At this moment we happened to walk up to a woman's stall with rows of earrings of different colors on the red brocade, and I pointed to one of them: "Oh, this looks so good." As I spoke, I picked up the one and put it in my ear for a while, and the proprietress enthusiastically handed me a bronze mirror: "The girl has a good eye, although the material of this red earring is just ordinary turquoise, it is very suitable for the girl's complexion." She looked at my clothes again, "It's more in line with the girl's dress, if the girl doesn't think it's expensive enough, I still have red agate here, similar in color." ”

I didn't mean to buy earrings, so I prevaricated: "No, no, this one is very beautiful." "As he spoke, I wanted to be a coquettish and ask Chu Zhilan to help me pay.

As a result, when I turned around, Chu Zhilan, who had just warmed my hands warmly and silently, disappeared.

"Girl? If you like it, buy it, it's cheap. ”

I apologized to the enthusiastic woman, threw down the earrings and went to look for him, although the Tianzijing was lively, but the total was only half a mile, I searched for a long time and did not even see a figure. The snow is getting heavier, the roads are getting scarcer, and the shops are closed. I was wrapped in a fox fur and looked out on the street alone, so I was not miserable.

I lost Lang Jun on the wedding night, who else can I be!

When I was torn whether to go back to the palace alone or to look for it again in the street, a woman dressed in coarse cloth grabbed my hand, she looked pitiful and tearful, and knelt down for me without saying a word.

Eldest sister, it's not the New Year.

"Please, noble man, save me." Her hand that was already purple from the cold dragged my fox fur, "If no one helps me today, I will die early in the morning, I don't want to die, I still have a doll to raise." ”

She cried miserably, her thin body gradually bent down, and the whole person knelt in the snow, so that she was not desolate.

My heart finally softened: "What's wrong?" ”

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The smell of wine, the burning of incense, the crying and laughter. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed the scene in front of me: the fusion of great joy and great sorrow. I turned my head to look at the woman, her eyes staggering and frightened, and she took out a bag of broken silver from her bosom.

"Thank you, this is my last bit of money."

She held the heavy silver in her skinny hands, "Wanhua smoke is not something that we ordinary people can play, the field is not for us to enter, only nobles like you, those people will entertain." ”

"Ten Thousand Flowers?"

As if seeing my hesitation, the woman hurriedly put the money bag in my hand.

"You just need to play a handful of things."

"What if I lose?"

"If you lose, you lose, I don't care about that bastard anymore, just when I died this man, and now, I'll gamble too."

"I can help redeem it."

She shook her head and pointed to the weeping people: "You can't redeem it." "Those who all lost money in the casino.

I carried a heavy bag of silver and entered the so-called Wanhua smoke in the woman's mouth. The atmosphere in the attic was much better than just now, quiet and there was no bad smell. Most of the people who came to play were dressed in brocade clothes and came from wealthy families.

When I came to the "Ten Thousand Flowers", the players around me looked at me, ignored me, and just stared at the board in front of me. Among these people, there are many gentlemen, and I can see it at a glance.

I've been watching it for a long time, and I don't understand how to play with it. There was no one around to explain to me, until I bet again, a rough man with five big and three thick came and shouted: "Brothers and sisters, it's almost there!" ”

The people around me put the signs in their hands on the blocking plate, and I was in a hurry, and I left the signs casually. When I reacted, I realized that I had already placed a bet.

"Jackpot! This lady in white. ”

There were people around me who sighed, people who cursed angrily, and people who casually applauded and congratulated me.

"Oh, good luck, Miss."

The man on the betting board didn't say a word, brought me the silver, and soon started the next round of betting.

I carried the silver downstairs, so heavy that I could barely hold it, and my hands were sore, and the woman saw the silver in my hand, and her sallow face had a little light.

"Good luck to you!"

I smiled awkwardly, and was anxious to get rid of the money in my arms, and stuffed it to the woman, "Take the money and ransom your husband." ”

The woman took some out of the silver taels and shoved them back into my hand, and I was confused, not knowing what she meant.

"As long as that's enough, any more will give me a man to bet on."

"But I don't need to."

The woman shook her head, "I know you don't lack these, but I can't take them back, if you really don't need them, then use them here, I just need to redeem my husband." With that, she bowed to me, ran away with red eyes.

I was holding an inexplicable piece of silver in my hand, and the attic behind me was a thousand flowers......

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"Miss, it's not that we won't let you go, it's just that you have to pay."

The man rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscles, and his smile was a little more threatening.

"I told you, it's not that I don't pay, it's just that I don't have money now, and I want to go back and get it." I try to make myself appear calm.

"Miss, why bother? This one coat of yours is enough to cover all you owe tonight. Give it to us and you're ready to go home. ”

I clenched the corners of my clothes, "This...... Not really. I just got the gift in my hand, and I didn't wear it yet, so I bet on it, I looked at the tendon meat of the man's body again, and thought about Chu Zhilan's face again, and suddenly felt a cold neck, I couldn't help shaking, and whispered: "It's really not good." ”

"Heh," the man smiled, and took a step closer, and a few more sturdy little guys came up around him, looking like they wanted to grab it.

I took a step back, had a flash of inspiration, and exclaimed, "Phew! I'll see who dares! ”

Listening to my roar, several men actually stopped, and I took the opportunity to continue: "You don't ask who I am, you actually want to do it?" ”

The man in the lead looked at me with the kind of "I've seen through your little trick" and sneered, "What? Who are you? Let's talk about it. Let me see if you are the daughter of a general or the wife of the prime minister. Miss, or rather, this lady, you may not have figured out what this place is, even if you are really a big man, and it is only right to pay off debts. ”

"You're a casino! Yunjiang Capital, such a big casino is opened at the feet of the royal family, you are not afraid of people falling to the ground? ”

There was a burst of laughter from the people around me, I was at a loss, and the little guy behind me took the opportunity to take off my fox fur, I wanted to take it back, but I was pushed away with a palm.

