Chapter 115: Eight hundred eighty-eight thousand taels of silver
In the endless barren but extremely energetic undead mountain range, Nangong Ji looked for traces belonging to the water monkey according to experience, and from the moment he found that the King Kong monkey heir found in the cave had an appearance that obviously did not belong to the King Kong monkey, he wanted to find the father of the little monkey to see.
The most fortunate thing in his life is that he was born in the Imperial Beast God Sect, and he has the opportunity to come into contact with so many animals, according to the legends and books over the years, he speculates that the strange appearance of the little monkey should be inherited from the water monkey, which is a creature that the old man of the sect called perfect, and it is said that when swimming in the water, the hair is as elegant as a woman with long hair.
Looking at the faint blue-gray bits of fur at the water's edge, and a few bones faintly emitting a sense of jade light, Nangong Ji was extremely lost, in a few days, maybe the water monkey killed by the King Kong Monkey was left with dry bones, this is the rule of the Undead Mountain Range.
The man squatting at the water's edge was stunned as he looked at the blue-gray clumps floating in the water, and the shredded fur rose and fell with the current in the water, faintly seeing the glory of the past.
Nangong Ji of the Imperial Beast God Sect withdrew from his memories and looked at the cage outside the closed window, ordinary people can't see anything clearly through such window paper, but he lives in the wild all year round, and his vision is naturally not comparable to ordinary martial artists, and he can faintly see a black shadow.
The noise outside gradually became smaller, and the black shadow in the cage began to be agitated again, and Nangong Ji, who was dressed in colorful frontier clothes, sat on a chair and looked down at the black snake in his hand, the length of the snake's arm, and touched the man's finger flatteringly.
It's just that the man with the name of the dragon king in the rivers and lakes turned a blind eye, his eyes looked outside again, his eyes were full of fire, and he said to the people around him: "For countless years, there have been legends of water monkeys in every place, but there has never been a place where water monkeys have really been caught, who of you knows the reason?" ”
A young man with a scar on his face said, "Maybe the water monkey is very strong and difficult to catch." ”
Nangong Ji, who had a small colored braid on his head, said lightly: "Then why do you say that several people in the sect who have seen the water monkey praise the water monkey for its elegance, and the water monkeys in the legends of the world are extremely ugly?" ”
"This! I don't know if it's small. The young man thought for a moment and shook his head.
The man with a venomous face like a snake turned his head to look at the few people on the side, and those who made contact with his eyes avoided their gaze.
When the man saw that no one answered, he thought to himself: "Because the world is not talking about water monkeys, people in the world are afraid when they are in the dark, so they will make up all kinds of ghosts, and the public is always used to demonizing what they fear, and if someone drowns in the water, they will say that the dead person has turned into a ghost."
But the existence of ghosts is too illusory, so it needs to be materialized, when you are in the river, someone tells you that there are ghosts in the water, you are not afraid, but what if there is a human-like animal that will drag people into the water?
Many people don't believe that people will become ghosts after death, but many people believe that there are beasts that grow like monkeys growing in the water, and this just materializes the fear of water, and transfers people's fear of drowning people into water ghosts to some monkeys who look like people. ”
The young man with a scar on his face arched his fist and complimented: "Second Master Gaojian, it is true, the ghost can refute it, but why can't there be monkeys if there are mice in the water, first make the listener unable to justify, and then as long as you admit in your heart that there may be a monster in the water, you yourself will subconsciously apply the terrifying events and legends about the water to this water monkey that is very likely to exist." ”
"So the water monkey is made up, and the things that are made up to allude to the drowning person are naturally ugly and terrifying enough, and the person who made up the story is really a good brain." After Nangong Jian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and put it in front of the black snake's mouth, the black snake seemed to understand the man's consciousness, and after the mouth opened, the fangs injected a drop of venom into the back of the man's hand.
Nangong Ji, who raised his hand and gently licked the venom, recalled: "In the past, I was very interested in water monkeys, at least I explored dozens of rivers, and searched the villages of the water monkeys over and over again, but I couldn't find any animals that looked like people or monkeys in the water, but I found that many cases of water monkeys dragging people into the water were done by people, and people killed people and pushed them to water monkeys." ”
Watching that man lick a drop of venom that was enough to make the lion tiger fall, several people from the Royal Beast God Sect were worthy of being the man who was called the Dragon King, how could the Dragon King be afraid of snake venom.
"In this world, the most poisonous thing is never ghosts and beasts, but the human heart." Nangong Ji turned his head and stretched out his hand and knocked on his head, and said to everyone: "You can live a long time by using your brains more in case of trouble, many people in our sect are with their own animals on weekdays, and people who have been with animals for a long time will forget the evil of human nature." ”
"Follow the teachings of the second master."
The hall was gradually quiet, Yun Tombsheng looked at the small pile of paper in his hand, with names and handprints on it, handed it to Yun Qianyu and said, "Look, you don't need to spend money to buy this monkey." ”
Yun Bailing was still a little afraid of these people, and leaned on Yun Qianyu and whispered, "I earned it." ”
She has only appeared in front of a large number of people twice in her life, last time those people gave her a lot of jade pendants and food, which are worth about 20,000 taels, this time there are a lot more people, and she earns more, a full 700,000 taels.
"A cash cow." Yun Qianyu reached out and pinched Yun Bailing's face.
