited the alley and hid in another long alley next to him.
Ran Ying lost one hand after another, and the gamblers also lost everything because they had beaten her. They were all shirtless and naked, and they were so frightened that all the women present except Changsun Xi lowered their heads.
.
Changsun Xi had an angry look on his face. He held the last bit of silver in his hand and pushed it out: "Big!"
Su Yan was eager to get ready and picked up the dice cup: "Everyone, watch out for the last one. If you have money this time, take the money. If you don't have money, just take off your clothes!"
Everyone was staring at the dice cup, fearing that she might do something wrong, but in full view, the points were still against them.
Yan Zhen couldn't suppress the lewd smile on his face: "Take it off, take it off, don't leave any marks on it."
Everyone said they were bored and were about to throw away their clothes and go back to their homes. Changsun Xi shouted: "One more bet. If I lose this time, I will never set foot in Shuyou Hall again. If you lose,
, Su Yan, how about you kneel down and beg me?"
Before Su Yan could say anything, Jin Guan jumped up and said, "You are so unreasonable. Why do you, a student, ask your husband to kneel down? You have eaten the heart of a bear and a leopard has made you bold!"
"Don't have the guts? You've been winning from the beginning. Don't miss this one, Su Yan. Do you dare to have a final bet with me?"
How could Su Yan not know about her intrigues? If he had been in normal times, he would not have been able to tangle with her. But this time was different from the past. He was really careful and worried about her failure! Then he said: "Forget it, I'll bet with you again.
One game.”
As she was talking, Chang Sun Xi had already taken another dice cup, and a group of people gathered around her, stretching their necks to take a look. When Su Yan saw her posture, she turned out to be a regular customer of the gambling house, with her technique and her momentum.
, who believes that she is a young girl from a good family!
Several veterans present strained their ears to listen, but they were stunned and didn't recognize the size.
As soon as the cup fell, everyone was shocked.
I saw white smoke coming out of the lid of the cup, and powder was faintly leaking out.
Su Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and bumped the person next to him with his elbow: "Tell me, what time is it?"
Yan Zhen scratched his head, looking embarrassed.
Su Yan looked at the powder again. It was probably the dice that had smashed into pieces. If so...
"Small!"
Changsun Xi smiled disdainfully: "Then let's go big." After saying that, he threw the money bag out.
The dice cup was opened, but it was huge.
"Impossible! Those dice are obviously broken, you..."
Changsun Xi pushed the dice away, revealing the dented bottom of the dice cup: "I had learned some basic skills from my grandfather's friend before, so I was too heavy-handed. I didn't expect that I would shake out the powder!"
"She threw the lid and stared at her proudly, "Mr. Su, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
Yan Zhen grabbed Su Yan, who was about to beat him up, and persuaded his cousin: "There are so many people watching, cousin, why do you need to be aggressive?"
Changsun Xi had never heard Yan Zhen call her cousin, and now she was confused when she heard it. However, this call of cousin was for Su Yan. She felt uncomfortable no matter what. She gritted her teeth and said, "Since Mr. Su made the promise first, of course I want her."
I’ve fulfilled it, you think, am I right to do this?”
Everyone was naturally unhappy because Su Yan won them over. Now someone was taking revenge, but they couldn't bear to embarrass her, so no one objected.
Su Yan was in a dilemma and stood there, waiting for Yan Zhen to make a rescue. Yan Zhen did not disappoint. He overturned the table and cursed at the top of his voice: "A group of stinky men have turned the world upside down. If anyone dares to step forward,
I really want him to die without his body intact!"
Tell the truth!
The two words fell among the crowd and immediately exploded. Everyone was so frightened that they jumped out of the window, climbed over the wall, and fainted. The banker was left alone and asked softly: "Miss Changsun... Miss Changsun"
, what should we do now?”
Changsun Xi glared at him fiercely, quickly ran to Yan Zhen, grabbed a corner of his robe and begged for mercy: "Cousin, I just said that, it was just a joke. These people don't know good and bad, and they actually want to do it."
Mr. Su, kneel down!”