"Get out of here. If you want to get your coat back, go home and tell your family, let them come, no matter what kind of dignitary you are, don't forget, you have gambled with us, according to the laws of Yunjiang, this is enough for you to stay in prison for a while. Do you believe it or not? You're in jail while our casinos are still doing business. The man's tone was full of arrogance, as if he really didn't take me seriously.

I can't stop crying in my heart, I'll go! Are these people so crazy?! The snow was still falling outside, and the cold wind was blowing me shivering. After only an hour, all I had left was a worthless wooden hairpin on my head and an unwarm brocade robe.

"Is the casino fun?"

Hearing Chu Zhilan's voice, I felt a burst of joy in my heart, but I didn't dare to look back. I held my arms and bent my head, trying to disappear in place.

"This brother, give her back the fox fur."

The man who was about to leave heard Chu Zhilan talking to him, and immediately rolled up the sleeves he had just put down, showing his thick arms again.

"I said, give her back the fox fur."

I didn't dare to turn around, but I heard Chu Zhilan's voice be low, and the man's face suddenly changed, and he dragged the fox fur in the hand of the little guy next to him and handed it to me. I glanced up at him, the man's face was so bad that I didn't dare to answer. A hand stretched out behind him and took the fox fur.

"Thank you."

A purse was thrown on the man, and I was carried out of the casino by the collar.

The snowflakes were drifting, the cold wind was blowing, I hugged myself tightly and was silent.

"Qingyi, why don't you speak? Is the casino fun? ”

I've heard this tone, that time I was lying on the bed with a fever and was about to burn to death, and when Chu Zhilan held a dagger against my throat, that's how he spoke. Now his warm hand caressed the back of my neck, which only made me feel colder.

"Let's go home."

The fox fur was draped on his body again to isolate the cold wind, and I cautiously peeked at Chu Zhilan, caught by his eyes, and his faint smile revealed a little helplessness.

I was a little bolder and slowly straightened my back, "You, where did you just go?" When I turn around, you're gone, and I'm easy to find. ”

Chu Zhilan tightened the strap on my fox fur, "I met a revenge seeker, and it was solved." ”

I choked on a cold breath of air: "Murderous? ”

"No, a ......" he thought for a moment: "Two stunned, let him run." ”

There is still someone who can escape from Chu Zhilan's hands? I blurted out, "Aren't you amazing?" Can you let go of the two stunned? ”

I seemed to see Chu Zhilan give me a white look, although I couldn't believe it, but I couldn't deceive myself, he did give me a white look just now. It's really rare to see him show such an expression.

I see, he meant to deliberately let the fool go.

"Not only did the casino lose money, but the brains too?"

No, I thought this was a big deal.

"You were deceived by that woman, she specializes in tricking people into gambling casinos." Chu Zhilan calmly said the facts that made me go berserk.

"What?" I couldn't believe it for a while, "She ruined her family by saying a word about the casino, and you told me that she was the trustee of the casino?" ”

Chu Zhilan touched my frozen face with a smile, "She ruined her family with a sentence of the casino, didn't you still go in and gamble?" ”

The numb face gradually became conscious, and I thought of all the jewelry I had lost in just one hour, as well as all the silver that Chu Zhilan had spent in order to redeem Fox Qiu. Tears can't be controlled at all!

My money, that's all the money I plan to use to go to the countryside to retire and live in seclusion after the work is completed!

I took Chu Zhilan's hand and walked towards the palace, "Go back quickly, Bai Tingyu must still have a lot of good things, we will sell them while he doesn't know it, in exchange for pension money!" ”

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"Aren't you going to move things and sell them for pension money?" Chu Zhilan bent his eyes to look at me, and I covered his mouth.

"You, don't, don't talk."

"Haven't you told me that the casino is fun?"

Sweat fell on my palm, cool, Chu Zhilan turned around, one hand held my waist, and the other hand lit incense, I was afraid to push away his incense-burning hand. But they can't reach it, and they can't exert their strength.

"You, don't, don't, I'll never go again next time." I wanted to cry without tears, and my whole body fell on him.

The soft fox fur wrapped around me, fear hit my heart, and I saw the person under me with the same face as Qi Yucheng, holding a long sword in his hand, piercing my abdomen, and the blood soaked the white fur coat and turned bright red.

"Kid!" I let out a scream of pain and slapped the face of the man below me.

When I calmed down and touched my intact belly, I breathed a sigh of relief, the fox fur on my body was tightened, and there were faint fingerprints on Chu Zhilan's face who was holding me.

I was a little embarrassed, and reached out to touch it, but he stuffed it back into his coat, "It's cold, don't get cold." ”

I was wrapped in a ball like a spring roll, and I was held in my arms, not to mention, the incense was quite strong to use, but after using it, the effect was really significant, I felt that the whole person was refreshed and yin, relaxed a lot, and improved my sleep at night.

"I don't want to lie to you." Chu Zhilan closed her eyes and suddenly spoke, I looked puzzled, my chin was against his chest, and asked, "What are you lying to me?" ”

"You probably won't have any children again."

I looked at him quietly for a moment, his eyes closed, his hand patting me on the back all the time.

I pretended not to understand and teased him: "It turns out that you can't do it, but you can't have children." ”

He was amused by me and opened his eyes.

I continued: "Child, I really want to, I'll go to Qi Yun to borrow it, our friendship, just borrow a child to play, absolutely no problem." ”