The next day, Mu Yunge took Pei Xin and Pei Ying to get up early and set off for the Mu family's shop.

When the helpers heard that the young lady was coming, they all worked hard, and the whole dyeing and cloth workshop was noisy. Mu Yunge turned around, ordered two skilled helpers to come out, asked about some inconsequential trivial things, and got a reply, and then led the girl away.

She returned to the shop and asked Steward Xu to bring the account books of these main shops of the Mu family, and spent an hour and a half checking them and returning the account books to Steward Xu.

"How did you do what you were asked to do last time?" She smiled: "But have you figured out the situation? ”

Steward Xu smiled indifferently: "Living up to Miss's trust, the old slave has mastered eight or nine without leaving ten." There are a total of fourteen shops purchased by Jinxiufang from the Mu family's compound, seven of which are profitable, and the remaining seven are working against the Mu family's steward. The old slaves all inquired, and the shopkeepers of the seven branches of the Splendid Workshop were all looking forward to the shopkeeper Xiao of the Jiekou branch. Every seventh and twentieth day of the new year, they will get together once, in the Phoenix Building. ”

"Only the shopkeeper of these seven branches?" Mu Yunge tapped his fingers lightly and said unhurriedly: "I remember that there are still a few jade boats and tea houses that are also mixed in them. ”

Steward Xu nodded: "Yes, the shopkeepers of the seven branches all listen to Shopkeeper Xiao, the shopkeepers of the Yufang branch all listen to Shopkeeper Liu, and the shopkeeper Wang of the tea house is a wall grass and never takes ideas." ”

Mu Yunge smiled: "Speaking of which, as long as Shopkeeper Xiao and Shopkeeper Liu are settled, you won't worry about them being disobedient." ”

Steward Xu sighed: "But these two people are old and have a hard waist, how can they be so easy to be obedient?" ”

"The seventh day of the first month?" Mu Yunge thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Today is the fourth day of the new year, except for the shopkeeper Xiao, tomorrow you go to the various branches and help me bring a word, just say that the fifth day of the new year is a good day, I Mu Yunge invite all the shopkeepers to drink tea in Jingchun Hall." ”

Steward Xu answered, personally sent her into the carriage, and then turned around to do what she ordered.

Today, the Yang Mansion across the door of the Mu family married his daughter, and the traffic in front of the door was not crowded, and the coachman drove the carriage straight to the back door of the Mu family.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Mu Yunge hadn't gotten out of the carriage yet, when he suddenly heard Pei Xin whisper: "Miss, isn't that Aunt Xiao?" What is she doing sneakily hiding in the corner? ”

Mu Yunge lifted the curtains, and really saw that under the big locust tree at the back door of the Mu family, Aunt Xiao was looking around nervously. She turned her back to Mu Yunge and the others, and didn't see Mu Yunge and the others, so she just stomped her feet in place vigorously, her face full of anxiety.

Mu Yunge shook his head and motioned for them to keep quiet.

After a while, I saw two men coming out of the corner of the street, looked around, and walked straight towards Aunt Xiao.

These two men are wearing expensive mink coats, with high crowns and jade faces, and they are quite handsome, looking about thirty years old, quite like the sons of large families who have not been in charge. As the two walked, a surprised and doting smile appeared on their faces, and when they walked to Aunt Xiao's side, the man in the dark purple coat reached out and hugged Aunt Xiao, kissed her heavily on the face, and said with a smile: "How long have you been here, is it cold?" ”

Pei Xin and Pei Ying were shocked, and their intuition saw something they shouldn't see, and they blushed all of a sudden.

Mu Yunge was also shocked, she didn't expect that Aunt Xiao would be so close to these two people, obviously her relationship with the man in the dark purple coat was more than that.

Aunt Xiao covered her cheeks and lowered her head slightly: "Soon, just a little while." ”

The man pinched her cheek and teased, "Not long after, this little face was blown red by the wind." But I was afraid that I would feel distressed, so I deliberately said this. Qingru is intimate, which makes people feel warm in their hearts! ”

Another man interrupted them with a smile: "Okay, okay, look at the way you two are tired, how can I be embarrassed by being alone." Let's go, it's late today, maybe they'll all start, and we'll end up with a place where we can only see but not touch. By the way, Qingru, how much are you going to take with you this time to make a profit? ”

Aunt Xiao looked at him with some dissatisfaction, because of the presence of the man, it was not easy to have a seizure, and when she heard him ask about business, she smiled proudly: "It's not much, it's just 50,000 taels of silver." ”

What she didn't say was that the silver was hard to come by, and she had sold all her and her daughter's jewelry, and pawned ten shops and land deeds to make it up.

This was all done without Shen Jingyu, and Aunt Xiao thought to herself, as long as she went to win enough money to repair the yard today, she would stop it, and she wouldn't be able to get back the pawned things, and she would be unconscious.

The man in purple laughed out loud: "Qingru has good luck, but the day before yesterday, he used two thousand taels of silver to win them fifteen thousand taels of silver." With these today, maybe it will be doubled after a few games! Anyway, it's too late, Huayang, didn't you say that the newly opened crab banquet in Zuixianlou is very good, why don't you do the east, please Qingru and I go to Zuixianlou for a meal first? ”

"Why not?" The man named Huayang opened the folding fan in his hand and shook it gently.

Aunt Xiao shook her head: "The crab banquet can be eaten again another day, so let's go first." ”

She now lives in the Mu family, and she is afraid that if she comes out for a long time, she will attract questions from the Xiao family.

