Chapter 167 Net Profit of 90,000 Taels
Su Yuan sighed softly, turned his gaze to Meng Yunqiao beside him, and asked:
"What about you? Will you help bring it back?"
Meng Yunqiao smiled slyly, took out a wooden license plate from his arms and threw it to Su Qinger at the door of the car, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Of course we do. The silver we exchanged adds up to a total of 150,000 taels. If I get recognized, it's not a big deal. But if the people in the gambling house want to kill me, then I will have to go in vertically and come out horizontally, right?"
"Tsk tsk, I don't dare, I don't dare!"
After that, she turned her head slightly, looked at Su Qinger, and said:
"My bet is the same as Su Yuan's, but half less. Can you please help me exchange it?"
The carriage door.
Su Qinger stuffed the two number plates into his sleeves, nodded and said "OK", then lifted the curtain and got off the carriage.
The wind comes to the gambling house, upstairs.
A dark and thin woman in her thirties was walking back and forth with her hands behind her back like a spinning top.
From time to time, she turned her head to look at the woman who was drinking tea as still as a mountain, her face full of anxiety, and she frowned and said:
"Boss Tang, we set up the bet and placed all our bets on Yuan Shifan and Liu Manxi. We even raised the stakes on Su Yuan, who was ranked third, tenfold. What should we do now? Who could have expected that this person would win the first prize?"
"Alas! Two people spent 15,000 taels on her. We thought we could make a fortune this time, but now, the 150,000 taels of silver we exchanged for her are equivalent to our annual income. Aren't we going to lose a lot?"
Diagonally opposite.
Hearing this, Tang An raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then placed the teacup in his hand steadily on the long mahogany table beside him and said calmly:
"So what? The one who can bet so much money at once, maybe she is a daughter of an official family. Also, she ignored the two most popular candidates, Yuan and Liu, and invested heavily in the third place."
"She is so confident. Maybe this person is Su Huiyuan herself. She has just passed the exam and is the top scorer. All the scholars in the capital are focusing their attention on her. Are we still..."
She hadn't finished her words yet.
The thin and dark woman who was walking frequently suddenly stopped.
She stood there and clapped her hands, her eyes flashing with joy, then suddenly turned around and walked quickly to Tang An.
He stretched his palm straight up, put it to his neck and made a gesture of wiping his neck, and interrupted with a fierce tone of excitement:
"Boss, why don't we kill them when they come to exchange silver? Who cares if they are just some damn official lady or the top of the class? We have that big shot backing us up anyway, so why should we be afraid of them?"
Unexpectedly, when Tang An heard her words, the calm expression on his face changed drastically, and he glanced in the direction of the stairs with a hint of fear in his eyes.
Then he turned his head and glared at her fiercely, his eyes slightly widened, and he looked at the thin and dark woman with anger in his eyes, and said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible:
"You forgetful stinky mouth, who told you to mention that person for no reason? What would happen if others heard it? Besides, have you been gambling for so long that you have forgotten what you were doing behind the scenes?"
"Humph, you are not worthy of bringing this little profit to her to bother her. From now on, shut your hapless mouth, otherwise... you will cause trouble sooner or later."
After being scolded by Tang An, the thin dark woman shut her mouth and apologized:
"Boss, you taught me a lesson. I will never do it again next time."
Seeing this, Tang An sighed, raised his chin slightly and pointed downstairs, saying:
"Go to the accounting office and count the silver in your bank account. If it's not enough, add up all the cash in the gambling house. In short, if you scrape together some money, you can probably squeeze out the 150,000 taels of silver."
The thin, dark woman pursed her lips, replied reluctantly with a "yes", then turned around and went downstairs.
Time goes back to the moment when Su Qing entered the gambling house for the second time.
She had a mask on her face and was followed by several servants, each carrying a cloth bag, as she walked into Fenglai Inn with great momentum.
The first thing I saw was——
The thin dark woman led a group of gambling house staff, waiting in front of a large mahogany box with a fake smile on her face.
Saw Su Qinger come in.
She glanced at the faceless masks on the faces of several people and the large cloth bags in their hands. After a while, she curled her stiff lips and chuckled:
"But the one who bet on Su Huiyuan?"
Su Qinger nodded after hearing this, and took out two wooden signs from his sleeve and handed them over, saying a few words indifferently:
"Please exchange them for me."
opposite.
The moment the thin dark woman took the number plate, the smile in her eyes froze and she looked down at the numbers carved on the two wooden signs.
She blinked in disbelief.
Number one!
Number Two!
Aren’t these the two people who caused their gambling house to lose all its money this time?
It was actually created by one person.
OK, this guy is really capable!
The thin dark woman's chest rose and fell rapidly a few times. She let out a long sigh, and a smile uglier than crying appeared on her face.
She turned around and waved to the people behind her, then stepped aside and gestured for them to look:
"Sir, there are 150,000 taels of silver in this wooden box. Because the amount is too large, we have added some gold bars and silver nuggets. You can count them on the spot and take them away after confirming them!"
Last word.
The thin, dark woman spoke with gnashing teeth.
After she finished speaking, she turned around and quickly walked up the stairs, as if there was a wolf chasing her from behind, and she tried to ignore it.
All that was left was a bunch of casino staff with distressed eyes, and the clanking sound of several Su family guards throwing gold bars and silver nuggets into the cloth bag with expressionless faces.
Two hours later.
The sun is high in the sky and it is time for lunch.
The wind came from outside the casino and on the carriage.
Meng Yunqiao held his bag of money, picked up a gold bar with one hand, put it in his mouth and took a bite, then looked at the two big teeth marks on it and said with a smile:
"It's been less than a month since I arrived in Beijing, and I've made a windfall following your footsteps, Sister Yuan. It feels so good! If I had known earlier, I would have bet more."
“Hehehe——”
Su Yuan kicked a bulging package at his feet, raised his eyebrows, and explained:
"Don't overthink it. I roughly calculated that the gambling house can only take out this much money at most. Even if you place more bets, if you push them into a corner, you may not only lose the money, but also your life."
After hearing this, Meng Yunqiao nodded in approval and said with a sigh:
"That's right! Leave some space for others so that we can meet again in the future. Sister Yuan, you are really awesome."
Su Yuan smiled and shook his head when he heard this. He didn't say much. He bent his fingers and knocked on the car wall. He raised his head slightly and said:
"Go back home."
The coachman outside heard the sound, whipped his horse and drove back to the Su Mansion.
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