160: Looking for the eighth master
"Mrs. Jiangnan??"
Mu Xue stood in front of a restaurant with a unique Jiangnan charm and stopped, looking at the flag sail that had been around for a while, and called thoughtfully
This Jiangnan Mrs. store is indeed a little shabby compared with the two restaurants that Mu Bai said.
"That's it."
Mu Bai didn't expect that this princess would choose such a not-so-famous restaurant, but Mu Xue was the biggest among these people, and wherever she wanted to go, these little brothers could only follow.
In fact, the scale of this Mrs. Jiangnan is okay.
The Jiangnan flavor is slightly stronger, and the door is a delicate small bridge and flowing water, hanging exaggerated red peppers and peppers for decoration, etc., compared with the general restaurant, there is a touch of farmhouse flavor.
It's the time to dine, don't look at this inconspicuous store, but the first floor is actually full.
The shopkeeper is a super discerning person, and when Mu Xue and her party came in, they knew that the woman who came over must be the wife of a big family.
Hurriedly led people to the box on the second floor, and recommended signature dishes with joy.
Mu Xue wanted to hear the news from this person's mouth, so naturally she would not be stingy.
"I heard that your signature dish here is very famous, so please give us a copy."
Mu Xue took a rough look at the menu, in addition to this superb soup pot, Mu Xue ordered a few more side dishes.
After the little two went down, Mu Xue also went out with the figure of the little two.
But she only stopped at the doorway, leaned against the railing, touched her chin with both hands, and looked at the people eating below.
"Princess, it looks chaotic here, not as clean and elegant as those large-scale restaurants, why did you choose to come here?"
Mu Bai also walked out behind Mu Xue, and saw that Mu Xue's eyes had been observing the people below, and he didn't understand what the princess meant, so he asked such a sentence.
Mu Xue's gaze did not retract, and she said in a non-compliant manner: "Mu Bai, this concubine has something I want to ask you." ”
"Yes, princess, please ask, whoever knows below must know everything."
"So, if you want to invest in opening a store, what do you need to do in advance?"
Mu Bai groaned, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then replied honestly: "I will check the market, observe the flow of people, and the consumption power of the surrounding residents." ”
"That's it, now that Eighth Master is going to open a comprehensive restaurant here, do you think he won't observe?"
Mu Bai seemed to understand what Mu Xue was referring to.
"But this person's restaurant is being renovated, and I haven't seen that eighth master go to see it. Princess, are you sure he's really around here? ”
"OK!! And Concubine Ben thinks that there is an 80% chance that this person called the eighth master is in this Mrs. Jiangnan. ”
Mu Bai frowned: "Princess, are you so sure?" ”
The corners of Mu Xue's lips hooked up a winning smile, and the corners of her lips curved, looking quite good.
Mu Bai looked at the corner of the little princess's lips and hooked up a smile that he was bound to win, and always felt that this princess was going to be disappointed.
He has asked almost every restaurant in this area.
But this Mrs. Jiangnan, he really hasn't come in.
"I'll find out later by asking the shopkeeper."
At this moment, this Mu Xue saw that the little two had come up, so she threw a look at Mu Bai.
The meaning is obvious, it's up to you.
The shopkeeper had a festive face, the table of dishes ordered by Mu Xue was worth a lot of silver, and the smile on his face was naturally brighter.
"This lady, the dishes in your store are ready, you can use it slowly, you need to talk again..."
The shopkeeper put the dishes away and prepared to go down with the waiters.
After all, this person is busy, and there are no people below.
However, Mu Bai didn't say much, and after the person had not retreated, he slapped a silver ingot and put it on the table.
The little two's eyes straightened all of a sudden, and his smile became even brighter.
"Master, what are you doing here?"
"You must have a lot of people here who come here every day at noon and night, right?"
Hearing this, a trace of pride flashed on the face of the shopkeeper, listening to the voices of the people below, and said confidently: "That's not it, our chef here was personally invited by our boss to Yangzhou, authentic Jiangnan cuisine, the taste is right..."
"Well, the eighth master from Jiangnan hasn't come to your house to eat recently?"
"Come on, why doesn't he come, he often comes to us for dinner, but he doesn't come often lately, and he doesn't know what he's busy with."
This little second lady is also very kind when he sees this lady, and this young master is also generous.
"Do you mean he hasn't been here all these days?"
The little second nodded stunned: "Yes, I haven't been here for a few days."
Xiao Er didn't know why they were asking, but he said everything he could, and he felt that if these people didn't have any instructions, they would go down first to get busy.
Mu Bai looked at Mu Xue with some embarrassment, feeling that this clue seemed to be broken.
Are you going to go back empty-handed today?
However, Mu Xue smiled, took the silver, and then threw it into the arms of the shopkeeper.
