Only Cheng Ying and Yuan Jin, because they had a deep friendship with Li Yi before their death and regarded Li Che as their own son and nephew, felt heartfelt joy when they saw that Li Che was safe and sound.

Cheng Ying couldn't help but take a step forward, looked at Li Che with concern and said, "Ah Che, are you okay?" ”

Yuan Jin also followed closely and said: "Ah Che, if you have any difficulties, just tell your Uncle Yuan, but don't hold it in your heart." Otherwise, it will give some people an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Zun meaningfully, and the meaning was self-evident. just didn't directly point at Li Zun and said that he was the one with bad intentions.

Who is sincere and who is false, Li Che knows at a glance.

Although it is a more ancient truth that people take tea and cool, there are always two people who have true feelings.

Facing the concern of Cheng Ying and Yuan Jin, Li Che couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in his heart.

But this was not the time to speak, he nodded towards the two of them, and said nothing.

Immediately, his gaze fell on Li Zun, and the corners of his mouth pulled up a sneering arc, and said, "Second uncle, let's go, what are you waiting for?" Didn't you come to 'invite' me to go to the gambling war? ”

After speaking, no matter what Li Zun's expression was, Wu turned around and strode away, walking towards the courtyard with the plaque of "Full of Gold and Jade".

His steps became more and more urgent, as if he was venting something.

In fact, he is indeed surging with a tyrannical mood in his heart now, and he can't wait to rush up directly to tear off Li Zun's hypocritical and disgusting mask. But considering the upcoming gambling battle, he still restrained his emotions.

I couldn't help but sneer in my heart, and wait until after the gambling war to settle accounts with this old thing!

Then he thought of the little girl who suddenly appeared, and an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes.

If it weren't for her, he might have been "caught in bed" by his good second uncle by now. Soon after his father died, his son did such an immoral thing, and he could imagine with his toes how people outside would pass on him at that time.

When the time comes, Li Zun will guide the direction of the rumors a little, and his reputation will be completely ruined. Although he didn't have a good reputation, how could the reputation of "unfilial piety" be compared with the name of "ugly"?

At that time, I am afraid that the rumors that he is not his father's blood will be more confirmed. Wouldn't his good second uncle be able to take over the huge estate left by his father as a matter of course?

Well, that's great!

Actually, he should have thought of it a long time ago, didn't he?

What about the peony that has served him since childhood? Can he, a waste-ugly monster, compare to her good future?

What about the second uncle who has been called for more than ten years? In the face of interests, doesn't it mean that you will turn your face?

Oh, then let them watch with their eyes wide open!

Li Che strode into the courtyard, his gaze paused somewhere, and walked directly into the courtyard.

In that place, Jiang Rong and a few people were clearly standing. Seeing him coming, Jiang Rong winked at him and exchanged a tacit look with each other.

"Li Gongzi is finally here, but you can teach us to wait!"

"It's okay, it's okay, isn't this coming? The original time was also at this time, not too late, not too late. "Someone helped to play the round.

After a while, Li Zunyi and others also came.

For a while, the courtyard became crowded again, but fortunately, the courtyard was spacious enough, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate so many people.

Li Zun walked up the top step, stood under the porch, glanced around the field, and spoke loudly to the people in the courtyard.

"Thank you for taking the time to witness this gambling battle of my Li family today, first of all, let me introduce you to Yan Shao Yan and Feng Yiqing Feng seniors, everyone knows that these two are the uncrowned kings of our Danyang County gambling circle——"

Halfway through the words, Feng Yiqing waved his hand and said impatiently: "Xiao Li, let's fix those imaginary things, I think the big guy is here not for me and Lao Yan, the two bad old men, but to see the birth of the best jade!" ”

"Of course, if we have that privilege. Therefore, there is no need to talk about those vanities, so as not to spoil everyone's interest. Let's just get started, how about you? ”

"Good! Feng Lao really deserves to be a senior, and what he said is reasonable! ”

"That's it, let's just do it, and those water words don't need to be said. We are still waiting to see the calcite stone, and I don't know if there is the blessing to see the birth of the best jadeite today. ”

Li Zun's face was pale, and the large amount of impassioned speech that he had prepared was now useless, and he couldn't help but feel quite depressed in his heart.

But where did he dare to go against the will of everyone? Isn't it hard to get along with yourself?

So he simply waved his hand, and the little guy who had been waiting next to him immediately moved the tables and chairs and set them up in the field.

The tables and chairs were for a few of the old-timers in the room to sit on, and as for the others, they should continue to stand.

There are tables and chairs in the Li Mansion, but they can't be put here.

