Shen Ao accompanied the Queen Mother to fight a few more rounds, but she still lost completely, and Concubine Xian smiled beside her: "Shen Ao, if you lose like this, I'm afraid that you won't be able to repay this debt even if you have to build a new house." ”

An Ning pursed her lips, as if she was smiling, and when she saw Shen Ao's appearance of suffering from gains and losses, she said, "Why don't we reduce the bet a little bit?" ”

She was afraid that Shen Ao would suffer a loss, and she couldn't bear to see Shen Ao's depressed appearance.

The Empress Dowager Qinci was energetic and refused to give up and said: "Let's fight first, can't Master Shen even afford to lose this money?" ”

Shen Ao snickered in his heart, he called it a desire to capture the old man, how could he paralyze the opponent if he didn't lose a few games first, and said with a bitter face: "Yes, yes, it's rare for the Queen Mother to be happy, but well, I'm not interested in playing one hundred times, so it's better to do this, how about five hundred times a game?" ”

The Empress Dowager Qinci won on the rise, and she responded without much thought: "Okay, the mourning family listens to Master Shen." ”

Shen Ao's eyes flashed a trace of cunning, shuffle the cards, the next game out of the cards, Shen Ao's style of play suddenly became weird, obviously the Queen Mother's cards are very good, just short of a 900,000 Guan, but out of a few rounds, but always do not see, such a situation is rare, when she opened the 900,000 consecutive cards, Shen Ao suddenly threw out a 900,000 Guan, when it should not come, when it should not come, but it came, as if this Shen Ao, at a glance insight into her hole cards.

In this game, Shen Ao quadrupled in a row, earning three thousand yuan in one hand, An Ning frowned, and said, "Master Shen, I said it in advance, I don't have so much money to lose to you." ”

Shen Ao said calmly: "Don't worry, don't take your money, it's okay!" ”

Then there were seven or eight rounds down, Shen Ao was like a bamboo, he actually won a few in a row, and after a while, not only did he pay off all the debts of Fang Cai, but the Empress Dowager Qinci alone lost him 6,000 times, seeing that it was not early, and in half an hour, the palace gate was about to fall, Shen Ao did not dare to stay, and bowed deeply to Qinci: "Wechen won a few handfuls by luck, please forgive the Queen Mother, as for this gamble, it's just a joke, the Queen Mother doesn't have to be serious, Wechen retired." ”

If Shen Ao didn't say that, it would be fine, but he deliberately didn't want to gamble with Qin Ci, but Qin Ci didn't follow it, and was willing to lose the gamble, did the Empress Dowager still rely on the money of a small county lieutenant? If it spreads, where will the majesty of the mother ceremony in the world go?

Qin Ci said: "The loss should be given to you naturally, you can be so polite, the mourning family is already very happy, this lost money can't be repaid, it's not a joke!" ”

Shen Ao still refused again and again, and the Empress Dowager Qinci said with a smile: "Since this is the case, the mourning family will reward you with something, and ask someone to send it in a few days." ”

Shen Ao doesn't want money, Qin Ci is equivalent to owing Shen Ao a favor, as the queen mother, how can she owe everyone a favor, so this favor must be repaid.

Shen Ao also saw this clearly, so he deliberately didn't want money, what is money, it's just a few thousand, Shen Ao's current net worth, casually taken out is not this number, it's really not too much of a factor, rather than this, it is better to let Qin Ci owe, the longer the account is owed, the more you will have to pay back to Shen Ao at that time.

Shen Ao saluted repeatedly, and then said goodbye loudly, all the way out of the back court, and then walked out of the palace, he didn't go home for a long time, thinking that he was going to see a few wives in the family, his heart couldn't help but ripple, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and go back immediately.

When he arrived at the house in a hurry, the porter saw him and greeted him with a smile and a smile while going to fly the newspaper.

Shen Ao walked in, this is his home, a real home, the first place that comes to mind when he returns to Bianjing, he sped up his pace and walked to the front yard, only to find that the front yard was full of two trucks, the trucks were full of goods, all sealed with oil paper, and I don't know what was inside.

"Someone to give a gift? Could it be that the Queen Mother sent it to someone?" Shen Ao thought about it and smiled dumbly, how could the Queen Mother send it so quickly?

Walked forward and continued, thinking to himself, the first thing I bumped into was Ruo'er or Zhenzhen, and what was Mo'er doing?

Shen Ao raised his eyebrows and looked forward, but saw a graceful old woman coming over, compared to the old woman, it was indeed graceful enough, and the person who came was Shen Ao's mother-in-law, Mrs. Tang.

Shen Ao was embarrassed, his mother-in-law was really everywhere, and she smiled and went over to say hello.

Mrs. Tang said with a smile: "I have long heard that you have come back today, oops, you have lost a lot of weight in Hangzhou this time, and you have to take care of your body when you come back, by the way, is Hangzhou fun?" Why didn't you see the fourth lady come back? ”

The fourth lady is Chun'er, Shen Ao hurriedly explained the reason why Chun'er stayed in Hangzhou, and then pointed to the two big cars and asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

Mrs. Tang said with a smile: "It was sent by a merchant named Abba Yegu, who said that you love antiques, so you specially took some worthless things to invite you to enjoy, Mo'er They refused to accept it, who knew that the person asked someone to leave the car, and the person ran away." ”

Shen Ao laughed, Jin Ren also came to give gifts, it seems that the matter of his return to Bianjing has long been spread to the ears of all parties, this is the cusp of the storm, everyone wants to stammer.

