Chapter Twenty-Eight: Into the Casino

"Don't sit in the house all day tinkering with that rotten diary, it's a good day, come with me and go for a walk." Early the next morning after Niu Fei and Zhao Chuang were arrested and returned to the barracks, Liu Goat kicked open the door of Tang Cheng with a freshly baked flatbread. The others slept in a room with two or three people, with the exception of Tang Cheng, who slept alone in a room, next door to Liu Goat's room.

"Let's go, hurry up, let's go out of the city after breakfast, I found a good place when I took Lao Xu out of the city to buy things yesterday, and Lao Tzu will take you to open your eyes today." Tang Cheng obviously didn't believe in Liu Goat's words, since he met Liu Goat, except for smoking and fighting, Tang Cheng didn't find out what Liu Goat could have any hobbies and likes. If it was said that the Sichuan army and the gang had found something interesting, maybe Tang Cheng would still believe it, but this came out of Liu Goat's mouth, and Tang Cheng didn't believe it.

Regardless of whether Tang Cheng was willing or not, Liu Goat pulled Tang Cheng out of the barracks, accompanied by Niu Fei, a habitual bandit who had just chosen to take refuge in Liu Goat. Tang Cheng, who was dragged out hard, looked reluctant, such a good weather is naturally comfortable to sleep in the room, why do you have to go out early in the morning. Regarding Tang Cheng's constant complaints along the way, Liu Goat directly chose to turn a blind eye, and only muttered quietly with Zhang Yun, who was also in civilian clothes.

Fortune Casino is the premier place in Montene. This casino, which has only been open for less than a year, is nominally a big industry in Nanjing, but in fact it is a place where Li Linge collects money in Mengcheng, and many people in Mengcheng know the news. As long as the Japanese army does not continue to cross the river to fight, Mengcheng, which is far away from Nanjing, is obviously a safe haven, and this fortune casino has become a good place for those rich people who fled here.

It is precisely because of these rich people who stay in Mengcheng that Li Linge will choose to open a casino in Mengcheng, and if it were not for those rich people who regard Mengcheng as a safe haven, Li Linge would not have set up a casino in Mengcheng. Tang Cheng didn't know that Liu Goat was going to take him to the casino, in the more than ten years that Robert raised him, Tang Cheng had not entered the casino, but if it was said that he really gambled money, Tang Cheng had never done it once, because Robert was very strict with his pocket money, and people without money were not welcome in the casino.

Another frequent visitor to the Fortune Casino is the officers of the new 20th Division, and many middle- and lower-ranking officers of the new 20th Division are frequent visitors to the Fortune Casino. If these officers only rely on their monthly salaries, they are not qualified to come to the Hongyun Casino to have fun and gamble, but Li Linge has set a special rule for the casino, as long as the officers of the newly formed 20th Division come, no more than 100 yuan can be borrowed at any time. It was precisely by virtue of this means that Li Linge formed friendships with some officers in the newly formed 20th Division, and their Li family's fast-gun team selling tobacco and soil would pass unimpeded in Mengcheng and the surrounding borders.

"I don't want you to gamble money, but I want you to see something new, I'm afraid of something." Tang Cheng, who was reluctant to enter the casino, was dragged into by Liu Goat, thinking that there would not be too many people in the casino in the morning, and when Tang Cheng went in, he thought badly in Zhilu Road, and this Hongyun Casino, which looked small, was already crowded and lively at this time. From pushing pai gow, rolling dice, mahjong to Western poker, there are all kinds of gambling tricks here, even the odd and double guesses that Tang Cheng saw in Beiping City when he was a child, there are all here.

From ancient times to the present, people have been divided into three, six, nine and so on, even in the casino where money is spoken, the general gamblers are gathered in the hall in front of the table shouting and betting, and some gamblers who hold some identities are gambling in the single room provided by the casino. Liu Goat and Niu Fei are obviously standard casino regulars, and when Tang Cheng and Zhang Yun were looking around in the casino, Liu Goat and Niu Fei had already squeezed into the table to play pai gow with others.

Niu Fei, who was born as a bandit for generations, is not bad for money, and Liu Goat has also lost a lot of windfalls during this time, so these two people don't care about money at all when they place bets, and such people are the favorite type of people in the casino. As the gambling game progressed, Liu Goat lost only the last 50 yuan of the 50 fast ocean that he asked from Jiujin when he went out, and Niu Fei's luck today did not seem to be very good, and the stack of fiat money in his pocket had all gone into the casino dealer's drawer.

"Continue" Liu Goat directly pushed the last 5 pieces of ocean out of the Lang, and then took out a cigarette roll and put it in his mouth, but he rummaged through his pocket to find cigarettes, and several gamblers around him saw the shell gun that Liu Goat pinned to his belt. Hongyun Casino is full of people, these people are also mixed with the casino nursing home sent by Li Linge, and among the few people who saw Liu Goat with a gun, there was a nursing home of the Li family, and before the gambling game began, the casino dealer who gambled against Liu Goat had already received the eyes handed by the nursing home.

