It is said that the King of Qin and his uncles and nephews from the Zhu family were out for a stroll, and they met someone committing murder in the street. Liu Shu stopped in front of the murderer and laughed wildly: "Boy, you are unlucky. I am unlucky, and I want to find someone to fight!"
The murderer did not slow down and rushed toward Liu Shu like the wind. Liu Shu waved his arm and tried to chop with the knife, but he raised his simple knife with both hands and chopped off his head. Liu Shu saw the fierceness of the knife and immediately struck out with his wrist. He turned the knife horizontally to hold the man's simple knife, and there was a "dang" sound, and sparks flew everywhere. The murderer jumped up on his feet before swinging the knife, and with the force of the collision of the two knives, he did a somersault in the air, as straight as a vaulting horse. It rolled over Liu Shu's head and landed firmly behind him. Liu Shu turned around quickly and saw that the man had already run away the way he came. Liu Shu shouted, "Where are you going!" and ran after him.
Zhu Tong said hurriedly: "You protect the prince, I will go over and take a look."
Zhu Wei grabbed him and said, "What are you going to do? Liu Shu is very skilled in martial arts, but you are just a scholar!"
Zhu Tong said: "I suspect that this person is wronged. Besides, my brother-in-law is not careful, and his hands and feet are itchy after not fighting with anyone for many days. I'm afraid he will be taken advantage of if he gets mixed up." He couldn't help but hurried forward.
After all, the King of Qin was a young man. Seeing this excitement, he was scared and curious. Hearing Zhu Tong say "there is an injustice", he couldn't help but feel a sense of responsibility. He supported the guard and said, "The lonely king is going too."
Zhu Wei and the guard leaders said in unison: "No, Your Majesty!"
King Qin gritted his teeth and stood upright and said: "There are gangsters who wantonly kill people on the streets of Chang'an. Isn't it the fault of the lonely king? If this person is really wronged and has no choice but to take revenge by himself because he has no way to sue the officials, it is also the fault of the lonely king."
Zhu Wei said anxiously: "It should be considered a minor fault."
King Qin shook his head: "Zhu Aiqing doesn't need to persuade her anymore." He insisted on going.
Everyone had no choice but to cheer up and guard him as he walked along the road. The leader of the guard ordered his men to take out their muskets. There were people running away in front of him in an endless stream, and idle people who liked to watch the excitement came forward and made a mess. About thirty steps later, I saw an alley on the side of the road, wide and narrow enough for a carriage to pass. The fleeing people poured out of the alley. Shouts and screams were heard from a distance, and there were many bloody footprints on the ground. Several guards came forward. Opening the way, King Qin Zhu Wei walked into the alley.
The door in the alley was closed. After walking for more than ten steps, I saw a corpse lying on the ground. It was dressed exactly like the one who died just now. There was a hole in the back of the heart, and blood flowed all over the ground. I walked forward for about three hundred steps. , I saw a row of seven or eight doors in front of the west with open doors, but the doors in the east were still closed. The crowd came out from the west, and they had almost run away by now.
Zhu Tong was standing on the stone drum at the door of a house to the east, looking around. When he saw them, he jumped down quickly. Zhu Wei and others walked up to him. Zhu Tong whispered: "Why did you bring the prince in? I'm afraid it's not simple here. I don’t even dare to go in rashly.”
Zhu Wei hurriedly asked: "Where is 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 behind him: "The other houses in this alley are all normal, but it's a little strange that the doors are closed in broad daylight. Logically speaking, when something goes wrong in the neighborhood, there will always be bold people who come out to watch the fun. But those on the opposite side--" He He pointed out, "Ordinary people have one door for each household, and one door for each room on the opposite side." Everyone looked at the opposite side, and sure enough, there were eight doors lined up next to each other, and only three doors had doors. Stone drum.
Zhu Wei said: "It's obvious that there were three houses with only three doors. For some reason, the doors of the houses facing the street were broken open. The three houses must have been connected into one inside."
Zhu Tong nodded and said: "These two dead people are all dressed as hospital thugs. They are probably not doing any legitimate business." Just as he was talking, a scream came from the opposite side. Zhu Tong stumbled, "Another one is dead! Come in quickly.
." He lifted his feet and walked away. King Qin followed closely.
Passing through the door on the opposite side, the eyes suddenly opened up. It turned out that the houses on the front street had been opened up long ago, and the back walls were all removed, leaving only a row of pillars, just like the concierge of a wealthy family. Behind the door is a large courtyard with rockeries, bonsai ponds, and ponds.
Dozens of red carp swam in the middle. There was a corpse lying on its back by the pond, with a simple knife stuck in its chest. It looked like it was a guardian of the courtyard. On both sides were hand-curved verandahs, connected to the five main rooms at the back of the courtyard, with carved beams and painted pillars and embroidered bead curtains.
, so rich. The main house has two floors, and there were sounds of fighting upstairs.
