Chai Yan said cautiously: "What if there is another reason?"
Jimo Qiao asked, "What other reason could there be?"
Upon hearing this, the burly man spoke loudly: "Hey, this young master is really right!"
Jimo Qiao and Chai Yan looked at each other when they heard the sound.
The burly man picked up the thin black man from the ground, pointed at him and said, "His name is Mouzi. He is a habitual thief in the Hulu Street area. This guy was touching the customers' money in our gambling stall, and I found him. You said,
Should I fight?"
Jimo Qiao was instantly embarrassed. He was stunned for a moment and then immediately asked the thin black man: "He...is what he said true?"
The thin black man nicknamed Mouse languished and said nothing. The burly man shook him vigorously and shouted: "Why are you pretending to be dead? Talk!"
The mouse drooped his eyelids, lowered his head and said with a guilty conscience: "I misunderstood, brother, the money was given to me by the guests... I, I, I... I didn't touch it...
....”
"How dare you speak so harshly..." The burly man's face darkened immediately, and he shouted angrily: "Ask everyone, who believes what you say, ah! Who believes..."
As he spoke, the burly man showed Mouse's face one by one to the crowd of onlookers. Many of the onlookers knew Mouse. How could they not know that he was a habitual thief? They all shook their heads.
"No one will believe it if they see it!"
The burly man shouted loudly, and the mouse stopped making excuses.
Chai Yan clasped his fists at the burly man and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, it was my younger brother who was impulsive just now. Let me apologize on his behalf."
The burly man did not have an unreasonable temper. After nodding to Chai Yan, he glanced at Jimo Qiao and said, "Control him. If it were someone else, he would have been beaten long ago!"
After saying that, the burly man pinched the mouse and turned away, and the crowd of onlookers behind also hurriedly made way for a passage.
"You are the one who will get beaten!" Jimo Qiao muttered angrily.
Chai Yan shook his head slightly and advised: "Don't be so impulsive in the future, got it?"
Jimo Qiao turned her head and said nothing. In fact, she understood in her heart, but for the sake of face, she deliberately pretended not to hear.
Chai Yan didn't nag, and said: "Let's go..."
Just as the two were about to take a step, they heard someone from the side suddenly shouting: "Hey, where is my wallet? Why is my wallet missing?"
Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao turned around when they heard the sound, and saw a man patting his chest and waist repeatedly, his expression even more panicked.
You don't need to ask to know that this person must have been inattentive when watching the excitement, allowing the thief to succeed.
Jimo Qiao was stunned and subconsciously touched her waist. When she found that the money bag was still there, her expression seemed relieved.
Chai Yanxin said that Hulu Street was really chaotic, so he didn't say much at the moment, pulled Jimo Qiao and walked forward quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao arrived at the intersection of Big and Small Hulu Streets. From here, the two stopped walking along Little Hulu Street and turned left onto Big Hulu Street.
The streets of Da Hulu Street are more than twice as wide as those of Xiao Hulu Street. Both sides of the street are large gambling houses and pawnshops with bigger doors. There are also many restaurants and restaurants. In addition, there are two or three brothels.
, but it was too early at this time, the door of the brothel was still closed, and the front door was very deserted.
Chai Yan walked along the street for a while and thought to himself, isn’t this an enlarged version of Xiaohulu Street?
Jimo Qiao looked around curiously and asked: "There are so many gambling houses, which one are you going to?"
Chai Yan didn't know either, so he said, "Why don't you pick one? I'm here to make soy sauce anyway..."
"Soy sauce?" Jimo Qiao asked curiously: "This is a place for gambling, soy sauce?"
Chai Yan smiled: "It's not really soy sauce, what I said is just a metaphor..."
"Metaphor? Why such a metaphor?" Jimo Qiao really couldn't understand the connection between gambling and soy sauce.
Chai Yan couldn't explain it clearly, so he urged her: "Stop talking about this, please help me choose a restaurant, Leng!"
Jimo Qiao turned around two or three times, looking at this and that, and finally pointed to a sign diagonally opposite and said: "That's it, Changsheng Gambling House!"
Chai Yan glanced at the signboard of "Changsheng Gambling House", then nodded and said: "Okay, that's it!"
So, the two of them walked into Changsheng Casino with their heads held high.
As soon as he entered the gambling house, Jimo Qiao frowned, covered his nostrils with the back of his hand, and complained: "What the smell, it smells so bad!"
