Findings at sea

Ji Xingtang didn't sleep well that night, and the next morning he ate some soup and drove to the British Concession.

He went to Jubao Tea House first, found a table by the window and sat down, then ordered a pot of oolong tea.The waiter brought the tea, and he was not in a hurry to eat it. He just took off the lid of the teacup and placed it on the left side of the teacup, so that the top of the lid was facing outwards and the bottom of the plate was facing inwards.The waiter had a look at it and knew it. This is the rule of the Qing Gang-listing, which is a kind of connection code.The owner of the teahouse called the eyeliner, Ji Xingtang interrogated him, drank the tea in the teacup, left the teahouse as if nothing had happened, and drove to the Shengfu Casino that the eyeliner had mentioned.

Shengfu's boss, Lin Shengrong, had a higher status in the British Concession than Du Jinming did in the French Concession.The gang forces in Shanghai are like bandits occupying the top of the mountain, and each territory does not interfere with each other.It's like Du Jinming is a well-known tycoon in the French Concession, but he has never entered the British Concession. He also warned his son and disciple not to step into the British Concession at will, so as not to be kidnapped. This is why Su Shaojiu The reason why I owed a debt in the French Concession and still gambled in the British Concession safely.

Ji Xingtang really convinced Su Shaojiu, because his father was the governor of Zhejiang Province, he provoked many people in the road, and made a lot of mistakes, but he just threw the shit pot and ran away after wiping his ass.

Ji Xingtang came to the entrance of Shengfu, got out of the car and entered the casino, looked around and found Su Shaojiu, his father was a well-known handsome young man when he was young, and Su Shaojiu was no different, just watching The one with clear eyebrows and delicate features, but the face of a prodigal son of a dandy.Ji Xingtang found a seat opposite him and sat down so that he could observe his movements all the time.

Su Shaojiu has been very unlucky lately, every bet he will lose.This guy decided to put all his eggs in one basket, took out all the more than 100 yuan in his pocket, and bet on the gambling table. The betting was in full swing, and he shouted, "Bet two!"

When the gamblers saw that he was going to play for real, they all gathered around and waited for the dealer to shake the dice.Su Shaojiu held his breath, this is all his belongings, the dealer asked him proudly, "Bet two points, won't you change it?"

Su Shaojiu snorted and said, "There's no reason to regret when you're at the gambling table, you just have to do it."

The dealer slowly opened the vat, and the number of dice was clearly exposed to everyone, three points!The dealer smiled subtly, twitched his mustache and hummed a little tune, covered the shaker and shook it gently.

This banker was so complacent that he committed a big taboo—according to the rules on the gambling table, when a round is announced, the winner must be paid, and the loser must be compensated. On the lid of the shaking cylinder, shake it a few times to change the color of the dice, and then restart the game.Just now the banker was dazzled by so many oceans, and he built the shaker before the betting money was settled.

This flaw was spotted by the cunning Su Shaojiu. Just now, his face was pale and his heart was jumping, but now his face suddenly changed, and he decided to play tricks. He said with a smile, "I won, it's two o'clock." , you should pay me."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Su Shaojiu played tricks without changing his expression.The dealer couldn't help being annoyed, "Your eyes are dazzled, it's clearly three!"

Su Shaojiu glanced affectionately at the shaker tank calmly, "It's two, it's really two, if you don't believe me, you're opening the tank for the big guy to see."

From that look, the dealer was startled to realize his negligence, and hated himself for losing the evidence of winning just now in a hurry. He was afraid that it would be two points when he opened the tank. It really turned into two o'clock!

Su Shaojiu stretched out her hand triumphantly and said, "I just said it was two, you read it wrong just now, you should pay me for it."

The dealer didn't answer his fault. He believed that the eyes of the crowd were discerning, and shouted loudly, "Everyone saw it just now. It's three o'clock. This kid is cheating!"

He hoped that someone would come out and speak out, but the big guy also knew in his heart, who doesn't know the famous Lin Shengrong, and how many dare to provoke him?This brat dares to hold on to a small problem all by himself, and blatantly makes a fuss, what is his origin?Which hill is it leaning against?Whose family's noble son?How much stature?If you say the wrong thing and stand in the wrong team, you will be unable to eat and walk around.So people choose to remain silent.

