Chapter 36: The Toad God of Wealth

It is said that no book can be written without coincidence, and this matter is so coincidental that Yunkang is at a loss.

Taigu Jade Hall is what Chai Xiaoguang said "dealer", Yun Kang squinted his eyes, this is not an ordinary businessman, the bronze ring of the beast head of the Vermilion Gate, the black-clothed thug is a martial artist in the early stage of the Yellow Order, a private gambling game, a mysterious pocket watch array plate, and the ancient fierce beast Qiqi (Xiao Huangdou) ......

Together, these fragments of information reveal the identity of the dealer.

Yunkang remembered that Chai Xiaoguang said that the banker's surname is Jiang, and the banker's nephew is called Brother Wan, and Chen Jingye just told his partner that he was looking for Jiang Wanjiang's boss, and it should be the same person.

Yunkang turned his head and asked Chen Economy: "Your acquaintance is called Jiang Wan, how did you know him, who is he?" Jiang Wan obviously has something to do with the martial arts sect, how could Chen Economy, a flat-headed ordinary person, get acquainted with people at the level of martial artists.

Chen Economy raised his little eyes and glanced at Yunkang twice, knowing that he couldn't hide his bitter past, he didn't say it now, and when he saw Jiang Wan, Yunkang would still ask him.

So he sighed and said: "This matter is a long story, the people are warm and cold, the world is hot and cold, how many bitter tears, all in the smoke and rain, and listen to my brother explain it for you in detail." ”

Yun Kang saw that he began to ramble again, and hurriedly stopped him and said, "Stop, let's talk about the point, what background does Jiang Wan have, and how do you know him." ”

Chen Economy still wanted to continue to render the atmosphere, but seeing that Yunkang was not in the mood to listen to his lyrics, he coughed dryly and said: "Actually, Jiang Wan himself has no fart skills, and he took refuge in an uncle of the same clan who is very bullish, I heard that he made a fortune by reselling antiques, and he has a bit of power in the rivers and lakes." As for how I met him, to tell you the truth, this kid was the jade dealer who robbed me back then, and was later sentenced to three years, and he became a big boss not long after he came out......"

Yun Kang's eyes rolled, he looked at Chen Jingye, and suddenly realized: "No wonder you kept it a secret at first, so you made a mistake, it turns out that acquaintances know each other like this." ”

Chen Economy was a little embarrassed when he saw him reveal the old bottom, lowered his head and was embarrassed, and muttered: "I, the relationship with Jiang Wan is okay, he helped me back then, and I also went to see him in prison, if he hadn't made a fortune now, we might still be a pair of good comrades-in-arms......"

Chen Economy loves face very much, and when he encounters a loss of face, he will definitely be able to justify himself and try his best to get face back.

Yun Kang didn't care what his relationship was with Jiang Wan, and asked, "As far as you know, Jiang Wan is in the jade business, does he have any good jade in his hands?"

His focus is to find jade, not to listen to Chen Jing's old stories, nor to help Chai Xiaoguang seek revenge, if the shop surnamed Jiang does not have what he wants, there is no need to waste time here.

Yunkang still has the last trump card in his hand, which is to go to Yan's house to find his future father-in-law for help. The Yan family treats him well, if he asks for a piece of ancient jade, with Yan Xuan's ability to collect antiques, he may be able to achieve his wish. And Yan Xuan is generous, even the Crouching Tiger inkstone is not stingy, and he doesn't care about a piece of ancient jade.

But when he talked to the Yan family, he was really a little hesitant, a fake son-in-law, staring at the old father-in-law's good things all day long, isn't it a bit too inauthentic? He just asked for a Runshi inkstone yesterday, and the next day he went to ask for Gu Yu, what will this make the old man think of him, how Yan Ruoxuan will look at him, and how will his brother-in-law look at him?

No, his behavior is obscene, embarrassing, and he is forced to be cornered until the end, he will never be able to do this kind of thing.

If there is a good jade in the store surnamed Jiang, even if it costs a lot of money, he will take it on the spot. As for Chai Xiaoguang's, I'll find a chance to solve it in the future. He has always been peace-loving, a civilized man, and what can be settled with money and wisdom does not need to be settled with his fists.

At this time, Chen Economy nodded and said: "The last time I came to Jiang Wan, I found that there were really a lot of good things in his store, the jade was just opened from the stone, and the whole watermelon was so big, it shocked me on the spot." It's been a few years, and I've heard that he's better than before, and maybe there's more good stuff. He gestured with his hand and made the appearance of holding a large watermelon in his arms.

Chen Economy vigorously showed how many people he knew, and used exaggerated methods to say everything. Yunkang knew that he was a little careful, and he didn't care about this, what Chen Economy said in the future, he only believed half of it, he said that the jade was the size of a watermelon, at most it was about the same as a small leather ball.