"I've got you the money, but I have one more question for you."
Oh, his eyes were about to hang on the ingot, and it was finally in his hands.
It's a great feeling.
"Ask, madam, you ask, the little one knows, the little one must tell."
"I don't have any other questions, I just want to ask you, what do you like to do when this eighth master speaks?"
"Bet .... The eighth master can't gamble, and even the patterns on his clothes are in the shape of dice. ”
When Mu Xue's words were just finished, the little second couldn't wait to answer this question, not only that, because for the sake of this ingot of silver, he said two more words.
"Look, Madame, you always ask the eighth master, you must have something to do with the eighth master."
Mu Xue smiled politely and nodded slightly in affirmation.
"Then you go to the Winning Casino to find it, the casino is the closest to here, and there are many things to play, you take people there, you will definitely meet people."
Casino...
Mu Xue happened to have the intention of going to the casino, and wanted to see how the underground casinos in the capital were played.
It also happens to be a way to explore and probe in the future.
Thinking of this, she instructed Mu Bai to prepare three sets of men's clothes, and later she and Yunzhi Feiqi would wear men's clothes and go to the casino.
Mu Bai was a little dumbfounded by Mu Xue's order, and said in embarrassment: "Princess, there are many rude people in the casino, just take someone in to take a look, don't you go in?" ”
Although Mu Bai persuaded him so, Mu Xue has never been a person who listens to persuasion.
Still insisted on taking these individuals to the casino.
It's a sunny day, but it's dark inside the casino.
Before she got closer, Mu Xue could hear the words inside shouting to buy big and small, and buy and leave.
Mu Xue and her party went straight to the second floor, she didn't believe that a rich person like the eighth master would play with someone on the first floor.
The box on the second floor is obviously much more elegant than the first floor, at least it doesn't make Mu Xue feel messy.
Mu Xue stretched out her hand to Mu Bai beside her: "Silver!" ”
Mu Bai was actually a little confused, if he let the prince know that he brought the princess to the casino, would the prince kill himself.
Seeing this princess with such a chic posture, where is it like the behavior of a former boudoir lady.
He took out a purse from his sleeve and put it in Mu Xue's hand: "I'll bring so much when I go out today." ”
Mu Xue put it in her hand and weighed it, and glanced at a table that was having a hot time over there.
Then he instructed them: "According to the little two, the eighth master has a pair of fox eyes, is twenty-five years old, and has dice marks on his clothes, you should scatter and look for them." ”
After Mu Xue finished saying this, she went to the table on the king's side.
Mu Xue looks like a pretty boy, with a clear look between her eyes, and she has no fanaticism and eagerness to gamble.
Those who played well could tell at a glance that this person was coming to the casino for the first time.
"Brother, let's do it for the first time..."
In this casino, no matter what status you have, if you have money, you are the boss.
The man saw that Mu Xue was holding the silver in his hand so arrogantly, so he stepped forward to talk.
However, Mu Xue ignored it, just smiled politely, giving people a sense of alienation.
She wasn't in a hurry to play, and after a few laps, Fei Qi came over to talk back.
"Childe, that eighth master may be on the last table, do you want to take a look?"
Mu Xue nodded, and followed Fei Qi to a table in the deepest part of the world.
In the shadows, Mu Xue saw the man in a big red robe at a glance, with dice embroidered on the neckline, a young face, presumably the eighth master.
Mu Xue approached and found that this person was really sassy.
The red robe is just conspicuous, and this early spring weather still has a folding fan pinned to the waist, which is too pretentious.
The eyes of Mu Xue and the others have been on him, and the eighth master is naturally aware of it.
After a quick glance, he found that he didn't know this group, so he ignored it.
"Childe, do you want to call him over directly?"
"No, when the money in front of him is about to be lost, you come to me."
Mu Bai frowned, the princess was so sure that the silver in front of the eighth master would be lost, and there were a lot of silver tickets and silver in front of him, and there was no posture of losing money.
And Mu Xue left Mu Bai and the two guards to watch the eighth master, and took Yunzhi and Fei Qi around.
Mu Bai had been observing the eighth master over there, and when he saw that the eighth master had indeed lost since the princess left, he couldn't help frowning.
Could it be that the princess knows how to gamble so well?
"Quick, go to the princess and say that the eighth master's silver is about to bottom out."
When Mu Xue came, not only did people come, but also brought their own results.
"Na, your fifty taels, pay you back."
Mu Xue threw her purse at Mu Bai, and inside was his untouched fifty taels.
And Fei Qi and Yun Zhi both held a lot of silver in their hands.
Mu Bai's eyes widened suddenly, this princess's luck is too good?
Gambling is such a thing, whether it is an outsider or an insider, they all believe in luck.
I feel that there is no skill at all, and it is good luck to win money, and it is bad luck to lose money.