"I said that early this morning, the magpie went to the door of the casino, and he kept shouting, and he dared to love it, and he knew that Chief Liu would be here today." The voice of the woman, which was as melodious as a silver bell and had a heavy magnetic weight, drifted into everyone's ears like a gust of wind, and just when the dealer did not know what to do, a beautifully dressed woman appeared in front of everyone. Liu Goat and Niu Fei sat at the gambling table silently, but the gamblers who were still around the gambling table just now to watch the excitement dispersed like a tide, they seemed to know this woman who suddenly appeared, and it could be seen that these gamblers were a little afraid of this woman.

When Zhang Yun was secretly looking at the woman, Tang Cheng beside him was pondering the chair under the woman's buttocks, Tang Cheng, who had been wandering around Dashilar since he was a child, naturally recognized that it was a Taishi chair in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and it was made of yellow rosewood. The chair of this material is rare in the current Beiping City, the chair shape is very simple and elegant, and the edge is also carved with some arabesque patterns similar to reliefs, which is a rare good thing at a glance, Tang Cheng is thinking about how much this chair can be sold for in Dashilar at the moment.

Xie Lan is a woman, and she is still a recognized beauty in Mengcheng, if it weren't for her strong personality since she was a child, she might have become a concubine who didn't know the dignitary. She was originally born in a family of gamblers, and in her early years in Shanghai, she was a dealer in the casino of the Great World Lujie, and she can be said to be well-informed in gambling. With such a background and experience, Yu Xie Lan is naturally well-informed, and she has always been decisive in doing things, although she is a woman, she is also a role that can run a horse on her arm in a big bowl of drinking.

Since taking charge of Hongyun Casino, relying on the casino's reputation and its own means, coupled with Li Linge's power in Mengcheng, Xie Lan has never met anyone who dares to stare at her and blush, but today she just met a guy like Liu Goat who does not act according to common sense. "Sir Liu, people are talking to you, why don't you ignore people? Is it that the little sister has done something wrong, then you can say it, and the little sister can compensate you, right? Xie Lan pinched his throat in front of Liu Goat one after another, but Liu Goat's attention seemed to be focused on the deck of pai gow on the table, and he turned a blind eye to Xie Lan's intentional overtures.

"Little brother, are you looking at me? Is my sister good-looking? Is it okay to be your daughter-in-law? Seeing that Liu Goat didn't care about himself, Xie Lan, who was holding back his annoyance, wanted to change the topic so that he wouldn't be embarrassed, so he turned his attention to Tang Cheng and Zhang Yun. It's just that she didn't like Zhang Yun's stunned eyes staring at her, so she simply teased Tang Cheng, because she noticed that Tang Cheng had been looking at her. Since Xie Lan knew about Liu Goat, he wouldn't be unaware of the existence of Tang Cheng, not to mention that those ploppy men who were released from the barracks by Liu Goat said that Tang Cheng was the one who shot in the barracks.

"Ah, what did you just say?" Tang Cheng, who was slapped by Zhang Yun, was pulled back to reality from his own reverie, but he instinctively raised his head and met Xie Lan's inquiring eyes. "Is that chair you're sitting on selling?" Waiting for Zhang Yun to whisper Xie Lan's words to Tang Cheng again, Tang Cheng, who had a hint of a smile in his eyes, gave an answer that made Xie Lan angry and wanted to vomit blood immediately.

"Hahaha, the boss lady has taken a fancy to my nephew? It's a pity that my nephew is not interested in women who are too old, so I think the boss lady might as well consider how about me? I don't know how this woman knew that Liu Goat was relieved at this time, and after listening to Tang Cheng's answer, Liu Goat smiled and turned his gaze to Xie Lan who was sitting next to him. Xie Lan, who was teased by Liu Goat in public, didn't speak, just stared at Liu Goat with round eyes, but unfortunately the latter seemed to enjoy her white eyes very much, so her white eyes were not lethal at all.

"Chief Liu, you are an official and I am a citizen, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, but what is the reason why you came to bully me, a weak woman?" Seeing that the casino thugs were not good, the gamblers were cleared out, and only Liu Shanyang and the people in the casino were left in the empty Hongyun Casino. In the face of Xie Lan's question, Liu Goat, who was holding a cigarette in his mouth, still looked like he didn't care, but Zhang Yun was so nervous that he even put his hand on his waist, ready to pull out the shell gun on his waist at any time.

"Sir Liu, this is 200 oceans, even if we make friends, please smile." According to the rules of the casino, Xie Lan ordered his subordinates to bring a plate of ocean and put it in front of Liu Goat. "It's still the same sentence just now, if I or Fortune Casino do something wrong in front of you, you just have to say it, and we will change it." Seeing that Liu Goat's hand had been placed on the ocean, a trace of disdain flashed in Xie Lan's eyes, it seems that there is no one in this world who does not love money.