Suddenly I heard Liu Shu shouting from somewhere: "You are running too fast! If I don't chase you, you will have to give me a good fight after the fight!"
Then the murderer's voice said: "Okay!"
Zhu Tong frowned before shouting, but there was another scream upstairs, and a figure fell out of the terrace above the second room to the south. With a "plop", the man stopped moving. Looking at his clothes, he was still a nurse.
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Zhu Tong turned around and said, "You guys should protect the prince and don't run around. I'll go up and have a look."
How could the King of Qin be willing to obey? He shouted: "We have muskets, they are just wielding swords and swords, not opponents."
Zhu Tong thought for a moment: "That's fine. Protect the prince." He hurriedly walked through the yard, with everyone following behind.
When I walked to the door of the main room, I saw that the door curtain was actually made of brocade! A guard stepped forward and opened the door curtain first, and everyone walked in. It turned out that the main room was also opened, and five rooms were connected to form a whole hall. The lights of the blue sky and white sun reflected each other.
It's like a world of glass, a universe of jewels. The room is filled with various gaming tables, and it's obviously a big casino. There are no living people in the room, and there are five or six corpses lying there, all dressed as nursing homes. Look at the stairs leading to the upper floor, which are unusually tall.
It's three times wider at least. Zhu Tong walked around and walked upstairs.
The upstairs is also fully accessible. A whole row of partition doors to the east are all open, making it very bright. There is no one in the hall. Go out through the partition door, and there is a long terrace outside. The murderer is fighting with two people with a knife, Liu Shu is there
Not far away, there was a man standing against the wall holding a sword. On the south side of the terrace stood seven or eight warriors, wearing brocade clothes and arrow sleeves, holding swords and guarding an old man. 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?"
"The owner who dares to open such a big casino will not be so shameless."
While they were talking, Liu Shu came over and raised his hand to greet them: "Are you all here?" Then he said to King Qin, "Brother Wang, you look like a weak scholar, but you are so courageous."
King Qin asked: "Master Liu, what is going on?"
"I don't know." Liu Shu raised his chin, "That man's legs and feet are too fast, I can't catch up."
Zhu Tong said: "Do you know why he wanted to kill someone?"
"Where should I go? He has no time to talk to me."
Before he finished speaking, the murderer laughed and stabbed a person's chest with the simple 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 the knife. The murderer dwarfed.
Rolling on the spot, Pu Dao turned over and slashed at the opponent's ankle. The opponent jumped to avoid it, and the murderer took the opportunity to stand up like a carp. The two hit each other again.
The leader of the guard said: "That man is no match. Your Majesty, do you care?" King Qin hesitated.
Zhu Tong shouted: "That hero, do you want to keep him alive? Is there some hidden secret that you don't know about?"
The murderer sneered: "No, I know everything."
"That's hard to say," Zhu Tong said, "To put it bluntly, these guards are just minions, and ninety-nine percent of them are just following orders."
The murderer slashed at his opponent's head, and the man hurriedly raised his knife to meet him. With a "dang" sound, the man's sword flew away from his hand. Before everyone could exclaim, the murderer slashed with his backhand, and the head of the man opposite him fell to the ground. The murderer raised
Turning around with the knife in his hand, his head, face and body seemed to be bathed in a blood bath, it was so shocking.
Zhu Tong was startled. The move just now was exactly the same as the one he struck Liu Shu on the street. Liu Shu held the knife to support him and jumped up, but the scoundrel let go of the knife. He unconsciously said: "Liu Shu,
Your arm strength is really strong."
Liu Shu was stunned: "Huh?"
The murderer said calmly: "I have killed my boss, all I have left is these losers."
Zhu Tong said: "Did you really kill your boss? Could it be that you killed him by mistake?"
The murderer frowned: "What do you mean by your respect?"
Zhu Tong said: "I just think that the owner of this casino must be a man who is guarded by muskets. A simple knife cannot kill him. Unless you kill the manager as the owner."
The murderer was stunned: "Why is this boss guarded by muskets?"
Zhu Tong asked Liu Shu with a smile: "What do you think, brother?"
Liu Shu looked around Huizi: "I don't know."
Zhu Tong looked at the King of Qin again. The King of Qin thought: "According to the laws of the Qin State, casinos are a high-tax business, with a tax of four per ten. Since this casino is covered with ordinary residential buildings, it obviously does not pay taxes."
Zhu Tong nodded: "There are underground casinos in various countries, and most of them are located in secret places. But here is a bustling market. So arrogant, it must be a royal relative if it is not a high-ranking official. Who is the boss you killed?" The murderer hesitated. Zhu Tong said
, "Looking at the look on your face, you probably killed the steward."
Suddenly hearing shouts from downstairs, the murderer sighed: "The official mission has arrived." He dropped the simple knife in his hand and strode to Liu Shu and bowed down, "This friend, we are strangers, but I see that you are very angry.
