Chapter 38: At the foot of Nanshan Mountain, inside the Duyuan Temple
Two hours later, Wen Sibao drove the car to the foot of Nanshan Mountain.
Mobei City, located in the center of the Gobi Desert, is covered by wind and sand all year round, but there is only a forest oasis in the desert, which people call "Nanshan".
Some people once said that Nanshan was blessed by Bodhisattva, so in Mobei City shrouded in haze and smoke, this area always looks full of life.
Because of this, high-end resorts have been built everywhere in Nanshan, but the one that occupies the best position is the "Duyuan Temple" located halfway up the mountain, with a spacious hall and a jade belt surrounding its waist.
"Hello! Hello? Hello, it's me, from the Criminal Investigation Detachment." Wen Sibao parked the car at the foot of the mountain, made a phone call and said hurriedly: "Is your chairman, Mr. Qian, back? I have something urgent to see him.
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The female secretary on the other end of the phone still replied in a gentle and emotionless tone: "Sorry, Officer Wen, I really can't contact the chairman here, but if there is any news, I will inform you as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Wen Sibao spat: "Boss Qian is a piece of shit! His own brother was killed, and he deliberately disappeared with our police!"
Xu Tiannan, who was sitting in the car, said: "Their gangs have their own set of rules. Maybe they want to use their own methods to solve the problem this time."
Wen Sibao said: "How long have you wanted to solve it yourself? Now the next target of the executioner team is very likely to be him. This person is really lighting a lamp in the toilet and looking for death! By the way, Tiannan, we really don't want to investigate
Is this the list of people related to the bank company?”
Xu Tiannan shook his head, "Let me tell you a secret. Just during the meeting, I went out to make a call and saw a pile of materials placed by the anti-drug detachment in their small conference room. All the records on it were from the past two years.
There are more than 100 reports related to violent debt collection by bank companies, involving nearly 300 people. I think it is better to leave this kind of investigation work of finding a needle in a haystack to that group of people."
After finishing speaking, Xu Tiannan added: "He is a person who can do simple and repetitive things very well."
Murong Shui's eyes widened when he heard this and said: "No, boss! You are too courageous. You dare to peek at the information of the anti-narcotics detachment. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by them?"
Xu Tiannan smiled and said: "Zheng Jianghu is a man of good looks and strong control. Didn't you see that he called all the team members to the meeting today? Isn't this just to show the strength of his team in front of the criminal investigation detachment? So?
I think that as long as Zheng Jianghu still sits inside and refuses to leave, no one in his detachment will dare to take the first step."
Wen Sibao nodded and added: "Well...that person Zheng Jianghu usually has a more hard-line style and does not tolerate others questioning himself, so it is best to leave this simple and repetitive work to their team members. If
If we really find any clues, I believe you can find out."
Xu Tiannan smiled and said, "You still understand me."
After a few people got out of the car, Murong Shui found a mountain path in the woods on the side of the parking lot and asked: "Fourth Master, is this a temple? Are you sure the bank's casino can be located in a place like this?"
Wen Sibao explained: "According to our police informants, since the casino inspection led by Director Jin during this period, the bank has been disappearing from the casinos in the city. He only heard about it recently.
The underground casino has moved here, but you have to judge for yourself whether the news is credible."
This temple is located on the hillside. The surrounding fog is like a fairyland on earth. From a distance, you can see the three golden characters of "Duyuan Temple" reflecting the sunlight in the setting sun. It seems that you can still vaguely hear the long-lasting dusk drums.
bells.
"Then according to the original plan, Murong Shui and I pretended to be gamblers and went in to ask." After Xu Tiannan finished speaking, he took Murong Shui and prepared to leave, but he said to Wen Sibao: "You stay here, don't come with us."
"Ah?" Wen Sibao said in confusion: "I'm not wearing a police uniform, why can't we go together!"
Xu Tiannan smiled and said: "You are such a murderous person and it shows on your face. How can you look like a gambler?"
