Jubaofang is a well-known gambling house in the Dongcheng area. It is said that the owner behind it is Pei Jianlai, the third son of Dingyuan Hou, one of the four major dandies in Kyoto. As a result, although countless people looked at this gambling house that was making money every day with envy, they could only look forward to it and sigh, and they did not even dare to open a new gambling house within five miles of Jubaofang to compete with it for business.
In addition to its strong background, there are actually other reasons why Jubaofang's business is booming.
For example, the latest gambling methods, exquisitely crafted gambling equipment, beautiful maids, uniquely designed layouts, etc., all create an irresistible attraction for the surrounding gamblers.
In addition to the hardware facilities mentioned above, Treasure House also has an unwritten rule that makes it stand out among the many gambling houses in Kyoto.
That is, anyone who enters the gambling house will be protected by the gambling house. Whether you are being chased by someone or by an official, as long as you step into the gambling house and have money to place bets, the gambling house will ensure that you are safe and sound.
If you are lucky enough to keep winning and never step out of the gambling house, the gambling house will always protect you.
But if you are unlucky and lose all your money quickly, then the thugs in the gambling house will politely throw you out of the back door. As for whether the killer waiting outside the back door is a killer with a knife or a policeman with a chain, it depends on which god you have provoked before.
Dayan Kyoto is known as the city that never sleeps, and Jubaofang is also open twelve hours a day to accept guests, and all comers are welcome.
The curtain at the door of the gambling house opened, and Hou Chunhua and another agent named Yu Liheng from the Jixian Division walked in with their hands on the handles of their knives and serious faces.
There were a lot of gamblers in the gambling house. Some of the new gamblers who were not familiar with the place suddenly became a little panicked when they saw the soap clothes on the two of them. The old gamblers next to them just glanced at the two of them. He sneered disdainfully and continued to focus on the gaming table.
Several tall gambling thugs also saw the two of them, but they did not make any move. After scanning their eyes, they turned elsewhere.
Government agents are also human beings, and as long as they are human beings, they can gamble. Whether they are from the Kyoto Prefecture or the Ministry of Criminal Justice, they are bored when they are on duty or do not have time to change into regular clothes after they are off duty. They just wear soap clothes and carry a saber to gamble and place bets. The situation is not uncommon.
But Hou Chunhua and Yu Liheng were not here to gamble today. After scanning their cold eyes, they finally landed on a dark-faced man who was gambling on dice.
"Lao Hou, that's him."
Yu Liheng said in a low voice.
"Walk!"
The two of them headed straight for the black-faced man, but were blocked by a steward of the gambling house halfway through.
"The two charlatans look strange, but how many hands do you have to play? Our boss has a rule that every charlatan who comes here to support us for the first time will be given a gift of ten taels of gambling money."
After saying that, Hou Chunhua and Yu Liheng each stuffed two small ingots into their hands.
After stuffing the ingot, the steward's expression changed instantly.
"Our boss also said that you are welcome to come here to relax and have fun, but if you are looking for trouble and discomfort, hehe."
The gambling house manager didn't say anything clearly, but the meaning behind his sneer was already very obvious.
Hou Chunhua took the two small ingots handed over by Yu Liheng, opened his palms and placed the four ingots in front of his eyes, looked at them carefully and sighed.
"It's such a big gesture. I just put twenty taels of silver in my pocket."
"If the two gentlemen are not interested in gambling, they can leave now. These are regarded as meeting gifts, but they are only for this one time. They will not be there next time. And the rules of our gambling house are that it does not matter if you have money or not. , as long as you enter the door, you have to gamble at least once. Hehehe, of course, this time does not count."
"Oh, this is the first time I've heard of such a rule. But I'm curious, how can I gamble if I have no money?"
"If you don't have money, you will have to die. As long as the customers dare to get to the gaming table to place bets, we dare to accept them."
The steward said quite proudly.
"Well, it's a good rule. But we brothers are not interested in gambling. You can take these silver coins back as well. I came here today just to take someone away, so it won't affect your business."
Although Hou Chunhua was extremely reluctant to give up, he still pretended to be unmoved and returned the four ingots to the steward.
The conversation here attracted the attention of the surrounding gamblers, and they all looked over, including the black-faced man.
Hou Chunhua was talking to the gambling house manager, but Yu Liheng's eyes were always fixed on the black-faced man.
