Chang'an is a prosperous and densely populated city, and there is naturally no shortage of places to indulge in fun, and most of these people in it don't care who wants to be the emperor's "idle business", and they have their own fun. From ancient times to the present, there is not much difference in the gameplay of drunken gold fans, nothing more than eating and drinking, sound, gambling, etc. Among them, gambling is one of the oldest and oldest industries, along with prostitution, but in the Tang Dynasty, many brothels were legal, but gambling has not been able to shine.

In the law of the Tang Dynasty, the "Miscellaneous Law" clearly stipulated: Anyone who participates in gambling and gets less than five horses of silk with stolen goods will have 100 rods each. Whoever reaches the price of five horses of silk shall be sentenced to one year's imprisonment for theft. According to this reasoning, if you win more people's property, you will accumulate the guilt of folding. A person who loses a gambling is convicted as an accomplice. Those who open casinos and provide gambling equipment shall be convicted of theft by reference to the amount of money they collect.

However, the law is the law and the implementation is the implementation, and the actual situation is not necessarily the same as what is written in the official document. Nowadays, the imperial court pays more attention to power struggles and wars, and does not induce the people effectively, and the extravagant entertainment industry is booming. What's more, the Tang Dynasty has always been relatively lenient in this regard, and there are not a few officials involved in gambling, not to mention the people who are financially well-off, such as gentry and merchants.

After Chen Ying, the cousin of Su Jin's wife, went to the West Market to finish his business, he saw that the lights in the market were bright, where could he stay in the inn? At that moment, he and several people with his companions found a Qinglou to eat, drink, prostitute and prostitute, and played until late at night. ”

Chen Ying's colleagues hurriedly persuaded: "We are not locals, so we are afraid of losing more and winning less, and we won't be able to leave." ”

Bustard said: "You are too careful, you have rules, don't you have more rules under the feet of this son of heaven?" ”

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Let's just have a few silk pictures for fun, it doesn't matter, can we have a place to play Shuanglu?" ”

"Haha, as soon as I heard that the guest officer was one of them, Shuanglu didn't have it in Chang'an?" Bustard boasted excitedly, "Have you ever heard of this, in the early Wu Zhou period, the emperor said to Di Renjie one day with a heavy heart, 'These days I often dream of going down to Shuanglu, but I always can't win, I don't know what the reason is', Di Renjie said, 'Shuanglu is invincible, because there is no child in his hands.'" This is God's use of backgammon to show His Majesty', Di Renjie took the opportunity to mention the matter of canonizing the crown prince. Isn't this the emperor returning the throne to the Li family? ”

Chen Ying laughed and said: "Listening to you say this, this backgammon is actually a hero of the society. ”

"Isn't that like that?" Bustard laughed.

Chen Ying was interested, and he had to be addicted. So the people in the brothel took them around a few bends and went to another door, which was clearly a place of gambling. At this time, it was late at night, and all the doors were closed, even the main entrance of the Qinglou was closed, but as soon as Chen Ying and others entered the gambling house, it was very lively and people were tireless, afraid that they could have fun all night. The plaything is obsessed, let's say that backgammon, once an official was very obsessed with a boat and fell into the sea, and he didn't want anything but grabbed the chessboard with dice in his mouth, and when he was rescued, his hands were blistered to the blister, but the chessboard was still clutched, and there were a lot of dice in his mouth.

But seeing that there are all kinds of tricks in the workshop, betting, playing with leaves, throwing pots, and there are all kinds of cattails, shuanglu, and long lines, Chen Ying turned his head and saw that there was a group of people fighting cocks around the platform, and the gentlemen were still fighting at night.

The person who brought Chen Ying in: "Don't worry, we have to calm down the field when we do business, and it is impossible not to leave if we win." Look at the backgammon guy in the south, at first he was in a hurry to lose and didn't let the person who won him go, but as soon as the shopkeeper came forward, even though he was a member of the Su family, he still let the winner take the money and leave! Haven't you heard of the Su family? Su Shilang's family, so what? Come here to play, willing to gamble and lose, and complain about others if you lose. ”

"Su Shilang's family?" Chen Ying suddenly turned his head to look in the direction he pointed, Chen Ying still didn't know Su Jin? That's a relative!

The son sitting next to the chessboard was naturally not Su Jin himself, Chen Ying faintly had the impression that this kid seemed to be not very familiar with the Su family, probably because Su Jin had gone to the door to find some errand after he was developed. Chen Ying originally had a prejudice against Su Jin, and then he didn't like the kid over there.

At this time, the kid grabbed a person and said, "Come on, play a few games." ”

"Forget it!" The person who was pulled smiled and said, "I advise you Lao Jiu, it's best to find a little lady in the building to sleep with her arms if you have bad luck tonight." I just heard that you have pledged the title deeds of several acres of land, where is the money to Bo? ”

Someone next to him coaxed: "Su Jiu wants to use white gloves and gold silk to get back the money he lost to others." ”

Su Jiu was anxious, and suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms and slapped it on the case: "Who is the white hand?" How much is this deed worth? ”

At this time, Chen Ying's eyes turned and he sneered, touched the person in the casino who brought him in, and said in a deep voice: "You go to gamble with him, winning the deed of his house is yours, and I will put it on the cushion if you lose...... Fifty at most, not too little? ”

The people at the gambling house wondered, "Why don't you go on your own?" ”

Chen Ying said: "I'm not from Jingshi, I don't know the place, what's the use of me taking his house?" But I can't get used to this kid, so spend some money to watch him have fun. ”

The person in the gambling house thought for a while and said, "You wait here, I'll find someone to go, I don't dare to take this money alone, find you an insider." So saying, he hurried into a hidden door by the wall.

