Originally, there should be six elders, and the absent elder was Deng Lei, and Deng Lei was also the president of the Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately he now has ghost sores all over his body, and he has a stroke in bed, as if he is a half-dead person, so he naturally can't attend the gambling stone conference anymore.

Even his position as president of the Chamber of Commerce has been replaced by the original vice president Bai Zhiming.

The prefectural magistrate and the five elders sat in turn, with the prefectural magistrate in the center and the five elders seated on either side.

Before the start of the conference, it is natural that important people will make speeches, as the head of a county, the first to appear is naturally Liu Biliang, he first reviewed the history of the capital of Xiayu, the origin of the gambling stone conference, and then looked forward to the future.

The mood was full of excitement, the tone was subdued and frustrated, and the speech was also very literary.

But at this time, no matter how talented the people are, they don't know how to appreciate it, they just want the conference to start soon!

Immediately afterwards, it was the turn of Bai Zhiming, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, who was well versed in the psychology of the people, and did not speak at length at all, but sat down after a few simple words.

His crisp style drew applause from the onlookers.

Immediately after the referee stood up and read out the rules of the preliminary round of the gambling stone conference: "The game time is a stick of incense (half an hour), and the contestants can choose a piece of wool at will in the field within the time of this stick of incense. Now, the 32nd Gambling Stone Conference has officially begun. Bang-"

The referee slammed the gong in his hand, and the wooden fence in the southeast corner opened a hole, and the contestants rushed in.

Most of them went to the more conspicuous sheds.

The location of those sheds in the square is not arbitrary, behind it is the power of money to operate, and if you can afford it, the better the location will be arranged, and the easier it will be to be selected by the contestants. Otherwise, they will be placed in an inconspicuous corner.

The location in the corner is far away, and the game time is limited, it takes a lot of time just to walk over, and it is better to look at a few more pieces of wool if you have this time.

So the contestants rushed to the closer sheds.

But Xue Wu directly skipped those sheds and went straight to a shed in the corner.

"Brother Zhao!" A voice of surprise came.

Zheng Feibai strode over.

Xue Wu nodded at him, "How is Brother Fu'er now?" ”

"Thanks to Brother Zhao, Brother Fu is now very well, he can jump on the ground, his spirit is very good, he knew that I was coming to compete, and he woke up early in the morning and clamored to come and see it."

Zheng Feibai pointed to a certain place, "Look, my father and they are all here." ”

Xue Wu looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, she saw the Zheng family, Fu Ge'er was held in his grandfather's arms, standing at the forefront, and next to Zheng's father and He's family.

He was holding an umbrella in his hand, but he didn't cover himself, but moved to the side, as if there was a person standing under the umbrella.

No one else could see it, but Xue Wu saw it, and it was Zheng Yunu standing under the umbrella.

She changed into a water-red dress, which should have been burned to her by the Zheng family.

Seeing Xue Wu looking over, Zheng Yunu smiled at her from afar.

Xue Wu also smiled back.

She retracted her gaze and continued to walk towards the corner, followed by Zheng Feibai.

"Aren't you going to pick wool?"

Zheng Feibai scratched the back of his head, "Don't hide it from Brother Zhao, I actually only know a little bit about gambling stones, and I came to participate in the competition to make up the numbers, if the gambling goes up, it's naturally good, and it's nothing if the gambling crosses, so I think it's to add some experience, so I plan to choose a piece that fits my eyes later, there are too many people over there, so I won't squeeze with them." ”

Xue Wu said with a smile: "No one can say for sure about the gambling stone, maybe you can gamble on it if you choose a random piece." ”

"Haha, then it's Brother Zhao's good words. However, I think the wool selected by Brother Zhao will definitely be able to gamble. ”

"Oh? Why? I don't know anything about gambling stones, so I just came to participate for fun. ”

"Brother Zhao is so capable, gambling stones will definitely not be difficult for you." Zheng Feibai said, for some reason, he has a kind of confidence in Brother Zhao.

Xue Wu smiled but did not speak.

"By the way, Brother Zhao, do you know? The two pieces of wool that Wu De bought back from our house were all cut down, haha. I went to see it that day, and his face was so ugly that I said, yes! ”

Zheng Feibai thought of Wu De's ugly face that day, and his heart was very happy.

In order to buy his ancestral wool, Wu De was rejected several times, and after being rejected several times, he even hired people to hit Fu Ge'er in a frenzy, and threatened those doctors not to come to see Fu Ge'er's injuries, so that his family would have no choice but to give him the wool.

This kind of shameless and vicious person is not an exaggeration to be struck by thunder from the sky, and now he has only gambled on two pieces of wool, which is not enough to vent the hatred in his heart!

Fortunately, my aunt said that she had taught Wu De a lesson, and he would never be able to do evil again in the future!

Xue Wan: "You deserve it." ”

Unbeknownst to the two, a person behind them listened to their conversation.

This person is Deng Lei's concubine Deng Cong, a drunken gentleman, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, and smoking, but because his biological mother Aunt Zhao was favored, the sister of a mother's compatriot also became the concubine of the son of the county order, so that the Zheng family and the county order successfully got into a relationship, plus although his character is corrupt, he has some talent in gambling stones, so he is quite favored by Deng Lei.

Originally, when Deng Lei was fine, Deng Cong relied on his favor and did not take his mother and brother in his eyes, and he was angry with the two of them.

Now that Deng Lei has fallen, Deng Cong is not his brother Deng Xun's opponent at all, the Deng family's largest industry, Yinyu Pavilion, was taken by Deng Xun with a thunderous wrist, and he, not only did he not catch anything, but he also owed a lot of debt!

Before, he was the second son of the Deng family who was deeply favored, he spent outside, and he didn't have to pay on the spot at all, his face was the best pass, just wait until the end of the month, and the merchants would take the bills to the Deng family to settle the bill.

No matter how much money he spends, Deng Lei will pay for him.

But now, the Deng family is in the hands of Deng Xun, and Deng Xun has become the new head of the Deng family, he will not pay for his cousin who has always been at odds with him, and it would be good if he was not kicked out of the house.

Now, Deng Cong's life can be said to be very difficult.

All of this started from the introduction of the Jade Pavilion into the hands of Deng Xun, and the reason why Deng Xun was able to grasp the Yinyu Pavilion so quickly was also related to the two pieces of wool that Wu De bought from the Zheng family!

Deng Xun, as the eldest son, should be in charge of the Deng family's property after Deng Lei was seriously ill in bed, but because Deng Cong was quite favored by Deng Lei, many people in the Deng family supported Deng Cong.

In fact, to put it bluntly, he didn't support Deng Cong, but wanted to help him get on the throne so that he could take advantage of the opportunity, and Wu De was one of the representatives.

And if Deng Xun is in power, he and others who have supported Deng Cong will definitely have no good end.

With such thoughts, Wu De felt that he couldn't let Yinyu Pavilion fall into Deng Xun's hands.