Ji Xingtang was smoking a cigar on the opposite side, she couldn't help shaking her head and laughing, this kid is very clever and very good at courting death.

When Lin Shengrong got the news, he cross-examined him from the corner of the world, and found out that this kid was the second son of the Zhejiang Governor. He couldn't help but sneered, "You little brat really ate the courage of ambition and leopard. I can give you two or three points for the eldest son, and the second son born to a prostitute dares to act wildly, so today I will show you whose fist is hard!"

Lin Shengrong's face darkened and he continued to order, "Don't ruin the name of the casino, give him the 'winning' money", and then said sharply, "Close the door and close the file." Lin Shengrong walked away after speaking, everyone was shocked Jump, and immediately run away like a bird or a beast.

Ji Xingtang put out the cigarette butt on the leather sofa, "Close the door, close the file" was the signal, and it was time to dig out the guy to clean up this kid.

Su Shaojiu was stabbed in the back, and she was still talking hard, "I see who the hell dares to touch the young master! My father is the governor of Zhejiang. If you dare to touch me, I will go to prison one by one!"

Lin Shengrong was disdainful, this kid was still breastfeeding in a woman's arms when he ran into the rivers and lakes.He was about to order someone to do something, but was stopped by Ji Xingtang, who stood in front of Lin Shengrong gently, kindly, courteously, cupped his fists and bowed to him, "My Ji Xingtang, Su Shaojiu is my disciple, I hope you will forgive me for what happened just now. If the people under my help are out of touch, I will definitely tell my teacher. If the apprentice does not know the truth, it is because the master is not strict in discipline and offends. The court has laws, the world has rules, and if a bachelor does not do bad things, it is difficult to hide ten feet in the world. If it is necessary to be blamed, we will be beaten, but you and I are one of the people, if the apology is not good, the long can be cut off, and the short can be made up, please calm down."

Lin Shengrong only knew that Ji Xingtang was a famous figure in the French Concession, and he didn't want to be so young, and the juniors were also polite, but he still had lingering anger and a gloomy face.

Ji Xingtang glanced at Su Shaojiu, who was staring straight at him. He smiled, walked up to Su Shaojiu and offered the money he "won" with both hands, and doubled the money he contributed, which was quite sincere. He said, "Gambling money will be refunded twice, and Mr. Lin please reopen the business as soon as possible. Don't delay the business. At that time, I will definitely bring my brothers to join us."

As the saying goes, "stretch out your hand and never hit someone with a smiling face", Ji Xingtang's courtesy is neither humble nor overbearing, gentle and refined, impeccable, and if she stays stiff, she will appear petty.

Ji Xingtang noticed that Lin Shengrong's face was slightly happy, and hurriedly asked Su Shaojiu to come and admit his mistake. Su Shaojiu knew their tricks. If he refused to accept the softness, he would have to lose arms and legs. Make a haha, wave your hands, and a storm will end here.

Ji Xingtang rescued Su Shaojiu by turning hostility into jade silk. He seemed to have a natural charisma. Who wouldn't like such a calm and graceful man?

When the two left the casino, Ji Xingtang opened the door of the Cadillac and asked Su Shaojiu to get in the car, "Second Young Master Su, would it be nice for us to get together."

Su Shaojiu tugged at his suit, and snorted, "For the sake of saving the young master, the young master will reward you with this face, but the young master does not care about your rescue, and if you don't come, the old man will not dare What's wrong with me!"

Su Shaojiu jumped into the co-driver, Ji Xingtang smiled and got into the main driver, and closed the door with a "bang", he handed Su Shaojiu a cigarette, "Second Young Master Su, remember me?"

Su Shaojiu leaned on the fire that Ji Xingtang handed over, lit the cigarette and took a puff of ecstasy, thinking for a while, "You said your name is Ji Xingtang? You recognize me, Haoguan's second boss." Su Shaojiu shook the cigarette and dropped it There was a burnt hole in the bottom of his trouser leg. He hurriedly fiddled with the cigarette and ash, opened the car door to get out of the car, and foolishly boarded a "thief ship". Someone came to ask for the bill, so he had to run quickly.

