late Qing Dynasty arrest

Just as Li Guolou expected, at the table at 21 o'clock, Li Guolou killed all directions, and defeated the four British gentlemen in a short time. The four gentlemen nodded in demeanor, and then left unwilling to continue gambling. This is a membership system , not a real casino, no other gamblers, the dealer refused to bet against Li Guolou.

Wu Kefan took away half of Li Guolou's winning chips, saying that he deserved it.Li Guolou took a quick look and found that he had won 80 taels of silver. He didn't care about Wu Kefan and wanted to turn around and go back to watch the show.I am also a little bored and poke my head to see the people playing cards and gambling in other rooms. The British like to play bridge. They like this kind of high IQ gambling, but this kind of game is a noble and high IQ game. It is mainly for entertainment. , Losing will not ruin the family.

Li Guolou saw that the three rooms were all playing bridge. He was not good at bridge, and he was a boy who spread money. After watching it for a while, he found it boring, and then went to the next room to watch six British people playing sand crabs.This is the real gambling. The long table is full of chips, and it costs tens of taels, or even hundreds of taels, to win or lose.

Here Li Guolou knows British Minister Justin; Lear, he wants to invite Bao to have dinner with him at night, and now he is having fun casually.Li Guolou couldn't help standing to Justin; Lear was behind him, looking at Justin; Lear mainly played cards.

Justin; Lille plays sand crab mainly for stability, because he is the one who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, but this is the appearance, the old and cunning Justin; I won more than 500 taels of silver.

Li Guolou likes to guess people's hearts by watching people's movements and expressions. After watching for half an hour, he has already figured out the personalities of the six of them.He had the urge to try but didn't dare. If he came too big, he wouldn't be able to win or lose thousands of taels.

An English gentleman, having lost everything on the table, stood up and gave up gambling.There was a vacant seat at the table for six people, and none of the gentlemen who were reading cards next to him sat down, and Li Guolou was still struggling.

Justin Lille didn't look back at Li Guolou, and proudly said with a big cigar in his mouth: "Mike, come up and play, don't count chips behind me."

The British gentleman glanced at the braided Qing people with teasing eyes. Li Guolou had long cultivated himself to be a thick-skinned king kong in front of foreigners. In front of the chair, he said: "My lord, respect is worse than obedience. I will give you a few." After speaking, he snapped his fingers to "Bo Er" who served the drink, and then exchanged a stack of bank notes for him. Come to "sweep your table", you don't have enough chips, you can only bow down.

The British gentleman knew from Li Guolou's accent that he was a wealthy Qing businessman. A British gambler next to him casually pushed a big box of cigars to Li Guolou, asking Li Guolou to smoke a cigar.

Li Guolou has the same air as a British gentleman, exhaling a long stream of smoke from his mouth, giving him the air of a fake foreign devil.Although he was up to the standard of kinesiology, the little braid dragged by the Manqing dog made other Britons feel ridiculous, and there was a sneer in his expression.Li Guolouhao didn't care, and pushed the ten chips on the table coolly.

After four rounds of poker, Li Guolou was already wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. "Sand Crab" was not fun, and he had already lost more than 200 taels of silver.

The waiter used a long ruler to push a pile of chips to Justin; in front of Lear, Justin; Lear had won again, he took a sip of whiskey, faced Li Guolou, and said, "Mike, there is no Such a good deal."

Li Guolou made a lot of petty tricks. He wiped his forehead for a while, and extinguished his cigar for a while. He said angrily, "My lord, the winner is the one who laughs at the end. There is still an hour left. I still have a lot of chips. You can't scare me. I have found your dead spot."

Justin Lear raised his hand to touch his thick beard, and said with a smile, "Oh, really? I've been playing poker for half my life, and I haven't let anyone find a loophole. If Mike can find it, I'm still willing to pay for it." This tuition."

Li Guolou gambled for half an hour to win or lose, and lost more than 100 taels of silver, but he looked much better, and he was not as nervous as before.He asked "Bo'er" for a glass of wine, and took a few sips.

The waiter dealt out a deck of cards, and the top card was Justin; Lille's diamond k was the biggest, let him speak, Justin; Lille rolled out twenty chips smartly, and Li Guolou was the queen of spades q , followed by no not followed.The cards continued to be dealt for another round, and Justin was still on the table; Lille had the most points, Justin; Lille added [-] chips, Li Guolou was still calling, and another gambler continued to follow up.

In the third round, Justin; Lille actually dealt a king of clubs, which was still the best card. Justin; Lille laughed and said, "I can't stop luck today." Fifty chips are on the table.

Li Guolou was still wiping his sweat nervously, but he gritted his teeth and pushed out the chip, angrily said: "I'll follow!"

Another gambler tossed his cards and said, "I won't follow. Your Excellency is very lucky today, so I'd better take my time."

In the last round, the dealer played cards, and a tense scene happened. Justin; Lear got a king of hearts, and Li Guolou got a q of diamonds. Three ks were against three qs on the table. marvel.

The two gamblers looked at each other, and Justin Lear said calmly, "I'll sweep your table."

