Chapter 24: Fang De and Lei Laohu's Gamble
Qianlong didn't force him anymore, but cut to the point: "Have you heard of the gamble between Fang De and Lei Laohu?"
Erduo bowed: "The minister heard something!"
"On the occasion of the return of the Emperor Ama, he personally issued a decree to let the teacher serve as the governor of Hangzhou with two intentions, one is that the anti-Qing chaos party is mostly in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan is the granary of my Qing Dynasty, there is no room for chaos, and there is a need for capable cadres to sit in charge, the teacher is relied on by the emperor Ama, and he is the best candidate, the second is because of the Fang family, you know, the emperor Ama owes something to the other family, especially the death of Fang Jingyu," Qianlong said very slowly: " Although Huang Ama never said, but I know that he has always regarded Uncle Fang as a confidant, and Uncle Fang also regards him as a friend of life and death, several times to save Huang Ama in danger, but also because of Huang Ama was apricot hidden martial arts, and later died in the hands of Kundian, although Kundian made his own claim, but Huang Ama is also inseparable, he let you go to Hangzhou, but also let you secretly take care of the Fang family, the other party to make some amends, the same I mean, so you must be careful about the Fang family's affairs, and you can't let the Fang family have another accidentγ β
Ordo nodded: "The ministers of the Fang family are a little negligent, the Red Flower Society is really fierce these days!"
"The affairs of the Red Flower Society can be postponed, but the affairs of the Fang family must be taken to heart," Qianlong said: "If Fang De has any mistakes, Huang Ama will definitely not forgive my son." β
"Your Majesty, please rest assured," Ordo said: "The old minister and Fang Jingyu are also lifelong friends, and they will definitely not let his descendants have any accidents!"
Qianlong followed and asked him: "What do you think of the gamble between Fang De and Lei Laohu?"
"Fang De will defeat the Thunder Tiger!"
Ordo replied in the affirmative.
Qianlong shook his head: "He is not a person in the gambling world. β
"Fang De is a wise man, he never fights uncertain battles," Ordo replied: "He is a man who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, just like a needle in the cotton, the greater the blow he receives, the greater the strength of his counterattack, and more importantly, he has an amazing fighting spirit, even in the reverse current, he will go against the current, and finally defeat the opponent and reach the other side of victory." β
Qianlong smiled: "Hearing you say this, even I want to see him fight with Lei Laohu." β
Ordo said: "However, the old minister is still a little worried. β
"Say!"
Qianlong was in a good mood.
"It is very likely that Lord Rong is involved in this matter!"
Ordo said very carefully, after all, Prince Rong is a high-ranking and powerful emperor, and he is the emperor's uncle, and if he doesn't say a good word, he will be suspected of false accusation.
"I have a grudge against my Amma, it is human nature, after all, my Ama has imprisoned him in the imperial tomb for more than ten years, and it is human nature for him to vent, so he is a little too radical, and even a little unscrupulous, I will tell him about this, what about you, just let go and do what you should do, don't have any psychological burden. β
"Yes!"
Ordo respectfully agreed.
- With Qianlong's words, it will be much more convenient for him to do things.
Qianlong followed and said: "Now that the whole city of Hangzhou is under martial law, it is difficult for the rebellious party to escape, and the battle between Fang De and Lei Laohu is bound to be eye-catching, I may use this opportunity to escape from Hangzhou, and if possible, I will use this opportunity to wipe them out." β
Ordo said: "The slave understands what the emperor means. β
Since Lei Laohu and Fang De made a gambling game, Lei Mei has been practicing Lei Laohu's gambling skills in the quiet room to prepare for the battle in the coming day, and she has felt that Fang De is not easy to deal with. Lei Laohu is indeed abstaining from desire, sex, drinking and practicing gambling these days, he knows that he is not as good as Fang De, he can never afford to lose, he will lose his foothold in Hangzhou if he loses, on the contrary, Fang De seems very relaxed, in addition to taking care of Fang Long's business every day, he also has a boat on the West Lake with the third and fifth knowledge, and talks about the scriptures with the abbot Xilai Master in Lingyin Temple, and it seems that he has not taken this gamble to heart at all.
Prince Rong knew everything about Fang De's actions, he originally thought that Lei Laohu could fight with Fang De, but when he saw this situation, he knew that he was wrong, he had determined that Lei Laohu was not Fang De's enemy, a person could be so calm before the big war, then his cultivation was naturally extraordinary, he felt that he had to persuade Lei Laohu to give up this gamble, otherwise he was very likely to lose all the things he had, so he almost immediately found Lei Mei.
After knowing what Prince Rong meant, Lei Mei's eyebrows were deeply locked: "Does the prince want the tiger to give up the gamble with Fang De?"
Prince Rong nodded.
"Why?"
Thunder Tiger couldn't help it.
