Chao Yong chatted with He for a while, and then a guard came to report that the dynasty had dispersed.

He Shi saw that his son had rested for a while, and then he had something to be busy again, and he was also very distressed, and said: "If you have something to do, go and be busy, pay more attention to your body." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Mother also pays attention to her body, and the child will retire." ”

When I arrived outside the vertical arch hall, I saw Wu Song and Mu Hong already waiting there.

Wu Song smiled: "I was still thinking about one day to visit the prince, but let the prince find it." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "After a rest, it's okay to stay in the palace, so I'm looking for the two brothers." Let's go, change into casual clothes, and we'll walk around the city. ”

Wu Song looked at the military uniform worn by the previous dynasty and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm closer there, and Mu Hong can also wear my clothes." ”

Mu Hong also has no opinion.

Wu Song's house is next to the royal street, it was originally a rich family's house, not very big, and the original owner was beheaded because of the cruelty of the people.

This was chosen by Wu Song himself, the other houses were too big, he felt that the house was enough to live in, and it was easy to get carried away if it was too big.

When I entered the house, a family member greeted me and said hello.

With a bare chin and a shrill voice, it immediately makes people guess his identity.

Chao Yong smiled: "Can these people still use it?" ”

Wu Song nodded and said, "Very good, the people who have been trained in the palace understand the rules and are diligent in their work." ”

Chao Yong and the two were not polite, and said with a smile: "That's good, I didn't have the money to support these many people at the beginning, and I remembered that you all need manpower, so I sent it to you, if it's not suitable, just speak, and I'll pay to send them home." After the royal ticket number was opened, it was not bad for money. ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "I can't use up my salary, the prince will sit in the front hall for a while, and Mu Hong and I will come after changing our clothes in the back." ”

"Good"

The front hall of Wu Song's house is not very large, but it is already rare on the royal street, where every inch of land is expensive. Although the city of Tokyo is large, it has more than a million people, and most of the houses are not large, and Gao Yu needs to occupy the military camp to build houses, which shows the tension of land in Tokyo. Even if the rich without power can buy land, they do not dare to build a house too big, which is easy to invite disaster. Only the mansions of Cai Jing and other powerful people are boundless.

As soon as Chao Yong sat down, he saw a dignified woman running in and wanted to pay a big salute.

Chao Yong vaguely remembered that this woman was the one that Wu Song chose in the palace, and it seemed that she had become Wu Song's main room, and the concubine room was not qualified to receive guests.

"Sister-in-law doesn't need to be polite."

The woman saw that the prince had admitted her identity as the main room, and her face was suddenly full of joy. Wu Song has already said that she will be the main room, although because she was Zhao Ji's concubine before, she can't be married, but Wu Song said that he would still invite the old brothers of Liangshan to have a wedding wine. Wu Song's parents and brother have passed away, and the crown prince recognized her identity, and the rest of the people didn't dare to say anything.

The two talked a little bit, and Wu Song and Mu Hong changed into civilian clothes and came out, Mu Hong was also very majestic, and he fit well in Wu Song's clothes.

Wu Song saw that Chao Yong's table was empty, and couldn't help frowning: "Why don't you serve tea to the prince?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "It's all my own family, what's polite, let's go." ”

Wu Song glared at the eunuch and said, "You can sweep the courtyard next month." ”

"Yes"

The eunuch struggled for a moment, but still didn't say anything.

The woman hurriedly said: "Official, you can't blame him for this matter, and the slave family didn't dare to serve tea to the prince." ”

Chao Yongqi said: "What, isn't there any good tea in my brother's house?" I'll turn around and have someone send it. ”

Wu Song hurriedly said: "The house has also prepared some to entertain guests, and they have been quite polite in the past, I don't know what is going on today?" What's going on, you tell the prince. ”

The woman saw Wu Song asking, so she had to say: "According to the rules of the palace, everything the prince eats must be checked by a special person, and then the prince can eat it." The prince didn't bring anyone, so we didn't dare to serve tea. ”

When Wu Song heard this, he realized that it was not that people had no rules, but that he didn't understand the rules.

