Mr. Tan is the leader of He Shenghe, but people outside generally call him Ma Wang.
Because he can raise horses, train horses, and watch horses. Even those Europeans rarely have his skills.
Just by looking at it from a distance, you can tell what a horse's character is like and what its gait is like.
With this ability, he once won nine cup races in a row at Happy Valley, killing the foreign jockeys with shame in their faces.
Outside the paddock, he is also a famous big fisherman in Kowloon. He has a hand in tobacco, ammunition, and luxury industries, making big profits.
Almost the entire police patrol in Kowloon, except for Luo Wei, had collected illegal money from him.
Therefore, they were impressed by each other.
But Luo Wei remembered that a few months ago the horse king was still the strongman who could kill a horse with one punch, not the old man sitting in a wheelchair with a depressed face in front of him.
"Detective, I heard that the entire police force in Kowloon has been turned over. You are the only one who is fine. You sit in the miscellaneous investigation department and drink milk tea every day. You are really yours."
Luo Wei snorted coldly, "I'm not as lucky as you. I can sit here all day long."
When King Ma heard this, he didn't take it seriously. He just smiled and said, "Why don't we meet in my box and catch up with each other as old friends?"
Luo Wei shook his collar, "Sorry, I don't have a friend like you."
"I think it will be fine if you have it!"
King Ma said and looked at Yin Xiu again, squinting his eyes and looking at him, "And this friend, we seem to have met once."
Yin Xiu shook her head, "I rarely go to the nursing home to show love recently. You must have recognized the wrong person."
"Really? It's impossible for me to admit my mistake about the hero who dueled with Yamamoto Masahito on the top of the Watsu Shrine."
Luo Wei opened his mouth wide, "Can you see from this far away?"
"Is it far?"
King Ma smiled slightly, "The most valuable thing about me is not these fists, but these moves."
"As for these legs."
Ma Wang slapped his thigh hard several times, "It doesn't matter, it's just a pity. Do you want to know why I am in a wheelchair?"
Yin Xiu shook his head, "Knowing too much is not good for me."
"How about just chatting with the old man and showing some love?" Ma Wang said again.
Yin Xiu did not respond to him immediately, but looked at Luo Wei, "Are you going up?"
Luo Wei shook his head, "I'm a public official and I don't associate with these guys. If you want to go up and sit for a while, just go."
"Okay."
Yin Xiu said, rummaging in his pocket, finally took out the betting slip and ten dollars, and patted a security guard on the chest.
"Here, ten dollars and a betting slip. Buy according to the above! Take the ticket stub back. If you make a mistake, be careful and I will kill you!"
The bodyguard was stunned for a moment, until King Ma waved his hand, he took the betting slip and left quickly.
"How about it, can you come to my box and chat now?"
"Any time."
Yin Xiu finally had a smile on her face and followed him up.
He didn't know much about Horse King.
But this man was Prince Sheng's Qi Ye. Just for this reason, Yin Xiu felt the need to meet him.
Anyway, it's the same reason as before - enlightenment hasn't come yet.
The boxes at the racecourse can only be reserved by those with status. It would be better to say that the entire upper level of the main grandstand is like this.
You must be a member, horse owner level, to enter.
As soon as the waiters saw King Ma coming up, they politely stood aside, served fruits and champagne, and then walked away.
Yin Xiu sat down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and through the glass, he had an unobstructed view of the entire racecourse.
At this moment, there has been a race on the ground, and a new batch of participating horses are slowly walking around the track, warming up and preparing.
Ma Wang waved his hand to signal the bodyguards to step back, and then he picked up a glass of whiskey and took a sip.
"My [Rongteng Era] will also compete in this race. This is the last horse I train. It will be impossible to train a good horse in the future."
When Yin Xiu heard this, she looked at Ma Wang's legs that had atrophied muscles intentionally or unintentionally.
Unexpectedly, the horse king smiled and said: "It's not because I have become a useless person, otherwise I will tell you that I have the will and the powerlessness. Now I have no intention and have no power."
Sighing, Ma Wang's eyes were filled with water, "I am already old. There is no place for me no matter in the world or in the paddock."
"Do you know how my legs became useless?
One of the hall masters under me, I am friends with his father, I grew up watching him.
