Chapter 201: Gambling Scam (I)
Entrance to the hall.
"Isn't she here?" Seeing the steward's squeak, Hua Long already knew it in his heart, and his idea was further confirmed.
The steward looked back in the direction of the second floor, and when he saw someone's gesture, he immediately replied, "Look at my memory, hehe, of course Miss Xueya is here, please go with me." ”
And Hualong certainly noticed this unusual detail.
VIP lounges.
The room was located in the deepest part of the casino, and after passing through a narrow passageway, the imposing door appeared.
There were eight people in the room, four of whom were very respectable and sat at a square table in the center of the room playing "Cards?", and the remaining four were attendants standing in the corner of the room.
This is a veritable VIP room!
First-class furnishings, lavish furnishings, any little thing is worth a lot, it seems that the person who furnished this room must have put a lot of effort into it, at least he knows Xue Ya's preferences very well, especially the faint ice field vanilla in the air.
Seeing her husband suddenly appear in front of the door, Xue Ya stood up in surprise.
He...... How did he get here?
At this time, the steward introduced: "Northern Governor Hualong, Miss Xueya's husband. With that, he politely stepped aside.
The three people who played cards with Xueya also stood up, among which Miss Lansi Hua Long knew her, she politely picked up her skirt and saluted, and the other two old men also saluted, but Hua Long noticed: They have cultivation, and their strength is not weak!
Hua Long raised his hand and motioned for them to continue, but he noticed that Xue Ya had been looking at him with a little doubt and confusion in her eyes.
In fact, it was exactly like this, Xueya didn't want to listen to Sasna about reconciling with Hualong, doing that would hurt her self-esteem too much, but not getting Hualong made her unwilling, in this case, she chose gambling as a way to vent her emotions.
He's coming, he's coming.
Seeing Hua Long walking in front of her, Xue Ya subconsciously looked away, as if she was running away.
What a scary guy.
Hua Long smiled in his heart, and then said gently, "Can I sit here?"
Xue Ya nodded, "Bring a chair over here." After she sat back down, she deliberately moved her chair to the side to make more space for Hua Long, although this move was very slight, but for herself and Hua Long, the sweetness was still self-evident.
In this brief gap, one of the old man's cards rolled down to Hua Long's feet.
"Oh, I'm sorry, can you please pick my swastika for me? I'm old and my legs are very inconvenient. ”
Hua Long bent down, picked up the card and quietly returned the card to the old man, as for whether the card is 10,000 words, Hua Long knows in his heart.
The old man thanked him, and then smiled mysteriously at his companion on the side, "Okay, let's continue with the cards just now, it's up to you, Miss Xueya." ”
Picking up a three-cylinder, Xue Ya put it on the table, and then quietly glanced at Hua Long.
Is he smiling at me?
At that moment, Xue Ya's heart beat faster.
And Hua Long, who was sitting next to Xue Ya, was indeed a mahjong "idiot", for this kind of gambling, he had heard Sasna say it before, but it was the first time he had actually seen it.
At this point, everyone has a bunch of cards in front of them, lined up in a row, is there any point in doing this?
Hua Long didn't speak, just watched Xue Ya play cards intently, but gradually, he also saw some doorways, of course, those are the most basic.
"The two of you are not from the Cold Moon Empire, right?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Hua Long opened the conversation box to liven up the atmosphere, of course, he also wanted Xue Ya to relax, at least not to make her feel bored.
For her sake, this can be regarded as a kind of progress for Hualong.
And just as expected, the atmosphere in the room suddenly improved, and one of the attendants on the side even let out a long sigh of relief.
"Lord Beidu, my name is Zuo En, she is my wife Subea, we are from the Duchy of Nandu, we are a pair of old people who like to travel and play cards. He was, as he himself said, an old man who looked to be in his sixties, with gray wings and a face wrinkled deep enough to hold a pea, as did his wife.
Hua Long snorted coldly in his heart, if you look at your age alone, you may really be an old man, but you are definitely not an ordinary old man.
While paying attention to Xueya's cards, Hua Long secretly mobilized spiritual power to investigate, and the results were ......
The two old men should be practicing mental methods such as Mixed Yuan Jue, and the attendants standing in the corner of the wall are roughly the same, even Lan Si's cultivation is not bad, only Xue Ya's cultivation is not in the stream, and from Lan Si's eyes and actions, Hua Long can clearly judge that she should be in the same group as these two old guys.
Is this what Sasna calls "fairy jumping"? I want to see how you jump!
At this time, it was already the third game of the East, Xueya was the banker, and before that, she had won nearly one million gold coins, most of which was lost by the old man, and Lan Si also won a little.
Thinking of this, Xue Ya glanced at her husband with her eyes, if she wins, he will be impressed with me, right?
Thinking about it, Xue Ya's cheeks burned slightly, and she was even more looking forward to seeing her husband's surprised expression because she had won.
"I'll throw!"
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Marshal's House, Courtyard.
It is a relatively simple private courtyard. A small pond, a green area full of flowers, a few pretty beautiful sculptures, a nice fountain, that's all there is to the Ron family yard.
