Wang Yang led Liang Yan and Ah Dai out of the "Youde Pawnshop" and soon walked onto a bustling street.
This street is called Chang'an Street, and it is the most popular place in Zhuque District. It is home to tourists, traders, fireworks, pubs and gambling houses, and all kinds of entertainment.
The country of Yue was prosperous and internally stable, and King Wu did not impose a curfew. Therefore, Chang'an Street was very lively at night, even several times more noisy than during the day.
The three of them were walking through the crowds of Chang'an Street for about a while. Suddenly, Wang Yang paused and stopped in front of a gambling house.
"This is it." Wang Yang turned around and whispered.
Liang Yan turned around and looked around, and saw people coming and going at the entrance of the casino. Many officials and businessmen were coming in and out, and there were also some gamblers who seemed to be from poor families, hoping to get a pot of gold in the casino.
"Let's go." Liang Yan replied calmly.
Wang Yang responded and introduced Liang Yan and Dui into the gambling house. However, not long after they entered, a middle-aged man with a kind face came forward and stopped all three of them.
This man is about thirty years old, wearing a set of exquisite brocade robes, and has a friendly face, which makes people feel particularly easy to get along with. However, behind him are several burly men with fierce eyes. At this moment, everyone is watching
Look at everyone on your body.
"You guys, you look very unfamiliar. It's your first time here, right?" the middle-aged man said with a smile.
Liang Yan and Ah-Dai didn't say anything, but Wang Yang clasped his fists and said, "I am the shopkeeper of Youde Pawnshop. I am here to discuss something important with your boss."
"Oh, it turns out you are the shopkeeper of Youde Pawnshop, I am disrespectful! I am Fan Hai, who lives here and takes care of things." The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said: "But no matter who you are, you have come to our Chang'an Gambling House, so of course
We must also abide by the rules of our Chang'an Gambling House!"
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes and asked casually: "What are the rules?"
Fan Hai smiled and said: "Of course it's time to bet! If you win the bet, I will naturally spread the word to the inside. If you lose the bet, you can also play freely in the casino. You just want to see our boss, so you can rest.
Not again!"
"What kind of gambling method?" Liang Yan asked calmly.
Fan Hai smiled slightly and led the three of them to an independent gambling room. There was a gambling table made of pear wood and all the utensils were quite exquisite.
"The simplest way to play is to guess the size!" Fan Hai pointed to a man in gray at the table and said, "He will roll the dice later. You can guess the size. You only have one chance. If you guess correctly, you will win!"
"Okay, shake it!" Liang Yan said with a smile.
The guy in gray clothes also had a smile on his face after listening to the conversation between the two, but this smile was somewhat malicious.
He picked up the dice cup, rolled the three dice in, and shook them in various fancy ways for a long time. Finally, he slammed them down on the table with a bang!
Liang Yan tilted his ears slightly, then smiled and said: "Five, five, six, big!"
Fan Hai also listened attentively, but he immediately winked. The man in gray understood and nodded indiscernibly, and moved his right hand towards the bottom of the table without leaving any trace.
"Open!" Fan Hai shouted.
"Wait a minute!" Liang Yan suddenly interrupted, and then a black figure flashed past, and the gray-clothed man screamed in agony. His entire right arm was broken!
The person who did this cruel thing was Dui who had been following Liang Yan.
"Open it!" Liang Yan said again before anyone could react.
Dumb nodded, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the dice cup to secretly stimulate his inner strength, then took the dice cup out, revealing the three dice inside, which were "five, five, six", big!
"you wanna die!"
The several strong men behind Fan Hai had eyes wide open. They rolled up their sleeves and were about to step forward, but Fan Hai raised his hand to stop them.
"My friend, the most important rule at the gambling table is that this dice cup is always bought and sold, but there is no precedent for gamblers to open the cup themselves, not to mention that you also injured one of our people!" Fan Hai's expression did not change.
asked.
Liang Yan smiled slightly and winked at Ah-Dai. Ah-Dai immediately understood, raised his hand and slashed a table with his sword, smashing a table into pieces.
Everyone turned around and looked around, only to see a machine under the gambling table, and the end of the machine was inlaid with a dark magnet.
"As far as I know, those who cheat in casinos will lose one of their arms at the very least. I think Brother Fan won't mind if Tang will discipline your servants for you, right?" Liang Yan said with a half-smile.
Fan Hai's mouth twitched, and he felt like a mirror in his own mind. These dice were embedded with iron filings so that the clerk could use the mechanism magnet under the table to control the points.
He had superb gambling skills, and he had just heard that the number in the dice cup was exactly the same as what Liang Yan said, so he gave instructions with his eyes and asked the guy in gray to use the mechanism under the table to change the result.
Unexpectedly, this young-looking rich man could actually see through the mystery inside. What made Fan Hai even more afraid was the skill of the black-clothed guard.
He is not the group of blind thugs behind him. He can open a huge gambling room on Chang'an Street in the capital. Fan Hai's eyesight is naturally extraordinary. Just now, Duan only showed his skills slightly, Fan Hai was already shocked and thought to himself:
"I'm afraid that all the people behind me together won't be able to do anything to the man in black in front of me."
Fan Hai pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Well, since Mr. Tang wants to see our person in charge, please come with me."
After saying that, the man turned around and left the gambling room without looking back.
When Liang Yan saw this man going out, he narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked: "Shopkeeper Wang, isn't this Haisha Gang engaged in private salt business? Why is the main hall located in a gambling house?"
Wang Yang laughed and said: "The envoy is not aware that selling illicit salt is a serious crime. Especially since this is the capital city and under the emperor's feet, how dare you do it openly? They set up the main hall in this gambling house just to hide it from others!"
"I see."
Liang Yan nodded noncommittally, turned around and followed Ah-Dai with him.
Fan Hai led the way, and everyone passed through the gambling hall outside the gambling house and walked straight into a secret room in the backyard. Fan Hai gently turned an oil lamp in the secret room and heard a rumbling sound.
A secret passage leading underground was revealed.
"Let's go, the boss is inside."
Fan Hai glanced at a few people and walked into the secret passage first. Liang Yan and the other three looked at each other and also entered the secret passage one after another.
The secret passage was very spacious, with oil lamps lit on both sides. After walking for a while, the four of them saw a wide hall in front of them.
There is a square table in the hall, and there are more than ten men in green clothes with swords at their waists, arranged on both sides of the square table. In front of the table, a dark-skinned middle-aged man is sitting, turning the pages on the table with one hand, as if
