The door was open. Looking through the door, I saw many sedan chairs parked in the yard. There was a faint sound of playing cards and shaking treasures in the hall. It was obvious that there was a gambling party. Many vendors selling cooked food, including
The outside of the door extends to the inside of the door, and it seems that there are courtyards in the two gates. The people coming in and out are from three religions and nine schools, and there is a mixture of dragons and snakes.
"Open gambling here?" Chen Tianxiong was a little surprised.
"Yes, Ai Ai's best friend is the head of the county torture chamber. There are many benefits."
Xiao Zhanfeng said: This gambling house pays about 10,000 yuan every year to several gentlemen in the county, so no one has ever cared about it.
Looking through the door, there were several tables of gambling inside. Chen Tianxiong asked: "Anyone can come in?"
"Okay, okay. You can come and go as you please in the first place, and you can gamble as you like, and the stakes aren't big. Regular customers can go to the back, but someone has to introduce you."
So I went in and took a look, and there were Pai Gow and Fantan stalls. Chen Tianxiong came in to inquire about the customs, aiming to observe the environment, but did not take any action. Needless to say, Zhou Shizhai, gambling is a taboo for escorts. This turned around
Circle. Xiao Zhanfeng whispered: "He is usually within the second gate."
"How to get in?"
“It needs to be recommended by regular customers.”
"Will you introduce us in?"
"I'm not a regular customer." Xiao Zhanfeng said, "Follow me, let's go out first."
After getting out of the door, he entered from a side path. Xiao Zhanfeng knocked on the door a few times. A middle-aged woman with big hands and feet came out. She seemed to be quite familiar with Xiao Zhanfeng. She smiled and said a few words. Xiao Zhanfeng said
: "This is my relative Aunt Liu."
I don’t know which way Aunt Liu is considered a distant relative. On weekdays, Xiao Zhanfeng can’t survive, and when he can’t afford three meals, he sneaks here to have a casual meal. Fortunately, there are people staying here day and night, there is always a fire on the stove, and there is a steady stream of meals and snacks.
It's endless. So as long as someone is willing to take care of it, it will always be no problem to make enough money to eat.
Xiao Zhanfeng and his aunt spoke a few words in dialect, then turned around and said: "You guys come in first, Lin and Xiao Jinxiu hung out until midnight last night, and they haven't gotten up yet." He spat with contempt, "I'll go first.
Eat something to fill it up."
It turned out that he hadn't had breakfast himself and was planning to come here to have a meal.
"how much longer?"
"It's almost here. We just brought the wash water in. We'll wait for him in the hall later." Xiao Zhanfeng said, taking them to a remote place in the lower room. After a while, Aunt Liu brought a steamer with a steamer inside.
There is a basket full of various kinds of snacks, both sweet and salty. It is basically steaming the leftover snacks that the guests have eaten together.
"You two want some too?" Xiao Zhanfeng said, grabbing a broken crispy bun and stuffing it into his mouth. He swallowed it quickly and couldn't swallow it. Aunt Liu quickly brought him another bowl of tea. He drank it with a gulp.
After it was clean, I picked up another shrimp dumpling and swallowed it.
"No, we all ate it early in the morning." Chen Tianxiong thought that this scholar was not taboo at all about eating the prostitute's leftover food.
Xiao Zhanfeng guessed what they were thinking, and said vaguely while eating: "You must be laughing at me, a scholar, for being reduced to a beggar and a prostitute."
Chen Tianxiong was just about to say something, and he was desperately searching for any examples of heroes when they were down and out. Just as he thought of an allusion about Han Xin being humiliated by his crotch, Xiao Zhanfeng already smiled bitterly and said: "A man is poor but has short ambitions, and a horse is thin and has long hair.
If a person is ruined, it will be good if he has food to eat, and there is no dignity left." After saying this, he shook his head.
There is quite a bit of grumbling in his words. He is dissatisfied with his personal situation and will be dissatisfied with society, which is even better.
While they were waiting for him to finish his "breakfast", Aunt Liu led them quietly through the woodshed and to a moon cave door.
"You two, you are within the second door after entering here." Xiao Zhanfeng whispered, "After you two enter, just look and talk. As usual, you are not allowed to inquire about other people's affairs here. When Linzhuang comes out, we will go directly up and talk to you.
He talks."
Naturally, there was no objection to this. Now the two of them were led by Xiao Zhanfeng, and they walked through the Moon Cave Gate in a grand manner and arrived at a hall.
It was more lively here than outside, and the gambling games were similar to those outside, but there was no cash on the table. They were all exquisite ivory picks. Chen Tianxiong had very good eyesight, and he could see that there were various characters engraved on them with fine workmanship, which were nothing more than heaven, earth.
