harmless youth like me
Chapter 5 Deep Water Casino
The Deepwater Casino is located in the middle of the Deepwater Lake.
Although this lake is called "deep water", it is actually extremely shallow, especially in winter when the water is dry, the road in the lake is exposed, and even horses can run on it.
Shallow water is easy to grow crabs, and crabs in deep lakes are delicious.When the autumn wind blows, the crab’s feet itch. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the crab meat in the deep water lake is fine, yellow and full of fat. However, because the deep water gambling house is unfortunately located in it, no one in the [-] miles around the lake dares to go into the water to catch a crab. It’s a pity .
Of course there are still bold ones, such as Feng Qi.
Feng Qi threw a crab into his mouth, endured it for a while, and then spat it out.
"It's unpalatable!" He said dissatisfiedly, "Can this kind of thing be called delicious? Cut!"
Li Jiu at the side coldly stretched out four fingers, and said, "First, steam the crabs before eating; second, spit out the shells when eating; third, it's early summer, and what you eat is called crab at most. Crab seedlings; Fourth, river crabs come out at night and will come out naturally at night. Please don't dig holes on the lakeshore.
Feng Qi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You talk a lot."
Li Jiu said, "Accept."
Feng Qi sneered and said, "I'm sorry, I'm from southern Xinjiang, so I don't understand the rules of eating crabs like you Jiangnan aristocratic families."
"That's not a rule at all, but common sense." Li Jiu said, "I haven't started talking about the rules yet, and you won't understand even if I talk about them."
Feng Qi said: "Men talk a lot, and they usually don't live past thirty."
Li Jiu said, "Thank you for your concern."
Feng Qi said: "I can make you live less than 25."
Li Jiu said: "Thank you, you forgot that you can't beat me, otherwise you would have escaped long ago."
Feng Qi was speechless...
Every quarrel between the two ends with this sentence.
After a while, Feng Qi gritted his teeth and said: "When I find my wife, I will kill everyone in Bantao Villa!"
This sentence is always the beginning of the next fight.
Li Jiu didn't want to quarrel this time, he just said "Oh, really" coldly, then turned his head and looked away.Feng Qi also softened, went to the lake to wash her face.Both of them were tired, they didn't close their eyes for at least one day and one night, one chased and the other ran away, they fought countless times, currently Li Jiu is firmly in the upper hand.
One day and one night ago, Feng Qi killed Li Fang, the third owner of Bantao Villa, who was Li Jiu's third uncle.The reason is simple, Feng Qi thinks that Li Fang hid his mistress.
Feng Qi's teacher's wife is Dao Hongling, (self-proclaimed) the number one beauty in southern Xinjiang, she ran out after arguing with Feng Qi's master.The master was worried and angry, but he couldn't bear to chase after him, so he sent Feng Qi to chase after him, and Feng Qi chased him to the south of the Yangtze River, and found that his wife had released the life-saving Yingying unique to his sect. It seemed that he was in danger, so he followed the life-saving Yingying When they arrived at Bantao Villa, they killed Li Fang without saying hello.
Li Fang deserves to be unlucky, his reputation is too bad, everyone in a radius of eighty miles knows that he is not a good person, otherwise, why didn't Feng Qi kill the big villa owner Li Sheng, the second villa owner Li Miao, or the Yin villa owner Li Yun? The problem is to kill After Li Fang, Feng Qi did not find Dao Hongling.
"My teacher's wife must have been hidden by Li Fang in that gambling house!" Feng Qi said.
"Bullshit."
"How dare you say that Li Fang didn't do it?" Feng Qi asked.
Li Jiu didn't speak for a while, because his precious Third Uncle was indeed of extremely bad character.
Not only is he poor in character, ignorant and incompetent, he likes to cause trouble, but he is also fond of gambling, drinking, and lust.
It is really embarrassing to have such a person out of the aristocratic family, so Feng Qi killed Li Fang, and half of the Li family breathed a sigh of relief in secret. Out of face, they still issued a hunting order for Feng Qi and sent a young man to kill him. Li Jiu is the most outstanding Li Jiu in his life, but the order Li Jiu received was not "shoot to kill", but "bring it back first for questioning".
Li Jiu found that it was not difficult to catch Feng Qi, because this man's martial arts were average, but it was difficult to bring him back, because Feng Qi always had a variety of tricks, and he had poison hidden all over his body, from the tips of his hair to the tips of his nails.He is the seventh disciple of the Patriarch of the Poison Demon of Wandu Sect in Southern Border. His surname is Feng, so he is called Feng Qi.
Li Jiu asked: "Did my third uncle tell you that Dao Hongling was in Shenshui Casino before he died?"
"No." Feng Qi took out a small box from his bosom, opened it, and there was a beetle inside, about the size of a small fingernail.
This is the life-saving firefly, it is dead, usually it will die after leading the way. Feng Qi said, "It brought me here, this is the second one." "
Li Jiu asked: "Dao Hongling put it?"
Feng Qi nodded: "Yes."
"How many are there on her?" Li Jiu asked.
"Three." Feng Qi put away the life-saving firefly, staring at the misty and rainy lake.The deep water gambling house is on the small island in the middle of the lake, but there is no boat on the waterway of more than two miles.
"How to get there?" He knelt down, resting his chin and worrying.
Li Jiu also stood still.
It was the first time he had heard of such strange things as Dao Hongling, Life-Saving Yingying, Wandumen, and Southern Border, so he wasn't interested in paying attention to them.But what if Dao Hongling is really in the Sham Shui Casino? And is it really hidden by Li Fang?
Li Fang is dead, and the face of Bantao Villa has been lost, but hiding the wife of the head of the family for no reason is not only a matter of embarrassment, but also a big event that will cause a bloodbath!
Feng Qi said: "Forget it, I'll swim there." He began to take off his shoes as he spoke.
Li Jiu grabbed him and said, "Let's make an agreement."
"No." Feng Qi said, "'I have nothing to say to you."
Li Jiu drew out his sword "swish" and said, "Feng Qi, either make a contract with me, or I will kill you right now."
Feng Qi lamented: "Master Young Master, you are really annoying!"
Li Jiu said: "A fair agreement, impartiality, no one will suffer. I will accompany you to the Shenshui Casino to find Dao Hongling, but whether you can find it or not, you have to go back to Bantao Villa with me."
Feng Qi wanted to shake him off and said, "Isn't this my disadvantage?"
Li Jiu grabbed hold of it and said, "First, you can't beat me, and I can catch up with you wherever you go; second, without me, you can't even enter the casino."
Feng Qi asked: "Why can't you go in?"
Li Jiu let go of him, straightened his clothes, and said, "Do you think the Shenshui Gambling House is a small thieves in the rivers and lakes who can come and go freely? After a while, you will know the usefulness of the young master. I know where there is a ferry. , come with me." He said and left.
Feng Qi looked at his back, pointed to his nose angrily and asked, "Am I a little thief?"
Li Jiu shouted: "Come on!"
Feng Qi followed up resentfully, muttering in his mouth: "Say I'm a little thief, I think you're tired of working..."
"Feng Qi." Li Jiu turned around suddenly and asked, "When I grabbed you just now, you didn't poison me, did you?"
Feng Qi snorted coldly: "Down, your whole body will fester and die in three days."
Watch his expression and say, "Well, it looks like you didn't make it in time."
Feng Qi said: "There will be more opportunities in the future."
Li Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go."
The ferry is really shabby. The old wooden gangplank took a long three to five feet to the lake. There were two black-covered boats parked on the other side of the gangplank, and one tent was still broken.
The two walked towards the better boat, Feng Qi said to the punter, "Go to the casino."
Li Jiu said, "He is deaf, he cannot hear."
The deaf man held out a hand to them.
Feng Qi asked: "What does he want?"
"Need a chip." Li Jiu said, "Everyone who has been to Sham Shui Casino will leave one or two chips for use as tokens when they come next time.
"Do you have chips?" Feng Qi asked.
Li Jiu said, "No."
"Then what did you show him?"
"Look at this." Li Jiu took out a gold ingot from his pocket, which weighed more than ten taels.
Feng Qi was dumbfounded and said, "What are you... doing with such a big golden lump?"
"Otherwise, how can you be the young master?" Li Jiu said, "I still have it here."
Feng Qi asked: "You brought it with you when you chased me?"
Li Jiu glanced at him and said, "When did I chase you down?"
