Chapter 31: The Gambler

In the Happy Building, it always seems to be filled with all the bliss in the world.

Pai Gow, Cockfighting, Cricket Fighting, Dice, Pitching Pot...... But where there are any kinds on the market, there are happy buildings.

The people who come to this building to have fun are gamblers, and there is no wind and rain outside, only the gamblers who drink pheasant Hulu are at the poker table, either smug or tired. Whether it is poor or rich, from the Houmen Mansion or a poor family, once you get on the gambling table, you are like a monkey that has lost its human skin, and there is only greed and madness in your eyes.

Under the corner lamp, there was a group of people around the table, two people were sitting opposite each other at the table, one was a young man in green clothes, thin and delicate. Across from him was a man in a brown coat, who seemed to be in the mood for gambling, his eyes sparkling though his face was tired.

Wanquan was so happy.

He only learned to gamble a few days ago, and Fang Zaixing told him Lao Tzu Wanfu with a broken mouth. He beat him up and locked him up at home for a few days. On this day, I happened to hear gossip in front of the door, saying what the gambling house in the alley is, and the happy building on Qinghe Street is the first gambling house in Shengjing.

The person who spoke only said that the happy building was in the sky and there was nothing in the earth, and everything was tickled. Taking advantage of the fact that Grandma Ke's birthday is coming in the past few days, his mother and his son are busy with the birthday feast in Ke's mansion, so they have the opportunity to sneak out.

As soon as he came out, he went straight to the Happy Building. As soon as I came in, I saw that there were all kinds of gambling here. There are many people here, and from time to time, there are guys from the gambling hall who bring rice wine to the gamblers to drink.

The more you drink, the more you rise, and the more you rise, the more you gamble.

Wanquan has good luck today, after he arrived at the Happy Building, so far, he has never lost. The kid surnamed Zheng opposite him, the twenty taels of silver he brought, looked like he was going to lose all of it.

That "Zheng Gongzi" also seemed to feel that he was unlucky, gritted his teeth, and took out a few ingots of silver from the table and put them on the table: "Hey, it's not interesting to gamble like this, it's better to bet on something big!" ”

Wan Quan laughed secretly in his heart, this person was afraid that he would be dizzy, but the fat sheep in his hand had no reason not to be slaughtered, so he smiled and said: "Bet on it!" ”

"Then take one tael of silver as the base, double the next game of two taels of silver, and then the next game of four taels of silver, and then ......"

"Okay-" "Zheng Gongzi" finished speaking in one go, and the crowd started to make a commotion.

The atmosphere is like a tide, and there is no reason to refuse. He rolled up his sleeves, raised his head and drank the hot wine sent by the man, and put the dice on the table: "Come on!" ”

The atmosphere was even more lively than the previous one, but the good fortune seemed to end here.

Next, he lost a few handfuls in a row, until he lost all the sons he had just won, and he was so angry that the tip of his nose sweated. Looking at Zheng Gongzi on the other side, he swept away the previous depression, full of spring breeze pride.

"Are you still gambling?" Zheng Gongzi asked him, and there seemed to be a sneer in his eyes.

Wanquan hesitated.

He had lost all his money, but ...... There are still some silver tickets in his arms.

The Ke family's new grandmother, the Qin family's housekeeper, is strict, and the Ke family's uncle is tight, and he has several private properties on his back, and he can collect a lot of silver every year. Uncle Ke was afraid that his wife would find out that he had collected the rent for a few years the previous month, and asked Wanfu to take care of it for him, and the sum of those silver tickets was also less than 2,000.

Before coming to the Happy Building tonight, I heard people say that the Happy Building is not like an ordinary gambling house, and it does not allow shabby people to enter, and it is necessary to have a thousand taels of silver to enter the building. He pried open the cage and carried the silver on his body, and used it as a scene, but he did not expect to enter this place, and no one checked it.

Now, he has lost all the chips he has left, and all he has left is these silver tickets.