The dark-faced man turned around and met Yu Liheng's eyes. A look of panic suddenly appeared on his face. He then thought that he was in Jubaofang and he was afraid of a bird's egg.
Moreover, I just handed over two good-looking new products last night, and I have plenty of money in my pocket. I am also very lucky today and won a lot. As long as you don't make big bets and play slowly, it shouldn't be a problem to hang out here for three to five days.
After thinking about the joints, the panic on the dark-faced man's face faded, and instead he gave Yu Liheng a provocative look.
What can you do to me!
Yu Liheng was indifferent to this and still stared at him with cold eyes.
"This poor man, it seems that you are here to cause trouble. Why don't you tell me who the boss of our Jubaofang is. I miss you so much, so I'll give you a chance. Get the money and get out of here, otherwise I'll kill you. Would you believe it if I cut your skin into pieces and fed it to the dogs?"
The gambling shop steward's face instantly turned gloomy, and he threw four ingots into Hou Chunhua's arms and threatened.
Hou Chunhua didn't pick it up, and the four ingots fell to the ground with a clanking sound.
"Haha, I will give you a chance to see clearly what these two words mean."
Hou Chunhua took off the bronze medal hanging from his waist and raised it in front of the steward and said.
"Ji Xian Si..."
The steward looked confused for a moment after seeing clearly the three characters "Jixian Si" engraved on his waistband. Then he woke up and grabbed Hou Chunhua's collar and roared angrily.
"I've never heard of such a bullshit yamen. You fucking dare to play tricks on me. Let's see if I don't..."
"Hey, hey, don't be impulsive. It doesn't matter if you don't know him. Go and ask the person in charge of you. If you don't even know him, then the policeman will leave without saying a word. Hehehe, but what will be the consequences of this? But it’s hard to say.”
Hou Chunhua's calm and composed performance made the steward feel a little guilty. After hesitating for a moment, he let go of Hou Chunhua's collar, waved over a few thugs and asked him to keep an eye on the second arrester, and then hurriedly ran towards the back of the gambling house.
In just a moment, a pretty and graceful maid came to Hou Chunhua and bowed slightly.
"Manager Chen would like to invite the two gentlemen to have a talk in the backyard."
"Old man, I'm afraid it's a scam!"
Yu Liheng reminded in a low voice.
"Humph, Li Heng, remember, things are different now."
Hou Chunhua smiled proudly and pulled Yu Liheng to follow the maid.
Arriving at the backyard of the gambling house, Manager Chen stood at the door of a private room with a smile on his face. When he saw Hou Chunhua and Yu Liheng, he nodded and bowed to invite them into the room.
It was in sharp contrast to the previous arrogant and arrogant attitude.
"I offended the two poor men earlier because I was so small and blind. I hope you won't be offended if there are a lot of them."
Entering the elegant room, Manager Chen invited the two of them to sit down. He first apologized and then personally brought a tray covered with red cloth and placed it on the tea table between them.
The red cloth was opened, revealing the shiny silver ingots neatly arranged inside.
"Hey hey hey, please forgive me for your little kindness."
Hou Chunhua just glanced at it with his peripheral vision and calculated the value of this plate of ingots. Each ingot is twenty taels, making a total of sixteen ingots, totaling three hundred and twenty taels of silver.
"Well, since Manager Chen is so sincere, I, Hou Chunhua, will make you my friend."
Hou Chunhua smiled and nodded.
When Manager Chen heard this, a trace of ridicule flashed in his eyes.
Crows in the world are as black as crows, and those who work as servants are even darker than crows.
"However, friends are friends, and I can accept this sentiment. Official business is official business, and people still have to be taken away."
Just when Manager Chen thought the matter was settled, Hou Chunhua caught him off guard when the conversation changed.
"Ah! This...this...is against the rules."
Manager Chen showed a troubled expression.
"Rules! I consider you, Manager Chen, a friend, so I would like to remind you - rules must always obey the laws of the country. I will give you a cup of tea to consider, and let Manager Chen decide what to do."
After saying that, Hou Chunhua ignored Manager Chen and put the silver ingots on the tray into his arms one by one as if no one else was watching.
Manager Chen has obviously learned from his superiors about the prestige of Jixian Division in Kyoto. Even the boss of his boss, Chang Yanei, the leader of the four major dandies, was forced to come to reconcile. Why should Jubaofang fight with others?