I saved his father's life, and I also saved his life, treating him as half a son.
As a result, a month ago, he shot me twice. I didn’t die, but I was disabled. ”
Ma Wang touched his legs, his face full of self-mockery.
"The one I really regarded as my son was killed by Masahito Yamamoto. I didn't have the guts or the heart to avenge him.
I provided for this fake son, raised him, and was really good for him, but in the end I was bitten hard.
Do you think this is my retribution?
Because I don’t show loyalty to Hong Sheng, so others no longer show loyalty to me and only talk about business? ”
Yin Xiu poured a glass of strong wine from the bottle, took a sip and stirred it in his mouth.
The hot liquid also swirled between hot and cold, leaving a stinging sensation and aroma.
“I avenged Prince Sheng’s revenge.
But speaking of it, I wasn’t the only one who did it. All those people participated, and no one was a coward. ”
Ma Wang sneered, "So Heli Sheng is gone and separated. Even a bar and a dance hall have been taken away by others.
Run away, run away, die, there is nothing in this world that can defeat you. ”
Yin Xiu just looked at him indifferently, feeling that King Ma was a little pitiful.
After a pause, he still said: "What about you? You kept everything?"
This was not a sarcasm or a question, Yin Xiu just asked him in a calm tone.
Sure enough, after he asked this question, the original smile on Ma Wang's face disappeared, leaving only sighs.
After a pause, Ma Wang said: "When Thirteen came to see me, I said she had brain damage. How could she be immortal if she came out to hang out?
Want revenge? Does it make sense to kill so many people?
Matters in the Jianghu world must be solved using Jianghu methods. Whether it is a pot of tea or a red envelope, it can be solved. ”
After another pause, Ma Wang seemed to feel a little ridiculous, and touched his nose.
"But now I feel that Shisan is a smart person, she is very smart.
Because she chose an approach that would not make her regret it for the rest of her life. Like me, I didn't take it seriously when I was shot twice. But at that time, I didn't help Ah Sheng and just sat on this matter, but it always kept me awake at night.
Regret, I still regret it now. ”
After hearing his answer, Yin Xiu finally stood up and drank all the wine in the glass. "Is regret useful? But..."
Yin Xiu glanced at the old man with a face full of pain, "It's useless if you don't regret it. Isn't this the only way to live?"
As he was about to leave, King Ma stopped him again.
"Wait a minute, this horse is about to start running, don't you watch?"
"I didn't buy this one," Yin Xiu said.
"I never buy horses, but my horse will run up and down this time."
The Horse King pointed to a corner of the grass, where a black horse was swinging its hooves, blowing white air from its nose, and shaking its body with puffs and puffs.
"[Rongteng Era] is a good horse. It has an impatient temper, is very proud, and has strong explosive power. This is the characteristic of a champion horse.
But to win, you need some skills and methods.
I asked the knight to keep the horse's head pressed down for a thousand meters in front, and told it to only focus on the road under its feet and run on its own, without looking at other horses, so that it would not chase and waste its energy too early.
It follows the herd of horses, asking other horses to lead the way for it to break the wind and save its own strength.
After passing the bend, the remaining 300 meters jockey can start cracking his whip and let it run as hard as it can until its heart bursts.
In these three hundred meters, he is the champion and the god on the racecourse. No other horse can compete with it at this distance. ”
King Ma said, his face full of excitement, as if his whole person had recovered from some kind of depression and finally became excited.
Unexpectedly, Yin Xiu shook his head, as if he didn't agree with King Ma's point of view.
"Why, you know horses too?"
"I don't understand. I only know how to buy horses, but I don't understand horses. But I know that this [Rongteng Era] is too popular and it can't win."
"Do you think I will match-fix, or ask others to threaten me or interfere with this?
It was those ghost guys back then. No matter how many tricks they used, including drugging, bribing jockeys, and tampering with the stables, they still couldn't beat me in the end! ”
"That's not what I meant."
Yin Xiu shook his head, "You don't need anyone else to do anything. Sometimes it's just one or many wishes."
"Wish?" Ma Wang was very confused.
"Yes, wish.
Whether they are gamblers or spectators, many people like to watch the drama of the weak defeating the strong, just like people like to watch children defeat giants.