The deaf man looked at the gold ingot, then looked up at Li Jiu's clothes and his sword, suddenly smiled and made a "please" gesture.
Shocked, Feng Qi was pushed onto the boat by Li Jiu and sat in the stern.He was still struggling with the golden lump and asked, "What if it falls out during a fight?"
Li Jiu smiled slightly and said, "With you? No."
Feng Qi said: "Cut."
Li Jiu smiled: "Hmph."
The deaf man couldn't hear what they said, and they could actually argue a little more, but after the boat reached the middle of the lake, both of them were in no mood to argue.The most beautiful season in the south of the Yangtze River is not early spring at all, but early summer. Before and after the misty rainy season, narrow awning boats pass across the green brocade-like lake, causing undulating ripples with a slight sound of water.
Feng Qi looked at the scenery for a while and said: "My teacher's wife has always said that Jiangnan is good, but I think this place is just so-so."
Li Jiu said, "I don't think so."
Feng Qi was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Oh, she is actually very poor in martial arts, otherwise she wouldn't be caught."
Li Jiu said: "Oh, the wife of the head of the Wandu Sect is not good at martial arts?"
Feng Qi pointed to her face and said: "You are beautiful, but you have a good heart. I was actually raised by my teacher's wife, and I am not close to my master. There is a reason why my master sent me to look for her. If someone else came, she would be so angry that she would not show up." .”
Li Jiu thought to himself: No wonder your martial arts are poor, there is a reason.
The deaf man suddenly threw a pole, and the black boat flew far away, Li Jiu said, "Here we are."
Feng Qi was about to stand up, Li Jiu held him down and said, "It's Chen Shi, no matter what, you have to come out at You Shi, and then go back to Bantao Villa with me, understand?"
Feng Qi said: "Cut."
Li Jiu said sharply, "Nod your head and agree!"
Feng Qi was pinned on his shoulders and couldn't move. What's worse, Li Jiu's thumb was still pressing on his throat, so he could only swallow his anger: "Yeah."
Li Jiu let go of him and said, "Go ashore."
In the end, it was Li Jiu who went ashore first, because the deep water gambling house was not a place for ordinary people to come to, and he was the young owner of Bantao Villa, one of the three famous villas in the south of the Yangtze River.Feng Qi had no choice but to act as his follower, Wan Dumen belonged to the evil sect.Although the gambling shop doesn't care about righteousness or evil, it's a pity that the Wandumen is not well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, and the seventh disciple of the Wandumen's ability is not very good.
There was a burly man standing at the entrance of the casino. If he was used to welcome guests, he would be a bit fierce.
"Where does the distinguished guest come from?" He asked Li Jiu.
Li Jiu raised his sword.
The Li family was originally rich and powerful, but their swordsmanship is exquisite and profound, and they are unrivaled in the world, so this family loves to show off even more.The hilts of each sword owned by the descendants of the clan are engraved with the four characters "Bantao Villa", and some are inlaid with gold and jade.
The big man really respected him and said, "So it's Mr. Li, please come in."
Li Jiu said, "Thank you."
Feng Qi also went in, but was stopped.The big man said in embarrassment: "Mr. Li, there are rules in gambling houses, women are not allowed."
"..."
Feng Qi roared angrily, "Are you blind?! Which eye can see me..."
Li Jiu quickly covered his mouth, and explained: "He's a man, he's mine...uh, Jiantong."
The big man said: "Well, it's a man. He scolded me just now, and I recognized it."
Han asked Li Jiu and Feng Qi to unload their weapons, saying that everything in the gambling house is based on luck, not swords.Li Jiu did as the Romans did, and threw his sword to him. Feng Qi didn't use weapons in the first place, but the big man searched him for a long time, but he didn't even find a dagger.
After passing the gate, Li Jiu dragged Feng Qi away and said in a low voice, "If you want to find your teacher's wife, please bear with me."
Feng Qi said angrily: "That bastard is blind!"
A man who looked like a servant came forward and led them into the gambling house. Along the way, they walked through high walls and deep courtyards, and passed several long corridors. Guards stood on both sides of the corridors. They were all armed with weapons, but they spoke with swords.
Li Jiu said in a low voice, "There are traps on the walls around the gambling house, there is no way to get in except the gate."
Feng Qi asked: "Who opened this casino?"
Li Jiu shook his head and said, "The identity of the owner of the casino is mysterious, so far no one knows who he is."
Feng Qi asked: "How do you know so much?"
Li Jiu smiled wryly and said, "My third uncle likes to gamble. When he ran out of money, he would ask me to borrow it, and he also brought me here."
At this time, he had already reached the second door, and the servant lifted the curtain and made an invitation gesture.
Li Jiu warned Feng Qi, "Don't talk."
A sleepy gambler was standing behind the curtain stretching himself, and then bumped into Li Jiu.Li Jiu frowned, saw the gambler's face clearly, and asked in surprise, "Second Brother Huang?"
The gambler was also surprised, rubbed his eyes quickly and said, "Li, Li Yuwo, me, me, that me..."
Li Jiu said, "I'll just go back if I don't say anything."
The gambler heaved a sigh of relief, and suddenly saw Feng Qi standing behind Li Jiu, with a weird smile on his face.He bumped Li Jiu with his shoulder, and said, "If you don't say anything, I won't say anything, I know it well, and I understand it."
Li Jiu asked, "How long have you been gambling here?"
"Three days? Four days? I don't remember. Anyway, I lost it all." The gambler said, "I'm going back to sleep now!"
As he spoke, he bumped into Li Jiu again and passed him by.
Li Jiu said to Feng Qi: "This is the second son of Jin Dao Huang's family, his father is very familiar with my father."
Feng Qi asked: "Why is he smiling like that?"
Li Jiu said, "I don't know, just ignore him."
The Sham Shui Casino is 360 five days a year, twelve hours a day, gambling every day and all the time.From Feng Qi's point of view, this gambling house is probably more luxurious than the imperial palace, with carved beams and painted buildings, and bright lights, although it is a bit smoky, and the gamblers are shouting at the top of their voices, Pai Gow, dice, and mahjong are rumbling, making it very noisy.But the biggest advantage here is that there is food inside. There are hundreds of plates on a long table, which contain dried fruits, fresh fruits, and snacks.Although Feng Qi received warning from Li Jiu's eyes, he still ran forward to grab a couple of them.
The servant led them through several crowded halls to a room with fewer people, and asked politely, "What do you like to play? Shuanglu, dice, horse hanging, Pai Gow..."
Li Jiu interrupted him: "Apart from these?"
"Except for these?" the boy asked.
Li Jiu returned to the corridor, pointed to a black painted door at the end and asked, "What's inside?"
There were also two big men standing in front of the black lacquered gate, their viciousness was even worse than the one welcoming guests at the gate, the one at the gate was somehow a bit of a businessman, these two were obviously authentic martial arts figures.
The boy came out to have a look, and said with an apologetic smile, "Your honored guest, you can't go inside."
Feng Qi asked: "Why?"
The boy said, "Because there are big bets in the back."
Feng Qi asked: "What is the big one?"
"In the front, there are bets on money, gold, and house, and on the back, there are bets on wives and relatives, bets on benefactors and enemies, and bets on life." The boy said.
Gambling?
Feng Qi and Li Jiu looked at each other, if Dao Hongling was really in the Shenshui Casino, she would only be hidden in this gambling place!
Feng Qi asked: "Brother, I don't gamble, can I go in and have a look?"
The boy laughed and said, "No, young master, if you don't gamble on anything, the Wuling Shuangsha at the gate won't let you in."
Li Jiu said, "I bet."
Feng Qi was startled and asked: "What are you betting on? Betting on your wife? Do you have a wife?"
"You can gamble without a wife." Li Jiu said to the boy, "Please guide the way, I will gamble when I see a suitable one."
The servant smiled and said: "Your guest is very courageous, if that's the case, please come in."
As he spoke, he led Li Jiu and Feng Qi towards the black lacquered gate, but Wuling Shuangsha didn't stop them, but searched them again.
Passing through the black lacquer gate is a long corridor with dim light, and there is a vermilion lacquer gate at the very front.There were still two people standing in front of the vermilion lacquer gate, and the young servant introduced, "This is the Qingling Shuangsha."
Qingling Shuangsha was still searched, even their hair was untied to see if there was any hidden weapon, Feng Qi was bothered by the search.
