Chapter 1 Bad News
The first piece of bad news
New York, USA
The basement of a house in the suburbs.
Mark pushed the door into a room and asked the person sitting in front of the glass wall, "Thomas, how's it going? Did he agree?
Thomas said without looking back: "No, Tony has used a lot of means, but he didn't agree. I really don't understand. Our CIA is treated so well. Why didn't he agree?
Mark ordered a cigarette and said, "Hey! Dude, you should know that the Chinese are a strange nation. In the history of human beings, their traitors and heroes are the first in the world. They call traitors Han Jun, which is really a strange name. Well, if he hasn't agreed before 21 o'clock, get rid of him, make it clean, don't show flaws, and don't let those shit-eating police find out the truth.
Thomas looked at the Chinese man tied to the chair inside the glass wall and said, "Okay"
The next morning, the New York Times reported a piece of news: "Early this morning, a Chinese student at New York University died in his dormitory outside his school. The police found drugs, syringes and rubber tubes in his room. It was initially suspected that the student had been killed by an overdose of drugs."
What is the biggest in the world? The most power and the most money. But for some people, these are all past clouds, which is not worth mentioning. In the face of the power beyond the secular world, gods and horses are all floating clouds.
Zhao Yue, with a bearded face, squatted on the cart with oranges, holding a red plum stalk on his mouth, revealing a pair of white teeth. He smiled and looked at the pedestrians and shouted, "It's fragrant, sweet and cheap oranges!" It's not fragrant, it's not sweet, it's not cheap, it's free!" Nowadays, people rarely sell stalls directly with their mouths, and some also install an electric horn to shout.
Several little girls passing by laughed when they saw him shouting funny.
Zhao Yue took a look, hey! When the business came, he immediately said, "Girls, come and try it. It's not sweet, no money."
Several little girls pushed each other to the front of the cart and took a look. The oranges were quite beautiful, but they didn't know how they tasted. One of the girls asked, "Uncle, how much is a catty of oranges?" Zhao Yue smuttered his teeth and said, "3 yuan per catty, it's cheaper for you to buy more."
"Why don't you grab it!" The little girl pouted and pulled the other girls and turned away.
"Hey! Oh! Oh! Don't go! Uncle hasn't had a physical examination for you yet!" Zhao Yue shouted until the end and laughed himself.
The ringtone of the mobile phone made Zhao Yue stop laughing. He took out the brick-like Nokia and pressed the answer button doubtfully: "Hello, who is it?"
A voice came from the other party: "Hello! I'm Huang Qi, a staff member of the Chinese Embassy in New York. Are you Mr. Zhao Yue?
"Yes, I am. What can I do for you?"
"Your brother Zhao Hao died due to an overdose of drugs. The police found drugs and syringes in his room. The New York police have confirmed the cause of death after preliminary investigation."
"Mr. Zhao? Mr. Zhao?" Seeing that Zhao Yue had not replied for a long time, the other party quickly called twice.
Then Zhao Yue woke up and said in a low voice, "Are you sure?"
"Mr. Zhao, please express your condolences! If it's convenient for you, please come and claim the body as soon as possible!" After saying that, the other party hung up the phone directly.
Zhao Yue stood on the corner of the street with lost eyes, and it took a long time to push the cart back to the rented house.
"Kid, why did you come back so early today? When will the rent be paid? The landlady shouted in a broken gong on the second floor.
"This car of oranges is your rent." Zhao Yue entered his room without looking back. He closed the door and sat on the stool. He could no longer suppress his anger. He slapped his palms on the table. The huge force instantly turned the table into powder and swept the whole room.
After smoking a pack of cigarettes one after another, he went to the bed and pulled out an ancient sword from under the bed board. The scabbard was simple and colorful.
