Pei Hongyu sneaked back to the Song family residence.
After learning that my sister had gone to bed due to a tiring day, I was relieved. I passed by the inner house, and before I could return to the house, I heard a sullen voice from behind: "Stop!"
"..."
Pei Hongyu's heart trembled at the call. When he turned around and saw his old father looking at him with an unkind expression, his heart was in his throat...
"Where have you been today?"
Pei Yingli looked at his outfit and scolded him in a cold voice: "Do you know that today is the day of your sister-in-law's funeral? Huh?"
"me……"
Pei Hongyu was already worried, but now he was even more flustered after being scolded by his old father. He stumbled and said, "I...I met a few friends here and went to have a drink with them."
"Drinking with friends?"
Pei Yingli sneered when he heard this and said, "I think you didn't go to have a drink with your friends, but went to a gambling house, right?"
It is said that a son is better than his father. Pei Yingli knew that his son had been spoiled since he was a child and had developed a bad habit of gambling that he could not get rid of...
During the past few days in the Song family, he also knew that his son would often sneak out to play in the gambling house.
But because every time he won or lost, he didn't win much, and he had something to do, so he turned a blind eye and didn't take it to heart.
But today is the day of Mr. Song's funeral. This kid actually sneaked away to gamble again, and he secretly came back unkempt. He was obviously beaten. This is enough to show that the gamble is not small! And he even caused trouble!
How could he not be angry as a father?
"me……"
Pei Hongyu, who owed a huge gambling debt of 30,000 taels, was already panicking. Now that he was scolded by his old father, he even avoided his eyes and stumbled, not knowing how to respond.
"Bastard thing!"
Seeing his gesture, Pei Yingli strengthened his suspicions and snorted coldly, "Are you causing trouble outside?"
"Dad, please help me!!"
Seeing that his old father had realized his situation, Pei Hongyu ran over and knelt on the ground, hugged his old father's legs, and cried with snot and tears: "Dad, you must save me!"
"..."
When Pei Yingli saw this, his heart skipped a beat. He looked around subconsciously. When he saw no one was around, he reprimanded in a low voice: "You shameful thing, get up! Go to the house and say it!"
Although Pei Hongyu was not smart, he also knew that outside was not the place to talk. When he saw his old father walking into the room quickly, he hurriedly wiped the tears on his face, got up and followed him...
After arriving in the room…
Pei Hongyu's mother, Mrs. Xu, saw that the father and son had different expressions, so she hurriedly came over and asked, "Master, Hong'er, what's wrong with you?"
Pei Yingli locked the door and saw his son hiding behind his mother, wiping tears with a sad look on his face. He became even more angry and scolded sharply: "You bastard, tell me honestly, what are you doing outside?" It’s over!”
"..."
Perhaps because his mother was around, Pei Hongyu gained some confidence to speak, and said with evasive eyes, "I just... owe some gambling debts."
"Just the gambling debts and nothing else?"
"without…"
"..."
When Pei Yingli heard that he just owed some gambling debts and didn't cause any trouble, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How much do you owe?"
"three……"
Pei Hongyu stretched out his hand with three fingers, but he didn't dare to say the word "ten thousand liang" after three.
"Three thousand taels?"
Pei Yingli raised his brows when he saw this. He thought he owed three thousand taels, so he angrily pointed at his nose and scolded: "When did you loser gamble so much! Huh? Kneel down!"
"..."
Pei Hongyu was so frightened that he fell to his knees and said tremblingly: "Dad, it's not three thousand taels, it's... it's thirty thousand taels."
"..."
Pei Yingli was stunned when he heard this, and asked with his eyes widened and his voice distorted, "How much?"
"Three...thirty thousand taels..."
Pei Hongyu closed his eyes, shrank his neck, as if he didn't dare to look at his old father again, and said, "Dad, I...I owe thirty thousand taels!"
"Master...Master!!"
When Pei Yingli heard this, he was so choked up that he almost couldn't breathe. His eyes turned white and he was about to fall. When his wife saw this, she screamed and stepped forward to help her...
"father!!"
Pei Hongyu was also frightened by the state of his old father. He hurriedly came over to help him, caressing his chest and beating his back...