Wan Quan was a little hesitant, this was not his silver after all, and Uncle Ke was going to ask his father to take it in a few days.

Zheng Gongzi on the opposite side seemed to be impatient, and only poured the winning silver into his own baggage, "Bang la la" made people upset, Zheng Gongzi smiled: "Brother Wan still bets?" Don't gamble, my little brother is going home to sleep-"

The smile on his face was particularly dazzling, and his mind was hot, and the smell of wine rushed to the vestibule, shouting, "Come, do it again!" ”

Upstairs, Lu Tong stood in front of the railing, looking at Wanquan, who was betting against Yinzheng, and smiled slightly.

The fish took the bait.

Ke Chengxing's confidant's son is not as cautious as his father, and it is much easier to get close to him than to get close to Wanfu.

She just let people casually say a few words of news about Happy House in front of Wanquan, and Wanquan couldn't wait to visit the gambling house at night.

Yinzheng fell into a happy scene when he was young, and he had already played the dice perfectly. It's really easy to get rid of all gambling addiction.

Yun Niang once smiled at her and said: Little Seventeen, let me tell you, if you hate someone, you will poison that person, and poison him so that his internal organs will rot before he can relieve his hatred.

Addicted to gambling......

That's also a kind of poison that is difficult to solve.

Lu Tong's eyes were dark, and he quietly looked at the people downstairs.

But everything under the lamp began to tremble.

His good luck came to an end, but his bad luck was bottomless.

The other party's doubling seemed to be inadvertent, but one was bigger than the other, and the silver ticket was drawn out like a stream. Every time he thought, the next hand, the next hand, must win back. But the next one, the God of Wealth still didn't seem to favor him.

The smell of wine gradually rushed to his head, his face was red, his eyes were also red, I don't know how much he lost, and when he touched his arms again, it was empty.

Gone?

How can it be?

That could be two thousand taels of silver!

Wan Quan's mind was dazed, the wind blew the window outside, and a cold night rain hit his face, which made him dissipate the excitement of the wine, and he was slightly sober.

"Y-How much did I lose?" He spoke in confusion.

The guy counting on his side smiled: "You lost a total of five thousand taels of silver." ”

"Five thousand taels?" Wan Quan looked at him blankly, "Where did I get the five thousand taels?" ”

He only brought two thousand taels of silver, where did he get the five thousand taels?

"You don't have enough money, so you wrote a deed of owe in the name of the Kejia Mansion in the south of the city." The young man still smiled enthusiastically, "You are drunk and drunk, don't you remember?" ”

It's like being struck by lightning.

He wrote the deed of debt?

When did he write the deed!

He was just gambling with Zheng Gongzi, and he lost a lot, but how could five thousand taels of silver be exported in such a short period of time?

Zheng Gongzi ...... By the way, what about Zheng Gongzi?

Wan Quan raised his eyes and saw that the crowd on the other side of the gambling table was boiling, and the sneering faces were facing him, and Zheng Gongzi was nowhere to be seen.

Wrong...... Wrong......

He's fooled!

The young man smiled and asked, "Is Childe still playing?" ”

Wanquan pushed the table forward: "What are you playing?" You gambling house is cheating, and you are deceiving people! ”

As soon as the words fell, the smile on the young man's face disappeared, and his voice became gloomy: "Childe wants to deny it." ”

"Who wants to pay their bills?" Another voice sounded, and from the depths of the gambling house, a tall man walked down, this man was born with a face full of flesh, and a fierce and vicious look, which made people feel afraid at first sight.

Wan Quanse shrank for a moment, and saw that behind this man, there was also a man in gray. The man in gray was thin and weak, half blocked by the person in front of him, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he was vaguely very young.

The young man spoke, his voice was cold, but it made Wanquan's scalp troublesome.

He said: "Master Cao, since the other party wants to repay the debt, he will follow the rules of Happy Building, one hundred taels of silver and one finger." ”

The young man next to him hesitated: "But he owes three thousand taels." ”

The man said lightly: "Then remove the fingers and toes." ”