The "Wynn Inn" guy led the way, and everyone ran northeast along the bank of the Fengxi River.

I learned from the guy's mouth that the head of the Xie family in Nanbatian is Mrs. Xie, who has ten sons, and the eldest son is an official in Beijing, as if he is the master of Wei Xiangye's door, that is, the Xie master book will marry his daughter to Wei Xiang as a concubine, and several brothers of Xie master book rely on the power of Xie master book, and form a family with Shangrao County Order, rampant in the township, fish and meat villagers, most of the good land in Yongfeng Town has been occupied by the Xie family in the past ten years, and tens of thousands of villagers have become hired farmers of the Xie family, working hard every year, but they can only keep not starving to death.

Zhou Xuan asked: "How does the Xie family occupy other people's fertile land?" ”

The guy said: "Buy at a low price, or tempting to gamble, mortgage with a land deed, and if you can't pay off the gambling debt, the land will naturally belong to his Xie family, and let go of nine out of thirteen expensive money, and the land will naturally be more and more, from Yongfeng Town to Xincheng Township, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land are his Xie family." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "What is the expensive money that returns from nine out of thirteen?" ”

The man said: "Even if you borrow 1,000 yuan, you can only get 900 yuan, but when you repay the debt after three months, you have to repay 1,300 yuan." ”

"Oh" Zhou Xuan understood, usury, this is a poisonous trick to collect money, generally usury is powerful, otherwise it is easy to borrow money and difficult to collect debts, the Xie family is powerful, who dares not to pay back, and naturally repays the debt with the price of the land.

The more the guy said, the more indignant he became: "Don't hide it from Zhou Gongzi, the atmosphere of Yongfeng Town has been ruined by the Xie family, gambling has become a trend, and many small rich people who were originally wealthy and have 100 acres of fertile land were lured by the Xie family to gamble, and lost all their family wealth. ”

Lin Hanyun interjected: "Hehe, no wonder Brother Zhou Xuan is a gambler, it turns out that there is such a trend." ”

Zhou Xuan raised his horsewhip and made a gesture to whip her. Lin Hanyun laughed and shouted: "Sister save me." But her sister snuggled up in Zhou Xuan's arms and smiled without speaking, obviously in a group. It's embarrassing.

"Smack". Zhou Xuanwangkong shook his whip and said, "Then take a big gamble, I want to see how much money the Xie family has accumulated over the years?" ”

"Good! All right! Lin Hanyun heard that Zhou Xuan was going to gamble, and she was also full of energy.

The guy knew that this Zhou Gongzi was a salt merchant in Jinling and had money, so he persuaded out of kindness: "Zhou Gongzi still don't gamble, how many merchants have entered the Xie family casino, and when they come out, they don't count their hands, and they still owe a lot of debts, and the Xie family casino has a ghost name." Even if he doesn't play Ghost Mingtang, the gamblers hired in his casino are all masters, and ordinary people can't play them! ”

Lin Hanyun said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, this Zhou Gongzi is known as the gambling king of Jinling, and he has not lost so far, he has won thousands of taels of silver all the way from Jinling, and there is a sum of silver that he has to take land all year round, tens of thousands of taels a year, right?" ”

The guy stuck out his tongue. I was also excited, anyway, it was none of his business, looking at the Jinling Gambling King vs. Xie Family Casino, he was very energetic, and said: "Then go, don't blame me if you lose money." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and asked how much silver did Laifu still have?

Laifu said: "There are five hundred taels." ”

Zhou Xuandao: "It's enough, I think I started with a harmonica mortgage of ten taels of silver----

"Eight-tone Baoqin." Lin Hanyun corrected.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Yes, yes." Eight-tone Baoqin, this is thanks to Sister Hanyun's knowledge, otherwise I can't mortgage ten taels of silver, how can I win money in the fighting insects. ”

Lin Hanyun remembered the first time he met Zhou Xuan gambling crickets in Jiangzhou's "Mufeng Building", and felt that this thing in the world was really magical. This Zhou Xuan, who had never known each other, is now like this with their sisters. Seeing her sister's comfortable appearance leaning on Zhou Xuan's arms, Lin Hanyun was a little jealous. He snorted and said, "You still know well." ”

A blazing lightning bolt pierced the sky, and the thunder rumbled from far and near, like the chariots of the gods, and the mountains and trees seemed to tremble.

