The gentleman is persistent, the small talent swaying fickle. Zhu, my generation of readers are all gentleman, you just said that Hu Royal Secretary riding a donkey to the appointment, will not change his mind in the middle of the day, right?”
After the game, Zhang Chufeng once again provoked Zhu Pingan, lest Zhu Pingan temporarily change his mind.
“Of course, I think that Imperial Historian Hu might have just arrived late because he was observing the ancestral system of travelling on a donkey.”
Zhu Pingan nodded.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chufeng smiled with joy, this is the thirty-first year of Jiajing, the inspecting imperial historian has been riding a horse for a hundred years by breaking the ancestral system, and you are still riding a donkey, I think you have been kicked in the head by a donkey when you were riding a donkey. Oh, this is the best, Chu Zihou ah Chu Zihou, your betting money I laugh.
Well, last time Chu fat man won the money were you in the name of “funding military equipment” cut off, this time how also have to let you out some blood!
“Good, a gentleman’s word is his bond! Fatty Chu heard it, Lord Zhu bets on Imperial Secretary Hu to ride a donkey.”
Zhang Chufeng couldn’t wait to say to Chu Xiong.
“Good.”Chu Xiong nodded and looked up at Zhu Pingan and asked, “Little brother Zhu, how much are you placing on the Bo bet?”
“Cough cough, if you bet on bo bets, small bets are good, I only have …… on me.”Zhu Pingan coughed and opened his mouth in a naive manner, while saying this, he reached his hand into his pocket, with a gesture of pulling out silver.
“Ta-Jen Zhu, I still want to fund your militia group with more pay this time, you bet small, you can’t take it away haha.”
Zhang Chufeng said in a hurry, saying that he pulled out the heavy money bag from his sleeve and tossed it up and down.
“All I have on me are these two silver tickets that you guys sponsored me with last time as well as this fifty taels of my own ……”Zhu Pingan continued to speak while taking out two one hundred taels silver tickets as well as a fifty taels silver ticket from his pocket.
Zhang Chufeng’s eyes immediately straight, overjoyed, two hundred and fifty taels ah, with you can be really apt, two hundred and fifty, heh heh heh, you’re really a two hundred and fifty, thank goodness, today is really a good day, this is even with all the profits back to the rhythm of ah, and then did not hesitate to swiftly cover the ear of the theft of bells ringing trend, will be in the hands of Zhu Pingan’s three silver tickets all over a hand to take over, not to be divided into words stuffed to Chu Xiong!”Good, quick, Fatty Chu took it, this is Lord Zhu’s bet.”
Chu Xiong naturally also happy to pretend to be confused, a hand took Zhang Chufeng handed over Zhu Pingan’s silver, put it into his official hat, laughed and said, “Good good, Zhu little brother to place Bo bet two hundred and fifty taels.”
“I mean I only have two hundred and fifty taels, not ……”Zhu Pingan had a helpless bitter smile on his face.
“Alas, why didn’t Lord Zhu say so earlier, however, the wood has become a boat, it is too late.”Zhang Chufeng shrugged his shoulders.
“Ah? Well, that’s it then.”Zhu Pingan smiled bitterly.
“Hehe, Ta-Jen Chu placed a Bo bet of two hundred and fifty taels, I can’t be less ah, I’m all in for this money bag. Remember Fatty Chu, Ta-Jen Zhu is placing that Imperial Hu is coming to his appointment on a donkey, I’m placing that Imperial Hu is coming to his appointment on a horse, no need to get it wrong haha.”Zhang Chufeng threw his money bag to Chu Xiong and emphasised again.
Chu Xiong took Zhang Chufeng’s money bag and counted it, “Okay, brother Zhang bet one hundred and fifteen taels of silver.”
“Hey, old brother Zhuo, do you want to participate?!”After Chu Xiong collected Zhang Chufeng’s silver, he used his shoulder to bump Zhuo Yan who came over.