Chai Yan naturally smelled it too. This pungent smell was very strong. If anyone couldn't smell it, there must be something wrong with their sense of smell.
"You're sorry, be obedient and go home quickly..." Chai Yan took the opportunity to persuade.
Jimo Qiao immediately refused: "Don't even think about it!"
Even though it was still morning, the business at Changsheng Gambling House was good. People were gathered around each gambling table. The room was noisy, with shouts, curses, and excited laughter and shouts coming and going.
Jimo Qiao suddenly became interested in a gambling table next to him, so he pulled Chai Yan to look at it, saying at the same time: "Look at this, look at this..."
Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao came to a stop behind several gamblers. The dealer behind the gambling table just threw three dice into a porcelain bowl. The crisp sound of "ding, ding, ding, ding, rang" had not disappeared, and another bowl
Just cover it up......
Immediately afterwards, the dealer grabbed two porcelain bowls and began to shake them up and down. The porcelain bowls clanged loudly when the dice inside them hit them.
After shaking it back and forth for a few times, the dealer suddenly placed the porcelain bowl in its place with a "pop" sound.
"Come on, come on, I'm done with my purchase..." the dealer shouted vigorously.
The gamblers gathered around the gambling table reacted immediately...
"This will make me bigger!"
"It's three big numbers, I don't believe it... Bet on the small one!"
"Made, I'm willing to risk everything. At the end of the day, I'm all in on the leopard!"
As you come and go, the gamblers have already placed their bets.
After Jimo Qiao moved his eyes left and right, he said to Chai Yan: "Look, there are many big bets..."
Chai Yan saw this and replied casually: "Then this one must be too small."
"Hey, you know it!" Jimo Qiao didn't believe he could say it accurately.
The dealer shouted loudly: "It's open!"
As the voice fell, the lid on the bowl was opened, and the three dice in the porcelain bowl were one, two, four, and seven o'clock.
"One, two, four, seven o'clock!"
While singing the result loudly, the dealer took back all the money that had been placed on the big bet, and then compensated those who had won on the small bet one by one.
Some of the gamblers clapped their hands happily, while others cursed in disappointment. The gambler who bought the leopard left the gaming table in frustration. As soon as he walked away, someone quickly took his place.
Jimo Qiao pulled Chai Yan and asked in surprise: "How did you know it was Xiao! Are you good at counting dice?"
Chai Yan smiled speechlessly: "Where are you? I just guessed at random... If I could count dice, I would have become the richest man in the capital, okay!"
"Really guessing?" Jimo Qiao cast a suspicious look.
"What a guess!" Chai Yan nodded seriously.
"Why? Tell me the reason." Jimo Qiao asked.
Chai Yan had no choice but to explain: "This is what I think. The more people bet, the more the banker will lose. Gambling houses are not charity houses, and they will not be lenient when making money."
When Jimo Qiao thought it made sense, he said, "According to your opinion, just the young man's side will be fine?"
"Stop it, I didn't say that!" Chai Yan quickly shook his head in denial.
At this time, the dealer just started shaking the dice bowl again. With his shouts, the atmosphere on the gambling table suddenly became tense, and a new round of betting was about to begin.
After the bets were taken away, the gamblers placed bets again one after another. Most of them bet big or small, but a few gamblers bet the designated points, hoping to make a big bet with a small amount.
Jimo Qiao looked around and calculated the bets of the small and large parties in his mind, and then said: "This time the small bet is more, will it be a big bet?"
"How is it possible..." Chai Yan felt that it was ridiculous to take this as a rule.
But when the tureen was opened, the number turned out to be really big.
Jimo Qiao looked at Chai Yan again, shaking his head and making a sound of exclamation.
"It's just a coincidence. If you dare to gamble like this, I guarantee that you will lose everything!" Chai Yan said.
But the third time, Chai Yan's words were correct again. There were many people betting on the big bet, but they chose the small bet. Once again, Chai Yan's words were verified to be correct.
Jimo Qiao saw everyone who had won money smiling happily, and suddenly he felt a little regretful that he had not followed the previous bets.
After a brief hesitation, Jimo Qiao took out a small ingot of silver from the purse at his waist, and then made a show of placing his bet.
Chai Yan snatched the money from Jimo Qiao's hand, frowned and said, "You have nowhere to spend your money..."