After entering the vermilion lacquer gate, we finally came to a large garden, which looks like a typical Suzhou garden.Nine winding corridors, rockery and rocks, gurgling water, black tiles and green moss on the roof, bamboo and plantains in the corners, and verdant vegetation dotted in the garden. If they hadn't come in through the gate, no one would have thought that such an elegant place belonged to a casino.
Along the way, I saw at least a dozen small pavilions scattered in the garden, some on the top of the rockery, some by the small lake, and some in the bamboo forest. The pavilions were surrounded by bamboo curtains, and there were people inside.Standing outside each pavilion was a man wearing a black hat and black clothes and trousers.
They walked into the bamboo forest deep in the garden and came to a small pavilion that was deserted.The boy whispered to the middle-aged man outside the booth for a while, then he said goodbye to Li Jiu and the others, saying that he was only in charge of the field.The middle-aged man came forward and said, "Dear guest..."
Suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and someone yelled: "If you can't afford to gamble, don't gamble!" Then there was a loud sound of falling into the water, and two people jumped down from the pavilion on the high rockery, fell into the water and beat each other hard. Rolling over and over, it looked like he wanted to kill the other party.
The man in black beside the rockery pavilion persuaded anxiously: "You two have something to say! Boss Long, Chen Daxia, thank you for having something to say!"
More than a dozen guards rushed up one after another, and pulled the two people out of the water. After the two guys got ashore, they were still waving at each other, "The tiger digs out its heart!"
The man in black commanded: "Quickly, bring dry cloth for the two heroes, the soft one, new clothes, and hot soup!"
The so-called Boss Long and Daxia Chen both had swollen noses and swollen eyes. They wiped their bodies and wanted to wrestle together. The man in black held each other and said, "A hero calms down, change his wet clothes, and drink a cup of hot tea."
He went on to say: "The owner has set a rule that only literary gambling is allowed in the Sham Shui Gambling Workshop, absolutely no martial gambling. Anyone who makes a move in the gambling workshop will not be able to enter again for the rest of his life, so please go ahead after drinking your tea."
"What's breaking the rules?" Boss Long roared, "Call your boss out!"
"That's right, let him come out!" Chen Daxia chimed in.
The man in black shook his head and said, "My host is busy with business, I'm afraid I can't entertain guests."
"You!" Boss Long made a gesture to smash something, and suddenly felt a piercing pain in his wrist. The man in black clasped his veins tightly. Where is the man in black from a casino? The master who came! Boss Long suddenly softened and left in a hurry. When Chen Daxia saw him leave, he didn't make fun of himself, talking loudly about the scene before he left.
At this time, someone let out a harsh laugh.Li Jiu and Feng Qi turned around to look, and found that he was a tall and thin young man, except for the conspicuous aquiline nose and too long chin, his appearance was not bad, he was dressed in brocade clothes.
The middle-aged man introduced in a low voice: "His name is Du Gongzi, and he is the apprentice of Yushan Poison Master."
"Poison master?" Feng Qi sneered, "He is poison son, and I am poison father."
Poison Young Master obviously heard this sentence and gave Feng Qi a hard look. If he hadn't done it in the casino, he would have been kicked out. He must have grabbed a handful of poisonous powder and sprinkled it on Feng Qi's face.
The middle-aged man reintroduced Li Jiu and Feng Qi into the pavilion, and said, "This is your first time here, so you can only listen to my ramblings. Our Sham Shui Casino is no different than other places. Gambling here is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold." It’s nothing, but you have to be extra careful when betting on other bets and obey the rules.”
So Li Jiu and Feng Qi heard a lot of anecdotes.
Once, the "Sage Ling Jue" wanted to invite "Zhenhe East to do a difficult task (this is also a kind of gambling), but Zhenhe East was unwilling, so the Sage Ling Jue invited Zhenhe East to gamble. After losing to him, Zhenhe Dong went to do it. He broke a leg and took away the twelve wives of Ling Jue Shengshou.
For example, the gang leader of the "Tianhe Gang" and the head of the "Shuibo Village" had a feud, which resulted in bloody battles between the two families every year, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.Later, the two gambled under the auspices of the big gambling house, and agreed that whoever loses would commit suicide, so that the two gangs could settle down.As a result, the Tianhe Gang lost, and the gang leader wiped his neck aggressively.
There is also a bet between "Old Corpse Poison" and "Poison Lord", saying that Poison Lord cannot know the hundred kinds of poisons on his body. As a result, Poison Lord not only named the poisons one by one, but also their medicinal properties and origins. Clearly.The corpse poison old beetle felt ashamed, so he announced his withdrawal from the rivers and lakes on the same day and hid outside the pass.
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The so-called rules are that you can't use force, and you are willing to gamble and admit defeat.
Feng Qi said disdainfully: "What poisonous son, I think he is a sissy!"
The young man said: "Dugongzi is really weird. He has lived in the gambling house for half a month. He gambled ten games, won six games, and lost four games. But if he loses the bet, the winner is He always dies without knowing why the next day, he originally lost an arm and three concubines, but now he doesn't have to give them all."
Feng Qi said: "What's weird about this, he was poisoned to death, you can drive him away."
"But he didn't use force." The middle-aged man said, "According to the rules of the casino, guests who don't use force cannot be driven away."
Feng Qi said: "Cut." He looked at Li Jiu, who also looked disapproving.
The middle-aged man said: "The rules are over, if you two don't want to gamble for a while, you can move around as you like."
"Walk around at will?" Feng Qi asked, "Can I watch others gamble?"
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "This is a gambling house, of course."
Feng Qi said: "I'm going to see Mr. Poison."
Li Jiu grabbed him, and asked in a low voice: "What are you watching, why don't you save your teacher's wife?"
Feng Qi whispered to him: "If my teacher's wife is really in the gambling house, she will definitely have something to do with Mr. Du."
"How do you know?" Li Jiu asked.
"Intuition." Feng Qi said mysteriously.
Li Jiu said, "Finding excuses..."
Feng Qi has already gone to the pavilion where Mr. Du is.
The pavilion was backed by a rockery, and the bamboo curtains were fine and dense. Feng Qi swaggered open the curtains to enter, and found three people inside, except Mr. Du, and the other two were called "Xu Shaoxia" and "Bangzhu Song".Bystanders watching bets must obey the rules, Feng Qi bowed to Xu Shaoxia and Gang Leader Song, and they also returned the gift, Du Gongzi sat alone proudly, did not give Feng Qi a straight look, of course Feng Qi ignored him.
The pavilion is simply furnished, with only a table and a few chairs.Li Jiu then came in, and suddenly winked at Feng Qi, Feng Qi said that he saw it too - there was a pile of dark things in the corner, most of which was covered by the table, like a quilt?
Xu Shaoxia spoke first: "This thing must be mine!"
Gang Leader Song said in a rough voice, "You have to gamble to find out. If you don't gamble on poison, you should gamble on Pai Gow."
Xu Shaoxia said, "I can't play Pai Gow well. Let's play dice. It's the easiest. Come nine rounds, whoever has the most points will own this object."
Gang Leader Song said: "Okay, but you are not allowed to cheat."
Xu Shaoxia said, "It's absolutely impossible. I'll call for a new set of dice immediately."
The poisonous young man who had been silent all this time said slowly: "New dice are important, but the best way to roll the dice is to be a newcomer. This little brother in red, why don't you roll it for me?"
Feng Qi was wearing red clothes, and he sneered when he heard the words: "You want me to shake it? I'm not a guy in a casino."
Poison Young Master also said with malicious intentions: "The rules of the casino are just that you can't use force, but it doesn't say that gamblers are not allowed to roll the dice."
Feng Qi smiled wickedly.
Li Jiu knew that he was going to poison him, so he quickly reminded in a low voice: "Don't mess around, it's important to find your teacher's wife, just join in the fun."
Feng Qi took a few steps forward because of the question, and finally saw clearly the lump in the corner, and found what kind of bedding was there, it was clearly a big sack with its mouth tightly tied.
Is it gold? Feng Qi thought to himself, such a big bag must be worth several thousand taels.
He winked at Li Jiu, Li Jiu pretended not to see, thinking to himself why do you care about that? Do you want to snatch it?
Gang Leader Song asked: "Brother, do you want to shake the dice? If not, I'll shake it."
"Shake!" Feng Qi calmed down and said.