Chao Yong smiled: "So that's the case, I don't have to follow this rule when I come in the future, I don't dare to eat anything in my brother's house, and I'm too tired to live." There will be no penalty this time, and if you come next time and still don't have tea, the penalty will be doubled. ”

The eunuch hurriedly said, "The villain has written it down." ”

When the three of them came out of the mansion, Chao Yong smiled and said, "Is there anything interesting?" Let's have a little fun, and near noon, we will go to the barracks to have a look. ”

Mu Hong thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's go to Sister-in-law Gu's gambling house and get the money back by the way, and the Wu Song brothers' money won't be taken, right?" ”

Wu Song nodded and said, "Well, it is estimated that there were many people who exchanged money yesterday, and I thought about going to exchange it in two days." The prince must have been there yet, right? ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "I haven't been there, I just heard Shi Qian mention it, then we'll go to Sister-in-law Gu's place." ”

It turned out that after the defeat of Tokyo, the sick lieutenant Chi Sun Lisheng was promoted to the commander of ten thousand soldiers, and the lieutenant Chi Sun Xin also served as an officer under his brother's account. The mother-in-law, Gu Sister-in-law, and Tie Zilehe, felt that they had not developed in the army, so they opened a gambling house in Tokyo. With the care of everyone in the army, coupled with Lehe's cleverness, the gambling house is also prosperous.

Chao Yong smiled: "You didn't like to gamble before, why are you gambling now?" ”

"We naturally don't participate in ordinary gambling, but this time Lehe takes the prince and Liao Guo to gamble, and we naturally won't miss this opportunity to send money."

Chao Yong didn't expect Le He to come up with such an idea, and said strangely: "What kind of gambling method?" ”

Wu Song said: "It is also smart to say that this Lehe is also smart, and this gambling game has attracted all the gamblers in Tokyo to bet, and many people who have never entered the gambling house have gone to bet for the first time." If the Liao soldiers retreated, it would naturally be the crown prince's victory. Otherwise, it is limited to one month, and as long as a city is occupied by Liao, it will be considered a victory for Liao. Everyone didn't expect the winner to be decided so quickly. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "You have confidence in me, and you dare to make this kind of bet." ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "Liao only sent 50,000 troops, our Daliang also has 50,000 soldiers and horses, Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng, Dong Ping, Zhang Qing and other fierce generals are all in Hebei, and there is gunpowder to help, if we can't win, we will be surprised." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "That's true, but if they are all as smart as you, won't the gambling house have to lose miserably." ”

Mu Hong said seriously: "Smart people are naturally a minority, the Liao State has been pressed on the Central Plains for two hundred years, and those gamblers are discussing how many cities the prince will lose, and then they can stop the Liao soldiers from going south." Otherwise, the imperial court would not have recruited warriors, and those who raised their pen would not have abandoned their pens and were ready to go to the front. The gamblers thought that they would win with the lift, but they didn't expect the prince to repel the Liao State so quickly and recapture Xiongzhou. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "So the actions of the imperial court misled the gamblers?" Then Sister-in-law Gu should give me some red. ”

"Haha"

The two of them couldn't help laughing when they heard Chao Yong say this.

Gu's sister-in-law's gambling house is open on Mahang Street, and standing outside the gambling house, you can hear the hoarse roar of the gamblers inside.

"Big, Big, Big"

"Small, small, small"

There is a plaque hanging on the edge of the door, on which are written the four big characters "Luck Gambling House".

Chao Yong looked at these four words and said with a smile: "This name is not bad." ”

Wu Song nodded and said: "Sister-in-law Gu is also afraid of ruining Liangshan's reputation, there is no mechanism for the gambling equipment in the gambling house, everyone depends on luck." However, there are also some gamblers who have practiced well and can hear the points of the dice by the sound of the dice flipping. Sister-in-law Gu didn't gamble anymore, and she lost a few times at first. Later, Le and this kid took a layer of cotton cloth into the dice Gu, and those gamblers couldn't hear the sound. However, it is all up to luck, and the gambling house is not sure to make a profit, so they also provide gamblers with table gambling equipment for them to bet on, and the gambling house takes some money from it. Because the luck gambling house began to lose badly, gamblers know that there are no ghosts in the gambling equipment here, but there are many people who come here to gamble. ”

The guy standing at the door was Sister-in-law Gu's Huo family in Dengzhou before, and when she saw the three of them, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Chao Yong smiled: "No need to be polite, let's go in and have a look." ”

When the three of them entered the gambling house, they saw that there were twenty or thirty tables in the room, and each table was full of people, and business was indeed booming.

