Chapter 125 Bar fine
Pei Ji used to be the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace, and was once a good friend with Li Yuan. His face was as wilted as an eggplant beaten by Shuang.
"Two more laps! Supervisor Pei?" Li Yuan asked him.
"Yes." Pei Ji didn't object, he was not very lucky, he lost all night last night, and there was only one last chip left in front of him, but Qin Lang lent him this chip. From yesterday afternoon to night, and then to this time, Pei Ji has already lost thousands of gold.
Cheng Chumo was very lucky this time, and he kept winning. Although he won some small sums, at least he won a hundred gold coins in front of him at this moment. The luck of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was not so good, although he won a big sum in the first round. , but since the second half of the night, the guns have been fired frequently.
The big winner tonight is undoubtedly Qin Lang. Pei Ji lost more than a thousand, the Supreme Emperor also lost more than 800, Cheng Chumo won more than a hundred and his hands and feet were already shaking, but Qin Lang won 1800 alone, and he still kept facing with a smile.
"How about having a glass of wine first, having some snacks, and taking a rest?" Qin Lang asked.
Li Yuan waved his hand, "I'm still in good spirits, keep going."
"Okay, let's fight until dawn!" Qin Lang continued to push cards.
Pei Ji smiled wryly and said to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty, it is true that the waves of the Yangtze River push forward the waves of the past, and there are talented people from generation to generation."
Hearing this, Li Yuan just snorted and continued counting cards.
"Old man, we are old, and it is time to abdicate." He said.
Pei Jihedong Wenxi was born in the Pei family, also a well-known family. His father was the governor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but died when he was still young. He was brought up by his elder brother. After the establishment of the dynasty, he successively served as Zuo Qinwei, Qizhou Sihu joined the army, Shi Yushi, Chengwu Lang of the driving department, and deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace.
At that time, Li Yuan was staying in Taiyuan, and Pei Ji had a very good relationship with him. He had privately arranged for a court lady to accompany Li Yuan. After Li Yuan raised his army, he took 90,000 stones of grain and grass, 50,000 pieces of miscellaneous colors, and 400,000 armors stored in Jinyang Palace. For military use, it can be said that Li Yuan provided substantial military equipment and food at the beginning of his army. Therefore, he was appointed as the chief of the general's mansion. Li Yuan entered Chang'an and proclaimed himself emperor. A thousand hectares of land was given, the first place in Jiajia, and 40,000 pieces of silk.
He was also given imperial meals every day, and every time Li Yuan came to court, he would sit with Pei Ji. After the court was over, he would also stay in the palace and obey him. He only called Pei Jian and never called him by name. No one can match.
However, during the two months that the crown prince has been in power, Pei Ji has been at the lowest point. Not only has Pu She's prime minister been taken away, but he is also not eligible to participate in the court and hall meetings, and even the crown prince does not allow him to participate in the court meeting. .
Although he was given the title of Sikong, what is the use of it?
As the number one minister who was used to enjoying the honor of being under one person and above ten thousand people in the Wude Dynasty, how could Pei Ji accept it.
Thinking back when Pei Ji was accused of treason, Li Yuan not only refused to convict, but also sent three concubines to Pei Ji's mansion with gourmet treasures to have a feast, and they returned the next day to show his favor.
Later, Pei Ji was given the privilege of minting coins by himself, and his daughter was hired as the concubine of Zhao Wang Yuanjing.
Pei Ji is only in his fifties at this time, and this age can be called the right age, how can he be willing to withdraw from the court like this. He entered the palace to see the Supreme Emperor at this time, on the surface he came to visit the Supreme Emperor on the order of the new emperor, but in fact he had other plans.
The more confused the mind is, the more difficult it is to play cards.
Since he touched a piece of Dongfeng, Pei Ji saw that there were three more in his hand, so he concealed the kong, but in the end Qin Lang directly called for the concealed kong, and played the kong.
Pei Ji looked at Qin Lang in shock.
