After being forced to marry the Shaxing general

In the bedroom, the candlelight had already been extinguished, and it was so quiet that only the breathing of the two could be heard.

Zhao Yelan didn't wait for the other party to speak, and simply asked, "What are you thinking about? What happened in southern Xinjiang?"

"Hmm. I'm wondering if someone in the court obtained the poison from Southern Xinjiang and used it on my father." Yan Mingting said.

People from southern Xinjiang were not allowed to enter Beijing unless they were summoned. Even if the mission came, it would be strictly guarded by the imperial army, and it was impossible to get in touch with ordinary people.However, Nanjiang had just asked the Xuan Dynasty for peace, and there was a lot of waste waiting to be done. It was impossible to take the risk of poisoning the old general, unless someone cooperated with Nanjiang, or secretly obtained the poison from the envoy of Nanjiang.

"Well, continue to find out who was close to the southern Xinjiang envoy at that time. It would be even better if you can know the details of the pilgrimage at that time." Zhao Yelan said, "Li Jinyu was at the scene at the time, maybe he can find out something .”

"But how do you pry his mouth open?"

"Wait a minute, and he will take the initiative to deliver it to your door."

Hearing these words, Yan Mingting's tense strings finally loosened, feeling inexplicably relieved, and smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

A day later, Li Yucheng came to the door again, this time it was a good time, and he came here specially to block people.

"Are your legs and feet so sharp?" Zhao Yelan looked at him with a half-smile, then turned his head to look around, "How about hanging on that tree today?"

Li Yucheng's face turned green and pale, gritted his teeth, and said sternly, "Stop talking nonsense, Zhao Yelan, do you dare to bet with me?"

"Gambling?" Zhao Yelan raised his eyebrows, "I disagree."

"Why don't you agree?!"

"It's my freedom to agree or disagree." Zhao Yelan turned around and said to Gao Tan who rushed out to greet him, "Xiao Gao, see off the guests."

"Yes." After receiving the order, Xiao Gao lifted Li Yucheng up and carried him all the way to the Right Prime Minister's mansion before dropping him down.

"Hey, hello." Li Yucheng fell down, rubbed his buttocks and stood up, pointing at Gao Tan's back and cursing, "Well, you brat, when I avenge my revenge, I will definitely have you skinned and cramped!"

"Oh, young master, why did you provoke Zhao Yelan again?" The servant hurried out to support him, and persuaded him earnestly, "Master, I told you not to cause trouble, especially not to trouble Zhao Yelan. , why don't you listen."

"What do you know? If you don't tell me, who will know?" Li Yucheng was helped all the way back to the room, lying on the bed, getting more and more angry as he thought about it, and beat the bed board, "I just can't swallow this breath! Zhao Yelan used to show off his might You bullied my father in court, and now that you are demoted, you still dare to beat me in public... Hmph, I've already thought of a way to get revenge!"

He didn't have any ink in his stomach, so he couldn't compare to Zhao Yelan.In terms of martial arts, the boy next to Zhao Yelan, and the vicious Yan Mingting, he can't win any of them.

So he decided to find another way - bet!

He has witnessed Zhao Yelan's gambling skills with his own eyes, and he can win easily. In other cases, he only needs to let Zhao Yelan place a big bet, and he can take revenge without hesitation.

Moreover, even Yan Mingting can't help with this matter, whoever told them they wouldn't bet, heh heh.

"Go and take out all my private money." Li Yucheng ordered in a low voice, "Then take it to the gambler..."

For the next few days, Li Yucheng went to the general's mansion to stop people, but Gao Tan carried him back and threw him on the ground every time, his ass almost fell apart.

"Are you really going to reject him?" Yan Mingting asked while feeding the rabbit with a carrot in his hand.

"What do you think?" Zhao Yelan sat in the study and wrote.

"It's just a tactic to delay the attack. The less you are in a hurry, the more anxious he will be to pull you away. At that time, everyone outside will know that it is Li Yucheng who insists on betting with you, not you deliberately." Yan Mingting said.

Zhao Yelan nodded silently.

Yan Mingting put the carrot in the yard, and the rabbit also jumped away from the door of the study, continuing to eat the carrot.

Zhao Yelan heard his footsteps from far to near, and said without raising his head, "Go and wash your hands."

"I'll go right away." Yan Mingting put his hands behind his back and glanced at his paper, "What are you writing?"

"It's all about copying books, why, is there a problem?"

"You are too free to copy books, so you won't draw a big portrait for me?" Yan Mingting asked eagerly, raised his head to look at the mountain landscape painting hanging in the room, and pointed to the villain on it, " It's a very nice picture, but it would be even better if the people in it were bigger."

"vulgar."

"So what if you're just vulgar once?"

"No way, no way." Zhao Yelan put down his pen, pushed him outside the door, locked the door, turned back and continued to copy the book quietly.

"Just draw a picture." A head poked out of the window, said pitifully.

"Don't even think about it." Zhao Yelan walked over and closed the window, finally he couldn't hear any noise.

"I'll just pay the money, you can make a price." A tile on the roof was lifted, letting in some sunlight.

