Chapter 31: The Hidden Dragon Gambling House
Originally, according to the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, gambling was expressly prohibited, let alone opening a casino gambling house, but in recent years, the imperial court has become more and more loose about this, often turning a blind eye, and even many royal relatives and nobles colluded with giant businessmen to make huge profits, and the government could not do anything about it. Nowadays, casino casinos are "blooming everywhere", and the Hidden Dragon Casino is one of the best.
The Hidden Dragon Gambling House is worthy of being the largest gambling house in the capital, although it has only been opened for three years, but it covers a wide area, has many styles, and has a good reputation, which is an excellent place for the gathering of three religions and nine streams.
If you want to go to such a place, it is absolutely not okay to be a high-profile official, so everyone wears civilian clothes: Ji Ying is still wearing an ordinary dark blue high-necked kaftan without any embellishment. Nomad Muye has always been in a red robe, and those who don't know him think that he is the groom who has just escaped. Rong Shen was wearing a wide robe of ink and wash, with loose pockets, and a folding fan with a Youlan fan in his hand. And Jiang Yichen, who changed the dress of a scribe in the past, today wears a strong suit with tight sleeves and waist, with his waist knife, he looks like a knight. When Duanmu Lingfeng heard that they were going to the gambling house, his hands were itchy and unbearable, so he took ten taels of silver and happily went to work as a coachman for several sons.
Although the Hidden Dragon Gambling House was extremely spacious and well ventilated, Ji Ying was almost fainted by the smell of sweat emitted by the men when she entered the door, because there were too many people in the main hall. What's even worse is that it is precisely because of the large number of people in the main hall and the sweltering heat, so a few men went into battle shirtless, surrounded by layers of people, waving the sweat on their bodies and shouting, and the black meat of their bodies was flying around, which made Ji Ying extremely embarrassed. She had no choice but to half-cover her eyes and follow behind Rong Shen and Jiang Yichen. I don't know where nomadic nomad found a fan, walked to Ji Ying's side, and fanned vigorously in a flattering manner, so that Ji Ying's hot cheeks dissipated heat.
Soon after entering the door, a little brother came to greet them. Duanmu Lingfeng should be a frequent visitor here, squeezed into the crowd and gambled a few casually, his luck was very good, and he quadrupled immediately, which made him quite proud. The princes watched him gamble for a while, and then continued to walk inside. Duanmu accepted it when he saw it, and followed Ji Ying into the inner room.
If the gambling in the main hall is a small gambling in the market, then the gambling in the inner room is the gambling of the scribes, because the style of gambling in the main hall is mostly dice throwing, cockfighting, cricket fighting, pitching pots and the like, noisy and shouting, the dress of gathering here is also relatively shabby, and the gambling form in the inner room is six games, pai gow, playing chess and the like, usually there is no big quarrel, the gamblers are dressed more gorgeously, and the amount of gambling is also surprising, often throwing a lot of money.
Ji Ying and his party had no gambling experience except for Duanmu Lingfeng, even if it was Duanmu, they only occasionally joined in the main hall, so everyone quickly left here and continued to walk inside.
Bypassing the inner room, a thick wolfskin curtain was lifted, and a hall twice as large as the main hall was reached. The hall is not very well ventilated and lightened, but the number of people has not decreased for this. When there was a jousting platform on the door, there were two sturdy men on the stage, one white and one black, who were fighting vigorously. The crowd cheered, encouraged, cursed, and sighed like crazy.
Soon, the man in white obviously had the upper hand, and was dragged by the arm of the man in black and beaten vigorously, and the man in white was already beaten all over his body and face covered with blood, and he had no power to fight back. The man in black did not give up, and the last one was heartwarming and kicked the man in white off the competition platform. The man in white fell to the ground, spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, and after a few convulsions, he didn't move, I don't know if he was dead. Someone in the crowd gasped, and there were occasional angry reproaches, but in the end they didn't cause any waves. The man in black threw two pieces of silver at the man in white, and then two gambling house guys dragged the man in white down like a dead dog.
Ji Ying was already frightened. She had never seen such a bloody and brutal scene, and she had no way to understand the indifference and excitement of people at this time, her hand had involuntarily tugged on her chest, and she was breathing rapidly.
Rong Shen, who is also powerless, is better in comparison, but he is only calm on the surface. In order to avoid the dirty and terrifying scene for his eyes, Rong Shen covered his face with a half-open folding fan.
The remaining three people looked fine, but that didn't mean they could tolerate it.
I only heard the man in black on the stage clasp his fists and said: "Ascend to the competition platform, death and life are all up to heaven." Ladies and gentlemen, what you are doing is fist and kick business. If anyone can defeat me, I will offer fifty taels of silver with both hands; If a strong man is unfortunately defeated, Hugh blames his fists and feet for having no eyes. Which good man will come to ask for advice again? ”
Although Duanmu has been here a few times, he never knew that there is still this practice in the business here, and he is very angry at the moment. He jumped onto the stage and stood in front of the man in black.
A sneer overflowed at the corner of the black-clothed man's mouth, and he said: "According to the rules of the gambling house competition, the heroes who come to challenge have to pay a challenge fee of ten taels, and the more bets you get." ”
Duanmu didn't think about it, so he casually threw the money bag on the table next to the competition platform. The man in black listened to the loud voice of the money bag hitting the table, and said, "The hero has a great appetite?" ”
Duanmu is naturally not for money, he came to the stage to compete just because he couldn't get used to the way to make money here, and wanted to use this to teach the other party a lesson, so he shouted at the moment: "What do you say, you have to fight quickly!" ”
The man in black was very disdainful. The two of them were separated on both sides, and they were full of strength and ready to fight.
