Wei Xiaoqing is a delicate girl, and there are more than a dozen swindlers in this group. If a fight breaks out, Zhou Xuan has no confidence that he can keep her safe. If it were Fu Ying, it would be much easier. She could easily beat these hooligans with her fists and kicks.
The dealer chuckled and said, "It's open, it's open, everyone take a good look!" As he spoke, he placed his right palm down on the lid. The magnet in his palm was glued on with strong adhesive, just to prevent others from seeing it.
However, outsiders who usually place bets are focused on the lid, not on his hand, so almost no one notices.
The dealer said "It's open!" as he lifted the lid.
He and his accomplices must have been thinking that there were only three peanuts left. They had practiced these methods thousands of times and were certain that they would not make a mistake!
The lid was lifted, but most people, including Wei Xiaoqing, couldn't believe it! There were still four peanuts under the lid, exactly as the old man had seen at the beginning, unchanged. The old man himself was overjoyed, shouting, "I..."
The farmer and his accomplices were stunned, seemingly disbelieving. But there were definitely four peanuts under the lid, no change. Could it be that he made a mistake? Had he not picked out the peanuts with the wire attached?
But it shouldn't be wrong, because he was prepared when he made the props. Peanuts with wire stuffed in them are milky white, while peanuts without wire are red. People betting only count the number of peanuts and don't pay attention to their color. And these four peanuts in front of him, three red and one white, are definitely correct!
Where exactly did we go wrong?
Because they had never made such a mistake before, the bookmaker didn't react for a moment. After a long while, the old man shouted, "I won, so pay me back!"
The six accomplices—four men and two women—all stared at the man acting as the bookmaker. Zhou Xuan could see the question mark in their eyes; it was somewhat fierce, which could be interpreted as: Do you want to pay? If not, they'll rob you; if you do pay, they'll set up a new betting scheme to get the old man to place his bets.
The dealer immediately thought for a moment and said, "Watch closely, I'm losing money, I'm losing money!"
His decision was still to lose money because there were too many onlookers. If he could attract more people to bet, the outcome would be better. If he stopped now, it would be blatant robbery, which is much more dangerous; there's a 90% chance that the bettors would call the police. If he tricked them into losing money, that would be much easier to explain. Although it's a scam, winning money and robbing money are two different things.
They are seasoned criminals. If they are caught, as long as they keep their mouths shut and don't reveal any other cases, they will only be detained for ten days or half a month at most if they are caught for swindling money. But if they are caught for robbery, even if no other cases are found, they can still be sentenced for this one crime!
The old man chuckled and accepted the money. At this point, several of the onlookers began to waver, clearly thinking that the old man couldn't possibly be in cahoots with them.
The strangest thing was Wei Xiaoqing's reaction. Were these people out of their minds? In her experience, these kinds of scammers were all too common. None of them would actually give away money; they would only try to get it back!
The old man held the money in his hand, first stuffing his hundred-yuan note into his inner pocket. The shills next to him kept an eye on him. As long as the old man didn't intend to leave, they would have a chance to get his money out. But if the old man won money and stopped gambling, they would rush forward, grab him, and run away!
The dealer pressed his right hand on the lid, tested a few other white peanuts, and only after confirming that there was a wire inside and that the peanuts could be picked up with a magnet did he choose one out.
Of course, no one could tell from these tricks. He simply counted out four more peanuts, and after confirming their size, he picked up the lid to put it back on. But at that moment, he covered his eyes with his left hand and complained, "I got sand in my eyes!"
The farmer rubbed his eyes as he put the lid on the four peanuts, then rubbed his eyes even harder.
The old man watched carefully and quickly placed the hundred-dollar bill in his hand next to the lid. At this moment, the six shills also quickly placed their bets, and two other people in the crowd also placed their bets, each betting fifty.
The dealer finally rubbed his eyes and then shouted, "Place your bets! The betting window is about to open after you've placed your bets. Anyone else want to place a bet?"
This bet is completely one-sided. Anyone watching isn't blind; it's clearly only four peanuts!
After checking, the dealer believed that there was no way there could be any more mistakes. Of course, after Zhou Xuan put the lid on, he used ice energy to transform and absorb the iron wire inside the peanut, and the white peanut turned into the same color as the red peanut.
The dealer shouted, "Anyone else placing bets? If not, then it's open! It's open!"
