"Steward Lu! Since everyone has been brought here, why don't you report it?" Lu Qin seemed to be intoxicated in watching the dance, but he knew the situation in the stone room well.
"Except the reporter, I plan to wait until this dance is over before reporting!" Lu Xuan replied.
"It doesn't matter! Just bring the people in." Lu Qinhun ordered nonchalantly.
"Yes!" Lu Xuan responded expressionlessly, turned around and walked out; not long after, he led a man in a blue gown and walked in.
"Huh? Is it him?" Tong Bo thought to himself: "It seems that he is the protagonist of this banquet. Sure enough, there is no such thing as a good banquet!"
"Is it you? It's you who's here?" When the man in blue shirt saw Lu Qin, his handsome face was full of anger, and he shouted: "Zhao Fei! I treat you as my eldest brother in vain, you actually tried to harm me like this?"
"Brother, where did you say that?" Zhao Fei stood up and spread his hands in front of Lu Qin: "This is the head of the Lu family, the real master of Ziyan Pavilion. Only with his support can we achieve great success!"
"Even if I die, I don't need help from such a hypocritical guy." The man in blue shirt yelled regardless.
"What's going on? Didn't you ask me to help you?" Zhao Fei looked at this man who was usually polite but now extremely rude. An inexplicable feeling came to his heart: "Now the opportunity is right in front of you. How can you say such rude words and still not apologize to the members!"
"Brother Shaoyun! We haven't seen each other for many years, why are you still so angry?" Just as Zhao Fei was puzzled, Lu Qin smiled slowly.
"What? You are?" Lu Qin's words shocked Zhao Fei; the man in blue shirt who entered the stone room was Lu Shaoyun, who had previously recognized Zhao Fei as his brother and made a bet with Wang Junchen.
"Sir, you guessed it right. The man in front of me is my brother!" Lu Qin nodded, and smiled at Lu Shaoyun: "I didn't expect that you would recognize me as your brother, and you have some discernment! Being in Ziyan Pavilion is not useless."
"Don't lecture me like a brother!" Lu Shaoyun said angrily: "If you hadn't used despicable methods back then, I should be the head of the Lu family now."
"I wanted to use Lu Shaoyun's talent in business to earn money for Yuan Wai! I didn't expect that he turned out to be Yuan Wai's biological brother. What a mistake!" Zhao Fei suddenly felt his scalp numb.
"Sir, there is no need to show that strange expression!" Lu Qin said with a smile: "You can support Shaoyun, and you have also fulfilled your brother's responsibility for me. You have both merit and demerit."
"Thank you, Yuanwai." Hearing what Lu Qin said, Zhao Fei calmed down a little.
"Hey! Are you ignoring me again?" Seeing that Lu Qin ignored him, Lu Shaoyun became angry again.
"Hey! I am not obsessed with the position of a mere family head!" Lu Qin showed a look of disdain towards Lu Shaoyun: "If you want it, just take it!"
"You, are you telling the truth?" Lu Shaoyun couldn't believe his ears.
"How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!" Tong Bo on the side couldn't help but thought to himself.
"Of course it's true. Everyone here can testify." Lu Qin smiled slightly: "But you have to rely on your own ability to get it."
"The scary thing about Lu Qin is that he never does useless things! He invited me to this stone room and also brought Lu Shaoyun here. There is no way they are unrelated." Tong Bo thought to himself. "
"What do you mean by this?" Lu Shaoyun was slightly stunned.
"Xiang Yun! I heard that you severely beat your younger brother in the poultry house?" Lu Qin changed the subject and asked Tong Bo.
"As expected, you're waiting for me here!" Tong Bo sighed secretly and smiled: "Did the member of staff talk about cockfighting?"
"Yes!" Lu Qin suppressed his smile and said seriously.
"Just for fun!" Tong Bo shook his hand.
"Shaoyun, do you know where you lost?" Lu Qin asked seriously.
"Neglect!" Lu Shaoyun said with disdain.
"Have you been negligent?" Lu Qin snorted coldly: "If you don't know enough, it doesn't matter whether you are negligent or not."
