In the twenty-ninth year of Yongchang, the results of the last cold examination came out. Although the names of the two young men had already spread throughout Chang'an and had a faint tendency to spread to the surrounding areas, when Taiyuan University announced the final results, it still attracted a lot of attention. A moment of exclamation——
The first is Ye Changshan, a little-known young man who overcame Jiang Changming and other young talents to become the disciple of the sect master. Followed by Yingping, the emperor and ministers of Wen Shouwen of the Central Plains also began to accept disciples - Yingping became the first disciple among the third generation disciples of the poor family! This surprised everyone.
The streets, alleys, restaurants, gambling houses, and even the place where fireworks were all discussed these two young men. For a time, they were in the limelight.
Qin Jingqing was drinking alone in the restaurant. He was in a good mood. He smelled the fine wine in the glass and couldn't help but drink two more glasses. At this moment, the conversation between two men about Ye Changshan and Yingping came from behind——
"Hey, have you heard about Young Master Ye Changshan?"
"I've heard of it, how could I not have heard of it?"
"What's so special about Young Master Ye? He actually compares favorably with Young Master Jiang."
"I heard that Young Master Ye is extremely talented. He has never studied properly and is self-taught. In the first test, he was evenly matched with Young Master Jiang in the Mathematics subject and won the "A". In the second test, he won the "A" You stand out among thirty people. If you are not extremely talented, how can you defeat the others?"
"Well, what you said makes sense, but I don't know what the content of this re-examination is."
"My cousin works in the Jiang Mansion. I heard that Young Master Jiang was in a state of disbelief after he came back. That day, my cousin was at the door of the old man's room and overheard Young Master Jiang saying, 'Ji Yang and 'Third Senior Brother' are mentally confused." The killing was so complete, could it be that this re-examination... the third senior brother from the humble family came to test the students in the school in person?"
"It's not impossible..."
After saying that, the admiration on their faces became even stronger.
"This is the 'closing test' for a poor family. Young Master Ye is really lucky!"
"Young Master Ye is naturally the lucky one, but this is closed... I don't agree."
"Oh? What do you think, Brother Wang?"
"Brother Li, think about it. Closing the door closes the door for the gentleman alone, but it opens the door for the entire poor family!"
The man named Li thought about it carefully, with a look of approval on his face.
"According to Brother Wang, although Young Master Ye is Mr.'s closed disciple, Yingping is Mr. Wen's first disciple and the first disciple of the third generation of the Han family. This cold test is not a 'closed test'. .....but a 'test to open the door'?"
"Exactly!"
"so……"
Qin Jingqing listened very proudly and stopped listening to the rest of the words. At this moment, he was reflecting on his unique vision and wise decision during this period of time.
Who is Ye Changshan? Who is Yingping? Those are all people who call me, Qin Jingqing, brothers! I thought that Yingping was a person with his back against the big tree, but I didn't expect that Ye Changshan was even more extraordinary and passed the cold test directly! Oops, as long as one of the two becomes prosperous in the future, then I will also...hehe...
Qin Jingqing drank the wine in his glass proudly, dropped the money and left the restaurant, heading towards today's destination - Jindingfang.
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The major gambling houses in Chang'an made a lot of money this time. They never expected that the boy named Ye would win the championship this time, and that Yingping, when the results of the preliminary examination just came out, they would collide with these two people. I was stunned, but I didn’t expect that the major gambling houses would end up making a sure profit because of the two of them - they didn’t place any bets on these two people at all, and all other bets were accepted. This is such a good thing. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
However, some families are happy...and one family is sad!
Seeing other gambling houses making huge profits this time, Mr. Yu’s family is really in trouble. Three hundred thousand taels of silver! Three hundred thousand taels! I thought that the three hundred taels of gold were already in my pocket, but in the end I still had to pay 300,000 taels of gold. If my boss knew about it, would he have to take the skin off Mr. Yu?
At the feet of Master Yu is the cold examination announcement that his subordinates copied from the gate of Taiyuan University. It is clearly written in white and black on the paper. The moment he got this piece of paper, Master Yu wanted to dig his eyes out. He couldn't believe that the boy named Yingping was actually admitted to the Han family! He read the piece of paper over and over again and handed it to the accountant to confirm several times, but no matter how he looked at it, it could not change the facts.