He took new dice and put them on the table for people to check, then threw them into the bamboo tube and shook them until someone told them to stop.The first is Xu Shaoxia's, which is a five, a three, and a two, a total of ten points; the second is Song Gangzhu's twelve points; the third is Du Gongzi's seventeen points.
He scolded himself for being cheap, and rolled the second round until the sixth round. Du Gongzi had already won three hands. Feng Qi wished he could chop off his hand. The sack moved—he realized in a flash that the sack contained a living thing, and it might even be a person!
Could it be Mistress!
Feng Qi suddenly turned to look at Li Jiu.Li Jiu shook his head lightly, meaning it was impossible, no matter how bad Dao Hongling was, she was the head's wife anyway, and would not be put in a sack.
Feng Qi also hesitated.
Betting on life... so they are betting on this person's life?
"Brother, why are you staring blankly again? Hurry up!" Xu Shaoxia urged impatiently.
Feng Qi lifted the bamboo tube over his head and shook it mechanically.
Xu Shaoxia shouted: "Stop! Stop!"
Feng Qi put the bamboo tube upside down on the table, opened it and saw that it was only seven o'clock, Xu Shaoxia was so angry that he slapped the table, scolding Feng Qi for ruining his luck.
Gang Leader Song is excited to continue. He has won two hands and has a chance to come back.He had three sixes in this hand, he thought he would win, but he didn't know that Mr. Du also had three sixes, the two unexpectedly tied.
Leader Song won the eighth round, and in the ninth round only he and Du Gongzi had a showdown. In the end, Du Gongzi won. Song leader threw the dice and laughed and said, "Haha, I can't compare, so I will give this to Du Gongzi." up!"
Feng Qi said: "Wait."
The pavilion fell silent immediately, and the other four people all looked at him.
Feng Qi pointed to Du Gongzi and said: "According to the rules, everyone can gamble. I want to bet with you, and I also bet on this pocket."
"You?" Du Gongzi looked at him and said with a funny face, "What can you bet with me? Betting on dice?
Of course Feng Qi can't play dice with him, he can tell the number by listening to the sound, but he can't.
Feng Qi said: "Your name is Du Gongzi, then I will compare poison with you."
The three people in the pavilion burst into laughter and said, "Hahahahaha! Competing in poison? You actually want to compete in poison with the poisonous master? Hahaha!"
Li Jiu didn't smile, he frowned and looked at Feng Qi.
He chased Feng Qi for a day and a night, let him escape five times, and arrested him five times. He knew that Feng Qi was average in martial arts, internal strength, and ability to use poison. Mr. Du could kill three Feng Qi.
Their noise attracted all the people in the garden, surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside.This is also in compliance with the rules, as long as you watch the game and don't say a word.
Du Gongzi laughed so hard that he shed tears and said: "Okay, okay, let's compare poison. Do you want to compare with me for recognizing poison? Or for matching poison? Or for poisoning?"
"I don't know any of these," Feng Qi sighed pretentiously, "I'll drink poison with you. Heroes, young heroes, gang leaders, village owners, village owners, take whatever poison you have in your pockets." Come here, let me compete with this famous poisonous young man.
Li Jiu said silently: Come on!
Feng Qi cast a look at him, looking confident.
The poisonous young man was stunned for a while, thinking that drinking poison is better than detoxification, which is fighting for his life. Does this kid in front of him have any way to win? This is not a trap, is it? But look at his pretty face, with a look of ignorance Look, it's obviously an idiot... Okay, since you came to the door yourself, then I will let you die quickly.
He said leisurely, "I have poison on me."
"You can't do it." Feng Qi said, "You'll be sloppy, I want the heroes in the back. Everyone, are you willing to take out poison? Let's have fun, it's harmless!"
Li Jiu suddenly grabbed Feng Qi's back collar, Feng Qi fell backwards, Li Jiu supported his back, Feng Qi asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Li Jiu said in a low voice, "It's better than drinking poison to detoxify?"
Feng Qi said: "What do you know? I have my own method."
"What's the way? Tell me first and listen."
"I'm not happy to say that."
Li Jiu whispered in his ear, "What if there is a deer and a deer in the sack?"
Feng Qi pushed his hand away and said: "Then bake and eat."
He stepped forward and asked loudly, "Do you have any poison?"
Finally, a thick man in brocade clothes threw out a paper bag and shouted: "Little brother, I bet you win. This is 'Seven Steps Down', feed it to Du Gongzi, I have seen him not pleasing to the eye for a long time! "
Feng Qi took the medicine bag and laughed, then took two tea bowls, filled them with clean water, and divided the medicine powder into two parts.He held a bowl by himself, and held the other bowl in front of Du Gongzi's nose, and said with a smile: "I didn't do anything under the watchful eyes of the public, Du Gongzi, please. I will do this bowl first as a respect!"
After speaking, he raised his neck and drank it, then walked forward slowly, calmly.After walking seven steps, he heard someone heaving a sigh of relief, but when he looked back, it was Li Jiu.
He thought to himself: I am the one who drank the poison, what are you panting for? Turning around, he smirked at the drug master, "Why don't you invite me, sir?"
Du Gongzi frowned, with his eyesight, he didn't see how Feng Qi detoxified, could this brat know magic tricks? Out of face, he also drank the poison in one gulp, and then he quickly took out a bottle of poison from his bosom. He swallowed the pill and snorted coldly.
Someone beside him commented in a low voice: "For the sake of the 'seven-step fall' that is commonly used in the world, he actually ate a 'Qian Xue Ye Ning Pill' that is hard to buy, this poisonous son has spent all his money."
Little did he know that Du Gongzi didn't need to take this pill at all, he had some abilities, he could completely force the poison out when the "seven steps down" entered his throat, but just as he was about to do so, suddenly there was a strong and straight energy rushing towards his chest There was numbness and pain in the waist and eyes, the internal force that had just been gathered suddenly dissipated, and the "seven-step fall" attack was extremely fast, so he had no choice but to take out Qianxue Ye Ning Wan and eat it.
Infuriating is of course a good thing Li Jiu did, Bantao Villa not only has superb swordsmanship, but also good fingering.Du Gongzi can turn around and fight him, but that would break the rules, and bad rules are tantamount to voluntarily admitting defeat.
Feng Qi squeezed some leftover fried soybeans in his hand, and said with a smile: "What is 'Qian Xue Ye Ning Pill'? My 'Million Golden Pill' is hard to buy, let alone ten thousand gold. Change it."
Others laughed and said, "You are soybeans!"
Feng Qi said: "Don't believe me, I'll show you later."
As he spoke, he went around asking for poison. The poisonous young master felt that he was being played like a monkey in public by him, and he was already furious, but he is a famous figure in the world, how could he give up to an unknown junior? At this time, an old voice said : "Since gambling, the banker is indispensable. The poison will be provided by the old man."
When everyone saw it, they were amazed. The big boss of this casino was mysterious, but the second boss showed his face before, so it was this old man! It seems that today's gambling game was extraordinary, and even the second boss was shocked.
Everyone give up their seats to the second owner.Although the owner's family is old, they are quick to do things. He arranged five packs of medicinal powder and pills one by one, and ordered the servants of the gambling house to bring ten cups of tea, dissolve the poison into them, and then divide them into two portions and put them on the table. One part belonged to Feng Qi, and one part belonged to Mr. Du.
The second boss said succinctly: "Two, please bet."
Feng Qi said with a smile: "Boss, you are so thoughtful." Then he glanced sideways at Du Gongzi, and then looked worriedly at the sack in the corner.Li Jiu looked at him with a complicated expression.
Du Gongzi was a little puzzled: The second boss has always been friendly and rich, why did he suddenly come out to meddle? In addition to the fact that he was plotted against just now, he has already concluded that the people in front of him are all in the same gang, and they are here to make him look bad. In fact, where is the second boss? There are so many thoughts.As for the casino, it's not lively and there is no topic. Of course, this kind of gambling game needs to be mixed in, and it is also famous if it is spread.
The origin of these medicines on the table is unknown. Although he is called Poison Master, it does not mean that he has tasted every kind of poison.Although Qianxue Yening Pills can detoxify hundreds of poisons, they are extremely precious. It took me more than ten years to find six pills. I already ate one pill just now when my head got hot. How could I be willing to use the remaining five pills in this inexplicable gamble? The bet was still such an insignificant prize.
But in the end, he still chose face. "Let's get started!" he said through gritted teeth.
