At night, Huazhou City gradually quieted down, but the Goulan gambling house was still laughing and scolding, and the voices were boiling.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all dynasties have banned "gambling", among which the rules of the Northern Song Dynasty have been the strictest, and the imperial court has set three daunting regulations: first, anyone who gambles in Bianliang, Tokyo will be beheaded; Second, anyone who hides a gambler and does not report it is guilty of the same crime; Third, all those who commit gambling crimes outside Bianliang will be sent to the army.

If you just look at the surface, it seems that the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely harsh on gambling, leaving gamblers with no way out, but in fact, the Northern Song Dynasty was the most "gambling" dynasty. From the nobles of the palace to the peddlers and pawns, they all played new tricks with gambling.

Keju, fighting insects, Guan fluttering, gambling chess, throwing pots, gambling coins...... On the surface, gambling is prohibited, but in fact, the unified class takes the lead in gambling, and there are many gambling houses all over the world, and gamblers are everywhere.

In a gambling house in the south of Huazhou City, the steward of the Taishou Mansion was standing in front of a brocade box, tearing open his sleeves, shouting with red faces, two majestic crickets in the brocade box were fighting to bite, about Mo Tea Kung Fu, one of the crickets was torn off its hind legs, unable to fight back, and heard the person in charge of the gambling house next to the brocade box shouting: "The tiger head general wins." ”

The steward looked excited, stretched out his hand and shouted to the onlookers: "Give money and give money, Lao Tzu is possessed by the God of Wealth tonight, and he can't stop it." ”

When Ma Ling walked into the gambling house, he saw the steward first, walked forward with a familiar expression, and talked to him: "Steward Wang is prosperous today, and he has won so much. ”

Steward Wang turned around, saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "Brother Ma is late today, come here, bet twice." ”

When Ma Ling heard this, he shook his head, his face showed a look of reminiscence, and he sighed and said: "Don't hide things, in the past, I still thought this fighting insect was interesting, and I was in the backyard of an inn, and I saw the movement of the Liao people gambling and fighting, and I felt that the gambling on weekdays was boring." ”

"Where is the inn that Brother Ma is talking about? What are those Liao people gambling on? When the king's steward heard the words, he was tickled and hurriedly asked.

Ma Ling listened to it, knowing that this guy had been tricked, and said secretly: Even if you are a dog thief and cunning, you also have weaknesses.

"The Liao people were in the backyard of the inn on the opposite street, gambling on dog fighting, and only drove two fierce dogs that had been hungry for several days into a fence, and whipped them to bite each other, and the scene was much more spectacular than this fighting cricket; Only the Liao people were arrogant, and the younger brother couldn't afford to provoke him, so he was driven out. Ma Ling leaned into the ear of the king's steward and whispered.

"Fighting dogs?" Steward Wang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, this guy was used to relying on He Taishou's power on weekdays, and he was interested, and he climbed Ma Lingdao.

"Brother Ma and lead Wang to see and understand, you just have to rest assured, no matter if he is a Song or Liao, in this Huazhou City, no one dares not to give me Wang face."

When Ma Ling heard this, he pretended to be happy and flattered: "There is a king in charge of the horse, and those Liao people don't dare to make a mistake, so the younger brother will lead the steward over." ”

After that, Ma Ling led the king's steward out of the door, followed by a few of the king's steward's entourage, out of the gambling house gate, walked through a street, turned a corner and saw an inn, walked to the door of the inn, and heard the shouting and shouting in the backyard of the inn from a distance, the king's steward suddenly quickened his pace and went inside.

Entering the backyard, the vision made this lawless steward, suddenly cold down his back, hair upside down, a young man in the backyard was staring at himself with a smile, a group of Liao people next to him were holding a shaky steel knife in their hands, and a nineteen-foot man was holding a big axe, chopping off the head of a black dog in front of him, and bright red dog blood gushed out.

Steward Wang turned his head and left, only to turn his head and was kicked to the ground head-on, Ma Ling walked in with a playful face, and said, "Why did Steward Wang just come and leave?" ”

At this time, how can the king steward not know the disaster, but this guy is a character who is used to seeing the scene, and he fell down in front of the young man, and said in fear: "The hero spares his life, the villain has money in the family, and the Taishou of Benzhou can also speak in front of him, and the hero has what he wants, and the villain must do it, just ask for mercy." ”

The young man in this backyard is Zhu Biao, the big man with the axe is Bian Xiang, and more than ten brothers of the Xuanwu Division dress up as Liao, as well as Wang Jin and several brothers of the Xuanwu Division restrained several of the entourage of the Wang Steward in the front hall of the inn.

