Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ye Batian, the Sage of Gambling!
"I'm ashamed, I don't know what my grandfather's name is, I only know that his surname is Ye, and we are from Jiangnan."
"Gangnam? Surname Ye? ”
Zhang Ming frowned, he didn't seem to know anyone related to Jiangnan in his mind, but the shadow of a person suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Has your grandfather ever been to northern Jiangsu? He ain't has a tattoo on his back! ”
"Tattoos?"
I remember when I bathed my grandfather and rubbed his back, I didn't see a tattoo, but I saw a dark red scar on his back, if I guessed correctly, this scar should be at least a tattoo.
"Yes, my grandfather said that he once went to northern Jiangsu, and he was also a Qing soldier, and he fought with foreign devils, and there was a scar on my grandfather's back, which should have been a tattoo before, that's all I know, grandpa's affairs are rarely mentioned to me, so I don't know much."
Ye Fan said honestly.
"Sure enough, it's him!"
Zhang Ming suddenly realized, and his face showed a look of excitement.
"Master Zhang, is it possible that you know my grandfather?"
Ye Fan also seemed to realize something, and the story about his life and grandfather was to be uncovered by this old man.
Zhang Ming said excitedly.
"Acquaintance? Know! Who hasn't heard of the famous gambling saint Ye Batian! ”
"Ye Batian? My grandfather's name is Ye Batian? ”
This name is both familiar and unfamiliar, the familiar one is surnamed Ye, and the unfamiliar one is that I have never heard of this name at all!
"That's right, it's definitely right, your grandfather must be Ye Batian, except for him, there is no second person who can cultivate a genius apprentice like you!"
Zhang Ming's excited appearance was not at all like a seventy or eighty-year-old man, but like a child who had obtained candy.
"What, did your grandfather Ye Batian never tell you about him?"
Qin Wuye asked suspiciously.
The news that Grandpa Ye Fan is Ye Batian completely shocked him!
It's just that why didn't he tell his grandson about his legendary experience and let the family share the honor? Could it be that there is a story in this?
Ye Fan shook his head and said.
"No, about my grandfather, he never mentioned it, I have been wandering around with my grandfather since I can remember, and I have never seen my parents, I have asked more than once when I was a child, but he has never mentioned it to me.
He didn't even tell me about my parents, I remember one time, I once asked my grandfather about my parents, but he was beaten by him, and now he has scars on his body, and I haven't asked since. ”
Ye Fan told everything he knew, and Zhang Ming sighed after hearing it.
"Alas! What about the scenery back then, but who would have thought that the glorious and infinitely brilliant gambling saints in the past would fall to such a state today! ”
"What really happened? How did you meet my grandfather? ”
Ye Fan couldn't wait to learn about those dusty pasts.
"Your grandfather's previous glory, people of some age will remember it, as for how I met your grandfather, hehe, I'm ashamed to say it, the person who broke my finger thirty years ago was Ye Batian!"
"Ahh
It turned out that Ye Fan's grandfather cut off Zhang Ming's finger, which shocked everyone!
Especially Qin Wuye, he was hit many times in one day by this old guy who has known him for decades, how many secrets he still doesn't know!
"By the way, where is your grandfather now? Whether ......"
The words "Are You Still Alive" were swallowed back into his stomach by Zhang Ming, and he looked at Ye Fan with a hopeful gaze.
To be honest, after knowing the news that his grandfather was a gambling saint, Ye Fan didn't want to reveal his grandfather's whereabouts at all, but he couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart.
Da Shanghai and himself are allies, and this Zhang Ming is also his friend, so it shouldn't be bad for grandpa.
"My grandfather is still alive and well in my house."
Zhang Ming said happily. "Really! He's still alive in the world! That's great! ”
His trembling old hand grabbed Ye Fan's arm and said excitedly. "Quick, take me to meet Old Man Ye!"
The pain of thirty years of severed fingers did not leave Zhang Ming with hatred, on the contrary, he only had admiration for Ye Batian!
"Okay, I'll take you to my grandfather!"
Seeing that Ye Fan agrees, Fluttershy stops Ye Fan.
There was some hesitation in her expression, Ye Fan understood that she was afraid that Fifth Master Qin would cause some trouble to her grandfather.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine!"
Ye Fan and Fluttershy took Qin Wuye, Zhang Ming, White Rose, and Liang Shaoxiong back to the old mansion of No. 19 in the car. There are two people who are the most excited, one is Zhang Ming, and the other is White Rose.
The amiable grandfather who gets along with himself day and night, and also gives himself the opportunity to contact Ye Fan, will be the first gambling saint Ye Batian in the late Qing Dynasty! ……
As soon as the car stopped at the door, Zhang Ming couldn't wait to jump out of the car, if it weren't for the white roses by his side, otherwise he would have given the old man a greeting for his old age.
