Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

"This is in the downtown area, and the shop is bustling with people. It looks like just an ordinary cloth shop. Are you sure this is a casino?"

Su Chengfeng sat in the teahouse and asked while looking at the cloth shop across the street.

Lu Ziqing hummed and said, "I checked the location yesterday. Entering from the cloth shop, there is a secret door that leads to the street behind."

"That's it." Xiao Yan took a sip of tea and said, "You said you heard someone singing opera. Ziyun Tower is right behind the cloth shop. The houses are so close together, there must be a passage inside."

Lang Si looked off into the distance, "I never expected it. No wonder we've been searching for so long, searching almost the entire capital, and still can't find any clues. There's actually something hidden somewhere."

"This area, facing the street, is filled with theaters, teahouses, cloth shops, and antique shops. With such a large area, the Guo family must have quite a business."

Yang Zhounan continued, "He has a favorite concubine as his backer, and he and his father have been in control of a large army for many years. This should only be a small part."

After drinking tea, they split up. Lang Si led his men to set up surveillance near Ziyun Tower, and he went in with several Jinyiwei.

The song "Xihua Mountain" was being sung on the stage. The gentleman in the hall was listening attentively with his legs crossed. When he saw the Jinyiwei with swords coming in, he stood up in confusion.

Several actors on the stage also stopped, and a gentleman wearing a maroon gown and a turban came out from the corner.

He greeted them with a smile and bowed, "Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"

He Yizhou glanced around. Lang Si stared at the old man and asked, "Are you the boss here?"

"Our boss is in the backyard, I am only responsible for managing this troupe." said the troupe owner.

"Then call out your theater owner." Lang Si glanced around casually and said, "The court has banned gambling, so let's take a look."

"Oh, you're joking, sir." The troupe owner bowed slightly and smiled apologetically, saying, "This is an opera house, not a casino. You're just... teasing me."

Lang Si turned to look at him, "Do I look like I'm joking? Stop talking nonsense and call the boss out quickly."

The troupe boss glanced at the Jinyiwei around him, turned around and went into the backyard.

Lu Ziqing and Xiao Yan looked around secretly in the casino for a while. Just as they were about to make a move, the sound of bells rang everywhere above their heads.

The gambling house manager was startled, looked up, and said to the people around him, "This place has been exposed. Hurry to the secret room, grab your things and leave."

The dealers at the gambling tables also realized something was wrong and took advantage of the chaos to run away.

"Langsi has already started."

Xiao Yan looked over the crowd and stared at the escaped manager who was giving instructions to Lu Ziqing.

"You guys take care of this."

After he finished speaking, he chased after him. Yang Zhounan rushed into the crowd and knocked down several thugs who came towards him. At the same time, two knife blades pressed down from his side and back. Su Chengfeng knocked the two men down with two palms and snatched a knife.

The hall was in chaos, with gamblers running around like headless flies, and some people ran up the stairs shouting.

As soon as they reached halfway up the mountain, two teams of Jinyiwei rushed down from the stairs on both sides. The gamblers had no time to retreat and rolled down the stairs, screaming and crying.

The Jinyiwei rushed down and killed them all. The casino thugs immediately panicked and shouted, "It's the Jinyiwei, run!"

Xiao Yan stared at the figure in front of the secret passage and quickly turned through two passages. The sound of his footsteps and breathing echoed in the secret passage, loud and clear.

At this moment, Lu Ziqing also followed.

The gambling house manager had just taken a picture of the mechanism next to the secret door and was about to walk over when they followed.

Xiao Yan was quick-witted and stretched out his hand with a big stride. He almost grabbed the back of the gambling house manager's clothes when the secret door closed with a "bang".

Lu Ziqing hurriedly pressed the mechanism beside him, and after rushing over, the passage was still dim.

The three of them, one fleeing and two chasing, chased each other in the intricate secret passage for a long time, having no idea which direction they were going.

The gambling house manager was probably too old to run well, and after a few laps he was sweating profusely. He stopped to lean against the wall to catch his breath, and looked back from time to time to see what was happening behind him.

Before he had time to stop and drink some water, the people behind him were chasing him without stopping. He continued to run forward with a frightened face.

Lu Ziqing and Xiao Yan followed closely behind.

The gambling house manager rushed out of the passage and entered a large and bright room in front, and knocked on the side door frame.

The distance between the front and the back was less than seven or eight steps. Lu Ziqing immediately raised his arm and shot several steel needles at the person in front.

The gambling house manager screamed, fell to his knees on the ground, and moved awkwardly by supporting himself on the ground.

Inside the passage, one side of the wall suddenly closed towards the middle, almost at the same time as he shot the hidden weapon.

The incident happened suddenly and Xiao Yan didn't even have time to be surprised. He immediately stretched out his hands to support the wall. The veins on the back of his hands and temples were bulging, but the wall still shrank to the middle.

Lu Ziqing was surprised and quickly stretched out his hands to support himself. With this force, the speed of the wall's movement immediately slowed down by another two points.

Xiao Yan trembled his bent arm slightly, glanced at Lu Ziqing from the side, then cast his gaze on the door frame not far from the exit, and spoke with difficulty.

"The mechanism is on the door frame to your side. I'll hold it, and you get out quickly."

Lu Ziqing secretly tightened his strength, glanced at Xiao Yan, said "OK", then withdrew his hand and rushed out of the alley.

Xiao Yan suddenly felt a weight, and the wall closed in faster and faster. He gritted his teeth and held on tightly.

After Lu Ziqing rushed out, he quickly pressed the mechanism on the door frame, but it was completely useless. His mind immediately made a "buzzing" sound and he was stunned.

This is just the button that triggers the mechanism. The brake button is somewhere else. Where is the brake button?

Lu Ziqing panicked and searched around the door frame and the stone wall, occasionally glancing at the shrinking passage in front.

The wall was about to move to Xiao Yan's chest. He leaned forward and supported himself with his elbows, resting his forehead on his fists against the wall.

At this moment, Lu Ziqing showed a long-lost panic in his heart and on his face, so panicked that a murderous intent arose in his heart.

He turned around and walked quickly to the center of the room, grabbed the back of the collar of the gambling house manager who was lying on the ground and sweating profusely from the pain, and dragged him up to his knees.

His eyes were cold and he said harshly, "Where is the brake mechanism? Tell me!"

The gambling house manager didn't speak immediately with trembling legs. Instead, he gasped like an old fool with a sneer on his face.

"Just wait for that person outside to be crushed to pieces. Time is running out, hehe——"

Lu Ziqing was furious. Without saying a word, he stood up, picked up the lit bronze candlestick nearby, and smashed it hard at the ankle of the casino manager.

"what--"

The screams were loud and echoed throughout the basement.

The bronze candlestick was long and heavy, and the hammer struck it with great force.

The gambling house manager heard a crisp sound at his ankle and felt a sharp pain as if his bones were shattered.

He grimaced, closed his eyes, clutched his thighs with trembling hands, lay on the ground, and tried to roll over, shouting to the sky.

Lu Ziqing grabbed his collar and pulled him up, staring at him angrily and asking, "Where is the brake mechanism? Tell me!"

The gambling house manager gritted his teeth and pointed in the direction of the inside of the door, "Pull, pull out the nose of the beast head on the stone wall..."

Before the gambling house manager could finish his words, Lu Ziqing ran towards the door without looking back, grabbed the animal-head nose ring and pulled it out hard.