(Recommended reading: One night in early May, a casino in Yangzhou.

Li Hongyu sat at the pai gow table in a luxurious gambling hall on the second floor of the casino, with some chips piled up in front of him, and leisurely bet with the gamblers at the same table while sipping fragrant tea, and his luck was good enough to win a lot of money.

Two sexy-dressed, young and charming women served beside Li Hongyu left and right, because Li Hongyu won the money, and the two also got a lot of rewards, their faces were full of excitement, and it is rare to see such a generous gambler.

Of course, Li Hongyu is not idle to gamble money, he is now in a tense official business, so he naturally has no pastime in mind.

According to the information he received, an important person of a smuggling merchant group came back to the casino today to discuss business with people, and he wanted to get in touch with the smuggler group, so he specially came to the casino tonight to check on it, and he will inevitably have to deal with the other party in the future.

It's a pity that Li Hongyu only knew that the important person of the smuggling merchant group would come to the casino, and he didn't know anything else.

Although smuggling is lucrative, it is a head-killing business, so smugglers usually hide their identities, and if they are reported, it will be a big deal.

"Miscellaneous nine to miscellaneous seven! Boss Li wins! ”

When the young woman next to Li Hongyu lifted the pai gow on the table in front of him, the dealer standing next to him picked up the pai gow and showed it to the people around him, stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Hongyu and announced.

"Alas!" Seeing this situation, a middle-aged wealthy businessman sitting at the card table opposite Li Hongyu couldn't help but slam the table with his fist, looking quite disappointed.

"Childe, you've won again!" One of the two women next to Li Hongyu massaged Li Hongyu's shoulders, and the other poured Li Hongyu wine with a smile.

"These are for you." Li Hongyu grabbed a handful of chips and stuffed them into the towering chest of the woman who poured him wine with a smile.

"Gongzi Xie, Gongzi Xie.

Seeing this, the two women immediately smiled and thanked Li Hongyu again and again.

Li Hongyu used to play in the casino with customers when he was doing business, not only knew the tricks of the casino out of thousands, but also learned to observe the words and colors and use the probability analysis of the cards after the gambling method, which made him now kill all sides in the casino.

"Is there anything more fun?" Li Hongyu put down the wine glass in his hand and asked the woman who poured the wine with a smile.

"If Childe is interested, the slave family can take Childe to a good place." The woman hesitated for a moment, smiled and said to Li Hongyu, "Childe wait a moment, the slave family will go to find out if there is a seat in that place?" ”

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and nodded, and the woman hurriedly left to investigate, if he guessed correctly, the place the woman said was the VIP hall of the casino, and in addition to being wealthy, there was enough status and identity to enter.

This is also the reason why Li Hongyu is so generous, he is a newcomer from outside, and he has no time to find someone to introduce into the VIP room, so he can only start from these dusty women in the casino, don't look at their humble status but have this way.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the woman to come back in a hurry and lead Li Hongyu to the backyard of the casino.

There were several big men with knives guarding in front of the backyard door, and the woman who led Li Hongyu to go whispered a few words to a person who looked like a steward, and the person who looked like a steward took Li Hongyu in.

Before leaving, Li Hongyu gave nearly 1,000 taels of chips to the woman who brought him in return for taking him to the backyard.

If Li Hongyu didn't guess wrong, the person who looked like a steward was the concubine who led him to the woman, otherwise he would have gone to the backyard so easily.

The woman was thankful for the chips in her hand, and at the same time secretly glad that she had made the right choice, otherwise she would not have gotten such a large sum of money.

"Li Gongzi, you are here for the first time, and I must remind you that those who can enter here are either rich or noble, and you must not act too publicly.

On the way, the person who looked like a steward whispered to Li Hongyu.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, this son is here to have fun, not trouble." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and replied in an orderly manner.

The backyard is very large, with pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, and there is a unique world, which can be called a paradise.

Unlike the front yard, after entering the backyard, you have to change new chips, and it is 10,000 taels to exchange, which shows that the people who come here are very rich.

Not only that, but the girls in the backyard are more beautiful and lovely than those in the front yard, and the quality is significantly higher.

After Li Hongyu changed 20,000 taels of chips, he chose a well-behaved and clever red-clothed maid to serve by his side, and at the same time introduced him to the situation in the backyard.

In addition to gambling money, there are many fragrant leisure projects in the backyard, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want here and experience the luxurious life of Jiuchi Meat Forest.

Of course, Li Hongyu's purpose is to find someone not a pastime, so he let Hong'er lead him to wander around the gambling hall in the backyard, and gamble a few from time to time, and he gained a lot because of the relatively large stakes.

"Childe, what you went to just now was a common gambling method on the market, and now the gambling method we are going to is unique to our casino." After leaving a gambling hall, the maid in red said to Li Hongyu with a smile that she could also be rewarded if Li Hongyu won money, so she was naturally in a happy mood at this time.

"Then there is Miss Lao, and my son also wants to meet the market." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to the girl in red.

Under the guidance of the red-clothed maid, Li Hongyu went to a two-story attic, and he could hear the noise coming from inside from a distance, which seemed to be very lively.

