At the Happy Valley Jockey Club, apart from typhoons and earthquakes, horse racing is held twice a week, even during times of war.
Yin Xiu originally thought that Zhuowu would meet somewhere underground. After all, these Qigong practitioners rarely came to the surface and were used to living in seclusion underground.
"I didn't expect him to choose to meet on the ground. This guy has thin skin and tender flesh. He is actually a bold person."
"How does it compare to me?"
"With you? Obviously no one is like you, who is completely unaware of danger and enjoys it."
"Are you praising me?"
"If you think it is, then it is."
Ma Xiaoyu lifted the corner of her skirt and turned it around slightly in front of the mirror, then turned back and looked at Yin Xiu with eyes dyed with delicate eyeshadow.
"How do you feel about this outfit?"
Yin Xiu sat on the chair, her eyes never leaving.
Ma Xiaoyu was currently wearing a slim-fitting black dress and strappy sandals that exposed her toes. Her hair, which was originally tied into a ponytail, was let down and she added a few hair accessories. There was also a thin necklace on her snow-white neck.
"Beautiful, noble and elegant."
"is it?"
Ma Xiaoyu seemed a little happy and looked in the mirror again, "I heard that the VIP area will be open at Happy Valley this Sunday. Many dignitaries will be in the main stand to watch the horse racing and hold cocktail parties."
When Yin Xiu heard this, he realized the purpose of Ma Xiaoyu asking him to come shopping.
I originally thought that this was just a girl's natural tendency to love shopping, but I didn't expect that she would even take this aspect into consideration.
Seeing that Yin Xiu seemed to understand, Ma Xiaoyu said calmly: "If we wear the usual outfit, windbreaker and leather boots, it will not look like we are attending a banquet, but going to fight. In that case, we will attract attention.
Moreover, it is very likely that you will not be able to enter the reception venue. "
"Do you think Zhuowu will meet us in the main stand?"
"Be prepared for anything unexpected. I have been in Hong Kong Island for so many days, and there is one sentence that has always impressed me."
"What?" Yin Xiu asked.
"Respect Luo Shang first, then respect others."
Ma Xiaoyu said and raised her hand to greet the clerk, "Miss, please wrap this for me. In addition, I also want to try the white one."
"Okay, come this way." The clerk said with a smile on his face.
At the beginning, although I felt that these two people did not dress like people attending high-end events.
But Ma Xiaoyu was really pretty, so the clerk didn't doubt him, and just thought they had just gone hunting or returned from the sea.
"By the way." Ma Xiaoyu stopped and pointed to Yin Xiu, the clerk, "And he, too, will choose two outfits for this... um, sir."
Seeing this, Yin Xiu also stood up from the chair and twisted his neck, "I only wear Chanel suits. If I wear anything else, I will get rash."
Although it felt a bit strange, but remembering that rich people have some strange habits, a clerk came up with a smile on her face and served Yin Xiu.
"The total is 500 yuan, thank you."
When Yin Xiu walked out of the store carrying large and small bags, he felt that he might have been plotted by Ma Xiaoyu to some extent.
"To go to a horse racing meeting, do you need so many sets of clothes and shoes?"
Except for one of the smallest bags, everything else belonged to Ma Xiaoyu.
"What does it matter?"
Ma Xiaoyu was in a very beautiful mood at the moment, "Be prepared, maybe it will snow that day, and I can change my clothes."
"Is this why you buy furs in a hot place like Hong Kong Island?"
"Otherwise I can pay my share, and the money I have with me should be enough."
Ma Xiaoyu said and started looking for her wallet.
Yin Xiu was helpless and sighed, "Forget it, there is no reason to ask you to pay, I just said it casually."
Saying this, Yin Xiu glanced at the wallet in Ma Xiaoyu's hand that was a few circles smaller than the palm of her hand. "By the way, are you used to carrying hundreds of dollars with you when you go out?"
"No."
Ma Xiaoyu spread her palms and shook the coins in her wallet into her hands.
"Here, a quarter and a quarter."
……
At the Happy Valley Jockey Club, there are horse races twice a week, one on Wednesday night and one on Sunday afternoon.
The number of people was almost the same both times, and there was no relative increase or decrease because Sunday was a holiday and Wednesday was work.