The underdog wins, has better odds, and has better performance effects, which is unexpected and gratifying.
So those people just hope that an unpopular horse can win, so many wishes accumulate together.
Horse King, the thin legs of your [Rongteng Era] horse cannot support you, because it blocks the so-called [Hope]. ”
"Hope? Are you talking about horse racing, or something else? Why can't I understand a word!"
King Ma patted the wheelchair and tried to stand up, but when he turned around, Yin Xiu had gotten out of the box and disappeared.
In this way, he could only sigh and sit back in the wheelchair dejectedly, without saying a word.
Yin Xiu walked outside and looked left and right. Neither Ma Xiaoyu nor Luo Wei could be found. The two seemed to have disappeared.
……
"When we met last time, you were not wearing any clothes. This time, I think you might as well not be wearing any clothes."
Ma Xiaoyu looked at Fang Yin with cold eyes, as if he wanted to see through her whole body.
Yes, Fang Yin, who escaped from Uncle Ming's kitchen last time using the golden cicada's escape method, appeared in Happy Valley this time.
She wore a tight-fitting green short skirt, revealing her snow-white neck and chest. Her thigh muscles were strong, making her legs look slender and without any fat.
This was completely different from the neutral dress she wore underground.
At this moment, Fang Yin was hiding behind two men in suits, playing with his earrings, with a faint smile on his lips, as if he was thinking about something.
When she heard Ma Xiaoyu's sarcasm, she was not angry, but said calmly: "If you like it, you can come to my room next time, or we can go to Yin Xiu's place together to see which one he likes better.
By the way, I don't mind being sisters with you. ”
"I mind."
Ma Xiaoyu's eyes flashed with cold light, but after realizing that Fang Yin was trying to anger her, the cold light disappeared again.
Ma Xiaoyu smiled and held her hands in front of her chest.
"Why are you so afraid of me? You even hired two bodyguards.
I'm wearing a dress this time, and I don't have anything with me. You can come over and let the two of us talk calmly.
As a woman, even if I fight, the most I can do is pull my hair out, use fingernails, etc. You can't think that I'm some kind of murderer, right? ”
When Fang Yin heard this, his whole body began to hurt again.
Last time, Ma Xiaoyu did pull her hair, but it was by her hair and threw her directly from the bed to the floor, almost causing Fang Yin to fall apart.
And her totally unsparing boots.
Fang Yin glanced at Ma Xiaoyu's feet. At this time, she was wearing a pair of sandals. They looked much thinner, but it felt like it would only hurt more when someone kicked them.
And for some reason, she felt even more uneasy when she saw that the table at Ma Xiaoyu's hand was all made of silver forks.
This woman is already terrifying with her bare hands, let alone a sharp weapon at hand.
Thinking of this, she felt a chill and couldn't help but step back.
"I think we have no need to talk anymore, and you didn't come to the Jockey Club just to talk to me, right?"
Ma Xiaoyu snorted coldly, "It was just a coincidence that I met you. As for why I came here, I have nothing to tell you."
"I know."
Fang Yin suddenly nodded mysteriously, and with a mysterious smile, she pointed to the stands in the distance.
"As for the person you want to see, I have already invited him over for you."
Ma Xiaoyu looked in the direction she pointed, and was immediately surprised to find that Zhuowu had already arrived, but he was tightly surrounded by three or four people around him. He seemed to be under control and unable to escape.
Only then did Ma Xiaoyu pay attention to the two people who had been standing next to Fang Yin.
The two men's breathing was steady and even, their breath was long, and their hands were thickly calloused. They were obviously masters who had been honing their kung fu for many years.
In the distance, the people standing next to Zhuowu were all close to two meters tall. They could be considered tall and tall, but they were probably very human.
A terrible idea popped up in Ma Xiaoyu's mind.
"That's right, these people are all Ouchi experts who are here to protect me."
Seeing that Ma Xiaoyu's expression became serious, Fang Yin's previous depression was finally swept away, and he became elated.
"By the way, they are not only here to protect me, but also to help me take away Zhuowu."
"What are you going to take him for?"
"Of course it's just like you, to go to the main altar." Fang Yin said quietly. (End of chapter)