Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 42
"The so-called 'eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling' means that you will be full after eating, and get drunk after drinking. Half an hour is enough for prostitution. Only gambling can make people fight all night long, with high interest! Therefore, after the curfew in Chang'an, Casinos are the best place to go."

"I heard that the Tang Dynasty banned gambling. Where can there be a gambling house?"

"Gambling prohibited? The sage also decreed that other houses are strictly forbidden to buy wives, but the one I interrogated just now was Yang Shenjin's other housewives."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhao had a smile on his face, and there was some aftertaste in his eyes, and then he answered Xue Bai's question.

"There are many gambling houses in the dark. The one closest to Chunmen is the northeast corner of Daozheng Square. Along the wall of the square, there is a wonderful place to go."

"..."

Xue Bai left Yang Shenjin's other house again, this time through the back door on the north side, heading east to the intersection in Changlefang.

Jiaonu rode up to follow and asked, "Why do you inquire about the sons of the Wang family and the Ji family?"

"I'm very puzzled. What we found was clearly the Wang family's other house, why did Ji Wen think it was Yang Shenjin's other house?"

Jiaonu said thoughtfully: "You mean, chicken tongue plague and Wang Chi..."

"No." Xue Bai said: "It is impossible for Mr. Wang to collude with Donggong. I just guess whether someone in his family has been used."

"So I have to ask Wang Dalang?"

"Smart, it's strange that Ji Wen was attacked just now, why did the dead soldiers in the East Palace kill him?"

Jiaonu was supposed to be the dead man of the East Palace just to rob Jiang Mao, but before he had time to think about it, he subconsciously had the impression that "the East Palace wants to kill Ji Wen".

"Is there a relationship between the two children, or may it be related to this matter?"

"Yes." Xue Bai said, "Tell General Guo the clue first."

Holding the lanterns, the two of them rode their horses to the intersection, and someone came up to Xue Bai in the darkness on the opposite side.

"Who is it?" Xue Bai shouted, "Don't come near!"

Only then did the veterans of Longyou realize that Xue Bai was following Jiaonu, so they stopped and remained silent.

Jiang Mao even hid in the darkness so as not to be recognized by her.

Xue Bai yelled: "Who are you waiting for when searching for thieves tonight? Did you commit crimes? Do you have travel documents?!"

Only then did Tuoba Mao come to his senses, and replied: "Jingzhao Mansion Fa Cao Jiwen's sect has travel documents."

"Give it to me." Xue Bai was very careful, afraid of being attacked, said: "Only one person is allowed to come forward."

Tuoba Mao came out of the darkness with his hands raised, and handed over a document.

Xue Bai was cautious and signaled Jiao Nu to pick him up.

Jiao Nu looked down on him a little, stepped forward to take the document and glanced at him, then held up a lantern to shine on the other party, and saw that he was dressed as a servant.

"It's Ji Wen's man again."

Xue Bai said: "It's just right, since he is Ji Facao's man, go and bring Ji Dalang to You Xiangfu, I have something to ask him."

"The villain doesn't know where he is." Tuoba Mao's tone was stiff.

"In the northeast corner of Daozheng Square, there is a gambling house along the wall." Xue Bai said: "You are servants of Ji's family. It is more convenient than me to find Ji Dalang."

At this time, "The servants of Ji's family are looking for Ji Dalang" has been said twice, Tuoba Mao understood, saluted, and led the people away in a hurry.

"Go, find Dalang."

Xue Bai didn't go with them, he pulled the reins, lagged behind, waited for a while, and then turned north, ready to go to Wang Jian's other house in Daozhengfang.

After leaving the north gate of Changlefang, the eyes suddenly lit up.More patrols held fires and came one after another. The sound of dense footsteps was endless. The light of the fire dispelled the darkness on the long street, preventing the murderers from hiding in the dark and illuminating all directions like day.

It seems that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has been alarmed.

Murder cases occurred one after another in Xuanyang and Pingkang, and some people dared to attack officers and soldiers at Dongshi Jiekou. Presumably Li Linfu personally ordered all the Nanya guards to come out and guard Chang'an.

This is the fire that can illuminate the entire northeast corner of Chang'an, and it is also the thunderous anger of the right minister.

If the anger came, Xue Bai would not be able to take it to pieces.

Unlike Ji Wen, who was born in a noble family, held an important official position, or was a confidant of the right prime minister.

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The fire in Daozhengfang and Wang Zhuo's other house has been extinguished.

"Oops, the right minister is furious... Let me investigate carefully!"