However, since there were good things in Jiang's shop, Yunkang decided to go in and take a look. The two warriors he had injured in the afternoon were in the hospital, and no one knew him here.

Even if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den inside, he has to take a risk, the so-called cultivation of immortals is not afraid of difficulties, and he is afraid of difficulties and does not cultivate immortals. Since ancient times, it has become a great event, and it is all about seeking wealth and wealth in danger, and going to the sky against the wind.

The only thing to worry about is Chen Jingye, and he may not be able to run away from any danger.

He turned his head and glanced at Chen Jingye, feeling that his worries were superfluous, this guy has a clever brain, there are many methods, he is not too tired to chase him all afternoon, if he escapes, he will definitely run faster than a rabbit, no problem at all.

Yunkang turned his head and said with a smile: "Brother Economy, I heard that there is a gambling game in this store at night, let's go play two." ”

Without waiting for Chen Jingye to respond, he stepped forward and knocked seven times with the beast's head knocker, and shouted loudly: "Seven moons tonight." ”

Sure enough, there was a sound of footsteps in the door, and someone said impatiently: "Come on, let's open the door." ”

A young man "squeaked" open the door, looked out, and saw that it was two strangers, and immediately looked at them with suspicion.

The gambling game here is set up privately, only the people in the circle know, the new gamblers are brought by regular customers, and few strangers appear.

Yun Kang saw that his expression was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Seven moons tonight, we were introduced by a friend. ”

Chen Economy also nodded and said, "I know your boss Jiang Wan, and I'm still small with him." ”

The guy said "um", and looked at them again, seeing that the two of them looked like they were hanging out, and they didn't look like they were here to check the gambling, so he opened the door with confidence and let them in.

The man locked the door again, and while leading them in, he talked about the rules of the gambling game: "We can use cash, credit card, WeChat payment, a treasure transfer, real estate deed, gold, silver, jewelry, watches, and cars as mortgages." The game ended at 5 a.m. the next day, and no leave was allowed during the period. If you want to sleep, rest, eat, drink and supper, you have prepared a guest room restaurant, and the accommodation fee is 200 per person, and the supper is 100 per person. ”

Yun Kang listened all the way, his eyes looking around.

Entering the vermilion lacquer gate, there is a spacious storefront, with glass counters on the left and right sides, filled with various varieties of jade. Yun Kang took a deep breath to open his divine sense, and passed by these jade artifacts, without feeling a trace of aura.

This is also expected by him, if there is a particularly good ancient jade in the store, it must be treasured, and it will not be displayed casually in the glass counter. These jade artifacts on display are all low-grade goods that cost 100 yuan and are slightly more refined in workmanship, which can only attract some ordinary jade lovers.

The three of them walked through the wide aisle in the middle of the counter, and the guy pushed open the back door and ushered them into a small square yard.

In front of it is an antique flower building with carved beams and cornices, a row of red lanterns is hung, the two-story attic is illuminated, the window is pasted with patterned window paper, and there is a circle of vermilion fences on all sides, and the noisy and noisy sound can be faintly heard.

Yunkang saw that this was a separate courtyard, and there were warehouses on both sides of the courtyard, and there were many broken stone statues of Buddha heads. There are no residents in this area, and there is a gambling game at night, and the noise is not in the way.

He pinched the pocket watch array plate in his pocket, and when he entered it, there might be a lot of martial artists, and he should be cautious.

The guy took them into the flower building, and there was a wooden statue of Guan Erye at the door, with a red-faced long knife, majestic, and Guan Erye was offered long incense and fruit in front of the throne, which had the effect of guarding off evil spirits.

The three of them walked down the wooden staircase to the second floor and came to a spacious hall, where they suddenly heard the sound of shouting, betting, and dice.

The guy whispered a few words to a man in a black silk shirt with a meaty face, and then said to Yunkang and the two: "This is Brother Jin, you listen to his arrangement." With that, the man went downstairs.

As soon as Yun Kang went upstairs to look at the black silk shirt people around him, there were five people including Brother Jin, he concentrated his breath and observed carefully, and found that among these five people, only Brother Jin was a martial artist in the early stage of the Yellow Order, and the other four were all beginner martial artists, so it was not a problem.

Yun Kang suddenly felt relaxed, and he was also relieved, there was no threat in the early stage of a yellow order, even if something happened, he was not afraid of him.

He walked around the hall and saw that there were only three long tables in the hall. The game is very simple, just bet on the size and the number of points. The gambling table that Brother Jin arranged for them was a young man in a white silk shirt who was making a bank, with three dice in the jar in his hand, and he was shaking the jar, "Bet, bet!"

There were three or five gamblers around the table, holding a handful of banknotes in their hands, shouting and shouting for big and small bets.

