Chapter 392 Chapter Ten Closing the Door and Breaking the Circuit

Entering the main lobby of Luk Fook Casino, Xu Ziling immediately understood why Lei Jiuzhi could recognize that the casino belonged to the Xiangjia system from the layout of the casino. At first glance, this place does not look like the famous combination of brothel and casino in Pengcheng Xiangjia, but the spirit is still there despite the shape. First of all, the table games and even the furniture are also gorgeous and exquisite. The second is the number of gaming tables in the main lobby of Luk Fook Casino, which is also arranged according to the five-element formation, exactly twenty-five tables, exactly the same as Pengcheng Xiangjia Casino.

Thirdly, and most obviously, all the maids in the Lotus Palace are young and beautiful beauties. Although their clothes are more solemn, they have been carefully designed to fully reveal their moving figures, which is more beautiful than bare breasts and arms. tempting. The four fireplaces in the main lobby are blazing, making the lobby a completely different warm world than the outside world. In addition, the lobby is crowded with guests and noisy, and it is full of intoxicating atmosphere. Xu Ziling stood for a while, but he still didn't feel that he was being watched, so he walked around in the lobby at will, and bet on five of the Sic Bo tables. Two chips.

Remembering Lei Jiuzhi's instructions, he saw that the players in the main lobby were either Sic Bo or Fan Tan, so he went inside. The other entrance hall is smaller, only half of the main hall, but it is connected by a side hall, which is equivalent to the area of ​​the main hall. There is an entrance at the other end, and there is a sign of "VIP hall", guarded by big men, obviously not Anyone can enter at will. Pai Gow is gambled in the inner hall, and there are also twenty-five gaming tables, each with four, six or eight seats, and the tables are half smaller than the large tables in the outer hall.Gamblers who have no seats can sit down with the dealer to determine the outcome of the gamblers, so every table is full of people.

Xu Ziling chose a crowded gaming table to take advantage of the excitement. When he got close, he realized why this table was particularly popular. The reason was that there was a charming female gambler sitting on one of the chairs. Although the dealer was still young Beautiful, but immediately eclipsed by comparison, just like a little star accompanied by a bright moon. This woman is as beautiful as a flower, with a glamorous brilliance, better than Madam Hong, but like Madam Hong, she looks like a woman from an unscrupulous family, with a coquettish demeanor, bold eyes, skilled showdown skills, careful and ruthless bets, and sends out silver bells from time to time The charming laughter added a lot of enthusiasm to the tense game.

Except for the female croupier, the other five seats were occupied by four young men and a middle-aged fat man, and the others could only place bets on the outside. The beauty's gaze patrolled the onlookers from time to time, and when she glanced at Xu Ziling who was half a head taller than the others, she glanced at him and then ignored it. Xu Ziling knew that she was the big winner just by looking at her share of chips, and the female banker's brow was covered with sweat, so it could be seen that she was panicked after losing. Licensing. The dealer folds the Pai Gow cards into groups of two like a magic trick, and then rolls the dice to determine who gets the cards first.

There are three betting methods for Spleen Nine: positive, big, and small. The playing method of positive Pai Gow is two to four people, each receiving six cards. , as long as the cards in the hand form two pairs of suits plus one card, it is "blurred" and the card push wins. Big Pai Gow is a group of four cards, and then divided into two groups to determine the winner.See if you are in a pair or win or lose with points.The pairs are arranged in heaven, earth, man, harmony, wenzi, and wuzi. Small Pai Gow is the most common in casinos. Because more people can gamble together, only two cards are used to determine the outcome. The calculation method is the same as that of Big Pai Gow, except that there is one less set of cards.

The next bet is Big Pai Gow, so each player takes four cards. This time the beauty didn't hold a good card, I saw her frowning slightly when she took a look at the card, her expression was still beautiful and charming, full of intoxicating style. She suddenly laughed again, the flowers and branches were trembling, everyone was confused and fascinated by it, she turned her jade hand over, and the face of the card turned up, it turned out that six people match five people. When the dealer turned over the cards, all the gamblers cheered and cheered. Xu Ziling thought to himself that if he wanted to show his edge, he should take Zhuang over and let him push it at this moment, but this kind of high-profile approach is of course not suitable for him to pretend to be a professional gambler, so he walked to another table.