Lin Hanyun shouted: "Mr. San, run, the rain is about to fall." ”

The man shouted, "Turn in from the avenue on the right, and you can see the Xie Manor." ”

Everyone rode their horses to turn right, they saw a smooth loess road, there are willow trees planted on both sides, the road is about two or three miles long, at the end is a large manor built against the mountain, a powder wall is exposed in the shade of the green willows, there is even a moat river, a broadboard suspension bridge is erected, it can be collected and released, it is like a city, it is really magnificent.

I heard a rustling sound behind me, and the rain was falling from south to north.

If you look at it from a high place, you can see that the dense rain line is like a curtain from south to north, chasing the five horses running on the loess road, and the passengers on the horses are drenched in the cold.

Lin Hanyun galloped wildly, screaming excitedly, cumin was also screaming, Xiahou Tassel was infected by this atmosphere, and also shouted sharply, this female spy has completely entered the play. Mark 1

Jingyi Fairy's heart was pounding, she had never experienced such a speed, the horse's hooves rose and fell, the wind was galloping, Brother Xuan's right hand was holding the reins, her left arm was attached to her waist, hugging it very tightly, her back was close to his chest, and she could feel Brother Xuan's strong heartbeat.

Fairy Jingyi's whole body softened, and she had a strong joy that wanted to vent it, and she couldn't help but let out a deep and coquettish moan from the depths of her throat----

I heard Brother Xuan say in her ear: "Sister, don't be afraid, rush to the manor immediately, haha, race against the rain, the rain can't outrun us!" ”

Fairy Jingyi thought: "If there is no end to this road, it would be good to keep running." ”

But the distance of two or three miles was in a blink of an eye, and five horses "banged" on the broadboard bridge over the moat river, and when they came to the gate of the manor, they saw that the vermilion gate was closed.

At this time, the rain had swept over, and everyone hurriedly dismounted and took shelter from the rain under the eaves of the gatehouse.

Laifu grabbed the door of the beast on the door and knocked on the door, that is, he heard a Zhuang guest respond: "What person?" ”

Laifu said loudly: "If you are sheltering from the rain, please make it convenient." ”

There was no sound inside, and no one came to open the door, so I guess I heard that it was to take shelter from the rain and ignored it completely.

Laifu was angry, he is now the chief steward of the Hou Mansion in Xinzhou, and he is the most trusted family member of the Hou Mansion. Those little officials in the capital greeted him with a smile when they saw him, but they ate behind closed doors in this small county. Hou Ye is on the side. He couldn't open a door, it was so faceless that he didn't know how to do things, so he kicked the door with his foot, shouting: "Open the door, open the door!" ”

The villager shouted in the door: "Get out, don't let the dog bite off your leg again." ”

This Xie family is really arrogant, Zhou Xuan signaled Laifu to be quiet, and raised his voice: "Fellow, I am a passing merchant. I heard that your village is gambling, so I came to play. ”

The door soon opened a crack, a Zhuang Ke probe to see, there are men and women, not like merchants, but like you spring rain, but gorgeously dressed, horses and silver saddles, a rich atmosphere, Zhuang Ke did not dare to speak disrespectfully, said: "We do not allow people to shelter from the rain." If you want to gamble, please show money, no money

Laifu hated itchy, took out a piece of fifty taels of silver from the horse's baggage, and said angrily: "Open your eyes and see, what is this?" ”

Zhuang Ke's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the door of Zhuang and said politely: "A few guest officers and young ladies please." ”

Zhou Xuan stood still. He commanded, "Go and get some umbrellas." ”

The Marquis of Zhou is now accustomed to being pampered, and he has his own command, so the Zhuang guest was stunned for a moment, and then ordered other Zhuang guests to get an umbrella.

