Chapter 381: The Banker
King Yijun knelt down and begged God to rain to show his innocence, and a gust of wind spread throughout Kyoto.
When it reached Qingyun's ears, she was enjoying the gorgeous sunset on the horizon.
Qiu He stood aside, looking into the distance with Qingyun, looking at the sunset in the sky, there was a look of worry in her eyes.
Qingying raised her hand, pointed to the distance, and said, "Qiu He, look, is that the golden cloud you said?" ”
Lu'er tilted her head and looked at the green warbler, "What's wrong with the golden clouds?" ”
Qingying slumped her shoulders and said, "Qiu He is the best at looking at the weather, she said before that the deepest part of the sunset in the evening is piled up with golden clouds, and tomorrow will be a sunny day." ”
Qiu He is the best at looking at the weather, and if the maid knows, Qingyun also knows.
She also asked Qiu He for advice, and Qiu He taught her a lot of proverbs about the weather, which were the words of experience of her ancestors.
For example, loaches jump, wind and rain.
For another example, it is sunny and foggy for a long time, foggy and sunny for a long time, and there are three more rains in the sun halo, and the wind is ...... at noon
In order to prove his innocence, King Yijun knelt on the altar and begged God to make it rain, and now everyone is most concerned about whether it will rain tomorrow.
"What if it really doesn't rain tomorrow?" Qingying was a little worried.
Although Qiu He rarely looks at the weather, but she looks at it a few times, and it works a few times, especially these days, the weather is dry, she looks forward to the rain, and asks Qiu He almost every day, but Qiu He shook his head, saying that it will not rain tomorrow, and the next day will ensure that the sun will be restored, and everyone can melt.
It's been so many times that she doesn't believe tomorrow will be an exception.
She didn't believe that God would see the grievances of King Yijun. He is the prince of the county, high-minded, and has a stubborn temperament. If he was wronged once, God sympathized with him and took it to heart, what about the poor people who kept the suffering of the scorching sun, lived by the sky, and begged God for rain?
They are in deep trouble, and God is blind to see.
Although I think so in my heart. The warblers are still looking forward to the rain tomorrow.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Qingying turned around and saw Chu Bei coming over. She quickly took a few steps back.
Chu Bei walked over and stood side by side with Qingyun, and when he saw her looking at the burning clouds in the sky, he smiled. "You don't believe it's going to rain tomorrow either?"
Qingyun smiled. She turned around and looked at the bruises on the corners of Chu Bei's mouth and forehead that had not completely disappeared, and she smiled, "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and it is too absolute to conclude that it will not rain tomorrow just by burning the clouds, and besides, King Yijun put down his cruel words in public and put himself in a desperate situation." I guess what I'm trying to do is to die and live later, right? ”
She really convinced them, in the case of the Night Pearl. King Yijun is almost "conclusive", and when there is no possibility of overturning the case, he can find another way to prove his innocence.
And this road, everyone in the world can see it, and they are convinced of it.
This is similar to Dou E's blood-stained white silk, heavy snowfall, and three years of drought, but Dou E is posthumous.
"By the way, there has been a long drought in Kyoto, and the gambling house was betting a few days ago on whether it will rain tomorrow, and no one is betting on the matter of King Yijun?" Qingyun asked with a smile.
Chu Bei looked into the distance, took out a silver ticket from his arms, and said with a smile, "This is given to me by King Yijun, asking me to help him bet on the rain, but it's a pity that a year ago, he and Chu Yan competed in the lantern festival, Yongji Gambling House set up a bet, the dealer bought him and lost, after King Yijun lost, he went to Yongji Gambling House to be unlucky, and almost lifted the gambling house. ”
Yongji Gambling House is the largest gambling house in Kyoto, even he didn't dare to start gambling with King Yijun, which of the other small gambling houses dared?
The money you win is not enough to lose.
Qingyun listened, there was a black line on her forehead, but she was also more curious, "King Yijun doesn't know that the gambling house doesn't dare to bet on him to win or lose, so what will he do with you with the money?" ”
Chu Bei was very helpless, "He knows that no one dares to bet on him winning or losing, this silver ticket is for me to open a gambling house, and he wants to take half of the shares." ”
Qingyun, "......." ”
Forget about opening a restaurant, opening a gambling house?
If the future prince or even the emperor opens a gambling house, how can he educate the people?
Isn't this a smear on your own face?
It's just that Chu Bei took the money, which is a promise.
There is no way, King Yijun knelt on the altar and begged God to make it rain, it was mentioned by Chu Bei, King Yijun thought it was very funny, he didn't believe it at all.