It's not that the casino can push out all of its chips, but it has to be based on the chips on the table. Li Guolou still has more than 100 chips left, Justin;

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Master Minister, I said that we have caught your loophole, and we will see each other. Open the card!"

Justin Lear stared at Li Guolou's hole card, only to see a red heart q being turned over by the waiter, Justin Lear was discouraged for a moment, let out a long breath, the beard on his lips fluttered this time he lost up.

Li Guolou became the biggest winner with one card. For the next half an hour, he played cards carefully, not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack, winning as he should, and losing as he should. By the end of dinner, he still had the most wins. More than 800 taels of silver.

Li Guolou stood up and threw two chips to the waiter who dealt cards, and said with a smile, "Lord Wu, take one in each hand."

Wu Kefan stretched out a paw from behind, grabbed a handful of chips firmly, couldn't find his smiling eyes, and said, "Xiao Lizi, I didn't expect you to be a gambler."

Li Guolou looked at Justin Lear and said, "Actually, I don't know how to gamble, but I know how to judge people." After speaking, Li Guolou slightly bowed and left the sand crab gambling room.

Justin Lille was very upset from the big winner to the small winner, but he was unwilling to be tricked by Li Guolou. He followed behind Li Guolou and shouted: "Mike, please wait a moment."

Li Guolou turned around and said, "Master Minister, I can tell you what you want to ask, but I won't bet with you in the future, okay?"

Justin Lear dragged Li Guolou to a corner and said, "Okay Mike, you are the most powerful detective I have ever seen. I will definitely think of you in the future."

Li Guolou looked up at Justin Lear's face and said, "My lord, you are not a real gambler. Although you can keep your face unchanged, your mustache betrays you. Look at the cards You will hold your breath from time to time, and you can know the size of the hole card by the weight of the breath exhaled from your nasal cavity."

Justin Lear stroked the two beards on his upper lip, and said in surprise, "You can tell by my small breathing."

Li Guolou said: "Master Minister, I am a person who eats this bowl of rice. I don't have any talent. How can I scare people. Don't forget Mike when it will be good in the future; Li."

Justin Lear said: "Hey, our British Empire didn't use talents like you. It's too blind. We will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Li Guolou was taken aback, he was being asked to be a British spy to betray the Qing Empire!Not far away, Wu Kefan was still waiting for him in a daze.Wu Kefan couldn't understand the English they spoke, Li Guolou felt a little more at ease, and pretended not to understand Justin; the meaning of Lear's words was perfunctory: "Thank you, Mr. Minister, for looking up to Mike. I'll see you at dinner."

Justin Lear watched Li Guolou leave, and sneered in his heart. He is another traitor. The Qing Empire has many fake foreign devils. He has to pick and choose if he wants to develop British spies, like Mike Li, who has no grade Officials, he still doesn't like it.

Being an officer is hard work, Bao Yitong was still listening to the aria, and on the stage a plump foreign woman was singing vigorously with her hands stretched out in front of her chest, just pushing out a deep groove in her breasts.

Bao held the binoculars together and watched enthusiastically. Wu Defu stood up and walked to Li Guolou, and shouted: "Why did you come here? Go and listen later. That foreign girl can't let go of the scene, Mr. Bao likes it."

Li Guolou was a little unwilling to be a pimp, so he said dissatisfied: "Master Wu, isn't this kind of thing you are best at?"

Wu Defu scolded: "This is a test for you by cronies. You must perform outstandingly when you come in. Otherwise, the officer will not be able to get you if it is beneficial next time. Besides, I have a language barrier. Letting you be a moon is always my trust in you."

While speaking, the singer had finished singing, bowed deeply, and the spring was in full view.Bao Tong was the first to stand up and applaud loudly, everyone applauded and Li Guolou blew a sharp whistle.After all the performances were over, the British counselor led Bao to meet the actors on the stage.

Bao came to the stage together and shook hands with the actors Yiyi, and patted the actors on the shoulders a few times, loudly encouraging them. Although the language was difficult, the accompanying translator and British counselor translated Master Bao's blessings.Other officials of the Qing Dynasty also followed behind and shook hands with the actors cordially. Li Guolou was doing the work of giving chips, and every actor had one, even the accompaniment pianist and others.

Li Guolou stopped in front of the foreign girl who sang the aria on the stage, handed over ten chips, and said, "Miss Marilyn, my chief wants to invite you to dinner and be his dance partner. Would you do me a favor?"

Dinner is a formal occasion, you can bring a female partner, and then there will be a dance performance by Westerners, and all guests can participate.

Marilyn glanced at Baotong who was leaving, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, give me another ten chips. This is the red wine before dinner. Do you understand?"

What Marilyn means is that she needs to be rewarded for entering the shed, and the man who gets her will be rewarded according to the service level. There is no one-size-fits-all thing, she is a priceless treasure.

Li Guolou hastily handed over ten chips, and asked, "Miss Marilyn, do you have any friends who are willing to give you face? I still have a few officers without female companions."

As soon as Li Guolou got his pulse, he knew that she was a high-class prostitute, and she was of the same level as the singers of the Qing Empire.

"What's your name? You speak English very well." While speaking, Marilyn faced Li Guolou and put twenty chips into her breast augmentation, which almost caused Li Guolou's nose to bleed.