Chapter 127

At the mouth of a dilapidated alley four streets south of Mao'er Hutong, Song Nan and a cadre were forming a circle to carefully observe the scene of Sun Xiaoer's beating that night.

There was a dried blood clot on a broken blue brick in half in the corner of the wall next to it, presumably the brick that attacked Sun Xiaoer behind that night.

Everyone couldn't see why, they all looked at Song Nan and waited for him to speak, Song Nan looked up, looking for the hiding place of the gang that night; According to Sun Xiaoer, I remember that I got off work very late that night, and there were no pedestrians on the road, and when I came here, I was suddenly beaten with a brick and robbed of the two coins and silver on my body.

Song Nan's eyes fell on a low wall on the west side of the alley, the low wall was only two feet high, and he could step over it by raising his feet, but seeing that the bricks and stones on the low wall seemed to have scratch marks, Song Nan walked over to observe it carefully, and nodded slowly.

"The thieves are hiding behind this low wall, and you see, the mold and green moss on the wall have been scratched, which is caused by the scraping of the foot across the wall." Song Nan pointed to the traces.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but wondered, what does this mean? and the thief cannot be found on this basis.

But seeing Song Nan stepping over the wall, the wall was full of rocks, crumbles, thorns, and a lot of dried traces of feces and urine, Song Nan didn't care, lowered his head and looked carefully at the corner of the wall, not reaching out to turn the bricks on the ground.

"Deputy Song Qianhu, what are you looking for? Tell the brethren that let's look for it together. Zheng Da asked with puffed eyes.

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "You don't want to come over, it's not easy to find traces of many people, I'm just going to see if there are any traces of these people." ”

Everyone had to stand outside the wall and stretch their necks to watch Song Nan bend down within a radius of a few zhang to look for it, and when they were bored, they heard Song Nan cheer and say, "There is." ”

Everyone looked, but saw Song Nan bending down and pulling out a red round object from the crack in the messy bricks in the corner. Everyone rushed in, surrounding Song Nan to see what the round thing was, it was like a thin piece of bamboo dyed and polished, with the word 'one' written on one side and the word 'Hong' written on the other.

Song Nan didn't know what this was, but it was obviously artificially made, and it was impossible to fall here out of thin air. ”

Song Nan handed him the bamboo slice and said, "Do you know this thing?" ”

Qi Xiao took the round bamboo piece and looked at it carefully, and then said: "This is the chip used by the Hongyun Gambling House under the East Huima Bridge on Yongdingmen Street." ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "Chips? How do you know this? ”

The flag school blushed and said: "Don't hide it from Song Qianhu, my subordinates also like to play with two hands in their spare time, and I have been to this gambling house." The chips of the Fortune Gambling House are divided into black, white, yellow and red, the black is the big chips, each of which is ten taels of silver, the white is one tael, the yellow is five coins, and the red is the smallest chip of one penny of silver; When entering the gambling house, you must first exchange chips, and when you go, you can use the chips on the counter to exchange for cash and take it away, which is convenient and tight. ”

Zheng Da was dumbfounded and said: "No wonder you always borrow money from the east and west, and the feelings are taken to the gambling house, damn it, I didn't expect your dog's turtle grandson to gamble on insects, and next time Lao Tzu said that he would not lend you silver." ”

Qi Xiao blushed and said, "Zheng Baihu, don't, I'm not thinking about Qianhu's case?" If I don't say it, won't I miss the great affairs of a thousand households, and you will scold me again. ”

Zheng Da said angrily: "Damn, anyway, don't think about Lao Tzu borrowing you silver in the future." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Ten gambles and nine losses, Wanguan furniture will also be lost, brother, don't gamble anymore, the monthly salary is not enough to lose a few dice; But if you don't know it in and out of the casino, we wouldn't know it. ”

The flag school said: "There are many brothers in Weili who also gamble, and I am not the only one who knows it. ”

Zheng Da said: "No wonder you grandsons all shouted that they had no money to spend, Lao Tzu understood." ”

Song Nan held the bamboo sign and looked left and right, frowning and thinking, Ye Fanggu said softly: "How could this thing have landed here." ”

Song Nan said: "Yes, if it is a bargaining chip, then it is silver, why did it fall here?" ”

Zheng Dadao: "Could it be that the gang of thieves fell that night?" A penny of chips can never be discarded, but you can buy half a fat chicken. ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "It's very likely, but it doesn't rule out that someone will undress or drop here, let's go to another place." ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and followed another fellow Liu Fu to a dilapidated slum house, through the narrow and dark house path to a dilapidated earthen house, Liu Fu stretched out his hand to push open the fence gate, led Song Nan to the courtyard, pointed to a messy grass near the courtyard gate and said: "This is it, I was beaten by those bastards here that day, but I owe gambling debts, damn it." ”

Song Nan said: "Have you cleaned this place?" ”

Liu Fu twisted and said, "No...... The villain didn't even bother to fold the quilt, and his bones hurt all over his body after a day's work, so how could he have the strength to tidy up the yard. ”

Song Nan smiled: "I guess too, otherwise how could this yard be overgrown." ”

Liu Fu's face was red, and he didn't dare to talk back, Song Nan had already walked towards the weedy field, the dry grass was pressed out of the traces of struggle, it must be the place where Liu Fu was beaten that day, Song Nan found a red chip under the grass roots on the side for a long time, and his heart suddenly brightened.

