The sun gradually prevailed, slightly dispelling the deep gloomy and cold air in the cramped alley, and the two of them turned a winding alley, from the gloom to the sun, and their eyes suddenly opened up.

A deserted house stood at the end of the winding alley, the sunlight circulating in front of the dilapidated doorway, and the half-fallen door squeaked in the wind.

There was a man standing in front of the deserted house, with mung bean-sized eyes embedded in his long face, his eyes were not big, but he looked at Shenfei and looked alert and energetic.

This person was dressed in a white-washed bamboo-blue robe, which lined the straight posture, and if you looked at this posture, this man was also in his early twenties.

But he had sparse black hair, and combed a bun on the top of his hair that was better than nothing, and he couldn't even hold the hairpin, so he could only use a thumb-wide bundle of hair to tie it tightly, and the drooping corners of his mouth added a bit of bitterness and old-fashioned to this face, which really made people unable to see his true age.

He heard the footsteps, and when he looked up, he saw Han Changdui and Yao Qi, his eyes moved down, and he saw Han Changdu's waist hanging down the pouch, and hurriedly greeted him, and saluted respectfully: "Lord Han." ”

Han Changdui shouted and asked softly, "Are everyone inside?" ”

The man lowered his voice and said, "Yes, today has already begun." ”

Han Changdui nodded, let the man lead the way, and stepped into the deserted mansion.

As soon as I entered the mansion, a smell of old and moldy came to my face.

The bluestone pavement has long been trampled to rot, cracks are covered with old soil, and wild grass stubbornly burrows out of the soil, and grows all over the untended courtyard with the momentum of a prairie fire.

It is the March when the grass grows and the warbler flies, and these grasses have accumulated the strength of a winter, bathed in the sun, and have grown half a human height, and there are signs of continuing to grow luxuriantly.

In this deserted house, there was no one and no human voice, but there were wild birds that landed in the wild grass from time to time, chirping and chirping.

Yao Ji looked at the man's back and secretly sighed to himself.

Judging from the scene outside the deserted mansion, no one could have imagined that this would be a gambling house.

The Dajing Dynasty did not prohibit gambling, but the opening of a gambling house must also be approved by the imperial court, and legal procedures must be required, and at the moment this is obviously an illegal gambling house without the permission of the imperial court.

It is not difficult to open a legal gambling house in the Dajing Dynasty, so why should you abandon the legal and seek an illegal one, obviously there is something more illegal to do than an illegal gambling house, for fear of attracting the attention of the government.

The Department of Internal Health is really full of talents, and even in such a remote underground gambling house, a dark pile eyeliner can be planted.

Han Changdui seemed to guess what Yao Qi was thinking, and lowered his head to look at her ear and whispered: "He was not deliberately placed in the gambling house by the Internal Security Division. ”

Yao Qi let out an "oh", pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Han Changwei said again: "He is in charge of Jinchang and repairing the dark piles of these few squares. ”

Yao Qi stared at Han Changdui in surprise, if she hadn't seen Han Changdui with her own eyes under the skillful hands of the internal guard, Han Changdu, who was as graceful as jade, turned into a tuberculosis ghost, and now she would think that this Han Changdui was impersonated by someone else.

He didn't have to explain it to himself.

Walking through the deserted front yard and through the dusty front hall, the man whispered in front of them to remind the two: "My lord, this is here." ”

A noisy shout came from the moon doorway, and the figure flickered behind the doorway, making people in a trance, as if in an instant

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Walked into another bustling place.

Han Changdui looked around with a smile.

The backyard was full of people, and among the figures, there was a faint awe-inspiring sword cold light.

He sneered, an underground gambling house, even if it is guarded against the arrest of the government, does not need to be so heavily guarded, and there are guards in the corner.

There's obviously something going on in this gambling house that is enough to wipe out the house.

The person leading the way in front of him had already changed his appearance, walked to the moon gate, and said with a humble and flattering smile: "Brothers, the eldest prince of the Han family has arrived." ”

Two men dressed in black suits and wearing short knives came out of the doorway in an instant.

One of them had a scar on his face, slashing his chin diagonally from his eyebrow bone, and the scar turned hideously, looking very bluffing.

He glanced at the man, looked at Han Changwan and the others who were following behind him fiercely, and said coldly: "Da Mao, why do you bring anyone here, he is sick with tuberculosis, and he doesn't know how many days he can live, don't die so bad as to be angry." ”

The dark pile called Da Mao smiled flatteringly: "Brother, look at what you said, this eldest son of the Han family is a little weaker, but he has money, and he spends a lot of money." ”

As he spoke, he also picked the mung bean eye with care, threw a wink at the scarface, and stuffed a piece of silver into the scarface's hand by the way.

