, I don’t care if someone beats you to death.”

"Yes, yes, yes." The thin man's eyes sparkled, he took back the money and said hurriedly, "There's nothing wrong with you, the young one will leave."

"Well, let's go."

The thin man ran away.

"Hey, don't use all your money to gamble again. Buy some rice and noodles, and think about your wife and children." Xia Mengxi stood on tiptoes and said to the thin man.

"I can't forget it!" The thin man didn't even look back, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he was already dozens of feet away after finishing the sentence.

At this time, all the gambling houses were closed, but there were still some bad gamblers in the suburbs who were still gambling, and that was where the thin man went.

"Tch... scum..." Xia Mengxi cursed in a low voice. When she looked up, she suddenly saw a black figure in front of her. She shivered and couldn't help but throw the lantern in her hand away. The black figure stepped back and then

That is to avoid.

"Wha...who is that person?" Xia Mengxi asked in a trembling voice, lifting the lantern slightly, and found that the person opposite was a woman dressed in black, her face covered, but her eyes looked beautiful.

"What are you doing? Do you want to scare me to death? Scare me to death so that you can become the most beautiful woman?"

The woman in black did not answer, but said: "I didn't expect that you are not too bad-hearted and can still think about your gambling wife."

"Don't, don't praise me for my kindness. Kind-hearted people are the most bullied. Remember, I am a disgusting woman." Xia Mengxi said sternly.

The woman in black did not answer her words: "Buy me with purple gold clay." This woman was Shen Moyan.

"That's funny. If you say I'll sell you, I'll sell you?"

"I originally wanted to snatch it, but seeing that you were not a bad-hearted person, I changed my mind."

"Don't mess around!" Xia Mengxi took a step back, "I've also practiced this before."

"Hmm... I know, you have an amulet." Shen Moyan said, looking at the amulet folded into a triangle hanging on Xia Mengxi's chest.

"Then you still dare to rob me?" Xia Mengxi didn't know any martial arts or spells at all. Only the talisman on her chest could protect herself, so she couldn't help but hold it quickly.

This action shows that she is timid, so she has to hold on to something that can protect herself. At the same time, it can be seen that she does not know much about talismans.

As long as the talisman has been identified by dripping blood before, and hung around the neck, it can be activated by thoughts, without the need to hold it with hands at all.

"I said, don't rob, buy."

Xia Mengxi was stunned and said: "Five hundred taels."

"Three hundred taels."

"Four hundred taels, it can't be lower." Xia Mengxi dropped a little.

"Three hundred taels, it can't be higher." Shen Moyan refused to give in. Three hundred taels was no longer a small amount for her.

Xia Mengxi saw that the visitor was calm and calm, and had already seen his trump card, so he was obviously not easy to mess with. Considering that three hundred taels had already made a net profit of one hundred taels, which was a one-shot move, it was completely acceptable, so he said: "Deal, silver

Here, take the clay."

As soon as Shen Moyan stretched out his hand, Xia Mengxi threw the purple gold clay over. Shen Moyan took it in his hand and said, "I don't have any money yet. Where is your home? I will give it to you tomorrow at the latest." After that, he left.

Xia Mengxi never expected that the other party would take something without paying for it, and she kept shouting in her heart, "I'm so careless, I'm so careless."

She has been wandering around the market since she was a child, and now she has established a firm foothold, no one dares to bully her, and her temperament is naturally resolute. How can she let Shen Moyan take the mud away in vain?

"Friend, you are not following the rules." Xia Mengxi said.

Shen Moyan said: "I promised and I will never break my promise."

Xia Mengxi shook her head: "I don't know you at all, how can I trust you?" She was already ready to summon the talisman guards.

Shen Moyan thought for a moment, took off the jade hairpin from his head, and said, "I'll exchange it for three hundred taels tomorrow at the latest."

Xia Mengxi took it and took a look and knew it was a top quality product. She hurriedly said: "Otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome. Let Chai Zi give it to me and we can settle the matter."

"No." Shen Moyan shook his head.

Xia Mengxi hesitated for a few moments and said, "I'll add another hundred taels to you!"

Shen Moyan still refused. Even if Xia Mengxi offered more money, she would not give up the hairpin that Mrs. Guo gave her.

Xia Mengxi curled her lips and said reluctantly: "Let's do it."

Shen Moyan climbed up while the night was still dark. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Xia Mengxi say, "Beauty, if you're afraid of trouble, it's okay if you don't come and change!"

The waning moon is gradually turning into a crescent moon, the weather is getting a little hotter, and March is about to pass.

On this day, Elder Ma was in high spirits. He had received the final payment for purchasing elixirs this morning, totaling 20,000 taels. After some operations, only a mere 2,000 taels were entered into the sect's public accounts, and the rest were all returned to the sect's public account.

He, Ma Wu Qiu, owned it.

This is a joy.

In addition, there is another happy event, that is, his son, who is an official in the court, has returned.

Elder Ma was very harsh on himself and regarded women as a scourge, so he only had one wife and one concubine. When he was forty years old, his wife died of illness, so he straightened up the concubine's house and took another house.

And it was this new concubine who gave birth to his only son, named Ma Xinran.

