Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 294 - Sweet Hong Kong Situation - Persuasion

The door was open, looking in through the door, I saw a lot of sedan chairs parked in the yard, and the faint sound of touching cards and shaking treasures came from the hall, obviously they were gathering for gambling.Many hawkers selling cooked food extend from the door to the door, and it seems that there are two courtyards.The characters who come in and out are mixed with dragons and snakes.

"Open gambling here?" Chen Tianxiong was a little surprised.

"That's right, Mrs. Ai's friend is the squad leader of the county torture room. There are many benefits."

Xiao Zhanfeng said: This gambling house pays around [-] taps to several lords in the county every year, so no one has ever asked about it.

Looking in through the door, there were several gambling tables inside, so Chen Tianxiong asked, "Anyone can go in?"

"Okay, okay, you can come in and out as you please at the first time, gamble casually, and the gamble is not too big. Regular customers will come later, but someone needs to be introduced."

So I went in and took a look. There were Pai Gow and Fan Tan.Chen Tianxiong entered the country to ask the vulgar, aiming to observe the situation, and did not make a move. Needless to say, Zhou Shidi, gambling is a taboo for bodyguards.So it went in circles.Xiao Zhanfeng whispered: "He is usually within the second sect."

"How to get in?"

"I want to be recommended by regular customers."

"Did you recommend us in?"

"What kind of regular customer am I?" Xiao Zhanfeng said, "Follow me, let's go out first."

Going out, he entered through a small path on the side. Xiao Zhanfeng knocked on the door a few times, and a middle-aged woman with big hands and feet came out. She seemed to be quite familiar with Xiao Zhanfeng, and said a few words with a smile. Xiao Zhanfeng said : "This is my relative Aunt Liu."

Aunt Liu didn't know which way she was a distant relative.On weekdays, Xiao Zhanfeng couldn't get along, and when he couldn't keep up with three meals, he would sneak here to have a casual meal.Fortunately, there are people staying here day and night, there is always a fire on the stove, and there is an endless supply of meals and snacks.So as long as someone is willing to take care of it, it is always no problem to get a good meal.

Xiao Zhanfeng and his aunt chatted a few words in local language, then turned around and said, "You guys come in first, the guy surnamed Lin hung out with little Jinxiu until midnight last night, and he hasn't gotten up yet." He spat contemptuously, "I'll go first Eat something to fill up."

It turned out that he didn't have breakfast himself, so he was going to come here to grab a meal.

"how much longer?"

"It's almost time. I just brought in the washing water. We'll wait for him in the living room later." Xiao Zhanfeng said, and took them to a secluded place in the servant's room. After a while, Aunt Liu brought a steamer inside. A basket full of all kinds of snacks, both sweet and salty, is about steaming the leftover snacks from the guests.

"Both of you want some?" Xiao Zhanfeng said as he grabbed a crispy bun and stuffed it into his mouth.Swallowing it fast, a little bit of swallowing, Aunt Liu hurriedly brought him another bowl of tea.He gulped it down, picked up a shrimp dumpling and swallowed it.

"No, we ate it early in the morning." Chen Tianxiong thought that this scholar did not shy away from eating the leftovers from the prostitute's house.

Xiao Zhanfeng guessed what they were thinking, and said vaguely while eating: "You must be laughing at me, a scholar, who will be reduced to the level of a beggar and a prostitute."

Chen Tianxiong was just about to say something, desperately looking for examples in his stomach of when a hero fell down, and just thought of an allusion about Han Xin being humiliated by his crotch, but Xiao Zhanfeng smiled wryly: "People are poor and short-sighted, horses are thin and long-haired, and a If you are poor, you can just have something to eat, and there is nothing decent about it." After saying that, he shook his head.

There is a lot of complaints in the speech.It is even better to be dissatisfied with one's personal circumstances, and thus to be dissatisfied with society.

Waiting for him to finish his "breakfast" here, Aunt Liu led them quietly through the woodshed.To a moon cave door.

"You two, if you enter here, you are within the second gate." Xiao Zhanfeng said in a low voice, "After you enter, you just look at it and don't talk about it. As usual, it's not fun to inquire about other people's affairs. When Lin Zhuang comes out, we will go up and talk to him directly. He talks."

Naturally, there is no objection to this. The two of them were led by Xiao Zhanfeng, and passed through the Moon Cave Gate in a grand manner, and came to a hall.

It is more lively here than outside, and the gambling games are similar to those outside, but there is no cash on the table, they are all delicate ivory picks. Chen Tianxiong has very good eyesight, and he can see that there are various characters engraved on them, nothing more than heaven and earth. , people and the like.about password

Chen Tianxiong said in a low voice: "There are so many people here, so if you show up here, it will be difficult if Haiyitang finds out."