"If you dare to grab my hidden kong, aren't you afraid of making a mistake?"
Qin Lang pointed to the table, "The last few cards are here, there is no mistake."
Pei Ji threw the Dongfeng card in front of Qin Lang angrily, Qin Lang pushed the card away, picked up the Dongfeng card and put it on his own, "Guoshi Wushuang, Thirteen, thank you!"
"It's all lost." Pei Ji threw the last chip to Qin Lang.
Qin Lang smiled, "Why did Mr. Pei say such a thing? Who doesn't know Mr. Pei's wealth, not to mention other things, but the land that His Majesty once rewarded is more than a thousand hectares."
What is the concept of more than a thousand hectares? This is not more than a thousand mu, but a hectare of a hundred mu. This is more than a hundred thousand mu of land. Qin Lang has 20,000 mu of land in his hands, and he once thought he was already a top landlord. , but it was really nothing in front of Pei Ji.
Li Yuan also laughed and said, "It's just a joke, a mere one or two thousand gold is nothing more than a thousand dollars."
"Qin Sanlang has taken a fancy to Pei's land?"
"Don't dare, it's just a joke."
Li Yuan waved, and Zhao Yong, the servant, came up.
"Stay home!"
"Bring a box of horseshoe gold."
A box of horseshoe gold was taken, opened, and there were rows of neatly arranged horseshoe-shaped gold inside.
"Zhaijia, here are a hundred gold horseshoes, all of which are big horseshoes."
Horseshoe gold is a kind of gold nugget. The gold hidden in Taiji Palace has the shapes of horseshoe gold, gold collar, and gold ingot. Among them, horseshoe gold follows the form of Han Dynasty and is divided into three types: large, medium and small. Small horseshoe gold is a catty of horseshoe gold in Han Dynasty. A catty of Han is about six taels at this time. The middle horseshoe gold is one tael, and the big horseshoe gold is one catty of Tang Jin. According to the weight and measure standard at this time in the early Tang Dynasty, it was about 600 grams.
Li Yuan smiled and pointed to the box of horseshoe gold and said to Pei Ji, "Pei Jian, this hundred horseshoe gold is our brother's capital. Let's see if Qin San'er has the ability to win it!"
This is a total of 1,600 taels of gold.
Li Yuan is really generous.
I think that in order to befriend Pei Ji, Li Shimin once asked his subordinates to bring millions of dollars to gamble with Pei Ji, and they lost to him in the end.
"Okay, it depends on whether Qin Sanlang has the ability." Pei Ji laughed.
"I dare not refuse Pei Gong's proposal."
Qin Lang responded.
Li Yuan also smiled and said that it would be more exciting to fight big, but Cheng Chumo had already been shivering because of the two battles. There were four people at the table, two Dukes, one Supreme Emperor, and only him, a small six-rank Qianniu How dare you compare your wealth with them.
Pei Ji’s family has more than 100,000 mu of land, Qin Lang also has 20,000 mu of land, let alone the Supreme Emperor, Cheng Chumo lives on that little salary, and has to pay some living expenses every month.
One big horseshoe gold, if there is a grand slam, it will be eighty-eight.
But he didn't dare to say no to fighting at this time, so he could only bite the bullet.
The ivory card rattled, all four cheered up, and even Pei Ji stopped thinking about it.
In the blink of an eye, four laps were played.
Dongdong’s drum sounded, Chang’an City was about to dawn.
"The bar, the flower on the bar, four bars, eighteen arhats!"
Qin Lang pushed down the cards.
Did not win seven or eight hands in a row, but once tied, he won a grand slam and four pairs of gongs.
"Eighteen arhats have eighty-eight times, the sparrow head has doubled, four hidden kongs add up to four hidden carvings and sixty-four times. In addition, my deck can also add up to three yuan and eighty-eight times, and one word and one color to add up to sixty-four times. ..."
The faces of the three people on the table were not very good-looking.
