Volume 3 The World Buwu Chapter 100 Chance Encounter Tan Zeqiao Pulls the Line
After eating and drinking, Duan Xiangsi sent his brothers to sleep in the Chase Shop, and Zhou Zhe began to go in the direction of the casino, not for others, because Lin Xiaoer was good at gambling money. Of course, that's not called gambling, that's called losing, who calls Lin Xiaoer a special hobby, he likes to lose money and watch others be happy!
The casino is also called Xiaoyaoju, but as soon as you look at the small plaque and simple decoration, you can know that this is a low-level casino, and it is better to lose anyway, so it is better to go in and lose him in the dark. Suo E and Duan Xiangsi didn't understand, but they followed Zhou Zhe anyway, so they naturally didn't ask much.
When I entered the door, there was a lot of noise, and many gamblers were shouting around the table. Zhou Zhe opened his eyes and looked at it, just like the one in the capital, it was a gambling device made of the same material as the forbidden spirit ring, and no one's spiritual power would be useful. It's all a matter of luck.
Lin Xiaoer is now the protagonist, Zhou Zhe naturally follows him, where he is willing to sit down and bet with whom, Zhou Zhe will follow.
"Well, right here, this person seems to be very unhappy, he has lost so much, I'm going to make him happy. ”
Zhou Zhe thought, okay! Anyway, you bet, it's good if you're happy. The man opposite Lin Xiaoer looked at Zhou Zhe and the others, but he didn't think much about it, anyway, this casino is just a small field, just gambling. The three dice are larger than the size, the simplest trick, Lin Xiaoer also likes this kind of direct one the most, the person opposite bets big, Lin Xiaoer bets small, as long as it is not a leopard, it is lost to others.
Half an hour passed, Lin Xiaoer's face collapsed, he wanted to lose but didn't lose, and the eyes of the person opposite were red, what is the situation, I am small, you buy big, lose the handle, open twenty big in a row, is there any heavenly reason?
Lin Xiaoer was helpless, so he changed his position and continued to find something to carry to make the other party happy. Another half an hour passed, and Zhou Zhe was about to be angry, but he couldn't sweep away his brother's interest, and continued to watch, because Lin Xiaoer won again. Luck was so good that he bought and won anything, so that no one in the field had a problem, just like him! Out of the leopard, it's different or lose! Later, they all ran around with the silver, unwilling to gamble with him.
Lin Xiaoer really became a wronged two-hundred-pound fat man, and Suo E and Duan Xiangsi were stunned, it turned out that he was fiercer than you in the fight, and his gambling skills could be so powerful. It completely refreshed the three views. You can't find fun here, so let's just change the scene. The casino brothel restaurant on the commercial street has everything, since this casino can't find Lin Xiaoer's fun, Zhou Zhe naturally took him to a high-end one, anyway, silver is far less than the happiness of his brothers for Zhou Zhe, the high-end field of the free house is much better than the small field, whether it is a gambling table or a service, the venue is also more spacious. The people involved in the gambling game include relatives and spiritual cultivators, and there is no shortage of gamblers who can see some gamblers dressed in the standard costumes of a certain sect.
Suo E and Duan Xiangsi are poor, and the other is even poorer, where have they seen this meeting, everything is fresh, but this gambling game is only two categories, dice and pai gow, Lin Xiaoer held a silver and continued to have fun, and Zhou Zhe did not follow him. He just wandered around, passing the time of boredom. After wandering around for a long time, in addition to Pai Gow is the dice is really boring, but fortunately, the place is big and the service is also comprehensive.
Zhou Zhe found an inconspicuous place to sit down, enjoy tea, and watch the joys and sorrows of the gamblers in the casino.
"Click!" came from the direction of a private room with a crisp sound like a palm on the table, followed by a curse
"Tan Ze, outside, you are a dignified and brave marquis, and the big guys will give you face, and call you a marquis. But this Hou Ye owes money, and he has to pay it back, otherwise you won't be able to hang your face if you publicize it. ”
"Oh! I'm short on money for a while, so I'll be given two days, just two days. Tan Ze almost knelt down, clasped his hands, and begged for mercy.
