The Plow

In front of everyone, instead of common bargaining chips like silver dollars and dollar bills, they were pieces of gold paper.

Shen Renjie suspected that he was wrong, rubbed his eyes and stared at it for a while, and found that it should be gold powder brushed on the hard paper, which shone under the light, and it looked like heavy pure gold at first glance.

There were also some numbers printed on the gold paper. Some people had "Wu", some had "Three", and some had "One". Shen Renjie didn't know what it meant.

The game of this table is to bet on the size and odd or even.

Very simple, if the total of the three dice is less than 10, it is small, and if it is more than 11, it is large.

Shen Renjie watched with his own eyes that the gambler opposite him won three games in a row, holding three gold papers in his hand, and lost them all in a blink of an eye. Where two big men appeared, they were gagged and dragged away.

All the people around looked enthusiastic. Shen Renjie wanted to ask but couldn't find anyone to ask. After wandering around for a long time, he finally found a person who seemed to be joining in the fun, holding a piece of "eight" gold paper in his hand.

The opponent's face was hesitant, as if he was considering whether to place a bet or not, and his expression was calmer than other people's.

Shen Renjie leaned over to strike up a conversation with someone, chatted casually, and only started to inquire after he thought he had some friendship.

"Brother, what are these gold papers in your hand for?"

The other party was surprised: "You don't have a gold paper? Then how did you get in?"

Shen Renjie laughed along with him: "I came in with our boss, and I don't have any money with me, so I just came in to watch the excitement."

"Money? You can gamble without money."

"What's the bet?"

"Hey, did you see that the gold papers held by those people have different numbers and different chips. Some people mortgage their houses, and some people have no houses and no money, so they bet with their wives and children. If you win, do you want to exchange money? Big cigarettes are fine, so are women. If you lose, your wife and children will naturally be dragged away. There are also people who use their lives as bargaining chips. Anyway, even if you have nothing, you always have something you can give away. Arms, legs, heart, liver and spleen Lung and kidney, everything is accepted here."

In the past, although there are also cases in gambling halls where they lose all their property and use their wives and children to repay debts, after all, they are not directly branded on gold paper to become chips as they are now. Nowadays, a new civilization and new culture are advocated, such as blatantly buying and selling wives and children I am afraid that even if someone is behind the scenes, it will cause headaches for the patrol room. Once it is exposed in the newspapers, I am afraid that there will be an uproar, and even foreigners will not be able to sit still. No wonder this gambling house is so hidden.

"Brother, what about you? What does the number on your piece of paper mean?"

This person showed a strange smile: "I have no money and no house, my wife and children have already lost, and now only my parents are left, and it happens that I can't afford to support them, so let them do their last bit for my son. "

Shen Renjie was dumbfounded, he felt the goosebumps all over his body were about to leave his body, and he was about to ascend to immortality immediately.

He asked cautiously: "I'm afraid your parents are already old, and the gambling house is also closed? What are you going to do?"

The other party said: "Even if you are old and can move your limbs, you can still do some coolies. You can carry water and bricks, and if you can't pull mine carts in the mine, even if you can't move, you can still serve as a meat support."

Shen Renjie: "What is a meat tray?"

The other party: "You, why don't you understand anything?"

Shen Renjie made an awkward and humble look: "I came from the countryside, and I rely on my brothers to guide me to broaden my horizons!"

Only then was the man satisfied, and said lazily: "Every first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, there will be an exhibition. I heard that the women who are appraised on the stage have to be naked and naked. These old people have rough skin and wrinkled skin. Women act as meat supports, making their skin smooth and smooth, satisfying the hobby of rich people, tsk tsk, but unfortunately I am not qualified to participate in person. By the way, it is said that there are not only women, but also young children, but I am not good at that, Some people may like it. Selling children is also for this purpose. The seller tortures them all, throws them away when they die, and then buys another one. Alas, it’s a pity that the two children in my family are not good-looking. It can repay the gambling debt twice more."

He took it for granted, understating it, as if he was talking about what he had for dinner, which dish was more delicious, and which dish was rotten and was thrown away. It was creepy and chilling.

Shen Renjie asked himself that he was not a good person, and he was usually greedy for small things, cheap food, lazy to eat and get cards, but now he suddenly felt that compared to this person, he was like a saint, and he even felt thorns on the soles of his feet, wishing to escape immediately Here, I hide far away, as if I never set foot.

At this moment, Shen Renjie subconsciously missed Ling Shu.

Although he was always boneless, he was a young man who was fearless when encountering troubles.

Although Shen Renjie often complained, but now he would rather deal with ten Lingshus than face this person in front of him.

Thinking of this, he found himself separated from Ling Shu.

He raised his head and looked around, there were crowds of people, gamblers everywhere, where was Ling Shu?

……

"For Mr. Jiang, this matter itself is a benefit."

Yue Dingtang took the cigarette, but didn't light it.

Jiang He raised his eyebrows: "I don't understand, what do you mean by that?"

Yue Dingtang: "If you didn't want to settle the matter, you wouldn't ask Zhang Jian to tell Ling Shu that you have something to do with Lu Zude."

Jiang He knocked on the soot.

"I let him know about this, just to let him be a trap and not to pursue it any further."

Yue Dingtang smiled and said: "Mr. Jiang knows Ling Shu, and he also knows that he is a character who will not give up unless he wants the truth. I don't quite believe this answer."

Jiang He also laughed.

"Well, believe it or not, I actually don't know that Lu Zude, and it wasn't my idea to adopt him as a godson."

Yue Dingtang suddenly asked: "Where is Lu Tongcang?"