Ji Xingtang saw his intention, leaned over and grabbed the handlebar one step ahead of him, and Su Shaojiu grabbed his hand.Ji Xingtang whispered in his ear, "Second Young Master Su, don't leave in a hurry, you burned a hole in your trousers, it would be disgraceful to go on like this."

The car was filled with a warm and humid aroma, as rich as musk, while Ji Xingtang carried a light and refreshing smell of foreign soap.Ji Xingtang lay on Su Shaojiu's back. The thought of this person coming to collect debts and the sudden aura scared him into a tizzy. He didn't know what to say for a while, "I want to play hooligans on my master by being so close!"

Just now when Ji Xingtang saw that he was about to get off the car, he leaned over and grabbed the handlebar. Now that he remembered that his hand was firmly grasped, he couldn't move. He said helplessly, "I didn't mean anything, it's just that you held my hand , It seems inappropriate to say that I am playing a hooligan."

Only then did Su Shaojiu realize that his palms were hot, he quickly let go of his hands, turned his head and said with a smile, "Good brother, you saw it just now, I'm penniless now, you let me go home and find my father, Make sure to pay off all the money owed to you.”

Ji Xingtang let go of his hand, and before Su Shaojiu put on his seat belt, he stepped on the accelerator and started the car. He said flatly, "You probably won't have the face to go home after making so many troubles outside." He turned his head and looked at Su Shaojiu said, "Don't worry, Haoguan doesn't lack the money you owe, and I'm not here to collect debts, besides..." Ji Xingtang wanted him to relax, and blinked mischievously, "Besides, I still have something to ask for. You, Second Young Master Su."

Su Shaojiu gambled in the dark outside, and couldn't explain to his father when he went back, so he simply didn't go back.Ji Xingtang said every sentence to his heart, especially the last sentence. When he heard that he asked for something from himself, he hurriedly set up the score, "Hmph, sitting in your car is because the young master thinks highly of you. Tell me, I am the most important person." Talk about loyalty in the world, just say what is needed."

Ji Xingtang smiled and nodded, and said, "Okay, just now Ji didn't express his intention to come and caused Su Ershao to burn his pants, first go to a big department store to buy decent clothes for both of them to apologize. It's time for me to treat you to a meal. Besides, I rely on friends when I go out. Many friends have many ways. Is Second Young Master willing to make this friend?"

Su Shaojiu was overjoyed, meeting such an idiot was really a piece of cake in the sky, but he was secretly happy, but his mouth was hard, "Eh? Don't try to flatter me, just tell me what's the matter." .”

Ji Xingtang hurriedly smiled and said, "Second Young Master is truly benevolent and righteous. I'm ashamed to be called Second Lord Ji by people in the world, and to ask for you without opening my mouth. But it's all in vain. I'm sorry to bother you." Second Young Master. So, I will obey Second Young Master's orders, if you are still satisfied, then I will trouble you to give you a face and solve a small problem."

Alas, hearing these words, Su Shaojiu's heart was full of joy. Ji Erye was his little follower, and it was such a face-to-face thing to tell. When he thought of being able to show off his mountains and dews in front of outsiders, he felt so happy, so he embraced him He patted Ji Xingtang's shoulder pretending to be old-fashioned, but the words in his mouth were playful, "My good brother, didn't you become a fox, grew up with the spirit of eating people, and can speak kind words with a glib tongue. Who do you seduce to be nice to you?"

Ji Xingtang couldn't hold back her mouth and laughed out loud, and smiled at him, "It's so far away from the sky, so close to our eyes."

This friend has been made, Su Shaojiu hasn't eaten seriously for many days because of gambling, and he didn't do anything this day. Anyway, he was next to a fool. Delicacies from mountains and seas can be eaten as snacks and snacks at roadside stalls.

Right now, he was stuffing a vanilla olive into Ji Xingtang's mouth, "Taste one, try one."

Ji Xingtang even began to wonder if Su Shaojiu was a little beggar pretending to be a counterfeit, or else she was a starving ghost in her previous life.

Su Shaojiu chewed the candied fruit, spit out the core with a "poof", "What, you don't know, eating at home is like the Empress Dowager Cixi, you have to take a drug test and eat less, there is no way you want to eat these things .My father is so suspicious that he has to put his mouth against people's ears when he says anything. Do you think I eat well?"