"The first bowl of tea--it's not a holiday--!" A man in black specially said,
Although this lake is called "deep water", it is actually extremely shallow, especially in winter when the water is dry, the road in the lake is exposed, and even horses can run on it.
Shallow water is easy to grow crabs, and crabs in deep lakes are delicious.When the autumn wind blows, the crab’s feet itch. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the crab meat in the deep water lake is fine, yellow and full of fat. However, because the deep water gambling house is unfortunately located in it, no one in the [-] miles around the lake dares to go into the water to catch a crab. It’s a pity .
Of course there are still bold ones, such as Feng Qi.
Feng Qi threw a crab into his mouth, endured it for a while, and then spat it out.
"It's unpalatable!" He said dissatisfiedly, "Can this kind of thing be called delicious? Cut!"
Li Jiu at the side coldly stretched out four fingers, and said, "First, steam the crabs before eating; second, spit out the shells when eating; third, it's early summer, and what you eat is called crab at most. Crab seedlings; Fourth, river crabs come out at night and will come out naturally at night. Please don't dig holes on the lakeshore.
Feng Qi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You talk a lot."
Li Jiu said, "Accept."
Feng Qi sneered and said, "I'm sorry, I'm from southern Xinjiang, so I don't understand the rules of eating crabs like you Jiangnan aristocratic families."
"That's not a rule at all, but common sense." Li Jiu said, "I haven't started talking about the rules yet, and you won't understand even if I talk about them."
Feng Qi said: "Men talk a lot, and they usually don't live past thirty."
Li Jiu said, "Thank you for your concern."
Feng Qi said: "I can make you live less than 25."
Li Jiu said: "Thank you, you forgot that you can't beat me, otherwise you would have escaped long ago."
Feng Qi was speechless...
Every quarrel between the two ends with this sentence.
After a while, Feng Qi gritted his teeth and said: "When I find my wife, I will kill everyone in Bantao Villa!"
This sentence is always the beginning of the next fight.
Li Jiu didn't want to quarrel this time, he just said "Oh, really" coldly, then turned his head and looked away.Feng Qi also softened, went to the lake to wash her face.Both of them were tired, they didn't close their eyes for at least one day and one night, one chased and the other ran away, they fought countless times, currently Li Jiu is firmly in the upper hand.
One day and one night ago, Feng Qi killed Li Fang, the third owner of Bantao Villa, who was Li Jiu's third uncle.The reason is simple, Feng Qi thinks that Li Fang hid his mistress.
Feng Qi's teacher's wife is Dao Hongling, (self-proclaimed) the number one beauty in southern Xinjiang, she ran out after arguing with Feng Qi's master.The master was worried and angry, but he couldn't bear to chase after him, so he sent Feng Qi to chase after him, and Feng Qi chased him to the south of the Yangtze River, and found that his wife had released the life-saving Yingying unique to his sect. It seemed that he was in danger, so he followed the life-saving Yingying When they arrived at Bantao Villa, they killed Li Fang without saying hello.
Li Fang deserves to be unlucky, his reputation is too bad, everyone in a radius of eighty miles knows that he is not a good person, otherwise, why didn't Feng Qi kill the big villa owner Li Sheng, the second villa owner Li Miao, or the Yin villa owner Li Yun? The problem is to kill After Li Fang, Feng Qi did not find Dao Hongling.
"My teacher's wife must have been hidden by Li Fang in that gambling house!" Feng Qi said.
"Bullshit."
"How dare you say that Li Fang didn't do it?" Feng Qi asked.
Li Jiu didn't speak for a while, because his precious Third Uncle was indeed of extremely bad character.
Not only is he poor in character, ignorant and incompetent, he likes to cause trouble, but he is also fond of gambling, drinking, and lust.
It is really embarrassing to have such a person out of the aristocratic family, so Feng Qi killed Li Fang, and half of the Li family breathed a sigh of relief in secret. Out of face, they still issued a hunting order for Feng Qi and sent a young man to kill him. Li Jiu is the most outstanding Li Jiu in his life, but the order Li Jiu received was not "shoot to kill", but "bring it back first for questioning".
Li Jiu found that it was not difficult to catch Feng Qi, because this man's martial arts were average, but it was difficult to bring him back, because Feng Qi always had a variety of tricks, and he had poison hidden all over his body, from the tips of his hair to the tips of his nails.He is the seventh disciple of the Patriarch of the Poison Demon of Wandu Sect in Southern Border. His surname is Feng, so he is called Feng Qi.
Li Jiu asked: "Did my third uncle tell you that Dao Hongling was in Shenshui Casino before he died?"
"No." Feng Qi took out a small box from his bosom, opened it, and there was a beetle inside, about the size of a small fingernail.
This is the life-saving firefly, it is dead, usually it will die after leading the way. Feng Qi said, "It brought me here, this is the second one." "
Li Jiu asked: "Dao Hongling put it?"
Feng Qi nodded: "Yes."
"How many are there on her?" Li Jiu asked.
"Three." Feng Qi put away the life-saving firefly, staring at the misty and rainy lake.The deep water gambling house is on the small island in the middle of the lake, but there is no boat on the waterway of more than two miles.
"How to get there?" He knelt down, resting his chin and worrying.
Li Jiu also stood still.
It was the first time he had heard of such strange things as Dao Hongling, Life-Saving Yingying, Wandumen, and Southern Border, so he wasn't interested in paying attention to them.But what if Dao Hongling is really in the Sham Shui Casino? And is it really hidden by Li Fang?
Li Fang is dead, and the face of Bantao Villa has been lost, but hiding the wife of the head of the family for no reason is not only a matter of embarrassment, but also a big event that will cause a bloodbath!
Feng Qi said: "Forget it, I'll swim there." He began to take off his shoes as he spoke.
Li Jiu grabbed him and said, "Let's make an agreement."
"No." Feng Qi said, "'I have nothing to say to you."
Li Jiu drew out his sword "swish" and said, "Feng Qi, either make a contract with me, or I will kill you right now."
Feng Qi lamented: "Master Young Master, you are really annoying!"
Li Jiu said: "A fair agreement, impartiality, no one will suffer. I will accompany you to the Shenshui Casino to find Dao Hongling, but whether you can find it or not, you have to go back to Bantao Villa with me."
Feng Qi wanted to shake him off and said, "Isn't this my disadvantage?"
Li Jiu grabbed hold of it and said, "First, you can't beat me, and I can catch up with you wherever you go; second, without me, you can't even enter the casino."
Feng Qi asked: "Why can't you go in?"
Li Jiu let go of him, straightened his clothes, and said, "Do you think the Shenshui Gambling House is a small thieves in the rivers and lakes who can come and go freely? After a while, you will know the usefulness of the young master. I know where there is a ferry. , come with me." He said and left.
Feng Qi looked at his back, pointed to his nose angrily and asked, "Am I a little thief?"
Li Jiu shouted: "Come on!"
Feng Qi followed up resentfully, muttering in his mouth: "Say I'm a little thief, I think you're tired of working..."
"Feng Qi." Li Jiu turned around suddenly and asked, "When I grabbed you just now, you didn't poison me, did you?"
Feng Qi snorted coldly: "Down, your whole body will fester and die in three days."
Watch his expression and say, "Well, it looks like you didn't make it in time."
Feng Qi said: "There will be more opportunities in the future."
Li Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go."
The ferry is really shabby. The old wooden gangplank took a long three to five feet to the lake. There were two black-covered boats parked on the other side of the gangplank, and one tent was still broken.
The two walked towards the better boat, Feng Qi said to the punter, "Go to the casino."
Li Jiu said, "He is deaf, he cannot hear."
The deaf man held out a hand to them.
Feng Qi asked: "What does he want?"
"Need a chip." Li Jiu said, "Everyone who has been to Sham Shui Casino will leave one or two chips for use as tokens when they come next time.
"Do you have chips?" Feng Qi asked.
Li Jiu said, "No."
"Then what did you show him?"
"Look at this." Li Jiu took out a gold ingot from his pocket, which weighed more than ten taels.
Feng Qi was dumbfounded and said, "What are you... doing with such a big golden lump?"
"Otherwise, how can you be the young master?" Li Jiu said, "I still have it here."
Feng Qi asked: "You brought it with you when you chased me?"
Li Jiu glanced at him and said, "When did I chase you down?"
The deaf man looked at the gold ingot, then looked up at Li Jiu's clothes and his sword, suddenly smiled and made a "please" gesture.
