Chinese people are good at gambling, since ancient times, it can be said that where there are Chinese people, there must be a casino, even if the imperial court how to repeatedly prohibit it but it does not have much effect, the flower of the casino is still open in all directions, not to mention, there are three large and two small five casinos in this Qizhou city, the most luxurious of which is the "winner", not to mention that it covers an area of 100 acres, and no matter how luxurious the storefronts along the street in the downtown area of the south of the city, Just the cheers and the jingle of the falcon from time to time in the depths of the courtyard have the charm of seducing people, but all gamblers, once they get here, they will never be able to move their feet, they have to kill the generals, and they will be willing to give up when they lose to the bottom of the day, as for whether there will be the consequences of the separation of their wives, but no one can take care of it, and they always gamble first, so the business of this "winner" gambling house is always amazingly good, and the background behind them is terrible, and there are always ups and downs in other casinos. There are only "winners" who are always sure to make money and do not lose money, no, this "winner" is full of gamblers, and it is very lively, even those who are responsible for ushering in the delivery of the janitor are also very busy, and there is no time to have a trace of leisure.

"Yo, fourth brother, are you leaving? Don't play any longer? A junior who was busy greeting guests at the door of the "winner" saw a knife-faced man in the casino, hurriedly left the others, hurried over, and greeted him with a smile.

"Damn, I've lost it all again, I'm so fucking frustrated!" "Knife Face" was full of tiredness, yawned loudly, stretched viciously, and scolded angrily.

Xiao Er seemed to have long been accustomed to the frustration of the "knife face", and comforted him with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, the feng shui turns around, the next time the fourth brother will definitely win a big win, you go well, see you next time." ”

"Your mother, just wait for Lao Tzu to send money? Bah, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe in this evil! "Knife Face" turned around, spat hatefully at the door of the casino, vented, scolded and walked into the crowd on the street, wandered boredly, wandered around the street for a while, circled around South Street a few times, suddenly quickened his pace, shuttled through the crowd like a fish for a while, flashed and hid in a small alley with few pedestrians, ran without raising his head, ran through several streets in a blink of an eye, rushed into the labyrinth of alleys, after a while, Stopped in a small alley where no one was around, took a few breaths of air, looked around for a while, and after making sure that no one was following, he walked slowly down the alley lazily, humming a small tune in his mouth, wandering leisurely and walked to a dilapidated door in the depths of the alley, took out a copper key from his waist, and was about to open the copper lock on the door when he suddenly stopped, his ears moved, and he was just about to react, when he suddenly heard a greeting from behind: "Iron Four!" ”

The voice was not loud, it was very low, but the murderous aura in it was full, and the body of the "knife face" immediately froze, and he didn't look back, but just said calmly: "Your Excellency recognized the wrong person, a certain Liu Si." ”

"Can't be wrong......" The man behind him sneered and said, but before he finished speaking, the "knife-faced" man was already in trouble, but when he saw his feet stomping, the person had already jumped up, spun around in the air, and swept out with his feet like knives, trying to catch the person behind him by surprise.

The reaction of the "knife face" man is not unpleasant, this move "double whip legs" is also really fierce and abnormal, his feet are in the air, with a strong whistling sound, even the dust on the ground is also driven into the air by this move, if he hits the target, he will definitely be able to kill the person behind him on the spot, but it is a pity that such a fierce move still fell into the void, without him, the "knife face" man just jumped up, the two wooden doors in front of him suddenly cracked, and a pair of big hands forced the wooden door out of two big holes, between the sawdust flying, One move has pinched the neck of the "knife face", and the "knife face" was dragged down from the air, and at the same time, the person behind the "knife face" man dodged straight up, and hit the "knife face" man on the forehead with a palm, and immediately knocked the "knife face" man unconscious.

"Brother Eighteen, but this dog thing?" The dilapidated wooden door collapsed suddenly, and a strong man carried the "knife-faced" man who had fallen into a coma in one hand, and asked respectfully while looking at Yan Shiba, who had already been standing on the side for a long time.

"That's right, it's this dog thief, Ying San took him to the secret kiln, and he went to inform His Highness." Yan Eighteen glanced at the "knife face" in disgust and said casually.

Eagle San nodded, pinched his lips, let out a whistle, and walked to the mouth of the alley with Tie Si like a dead dog, a tightly covered carriage drove quietly over, Ying San casually threw Tie Si into the carriage, jumped into the carriage, and made a gesture, the coachman wearing a hat nodded knowingly, raised his whip, and the carriage rushed up, and disappeared into the flow of people on the street in an instant.

