The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the king of Qin and his uncle and nephew of the Zhu family went out for a stroll, and they ran into someone committing murder in the street.Liu Shu stopped in front of the murderer and laughed wildly: "Boy, you are unlucky. Uncle, I happen to be bored, and I want to find someone to fight with!"

The murderer never slowed down, and rushed towards Liu Shu like the wind.Liu Shu waved his arm to draw the saber to chop, but he raised the simple saber with both hands first and chopped off at the head.Seeing the swiftness of the saber coming, Liu Shu immediately turned the horizontal saber on his wrist to hold the man's simple saber, sparks flew everywhere with a sound of "Dang".Before the murderer swung his knife, he jumped up with both feet, and with the force of the collision of the two knives, he did a somersault in the air, and jumped over Liu Shu's head like a vaulting horse!Fall firmly behind him.Liu Shu hurriedly turned around, and the man had already run towards the way he came.Liu Shu yelled, "Where are we going!" and ran after him.

Zhu Tong hurriedly said: "You protect the prince, I'll go and have a look."

Zhu Wei grabbed him and said, "What are you going to do! Liu Shu is very skilled in martial arts, you are just a scholar!"

Zhu Tong said: "I suspect that this person has been wronged. Besides, my brother-in-law is not careful, and his hands and feet are itchy since he hasn't fought with anyone for many days. I'm afraid he will be used by people if he mixes it up." Without any explanation, he quickly followed up.

After all, King Qin was a young man, so he was afraid and curious when he saw the excitement.Hearing Zhu Tong say "There is a grievance", I couldn't help but feel a sense of responsibility.Supporting the guard, he said, "The lonely king is going too."

Zhu Wei and the guard leader said in unison: "My lord can't do it!"

The King of Qin gritted his teeth and stood up straight: "There are gangsters wantonly killing people on the streets of Chang'an. Is it not the fault of the lonely king? If this person is really wronged, because there is no way to sue the officials, he has to take revenge himself, and it is also the fault of the lonely king."

Zhu Wei said anxiously: "That should be the fault of the humble minister."

King Qin shook his head: "There is no need to persuade Zhu Aiqing." He insisted on going.

Everyone was helpless, and they cheered up to guard him along the road. The leader of the guards ordered his men to take out the guns.There were people running out in a continuous stream in front, and idlers who also liked to watch the excitement came forward and made a mess.After walking about thirty steps, I saw an alley on the side of the road, wide and narrow enough to pass a carriage.The fleeing people poured out from the alley, and there were screams and screams from afar, and there were many bloody footprints on the ground.Several guards stepped forward to open the way, and Qin Wang Zhu Wei walked into the alley.

The door in the alley is closed.Walking more than ten steps, one sees a dead body pounced on the ground in vain, dressed exactly like the one who died just now.There was an opening in the back of the heart, and blood flowed all over the ground.After walking forward for about three hundred steps, I saw a row of seven or eight gates opened on the west side of the front, while the doors on the east side were still closed.The crowd came out from the west, and they had almost run away now.

Zhu Tong was standing on the stone drum at the entrance of a house in the east, looking around, when he saw them, he jumped off.Zhu Wei and others walked up to him.Zhu Tong whispered: "Why did you bring the prince in? I'm afraid it's not easy here, so I dare not go in rashly."

Zhu Wei hurriedly asked, "Where's Liu Shu?"

"I chased the murderer in." Zhu Tong said, "He is very skilled in martial arts, so he should be fine."

King Qin hurriedly asked: "Why is it not simple?"

Zhu Tong pointed his finger behind him: "The other houses in this alley are normal, but it's weird that the doors are closed in broad daylight. The theory is that something happened to the neighbors, and there are always bold people who come out to watch the excitement. Those on the opposite side—" He He pointed out, "Ordinary people have one door for each house, and one door for each house on the opposite side." Everyone looked at the opposite side, and it turned out that there were eight doors in a row, and only three doors had a door. stone drum.

Zhu Wei said: "Obviously there were three houses, but only three gates. For some reason, the doors of the houses facing the street were broken down. The three houses must have been connected into one inside."

Zhu Tong nodded and said: "The two dead ones look like they are guarding thugs. They probably don't do any legitimate business." Just as they were talking, there was a scream from the opposite side.Zhu Tong stumbled, "Another one died! Come in quickly." He lifted his foot and left.King Qin followed closely.

Through the opposite door, the eyes suddenly opened up.It turned out that these houses in Laijie had already been opened up, and all the back walls had been demolished, leaving only a row of pillars, just like the gatehouse of a rich family.Behind the gate is a large yard with a rockery bonsai pond in which dozens of red carps swim.There was a dead body lying on its back by the pond, with a simple knife sticking out of its chest, and it looked like it was being guarded.On both sides are Chaoshou verandahs, connecting the first five main rooms behind the courtyard.Carved beams and painted buildings, embroidered curtains and bead curtains, are so rich.The main room is divided into two floors, and the sound of fighting can be heard upstairs.

