The gamble is better than the horse's hooves, and the origin is seven feet lighter.
Don’t dare to kill someone before, you must be like a hedgehog’s hair.
——"Ancient Ideas" Li Qi (Tang Dynasty)
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At this moment, a huge pleasure boat slowly sailed. This pleasure boat was about several feet long, three times larger than the Qilin boat.
The carved beams and painted roads are antique, decorated with lights and colorful colors, and are extremely grand. They are the luxurious gambling boats that are famous in Chang'an by the Beihai Gang.
Three people stood on the bow of the boat and waved to Bai Fu from a distance. Bai Fu looked closely and saw that it was Li Yan, the son of King Qing, the brothers Li Qiu and the leader of the Beihai Gang Jia Chang.
The pleasure boat was parked next to Bai Fuzhou, and the children of aristocratic families bowed to the son of King Qing. Li Yan returned the gift politely, but Li Qiu ignored it.
Li Qiu threw down the gangway with his own hands and warmly invited Bai Fu and Princess Qingluan to board the ship.
When Bai Fu arrived on the boat, Li Qiu hugged Bai Fu with a bear and smiled and said, "The sound of the flute is earth-shaking, everyone on both sides of the Qujiang River is fascinated. I knew you were doing something when I heard it!" After that, he winked, haha
laughing out loud.
Li Yan also came over and hugged Bai Fu's shoulder and praised him.
When the children of aristocratic families saw that King Qing's son was so familiar with Bai Fu, they looked at each other and believed that the young man playing the flute must have a history.
The leader of the Beihai Gang, Jia Chang and Princess Qingluan, greeted the girls on the Qilin boat to board the boat for a trip.
Seeing the famous socialites boarding the ship, the children of the aristocratic families could no longer hold back and pleaded with Princess Qingluan through the clan's little girl.
Seeing the sisters' expectant expression of hope, how could you not know everyone's thoughts? Princess Qingluan smiled and said, "Since you have been on the gambling boat, it's so boring for us, let everyone get on the boat to play.
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When the news came, the young men of the aristocratic family were happy and brought enough money to board the ship happily.
Jia Chang, the leader of the Beihai Gang, smiled and said, "It is a great honor for Jia to come. I will give each female guest a hundred taels of gold chips. If I lose, I will be my best, and if I win, I will be my best."
When the little ladies heard this, they cheered and cheered.
Princess Qingluan said: "I've made Boss Jia spend money, thank you!"
Li Qiu smiled and said, "Your Highness, why do you thank him? Boss Jia never does a loss-making business. Have you seen these young men who are carrying their wallets on the boat? In Boss Jia's eyes, these are all leeks to be cut.
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Everyone laughed.
Jia Chang invited Bai Fu and others to go to the boat to have tea.
Princess Qingluan smiled and said, "I'm here to gamble on the boat, and I'm still drinking tea? It's a waste of resources! You men chat slowly, I'm going to gamble with my sisters!" After that, she thought drinking tea was too boring, so she said goodbye to the four of them and went to the sisters.
Let's go lively together.
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When I arrived at the Yashi, Dr. Tea had already brewed the tea.
Li Yan said: "Brother Fu's flute sounds through the sky and the earth. We rushed over according to the sound, but unfortunately we didn't see the depressed expressions of the second generation ancestors. Fighting with Brother Fu, we were simply ignorant of the world."
Li Qiu curled his lips and said, "That's right, these families with five surnames and seven hopes always look down on our royal family. They think we are not from the Li family in Longxi, and they deliberately cling to each other.
Back then, the father asked the Zheng family in Xingyang for us brothers. Unexpectedly, the head of the Zheng family would rather be betrothed with his two daughters to the two sons of the Cui family in Boling than intermarry with my family.
What’s even more annoying is that these two sons of Cui were just seventh-rank officials back then.”
Zheng's daughter is smart and beautiful, and she is the person Li Qiu loves. After many years, Li Qiu has been resentful.
Li Yan said: "This time An Lushan's rebellion caused great losses to the Li Tang royal family. Most of the royal family members live in Chang'an and Luoyang cities.
After the rebels entered the city, An Lushan deliberately killed the Li Tang royal family and looted the royal residence in order to avenge his eldest son An Qingzong.
The families of the five surnames and Qiwang were widely distributed. When the rebels arrived, they either hid in the mountains and forests, or used the private parts in the manor and fort to fight in an armed manner, saving the lives of many tribesmen.
In addition, these families took advantage of the Tang army's recovery of the two capitals and kept a large amount of goods and supplies that the rebels could not take away when they evacuated.
After His Majesty recovered the two capitals, a large number of official positions were vacant from the court to the local prefectures and counties. The children of these aristocratic families took the opportunity to come out to serve as officials and continue to control local resources. In the long run, the Li Tang court will control the local prefectures and counties.
It will become weaker and weaker until it is completely out of control.”
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The four of them were having a passionate conversation. Princess Qingluan rushed in with a whirlwind, pulled Bai Fu and begged, "Brother Fu, come and help me. There is someone downstairs who has won all my money away!"
It turned out that Princess Qingluan was very lucky today. Whether it was pushing Paijiu or rolling dice, it was smooth sailing. After an hour, she won a lot of money. She was full of chips at hand, and the entire pallet was piled up.
The good times didn't last long. A strange man in his thirties came to the gambling hall. No matter what kind of gambling Princess Qingluan plays, he was on the same gambling table as Princess Qingluan.
This man was very skilled and killed all directions. In less than half an hour, he won all the chips in Princess Qingluan. Princess Qingluan was red in her eyes and borrowed some chips from Beihai to continue betting. Not long after,
All were lost.
When the Beihai Gang's top gambling girl Ji Qianqian saw that the situation was not good, she waited for an opportunity to smash the dice. When changing the gambling tools, she hinted that Princess Qingluan stops in time and leave Taiwan as soon as possible.
Princess Qingluan woke up, as if she was awakened from a nightmare. After settlement, she lost a thousand taels of gold.
Princess Qingluan was furious and hurried out of the gambling hall to find Bai Fu to support her.
Just as Princess Qingluan asked for help, Jia Chang's second brother Jia Qi also came to the tea room and whispered a few words beside Jia Chang.
Jia Chang frowned and said, "Where does this person come from? Is there a thousand?"
Jia Qi said: "I came with the Lu family in Fanyang. It is said that he was a classmate in Lu Zi's private school. This person is so skillful in gambling. He can't tell whether it is a thousand, and even Miss Qianqian can't resist it."
Jia Chang's eyes rolled and said, "How much did we lose with the guests?"
Jia Qi said: "Except for Your Highness, there are not many other VIPs who lose. It seems that they came to win the money of Your Highness on purpose."
Jia Chang narrowed his eyes, and a murderous aura appeared. He said to Bai Fu: "Young Master Bai, this person is probably coming for you!"
Bai Fu was stunned and pondered for a moment before he understood the truth.
Everyone looked at Bai Fu, and waited for Bai Fu to give him an order, and then joined forces to rush to the gambling platform, winning the man without leaving any armor!
Bai Fu smiled awkwardly, spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me, I grew up in Taoist sects since I was a child, I have never been to a casino, and I don't know gambling skills at all."
Everyone looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.
Li Yan was so angry that he smiled and said, "The leader of Yuan Xi, the master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is invincible, and he is invincible in every battle. I didn't expect that your brother still has the skills he could not do!"
Jia Chang was also amused, and the ferocious murderous aura on his face disappeared. He smiled and said, "Let's go! Let's take a look together. Maybe Young Master Bai is talented and will be at his peak when he debuts!"