The "Keng" sword came out of its sheath, and suddenly a cold light shone on the face, and a murderous atmosphere came to the face. He snorted, and his body sent out a huge momentum to drive the murderous spirit back. Near the hilt of the sword, two large seals "underworld" appear. This is a soft sword. Its origin is unknown. The leather scabbard, the sword body is made of unknown materials. The blade cuts gold and jade, and cuts iron like mud. The user uses the inner gas to emit a light blue sword spirit through the sword body, and the beheaded person will undoubtedly die immediately. The sword body is full of evil spirit, and it is a peerless murder weapon. If the soul is not strong enough and the will is not firm enough, it will be devoured and become a walking dead. Zhao Yue closed the scabbard, pulled out the belt, wrapped the sword around the waist of his trousers, took his ID card and all the money and went out.
"The landlady, this is your rent. The things in the house and the oranges outside have been given to you," Zhao Yue stuffed the money into the landlady's hand and said with a smile on his sad face.
The landlady said doubtfully, "Kid, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Yue waved his hand and said, "Nothing, something happened at home and I have to go back. You can clean up my room and rent it to someone else. In addition, thank you for your constant care.
The landlady said, "It's nothing. It's not easy for you to come from the countryside. You should take care of it. There's nothing serious at home, right?"
"It's nothing big deal. Don't worry. It's done. I'll come again. Let's go." Zhao Yue turned around and waved his hand.
On the train, Zhao Yue stayed up all night and repeatedly thought about his brother. He is 33 years old this year, 12 years older than his younger brother. His parents are old and have children. The whole family loves this 12-year-old younger brother Zhao Yue very much.
10 years ago, my father was flooded by the river and was washed away by the flood. My mother also died of melancholy a few months later. He raised his younger brother like a father.
Because he has to go to school for his younger brother, he is not married yet. My younger brother is still competitive. His academic performance has always been excellent. Two years ago, he was admitted to a full scholarship to New York University. Who would have thought that he would be separated forever now. He has studied since he was a child, but he has a little amazing talent for learning and understanding ancient Chinese and Taoist classics, but he lacks interest in Zhou Yi's life, because doctors do not treat themselves. In the same way, fortune-tellers can't calculate their own lives and their loved ones. No one knows his ability, and he himself follows the ancient tradition, hides himself in the vast sea of people, and never shows his ability in front of people. If you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence. Now, it's time to break out.
Zhao Yue got off the bus in Guangzhou and stayed in a mid-range hotel.
"Please wait a minute. I want to go to Macao for two days. Do you know a travel agency near here?" Zhao Yue stopped the waiter who was about to leave the door.
As soon as the waitress heard what he said, she immediately smiled happily and said, "There are several travel agencies stationed in our hotel. It happens that there is a three-day tour in Macau. Do you need to handle it? I can take you there!"
Zhao Yue said, "I'm sorry to trouble you!" Then the two of them went through the formalities.
Returning to the room, Zhao Yue took a shower, asked the restaurant waiter to deliver a dinner in the middle, and meditated in ** for a difficult night.
We gathered in the hotel lobby at 7 a.m. the next morning and followed the guide to get on the bus to Macau.
It was already noon when I arrived in Macao, and I had a two-hour rest in the hotel. In the afternoon, the tour group visited the Sanba archway, the Mage Temple, the outlying islands, the Jockey Club, the sightseeing tower, the Golden Lotus Square, the Australian Governor's Mansion, the Fisherman's Wharf, and the Lisboa Casino. After the tour group returned to the hotel at 6 p.m., the tour guide said some non-nutritious words such as paying attention to safety, and told them to gather in the lobby at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and ordered freedom. Activity.
"Master, go to the Lisbon Casino!" Zhao Yue went out and got into a taxi.
The taxi driver replied, "Okay!"
