Chapter 57: The Clear Water Cabinet Workshop
The warm afternoon sun is the most enjoyable, but the days in early winter are exceptionally short. When the sun goes down, the cold is everywhere, the scholar Cui Xuan took the old man to walk down the street, and along the way, he also saw a few people who were watching in the crowd, and the camouflage was more natural, but the raw face appeared on the street of Vashe, and it was always piercing, not to mention that the eyes of those people glanced at from time to time, revealing the light of thieves, eighty percent of them were sent by Xu Bald on the side of Xishuiguan, and Brother Xuan was quite familiar with the people in Vashe, and naturally some people gave him a look, and they were all accepted by him with a grin.
Goolan, Washe, Caishikou, Xishuiguan Qingshui Cabinet Fang and other streets are the outposts of the ghost market, and those who can know these are all senior bastards who are mixed in the streets, Xuan Ge'er quickly entered the role after more than half a load in Washe, compared to being trapped in Doumi Lane on weekdays, he returned to Vashe every time he returned to the sea, and he was at ease.
Qingshui Cabinet Fang is obviously a casino, but the name Qingshui, Xuan Geer thinks that it is a typical bitch and an archway, and the ninth-rate things under the door have to be a name for Yangchun Baixue.
The clear water is not clear, the turbid water is not turbid, this is the door couplet of the clear water cabinet room.
Qingshui Cabinet Workshop is the territory of Xu Bald in Xishuiguan, and it is his old business to fish for the deviation door, which everyone knows, the master really doesn't know, but Brother Xuan pretends not to know.
Cui Hanzhang looked up at the high city wall, the mottled shadows were stretched by candlelight, and he couldn't help but think of the two Dong Baozhen and Gu Dingchen in the same year, and in a blink of an eye, most of the year had passed, and one hundred and three people on the list were on the list to practice at the Xishuiguan City Tower Wine Banquet, but he failed to get together.
"Gamble casually for a while, and go back to Cui Bo's account to pay the money." Cui Hanzhang shook and tried to get rid of regret.
"The master is not afraid of losing too much, and he can't help it when he gets to the gambling table, this is a bottomless pit."
"If Luoshi Street doesn't cultivate you, then take the Qingshui Cabinet Workshop to practice, master, if I blink an eye, I will lose." Cui Hanzhang stared at the couplet at the door, and didn't seem to care about Cui Xuan's words at all.
"You, okay, if the small ones don't win, they are anxious, and I will lose." Cui Xuan's high-spirited appearance at this time seemed to be back to the feeling of Luoshi Street in Qingyuan Mansion.
"Oh? Then bet big, time waits for no one, and there is no time to spend with them. Cui Hanzhang listened to it and turned his head to him.
"The rules of the cabinet shop in Taikang City are tithes, no matter whether you win or lose, the cabinet shop will always take the lead. But there are always exceptions to everything, Qingshui Cabinet Fang and Mingjin Building are exceptions, the former has to be drawn into two, and the latter is more ruthless, and it is drawn into three. ”
"Why?"
"Just one is the stall of the ghost market, and the other is the stall of the Mingjin Building."
"Is Mingjin Building's stall worth this price?" Cui Hanzhang couldn't help laughing, it seems that this matter is very interesting.
Where there is prostitution, there is gambling, and prostitution and gambling are a pair of twin freaks.
"I don't know, the biggest gambling stall and flower building in Taikang City is Mingjin Building." Cui Xuan introduced him in detail while walking.
"That's right, if you can drink flower wine, of course, you can't afford to spend a lot of money at the poker table."
"Do you know that there is a bigger deal in Mingjin Building?"
"How?"
Cui Xuan glanced around vigilantly, and quietly approached Cui Hanzhang's ear and said: "Where the bet in the Qingshui Cabinet Shop is placed at the same time on the side of the Mingjin Building, this kind of over-the-counter dark market, the same bet, but the leverage is increased by five times, commonly known as one drag five, can be credited, final settlement, and people and money are cleared." ”
"This financial resources are strong enough, black and white are all-inclusive, who is behind it?"
"I don't know if it's a little one, it's not a blessing to climb the Mingjin Tower, it is said that those who can climb the building are either rich or expensive, and I haven't heard of a family that dares to owe debts and not pay them back." After all, Cui Xuan is a gangster in nature, and his vision is limited, and when he talks about Ming Jinlou, he looks yearning, and he is about to flow to the ground.
