When Song Ruan walked into the lobby, there were several youths in bright clothes and countless jade ornaments sitting on mahogany chairs, talking and laughing happily.

Compared with the gorgeousness of these people, Song Ruan was wearing elegant clothes, his hair was simply tied up, and the broken hair that could not be tied quietly fell on both sides of his cheeks, which made his facial features softer.

The few people who were chatting and laughing noticed him, and when they looked back, everyone was slightly stunned.

Is this still the rich young master Song Ruan who used to drink and eat meat with them, and search for flowers and flowers?

One of the tall and thin young masters was the first to break the stagnant atmosphere. He smiled and said, "Dr. Ruan's illness has changed his whole temperament. Look, I didn't recognize you at first glance just now." .”

Fortunately, before coming out just now, Song Ruan took Lu Luo and asked about the characteristics and names of these people. He looked at the young master without any trace, and he nodded slightly, "Brother Wang."

This is considered a greeting.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you still alive?"

The man walked over with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "I heard that you are in good health these few days, so we wanted to come and see you. It's been a long time since I've had a drink together, how about Go out for a party?"

Song Ruan hates this kind of gathering the most. First, there are so many people, it must be very noisy. If someone wants to talk to you, it is polite to reply, but he has no patience for people other than his family; He wants to drink, but the wine is not only not clear enough, the alcohol is not high enough, it is not enjoyable and hurts the body, but it is not as delicious as the tea he made himself.

He declined, "I shouldn't have declined my brother's invitation. It's just that the doctor told me not to drink alcohol. If I go, I'm afraid it will spoil everyone's happiness."

"Brother Wang, this is your fault."

Another person interjected, and he laughed, "Don't you know? Brother Ruan has become obsessed with the tea ceremony recently. Didn't he win against that Master Zhao a few days ago? This news has spread throughout the capital."

"Is this still the case?"

Prince Wang was very surprised.

"That's not true, Brother Ruan is considered a celebrity now." The person who interrupted said with a smile, "Since Brother Ruan can't drink, why don't we go to a teahouse? I heard that there is a new one these days." The game is called gambling tea. It's kind of interesting."

Betting on tea?

Song Ruan keenly grasped the word gambling. Although he had no memory of the original owner, he knew that the original owner liked to gamble.Thinking about it this way, the purpose of these people's visit is obvious.

Sure enough, someone immediately asked modestly, "What is gambling on tea?"

The man explained, "It's a bet on tea. It's a gamble on luck. Put tea in each box, and the buyer will pick a box and pay for it. If it's a defective product, you can drink it yourself; Win silver there."

It was exactly as he expected.

Song Ruan shook his head, and said without interest, "Since this is the case, if ten out of ten boxes are defective, then this bet is meaningless."

"This is a gala game. There must be top-grade tea, but there are fewer."

The man urged, "It's just a matter of time for everyone to drink some tea together and hear about the book, isn't that good too?"

Song Ruan was a little annoyed by being entangled. He was about to refuse directly, when he suddenly heard the prince say unhurriedly, "Besides, brother Ruan, you still owe us more than 700 taels of silver. That's just right, you know tea. It’s this business again, why don’t you help us choose today.”

He had a smile on his face, but his words had vaguely indicated that no matter you win or lose, it's all yours.

"..."

It turned out that the hole was dug here, Song Ruan narrowed his eyes slightly.

In fact, he didn't care how much the original owner owed them. Firstly, the Song family had the financial resources to pay them back. Second, the several hundred taels of silver were borrowed from him and his parents. thing.

But this feeling of coercion and temptation, of insisting on pulling people into the pit...is really annoying.

Immediately someone nearby came to sing a bad face, "Oh, brother Wang, what are you talking about, we are all brothers, we can pay back the money at any time, we are not in a hurry. There is no need to ruin the brotherhood for this little money. "

Someone echoed, "That's right, everyone is out to have fun, why bother to compete so seriously."

As soon as these words came out, it seemed that if Song Ruan took it seriously and fought against the prince, he would be really ignorant.

"Okay, okay, I said something wrong, so brother Ruan is still willing to go?" Although he apologized, but Wang Gongzi still didn't care, and asked with a smile.

"...Fortunately, even extremely."

Song Ruan's tone was cold, and everyone pretended not to understand the meaning behind it.

He touched the bracelet on his wrist, and remembered the illusory promise made by the young man that day, how absurd it was to listen to it with a different person, but it was Yang Yuan who said it, so he felt at ease.

If you can help me...

Forget it.