Zhao Yue circled around the casino lobby with 2,000 chips and stopped in front of the dice gambling table to watch others play several times. Dice (tóuzi), also known as color (shǎi), is one of the indispensable tools for many entertainment, such as playing mahjong, card nine and so on in Yonglibo or BMW. The dice mentioned here refers to the gambling that purely uses the dice to determine whether to win or lose. It is usually used to bet on size. Sikebao is a bet by each idler to the banker. Before each bet, the banker shook the three dice in the covered utensils. When the idlers finished betting, the banker opened the utensils and distributed the lottery. Because the most common bet is the size of the number of dice (the total number of points is 4 to 10 is called small, and the number of 11 to 17 is large, except for the dice), it is often called buying size.
As the saying goes, ten bets and nine scams. If the casino doesn't tamper with it, it won't make money.
Shaking dice is a technical job. Casinos usually invite masters to sit down. Nowadays, there are various positioning dice, golden dice, induction dice, remote control dice, 5-second dice, etc., but generally famous casinos do not tamper with dice, because once people find that there is a problem with the dice, they will lose their reputation. The key is the person who shakes the dice.
Seeing that the dealer put down the dice cup, the gamblers present bet one after another. Zhao Yue lost 2,000 yuan at 2, 3, 6, 11 o'clock. When the dealer saw that everyone had finished betting, he said, "Buy it and leave your hand," and then reached out to open the lid of the cup, which was 2, 3, 6, 11 o'clock. Some of the gamblers sighed and some were happy. Zhao Yue bought all of them, with 3 times the odds. He bet several times in a row, and each time he was all right.
In the monitoring room.
"Brother, you see, this boy has been in full bet several times in a row," a thin young man turned his head and said to the middle-aged man in a gray suit sitting on the sofa. When the middle-aged man heard the words, he quickly got up and came over and stared at the monitoring screen motionlessly. After a while, he said, "There is no thousand. This boy is a master of listening to dice. Ah Fa, go and call Mr. Lei!" The young man who called Afa quickly agreed, "Okay, I'll go right away." He ran out before he finished speaking.
Because Zhao Yue has won many times in a row, the gamblers around him have seen that something is wrong and have begun to follow the trend. Some enthusiastic gamblers have also given him a seat. The young dealer who shook the dice was already sweating profusely and kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief. At this time, Zhao Yue already had 5,12,000 chips in his hand.
A middle-aged man in his fifties came over with several security guards, and the dealer was relieved to see the situation.
"Xiao Liu, go and have a rest first. Leave it to me here!" The middle-aged man came over and said to the dealer.
Xiao Liu quickly said, "Okay, Mr. Lei!"
The gamblers around saw this situation and knew that the casino was coming, and they were all watching.
Mr. Lei picked up the dice cup and shook it on the table a few times and said, "Please bet" but looked at Zhao Yue.
Zhao Yue pushed all the chips to 1, 2, 3, 6 o'clock and said: "500,000", and the people around him consciously did not bet.
Mr. Lei shouted, "Buy it and leave!" After 3 seconds, he reached out to lift the lid. At the moment when the lid was opened, Zhao Yue pressed his index finger on the edge of the table and gently tapped the table. At 1, 2, 3 and 6 o'clock, the crowd around cheered.
Mr. Lei's face suddenly turned white, "How could this happen? When I opened the cover, I changed it to 4, 4, 5, why was it still 1, 2, 3? It seemed that I met a master!" He was calm and quickly said to the crowd, "Guys, this gambling table is temporarily closed. Please go to other gambling tables to play first!" He turned his head and said to Zhao Yue with a smile, "Sir, There is a VIP room on the second floor. There happens to be a gambling game today. Do you want to go up and play?
Zhao Yue shook his head and said, "I won't go upstairs"
Mr. Lei's face changed and he said to A Fa, "A Fa, go get a check for three million dollars!"
Ah Fa hurried upstairs to bring a check. Mr. Lei took it over and handed it to Zhao Yue and said, "It's not a little respectable. Please accept it!"
Zhao Yue looked at Mr. Lei and said, "I understand what you mean. I'll leave!" After saying that, he took the check, pointed to the chips on the table and said, "Please exchange these for US dollars and deposit them into this card." Then he took out a card from his pocket.
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