long moon smiles in the sky

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sat and waited on the tree until it was getting dark, when they saw the man come out, holding a string of ropes in his hand, tied the dogs to the tree outside the cave, and sent someone to guard with.

Then, some people came out, all wearing strange black masks. They took out a large roll of red brocade, threw it at the entrance of the cave, and spread it out for a long distance. At that time... people came up the mountain one after another.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw those who came up the mountain, all wearing white masks, walking up slowly along the red brocade.Each of these people held a number plate in one hand, and a cloth bag in the other hand, which was shaped like it was stuffed with silver.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and Bai Yutang smiled, "Cat, God help me, you're actually wearing a mask!"

"It is estimated that there are some high-ranking officials and dignitaries in there. I am afraid that people will recognize their identities. After all, if you come to this kind of place to gamble, it is not a glorious thing to spread the word." Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"That's true." Bai Yutang smiled, and tilted his head towards Zhan Zhao, as if to say, let's go this way, the two of us who are alone, knocked out and sneaked in.

Afterwards, the two jumped into the forest and stood guard on the side of the road. When two gamblers walked by alone and no one was in front of them, they dragged them over and beat them unconscious. They took off their masks and waist cards, and then Take their wallets.

"Mao'er, we also robbed houses once." Bai Yutang smiled while holding a mask.

Zhan Zhao also found it interesting, and lowered his head to check the identities of the two.

Taking advantage of the moonlight to see the faces of the two knocked out gamblers, Zhan Zhao was taken aback, pointed to one of them and said to Bai Yutang, "This man is a supervisor in the university, I have seen him several times."

"Isn't it?" Bai Yutang asked in surprise, "A big housekeeper is here?"

"He's still in the imperial dining room!" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Think about it, if he loses money and has no money to pay, and the other party asks him to poison the emperor, wouldn't that be the end of it? But it's strange, The whereabouts of those who work in these dining rooms are under control, why did they come out without authorization?"

"There is only one reason to explain, that is, their boss or the person in charge of them neglected their duties or simply came to play." Bai Yutang found it interesting, "I don't know if there are any guards among the gamblers. What about Ouchi secret agents? It would be nice if the royal family and nobles are also here."

Zhan Zhao also shook his head. He and Bai Yutang took the man down the mountain first, handed it over to the yamen servant who was ambushing there, and brought him back to the government yamen. He also told Mr. Bao about the situation here, and asked him to send troops to prepare to take the gambling stake away. Catch them all.

The yamen servants were ordered to go back, so Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang put on their masks, took their wallets and badges, and walked slowly up the mountain.

Soon, I found the red piece, and found that the satin was soft, and there seemed to be some soft things under it, no wonder there were no footprints left.The two of them looked at each other, they felt that this group of people were very cunning, so they cheered up and went up the mountain, and today they would definitely take down the gang of thieves who wanted to make money and kill them.

When we got to the front of the mountain, we saw a black-masked man at the door to welcome the guests. He was very polite to them, took away their badges, registered them briefly, and let them into the cave.

After entering the cave, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around and couldn't help being amazed. It took an unknown amount of time to dig out this cave, and the space inside is huge.The interior of the cave is magnificently arranged, with a bit of the Western Region style that is rare in the Central Plains.The floor is covered with colorful and intricately patterned wool blankets, and the candlesticks on the dome are hung with crystal shards of colored glass, shining brightly when illuminated by candlelight.

The lobby is very large, and there are gamblers who are so murdered that their eyes are red.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around, looking at each table.

They found that the casino was very large. After entering, they had to go to the counter to exchange chips. They exchanged silver or banknotes for silver beads. Each of them carried a handful and began to bet from table to table. Finally, the chips they won were exchanged for money. take away.

And above the second floor, there is another room, and there is a plaque at the door of the room, which reads - a round determines the outcome.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and were a little curious, why is it different from the following?

After they exchanged their money for chips, they joined the crowd, Zhan Zhao asked a gambler who was counting chips, "Oh, brother, what's upstairs?"

The man was also wearing a mask, looked up at Zhan Zhao, and asked, "Are you new here?"

"Yes, it's my first time here, a friend introduced me." Zhan Zhao nodded, "But he disappeared without a trace."

"The second floor is where the big players gamble." The gambler said, "One hand is 1000 taels or more. If you go down with that hand, you will either lose your family or become rich and prosperous. If you have no money in the last hand, You can still gamble with your life, if you don't do it well, you will die."

"Really..." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw some clues, and Bai Yutang asked, "Who are you betting with?"

"Oh, it seems to be the owner of the casino." After the gambler finished speaking, he went back to continue gambling.

Zhan Zhao bumped Bai Yutang with his elbow.

Bai Yutang looked at him.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, "Hey, take out 1000 taels."

Bai Yutang was quite speechless.

In the end, the wealthy Bai Wuye bought 1000 taels of chips for Zhan Huwei, who was ripping off the rich, and then the two of them took the chips to the second floor, saying they wanted to bet on the game of life and death.

The masked guard at the door looked at their chips and immediately invited them into the room.

The gambling room on the second floor is even more complicated and gorgeous. There is a man in a strange costume sitting behind a table. He rests his chin on one hand and seems to be waiting bored.Unlike the masked man downstairs, he was wearing a white gauze scarf, and he was wearing a white silk skirt, with his shoulders exposed, and his appearance was so enchanting that it felt very awkward.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, wondering in his heart—is it a man or a woman?