Ji Xingtang turned her face to his ear and smiled, "Like this?"

Su Shaojiu shrugged his shoulders, his flesh was numb, "Hey—that's it. Now you know how miserable I am, and I'm still free outside alone."

Ji Xingtang was thoughtful, smiled and said softly, "I haven't eaten these things either. I couldn't afford them before, but now I can't eat them. It's better to stay at home."

Su Shaojiu didn't hear what he was muttering, and walked on the road and picked a candy man from a roadside stall. Ji Xingtang gave a piece of ocean to the stall owner, but the stall owner said helplessly that he couldn't find it, so Su Shaojiu raised his hand hand, with a bright smile, "He has money and doesn't need to look for it."

After he finished speaking, he picked another one and handed it to Ji Xingtang. Ji Xingtang just looked at it and said it was too sweet, then inserted it back.Su Shaojiu stuck out her tongue and licked her water-stained lips, "Indeed."

When Su Shaojiu had enough to eat and drink, and it was almost dark, the two returned to the car. Ji Xingtang asked, "Where does Second Young Master Su want to go? Or book a hotel to rest."

Su Shaojiu lay down on the car seat, patted her full stomach and burped, grinning, with a small dimple in her smile, "Brother, call me Su Ershao to look raw, call me young Nine", he added, "I want to take a bath, drink some wine and sleep."

Ji Xingtang smiled and said, "Okay."

Su Shaojiu asked, "Brother, you said that you are so big, and you don't bring bodyguards when you go out, so you are not afraid of being robbed or kidnapped. You are also a master, but you don't even have a driver."

Ji Xingtang smiled slightly. It's not that he doesn't bring bodyguards, but he doesn't like having them follow. The bodyguards are all hidden in plain clothes not far away.He only said, "This is not the French Concession, not many people know me, I look like ordinary people, so I don't have to be afraid of being kidnapped and blackmailed"...

After taking a shower, Su Shaojiu saw a goblet full of purple-red glucose wine on the table. He sniffed it. The sour taste of the wine was not obvious, but the fragrance of vanilla and cedar came out.

Ji Xingtang came in with a plate of fruit, Su Shaojiu wiped her hair and said, "Brother, I'm not used to drinking horse urine from foreigners, it's bitter as hell and I don't have any energy.

Sitting on the bed, Ji Xingtang casually picked up a pear, held the pear with his left hand and held the knife in his right hand, turning his fingers nimbly, and in a blink of an eye, evenly peeled off a circle of peel, uniform in thickness, thickness and depth, without interruption from one knife to the end, completely complete The whole buckle is on the flesh.

Su Shaojiu was dumbfounded, and gave a thumbs up, "Hey! Brother, you are very skilled."

Ji Xingtang handed him the pear, and said with a smile, "Before I made my fortune, I was a poor kid selling fruit, and I still have some skills."

Su Shaojiu bit Bai Shengsheng's pear and said thoughtfully, "Brother, I don't think you are very old, so you have become the second master Ji who is so famous in Shanghai? You are still a fruit seller, and you are in this position , How much pain and how much knife do you have to suffer?"

Ji Xingtang looked at the red wine rippling on the table, and thought of Bai Xiaohong. They had suffered a lot, but the knives were all on Bai Xiaohong's body.Ji Xingtang nodded, and said calmly, "Yeah. That's the Lafite I got from the French. It has a woody smell after being kept in a wooden barrel for a long time, but it's quite mellow. I can taste it later. .”

After drinking, Su Shaojiu lay down on the big soft bed, and said with a smile, "Brother, thank you for thinking highly of me, to tell you the truth, my mother is a woman in a brothel, if it wasn't for my father, I would be a son of my elder brother. He refused to take me home. On the surface they called me Second Young Master Su, and secretly called me a bastard, but it didn't matter, my father recognized me as a member of the Su family... Hey, my father It's not a good thing either."

Ji Xingtang didn't want to know too much about anyone who didn't have any painful scars when they met by chance, so she gently covered him with a quilt and said softly, "Okay, you rest earlier, I'll be right across from you In the room, come to me if you need anything."

