Chapter 242: Night Market
Chapter 242 Night Market
The little monkey probably hasn't seen this silver thing, but the beast doesn't know the way, how can the monkey man not know the way. That's a windfall!
The monkey man was excited, and suddenly made the little monkey perform harder. He even didn't hesitate to take out some fresh fruits and reward them to the little monkey who got five taels of silver from Mu Chen.
Princess Xuan was amused by the monkey's hard performance, and Mu Chen also smiled slightly. However, what the two didn't find was that when Mu Chen took out five taels of silver ingots, a thin man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks in the crowd had bright eyes, took a deep look at Mu Chen and Princess Xuan, and then sneaked into the crowd.
"Mu Renjiu, where are we going later?" The monkey play was over, and the entire night market was finished, but at this time, it was just night, and Princess Xuan experienced the night of the imperial city for the first time, and under the excitement, she was still full of energy.
Mu Chen thought for a while and said, "The entertainment at night in the Imperial City is nothing more than eating and drinking, what and gambling, you have eaten and drunk now, what else do you want to do?"
Princess Xuan's face turned red, although she lived in the deep palace, she still knew about eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling. This embarrassment was not taken to heart by Princess Xuan at all, and she said excitedly: "Betting, I like gambling the most." I haven't been to the casino yet, so take me there!"
Mu Chen secretly said that Princess Xuan is delicate and expensive, and she has a golden body, so naturally she will not go to a place like a casino. In fact, Mu Chen has never been to the casino. The knowledge about the casino is only limited to books and hearsay, and even in the imperial city, the location of the casino is unknown.
However, this is not difficult for Mu Chen. Directly find the monkey trickster just now, and ask for a question, and the latter saw that it was the big money owner who asked the question, of course, he responded to the request. They are very familiar with the Imperial City, and it didn't take long for Mu Chen to get the news he wanted.
In the Imperial City, except for those small scattered casinos. There are three of the most famous.
One of them is the Fortune Casino, which is said to be a casino established by an underground leader in the imperial city, and there are a mixture of three religions and nine streams. But basically they are some people at the bottom of society.
The second is the Fengyuan Casino, which is generally a few gentlemen, and the officials of the imperial court have fun there, and if you want to enter the Fengyuan Casino, you must be recommended by two regulars. And it is said that there seems to be a certain prince behind this casino.
Third, there is the Jinming Casino, which is more upscale than the Zhaocai Casino, and the people who come and go are rich businessmen and gentry, and the owner of this casino seems to be inextricably linked with the government.
Gambling, as a form of entertainment that easily leads to greedy thoughts, was strictly forbidden by the imperial court. The imperial court had a clear rule: those who gambled were to be fined "three coins", and the prince was punished with 30 flogging. However, there are policies and countermeasures, and the characters who can open a huge casino in the imperial city are all characters who have opened up all joints. It is also normal for some powerful people to open a casino to raise money.
The Fortune Casino is too low-end, and ordinary people can't enter the Fengyuan Casino, so the choice of the two is only Jinming Casino. After asking the monkey man about the location of Jinming Casino, Mu Chen took Princess Xuan straight to the casino.
On the other side, the thin man who had just disappeared into the crowd came to a house next to the night market. In the middle of the house sat a bald man with a bare chest, and next to him stood several big men who were not good people at first glance.
This strong man is two meters tall, fat and strong, and quite strong. On the bare head, not only is it waxed and shiny, but it is also pierced with a hungry tiger with teeth and claws, and one tiger claw is pulled down, just covering his eyebrows, which looks particularly hideous.
"Brother Tiger, I just saw two fat sheep in the night market, it's definitely worth our vote!"
The thin man sat down, and then spoke: "One man and one woman, the man is a student of the special class of the Martial Arts Academy, but it is only one academic year. The clothes and jewelry that the woman wore were all worth a lot of money! I heard their conversation just now, they are not familiar with the Imperial City, I am sure that this woman is not the daughter of any adult in the Imperial City, she should have no background, maybe the daughter of a wealthy merchant from other places. ”
After the thin man finished speaking, Brother Hu touched his head and muttered: "Thin man, you are familiar with the situation of all the adults with heads and faces in the imperial city, since you said that the woman is the daughter of a rich merchant, then she is definitely the daughter of a rich merchant." As for the students of that martial arts academy, most of them are waste with this garbage ability. It's not much stronger. Where did they go?"
"Jinming Casino!"
Brother Tiger sneered, "The brothers on the feet are waiting outside the casino to keep an eye on them, and those two little dolls will notify me when they come out." I just hope they don't lose too badly in the casino. ”
The thin man Yin smiled: "No, a piece of jewelry on that woman's body is enough for us to return to our capital." If it really doesn't work, that woman's appearance is really good, and she is more beautiful than the top brand of Qingxiangfang. This kind of eldest lady, even if we take her turn, she won't dare to publicize it in the future, maybe she will eat the marrow and know the taste, and maybe she will entangle us. ”
"Ha Lu Ha" bursts of laughter came from the room. Dispersed in the night wind.