The two men glanced at each other, with a hint of conspiracy in their eyes.

The more anxious Aunt Xiao became, the more it showed that she had taken the bait completely, and the time had come!

Huayang smiled: "Qingru is right, let's go." ”

Watching the three of them go away shoulder to shoulder, Pei Xin, who had been holding back her voice, finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Her eyes were full of disdain, her mischievous heart suddenly rose, and she imitated the tone of the purple-clothed man just now: "Not long after, this little face was blown red by the wind." But I was afraid that I would feel distressed, so I deliberately said this. Qingru is intimate, which makes people feel warm in their hearts! Suddenly, his tone changed, and he said: "It's a little face and it's distressed, it's intimate and warm, I'm bah!" Aunt Xiao is old, and she is not a little girl, so she can say these words with a clear conscience! ”

Peiying looked puzzled: "Miss, is Huayang the most famous old man in Jinling Casino?" ”

Mu Yunge nodded very affirmatively.

She had heard Huayang's name from Wei Shi's mouth, and knew that this person had been in the gambling house since he was a child, and he was familiar with gambling skills, and he was a notorious old man. He has a swindler partner named Wu Yunyi, and the two often work together to deceive wealthy businessmen who come to Jinling to make money from it.

If this person is really Huayang, that purple-clothed man must be Wu Yunyi!

Pei Xin has also heard of Huayang's name, her cousin has been wandering in the market for a long time, and she is inquiring about it in the market, she also knows a lot of things about Huayang, and immediately asked puzzled: "Huayang is notorious, how can Aunt Xiao listen to their nonsense?" ”

"People are not greedy and are not deceived." Mu Yunge whispered: "Aunt Xiao is too greedy, and it is inevitable to be deceived. Aunt Xiao must have brought more than 50,000 taels of silver with her, and she said that 50,000 taels may have 100,000 taels or 150,000 taels. You see, if she goes to the gambling house today, she will definitely lose all her money and go bankrupt! ”

Huayang and Wu Yunyi played a fishing trick, first losing some silver to Aunt Xiao, and then the amount became larger and larger, causing Aunt Xiao to become more and more greedy, so they would bet all their bets, and finally defraud Aunt Xiao of all her money.

How to eliminate Aunt Xiao's vigilance depends on Wu Yunyi's beautiful man's plan!

Mu Yunge didn't guess wrong, Aunt Xiao, accompanied by Huayang and Wu Yunyi, came to the old place that must be visited every day - Changle Casino.

As soon as she entered the door, the guy immediately greeted her affectionately: "Mrs. Shen is here again, how much are you going to win today?" ”

Aunt Xiao smiled when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Accept your auspicious words." She took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into the man's hand: "Take it and buy some wine to drink." ”

The man thanked her, helped her open the curtain all the way, and led her to the innermost private room.

When he went out, Hua Yang gave him a look, he nodded knowingly, returned to the hall in front, and whispered a few words in the ears of the two men: "The fish is hooked, it's a big fish, Hua Ye let you go." ”

The two men looked happy and followed him back to the private room, and the guy introduced: "Mrs. Shen, or are you playing with four of you like before?" I don't know if Mrs. wants to play Pai Gow, Liubo or Ma Hang and Ye Play today? If Mrs. Ruo is tired of these, it is also quite interesting to play with size and calamus. ”

Aunt Xiao said, "Let's play with horse hanging." ”

The two men sat down, Huayang sat in Aunt Xiao's house, and Wu Yunyi sat behind Aunt Xiao and served her tea and water with concern.

According to the custom, for one hundred taels of silver, the four people at the gambling table exchanged their silver coins into chips and piled them neatly in front of them. Aunt Xiao exchanged 50,000 taels of silver for chips, the two men for 20,000 taels each, and Huayang also exchanged for 20,000 taels of silver, and the gambling game began.

The man brought up the horse crane, all made of ivory, and it felt good, Aunt Xiao touched the familiar cards, thinking about the good luck of the previous day, and her hands trembled slightly with excitement.

Huayang smiled: "Two noble surnames? ”

The two men said with a cold face: "There are no relatives and friends at the gambling table, what if you know the name, what if you don't know?" It's still about playing cards. ”

Huayang was knocked and shrugged indifferently: "That's right." ”

When Aunt Xiao saw this, she was relieved, she was also afraid that Huayang would know that she had money and unite with outsiders to deceive herself. Knowing that they didn't know each other, her heart fell into her stomach and she began to play cards with all her heart.

She was also lucky today, and in less than an hour, she piled up a bunch of chips in front of her, and after a rough calculation, she won nearly 40,000 taels of silver. Huayang was unlucky, the chips in front of him were almost gone, and the other two men each lost more than 10,000 taels of silver, and the more they played, the more cautious they became, and their faces were even more ugly.

After a while, Huayang lost all the chips in his hand and said that he was going to quit, but Aunt Xiao was winning on the rise, and immediately lent him 20,000 taels of silver, and Huayang returned to the gambling table.

But since this game, Aunt Xiao's luck has plummeted, and she will soon return all the tens of thousands of taels of silver she won.

"Don't worry, calm down." Wu Yunyi began to sweat on her forehead, comforted her thoughtfully, and fed the cut pumpkin to her mouth.

Aunt Xiao looked at the card in front of her without blinking, took a mouthful of pumpkin, and didn't notice that Wu Yunyi's fingers were bending and stretching, and raised three fingers at Huayang.

In this game, Aunt Xiao played all the same, and the single hanging was three.