"It's been two days? 100,000 taels of silver, a day's interest is 1,000 taels, now you calculate, it's been three days past the agreed date, you have to take 120,000 taels of silver to remove the change, otherwise we will publicize this matter, and see whose face it is." The tone of the speaker was very arrogant, and he seemed to have no fear. Here Tan said begging for mercy,
"I will definitely pay it back, I will pay it back. ”
"What are you going to take? There is only a plaque left in your Yongyi Marquis Mansion, I remember that you have a daughter in your family who gave birth well, so it is better for our two families to form a family, and this silver will be forgotten." Our young master will definitely treat your family's daughter, your brave and resolute Hou Mansion with our young master of Longding Gate is also a good match, Hou Ye or you sign this marriage book, the money will be written off, our young master will have a bride price money to give, and we must not treat Hou Ye badly. The attitude of the arrogant young man before and after his words turned almost 180 degrees, and it was clearly intentional, and the purpose was Tan Yuqing, the daughter of Yongyi Hou.
Suo E and Duan Xiangsi have been walking the rivers and lakes all year round, and it is common for this kind of bullying of men and women, but now they have changed their identities, and they are also Hou Ye, and the one inside is very recognizable to the one next to them. And Zhou Zhe could also listen attentively, isn't this Longding Sect one of the three major sects controlled by the Qiankun Sect? Moreover, it involves Wang Rui's red face, and he needs to take a hand.
"This, this, no! Yuqing has a marriage contract, how can I play with it, I will definitely raise money. At this moment, the brave and resolute Hou Tan Ze is in a dilemma.
"Is there a marriage contract? Which sect disciple or which Xun Qi family heir? Don't worry, I'll go for it. A young man's voice came out, but it seemed calm and powerful, not like the arrogant young man just now.
It turned out that the main owner was also there, Zhou Zhe put down the teacup, strode to the door of the private room, ignored the slave at the door, and pushed the door directly.
"Who are you, how did you get into my private room?" asked the calm young man sitting on the main seat, a little annoyed between his eyebrows, but he still restrained himself. Dressed in a well-fitting blue monk's uniform, the scholar's tiara looks outstanding and heroic. Next to him were two fellow men in cyan monks' uniforms, both holding swords and standing on their sides. Seeing Zhou Zhe coming in, they all stood up straight and ready to go. The young man sitting on the main seat looked at Zhou Zhe a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Tan Ze naturally didn't know Zhou Zhe, nor did he know Suo E and Duan Xiangsi, so he straightened up a little embarrassed and wondered. Zhou Zhe just gave Tan Ze a look and explained
"Master Hou, don't be impatient. Then skimming his side, Suo E and Duan Xiangsi closed the door, and Zhou Zhecai entered the private room and slowly sat on a chair. The calm young man didn't say anything, but being a little brother naturally requires some eyesight, the arrogant young man said
"Who are you? Did our young master invite you to sit?" The younger brother said cruel words, the eldest brother played a round game, the daily routine of the rivers and lakes, and sure enough, the calm man spoke, but he didn't get up, just waved his hand
"Does this have your part in speaking?" Then he said politely to Zhou Zhe, "It's all a guest here, I don't know what your Excellency has to do?" In the face of a person who is unscrupulous in momentum, which disciple of a first-class sect is not an ordinary person? Zhou Zhe sat down, making him feel that the other party was not an ordinary person.
"It's not a big deal! This Yongyi Hou's daughter has some fate with my brother, and Yang Jue has also visited Yongyi Hou to explain everything. Brother Shi, your vision is good, but my brother is one step ahead of you!" Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Zhou Zhe put pressure, but he didn't want to be too stiff or too dead in the relationship with these sects, and he couldn't mess up his rhythm, and then he took out some silver tickets from his arms, which were 150,000 taels of silver, and put them on the table. "This is also a filial piety for my brother to the future father-in-law, I think, this matter will be written off! Tonight, as if nothing happened, after all, the daughter of the Hou Mansion has promised my brother, what do you think?"
Zhou Zhe wanted to kill two birds with one stone, put this matter to rest, and it could be regarded as setting the marriage between Wang Rui and Tan Yuqing, and the province had many long nights, so he glanced at Tan Ze with great meaning. Although Tan Ze is a declining relative, he still has the strength to take out so much money at one time, and who can be the Wang Rui brothers? Tan said very interestingly
"Exactly! exactly!"
Speaking of which, the arrogant young man was still unconvinced and prepared the theory, but he was stopped by the calm young man, the person who came was really not an ordinary person, which disciple or the heir of the Xun Qi family could be the one who could ask Yang Jue to talk about the match?
"Since Your Excellency is so sincere, it is also disrespectful. Then he instructed the arrogant young man to put away the money, and tore up the IOU signed by Tan Ze in front of him. Then he got up and hugged his fists, "In the lower Longding Gate Gu Cheng, dare to ask Your Excellency's surname." ”
Zhou Zhe saw that the other party sincerely accepted his kindness and silver, and no longer pretended, stood up and returned the same salute.
