Chapter 43: The Marriage Contract (1)

Luo Chuan said: "I'm afraid it's difficult. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 As he spoke, he shoved a willow branch into the fish's mouth and forced it to chew, and the fish bit for a long time without moving. He took out the willow branch, and there were shallow tooth marks on it. Luo Chuan put the white fish back, sniffed it on the willow branch again, and said, "It's a little bloody, it seems that the black bear did get into their stomachs." ā€

Zhu Qingheng wondered, "Then where will the bones of the black bear go?" ā€

Luo Chuan shook his head and said, "I don't know either." I thought there was going to be a vicious fight, but I didn't expect it...... I don't know if it's a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement. There was a lot of appreciation in his tone, Zhu Qingheng looked up at him, and saw that he was looking at the waterfall, and his eyes seemed to have flown to the words engraved on the stone wall behind the waterfall. After a while, Luo Chuan smiled slightly, patted Zhu Qingheng on the shoulder and said, "Let's go." ā€

"Where are you going?"

"Luoyang."

One hundred and twenty years ago, Tianyinjing supported Emperor Yang Wen Sikong Huan to unify the Central Plains, and established the country as "Yang", known as Later Yang in history, ending the chaos and strife of the Central Plains for nearly 300 years. At first, after Yang Dingdu Daxingcheng, later Emperor Wen's second son Yang Wu Emperor Sikong Jian moved the capital to Luoyang, Luoyang City south to Yique, north leaning on the mountain, east over the Qianhe River, Luoshui runs through it. The north-south canal was built to connect the north and south, and Luoyang has become more and more prosperous since then.

Zhu Qingheng had never been to Luoyang before, and saw that Luoyang City was magnificent in scale, the city was prosperous, and his heart was worthy of being at the feet of the Son of Heaven. I glanced at the street a few more times, and I couldn't help but compare it with Gusu in my heart. Luo Chuan teased: "Do you want to eat sugar gourd?" Zhu Qingheng looked at the sugar gourd string on the side of the street and said, "I just want to eat, and I don't have any money in my pocket." Luo Chuan laughed and led her to the east of Luoyang City.

When they came to a tall house, the vermilion lacquer door was wide open, and a large black lacquer plaque hung on the door, with three lines of grass and gold characters written on it, and it sparkled under the two lanterns hanging on the eaves. There is a pair of door couplets hanging on both sides of the Zhu Gate, which reads "Come to the east, west, north and south, and make spring, summer, autumn and winter wealth".

This is the largest gambling house in Luoyang City, and it is still afternoon, and people come and go in Changle Fang, which is already very lively. Broad merchants, rich and young, scholars, husbands, rangers, etc., these people who can't play together with eight poles on weekdays are now gathered in these three wide halls, some are full of spring breeze, some are depressed, some are calm, some are talking and laughing, and some are panicked and even the hands of the chips are shaking. It was filled with the smell of alcohol, the smell of rouge of women, and some indescribable strange smells.

Zhu Qingheng had never been to this kind of place, and she was already a little stunned when she stood at the door. But Luo Chuan only stood at the door and stopped, glanced inside, and walked into a pawnshop next to the casino.

The location of this pawnshop is so clever that if someone gambles and loses a mess, they will come here and take their valuable things for themselves. After all, this is more cost-effective than in a gambling house. If you live on the same day, you can redeem it again. Luo Chuan also had this idea, he walked to the counter familiarly, and said to the court: "When it is a thing, you give it a palm." Then he handed over Zhu Qingheng's jade pendant.

The dynasty saw that this jade pendant was knotted with gold wire into flower beads, and was strung into a row with pearls, precious stones, and bells, which was known to be not ordinary. Look at this jade pendant is pure, warm and delicate, carved with a and a pair of water koi fish carved on it, and a small one-winged bat carved in the lower right corner of the back. Thinking in my heart is the love object given by this young man's sweetheart, but it is a pity that this young man is a thin lover, and he casually used the young lady's love object as a money to spend.

Na Chao Feng smiled and said, "I don't know if the guest officer intends to live or die?" ā€

Luo Chuan said: "Work hard." ā€

Although the courtier was a little disappointed, he looked at the two people in front of him, and saw that they were ragged and gray-faced, and he couldn't help but look down on them in his heart, guessing that these two people were also going to Changle Fang next to them to make a fortune, and they might not have the ability to come back to redeem the jade pendant after six months, so he smiled and said: "Okay, please go to the house with me to discuss." So Luo Chuan followed him to the inner room, Zhu Qingheng sat on a chair in the outer hall, and a small courtier served tea and snacks.

Soon Luo Chuan came out with a bag of silver and smiled at Zhu Qingheng: "Let's go." Zhu Qingheng nodded and jumped out of the chair. The courtier behind them bowed and sent them out, smiling, thinking that the price was very low, so the shopkeeper looked like he wanted to have a few more fat sheep like them.

In the outermost hall of Changle Fang, there are three tables of pai gow, three tables of odds and evens, and three tables of dice. It is the most crowded place and the loudest shouting. Inside is a flower hall, which is less crowded and quieter. There were five tables in the hall, and around the tables were mostly rich businessmen. The table was full of chips and wine, and a dozen girls dressed in gold and silver, and flattering in cigarette eyes, shuttled between them.

The innermost room is for the guests of this gambling house, and most of the people who can gamble in this room are high-ranking officials and nobles, and I heard that even the first emperor Yang Wu Emperor has come here to gamble a few times. The room was separated by a closed door, and no one could see what was inside.

Luo Chuan exchanged the silver taels for chips and walked to the front of the dice table.

The dealer has already begun to shake the dice, and then "bang", the sic bo is buckled on the table, shouting: "There is a bet on it!" Luo Chuan took out all the chips and pressed them on the small one. Zhu Qingheng grabbed the corner of his clothes, sweat was already on his forehead, and his eyes couldn't help but stare at the sic bo on the upside-down table. The other gamblers, along with the dealer, were also frightened by Luo Chuan's boldness, just as he was stunned when he came to the gambling house for the first time. A middle-aged man next to Luo Chuan kindly persuaded: "Young man, if it's your first time betting, don't put so much at once." ā€

Luo Chuan smiled and shook his head. The rest of the people didn't say anything when they saw his calm and relaxed appearance. One after another, the chips were pressed. Only the dealer quickly calculated in his heart how many chips Luo Chuan still had in his hand, whether he should let him win first so that he could slowly pay the money. Seeing the shaking of the chips at the door, he knew that Luo Chuan had no spare money in his hands, so he didn't care. The dealer was sure that this was big, so he unveiled the sic bo, and read: "Four, three, one...... Small! Eat big and lose little! ā€

The dealer read it quickly, but his heart was shocked. His gaze quickly swept over the people at the table, wondering which master had changed the dice. Luo Chuan got double the chips, and this time it was all on the small one. The person who was talking to him just now took a look, just now he pressed on the big and lost nearly half of the chips, he saw that Luo Chuan won so much in the first hand, he couldn't help but feel that he was lucky, so he pressed it with him. This open, is two, four, one, the three dice add up to a total of seven, or eat big and lose little.

The man happily took over the chips, patted Luo Chuan's shoulder vigorously and said happily: "Brother, it's so lucky!" ā€