Seeing Guo Qianli again, the Marquis of the Jinwu Guard was busy putting on his armor again, ready to listen to the orders of the generals who rushed over, and he was no longer in the mood to talk to Xue Bai.

"Why don't you go see the prime minister?"

"Walking to the street corner, I saw Ji Wen leading people to retreat, so I had to retreat."

"Mother, this idiot." Guo Qianli hastily recruited two soldiers, "You protect Mr. Xue Lang as he travels."

"Here."

Xue Bai said: "I have new clues to confirm."

"You are busy with your work."

Guo Qianli put on his armor and strode away immediately.

"Jinwu Guard, Dongshi Jiekou, get the thief!"

"Take the thief! Take the thief!"

Xue Bai's scalp tingled when he heard the loud shouts, he knew he was taking risks, but he just took the rein calmly and headed towards the dark gambling house in the northeast corner of Daozhengfang.

Others are gambling money, he is gambling his life.

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In a luxurious mansion in the northeast corner of Daozhengfang, there is a beautiful woman who is tasting tea with others in the attic, looking at the courtyard not far away and introducing it.

"There are many children of the nobles here, because their fun is different from that of the rich and famous."

"The dignitaries often live in the deep mansions, enjoy singing and dancing, enjoy the service of famous concubines, seek the way of health preservation, and pay attention to comfort; celebrities hang out in literary meetings, talk about poetry, taste piano and calligraphy, sing with famous prostitutes, and pay attention to romanticism. "

"The dandies don't like to stay at home and be controlled, and they are impatient to recite poems and fight against each other. Hey, hey, if they want to play, they play the most carefree and wanton ones. For example, the imperial court prohibits gambling, and they want to gamble. They spend a lot of money and stay up all night. "

"My concubine's gambling house actually has two houses. They are called 'Qingliangzhai' in spring and summer, and 'Nuanrong Pavilion' in autumn and winter. This lobby is Nuanrong Pavilion."

"Do you know Zanthoxylum bungeanum? Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a pure yang thing. It can relieve cold and dampness, and it is the most warming tonic. Crush the Zanthoxylum bungeanum and smear it on the wall. It is warm and fragrant. Zanthoxylum bungeanum also has many children. Such a luxurious thing, In ancient times, only concubines could be used, so "Jiaofang" refers to the meaning of being favored in the harem, and the walls of Nuanrong Pavilion are painted with pepper."

"It's hard to describe the joy of this place, only to know it in person."

"..."

The lobby is warm and welcoming, with candlesticks hanging high like a starry sky, illuminating the hall like daytime, and the pink pepper wall is warm in the candlelight.

The colorful curtains used for decoration are light gauze from Bozhou, and one piece is enough for an ordinary family to spend half a year. The floor is covered with thick carpets, but visitors are not required to take off their boots, and they are allowed to step on them at will.

A group of people dressed in fine clothes were yelling around various gambling tables, and the yelling was one after another, making a lot of noise.

There are both men and women, but the gamblers are still more men, mixed with a small number of bold ladies, most of them are younger, all of them have swollen eye bags, and they look a little tired.

The beautiful and young orchids, maidservants of Silla, and maidservants were either holding refreshments or supporting benefactors, adding a lot of beauty to the great cause of gambling.

There are two rows of wing rooms behind the lobby, but there are still many people who are too tired to fall asleep in the corner.

Behind a large screen, there were gasps and groans. It was the most famous villain in Chang'an, Wang Zhun, who was straddling a stunning orchid who had just won.The gamblers on the other side of the screen were not surprised, they still stared at the gaming table.

"Hey, the chicken prodigy lost in the selection game?"

"It's okay to lose to Li Shilang for three thousand prizes, it's okay, just be happy."

"It's rare that Li Shilang is willing to come, he's very lucky."

"Acceptance, acceptance..."

Amidst the jubilation, a middle-aged man who lost his soul was pushed away from the gambling table. It was Xue Ling.

Xue Ling got a windfall from nowhere, he won a little last night, but tonight he lost all his capital and interest.

He knew that Jia Chang was unparalleled in cockfighting and a good gambler, so he followed Jia Chang in the selection and wanted to get zero dividends.Unexpectedly, Jia Chang could lose to a handsome young man.

It's a pity that they took his little money, but they didn't even bother to look at him.

Xue Ling's eyes were red from gambling. Although he was very sleepy, he stared and refused to give up. He turned around and looked for someone to borrow money.

"Brother Cui, can you lend me some more money?"