But if he is allowed to take away the guests of the gambling house like this, the prestige and credibility accumulated by Jubaofang over the years will be gone, and the losses caused will not be a small amount of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels.
Facing Hou Chunhua's intimidation, Manager Chen was so anxious that he was sweating. After thinking hard for a long time, he finally came up with a compromise.
"You two gentlemen, how about this..."
Seeing the two detectives who were obviously coming for him being taken to the backyard, the black-faced man felt extremely happy in his heart.
This Jubaofang is indeed a good place. It seems that I will visit more in the future.
But the right thing to do now is to leave as soon as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome if he was blocked by the two arrests one after another. There is no way that I can stay in a gambling house for the rest of my life and not go out.
Even if I was willing, I wouldn't do it in a gambling shop.
Thinking of this, the black-faced man was about to pack up his winnings and prepare to run away, and he was not ready to take back the bets he had made.
"Buy the deal and leave, let's go!"
At this time, the dealer at the gaming table shouted and opened the lid of the dice cup.
"Three, five, five, big!"
The big black-faced man collected the money for a moment, then roared with joy on his face.
"Win! Win! Hahahaha, lose money, lose money, lose money, hahaha."
Seeing the dealer pushing the doubled bet in front of him, the black-faced man got a little carried away.
Taking advantage of today's hot luck, bet two more hands and leave immediately no matter whether you win or lose.
Thoughts arose in my mind, and my palms began to place bets honestly.
"Three sixes, leopard!"
"Haha...hahaha...win again! win again!"
After winning two games in a row, the black-faced man had long forgotten about running away, but a quarter of an hour later.
"One two two, little one!"
"Damn it, why are you carrying it like this?"
The dark-faced man cursed in a low voice in a depressed voice, and moved his palms to the table in front of him to start placing bets, but there was nothing within his reach.
I looked down in shock, only to find that the mountain of silver that was piled up like a quarter of an hour ago was gone.
Lost all?
So fast!
The black-faced man suddenly broke into a cold sweat, and his mind finally remembered the two arrests from before. Then he hurriedly groped around, even if he found a few more coins, it would be good.
But the two gambling thugs had already arrived behind him, staring at him coldly.
"There's no money left."
After the black-faced man felt all over his body and failed to take out even half a coin, a thug asked jokingly.
"Wait... wait... wait for me a little longer, I remember there is still money, but I don't know... ah... let me go, I still have money..."
Amidst the screams, the black-faced man was picked up by two thugs, one on the left and one on the right, and walked toward the backyard.
The back door of the gambling house was opened from the inside, and the black-faced man flew out of the door and landed in the long-lost dog-eating mud style.
The black-faced man who was beaten to pieces finally came to his senses. He looked up and saw Hou Chunhua and Yu Liheng standing in front of him, looking down at him.
"Hey... hehe... I'd like to say hello to you two gentlemen."
"stand up."
Yu Liheng shouted coldly.
The dark-faced man obeyed the order obediently and stood up straight.
Snapped!
As soon as the black-faced man stood firm, Yu Liheng slapped him hard in the face, causing stars in his eyes and roaring in his ears.
Snapped!
The black-faced man was confused. How could he hit someone without asking anything? At least ask for the name first, explain why you want to arrest the person, and make sure everything is correct before taking action.
And if you want to ask anything, just ask, and I didn’t even say no.
But Yu Liheng just didn't play according to common sense, didn't say anything, and just slapped his ears to greet him.
After receiving more than twenty slaps in a row, the black-faced man finally couldn't stand it anymore. He staggered and fell to the ground. He hugged Yu Liheng's thigh and cried out with runny nose and tears.
"Grandpa, stop fighting! Grandpa, stop fighting! I will tell you whatever you ask, but you ask me, and I will tell you everything. I just ask you not to fight, woo woo woo."
Yu Liheng and Hou Chunhua looked at each other and realized that Xin Dao Rong Tou's method worked really well.
Whether he is a heroic knight with some reputation in the world, or a green-skinned scoundrel hanging out at the bottom, all he wants is fame and wealth. Even sometimes, fame is more important than money. Just because you become famous, money and beautiful women will come rolling in, and you can't stop them.
So there is a saying that hitting someone is not a slap in the face. What is face?