The man in black wanted to strike first, clenched his fists into claws, and pounced on Duanmu. Duanmu dodged sideways, and when he turned around, he swept his leg and threw his opponent in front of him. There was a cheer from the audience, and Ji Ying also cheered.
There was a man in his forties at the table next to the competition platform, his whole face was hidden in the dim shadows, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, he could only see that his eyes were staring directly at Jiang Yichen. But when Jiang Yichen's afterglow glanced at him, he pretended to be serious about watching the game in the stand, and left his seat after a while and walked out of the back hall.
On the competition platform, the man in black was unwilling and threw his fist at Duanmu's chest. Duanmu clasped the flying fist with both hands, and quickly raised his leg and kicked it, hitting the calf of the man in black. The man in black was in pain, his body fell forward, Duanmu took advantage of the situation and took a step back, and threw the other party into the mud. Duanmu still firmly hugged the arm of the man in black, turned his body, and pressed his opponent to the ground unable to move. The audience was applauding again.
Duanmu let go of the man in black and walked off the stage with a triumphant smile. Unexpectedly, the man in black had no gratitude for being forgiven, and he did not abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, but took advantage of Duanmu's unpreparedness and flew out an iron dart, which went straight to the back of Duanmu's head!
Seeing that Duanmu couldn't dodge, this life was over, but fortunately, Jiang Yichen was quick, took out the folding fan in Rong Shen's hand, and flew towards the fatal iron dart, narrowly relieving the siege of Duanmu.
Duanmu is a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and he values the morality of the rivers and lakes the most, and when he reacted that he was almost shot by someone else with a hidden weapon, he was immediately furious, turned around and grabbed the man in black, first unloaded his arms neatly, and then punched and kicked, and greeted him on the chest and face without intermittently.
"Your grandfather Duanmu Lingfeng is a good man, the most righteous, I wanted to be forgiving and forgiving, just teach you two tricks, who knows that you are a scum who doesn't know what to do, and you dare to play tricks in front of your grandfather, grandpa will let you teach you a long lesson today!"
Duanmu is shining with strong fists and feet, and the thugs and servants of the Hidden Dragon Gambling House are naturally unhappy, so they pick up sticks and weapons one by one and gather here in Duanmu. The people in the audience saw that the situation was not good and fled the scene one after another. Although Ji Ying was pulled by Rong Shen a few times, she didn't leave with him, she had to wait for Duanmu. Nomadic stood in front of the two sons and protected them both behind him.
I don't know when, Jiang Yichen has rushed to Duanmu's side, like a swimming dragon, crisscrossing between sticks and even swords, while protecting Duanmu's safety, while mercilessly punishing every thug who comes up to challenge.
This is the first time Ji Ying has seen Jiang Yichen make a move. She will never forget Jiang Yichen's vigorous figure and resolute face.
Jiang Yichen's fists and feet are not as dazzling as Duanmu Lingfeng, but every move is real and full of hardness - that is the kung fu that can only be experienced on the battlefield, in the hell of life and death, and the entire competition platform is bright and scorching because of this young man with flying clothes.
I saw Jiang Yichen's thick fist hit the head of a person with a wooden stick, and the man immediately spat blood from his mouth, fell to the side, and bounced back a few times when he hit the ground, which shows that the aftermath still exists. There was also a man with a big knife, roaring and slashing at Jiang Yichen's heart, Jiang Yichen did not dodge, lowered his body, and punched the comer's abdomen, and the person's body flew like a flying spear to the table with silver taels under the stage, and the table was immediately smashed to pieces, and the silver taels on the table poured everywhere like water droplets falling to the ground. After the fight, the thugs with weapons were afraid of this bare-handed young man and did not dare to move forward.
Jiang Yichen and Duanmu Lingfeng knocked down a few more people, and together with Nomad Ye, protected Ji Ying and Rong Shen from the Hidden Dragon Gambling House.
Out of the door, several people quickly jumped into the car, driven by the nomadic field, and drilled into the alley. Ji Ying looked back, but did not find the pursuer, and wanted to go home directly, but Jiang Yichen frowned and shouted: "Go to the princess's mansion!" Go to my house! ”
Ji Ying didn't know why, but everyone's faces were very serious, so there was no objection.
When they arrived at the princess's mansion, everyone rested in the main hall for a while. An Bo, the housekeeper of the princess's mansion, walked in, bowed over and reported to Jiang Yichen: "Back to the little prince, someone has indeed chased after him, and he has been caught by the ninth young master and locked up in the cellar. ”
Jiang Yichen replied and said, "Amber, you tell Xiao Jiu to interrogate for a while, and I'll go over later." It's all right here, you tell me to go down and tell the people not to come. ”
Amber responded and withdrew.
"What's going on? How do you know they're going to send someone after you? Ji Ying asked.
Jiang Yichen gave Duanmu a look, and Duanmu nodded in reply.
Ji Ying saw that they were "silent is better than sound", and she was even more anxious, and asked, "What did you find?" ”
Duanmu said: "When Xiao Huaiwang and I fought with those people, we found that they are not simple Jianghu people, they are killers!" ”
"Killer?" Ji Ying exclaimed.