"Repay it? You have already sold five concubines..."

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"Wow!"

In the private room in the corridor behind the lobby, Du Wulang was bruised and tied up and thrown on the ground.

He looked up and saw that Jixiang staggered in, supported by two Silla maidservants.

"Is there any more?" Jixiang cursed endlessly, "I'm so unlucky, I lost everything."

The guard Liu San opened the box and replied, "Da Lang, it's gone."

"Damn."

When Jixiang went out, he knew that he had to settle the accounts for Wang Zhun, so he specially asked someone to transport five carts of colored silk and a box of horseshoe gold, but at this time even the horseshoe gold had run out.

His father ransacked the house so hard, but he spent all the family's wealth in one night, so he was very irritable.

"Damn, you shouldn't have brought such a dead star, and defeated my luck."

After Jixiang finished speaking, he kicked Du Wulang fiercely to vent his anger.

Du Wulang was gagged and looked at Jixiang angrily.

It was the first time he hated someone so much, and kept cursing in his heart, "Go to hell, go to death."

Liu San persuaded him: "Da Lang, don't kick him to death, he is a descendant of the Jingzhao Du family after all."

"Heh, the dog who kept his family will be beaten to death by the Prime Minister tomorrow, are you afraid of him?"

"It's better to take the survivors back to prison for interrogation, so that Alang can expand the case." Liu Sandao: "Dalang, you haven't slept for two nights, can you rest for a while?"

"Rest?" Jixiang pointed, let the maidservant of Silla sit down, rested her head on her lap, and sighed: "Is it easy for me to accompany these wicked young men?"

It was really not easy for him, after a short rest, he decided to gamble again, lay on his back and stretched out his hand to touch the maidservant of Xinluo who was under the pillow, and said: "I have to sell you to come back."

~~
At the same time, someone knocked on the door of Nuan Rong Pavilion.

They were seven big men, dressed as servants and armed with short knives. One of them was supported by his companion, whether he was drunk or injured.

A document that was walking at night was lifted up.

"We are servants of Jifa Cao's family in Jingzhao Prefecture. Is my Dalang here?"

"Here, please..."

Tuoba Mao put away the documents, thinking that it would be much easier to do things according to that boy's arrangement, and felt that he was more capable than Mr. Pei.

Go around the path and reach the steps outside the hall.

"You wait here, I'll ask Ji Dalang to come out."

"it is good."

Lao Liang knew that Jiang Hai was easy to kill, so he stretched out his hand to support Jiang Mao for him.

Jiang Hai then grinned, and put his hand on the handle of the knife.

After a while, a drunk young man in fine clothes came out with two servants and asked, "Which one is looking for me?"

"Da Lang." Tuoba Mao said: "A Lang asked us to take you back."

"Haha, but you finished copying the Yang family's other house?"

"I don't know, I heard that Da Lang brought Liu San and six guards with him tonight?"

"Seems to be."

Tuoba Mao counted, there were still five short, and said: "Take them out, let's go."

Ji Xiang was about to leave, but Liu San grabbed him and said, "Da Lang, these people are unfamiliar, they are not from our family..."

"puff!"

Before Liu San finished speaking, a figure flashed in front of his eyes, and someone had already rushed in front of him and chopped him down with a single knife.

He also reacted quickly, quickly dodged, and the short knife cut deeply into his shoulder blade.

"what!"

Liu San roared in pain.

At this moment, the murderers rushed forward one after another, and knocked down another guard of Ji's family with one knife.

Another cut, poor Ji Dalang was still screaming, half of his neck had been chopped off, and blood spurted out angrily.

These murderers are not like him who likes to torture slaves slowly, they only pay attention to clean and neat killing.

"Dalang!"

Liu San shouted, flew into the lobby of Nuan Rong Pavilion.

When it was too late, the murderer took great strides to keep up with him, and he was killed with a stab of the knife.

"Liu Tou!"

Hearing the call, Jiang Hai raised his murderous eyes, and saw five guards in green clothes originally planning to come here in the gorgeous and luxurious lobby.

"It's them!"

"Kill it." Tuoba Mao said coldly.

suddenly.

There was a "swish" sound behind them, and arrows flew towards them.

I don't know if it's the guards from this dark gambling house or some nobles' guards who have arrived, but they are still carrying bows.

"Murder first!"

The Longyou veteran didn't hesitate, even the injured Jiang Mao rushed to the hall, determined to kill someone before retreating.

All of a sudden, all the nobles in the hall were startled, screaming and running around.
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