"You are no match for Fang De," Prince Rong said with certainty, "and you don't even have the slightest chance of fighting Fang De." β
Lei Laohu sneered: "The prince also thinks too highly of Fang De!"
"Knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles," Prince Rong replied to Lei Laohu: "But the Fang De we have seen all the time is just a Fang De that everyone has seen together, and for the real him, it can be said that he knows nothing, which is a very dangerous thing for us, and we can't afford to lose this battle, and if we lose, we will lose everything we have in hand." β
Lei Mei fell silent.
She knew that what Prince Rong said was the truth.
After a long time, she spoke: "The prince said that Lei Mei knows, but this battle has spread throughout Hangzhou, there is no way to avoid it, if the tiger avoids this battle, it will inevitably attract the shame of the heroes in the rivers and lakes, how do you let him gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, how to lead the Cao Gang? Besides, sooner or later, our Lei family and the Fang family will have a decisive battle, it is better to take this opportunity to touch the bottom of it." β
Prince Rong said, "Since you have decided, then the king wishes you good luck." β
After coming out of the Lei family, Prince Rong felt that he couldn't rely on the Lei family alone to deal with the Fang family, and he had to make some other arrangements......
After sending off Prince Rong, Lei Mei immediately went to the quiet room to see Lei Laohu.
"Prince Rong came just now. β
Thunder Tiger snorted: "What is he here for?"
Lei Mei said: "He wants you to stop the gambling game with Fang De!"
Lei Laohu sneered: "Now that everyone in the rivers and lakes knows about my gamble with the Fang family, how can you let me stop the gamble?"
Lei Mei said: "So I have rejected Lord Rong." β
Lei Laohu breathed a sigh of relief.
Lei Mei sighed: "Actually, his worries are not all unreasonable, we really know too little about Fang De, maybe it was a mistake for us to provoke the upper family this time, but the matter has come to this, and we can only fight with all our strength." β
Lei Laohu said: "I will not disappoint my sister. β
Lei Mei smiled: "Sister has confidence in you, and my sister will take care of other other things for you, so you can prepare for a battle with Fang De with all your might!"
"Yes!"
Lei Lao Hu replied forcefully.
In his heart, Fang De was just a businessman, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
When Prince Rong was worried about Lei Laohu, Miao Cuihua was also worried about Fang De, she thought that Fang De would invite a master to fight Lei Laohu's gamble, but Fang De didn't make any movement, every day in addition to doing his business as usual, that is, boating on the West Lake with friends, and even didn't see anyone for several days, until he didn't see Fang De until the eve of the bet with Lei Laohu. When she saw Fang De, he was sitting alone at the stone table in the courtyard, slowly sipping a pot of fragrant tea.
Seeing Miao Cuihua, Fang De smiled: "You're here?"
Miao Cuihua sat down and stared at Fang De carefully: "I'm here to ask you how you are going to die tomorrow!"
Fang De shook his head: "Tomorrow is my bet with Lei Laohu, can't you say something nice?"
Miao Cuihua sneered: "Do you remember that tomorrow is your gamble with Lei Laohu, I don't think you are busy and have forgotten about it." β
"Isn't it just a gambling game, so you need to be so nervous?"
Fang De said lightly.
Miao Cuihua shook her head and said: "You said it very easily, Lei Laohu is a famous gambling master, you are just a businessman, what do you gamble with others?"
Fang De smiled: "If you want to know, go and see our gamble tomorrow!"
Miao Cuihua said angrily: "Okay, I'll go and see how you die tomorrow?"
Since the gambling game between Fang De and Lei Laohu came out, the whole country has been boiling, almost all people are not optimistic about Fang De and Lei Laohu's gambling game, after all, Fang De is just a businessman, and Lei Lao Hu is a famous gambling master on both sides of the Yellow River, so casinos everywhere will open Fang De's odds very high, pressure Fang De to win one to five, pressure Thunder Tiger to win is one to five, or even six to one, after all, in the eyes of all people, Fang De is basically lost, support Fang De to win is not nothing, but it is basically rare, but what is unexpected is that when their gambling game is about to beginIn the casinos around the country, there is a large number of funds to press Fang De to win, which is basically unthinkable to all people, but the casinos around the country are still very welcome, if they are all thunder tigers win, you let them eat and drink.
However, these have nothing to do with Fang De, his gambling with Lei Laohu was carried out in the casino of Lei Laohu in Hangzhou as scheduled, in order to show the fairness and justice of his gambling game, Erduo and Prince Rong came forward to personally invite the big man in the gambling world to preside over the gambling judge, the gambling judge is the most famous predecessor in the gambling world, that is with the king of Nanqian, The characters of the same period of the Northern Holy Hand, he can't help but have strong gambling skills, and he is also very fair and selfless, the gambling game he presides over has always been carried out in a righteous and bright manner, and he is not allowed to cheat, and the offender will cut off his hand and withdraw from the gambling world forever, for inviting the gambling judge to take the opportunity to preside over the gambling game, Lei Laohu naturally has no opinion, after all, the Fang family's power in Jiangnan is too big, he will win Fang De for you, and Fang De may not be able to keep the contract, at least he thinks so.