"Tianshumen, Zhou Zhe. ”
As soon as the name was reported, Tan was relieved, and sure enough, it was him. And all of you in Longdingmen almost gasped, fortunately they didn't have a seizure just now, otherwise, ten lives would not be enough, this is people's chassis, how to kill them, isn't it a piece of cake? The arrogant young man is heart almost broke the string, and his legs trembled a little. Gu Cheng was used to seeing big scenes, and at this moment, he said with a smile
"Disrespectful, disrespectful. What an offense, what an offense!"
Zhou Zhe smiled and replied,
"Brother Shi can afford to look down, polite, polite, I ask Yongyi Hou to have some things to discuss, don't bother, stay, please stay. Then he hugged his fists and saluted, and slowly withdrew from the private room with Tan. And when the door closed, Gu Cheng had a frosty face, Zhou Zhe, it was this Zhou Zhe again. Several times he was the enemy of Qiankun Gate, and he caught the cold and asked for the spirit stone, which made the entire Qiankun Gate force angry when he mentioned the Book of Heaven, and today, one step away, he was able to marry back the beauty he saw by chance in the capital that day, how could he not hate it in his heart.
"Young master, what should I do?" The arrogant young man didn't ask, but when he asked, it was more like lighting firecrackers.
"Do, do, do, do!" Gu Cheng didn't have the calm and modest appearance he had before at this moment, and he dragged the arrogant young man to the back of the private room and beat him hard, his voice was low and gloomy, "Let you be arrogant, let you be arrogant, speak so loudly, and bring that guy a good thing that spoils me." Makes you arrogant. ”
The arrogant young man who was slapped a few times blushed and didn't dare to speak, so he could only endure it silently, how could they not know the temper of his own few people, as long as he let him vent well, he would naturally be fine, if he didn't say anything, I was afraid that he would really live to the end. If you don't know it, you will be thrown into the dragon ding to refine medicine.
The beating sound of Gu Cheng in the private room naturally could not reach the ears of Zhou Zhe, who was already in the noisy hall, he took Tan Ze all the way through the eaves of the corridor and opened an empty private room before talking to Tan Ze, he wanted to ask Wang Rui about his marriage, not only that, but his sense of smell was also very sensitive, a small Longding Gate dared to stretch out his hand to Dasheng's relatives, Dasheng's heart, what about other sects?
His advice to the Emperor and the measures he is implementing can certainly turn Dasheng into a fortress of war, but no matter how powerful the fortress is, if something goes wrong internally, it will collapse sooner or later. So he had to pay attention to it.
The servants of the free house left the private room after serving the tea and pastries, Suo E and Duan Xiangsi were guarding outside, and Zhou Zhe made a gesture of invitation before asking Tan Ze.
"Master Hou, the junior has a question, but I don't know how to say it!" Zhou Zhe was polite, it was aimed at this father-in-law, half a father, who might be the future Wang Rui, but the aggressiveness expressed by leaning forward did not mean politeness at all. Tan knew who Zhou Zhe was, put down the teacup, slapped his knees with both hands, and tilted his head.
"Alas, what is the Hou Ye not the Hou Ye. I, the brave and resolute marquis, there is only one sign left, you are the righteous marquis, don't be ashamed of me! The loyal and brave marquis has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, I must know everything. "The attitude is very sincere, and it can be saved.
"Shibo, how did you borrow the silver from Longding Gate, such a high interest, why is this? Could it be that something tricky happened at home?" Zhou Zhe was very puzzled, he hadn't received anything from Yang Jue about anything big in Tan Zehou's mansion recently, this matter was a little strange!
"Alas, it's not my son, a few days ago he gambled with someone in Xiaoyaoju, and he lost his eyes, and when he lost all the money he brought, he borrowed money, and Longdingmen happened to be lending money at that time, and when he heard that my son was the heir of the Hou Mansion, he agreed to lend 10,000 taels. My uncompetitive little rabbit cub borrowed money to recoup the capital, but lost again, and then borrowed a few more times, until 100,000 taels, Longdingmen stopped borrowing. Tan sighed, the ruthless son is not a thing but helpless "The next day, the people of Longdingmen said that they came to visit the meeting, but in fact they came to collect debts, of course I couldn't take out so much cash for a while, so I could only merge the IOUs, the name I signed, I was thinking, my son is still young, if he has a reputation of not paying off debts, I am afraid it will be difficult to discuss relatives in the future. I've been borrowing money everywhere these days, but I don't have many friends who know my family. ”
Tan picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and continued
"The Xunqi family in the capital looks freshly dressed and angry, but they are not afraid of your jokes, the family business earned by this ancestor has been lost for hundreds of years, and they are all bright on the surface, relying on a little money to eat. If it weren't for His Majesty's remembrance of the merits of our ancestors, we would really not even be as good as a military household. Zhou Zhe can see it more clearly, no wonder that in the polo match that day, Li Jiuyang took out a "Zhenxiang" necklace worth hundreds of thousands of taels, those relatives are so hot-eyed, no wonder many relatives are calling friends to come together, but in fact, they can't put on a show. There are powerful relatives in the capital, and they are all in the industry or in the military in various parts of the DPRK, and the others can only count on the welfare of Dashengfa to live.