A fierce dog barking sounded in the left ear room, and more than a dozen Zhuang guests led more than a dozen big dogs to demonstrate to Zhou Xuan and others. Fairy Jingyi couldn't help but be a little scared. shrank behind Zhou Xuan.

The three idiots took two steps closer to those dogs, which is strange. The barking of the dogs stopped, and those dogs were afraid of the three idiots, but they really didn't expect that the five idiot killers could also be used to scare the dogs.

After a while, Zhuang Ke brought two oil-paper umbrellas, bamboo umbrella bones and tung oil cloth, which were stretched out so big, and Zhou Xuan and the three idiots each took one hand, and covered the others under the hall and corridor.

The dealer asked earlier, "What does the guest want to gamble?" ”

Lin Hanyun pouted and said, "What do you say to gamble, of course it's gambling money!" ”

Zhuang Ke said: "There are many gambling methods in our village, there are money, dice, turntable, leaf play, quail fighting, cockfighting, duck fighting, goose fighting, grass fighting, as well as chess, Go, snail chess---- anyway, you can play with you what you want." ”

Zhou Xuan's eyes widened, he really had a lot of tricks, and asked, "How do you fight grass?" ”

Zhuang Ke said: "It is to use the stem stalk of poplar leaves to compare the toughness of each other, two pairs of petioles to pull the petioles, and whoever breaks the petiole will lose." ”

Zhou Xuan stumbled, almost fell, and said in his heart: "There is also gambling on this place, this is for children to play, buddies are very good at playing this when they are in elementary school, it seems that this Xie Casino can really gamble on everything, suitable for all ages, as long as you have money, you will be squeezed dry." ”

Lin Hanyun said impatiently: "Quickly lead us to gamble, we have to gamble everything." ”

Zhuang Ke said: "Then please." "Lead the way.

Zhou Xuan said: "Wait a minute, we haven't eaten lunch, this casino should provide wine and rice, right?" ”

Zhuang Ke said: "If you want money for wine and rice, a table of eight people, four meat and four vegetables, two catties of Yongfeng Valley wine, a total of two taels of silver." ”

The "Wynn Inn" guy muttered in a low voice: "It's so expensive, more than twice as expensive as our inn." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Hurry up and prepare two tables, brush the pots and bowls for me a few more times, wash them clean, come to Fu, reward him with a hundred Wen first." ”

Laifu reluctantly took out a hundred Wen to the banker, and the banker saw the money and thanked him repeatedly.

Zhou Xuan said: "Hurry up and prepare, there are two requirements, one is clean, the other is fresh, and if you are satisfied, I will reward you with two taels of silver." ”

Zhuang Kexi said: "The villain instructed the kitchen to use new chopsticks and new bowls to ensure that they are clean." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "That's the best." ”

This Zhuang Ke diligently invited Zhou Xuan and the others into the dining room to sit, he hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food, thinking that he had met a rich man, hehe, wait for it first, and wait for you to lose nothing.

Seeing that the dealer was gone, the third idiot said to Zhou Xuan: "It's a pity that the fifth brother is not here, otherwise he can sweep the casino, and the fifth brother is proficient in all the gambling methods in this world." ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "The fifth is the king of cheating, the third, you can do it, it's not a piece of cake to play that trick with kung fu, we want to bring down this Xie Casino, you have to cooperate with me." ”

The three idiots said: "Obey the master's orders." ”

Lin Hanyun said: "Brother Zhou Xuan, I also want to bet." ”

Zhou Xuan asked, "What do you want to play?" ”

Lin Hanyun said: "I haven't played goose fighting, I play goose fighting, but I don't know how to fight, I don't have a goose." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It is estimated that there are several geese for you to choose from, and then fight with the dealer's goose." You lose, you pay for it. ”

Lin Hanyun said: "I don't want to lose, I want to win." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Let Mr. Third help you." You'll win. ”

The three idiots nodded and said, "I'm sure of this." ”

Zhou Xuan asked Jingyi Fairy what she wanted to play? Fairy Jingyi smiled and said, "I don't play." Let's watch Brother Xuan and Hanyun play. ”