However, everyone had no opinion, and it was more convenient for them to look at the stone by standing.

In the center of the site is a circular stone platform, which is used to dissolve the stone later.

Li Zun didn't say anything more, and said obediently: "Then let's start here." Everyone is an old man in the gambling stone circle, and this rule should be familiar to everyone. It's just the same, the final result of this gambling battle is to win or lose the jade value theory solved in the three rounds of competition. Do you have any objections? ”

He looked around again, and everyone was silent.

In this way, today's gambling war has officially begun!

Everyone began to retreat to the sidelines, and Li Zun looked at Li Che with a little smile on his face, and his eyes were slightly provocative.

Li Che didn't look at him, he directly picked a piece of wool and walked over to take a closer look.

The time of each round of competition is limited to one stick of incense. There is an incense burner on the table under the corridor, and a stick of incense is burned in the stove, and when the incense burns to the end, the competition time will be over.

Li Zun was very confident, and he was very good at selecting jadeite wool, and before the incense burner was halfway burned, he had already selected a piece.

The wool is boxy, about the size of a cutting board, the skin is grayish-white, the surface is very smooth, and it seems to glow with a layer of green in the sun.

Li Zun moved it to the stone platform, Feng Yiqing glanced at Yan Lao, and said, "Brother, I'm not humble with you anymore, how about giving me this piece of material?" ”

Yan Shao sat upright on the chair, staring at the middle of the field, and didn't look at him when he heard the words, only nodded lightly.

Feng Yi cleared his mouth, beckoned to the master of the stone solution brought behind him, and said, "Old Lu, you can go." ”

The old Lu in his mouth is his long-time partner, Lu Yingsheng, who has a magical calcite technique. Feng Yiqing gambles on stones, and this one is always indispensable by his side.

Lu Yingsheng didn't say much, and walked in front of the stone platform.

He carried a wooden chest containing all the things he had used to solve the stones.

This box is like a doctor's medicine box, a knight's sword, and a blacksmith's hammer, and he is indispensable for traveling.

After Li Zun drew lines on the wool, Lu Yingsheng took out stone tools from the wooden box in a hurry, including various sharp knives and hammers of different lengths, as well as jade sand, stone wheels and other things.

Of course, ancient calcite is not as convenient as modern times, and a grinding machine can do it. In ancient times, calcifying stone was a very laborious and delicate work, and if you didn't have a certain amount of skill, you really didn't dare to take on such work.

But obviously Lu Yingsheng is an experienced old calcite master, he picked up the wool and looked at it carefully for a while before he slowly started, and the sound of stone and iron hitting each other sounded, but it did not seem chaotic and noisy, but there was an indescribable rhythm.

Everyone couldn't help but surround them, stretching their necks to watch, looking forward to seeing the jade come out of it.

For a while, Li Che was ignored by everyone, but he didn't care, no one looked better.

Xiao Yu Liufeng and a few people were also paying attention to the situation inside, but after watching for a long time, they didn't see anything, and they saw a master holding a stone there knocking, smashing, grinding, grinding, and grinding, and the shadow of a little jade was gone.

After looking at it for a long time, they lost interest, turned around and looked around, but the flowers and plants in the yard were more attractive to them.

It's no wonder that calcite is a water mill, and if you weren't here for people who are keen on it, you won't be able to focus on it all the time.

But for those who love to gamble on stones, it is different, in order to see the jade appear in front of them, they would rather endure the long wait than make a mistake.

Just like these people who are looking forward to the scene at this moment, they don't feel that the waiting time is difficult at all, they just find it interesting.

And what is our Jiang Rong doing now?

She was hurrying to see through the situation inside the pieces of wool, trying to find a stone that could cut through before a stick of incense burned to the end! It's got to be a big rise!

Of course, Li Che is not idle, although with Jiang Rong's help, he can't completely put his hope on a little girl, it's not about trust or distrust, but his character.

said that when Jiang Rong saw the situation in the room through the window, and then contacted the conversation between Qingsong and Peony before, she deduced the cause and effect of the matter with a slight turn of her mind.

I see!

This peony is probably serving Li Che all the year round, and he has won his trust, and he does look a little good, so Li Zun hit her with the idea.

first lured her with benefits, probably promising her that after she succeeded, she would be promoted to a concubine or something, and she would be wooed, and at the same time threaten the lives of her father's relatives or something.

In addition, Li Che is likely to lose in the gambling battle, not only will she not be able to inherit the family property, but she will also be swept out of the house, what is the way out for her, the little maid next to her master, when the time comes?

In this way, for the sake of his own future and a better life for his family, it is logical that Peony was bought by Li Zun. (To be continued.) )