"Okay, in that case, how about we go for the big one and decide the outcome in one round?"

Li Shangcai looked at him fiercely and nodded heavily.

The two men put all their money on the table, but Zhou Yun suddenly spoke, his tone full of dissatisfaction: "You only have a few dollars, if you can't afford it, don't play."

As he said this, he was about to take the money off the table.

Li Shangcai grabbed his hand and looked at the people around him: "If anyone has money, please lend me some. I will return it double when I win."

The man who was watching the show with his arms folded continued, "Where do we have any money left? Didn't you win it all?"

"Hurry up, do you want to play or not?" Zhou Yun said impatiently.

"Let's play!" Li Shangcai made up his mind: "Add the fifty taels I have on me, and I'll write you an IOU for the rest, five hundred taels! You have to write one too. If you win, I'll give you one thousand taels, otherwise you give me one."

Zhou Yun looked at him with a smile on his face: "Okay, if you have the courage, then let's get started."

Li Shangcai broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and stared closely at Zhou Yun's fingers. When the dice cup landed on the table, he swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Little..."

"Are you sure?"

Li Shangcai nodded slowly.

Zhou Yun sneered, and when he opened the dice cup, the number inside was the same as in the first round, 664.

"I'm so sorry, you lost again."

Li Shangcai stared at the dice on the table with bloodshot eyes, wishing he could stare a hole in the table, muttering to himself: "No, this is impossible, this is impossible."

After saying this, he collapsed in the chair exhausted, still shaking his head desperately, unable to believe that this was true.

"I'm willing to accept the loss, Mr. Li. Give me the money." Zhou Yun stretched out his hand to Li Shangcai with a cold face.

Li Shangcai was so scared that he didn't realize how Zhou Yun could call out his last name the first time they met. He sat quietly for a while with his head down, then suddenly stood up and wanted to run away.

But before he could take a step forward, he was blocked by the people surrounding him, all staring at him with unfriendly expressions.

Li Shangcai finally reacted and pointed at Zhou Yun angrily, "You, you are in the same group, you are liars, you are liars!"

"How can you say that? It was you who came to me first. You lost money and you're still blaming others. What's wrong? Are you trying to break the rules at the gambling table?"

Zhou Yun's voice grew louder as he spoke, and the people sitting next to him frequently cast unfriendly glances at him. Li Shangcai's panic grew even worse, and he shook his head even faster: "I didn't, I didn't."

"Then bring the money."

The people around him were getting closer and closer, and some even had sharp knives in their hands, fearing that if he dared to say no, the knife would be stabbed into his body.

How could Li Shangcai come up with so much money? He knew the rules very well. One thousand taels was not a small amount. If he couldn't come up with it, he would probably have to pay with his life.

He was shaking with fear and knelt down, begging for mercy: "Please spare my life. I'll give you money, I'll give you money. My sister has money. I'll go home and get it. I'll go home and get it. Please don't do it. Please don't do it."

Zhou Yun winked at one of them, and that person grabbed Li Shangcai's clothes behind the collar and lifted him up like a little chicken.

"Then what nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and go."

Li Shangcai was sent back home by this man trembling with fear. In the dead of night, he did not dare to enter through the main gate, but secretly slipped in through the corner door next to it.

As soon as he entered Tingyuxuan, he knelt down in front of Madam Zhang and grabbed Madam Zhang's clothes tightly, refusing to let go.

"Sister, sister, please, please, save me, they, they will take my life."

Mrs. Zhang was already frightened by his sudden intrusion, and she became even more panicked when he knelt down on her. She hurriedly asked what was going on.

After Li Shang stammered that he owed one thousand taels of silver, his eyes suddenly went dark and he wished he could faint on the spot.

The maidservant beside her hurriedly tried to calm her down. When she calmed down a bit, she angrily scolded Li Shangcai for not living up to her expectations: "Why learn to gamble like others when you can learn something else? Where can I get one thousand taels for you?"

"Sister, sister, I was wrong, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time. Please help me just this one time, the last time. The person outside is still waiting for me to give him the money, sister."

Although Madam Zhang cursed angrily, she still couldn't bear to leave her brother alone. She cried for a long time, wiped her tears and asked the person next to her: "Where did the master rest today?"

"The master was invited to the Sun Mansion and has not returned yet."

Madam Zhang poked Li Shangcai's forehead with her finger, and said angrily, "This is the last time. If you do this again next time, I will not care about you anymore."

"Yes, yes, sister, I understand, I understand."

Madam Zhang took the handkerchief handed to her by the maid, wiped her face, adjusted the hairpin on her head, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the study."

Zhang Baoyu had been sending people to watch outside Tingyuxuan. When they saw Li Shangcai coming in the middle of the night, they immediately went to report to Zhang Baoyu.

Zhang Baoyu had just finished washing up when he heard this. He was shocked and remembered that he had heard that Li Shangcai had entered the gambling house today, so he immediately sent someone to find Mr. Zhang.

I'm afraid Li Shangcai lost his money and came to seek shelter from his sister. What could Madam Zhang do by going into the study in the middle of the night when no one was paying attention? She could only steal the land deeds and house deeds.

To catch a thief and seize stolen goods, it is most credible to catch him red-handed, and this will most disappoint Mr. Zhang.

When Mr. Zhang was hurriedly found, he thought something serious had happened to his child, so he hurried back. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got home, he was invited by Zhang Baoyu to watch a good show.

The study was brightly lit by candlelight. Mrs. Zhang stealthily took out all the things in the box, selecting them one by one until she had taken out half of them and put them in her arms.

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