Because gamblers who buy horses always regard themselves as experts and regard horse buying as their main business. Since it is regarded as work, there is no reason to be absent from work when the time comes and not enter the field to fight? Just because it happened to be a cocktail party this Sunday, the main stand and the infield were filled with wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, while gamblers could only watch the game in the relatively crowded side stands.
However, this did not affect their enthusiasm for watching the game. Everyone was holding a calculator, a lottery tube, and some had binoculars on their backs, trying to capture the chance of winning and escape from death in the chaotic scene.
"Man, do you have anything to introduce today?"
Yin Xiu leaned against the railing, pulled a fat man with a somewhat bald head, and asked him a question.
The man turned around and saw Yin Xiu's neat suit and polished leather shoes, so he knew that he should be attending the cocktail party.
Originally, these two types of people couldn't talk together, but seeing his polite attitude, the fat man still sniffed and introduced Yin Xiu happily.
"Inside information, pull three, buy No. [-] [Liwei Sheng], buy No. [-] [Halligan], and buy No. [-] [Glory Era]. The jockey is from Dunling and has never lost."
After looking around, the fat man lowered his voice and said, "I'll give you another personal tip. Don't tell anyone else. In five games, [Invincible] will be an upset, so you can buy it."
Yin Xiu glanced at the horse racing newspaper in his hand, "But [Hefutou] has won nine games in a row. Can [Invincible Ba] be able to outrun it?"
"Tch, that's why I said it was a personal tip."
The fat man said disdainfully: "Hefu was already injured in the first game. Today, the stable workers found that he had diarrhea. We don't know if he will be able to run when he goes on the field. His feet will be weak!"
When she was still about to say something, Yin Xiu felt a cold light stabbing her back.
He turned around and saw Ma Xiaoyu glaring at him from across a stand, obviously urging him to hurry up.
Today, Ma Xiaoyu was wearing the black dress she wore that day, but she put on a hat to cover most of her face so that others could not see clearly.
Yin Xiu smiled at her and immediately planned to walk over.
After a pause, he turned back to the fat man and said, "Brother, let me give you a tip, you can't buy [Lightning King] for six games."
"Six games?"
The fat man glanced at the horse newspaper, and then his face was full of doubts, "Brother, it's not that I don't believe you, but the other eight horses in this race are either at the bottom or just pulled out to run. How can they outperform [Lightning King]?"
Yin Xiu also followed his example, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I have a friend who is the horse owner's neighbor. Yesterday, the [Lightning King] jockey taught his wife how to whip in the horse owner's bedroom..."
The fat man couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Is this jockey looking for death?"
"Looking for death? He will die soon! I tell you, he will definitely fall off his horse today."
"Man, thank you so much, I almost bought it!" The fat man looked grateful.
"Remember, don't tell others."
"sure!"
The fat man winked at him and gave him an "I understand" look.
After Yin Xiu finished speaking, he turned back and walked towards the main stand.
When several guards on the side of the main stand saw his attire, they just thought he was a young man from some company who had gone down to join in the fun. They did not doubt him and made way for Yin Xiu to pass. "Yin Xiu, you won't tell me that you were spying on information just now, right?" Ma Xiaoyu teased.
"It's about the same."
Yin Xiu grinned, "There are always all kinds of rumors and rumors on the racecourse. After passing through these people's ears and then through these people's mouths, although they will change, or even be completely irrelevant, sometimes they are hidden. Here’s the real news.”
"What about the real news you said?" Ma Xiaoyu asked, holding her hands.
"it's here."
Yin Xiu took out a betting slip like a magic trick.
"How about, each person pays five yuan, and if we win this bunch and win three games, we will be rich."
Ma Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, "Will I win a lot?"
Yin Xiu raised his fingers and said, "If we're lucky, there will probably be hundreds of thousands. Anyway, I haven't arrived yet, so let's kill some time."
"Hundreds of thousands?"
Ma Xiaoyu's eyes widened, this was really an unimaginable huge amount of money.
Then she realized what she was doing, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pay five yuan, but you have to help me cushion it first."
Yin Xiu had already expected it, and nodded helplessly. After picking up a pen and drawing on the paper, she went to the betting station.
At this moment, a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure came over and startled him.
The visitor is Luo Wei.
In order to enter the main stand, he obviously dressed up carefully, but his outfit looked weird.
He wears a black suit, a black top hat, a white floral shirt, and a red girdle around his waist, which is very conspicuous.
