On the cruise ship, a woman stood on a cocoon, quietly looking at the river covered with thick fog. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Miss, there's fog outside, let's go inside, be careful of catching a cold." A little maid beside her said.

The woman did not turn around, but she was not a willful person, so she took the cloak from the maid's hand and put it on herself.

Seeing that her young lady didn't speak, the little maid said softly: "Miss, are you thinking about how to get along with that Su Ling next?" ”

Xiao Mei shook her head and said, "Not really, just thinking about some other things." ”

After listening to the young lady's words, the little maid stopped talking, she knew her young lady's thoughts, although the young lady was the daughter of the head of the Sword Mansion over the years, but her life was not very good.

Yizhou has been in the middle and lower reaches of all the big states for many years, and the most important reason is that Yizhou's finances are in trouble.

Unlike other large states with large areas of land, Yizhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, only the east is not a mountain, but it is still a big lake - Huchao Lake, because of the natural geographical conditions of Yizhou, it is difficult to have a developed agricultural civilization, so Yizhou's financial resources have not been very strong.

In recent years, the form of Kyushu has become more and more tense, and the governor wants to prepare for the war as soon as possible, unlike the ambition of other governors of the big states to compete for the world, the governor does not want to cause a war, the reason for doing so is really helpless, but I just hope that once the war starts, they have the strength to save themselves.

It's just that Yizhou is financially poor and supplies are scarce, and if you want to prepare for war, the first thing is to have as much money as possible.

Most of the profiteering industries in Yizhou are monopolized by the Su family, and over the years, they have been like vampires, constantly sucking all the blood and water out of Yizhou, which is not very full, and has become the skinny appearance it is now.

But at such a critical time, the Su family suddenly took the initiative to say that they wanted to help the Sword Mansion prepare for the war.

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

The elder of the Su family's wolf ambition mansion has long seen it very clearly, so he has not let anyone from the Su family enter the army for so many years.

But now that the war in Kyushu has begun, and the three major states of Henan, Yang, and Hebei have fallen into the flames of war, how can Yizhou be able to dodge?

At the very moment, the governor finally decided to compromise with the Su family temporarily, for the sake of Yizhou, for the sake of all the people of Yizhou, he had no better choice.

That's why Xiao Mei agreed to the invitation, otherwise, according to the temperament of the young lady, how could she take a guy like Su Ling, who is elegant on the surface and dark in his heart, in his eyes?

It was getting late, the boat was getting slower, the river was foggy, and the moonlight was not very clear, so it was almost impossible to see anything.

"Sister Xiao, I heard that there is a gambling game set up inside, and many people are watching, should we go and take a look?" A young woman walked over and said to Xiao Mei.

The little maid knew who this person was, and she also knew what she meant, it seemed that she was inviting her own young lady into the house, but in fact, she was not the person sent by Su Ling, and the prefectural person explained before going out, so that the young lady lowered her posture a little, how could the young lady refuse at this time?

"Okay."

Xiao Mei nodded, frowned slightly, but still walked in.

To tell the truth, Xiao Mei doesn't like gambling very much, and even extremely disgusted, how many people have changed from wealthy families to begging on the street overnight because of gambling, some people have lost their property because of gambling, and some people have lost their lives because of gambling.

It's just that those sons and buddies in Yizhou like to show off their family background, although the person just now didn't say that the gambling game was opened by Su Ling, but the whole ship was chartered by him, except for him, who would do such a thing?

Xiao Mei followed the woman into the cabin, and saw that many people were sitting around a long table, and all kinds of messy gambling equipment were placed on the table, and many people were shouting and betting.

"Soda Boy, who do you think I've invited?" The woman said with a smile.

Su Ling, who had just deliberately pretended to be arrogant and spent a lot of money, pretended not to notice Xiao Mei, raised his head to look at the two of them, and said, "It's Mei'er, come and sit here." ”

Being called like this, Xiao Mei is very uncomfortable, and it's nothing for others to add her Mei'er, but this Su Ling calls him like this, Xiao Mei is how uncomfortable and uncomfortable she is, but she didn't show it on her face, she bowed, pointed to the stool on the other side and said, "No need Su Gongzi, Mei'er just sit there." ”

Su Ling didn't deliberately stop it, and after Xiao Mei sat down, she cleared her throat and said, "Listen to me, it's not interesting for us to gamble like this, it's better to just think of a lottery, how about this?" ”

Everyone immediately nodded in agreement, and even Xiao Mei's little maid laughed at this scene, their acting skills were really not very good.

Su Ling turned his head to look at Xiao Mei and said, "Mei'er, in your opinion, what kind of color should you choose?" ”

Seeing everyone's eyes on her, Xiao Mei smiled reluctantly, and then said: "This Su Gongzi is embarrassed, I really can't think of anything good." ”

As if he had long expected what Xiao Mei would say, Su Ling looked at everyone and said, "Since this is the case, then please think of one together." ”

"Do you want to gamble? How about a thousand taels of gold? ”

"What kind of money to bet, why are you so cheesy, if you want me to see, let's bet on a bigger one, mixed betting, whoever loses, who will take the initiative to go to the winner's room, how?"

"Bah, you nasty ruffian, what kind of bad idea are you thinking?"

“……”

There was a lot of talk about it, but they couldn't come up with a good idea for a while.

"It's better like this," Xiao Mei looked at everyone with a smile, and said: "You bet first, and the person who wins in the end bets against me, if you win me, you can be my guest tonight, how about it?" ”

Hearing Xiao Mei's words, everyone immediately blew up the nest, and even Su Ling was shocked, originally he just wanted to use the gambling game to show his pride, but he didn't expect Xiao Mei to say such a thing.

If you win the bet, you can be the guest of the curtain tonight, doesn't that mean ......?

Su Ling couldn't help but smile on his face, he clenched his fists, and seemed to have made up his mind to win.

Everyone in this game was invited by him, he wants to win, who dares not to give him face? Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei, you are throwing yourself into the net, don't blame me Su Ling!

Su Ling looked at everyone and said softly, "I think Miss Xiao's proposal is good, what do you think?" ”

"Okay!"

"Absolutely!"