Chu Bei said very cautiously, "This is the only way I can think of to prove your innocence, the drought is strict, the Northern Jin Dynasty is persecuted, and there is no more time for me to find out the real culprit who stole the Night Pearl." ”
King Yijun laughed loudly, pointed to the scorching sun in the sky and said, "Kneel down and beg God to rain?" Seeing the annoying sun in the sky, are you sure you are helping me, not using me as an excuse to dry me? ”
"I won't let you die of sunburn," Chu Bei said.
"It's not okay to be half-dead," King Yijun sat down and refused.
He didn't steal the pearl of the night, how could he bear that bird anger?
According to his temper, he really can't wait to burn King An's Mansion and Xingguo Mansion with a fire, dare to make him feel bad, he makes his whole family unhappy!
Chu Bei knew that it was difficult to persuade the king of Dongyi County to abuse him, so he could only say bitterly, "What kind of consequences will it be if you let you and the old prince go to the Northern Jin Dynasty to apologize with the black pot on your back, you know very well that the military prestige of the old prince is damaged, and you, if you want to get rid of the shadow of this matter in the future, how difficult it is to establish military prestige, the lesser of the two powers, what hatred and hatred, and then say that it is not too late, this level is imminent, you must carry it over, I have never lied to you." ”
King Yijun grinded his teeth, he looked at Chu Bei, "Are you sure it will rain?" ”
Chu Bei nodded, "It's bound to rain." ”
King Yijun smiled, "Since it is a sure win, the king of this county is out!" One day, my sins will be doubled or even tenfold back! ”
After speaking, he took out the dirty and crumpled silver ticket from his bosom and came out, wanting to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Chu Bei refused, but Yijun Wang said, "I'm working so hard, it can be said that I can't get some benefits after taking half my life?" Since you're sure it's going to rain, you can sit on the bank. Seven to one, win, I have two points. If you lose, I will suffer, you will lose money, I will not have military power in the future, you will go bankrupt, I will feel better, otherwise I will suffer so much in vain. I can't help but strangle you. ”
King Yijun trusts Chu Bei very much and will not lie to him, but the rain is a matter of God's mood, he looks horizontally and vertically, left and right. I don't see the slightest possibility of rain in these two days.
With such a big bet, Rao is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he is also a little drumming in his heart.
Let Chu Bei take a million taels of silver, he will feel better in his heart. How to say that. Brother is with me.
He just knelt under the scorching sun, thinking about all the net worth of Chu Bei, he was a little comforted in his heart, otherwise he really couldn't guarantee that he would kneel halfway and stop doing it.
"Did you really open a gambling house?" Qingyun asked.
Chu Bei shook his head, "No." ”
Qingyun was surprised, he had already received money from King Yijun, if he didn't open a gambling house. Isn't that a lie to him?
Just as I was about to ask, I listened to Chu Beidao. "Although the imperial court does not prohibit gambling, but it does not allow the prince to open a gambling house, if it is found out, the hundred officials will be impeached, and in such a short time, I really don't have the ability to open a gambling house, I asked Wei Lu to find Yongji Gambling House, borrowing the site to open a bright village, I think Yongji Gambling House will not give me this face."
When the time came, the hundred officials were impeached, and he also admitted it.
“…… Is that okay? Qingyun had crows on the door of her head, and they couldn't stop croaking.
"There's no other way."
An Wang's Mansion, at the gazebo.
King Anjun was drinking, and he was in a very good mood.
A bewitching woman sat across from him, raised her glass and smiled, "I wish King Anjun to get rid of a big trouble." ”
King Anjun poured himself wine and said with a smile, "It's too early to say, the king of this county believes that it won't rain tomorrow, but he doesn't believe that King Yijun will die on the altar." ”
The woman smiled, her eyebrows were charming, and her voice was like a yellow bird, melodious, "Whether King Yijun died on the altar or not, it doesn't matter at all." If there is a point that it is possible to find out the real culprit of the theft of the night pearl, the king of Yijun will not go to the altar to kneel and beg God to rain to prove his innocence, Dajin drought is strict, even if it is the mad king who once dominated the territory, I don't think the emperor will offend my Northern Jin Dynasty and provoke war for the sake of a dedicated palace, once the old prince really goes to the Northern Jin Dynasty, the military power in the hands of the prince is yours of the county prince, how can the king of Yijun be afraid, besides, my Northern Jin Dynasty is not so easy to go. ”
As the woman spoke, King Anjun laughed and said, "The case of the Night Pearl can be so leaky, thanks to the guidance of Miss Shangguan." ”
The woman raised her glass and drank it all in a very bold way.
She was just about to put down the wine glass, when a black-clothed secret guard came over and had something to tell King Anjun.
The woman smiled, "King Anjun has something to do, so I'll retire first." ”
King Anjun smiled, "Miss Shangguan doesn't have to avoid it. ”
After speaking, he motioned to the secret guard to pray.