"Chang Sun Xi, I'm warning you." Yan Zhen pulled open his sleeves and said, "For the sake of our cousins, I won't embarrass you, but if you dare to embarrass Su Yan, I won't recognize you!"
"Are you going to fall out with me because of her?"
"We are just of the same blood. Back then, your father and my mother forced Fo Zhen's mother to death and forced my sister away. Don't you know? You are still licking your face to build a relationship. Do we have a relationship? You
My surname is Changsun. Now that I have changed my surname to Yan, let alone you, I have nothing to do with the singer family at all!"
This time it was not just Changsun Xi who was surprised, Su Yan and Jin Guan were also surprised.
Changsun Xi clenched his fists, holding back his anger, but still humiliating him: "That's their old grudge. Where did our younger generation come from? Cousin, why don't you pay attention to what they did? When we were children, we still had
Let’s play together…”
"Don't think that I don't know that you once wanted to harm Fo Zhen. She is older than you and she has given way to you in every possible way. But you took advantage of my absence and her sister's absence and actually wanted to push her into the river. It was such a cold winter! If not
The housekeeper found out in time, and now I can see her nowhere."
Changsun Xi panicked immediately. She didn't expect that Yan Zhen knew the past events clearly, but at that time, he was clearly away on war...
Yan Zhen locked her shoulders, and his angry face was only a punch away from her: "There are still many deeds, why don't I share them all with you?"
Changsun Xi shook his head in horror and backed away.
"Your father's eldest grandson Wuming, my good uncle, in order to fight for the family inheritance, spread rumors and described a girl who had not left the court as a witch, and framed her to confuse uncle Wuming." He pointed at the eldest grandson Yue and continued, "
Although her mother is just a maid, she is so proud and arrogant that she cannot bear the slander and slander! It is obviously your father who defiled her first and framed her later!"
"Nonsense!" Changsun Yue held the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes moist.
Yan Zhen knew that she had spilled the beans and quickly comforted her.
Changsun Xi snorted coldly: "It's empty talk and no evidence. This is a frame-up! How could my father, with his status, get involved with a lowly maid? That's all for others to think so, even my cousin..." She held back her tears,
"Chang Sun Yue, your mother is a bitch. She is always busy, and has hooked up with countless men among the servants. Your uncle is blind. He knows that your mother has lost her virginity a long time ago, but you insist on marrying her as if she were a treasure. You are really crazy!"
Su Yan really couldn't listen to Chang Sun Xi's arrogant attitude and shouted: "Chang Sun Xi, what you are talking about now is the business of your elders. There are outsiders here. Once word spreads, uninformed people will misinterpret this matter.
It smeared your family, and people who knew about it heard about the old story and brought it up again. If they knew that you were the first to spread the news, you should know what will happen to you in the end."
Changsun Xi had an attitude of breaking the rules: "What I said is true, why don't you believe it?"
"You are talking nonsense! My mother behaves upright and stands upright, but you are making up all the nonsense. If you hate me, forget it. I won't argue with you, but I won't allow you to frame my mother!" Changsun Yue was hysterical.
He roared, and all the veins on his forehead bulged. As soon as he finished speaking, his feet went weak, he collapsed, and he burst into tears.
Jin Guan's face turned red with anger and he cursed: "It's true that a famous family has a traitor. A person like you is born in the eldest grandson's family. Black smoke is coming out of the ancestral grave. What a ghost! You must remember what you said to eldest grandson Yue today.
, you will pay it back in the future!”
"Hey, your father has been promoted now, and his arrogance has become much higher. Jin Guan, when did you become so caring about the weak? Didn't you always like to flatter me around me?"
In the past, Jin Guan often listened to the words of the eldest Sun Xi in order not to cause problems for her father. At the same time, she was indeed young and ignorant. But now that she has matured and her father has become the minister of Dali Temple, how can she still be controlled by her eldest Sun Xi!
But besides Jin Guan, Ran Ying also felt uncomfortable hearing these words.
"No matter where a hero comes from, everyone will be blind and step on shit sometimes!" Jin Guan was not to be outdone.
Su Yan admired this girl who spoke well.
