[Yuncheng County·Second Room on the Second Floor of Jinbao Gambling Hall]
"How is it?" Zang Hanzhong watched Zang Ao come in, slowly picked up the tea cup, brought it to his mouth, and asked proudly and knowingly: "Are there many guests here?"
"More, more," Zang Ao said excitedly: "It's a good start, dad. The Chao family used to occupy such a good place. Today it's in our hands. Dad is still awesome. After these few moves, our casino is packed with people. It’s very lively,”
Zang Han was very satisfied in his heart, and did not look at Zang Ao. He just took a sip of the fragrant tea and said, "Is there anything going on at the Chao family?"
When Zang Ao heard this, he became even more excited and said: "What kind of movement can there be? They are huddled in their lair without even farting. I estimate that the Chao family has been in trouble here several times." , I’m scared.” After saying that, Zang Ao laughed.
Zang Hanzhong didn't show the slightest smile when he heard this. He lowered his face and asked Zang Ao, "Everyone is in ambush."
"The ambush is ready, let's send that reckless man here, but I don't think they will come," Zang Ao said, and then suggested: "Dad, instead of ambush them, it is better to go straight to Huanglong. I gather a group of people and charge into his village. Wouldn't it be more refreshing this way?"
"Nonsense," Zang Hanzhong placed the teacup heavily on the table, raised his slack eyelids, stared at Zang Ao with a pair of sharp eyes, and scolded: "You don't know what to do, the art of war says: 'Don't chase poor enemies.' "What does this mean?"
As soon as Zang Ao heard this, he immediately felt that he was one of the best. He said, "Don't mention any books or volumes at all, otherwise you will have to yawn. It's better now. Dad even brought out things from the military book to talk about it. What?" Zang Ao really didn’t know what it meant, but since his father was asking, he couldn’t answer it. So Zang Ao scratched his head and hesitated and said: “It means... people who don’t have money... don’t chase them. , there is no benefit to be gained from pursuing it,” Zang Ao felt that the more he spoke, the more smoothly he spoke, so he boldly spoke out all his understanding later.
"Benefits, benefits," Zang Hanzhong said, slapping the table with his hand, and Zang Ao jumped up and down. Zang Hanzhong said angrily: "I want you to read and write well. If this continues, you will have to The loser,"
Seeing his father's angry look, Zang Ao knew that he must have made a mistake, so he agreed one by one.
Seeing Zang Ao muddle along, Zang Hanzhong felt very sad, but he still said patiently: "If you go to Chao's house, dogs will jump over the wall if they are anxious. What's more, there is Chao Gai in Chao's house. He Can I not fight you to the death?" Zang Hanzhong was so angry that he let out a long breath. He paused and thought for a moment before continuing: "According to the temper of that reckless man, he will definitely not be so calm. If you don't get furious, it's not normal. You go down and arrange the manpower. Ask a group of people to walk around the Chao Family Courtyard, while walking, celebrating the opening of our Jinbao Gambling House. By the way, wait a minute."
As he spoke, Zang Hanzhong came to the accounting room, took out a big red post, picked up a pen and wrote a letter by hand, put it in an envelope, gave it to Zang Ao, and said: "Give this letter to that person." Chao Jidao, if he sees it, he will not deny face."
Seeing that his father was determined to win, Zang Ao suddenly became happy. He sang "O" and quickly went downstairs. He lit up a dozen trumpeters and hurried to the direction of Chaojiazhuang.
[Yuncheng County·Shijie Village·Chaojiazhuang]
"What's going on outside?" Chao Gai heard the noisy gongs and drums, and hurried out of the room, stood under the eaves, and asked the village man outside.
"It seems that someone is getting married," Zhuang Ding didn't quite understand and replied speciously.
Chao Gai frowned slightly and said: "Why do I hear someone shouting and announcing something? How can there be such a marriage? It's not the Zang family who is playing some tricks. Go and have a look." "
The village man received the order and immediately flew out of the door. After a while, he ran back with sweat profusely and reported, "Second Master, Second Master is from the Zang family. What do you mean by this treasure land?" He even encouraged everyone to go to some kind of 'Jinbao Gambling Hall', saying that he would make a fortune every day, and tell the first few people to get money."
"What?" Chao Gai became anxious when he heard this. The Zang family was worried that the world would not be in chaos and that the news would not reach his eldest brother's ears, so he deliberately came to make his eldest brother angry. Chao Gai secretly screamed. Okay, he hurriedly ordered: "I can't bear it anymore. Call someone quickly and let me drive them away."
As soon as the villager said "Hey" and was about to turn around and leave, he was met by Chao Jidao who quickly strode in with several villagers.
As soon as Chao Jidao entered the door, he shouted at Chao Gai: "Second brother, who are you trying to kick out?"
"Brother, don't get me wrong, I mean..." Chao Gai knew something was wrong when he saw his eldest brother's angry look. When he was about to explain, Chao Jidao stopped him.
Chao Jidao said angrily: "Misunderstanding, I, the eldest brother, put it here and 'misunderstood' your important event. Second brother, you have been hiding the gambling house from me. What do you mean?"