Zhuo Yan nodded with a paralysed face, took out a fifty taels silver ticket from his sleeve, threw it into Chu Xiong’s official hat, and said succinctly, “There is only this one left, the Hu imperial historian rode his horse to come to his appointment.”
“Cough cough, how are all riding horses, Zhuo old brother do not think about it, to know the ancestral system but ……”
Chu Xiong saw Zhuo Yan also placed a bet on Hu Zongxian to come to the office on horseback, but could not help but blink his small eyes, and snubbed.
Zhuo Yan rolled a white eye, face paralysed face without a little expression asked, “You under what bet?”
“That’s right, Fatty Chu, what bet do you place? What’s the bet?!”Zhang Chu Feng followed and asked.
Chu Xiong a fat face expression some wonderful, coughed, a serious said, “cough cough, bet what, I did not consider too much, mainly want to fund under the small brother Zhu’s regiment, so I can only under the small brother Zhu’s opposing side. Well, I don’t have much silver on me, so I’ll just place a hundred and fifty taels.”
At those words, Zhang Chufeng and Zhuo Yan both rolled their eyes at Chu Xiong and cursed, “Shameless!”
Next, Chu Xiong played his long-sleeved speciality, went to a few of his familiar yamen buddies to go round, and pulled three more people into the game, placing bets ranging from twenty taels, thirty taels, and fifty taels respectively.
In fact, with Chu Xiong’s social circle, he could have had more people in the game, not enough for him to come back after pulling these three people.
“Fatty Chu, why don’t you go pull in a few more? Lord Zhang from the Ministry of Industry, and Lord Wang from the Ministry of Household, and ……”Seeing that Chu Xiong came back so quickly, Zhang Chufeng couldn’t help but ask in confusion.
Zhuo Yan also looked at Chu Xiong in doubt. In the past, when they had this kind of elegant bet, how could Chu Xiong have pulled another eight or nine people, how could he have pulled three and come back today? This was not Chu Xiong’s style ah.
“You guys know nothing, these people all bet on Imperial Hu to come on horseback, only little brother Chu alone bet on Imperial Hu to come on donkey. There are too many monks and too little meat, how will we split it when the time comes? It’s only a matter of sealing the disc in advance.”
Chu Xiong heard Zhang Chufeng’s query and couldn’t help but say back with a face of egg on his face.
“Right, seal the disc, must seal the disc.”
Zhang Chufeng nodded his head repeatedly when he heard this. Right, within this game, only Zhu Pingan had placed a bet on Imperial Hu to ride a donkey, while everyone else had placed a bet on Imperial Hu to ride a horse. Zhu Pingan this two hundred and fifty five, bet two hundred and fifty taels, they these people win the most can only share this two hundred and fifty taels of silver, naturally, the fewer the number of people share the more. Fatty Chu did this very right, must seal the disc.
The side of the Zhu Pingan see this, can not help but regret tugging the corner of the mouth, sealed what disc ah, the more people the better ah.
After sealing the disc, about another tea time, we saw a scout horse on the official road galloping.
“Report, the new Zhejiang inspector general is arriving soon.”The scout horse stopped in front of the long pavilion and reported.
The crowd of officials moved at once, tidying up their clothes and gearing up to prepare for Hu Zongxian’s arrival.
After the scout horse had reported, it took another tea time before a line of silhouettes could be seen appearing on the official road.
The speed of the Hu imperial historian and his party is a bit slow ah?
A group of officials thought to themselves, it’s time to get a good horse for Imperial Historian Hu, this horse that Imperial Historian Hu is riding is a bit slow.
As the Hu Imperial Historian and his party slowly approached, people couldn’t help but squint their eyes, the horse that the Hu Imperial Historian was riding seemed to be a bit short ah?
“Mmm anon mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ……Mmm anon mnnnnnnn ……”
Right at this moment, a rather penetrating sound of a donkey honking reached the ears of the group of officials waiting at the long pavilion.
“Donkey?!”The crowd of officials froze.
Chu Xiong, Zhang Chufeng, and the others heard the donkey bray coming from the official road and immediately turned pale as if they had died ……
