One afternoon, Chen Kepeng, who walked outside his home, was stopped by a group of people.

Seeing this group of people, Chen Kepeng immediately covered his face, and at the same time turned his body, as if he wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, this group of people didn't give him a chance at all, and seven or eight people surrounded him and blocked him in the circle.

"Master Leopard, what a coincidence, we met again...... Chen Kepeng licked his face and said with great flattery to a middle-aged man outside the encirclement.

"General Chen, it's really not easy to find you!" The middle-aged man sneered.

The man named Leopard Ye is the leader of this group, the same age as Chen Kepeng, when he is in his thirties, his face is full of meat, and he is not easy to mess with at first glance.

The leopard master is a person from the "Tianshun Gambling House" in Jingshi, and is responsible for some things that cannot be seen on the table. There are more than ten younger brothers under his hands, to put it bluntly, that is, more than ten thugs, whose main job is to maintain order in the gambling house and collect accounts.

How could Chen Kepeng have anything to do with this group of people? It all started a few months ago.

Since Chen Kepeng has never started a family, he is used to being casual on weekdays, and he will come back with some trouble from time to time. Fortunately, there were two sworn brothers who were in charge before, and there was no major incident.

It's just that later, as Zhong Nan's official became bigger and bigger, he didn't have the time and energy to pay attention to Chen Kepeng; In addition, Cui Dazheng is his father, and he can't put too much thought on the sworn brother, so Chen Kepeng slowly let go of himself.

Chen Kepeng likes to gamble twice, but the barracks of the "new military camp" are strictly controlled, and the soldiers are not allowed to gather to gamble, so he can only linger in the large and small gambling houses in Beijing.

"Tianshun Gambling House" is the gambling house that Chen Kepeng has frequented in recent months.

Originally, Chen Kepeng was gambling in several places such as "Dafa Casino". These gambling houses are the closest to the "new military camp", and they know that gambling is one of the favorite entertainment items of the military masters.

At the end of last year, Chen Kepeng owed some silver in several places such as "Dafa Gambling House", and because he had not repaid the money, he was included in the "forbidden list" by the other party. Fortunately, each family didn't owe much money, and the people in the gambling house knew that he was the number two person in the "new military camp", and the project was over.

After that, as long as Chen Kepeng went to the "Dafa Gambling House", the little brother at the door would block him and said that "unless the previous arrears are repaid, he will not be allowed to enter". It's just that Chen Kepeng, who has already borrowed money in the barracks, where is anyone willing to lend him money?

After repeating this several times, Chen Kepeng also knew that the gambling house near the military camp would never want to go in to play again until he paid back the money. It's just that Chen Kepeng, who has been addicted to gambling and has been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, can endure the days when he can't gamble.

One day, Chen Kepeng was once again blocked out by the people of "Dafa Casino". However, not long after he left in frustration, a young man in his twenties found him and told him that he could go to the "Tianshun Casino" to play cards, and that the gambling house could also lend him some silver as the capital first.

Chen Kepeng, who has long been addicted to gambling, was not afraid of fraud and followed the other party to the "Tianshun Gambling House". The other party did not lie to him, and really borrowed him a hundred taels of silver.

On the same day, Chen Kepeng took this capital and killed all sides in the "Tianshun Gambling House". In the end, he not only repaid the 100 taels he borrowed, but also won more than 300 taels of silver.

Since then, Chen Kepeng has shifted the battlefield and used "Tianshun Gambling House" as his base camp. As soon as he was free, he would run to gamble a few handfuls, but they would always lose more and win less.

Seeing that he had no capital again, Chen Kepeng had no choice but to borrow from the gambling house again. The other party did not disappoint him, as long as he wrote an IOU and pressed his fingerprint, he would lend him all of it.

In this way, Chen Kepeng fell deeper and deeper, and borrowed more and more. About a month ago, Tianshun Gambling House informed him that they would no longer lend money because the amount borrowed had reached the upper limit; At the same time, he was asked to return the silver immediately, including the loan of 5,000 taels and the interest of 1,500 taels, a total of 10,000 taels.

It wasn't until this time that Chen Kepeng knew that he had been fooled. It's just that on the other party's IOUs, the white and black letters are clear, not only signatures, but also bright red handprints, where can they be relied on.

Chen Kepeng raised money everywhere and pawned all the valuable things, including a jade wrench given to him by Zhong Nan, and sold it cheaply. scraped together, and only returned a thousand taels; He really couldn't get the remaining 9,000 taels of silver, so he could only hide in Tibet.

Although Chen Kepeng hid his whereabouts around, he was still found by the leopard master. Not long ago, Master Leopard blocked people outside his house and set a ten-day period.

Now that it's okay, Chen Kepeng can't even go home, so he can only hide in the barracks every day and live a frightened life.

Today, Chen Kepeng originally planned to quietly go home to take a look, after all, there is no convenience at home in the barracks. He thought that it had been almost twenty days, and the other party might not have been squatting nearby, but as soon as he showed up, he was blocked.

