"Why are you so arrogant?" The hooligans looked at them maliciously and pointed at them with their sticks: "Show us your silver?"
Tan Xi smiled and said it was his duty, while showing the bulging gold in his waist bag.
It’s not silver, it’s all golden gold.
It's rare to find someone this stupid these days.
The thugs looked at each other, let the person in, and one of them quickly ran to the back to look for someone.
Soon, a person who looked like a manager came up to Wei An and his group and asked them kindly, "Are you from out of town? What do you want to play?"
Tan Xi did not answer, but looked around and asked curiously: "Everyone is afraid of the Japanese pirates. It is said that the Japanese pirates kidnapped the imperial envoy. Why is it so lively here?"
The manager didn't even change his expression. He looked at them with a smile and said, "Where can't there be places like this? If we weren't here, where would the guests go to have fun? The Imperial Envoy is the Imperial Envoy. No one can affect our lives, right?"
Tan Xi laughed and said that this was indeed true, while following him inside.
The man was quite friendly. He led them in very politely and then smiled: "I heard that you are distinguished guests with a lot of money. Since you want to have fun, what do you want to do?"
As he spoke, he recounted the gambling game in the casino.
Cockfighting and dogfighting are common and not worth mentioning at all. He said that the most popular thing now is to put a person in an iron cage and then sink him into a lake, and bet on whether the person can come out within an incense stick of time.
This is a bet on a living person's life. Tan Xi seemed stunned. He frowned and asked in fear: "Will the government not care about this kind of bet?"
The manager laughed and said, "Since ancient times, has gambling been banned? As for those who bet on the bets, it was all voluntary."
They call those who are willing to gamble their lives in the iron cage "pressure plate".
Wei An smiled and said, "In that case, let's bet on this."
They finally won the bet, and the one who pressed the plate successfully escaped from the iron cage, climbed out of the bottomless lake on the back mountain, and won a considerable sum of money.
The manager flattered them for their good luck: "Several people who pressed the plates had died in a row, but when you came, this one came back to life. You are really noble people, really noble people."
The man pressing the plate was wringing his wet clothes. He glanced at them, seemed a little stunned, and then quickly turned and left.
Tan Xi had already recognized it, and said to Wei An anxiously: "Girl, that is..."
That person was one of the Jinyiwei assigned to Shen Chen by the imperial court.
I have followed Lou Bing and others out before.
Wei An and the others look familiar.
It's finally here.
They hurriedly asked the steward about the man's identity, and the steward was a little confused: "These people who pressed the plates came here voluntarily. We have rules here. We don't ask about their background or where they came from. We don't know what he does."
Tan Xi then stuffed a thick amount of silver into the pocket and asked the steward to help find the plate.
The manager agreed and arranged a room for them so that they could rest in the room first.
Tan Xi said coldly: "What on earth do these people want to do by doing so many things?"
If they didn't know that there was a traitor in the Jinyiwei, they would really think that Shen Chen was in this gambling house.
As he was talking, the door outside rang, and the manager happily brought the person in: "Found it, found it, the person is found!"
He pushed the pressure plate inward and left tactfully.
Wei An looked at the Jinyiwei and asked him as if he was trying to suppress his excitement: "Do you recognize me?"
The Jinyiwei pursed his lips and seemed to think for a while before recognizing her. He asked in surprise, "Princess?!"
Tan Xi hummed, his face solemn: "The princess received news from Xuesong, so she came to Dongchang Prefecture specially. The night before she arrived at the posthouse, she received a letter from the Marquis, saying that he was hiding in this gambling house. What happened? Why did you hide here? Where is the Marquis? Why don't you go to the government?!"
The Jinyiwei gave a helpless smile and said, "There is a traitor among the Jinyiwei! We were chased when we were staying at the inn, but luckily we escaped. The Marquis suspected that there was a traitor among the Jinyiwei, so he was deceived and did not dare to show up. The day before yesterday, he saw the mark left by Xuesong, so he knew that you, the princess, had come to Dongchang Prefecture, and found a way to secretly send a letter to you. We did not expect that you could really receive the letter so smoothly and come here so quickly..."
Wei An hurriedly asked: "Where is Shen Chen?"
He really looked anxious, and it seemed that he really cared about Shen Chen's safety.
The Jinyiwei frowned and said, "The Marquis is seriously injured, and we dare not call a doctor. His injury is getting worse day by day. The Marquis asked me to wait here."
Wei An frowned and his expression became even uglier.
She had lost all her sanity.
She didn't find any loopholes at all and urged the Jinyiwei to take her to find Shen Chen as soon as possible.
Women, no matter how smart they are, are the same. When faced with matters related to emotions, their rationality immediately goes to waste.
Such a simple trap could not be discovered.
The Jinyiwei lowered his head to hide the mockery and complacency in his eyes, and stood still: "I will take you there."
He felt that everyone had been worrying too much. This Princess Shouning was not difficult to deal with at all. It seemed that her value was limited to luring Shen Chen out.
Thinking of this, he turned around with a hint of sarcasm and led the way.
Behind him, Wei An also revealed a hint of barely visible sarcasm in his eyes.
It is best not to do anything that shows contempt for the opponent. She has known this since she was a child and has kept it in mind and dared not forget it. However, the Jinyiwei, who should have been more vigilant than her, forgot it.
The Jinyiwei led them through a dark forest, then walked along a mountain road and finally arrived in front of a small wooden house.
He stopped and pointed at the obviously dilapidated cabin and said to Wei An and his group, "This is it. The Marquis has been seriously injured and cannot move."
As he spoke, he started walking forward.
Wei An and the others were also caught off guard, and hurriedly followed his footsteps, impatiently pushing open the broken door, and hurriedly shouted: "Shen Chen!"
But when Tan Xi lit the tinder and finally illuminated the room, everyone realized that there was no seriously injured Pingxi Marquis in the room.
There were only a few men dressed strangely, wiping the knives in their hands.
Japanese pirates.
This was Tan Xi’s first thought, and then his face turned pale.