Li Yuan and Pei Ji had been watching Qin Lang as early as the second concealed kong, knowing that this guy was probably in four kong, so they tried their best to count his cards and avoid giving him a kong, but who knew that this guy would end up with a kong? He still grabbed four concealed kongs before they drew.
Let’s not talk about the four concealed kong, it’s still the bastard’s full kong with white and characters in the middle, which also increases the three yuan plus the word one color, plus the double head of the bird on the Lingshang card...
Li Yuan couldn't help wiping off his sweat when he heard the final number.
Three hundred and ninety-two fan.
Pei Ji had a stinky face.
"Is he cheating?"
"You can't talk nonsense about Mr. Pei. You can doubt my luck, but you can't doubt my brand. The four of us are sitting here playing cards. How dare I play tricks in front of His Majesty and Pei Ji? Besides, Pei Ji just now Jian Ke even made peace with Tianhe, and I didn't say you were cheating?"
Pei Ji snorted, "Then this calculation is unreasonable. There should be a cap. For example, in your deck, how can Eighteen Arhats and Big Three be counted repeatedly? This kind of card can only be Grand Slam at most eighty-eight. , it is unreasonable to repeat the counting.”
"Then you didn't see that you received less chips when Pei Gong and the cards were repeatedly counted and failed?"
Li Yuan took a long breath, feeling that his beating heart finally eased a little.
"Okay, losing is losing, winning is winning. Since we agreed with the rules of accounting before, we have to accept the result now. Isn't it three hundred and ninety-two? I will give it to you, Zhao Yong, go get gold Come here. Remember to take what Pei Jian lost, I will give it to Pei Jian.”
Cheng Chu was weeping silently. He couldn't hold back the temptation before. He remembered that he won money last time, so he came to play again. Who knew that he would lose so badly tonight. The hundred gold that he managed to win in the first half of the night had already been lost. This time, he lost almost 500 big horseshoe gold.
"Your Majesty, I think it's daylight, how about counting the last card?" Qin Lang took the initiative.
Li Yuan was a little surprised, "I've never heard that you can never repay the debt on the gambling table. Gambling debt is also a debt. This one is worth ten thousand taels of gold. Are you really willing?"
"The money you win at the gambling table is not earned by hard work." Qin Lang said, "From yesterday afternoon to this morning, there were only a few breaks in the middle, and I was really tired. I just remembered today But it is still an important day, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony in the East Palace, and the Supreme Emperor must be invited to the East Palace to receive the congratulations from the new emperor and all the officials."
Li Yuan laughed a few times.
He reached out and picked up an orange from the fruit plate, peeled it slowly, and ate it slowly.
"I didn't say I would go!"
"Your Majesty, today is a day of great joy." Qin Lang said.
"What are you overjoyed for? Congratulations on my becoming the Supreme Emperor?" Li Yuan snorted coldly and stuffed another piece of orange into his mouth, continuing to eat slowly.
"Your Majesty should accept the congratulations from all parties!"
Pei Ji looked at Qin Lang from the side, and said coldly, "Does the new emperor have to step down?"
Qin Lang had no choice but to say, "Of course we respect the wishes of the Supreme Emperor, but Donggong hopes that the Supreme Emperor can come in person."
Li Yuan clapped his hands, "I played mahjong all day and night, I'm tired, so I won't go today." After speaking, Li Yuan got up, walked around the screen and walked away.
Pei Ji looked at Qin Lang in a daze, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty understands the filial piety of the new emperor best."
Then, Pei Ji followed in the footsteps of the Supreme Emperor and left.
After a while, Zhao Yong came over, "The Supreme Emperor has a decree that all the horseshoe gold on the table will be rewarded to Yi Guogong, and all the gold coins will be rewarded to Cheng Qianniu."
Cheng Chumo breathed a sigh of relief, finally he didn't have to bear huge gambling debts, and he could even earn hundreds of gold coins, but he immediately thought of another important thing.
"Sanlang, please don't move the Supreme Emperor, what should we do now?"
Qin Lang sighed, what else can he do?
(end of this chapter)