Pei Yingli came to his senses, raised his hand and slapped him on the face, scolding him with a trembling voice: "You beast!!"
Seeing his son fall to the ground with his cheek covered, and a bloody broken tooth spit out from his mouth, Pei Yingli still felt that the beating was too light, so he stepped forward and kicked him twice to vent his anger...
"Master, you can't do it, you can't do it!"
Seeing that her son had been beaten to the point of vomiting blood, Mrs. Xu on the side was heartbroken. She cried and hugged Pei Yingli and shouted, "Master, Hong'er is still young, I can't do it, I can't do it!"
While she was stopping Pei Yingli, she admonished her son: "Hongyu, please admit your mistake to me. Please admit your mistake to me!"
"Dad, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong!"
Pei Hongyu stood up and fell to his knees again, crying with snot and tears: "Dad, I will never dare to gamble again next time, please help me..."
"You loser! Beast!!"
Pei Yingli also knew that his family relied on such a son to continue the family tradition, so he couldn't really beat him to death. After venting his anger by kicking him a few times, he calmed down a little.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and scolded: "Retell to me everything you have encountered in the past few days and the people you have come into contact with from beginning to end, without leaving out any details!"
"Yes Yes Yes…"
Pei Hongyu nodded like garlic, and honestly told all the things and people he met in the past few days, including his luck and what was on his mind.
Pei Yingli's eyes narrowed slightly after hearing this...
He is also an old man in the world. Hearing that his son has been very lucky recently, made good friends, and even borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from a gambling house, he naturally sensed something was wrong...
"Is there anything else I missed?"
Pei Yingli roughly guessed that his son must have been treated as a pig and killed, and he snorted coldly and asked, "For example, did you provoke anyone before this?"
"Who are you messing with?"
Pei Hongyu blinked blankly and thought for a while before shaking his head and saying, "No."
"Be honest!"
Seeing his posture, Pei Yingli thought he was hiding something, so he stepped forward and slapped him again...
Seeing his son holding his cheek in grievance, he scolded him with an impatient expression: "You are obviously tricked, you idiot. If you don't know it, you are about to die. How dare you hide it?"
"Really... really not!"
Pei Hongyu sobbed aggrievedly and said: "I am not familiar with the place here. Apart from being here, I have only been to gambling houses. I know that my parents have some plans, so I am polite to everyone and never interact with them. People make enemies.”
"Master, stop fighting..."
Ms. Xu next to her wiped away her tears in distress and said bitterly: "It must be those scoundrels in the gambling house who saw Hong'er's innocence and deceived him. If you want to find out, just take it out on them. What are you doing to beat Hong'er... "
"madness!"
When Pei Yingli saw his mother hugging each other and crying, he waved his sleeves angrily and walked around, his old face twisted into a ball...
"If this loser accidentally offends someone he can't afford to offend outside, let's find someone to make peace with him. This matter won't be difficult to handle."
"The key is that this loser didn't offend anyone, but he was treated like a pig and killed in a gambling shop. That's why there's a big problem!"
"Use your pig brain and think about it. How much money does a gambling house make in a year by pumping water? Can you just lend 30,000 taels of silver to others?"
Pei Yingli took a deep breath, cleared his thoughts and murmured: "Who is setting a trap for us?"
"Who is behind the gambling house?"
"Before we came to Heyang County, the Jianghu forces here had already been unified by the Qingsha Gang..."
"There should be people from the Qingsha Gang behind all the gambling houses in Heyang County..."
"If someone from the Qingsha Gang was behind the instigation, it would be understandable that the gambling house would spend thirty thousand taels of silver to set up a pig-killing tray..."
"broken!!"
He seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and said with slightly focused eyes: "I now suspect that someone in the Qingsha Gang is eyeing us, or in other words, someone in the Qingsha Gang is eyeing the foundation of the Song family!"
"That...that..."
When Pei Hongyu heard his old father's guess, he also shrank his neck and asked, "Then what should we do?"
"What should I do?"
Pei Yingli snorted softly, his slightly focused eyes like a cunning fox...
He seemed to have thought of a countermeasure, and said with a sneer: "The people from the Qingsha Gang also covet the Song family's delicious soup. It's not in vain that I thought of a strategy to ensure the harvest during drought and flood before I came..."