Zhu Biao looked at the person kneeling in front of him, a playful smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "Steward Wang, a certain confidant brother was taken into the state government prison by you, and you cared about it, and he was entertained to the point that he was fleshy these days, what do you say should I do with you?" ”

Hearing Zhu Biao's words, Steward Wang suddenly poured cold water in his heart, his face was like a white paper, and his head was like pounding garlic and wailed: "Hero, no matter what the villain does, that Shi Dalang was caught by He Taishou, He Taishou robbed Shi Dalang's fiancée, and wanted to kill the rest, and the villain didn't dare to disobey." ”

Zhu Biao laughed and said, "I don't care about this, I just ask you what to do now, and Steward Wang will answer after thinking about it." ”

When the words fell, Steward Wang was thinking about it in his heart, and he heard the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the flesh and bones, and Bian Xiang on the side chopped the black dog in front of him into two pieces with an axe, and a pair of fierce eyes stared directly at Steward Wang.

"The villain will release the person, and the person will be released." The king stewards couldn't take care of anything else, and they were busy answering.

Zhu Biao listened, stood up, and said faintly: "Okay, over there, please take the Ma Ling brothers and a certain brother who loves to play with axes, and go to the government prison to release people, only a little Wang Steward remembers, the wife and children of the No. 4 courtyard of Lushui Lane in the east of the city are still waiting for you to go home, and the beautiful lady you raised in the attic of the back street of the government is also waiting for you to take care of you." ”

After hearing this, Steward Wang suddenly had his face like white paper and his legs like sifting chaff, and he nodded busily and said, "Don't worry, the villain must be dedicated." ”

Bian Xiang got a look of Zhu Biao, wiped the dog blood on his face with his hands, only there was blood on his hands, and suddenly his face was dripping with blood, under the cold moonlight, Bian Xiang turned his head to look at the Wang steward, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, like a demon crawling out of hell, which scared the steward so that his legs were weak, and he sat down on the ground.

Bian Xiang washed the blood with clean water, took off his blood-stained coat, stepped forward, grabbed the king steward like a chicken cub, and dragged him out

......

At this time, in the Taishou Mansion, He Taishou was leading Xu Guanzhong into a side room, and when he entered the room, he saw a woman curled up at the foot of the bed.

But I saw that this woman's face was like a lotus calyx, her lips were like cherries, her eyebrows were far away and her eyes were green, her eyes were moist in autumn, her jade hands were beautiful, her body was slender, her skin was as fair as snow, and she was a rare beauty.

This is exactly what was taken to the mansion by He Taishou two days ago, Shi Jin's fiancée, Yu Jiaozhi.

He Taishou looked at the beauty in front of him with an obscene face, and secretly said pity in his heart, only thinking about the great future in the future, but he had to be reluctant, so he heard He Taishou say to Xu Guanzhong: "How Zhai Gongzi, this woman may be in the eye?" ”

"It's good, but I always feel that something is missing, since I will join my Zhai family in the future, I can't be less extravagant."

Xu Guanzhong nodded, looked at Yu Jiaozhi, paced in front of him after a while, took out a golden phoenix hairpin from his arms, and turned back to He Taishou and smiled at He Taishou in Yu Jiaozhi's stunned expression.

"So precious?"

He Taishou only felt that this son-in-law of the Zhai family was so exaggerated, and he didn't think much about it, and pandered: "Very good." ”

Xu Guanzhong didn't care, he smiled, and said: "Then I want this woman, and later I will ask Lord Taishou to let the maid wash her well, and find her family, and take it away on a cloudy day." ”

After speaking, Xu Guanzhong and He Taishou removed the door, leaving only the jade Jiaozhi in the house in a daze.

Yu Jiaozhi took off the golden phoenix hairpin from her head, gently kneaded it with her fingertips, and slowly hooked a smile at the corner of her mouth.

This golden phoenix hairpin is the favorite one of Yu Jiaozhi's favorite gifts sent to the Wang family by Shi Jin a month ago.