Guliu Lane in the outer city of Jingnan.

In addition to the deep and secluded alley, Guliu Lane actually has no other unique features; Except for a larger and magnificent casino, there is actually not much to visit.

This is the impression that ordinary people have of Guliu Lane.

But for gamblers, Guliu Lane has a fatal attraction.

For gamblers, in addition to the source cabinet casino in the sub-city, the best place to go in the royal capital is Guliu Lane.

Guliu Lane is deep and long, you need to carry the courage to go in and hang the courage to come out.

The reason for this is that the general gamblers have given a "good reputation" to the gambling house called "Tailai" in Guliu Lane.

At first, many gamblers didn't believe that the Tailai Gambling House in Guliu Lane made people feel at home, and they came with the courage to try it out.

When I came, I found that it was really different.

It is said that many gamblers, big and small, can gamble happily as long as they come to the Tailai Gambling House in Guliu Lane, and even if they lose, they will lose happily! How many gamblers lost their money bags and net worth still felt that this gamble was worthwhile, until they walked out of the gate of the gambling house and walked out of the alley, and the breeze blew before they knew that they were afraid.

Palm light time. Taylor's Casino.

The appearance of the gambling house looks like a small ordinary façade, and there are two red cylindrical lanterns hanging on the lintel, one with the book "Thai" and the other with the book "come".

The characters are in block letters, the shape is square, and the strokes are straight.

The name of the gambling house is "Tai Lai", which is also another attraction for people.

When you enter the door, you know that there is a lot of space inside. The whole gambling house has a total of two floors, with small rooms and halls, and private rooms and private rooms. The ordinary room has the comfort of the ordinary room, and the high-end private room has the enjoyment of the high-end private room. During this period, there were not only waiters serving tea and pouring water, but also beautiful girls who were brightly dressed and scantily dressed.

Place is big and a lot of people.

Roll the dice here, touch pai gow over there, spin the wheel, play chess, throw pots......

It's very lively.

Very few people know that there is actually a floor in the Tai Lai Gambling House - the basement.

The basement of the gambling house at this time. The night pearl illuminates the interior. Through the light of the Night Pearl, you can see that the basement is large, and two or three rooms are separated by luxurious screens.

The bustle above fades into the thick doors and walls of the basement.

A man dressed in a red brocade robe sat on the floor of the incomparable concubine, lightly twisting a thin human skin mask in his hand. He looked to be over thirty years old, with a delicate face, a neat and tall nose, and an unpredictable light in his eyes, which, when squinted, hid a dangerous aura that his opponent could not detect.

"Lord Jiang," he said slowly, playing with the mask in his hand, "This mask is even better-Mrs. Zun is okay, although I haven't seen it in this palace, I have heard that Mrs. Jiuwen has a wonderful and admirable demeanor." ”

"His Royal Highness Lao is worried, the insiders are okay, Mrs. Jiang Bantu thanked the eldest prince!" Jiang Bantu, who was standing on the side, replied respectfully.

The eldest prince Li Yan smiled with satisfaction, he squinted his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about a delicious meal: "You are very satisfied with this great gift to the crown prince for this palace!" The third child is about to arrive in Beijing, and when he sees this gift to the prince, he must also carefully weigh it in his heart. Hehe, the result of this double eagle is the most happy to see! ”

Jiang Bantu said: "Although we moved quickly, Cui Ziqing was also killed with a knife, and there was no evidence left at the murder scene, but ...... We still have to be careful, everything in the court is frightening, and we still need to plan carefully. ”

The eldest prince said: "This is nature. Those who achieve great things must have calm, fish must be fished slowly, and bait should be prepared! ”

Jiang Bantu said: "Yes! ”

"The gamblers above are well monitored, and they must be selected to understand who is available. You know best how to do it, and I don't need to say more. The eldest prince said, "You and I have been together for more than ten years, and we naturally know what we want from each other, and the word 'trust' has always relied on between this palace and the lord." Then he looked at Jiang Bantu with a smile, "That's right, Lord Jiang?" ”

Jiang Bantu: "That's right! The heart of His Royal Highness is like the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and has never changed! His Royal Highness can rest assured about the gambling house. Gamblers have no benevolence and morality to speak of, and they are outlaws when they lose in a hurry, and if they grasp their weaknesses when they jump over the wall in a hurry, Xu Yili will naturally be led away by us, and after using up—" he lowered his voice, "naturally there will be no survival." ”

"Lord Jiang Zun is really neat and neat! This palace admires people like Jiang Zun the most! ”

……

Soon, a person came out of the hidden passage on the basement floor of the Tai Lai Gambling Room, and if you look closely, you will find that this person is wearing a bright red woven gold cloud brocade robe, but the night is covered, and the big red on his body disappears silently in the dark and gloomy twilight. As soon as he had taken a few steps, a carriage quietly stopped in front of him, and someone lifted the curtain and whispered, "Master!" ”

He did not speak, but got into the carriage with his leg raised, and when he was seated, the driver skillfully shook the reins and walked away.

The man known as the "master" in the carriage grabbed the mask from his face, revealing the honor that belonged to the eldest prince, and lazily leaned against the cushion and closed his eyes.

Who doesn't have to work hard for that position? is also the son of the king, but he is not from the queen's belly, so he should be excluded from the position of the prince? He is the eldest son of the king! In terms of cleverness and strategy, he feels that he is better!

Thirteen years ago, his father ascended to the throne of the world, and he secretly heard that his father had two strange treasures in his hands, one called "Zhuyan" and the other "Cave". Although the treasures are strange, they are suffering from no one to understand, and later their father secretly rewarded them to Ren Ying, the prime minister of the dynasty. First, I am grateful to Ren Ying for her dedication to the throne; Second, Ren Ying has no hobbies in her spare time, and only likes to study strange people and strange things.