"It's done, this time it can be concluded that this chip is the thief's carrying." Song Nan held up the chips and smiled.

"But Lord Qianhu, why are these thieves throwing chips around? Could it be that the handwriting of the Gyeonggi thief Yizhimei a few years ago? Committed a crime, leaving a red plum as a mark to indicate identity? Zheng Da asked.

Song Nan smiled: "Strange fart, it's not that I accidentally threw it down, I guess this guy must have won a lot that night, he couldn't hold it in his pocket, and when he came out of the hiding place behind the low wall, he landed a piece when he stepped over the wall, and when he punched and kicked here, he landed another piece." ”

Ye Fanggu said softly: "It is also possible that it was not the same person, but it can be concluded that this group must have gambled in the Hongyun Gambling House before committing the crime." ”

Song Nan raised his tall fingers and praised: "That's right, the fox's tail is exposed, it seems that I am going to take a hundred and eighty taels of silver to the Fortune Gambling House to try my luck." ”

……

On the evening of the same day, Song Nan and Ye Fanggu went to the Hongyun Gambling House under the Huima Bridge in the east of Yongding Gate, in order to prevent the leakage from being recognized, Song Nan stuck a mustache on her lips and blackened her complexion with foundation, while Ye Fanggu pretended to be a handsome young man, anyway, there are not many people who know her, and there is no need to bother more.

Lu Qingli was also going to follow, but considering that her three-legged cat's kung fu was the same as Song Nan's, once something happened, Ye Fanggu couldn't take care of the two of them, so she was persuaded by Ye Fanggu to stay at home; In order to attract less attention, Song Nan didn't let Li Daniu follow.

With Yongdingmen Street as the boundary, the west of the road is the south of the square, the east of the road is the east of the square, this fortune gambling house originally belonged to the east of the ruffian head Qiu Wu, after the death of Qiu Wu, dozens of brothers under his hands in addition to a part of the small county lord called to the city management brigade, there are also a lot of rebellious people you fight for me to divide the property left by Qiu Wu, this fortune gambling house fell into the hands of a ruffian named Black Tiger.

The name of the Black Tiger is loud, but the ruffians in the back call him the Black Cat to show contempt, because this guy curls up behind every time he fights, and others are scarred, but he retreats with his whole body, and he is a shrewd and calculating person, and his behavior is completely inconsistent with his loud and domineering name of the Black Tiger.

But in any case, whether it is a cat or a tiger, now Black Tiger's subordinates have gathered seven or eight brothers, and they have partnered to take the Fortune Gambling House for themselves, and the daily wealth is rolling in, and it is also becoming famous.

The two big men stood at the door of the gambling house with their arms crossed, two pairs of angry eyes against the surrounding movements, when Song Nan and Ye Fanggu came to the door to enter, the two big men stopped them angrily.

"What to do? Two, this is not a teahouse. The pock-faced man on the left shouted.

Song Nan was stunned and said, "Isn't this a gambling house?" Are no one allowed to gamble? ”

The two big men looked the two of them up and down, and shouted, "Miansheng, where did you come from?" ”

Song Nan said: "You care? Do I have to report my place of residence for gambling money? I accompanied my young master out to play around, what's the matter, don't you entertain? If you don't invite us to play in other houses, are there still few gambling houses in Beijing? ”

The pock-faced man looked at Ye Fang's white teeth and red lips and looked like a son-in-law, and Song Nan looked like a middle-aged servant, and he suspected in his heart that it was the son-in-law who stole the family's money and came to play, and he was happy in his heart: I met a chick. So he asked, "Did you bring any money?" You can't be in debt in the casino, and if you owe money, you will have your leg broken. ”

Song Nan said: "Who are you scaring about, it's not the first time I've taken the young master out to gamble, we're veterans." ”

The two big men glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Veteran? Yes, it's full of newbies, and some of you have won, so go inside. ”

Song Nan glanced at them, and deliberately untied the bulging money bag on his waist and checked it, the eyes of the two big men were straight, looking at the weight of the money bag, there were also a hundred taels of silver in it, and now it can be sent, these two chicks are the God of Wealth tonight.

After Song Nan and Ye Fanggu lifted the curtain and went in, a big man hurriedly followed, secretly came to the counter, and whispered a few words to a thin man who was lying on a recliner drinking tea.

(Thanks to the two brothers Clear Sky Tourmaline and Datang Yanyumeng for their tips.) ）