Sealing Sword

There are three kinds of places in Jianghu that cause trouble the most-Qinlou Chuguan, posthouses, and gambling houses.

As a place of passenger traffic, Jialan City has many post houses and few places for fireworks, but the gambling houses are developing well.

It was already late at night, but the night market in Jialan City was always lively, and one could see lights, feasting and greenery at a glance, and the shadows of people were intertwined between light and color, giving an unreal illusion.

Ye Fusheng didn't squeeze into this bustling night market, he was like a ghost wandering the long street, passing silently on the street, and in a blink of an eye, he became a shadow and merged into the dark and remote alley.

This appears to be a dead end.

People who don't know how to go here can only see a cold wall after turning and turning, and then leave after spitting "bad luck". Few people know that there is something mysterious about that wall.

When Ye Fusheng came here, he took out a black mask from his bosom, covering most of his face, only showing the eyebrows and eyes that were hiding the smile.

He walked to that wall, tapped a few bricks with his fingers, then pinched one of them and pulled it out a little, the ground under his feet moved.

Ye Fusheng moved his footsteps, and pulled out half of the stone bricks. The ground he was standing on turned up, revealing a three-foot-square entrance below. Down the ladder.

With a raised eyebrow, Ye Fusheng stuffed the stone bricks back, and then quickly went down the passage. Just as his figure disappeared into the darkness, the upturned stone slab fell back again, and it was difficult to see even the gap.

After walking a dozen or so steps along the stone steps, the flames appeared in front of my eyes, and my surroundings gradually became wider.

Under this secluded long alley, there is actually a gambling house hidden.

This gambling house is not big, but it was cut into several small rooms, all sealed with iron doors, only a few hidden ventilation holes were exposed, and even human voices could hardly be heard.It's more like a dungeon than a place to gamble.

There is a lamp hanging outside each wing room, some of which are lit with bean candles, and some of which are not lit.

This is Mingzhu Gambling Workshop, which is known as "gambling everything".

Sex and wealth, business of life and death, intelligence business, hidden martial arts weapons... These are common chips in the Mingzhu gambling shop. The cost of losing.

Mingzhu Gambling Shop appeared in Jianghu more than 40 years ago. It seems that it does not belong to any Jianghu forces, but it is powerful. Table wins and losses speak.

If you win, you get what you want, if you lose, you are willing to gamble and admit defeat.More than one person once thought about denying it, and ended up with the grass on the grave being taller than the person.

How many bright candle gambling houses there are in Da Chu, so far few people know, even Ye Fusheng only knows three of them, luckily there is one in Jialan City.

There were four guards at the entrance of the gambling house and an old man sitting behind a small wooden table keeping accounts, when he found him coming, the old man looked up, Ye Fusheng took out a gold leaf from his sleeve pocket, and said in a low voice, "One hour. "

In addition to the gambling money, Mingzhu Gambling also pays for the game, which is a hundred taels of silver for one person to stay for an hour.

Ye Fusheng was originally penniless and unknown after the Battle of Jinghanguan. Since he reunited with Chu Xiwei, it was the latter who took care of everything. Disabled, let alone have any savings.

Fortunately, before leaving Zaowang Peak this time, his wife gave him a bag of money to let him do things cheaply. Ye Fusheng opened it and saw six gold leaves, ten gold and silver ingots, and a finger-sized South China Sea Pearl. , the color is rare.

The Taishang Palace has not been in the world for a long time, Ye Fusheng almost thought that they are all cultivators who do not eat the fireworks of the world, but they did not expect to be so rich and powerful, they just practice asceticism, and they don't show it much on weekdays.

Right now, however, these things come in handy.

Mingzhu Gambling Shop treats money but not people. Since he gave the money, the guards naturally let him go.Ye Fusheng picked an unlit wing room, picked up the torch pinned next to it and lit it, then opened the door and walked in.

There was only one lamp lit in the room, and a woman was sitting behind the table.

Very beautiful woman.

The weather is cold now, but she is still wearing light snow silk clothes, her fragrant shoulders are exposed, her breasts are half exposed, and when she rests her chin on her hands, her frosty wrists are exposed. superior.

There was no incense in the room, but as soon as she opened her mouth, there seemed to be a faint fragrance, slightly lighter than the fragrance of flowers, but more intoxicating than alcohol.

The woman said: "My slave's sleeves are full, what does your lord want?"

"Information." After a pause, he added, "Three questions—the current situation of King Chu Yuan of Rites, the trend of Burial Soul Palace, and the situation of Wuxiang Temple."

"Chip?"

Ye Fusheng smiled, took out three gold leaves, and said, "Is it enough?"

Yingxiu picked up the golden leaf and touched it, then put it back on the table: "Mr. Wang is a man who knows the rules, and my family likes it, so... how to gamble?"

"Martial arts." Ye Fusheng said, "You play three rounds, and if I win one round, I will answer a question, and if you win one round, you will take away a gold leaf, and I will add another high-grade South Sea Pearl."

"Cheerful." Yingxiu laughed. She was already beautiful, and her smile was even more eye-catching. "Then according to the rules, the servants will decide how to compare the three rounds."

Ye Fusheng nodded: "Girl is free."