He had an uncommon intuition that "Insight" was unusual, and secretly sent someone to spy on Ren Ying, however, what was strange was that Ren Ying did not leave these two strange treasures, but secretly gave them to a person named Ji Hanbai.

What's even more amazing is that Ji Hanbai died soon after.

Died of poisoning.

He was thrilled with the result.

As long as you check carefully, you will know that Ji Hanbai was born in Jijiabao, and Jijiabao's disguise technique is beyond the reach of the world.

The Ji family has been famous for disguise techniques in the rivers and lakes for only a few decades. The disfigurement technique requires talent and endurance, and Ji Jiabao has very few disciples, and for Ji Hanbai, only his senior brother Jiang Bantu was a master of disappearance at that time.

Jiang Bantu......

Many years ago, he had already left Jijiabao and came to Jingzhou. After investigation, after Ji Hanbai's death, Jiang Bantu did not appear in Jijiabao to send his brother and sister on their last journey.

What's wrong with this?

The eldest prince, Li Yan, smelled the unusual smell.

At that time, the monarch had been on the throne for less than three years, and had not yet canonized the East Palace, and the three sons of the monarch and the three princes had the possibility of being made the crown prince.

He will meet this Jiang Bantu for a while.

……

Jiang Bantu came out of another underground exit in Tailai's basement and appeared next door to his study.

It turned out that the basement of the Tailai Gambling House located in Guliu Lane was connected to the inner room of the study of the quiet courtyard of Jiang Bantu on another street.

He had lived in this annex for several years. After his son Jiang Yujing left home, his wife Luo Qiongzhi neither was overly sad nor asked too much, but lived her life calmly. Except for the unbearable itching on the body when it was cloudy and rainy, she didn't let outsiders get close to the courtyard gate, and most of the other times she was struggling to copy the "Heart Sutra" with her damaged right hand, and she didn't copy a single article for a month or two, but she persevered without saying a word.

With the symbiosis of the human face, Jiang Bantu does not need to make a mask specifically for his wife, and his biggest hobby in his spare time is carving, and the carved figure has always been the same one. The difference is that in the past few years, the people under his carving knife are no longer as realistic and agile as before, and they are all looking at him quietly without joy or sadness.

Jiang Bantu came back to the study to look at the hour, it was already approaching, and he didn't feel sleepy, so he picked up the jade and carving knife on the case.

……

Luo Qiongzhi, dressed in a red wedding dress, sat on the marriage bed, waiting for the groom to arrive.

Before marriage, Jiang Bantu moved out of Jijiabao and bought a small mansion near Yunqing Town, where Qiongzhi's mother's house was located, as their temporary home. On the day of marrying Qiongzhi, Ji Hanbai came with his wife, but when Jiang Bantu and they finished worshipping heaven and earth, the two left in a hurry, and no one from Qiongzhi's family came. Despite this, he still invited the lively neighbors and sent Qiongzhi to the cave house with everyone's blessings and praises.

He was very happy on the big day, he was a little drunk in the staggered glasses, and after drinking the last glass of wine, he smiled and said goodbye, and everyone came to the door of the cave with a little vanity.

The door was open, and the flame of the red candle was dancing inside.

Finally married the woman he liked, and after tonight they will be a real husband and wife.

Inexplicably a little excited.

……

Time flies, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye.

"Half picture, I may be happy."

Two years later, when he came home, his lovely little wife shyly told him the good news and surprised him on the spot.

He happily didn't know what to say, so he hugged her and kissed her a few times.

Conceived in October and delivered in one day.

On that day, in his anxious waiting outside the door, his Qiongzhi was exhausted after nine deaths and gave birth to a fat white boy for him.

He's a father!

He and she cherished this little life "Jiang Yujing".

Soon after, he will take his wife and children to live in Jingzhou. If it weren't for the fact that his wife liked their little family here, he planned to leave soon after getting married, and this delay would be three years.

However, before he could announce his joy to the world, a nameless fire broke out in his house.

On that day, Kotama Jing had just turned two days. It just so happened that he was out on an outing.

When he hurried home when he heard the news, the nurse was crying in the yard, holding the baby in her arms in fear and watching the fire burning in the yard, and the firefighters were busy carrying water to rescue her.

"Qiongzhi? What about Qiongzhi? ”

"Come on, sir, Madame is still inside!" The nurse's voice has changed!

He quickly grabbed a quilt and rushed into it with wet water, and by the time he found her in the smoke of the fire, she was completely out of place, and her breath was faintly unconscious.

He heard that the fire was burning from within.

On the day of the fire, a man put a rope around his neck and went to Hades.

That man was a man who had been engaged to Qiongzhi and was almost married.

Three days later.

In the evening, there was a horse-drawn carriage on the official road.

On the carriage that purred into Beijing, there was a coffin-sized shallow box, the compartment in the box was filled with ice, and the person lying in the box was completely unrecognizable - only a human figure could be recognized, and from time to time there were some very light breaths, and there were no facial features and gender. It was covered in ointment and motionless. Next to the box sat a man with a gloomy face and gray hair, and a baby sleeping in his arms.

"Ah——!h

My heart hurts, my heart hurts as if it was being pulled by a hand!

——

Jiang Bantu opened his eyes all of a sudden!

He looked at the carving knife he still held in his hand, the handle of the carving knife was clenched tightly in his hand, and he trembled.

It turned out that he fell asleep on several cases at some point.

It turned out to be a dream.

After so many years, even if it is a dream, my heart still hurts as much as it did at the beginning.

His heart palpitated so badly that he felt very uncomfortable, and his shoulders and back moved, only to find that his clothes had already been soaked with sweat. Reached out and wiped his forehead again, and wiped off a handful of cold sweat.