However, compared to the people who lost their lives at any time, they were already doing well, at least they hadn't heard of any Xun Qi's children who were chased and killed by scattered cultivators running around the capital. However, there is a problem that Tan Ze's son can borrow so much money, because Yang Jue does not have any bad records about Tan Ze's family, otherwise in Wang Rui's eyes, people with poor upbringing will not be able to look down on him.
"Shibo, I have a question, who did your son gamble with that day, and he had to borrow so much silver?
"Alas! Only Qianli is a thief, there is no Qianli to prevent thieves, my son went home and calmed down, and told me the cause and effect, it was all the people around him who were squeezing, and they all became more and more red-eyed, and they all said that they were young and frivolous! Alas, they are still being punished by me for copying books at home!" Tan Ze looked distressed, not only did he feel sorry for the silver, but also for his son, and Zhou Zhe also understood that it was a gamble. Qi Wangcheng would not do such a thing, because he did not need to accumulate wealth in this way, or control his relatives, and the gains outweighed the losses. There is only one possibility, that is, Long Dingmen did it on purpose, and the purpose is probably Tan Yuqing.
The means are very ordinary, but they are very effective, almost everyone in the capital wears only crotch pants, but if you really take off people's pants, it is also very ugly. It seems that when they return to the city, they will send some more materials to Dou Deren and Dou Dayan, and they can't let Xungui be manipulated by the people of the four major factions, at least, he is also in the hands of Zhou Zhe.
"Don't worry, it's a person, in that situation, he will do irrational things, eat a trench and grow wise. My brother is still on the battlefield and working for his country. If you know that someone has the idea of beating his beloved, I'm afraid it won't end well, why don't I go back to the master for my brother, and decide this family business first, what do you think?" Zhou Zhe is both soft and hard, as long as the raw rice is cooked now, Wang Rui will be able to marry when he comes back, and Wang Rui's merits and abilities are no worse than the heirs of the Xun Qi family.
This Tan Ze listened to Zhou Zhe's words, and was happy, troubled, and replied helplessly
"My daughter, what do you say! It can be described as a model of a famous daughter, if this family is not taken care of by Yuqing, I am afraid it will not look like a family, but this marriage, I am not afraid of the jokes of the nephew, and there are many people who have asked for marriage so far, but this Yuqing is useless in this regard. ”
I thought that this Tan Yuqing's light upbringing made Zhou Zhegao take a look, but he didn't expect that there would be such a heart. Zhou Zhe said secretly, Okay! Such a daughter-in-law was married home by Wang Rui, he was really relieved. Zhou Zhe smiled and took out another 100,000 taels of silver tickets from his arms and put them on the table.
"My brother, who was born in the army, doesn't say much about things in general, but he is particular about things. He doesn't know how to buy any bells and whistles, but this 100,000 taels of silver, please laugh at it, this is a little bit of my brother's heart. And Uncle Shi, tomorrow's game, don't crowd in the stands with those relatives, come to my private room, let's have a good talk, my senior sister, and the Xinmen master of the Blood Moon Hall are here, so I can enlighten the noble girl. "Zhou Zhe did this, but it was all for Wang Rui, they are real brothers, without Wang Rui, there would be no Zhou Zhe today, brother's wife, naturally to help take care of it, and no longer give others such opportunities as today.
What Zhou Zhe has to do is to show his signboard, and in the future, if anyone has the idea of this aspect, it is clear that he can't get along with him. Tan Ze listened to Zhou Zhe's words, how could he not understand what it meant? Naturally, he happily agreed, saying that it was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, he Zhou Zhe had his back against the Book of Heaven, and Tan relied on Zhou Zhe, that was not bad, at least in the future, others would call him Hou Ye, and he would be a little more sincere.