"I really can't hide it from Lu Qin." Tong Bo couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"So what if I haven't seen that black chicken?" Lu Shaoyun was exposed to the reason for his failure, and he suddenly felt unhappy: "Do you know everything?"
"Yeah! That makes sense. The world is big, and there are always things you don't know!" Although Lu Qin looked serious, he was not angry at all. He asked calmly: "Shaoyun! Let's play a game. If you can If you win, I will pass on the title of head of the family to you."
"Are you serious?" Lu Shaoyun stared at Lu Qin doubtfully, obviously not believing what he said.
"What I have said is true." Lu Qin nodded.
"Hmph! What you say is unfounded, how can you prove it?" Lu Shaoyun's business world has gone through many ups and downs, so how can he believe other people's empty words?
"Come here, get some paper and pen!" Following Lu Qin's instructions, a boy brought up pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Lu Qin spread out the paper, picked up the brush, glanced at Lu Shaoyun, and wrote quickly without hesitation, and soon the white paper was filled with words.
"Sir! This pass will be handed over to you for safekeeping. If Shaoyun wins, I will give it to him." Lu Qin showed the written pass to Lu Shaoyun for inspection and then handed it over to Zhao Fei for safekeeping.
"Commissioner, how did this happen?" Zhao Fei looked at the bright red seal on the book of succession and was shocked. He didn't expect Lu Qin to make the decision so easily.
"It doesn't matter! If Shaoyun is really capable, it will be a blessing for the Lu family." Lu Qin didn't care at all.
"Okay! Stop talking nonsense, how do you want to play?" Lu Shaoyun asked impatiently.
"If you lose in cockfighting because of knowledge, then business is an area you are familiar with." Lu Qin stared at Lu Shaoyun with bright eyes: "If you lose to others in business, then there is no excuse."
"Interesting! Bo also wants to play, I wonder if the members agree?" Tong Bo immediately picked up the conversation before Lu Shaoyun could speak.
"Since Xiangyun wants to participate so much, why should I refuse? That's right!" Lu Qin followed suit.
"Then thank you, Yuanwai!" Tong Bo saluted, but complained in his heart: "You have invited me here, how can I still refuse?"
"It's too boring to have only two people. Bring them up." Lu Qin waved his hand, and two guards escorted three men in black and walked in.
"Who are these three people?" Tong Bo took a closer look: "It turns out they are Lu Xingyun's people."
"The three of you helped Lu Xingyun escape. According to the court regulations, you should have been executed in a hurry!" Lu Qin paused deliberately and continued: "But I, Wainian, didn't know about you, so I gave you a chance to survive. Are you willing?"
"I'm willing to take this humble position!" The man is a swordsman and I am a fish and meat. The three of them smelled the vitality and how dare they disobey, so they immediately agreed in unison.
"Okay! Then let me explain the rules!" Lu Qin slowly stood up.
First, before the game starts, participants will be given twenty silver tattoos and five bags of dry food.
Second, the game is divided into five rounds, and each round is limited to one hour; everyone can trade money and food with each other, but the transaction between money and food is limited to once per person in each round, and after each round A bag of dry food must be returned.
Third, during the transaction, one person in the cabinet will be selected as a notary, and Xiangyun can also choose one person to notarize at the same time. However, the notary is not allowed to talk to anyone after the game starts and before the end. If it violates the rules, communicate with the notary. The person will be directly judged to lose.
Fourth, after each cycle of dry food payment is over, the amount of money and food left by everyone will be announced; your ranking will be calculated based on the amount of silver, but dry food is your guarantee. If anyone’s dry food is exhausted, then The fate that awaits him is death.
"This is unreasonable!" Lu Shaoyun was the first to question: "Only five bags of dry food were distributed in total, and one bag was returned in each round. Wouldn't it mean that everyone's livelihood is ruined?"
"Yes! According to the current rules, this is indeed the case." Lu Qin nodded: "But after adding rewards and punishments, this problem can be solved."
