Chapter Ninety-Four: The Gambling House Guo Fu
Tongji Gambling House is now an untrustworthy place for Xiao Chusu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But if you really keep your word in such a place where you deceive people and make money, it will be surprising to men.
Tong Ji was untrustworthy and lured Chu Jie to go to the gambling house again when she was not in Kyoto, Xiao Chushu has always kept this matter in his heart, but recently, because of the preserved fruit business of the Xiao and Tang families, he has no time to think about it. She didn't have the time to go to Tongji to find bad luck, but this Tongji gambling house took the initiative to find her.
On this day, I was thinking about the preserved fruit workshop, but I received an invitation from Tongji, took the invitation handed over by Xiang Zhu, and quickly swept his eyes, and when the invitation was cleared, Xiang Zhu asked out loud: "Miss, why did this Tongji gambling house send an invitation to Miss?" ”
Xiao Chuxuan didn't like Tongji Gambling House, and wanted to come to Kyoto to have ears, and he should be clear in his heart. For the Tongji Gambling House, Xiao Chuxuan was disgusted with it, and he couldn't wait to find an excuse to let the official seal the gambling house. Especially the last time something happened in the Tongji Gambling House, the head of the Xiao family had never stepped on this kind of place that was all filthy to her. On weekdays, I don't even bother to look at the place where I pass by, but I didn't have the opportunity to send an invitation to the Xiao family.
Xiang Zhu is not suspicious in his heart.
At the moment, he was behind Xiao Chusu, but he didn't take the opportunity to read the content on the invitation, but asked softly. As soon as the words of the light inquiry fell, Xiao Chusu raised his hand and handed the swept invitation to Xiang Zhu, and after Xiang Zhu took over the review, Xiao Chuxuan said.
"What else can I do, it shouldn't be a matter of rushing our eldest young master."
"Big young master!" As soon as Xiao Chu's words fell, Xiang Zhu's eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and he frowned slightly and said: "The eldest young master used to run to Tongji some time ago, and he also mixed up while the young lady was away, but didn't the eldest young master say that the silver owed by this gambling has asked him to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and the silver obtained from the porcelain will be repaid back the money and silver lost in the gambling house." This money has been replenished, what is the meaning of this invitation? It's that the eldest young master's silver hasn't been paid off yet, and more than a month has passed, and it is not appropriate to send an invitation letter at this time, and it is also a post personally issued by the owner of Tongji. Miss, what kind of medicine do you say is sold in this gourd? ”
It's not that Xiang Zhu is too careful, it's just that this invitation is really suspicious, and I can't help but feel a little suspicious in my heart at the moment. However, Xiao Chusu obviously didn't think much about this invitation, and after listening to Xiang Zhu's suspicious words, Xiao Chushu smiled and said.
"Which medicine is sold in this gourd, you have to see and try it to know."
"What do you mean, Miss! This is a general invitation, and the young lady plans to go to the invitation. ”
"Now that the invitation has been placed, why not go."
"But ......" Xiao Chu's decision made Xiang Zhu not to mention a few more thoughts, and his eyebrows gradually frowned, Xiang Zhu said: "But the eldest lady has never had anything to do with Tongji, and because of the eldest young master, she is very resentful of this Tongji." The eldest lady doesn't like Tongji, don't say that it is the owner of Tongji, as long as you want to come to Kyoto, you know the internal affairs of our Xiao family, and you should be clear in your heart. Now this sudden invitation is really uneasy in people's hearts, is it appropriate for the eldest lady to go to the appointment like this? ”
It's not that Xiang Zhu is too careful, it's just that this invitation is really not good for her to come, and it is also a lot of words at the moment. Her hearty words, because she was worried about the eldest lady in her heart, made Xiao Chu smile. Sitting on the chair and stretching out his hand and bending down, Xiao Chuxuan said.
"Whether it's proper or not, someone has to go to know it, and since this invitation has been sent, I think it's proper to come to Tongji."
While lazy and talking, his voice was a little muddy, and when he was lazy, Xiao Chushu had already straightened his face. He raised his hand and pinched back the invitation, pinched it with two fingers as if weighing, and then smiled.
Originally, because of the matter at hand, I didn't plan to trouble his family, but who thought that people couldn't bear it and took the initiative to invite him. Since the owner of this Tongji was personally invited, we naturally can't refute the people's intentions, but also take advantage of the situation to inquire, this original gambling contract said to abandon it, but the business of this Tongji gambling house? ”
The invitation has arrived, this invitation is to go, take a sedan chair to the Tongji gambling house, this has just stepped into Tongji, and the steward who was waiting there in the morning greeted him directly with a smile. I wanted to come to the head of the Xiao family to make an appointment, and I had already informed the manager of this gambling house, so I specially greeted him here.
stepped forward, smiled, and the steward didn't say much, but led Xiao Chusu straight up to the second floor of the gambling house.
Compared with the black smoke on the first floor, this second floor is a lot more elegant, at least there is no turbidity that makes people wrinkle their eyebrows. Walking in front, he came to a house after a while, and the person who was standing in that place no longer moved forward, but turned sideways and gave way, and then looked at Xiao Chuxuan and said.