Yin Xiu pushed away the hand he held and asked, "Yongtan, are you here to do magic?"
"is it?"
Rowe pulled up the clothes and turned around in a circle, "The clerk said yesterday that this suit of clothes is very close-fitting and fits my temperament."
"Where did you buy it?" Yin Xiu asked.
"The name is a bit hard to pronounce. When I think about it, it seems to be Rong, Rong..."
"Rongjinxing?"
"No, it's Rong Baoxing."
"Oh, that's right. The one next door to Rongbao Shop sells magic props."
Yin Xiu was relieved. Luo Wei seemed to have worn nothing else except the long flannel windbreaker, felt hat, and suit vest all year round.
The fact that he can appear dressed like this is a bold change and a brave attempt.
"However, if those security guards see you dressed like this, they will really let you in."
This question was asked by Ma Xiaoyu. At this moment, she was standing farther away from Luo Wei, as if she was afraid of getting contaminated by something.
As if she still didn't understand, she added: "After all, those people have never heard that there are circus performances at horse racing competitions."
"Miss Ma, be merciful with your words, be merciful with your words."
It was okay to be insulted by Yin Xiu, but to be said like this by a member of the opposite sex, Luo Wei couldn't hold himself any longer and could only clasp his hands and plead for mercy.
"Okay, okay, she was just joking."
Yin Xiu hugged Luo Wei, "But I'm also curious, those security guards really didn't stop you?"
"I stopped it. I stopped it. Are you satisfied?"
Luo Wei sighed, took off the black top hat, and took out the patrol card hidden in the mezzanine.
"I told the servants at the door: Mr. Lei will come today. If something happens, I will drag you bastards into the bureau to drink milk tea and practice chest crushing. I guarantee you Can play all kinds of tricks.
When I said this, those servants actually walked away and asked me to come in.
Uncle Ming is right. Sometimes having this license with you really makes things smooth. "
"Pay attention to image, pay attention to image."
Yin Xiu patted him on the shoulder, "Speaking of which, Thunder Tiger is really here?"
"How is it possible? I fooled them. Because of the large-scale internal investigation, that bastard is still on vacation in the Mediterranean and doesn't dare to come back."
Luo Wei seemed a little happy, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.
Yin Xiu felt somewhat reassured when she heard that Thunder Tiger didn't come.
After all, as long as the senior patrol officers are not involved, even if he breaks the news here, I am afraid no one will even take a look here.
Just like Luo Wei said, those people have too much time to take care of themselves.
When Luo Wei was about to continue speaking, Yin Xiu had already pulled him to the other side.
"What are you doing? No more asking about Thunder Tiger?" Luo Wei's face was full of doubts.
"What are you asking about? It's none of our business where he likes to go on vacation and hide in the limelight. We have more important things to do right now. For example, this..."
Yin Xiu raised the betting slip in his hand and quickened his pace.
"Hey, I'm a police officer and gambling is against the law!"
"I didn't ask you to buy it, I just asked you to accompany me."
Luo Wei glanced at him and said, "Why, you are a minor and you need parental supervision before you can go to a betting shop?"
"I'm going to attack you! Take advantage of me?"
Yin Xiu slapped him on the head, causing Luo Wei to bend down in pain.
"Hey, you are attacking the police, do you understand? Attacking the police! I will handcuff you back later!"
"You better be!"
After Yin Xiu finished speaking, he ran away.
As soon as he took a few steps, he was blocked by someone.
Yin Xiu stopped quickly and almost bumped into someone else.
He was a man in a gorgeous suit. He was a little old, but his brows were full of heroism.
But this man was sitting in a wheelchair, and was caught up by several bodyguards behind him and surrounded.
When those people saw Yin Xiu rushing over, they all put their hands into their clothes. It seemed that if Yin Xiu made any rash move, they would draw their guns and kill him.
"What are you doing! What are you doing! Do you guys think you are drawing comics now? Are you trying to steal someone in public, pretending that Sir doesn't exist?"
Luo Wei rushed forward, took out his ID, waved it in front of the bodyguards, and calmed them down.
At this moment, a hand reached through the gap between the bodyguards' bodies, stretched out and gently pushed them away.
The owner of the hand is the old man in the wheelchair.
"Detective, long time no see, you are still so upright and upright!"
Luo Wei looked down and was also surprised.
"King Ma, are you here too?" (End of Chapter)