Zhao Yelan raised his head, stared at the extremely noisy face, gritted his teeth and said, "Yan Mingting, try to harass me again."

"How about you?"

Zhao Yelan raised his sleeve and put his hand into the sleeve.

Yan Mingting's eyelids trembled, and he quickly turned his face away, the arrow of the crossbow/arrow brushed past his cheek.

He laughed loudly: "Not bad, the direction is well controlled, and the progress is very fast. You are indeed my good apprentice."

As soon as the words fell, another arrow was shot at him, it was really ruthless.

In the blink of an eye, when it was Xiu Mu's day, Zhao Yelan left Li Yucheng alone for several days, and finally agreed to him and had a good bet with him.

Li Yucheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly hired a sedan chair to take him to the gambling house together, gearing up, about to vent his anger.

After Yan Mingting got the news in the school grounds, he rushed to the casino non-stop, and He Cuizhang and Zhong Yuehong also followed by coincidence.

When the three of them arrived, the gambling house was already crowded, and everyone gathered at the biggest gambling table in the middle, watching Li Yucheng and Zhao Yelan's gambling game with great interest.

It took Yan Mingting a long time to squeeze in from the crowd of excited gamblers. He saw Zhao Yelan sitting on the seat gracefully, but his face was not good-looking. On the contrary, Li Yucheng was smugly shaking his fan. A pile of silver.

"How is the situation now?" He asked the people on the side.

"Zhao Yelan lost badly!"

"I think this Li Yucheng came prepared, and he has been refusing to let go. The bet is getting bigger and bigger, so exciting!"

"I want to see Zhao Yelan lose everything!"

"It's fun for Li Yucheng to lose, either of these two will look good hahaha!"

"Why don't we take a gamble and see who wins and who loses today!"

Yan Mingting squeezed a few more steps forward, and finally came to Zhao Yelan's side. The two looked at each other, and he said sternly: "Zhao Yelan, come back with me, I won't let you gamble with the sword today." .”

Hearing this, the others burst out laughing. Zhao Yelan lost Yan Mingting's sword last time, and it became a big joke in the casino, and now the joke is coming again.

Li Yucheng was even more proud, his eyes rolled around, his eyes fell on the sword on Yan Mingting's body, and he said, "Zhao Yelan, how about just betting on that sword?"

Zhao Yelan raised his eyes: "Then what are you betting on?"

Li Yucheng pushed all the money in front of him: "All."

There were exclamations all around, and everyone couldn't wait to watch the show.

"No." Yan Mingting refused, but Zhao Yelan moved faster, pulled out his saber, and put it on the table: "Deal."

Li Yucheng was overjoyed immediately, secretly winked at the dealer, and then looked at the two of them proudly.

"My lord, don't bet on swords!" He Cuizhang and Zhong Yuehong stood in the back row and shouted, "That is the general's treasure!"

"Shut up." Li Yucheng shouted, "Since it's already on the gambling table, there's no reason to take it back, don't you think?"

"That's right, I'm willing to bet and admit defeat!" The gamblers echoed in unison.

After opening the cup, Zhao Yelan's face turned ashen. Li Yucheng moved forward happily to grab the silver, then picked up Yan Mingting's sword, glanced at it with disgust, and threw it to the servant: "Take it back and give it to the cook."

He Cuizhang and Zhong Yuehong were very angry, and they didn't know whether to be angry with Li Yucheng or Zhao Yelan.

"Look at what you did!" Yan Mingting scolded, Zhao Yelan hung his head and remained silent.

Seeing this, Li Yucheng's revenge became more and more vigorous, and he was determined to ruin the two of them!

"Let's stop playing bit by bit, how about taking the big one? Don't you want to win it back?"

Zhao Yelan asked, "How old is it?"

"It's a life and death game where you bet your entire fortune," Li Yucheng said.

The boy hurriedly grabbed him, and said in a low voice: "Master, that's not what you said before. Didn't you just plan to win him a little, and stop if you make him lose face?"

"Go, go, stay there." It's this time, why do you hold back, Li Yucheng threw him away, looked straight at Zhao Yelan, "Zhao Yelan, let me ask you, do you dare?"

The aggressive method is the most useful for gamblers, Zhao Yelan's eyes flashed: "Why don't you dare, I will accompany you to the end."

"Zhao Yelan!" Yan Mingting's face darkened, he took his arm and was about to walk out.

"Yan Mingting, do you understand the rules of the gambling house?" Li Yucheng yelled, and the others responded loudly: "That's right, don't leave, don't leave!"

"Let go, it's none of your business." Zhao Yelan said coldly, then broke away from his hand, turned around and continued to sit at the table, looking at the excited Li Yucheng, "If you lose, don't let it go."

"It's natural, I'll bet on the gold ten thousand taels first!"

Everyone: "Hey!"

Zhao Yelan also bet the same amount, and the two signed the papers in front of everyone.

Zhao Yelan made a big bet at the beginning. Seeing this, a skilled gambler in the crowd shook his head and sighed: "This dealer hasn't even started betting yet, so he bet blindly. This kind of gambling can't be done purely by luck."

"Li Yucheng will still listen to the voice anyway. Do you think he is distinguishing the voice? It is likely that Li Yucheng is going to win. This is a good look."