"Miss Xiao, our host is just stumbling over something right now, and it will be here in a while, Miss Xiao will wait for the meeting first."
After speaking, the person had already smiled, so that it was not easy to say anything, but he just opened his eyes and smiled, and Xiao Chuxuan invited into the house to wait for a while.
I thought that the gambling house should be ordinary, either black smoke or miasma, but I didn't think that the owner of this pass was quite a Yaxing master. Carved and carved, burning incense scattered, sitting in this hall and head to unconsciously calm down.
The wood in the house is delicate and atmospheric, on the porcelain or small dishes, the left corner of the house is placed a pair of incense burners, and the refreshing incense is from the inside of the coil.
Entering the house, because they all retreated from the left and right, Xiao Chusu and Xiang Zhu unconsciously looked at the hall waiting for guests. After some patrolling, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and Xiang Zhu said softly: "Miss, look at this house, the owner who wants to come to Natongji is not an ordinary rude barbarian. ”
"Why?" Picking his eyes, Xiang Zhu pointed to the things in the house and replied: "Such an elegant layout, I think I am also a reasonable person, if it is a small and vulgar person, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy such a quiet place." ”
"Can't you buy it?" Xiang Zhu's words made Xiao Chu's eyelids roll up, glanced around, and then snorted coldly, and said: "As long as you have silver taels in your hand, you need to do everything yourself, and you don't need to work hard for personal things, not to mention the layout in this house." In my opinion, this layout has nothing to do with the proprietor of this general record, maybe he is just a vulgar and elegant person. ”
After saying a few words, he was full of disdain, and after disdain, Xiao Chu continued: "If you are a reasonable person, how can you do these indiscriminate livelihoods, and you have no faith in your words, and even take away people's property." ”
The more he said the words, the more he gritted his teeth, because of the incision in Xiao Chu's words, Xiang Zhu couldn't help but look at the place where the eldest lady's line of sight fell. It's okay not to look at it, but look at Miss Instant's displeasure.
Ben didn't have a good impression of this Tongji gambling house, but now at a glance, he saw that his pair of vases were placed there, and he didn't step forward to pick up the vases and throw them out, which was considered Xiao Chu's decision.
His eyes were fixed on that place, although he didn't know whether the owner of the Tongji Gambling House had deliberately or unintentionally made this trip, but for the head of the Xiao family who couldn't afford to lose, it was already a provocation.
Sitting in the hall and waiting for a cup of tea, I heard the sound of someone outside the house, whispered a few words of inquiry, the voice was heavy, the sound pressure was heavy, although I didn't hear what the people outside the house said, but in terms of the sound alone, it was not a small night. I only heard a few words from the man outside, and the door to the back hall opened. The door of the hall was raised, and he heard the sound of someone entering the house, so Xiao Chusu got up and bowed.
Slightly yawning, his eyes have unceremoniously swept the other party's eyebrows, the upright body is upright, and the face is upright with an atmospheric momentum, although it is not as loyal and honest as his own brother, but he is also a person who can be trusted when he sees it.
If it is not as good as his appearance, he still gives people the feeling that this person was a gentleman at that time, at least for most people, this should be a man worthy of deep trust. It's just that after a rough glance, the corners of Xiao Chu's lips were sneering different from ordinary people.
A righteous gentleman, just looking at his face is indeed upright, but he will appear here, and according to the attitude of those people outside towards him, this person is probably just a treacherous man who has integrity on the outside but is extremely cunning in his heart. With a cold face, he had greeted this person eighteen times in his heart, but his face was not obvious, and Xiao Chu said after the jump.
"The head of the Xiao family, Xiao Chuxuan, has seen Guo Gongzi."
"Miss Xiao knows what?" He didn't say anything, and the people below would definitely not talk much if they didn't have his intentions, so Xiao Chushu's straightforward words made Guo Fujue a little surprised. The slight surprise in his heart was immediately settled, but he examined it a little deeper, although he was a little interested in Xiao Chushu's words, but he couldn't see much from Guo Fu's face.
Xiao Chuxuan's inquiry was not a word of inquiry, but an affirmation, as if she had already known the owner of Tongji, so she asked loudly when people entered the house. did not hesitate about his identity, and asked Guo Fu to answer the inquiry, but this inquiry was exchanged for two words that Xiao Chu was very faint.
"I don't know."
"Since Miss Xiao doesn't know, why is she so sure that it is Guo Fu."
"Because Miss Ben is not blind." Guo Fu's words, in exchange for Xiao Chusu raised his chin and smiled back, because of this action of raising his jaw and raising his eyebrows, the sneer that was originally hanging on his face obviously had a hint of irony, Xiao Chusu said: "Entering this hall is so magnificent, coupled with the attitude of those little guys outside, if you can't see that Gongzi is the owner of Tongji, my eyes can also be dug out and left outside to dry." ”
Her eyes are not only pointed, but also poisonous, if you can't see such obvious things, how can you crawl in business for so long. Although I have heard that this eldest lady of the Xiao family is now a powerful master, but only when I saw it in person, did I know that she was not only powerful in the outside preaching, and her eyes flashed a little unclear at the moment, Guo Fu said.