This table gambled on small Pai Gow, the hand of pushing the dealer was extremely strong, the losers got up and left their seats without a break, Xu Ziling took the opportunity to take his seat, first lost two rounds, and lost more than twenty taels. In the third game, he bet 500 taels of chips, and everyone looked at him.The female banker also became nervous, such a big gamble, even in a big casino like Chang'an, is not common. After watching three games in a row, Xu Ziling relied on the secret method taught by Lei Nine Fingers, and with his extraordinary memory, sharp eyesight and special technique, no matter how he shuffled the cards, he could still track the positions of the most important cards. , as long as he can affect the points that the dice fall, he is 70% to 80% sure to win.

At this moment, he felt a pair of sharp eyes staring at him. It was a short middle-aged man. He only saw the woman who pushed the village looked at him many times, as if wanting to ask him for instructions. He knew that he must be the casino. Aspects of people. Suddenly there was a commotion among the men watching, and it was the beautiful female gambler from the next table who squeezed in to take advantage of the excitement, so there was an extra lively beauty, and the atmosphere changed immediately. The beautiful woman's eyes fell on his bet, and then moved to his face; but Xu Ziling ignored her deliberately, pretending to have no interest in her.

The female banker raised her slender hand, and the three dice landed on the copper plate. They spun rapidly at first, and then gradually slowed down, turning into tumbling rolls of their own. Xu Ziling sent out a shot of longevity zhenqi, which was output from the spring, passed through the ground, and then traveled along the table to the cup and plate.In the whole world, there is no one who has more zhenqi than him, but he can control the movement of zhenqi to such an appalling level, probably only Kou Zhong can compare with him.Even if there are experts around, it is impossible to see through his tricks in the dark.