Master Yu is feeling miserable!
Mr. Accountant was in so much pain. If he hadn't been obsessed with something that day, and if he hadn't wanted to quickly get rid of that little-eyed young man, how could he have ended up in this situation today? It seems that the accountant of Jindingfang cannot be made... No! I'm afraid that the gambling houses in Chang'an City can't accommodate me anymore. This matter has caused such a big fuss, which gambling house will want me? It's not a big deal to be laughed at by colleagues. The bookkeeper of this gambling shop has always been a fat employee. How many people are jealous of him? He has worked hard for so many years and finally secured this position. Jindingfang is making money every day, and the money is flowing like water. Naturally, he has also reaped many benefits, but today...
Thinking of this, Mr. Accountant buried his head on the table regretfully, wanting to cry without tears.
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't been obsessed with me that day, how could I have agreed to that scoundrel-eyed boy! His grandma's fault, it's all your fault!"
Mr. Yu was cursing vehemently, and the thin accountant was huddled in the corner in aggrieved manner.
"Master Yu, look at what you said...it wasn't you who made the final decision...in the end, you blamed me..." Mr. Accountant muttered in a low voice.
"You still dare to quibble! If it weren't for you - alas!"
Master Yu was about to speak but hesitated. He wished he could give Mr. Accountant a kick to vent his hatred.
At this moment, the plump maid from that day walked in with tea and started posing and posing for Master Yu, but she saw that Master Yu was upset.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
The maid was so frightened when Master Yu suddenly got angry that she almost dropped the teapot, so she had to walk away in a sensible manner.
"well!"
"well!"
The two sighed in unison, then they looked up at each other, looking at each other speechless for a while, and finally lowered their heads.
A gust of breeze blew by, blowing the piece of paper on the ground from Mr. Yu's house to the feet of Mr. Accountant. Several large black characters came into view, which was extremely dazzling and heart-breaking——
Yingping was a young man with great intelligence and talent. The monarchs and ministers from a humble family cherished his talent and accepted him as a disciple...
Looking at these words, Mr. Accountant first frowned and closed his eyes, but then he quickly opened his eyes as if he had discovered something, and stared at the piece of paper——
Yingping was a young man with great intelligence and talent. The monarchs and ministers from a humble family cherished his talent and accepted him as a disciple...
The emperor and his ministers from a poor family cherished his talent and accepted him as his disciple...
Wen Junchen... accepted him as his disciple...
The accountant bent down to pick up the piece of paper, and kept chanting these words in his mouth. An idea flashed through his head, and in an instant, these dazzling and heartbreaking words became cute.
Mr. Accountant hurriedly approached Mr. Yu and whispered something in his ear.
After hearing Mr. Accountant's 'wonderful plan', Mr. Yu's brows gradually relaxed, his fat mouth slowly opened, and his expression instantly changed from bitter melon to melon. Finally, he looked at him as if he had just woken up from a dream and burst into laughter.
"how?"
Mr. Accountant looked at Mr. Yu proudly.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Mr. Yu also looked at the accountant with a wicked smile and praised. But then, he looked worried again and asked: "But...but if he refuses, what should we do?"
"No? You don't want to see who owns Jindingfang. How dare you come here to cause trouble?"
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Qin Jingqing came to Jindingfang humming a little tune. The boy in the shop recognized him as the generous young man last time and welcomed him into the house like a god of wealth. Arriving at the house, Qin Jingqing found that Mr. Yu and Mr. Accountant were standing in the house with smiles on their faces, seemingly waiting for his arrival.
"Master, please come and be safe!"
"Haha, I am fine, but the young master is very different!"
"You know, people feel refreshed during happy events!"
"Where does joy come from?"
"Isn't it a joy to win money? Is it possible that the master still wants to default on his debt?" After that, he took out two pieces of white paper from his arms, which were the proof of the bet that day.
Shopkeeper Yu stared at the two pieces of white paper, narrowed his eyes and said, "Jindingfang is the largest gambling house in Chang'an City. I always keep my word, how can I default on my debt?"
