Night, late at night.

Dark clouds cover the sky, obscuring the stars and the moon. Between heaven and earth, there was darkness.

Under the city wall, in the alley, there is no one around, and a lamp is like a bean.

The lantern may have been red. However, the baptism of time has long since caused the once bright colors to fall off and turn pale.

It hung diagonally at the end of the alley, above two equally mottled and dilapidated gates. As far as the dim light can see, you can even see garbage piled up next to it. Anyone who walks up to the gate will immediately smell a foul smell.

Luckily, it's still winter. In the cold wind, even if the garbage smells, it will not be too much. It's still tolerable.

But the garbage blown up by the cold wind also pounced on people's faces with the cold wind. This is something that even Cheng Li can hardly bear.

Cheng Li waved his hand and cleared away a mass of garbage mixed with unknown things. Looking back at the water dragon, he asked, "Is this really it?"

Shui Longyin wore a brand-new silk shirt with a very well-cut fit and exquisite handwork. With his hands in his pockets, with a face full of happiness, Shi Shiran walked over. Jaw head said: "That's right, it's indeed here." ”

Cheng Li frowned: "Didn't you say that Happy Forest is the biggest gold nest in Hulu Port?

Shui Longyin smiled as he walked: "Brother Cheng, you are a layman." The so-called buns have meat, not on the pleats. ”

Cheng Li shook his head: "I don't understand." ”

The water dragon laughed: "It's all about officialdom." There is a policy at the top, and there is a countermeasure at the bottom. Brother Cheng, you don't have to understand. In short, it is enough to know that the owner of this happy forest can help us enter the golden cave of the sea. ”

Cheng Li snorted softly and stopped talking.

In fact, Cheng Li didn't understand, he just didn't want to understand. Those intrigues, a set of things on the surface and behind them, let alone do it, even if he listens to it, he will be disgusted with his ears.

It is precisely because of these filthy things that Cheng Li has always felt that wolves are more cute than most people.

At the very least, if the wolf wants to eat you, then it will be a clear sign of hostility. Never laugh haha, pull a knife from your waist.

Shui Longyin stretched out his hand and patted Cheng Li on the shoulder, swaggered to the mottled and old door, and knocked on the copper ring on the door. A moment later, footsteps could be heard from behind the door. Then part of the plank on the door was pulled open and turned into a small window.

Inside the window, a face just happened. This face has a few scars, and it looks vicious. He glared at the water dragon, glanced at Cheng Li again, and asked in a rough voice, "What are you doing here?"

The water dragon laughed, "You don't know us?"

The man said angrily: "Bastards only know you." ”

The water dragon laughed and said, "The bastard may not know me, but an old fox must know." ”

He suddenly reached into his arms, took out something and stuffed it, and continued: "You can show the old fox, and he will know who I am." ”

Cheng Li next to him glanced at it. I saw that thing was a little golden gourd. I don't know if it's gold-plated or pure gold. If it's the latter, this little gourd is worth a lot of money.

The man glared at the water dragon viciously. took the golden gourd, "bang~", and closed the window heavily.

Cheng Li couldn't help but ask, "Who is the old fox?"

The water dragon smiled and said, "This is the master of this happy forest." At the same time, it is also half the master of Hulu Harbor. ”

Cheng Li was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by half a master?"

The water dragon said: "It means that fifty percent of the land, forty percent of the shops, and thirty percent of the sea ships in this gourd harbor belong to the old fox." He coughed casually, and this gourd port would tremble at least three times. ”

Cheng Li nodded, and there was no special reaction. Just because of this kind of worldly power and wealth, he has always had no place in his heart. Naturally, they don't care. He just asked, "Why did you bring me here?"

The water dragon sighed, "I can't help it. Brother Xi has an invitation card in hand, as long as he waits in the inn, someone will naturally come to the door to contact him. But you and I don't have invitations. So the only way to come to the Happy Forest is to come. ”

Cheng Li asked, "Does the old fox have a way?"

The water dragon groaned and said, "If there is someone in this gourd port who can help us go to the sea to sell the gold cave, it must be an old fox." However, it is not easy to meet him. It was even more difficult for him to offer to send us to sea. ”

Cheng Li asked, "What's the difficulty?"

The water dragon laughed: "It's not clear here. Let's go in and take a look, and you'll understand. ”

"Bah~" There was a soft sound, and the door suddenly opened. is still the fierce and evil person, but at this moment, he no longer looks fierce, but very kind and polite.

He held the golden gourd in both hands and respectfully handed it back to the water dragon. Accompanied by a smile and bowed, "Two, please inside." ”

Cheng Li was the first to move, and Shui Longyin followed. The two entered the door one after another. The man cautiously closed the door and led the way.

After walking through a long, dark and narrow corridor with cold stones up and down, left and right. Cheng Li's eyes suddenly lit up. What appeared in front of him was a very spacious and luxuriously decorated hall.

At a cursory glance, there are at least four or five adults between the floor and the ceiling. The place is divided into three entrances, the front, the middle and the back, and the left and right of each entrance have connected halls. So there are at least five or six hundred people gathered here, but it doesn't feel cramped or oppressive at all.

In every hall, there are many tables. On the table are a variety of gambling equipment. Dice, pai gow, fan tan, and even cards imported from overseas, roulette...... And so on and so forth, and so on.

Seeing this, Cheng Li realized that the so-called Happy Forest was a big casino.

In the casino, of course, there are dealers who are responsible for presiding over the gambling game. There are also many waitresses pouring tea and handing wine. They are all beautiful girls with beautiful young age. He only wore a red dress similar to a bandeau and belly pocket, and then lined with a green short dress, completely exposing the jade arms and long legs. When they shuttled back and forth around the various gaming tables, they were even more graceful, and they were stunned to watch.

Cheng Li naturally turned a blind eye to them. But in addition, the vast majority of gamblers in the casino also turn a blind eye to these beauties.

All kinds of gamblers seem to be nervous, and even if there are a few who are not nervous, they are just pretending to be calm. In fact, they are afraid that even their underwear has been soaked with sweat.

There are all kinds of exciting things in the world. But there are not many of them that can surpass "gambling". Probably when a person devotes himself wholeheartedly to "gambling", it is often difficult to pay attention to other people and other things.

However, there will be exceptions.

Some people stand in the crowd like a magnet in an iron nail, always so conspicuous. There is no doubt that Cheng Li is this kind of person.

So when Cheng Li walked in, the gamblers who were originally engrossed in gambling, eight or nine times out of ten, involuntarily raised their heads and set their eyes on Cheng Li. Immediately afterward, everyone exuded a look called "amazing".