Cumin said: "Uncle, how about cumin playing with money?" Cumin has played this before, and Miss Finch will play too. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay." He asked Xiahou what the tassel was playing, and said, "Everyone will go into battle and win all the money in Xie's casino." ”

Xiahou tassel said: "Tassel can roll dice." ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "Your martial arts are not low, and throwing the dice is naturally powerful, and rolling the dice is the control of the strength." He said, "Okay, your task is to roll the dice and win a thousand taels of silver." ”

Xiahou Tassel exclaimed: "Have you won so much?" You can't bet that much, right? ”

Zhou Xuan said, "I have a way to make them gamble bigger and bigger, you have to win for me." ”

Xiahou Tassel nodded solemnly: "Childe, Tassel will do its best." ”

Xiahou Tassel was determined to live up to Zhou Xuan's trust. She wants to please Zhou Xuan, so that she can go to bed as soon as possible, it is not easy to think about herself, and she has to dedicate herself to performing arts, and she is resentful.

Laifu said: "Laifu can't play, Laifu collects money for his uncle." ”

The young man from the "Wynn Inn" was dumbfounded when he heard it, did Gongzi and his subordinates speak too easily this week? It seems that winning the money in Xie's casino is like taking something from a bag, a small win can be, if it is a big win, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out of the gate of the manor.

Waited another quarter of an hour. When the dishes are served, they are also white ear yellow chicken, white silver goose, Fengxi flower fish, these special dishes, the cooking is not bad, and the dishes and chopsticks are really new.

There was a table for men and women, and everyone got up early in the morning and ran around all morning, and at this time they were indeed hungry, and they ate very sweetly. Even the Jingyi Fairy, who has always eaten very little, ate two small bowls of rice.

The Zhuang guest had been waiting on the side, and when he saw that Zhou Xuan was full, he asked with a smile: "Son, is this meal satisfying?" ”

Zhou Xuan made a gesture, and Laifu took out silver, and two tables of wine and food were four taels of silver. Another reward for this dealer is two taels of silver.

Zhuang Ke thanked him repeatedly. Asked: "Is Childe going to the Boyi Arena now?" ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "The casino is not called a casino, but it is called a casino, but you will whitewash." He nodded, "Okay." Let's see, I've come with a lot of silver----

Laifu patted the heavy burden of five hundred taels of silver and more than thirty catties, very proudly.

Zhou Xuan continued to swagger: "I came in a hurry today, I didn't bring much silver, I still have 10,000 taels of silver in the Wynn Inn, even if I lose it all, I'm not afraid, who told us that the salt merchant is rich, right?" ”

Zhuang Ke nodded again and again, listening to the excitement, Yongfeng Town is a small place, how have you ever seen a big gamble of 10,000 taels of silver! The year before last, there was a merchant who went to Fujian from this place, gambled here for three days and three nights, lost three thousand taels of silver, and committed suicide by jumping into the river when he went out, the three thousand taels of silver was already the largest silver won by Xie's casino in eight years, and now he came to this salt merchant who loves to swing wide, there are ten thousand taels of silver, great, great, all must be won.

Zhuang Ke was even more respectful and said, "The son is a big gambler, and the villain went to invite the sixth master of my family to receive him personally." ”

The sixth master is the sixth of the ten tigers of the Xie family, sitting in this casino, Xie Lao Liu heard that a big salt merchant who returned from Jinling to worship his ancestors brought ten thousand taels of silver to gamble, and hurried to see him, holding Zhou Xuandi's hand so affectionately, he even said: "Fellow, fellow." "Scolding the dealer for being sloppy and not reporting to him earlier.

Zhou Xuan said: "Mr. Xie, you are good at gambling by nature, don't say much, see you in the casino, and also, you like to gamble big, and small bets under fifty taels of silver are not to be discussed." ”

Xie Laoliu's triangular eyes and two mouse whiskers looked treacherous at first glance, but he was smiling again, which made people look very disgusting, and boasted: "My Xie family casino is known as the largest casino in the four states and ten counties in the southeast of the Tang Kingdom, and you can gamble as much as you want, but Zhou Gongzi only brought five hundred taels ----."