"Hey!" Wen Sibao curled his lips unconvinced, "Then why can Ah Shui go?"
Xu Tiannan smiled again and said: "You don't understand this, right? But any gambling king who spends a lot of money will always have a woman by his side. This is called the goddess of luck, do you understand?"
After Xu Tiannan finished speaking, he stretched out his arm, and Murong Shui took the other's hand accordingly, and the two of them walked up the mountain path together.
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The two of them passed through the monument and came to the main hall. They found that there was nothing unusual here except for a few pilgrims. A monk slowly walked over and whispered: "From what the poor monk saw, the two donors did not seem to have any intention."
Incense, may I ask why you came here today?"
Xu Tiannan clasped his hands together and responded: "I have something to ask the abbot of this court, and I would like to ask the Master for his convenience."
The monk looked at Xu Tiannan and said in a low voice: "Please come with me."
After passing through many side halls, a few people came to the living room. After waiting for a while, they saw an old man wearing cassocks walking in.
The abbot's eyes were sharp and profound. After entering the door, he asked directly: "What do you do for the two benefactors?"
After Xu Tiannan waited for the monk to go out, he was the only three people left in the room. He whispered: "To tell you the truth, this disciple has been in debt recently."
The abbot asked: "The donor is in debt? May I ask why?"
Xu Tiannan looked embarrassed and explained: "It's nothing to worry about. The disciple just... owes some money playing cards, but those ordinary creditors regard wealth as life, and almost drove the disciple to a dead end, so today
I just came here, please give me some guidance."
"What is a clear path?" the abbot asked.
Xu Tiannan whispered: "It's the kind of thing... where the investment is not big, but once luck comes, money can't stop it."
The abbot stared at Xu Tiannan for a long time and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that the donor is a gambler?"
Xu Tiannan seemed very hesitant, but still nodded, waiting for the "clear path" pointed out to him.
After a moment of silence, the abbot slowly stood up, took out the bowls and chopsticks from the sideboard, and placed them one by one in front of him.
Looking at the two chopsticks and bowls placed in front of him from left to right, Xu Tiannan couldn't see what the other person wanted to express yet, but Murong Shui quickly reacted, tugged Xu Tiannan's sleeves, and whispered:
"Isn't it obvious that there are chopsticks and bowls? Master wants to take us in!"
"Oh, that's what it means!" Xu Tiannan seemed to understand, and said to the master: "The disciple understands that although the master is willing to accept the mantle and the disciple is willing to follow the master, but..."
Before Xu Tiannan finished speaking, he was interrupted by the master: "No, no, when did I ever say that I wanted to take in the donor?"
Murong Shui said in surprise: "Ah? Master, don't you mean this? Chopsticks and bowls are all the responsibility of the person eating!"
After a while, the master arranged the chopsticks and bowls neatly again and explained: "I want to tell you that if you encounter telecommunications fraud, violent debt collection and other illegal activities, you are advised to call 110 directly. This hospital is unable to help you.
Please come back."
"Bad command!" Xu Tiannan winked at Murong Shui in a low voice, signaling him not to be angry, and then said to the abbot: "Master, please stay! Since I have already said this, I might as well say it straight, Li Qiang is me
My dear brother, I am here this time to fulfill his unfinished wish."
"Li Qiang? Which Li Qiang?"
Xu Tiannan looked directly into the other person's eyes and said: "The Li Qiang who owed money to your casino was forced to death."
After a while, the abbot lowered his clasped hands and said in a deep voice: "Donor, are you here to take revenge today?"
Xu Tiannan said with a smile: "If it was for fighting and killing, I wouldn't be here today. Besides, I prefer literary rather than martial arts, so there is no need to risk lives for the sake of brotherhood."
"Then what does the donor want?"
Xu Tiannan said: "Gamblers have their own ways to solve problems. I am here today to fulfill Li Qiang's unfinished wish and win all the money in your casino."