Face is face, and face is reputation. If you are slapped in the face, you will lose your reputation. How can you still hang out in the world in the future?
So in the arena, if you stab me with a sword and I chop you with a knife, it doesn't matter. As long as there are still the same interests in the future, there is a possibility of letting go of grudges with a smile.
But if someone loses face, it will be an undying hatred.
As for slapping, Rong Fei's favorite and most commonly used interrogation method, in addition to the mental attack of face-breaking, it also has a pretty good physical attack.
Every time a slap hits the face, the person's brain will also be concussively damaged. When this kind of damage accumulates to a certain extent, the brain's response will become slow, accelerating the progress of the mental breakdown of the person being slapped.
This is also the reason why Rong Fei's slap left such a deep memory on Murong Qiu Shui.
On the other hand, Rong Lan had an entire arm chopped off by Rong Fei, but after being cured, he could still scream like a man, with no grudge in his heart.
Regarding the arrests of the Ji Xian Division, Rong Fei did not hide any secrets and taught them the principles and techniques exactly.
Today's Yu Liheng was just a small test, but the effect was immediate.
"What is your name."
Noticing that the black-faced man's pupils were slightly dilated and his eyes were dull, which matched the characteristics described by Rong Fei, Yu Liheng realized that the interrogation could begin.
"Wang Xi."
"Do you know why I came to you?"
"It happened."
"As long as you know, tell me what you have done."
"Peeping at the widow taking a bath... digging into the grave... taking photos of the flowers..."
Paihuazi is a slang term, which means human trafficking.
"Tell me, how many people have you kidnapped?"
"Well, let me think about it...about ten...seventeen or eight, I can't remember exactly."
"Where have all the people been sent?"
"Boss Xue picked up all the goods. I don't know where exactly they were picked up."
"Do you know the specific address of Boss Xue?"
"Boss Xue is very cautious. He has many hiding places in the city and lives in a different place every night."
"You always know where the delivery is."
"Both deliveries were made in a small forest at the southeast corner of the city wall. There is a crooked neck tree at the northern end of the forest. If a white cloth strip is hung on the tree, the delivery can be made that night."
"Tell me everything you know about your accomplice's name, residence, and physical characteristics."
The confused black-faced man didn't have any thoughts of resistance and told everything he knew.
"Well, for the sake of your cooperation, I won't let you go to jail this time. But remember what I said today. In the future, you are not allowed to work privately without orders from the Ji Xian Division. Do you understand? ?”
"understood."
The dark-faced man nodded repeatedly.
"Also, although you don't have to eat prison food, the behavioral deposit must not be less. Leave one hundred taels of silver here with me to ensure that you will be obedient in the future."
"But I have no money."
The black-faced man covered half of Lao Gao's swollen face and said mournfully.
"Hehehe, if you don't have any money, you can borrow it."
After that, Yu Liheng picked up a stone and hit it on the door panel of the back door of the gambling house.
The courtyard door opened immediately, and Manager Chen came out with a cloth bag and a piece of paper full of writing, accompanied by two thugs.
Hou Chunhua took the cloth bag from Manager Chen, weighed it a few times and tied it around his waist. Then he called Yu Liheng and they left with satisfaction.
After watching the two arrests leave, Manager Chen knelt down and handed the paper full of writing to the black-faced man.
"Sign and pledge."
"What?"
The black-faced man said in confusion.
"The IOU is clearly written in black and white. You borrowed one hundred and twenty taels of silver from Jubaofang. You must pay it back within two months. You are a good person."
"ah?"
Only now did the black-faced man understand what Yu Liheng meant.
The fairy dances!
But the matter has come to this, and the IOU has to be signed even if it is not signed. Fortunately, he is not arrested and sent to jail. There is always a way to get money to repay.
The black-faced man accepted his fate, but he reacted when he was about to put his fingerprint on the IOU.
"Isn't it one hundred taels? How come there are twenty taels more?"
Manager Chen slapped him in the face and cursed impatiently.
"Your mother, I'm not allowed to charge any fees or anything like that."
At the same time, almost the same drama was being performed in the four cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Kyoto. The middle and lower-level members of the four major human trafficking organizations have been subjected to varying degrees of extortion and intimidation.
A speculation about having a nose and eyes was also spread secretly.
Ji Xian Si is about to start making money!