"Grandpa, I'm back with a guest!"
The old man was sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard chatting happily with the old king, seeing the old man's face red, and then looking at the old king's depressed face, he knew that the old king must have been tricked by his grandfather!
"Ye Batian!"
Zhang Ming stood at the door and shouted, Old Man Ye's expression froze when he heard it, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked up at Zhang Ming standing at the door. Said slowly.
"Ahem...... Nine-fingered ghost hand, it's been thirty years, and we're meeting again......"
The old man has a good memory, just by looking at Zhang Ming, he knew his identity.
Thirty years, more than 10,000 days and nights have changed, even the little doll that feeds has become a middle-aged uncle with a stubble. The strong and good young man has also become an old man who has to rely on three legs to stand, but the old man can recognize Zhang Ming, who has not seen him for thirty years, at a glance!
"Yes, it's me, I'm Zhang Ming!"
Zhang Ming stepped forward quickly, and knelt down three steps away from Ye Batian, no one stepped forward to stop him, and the juniors were not qualified to meddle in the affairs of the seniors.
Ye Batian was not polite, he straightened up his waist that had not been straightened for a long time, and put his hands on the crutches folded.
Ye Fan found that his grandfather's whole temperament had changed, as if he had never been an old man who had been sick in bed for a long time, but like a decisive superior!
A palpitating domineering aura is exposed, which makes people shudder! Even Ye Fan couldn't help but take two steps back. Zhang Ming knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully.
"Senior Ye, I have been looking for you for thirty years, thirty years, just to repay you for your kindness to the younger generation!"
Zhang Ming is seventy or eighty years old, and he still calls himself a junior in front of Ye Batian.
"It's all in the past, and what are you doing with it, it's just to add to the sadness!"
Ye Batian looked up at the sky, and his thoughts returned to the turbulent and humiliating era thirty years ago.
"Let's go inside."
Ye Batian didn't say anything, and went back to the room with the support of the old king, and Zhang Ming also got up from the ground and followed in.
"Afan."
"Grandpa, I'm here."
Ye Fan hurriedly stepped forward.
Ye Batian was silent for a while and said. "Don't you want to know what happened before you were born, so come in too!"
Everyone entered Ye Batian's room together, Ye Batian was half lying on the bed, and uncovered the past that had been sealed for thirty years......
This starts from 1875, the first year of Guangxu, when Ye Batian was still a gangster on the streets of the rivers and lakes, and he made a living in casinos.
Until one day, there was an old Taoist priest in the casino, and unfortunately he was caught by the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist priest did not kill him, but taught Ye Batian a set of Taoist luck methods.
Ye Batian learned this set of Taoist mental methods, and practiced the character of not panicking and being cautious, coupled with the perfect thousand techniques. In the past 20 years, he has become a well-known gambling king in major casinos!
Until 1895, that is, the 20th year of Guangxu, the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval War broke out, and the Qing government was defeated.
Ye Batian, who was in the prime of life and was well-known in the rivers and lakes, was invited to the army by the governor of the Beiyang Navy Division of the Huai Army, and defeated the gambling master from Japan in the army, saving the face of the Qing court, at that time, Ye Batian's fame reached a certain height.
Ye Batian also wanted to do his part for the country, win an official position, and glorify his ancestors for the Ye family in the future, so he stayed in the Beiyang Navy Division and became a thousand generals.
Later, the Japanese gambling king lost to Ye Batian and committed suicide. The Japanese used this as an excuse to send troops to destroy the Beiyang Naval Division!
Fortunately, Ye Batian escaped from the pursuit of the Japanese.
In 1900, the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu, Ye Batian defected to the hands of Deng Guoming, another general of the Qing army, and was appreciated by him.
Galeries Lafayette named him the Sage of Gambling!
The people affectionately call him the gambling saint!
His fame has been unprecedentedly enhanced, and he and Deng Guoming have formed a family relationship with their children who are married. Later, he took someone to Shanghai Tang, and only then did he break his finger with the young and vigorous Zhang Ming!
The Qing court was incompetent, Deng Guoming resigned in indignation, and Ye Batian withdrew from the Qing army together.
After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, Ye Batian has been active in northern Jiangsu, and at the same time gave birth to a son, but unfortunately the Deng family gave birth to a son, and the two families agreed to marry their granddaughter again.
Ye Batian did not retreat from the rivers and lakes in a low-key manner, but continued to be powerful in the rivers and lakes.
In 1920, the era of warlord melee began, and the warlords killed in northern Jiangsu, just at that time they met the former enemy, Ye Fan, who had a big family, was hit by the warlords, and at this time, the enemies who had been offended by Ye Batian came to the door to take revenge.
The Ye family declined like this, and Ye Batian had no choice but to escape from the Ye family with Ye Fan, who was only a full moon at the time. (To be continued.) )