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She put 68 taels of silver in her pocket and took a stroll around Laifu Street with 2 taels of silver in her hands. She decided to go to the restaurant to listen in on the gossip.

Moreover, she urgently needed to understand this country. Especially if she wanted to leave the manor and survive in this world, she could not stay out of this matter.

He looked at the name of the restaurant in front of him. "There's a restaurant" really did have a restaurant. This street was probably not the most bustling one, so there was only one restaurant in the entire street. The owner of this restaurant was also very interesting. He actually mentioned this name so casually.

"How many guests?" The private room is still on the first floor? " The sharp-eyed waiter, seeing her enter, did not care about her attire and enthusiastically greeted her.

"One, let's go to the first floor!"

"Great!" Guest, please come this way. "

Qian Chao silently praised the restaurant owner in her heart. The management of the employees was really good. They didn't look down on others like she did with her dog eyes.

"Please have a seat, I'll serve you some tea!" The waiter then led Qian Chao to his seat. When he saw Qian Chao nod his head, he turned and walked away.

"Hey, have you heard? For the sake of that number one beauty, Prince Ling decided to buy that Hua Manlou who was once the top courtesan!"

"I already knew that, and I even heard that it was to give to the number one beauty! Saying that it will continue to be left open or scattered will be up to her! "

"Wah …" "This prince..."

"However, I'll have to pity his wangfei. Sigh!"

"What's so pitiful about her? It's very normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines!"

"That's right, but you can't say it like that …"

… ….

He had not expected to hear such gossip about him the moment he sat down. It seemed that his master really loved that lady? Then, if he really wanted to find an opportunity to leave him and let them have a lover, wouldn't he be very happy as well?

"Wang Wu, do you want to gamble later? Are we going together? "

"No, I can't. My luck is really bad right now!" "Besides, the water over at the casino is very deep right now. It's better if we don't get into trouble!" Wang Wu said with a dejected and frightened expression,

"What's wrong, what's wrong? Don't scare me, I was still planning to take a gamble." The man said with confusion and fear,

"I'll tell you in secret, one of my nephews is working for the Qin family. He told me not to gamble anymore because the three gambling houses in the capital are about to start a fight. Whoever gambles with him is unlucky!" Wang Wuyi solemnly said,

"Really?" "That serious?" That person obviously did not believe him, "Didn't they say one of them belongs to the Chen family? "The Chen Clan has a concubine, who dares to provoke her?"

"But there's another family. They have a Crown Prince with them!" Wang Wu deliberately lowered his voice and carefully said,

"What about the other one?" the man began to ask worriedly.

"That family is truly pitiful. I heard that they were almost suffocated by the pressure, and even wanted to quit. The other two families fought to the point of vomiting, which was why it was so noisy. He didn't want to say it anymore. If he were to continue, he would bring disaster upon himself! I say, you should save some money to go play at Manxiang House! "

"Sure, let's go together tonight …"

"I …"

Dazzling Spring listened to the entire conversation. Even though they lowered their voices, Dazzling Spring was still able to hear them. Were the two great families opposing each other? It should be very intense, right? Three gambling houses … Then let's go to that unlucky fellow today!

As soon as she thought of it, she left without waiting for the waiter. When she walked out of the restaurant, she suddenly remembered that she did not know where the casino was …

Shallowly with a head of black lines, he walked around the restaurant. He couldn't find any casinos anywhere, so he headed towards the stall that sold bags.

"Buy a bun!" Sweet and delicious steamed buns! " As soon as the peddler saw Qian Jin walking over, he shouted, "Dear customer, do you want some steamed buns? These are both fragrant and delicious steamed buns …"

"Give me two steamed buns!" She smiled and said,

"Alright!" the peddler said happily.

"Boss, how was your business today?" Asked like a peddler,

"It's still the same. Not good, not bad. "Hey, guest, your steamed bun!" The peddler smiled and passed the bun to Qian Chao.

"Then you've been working here for a long time, right?" "Here, take out the steamed bun." He opened the paper bag and handed one tael of silver to the peddler. He then took a bite of the steamed bun. "En, it's delicious!"

"Delicious? My craftsmanship is inherited from the ancestors! I was born here! My ancestors started their steamed bun business here! " When the peddler heard that someone was praising his steamed bun, he said happily, "Sir, please look for a silver coin."

"Then do you know how to get to the gambling den?" Asked while eating.

"What?" Your girl's family wants to gamble too? " the peddler asked in surprise.

"No, I... "I'll go look for someone …" Speak shyly.

"Oh, oh, oh!" I understand! The gambling den is over there... " The peddler pointed to the end of Laifu Street and said, "At the end of the street, turn right and there will be three gambling houses. Go and see which one is the one you're looking for. However, a girl like you should be careful, that place is very messy! " the peddler asked with concern.