There are many people who pay attention to this gamble, among them are martial arts masters, and there are friends in the gambling world, and Prince Rong is also paying attention to this gamble. He only paid attention to this gamble because of Fang De, the first time he saw Fang De, Fang De gave him an unprecedented pressure, this kind of pressure he had never encountered, he even felt that Fang De was his natural enemy, the two of them would meet together one day, before that, he had to have a good understanding of Fang De.
As soon as the morning dawned, Lei Laohu was waiting for Fang De, and now he had been waiting for two hours, but Fang De had not appeared, and gradually his heart was already panicking.
- Fang De won't change his mind and won't come, will he?
So he turned his attention to the gambling judge.
The gambling world was as quiet as a virgin, there was no change in their faces, and no one could see what they were thinking.
"Senior, the rules of the gambling industry have not arrived after the deadline, regardless of the reason, they will make negative arguments, but there is such a thing!"
"Indeed!" replied the gambling judge.
"When the time comes, please ask your seniors to uphold justice!"
The gambling judge shook his head: "If Lei Dangjia wants to detain Fang De with this rule, it will be a big mistake!"
"How?"
"Fang De is not a person in the gambling world, this rule is not suitable for him, he can completely ignore this gambling game, but we have nothing to do with him, but Lei Dangjia forced a person who has never been in the gambling world to go to the gambling table but will become the laughing stock of others.
"So he's not coming?"
Thunder Tiger's mood began to grow heavier.
"Of course, this is just the old man's estimate, Lei Dangjia must be a little quiet, don't be bored, wait a little longer!"
Lei Lao Hu had to wait any longer.
After another hour, Fang De finally came.
"Fang De, you're finally here!"
Fang De sat down calmly: "It's a little thing that has been delayed, so it's been a long time for everyone, I'm sorry!"
Lei Laohu sneered: "Let so many people wait for you, Master Fang, your shelf is inevitably too big!"
Fang De's gaze swept over the crowd in the casino and said, "Fang De didn't know that you would make an ordinary gamble so big. β
Lei Laohu snorted coldly: "Who are you going to let bet with me?"
Fang De smiled and sat down opposite Lei Laohu: "Our Fang family is no better than your Lei family is a person in the green forest, and it started with gambling, I really can't find anyone to gamble with you, so I have to come." β
Lei Laohu was surprised: "You bet with me?"
"Yes!"
Fang De's answer was affirmative.
Lei Laohu smiled: "Then let's start!"
He didn't take Fang De in his eyes at all.
"But I have two questions," Fang De said with a smile, "The first question is whether your casino accepts bets?"
"You want to bet on yourself to win?"
Fang De bowed: "Everyone is betting on you Lei Laohu to win, few people bet on me to win, I estimate that if I lose, you may lose all your family property, you said yes, so I decided to sponsor a friendship point, of course, if you don't accept bets here, forget it." β
Lei Laohu laughed: "According to Master Fang's meaning, Master Fang has no problem betting on himself to win, how much do you want to bet?"
Fang De said ashamedly: "Not much, not much, I have been a little tight recently, so let's bet on 100,000 taels of silver tickets." β
"Okay!"
Gao Xiangzhong also walked out at this time: "I also bet 20,000 taels to win," he pressed a few silver tickets on the table.
Lei Laohu laughed, but someone sent a pillow when he was really sleepy: "If there is no one to press Fang De to win, hurry up and bet, after this village, there will be no such shop." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Bai Zhen walk out, and he took out a large pile of silver tickets: "Our master pressed 300,000 taels of De to win." β
"White Senpai......"
Bai Zhen smiled: "You don't need to be nervous, you just treat it as an ordinary gamble." β
Lei Laohu has calmed down at this moment: "It's just Bai senior." β
After issuing the receipt, Gao Jinzhong and Bai Zhen were dismissed: "Master Fang, can you start?"
"One last question," Fang De smiled: "I'm not a person in the gambling world, Lei Dangjia forced me to bet with you, this is not fair to me at all, so I want to take advantage of the bet, I will press one or two silver, and Lei Dangjia will have to press three taels!"
"Yes," Lei Laohu was domineering: "How are you going to bet?"
Fang De said harmlessly: "We can gamble game by game until the other party loses all the family property, and the losing party will never be allowed to set foot in Hangzhou, even if we see the other party in other places, we have to go around." οΌβ
Lei Laohu agreed: "Okay, it's no problem if you want to bet with me." οΌβ
"Since neither of you has any objections to the bet, let's get started!"