Suddenly I heard Liu Shu shouting from nowhere: "You run too fast, kid! I won't chase you, you have to have a good fight with me after the fight!"

Then came the murderer's voice: "Okay!"

Before Zhu Tong frowned, there was another scream upstairs, and a figure jumped out from the balcony above the second room to the south and fell to the ground. With a "plop", the man stopped moving.Look at the clothes, it's still a nursing home.

Zhu Tong turned his head and said: "You protect the prince and don't run around, I'll go up and have a look."

Where is King Qin willing to obey?Shouted: "We have fire. Guns. They only care about wielding swords and swords, not opponents."

Zhu Tong thought for a while: "Forget it. Protect the prince." He hurried across the courtyard.Everyone followed behind.

When I walked to the door of the main room, I saw that the curtain was actually made of brocade!A guard stepped forward and opened the door curtain first, and everyone walked in.It turns out that the main room is also connected, and five rooms are connected to form a whole hall.The blue sky and white lights reflect each other, just like a glass world and a universe of jewels.The room is full of various gaming tables, obviously it is a big casino.There is no living person in the house, five or six dead bodies are all dressed up as nurses.Look at the stairs leading upstairs, at least three times wider than ordinary stairs.After making a round of inspection, Zhu Tong turned his head and walked upstairs.

The upstairs is also accessible.A whole row of partition doors to the east were opened, making the hall very bright.There was no one in the hall.Go out through the partition door, and there is a long terrace outside.The murderer was fighting with the two men with a knife, and Liu Shu was standing against the wall with the knife in his arms not far away.On the south side of the terrace stood seven or eight warriors, wearing brocade clothes and arrow sleeves, guarding an old man with a sword in hand.The old man was sitting on a big chair shaking like chaff.

Zhu Tong whispered: "This old man is not the boss."

King Qin asked, "Why not?"

"An owner who dares to open such a big casino will not be so unpretentious."

While speaking, Liu Shu had already walked over, and raised his hand to greet them: "You're all here?" Then he said to the King of Qin, "Brother Wang, you look like a frail scholar, you're actually quite courageous."

The King of Qin asked: "Mr. Liu, what's going on?"

"I don't know." Liu Shu raised his chin, "That man's legs are too fast, I can't catch up."

Zhu Tong said: "Do you know why he wanted to kill someone?"

"Where do I go? He doesn't have time to talk to me."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the murderer laugh, and stabbed a man's chest with the plain knife in his hand.The man screamed and fell to the ground.The accomplice took the opportunity to slash the murderer's neck from behind with a knife.The murderer rolled on the ground as soon as he got short, and Pu Dao turned his hand and slashed at the opponent's ankle.The opponent jumped to avoid it, and the murderer took the opportunity to stand up with a carp and stand up.The two hit each other again.

The leader of the guard said: "That person is not an opponent. My lord, do you care?" King Qin hesitated.

Zhu Tong shouted: "That hero, do you want to leave a life alive? Baobuqi has something hidden that you don't know about?"

The murderer sneered: "No, I know everything."

"That's hard to say." Zhu Tong said, "These nurses are nothing more than idiots, ninety-nine percent follow orders."

The murderer slashed at the opponent's head, and the man hurriedly raised his knife to meet him. With a sound of "dang", the man's saber flew away.Before everyone could exclaim in alarm, the murderer slashed his backhand, and the head of the person opposite fell to the ground.The murderer turned around with the knife in his hand, his head, face and body seemed to be bathed in blood, it was quite frightening.

Zhu Tong was startled.Just now this move is exactly the same as the one he used to chop Liu Shu on the street.Liu Shu held the knife to support him and jumped up, but the dog's knife dropped out of his hand.Unconsciously, he said: "Liu Shu, your arms are really strong."

Liu Shu was taken aback: "Huh?"

The murderer said indifferently: "I've already killed my master, the only thing left is these bastards."

Zhu Tong said: "Did you really kill the boss? Could it be a mistake?"

The murderer frowned: "What do you mean?"

Zhu Tong said: "I just think that the owner of this casino must be a person with fire and gun guards. Pu Dao can't kill him. Unless you kill the manager as the owner."

The murderer was stunned: "Why does this owner have fire and gun guards?"

Zhu Tong smiled and asked Liu Shu: "What do you think, brother?"

Liu Shu looked around Huizi: "I don't know."

Zhu Tong looked at King Qin again.The King of Qin thought about it: "According to the laws of the Qin State, casinos are highly taxed, four out of ten taxes. Now that this casino is covered by ordinary residential buildings, it is obvious that it does not pay taxes."

Zhu Tong nodded: "Every country has underground casinos, most of which are located in secret places. Here is a bustling market. Such arrogance, not only high-ranking officials must be royal relatives. Who is the boss you killed?" The murderer hesitated.Zhu Tong said, "Look at your look, you probably killed a steward."

Suddenly he heard shouts from downstairs, and the murderer sighed, "The official has arrived." He dropped the simple knife in his hand, strode up to Liu Shu and bowed, "My friend. We have never met before, but I see that you are very angry. I have something to ask for today."

