Xuanxia

Chapter 96 Casino
The next morning, Fu Qingzhou slept until noon before he regained enough energy.

Today, he is going to the casino to meet Gu Zhengqing.

But he didn't plan to use the Soul Guide to clear the way again.

Firstly, among those who targeted Gu Zhengqing, there were actually masters of the fifth realm, and there were more than one of them. This guy was no simple person. Not to mention whether the soul-capturing spell could work on him, it would be troublesome if it alerted the enemy.

Fu Qingzhou still remembers that he and Tang Jiao went to a small mountain village with full confidence, but they ran into a powerful opponent in the fifth realm and almost got defeated.

He has to be much more cautious now.

He took off the Taoist robe he had brought from the mountains, put on an ordinary linen robe, took off all his bow and arrows, and went out empty-handed.

Finding the casino in Hardstone Town...is not easy at all.

This town is not big, and most people need to have a job to support themselves. Working from sunrise to sunset is the norm.

There is only one kind of person who has nothing to do every day and wanders around the streets. He looks down on any kind of livelihood, but as long as he has some money in hand, his eyes will immediately light up and he will be very proud, as if the world is in his hands.

As long as you find this kind of people and follow them, you will soon find the casino.

As expected, it only took Fu Qingzhou half an hour to identify several obvious gamblers on the street. Those people were together. They moved some goods and took some money for someone in the morning, and then left immediately arm in arm. They didn't even hear their employer say that they had other work in the afternoon.

For them, the excitement of making tens or hundreds of taels of silver in a minute in a casino cannot be compared with moving goods.

Moving goods? How much money can you make by moving goods for a month?

Fu Qingzhou followed them quietly and soon arrived at their destination.

To his surprise, this casino had no cover at all. It was standing upright on the street, with the word "gamble" written in a flamboyant style on the wall.

Fu Qingzhou: “…”

He had forgotten that this was ancient times and casinos were legitimate businesses... not the underground casinos he had cracked down on when he was a criminal policeman in his previous life.

It was a waste of time. If I had walked around the street more, I could have found this place.

As you push the door open, a hot breath hits you in the face, deafening shouts hit your eardrums, the sounds of dice colliding and dominoes hitting the table are endless, and there are even women, some beautiful and some worldly, shuttling among the crowd to serve.

In this world and these days, are there beautiful female dealers?

Fu Qingzhou coughed lightly, then subconsciously reached out and touched his body, touching the place where the silver and money were placed.

I probably brought enough silver today, about 100 taels.

Now he is not short of money anymore. The treasures and properties in Wuwei Temple are not something he can spend all by himself. He brought a lot with him when he came down the mountain this time, which is enough to spend.

However, if you want to get close to Gu Zhengqing without making a sound, you have to bleed a little.

He squeezed into the crowd, found a table for guessing the size of an item, took out a piece of change, and put it on the paper with the word "big" written on it.

"Lose, lose, lose..."

Fu Qingzhou muttered to himself.

With a bang, the dice cup fell on the table. When I opened it, I saw three dice, four, five, six, and a big fifteen!
Some people at the table were cheering and some were wailing, but only Fu Qingzhou was shouting excitedly on the surface but smiling bitterly in his heart.

However, as the saying goes, nine out of ten times you lose in gambling. As long as you keep gambling, you will always lose unless you cheat on purpose.

As he moved around the gambling tables, the money in his pocket dwindled a little bit - he certainly wouldn't just spend all his money right away, that wouldn't be something an ordinary-looking, young man would do.

Gradually, he became a more prominent figure in the casino.

Because he speaks loudly, spends money quickly, and does not argue after losing money, but immediately moves on to the next game.

Finally, his wallet was empty.

But Fu Qingzhou did not immediately ask the casino to borrow money, but left the casino cursing.

It was almost dusk at this time. He shook his head and sighed, then walked to a place not far from the casino, took out his few remaining copper coins and bought a bowl of vegetarian noodles.

While eating noodles, he glanced across the street out of the corner of his eye - two people quickly turned their heads and walked away.

Fu Qingzhou glanced at the whole street as if nothing had happened and continued to eat noodles.

It is right to be cautious.

Nine gamblers died in Wanshi Town in one month. Although the casino can still operate normally, it will certainly be extra cautious. He believes that Gu Zhengqing must know that someone is targeting him.

In this case, there must be something wrong when a stranger who is obviously from outside the town walks into the casino, spends money like crazy, and starts to approach the casino owner in a very conspicuous way.

Therefore, Fu Qingzhou must be patient.

After finishing his noodles, he walked towards the inn sighing. The whole time, he could feel the two men following him.

Shortly after returning to the inn, he walked out of the inn again and went to the pawnshop.

The two people following him hid outside the pawnshop and observed for a long time, and finally saw Fu Qingzhou walk out with a purse in his hand and cursing.

The two immediately went into the pawnshop. When the pawnshop clerk saw them, he was clearly startled: "Hey, aren't these Brother Dao and Brother Sha under Master Gu? How come you have time to come here?"

The man called Brother Dao had a scar on his face, and his face was ferocious. He sneered and said, "Stop talking nonsense. What did that guy do to you guys?"

Chao Feng understood immediately and did not dare to say anything more. He quickly replied: "Brother Dao, the boy pawned a piece of precious jade and exchanged it for seventy taels of silver."

The other killer narrowed his eyes and said, "Can you tell anything from the jade?"

"It's hard to tell." Chao Feng scratched his head and said, "It's just a piece of jade with good water content. Many wealthy families can get it."

"That kid doesn't look like he's from a wealthy family..." Brother Sha frowned.

Brother Dao then asked, "Did that guy tell me where the jade came from?"

Chao Feng smiled apologetically and said, "Brother Dao, he only said that this is a family heirloom, but you and I know everything, how can we believe this?"

The two men under Gu Zhengqing looked at each other and nodded.

"Look again."

They quickly reached a consensus and turned away.

After the two men walked away, Fu Qingzhou appeared from the shadows in the corner of the pawnshop.

"It seems that Mr. Gu is also short of money recently." He chuckled, then his smile faded a little: "It seems that everyone who loses their fortune in the casino is not accidental. Mr. Gu is also very careful and will choose people before taking action..."

“Not like an ordinary casino owner in a small town.”

Fu Qingzhou weighed the silver in his hand. He would not go to the casino again tonight. There was no rush.

What he is more worried about now is whether he will encounter the group of people led by the woman in black last night while doing things.

After thinking for a moment, he smiled slightly, stretched hard, walked into the crowd on the street, and disappeared.

Not long after, two veiled women in black appeared where Fu Qingzhou had just stood.

"Sister."

One of the women spoke, and the voice was exactly the same as the woman who had fought with Fu Qingzhou last night: "This person is extremely smart and alert, and it is very likely that she will ruin our plan..."

"Don't worry."

The other woman said softly, "He doesn't seem to be a bad guy. He may just be a young knight who didn't intend to get involved in this matter. We should find a way to get rid of him."

The two girls were about to leave after saying this, but suddenly stopped and raised their heads at the same time.

Above their heads, a small piece of paper fluttered down.

They reached out to take it, and after just a glance, they looked at each other, seeing surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)