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "If I lose all the five hundred taels, I can go back to Yongfeng Town to get it immediately, but if I win, Mr. Xie will have to pay the silver immediately." ”

Xie Laoliu smiled all over his face, and said: "Of course, my Xie family casino pays attention to Tong Suo, Zhou Gongzi can inquire about the neighbors, my Xie family has always accumulated virtue and good deeds, and the small profits obtained from opening casinos are used to repair bridges and pave roads, help the poor, and it can really be said that it is taken from the people and used by the people." ”

Zhou Xuan laughed, shook Xie Laoliu's hand vigorously, and said loudly: "Well said, said so well!" ”

Xie Lao Liu accompanied Zhou Xuan and others out of the dining room, preparing to go to the Boyi Hall, but he heard people barking at the gate of the manor, and someone was calling the door, but the manor did not open the door.

The sound of knocking on the door became more urgent, and there was a righteous and stern confession: "Xie's casino listen, I am Li Tao, the son of Xuanzhou, and my father-in-law is Xuanzhou Kongmu, my uncle has been gambling on your village for three days, I am here to find him back, open the door quickly, otherwise I will sue the official." ”

The gatekeeper laughed and said, "Sue the official? The eldest lord of my family is still a local official in Beijing, even if your father-in-law is really Xuanzhou Confucius, but he can't control my Xinzhou people's heads, go quickly, otherwise you will open the door and let the dog go. ”

More than a dozen vicious dogs barked wildly, which was very scary.

Li Taoshu was very angry, and said loudly: "I will never go back if I don't find my uncle today, I want to see what dog dares to bite me Li Tao." ”

Li Tao was originally timid, but since he eloped with Miss Xuanzhou Confucius, his self-confidence has been unprecedentedly high, and he is proud of it, and he is not afraid of dogs.

The head of the Zhuang guest shouted: "Open the door and let the dog go." ”

"Stop!"

Zhou Xuan rushed over in the rain, and Xie Lao Liu also hurriedly followed.

Zhou Xuan said: "This person is my friend, Mr. Xie let him in." ”

Old man Xie rolled his eyes and ordered Zhuang Ke to open the door.

The white fat scholar Li Tao came in with two servants leading the horse, soaking wet, wiping a handful of rain on his face, and was about to make an indignant statement, when he saw Zhou Xuan at a glance, he was surprised: "Why are you here, Gongzi Zhou?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I came to my ancestral hometown to see, and I heard that the casino here is very good, so I came to play----

Li Tao said angrily: "Gongzi Zhou, this casino eats people without spitting out bones, you should get out of here quickly." ”

When Xie Laoliu heard this, he was afraid that Zhou Xuan would leave, so he said: "This Li Gongzi, don't talk nonsense, my casino is above board, and the wins and losses are clear, Zhou Gongzi is here, I am a good student, Zhou Gongzi, isn't it?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and nodded, "Brother Li, don't mistakenly believe the rumors, I think this casino is very formal, by the way, why did Brother Li come here in the rain?" ”

Li Tao remembered Zhou Xuan's identity, put his mind at ease, and said: "After Xiaosheng said goodbye to Zhou Gongzi in the morning, he looked for his uncle's house, but he heard from his aunt that his uncle had not returned home for three days, and he went to the Xie family casino on the bank of the Fengxi River to gamble. ”

Zhou Xuan patted Li Tao's hand and said: "It's okay, your uncle has brought the deed to gamble, and he is very determined to break the boat, in my opinion, your uncle will be able to get back his old capital, although Brother Li can rest assured---- Mr. Xie, am I right?" ”

Old man Xie nodded again and again: "Zhou Gongzi is really a reasonable person, Boyi, if you lose today and win tomorrow, the money is going around." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, feng shui takes turns, come to my house today, Brother Li, follow me in and see how I play." ”

Li Tao knew that Zhou Xuan was wealthy, talented and powerful, how could he suffer a loss in this rural casino, so he immediately followed Zhou Xuan to the Boyi Hall and found his uncle first.