"Understood. Thanks, boss. The steamed buns are very delicious. I'll come again next time to buy them!" After eating the two steamed buns, Drifting Water happily said goodbye to the boss. He then clapped his hands and walked towards the gambling den.

Xiao Xiao walked shallowly to the "Huo" brand gambling den, which stood between the Chen Family and the Li Family's gambling den. Its business was slightly inferior to the other two houses.

"Big!" Big! "Big!"

"Open!"

"Tsk …"

As soon as he entered the gambling den, he could hear those people shouting about 'open' and 'close'. There were only two ways to enter, one was to play dice, and the other was to bet on the Eleven Life Xiao (the dragon wasn't among them). The method was too simple. There was room for improvement. He thought to himself.

"Young mistress, the boss invites you!" A gambling servant said to Qian Jin in a low voice as an invitation.

"Me? Are you sure you didn't find the wrong person? " He made a small statement of surprise.

"I'm sure!" "Please." The valet answered with certainty, "Please remain in the same position."

The backyard of the gambling den wasn't small, but had a small garden. The long corridor circled the garden, and since it was the middle of October, the flowers in the garden were still as beautiful as before. From this, it could be seen that this gambling den was not at all like the rumored impoverishment of the outside world.

Entering the palace, he saw a middle-aged man, over forty years old, seated on the throne, holding a cup of tea and sipping it carefully. He was dressed in a long gray robe and did not have many accessories. He gave off a feeling of shrewdness and competence.

"May I know the reason why boss invited me here?" Asked Qian Chao directly after entering the door.

"Taste the tea!" As soon as the boss finished speaking, a servant girl came over with tea.

"..." With a shallow frown, he looked at the owner and gave her a strange feeling. He was clearly a scholar and had an elegant demeanor, but he was a gambling house owner who was mixed with both dragons and fishes.

"Boss, you didn't ask for my name?" Shallowly asked.

"If Miss wants to say it, I want to know it. If Miss doesn't want to say it, I won't force you."

"..."

"Miss hasn't answered my question yet?" Hosmin continued.

"So what if I am, so what if I am?" She could feel that the other party bore no ill will towards her, but she did not let down her guard.

"If so, I would like to make a bet with Young Miss, using this gambling den as the prize." Hosming said lightly.

"..." Asking, "Boss, what's the meaning of this?"

"I believe Miss has also heard of the current situation in the gambling den. I'm in a dilemma and would like to ask for an enlightened master." Hosming looked helpless.

"You think I believe you?" Shallowly, he looked at Hosming in amusement.

"Yes or no, we'll know after we bet." Hosming waved his hand, indicating for his servant girl to roll the dice. "Miss, please."

"I'd like to know what boss wants from me." He looked at the dice that were brought up.

"Whose little bet? Does Miss think you can make a bet?" Hosming asked.

Shallow but smiling without speaking.

"Then I'll shake it first!" With that, Hosming began to shake it slowly.

"He shook the dice very regularly, first dispersing the dice, then condensing the center of gravity of each die, then combining the three dice into one." Pah! As soon as the sound was heard, he could tell that there were three dice overlapping each other, showing a single point.

"Miss, how many points do you have?" When he saw that she didn't have the desire to reveal the points, he tried to ask her.

"Once Boss opens, we'll know." She had been training various skills ever since she had joined the Secret Service. The dice were one of them, and reading Hosmin's points wasn't a problem for her.

Hosming smiled and lifted the dice cover. Three dices overlapped each other and a red dot appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Seeing that she was calm and composed, he couldn't help but secretly nod in his heart. Even if the person he was looking for wasn't her, he would still be willing to befriend her.

"Miss, it's your turn." Hosming pointed to her dice. "Please!"

He picked up the dice and shook it three times, three times to the left, three times to the right. "Pa!" He placed it back on the table. Hosming looked at the shallowness in surprise. He thought she would shake it very complicated.

Looking at the astonishment in Hosming's eyes, he calmly opened the dice cover and saw that the three dices were still spinning, from fast to slow, slowly to stop. However, the three dices were all pointing upwards and did not have any points! Hawes stared blankly at the three dice.

After a long while, Hosming straightened his clothes and knelt down, "Your subordinate, Hosming, pays his respects to Master!"

"Mr. Huo, I'm not your master!" He calmly said as he calmly looked at the person kneeling in front of him.

"From today onwards, you are master!" Hosming lowered his head in confirmation.

"The reason is that without merit, you can't accept it." "She doesn't even know who the other person is. Although she lacks manpower, she won't accept everyone." Get up and talk. "

"Master, I am your mother's secret guard! Twelve years! We've been looking for you for twelve years! " Hosming said excitedly.

"Twelve years? I'm only sixteen now! "Who are you lying to?!" Sneering coldly.

"Master, it's like this …"