Shocked, Feng Qi was pushed onto the boat by Li Jiu and sat in the stern.He was still struggling with the golden lump and asked, "What if it falls out during a fight?"
Li Jiu smiled slightly and said, "With you? No."
Feng Qi said: "Cut."
Li Jiu smiled: "Hmph."
The deaf man couldn't hear what they said, and they could actually argue a little more, but after the boat reached the middle of the lake, both of them were in no mood to argue.The most beautiful season in the south of the Yangtze River is not early spring at all, but early summer. Before and after the misty rainy season, narrow awning boats pass across the green brocade-like lake, causing undulating ripples with a slight sound of water.
Feng Qi looked at the scenery for a while and said: "My teacher's wife has always said that Jiangnan is good, but I think this place is just so-so."
Li Jiu said, "I don't think so."
Feng Qi was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Oh, she is actually very poor in martial arts, otherwise she wouldn't be caught."
Li Jiu said: "Oh, the wife of the head of the Wandu Sect is not good at martial arts?"
Feng Qi pointed to her face and said: "You are beautiful, but you have a good heart. I was actually raised by my teacher's wife, and I am not close to my master. There is a reason why my master sent me to look for her. If someone else came, she would be so angry that she would not show up." .”
Li Jiu thought to himself: No wonder your martial arts are poor, there is a reason.
The deaf man suddenly threw a pole, and the black boat flew far away, Li Jiu said, "Here we are."
Feng Qi was about to stand up, Li Jiu held him down and said, "It's Chen Shi, no matter what, you have to come out at You Shi, and then go back to Bantao Villa with me, understand?"
Feng Qi said: "Cut."
Li Jiu said sharply, "Nod your head and agree!"
Feng Qi was pinned on his shoulders and couldn't move. What's worse, Li Jiu's thumb was still pressing on his throat, so he could only swallow his anger: "Yeah."
Li Jiu let go of him and said, "Go ashore."
In the end, it was Li Jiu who went ashore first, because the deep water gambling house was not a place for ordinary people to come to, and he was the young owner of Bantao Villa, one of the three famous villas in the south of the Yangtze River.Feng Qi had no choice but to act as his follower, Wan Dumen belonged to the evil sect.Although the gambling shop doesn't care about righteousness or evil, it's a pity that the Wandumen is not well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, and the seventh disciple of the Wandumen's ability is not very good.
There was a burly man standing at the entrance of the casino. If he was used to welcome guests, he would be a bit fierce.
"Where does the distinguished guest come from?" He asked Li Jiu.
Li Jiu raised his sword.
The Li family was originally rich and powerful, but their swordsmanship is exquisite and profound, and they are unrivaled in the world, so this family loves to show off even more.The hilts of each sword owned by the descendants of the clan are engraved with the four characters "Bantao Villa", and some are inlaid with gold and jade.
The big man really respected him and said, "So it's Mr. Li, please come in."
Li Jiu said, "Thank you."
Feng Qi also went in, but was stopped.The big man said in embarrassment: "Mr. Li, there are rules in gambling houses, women are not allowed."
"..."
Feng Qi roared angrily, "Are you blind?! Which eye can see me..."
Li Jiu quickly covered his mouth, and explained: "He's a man, he's mine...uh, Jiantong."
The big man said: "Well, it's a man. He scolded me just now, and I recognized it."
Han asked Li Jiu and Feng Qi to unload their weapons, saying that everything in the gambling house is based on luck, not swords.Li Jiu did as the Romans did, and threw his sword to him. Feng Qi didn't use weapons in the first place, but the big man searched him for a long time, but he didn't even find a dagger.
After passing the gate, Li Jiu dragged Feng Qi away and said in a low voice, "If you want to find your teacher's wife, please bear with me."
Feng Qi said angrily: "That bastard is blind!"
A man who looked like a servant came forward and led them into the gambling house. Along the way, they walked through high walls and deep courtyards, and passed several long corridors. Guards stood on both sides of the corridors. They were all armed with weapons, but they spoke with swords.
Li Jiu said in a low voice, "There are traps on the walls around the gambling house, there is no way to get in except the gate."
Feng Qi asked: "Who opened this casino?"
Li Jiu shook his head and said, "The identity of the owner of the casino is mysterious, so far no one knows who he is."
Feng Qi asked: "How do you know so much?"
Li Jiu smiled wryly and said, "My third uncle likes to gamble. When he ran out of money, he would ask me to borrow it, and he also brought me here."
At this time, he had already reached the second door, and the servant lifted the curtain and made an invitation gesture.
Li Jiu warned Feng Qi, "Don't talk."
A sleepy gambler was standing behind the curtain stretching himself, and then bumped into Li Jiu.Li Jiu frowned, saw the gambler's face clearly, and asked in surprise, "Second Brother Huang?"
The gambler was also surprised, rubbed his eyes quickly and said, "Li, Li Yuwo, me, me, that me..."
Li Jiu said, "I'll just go back if I don't say anything."
The gambler heaved a sigh of relief, and suddenly saw Feng Qi standing behind Li Jiu, with a weird smile on his face.He bumped Li Jiu with his shoulder, and said, "If you don't say anything, I won't say anything, I know it well, and I understand it."
Li Jiu asked, "How long have you been gambling here?"
"Three days? Four days? I don't remember. Anyway, I lost it all." The gambler said, "I'm going back to sleep now!"
As he spoke, he bumped into Li Jiu again and passed him by.
Li Jiu said to Feng Qi: "This is the second son of Jin Dao Huang's family, his father is very familiar with my father."
Feng Qi asked: "Why is he smiling like that?"
Li Jiu said, "I don't know, just ignore him."
The Sham Shui Casino is 360 five days a year, twelve hours a day, gambling every day and all the time.From Feng Qi's point of view, this gambling house is probably more luxurious than the imperial palace, with carved beams and painted buildings, and bright lights, although it is a bit smoky, and the gamblers are shouting at the top of their voices, Pai Gow, dice, and mahjong are rumbling, making it very noisy.But the biggest advantage here is that there is food inside. There are hundreds of plates on a long table, which contain dried fruits, fresh fruits, and snacks.Although Feng Qi received warning from Li Jiu's eyes, he still ran forward to grab a couple of them.
The servant led them through several crowded halls to a room with fewer people, and asked politely, "What do you like to play? Shuanglu, dice, horse hanging, Pai Gow..."
Li Jiu interrupted him: "Apart from these?"
"Except for these?" the boy asked.
Li Jiu returned to the corridor, pointed to a black painted door at the end and asked, "What's inside?"
There were also two big men standing in front of the black lacquered gate, their viciousness was even worse than the one welcoming guests at the gate, the one at the gate was somehow a bit of a businessman, these two were obviously authentic martial arts figures.
The boy came out to have a look, and said with an apologetic smile, "Your honored guest, you can't go inside."
Feng Qi asked: "Why?"
The boy said, "Because there are big bets in the back."
Feng Qi asked: "What is the big one?"
"In the front, there are bets on money, gold, and house, and on the back, there are bets on wives and relatives, bets on benefactors and enemies, and bets on life." The boy said.
Gambling?
Feng Qi and Li Jiu looked at each other, if Dao Hongling was really in the Shenshui Casino, she would only be hidden in this gambling place!
Feng Qi asked: "Brother, I don't gamble, can I go in and have a look?"
The boy laughed and said, "No, young master, if you don't gamble on anything, the Wuling Shuangsha at the gate won't let you in."
Li Jiu said, "I bet."
Feng Qi was startled and asked: "What are you betting on? Betting on your wife? Do you have a wife?"
"You can gamble without a wife." Li Jiu said to the boy, "Please guide the way, I will gamble when I see a suitable one."
The servant smiled and said: "Your guest is very courageous, if that's the case, please come in."
As he spoke, he led Li Jiu and Feng Qi towards the black lacquered gate, but Wuling Shuangsha didn't stop them, but searched them again.
Passing through the black lacquer gate is a long corridor with dim light, and there is a vermilion lacquer gate at the very front.There were still two people standing in front of the vermilion lacquer gate, and the young servant introduced, "This is the Qingling Shuangsha."
Qingling Shuangsha was still searched, even their hair was untied to see if there was any hidden weapon, Feng Qi was bothered by the search.