A few guys in the middle patrolled back and forth to prevent anyone from cheating.

One of the women was even more eye-catching, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a fat face and waist. Insert a strange hairpin ring, revealing the arms of the fashionable bracelet. six red dresses, like May pomegranate flowers; There are several layers of green collars, and the willows are dyed in three springs.

Sometimes when he gets angry, he hits his husband on the head when he lifts the well railing; Suddenly, the heart was anxious, and he knocked over the leg of Zhuang Ke with a stone mill. Born to not be able to pull a needle and thread, it is the mother of the mountain.

Sister-in-law Gu hadn't seen the three of them yet, and the iron named Zile who was sitting inside had already greeted her with a smile: "How can the three brothers have time to come here?" ”

Wu Song smiled: "What's the matter, can't you rely on our accounts?" ”

Sister-in-law Gu saw Le Heying coming out, and she also followed, and said with a smile: "I don't want to be a big worm under my brother's fist, do the three brothers have a play, or go upstairs and sit down?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Go upstairs and sit down." ”

Gu's sister-in-law and Le He invited the three of them to the second floor, but there was also an office on the second floor, all of which imitated the pattern of royal ticket numbers, and there was a row of seats at the door.

Sister-in-law Gu is surnamed Haoshuang, and when she went upstairs, she asked the palace maid sent by Chao Yong to go to Zhang Luo for tea.

Chao Yong smiled: "It seems that the business is very good." ”

Sister-in-law Gu smiled: "Make do, it's not as good as the royal ticket number." Thanks to Lehe's ideas, the gambling equipment is no problem, everyone depends on luck, so everyone is willing to come to the show. These days, with the power of the prince, he made a small profit. ”

Wu Song smiled: "It's a big profit, those gamblers don't have much bet on the prince to win." ”

Sister-in-law Gu glared at Wu Song and said, "You have bet a lot one by one, the prince's personal soldiers, the emperor's personal soldiers, and finally a group of people who said that they would support the prince." If you hadn't stopped betting because of the bad situation, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough to pay if you put your family money in. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "What's the matter? ”

Le He said: "At first, the people still wanted to make some money, and they all bet on Liao Guosheng. Later, Di Bao and tabloids began to publicize the prince's fight against foreign insults, which stimulated the blood of the people, and a group of people came to the gambling house, who dared to bet on Liao Guosheng, who was a traitor. If I hadn't stopped betting because the gambling house had no money, I would have lost a lot. Fortunately, it stopped early, and there were more gamblers who bet on Liao to win. Finally, I didn't lose money. ”

Mu Hong smiled: "Since we didn't lose money, let's take the money we won." ”

Chao Yong said curiously: "How much did you bet?" ”

Mu Hong shook his head and said: "My money has been deposited in the ticket number, and there were many people who borrowed money from the ticket number in those days, so I didn't take it, and only stook a hundred yuan." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Why don't you bet on the deposit slip of the ticket number?" ”

Mu Hong patted his head and shouted, "Yes, anyway, you can take out the money from the deposit slip." If you bet on them all, wouldn't you make a lot of money? ”

Sister-in-law Gu smiled: "You didn't expect it, otherwise this gambling house would be closed." ”

Chao Yong naturally knew that the two were joking, they were both old men from Liangshan, and they would not dismantle each other, if Sister-in-law Gu really lost, Mu Hong might not even ask for the principal. And just look at the bets, Mu Hong is just here to play, although Mu Hong's previous family background was taken out by the official who escorted Hua Shigang. But after Mu Hong went up the mountain, he made a lot of contributions, and the bounty alone was in the thousands.

Chao Yong also joked: "In a few days, the news of the invasion of the 400,000 troops of Western Xia will be made public, you still gamble, I will also make some money to support my family." ”

Le He shook his head and said: "No, now Tokyo is excited, if it is opened again, the people will definitely bet on me to win, and this kind of money-losing business cannot be done." ”

"Haha"

(To be continued)