Bai Yutang also raised his eyebrows, thinking, this cat must not be able to tell if it's a man or a woman!

"You two, who will bet with me?" The man's Chinese language was a bit awkward, so it was obvious that he was not Chinese, but from the sound of his voice, he should be a man.

Zhan Zhao sat down on the seat opposite him, and said to him, "Me."

"Bet 1000 taels?" The man lazily leaned back on the big golden chair, and it was only when Zhan Zhao saw that behind him, there were chips as high as a hill... and the chips were all golden.

"Do you want to bet your life?" The man asked with a smile, "With 1000 taels of silver chips, you can take away 1000 taels of gold chips as long as you win, but if you put your life on the line, you can win all the chips behind you, and the game is settled." How about winning or losing?

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then pointed at Bai Yutang behind him, "Then bet his life."

Bai Yutang was angry, and thought to himself that you are a dead cat, you are so generous that you have given up your grandfather's life.But he couldn't make a sound, so he had to think about taking care of him when he went back.

"Oh? Betting on someone else's life?" The man smiled and asked Bai Yutang, "Do you agree?"

Bai Yutang shrugged indifferently, "Yes."

"Oh..." The man was a little curious and asked, "Do you trust your friend that much?"

"How to bet?" Zhan Zhao asked him.

"Up to you." The man was quite confident, "Dice, Pai Gow? Take your pick."

"Just bet on the simplest one." Zhan Zhao said, "Use dice to bet on size."

"So simple?" The boss seemed a little surprised.

Bai Yutang sighed at the side, other than being able to bet on size, this cat probably doesn't know much about it.

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, "It's that simple.

"Okay, then... I'll come first?" The man picked up the sex cup, and Zhan Zhao asked, "If I win, do I only have these golds? But if I lose, I will give you the 1000 taels, my friend Do you want to stake your life? The chips don't seem fair!"

"Hehe." The boss smiled calmly, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Then how do you want to bet?"

"I don't want so much gold behind me. I want 1000 taels. If you lose, you can also give me 1000 taels. In addition, I want your life."

The boss was taken aback, and Bai Yutang smiled sullenly, "Not bad, cat.

"Hehe, it's the first time I've heard that someone wants to bet with me like this." The boss looked at Zhan Zhao with great interest, and asked with a smile, "Why? There's nearly 10 taels of gold here. If you win, isn't it the glory and wealth?"

"You mean my friend's life is only worth a few hundred thousand taels?" Zhan Zhao asked unhurriedly, "I don't think so."

"Hmm..." The boss stared at the two for a long time, then nodded, "Interesting."

Bai Yutang cocked his tail at the side, Master's life is valuable.

Then, the betting began.

Both held the color cups, shook them, put them down...opened them, and got the same points.

They looked at each other, shook it again, put it down, and still got the same points.

The boss seemed a little puzzled, and looked up at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang knew in his heart that Zhan Zhao did this intentionally to delay time.Because if Bao Zheng and the others knew the situation here, they would definitely send troops over to wipe out the casino.Although the Great Song Dynasty did not strictly prohibit gambling, casinos must be supervised by the imperial court. It is still a felony to set up a casino privately, not to mention killing several people along the way. In addition, it is an unknown organization from the Western Regions, so it is natural to be severely punished.

Zhan Zhao and the casino owner gambled round after round, seemingly endlessly.

In the end, the casino owner put down his sex cup, looked at Zhan Zhao and asked with a smile, "Your Excellency, who is so holy?"

Zhan Zhao was wearing a mask, so the other party naturally couldn't see his expression, only heard the voice with a smile, "Gambler."

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, so that he could only hear the voice through the mask, but he seemed to be able to see the slightly sly smile on Zhan Zhao's face at this time.It suddenly occurred to me... Well, the cat's voice is really nice.

"You don't look like ordinary gamblers." The boss smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and clapped lightly.

A dozen or so foreign warriors wearing black masks came in, guarded the gate, and raised their knives at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

The two looked at each other, and read each other's meaning from each other's eyes... To catch the thief, first catch the king!

After comprehending, the two of them didn't move their expressions, they jumped up together, pulled out the weapon from behind, Zhan Zhao picked up the man's veil, and Bai Yutang put his saber on the man's shoulder.

The boss was startled, and quickly wanted to take a step back, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had already seen his face, and they both frowned in surprise.

The original appearance of this person is already unclear, I just think that the facial features are three-dimensional, it should not be bad, but it seems that he was cut or something, there are dense scars on his face, the ugliness is completely inconsistent with his appearance and behavior, making people feel I couldn't bear to see it, but I couldn't help but wonder, did he change his face?

Taking advantage of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's stupefied moments, the man stepped back... At the same time, something in his hand flickered, Zhan Zhao's sharp eyes pulled Bai Yutang up and jumped up, and in an instant, thick smoke billowed from the ground.The two of them turned back to avoid the thick smoke and landed on the gambling table. They saw the alien boss put on his veil and quickly escaped from the side through the smoke. The warriors all rushed up and swung their knives Cut to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.But both of them had excellent lightness kung fu, they jumped over the heads of those guards, rushed out from the door, and chased after the leader.

At this time, movement was also heard downstairs, the leader ran and threw thunderbolts at the same time... For a moment, thick smoke filled the air.The gamblers panicked and rushed out one after another.All of a sudden, the lobby was in chaos. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned slightly as they saw the boss running out among a group of gamblers.This man is so cunning, but he can't escape today!