"Brother, I'm afraid that if you find out, you will act impulsively and seek revenge against them, causing trouble again."
"Humph, you are saying that I am reckless. You are saying this behind my back. I have known for a long time that I am not reckless. If I were reckless, would we be bullied to this point today? You have endured it again and again, but in the end, What, just let people beat gongs and drums to come to our door to humiliate you. You are shameless, and I am ashamed. Look, this is an invitation letter written by the old fox. Yesterday it was our territory, but now it is fine. One night It has become someone else's property, huh, let the underground know how to deal with the ancestors of the Chao family," Chao Jidao seemed to be completely confused this time.
"Brother, don't worry, I've made arrangements for this, so don't worry," Chao Gai wanted to help his brother sit down.
But Chao Jidao waved his arms and pushed Chao Gai away, saying: "Don't worry, people are clamoring at the door of the house. How can you let me rest assured? You make the decision on such a big matter without authorization, and you still take me as an elder brother seriously." "Where is it?"
Chao Gai laughed along and said to Chao Ji: "Brother, that's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean? You haven't taken my words seriously recently. You don't do what's true and you don't tell me. You dare to stop me at every turn, and you do it behind your back. Brother, what do you want to do?" Chao Jidao He was so angry that he pointed his finger at Chao Gai and said angrily: "Tell me, do you not take me as your eldest brother seriously? If you want to set up another family and live alone, then you should have said it earlier," Chao Jidao pointed at Chao Gai. Gai roared.
When Chao Gai heard the words of "separating the family and living alone", he immediately felt that the weight of these words was too heavy, and he was more or less unhappy in his heart. Because his elder brother had misunderstood him, he couldn't help but raise his voice by three points and said: "You are acting like this." What did the eldest brother say? Everything I did was not for our Chao family, for our brothers," Chao Gai said with excitement. In order to prove that he had no intentions, he swore to the sky: "I, Chao Gai, Gai swears to God, I have never done anything to feel sorry for your brother,"
Chao Jidao became angry and shouted: "Don't yell at me,"
Chao Gai saw that his elder brother had no intention of understanding what he meant, so he simply stopped saying anything, snorted, and sat down.
Chao Jidao felt very suffocated when he saw Chao Gai's appearance. He immediately flicked his sleeves and led everyone out.
"Brother, where are you going?" Chao Gai saw Chao Jidao walking away in a hurry and was afraid that he would do something reckless again, so he couldn't help but feel anxious.
When Chao Jidao heard this, he became angry. He turned around and yelled at Chao Gai: "Why, do I even have to report to you where I go now?"
"Brother, that's not what I meant. I was afraid of you..." Chao Gai saw that his elder brother Chao Jidao was angry. If he went out like this, he would be more likely to lose his mind and fall into someone else's trap.
"Stop it, from today on, if you dare to stop me from doing things again, don't blame me as your brother for not showing mercy to you," Chao Jidao said harshly, shook his sleeves vigorously, turned around and took his hands behind his back. Went down.
Chao Gai could hear the meaning in his eldest brother's tone. Chao Jidao was really going to be rude to him. Chao Gai had never seen his eldest brother like this, and he never expected that his eldest brother would become like this. However, Chao Jidao was very serious this time. Realizing that he didn't dare to stop him at the moment, when the eldest brother left his small courtyard, he quickly put on his equipment, hurriedly recruited a few close dealers, prepared horses and rushed out of the gate of Chaojiazhuang.
By this time, Chao Jidao had already disappeared.
"Did you see where my elder brother went?" Chao Gai grabbed the reins and led the horse out of the gate. He turned around and asked the village man who was guarding the door.
Zhuang Ding pointed his hand in the direction of Yuncheng County and said: "As soon as the gang of gongs and drums left, the uncle led people to chase him over there."
Chao Gai held the simple sword in his hand, got on his horse, and without saying a word, he led several disciples on horseback and drove straight towards Yuncheng County.
In just one stick of incense, Chao Gai rode his horse to a small slope. There were dense woods on both sides. There was a thick tree stump lying across the official road. Under the tree stump were three people, all with arrow feathers on their bodies. Chao Gai stared at the fatal wound from the stabbing. He saw that these three people were the dealers of the Chao family. This shocking scene made Chao Gai uncontrollably frightened. An ominous premonition suddenly hit his heart. Chao Gai struck again. After walking a few steps forward, there were corpses of Chao's villagers along the way. Without exception, they were all killed by arrows. Chao Gai couldn't help but clenched his fists tightly as he looked at them, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart. Uncomfortable.
At this moment, Chao Gai's heart seemed to be pulled hard by two inexplicable hands and twisted tightly, squeezing out a stream of blood. His limbs were cold, but his eyes were red and hot. Chao Gai's eyes widened and he struggled to find As he stood there, he was afraid of finding the figure who had received the message, but he also wanted to get a safe answer. Chao Gai walked along this mountain road that looked like it had been washed with blood, allowing the horse he dismounted to continue walking past the blood-covered corpses of Chao family servants. go forward,