Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 A Different Noodle Shop
Ye Chen listened to Han Keer's disappointing sigh, and thought that winning like this was too slow, as long as the points were determined later, he would bet on it all.Anyway, he could see that, with his little money in front of him, the casino probably wouldn't take it seriously.

Next, Ye Chen couldn't determine the points for three games in a row. He arbitrarily bet big twice and small once, but he lost all of them.Fortunately, Ye Chen only bet one pitiful chip each time.

In this way, it is equivalent to losing all the five chips he won before.Han Keer next to her was disappointed and nervous.

Then another game started, and there was a slight and crisp sound of dice hitting again. After the dice cup fell on the table, Ye Chen felt relieved. If there were nine consecutive blows, he would not be able to hear it. As a result, even if he only bets one chip at a time, he loses it all.

Ye Chen firmly took away Han Keer's little hand, and under the latter's extremely worried expression, he pushed all nine chips to the top without hesitation.

The dice cup was raised.

Three, four, six, big!

Han Ke'er cheered and almost jumped up, she was so worried just now.

Watching eighteen chips being pushed over by the croupier with a thin bamboo ruler.Han Ke'er's eyes smiled into two cute little crescents.

Next, Ye Chen won and lost, and played for two hours at a stretch, nearly a hundred games.In the beginning, I could occasionally hear Han Ke'er's crisp cheers, but by the end the little girl was numb.Because before she knew it, the chips in her arms had changed from black to yellow, and there were more than 200 chips.This represents more than 200 pennies.

In fact, the longer the gambling time, the greater the odds of Ye Chen winning, and the faster the winning speed. This is not only because he has more and more chips in his hand, but also because he has recorded more than 20 A new score result sound.In addition to the previous 20 or more, there are already more than 40 results that can be heard by him.

At this time, Ye Chen found that the delicate female dealer had started to look at him frequently, and there were already two gamblers next to him, who always followed him when he bet a lot.Ye Chen knew it was time to accept it as soon as it was good.If it continues, I'm afraid it will cause trouble.

Therefore, he resolutely put away his chips, and left with Han Keer under the thoughtful gaze of the delicate female dealer.

When the two happily walked out of the casino with 240 seven guan coins, the sky was already dark. Like Kaifeng, a big city like Yangzhou, there was no curfew in Southern Tang Dynasty, so there were still many pedestrians.

Ye Chen led Han Ke'er, who never disappeared with a smile on his face, and found a good-sized inn nearby to live in, and ordered five signature dishes in the inn, which were delicious and delicious. After eating and drinking, he comfortably took a bath in the hot tub heated by the waiter at the inn. Because Ye Chen couldn't speak, he was relatively quiet. As a result, Han Ke'er fell asleep in the tub.

Ye Chen took him out of the bathtub with pity, dried his body with a towel, suppressed his desire, and gently put Han Ke'er on the bed without moving his hands or feet.Han Keer was really exhausted today. After being tossed about by Ye Chen for half the night last night, he got up early in the morning and drove for more than 20 miles. He arrived in Yangzhou at noon, had a simple lunch, and stayed in the casino for another four days. an hour.But there was never a cry of tiredness during the process.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, both of them woke up naturally and had a hearty breakfast.Ye Chen took Han Ke'er out of the inn to find a place to live.

Ye Chen knew that he would have to stay in Yangzhou for a long time, and it would be best if he could wait for his throat to heal before returning to Song Dynasty.Otherwise, with his current status as a mute, it would be too dangerous to bring a weak woman with him, even if his identity is not exposed, let alone how many people from the Maitreya Sect and Tianyi who are secretly guarding the main road to the Song Dynasty and the Yangtze River Wharf Go up, waiting for him to throw himself into the trap.

Moreover, he can't live in the inn for a long time. Although the Southern Tang Dynasty will not be like the Jianghuai area of ​​the Song Dynasty, the streets and alleys are covered with his portraits, but the inn is a place where people come and go. I met people who came from the Jianghuai area of ​​the Great Song Dynasty in the past few days.In short, the inn is the easiest place to expose one's identity.

Therefore, first of all, he wanted to rent a private house, and live in a place that the Maitreya and Tianyi people would never think of in a short time.Then he visited a famous doctor to cure his throat.

After Ye Chen gestured to explain what he meant, he took Han Ke'er to find out the way all the way, while walking towards the poor areas of Yangzhou.

With Ye Chen's status, the most unexpected hiding place is naturally the slums.

The richness of Yangzhou City is famous all over the world, but the situation in the slums still surprised him.He once passed by the slums in Kaifeng City, and he also went to see it out of curiosity.But when he and Han Ke'er entered that small alley, they didn't expect that the poverty here was still beyond his imagination.