The woman really didn't leave, since King Anjun used this to show his trust in her, why did she refute his kindness?
The secret guard stood aside and said, "Lord Jun, King Chen wants to borrow the Yongji Gambling House to open a gambling game, betting that it will rain tomorrow, and the bet is one to seven, pressing 70,000 taels of silver, and the manager does not dare to take an idea, so he has come to ask for instructions." ”
The woman smiled when she heard this, "The eldest prince of the Great Jin Dynasty and the king of Yijun are really brothers, they were beaten by the king of Yijun, and if they can't fight back and scold him back, and they support him so much, he is not afraid of losing 70,000 taels of silver?" ”
King Anjun also smiled, "The 100,000 soldiers in the hands of the old prince, if it were me, I wouldn't give up casually until the end." ”
The king of Yijun was hit by thirty boards in a row, and this tone, with the careful eyes of the king of Yijun, is estimated to be remembered for a lifetime.
If King Chen doesn't hurry up and find a way to make up for it, how can he do it?
The secret guard was on the side and asked, "Lord Jun, do you want to promise him?" ”
King Anjun drank all the wine in his hand and said with a smile, "What does Miss Shangguan think?" ”
The woman smiled, "Yongji Gambling House belongs to King Anjun, I think few people should know about this, a gambling house, how dare not give King Chen a thin face when he couldn't afford to offend King Yijun?" King Anjun has an idea, so why bother asking me? ”
The smile on King Anjun's face was still the same, but the bottom of his eyes was obviously colder.
The woman saw it, laughed at it, and said, "It's rare to meet King Chen sitting in the village, and it's a sure win, if you don't gamble, you won't be able to make too much money." ”
A light night's sleep.
When I woke up the next day, I only felt that my arms and neck were sore and tight.
Chu Bei got up early, she lifted the gauze tent, and was about to call someone.
But the room was empty, how could there be a figure of half a maid?
Usually at this time, the maids are already waiting outside the bead curtain, where have they gone?
Lifting the quilt, Qingyun got out of bed, put on her shoes, and shouted, "Magpie? Autumn lotus? ”
It took several shouts before the door creaked open.
A few maids hurriedly came in, still holding purses in their hands, and casually stuffed them on the high table with flower pots placed on the side, as if they had just counted the money.
Qingyun saw it and asked, "Why are they so strange today?" ”
Qingying said, "Ye really bet at the beginning of the Yongji Gambling House that the King of Yijun can ask God to rain, and the odds are seventy to one, bet one or two silver to buy the King of Yijun to lose, if it doesn't rain, you will win seventy taels of silver, this bet is too big, I heard that early in the morning, the Yongji Gambling House was almost crowded ......." ”
Qingyun's brows furrowed when she heard this, "One to seventy?" ”
Qingying nodded again and again, "The slave maid also thought that she had heard it wrong, but it was really a seventy loss." ”
Yesterday, Chu Bei said that she would pay seven for one, and she heard it with her own ears, but now it has become one for seventy, it is really strange, it is impossible for the prince to deceive the princess.
With such big odds, coupled with last night's starry sky, everyone is sure that it will be a sunny day, and the sun has risen.
But when the gambling game came to Shen, she couldn't imagine how many people would lose by buying the king of Yijun, betting that God would not rain, and the palace would not be able to afford to lose even if the family was bankrupt at that time......
It's too much of a bet!
Over there, there were footsteps again.
Qingyun raised his eyes and saw Chu Bei walking in, his face was a little ugly, but it was not obvious.
Qiu He wanted to help Qingyun get dressed, Qingyun took a step forward and asked, "Didn't you say that one pays seven, how did it become one to seven?" ”
Chu Bei sat down and said, "The steward of the Yongji Gambling House came, saying that the subordinate had a high fever and was confused, and the odds were wrong, thinking that I was a dignified prince, and King Chen was sitting in the village, and it was impossible to make such a small bet as a loss of seven, so it was written as seventy, and now everyone knows that if the Yongji Gambling House is changed back, it will cause a riot." ”
Qingyun rolled her eyes when she heard this, "Where is this mistaken, it is clearly deliberate." ”
She didn't know whether to say that Yongji Gambling House was bold or timid.
If you dare to do it, forget it, and take the initiative to ask Chu Bei to give an answer, saying that the odds are wrong, and you will listen to him if you don't change it.
Since the gamble is changed again, this is a gamble.
Since you can't afford to gamble, don't gamble in the first place!
Now that Yongji Gambling House has come to ask, there is still a chance to change, Chu Bei said that he will not change it, it will not rain in the future, and if he loses, he will have to pay 70 compensation, and even if Yongji Gambling House is wrong, he will not bear any responsibility.
"I don't know who is behind the Yongji gambling house, who dares to calculate you and force you to suffer a dumb loss." (To be continued.) )