Chapter 11 The Gambling House
Lin Rusheng sighed and returned to his seat, and the others on the side asked the reason, and after he opened his mouth to explain, the faces of the other three people all changed, making Yue Xiaofei feel very puzzled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Lin Rusheng!haha, I didn't expect to see you here!" The voice of the young man sounded on the stairs upstairs, and the hurried footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the young man appeared at the top of the stairs, looked around and soon found the compartment where Lin Rusheng and the others were.
"I've seen Li Gongzi!" Several people in the compartment all stood up and bent down to salute, only Yue Xiaofei was at a loss, but he still put down his chopsticks and stood up together.
"Oh, you're all here, sit down, sit down, eat yours. The young man didn't see anything outside, he sat down directly on Liu Xian's seat, picked up chopsticks at random and ate something, quickly stuffed his mouth, poured wine and drank it to himself, leaving Liu Xian standing awkwardly on the side, and the rest of the people were also helpless to stand there.
"Hmm.... Sit down, what are you doing looking at me, do I have something dirty on my face?" the young man buried his head in eating for a while before he found that everyone was standing and looking at him, and he touched his face in confusion, and his mouth was stuffed with something and asked vaguely.
"Ahh No..."Several people hurriedly waved their hands in denial.
"Then you sit down and eat, I'm not used to people staring at me eating. The young man, who finally swallowed the contents of his mouth, had a greasy mouth full of grease and said with some dissatisfaction, as if he was the master of this banquet
After he said this, several other people in the compartment sat down one after another, Liu Xian could only helplessly beckon Xiao Er to add another chair, and after sitting down, he found that his tableware was also occupied, so he could only order with a black face to add another pair of dishes and chopsticks, Yue Xiaofei, who had some conflicts with him, saw that he was deflated and didn't even dare to speak, and his heart blossomed happily, and he had a good impression of this young man.
"Xiaolin, what kind of road, there is still this person in the Li Mansion. Yue Xiaofei asked in Lin Rusheng's ear.
"The second son of the Li Mansion, Miss Li's second brother, named Li Mu, is young and the second male in the family, the lord of the mansion loves him very much, everything else is fine, it's this temperament...."Lin Rusheng replied quietly, but before he finished speaking, the young man named Li Mu spoke again.
"Huh, you're full! I'm starving, Lin Rusheng, aren't you missing with my sister, my father is still going to arrest you, why are you drinking here now?" ”
"Cheng Li Gongzi is worried, it's all a misunderstanding, I have already explained it to the lord of the mansion, and the young lady is now back safely, and the order to withdraw the wanted document has also been issued by the lord of the mansion. ”
"My sister is back? That's good, I'm worried about dying these days. Li Mu burped.
"It's been a few days since I've been back, don't you know, Gongzi Li?" Lin Rusheng was a little puzzled.
"Uh... These **** didn't go back... Naturally, I only know now. Don't talk about that, it's good to come back safely. ”
The more Yue Xiaofei listened, the more speechless he became, eldest brother, that's your sister, can you behave more casually? Looking at Lin Rusheng on the side again, his face was full of embarrassment, and he thought the same as Yue Xiaofei in his heart.
"Hiccup, I'm full, it's almost time to go. By the way, Lin Rusheng asked you something, I don't know, it's inconvenient. Li Mu's eyes were a little wandering, and he seemed to speak casually.
"Li Gongzi... But it doesn't hurt to say that. Lin Rusheng's expression seemed to say that the time to come finally came.
"Okay, can you borrow some money?"
"Poof..."Yue Xiaofei almost squirted out the soup he drank in one bite after listening to what Li Mu said, but fortunately he reacted in time to hold back.
Borrowing money? Is there a mistake? Your family is the biggest local tyrant in Dayuan Mansion, and now you are borrowing money from these people? Are you causing a famine? Yue Xiaofei said viciously in his heart.
"Uh.... I don't know how much Li Gongzi needs?"