"Don't worry," Xiao Zhanfeng was very sure, "This is the county seat, not Hai'an Street, and it's not their turn to dictate. These sugar dogs never come here."

"That's good." Chen Tianxiong was still looking around, Xiao Zhanfeng whispered: "Don't look around, this is the most taboo here, follow me."

Knowing that Lin Zhuang likes to gamble on "Fan Tan" the most, Xiao Zhanfeng took Chen Tianxiong to stand quietly behind a table in Fan Tan, watching through the crowds of people, waiting for Lin Zhuang to come out to gamble.

Because the person hadn't come out yet, Chen Tianxiong focused his attention on the gambling table.He has rich social experience and has been in various casinos, but he has never seen this kind of gambling.

The table is specially used for shaking stalls. The hardwood table top is one size larger than the usual square table. The four corners are inlaid with marble for boundary lines, and each side is inlaid with marble for teacup-sized dots.One for the dealer, three for the opposite door, two for the right, four for the left, green dragon on the left and white tiger on the right.

The dealer uses a shaker sieve, shakes it three times, and opens the shaker to see the points. Each point has a different statement.The gamblers onlookers bet on each door on the table according to their own choices and betting methods.Chen Tianxiong watched it very carefully, and found that there are many betting methods in this shaker booth, and the betting method is huge, and the value of the ivory chip is gradually realized. Fifty for one, twelve for herringbone, and about one for plain noodles.There are nearly 100 taels of gambling on this table.This is a small city of Xuwen County!The wealth brought here by the sugar industry is indeed beyond imagination.

Zuozhuang's luck was quite strong, and those who were under the wind came and went, like the waves of the Yangtze River pushing forward, pushing Chen Tianxiong from behind to the front, changing from standing to sitting.In order not to attract attention, Chen Tianxiong also bought small chips of ten taels of silver, bet at will, and planned to retreat to the back and wait after losing all.

Unexpectedly, he won a lot of money by betting randomly.In the blink of an eye, the chips piled up in front of him, and Shang Banzhuang made a rough estimate and won more than 100 taels of silver.

There are so-called "way numbers" in shake stalls, that is, the routines that everyone bet on.There are many famous halls of Tanlu, such as big road, small road, meat road, and plain road. This set of things sounds logical and elegant, but in fact, everyone believes in what they say.Never seen someone like Chen Tianxiong betting randomly and winning money without any number of ways in the casino.This made the whole audience look sideways.Since Chen Tianxiong is a stranger, and seeing that he has a relaxed demeanor and is extremely casual when placing bets, the more he feels that this person is mysterious, the more curious he becomes.

Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, his luck remained undiminished in the second half of the game. Although he also offered food companions, his odds of winning were greater than his odds of losing. At the end of this round, Chen Tianxiong had netted more than 200 taels.Surprised, envious, angry, annoyed all the people at the same table focused on him with all kinds of expressions.

Chen Tianxiong himself can't help but

Bao Guan wins over gamblers, and he joins in to show his admiration, and tells Kai Match standing on the "Qinglong Corner" to waive his "head money".Chen Tianxiong remained calm, he just stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Lucky!"

There was a lot of money, but it was still thrown on the "Qinglongjiao". This move was quite beautiful, and it gave the casino enough face.

But there is no need to gamble any more. He, Chen Tianxiong, came to Lin Zhuang, not to gamble, nor was he planning to mess around in Xuwen.Seeing that almost an hour had passed, Lin Zhuang still didn't show up, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Xiao Zhanfeng was very excited, and whispered: "Master Chen, I didn't expect your hands to be really beautiful!"

"What about the people from Linzhuang, why don't you come?"

"It's already here, but it's just when you're lucky, don't dare to disturb..."

Chen Tianxiong couldn't laugh or cry.Xiao Zhanfeng gestured with his eyes: that is Lin Zhuang.

I saw a man in his thirties sitting beside the table in Fantan, with thick hands and big feet, and there were many scars left by burns on his hands.He looks like a typical working man, but his complexion is gray, he is very angry, and his eyes are weak.Chen Tianxiong is well-informed and knows that this is what he looks like after drinking too much.

Seeing that although he was sitting at the table, he didn't have a few chips in hand.This time, Baoguan made a "four" and he lost all three games, and saw that the chips were taken away by the matchmaker.Can't help but sigh.When it was time to shake the treasure again, he didn't play any of them, holding a few chips hesitantly.

"Old Lin! Why don't you place a bet?" asked the banker, "It's about to roll!"