Ying Xiu's eyes fell on the candlestick in the middle of the wooden table. There was only less than an inch left of the candle, and red tears pooled on the copper platform. Whoever grabs this bracelet wins."

She took off a silver bracelet from her wrist and tossed it in the air. The bracelet hit the top wall, made a soft sound, and then fell down.

The sound is the beginning, the ribbon on the arm with full sleeves wraps around the silver bracelet like a dragon coming out of the water, and the shadow is lengthened when the fire flickers, like a dragon and snake trembling, wrapping the bracelet in a blink of an eye.

The next moment, the ribbon fell back in front of her eyes, but the smile with full sleeves disappeared.

The ribbon broke from it, and it was cut open by a piece of gold leaf when she was closing in. The silver bracelet wrapped in half of the ribbon was thrown out again with force. .

At this moment, Ying Xiu kicked onto the wooden table, one of the legs of the table was shaken by her internal force, and suddenly broke, the table top tilted downward, and Ye Fusheng's body also lost stability. The ribbon slipped by the wrong hand.

After picking up the item, he smiled like a flower with his sleeves full, and while pushing aside the ribbon, he said softly: "Concession."

Before she finished speaking, her hand touched the bracelet, but her smile faltered.

There was indeed a bracelet inside the ribbon.

But it was a small jade bracelet, not her silver bracelet, but the room was dimly lit and wrapped in ribbons, so she didn't notice the moment of lightning and flint just now.

Ye Fusheng sat back on the chair, lifted up the broken table legs to support the tilting wooden table, although it was not very secure, at least it was better than nothing.

He opened his hand, and it was the silver bracelet of Yingxiu.

Ye Fusheng smiled and said: "A girl is as beautiful as jade. Although this silver bracelet is well carved, it is not worthy of embellishment. Although this jade bracelet is of average quality, it has a good meaning. If you don't dislike it, please accept it."

He is a big man who carries the jewelry of his daughter's house with him, except for teasing and laughing, it is to get through the customs.

Walking in the rivers and lakes, the most deceptive thing is the soft words of a romantic beauty when the wine is hot, and the easiest way to find clues is the half-revealed clues of a smart woman.

There are many women in Mingzhu Casino, Ye Fusheng specially picked out a jade bracelet when he came, it really came in handy.

Yingxiu lost the first game, after being surprised, she was not annoyed, she put the jade bracelet on her hand with a smile, picked up the golden leaf that fell on the ground and threw it to Ye Fusheng, saying: "Lang Jun is very good at lightness kung fu. Yingxiu is not as good as it is, so this question... Li Wang Chuyuan is afraid of rebellion."

Ye Fusheng narrowed his eyes, and heard her continue: "Seven days ago, in order to consolidate the border defense of the northern border, the emperor ordered Duan Wang Chuyu to lead troops to Weifeng City, saying that he was assisting Li Wang Chuyuan to organize the military and fight against the northern barbarians. But as the saying goes, "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers", anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a power grab. Although the king of rites, Chu Yuan, accepted the decree and gave up half of the power, he refused to let go on several important hurdles, and frequently dispatched troops in private. The rebellion has been going on for two months."

A cold look flashed in his eyes, Ye Fusheng said: "Thank you girl, what about the second round?"

"Listen." Yingxiu took out three dice and a bamboo tube, "I'll roll it, and you guess it. If you guess right, you win, and if you make a mistake, you lose."

The women in the casino may not be pretty, but they must be proficient in gambling skills.

Ying Xiu is beautiful enough, but her dice rolling is even more beautiful.

The wrist flipped like a butterfly spreading its wings, and her movements were so smooth and flowing that it dazzled people, and they couldn't see her technique clearly, and the only sound in their ears was the sound of the dice hitting.

Ye Fusheng closed his eyes, carefully discerning the movement, he didn't open his eyes until the dice cup settled down.

Ying Xiu pressed the palm of the dice cup, and asked with a smile: "Do you understand, Mr. Lang?"

"nineteen."

Yingxiu chuckled: "Lang Jun is joking, the largest of the three dice is no more than three six and the same leopard (eighteen), how come nineteen?"

Ye Fusheng smiled and said, "Because there are more than three dice in the dice cup."

Yingxiu picked up the dice cup, and there were four dice inside, three and six faces up, and one point.

There was originally a fourth dice hidden in the dice cup, and she rolled it together with the other three as she shook it, but firstly, the hand gestures were superb, and secondly, the sounds of the four dice were almost connected in a line, few people could be so careful , Ears are so sharp, I can hear the slightest difference.

Ying Xiu couldn't help admiring this man.

There is a little more tenderness in her smile, the charm that was deliberately revealed before is less, and she looks more beautiful: "The second question, the master of the Burial Soul Palace, He Lianyu, is in seclusion. I left Mizong Ridge before, but now my whereabouts are unknown; Suzaku, the master of the four halls, guards the lair, and Qinglong, Baihu and Xuanwu go their separate ways...their behavior is secretive, and our information is not comprehensive, please forgive me."

Ye Fusheng's eyes were unmoved, and Yingxiu couldn't see any more clues.

She didn't know that the man's hands under the table were already clenched into fists, and then slowly moved away.

Yingxiu waited for a while but didn't get an answer, then continued: "Then in the last round, it's a bet of life and death."