Chapter 1002: Openness
Since Zhang Jinghao was not going to die, Bai Shan naturally had to change his strategy. It would be bad to make people think that they were being unreasonable. And to be honest, they didn't make such a big fuss about the horse in the first place.
When Bai Shan said this, the others also became curious, and someone started to jeer, "Then Mr. Bai, please tell me why you are doing this?"
Bai Shan looked at Zhang Jinghao and chuckled, "Mr. Zhang, you were the one who brought them to this horse ranch, and you were the one who introduced them to this person. Now whatever you say is true, but I may not believe it."
"My junior brother is simple and never thinks too much, but I am extremely suspicious. You said that the horse was your friend and that you decided the price of the horse yourself, but my junior brother said that since he saw the horse, it was basically the horse dealer who introduced it to him, and you just agreed that it was indeed a rare and good horse."
Zhang Jinghao immediately said: "That person was hired by me temporarily, he is not my friend."
"What a coincidence! I've also seen that horse dealer. I even brought my junior brother here to see him and confirmed that it was him. Since Master Zhang was hired temporarily, why not hire him again now? I'll show you the way."
Zhang Jinghao lowered his head and said nothing.
"Mr. Bai, didn't you say it wasn't about the horse? Why is it still about the horse after all this talk?"
"I'm not talking about the horses, I'm talking about the man who sold them," Bai Shan said. "That man has some connection to this stable. No wonder my junior brother said that when they entered the stable that day, they were warmly greeted. Not only did they help park the carriage, but they also escorted them all the way to the polo area, arranged seats, and even served tea and snacks to everyone. But when we came here alone today, we didn't get anything."
"And tea and snacks?"
"Don't you have to pay for a spot to watch polo?"
Bai Shan raised his lip and said, "Not only did he send tea and snacks, he also advised my junior brothers on how to gamble on polo. I heard that everyone lost some money that day except my junior brothers."
Ren Ke and the others who had lost money nodded repeatedly, "I lost most of my January allowance, and it's only the beginning of August. This time at the racecourse, I've decided to spend the rest of my money, but I won't gamble anymore."
Qiao Tao also nodded. "I'm even worse off than you. I've spent all my pocket money for the entire month, and now I have to borrow money from my classmates."
Bai Shan stared at Zhang Jinghao with a cold look in his eyes and said, "Unfortunately, my junior brother won a little over two hundred taels that day and went home in high spirits. He was planning to come back next time to take out his savings and play around, so as to earn back the fifteen hundred taels he spent on the steed."
Everyone opened their mouths in surprise and turned to look at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang lowered his head.
Someone sighed: "I won two hundred taels."
At the same time, someone said, "What a good plan."
After saying that, they looked at each other and one of them said, "No way, you're not tempted too, are you? Do you dare to place a bet knowing who's playing polo here? And you're still thinking of winning 1,500 taels?"
"I'm afraid you won't get your money back unless you lose three to five thousand taels."
No one is a fool. If Bai Shan doesn't explain it clearly, they may not be able to think of it, but he has pointed it out so clearly. If everyone still doesn't understand it, they are fools.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes turned towards Zhang Jinghao and changed.
Zhang Jinghao pretended to be calm and said, "Mr. Bai, I know you're angry that I tricked Bai Erlang into buying a horse, but you don't have to be so suspicious of me. I'm also a student of the Imperial Academy. How could I possibly lead my classmates to gamble on a football match?"
"Besides, betting on polo is a refined activity. Even His Majesty enjoys watching polo games. We're just having fun," Zhang Jinghao said. "Look at all the people betting here..."
"That's someone else," Bai Shan interrupted him. "No matter who it is, there are always wins and losses when betting on football. Unless someone is extremely familiar with the team, it's impossible to win four games in a row."
After listening to Zhang Jinghao's explanation, everyone felt that what he said made sense, but they also felt that what Bai Shan said was not bad either, so they became hesitant.
Bai Shan said, "As for why, isn't the reason already there? My junior brother is clearly on good terms with you, and we were both students at the Imperial Academy, yet you actually used a horse to cheat him out of over a thousand taels. Why is that?"
"Why else? For money!" someone next to him answered for him.
Bai Shan: "Since you can cheat people with horses for money, why can't you lure him into gambling for money?"
Bai Shan pointed at Bai Erlang and said, "This idiot was planning to use his own capital to gamble at the racecourse first, and then buy a new horse after earning enough money. You tricked him into buying a horse. When he took the horse home, we are not fools, and neither are the students at school. Everyone can see that he was deceived by you."
"Even if you deny it later, it will still damage your reputation. How unprofitable is that?" Bai Shan said. "On the contrary, you're using a splendid horse to entice him, letting him constantly take money from home to gamble at the racecourse. He'll never win that much money, and he'll never be able to buy that so-called splendid horse."
"And given his personality, I'm afraid after a month or two, he'll have forgotten his original intention and will only be focused on winning back the money he lost."
Zhang Jinghao's heart was pounding, and he shouted, "Mr. Bai, please don't wrongly accuse me. He won money that day."
"If he hadn't won, I wouldn't have come to you today." Bai Shan pointed at Ren Ke and Qiao Tao and said, "Ask them if they would gamble again."
The two of them shook their heads and said they would never do it again. They lost so badly the first time they bet on football. If they did it a few more times, would they be able to survive?
When everyone saw this, their eyes towards Zhang Jinghao changed.
It sounds abominable to cheat Bai Erlang out of more than a thousand taels to buy a horse, but it is not so bad if it is spread out.
Most of his classmates thought Zhang Jinghao was cunning, but some thought he was smart. Even if the teacher knew about it, he would not blame him, because such things happened from time to time in the Sixth School.
But no one would try to scam people into buying horses. Most of the time, it was seniors from the calligraphy department who copied fine calligraphy and paintings as if they were the real thing, or seniors from the mathematics department who used an abacus to scam their younger classmates. Or maybe seniors from the Imperial College were just wandering around with a piece of jade and trying to scam people...
For this kind of thing, as long as it is not excessive, the PhDs in the six schools will turn a blind eye to it, and the classmates in the school will treat it as a joke. Except for the deceived students who are depressed for a while, there is nothing wrong with it.
However, the seniors were very sensible. Even if they were trying to scam the juniors, they would keep the price within a reasonable range. Some of them were just doing it for fun and would eventually spend the money, such as treating the scammed juniors to a good meal at Zhuangyuan Building...
There are so many such incidents that the students who have been cheated don’t feel that unlucky anymore.
But this kind of thing only happens in school. No one does it outside of school like Zhang Jinghao and cheats such a large amount of money.
But that’s nothing. The scariest thing is that his purpose is to cheat in gambling!
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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