Yan Eighteen waited in the alley for a while, and after making sure that no one else noticed the robbery, he shrugged his shoulders, walked out along the alley with a smile, blended into the crowd leisurely, and went straight to the plum garden, but he didn't notice that a fortune teller not far from the mouth of the alley saw Yan Eighteen leave, and hurriedly packed up his stall and left the place in a hurry, at the same time, a merchant in the distance also hurriedly walked to a small alley, dropped the burden of goods on his shoulders, and ran away like a fly, a moment later, An idler who had nothing to do at the mouth of the alley also looked left and right, and hurried to the west, and what was more interesting was that a tea doctor in a teahouse was dozing off in a teahouse without guests, but after the suspicious characters at the entrance of the alley were gone, he didn't even want a tea shop, left the empty teahouse, and hurried to the east of the city, and the last one to leave this place was a person who went to the side of the street called Hanako, and saw that the group of strange-looking characters were all scattered, so Hanako got up and smiled silly, Picking up a broken bowl on the ground, he walked into a small alley and disappeared.

In the study of the plum garden, Li Zhen, who is full of spring breeze, and Na Long, who is gloomy, are sitting opposite each other, playing the most elegant game among the literati in this era - Go, although Li Zhen does not play much chess on weekdays, but the foundation of the previous life is in, and its level is not comparable to people in this era, Rao is Na Long can also be called a good player, but how can he block Li Zhen's offensive, coupled with the restlessness, this chess game is even more shrunk, and he was killed miserably. Nalong hurriedly took advantage of the situation to push the plate and lose, and stood aside to wipe his sweat.

"Your Highness, the person has been captured." Yan Eighteen strode up to Li Zhen, bowed down and briefly described the process of the action, and said at the end: "All forces have appeared, is the original plan going on as usual?" ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen didn't say anything right away, just squinted at the uncertain Na Long, smiled, looked at Ying Wu who came in with Yan Eighteen, and asked, "Old Five, how is the situation?" ”

Ying Wu was the last beggar to leave the scene in front of the head, of course, at this time, he had already changed into the dirty and smelly beggar outfit, and when he saw Li Zhen asking, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Your Highness, the targets have all appeared, the secret kiln has been exposed, and spies from all sides have gathered. ”

Oh, damn it, my hands and feet are pretty sharp, it's interesting! Li Zhen smiled, didn't ask any more, looked at Na Long and said, "Sir, can you start?" ”

Na Long glanced at Li Zhen uneasily, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, it is still the old saying, the son of a daughter can't sit down, and an iron four kill is killed, why bother to give birth to more such as right and wrong, you must know that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, even if this strategy can be done in one battle, but if Your Highness has a case, wouldn't it be ...... Alas, I still think it's better to start slowly. ”

Obviously, it is not the first time that Na Long has spoken out to admonish, but Li Zhen's idea has already been decided, Li Zhen has always been arbitrary in the art of war, at this time, seeing that Na Long is still not at ease, Li Zhen does not care, and said with a smile: "The soldier is treacherous, and he wins with the right and the odd, and there is no danger to make a game, since all parties want chaos, then it is good to be chaotic, this king is not afraid of chaos, Mr. rest assured, this king will not be strong and strong, and he will grasp the proportions." ”

"That's fine." Seeing that Li Zhen still couldn't be persuaded at this time, Na Long shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Since Your Highness has already decided, let's start." After a pause, he looked at Yan Eighteen and said, "Eighteen, you must protect Your Highness with death, don't let the thieves hurt Your Highness!" ”

Yan Eighteen put away the smile that had always hung on his face in the past, bowed down solemnly and replied: "Sir, don't worry, Eighteen has to ensure that His Highness is safe even if he fights with this stinky skin!" ”

"Don't worry about it." Li Zhen shook his head with a smile and said: "This king's entire army can break out, why be afraid of those eggless thieves, give the order and start acting!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Seeing that Li Zhen had already given the order to start acting, Yan Eighteen and Ying Wuwu did not dare to delay, so they each bowed down and agreed, walked out of the study, and went separately to give the order.

The night of early spring came early, only four o'clock in the unitary, the sky was already dark, and it was time for dinner, the city of Qizhou was full of smoke, there were very few pedestrians on the streets and alleys, even if some pedestrians were in a hurry to go home, few people would go out at such a time to run errands, but at this moment, a spacious carriage quietly drove out of the gate of the plum garden under the escort of dozens of strong knights, and went straight down the south street to the east of the city, but it had dissolved into the night in a moment, Only a few torches flickered in the night, and it all began......

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