The abbot carefully looked at the two people in front of him and suddenly laughed loudly. Then he stood up and walked to an altar. He pushed it with a little force. There was a "boom" sound and the entire altar was pushed in parallel.
When we got to the side, a secret door with a dark interior was revealed.
The abbot clasped his hands together and said in a deep voice: "Life and death are destiny, wealth is in heaven, within this gate, I am willing to admit defeat."
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The two walked in, and immediately a fierce security guard came over and said to them: "Please!"
Rather than leading the way for the two of them, it could be said that he was monitoring the two of them. The security guard kept his eyes on Xu Tiannan on guard all the way.
Soon, the two passed through the dark passage and came to a dark corridor without windows. The corridor seemed as quiet as being isolated from the world. The ground was covered with thick carpets. The patterns on the surface of the carpet were in the shape of swirls. They looked at each other one after another.
It makes you feel dizzy.
Xu Tiannan whispered: "This is a commonly used routine in casinos. Weaving this kind of swirling pattern on a dark carpet will give people a sense of peace of mind and a trance state. Generally, people's judgment will be reduced in this state."
It will decrease, or give people an inexplicable sense of self-confidence.”
After passing through the corridor, their eyes suddenly opened up. In front of them was a huge and spacious hall. However, in the middle line, there was a white marble dragon with its mouth facing the sky. Its movements were strange and unusual. It was this dragon that blocked the way.
The route for the two of them to enter the casino was determined, and they could only enter through the small doors on both sides.
The two entered the hall from the small door on the side, surrounded by the smell of tobacco and alcohol, and the warm-colored lights illuminated everyone present with a greedy look on their faces.
Murong Shui whispered: "Boss, it seems that Fourth Master is right. This is really the bank's underground casino, but I don't know how to play these things. What should I do next?"
Xu Tiannan waved, took out a glass of champagne from the tray of the bunny girl on the side, took a sip and said: "We have an entrance at five o'clock, and there are two bodyguards guarding the door. The person in charge of the casino must be there.
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Murong Shui looked at it pretending to scratch his head, gritted his teeth and whispered quietly: "I saw it. You can tell from the way those two people stood that they were carrying weapons. Don't force yourself!"
"Don't worry, I'll exchange some chips first and look for opportunities later." After Xu Tiannan finished speaking, he walked to the bar and exchanged about 2,000 yuan of chips, 200 each, 10 in total, holding a small one in his hand.
fall.
After a while, Xu Tiannan stood in front of a table with four people, quickly read the rules of the game on the water cards, and then sat down.
This gambling table is called "Betting on Three Gongs". The rules are very simple. The gamblers and the banker sit at both ends of the table. The four gamblers have four independent betting areas on the table in front of them. When everyone places their bets,
After the bet is completed, the machine will automatically shuffle the cards and deal them to everyone, without anyone touching the playing cards during the whole process.
After the cards are dealt, as long as the single digit of the total number of cards is greater than the dealer's (10jqk counts as 0, jqk counts as three public cards), you can get double compensation. Simply put, it is the simplest and most crude mode.
Win or lose."
After Xu Tiannan sat down, he threw one or two 200 yuan chips in the betting area in a cool manner. The round chip card bounced on the table a few times, pressing down on the white line on the edge of his betting area.
The female dealer looked at Xu Tiannan and said politely: "Sir, please place your chips within the white line."
The dealer saw that the opponent didn't move, so he reminded him again. Xu Tiannan said "oh" and placed the two chip cards in the middle of the betting area.
Sure enough, when the cards were opened, all four gamblers, including Xu Tiannan, lost to the dealer, and then a new round of cards was dealt.
Murong Shui looked very distressed and said: "Boss, 200 yuan... is just gone!"
Xu Tiannan smiled and did not respond. He just took out another 200 yuan chip and said to Murong Shui: "Blow."
Murong Shui wondered: "Ah? What?"
Xu Tiannan said: "Have you forgotten? We need Lady Luck to blow her breath before we place our bets."