The dice finally stopped. The dealer deals cards according to the points. Xu Ziling's eyes shot a sharp and cold light, staring at the set of cards in front of him, he neither took the cards to look at them, nor used his hands to probe the bottom of the cards like ordinary gamblers, as if he could see through the reality of the row of nine cards. The dealer obviously has a big card.He cheered up and shouted: "Open the card!" All the gamblers showed their cards one after another, and they were all small cards of land eight, man six, and red four, which were all eaten by the dealer's Tianba. When everyone's eyes were on Xu Ziling, Xu Ziling calmly turned over his cards to show the public, and all the onlookers were amazed and admired. It turned out that it was against the Supreme, and according to the usual practice, the banker had to pay double. The dealer looked at the middle-aged man for help, and the man said in a low voice, "Let's pay the compensation!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. When Xu Ziling collected the chips, the beauty said, "Let me push this dealer." If the banker is granted an amnesty by the emperor, he will quickly give up his seat. If the customer pushes the banker, the casino will only draw the lottery. If the bet is large enough, it will be very profitable. Xu Ziling stood up.The beauty just sat in the dealer's chair and said in amazement, "Don't you want to gamble?" Xu Ziling met her gaze, shook his head with a smile, and left, everyone booed in an uproar. The beauty scolded in a low voice: "No coward!" Xu Ziling exchanged the chips indifferently and left the casino. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold of the main lobby, a big man came up to him and said respectfully, "Master, my son, please go over and say a few words." Xu Ziling was greatly astonished, following his instructions, he saw one of the carriages at the main entrance square of the casino, the curtain of the window had just been lifted, revealing the face of the person sitting in the carriage. Xu Ziling shuddered and sighed secretly!Bi obediently walked over and said in a low voice: "The princess is safe." "Princess Dongming" Shan Wanjing dressed in men's clothing in the car said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to fight with people in the street, come up to me." Kou Zhong checked the file and asked the two "assistants" for information. Not only did they get orders from Liu Zhenghui, but they also knew that Kou Zhong was a very popular person who was valued by the emperor and the noble concubines, and they didn't need to guard against it. What Kou Zhong asked was about the old Sui Dynasty.Let Kou Zhong have a better understanding of Yang Su's situation at that time. Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, was a very capable and politically savvy founding emperor with outstanding achievements, but he had a serious shortcoming, that is, he was extremely suspicious. I don't know if he was afraid that others would repeat his own old tricks of seizing the country. Most of the founding ministers were convicted and did not end well. Heroes Liu Fang, Zheng Yi, Liang Shiyan, etc. were punished one after another. Yang Jian was also moody and stern, so the officials accompanied the king like a tiger, and they were in constant fear. Yang Su was one of the few ministers of the Sui Dynasty who had a good death. He tried his best to help Yang Guang abolish the prince Yang Yong to the throne of God, and he was even more likely to incite Yang Guang to poison the emperor's father Yang Jian, which was just a means of self-protection. Here comes the problem. If Yang Su's secret treasure house was planned and established by Lu Miaozi when Yang Jian was in power, the matter must be kept very secret to avoid Yang Jian's eyes and ears. Under such circumstances, Yang Su would never start building a treasure house of secret paths in the house under his name. If Yang Jian found out, even if Yang Su was eloquent, he would not be able to explain it. Kou Zhong is sure that Yang Su will only build a treasure house in a place that has nothing to do with him on the surface. Yang Jian appointed Yu Wenkai to start the construction of the new city in the second year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, and moved to the new capital in less than two years to amnesty the world. Since then, the city has continued to build a new city until today. It stands to reason that if the underground storage was excavated when the new city was first built, it would be the easiest to deceive people, because the situation was chaotic at that time.It's just that Yang Jian's killing of ministers began with the killing of Liu Fang in the sixth year of Kaihuang, so Yang Su was alert and motivated to build a treasure house. Most likely it was the first half of the nine years. During this period of time, the founding heroes were almost killed. It is no wonder that Yang Su was not afraid. What troubled Kou Zhong the most was that during this period, more than a hundred houses were built in various lifangs near Yuema Bridge, not including the extensions. Did he go door-to-door to check and unannounced? When he was dizzy, Liu Zhenghui came back with a solemn expression, sat beside him, and said nothing. Kou Zhong asked anxiously, "What's the matter?" Liu Zhenghui said in a deep voice, "You two get out for me." Seeing his unkind expression, the two hurriedly retreated outside and closed the door. Kou Zhongxin called out "Come on", and asked sideways, "Does the emperor know that I am here?" Liu Zhenghui shook his head and sighed. Kou Zhong felt a little relieved, and Xuan was worried about him again, saying: "If there is anything, Mr. Liu can speak up with confidence, maybe I can ask my mother to find a way for you." Liu Zhenghui was slightly taken aback, showing surprise and emotion, and said, "Sir, I misunderstood. I'm not worried about my own affairs." Kou Zhong relaxed and said, "That's good." Liu Zhenghui sighed again, and said frowningly, "It's really not a good sign that such a thing happened late in the year." Kou Zhong's curiosity aroused, he retreated as an advance and said, "If it's inconvenient, Mr. Liu doesn't need to tell me." Liu Zhenghui said: "This is not a secret. The news will soon spread throughout Chang'an. When the emperor makes the decree, His Royal Highness, King Qin, King Qi, Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, Chen Wanfu, etc. are all listening." Kou Zhong almost gave him a kick, urged him to speak up quickly, and said, "What's the matter?" Liu Zhenghui said word by word slowly: "The emperor ordered me to block the three official gates of Tongxun Gate, Tongming Gate and Jiamen." Kou Zhong said in a daze: "The emperor wants to block the three gates, it's just a trivial matter!" Liu Zhenghui said: "These three gates are very important. The Tongxun Gate is the only passage to the East Palace and Taiji Palace, and the Jia and Tongming Gates are connected to the Yeting and Taiji Middle Palaces. His Highness the Crown Prince will have to go to the Taiji Palace in the future, only through the Chengtian Gate. Or enter the palace through the Xuanwu Gate." If Xu Ziling is here.You can definitely understand Li Yuan's intentions, and restricting the access to two gates is naturally much more secure in terms of security and defense. Kou Zhong still didn't understand the motive of Li Yuan's move for a moment, he was stunned and said: "The emperor wants to strengthen the control of the passageway. He has his own reasons, why is Master Liu so worried." Liu Zhenghui smiled wryly, "Sir, I shouldn't have told these facts." Kou Zhong lowered his voice and said: "The villain has heard about the struggle between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, so there is nothing that should or should not be known." Liu Zhenghui said with a wry smile: "The emperor's move makes people feel that the crisis is even more imminent. When the emperor issued an order, no one dared to say a word. Now please forgive me for not being with you, because everything must be arranged immediately, otherwise we can't do it after the New Year. Construction is on schedule, sir, please forgive me." Kou Zhong put the copied information into his arms, stood up and said, "Your Majesty Liu, you don't need to send me off, I'm already a seasoned horse, and I know how to leave." Liu Zhenghui said embarrassingly: "After the younger brother has finished the emperor's business, I will discuss the development of ancient and modern architecture in detail with my husband." Kou Zhong thought secretly, and left in a hurry. The rain and snow were still falling endlessly, and Kou Zhong's enthusiasm and hope for treasure hunting were as cold as an inch of snow, and he no longer had the slightest confidence and certainty.