"Save some money and go down! You will be unlucky." Someone persuaded.

"I used a few less on Xiao Jinxiu yesterday, but today I can do it!"

Lin Zhuang looked at it blankly for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. If he lost the last few taels of silver, he would be penniless.Auntie Ai's place, although it's not a yamen, is also "don't come in if you don't have money".Even though he was reluctant to part with him—especially Xiao Jinxiu's coquettish appearance, more than half of the money he received from Third Master Zhu was spent on her—he would be kicked out immediately.

I want to make another note, but the hundreds of people in front of Monk Zou's temple will have no food today, and if there is no silver, there will be no rice.If you want to ask the third master Zhu for money, you have to wait until you burn incense and make an oath, and let him hear it.Lin Zhuang knew that those workers had long been dissatisfied with him, and if there was no rice to send this time, the matter of burning incense would be for nothing.

After thinking for a long time, he stood up and abdicated.I shrank aside alone and asked for a pot of tea.He didn't have much money on hand, so he naturally refused to develop small accounts.The people in the hall turned their faces very quickly, and it took a long time to bring a pot of tea, but it was still cold.

"What a ruthless bitch." Lin Zhuang murmured in a low voice, thinking about how to tell the workers when they went back, so that they would make more noise when they burned incense tomorrow, so that they could ask the third master Zhu for another sum of money.

While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and someone called: "Master Lin!"

Lin Zhuang didn't know that someone was staring at him, heard the voice, turned to look, saw Zhou Shidi staring at him with a smile, and asked, "You called me?"

"Yes! Aren't you Master Lin Zhuang Lin?"

"Yes, it's me." His eyes flicked around Zhou Shizhai, as if he was trying to search for such a person in his memory.

Seeing that this person is neither expensive nor cheap, his appearance is imposing, and his gestures are quite graceful.Knowing that he is not someone to be easily provoked, he asked very politely: "Brother, what do you want me to do?"

"I want to make friends with you." Zhou Shidi smiled all over his face.

"Who is your boss? Could it be a mistake..."

"I never admit my mistake," Zhou Shidi lowered his voice, "My boss's house is in the warm pavilion, please move a few steps, he has something to tell you."

Lin Zhuang suddenly became alert.He has been with the three religions and nine streams for a long time, and he is quite aware of some of the strange things.Recently, I followed Master Zhu to deal with the South China Sugar Factory, which was quite wealthy.Immortals fight, and ordinary people take medicine.If South China finds someone to deal with him, it will be too late for him to call for help, and no one will listen!This is not Hai'an Street, Haiyitang can't eat it.What's more, Mrs. Ai's here is a place where black eyes only recognize silver.If the other party's money is used, I will become a "walker" on the street in the middle of the night today!

He was also quick to respond, and hurriedly declined: "I appreciate Guidong's love, but I have to do some chores right now. I'll come to visit as soon as I'm done..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Shidi's hand had already grasped his wrist.

"Master Lin, please invite me now, I am very busy!" Zhou Shidi smiled, but his eyes were cold.

Lin Zhuang was taken aback, and just about to struggle, there was a sharp pain in his wrist, and half of his body was already numb.

"please!"

Lin Zhuang was forced into the Nuan Pavilion in this way.Chen Tianxiong was worried that Xiao Zhanfeng was a local, so he asked him to wait next door if he couldn't show up.Sitting with his back to the light, Lin Zhuang couldn't see his face, but he could see the other person's face clearly.

"This is our Master Chen." Zhou Shidi "arrested" him in and introduced him.

After all, Lin Zhuang was considered half a man of the rivers and lakes. He knew that the current situation was not good, and he was not surprised by the polite people, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up." Chen Tianxiong said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master Xie Chen." Lin Zhuang stood up and carefully stood aside, seeing the man who escorted him in guarding the door, he secretly groaned in his heart, thinking that he might have to suffer a lot today.

Chen Tianxiong said straight to the point: "I am entrusted by my boss in South China to say a few words to you! The matter of Haiyitang and the South China factory, the bridge returns to the bridge, and the road returns to the road. It has nothing to do with you workers in Tangliao. , I advise you to do less unnecessary things, so as not to hurt your peace!"

"Don't dare, dare not." When Lin Zhuang heard that he was indeed from South China, his legs and feet went limp, and he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed again and again.Everyone in Xu Wen knew about his meddling with Mr. Zhu, and his opponents might not dare to touch Mr. Zhu, but it was a matter of raising his hand to crush him, a little fireworker.I don't know if they want to use themselves as the "chicken" to warn monkeys.

(End of this chapter)