If it weren't for the signboard on the shop in front of him with the three big characters "Gambling Stone Shop", Tao Yao would have wondered if he had gone to the wrong place, otherwise, how could this place become what it is today.

What's more, it hasn't been long since this day passed, why has it become so deserted here? This is the busiest South Street in the city, and even if the business is not so good, it is impossible to see such a scene.

What exactly happened here?

Tao Yao's eyes widened, and she cast a puzzled gaze on the old god next to her, as if nothing had happened.

"Miss, what's going on?"

Su Wanqing looked at the maid next to her who was staring straight at her, and also blinked.

"You don't know, how could Miss Ben know? After all, Miss Ben hadn't been out shopping for a long time, so she didn't know what was going on here. Wasn't the business of this gambling stone shop very good before? Miss Ben still wants to come and take a look today, how can it be like this? Could it be that the previous excitement was all a lie? ”

Su Wanqing's innocent appearance made Tao Yao almost roll her eyes to the sky.

If she didn't know about it, then Tao Yao really didn't know, and who else would know about it.

She will never believe it, the eldest lady does not know!

Just as Tao Yao was about to say something, a young man in purple clothes and a white face standing not far from them seemed to look at Su Wanqing quite pleasantly, and after hearing what she said, he walked a few steps, shook the folding fan in his hand, and explained kindly: "This lady hasn't been here before, has she?" It's been a very lively place before, but since something happened some time ago, all the guests here have run out. ”

Su Wanqing's eyes widened, her eyes full of surprise and incomprehension.

"What's going on? I heard before that the business of this gambling stone shop is very hot, and my husband wanted to come and see it before, but because of his troubled affairs, he has never been able to come in person, and the concubine is not good. I finally came out today, and I wanted to take a look at the excitement, but I didn't expect it to be this scene. ”

It seemed that Su Wanqing's incomprehension had successfully aroused the interest of the purple-clothed boy, he looked around, there was no one around, so he lowered his voice slightly, there was a hint of mystery in his tone, and he covered half of his face with the folding fan in his hand, and then said: "This lady doesn't know, in the past, it was a lady surnamed Pei who ran this gambling stone shop, and then it seemed that her relatives were sick, so she went back to her hometown." Before leaving, he sold the gambling stone shop to the prefect, and after the prefect started to operate, the business of the gambling stone shop was quite good at first, but after a while, something happened......

The boy in purple told a story in general, and when he talked about the place where he started, he stopped, like a feather tickling people, and he clearly wanted to stop, but he had to continue.

Su Wanqing, as expected by the purple-clothed boy, showed a look full of surprise and interest, and her mouth was also very cooperative.

"Oh my God! What happened to this gambling stone shop? What's wrong? Does this have anything to do with the adult? No......" Su Wanqing said, her tone slowly lowered, but her eyes kept staring at the purple-clothed man.

The young man in purple was stared at by these clean and pure starry eyes, and his little heart was shocked, but when he saw the woman's high bulging belly, he suddenly gathered his mind, how could he think that a pregnant lady's eyes were very good-looking? At that moment, he even felt that his heart was skipping a beat, which was probably his own delusion.

But I have to say that Su Wanqing's eyes gave the purple-clothed boy infinite courage, and he continued to speak.

"This started a few days ago, the master who cut stones in the gambling stone shop seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and he cut several stones in one day, and those stones happened to have jade in them! If the jade is not broken, it can be sold for a large price, but if the jade is damaged a little, then its own value will be greatly reduced, this matter, presumably Mrs. is also understandable, right? ”

Although the boy in purple talked a lot of nonsense, he didn't forget to stop and ask Su Wanqing's opinion.

Su Wanqing nodded like pounding garlic.

"Understand, understand, so those guests can't be angry? That's jade, how much silver taels do you have to lose? ”

Su Wanqing said, and couldn't help patting her little chest, and a trace of flesh pain appeared on her face.

Tao Yao next to her looked at her eldest lady's acting skills, she didn't roll her eyes anymore, she looked away without a trace, and secretly warned herself in her heart that she didn't know the eldest lady in front of her, she didn't know it......

She had never seen a pregnant woman who was about to give birth, playing outside with great interest for a day, and acting so happily, pretending not to know anything, and chatting with others.

I don't know why, she looked at the gossipy Su Wanqing and the purple-clothed boy, and suddenly felt a little sympathy for this son.

He doesn't know anything about everything, and he's so happy, and he's a strange man......

But there are some things that he still doesn't know. People, when they don't know anything, are the simplest and happiest. Tao Yao felt that this was not wrong at all.

The purple-clothed boy looked at Su Wanqing's appearance, and his voice couldn't help but raise a point slightly.

