In Joshita Town, Ueno Castle, the number of pedestrians and merchants has decreased dramatically, but there are two places where the number of pedestrians has increased.

If you want to keep warm on this cold day, apart from baking a fire at home, the only thing you can do is soak in the hot springs and drink a pot of wine in the tavern.

There are a total of three sake houses in the castle town of Ueno Castle, one of which is an izakaya called "Sanrakuya", which is the property of the newly developed Hirate Uemon in the Tsugawa family. As a result of his association with the wealthy merchants of the Tsugawa family, Yoshino Yoshino and Kinshiro Hirata, the properties of Herate Uemon are now spread across Ueno Castle, Minato Castle, Hinoyama Castle, and Tsugawa Castle within the Tsugawa family.

Sanrakuya is the largest property in the castle town, and it costs a total of 150 yen a year to pay the Tsukawa family's rent. The first floor is a sake house, the second floor is a hostel, and there are also some Noh performances and geisha, so the business of Sanrakuya is the best in Ueno Castle Castle.

Iwaki Shinkuro slowly walked from the castle town, came to the door of the Sanrakuya, touched the 200 coins in his arms, and then walked into the Sanrakuya with a smile.

Since his son Jiro Iwaki became a samurai of the Tsugawa family, Shinkuro Iwaki's life has gradually improved. Although Jiro Iwaki is just an ordinary low-level samurai of the Tsugawa family, for the Iwaki family, who have been ninjas for generations, these are enough for Iwaki Shinkuro to be proud of for a lifetime.

As soon as he entered the Sanrakuya, several men who knew each other greeted Shinkuro Iwaki. Iwaki Shinkuro enjoyed this feeling very much, after all, Iwaki Shinkuro's son was also a samurai, and it was more or less flattering here.

"Haha! Heishiro, you're really here! Did you bring something? See if I don't win you all today! Iwaki Shinkuro came to the "old seat" and sat down, then laughed and said to a man at the next table.

The man known as Heishiro was a "gambler" who made a living from gambling, and he had been wandering around the castle town of Ueno Castle, barely making ends meet.

Seeing that it was the "old customer" Iwaki Shinkuro, Heishiro's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he said happily, "Haha!" Shinkuro, can you bring enough money today? "Because the previous times Iwaki Shinkuro won the essence, Heishiro was very happy for a while, and today I saw Iwaki Shinkuro again, Heishiro has already imagined in his mind that tonight with the most famous geisha in the castle town, Arashi, "hey, hey, hey".

"Whoa!" Iwaki Shinkuro poured the copper coin in his arms on the table and let out a crisp sound, "That's all there is, I'm sure I'll win today!" ”

Looking at the copper coins on the table, Heishiro said with a little disappointment, "I said Shinkuro, you won't be out of money, right?" That's only enough money to play 10 games. ”

"Haha!" Iwaki Shinkuro smiled and said, "It's okay, even if it's 10, I can win back all the losses I lost a few days ago!" "Iwaki Shinkuro is indeed out of money, and he lost to Heishiro for nearly 20 times some time ago. You must know that Iwaki Jiro's Yulu is only 150 stone a year, and if converted into money, it is only about 70 yuan, and Iwaki Shinkuro doesn't dare to lose more, otherwise the Iwaki family will not be able to open the pot.

"Forget it, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's a piece of meat!" Heishiro licked his lips and looked eagerly at the money on the table, as if it was already his.

In the expectant eyes of Iwaki Shinkuro, Heishiro took the two bowls to the table and put them away, then covered the bowls and asked, "It's still the old rule, is the rice in my bowl odd or even?" ”

The gamble between Shinkuro Iwaki and Heishiro is very simple, it is to guess odds and evens! Heishiro filled one bowl with some rice and covered it with another bowl, leaving it up to Shinkuro Iwaki to guess. The bet for a game is 20 Wen, and if Shinkuro Iwaki guesses correctly, he will win 20 Wen. It's hard to compare, and with such a gamble, I don't know how Iwaki Shinkuro lost 20 times..........

As soon as he saw these two bowls, Iwaki Shinkuro instantly entered the state, and immediately turned into a senior gambler, staring at the two bowls in front of him tightly, and then said hesitantly, "I guess double!" ”

"Are you sure?" Heishiro pressed the bowl hard, and then asked with a smile on his face.

Iwaki Shinkuro swallowed his saliva, then said, "Sure!" ”

"Then I'll go!" Heishiro let out a loud shout, then jerked open one of the bowls on it. However, what Shikikuro Iwaki didn't notice was. When he opened the bowl, Heishiro's right hand trembled very secretly.

"Haha! 13 grains of rice, Shinkuro, you lost again! With a smile on his face, Heishiro took 20 copper coins from the table and put them aside.

"Alas!" Iwaki Shinkuro slapped the table heavily, and then said with an unwilling face, "Come again!" ”

With the progress of the gambling game between the two, it attracted many "melon-eating people" from Sanle House to watch.

In less than a quarter of an hour, looking at the empty tabletop, Iwaki Shinkuro's eyes were split, and his eyes were red.

"Okay, Shinjiuro, you've lost it again, I'll go first!" Heishiro patted his ass and prepared to leave.

However, just as he was about to step forward, Heishiro was caught by Iwaki Shinkuro.

"Heishiro, you're cheating! How could I not have guessed it all! Iwaki Shinkuro looked at Heishiro excitedly, and grabbed Heishiro's arm tightly with both hands.

Hearing Iwaki Shinkuro's words, Heishiro suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly said loudly, "Iwaki Shinkuro, do you want to repay the debt?" Everyone is watching, when did I cheat? Isn't it that you can't afford to lose, so you deliberately smashed my Heishiro's signboard? ”

"Who in this Ueno City doesn't know that I, Heishiro, am the most credible person, what are your intentions in framing me like this!" Heishiro said with a righteous face.

"You ..........." After hearing Heishiro's words, Iwaki Shinkuro pointed at Heishiro and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

"Humph!" Heishiro snorted coldly, and then prepared to leave again!

Seeing that Heishiro was about to leave again, Iwaki Shinkuro hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Heishiro, and said loudly, "You can't go, return the money to me quickly!" ”

"Fuck off! Others are afraid of you, I and Heishiro are not afraid of you, don't think that your son is a samurai and can do whatever he wants, in the Tsugawa family, it is moral! Seeing that his face had been completely torn, Heishiro couldn't care so much, and directly pushed Iwaki Shinkuro out with a hard push.

Unexpectedly, due to the advanced age of Iwaki Shinkuro, his body bones were already dead, and he was pushed back by Heishiro for more than ten steps, and then directly hit another table of people, and even knocked the wine on the table to the ground.

Weighing the copper coin in his hand, Heishiro walked out of the Sanle House without looking back.

Shikuro Iwaki struggled to get up from the ground and was about to chase out, but when he saw a person beside him, Shikuro Iwaki froze.

"Shinjiuro, I haven't seen you for so many years, you still have this virtue!" In the shocked eyes of Iwaki Shinkuro, the man with a striking scar on his face slowly stood up.