Liu Shu admired his martial arts, and with a bit of sympathy, he clasped his fists and said, "Please tell me, my friend."

The murderer said: "I was originally a thug in this Fuyun Hall. I was murdered by my boss and my companions, and I almost died unjustly. Today I have killed all the dog legs and Mr. Bi who framed me. I am afraid that the real boss will not be able to do it later." I went to look for it. I beg my friends to help me find this person and tell the world." He turned his head and glanced at Zhu Tong, "Since opening an underground casino secretly and paying less taxes, the prince probably won't sit idly by."

Liu Shu immediately said: "Okay, I promise you."

The murderer bowed to the ground again: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. It's a pity that I just promised you to go back and have a good fight. I'm afraid you can't. If you dare to ask your friend's name, I, Xia Kui, will repay this kindness in the next life."

Liu Shu said: "My name is Liu Shu, from Binzhou, State of Lu. Friends, don't worry..."

Before he finished speaking, a group of yamen servants ran up the stairs and shouted: "Don't leave the murderer!" Seeing Xia Kui covered in blood at a glance, surrounded him and shouted, "But you killed the person?"

Xia Kui nodded: "It's me."

The yamen servant looked at Liu Shu again: "Are you an accomplice?"

Liu Shu said sadly, "Unfortunately, he doesn't need a partner."

The yamen servant immediately shook the chain to trap Liu Shu as well.How could Liu Shu let them catch him?Dodge to avoid.Yamen servants yelled: "Rebellion?" They rushed forward.Liu Shu moved and dodged to deal with them, like an adult playing with an urchin.

Zhu Tong also said sadly: "Uncle, are you so unobtrusive?"

Zhu Wei coughed twice, but no one paid attention.Zhu Wei coughed heavily, but still no one noticed.Zhu Wei was annoyed, and shouted: "Stop! Arresting people without distinction, which yamen are you from?"

The leader of the yamen servant didn't wink at all, squinting his eyes to look at Huizi's clothes and said, "Who are you? Why are you with the murderer? You must be accomplices too?" Naizi stretched out a hand majestically.

Zhu Wei was at a loss.Zhu Tong said from the side: "Uncle, this is asking you to give him money to bribe him. If you don't give it, he will treat you as an accomplice of the murderer and put him in jail."

Zhu Wei blushed unconsciously: "It's unreasonable! Is there any other law?"

The leader of the yamen servant sneered and said: "Wang Fa? Silver is Wang Fa, how can there be another Wang Fa?" Nai lowered his face and said, "Take it!"

All the yamen servants swung their iron chains and were about to strike, only to hear the sound of "shua", and the guards behind Zhu Wei all raised their fire guns.The yamen servant was suddenly dumbfounded.The old man who had just been hiding in the south of the terrace had led the brocade-clothed warriors over and froze in place when he saw this.Zhu Tong shook his head and said with emotion: "The book says that it takes several years to establish an order, but it only takes three months to destroy it. As expected."

Zhu Wei took two steps forward with his hands behind his back, looked at the old man: "Who are you in this casino?"

Seeing his posture, the old man knew it was not easy, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The villain is the shopkeeper of Fuyuntang."

Zhu Tong interjected: "People's casinos all use rich and noble names, but you have such an unlucky name, aren't you afraid of damaging the source of customers?"

The old man said: "The master said, being rich and noble through injustice is like floating clouds to me. The guests who come to our casino love wealth and honor, and it is unrighteous to get rich through gambling. The word 'floating cloud' is very honest."

"The allusions of the Analects of Confucius can still be used like this." Zhu Tong sneered, "Your boss is a scholar."

Zhu Wei scolded in a low voice: "It's an insult to the gentleman!" Nai Zhengse asked, "Who is your boss?"

The old man glanced at Xia Kui: "Our master is Mr. Bi."

"Who is Master Bi?"

The leader of the yamen servant said: "Master Bi is a rich man in Chang'an City. He has a close friendship with several princes. Our princes invite him to sit and call him 'Mr. Bi'."

The King of Qin couldn't help but said: "Nonsense! Why does the prince know something about Mr. Bi?"

Zhu Tong said: "This gentleman of the prince is the one who is close to the prince."

Liu Shu smiled and said, "Is there still such a bragging? Someone actually believes it?"

Zhu Tong said: "The common people are afraid of officials. He only wants to blow the bullshit to the sky. Can ordinary people still ask the prince to verify whether they are successful? As long as they bribe these officials and masters, they can do whatever they want."

The leader of the yamen servants hurriedly said: "I don't know Mr. Bi, and I never got a penny from them." All the yamen servants said that they had nothing to do with Fuyuntang.

Liu Shu held the knife in his hand and said leisurely: "Brother Wang, since your husband knows the prince, can you ask for favors for me and let him fight with me tomorrow?"

King Qin smiled and said, "Yes."

Hearing this, the old man stared at King Qin with wide eyes, and immediately his calf softened, and he sat on the ground with a "plop".