"How much do you have on you? ”
"I only brought about a hundred taels when I went out..."Lin Rusheng had no choice but to take out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his sleeve, and before he could finish speaking, he was snatched by Li Mu.
"It's a little little, it's not enough at all. Li Mu frowned and whispered, then looked at the other people in the room, "What about you, can you lend me some money?"
"There is a way, there is..." Liu Xian took out a stack of silver tickets, leaving one and handing all the rest to Li Mu.
"Give it all to me. Before Liu Xian could put the money back in, Li Mu snatched the silver ticket as well.
"But Gongzi Li, we have to pay the bill later, you took us and we don't have any money..."Liu Xian could only smile bitterly.
"Pay the bills? This is easy to do! Xiao Er, call your shopkeeper!" Xiao Er outside the door replied and went to call the shopkeeper.
"I don't know what Li Gongzi commanded? After a while, a short fat man appeared in the cubicle, rubbing his hands and looking at Li Mu flatteringly.
"Shopkeeper, I didn't forget to bring money today, can I come over in two days to settle the bill?"
The shopkeeper looked at the stack of silver tickets in Li Mu's hand and listened to him ask if he could give the money in two days, so he could only answer helplessly, "What else do you say in two days, Li Gongzi is really outside, this meal should be a small one, please everyone." ”
"That's not necessary, the money will be sent in two days, you heard, you can take credit, if you have money, you can borrow it from me for urgent use." Li Mu was so free that he rejected the shopkeeper's offer to entertain him, and then said to the remaining two people.
When the other two people heard this, they could only smile bitterly and take out the money, Liu Xian alone took out seven hundred taels of silver tickets, and the remaining two people added up to only three hundred taels, so that Li Mu had more than a thousand taels in his hands at once.
"Eh, look at Mian Sheng, did you bring any money, borrow some from me?" Li Mu asked Yue Xiaofei with a stack of silver tickets.
"I'm just rubbing rice, I didn't bring any money, I'm sorry, Li Gongzi. Yue Xiaofei looked very sorry.
"It's okay, I'm almost on my side, the shopkeeper, you discuss with them when to give you the money, and I'll leave first." After speaking, he didn't care what the shopkeeper wanted to say, and went downstairs as soon as he slipped away.
"Several, look at this...."The shopkeeper was also confused by Li Mu, and could only laugh at the remaining few people.
"Forget it, how much is the shopkeeper's total money. Lin Rusheng was helpless.
"Uh.... It's fifty-six taels in total. ”
"Okay, give you the money. Lin Rusheng took out the last fifty-denomination silver ticket from his arms, and then groped for some broken silver and put it on the table together. -
"Brother Lin, you still have money, didn't you say that you brought so much?" Liu Xian asked very blindly, his tone was still very yin and yang, it seemed that he was a little uncomfortable because all his money was borrowed.
"No way, don't you really want to take credit if you don't leave something, I can't pull that face. This time, Lin Rusheng didn't give him a good look, just glanced at him lightly, and Liu Xian didn't say anything more.
"What is Gongzi Li doing with the money?" Yue Xiaofei was puzzled and asked Lin Rusheng in a low voice.
"What else can you do, go to the other side and turn the tables. Lin Rusheng drank the last bit of wine in the cup and waved his hand helplessly.
"Go and gamble, how do I think it's strange for you to borrow money one by one, what are you afraid of when his family is so rich. ”
"Xiao Fei doesn't know about this, this is the first time I don't know how many times I have lent him money, every time he says he will pay it back, but I haven't gotten a penny until now!"
"Then why don't you go and watch the dots, what if he loses all the money again? How can I say that he is also Miss Li's brother, let's go and pull some of them." Yue Xiaofei proposed, at this time, he was in no mood to stay here because of Liu Xian.
"Okay, listen to you," Lin Rusheng was also disinterested, hesitated for a moment but agreed to Yue Xiaofei's proposal, he got up and said goodbye to the other three, and greeted each other again Lin Rusheng and Yue Xiaofei left the restaurant, leaving the three of them to continue drinking.