"Okay, put away your useless look, watch your performance tonight, and continue to walk in Mingjin Building tomorrow night."
"Okay, with your words, the little one will play a trick tonight." Cui Xuan heard that he could go to Mingjin Tower, his eyes lit up, he rolled up his sleeves and stepped in.
Inside the smoke, the shouting is continuous, more lively than the vegetable field, there are graceful maids ushered in, the men are shirtless, some are dejected, some are proud, no one cares about the two people walking in.
As soon as Cui Xuan entered, he saw the gambling game on the largest table in the middle, where the largest number of gamblers gathered, and the most money piled up on the table, it seemed that the gambling war was in full swing. It just so happened that a circle of people finished betting, and the dealer who shook the dice wanted to open the cards, Cui Xuan rushed over and squeezed away the crowd, and a silver ticket was slapped on the side of the word "small".
"Wait, you have to bet."
A treasure banknote and silver bill lie alone on the small print, which is particularly conspicuous. Just now, a table of gamblers went to bet big, and a bald man with a bulging belly made six big ones in a row, and the limelight was in full swing, and the silver and treasure money followed him to press on the side of the big characters.
The dealer's hands are all on the dice cup, and when he saw that there was a stunned green who had been killed out of nowhere, he had to bet, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Little brother, this game has been bought and left, you are not in accordance with the rules." ”
"Rules? Did you open it? Can anyone bet before it opens? Uncle, I have played all over Taikang Sixteen Fang, and I have never heard of your rules. Cui Xuan didn't roll his eyelids, he didn't bird him at all, and took advantage of the gap between words to give the master next to him a color, and as a result, Cui Hanzhang took down five more treasure banknotes and silver bills
The atmosphere was suddenly embarrassing, and the gamblers who were noisy just now quieted down and looked lively, and they were really horizontal, daring to come to Qingshui Cabinet to make trouble, and the people around were immediately interested when they heard it, and they all gathered around.
"What, don't you dare to open it?"
"Isn't it out of the woods?" Cui Xuan saw that there were gamblers coming around, and shouted more energetically, and the gamblers who placed good bets for a while followed suit, and it was not a big deal to watch the excitement one by one.
"Open ......"
"Open ......"
"Open ......"
Under the coaxing of everyone, the dealer's face was very embarrassed, raising water and fish for half a night to feed a game, seeing that it was about to be harvested, and suddenly it was spoiled by the rat feces that came out of nowhere.
Cui Hanzhang noticed that the dealer had a secret eye contact with the bald fat gambler, and neither seemed to be able to make up their minds.
"Where did the wild boy come from, ruined Lao Tzu's fortune, step aside, don't delay the uncle to win this game." The bald fat man glanced at the private room on the second floor, did not see anyone come out, sweat unconsciously came out of his head, flowing down his sideburns, as the winner at this time, most of the people at the table followed him to bet, everyone slaughtered the dealer together, and there were still many people who echoed him when he spoke at this time.
Cui Xuan pretended to be a deaf ear, after all, there were more gamblers who lost money in the hall, and at this time, there were more and more guests around the other gambling tables, and they all started to open the cup.
As the saying goes, gamblers in the world are a family, no matter where they are, gamblers can quickly get acquainted, call them brothers and sisters at first sight, and the actual psychology is calculating the money in each other's pockets.
The more he looks around like this, the more excited he becomes, and he can't wait to look like he is gearing up, this will be a fool who also wants to figure it out, this deck of cards is probably going to collect a table of people.
"What are you yelling about, we open the cabinet, how can there be a reason not to open the cards." Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.
A fat man, walking swaying three times, two wide water sleeves swaying, belly as big as July pregnancy, slowly walked to the dealer position.
"I'll start this game, see how scared you are, cowardice." The man looked at the sweaty steward with a look of disgust, and one hand was ready to press on the dice cup to open the cards.
"Slow, whoever shakes the dice, who opens, this is the rule of our divine light to fight iron, don't you say?" Cui Xuan would have changed people to open the cards, blocking his mouth with the rules and watching the excitement, and even more so blocking his hands, once he touched the dice cup, I'm afraid this game will be boring.
"Yes, the Qingshui Cabinet Workshop is not as big as the rules." It's not a big deal to see the excitement, just coaxing, and the hundreds of people around it have loud voices, and they are about to lift the roof.