Shen Ao thought for a while and said, "Since they want to send it, let's accept it, anyway, he said that it was worthless and sent it to the firewood room." ”

It happened that Liu Shengxing came in a hurry, listened to Shen Ao's instructions, and immediately ordered someone to push the car to the firewood room.

After a few words with Mrs. Tang, and unconsciously arrived at the back garden, the three girls came out slowly, seeing their lovely appearance with light makeup, Shen Ao understood in his heart that they had just listened to the report, but they were not in a hurry to come out to see themselves, they all hid back in the room to make up. Shen Ao didn't go to break it, and in front of his mother-in-law, he didn't want to say some nonsense, he just said that he was hungry and asked someone to go to the kitchen to get some food.

After eating enough, Mrs. Tang was quite interested, so she said: "The old man went back, the dead ghost had no one to cook at night, and he would rather be hungry than cook by himself. ”

Shen Ao laughed in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Why don't I ask someone to bring my father-in-law over for dinner, why bother." ”

Mrs. Tang refused, so she said goodbye and left.

When Mrs. Tang left, Shen Ao grinned, hugged Mo'er and Zhen Zhen, hugged her left and right, and said to Mo'er: "Among the mother-in-law, your mother is the most powerful, and the sentence of the saint who has lost her conscience really makes my liver tremble." ”

Mo'er was a little shy and said, "My mother is this surname, you don't have to blame her." ”

Shen Ao said very seriously: "Where did I blame her, but I feel that her words are really inexhaustible." ”

Zhen Zhenyan smiled and said: "You must be strange in your heart when you say this, you scholars can't wait to engrave the saint on your head and worship it all night." ”

Zhou Ruo was a little jealous on the side, and when he saw Shen Ao holding Zhen Zhen and Tang Mo'er, his heart was sour, and he deliberately sprinkled his anger on Shen Ao, and said: "Yes, when we go back to Bianjing, we don't rush back first, it's good to ask someone to send a message, which makes us startled." ”

Shen Ao raised his face very seriously, his deep eyes seemed to pass through countless courtyard walls and streets through the light of dusk, his clear eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "Ruo'er, your husband is an official of the imperial court, and he is concerned with the well-being of the people in the world, how can he be private before public!" In his position, he sought his politics and returned to the capital, of course, he was in the palace to discuss current affairs with the emperor, discuss the current situation, and by the way, he recounted the errand. ”

Zhou Ruo chuckled: "For a whole afternoon, you were discussing state affairs with the officials?" Where are there so many state affairs for you to discuss? ”

Of course, Shen Ao couldn't say that he went to play the leaf card, and put down Mo'er with a wry smile, Mo'er ran away like a butterfly, sniffed his clothes and said, "The clothes are a little sour, I'll go take a bath first." ”

When Zhen Zhen heard this, she went to ask someone to boil water, Shen Ao took a bath, changed into dry clothes, couldn't help but feel relaxed, and pulled the three girls to sit in the pavilion in the back garden, the sky was getting late, a full moon hung high in the sky, and the night breeze was blowing, bringing a little coolness, but it also made people sober up a little, and said a few words of parting to each other, Tang Mo'er suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, did the two cars in the front yard see it?" ”

Shen Ao gently shook the fan to drive away mosquitoes, and when he heard this, he said, "I have asked someone to send them to the firewood room." ”

Tang Mo'er said: "That person claimed to be a golden person, we didn't dare to accept these gifts, so we put them in the front yard and waited for the person to pick them up. ”

With a father like Tang Yan, Mo'er knows a little about these things and is full of worries.

Shen Ao laughed: "Everything is delivered, they don't come to pick it up, then we have to take it all according to the order, what are you afraid of, sending things is giving things, asking for something, what should I do, I won't be affected by these gifts." ”

Tang Mo'er said: "But if you don't do things for them, what if they denounce your husband?" ”

Shen Ao grinned: "Mo'er doesn't understand, Ming said to pick a few things and send them to the palace first, I see where they go to sue, we call confiscating the property of the Jin people, not only is it no fault, but it is still to win glory for the country, which not only weakens the strength of the Jin people, but also increases the income of my Great Song Dynasty officials, this is a good thing that has the best of both worlds, Your Majesty must be very happy to hear it." ”

He said such a crooked reason, which had to make people stunned, Zhen Zhen sifted tea for Shen Ao, and said: "It's that you can talk nonsense and accept other people's stolen goods, you are still reasonable." ”

Shen Ao took the tea, his face suddenly turned red, the green tendons on his forehead bloomed, and argued: "Receiving gifts cannot be considered bribes...... Can the affairs of scholars be regarded as corruption and bribery? ”

While the four of them were talking and laughing, Liu Sheng came over cautiously, stopped not far away in the night, didn't dare to get too close, and said, "Young master, the envoy of the Liao State asks to see you." ”