Yun Bailing, who was a little proud, raised his head slightly, and the fat man on the side laughed twice and said, "It's hard to say whether you win or lose, how many people are so sure that Guishanzhuang will win this 700,000 taels?" In case you lose, the cash of 700,000 taels is enough for your villa to break your muscles and bones, will Young Master Yun be punished when he goes back? ”
Yun Tombsheng, who was dressed in white, said to everyone on the first and second floors: "Is there anything else?" If not, I'll wait for the explanation. ”
"Xueyu Mountain Villa has a big force in Dacheng Town, Yun Gongzi and the others can't rely on their debts, all the names are in duplicate." Qi Sanbao waved a piece of paper in his hand, on which many names were written.
When they signed just now, everyone signed two copies and showed them to Yun Tombsheng, the list that Yun Tombsheng held was to find someone to ask for money if he won for himself, and the people who bet against Yun Tombsheng also had to prepare a list because they were afraid that when the time came to make money, someone would sneak in and ask Yun Tombsheng for money, and Yun Tombsheng would pretend that his things were lost, so that the number of people who asked for the bet was wrong and relied on the account.
The young man in a brocade robe on the second floor waved a piece of paper with his name written on it and said, "I have one hundred and thirty people here. ”
"I've got eighty people here."
"I'm thirty-five here."
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"A total of seven hundred and forty-three people, we also have the list, when the time comes, Yun Gongzi can't lose the list in his hand and don't know who to pay for, worrying about compensating the wrong person and defaulting on the debt."
After the brocade-robed young man finished speaking, Qi Sanbao jumped out again and said: "At that time, Young Master Yun only needs to hand over the money to the fifteen people in charge of us, for example, if fifty-three people can trust me and write their names on the paper in my hand, then Young Master Yun will give me fifty-three thousand taels, and I will share it with them." ”
Yun Tombsheng nodded, and smiled gently, "No problem, although this villa doesn't dare to say how rich it is, but this money can still be obtained, I can afford to lose people, the villa still wants to save face, and it will definitely not fall to the point of ridicule in the world for this money, if you dare to gamble, you have to afford to lose, and ask again if anyone else joins?" If not, let's ask Miss Crane Ling to start the introduction, huh? ”
One of the struggling guests said with determination: "I, we bet too." ”
"Lao Zhang, we are such a big person, if you want to gamble, you can gamble, even if you don't bet, what are you doing until now?"
"Does that need to be said? I'm afraid that this money will be difficult to end up with. ”
In the laughter of the crowd, the man known as Lao Zhang's face turned red, as the ridiculer said, he was really afraid that it would not end well if he lost, but looking at seven or eight hundred people betting, he couldn't let go of this thousand taels in his heart.
Yun Tombsheng smiled, "Then you can find someone who can be trusted, write down the name and address and hand it over, there are seven hundred people who have gambled, there is no shortage of you, I don't believe that my maid will look away." ”
"If you lose your eyes, Yun Gongzi will have to hold on."
"Hahaha......"
The sound of laughter filled the entire fluffy platform, and Yun Tombsheng was not annoyed, and the second master of Nangong in the room behind the screen listened to the sound outside and laughed twice; He Ling was silent, it seemed that he had been standing for a long time, and his body couldn't stand it anymore, so he found a pillar to lean on.
Looking at this last opportunity, many people were really unwilling to let the silver slip away in vain, gritted their teeth and wrote down their names coldly, and finally the old Zhang took six pieces of paper, showed them to Yun Tombsheng, and then handed one to the young man in white.
"One hundred and forty-five." Yun Tombsheng raised his eyebrows, let go and laughed twice: "Seven hundred and forty-three plus one hundred and forty-five, eight hundred and eighty-eight, okay, all the way, Yun Mou has thanked you here, thank you for the 888,000 taels of silver." ”
Looking at Yun Tombsheng's expression, many people began to worry about what to do if they lost, and they were extremely worried, but the young man with the silver and silver crown continued: "Our villa will naturally prepare 888,000 taels, and please prepare your own 1,000 taels." ”
"One thousand taels is good to prepare, and if you can come to the velvet platform, you will naturally not be unable to take it out, but Yun Gongzi must make up more than 800,000 taels." Gu Beicheng, a young man in a brocade robe, said lightly, he is a member of the Gu family and Gu Lingyuan's cousin.
Yun Qianyu suddenly spoke: "Since you win, our money will be handed over to fifteen plus one, and sixteen people in charge, then if we win, we can directly ask for money from you sixteen people first." ”
The crowd suddenly froze, and several leaders suddenly looked like they had eaten flies, and their own people won the bet, and there was no benefit at all, but if the Snow Rain Villa won the bet, in case the people in the list in their hands were repaid, wouldn't it be that the Snow Rain Villa directly asked for this money?
Many people's eyes when they looked at Yun Qianyu changed, this woman was a little ruthless, no matter who won or lost this time, many people might not dare to come forward in the future for Xueyu Villa.
"Yun Gongzi, one person's account belongs to one person, it's not appropriate for me to wait and take responsibility." An old man regretted his actions just now, except for gaining the face of a leading brother, he had no substantial benefits at all, but he had to bear the responsibility of tens of thousands of taels.
Another middle-aged man said eagerly: "That is, our gambling game is over, is it inappropriate for you to put forward conditions again, Young Master Yun?" ”
Yun Tombsheng smiled disdainfully, "Inappropriate? Why is it not appropriate? I don't see what's wrong, isn't it over when I just offered my money to be handed over to fifteen? I've got this thing full of names, huh? Why, if you can add conditions, I can't? ”
"But Young Master Yun, you also gambled again, and more than a hundred people participated, does it mean that the matter was not over when we said the conditions, but we were in the middle of this bet?" The old man said with a deep frown.