In the middle of the night, Su Shaojiu really knocked on his door.Ji Xingtang pushed open the door and saw Su Shaojiu standing at the door rubbing his eyes, and seeing him open the door, Su Shaojiu hugged the pillow and threw him on the bed, tucked into the bed, and muttered, "There is someone doing that kind of thing next door." I can’t sleep because of the woman’s yelling.” He turned over again and buried his face in the pillow to cover his ears, “You can hear it here too.”

Ji Xingtang lay on the side and turned over for him, and covered his ears by the way, "I'll cover his ears for you, so you can sleep peacefully, and I'll sleep after you fall asleep."

Su Shaojiu snorted, and muttered, "Tomorrow I want to gamble on the horses. The betting cost is too high, so take me there."

"Have you ever been to a dog run? You can bet on dogs."

"Betting on dogs? Never played."

"It's the same as betting on horses. It doesn't matter whether you're in a row or not. Let's go see it tomorrow?"

"it is good……"

Unlike sleeping on the table all night in a casino, gambling without eating or washing, Su Shaojiu slept comfortably until the sun was high.Ji Xingtang arranged for waiter service and left him a letter—at five o'clock in the afternoon, someone picked him up to go to Yiyuan Dog Run.

It was very late in the afternoon, and there was a lot of traffic in front of the dog run, which was extremely lively, and Ji Xingtang had been waiting there for a long time.Su Shaojiu got out of the car and went straight through the crowd to find Ji Xingtang. Across the crowd, he saw Ji Xingtang looking around with one hand in his trouser pocket.He ran over and said with a smile, "Brother, why don't you wait for me to come with you at the hotel."

Ji Xingtang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Seeing that you are sleeping soundly, I am not ashamed to call you. I will make arrangements in advance when I come out." He handed Su Shaojiu a cigarette and said, "Did you forget your ticket?"

Su Shaojiu just ate something and didn't want to smoke, so she took Ji Xingtang's shoulders and walked in, "Bring it with you."

After entering the gate, Su Shaojiu was excited for a while. The racecourse here is still big, and there are small British flags everywhere.In the middle is a large open space, surrounded by a fence to form a large circle, and the track for greyhound racing has been poured with asphalt.Outside the railings are stepped seats, where white-skinned and yellow-haired British people sit, as well as Chinese people in suits and leather shoes.

Seeing Running Dogs for the first time, Su Shaojiu found it very fresh.Accompanied by the sound of Western musical instruments, some half-grown children each led a dog into the arena.Su Shaojiu counted, there are twelve dogs in total, these dogs are all wearing colorful clothes, each dog's colorful clothes are of different colors, and there are numbers from one to twelve on the colorful clothes, these dogs will be listed as soon as they enter the arena. Line up and wait in the center of the field.Foreign languages ​​are mixed with Chinese, and there is a lot of clamor.

Ji Xingtang led Su Shaojiu to find a place to sit down side by side, and said to Su Shaojiu who was watching, "Shaojiu, which dog do you think will win the jackpot?"

Su Shaojiu rubbed her chin and looked at those poodles twisting their buttocks, "Brother, I can see some tricks in horse racing. It's the first time for me to meet a dog, so I'm not sure."

Ji Xingtang smiled and said, "Although horses and dogs are different types, they always have something in common. You might as well guess."

The two were talking, when a white and beautiful greyhound ticket salesman walked up to them and said respectfully, "Sir, do you want to buy a lottery ticket?"

Seeing that Su Shaojiu was still hesitating, Ji Xingtang said straightforwardly, "How about it, Shaojiu, you can buy ten yuan per number." Then he took out a banknote of 120 silver dollars from his pocket and paid it to the salesperson .

Su Shaojiu looked at his big money and was surprised, "Brother, you bought them all, isn't that a sure win? What else are you betting on?"

Ji Xingtang handed the lottery ticket to Su Shaojiu, "I don't come here often, and it's the first time for Shaojiu to come here. Now that I'm here, why don't you have a good time? For you, I can't spare this little money. These lottery tickets, Bet on each one, and there will always be one who wins the first lottery, and it will be given to Shaojiu, as a good luck for the first time."

Su Shaojiu deliberately cupped her hands and said solemnly, "Brother, this is really disrespectful, and I am ashamed to accept it! You have treated me well, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life. If you have any errands in the future, just ask!"

Ji Xingtang smiled softly, "You will do what you say?"