When he entered the attic, Li Hongyu found that it turned out to be a fighting arena, there was a huge iron cage in the middle of the hall, and two **** women wearing shorts on their upper and lower bodies were in a ball inside, kicking and biting, and the guests and entourage around them shouted and cheered for the women they supported, the sound was noisy, and the scene was lively.

"Childe, this game is very simple, bet on who can win.

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The red-clothed maid looked at the two women who had been beaten in the iron cage with blue noses and swollen faces, and explained to Li Hongyu with a smile, "In the entire Yangzhou territory, only our casino provides this kind of play, the odds are one to two, as long as you have the right eye, you can win a lot of money." ”

"Which of the two of them will come out on top, as far as you're concerned?" Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, looked at the two women in the cage and said.

"Childe, this little woman really doesn't know, the people who are fighting today are all newcomers." The red-clothed maid shook her head when she heard this, and then said with a smile, "Childe came at the right time today, our casino opens this kind of game once a month in the middle of the month, and changes to other ways to play at other times." ”

As she spoke, the woman in the cage had already decided the winner, and one woman fell to the ground motionless, losing the ability to fight.

"Oh!" The winners immediately cheered, and the losers tore up the betting tickets in their hands and led the men to get up and leave.

"It's a pity, today's game is over." Seeing this, the red-clothed maid's eyes suddenly showed a look of regret, and she said to Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu smiled disappreciatively, and then his eyes fell on a table in the corner of the hall, a handsome young man with the appearance of a young man and a middle-aged man sat there talking something, the young man's expression looked a little excited, and the middle-aged man looked helpless.

"Interesting!" Seeing this, the corners of Li Hongyu's mouth suddenly showed a hint of a smile, and he could see at a glance that the young man was a woman, disguised as a man and came to the casino, there must be something unknown in this.

At this time, the handsome young man seemed to be particularly angry, got up and bowed to the middle-aged man, and left in a huff, leaving only the middle-aged man sitting there with a wry smile and shaking his head.

"Who is that man? With so many subordinates, it looks like a big shelf! Li Hongyu groaned for a while, nodded at the middle-aged man, and asked the red-clothed maid casually.

"That's Qin Wuye, the leader of Yangzhou's ****, son, if you want to do business in Yangzhou, don't provoke Qin Wuye!" Hearing this, the red-clothed maid glanced at the middle-aged man and whispered to Li Hongyu.

"He is Fifth Master Qin!" Looking at the middle-aged man who left surrounded by strong men, Li Hongyu couldn't help muttering to himself.

He naturally heard of Qin Wuye, a legendary **** boss born in a reckless manner, who has a pivotal position in Yangzhou, black and white, and has friendships with all forces, and is a hero in Yangzhou.

Li Hongyu didn't dare to be interested in Qin Wuye, what caught his attention was a young man dressed as a man, who seemed to have a lot of background, otherwise he would not have had a dispute with Qin Wuye, and Qin Wuye had no intention of reproaching.

"Could it be that she's the one she's looking for?" Li Hongyu's brows furrowed, and then he went out and quietly followed behind the young man dressed as a man.

"Childe, this is playing Western cards, I wonder if Childe has played before?" The young man huffed into a three-story attic, and Li Hongyu was just about to go in, when the red-clothed maid stopped him and asked in a coquettish voice.

"Western flower cards?" Li Hongyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"Childe, the Western flower cards are the merchants of Western France brought by the Ming, there are four suits, each suit from one to thirteen a total of thirteen cards, one is the largest, followed by thirteen, twelve, etc., and there are two ghost cards."

The maid in red smiled slightly, and explained in an orderly manner, "The gameplay of the Western flower card is similar to the leaf play, the card is the first to come out, if there are five pies connected together, the first to finish the game wins." ”

Ye Zi Opera is an ancient Chinese card game that resembles a promotion chart and has a long history and is considered to be the originator of modern honor cards, poker and mahjong.

Because the cards of the leaf play are only the size of the leaves, so it is named "leaf play", there are 40 cards, divided into 100,000 guan, 10,000 guan, suozi and wen qian four suits.

It is rumored that Marco Polo brought leaf opera into Europe during the Yuan Dynasty, and gradually formed the playing cards of later generations.

Obviously, the Western flower cards in the mouth of the maid in red refer to playing cards, and the number of poker cards in early European countries was different, with 22 cards in Italy, 32 cards in Germany, 40 cards in Spain, and 52 cards in France.

Later, the French poker added the king and the king, a total of 54 cards, laying the foundation for poker.

"Since it's so interesting, then this son is going to see it." When Li Hongyu heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of the maid in red, and then reached out and hooked her chin, and said with a smile, "If this son wins, I will definitely reward you heavily." ”

With that, Li Hongyu strode into the attic hall, and he hadn't lost to anyone when it came to playing cards.

The red-clothed maid's cheeks couldn't help but blush when she heard this, and then followed closely behind Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu had a gentle temperament and looked quite handsome, which was the son-in-law that girls of their age liked.

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