After entering the vermilion lacquer gate, we finally came to a large garden, which looks like a typical Suzhou garden.Nine winding corridors, rockery and rocks, gurgling water, black tiles and green moss on the roof, bamboo and plantains in the corners, and verdant vegetation dotted in the garden. If they hadn't come in through the gate, no one would have thought that such an elegant place belonged to a casino.
Along the way, I saw at least a dozen small pavilions scattered in the garden, some on the top of the rockery, some by the small lake, and some in the bamboo forest. The pavilions were surrounded by bamboo curtains, and there were people inside.Standing outside each pavilion was a man wearing a black hat and black clothes and trousers.
They walked into the bamboo forest deep in the garden and came to a small pavilion that was deserted.The boy whispered to the middle-aged man outside the booth for a while, then he said goodbye to Li Jiu and the others, saying that he was only in charge of the field.The middle-aged man came forward and said, "Dear guest..."
Suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and someone yelled: "If you can't afford to gamble, don't gamble!" Then there was a loud sound of falling into the water, and two people jumped down from the pavilion on the high rockery, fell into the water and beat each other hard. Rolling over and over, it looked like he wanted to kill the other party.
The man in black beside the rockery pavilion persuaded anxiously: "You two have something to say! Boss Long, Chen Daxia, thank you for having something to say!"
More than a dozen guards rushed up one after another, and pulled the two people out of the water. After the two guys got ashore, they were still waving at each other, "The tiger digs out its heart!"
The man in black commanded: "Quickly, bring dry cloth for the two heroes, the soft one, new clothes, and hot soup!"
The so-called Boss Long and Daxia Chen both had swollen noses and swollen eyes. They wiped their bodies and wanted to wrestle together. The man in black held each other and said, "A hero calms down, change his wet clothes, and drink a cup of hot tea."
He went on to say: "The owner has set a rule that only literary gambling is allowed in the Sham Shui Gambling Workshop, absolutely no martial gambling. Anyone who makes a move in the gambling workshop will not be able to enter again for the rest of his life, so please go ahead after drinking your tea."
"What's breaking the rules?" Boss Long roared, "Call your boss out!"
"That's right, let him come out!" Chen Daxia chimed in.
The man in black shook his head and said, "My host is busy with business, I'm afraid I can't entertain guests."
"You!" Boss Long made a gesture to smash something, and suddenly felt a piercing pain in his wrist. The man in black clasped his veins tightly. Where is the man in black from a casino? The master who came! Boss Long suddenly softened and left in a hurry. When Chen Daxia saw him leave, he didn't make fun of himself, talking loudly about the scene before he left.
At this time, someone let out a harsh laugh.Li Jiu and Feng Qi turned around to look, and found that he was a tall and thin young man, except for the conspicuous aquiline nose and too long chin, his appearance was not bad, he was dressed in brocade clothes.
The middle-aged man introduced in a low voice: "His name is Du Gongzi, and he is the apprentice of Yushan Poison Master."
"Poison master?" Feng Qi sneered, "He is poison son, and I am poison father."
Poison Young Master obviously heard this sentence and gave Feng Qi a hard look. If he hadn't done it in the casino, he would have been kicked out. He must have grabbed a handful of poisonous powder and sprinkled it on Feng Qi's face.
The middle-aged man reintroduced Li Jiu and Feng Qi into the pavilion, and said, "This is your first time here, so you can only listen to my ramblings. Our Sham Shui Casino is no different than other places. Gambling here is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold." It’s nothing, but you have to be extra careful when betting on other bets and obey the rules.”
So Li Jiu and Feng Qi heard a lot of anecdotes.
Once, the "Sage Ling Jue" wanted to invite "Zhenhe East to do a difficult task (this is also a kind of gambling), but Zhenhe East was unwilling, so the Sage Ling Jue invited Zhenhe East to gamble. After losing to him, Zhenhe Dong went to do it. He broke a leg and took away the twelve wives of Ling Jue Shengshou.
For example, the gang leader of the "Tianhe Gang" and the head of the "Shuibo Village" had a feud, which resulted in bloody battles between the two families every year, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.Later, the two gambled under the auspices of the big gambling house, and agreed that whoever loses would commit suicide, so that the two gangs could settle down.As a result, the Tianhe Gang lost, and the gang leader wiped his neck aggressively.
There is also a bet between "Old Corpse Poison" and "Poison Lord", saying that Poison Lord cannot know the hundred kinds of poisons on his body. As a result, Poison Lord not only named the poisons one by one, but also their medicinal properties and origins. Clearly.The corpse poison old beetle felt ashamed, so he announced his withdrawal from the rivers and lakes on the same day and hid outside the pass.
……
The so-called rules are that you can't use force, and you are willing to gamble and admit defeat.
Feng Qi said disdainfully: "What poisonous son, I think he is a sissy!"
The young man said: "Dugongzi is really weird. He has lived in the gambling house for half a month. He gambled ten games, won six games, and lost four games. But if he loses the bet, the winner is He always dies without knowing why the next day, he originally lost an arm and three concubines, but now he doesn't have to give them all."
Feng Qi said: "What's weird about this, he was poisoned to death, you can drive him away."
"But he didn't use force." The middle-aged man said, "According to the rules of the casino, guests who don't use force cannot be driven away."
Feng Qi said: "Cut." He looked at Li Jiu, who also looked disapproving.
The middle-aged man said: "The rules are over, if you two don't want to gamble for a while, you can move around as you like."
"Walk around at will?" Feng Qi asked, "Can I watch others gamble?"
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "This is a gambling house, of course."
Feng Qi said: "I'm going to see Mr. Poison."
Li Jiu grabbed him, and asked in a low voice: "What are you watching, why don't you save your teacher's wife?"
Feng Qi whispered to him: "If my teacher's wife is really in the gambling house, she will definitely have something to do with Mr. Du."
"How do you know?" Li Jiu asked.
"Intuition." Feng Qi said mysteriously.
Li Jiu said, "Finding excuses..."
Feng Qi has already gone to the pavilion where Mr. Du is.
The pavilion was backed by a rockery, and the bamboo curtains were fine and dense. Feng Qi swaggered open the curtains to enter, and found three people inside, except Mr. Du, and the other two were called "Xu Shaoxia" and "Bangzhu Song".Bystanders watching bets must obey the rules, Feng Qi bowed to Xu Shaoxia and Gang Leader Song, and they also returned the gift, Du Gongzi sat alone proudly, did not give Feng Qi a straight look, of course Feng Qi ignored him.
The pavilion is simply furnished, with only a table and a few chairs.Li Jiu then came in, and suddenly winked at Feng Qi, Feng Qi said that he saw it too - there was a pile of dark things in the corner, most of which was covered by the table, like a quilt?
Xu Shaoxia spoke first: "This thing must be mine!"
Gang Leader Song said in a rough voice, "You have to gamble to find out. If you don't gamble on poison, you should gamble on Pai Gow."
Xu Shaoxia said, "I can't play Pai Gow well. Let's play dice. It's the easiest. Come nine rounds, whoever has the most points will own this object."
Gang Leader Song said: "Okay, but you are not allowed to cheat."
Xu Shaoxia said, "It's absolutely impossible. I'll call for a new set of dice immediately."
The poisonous young man who had been silent all this time said slowly: "New dice are important, but the best way to roll the dice is to be a newcomer. This little brother in red, why don't you roll it for me?"
Feng Qi was wearing red clothes, and he sneered when he heard the words: "You want me to shake it? I'm not a guy in a casino."
Poison Young Master also said with malicious intentions: "The rules of the casino are just that you can't use force, but it doesn't say that gamblers are not allowed to roll the dice."
Feng Qi smiled wickedly.
Li Jiu knew that he was going to poison him, so he quickly reminded in a low voice: "Don't mess around, it's important to find your teacher's wife, just join in the fun."
Feng Qi took a few steps forward because of the question, and finally saw clearly the lump in the corner, and found what kind of bedding was there, it was clearly a big sack with its mouth tightly tied.
Is it gold? Feng Qi thought to himself, such a big bag must be worth several thousand taels.
He winked at Li Jiu, Li Jiu pretended not to see, thinking to himself why do you care about that? Do you want to snatch it?
Gang Leader Song asked: "Brother, do you want to shake the dice? If not, I'll shake it."
"Shake!" Feng Qi calmed down and said.