After a while, a thin man with a bloodless face and a very strict expression came out, beckoned to Chen Ying and asked them to come over. Chen Ying and the others followed into the door, only to see a dim oil lamp lit inside and a counter. Behind the counter sat a middle-aged man who was "crackling" and calculating, and he said without raising his head: "You have a grudge against Su Jiu?" ”

"Sort of." Chen Ying calmly took out a stack of green paper from his body and gently put it on the counter, "Fifty yuan, if I lose, I will only play at the table once, and how much I win is yours." The money is here first, we don't plan to get it back, and we don't want bills, you have rules, don't you? ”

The white-faced thin man who was standing said coldly: "I took this job, can Su Jiu sue people to the government if he loses the deed?" Besides, this has nothing to do with the shopkeeper. ”

The shopkeeper nodded and continued to calculate. Seeing this, the thin man reached out to the money on the counter, pinched a small stack, and turned around about a third of the way to leave, and the shopkeeper was silent, and the rest of the money disappeared with a flick of his sleeve. They divided the money quietly in front of Chen Ying, and the shopkeeper pointed to the teapot next to him: "Wait a while, pour tea when you are thirsty." ”

At this time, Chen Ying found that there was a window on the wall covered by a curtain, no wonder the light in this room was so dim, it turned out to be deliberate. The inside of the hall is bright and the inner room is dark, so that the inside can see what is going on outside, but it is not easy to see from the outside. Chen Ying walked behind the curtain and looked at it with great interest, Su Jiu and the thin man's gambling had begun, the impact of the three dice shaking was clearly audible, originally only two dice were useful in backgammon, but in order to prevent doing tricks and feet on the dice, three were generally used in the casino, and the one with the largest number of points should be excluded.

Time passed slowly, and Chen Ying couldn't see the details on the chessboard clearly, but from Su Jiu's kid's face, he must have lost more and won less. As expected, the kid suddenly "snapped" and flipped the chessboard to the ground and stood up, and the gamblers in the hall were immediately attracted to attention, but most of them smiled and watched the excitement. At this time, two men came and said a few words.

The thin man said coldly: "Do you still have something to gamble, I will continue to accompany you when I see it, otherwise I will leave." ”

Su Jiu said: "You splash of rice in the West Market, don't think that I don't know how many times you have, you can win me?" There must have been something to do! ”

The man next to him said angrily: "Pay attention to what you say, don't ruin the reputation of our field, you can't complain about others if you have bad luck, don't gamble if you're afraid of losing." ”

The thin man said, "I don't want to compete with you for these words. ”

Chen Ying, who was in the room, smiled from ear to ear when he saw this, and said to himself: "The more angry you are, the happier you are!" He was more excited than he had won, and as soon as he came up, he turned back and said: "This gambling is a little worse, but he is the owner of the property and the owner, the lady of the family should be good, let him mortgage the lady and let us have fun." ”

The shopkeeper said: "I've seen a lot, and there are really people who do that when they lose in a hurry, but they are all people who have no backing." But this Su family is a face-saving scholar, and there are people in the officialdom, and generally this situation is nothing, so I am afraid that it will be useless if it makes a big fuss. ”

Chen Ying smiled: "I'm not afraid of what are you afraid of?" My family has land, shops and roots, and you are afraid of the government as soon as there is a rumor? The most difficult thing for the government to take is you people, they really have the strength to catch Jiang Yang's thieves......" Chen Ying took out another stack of money, "You can do this." ”

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and glanced at it, this pile of money was much thicker than the fifty taels just now. He said, "Be forgiving and forgiving." But he immediately called for someone to come in, and whispered a few words.

"If you want to play, just have fun." Chen Yingdao, "Other people's ladies are much more interesting than the ladies in the Qinglou!" ”

The thin man who was still sitting next to Shuanglupan got the words, so he said excitedly: "Su Jiu, you are not convinced, there is still a bet?" Why are you fighting, do you want to mortgage your wife? Su Jiutie said with a blue face: "Just you?" Give you a leopard and don't dare to move! The thin man said, "Then I will take my leave." "I want to leave.

Su Jiuyi grabbed his clothes and said, "Come, the old man will accompany you to the end, don't think about slipping away." ”

"There's a kind!" The thin man gave a thumbs up and said, "I'm not afraid that you won't accept it, so if you really play it, write a contract and draw a pledge, and I'll lend you money to play." ”

Unexpectedly, Su Jiu really asked for a paper mill, and Chen Ying in the back room watched the progress of the matter and sneered: "The Su family is willing to do such a bad thing, even a woman." The figure of his cousin Lin suddenly appeared in his mind.

The shopkeeper said indifferently: "Some people are no different from outlaws when they gamble, they don't care about anything, and it's not strange to see it." ”G