Mu Chen didn't know that because of his helpless mistakes, he attracted the eyes of some people to watch, but he had already taken Princess Xuan to Jinming Casino.
The casino is very large, and there are all kinds of gambling methods in it, such as dice, canopy, pai gow, mahjong, in addition to horse racing, dog fighting, cockfighting, cricket, etc. The whole hall was full of gold, but it was smoky, and all I heard was a noisy sound.
Princess Xuan pulled Mu Chen to the front of the gambling table, where the bet is on dice, the betting method is very simple, there are guessing the size, odd and even, or specific numbers. The dealer shakes the dice, and the others bet. There are three dice in total, and there are various well-divided areas on the table: odd and double zones, large and small: 1 to 9 are small, 10 to 18 are large, and 18 number zones are from 1 to 18.
The odds of guessing odds, evens, and sizes are one to one, and guessing the number is one to ten. It's obviously unfair, but that's the rule of the casino.
Princess Xuan took a few silver ingots from Mu Chen's hand and pressed them, but she quickly lost them all. Princess Xuan, who did not believe in evil, kept asking Mu Chen for money, and lost more than 500 taels of silver, but she only guessed it once. If it weren't for Mu Chen's huge amount of money now, he would really not have been able to take out these hundreds of taels of silver a few months ago.
Princess Xuan is constantly thousands, also because she does not press the size of single and double every time, only the number, and only the number fourteen. 1 in 18 is a 1 in 16 chance to be exact, and it's too difficult to hit.
Mu Chen knows a little bit about the cattiness of casinos. First of all, the banker who can sit in the bank, the casino will definitely arrange someone who is good at shaking dice skills, so that he can maximize the money in the customer's pocket. Even Mu Chen estimated that the only time that Princess Xuan had was deliberately shaken to fourteen in order to give her confidence to continue playing.
But these words, of course, Mu Chen would not say to Princess Xuan. It wasn't until Princess Xuan lost nearly a thousand taels that she finally spread her hands and said angrily: "Hmph, what a broken gambling game, don't play anymore, it's not interesting at all." ”
Mu Chen smiled slightly, gambling is actually just for fun. It's smoky here, so it's good to leave.
The two were about to leave, but a young woman wearing a cheongsam next to her glanced at Princess Xuan, and quickly glanced at Princess Xuan's clothes and jewelry, and then looked at Princess Xuan's beautiful little face, a trace of jealousy flashed in her eyes, she snorted coldly, and said, "This is playing dice." It mainly depends on luck, luck, that is, character. The little girl who has not dried up knows at a glance that Lu Dao is not a serious person, what kind of character can she have. It's no wonder if you don't lose!"
Mu Chen frowned when he heard what the woman said. Glanced up at her. The young woman wore a tight-fitting cheongsam, outlining her plump figure, but her face was covered with heavy makeup and some red rouge. Whitewash the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes and the blemishes of age.
This woman is compared with Princess Xuan, the latter is a beautiful and refined flower, and the former is a withered and withered yellow residual leaf with petals, although it is quite beautiful, but it is dwarfed by Princess Xuan.
Perhaps because of the woman's jealousy, the woman insulted each other. Mu Chen just felt harsh, but Princess Xuan had already glared at the woman angrily, "What did you just say?
Who is Princess Xuan? Emperor Zheng's favorite youngest daughter, the pearl of the current emperor's palm! She has been pampered since she was a child, and although she has not developed a rude, willful, and domineering temperament, she is definitely not a little sheep who can be bullied by others!
When has she, Princess Xuan, ever been so sneered at?
Almost instantly, Princess Hyun became angry, snorted coldly and glared at the woman, waiting for the latter's answer. Mu Chen on the side also wiped a cold sweat, if Princess Xuan is not a serious person, then there will be no serious person in this world. This woman's scolding, but brought the emperor in, if she knew that she had insulted the emperor just now, I don't know what kind of expression Lu Dao would have?
But apparently, the woman would not know what to do. disdainful of Princess Xuan's madness. "It's true to say that you don't stink, do I have a name? You are in a hurry to jump out, do you have to admit it yourself?"
"You!"
Princess Xuan was speechless, talking about sharp teeth and sharp mouth, how could she, a princess who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, be the opponent of the noble lady who mixed in the casino, her words were stagnant, and she didn't know how to answer.
Mu Chen sighed, walked in front of Princess Xuan, looked at the woman, and sneered: "This lady, whether her character is good or not, it's not what others say." Since you said that character is luck, why don't we gamble, and whose character is good will be clear. ”