Just as he was going downstairs, Yue Xiaofei inadvertently looked back and found that Liu Xian had been staring at him with unkind eyes.
The two walked to the opposite side, and the signboard in front of the door had a very rustic name, called Facai Casino. After Yue Xiaofei asked Lin Rusheng, he knew that gambling was not illegal in this world, and there were even many large casinos, and each casino would pay a large tax to the imperial court every year, so the officials turned a blind eye to many behaviors of the casino. In a small county town, the most powerful people are the behind-the-scenes bosses of each casino.
As he spoke, the two walked into the gambling house, and Yue Xiaofei found that this place was not as smoky as he imagined. It was quiet at this time, and everyone gathered around a gaming table on the second floor, and even if anyone said it, it was only whispering.
"How much do you say Li Gongzi has lost?"
"Yo, it seems that I haven't lost five thousand taels in the past two days!"
"Shhh, be quiet, this is going to be heard by Li Gongzi, but you have to bear it. ”
On the way upstairs, Yue Xiaofei and the two of them heard the two guys dressed up downstairs whispering, and the two looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.
"Is Mrs. Li so used to him?"
"I don't think Mrs. Li knows that Li Gongzi is gambling here, otherwise Li Gongzi would have been cleaned up by the mansion lord a long time ago, how dare he borrow money from us again. ”
There were a lot of people on the second floor of the gambling house at this time, Yue Xiaofei crossed the crowd and saw Li Mu sitting on the side of a long table, holding a black dice cup in his hand, looking at the other side with a nervous face at the moment.
Opposite sat a strong man in a dark robe, his sturdy body was lying on a huge chair at this time, with Erlang's legs crossed, holding a cigarette stick with a jade mouth and copper cavity in one hand and slowly inhaling.
"Li Gongzi, you lost another three hundred taels to me this time, the Li Mansion is really a solid family, how much have you lost in the past two days, and you still have the money to come here to gamble with me. The strong man's deep voice was full of laughter.
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't believe that I can't win you. Li Mu looked very irritable.
"Okay, how much do you put this one? a hundred taels?"
"Hmph, master, I'm under six hundred taels, will you follow?" Li Mu glared at the other side.
"Li Gongzi is so courageous, naturally he can't discourage your interest. "It's very relaxed on the other side.
The two of them stopped talking, and the dice cup in front of the table shook violently over their heads under the gaze of everyone, and finally landed on the table with a thud.
"Li Gongzi, bet. ”
"I don't need you to remind you!" Li Mu counted out six pieces from the money in his hand and threw them on the table, and the attendant of the strong man opposite also took out the corresponding bets under his signal.
"Okay, Li Gongzi, let's go. ”
Li Mu gritted his teeth when he heard the sound, lifted the corner of the lid with his hand, lay on the table and squinted his eyes in, and after seeing it clearly, his face was overjoyed, and he opened it violently under everyone's gaze.
"Haha, six, six, four! I don't believe that I can't win against you!"
There was an exclamation from the crowd, this casino is absolutely forbidden to go out of the old man, because the boss here is extremely powerful, and those who dare to go out of the old man have been chopped off and thrown outside the city to feed the wolves, so here, 664 is already a rare point.
"Looks like it won. Lin Rusheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but Yue Xiaofei didn't speak, but frowned, because the other party had always looked very relaxed from beginning to end, and there was no fluctuation in his expression at all, on the other hand, all Li Mu's emotions were written on his face.
"Li Gongzi is so lucky. ”
"Less nonsense! Hurry up!" Li Mu was very confident, and urged the strong man opposite.
The strong man smiled, and did not open it like Li Mu, but handled it gently, but the scene after opening it made Li Mu's face instantly pale.
The opposite side took a puff of cigarette and exhaled a faint breath, and said with a smile.
"Six, six, five, I'm sorry Li Gongzi, my luck seems to be a little better than yours. ”