, people, etc. Probably a password
Chen Tianxiong whispered: "There are many people here and it will be difficult if Hai Yitang finds out about his appearance here."
"Don't worry," Xiao Zhanfeng said firmly, "This is the county town, not Hai'an Street. It's not their turn to point fingers. These sugar dogs have never come here."
"That's good." While Chen Tianxiong was still looking around, Xiao Zhanfeng whispered: "Don't look around. This is the most taboo thing here. Come with me."
Xiao Zhanfeng knew that Lin Zhuang liked to gamble at "Fan Tan" the most, so he took Chen Tianxiong and quietly stood behind a table at the Fan Tan, watching through the clusters of heads, waiting for Lin Zhuang to come out to gamble.
Because no one came out yet, Chen Tianxiong focused his attention on the gambling table. He has rich social experience and has been in various casinos, but he has never seen this kind of gambling.
The table is specially used for swing stalls. The hardwood top is one size larger than the ordinary square table. The four corners are inlaid with marble borders, and each side is inlaid with marble dots the size of teacups. The banker has one point, the opposite door has three points, and the right
The square is two, the left is four, the green dragon on the left, and the white tiger on the right.
The dealer shook the sieve with a shaking cylinder three times, then opened the shaking cylinder to see the points. Each point had a different explanation. The onlookers placed bets on each door on the table according to their own choices and gambling methods. Chen Tianxiong
He looked at it very carefully, and found that there were many betting methods in this gambling stall, and the in and outs were huge. He also gradually saw the value of the ivory chips. A chip with a sky character is one hundred taels, and a chip with the character of earth is five.
Ten, the herringbone number is twelve taels, and the plain one is about one tael. The gambling money on this table is nearly 5,000 taels. This is a small Xuwen County! The wealth that the sugar industry has brought to this place is indeed
It's beyond imagination.
The dealer's luck was quite strong, and the underdog came and went. Like the waves in the Yangtze River pushing forward, Chen Tianxiong was pushed from behind to the front, from standing to sitting down. In order not to attract attention, Chen Tianxiong
Xiong also bought a small chip worth ten taels of silver and placed bets at will. He planned to retreat to the back and wait if he lost all.
Unexpectedly, over and over again, he actually won a lot of money from his random bets. In a blink of an eye, the chips in front of him were piled up. After the dealer made a rough estimate, he actually won more than a hundred taels of silver.
There are so-called "roads" in the stall, that is, the routines for everyone to place bets. There are many names of stall roads, such as big roads, small roads, meat roads, and plain roads. This set of things sounds logical and very sophisticated. In fact, everyone believes that each person has his own way.
Humans. I have never seen someone like Chen Tianxiong who keeps winning money by betting without any means in the casino. This made everyone look at him. Because Chen Tianxiong is a stranger, and judging from his relaxed demeanor,
When placing bets, he was extremely casual and carefree. The more mysterious and pitiful he seemed to be, the more curious and interested he became.
Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, his luck remained unabated in the second half of the bank. Although there were also offers for companionship, the chances of winning were still greater than the chances of losing. By the end of the bank, Chen Tianxiong had gained more than two hundred taels.
The people at the table were surprised, envious, angry, annoyed, all kinds of eyes were focused on him, and their expressions were all revealed.
Chen Tianxiong himself is not immune
Bao Guan won over the gamblers and also expressed his admiration, telling the dealer standing on the "Green Dragon Corner" to waive his "first money". Chen Tianxiong, however, remained calm and stood up slowly, cupping his hands and saying:
"lucky!"
The first coin was quite a penny, but he still threw it into the "Green Dragon Corner". This move was quite beautiful, and it gave the casino a lot of face.
But there is no need to continue gambling. He, Chen Tianxiong, came to Linzhuang, not to gamble, nor to prepare to hang out in Xuwen. Seeing that almost an hour had passed, Linzhuang still didn't show up, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
.
Xiao Zhanfeng was very excited and whispered: "Shopkeeper Chen, I didn't expect your hands to be really beautiful!"
"Where are the people from Linzhuang, why haven't you come yet?"
"We're already here, but it's just when you're lucky, so don't dare to disturb..."
Chen Tianxiong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Xiao Zhanfeng indicated with his eyes: That is Linzhuang.
I saw a man in his thirties sitting next to the fantan table. He had thick hands and feet, and there were many scars left by burning on his hands. He looked like a typical working man, but his face was gloomy and he was very tired.
His eyes were weak. Chen Tianxiong had seen enough to know that this was what he looked like after drinking too much.
Seeing that although he was sitting at the table, he didn't have a few chips at hand. At this moment, Baoguan's shot was a "four", and all three doors were missed. Seeing that the chips were taken away by the dealer, he couldn't help but sigh. Again
When it was time to shake the treasure, he didn't hit any of them, he hesitated and held a few chips.