Now I have something to ask of you."
Liu Shu admired his martial arts and felt a little pity. He cupped his fists and said, "My friend, please tell me."
The murderer said: "I was originally a thug in Fuyuntang. I was killed by my boss and my companions and almost died unjustly. Now that I have killed all the thugs and Mr. Bi who framed me, I am afraid that the real boss behind him will not be able to do anything."
I'm going to look for him. Please help me find this person and tell the world." He turned and glanced at Zhu Tong, "Since he secretly opened an underground casino and paid a lot less taxes, I guess the prince will not just sit idly by."
Liu Shu immediately said: "Okay, I promise you."
The murderer bowed to the ground again: "I can't thank you enough for your kindness. It's a pity that I just promised you to go back and have a good fight, but I'm afraid I can't. If you dare to ask your friend his name, I, Xia Kui, will definitely repay this kindness in the next life."
Liu Shu said: "My name is Liu Shu, from Binzhou, Lu State. Don't worry, my friend..."
Before he finished speaking, a group of government officials ran up the stairs and shouted: "Don't leave the murderer!" At a glance, they saw Xia Kui covered in blood, and gathered around and shouted, "But the person you killed?"
Xia Kui nodded: "It's me." He was captured without hesitation.
The yamen officer looked at Liu Shu again: "Are you an accomplice?"
Liu Shu said sadly: "It's a pity that he doesn't need accomplices."
The yamen servant immediately shook the chain and tried to trap Liu Shu. How could Liu Shu be caught by them? He ducked out of the way. The yamen servant yelled, "Are you rebelling?" He swarmed forward. Liu Shu dodged and dealt with them, just like an adult playing with a naughty boy.
Zhu Tong also said sadly: "Uncle, are you so inconspicuous?"
Zhu Wei coughed twice, but no one paid attention. Zhu Wei coughed heavily, but still no one paid attention. Zhu Wei got angry and shouted: "Stop! You are arresting people without distinction between right and wrong. Which yamen are you from?"
The leader of the government officials showed no expression at all. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Huizi's and their clothes and said, "Who are you? Why are you with the murderer? You must be an accomplice?" He stretched out a hand openly.
Zhu Wei was at a loss. Zhu Tong said from the side: "Uncle, I am 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 throw him into prison."
Zhu Wei blushed unconsciously: "That's unreasonable! Is there any more royal method?"
The leader of the government officials sneered and said: "Wang Fa? Silver is Wang Fa. How can there be another Wang Fa?" Then he lowered his face and said, "Take it!"
The government officials picked up the iron chain and were about to take action. There was a "swish" sound, and the guards behind Zhu Wei all raised their muskets. The government officials were stunned. The old man who had been hiding on the south side of the terrace was now leading the warriors in brocade.
He walked over and froze in place when he saw this. Zhu Tong shook his head and sighed: "The book says that it takes several years to establish an order and only three months to destroy it. It's true."
Zhu Wei took two steps forward with his hands behind his back and looked at the old man: "Who are you from this casino?"
The old man looked at his formation and knew that it was not simple, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "This villain is the shopkeeper of Fuyuntang."
Zhu Tong interjected: "People's casinos are all named after wealthy people. You have chosen such an unlucky name. Aren't you afraid of damaging your customer base?"
The old man said: "The Master said that being unjust and getting rich and noble is like floating clouds to me. The guests who come to our casino all love wealth and wealth, and it is unjust to gain wealth through gambling. The word 'floating clouds' is extremely honest."
"The allusions of the Analects of Confucius can still be used like this." Zhu Tong sneered, "Your boss is quite a scholar."
Zhu Wei cursed in a low voice: "It's an insult to gentlemen!" Then he asked seriously, "Who is your boss?"
The old man glanced at Xia Kui: "Our boss is Master Bi."
"Who is Master Bi?"
The leader of the government officials said: "Master Bi is a wealthy man in Chang'an City. He has close friendship with several princes. Our princes all invite him to sit down and call him 'Mr. Bi'."
King Qin couldn't help but said: "Nonsense! How do you know Mr. Bi?"
Zhu Tong said: "This prince's husband is the one who is familiar with the prince."
Liu Shu smiled and said: "There are still such braggings? Some people actually believe it?"
Zhu Tong said: "The common people are afraid of officials. He just blows the bullshit to the sky, how can ordinary people ask the prince to verify it? As long as these officials are bribed, they can do whatever they want."
The head of the government officials said hurriedly: "The villain doesn't recognize Mr. Bi and has never received a single penny from them." All the government officials said that they had nothing to do with Fuyuntang.
Liu Shu held the knife and said leisurely: "Brother Wang, since your husband recognizes the prince, can you ask for a favor for me and let him fight with me tomorrow?"
King Qin smiled and said, "Okay."
Hearing this, the old man stared at King Qin with wide eyes, then his calves softened and he sat down on the ground.