When the battle between crickets in the bucket was decided, the emperor put down the grass in his hand and nodded with satisfaction, as if he was savoring the experience.
After a while, he said: "Wu Aiqing, the crickets you collected are big and majestic. They fight fiercely and are very interesting to watch. I am very satisfied with them."
Wu Wanrong quickly laughed: "It is my greatest honor to be able to make His Majesty smile. If Your Majesty likes it, I will go and search for it tomorrow."
The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "Yeah! The more, the merrier!"
"Here!" Wu Wanrong agreed. He looked at Qi Yu again and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qi just said that he found a so-called good insect in Shandong Mansion based on the principle of striving for excellence.
, and I don’t know how good this insect is, Wei Chen is deeply curious about this."
The emperor also chuckled: "It's not just you, I am deeply curious about this." Then, his voice changed, and he teased Qi Yu again: "Qi Aiqing, you traveled far and wide and spent more than a month to get it for me.
A cricket came back. If you look at Wu Wanrong, in just over ten days, he collected hundreds of famous insects for me. The gap is really huge!"
Hearing that he was praised, Wu Wan was happy, and then he followed the emperor's words and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qi is the imperial censor, but he only brought one insect with him when he returned to the capital. This is obviously laziness and not trying his best.
I think Shandong Prefecture is a land rich in crickets, how many do you want to collect? In my opinion, I must punish him for being unfavorable in his work."
Um?
For such a big deal, you still want to punish me?
When Qi Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry secretly, and gave Wu Wanrong a fierce look.
Mr. Wu was not to be outdone and immediately stared back. His mouth was so pouted that it could almost tie up a stubborn donkey.
Are the two of them at odds?
The emperor looked left and then again, and was amused in his heart: Watching them fight is much more interesting than watching crickets fight. How about I add fuel to their fire?
So the emperor pretended to be slightly surprised and said: "Qi Yu, what can you say to Lord Wu?"
Well……
Why is the emperor so serious?
But when it comes to this, we can only bite the bullet and hold on!
Therefore, Qi Yu said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I am really striving for excellence when choosing insects. You can't blame me for suspecting that the quality of the crickets is not good just because I only offer one, right? In Wei Chen's opinion, I
This one is worth a hundred mediocrities!”
Ahem, the cow is not here anyway, so I will blow it first before talking about it.
Is this cricket good or not? It's not written on the head. Who can tell?
Yeah?
Wu Wanrong's eyes flashed, and he secretly said with joy: Haha, boy, you are about to be tricked!
This time, Qi Yu is an outsider. Although crickets are ornamental insects, they are also tools for gambling. Whether they are good or bad can not only be visually inspected, but also tested in actual combat.
In common people's terms, that is, you will know whether it is a mule or a horse when you enter the bucket basin.
The emperor did not criticize him, but instead shouted: "Qi Aiqing really thinks so?"
Qi Yu replied: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is still very confident in his own vision."
Now that you have blown it, don’t be discouraged, you must hold on.
In terms of posture, he still needs to be no weaker than others.
Wu Wanrong smiled and said: "Mr. Qi, you just said that one of your worms can be worth a hundred, but I don't believe it. Or, let's fight a dozen of our worms. If you win, you can say this
Xin, if you lose, it will be because you lied to me and deceived your Majesty."
Um?
Why is it related to deceiving you again?
Unexpectedly, the emperor clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this, and said: "Well, this suggestion is very good, haha, why not, let me be the judge."
It’s broken, it’s broken, the bullshit is a bit exaggerated~~~
How does it end?
Qi Yu was astonished and hurriedly refused: "Your Majesty, this cricket of the humble minister has been tired all the way and is not accustomed to the acclimatization. In terms of current combat strength, it is no longer 10% of what it was in its heyday. If we fight a hundred games in a row,
Not to mention biting, I’m afraid I’m exhausted.”
"Are you worried about this?" Wu Wanrong smiled and said, "In that case, we will only play five games to decide the male and female."
"..."
According to Wu Wanrong, he picked out his five strongest crickets, and then divided them into five games to compete with the same cricket to see what the final result would be.
To be fair, after each battle, Qi Yu's crickets were allowed to rest for half a stick of incense to recover their physical strength.
This seems fair, but in fact it is still unfair. This is obviously a five-on-one battle!
However, Qi Yu could no longer have any objections, because the emperor agreed.
That’s it, let’s fight!
Even if you don’t want to fight, you can’t escape!
"slow!"
At this time, Wu Wanrong suddenly called a timeout and said with a smile: "As we all know, anyone who fights crickets will win a fortune. Mr. Qi, what do you think we bet on?"
"Master Wu, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Let's take a gamble! How about two hundred taels a game?"
so much?
Cough, spit!
I, Dalang Qi, am a humble gentleman, how can I do such a thing of chopping off hands?
Fortunately, he didn't say this openly, otherwise, the emperor would have chopped off his hands first.
Qi Yu was not happy about gambling, and then asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to gamble, it's just that the salary you gave me is too low, and I don't have any money on hand!"
The emperor couldn't help being startled when he heard this: Huh? Why does it involve me again?
What a disappointment!
The emperor thought for a moment and then said: "In this way, if you win, it's yours, if you lose, it's mine. However, I'm just helping you advance the money first, and I will deduct it from your salary later until the full amount is deducted.
.”
this……
The emperor's face tightened: "Okay, it's settled, no further discussion!"
Golden words!
established!
Wu Wanrong was extremely happy about this.
He had carefully calculated Qi Yu's family fortune. If he could win all five games, the Qi family would still be heavily in debt even if they were undefeated.
Definitely enough for him to drink a pot.
Yes, he was very sure that he could definitely win.
why?
In other words, where does his confidence come from?
But he didn't know that he happened to have five fine crickets in his hand. He had spent a lot of money to get them from the hands of two dealers. He had tested them repeatedly in the gambling house, and these five crickets had not met a single opponent.
Just kill everyone.
Even if his cricket is still strong, how can it withstand five battles?
Qi Yu also had a bitter look on his face. He had heard of people forcing good girls into prostitution, but never seen people forcing good girls into gambling.
Moreover, this was forced by the emperor.
I am so miserable!
The emperor enjoyed it alone without caring about their feelings. Finally, he waved his hand and signaled: Let's start gambling!