Yun Kang suddenly felt a strange aura, as if the aura was wafting from nowhere, making his pores all over his body scatter, and he couldn't help but play a comfortable spirit.

On the sandalwood shelf at the end of the hall is a jade toad, the size of a grapefruit, from which the aura wafts out.

The toad is a thing that generates money, and it is offered as the god of wealth by many shops who do business. This jade toad is crystal clear, the water is high-quality, Jiang Wan spent tens of millions of dollars to build, specially went to the Buddhist temple to invite the monks to open the light, usually three times a day on the incense, bless him with a lot of money, a million profits.

Yunkang didn't care what kind of toad made money, when he saw that there was a high-quality jadeite, his eyes immediately lit up, and he ran to the wooden frame in a few steps, and took a deep breath of aura at the jadeite, and suddenly his mouth was full of relish, and he felt extremely comfortable.

Brother Jin stared at Yun Kang incredulously, this person didn't gamble when he came, he ran to the toad, he looked like a monkey drooling and didn't know what to do.

However, he knows that there are many gamblers who are very superstitious, and they have to kowtow to the God of Wealth before gambling money, and this kid should also be good all the way. Brother Jin sneered, most of such gamblers are addicted to depravity and never die, it seems that the dealer is going to make a fortune again tonight.

Brother Jin didn't stop him, turned his head to Chen Economy and said, "You two newcomers, you must abide by the rules, and you can't bet less than two hundred yuan at a time." ”

Chen Jingye nodded hurriedly, he didn't have much money on him, Yunkang brought him to gamble, did he really want to gamble?

Yun Kang only had the jade toad in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to grab it and run away immediately. But it's too unsafe to do this, a good water head jade the size of a grapefruit, at least worth tens of millions, snatching things in front of you is committing a robbery, which is similar in nature to robbing a gold store bank, and you have to attract a few police cars.

In fact, whether it is a jade or a toad, Yun Kang is not interested at all, he only needs the aura inside.

This matter is very simple, he only needs half an hour of work, and he can break through the first layer of qi refining after inhaling the spiritual energy. It seems that he has to go the normal way, Yunkang decided to bet with the dealer and win openly.

Turning around and walking in front of Brother Jin, Yunkang smiled and said, "I want to change the way I play, I don't know if the dealer is willing." ”

He took out a bank card from his wallet and continued: "There are 300,000 here, bet on it, if I lose, 300,000 is the dealer's, if I win, the dealer will let me take the toad for ten minutes." ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the jade toad on the shelf, and Jin Ge was stunned, this kid ran out of the madhouse, gamble with 300,000 yuan, just to touch the toad for ten minutes? Damn, make fun of Lao Tzu!

"Do you want to play or not, bet if you want to play, and get out of here if you don't play, I don't have time to talk to you. "Brother Jin thought that Yun Kang was making fun of him, and whoever let the door be clamped would be stupid enough to believe that someone would use 300,000 yuan to gamble on the toad for ten minutes.

Chen Jingye rolled his eyes on the side, he had already figured out that Yun Kang's purpose was not to gamble money, but to make jade, although it was a bit unbelievable to touch the toad for ten minutes, but he knew that Yun Kang didn't do boring things. If this kid wants to touch the toad, he must have his reasons, and this thief will definitely not suffer.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingye took a step forward and said with a smile to Brother Jin: "My brother is also a businessman, and he is the most devout to the God of Wealth." This jade toad in your family is glowing all over, and it must have carried a lot of wealth, so my brother has thought about dipping his hands into wealth, and it is not surprising. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you have to spend millions of dollars to go to the temple to incense, and you have to bet 300,000 yuan to touch the God of Wealth for ten minutes, which is not too much. ”

As soon as Brother Jin heard this, it really made sense, people who do business pay attention to these things, in the final analysis, they are superstitions, can they really make a fortune after touching the toad, it is pure.

He sneered in his heart, since the silly boy wants to spend money to touch it, let him touch it, anyway, the store doesn't lose anything, maybe he can make 300,000 yuan for nothing. The toad hadn't been cleaned up for months, and it was covered with a layer of floating ash, just in time for the silly boy to wipe the dust.

"Okay, it's rare for the little brother to be so pious, so he let you bet. 300,000 gambles for ten minutes to touch the toad God of Wealth. Brother Jin shouted loudly, with a playful smile on his face, he had been a thug in the store for five or six years, and he had never seen this kind of stupidity, today he finally opened his eyes, and he really didn't live in vain for decades.

When the other four thugs in black satin clothes heard it, they also hurried over and watched Yunkang's jokes together.

Yunkang sat down at the table and said to the young man in white satin clothes sitting in the village: "Let's start, the young master bet 300,000!"

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