Chapter 192: Knowing the Gambling House
"Let's go!" As soon as he noticed that something was approaching in the secret passage, Jiao Yuzhen couldn't take a break, and hurriedly looked ahead and rushed away.
Sister-in-law Zhou and Zhou Wenlin followed, the two of them didn't dare to ask anything, and when they saw Jiao Yuzhen, who had always been confident, suddenly panicked, they were all frightened, and hurriedly followed Jiao Yuzhen and ran forward.
Although the passages are dirt and wide enough to fit a full-sized carriage, footsteps can be heard as soon as someone runs through them.
Jiao Yuzhen knew that the people in the rear were still quite far away from her group, and it was impossible for those people to see them, but the footsteps would always come out, so she stopped after running a few steps, firstly, because there was a three-way in the secret passage in front of her, and secondly, she was afraid that the people behind her would catch up, after all, she knew in her heart that the person who could dig out such a big and long secret passage must be powerful and capable, she didn't know martial arts, and the kung fu under her hands could only get herself out in an emergency, so ...... Can't fight hard!
Signaled to the Zhou couple to extinguish the fire fold in their hands, and then quietly hid behind her, and followed her to hide in the secret passage on the left, after all the sounds were quiet, the footsteps of the people who were gradually approaching in the distance became clear, listening to the footsteps of two men, Jiao Yuzhen was glad that she had made a wise decision, and when she looked closely, her heart trembled, the two people holding the fire fold in their hands were actually wearing military uniforms, and they were also the costumes of Qingguo soldiers!
Although Jiao Yuzhen has never been to the barracks, her maternal uncle is a general, and her husband still has 120,000 princes and soldiers under him, so he still knows a little about the soldiers' clothing, not to mention that those people still have big knives hanging on their bodies, but unfortunately she has too little contact with these things, so she just recognized them as Qingguo's soldiers, and these two people are soldiers in Qingguo's military camp.
"It's raining all of a sudden, if we weren't near this entrance, wouldn't we be drenched?" A tall soldier said as he took a sip from the kettle at his waist, "When summer comes, the sun on it can burn people to the ground." We're lucky enough to be able to take the secret passage. β
"That's it!" The other soldier, who was a little shorter, nodded repeatedly, "It's better for us to do this errand, just come down to patrol for a while...... I heard that a little further east there was a ruckus, and we didn't need to charge, but we were happy. Anyway, with such a small salary, why bother? β
"But it's always patrolling like this, and there's no way to get a daughter-in-law...... "The tall man walked to the three forks, and then went directly into the fork on the right, "There are so many entrances and exits, I like this the most, as soon as I go up, it is the back alley of Changle Gambling House in Far East Town, even if it rains, we can go up and gamble." β
"Your hands are itching, hurry up!" The short soldier liked it too, and urged the tall man to go.
Without the help of the faint light of the fire fold, Jiao Yu Zhen Xing's eyes flashed with a faint golden light, and he could see that the two soldiers had stopped about a third of the way to the right, and then pressed on the seemingly ordinary mud wall on this protruding oval stone, which could remove the stone on the top of the secret passage, revealing an exit that could only be passed through by one person, and let the sunlight from outside shine in.
This is not a simple dug secret passage, every entrance and exit of the secret passage is set up with a very subtle mechanism, so it is impossible to create such a secret passage can not be done by the people, and the only secret passage that can do this is the imperial court, only the royal family!
Seeing that the two soldiers climbed out of the low exit, and pressed the mechanism on the ground to close the entrance and exit of the secret passage, and walked away with a smile, Jiao Yuzhen came out of the fork on the left, and trotted directly to the entrance and exit, looked up at the ground above, and found that there was a small alley, on one side was a room without windows similar to a warehouse, but the eaves that extended down happened to block the entrance and exit of the secret passage, which was obviously specially designed!
"Girl......" Sister-in-law Zhou leaned over and spoke apprehensively, "Those two were ...... just now"
"It's a soldier, wearing our Qingguo soldier costume."
As soon as she heard Jiao Yuzhen say that it was a soldier, Sister-in-law Zhou's eyes lit up: "Then why didn't you ask for help just now, we ran so far, although it was said that we escaped, but those robbers may be in the village!" β
Sister-in-law Zhou obviously changed her normal life because of Aunt Ma's death, although she was anxious to flee for her life, but she also felt that it was more important to seek rescue, and maybe rescue people from the village.
Jiao Yuzhen shook his head and said slowly: "This secret passage is unknown, but it is built so long and wide, it is obvious that there are powerful people who can build such a huge project, and now there are soldiers patrolling different areas regularly, this secret passage should be a military secret of the imperial court, and it cannot be disclosed to outsiders." We broke in by accident, if we were discovered, not only would we be killed, but even the collapsed place was in Lixiang Village, and the people of Lixiang Village might have to be wiped out together, after all, ...... The court could not tolerate the people who knew the secrets. β
Jiao Yuzhen's words are not exaggerated, if she is the leader and has built such a huge underground secret passage, she must not let ordinary people know, if someone knows, what they can do is to kill those people!
"This ...... This ......" Sister-in-law Zhou was really scared and speechless, like a drowning person who finally found a life-saving straw and reached out to grab it, but when she caught it, she found that she had grabbed the tail of a poisonous snake.
"Ma'am." Zhou Wenlin spoke slowly, "Let's escape first, I'm afraid that if we stay here, we will suffer." We had already walked so far, even if we found someone to save now, we were afraid that we would not be able to save anything, and the official document said at that time that no one would take care of Lixiang Village......"