Yan Zhen solemnly said to Changsun Yue: "Your mother is not the kind of person she said she was, and your father did not marry your mother out of necessity. Everything is just a conspiracy by others! They really love each other, don't listen to her nonsense."
"But why did my father never stop the rumors? General, do you know how much my mother has endured? Even now, there are still people talking behind her back. Rumors can kill people. They make my mother depressed all day long and make me unable to hold my head up! Why?
My father didn't stand up, why is this happening!" Changsun Yue's hands were trembling, and he almost shouted with his last strength.
"He lost his qualifications to inherit. At that time, he had nothing. If he stood up again, would others believe him? He would only lose more, including your mother. So he endured all the slander and worked hard to enter the officialdom step by step.
, won all this. Although your mother is still not welcomed by the tribe, outside, except for those rotten people who only dare to hide in dark corners and gossip, who dares to say a word about her? Your father for
Isn't it enough that your mother has set up another house and, under the protection of your father, has almost cut off contact with everyone in the eldest grandson's family? She doesn't have to endure the cold looks from her clan members."
Under the night, a faint blue light lay on the ground, and a figure stretched out, touching Chang Sun Yue's face. Everyone seemed to feel an aura, as if they were stagnant, and looked towards the door.
A thin young man stood at the door, with a sunny smile on his handsome face, which was incompatible with the dark night. Su Yan was stunned, why does this person look so like him?
No! He is not, he is dead, there is no way he is alive, it is impossible!
"It's midnight, it's quite lively." The young man looked at Changsun Yue and hissed, "What's going on? Why is the gambling house still trying a case? Did I miss something?"
"Who is your Excellency?" Su Yan asked him.
"Hehe, I am a Jianghu person, and my name is not worth mentioning. It is not worth mentioning."
"Don't you know that something happened here and all the gamblers ran away?" Su Yan had a premonition that this person's purpose was suspicious.
"I know...so I'm here to find him." The young man pointed his finger at the banker with a smile on his face, "You forgot, yesterday I came here to gamble and lost ten gold from you. I'm here to pay you back today, but the money must not be exposed. Please, sir.
Follow me to the carriage to settle the account."
The banker tilted his head and thought, the gambling shop was closed yesterday, not to mention owing money, but...how can you push the money that is delivered to your door?
He immediately went up to meet him, with wrinkles rippling on his face: "Yes, yes, I did give you a credit yesterday, so that's troublesome young hero!" After saying that, he left the gambling house with him.
Su Yan hurriedly chased him out of the gambling house and stopped him, "Who are you?"
The young man did not stop.
"Do you know Wei Zhen? Do you know him?"
The young man still ignored her and strode away. However, Su Yan completely forgot about the two students he brought out and Zhang Sun Xi, and still stayed in the gambling house.
The young man knocked the banker unconscious and threw him into the carriage parked outside the alley.
"It didn't take any effort to get it. It's like picking it up ready-made."
Zuo Qing looked at Su Yan in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"Zuo Qing?" Su Yan rubbed his eyes, but still couldn't believe it: "A person as pure and simple as you would come to a place like this..." Then he looked at the young man, "Who...are you?"
Zuo Qing sighed heavily, "Since you're here, let's go first."
The night was dark, the streets were deserted, and the carriage rushed out of the city gate like a gallop.
Changsun Yue and Jin Guan chased out of the gambling house and chased them to the entrance of the alley. They saw a carriage speeding past, but Mr. Su was nowhere to be seen.
Changsun Xi took a few steps out, and as the carriage went further, his eyes went further away. Only a few people in night clothes were seen climbing over the roof, like night spirits, following the carriage closely.
She looked away, as if she had never seen those suspicious people.
When Jin Guan saw Changsun Xi, he couldn't help but snorted: "I don't want to get into the bad smell again. Changsun Yue, please come home with me and take a good bath to get rid of the smell!"
With that said, he supported her and limped away into the night.
"Tsk, you don't know what is good or bad!" Changsun Xi didn't take it seriously at all. She just wanted to receive useful news from the dead man as soon as possible.