"Oh? The little brother is prepared, and the contemptible Qingshui Cabinet Workshop is the big shopkeeper Jin San. Jin San's face sank, his right eyelid jumped three times unconsciously, and he clenched his fist.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the master is Cui Xuan, a scholar from Xiaolianzhuang in Cui Mansion, Doumi Lane, Qingchuan Street." Self-reporting to the family, Cui Hanzhang has already explained, report truthfully, do not change the name and sit or change the surname, we have a long life in Taikang City, there is no need to hide it.
"Haha....." At this time, the gamblers around all laughed, amused by this ungodly master,
"A little scholar also dares to go on a big stage, slapping his face is a small matter, be careful to cause trouble for your master." The crowd was mixed with the sound of yin and yang.
"My lord said, let me take the Qingshui Cabinet Workshop to practice, and after I practice, I will take me to Mingjin Building to play." Cui Xuan pretended to be stupid and said humbly.
"Haha...."The laughter shook the room, and the crowd erupted into louder laughter, some people pointed to Cui Xuan's nose, and they were already leaning forward and backward with laughter, and the other guests at the other tables in the entire cabinet shop all stopped, and even the corridor on the second floor was full of people.
"The visitor is a guest, since the guest doesn't want Jin to open it, then let's forget about this game and start over, okay?" It's not that Jin San has never seen a trickster, but it's really the first time I've seen such a well-behaved and picky trick everywhere, and he can't feel the pulse, and he is angry and wealthy, so he pleaded again with a smiling face.
"Don't mind, Qingshui Cabinet Shop can't do this business."
"What's the matter, I can't afford to lose, this game counts a table of copper coins, treasure banknotes and silver bills are only a hundred thousand dollars, uncle, I just warmed up, and if I can't afford to lose, I will close the door quickly." Cui Xuan was a bully, and his own master was standing next to him, and if he didn't overturn the Qingshui Cabinet Shop today, he felt sorry for the two feet that he had wandered around for a day.
"I can't believe you if you open it, and you won't let me open it, let's find an irrelevant person to open it."
Cui Xuan directly pointed at the one who was smiling the happiest just now, and pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, "The dead fat man is you, don't hide, it's you, you have a big head and a thick neck, and you're not a butcher." ”
Everyone looked at Cui Xuan's fingers, and sure enough, there was a fat man with a fat face and a wrinkled neck shrinking back, and in an instant, the person next to him flashed open a clearing, leaving him alone in place.
"I, I, I'm not open, I'm just here to play, it has nothing to do with me." The fat man was so timid and frightened that his legs trembled, his forehead sweated, and his mouth stammered.
"Go up." As a result, before he finished speaking, he was pushed up by a few people behind him, and almost slammed on the gambling table.
Jin San was angry at this time, and he couldn't wait to eat this dead fat man with his eyes, and was about to raise his foot to kick him away, but was stopped between the two by Cui Xuan.
"The golden shopkeeper can't be fooled, this old brother, with a blessed face, is obviously what everyone expects, and everyone supports him."
This fat man has lost all his money, relying on not going to see the lively idlers, the dealer won all his money is angry, and now he is encouraged by the encouragement of the gamblers, and he has a heart, who Lao Tzu is afraid of, that is, the old Wang daughter-in-law who climbed the wall to steal next door has not been instigated, is not just to open a dice, simply closed his eyes, grabbed the bamboo tube with his fat short five fingers, and suddenly opened it: "One, two, three, six o'clock, it is really a small, the dealer loses." ”
"Give money, give money, kill all." Cui Xuan was not polite, he threw himself on the table and hugged all the silver and treasure banknotes, never thought that the five treasure banknotes and silver bills that the old man Cui Hanzhang photographed just now, one is 20,000 taels, the dealer has lost a lot of money now, and a table of cash is not enough, and he has to let the steward go to the account room to pay the money. Cui Xuan quietly gave the old man a thumbs up when he leaned over to hold the money, and sure enough, the old man had the darkest heart.
"This little brother looks at the face, take advantage of the good hand, dare to grow later?" The scholar Cui Xuan and the old man Cui Hanzhang looked at each other, thinking that they were really here, and they had been waiting for so long in the play.
"Master, I'm very lucky tonight, and I won't refuse to come, tell me what Dafa is?"
"One for five." Jin San gritted his teeth and spat out three words in his mouth.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a big game." The crowd was the first to hear the discussion, and everyone was inexplicably excited when they heard the one-to-five gambling method as if it was like a big smoker's addiction.
