Chapter 240 Fire
Wan Liang Jin was stunned for a moment, then he slammed the table and laughed out loud:
"Hahahaha! Good, well said! I, Wan Liang Jin, really didn't make a mistake in choosing this person."
"If you want this gambling house, as long as you are willing to learn from me, after a hundred years, I may hand it over to you."
Su Zhizhi simply said: "It's been too long, I'm not interested."
Wan Liang Jin fell silent mid-laugh: ...
Hao Ren tapped his fingers lightly on the table:
"I can make another bet with Boss Wan on how long Xiaoyaofang can stay open."
As soon as he finished speaking, the steward knocked on the door:
"Someone outside sent a box of silver, saying they are here to take Boss Hao back home."
The steward spoke a little hurriedly.
Because the person who came downstairs to deliver the money was a tall woman. She came in with a long spear in her hand and knocked over two guards from Xiaoyaofang with a flick of her hand.
"Boss Hao's wife came in person and said that she couldn't see her husband and daughter, so she tore off the roof of our Xiaoyaofang."
Wan Liangjin smiled: "Brother Hao's family is interesting."
Several people came down from the building.
Wu Yingniang stood with a spear, and beside her was Qiu Jinyu, who had changed her appearance.
In front of the two men was an opened box of gold and silver.
"No one can touch the money without seeing my husband and daughter." Wu Yingniang said in a stern tone.
"Mom——!" Su Zhizhi quickly ran downstairs and rushed over.
A soft look appeared in Hao Ren's eyes: "Yingniang, I'm sorry to have worried you. Zhizhi and I are fine."
Hao Ren walked up to Wu Yingniang, only to have her pull his ears up in public:
"You came to the capital to make money and do business, yet you dare to gamble? And you lost so much money? If I don't teach you a lesson, you've really grown up!!"
The people around pushed aside and looked at him as if he was joking, with sympathy in their eyes.
Qiu Jinyu chimed in:
"The master didn't bring the young lady home, and the lady was waiting anxiously. When she heard the people from Xiaoyaofang were asking for money, she hurried over with the money, thinking that something had happened to the master and the young lady."
Su Zhizhi: "Mom, I'm fine."
Hao Ren repeatedly admitted his mistakes: "My wife, this happened outside. Please save some face for me. I know I was wrong."
Wu Yingniang let go and snorted, "Let's go back and settle the score!"
Wu Yingniang took Su Zhizhi away, and Hao Ren followed behind them out of Xiaoyaofang.
The ten thousand taels of gold that came down from upstairs were astonishing.
I used to envy Hao Ren for having a lucky daughter, but I didn't expect that he would marry such a fierce and aggressive woman.
No matter how much money I earn, I dare not spend it.
No wonder I heard that Hao Ren didn’t even buy a dancer after coming to the capital. It turns out that he has a female demon at home.
Wan Liang Jin sighed secretly: Tsk, what's the point of being a man in this life.
On the other side, Su Zhizhi and others had returned to Heishan Mansion.
Su Zhizhi had dinner with the family members from Heishan Mansion and sighed that the food at home was still delicious.
Qiu Jinyu asked Su Zhizhi, "What did you eat at the martial arts hall?"
Su Zhizhi: "The food at the martial arts academy is very good. We have abalone, mutton, white fungus, and vegetables. But the vegetables are not as delicious as those at Black Bandit Mountain."
Qiu Jinyu: "We have already planted vegetables in the vacant lot in the backyard of our house. We will be able to eat them in a few months."
After dinner, Su Zhizhi talked with everyone for a while and told them about what happened in the martial arts school.
Everyone knows that Zhou Jijiu, Lin Jiaotou and Dr. Xiong all love Zhizhi very much, and that Zhizhi has made new friends in the martial arts school.
Everyone had a relieved expression on their face.
Hua Erniang: "Is there anyone who wants to bully you?"
Su Zhizhi: "Yes, but they didn't succeed."
Su Zhizhi told the whole story of Murong Ming and He Wenhan.
Everyone laughed when they heard Murong Ming fell into the toilet:
"Let's help Po catch bugs over the next few days and reward him well."
Gu——gu——
Po was flapping his wings excitedly beside him.
"He Wenhan probably wanted to trick me into going to Xiaoyaofang to lose money, but he ended up losing it all and was kidnapped and taken home. The same thing happened to Murong Ming," Su Zhizhi added.
Old Xu flexed his wrist and said, "After tonight, they won't be able to lose even if they want to."
The spring night is beautiful, and the wind carries the fragrance of flowers.
When the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, it is the best time for everyone to sit together in the yard, eat fruits and chat.
In the afternoon, they received the news from Bai Xun and knew that they would be busy in the evening, so they rested early.