"What is the reward and what is the punishment?" Tong Bo asked with great interest.
"At the end of each round, the top two players with the most silver taels will each get a bag of dry food. If the person who ranks first in the game ends up, I will be rewarded at the rate of one tael of silver to one thousand taels." Lu After Qin mentioned the reward, he did not forget to add: "If you want to survive, use your brain more. During the Southern Expedition, there was no day when I was not in crisis of lack of food and grass."
"In this way, only three bags of dry food were returned in each round. Although there is hope, the situation is still grim." Tong Bo thought secretly: "Lu Qin's last sentence seems to be sarcastic to Lu Shaoyun, but I always feel that he is hinting at something. .”
"Humph!" Lu Shaoyun ignored Lu Qin's sarcasm and just continued to ask: "Then what is the punishment?"
"This is a punishment. I'll give it a try first." Lu Qin clapped his hands, and four women with their hands tied were brought in by several guards.
"Hang them on the bronze tripod." Lu Qin gave the order, and the guards quickly hoisted them up with ropes.
All four women were seen, all dressed in white. Their eyes were slightly closed, their faces were red, and they were unconscious. They looked pitiful.
"What do you mean by that?" Wei Hanwen rubbed his hands repeatedly when he saw the beautiful woman, and he was so excited that he almost cried out.
"In order not to make the game too boring, this is a special reward for me." Lu Qin pointed at several women and said: "In the game, participants can also use the silver coins in their hands to buy these women."
"What's the use of buying these women? Can they be used as food?" As a successful businessman, Lu Shaoyun will naturally not be moved by the beauty in front of him.
"No!" Lu Qin's eyes flashed: "But we can accept the punishment of death on behalf of the participants."
"The three maids, Feng, Hua and Xue?" Tong Bo recognized three of them at a glance: "Looking at them, they looked like they were forced to take some kind of medicine."
"That is to say, if you accidentally consume all the dry food in your hand, if you can buy these women, they can die on your behalf?" Lu Xingyun asked.
"Not bad!" Lu Qin pointed at the woman hanging in the air and said, "But all participants can only buy one of them. If the others also want to buy, the silver price will need to be raised."
"What Yuan Wai means is that when the first person chooses to buy one of them, if other people want to buy it, they can only compete with it at a higher price?" Tong Bo immediately understood what Lu Qin meant.
"This is exactly the rule of the auction. The one with the highest bid gets it." Lu Qin nodded: "How can I get an extra reward so easily for you!"
"Excuse me, I also want to participate in the game!" Wei Hanwen, who was so lustful, actually offered to join.
"Mr. Wei, this is not possible! The number of people has been decided a long time ago." Lu Qin rejected Wei Hanwen and said loudly: "I have said almost everything that needs to be said. Before the game starts, I will toast you all."
"That's wrong!" Tong Bo was alert: "Lu Qin didn't fully explain the punishment before he started to toast. Is there something fishy in the drink?"
"Exceptor! You also know that Bo is not good at drinking. Can you..." Tong Bo excused himself.
"It's just that you don't like drinking, it's not a bad thing. Moreover, this wine is a tribute to everyone. I hope Xiangyun will reluctantly drink this drink." Lu Qin didn't know what Tong Bo was thinking.
"Everyone?" Tong Bo observed Lu Qin's words and understood what Lu Qin meant: "It turns out that this wine is also a necessary condition for participating in the game."
"The member is so kind, but Bo is so disrespectful." How could Tong Bo be afraid, he raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
"I wonder how everyone feels after drinking?" After about five breaths, Lu Qin glanced at everyone and asked slowly.
"Why do I feel a little hungry?" Lu Shaoyun suddenly felt that his stomach was as empty as night, as if he had not eaten for a day. For a man like him who was well-dressed and well-fed, this was a taste he had never tasted before.
"Hungry?" When Tong Bojing said Lu Shaoyun, he suddenly understood: "So that's it. Lu Qin's mind is still so meticulous. From the moment he entered the stone chamber, he fell into his layout."
Some people died, but not completely...