Jiang He originally wanted to go around a few more circles, but unexpectedly the other party was so straightforward, a cigarette stuck in his throat and almost choked, and couldn't help coughing twice.

Hidden dragon and crouching tiger in Shanghai Bund, the boss is naturally not bad, but Lu Tongcang should be one of the ones who really deserves the name.

Jiang He was just his most capable assistant.

But Yue Dingtang knew that the two had long been at odds with each other. Jiang He was too capable and his subordinates were developing too fast. How could Lu Tongcang let others snore and sleep next to Lu Tongcang? Naturally, he wanted to get rid of Jiang He, otherwise he would not There will be that chase.

One chase failed, and Jiang He encountered poisoning, car accidents, beauty traps and other accidents that wanted to put him to death one after another. brotherhood.

Yue Dingtang didn't know what happened next, but he knew that Jiang He was hunted down in the middle of the night.

With that incident, the relationship between Jiang He and Lu Tongcang will never be peaceful.

Lu Tongcang was the only person who could make Jiang He hint so obliquely that he didn't want to offend and want to get involved.

"I don't know where he is."

Seeing Yue Dingtang's disapproving expression, Jiang He sighed.

"I'm not perfunctory. It's true that I don't know where he is. With our relationship, do you think he won't have time to guard against me? Will he tell me? Besides, the reason why I haven't broken up with him for so long is because he and I The relationship between all parties is complicated, and with his current status, I can't guarantee that I will be able to bring him down, if you step in with one foot, there is still time to get out."

Yue Dingtang was silent for a moment: "What is the relationship between Lu Zude and him?"

This question shows that Yue Dingtang does not want to withdraw.

With him and Ling Shu as two uncertain factors, maybe this time he can really deal with Lu Tongcang, Jiang He thought.

"As far as I know, Lu Tongcang has a very profitable business for a long time, which is human trafficking. He is not like ordinary flower hunters, who are only responsible for robbing good people for sale, but by controlling casinos, opium halls, intermediate transportation, and brothels , mines, docks, etc., let those people wander around, either become playthings of celebrities, or become coolies, without seeing the sun all year round."

Yue Dingtang understood, this is to cover the whole process from the source to the destination, so that those people have nowhere to escape.

As for the trafficked people, there are naturally some who can't survive the famines and sell themselves, but after all, it is not the era of selling themselves as slaves in the past. He likes to use methods such as abduction, kidnapping and coercion to find those beautiful women and children, and provide them to the guests in the high-end brothels under his name. As for those strong men, they are naturally dragged to remote brick kilns or mines to work. The end of the coolie.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some dignitaries have special hobbies. In order to promote business, Lu Tongcang often gives these as unique "little gifts" to the other party to achieve the effect of icing on the cake.As a result, Lu Tongcang held those little secrets that people should not spread outside, and they used each other as excuses.

"As for Lu Zude, he is his right-hand man in this business, but after all, these activities are shady and can't be seen on the stage. Lu Tongcang wanted to win people's hearts, but he didn't want to touch his hands directly, so he asked me to accept that person as a son. I haven't even seen anyone."

After Jiang He finished speaking, the atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

Yue Dingtang frowned and pondered, Jiang He didn't urge him, just swallowed his clouds and let the other party slowly digest the information.

"Don't you want to get involved in such a lucrative business?"

Jiang He stopped smoking, looked at him coldly, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and the knife stabbed at him.

Yue Dingtang's expression did not change.

Jiang He smiled: "When I was five years old, my mother was sold by my father. Since then, I have never touched this thing in my life. Mr. Yue, in your eyes, I am naturally not a good person, and I don't think so. I am a good person, but I still disdain to bully women and children."

Yue Dingtang nodded: "I believe in your guarantee, and your frankness will also increase our chances of success in cooperation."

Jiang He applauded: "As expected of a scholar, Mr. Yue can really speak! I heard that Lu Zude is already in his teens, but his stature and face are about the same as those of an eight or nine-year-old child. It seems that this is a kind of disease? However, illness can make him In this way, it is a blessing in disguise. Although this person helped Lu Tongcang charge into battle, he is not a cannon fodder and knows a lot of secrets in this business. However, if he is caught, Lu Tongcang will be alarmed, unless you are sure to Take Lu Tongcang together, otherwise I suggest you, it is best not to act rashly. The reputation of the Yue family can certainly make others give face, but the dog will jump over the wall if you are in a hurry. If you want to touch Lu Tongcang's business, he will definitely Are you in a hurry?"

"Isn't there still you here?" Yue Dingtang smiled, "What's more, what if foreigners are added?"

Jiang He's eyes were fixed, and he became interested.

"Appreciate further details."

……

Young Master Liu Qi left soon.

The gambling house intends to develop him into a high-level customer, let him win a few times in a row, and invites the top person here to be the host, and invites him to a banquet. Mr. Liu Qi was praised happily, and when he left, he took Ling Shu They were all forgotten, and they didn't even remember that there were two more.

Where is Ling Shu?

Shen Renjie became more and more anxious.

He looked around in the crowd, but fortunately there were enough people to not attract special attention from others.

Could it be that he was discovered and dragged out to put on a sack?

Shen Renjie knew that this gambling house was not an ordinary gambling house, and his identity as a policeman might not be useful here, and he might cause trouble if he showed it.

His eyes wandered around, and suddenly stopped somewhere not far in front.

"Buy it and leave it, buy it and leave it!"

The dealer yelled that it was no different from other tables.

The gamblers were also betting red-eyed, and they didn't even notice when the banker at this table changed from a middle-aged man to a young man.

The young man seemed to notice Shen Renjie's eyes, and narrowed one eye to wink at him.

Shen Renjie: ...