Su Zhizhi was sleepy.
She practiced martial arts and attended classes at the martial arts hall during the day, then went to Xiaoyaofang to gamble for two hours, and came back to eat and talk non-stop.
After taking a bath, she listened to everyone talking in the yard. As she listened, she closed her eyes and fell asleep on Wu Yingniang's lap.
Before falling asleep, she heard everyone discussing:
"After midnight, we will split into three groups and start..."
"Pay attention to the location underground, and leave the unlocking to Sister Qiu..."
"We've already made some noise there today. If we take action now, they'll be able to guess it's us even without evidence."
"Yes, I want them to guess..."
Su Zhizhi fell asleep.
Her breathing was even and long, and her cheeks were red.
The night wind grew a pair of arms, gently lifted her up, and sent her into the floating clouds.
The clouds were filled with moonlight, which flowed from the sky onto every brick and tile of Chang'an City.
During the curfew, all the lights in West Market were turned off and people dispersed.
Wan Liang Jin felt that he was lucky today.
There is a piece of fat meat worth 50,000 taels delivered to my door. I see a good seedling for learning gambling. I am also very sleepy tonight, so I can have a good sleep.
For people who always suffer from insomnia, the greatest joy is to have a good night's sleep.
The moonlight enters the room, making it quiet and elegant.
Wan Liang Jin slept more and more deeply.
It was so heavy that when the steward came and shook him frantically to wake him up, he felt his eyelids were too heavy to lift.
"It's on fire! It's burning, it's all burned..."
Thick smoke billowed up, pouring in through the doors and windows, blocking out the moonlight.
When Wan Liangjin heard the manager's words, he shuddered all over and came to his senses instantly.
When he stood up, he felt dizzy and almost fell:
"Go down and take a look—cough cough..."
"Cough cough cough..." As soon as he opened his mouth, thick smoke entered his nostrils, making him almost unable to breathe.
The two men covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves and hurried downstairs.
The fire was raging, with flames and black smoke spreading all over the first and second floors.
The gambling table burned, the accounting office burned, and the expensive carpets, porcelain, and curtains were all engulfed in flames.
The loudest shouting came from the second floor.
Because some distinguished guests gambled until night and could not return home before closing, they stayed overnight on the second floor. When the fire broke out, they all ran out in panic, stumbling around.
The backyard of Xiaoyaofang was also in chaos.
The backyard was the kitchen and the servants' quarters, which were also engulfed in flames.
The cook who was sleeping in the kitchen was the first to discover the fire. His body reacted faster than his brain and he rushed out subconsciously.
After rushing out a few steps, he felt the ground was cold, so he ran back to the kitchen to retrieve his new shoes.
He originally wanted to get something out of the kitchen, but there was firewood in the kitchen and the fire spread quickly. In the blink of an eye, the fire reached the beams of the house.
The cook didn't dare to stay any longer and ran out quickly.
As he ran, he wondered why the strips of bacon hanging on the beams disappeared.
Did he see it wrong?
When Wan Liang Jin escaped from Xiaoyaofang, Xiaoyaofang had already been completely merged into the raging fire.
The rapid and fierce flames cut through the night, tiles flew everywhere, and the sounds of wooden beams breaking intertwined, alarming the imperial guards who were patrolling at night and the people in nearby shops.
Everyone worked together to put out the fire to prevent it from spreading and burning other houses.
Xiaoyaofang had been reduced to a hollow shell in the fire.
Wan Liangjin stood there, his face looking pale under the blazing firelight.
He didn't put out the fire or shout.
Because it was useless to him. It was burned like this and it would be ruined even if it was put out.
Everyone around felt it was a pity. Who wouldn’t feel heartbroken to see such a luxurious house disappear right before their eyes?
But the owner of the house, Wan Liangjin, doesn't feel sorry for the house at all now.
What's a house? If it burns down, you can just buy another one and rebuild it.
What he was worried about was the underground vault.
The buildings on the ground may look magnificent, but they are not worth a fraction of the underground vault.
There is his money and He Tingfang's money in the underground vault.
Wan Liang Jin now only has a glimmer of hope, hoping that the treasury is safe.
At dawn, the dim morning light awakens the city of Chang'an.
The dreamlike Xiaoyaofang turned into ruins at night, as if the gorgeous clothes of a monster were removed, revealing its eerie skeleton.
Wan Liang Jin didn't care about anything else and walked into the ruins to look for the underground entrance.
The cellar door broke in two.
He held his breath and walked down the stairs.
Black boots stepped on the ashes and dust, walked to the third to the last step, and looked down.
Wan Liangjin fell to the ground with a pale face.
The walls burned by the fire were pitch black.
In the darkness, the cellar was empty and the gold in the warehouse disappeared.
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