He pressed his right hand on the lid, and with his fingers pressed firmly against it, he said, "It's open!" But after opening the lid, he was stunned!
There are still four peanuts under the lid!
The six young boys were stunned, while the other two bettors and the old man shouted with joy, "We won! We won again!"
Even Wei Xiaoqing couldn't figure out what was going on this time!
The dealer was stunned for a moment. Seeing the old man and the other two men holding out their hands waiting to pay out, he raised his eyebrows, stood up, and shouted angrily, "Pay out my ass, you son of a bitch! Brothers, let's get started!"
As he said this, he grabbed all the money he had bet on the ground and put it in his own hand. The other shills grabbed the old man and snatched the bag from his inner pocket. They could tell from the bag that it contained at least two or three thousand yuan!
Zhou Xuan panicked and didn't know what to do. If he couldn't cripple these people, he wouldn't be able to fight them head-on. But unexpectedly, Wei Xiaoqing suddenly appeared, kicked one of them to the ground, and snatched the cloth bag from the robber's hand!
While Zhou Xuan was still stunned, he heard countless people in the crowd shouting, "Don't move, police!"
Zhou Xuan quickly pulled Wei Xiaoqing and said, "Xiaocai, throw away that bag, let's go!" But five or six people came forward and surrounded him and Wei Xiaoqing. Two of them pushed Zhou Xuan to the ground, and the other three tried to hold Wei Xiaoqing down, but Wei Xiaoqing knocked all three of them down with a single move. No one around could see how she did it!
But at the same time, six or seven people pulled out pistols and pointed them at her, shouting, "Police, stay where you are!"
Volume 1, Chapter 236: Half-broken handcuffs
Pin Jiao glanced at Zhou Fu, who was being pulled up by the police, smiled, and gave up... She was then pulled back together by the police, one with her left hand and the other with her right hand, the two of them holding hands.
Because of Wei Xiaoqing's unexpected skill, she single-handedly took down nearly half of the ambush police, which indirectly led to the escape of a group of swindlers who were originally supposed to be arrested. Of the seven people present, including the six accomplices and the man who ran the gambling den, only two were caught: one was a woman, and the other was the man who ran the gambling den.
The man and the female accomplice shared a pair of weapons, while Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoqing shared another. After being arrested, the two of them lowered their heads and remained silent, clearly veterans who had experienced similar situations before.
Only Zhou Xuan shouted, "Officer, you've got it wrong, we're not with them!"
One of them said in a deep voice, "Whether you're in cahoots or not is not for you to decide. Come back with us for an investigation!" As he spoke, he glanced at Wei Xiaoqing, extremely curious about this exceptionally beautiful girl!
You have to understand that they are all criminal police officers who train in physical fitness and combat every day. They can take on at least three or four ordinary strong men, if not a dozen. But Wei Xiaoqing easily defeated six or seven of them. If she defeated one, it could be a coincidence, but defeating six or seven people in a row, could that be a coincidence?
The six or seven people who had been knocked down by Wei Xiaoqing got up, rubbing their sore arms and wrists, and staring at Wei Xiaoqing in surprise.
The first two men to be knocked down were drawn to Wei Xiaoqing's striking beauty. They hadn't expected such a pretty girl to be part of a group of con artists, and while they were tempted to take advantage of her, they ended up being beaten by this beautiful young woman before they could even make a move. The plainclothes officers who followed were surprised to see their accomplice knocked down and rushed forward, but the result was the same. Zhou Xuan protested his innocence, but the plainclothes officers naturally wouldn't listen to him at this point; they wouldn't let him go on his investigation until they understood the truth.
Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoqing were pushed and shoved as they were escorted out of the market entrance, where a twelve-seater van and a police car were parked.
Next, Zhou Xuan, Wei Xiaoqing, and the two con artists (one male and one female) were put into a van and sat in the back of the van.
Five plainclothes police officers were sitting in front, including the driver.
Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoqing sat at the very back. In front of them, in the row, were the male and female con artists. The man turned around, glanced at Wei Xiaoqing, chuckled, and said, "Wow, really pretty!"
Without thinking, Wei Xiaoqing punched him. The man didn't even have a chance to dodge. He cried out "Ouch!" and Zhou Xuan heard the sound of bones cracking. Then he saw the man's face covered in blood!
The police officers in front were stunned for a moment, then quickly shouted, "What are you doing? Behave yourselves!"