Chapter Twenty-Three: Idiots and Madmen

Su Shi and Chen Xiaolan entered the mansion, and followed Du Heng to a side hall, Du Heng waited for his subordinates to serve tea, and then confessed to Su Shi: "Please wait a while, Shen Gongzi, I will go and invite my young master." ”

Su Shi nodded, and Du Heng hurriedly left the side hall.

Chen Xiaolan sat there without saying a word, although her expression looked calm, her heart was pounding, and it was beating faster and faster, so fast that she could barely breathe, like a person about to drown.

Even though she has great confidence in Su Shi, she still can't control the fear in her heart when she really faces the fate that is about to change.

"You're nervous?" Su Shi seemed to see through her, and said with a pleasant face.

Chen Xiaolan took a breath lightly and nodded with difficulty, but then smiled reluctantly: "But please rest assured, since I trust Childe, I will never back down." ”

Su Shi looked at the still slightly childish face, but he didn't expect this little girl's heart to be so firm.

Because this gamble is very ridiculous in the eyes of everyone, it is impossible for anyone with a little brain to think that Su Shi will win.

Chen Xiaolan trusted him unreservedly, and was even willing to take himself as a bet.

Su Shi looked at her and suddenly smiled, "Do you want to learn?" ”

Chen Xiaolan couldn't help but be stunned, and asked suspiciously, "What does Childe want me to learn?" ”

Su Shi said lightly: "It is the ability to earn 4,000 taels, 40,000 taels, or even 400,000 taels of silver in a month." ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaolan's heart suddenly beat rapidly again, but this time it was not because of panic, but because of excitement.

She looked at Su Shi in surprise, but she was still a little suspicious of her ears.

"Childe is willing to teach me?"

Su Shi said: "You are very smart, firm in heart, and courageous, and the most important thing is that you believe in me, so I have no reason not to teach you." ”

Chen Xiaolan was overjoyed and was about to kneel down to thank her, but Su Shi hurriedly stopped her and said, "Now we are partners and our identities are equal, so you don't have to be like this." ”

At this time, Du Heng appeared at the door with half of his face swollen, followed by a young man about twenty-five years old, with a fair face and sparse eyebrows.

He dressed casually, because he no longer had to use fancy clothes to show his identity.

When he walked into the room, he just glanced at Chen Xiaolan coldly, Chen Xiaolan suddenly felt that his blood was almost about to coagulate, and bursts of chills kept hitting her.

This glance seemed to come from the gaze of an abyss demon.

Su Shi couldn't help frowning, because he felt that this was a very terrifying person.

Although this person's expression looked calm, Su Shi could clearly see a trace of madness in his eyes.

The man walked slowly into the side hall, and Du Heng immediately introduced him: "Young Master, this is Shen Xunhuan Shen Gongzi." ”

Then he said to Su Shi: "This is our young master Bai Jiangchuan." ”

Bai Jiangchuan arched his hand casually and asked, "Shen Gongzi doesn't know if he is a descendant of Dongchuan Shen Gongxuan, or a descendant of Nanjiang Shen Xinbo?" ”

The most famous of the Shen family are these two branches, and only the clansmen of these two branches serve as high-ranking officials in the court.

Su Shi smiled: "I'm not from Dongchuan, let alone Nanjiang, I'm just an idle person." ”

Bai Jiangchuan believed in this sentence, because before coming, they had carefully checked the situation of the children of these two families surnamed Shen in the capital, and there was no one named Shen Xunhuan in them, and as for the other people surnamed Shen, if there were no officials above the second rank in the family, Dongyuan Quaku would not care at all.

Naturally, they would not have thought that the name was fake. The so-called line does not change the name, does not change the surname, even if an ordinary person attaches great importance to his name, not to mention that Su Shi is a scholar, and the scholar is the most upright, how can he casually recognize his ancestors.

Since Su Shi is not a prince and nobleman, nor is he from a famous family, and he has ruined his good deeds-originally he was determined to win Chen Xiaolan, and Bai Jiangchuan naturally did not have a good face for him.

"I don't know what Shen Gongzi is doing when he comes to my Dongyuan Library?" Bai Jiangchuan said coldly.

Su Shi didn't want to waste his tongue too much, and said lightly: "My intention to come must have been informed by the Du Nursing Academy, so why should Young Master Bai ask more." ”

"Although Du Heng has already informed Shen Gongzi of his intentions, I still want to confirm it again."

Originally, Bai Jiangchuan didn't need to come forward in person for this matter, but when he heard Du Heng tell the whole story, he suddenly became very interested in this Shen Gongzi.

Even at the feet of the Son of Heaven and at the root of the Imperial City, no one dares to provoke the Dongyuan Library, and as for betting with the Dongyuan Library, as long as it is a person, he doesn't even dare to think about it.

So Bai Jiangchuan couldn't help but want to see what kind of person this idiot was.

Su Shi glanced at Bai Jiangchuan obliquely, and said lightly: "Then is Young Master Bai interested in this gamble?" ”

His eyes made Bai Jiangchuan very unhappy, because this kind of look should only appear in his eyes.

Bai Jiangchuan said: "Since Shen Gongzi gambled with each other, I should have been accompanied, but it was just ......"

"But what?"

Bai Jiangchuan's expression suddenly became a little lazy, and he said slowly: "It's just that the stakes are too small, and I really can't be interested." ”

Su Shi disagreed, and said with a smile: "Young Master Bai wants to raise? ”

Bai Jiangchuan looked directly at Su Shi: "Then does Shen Gongzi dare to take it?" ”

"How does Young Master Bai want to add it?"

Bai Jiangchuan's face became gloomy, but the madness in his eyes became more and more intense, and he sneered: "If you lose, in addition to this little girl entering the mansion as a slave, I also want one hand and one eye from you." ”

Originally, Bai Jiangchuan only wanted Su Shi's hand - since you want to be nosy, I will cut off one of your hands.

However, when he saw Sue, he changed his mind again. Because he felt that Su Shi actually squinted at him and was very disrespectful to him - since you are disrespectful to me, I will gouge out one of your eyes.

In this way, Bai Jiangchuan also felt that he was a little merciful, because he also left a hand and an eye for Su Shi.

Chen Xiaolan listened to it on the side, and was about to speak anxiously, but Su Shi shook his head lightly at her, then looked down at his hands, and said quietly: "My hands and eyes are very expensive, but what kind of chips can Young Master Bai come up with?" ”

Bai Jiangchuan said lightly: "If I lose, I will naturally lose one hand and one eye." ”

However, Su Shi was unmoved, he thought about it, and a hint of unpredictable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I took the bet you added. But ......"

Seeing that Su Shi actually took the bet, both Chen Xiaolan and Du Heng couldn't help but look at him in shock.

Du Heng suddenly discovered that Su Shi might be a madman who was even crazier than Bai Jiangchuan.

Regardless of whether Su Shi was an idiot or a madman, Bai Jiangchuan would not have the slightest pity, he said coldly: "But what? ”

Su Shi said lightly: "If you lose, I won't want your hands and eyes." ”

Bai Jiangchuan's eyes froze, and he slowly asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

Su Shi smiled slightly and said, "If the Dongyuan Qualitative Library loses, how much silver I earn in a month, then the Dongyuan Qualitative Depot will lose as much silver as I am." ”