Chapter 353: Rough Land
The curfew in Xiangzhou City was stricter than that in Nanyang, so after receiving the bribe, the waiter decided to personally take Zhao Yushu to a "rough" place before the sun went down. After all, people were not allowed to walk on the streets after dark.
"Hey kid, you've been walking around for so long, why haven't you arrived yet? I'm telling you, don't try to play any tricks on me, I'm a martial artist."
Zhao Yushu patted the long sword at his waist. This was the good point of the Kunlun Cold Iron Sword. It won by its material alone. It had no aura at all and its appearance was not exaggerated. It was simply a perfect weapon for pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger when traveling in the world.
"Sir, your words really scared me. How brave am I? The place you want to play, hehe, is not very good to go to in a big way, so I took a detour. Don't worry, we will be there soon."
Although Zhao Yushu chatted non-stop with the waiter along the way, his eyes were fixed on remembering every turning point.
"Uncle, we are here now, please have fun!"
After walking for a while, the waiter stopped near a house, rubbed his palms and smiled flatteringly.
Zhao Yushu threw another small piece of silver over: "What's so famous about this place?"
"We locals call this place the Dog Hall."
"Are you fucking scolding me?" Zhao Yushu pretended to be angry.
The waiter bowed hastily: "How dare I, how dare I, my master wants to play rough, and usually people from the Cao Gang come here to play, and they play very rough!"
Cao Gang, you are lucky. Zhao Yushu touched his chin and said, "Okay, I'll go in and take a look. If you are not satisfied, I'll give you the money and you can wait to buy the medicine."
"Don't worry, come on, I'll call the door for you."
The waiter ran to the door first and patted the rather shabby door hard. Soon, the door opened a crack and a bald strong man opened his eyes wide and asked: "What are you doing!"
"A gentleman has come to Xijing and wants to find a place to have fun."
"Why don't you take her to the red-light district?"
"Master likes rough ones," the waiter paused, "and he is very generous."
The sturdy man chuckled and said, "That's enough. Our dog hall is the wildest place in the whole Xiangzhou. Come in!"
Zhao Yushu walked over with a swagger. The man saw the long sword at his waist and quickly reached out his hand: "Master, we don't allow weapons in this place."
Zhao Yushu sneered: "What a joke! You guys' place is obviously not a serious place. I paid money to come here to have fun, and you want to use your weapons. Do you really think I'm a sucker?"
The sturdy man paused: "We have very strict rules here."
Zhao Yushu waved his hands impatiently: "Alright, stop talking nonsense. If you can play, then play. If you don't let me play, I'll leave. My business has been from Xijing to Xiangzhou. You are too young to play tricks on me. In one word, let me in or not."
The sturdy man hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I'll give you face, but please don't cause a conflict inside. What's your name, sir?"
"Just call me Old White."
"Mr. Bai, please come in!"
Zhao Yushu stepped over the threshold and immediately felt a flash of inspiration passing over him. This dog hall was indeed quite interesting.
"What are the ways to play?"
"Our lobby is a gambling house. Mr. Bai, would you like to play a few hands first or just look at something else?"
Haha, it starts out as a gambling house, and it looks like an entertainment complex.
Zhao Yushu knew that if he didn't play anything and just looked around, he would easily be suspected. Although the other party would not do anything to him without evidence, there was an 80% to 90% chance that he would not be able to see the real private places.
"Since I'm here, I have to try my luck and see if I can get my trip to Xiangzhou off to a good start."
Zhao Yushu rolled up his sleeves pretentiously and walked straight into the first lobby.
As soon as the door opened, Zhao Yushu almost fell over because the smell was too strong.
Even though it was not time to get off work yet, there were still a lot of sailors and coolies who were idle today gathered here. A smell of sweat and fish rose to the sky. If Zhao Yushu had not immediately used his imperceptible spiritual power to filter out the smell, it would have been very difficult for him to stay there for a night.
How dare you say you like being rough?
"Master Bai, you are an old hand, you can just have fun by yourself. We are betting real money here. I still have to guard the gate, so I will leave first."
The sturdy man said hello and left. Zhao Yushu nodded and walked towards the busiest stage with his sword in hand.
The table is the most common guessing game. The reason why this table is so lively is, first, because the rules are simple and even a fool can play it, second, the winning and losing are fast and the positive and negative feedback is very timely, and third, and most importantly, the dealer is a beautiful woman.
The status of women in this world has been raised countless times compared to the feudal dynasties of the previous life due to the existence of spiritual power, and the clothing style has also become much more open, but this is the first time I have seen Zhao Yushu dare to go into battle wearing only an inner garment and a short jacket.
Even in Tianxianglou, the girls are dressed very elegantly, after all, they are going for high-end style.
The beautiful female dealer in front of me has a bit of the style of Maggie Cheung in Longmen Inn.
"Buy it and forget it! Buy it and forget it!" the dealer shouted while shaking the dice cup frantically.
Zhao Yushu looked at the table and saw that it was mostly made up of copper coins. There was nothing he could do. Although the Cao Gang was large, its members were all coolies and they couldn't earn much money after a day's work.
"Sir, do you want to place your bet? The game is about to begin!" The dealer saw the unfamiliar face Zhao Yushu squeeze in and shouted to him.
Zhao Yushu touched his chin and threw ten copper coins onto the table.
"Open!"
The dealer shouted and the dice cup fell on the table with a bang.
"Four, five, five, big!"
Zhao Yushu smiled slightly and took the copper coins pushed by the dealer. He was lucky and had a good start. He did not use any spiritual power to cheat.
"Good luck, sir!" the dealer complimented.
"Haha, small change, small change." Zhao Yushu didn't take the copper coins that were pushed to him. Instead, he pushed all the money back into the 'big' one with his hand.
"continue."
The dealer couldn't help but look at him again, and then the second round of dice shaking began.
"Three three six, big!"
Zhao Yushu looked at the copper coins that had doubled again and pushed them towards "big" again.
"continue."
The dealer's eyes were different. She could easily control the size of the dice, but this was an ordinary table in the hall. Each person only bet three or five copper coins, so there was no need to bother cheating. The only reason she could appear on this table was that it was still early, there were not many people, and the dealers had not started work yet, so she came here to play a few hands impromptu.
This new face in front of me won twice in a row, and both times he placed the bet before I started winning. His luck is really good.
But is it really possible to open three big ones in a row?
The dealer felt that he was not cheating this time and wanted to see how lucky this plain-looking and even ugly man was.
The laborers stopped shouting and looked at Zhao Yushu. Those who were playing in the lobby were all having a hard time, basically betting one or two copper coins. Now Zhao Yushu had bet forty copper coins, which was higher than the overnight turnover of most of the people present.
In this small area, the only sound for a while was the dealer shaking the cup.
Bang, the dice cup fell to the ground.
"Five five six, big!"
Cheers rang out, and the dealer smiled gently: "Uncle, do you want to continue?"
Zhao Yushu also smiled slightly and pushed the coin again.
"continue."