"Yes, one drag five, sir, I'm afraid that Qingshui Cabinet Workshop can't afford to pay it."
"Although the guests can rest assured, the children of the Qingshui Cabinet Fang are not deceived and leave the store to settle the accounts, and all the friends here are witnesses." Jin San was determined to take down the two boys in front of him who didn't know the height of the sky, and dared to come to Qingshui Cabinet to make trouble, he was tired of being crooked.
Cui Hanzhang thought to himself that after making trouble for so long, Xu Bald had not yet appeared, and it was not interesting to grind. I pulled a chair and sat down, leaning slightly to the side, holding a chip in my hand to play.
When Cui Xuan saw the master's actions, he knew that things should be accelerated, if he couldn't force out Xu Bald and the boss behind the scenes, he was incompetent, in response to the old saying: "If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and start, rambling, delay my uncle and I won." Cui Xuan pulled a chair and sat down with a big grin, Erlang's legs were raised high.
Gamblers are never afraid of death, discerning people know at a glance, these two are the dragon in front of them, tonight there is a good show in Qingshui Cabinet Workshop, everyone is happy to join in the fun, those who have money follow the bet, those who have no money cheer around, this is the habit of gamblers.
Ten bets and nine losses, if you want to win, how can there be no more than a thousand, Cui Xuan has seen no less than dozens of thousands of techniques, but everything is the same, either control the dice, or control the person who shakes the dice.
"Slow down, change the dice." Cui Xuan didn't change it early or late, and when the golden shopkeeper just put his hand on the dice cup, he shouted to change the dice.
"The dice are all in a unified system, and every table is the same, can you believe me in the clear water cabinet?" Jin San gritted his teeth, and he couldn't figure out the details of the two in front of him, so he had to hold back his anger.
"Let's start again, start all over again, and newcomers don't use old things."
"The gate of Qingshui Cabinet Workshop is open to the south, and everyone who comes is a guest, but if you want to make trouble, you must also weigh Xu Ye's weight." The golden shopkeeper saw that the two people did not enter the oil and salt, so he had to bring out Xu Bald.
"Don't dare to change, or don't want to change? Don't fool me with the rules, the master is not a chick. Cui Xuan stood up violently, picked up a dice and put it on the palm of his hand, slapped it with the other hand, and the powder flew sideways, only to see him clenching his fist with one hand and raising it with the other, a little red like a dye like something flowing.
"Little brother talk well, why bother to be angry, come on, change a set of dice cups." Jin San's skin tightened, and he hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and ordered Xiao Si to change a set of dice.
Cui Xuanpi didn't smile: "It's slippery, take two sets of dice." ”
The hand that clenched his fist was retracted into his sleeve, and when he took it out again, he could no longer see anything.
"Let's talk about the rules, each person has a pair, and the size is compared." Cui Xuan will be able to cheer up and be ready to play.
"Fifty thousand silver coins for a game, three rounds to determine the winner, before the cup can be increased, Mingjin Lou one drag five." The corners of Jin Da's shopkeeper's mouth were hooked, and he said leisurely.
Good guys, plus the dark disk of Mingjin Building, a game starts with 250,000 silver coins, as soon as this is said, most people are scared, and there are few people present who can play 50,000 silver coins a game, not to mention those who dare to play one to five, they are bankrupt at every turn. Even Cui Xuan's heart skipped a pound when he heard this game, he hadn't participated in such a big game for a long time, and he couldn't help but speed up his blood flow, and a sense of excitement quietly appeared.
Although Cui Hanzhang looked calm on the surface, he kept beating the drum in his heart: "Is Cui Xuan reliable or not, there is an element of luck in winning the game just now, he doesn't believe that Cui Xuan will be an unpredictable prophet, the first time he entered the casino in his life, he accompanied Cui Xuan to play big, and the momentum can't be lost, so if he can't do it, he will escort out the tiger talisman jade in his arms......."
At this time, the audience was silent, and people held their breath, their eyes staring at the two dicecups.
Cui Xuan is not a fool, he dares to bet so much, he has confidence. As the so-called one life, two luck and three feng shui, he asked himself about his gambling skills, and he believed that the general trend was in his body, especially with the master, he borrowed his civil and military luck to be around, God blocked and killed God, and Buddha blocked and killed Buddha.
Thinking that he has been particularly sensitive to the number of techniques since he was a child, he was born with an excellent memory, and because of the birth of a child, he was favored by the old lady Zuo, and served by the side of the young master Zuo Shiqi.