"oh……"
At this time, Murong Shui was completely confused about his situation, so he pursed his lips and blew a breath.
As expected, we lost this game again.
Murong Shui's eyes almost popped out of his head. He pushed the other person and whispered: "Boss... Boss! Stop playing! 400 yuan is just gone!"
Xu Tiannan seemed to understand something this time, so he took out another 200-yuan chip and said, "Put it harder this time and blow again."
Murong Shui said with a bitter face: "Stop playing..."
Xu Tiannan smiled without forcing it, so he stretched out his hand and deliberately placed the chips on the white line of the betting area in front of him.
The female dealer glanced at Xu Tiannan and explained again: "Sir, please place your chips within the white line."
Xu Tiannan did not follow the instructions this time. Instead, he asked with a smile: "The chips have all fallen to the ground. Are you still worried that I won't admit it? Let's open the cards."
After a while, the female dealer remained silent, but the other three gamblers were unwilling. A man who was red-eyed at the loss said sternly: "Hey! Don't touch the line with your chips. This is a rule! Do you understand?"
Hurry up, get out if you don’t want to play!"
"Okay, okay." Xu Tiannan waved his hand and once again placed the chip cards fairly and fairly in the white line area in front of him.
Sure enough, we lost again.
Five minutes later, Murong Shui's face turned pale, and he looked at the card dealer that was about to deal the cards. At this time, Xu Tiannan only had the last chip left in his hand, and said tremblingly: "Boss, boss... that's almost enough."
Well, you once taught me the psychology of a gambler, but...how did you end up like this now?"
Xu Tiannan asked with a smile: "This is my ninth round of betting. Have I ever won?"
Murong Shui shook his head, "That's why I told you to stop playing!"
Xu Tiannan asked again: "How many times has the banker won?"
After hearing this, Murong Shui thought for a while and said, "It seems like... 8 times?"
Just as he was talking, a gambler next to him who got the card suddenly shouted: "Haha! Won! Won!"
Xu Tiannan looked at the three cards in front of him. These were the cards that the machine had just randomly dealt to him. He hadn't turned them over yet, so he didn't know what the points were inside, but he said, "I don't need to look at them. I can't win this card."
"Ah?" Murong Shui turned over the cards in surprise and took a look. Sure enough, it was smaller than the dealer's card. He asked doubtfully: "No way, boss...you, you know you will lose?"
"Come again! Come again!" The winning gambler waved his hands and shouted loudly, "Come again!" Xu Tiannan looked at the other person's face, sighed lightly, but calmly picked up the last chip, but it was too late.
It’s too late to place a bet.
The female dealer took a look and wondered why it was this person again, so she urged: "Sir, if you don't want to place a bet, please leave."
"Sir? If you don't want to place a bet, please leave."
Under the repeated urging of the female dealer, Xu Tiannan suddenly raised his hand and said to a fierce security guard not far away: "Brother, come here!"
The security guard came over, stared at Xu Tiannan coldly and said, "What's wrong?"
Xu Tiannan said: "I want to report it."
"Report what?"
"Someone is out of luck."
"What!" After hearing this, the security guard immediately called all the brothers around him and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure you saw someone cheating?"
Xu Tiannan nodded, "OK."
"Okay!" Several security guards took out the straight crutches in their hands, stood next to Xu Tiannan on the left and right, and asked: "In this case, you should also know the rules of our casino."
Xu Tiannan didn't know that there were rules for whistleblowers, so he asked: "What rules? I don't know."
The security guard raised his cane, knocked it on the table, and said fiercely: "Whoever reports the report will provide evidence! If you bring out evidence, I will break his hand. If you cannot produce evidence, I will break your hand."
, how about it? Do you still want to report it?"
Murong Shui carefully pulled the other party's clothes and signaled to leave quickly, but Xu Tiannan sat up straight and responded: "Okay, if I can't produce evidence, I will keep my hand here."