"Okay, then please!"
Qin Jingqing never thought that Jindingfang could be so refreshing and truly an honest operation, and he couldn't help but feel happy.
The accountant took out a banknote from the back room, handed it to Qin Jingqing, and said politely: "Sir, the money is here. Please take a look."
Qin Jingqing took the banknote and looked at it carefully, frowning, and then looked at Mr. Yu and the accountant with an unhappy expression.
"Sir, do you have any questions?" Mr. Accountant asked deliberately and thoughtfully.
There are so many questions! When the Japanese master worked so hard to bring 300 taels of gold to you, it was clearly written in black and white on the paper. He should have received 300,000 taels today. Why did it become one thousand taels now?
Qin Jingqing shook the thousand taels of silver notes in his hand and asked, "What's going on!"
The accountant was slightly startled, and then he explained in an "unclear" manner: "Didn't the young master take out ten taels of silver and place a bet on Ye Changshan that day? We agreed to pay one hundred taels for each, and promised, one thousand taels, which is a lot of money." .”
"This thousand taels is correct."
"Then Young Master, do you have any questions?"
When Qin Jingqing saw the accountant pretending to be stupid, he was furious and exclaimed: "Where is the three hundred thousand taels!?"
"What three hundred thousand taels?"
"The three hundred thousand taels of gold!"
"Oh, that's three hundred thousand taels. I'm afraid you may have some misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding did I have?"
"Sir, please look at—"
After that, Mr. Accountant handed the copied list to Qin Jingqing. Qin Jingqing had naturally seen this list and said impatiently: "What's wrong with this list?"
"Sir, please read this paragraph..." The accountant said as he put his finger on the paper.
"Ying Ping was a young man with great intelligence and talent. The emperor and his ministers from a humble family cherished his talent and accepted him as their disciple..."
Qin Jingqing read it word for word. He was afraid that he had read it wrong and that the accountant was blind, so he read it loudly on purpose. Then he asked: "Is there anything wrong with this sentence?"
"Problem? What problem can there be with the poor family? The problem lies in the gambling contract in your hand."
"What? Gambling contract?"
"Haha, you don't know something, young master. The bets we open are all for...well...to be disrespectful, they are all for the sect owner."
"What do you mean?"
"This Yingping... is Mr. Wen's disciple, not the disciple of the sect leader, so..."
"What? You...!"
Qin Jingqing's blood surged, and he finally understood that Jindingfang was taking advantage of him. In anger, he shouted loudly: "Mr. Wen's disciples are also the disciples of the sect master! What's wrong with this?"
"That's what I say, but we don't have any intention of accepting Mr. Wen as a disciple."
"This..." Qin Jingqing was very eloquent, but at the moment he couldn't argue. Seeing the triumphant looks of Mr. Yu and Mr. Accountant, Qin Jingqing's chest rose and fell sharply and said, "Okay! You...you...just wait for me!"
"What? Master, do you still want to act a little bit mischievously?"
Shopkeeper Yu saw that Qin Jingqing's eyes were a little red, so he turned around and waved, and then two burly men behind him stepped forward, staring at Qin Jingqing fiercely with their hands intertwined.
When Qin Jingqing saw the crowd on the other side, his momentum instantly weakened.
A hero does not suffer immediate losses, and the Thirty-Six Stratagems are the best!
Qin Jingqing threw down his sleeves heavily and wanted to get up and leave.
Seeing him leaving angrily, Master Yu shouted proudly: "I would like to remind you, Master."
Qin Jingqing heard this and turned to look at him.
"I understand that the young master is anxious after losing money, but the young master must not do anything inappropriate..." Master Yu looked at Qin Jingqing with disdain and said slowly. Then, he raised his voice and lengthened it, fearing that Qin Jingqing couldn't hear clearly, and said——
"This Jindingfang is the Jiang family's casino. Mr. Wang... San! Si!"
Qin Jingqing's heart skipped a beat, Jiang's casino? Then this matter is not easy to handle! The power of the Jiang family is so great, and the public and private affairs are as strong as the sky. This time, Ye Changshan has usurped Mr. Jiang's position as leader. I'm afraid this money... is going to be wasted!