Elder Ma had a son, and he was his only son, so he naturally loved him very much. He originally wanted to let his son Ma Xinran join the sect and become a monk, but unexpectedly, Ma Xinran had no interest in martial arts and magic, but he liked to dance and write. Elder Ma didn't

Against his wishes, he was allowed to study and pursue an official career.

Ma Xinran was quite successful. He passed the imperial examination and became an official in Zhongzhou. He made great progress and had a prosperous official career. He was already a fourth-rank official before he was thirty years old.

He achieved this achievement not only because of his own hard work, but also because of his father's help. Although Elder Ma is not an official figure, he earns his money regardless of where he comes from.

Although the founding of the People's Republic of China can be said to be a peaceful and prosperous era, it still cannot escape the comment that "three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver".

In this world, if there is as much silver as you want, then the official should be as big as you want.

Elder Ma has made up his mind to make his son the head of a state, so he also wants to earn more money.

Since it is a double happiness, Elder Ma will naturally hold a banquet in the evening, making it lively.

He specially invited cooks from the main city of Shanzhou, and early on he had people dig out the fine wines that had been hidden years ago in the backyard, and invited all the deacons and above in the sect.

Guo Yufei and Shen Moyan were also invited, but they both had excuses and did not attend.

Elder Ma didn't care either. As night fell, the Huzhou Sect's reception hall was brightly lit, singing and dancing, making it very lively.

Everyone who was invited came to please Elder Ma and his son. There was a flood of flattery, which made Elder Ma feel very uncomfortable.

After three rounds of drinking, Elder Ma drank an unknown amount of wine and was already three-thirds drunk. Six out of ten people present were blushing from drinking. The rules within the sect were temporarily forgotten, and they all felt dizzy.

, laughing and joking, having a great time.

Xia Yi poured himself a glass, staggered up to Elder Ma, and loudly said, "Elder, Xia Yi wants to toast you again!"

"Okay, okay." Elder Ma raised his glass and raised his head to drink with him. Xia Yi also drank it all in one gulp and swayed back. Xia Zhong followed him and came up with a wine cup. He was not drunk, and his face was uneasy.

, obviously I have something to ask for.

"Master..." Xia Zhong spoke hesitantly.

"Hmm...Xia Zhong, come and have a drink with me."

"Yes." Xia Zhong hurriedly drank all the wine in the glass, but hesitated and refused to leave.

"Huh? What? Do you want to drink again?" Elder Ma tilted his head and said.

"No, no, no..." Xia Zhong thought about it again, plucked up the courage, and spoke, "Elder... I think... I want to pay another two hundred taels of silver..."

A few days ago, Xia Zhong got addicted to gambling at Changsheng Casino. After losing the purple gold clay to Xia Mengxi, he borrowed five hundred taels from the money banker in the casino, and lost everything again.

When I returned to the sect, I was unhappy and didn't leave the house for a whole day. Two days later, the debt collector came to my door and demanded the principal plus interest from Xia Zhong, a total of eight hundred taels.

Xia Zhong knew it was high interest when he borrowed it, but he still couldn't help but borrow it. In the past two years, he had made a lot of money with Elder Ma, but he usually lived extravagantly and had no savings at all. He couldn't even get out eight dollars at a time.

One hundred taels, after much thought, I decided to be reckless and deny it.

As a result, the other party was not angry, and just said calmly: "Master Xia, we think you are a member of the sect, so we have given you two days of grace. We never thought you were so careless. With the black and white writing here, you still act like a deadbeat?

"

Xia Zhong naturally knew that repaying debts was a matter of course, and no matter how high the profit was, he would agree to it. If he refused to pay back the money, he would not feel comfortable if the other party brought trouble to the government. Suddenly, he thought of destroying the corpse and destroying all traces.

He remained calm and said slowly: "It's just eight hundred taels, it's nothing if you pay it back..."

As soon as the word "what" came out, he suddenly took action and grabbed the IOU, intending to snatch it and tear it into pieces.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was quite skilled. He flipped his wrist and dodged it, and then used his other hand to slash out, hitting Xia Zhong's wrist.

Xia Zhong was horrified and took two steps back.

The other party said: "Xia, don't be shameless. Since we dare to let you go, we must have the ability to take it back. We are polite to you for the sake of Ma Wuqiu. Don't think that you rely on the Huzhou Sect."

Even if you are lawless, there are big sects behind our gambling den. If we give you three more days, don’t blame us for being ruthless and unjust!"

Xia Zhong was so frightened that he did not dare to default on the money he owed the other party, so he hurriedly went to his brother Xia Yi to borrow money.

Xia Zhong was afraid of being beaten by him, so he didn't dare to say anything about it. He just borrowed some money from someone for two weeks to turn over money.

He gave me two pieces of silver and said, "Did you go gambling? You have to be careful. If you let me know that you are in debt due to bad gambling, see how I will deal with you!"

Xia Zhong said hurriedly: "No, no, every time I go gambling, I only play with dozens of taels of silver. How can I be in debt? And I have money. I have put it in the bank to earn interest, and I can't withdraw it now. When the time comes,

At the end of the year, I will take it and return it to you."
To be continued...