Yang Yuan is just an inexperienced young man, how can he help him?

Song Ruan hid the bracelet in his sleeve and sighed softly.

The teahouse that Wang Gongzi mentioned was actually called a gambling house to be precise.

The lobby of the gambling house is full of tricks of betting on dice and comparing sizes. Most of them are civilians in coarse linen clothes. Itching for a little gamble.If you go to the back and pass a corridor, the layout will be completely new. There is a sign on the door of the room that reads how to play gambling. Countless rich people in gorgeous clothes stay here, and the noise is not as loud as in the front.

Xiao Er led them to a door where two words were clearly written on the sign hanging on the door: Betting on Tea.

Tea gambling is divided into areas. The area on the left is for small gambling. A box of tea leaves costs tens of taels of silver, while the area on the right costs hundreds of taels of tea per box. Ordinary young masters can’t help but click their tongues at a glance at the price.

Each serving of tea leaves is sealed in a red wooden box. According to Xiao Er, when you open the box, there will be a tea variety label, which is used to judge the grade of tea.

Song Ruan walked past rows of wooden shelves, and there were identical boxes on top of each other. He took one casually and weighed it lightly, only to hear the slight rustling sound of the tea leaves rolling inside. It seemed that the weight was not large. many.

He took it up to his nose and sniffed it, but he could only smell a little tea fragrance. Even a seasoned tea buyer would find it difficult to distinguish good from bad by this simple taste.

It's not really buying tea, it's a pure gamble.

"Brother Ruan wants to buy this?"

Someone next to him came over and stared at the box in his hand, but he didn't see any difference, "How about I invite you?"

"I can't tell the difference at all, it's purely luck."

Song Ruan shook his head and put the box back.

He looked around the whole room, and his eyes fell on the antique shelf in the corner. A vase with soft lines and beautiful colors caught his eyes immediately.Song Ruan walked over, just about to take a good look at the exquisite carvings on it, when suddenly the wrist of his left hand became hot.

"..."

He was slightly taken aback, raised his hand to touch it, and happened to touch the bead string Yang Yuan gave him, is it it?But why is this thing suddenly hot?

Song Ruan suddenly thought of his ears that became hot when he was reminded. Could it be that Yang Yuan was reminding him of something?

But how is this possible.

"Brother Ruan, what are you doing standing here?"

Wang Gongzi turned around and saw Song Ruan standing in the corner, staring intently at a wooden box, he walked over with interest, "Why, Brother Ruan also wants to gamble?"

Song Ruan ignored him, the bracelet was still hot, the temperature was just right enough for him to feel it, but it didn't make him feel hot, just like a hand stove.

He intentionally tried to get another box that was farther away, but the bracelet seemed to have sensed his intentions. Before Song Ruan touched it, the temperature of the bracelet disappeared.

Song Ruan's hand froze slightly, "..."

"Brother Ruan wants this?" Seeing that he didn't move, Wang Gongzi picked it up for Song Ruan on his own initiative. He looked left and right, but he didn't see the trick.

"……Um."

Song Ruan glanced at Prince Wang, and wrote lightly, "But since Brother Wang likes it, I won't take away people's love."

After finishing speaking, he took the wooden box closest to him, and at that moment, the bracelet returned to the hot temperature just now.

"Okay."

Prince Wang looked very happy, "Since you and I both chose one, why don't we both let Xiao Er open it now, and we will have better luck."

Song Ruan didn't bring much silver with him when he went out, but fortunately, the sons who were traveling with him lent him 50 taels, so they bought this box of tea leaves.

Xiaoer took the wooden box from the two of them, and first unsealed the box of Prince Wang, and opened the box, which contained a small amount of tea and a small letter.

Xiaoer took out the small letter, read the name of the tea written on it, and finally said, "Medium grade, still good."

After reading it again, he returned the small letter and the box to Prince Wang, and said congratulations.

Although it is a middle-grade product, it is considered rare compared to a defective product.

"Brother Wang is lucky," sighed the onlookers, "I just bought a box, and it turned out to be a wild tea leaf without a name."

Although Wang Gongzi was a little bit regretful, he knew that there were more than 100 boxes here, and the chances of betting on the top grade were really small, so his face was a little smug, "Brother Ruan is lucky, he gave it to me."

Song Ruan didn't respond, he pointed to his own box, "Open mine."

"Hey."

Xiao Er bowed his waist, opened the seal, took out the small letter inside, and read it word by word under the expectant eyes of everyone, "The name of the tea, gold inlaid with jade. Grade... top grade!"

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