The leopard master separated his little brother and walked in front of Chen Kepeng, staring at the other party with a smile, "General Chen, where do you think you can hide." Don't force us to tear our faces and go to the 'new barracks' to find you. ”

"Don't deceive people too much!"

Chen Kepeng was most worried that the other party would go to the barracks to find him. Because in this way, the matter will definitely not be hidden, he doesn't want to discredit the military camp, and he is even more afraid that his own affairs will bring a lot of trouble to the sworn brother who is the secretary of the military department.

"Then you'll pay the money back. Paying back the debt, it is a matter of course, even if it is to the Jinluan Palace, you are also the unreasonable party! ”

The other party's words hit Chen Kepeng's soft underbelly at once, and he argued, "You guys are deliberately luring me to the bait, and it's clearly a scam!" ”

"General Chen, 'you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense', don't think that you are a soldier, you can beat a rake. Think about it yourself, we have forced you to borrow money every time you strongly ask for it. ”

"I remember, on a few occasions, the gambling house persuaded you to stop, but you had to borrow money for nothing. These are all facts, right, am I talking nonsense? ”

Faced with the other party's rhetorical question, Chen Kepeng couldn't say a word. Yes, why was I so confused at the beginning, I had so many phone collection meetings, why didn't I control myself. Now, he sincerely regretted it, but it was too late.

"That'...... That...... Where did I borrow so much silver, two or three thousand taels is about the same! ”

"General Chen, let's not be a scoundrel, okay? Each silver ticket has your signature and handprint, and not long ago, you also checked it one by one. ”

"Actually, if you really add it up one by one, the arrears are five thousand and three hundred and fifty taels. The owner of the gambling house has a large belly, and he erased the fraction for you, and it was calculated according to the whole number of five thousand taels. The leopard master refuted Chen Kepeng's words.

"That's too high! It's only been a few months, and it's as much as the principal? Chen Kepeng still did not give up.

"My General Chen, the interest rate of our 'Tianshun Gambling House' is already low compared to some gambling houses. What's more, you also agreed to this interest rate at the beginning, and we also made a note. After the leopard master finished speaking, he took out another note, which was the note that agreed on the interest rate.

"This ...... This ......" Chen Kepeng could no longer find an explanation.

"Don't tell me you don't have any money. Today, my leopard master put the words here, these nine thousand taels of silver, you have to pay it back, and you have to pay it back if you don't pay it back! ”

"Master Leopard, do you look at me like this, like a person with nine thousand taels of silver?" Chen Kepeng smiled wryly.

"That's your problem, I don't care. If you don't pay back the money today, I can only go to the barracks and find your Shangguan theory! The Leopard Lord threatened.

"Master Leopard, don't ...... Don't ......" Chen Kepeng dragged the other party's hand and begged in a low voice.

The leopard master pushed Chen Kepeng away, "You still haven't paid back the money?" ”

"Master Leopard, please, you can forgive me for two more days."

"Don't fool me, you actually hid for Lao Tzu in the last ten days. Today, if you just tell the sky to be a flower, I won't believe it. "It seems that Master Leopard is determined to let the other party pay back the money today.

"But I really don't have any money, Lord Leopard. If you don't believe me, you can go to my house and search for anything, and you can use it to pay off your debts. Chen Kepeng almost cried.

"That's what you said." The leopard master beckoned his little brother and kicked open the door of Chen Kepeng's house, and seven or eight people rummaged indiscriminately inside.

Chen Kepeng seemed to suddenly remember something, and rushed into the house with an arrow, pointed to a table, and said loudly to the people who were flipping around: "You can flip through it as you like, just don't knock over the jars on that table." ”

A little brother with a crooked mouth, after hearing Chen Kepeng's words, followed the direction pointed by the other party, and quickly stepped forward to pick up a ceramic jar.

"Crooked Mouth" asked with some malice, "Are you talking about this jar?" It's a little heavy when you weigh it, it can't be a hidden gold and silver jewelry, right? ”

"Be careful, don't break it, it's not any gold or silver jewelry." Chen Kepeng's tone was extremely nervous.

Crooked mouth held the clay pot and shook it, without a trace of movement, he said to himself: "It's not like it's solid, why is it shaking silently?" ”

After speaking, his mouth crooked and he was about to fall, but Chen Kepeng, who was still at the door, was so frightened that his soul was frightened, "Don't!" Don't! ”

Crooked his mouth to see that the other party was so nervous, and thought that there was really some valuable treasure in it. He smiled evilly and let go of his hands, only to hear a "bang", and with the cracking of the clay pot, a gray mist rose in front of him.

"What's that?" With a wave of his hand, he kicked the ground apart with his foot, but there was nothing in the clay pot except for a pile of ash.

The crooked mouth was still complaining, but he saw Chen Kepeng like crazy, waving his fist and coming to him, followed by a piercing pain.

"Kill someone, kill someone!" Crooked mouth exclaimed.