In a place like Yangzhou City, the lives of the people in the slums are so miserable. From this, it can be seen that the life of the people in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty is not very good. Although the water is not hot, it is also a land of fish and rice, and there is no shortage of food. for the sake.

"It is said that Li Yu, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, did not understand and ignored the government, and indulged in Buddhism, which led to the alienation of monarchs and ministers, the prevalence of corruption among officials, frequent crimes among the people, and the bullying and oppression of good people everywhere. From this point of view, it is mostly true. "Ye Chen thought to himself.

The street in front of me is already extremely narrow, and most of the area is taken up by the canopies built by the neighbors, making it even more crowded. Walking in it requires you to keep dodging the protruding wooden sticks on both sides, and at the same time be on guard. Don't be splashed by the dirty water splashed by the people in the door on both sides or in the canopy.

Ye Chen and Han Ke'er seemed clumsy when they walked among them, but many people who passed by them in shabby clothes appeared to be very flexible, apparently because they often pass on roads in such an environment.

Time passed quickly, and it was time for lunch again.

This is a small noodle shop, narrow but not dark, dilapidated but clean.However, this noodle restaurant has the worst business in the downtown area, just because their noodles are a penny more expensive than other noodle restaurants.

But Ye Chen and Han Ke'er chose this restaurant without hesitation, because it was the cleanest and brightest restaurant in the slum area they had seen all the way.Of course, the most important thing is that they don't lack this money now.

Because Ye Chen was still unable to speak, the two of them stayed together silently and quietly.

At the only table by the window among the three tables in the noodle restaurant, two people lowered their heads and ate noodles slowly.

In front of the two of them was a big pot of steaming Yangzhou ramen. The soup was just served with original juice, four eggs and two ribs were added in it. It looked good, but in fact it tasted good.If Ye Chen knew that the noodles in this restaurant were more expensive than other noodle restaurants in the slums, he would probably sigh at this time that they were worth a penny.

Just when Han Ke'er started to eat the second egg, Ye Chen had already finished eating the noodles, and there was only one guy in the wooden house who poured water for the noodles—an eleven or twelve-year-old guy, but he washed himself relatively clean, thoroughly When the clever little boy skillfully brought a big teapot over to refill the two of them, there was a sudden commotion outside, and Ye Chen faintly heard someone shout: "It's this dilapidated wooden house that blocks our house. way."

Then there were several loud noises, and suddenly a large cloud of dust fell from the roof made of old wooden planks and fell into the earthen jars of the two of them.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "creak" sound, and the whole house suddenly collapsed.Ye Chen only had time to pull Han Ke'er and the little boy next to him into his arms at the same time, using his own body that he didn't know how hard it was to protect their thin bodies, and was buried in the whole dilapidated wooden house. in.

Behind the wooden house is a simple and simple courtyard with a length of three or four feet. The collapse of the wooden house immediately alarmed the two women who were making noodles in the backyard.

There were two women, one old and one young. The old one looked to be in her sixties, her hair was already gray, and she looked very kind.The youngest one was a young woman in her thirties, with an ordinary appearance, but she was cleaned up very cleanly, just like the collapsed log cabin and the little boy buried underneath.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The two women rushed out of the small courtyard crying and shouting. They did not fight the three men in front of the ruined wooden house, but rushed into the ruined wooden house where the dust had not yet fallen to find their son and grandson.

Calling the little boy's name, the two women rushed into the gray ruins, bumped into something and nearly fell.

"Hey! This little bastard is still alive, and he was not injured and killed."

"Who is this man? He actually risked his life to save that little brat."

"Although the boards in this dilapidated wooden house are not very heavy, they won't make this person unscathed?"

The three culprits who turned the wooden noodle restaurant into ruins spoke in turn.

"This is my uncle and aunt. They just came to our house to visit relatives today." Ye Chen just straightened up and was checking whether Han Keer, who had been frightened a lot, was injured. Pulling in his arms with his grandma, the little boy suddenly said loudly.

Ye Chen and Han Ke'er were both taken aback, as were the little boy's mother and grandma.

Ye Chen turned his head and glanced at the three men who looked surprised and frowning, thinking that this little boy is really smart and quick to react.When he saw that the three men in front of him were just ordinary poor people in the slums, he had an idea in his mind, perhaps becoming the little boy's uncle, with this identity, it would be easier to hide here.Ye Chen looked up at Han Ke'er, gestured to the small yard behind him with his eyes, and nodded slightly.

It took only two days for Ye Chen to wake up, and because of Han Keer's hard work, she was able to understand many of Ye Chen's expressions and body language.

(End of this chapter)