"Miss Xiao is really powerful, I can't complain that the crumbling Xiao family has now regained its former domineering style."
"Guo Gongzi praised it falsely, but now Guo Gongzi invited Chu Su over, thinking that he didn't just want to see whether Chu Su was really powerful, or a void name. Guo Gongzi knew at a glance that he was a busy man, and I didn't have so much free time, so let's not talk about these dark and false things, what is Guo Gongzi's invitation for today, it is better to get straight to the point. ”
For this Guo Fu, it is also a loss to Xiao Chujie, Xiao Chuxuan can't have a good impression of anything, no matter how upright this person looks, he is upright. But when she thought that this person was a gambling house, and she had cheated so much silver taels from the Xiao family, she felt uncomfortable with the man in front of her.
People who are uncomfortable should be too lazy to talk to him, not to mention that they don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and this invitation is the same, so Xiao Chu's words are even more polite.
The head of the Xiao family doesn't like to remember, this is a matter that is clear from top to bottom in Kyoto, so Xiao Chu's attitude is also reasonable. Since the head of the Xiao family is so unkind to see Tongji, Guo Fuzi will not politely provoke Miss Xiao to reply, and he should answer immediately.
"Guo Fu invited him this time, and what he did was the matter of the eldest son of the Xiao family."
"Chu Jie!"
Although he guessed a few points in his heart, but from Guo Fu's mouth mentioning the eldest brother, Xiao Chuxuan still couldn't help but twitch a few points. She is a clean self-reliant, and she has nothing to do with Tongji, if she says that there is a shoulder with Tongji anywhere, only the eldest brother of the bastard who has been taught repeatedly is left.
Originally, he could still hold back a sneer on his face, which was polite, but who would have thought that this person would take the initiative to provoke Xiao Chu's anger. Hearing Guo Fu mention Xiao Chujie, the eyes of the head of the Xiao family obviously flashed a little displeasure, and then quickly flashed and then asked her to suppress it. Although he suppressed his anger, his tone was obviously more dissatisfied than Fang Cai. With eyes full of hunger and light in his eyes, Xiao Chushu said.
"Is Guo Gongzi the eldest son of my Xiao family this time? It just so happens that since the eldest prince is mentioned, I also happen to have something to inquire about here, and I hope that Guo Gongzi can give an explanation. ”
"Miss Xiao, but it's okay to ask."
"It's a problem, I think Guo Gongzi will have to give Miss Ben an explanation today." His eyebrows were still wide, his eyes were already flashing, and Xiao Chu asked suspiciously: "I don't know that this Tongji gambling house is a reasonable place. ”
"Yes."
"I don't know if this bet is decided, this lottery can be discarded or not."
"Since it is not forsaken."
"Since you can't give it up, then Chu Su has to ask, that day in this gambling house, Chu Su and the dealer of Tongji had a bet, but the dealer lost to Chu Su, and Chu Su wants to be the head of this life and this life is not allowed to let the eldest young master of the Xiao family step through the main gate of Tongji. Since Guo Gongzi said that the lottery under this bet cannot be abandoned, then Guo Gongzi will not give Chu Su an explanation now, and dare to ask Chu Su how the eldest young master of the Xiao family got into the general record during the two months that Chu Su was not in Kyoto, and how he gambled here. ”
Since it is a promise, it must not be broken, and this behavior really made Xiao Chu feel angry. When Chu Rui mentioned it before, she was full of unhappiness in her heart, but now Guo Fu hit the door by herself, and she couldn't complain about asking her face-to-face.
The lottery head taken by others, this Tongji gambling house actually abandoned it in a grand manner, which is really a breach of trust.
Others have nothing to do with Xiao Chusu, but this makes Xiao Chusu have an annoying feeling that people are playing, that is, now, he should ask for an understanding.
The gambling contract is indeed like this, and the lottery head is also remembered, and the time when Xiao Chujie was absent made Xiao Chujie step into a big gamble, no matter where you look at it, it is a breach of trust. It's just that in the face of Xiao Chusu's treacherous questioning, Guo Fu is obviously still calm, looking at Xiao Chusu, there are some things in his eyes that are incomprehensible, and Guo Fu replied after a while.
"Although Tong Ji is making a living from gambling, it is not a place for such a small treachery, since it is the lottery of Miss Xiao, it is not violated."
"There is no disobedience, then the 24,000 taels that the eldest brother of my bastard used in two months did not go into your bag. My pair of double-flower enamel jade vases fell from the sky out of thin air and fell into your arms. ”
The evidence is in front of him, Guo Fu actually said that there was no breach of contract, this statement is really ridiculous, and it is this ridiculous statement that caused Xiao Chu to ridicule again and again. Under the sarcasm, the words were thorny, the sarcastic language, the sarcastic eyes, in the face of Xiao Chushu's disdainful appearance, Guo Fu responded.
"But there is no disobedience." (To be continued.) )