The gambling den's thugs, one on each side, carried Lu Dachuan towards the Anchang Earl's residence.

They're not stupid; all gamblers know how to cheat and deceive, but no one dares to use the name of royalty or nobility to swindle and deceive.

Nobles and royalty value their reputation most. Those who recklessly ruin their reputation will be taught a lesson naturally, without the gambling dens even needing to lift a finger.

Considering this, and fearing that losing his limbs would offend a powerful person, the gambling den's thugs, on the manager's orders, dragged him to the mansion to collect the debt.

Anyway, this wasn't the first time these people had come to collect debts.

After all, it was common knowledge that the third and fourth sons of the Marquis of Anchang were addicted to gambling and frequented gambling dens of all sizes in the capital.

"Don't support me like that!"

"I really am her fourth uncle, I'm not lying to you!"

"I'll pay you back once I've raised enough money!"

"You bunch of bastards, you call me grandpa when you're gambling, but when you lose, you treat me like a prisoner!"

Lu Dachuan kept cursing and swearing, which his thugs found extremely annoying.

Taking advantage of the manager's inattention, he punched Lu Dachuan in the stomach, successfully silencing him.

Yuqing followed behind the group and arrived at the entrance of the Anchang Marquis's residence.

The people from the gambling den naturally wouldn't come to their door in person, lest Lu Dachuan be deceiving them and offend them instead.

"Go! Don't even think about running!"

The thug released Lu Dachuan and pushed him towards the gate of the Anchang Marquis's residence, making him walk up the steps and knock on the door.

Copper rings fasten the door.

Before long, a doorman came to open the door.

Lu Dachuan patted the dust off his clothes to make himself look less disheveled.

Who are you?

The gatekeeper looked at Lu Dachuan, whose hair was disheveled and whose clothes were dirty, and asked him an unpleasant question.

Lu Dachuan knew he couldn't offend anyone at this moment, or he would lose his hands and feet today, so he said, "Young man, I am the fourth uncle of your fourth young mistress. Please help me inform him."

Lu Changping's background is common knowledge throughout the Anchang Marquis's mansion, but the sudden appearance of her fourth uncle raises suspicions.

Since he is the fourth young mistress's fourth uncle, why doesn't he go to the Marquis of Lin'an's residence when he has something to do?

The two families are related by marriage, and besides, if it were someone from the Marquis of Lin'an's residence, they would never send someone who is disheveled and acts strangely to look for someone.

Just as the gatekeeper was sizing up Lu Dachuan, Yuqing quickly walked up the steps, preparing to enter the mansion through the side gate.

"Girl, girl."

Yuqing turned around, feigning surprise, "Who are you?"

Lu Dachuan knew Yuqing, and whenever he asked Lu Changping for money, he would send her away beforehand.

"I am your young lady's fourth uncle. Please pass on a message to her: if she wants to keep the secret, give me eight hundred taels of silver."

The doorman gasped when he heard the number eight hundred taels of silver.

Yuqing pretended to be careful and scared, and whispered, "I'll go back to the manor now."

"Hey hey hey," Lu Dachuan grinned from ear to ear when he heard there was hope.

After Yuqing entered the mansion, he stood there happily rubbing his hands together.

When he turned to look at the men in the gambling den with their unfriendly expressions, the smile on his face vanished in an instant.

When Yuqing returned to the courtyard, she told Lu Changping the news from outside word for word.

"What did you say? My fourth uncle is outside, and he wants you to come back to the manor to ask me for eight hundred taels of silver?"

Lu Changping's face almost contorted when she heard the news.

She cursed inwardly, 'That old bastard Lu Dachuan, if I had known, I would have had his legs broken.'

Why throw him into a dilapidated temple outside the city and let him fend for himself? Why bother subjecting him to threats?

Seeing her gloomy expression, Yuqing reminded her, "Miss, what should we do?"

Lu Changping didn't know what to do either; eight hundred taels of silver was no small sum.

Now, she doesn't even have the dowry list, let alone get any money from the dowry.

Seeing her flustered expression, Yuqing added, "Young Madam, when I returned to the manor, I saw quite a few thugs from the gambling den standing outside."

This news was undoubtedly a final ultimatum to Lu Changping.

Lu Dachuan led the gambling den's men to collect the debt; it was impossible for them to return empty-handed.

Lu Dachuan asked Yuqing to remind him of the secret between him and Lu Changping, which really touched Lu Changping's sore spot.

Lu Changping felt a little flustered. She found a plain purse and stuffed two hundred taels of silver notes into it.

Then, he handed it to Yuqing and whispered in her ear, "Do this..."

......

"They're out, they're out."

The people at the gambling den, who had no expectations and were about to drag Lu Dachuan away, saw Yuqing return.

The gatekeeper sized up Yuqing. If the Fourth Young Mistress really was paying off this man's debt, then he would have to inform the Madam at this time.

Just as Lu Dachuan was greeting him with a smile, he heard Yu Qing's angry voice.

"Stop right there! Who do you think you are, daring to claim kinship with my fourth young mistress!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Dachuan's smile vanished in an instant, replaced by a sinister expression that suggested he wanted to kill someone.

Following Lu Changping's instructions, Yuqing threw a money bag at Lu Dachuan.

She said, "My young mistress is kind-hearted. There are two large coins in here. Go and have a bowl of noodles."

By the way, let me give you a piece of advice: don't go around swindling and cheating people anymore, or you'll regret it.

Lu Dachuan was about to get angry, but when he touched the money bag, he realized that what was inside was not two large coins.

It feels like a banknote to the touch.

Only then did Lu Dachuan's complexion improve.

Holding the money bag, he walked straight toward the people at the gambling den without saying a word.

After throwing away the money bag, Yuqing told the gatekeeper, "The Fourth Young Mistress said she doesn't know this person."

From now on, if you see this person, just beat him up.

The doorman was initially skeptical, but when he heard the order to throw the man out, he believed it completely.

Holding the money bag in his hand, Lu Dachuan walked with a swagger, as if he had suddenly become a landlord from a serf.

The casino manager looked puzzled when he saw the money bag.

He never expected that this gambling addict would actually have some connection with the fourth young mistress of the Anchang Marquis's mansion.

But when Lu Dachuan opened the money bag, he was completely dumbfounded.

Inside were not banknotes, but two blank sheets of paper!

The casino manager's face instantly turned grim. "How dare you cheat me! Give him a good beating!"

It is absolutely unacceptable to assault someone at the gate of the Marquis of Anchang's residence.

Therefore, the thugs from the gambling den punched Lu Dachuan several times.

Then, they dragged the person towards the gambling den.

After everyone left, Yuqing seized the opportunity to tell the gatekeeper that there were still some things she had forgotten to buy that day, and hurriedly went to the Marquis of Lin'an's residence to inform him.

Since the Anchang Marquis's residence and the Lin'an Marquis's residence were far apart, Yuqing went to the Chen Mansion Restaurant first and asked the manager to help arrange a carriage to rush back to the Lin'an Marquis's residence.

The manager had already received instructions from Yulu and was acting as a middleman to relay the message.

Therefore, a carriage was quickly arranged.

The carriage slowly came to a stop. Before the driver could even bring out the saddlebags, Yuqing used her hands to support herself on the carriage and jumped off to hurry home.