"Not only that, because of this incident, the prefect's gambling stone shop lost a lot of silver taels, which appeased those guests. Otherwise, I'm afraid this matter will not be over. Those guests were probably also looking at the face of the prefect, and they didn't continue to entangle. Otherwise, just the silver taels that were lost were far from enough if they really had to be counted. ”

Su Wanqing's mouth opened slightly.

"The prefect is really kind, and he helped the stone cutter compensate so many silver taels, isn't it too benevolent?"

The boy in purple seemed noncommittal.

"This lady, you can't say that, the master of the stone cut, in the end, is just a part-time job for the prefect, if he is allowed to compensate, even if he goes bankrupt, I am afraid he will not be able to pay it. What's more, there is only one master who can cut stones in this city, if the prefect doesn't help him, can he still be expected to do business for himself? Madame, it seems that you are still too naïve. ”

Su Wanqing blinked her eyes very "innocently", cooperated with a look of surprise, and at the same time looked at the purple-clothed boy with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

"I didn't expect this son to understand so much, the son is right, it's about the concubine's short-sightedness. That's it, Childe, you go on, could it be that something else is going on? Otherwise, this gambling stone shop wouldn't be like this? ”

The purple-clothed boy looked at Su Wanqing's attitude and felt very satisfied. Such a qualified audience made him speak more energetically.

"That's right, what Madame said is that this incident alone is not enough to make the gambling stone shop what it is today, the really important thing is that a few days later, in the period after the compensation, there was no longer any customer who succeeded in gambling on stones, all of them were ordinary stones. If you say a day or two, it's nothing, at most everyone is unlucky, but nearly a month has passed, and no guest has successfully cut out the jade, you say, isn't this very strange! ”

Su Wanqing nodded vigorously.

"That sounds weird!"

"But no, gradually, those guests noticed that something was wrong, hey, you said that you smashed so many silver taels, and cut stones every day, how can this be justified? So some people questioned it, but the prefect also stood up at the beginning, telling everyone that it was just a matter of luck, and it would come to work soon. But after a while, it was still the case, and the guests were not satisfied, and felt that they had been deceived, and there were fewer guests. ”

"And then? Could it be that the adult really lied to people? No way? He has always been fair and honest, how could he do such a thing to deceive the people? This son, aren't you making a concubine? ”

Ms. Su said she didn't believe it.

Facing Su Wanqing's eyes full of distrust, the purple-clothed boy suddenly became a little anxious, he straightened his waist, and said anxiously: "How could this son lie to you?" At first, everyone thought the same, but then somehow, a news came out, saying that the prefect sold all fake stones, and there was no jade in them! ”

When Su Wanqing heard this, her eyes suddenly widened, and she seemed to be in disbelief.

"How so? But why is this so? ”

The purple-clothed boy seemed to realize that he was just a little excited, he coughed, glanced around, and found that no one was paying attention to him, and then he continued to speak: "I don't know where this news came from, but this is spread ten or ten hundreds, what the prefect says, everyone doesn't believe it, after all, the facts are here." At this time, who is willing to spend money to try and make mistakes? Maybe it's the one who gets caught! ”

"But when Mrs. Pei was there before, why didn't such a thing happen?" Su Wanqing, as a curious baby, spoke again.

The purple-clothed boy shook the folding fan in his hand and said: "This matter has also been spread by everyone, before, Mrs. Pei was honest in business and did not deceive people, but when it comes to the prefect, it will not work!" No matter what the reason is, anyway, his gambling stone shop is here, but it's a fool, and now everyone doesn't believe him. What's more, the prefect's words are not convincing at all, it's been more than a month, and there is no serious statement, who else wants to come to this gambling stone shop. I see, it's going to be closed soon! ”

"I didn't expect so many things to happen in this gambling stone shop, the prefect ......"

The purple-clothed boy's voice was lowered again.

"Actually, everyone said that the adult was actually a liar, in order to cheat the people's money to do such a thing, he thought he could hide it seamlessly, but in fact, there is no free lunch in the world, I heard that he forcibly robbed Mrs. Pei's shop, and wanted to make a lot of money, but he didn't expect that he didn't have the strength of Mrs. Pei at all, so it would become a mess. Hmph, this is the end of bullying Mrs. Pei! ”

The purple-clothed boy seemed to have a good impression of that Mrs. Pei, and in the end he couldn't help but take a sip of the prefect.

Tao Yao heard Pei Xiu coughing beside him.

"What? This gambling stone shop was actually robbed by the prefect - wouldn't it? ”

Su Wanqing covered her small mouth in surprise.

Tao Yao on the side could only open her face and prevent the purple-clothed boy from seeing her almost rolling her eyes to the sky.

Still snatched away? This is obviously Mrs. Pei who rushed up to give it to the prefect by herself!