Su Shaojiu patted his chest, "Man, it's hard to chase after a word."

Ji Xingtang won people's hearts and achieved his goal, but he said solemnly and relaxedly, "I just want to make friends with you and have fun together." When the electric bell rang in the dog run, Ji Xingtang said, "There is no need to talk politely. Say more, the greyhound racing is about to begin."

Su Shaojiu didn't say anything more, and stared intently at the arena.After 1 minute, the bell rang again.Immediately, a "big white rabbit" suddenly popped out from the end line of the runway, and ran along the runway like lightning. Then, as soon as the short-term gates blocking the running dogs opened, 12 dogs chased the "rabbit" and compared to each other. gallop forward.

The leading "big rabbit" reached the finish line after five laps around the track, and the other dogs also reached the finish line: No. 5 for the first prize, No. 7 for the second prize, and No. 10 for the third prize.As the bulletin board went up, the audience cheered.

It is a man's nature to like wind and speed, Su Shaojiu is still addicted to it, and Ji Xingtang said to him, "How about it, Shaojiu, it's quite exciting."

Su Shaojiu regained his composure, and replied, "Brother, this is something fresher than betting on horses. It's so beautiful." He couldn't hide his excitement and pointed at the "big white rabbit" and said, "Brother, that rabbit runs the fastest. , when you open a rabbit run for me to play, it will definitely be more exciting than this."

Ji Xingtang smiled and said, "Rabbit? Oh, in fact, it is a leading dog that looks like a rabbit. It was specially bred by Westerners. Its characteristic is that it runs extremely fast, so it is most suitable for leading the race. This kind of dog is rare. It’s tight, and the number is rare, so it’s hard to see each other on normal occasions. It seems to be called Ke, Keji? I can’t remember clearly.” He asked again, “Do you want it? It’s not difficult to get one.”

No matter how "rogue" Su Shaojiu is, he also knows the word face, eating and drinking other people's food and making him spend money is really sad, so he waved his hand and said no.The second round of greyhound racing begins again...

After Su Shaojiu had a good time watching it, it was dark, and he still reluctantly turned his head when he left the dog run.He got in the car, Ji Xingtang told him to wait for a while, then turned around and entered the dog run again.Su Shaojiu was sweating from excitement just now, and now she couldn't sit still in the car, so she got out of the car to take a breath, and just two steps away from the car door, her eyes were instantly pitch black, and then there was nothing A harbinger of punches and kicks.

Ji Xingtang came back and saw that Su Shaojiu was taking the sack off his body.He was taken aback, and almost threw away the leash that was holding the corgi in his hand. He hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Shaojiu up, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Su Shaojiu rubbed her forehead and said with a heartless smile, "Cough, I probably owe some money to some casino, so take it out on me! These bastards are really ruthless, but fortunately, the young master protected his face witty .”

When Su Shaojiu got out of the car, the bodyguards probably didn't pay attention, which made people take advantage of the loophole.If this kind of thing happened in the British Concession, it is not easy for him to take action.Ji Xingtang was a little puzzled. The gambling debt Su Shaojiu owed was paid off yesterday. This is... someone avenging himself.

Seeing the "big white rabbit" he was leading, Su Shaojiu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, you spent a lot of money to get this dog back."

Ji Xingtang handed him the dog leash, pushed him into the car, and closed the door tightly.He took a breath and said, "Go to the hospital first, and then I'll take you back to the hotel."

Su Shaojiu hugged the corgi dog, rubbed his fluffy dog's head fondly, and said with a smile, "No, the bones are a little crispy, it's nothing serious."

Going to the hospital for an examination, Su Shaojiu's last lumbar spine was beaten out of place, the doctor straightened him up and screamed in pain.He hurriedly covered his mouth, afraid that Ji Xingtang outside the door would hear the clue.

After resting all night, Ji Xingtang explained the business of coming to see him in detail, and Su Shaojiu laughed out loud after hearing it. It's worth Second Master Ji to curry favor with such a trivial matter.The next day they set off for the Governor's Mansion in Zhejiang. Su Shaojiu was still very attached to Huahua World. Ji Xingtang only said that he would go home and rest for a few days while recovering from his injuries. Concession to play.

Su Shaojiu is the main character, so he played first