"Old Lin! Why don't you place a bet?" asked the dealer, "It's about to shake!"
"Save a few dollars and go down! You will be out of luck." Someone advised.
"I used a few less on Xiao Jinxiu yesterday, but today I have none!"
Linzhuang looked at it blankly for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. If he lost the last few taels of silver and lost again, he would be penniless. Even though Ai Ai's place is not a yamen, it is "don't come in if you don't have money."
Even though he was reluctant to part with her - especially with Xiao Jinxiu's charming appearance, more than half of the money he received from Mr. Zhu was spent on her - he still had to be kicked out immediately.
I want to win again, but the hundreds of people in front of Monk Zou's temple will have no food today. Without money, there will be no rice. If I want to ask Mr. Zhu for money again, the fastest I have to do is burn incense and swear an oath to him.
Lin Zhuang knew that the workers had long been dissatisfied with him. If no rice was delivered this time, the incense burning matter would be ruined.
After thinking for a long time, he stood up and abdicated. He shrank to one side and asked for a pot of tea. He didn't have much money on hand, so he naturally refused to open up a small account. The people in the hall fell out very quickly, and it took him a long time to give it.
Have a pot of tea, it's still too cold.
"What a ruthless bitch." Lin Zhuang muttered in a low voice, thinking about how to tell the workers when he went back to ask them to make more noise when burning incense tomorrow, so that they could ask Mr. Zhu for a sum of money.
While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder and shouted: "Master Lin!"
Linzhuang didn't know someone was staring at him. Hearing the voice, he turned around and saw Zhou Shizhai looking at him with a smile, and asked: "Did you call me?"
"Yes! Aren't you Master Lin Zhuanglin?"
"Yes, it's me," his eyes wandered around Zhou Shizhai, as if he was trying hard to search for such a person in his memory.
Seeing that this man was neither expensive nor cheap in his clothes, his equipment was impressive, and his movements were quite graceful. Knowing that he was not someone to be trifled with, he asked politely: "Brother, what do you want from me?"
"We don't want to make friends with you." Zhou Shizhai said with a smile on his face.
"Who is your master? You must have mistakenly recognized the person..."
"I'm definitely not admitting my mistake," Zhou Shizhai lowered his voice, "Our boss's house is in the Nuan Pavilion. Please take a few steps to move the bottle. He has something to say to you."
Lin Zhuang suddenly became alert. He had been hanging out with the three religions and nine streams for a long time, and he was quite aware of some of the strange things. He had recently followed Mr. Zhu to deal with the South China Sugar Factory, which was very wealthy. Gods fight with each other, and ordinary people take medicine. If South China
Looking for someone to deal with him, it was too late for him to call for help, and no one listened! This is not Hai'an Street, and Haiyi Hall can't eat it. What's more, Ai Ai's place is a place where black eyes can only recognize silver. The other party's silver has arrived, and I have to use it in the middle of the night today.
You will become a "killer" on the street!
He responded quickly and hurriedly declined: "I appreciate Guidong's kindness, but I have to do some chores right away. I will come to visit as soon as the things are done..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Shizhai's hand had already grasped his wrist.
"Master Lin, please invite me now. We are very busy!" Zhou Shizhai smiled, but his eyes were cold.
Lin Zhuang was shocked. Just as he was about to struggle, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist and half of his body was already numb.
"please!"
Lin Zhuang was forced into Nuan Pavilion in this way. Chen Tianxiong was worried that Xiao Zhanfeng was a local and it was inconvenient to show up, so he asked him to wait next door. He sat with his backlight so that Lin Zhuang could not see his face, but he could see the other person's face.
The face can be seen clearly.
"This is our Master Chen." Zhou Shizhai escorted him in and introduced him.
After all, Lin Zhuang was half a Jianghu person. He knew that the current situation was not good, so he was not surprised by the many people he was paying homage to, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Get up." Chen Tianxiong said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Master Xie Chen." Lin Zhuang stood up and stood aside carefully. When he saw the man who escorted him in, guarding the door, he secretly complained in his heart, thinking that he might have to suffer a lot today.
Chen Tianxiong said straight to the point: "I have been entrusted by my employer in South China to say a few words to you! The matter of Haiyi Hall and South China Factory has nothing to do with you, the workers of the sugar factory.
, I advise you not to do unnecessary things so as not to hurt your harmony!"
"Don't dare, don't dare." When Lin Zhuang heard that he was indeed from South China, his legs and feet suddenly went weak, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. Everyone in Xuwen knew that he was meddling with Mr. Zhu, so his opponent might not dare to touch Zhu.
Third Master, but it is a matter of raising one's hand to crush him, a little fireman, to death. I wonder if they want to use themselves as the "chicken" to scare the monkey.