Sister-in-law Zhou nodded, and looked at Jiao Yuzhen with anticipation: "Girl, what should we do next?" β
"The two soldiers said that this is Far East Town, and it is only quite far away from Lixiang Village, so we will go up first to find a place to stay." Jiao Yuzhen said, and reached out and pressed the protruding oval stone on the side, and the entrance and exit above his head opened.
Sister-in-law Zhou lifted Jiao Yuzhen up without saying a word, she was used to rough work and had a lot of strength, but Jiao Yuzhen was just a sixteen-year-old girl, so she was so entrusted by her, and she went to the ground all of a sudden.
After Jiao Yuzhen came up, he pulled up Zhou Wenlin, who was entrusted by Zhou's sister-in-law, and then pulled Zhou's sister-in-law up with Zhou Wenlin.
At this time, it was raining heavily, even if there was a warehouse eaves blocking it, but in such a fuss at the entrance, the three of them were drenched by the rain, fortunately it was already the end of spring, if it was still a cold winter like three months ago, I was afraid that they could all become popsicles.
Zhou Wenlin's body was a little thin, and he kept shivering when he was drenched in the rain, and Zhou's sister-in-law hurriedly proposed to find an inn to stay for one night.
Sister-in-law Zhou was very grateful to Jiao Yuzhen for her help, so she specially asked for two rooms, even if she used the name of a family of three externally, she still let Jiao Yuzhen live in one room by herself.
After comfortably grooming, Jiao Yuzhen found a big problem, that is, she didn't wash and change her clothes, although Sister-in-law Zhou was very considerate and sent a set of clean clothes, but she and Sister-in-law Zhou's body is not a little bit different, Sister-in-law Zhou's set of clothes can clearly be stuffed into three of her, so after putting on the clothes, it is like a child wearing an adult's clothes, like a singer!
Just made do with it for one night, and the next day Sister-in-law Zhou saw Jiao Yuzhen's dress and kept frowning, and wanted to buy her a new dress, but the clothes in the ready-to-wear store were not for them to consume in a small village, and it took time to buy fabrics to do.
Seeing Sister-in-law Zhou's difficulties, Jiao Yuzhen said with a smile: "I remember that the two soldiers said that there was a gambling house called Changle nearby, give me a penny and an hour's time, and I can make money." β
After experiencing the secret escape incident, Sister-in-law Zhou and Zhou Wenlin naturally obeyed Jiao Yu Zhenyan, but Zhou Wenlin was a scholar, and when he heard that a girl was going to the gambling house, he shook his head again and again, but was frightened by Sister-in-law Zhou's head again.
Sister-in-law Zhou's meaning is very simple, they are all poor families, and now they have fled from their hometowns, where did they get so much money, but Jiao Yuzhen is their life-saving benefactor, and they can't be treated badly, so what she means is that no matter what the means, as long as they can make money, as long as they can live a good life!
Zhou Wenlin didn't dare to refute, so he could only stay in the inn and watch the two women, Sister-in-law Zhou and Jiao Yuzhen, go out.
Changle Gambling House is next to the small alley at the exit of the secret passage, in fact, when he came out of the secret passage, Jiao Yuzhen deliberately observed the terrain, so this time he came from the inn It can be said that he is familiar with the way.
Changle Gambling House is a gambling house with a large faΓ§ade, and there are two men dressed as thugs standing at the door, but as soon as they see a guest coming, they will open the curtain with a big "gambling" on their faces, and welcome the guests in, regardless of men, women and children, as long as they enter the door are greeted with a smile.
When Jiao Yuzhen and Sister-in-law Zhou came over, the person standing at the door opened the curtain with a smile, and a commotion rushed into her ears, Sister-in-law Zhou was the first time to come to such a place, and she was a little cringe, but although Jiao Yuzhen didn't talk about the ancient gambling houses, she used to go to casinos in both Las Vegas and Macau, so she didn't mind the noise here.
In ancient times, there were not many gambling equipment, all of them were some Tianjiu, size, fish, shrimp and crab, Tianjiu Jiao Yuzhen was unfamiliar, but the size and fish, shrimp and crab were very good at it, who made her have a pair of powerful eyes?
Pulling Sister-in-law Zhou to stand in front of a gambling-sized table, squeezed into the crowd, saw that the dealer had already shaken the dice and put it down, and shouted loudly: "Buy it and leave!" β
Jiao Yuzhen glanced at the dice cup, a smile appeared on his face, and put the penny in his hand on the pattern of three ones, and then the dealer opened the dice cup, and it was indeed three ones.
The dealer was not surprised, after all, it was a little girl who took a penny over, and luckily guessed it, even if it was a hundred to pay, it was not much money, so he happily handed over the penny.
Jiao Yuzhen took a penny of silver, and after seeing the dealer shaking the dice cup again, he put a penny of silver on twelve o'clock, and then the dice cup opened just "three, three, six", a total of twelve points, and the odds of fifty to one!
The dealer glanced at Jiao Yuzhen more, and still gave her five taels of silver, and couldn't help but shake his head: "This can also be hit, it's really amazing!" β
Jiao Yuzhen was surrounded by real bodyguards, and before entering and leaving the VIP room, she had also played in an ordinary hall, so she naturally knew that although she could win at the gambling table, she couldn't win too much, after all, she knew the truth of "winning money and losing life".
casually threw a tael of silver onto a pattern with the word "big", and then saw that it was "small" that came out, Jiao Yuzhen's face smiled faintly, and shook his head slightly, looking like he was laughing at himself for guessing wrong, but in fact, he was happy that the dealer no longer looked at himself.
Her eyes can see through the dice cup, and as long as she wants to bet on the table, she is simply invincible, but she also knows that although the casino is fast, it is not the right way, and she must not be greedy, so with the five taels of silver in her arms, Jiao Yuzhen is about to leave with Sister-in-law Zhou, but she doesn't know that she has been targeted.