Sitting in a rocking chair, Ron quietly enjoyed the summer sun, while an old rum dog lay lazily at his feet, oblivious to the butterfly grasshoppers flying by.
It's a cosy picture.
"Hua Yun, sit. Ron didn't look back, but he could already tell from the sound of his footsteps that it was his righteous son, Hua Yun.
Ron was actually very disgusted with this black-haired young man, but he couldn't disobey the orders of the Temple of Light, so he had to push him to a high position as much as possible, so that he could control the military and political power of the Cold Moon Empire.
What I have longed for for half my life was given by a ghost......
Thinking of this, Ron's eyes suddenly turned cold.
"Father-in-law. Hua Yun saluted politely, and then sat down on the chair next to Ron.
If the marshal doesn't have any good feelings for Hua Yun, then Hua Yun is the same, anyway, using each other is a tacit matter for both parties.
"How's the casino going?"
"Everything went well, I was able to ...... today"
Hearing this, Ron smiled, and he thought to himself: "Rongte, Rongte, I want to see, how can you explain to the nobles when you have no money, when you know that the person who stole your money is actually her, you will definitely be angry! haha......
"You've done a good job. Ron applauded.
This is all taught by the Father-in-law. ”
The two laughed in unison.
"Oh yes, good news for you!" Ron half-sat up and said, "Remember Captain Watt Gaddy?"
Hua Yun nodded, he naturally knew very well about this man with a national face, after all, he was the only person in the Tianlei Legion who had combat effectiveness, and his strength and style were recognized by Hua Yun, but his character was too straightforward, and he was not good at using tactics when marching and fighting.
"Yes. ”
"He and his deployment recently jointly wrote to Your Majesty, hoping that you will be the supreme commander of the Heavenly Thunder Legion, Your Majesty has adopted it, and a decision will be made in the near future. ”
The commander of the Heavenly Thunder Legion, Hua Yun's black eyes flashed like lightning, and then he shouted excitedly in his heart: I am going to become a commander! And I am the commander of a legion! I ...... Isn't that right? Hua Yun calmed down, didn't the commander of the legion have to be led by the president to be appointed?
"Your Majesty probably won't agree, let alone let a commander be the commander of the legion......" Hua Yun expressed his doubts.
"The rank is not a problem, the question is whether the prime minister will oppose it!"
Ron's meaning is actually quite simple. The so-called rank is not a problem refers to the return of the army, Hua Yun defeated the main force of the bandit army in the first battle of the Malu Forest, and reversed the decline of the defeat, so that everyone from the officers to the soldiers supported him, even Commander Watt Gadi thought that Hua Yun should be the commander of the legion, not to mention that the current number of the Tianlei Legion is only about 100,000 people, which cannot be regarded as a legion at all, and at this moment it is also in need of a talented person to lead.
"Prime Minister?" Hua Yun muttered.
"If the prime minister falls this time, then you will definitely have no problem becoming the commander of the legion, on the contrary, you may not get anything. Ron's remarks were clearly instigating, and it's hard to say for what purpose, but one thing is for sure, he had nothing to do with the Temple of Light.
After a few more conversations, Hua Yun hurried away, and Ron lay back in the rocking chair, continuing to close his eyes and recuperate. He didn't know that Hua Yun, who was originally angry, was smiling at the corner of his mouth when he left the Marshal's Mansion, what was the deep meaning behind this smile?
I am afraid that it will not be known until the last minute.
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Casinos, VIP rooms.
The game just now ended with Miss Lansi's * North Wind, and as a result, Xue Ya lost about 160,000 gold coins, which was probably only a fraction of the money compared to the ones she won, but in the eyes of the civilians, this is a lifetime, no!
Xue Ya didn't care about the money, she just felt a little annoyed, she had wanted to win in front of her husband so that he would notice her presence.
The next one! The next one must win! Xue Ya secretly cheered for herself.
However, in Hualong's view, just that game is actually a lot of doubts, in terms of Hualong's skills, you can listen to the rhythm of the other party's heart beat to judge its state, take Xueya's three cylinders as an example, when this card appeared on the table, the old man named Zuo En's heartbeat suddenly accelerated briefly, this surface he can ask for this card, the result? He didn't, and then there were a few too, obviously enough cards, why didn't he?
The four of them began to shuffle the cards, and Hua Long also noticed the change of eyes between the three of them.
"Can you get me a cup of milk tea?"
As soon as Hua Long's words were finished, Xue Ya hurriedly instructed: "He wants to add vanilla, two grains of sugar, and less black tea, it is better to ice it." What she said was the kind of milk tea that Hualong usually likes to drink, which can prove that Xueya cares and cares about her husband's daily preferences.
Hua Long suddenly smiled.
Xue Ya also smiled shyly.
"This fight is over......"
"Mother's birthday, I know. Xue Ya nodded, "I have already prepared the gift, actually...... I didn't think you would tell me to go. ”
"How so. ”
"Then you wait a little bit for me. ”
"Hmm. ”
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