The scarred face was cold, and he glanced at the person opposite, and shouted impatiently: "Okay, okay, let's go in, let him cover his mouth, don't pass it on to anyone." ”

Da Mao kept bending down and laughing, leading Han Changwan and the others into the doorway.

The back of the doorway suddenly became lively, and the barrenness of the front hall was clearly distinguished, people came and went, bustling, not like a gambling house, but more like a market.

Han Changwan covered his mouth, leaned on Yao Qi with a weak and weak appearance, and watched as he walked.

The backyard is magnificently arranged, with a three-storey building covering a wide area in the middle of the courtyard.

This building is full of people, including people from all walks of life in Chang'an City, some are exquisitely dressed, and some are half-dressed, at first glance, they are from down-and-out families, some are polite and polite, and some are full of meat, and their eyes are fierce and fierce.

But these people are crowded in this building, but it is rare to be extraordinarily harmonious.

Han Changdui and the three of them walked into the building, but they didn't attract anyone's attention, and no one even looked at them more.

Yao Ji raised his eyebrows and snorted slightly.

This may be the only place in Chang'an City where there is no gap between the rich and the poor, and there is no chain of contempt.

The three white walls of the building are not windowed, and they are brightly lit day and night, reflecting the red paper hanging on the wall in the center.

"Master Han, look, this wall is full of very confident moves from this spring, you look this way." Da Mao dutifully led Han Changwan and the others to this wall, the red paper was full of words, and he bowed to introduce: "Han Dagongzi, these are the life deeds and township test rankings of the top-ranked people. ”

Han Changwan looked at the first few pieces of paper, and the names on them were all very famous people in the capital in recent days, either the first place in the township examination in various places, or the disciple of a certain great Confucian, all of whom were hot candidates for this provincial examination.

The spring festival is divided into two sessions, one is a provincial test, selected

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200 tribute students, and these tribute students will participate in the subsequent palace examination, the champion list of the eyes of the flower is selected from these tribute students, and the first 150 in the palace examination are Jinshi, and the last 50 are Tongjinshi.

As the saying goes, if the lady is the same as the jinshi, it is an embarrassing name.

The news of this gambling house is really well-informed, and the information collected is complete and accurate, and there is no hiding or misleading at all, it seems that this place is really conscientious.

Han Changwan nodded weakly, covered his mouth and coughed repeatedly: "Okay, okay." ”

Yao Qi helped Han Changwan in disgust and pursed his lips.

Da Mao couldn't help but want to laugh, but he pursed his lips, put the smile down, and led the two to see the other wall: "Master Han, this wall is the move that someone bets on, you see, the names of the most popular lifters on the wall over there are all on this wall." ”

This white wall is covered with small rough bamboo signs.

The bamboo card is cut by the green bamboo, but the size of the palm, hanging for a long time, the original green color has been yellowed, each piece of bamboo card is written with ink a name, the penmanship is vigorous and powerful, there is a sharp sense of three points into the wood, it seems that the person who writes these names is skilled, proficient in calligraphy.

Han Changdui took a closer look and saw that the bamboo plaque with the name of the most popular lifter in Chang'an City was hung at the front.

There are more and more people in the building, and some people walk in twos and threes, and some acquaintances meet here, without the slightest embarrassment, and even say hello to each other, and get together to discuss who should bet.

The voices of the people were not concealed at all, let alone suppressed, and when they gathered together, it was a deafening noise that muffled the voices of others.

Han Changdu's face sank, and he nodded listlessly: "Well, will your gambling house be able to cash out the silver at that time?" Don't be black and eat black, but don't admit it, Ben Shao is not so easy to bully. ”

"How is this possible, Master Han, you are joking, our gambling house is doing serious business, and Tong Su is not bullied." Da Mao smiled solemnly, pointed to the bookcase under the wall facing the door, and said, "Can you see it?" There is the chief steward of the Changsheng Cabinet Fang, and the bet was placed in our gambling house, which is the ticket directly issued by the Changsheng Cabinet Fang, once it is won, it is directly to go to the Changsheng Cabinet to exchange cash. ”

A big word "Chang" hung down on the bookcase, and the seal of the Changsheng cabinet was also stamped next to the word.

Han Changdui looked fixedly, covered his mouth and said, "What are the odds now?" ”

Da Mao pointed to the white wall full of bamboo plaques and said with a smile: "Look, the odds of the six people at the top are one to one, and the rest are one to four. ”

Han Changdui frowned slightly as he looked at those names, and a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

If one of those who have been bet the most is defeated in the spring, I don't know how many people will go bankrupt.

He squinted slightly, and in the bustling crowd, he was exceptionally sober.

If this gambling game is manipulated, if one of these movers is not interested in Chunqiu, but is making money, then this is not a gamble, but a scam to collect money.

He thought for a while and said to Yao Qi: "Give the silver to Da Mao, and the six people at the top will all be twenty taels." ”

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