He took new dice and put them on the table for people to check, then threw them into the bamboo tube and shook them until someone told them to stop.The first is Xu Shaoxia's, which is a five, a three, and a two, a total of ten points; the second is Song Gangzhu's twelve points; the third is Du Gongzi's seventeen points.
He scolded himself for being cheap, and rolled the second round until the sixth round. Du Gongzi had already won three hands. Feng Qi wished he could chop off his hand. The sack moved—he realized in a flash that the sack contained a living thing, and it might even be a person!
Could it be Mistress!
Feng Qi suddenly turned to look at Li Jiu.Li Jiu shook his head lightly, meaning it was impossible, no matter how bad Dao Hongling was, she was the head's wife anyway, and would not be put in a sack.
Feng Qi also hesitated.
Betting on life... so they are betting on this person's life?
"Brother, why are you staring blankly again? Hurry up!" Xu Shaoxia urged impatiently.
Feng Qi lifted the bamboo tube over his head and shook it mechanically.
Xu Shaoxia shouted: "Stop! Stop!"
Feng Qi put the bamboo tube upside down on the table, opened it and saw that it was only seven o'clock, Xu Shaoxia was so angry that he slapped the table, scolding Feng Qi for ruining his luck.
Gang Leader Song is excited to continue. He has won two hands and has a chance to come back.He had three sixes in this hand, he thought he would win, but he didn't know that Mr. Du also had three sixes, the two unexpectedly tied.
Leader Song won the eighth round, and in the ninth round only he and Du Gongzi had a showdown. In the end, Du Gongzi won. Song leader threw the dice and laughed and said, "Haha, I can't compare, so I will give this to Du Gongzi." up!"
Feng Qi said: "Wait."
The pavilion fell silent immediately, and the other four people all looked at him.
Feng Qi pointed to Du Gongzi and said: "According to the rules, everyone can gamble. I want to bet with you, and I also bet on this pocket."
"You?" Du Gongzi looked at him and said with a funny face, "What can you bet with me? Betting on dice?
Of course Feng Qi can't play dice with him, he can tell the number by listening to the sound, but he can't.
Feng Qi said: "Your name is Du Gongzi, then I will compare poison with you."
The three people in the pavilion burst into laughter and said, "Hahahahaha! Competing in poison? You actually want to compete in poison with the poisonous master? Hahaha!"
Li Jiu didn't smile, he frowned and looked at Feng Qi.
He chased Feng Qi for a day and a night, let him escape five times, and arrested him five times. He knew that Feng Qi was average in martial arts, internal strength, and ability to use poison. Mr. Du could kill three Feng Qi.
Their noise attracted all the people in the garden, surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside.This is also in compliance with the rules, as long as you watch the game and don't say a word.
Du Gongzi laughed so hard that he shed tears and said: "Okay, okay, let's compare poison. Do you want to compare with me for recognizing poison? Or for matching poison? Or for poisoning?"
"I don't know any of these," Feng Qi sighed pretentiously, "I'll drink poison with you. Heroes, young heroes, gang leaders, village owners, village owners, take whatever poison you have in your pockets." Come here, let me compete with this famous poisonous young man.
Li Jiu said silently: Come on!
Feng Qi cast a look at him, looking confident.
The poisonous young man was stunned for a while, thinking that drinking poison is better than detoxification, which is fighting for his life. Does this kid in front of him have any way to win? This is not a trap, is it? But look at his pretty face, with a look of ignorance Look, it's obviously an idiot... Okay, since you came to the door yourself, then I will let you die quickly.
He said leisurely, "I have poison on me."
"You can't do it." Feng Qi said, "You'll be sloppy, I want the heroes in the back. Everyone, are you willing to take out poison? Let's have fun, it's harmless!"
Li Jiu suddenly grabbed Feng Qi's back collar, Feng Qi fell backwards, Li Jiu supported his back, Feng Qi asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Li Jiu said in a low voice, "It's better than drinking poison to detoxify?"
Feng Qi said: "What do you know? I have my own method."
"What's the way? Tell me first and listen."
"I'm not happy to say that."
Li Jiu whispered in his ear, "What if there is a deer and a deer in the sack?"
Feng Qi pushed his hand away and said: "Then bake and eat."
He stepped forward and asked loudly, "Do you have any poison?"
Finally, a thick man in brocade clothes threw out a paper bag and shouted: "Little brother, I bet you win. This is 'Seven Steps Down', feed it to Du Gongzi, I have seen him not pleasing to the eye for a long time! "
Feng Qi took the medicine bag and laughed, then took two tea bowls, filled them with clean water, and divided the medicine powder into two parts.He held a bowl by himself, and held the other bowl in front of Du Gongzi's nose, and said with a smile: "I didn't do anything under the watchful eyes of the public, Du Gongzi, please. I will do this bowl first as a respect!"
After speaking, he raised his neck and drank it, then walked forward slowly, calmly.After walking seven steps, he heard someone heaving a sigh of relief, but when he looked back, it was Li Jiu.
He thought to himself: I am the one who drank the poison, what are you panting for? Turning around, he smirked at the drug master, "Why don't you invite me, sir?"
Du Gongzi frowned, with his eyesight, he didn't see how Feng Qi detoxified, could this brat know magic tricks? Out of face, he also drank the poison in one gulp, and then he quickly took out a bottle of poison from his bosom. He swallowed the pill and snorted coldly.
Someone beside him commented in a low voice: "For the sake of the 'seven-step fall' that is commonly used in the world, he actually ate a 'Qian Xue Ye Ning Pill' that is hard to buy, this poisonous son has spent all his money."
Little did he know that Du Gongzi didn't need to take this pill at all, he had some abilities, he could completely force the poison out when the "seven steps down" entered his throat, but just as he was about to do so, suddenly there was a strong and straight energy rushing towards his chest There was numbness and pain in the waist and eyes, the internal force that had just been gathered suddenly dissipated, and the "seven-step fall" attack was extremely fast, so he had no choice but to take out Qianxue Ye Ning Wan and eat it.
Infuriating is of course a good thing Li Jiu did, Bantao Villa not only has superb swordsmanship, but also good fingering.Du Gongzi can turn around and fight him, but that would break the rules, and bad rules are tantamount to voluntarily admitting defeat.
Feng Qi squeezed some leftover fried soybeans in his hand, and said with a smile: "What is 'Qian Xue Ye Ning Pill'? My 'Million Golden Pill' is hard to buy, let alone ten thousand gold. Change it."
Others laughed and said, "You are soybeans!"
Feng Qi said: "Don't believe me, I'll show you later."
As he spoke, he went around asking for poison. The poisonous young master felt that he was being played like a monkey in public by him, and he was already furious, but he is a famous figure in the world, how could he give up to an unknown junior? At this time, an old voice said : "Since gambling, the banker is indispensable. The poison will be provided by the old man."
When everyone saw it, they were amazed. The big boss of this casino was mysterious, but the second boss showed his face before, so it was this old man! It seems that today's gambling game was extraordinary, and even the second boss was shocked.
Everyone give up their seats to the second owner.Although the owner's family is old, they are quick to do things. He arranged five packs of medicinal powder and pills one by one, and ordered the servants of the gambling house to bring ten cups of tea, dissolve the poison into them, and then divide them into two portions and put them on the table. One part belonged to Feng Qi, and one part belonged to Mr. Du.
The second boss said succinctly: "Two, please bet."
Feng Qi said with a smile: "Boss, you are so thoughtful." Then he glanced sideways at Du Gongzi, and then looked worriedly at the sack in the corner.Li Jiu looked at him with a complicated expression.
Du Gongzi was a little puzzled: The second boss has always been friendly and rich, why did he suddenly come out to meddle? In addition to the fact that he was plotted against just now, he has already concluded that the people in front of him are all in the same gang, and they are here to make him look bad. In fact, where is the second boss? There are so many thoughts.As for the casino, it's not lively and there is no topic. Of course, this kind of gambling game needs to be mixed in, and it is also famous if it is spread.
The origin of these medicines on the table is unknown. Although he is called Poison Master, it does not mean that he has tasted every kind of poison.Although Qianxue Yening Pills can detoxify hundreds of poisons, they are extremely precious. It took me more than ten years to find six pills. I already ate one pill just now when my head got hot. How could I be willing to use the remaining five pills in this inexplicable gamble? The bet was still such an insignificant prize.
But in the end, he still chose face. "Let's get started!" he said through gritted teeth.
"The first bowl of tea--it's not a holiday--!" A man in black specially said,
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