"That's right, this Li Yucheng didn't know why today, his gambling luck is so good, I think it's probably a trick..."

"We won't be lucky enough to see Zhao Yelan go bankrupt today, will we?"

"I'm going to call my friends to see it together!"

When the dice cup stopped, Li Yucheng opened his eyes and laughed. He rolled his bet with pride, and slapped his fan with a wave of his head: "Zhao Yelan, Zhao Yelan, you're done for today. As far as gambling skills are concerned, you're still a little tender. Grandpa, I-"

"Ah!" Everyone looked down at the dice and shouted loudly.

Li Yucheng listened to their shouts and applause with satisfaction, raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and then turned to look at the dice: "Six... 666?!"

"Ah! Impossible!" Li Yucheng moved to the side of the dice cup in disbelief, obviously he heard three ones!

Dumbfounded, he picked up the dice to check, his face was drained of blood, and in a rage, he grabbed the dealer's collar, "Didn't you say it's all right! How could it be three sixes?!"

"I, I don't know what's going on." The dealer begged for mercy.

"Why, did you bribe the dealer?" Zhao Yelan asked leisurely.

The others immediately looked at Li Yucheng with disgust. It's fine to bribe him, but he still lost if he bribed him. How embarrassing!

"I do not have!"

Li Yucheng immediately let go of the dealer. At this moment, a slender hand took away the paper in front of him, and Zhao Yelan's ghostly voice sounded in his ears: "I'll give you a day to prepare the gold ten thousand taels. It's a tael short, I'll chop off your hands and feet."

Li Yucheng's face was pale, and he fell to the ground limply. He looked at Zhao Yelan in a panic, pulled his clothes, and said, "I, let's start over again."

"No, 1 taels is enough for me." Zhao Yelan took two steps back, smiled slightly, bent over and patted his face, "I would like to obey the rules of betting, but you have repeatedly emphasized that you shouldn't lose." Now, do you want to renege on the debt?"

"That's right, you can't renege on your debt!" He Cuizhang shouted loudly.

"That's it!" The others booed, "Go back and prepare the gold, hahaha!"

Li Yucheng just felt that the sky was falling, where did he get so much gold!Just when he was in despair, he suddenly saw Yan Mingting passing by him, picked up the sword on the table, and stretched out his other hand.

"Childish." Zhao Yelan said something, and then gave him a high five without any trace.

"You guys sang together, so it turned out to be a partnership to trick me!" Li Yucheng suddenly got up, and ran out after them, "You plotted to kill me!"

Zhao Yelan turned around and said with a smile: "You have to talk about evidence. Who asked me to gamble over and over again? And who bribed the dealer? Why did you lose and still beat him up? The son of the dignified right minister, he only Will you play a rogue and frame him?"

Everyone pointed at Li Yucheng, Li Yucheng looked around, his eyes turned red suddenly, he covered his ears and ran away.

"Xiao Gao, follow him, don't let him commit suicide, and let him return to the mansion safely." Zhao Yelan ordered, looking up at the sky, "No matter how much Li Jinyu pretends to be deaf and dumb, he has to go out for his stupid son. .”

"Well, wipe your hands first." After the two got into the sedan chair, Yan Mingting took out a handkerchief from his bosom, grabbed his hand and wiped it.

Zhao Yelan lowered his head and wondered, "Why do you love being clean so much today?"

"You touched his face just now." Yan Mingting wiped his hand vigorously.

"..."

Zhao Yelan withdrew his hand abruptly, looked at him with a complicated expression, and saw that the handkerchief on his hand was still the same one that was used to wipe his sweat on the school grounds last time, and it was still there.

"Stop the sedan chair." Zhao Yelan shouted.

"What's the matter?" Yan Mingting chased him out puzzled, "Why don't you take the sedan chair again?"

Zhao Yelan walked forward on his own, Yan Mingting followed, and was about to ask questions, He Cuizhang and Zhong Yuehong also followed, He Cuizhang said: "Just now I really scared us to death, I almost thought Mr. Zhao really wanted to Lost and lost."

Zhong Yuehong: "That kid really wants to be beaten, and he even wants to throw the general's sword! I really want to beat him up!"

"No, it's understandable that he hates me." Yan Mingting said.

"Hey, General, what are you holding in your hand?" Zhong Yue noticed with sharp eyes that his sword had been attached to his waist at some point, but he was holding an embroidered brocade handkerchief.

"Handkerchief, can't you see it?" Yan Mingting waved the handkerchief in front of them.

"I mean, general, why do you carry this kind of thing with you?!" Zhong Yuehong didn't remember that the general still had such a hobby.

Yan Mingting subconsciously glanced at Zhao Yelan's figure, and it happened that Zhao Yelan turned his head and looked over. He smiled and wiped his forehead with a handkerchief: "It's hot, it's just good for wiping sweat, what's the problem?"

Zhao Yelan: "..."

He Cuizhang and Zhong Yuehong looked at their heroic and mighty general wiping his sweat pretentiously with a handkerchief, and thought: The problem is serious!

What's more, it's already sunset, where is the heat? !