Mu Xingze was originally afraid that Xiao Chengyi would replace him. After all, Yuan Chunrui intended to win over Xiao Chengyi, and it happened that he saw them in the Zhuangyuan Building today.
In order to show his goodwill, Yuan Chunrui ordered a table of food and drinks for Xiao Chengyi. He wanted to wait for Xiao Chengyi to come and thank him, but he didn't expect that he would just leave after eating the food!
It's simply too arrogant.
Yuan Qirui was naturally irritated by Xiao Chengyi's attitude. Mu Yun'an could no longer go down that path, so he could only find another one.
But I didn't expect Xiao Chengyi to be a tough nut to crack.
"He deserves to die!"
Yuan Qirui took a deep breath, clasped his hands and said in a cold voice: "Go and teach him a lesson."
Mu Xingze's eyes lit up, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and responded, then turned around and walked out.
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Xiao Chengyi came to the first floor. At this time, there were many fewer people betting. He took out a silver note from his arms and handed it to Wang Zefang for him to place a bet.
Wang Zefang was not polite. He took the banknote and went to place a bet, but he didn't know what he thought of and stopped and said: "Brother Xiao, please go first."
Xiao Chengyi glanced at him, walked over and took out a stack of banknotes and put them on the table: "I'll make a secret bet."
Wang Zefang was shocked when he heard this. The so-called secret bet was ten times the odds. If he won the bet, he would get ten times the money, but if he lost the bet, it would also be ten times the amount.
Since the opening of the Zhuangyuan Building, no one has ever made a secret bet, and the procedures for different secret bets and explicit bets are also very complicated.
The shopkeeper was shocked at first when he heard that Xiao Chengyi was going to place a secret bet, but then he realized what he was doing and saw that the total amount of silver notes Xiao Chengyi had bet was one hundred thousand taels.
In other words, if he wins the bet, Zhuangyuanlou will give him ten times the bet, which is one million taels, but if he loses the bet, Xiao Chengyi will still have to pay 900,000 taels.
This is not a small amount of money. Even the dignitaries in the capital will bet at most a hundred taels or a thousand taels, while ordinary students only bet a few taels. It is purely for entertainment.
But Xiao Chengyi's shot was one hundred thousand taels, which was really unprecedented.
The shopkeeper cupped his hands towards Xiao Chengyi and asked, "I wonder what I call this young master?"
Xiao Chengyi told his name, and the shopkeeper suddenly realized: "It turns out to be Young Master Xiao. We have rules in the Zhuangyuan Building. Secret bets need to be signed and pledged. Are you really determined to make the bet?"
Xiao Chengyi nodded, and Wang Zefang on the side advised: "Brother Xiao, don't be impulsive. There are hundreds of students participating in the examination. Your chance of winning is very low. If you don't do it well, you will lose everything!"
Xiao Chengyi raised his eyebrows and said in a calm voice: "It's not possible to lose everything. Don't worry, I know it well."
Wang Zefang: "..."
Even if he doesn't care about a hundred thousand taels of silver, how rich is this man? But Xiao Chengyi said so, and Wang Zefang couldn't say anything else, so he let him go.
Soon, the news spread that Xiao Chengyi made a secret bet of 100,000 yuan in the champion building. After hearing this, Yuan Chunrui frowned and asked Fu Lu next to him: "Who is he betting on?"
Fulu said: "There are rules in the Zhuangyuan Building. The person you are betting on is a top secret. You can only know it after the results are released."
Yuan Qirui tapped his fingers on the table and said, "I don't know that the General's Mansion is so rich?"
"It's not necessarily the money from the General's Mansion."
Fulu bowed his waist and explained: "I heard that the elixirs in the Divine Medical Valley are hard to find, and Mrs. Mu is a disciple of the Divine Medical Valley, so she must have a rich family."
Yuan Qirui felt jealous after hearing this. He must know that the path he took not only required useful talents, but also money. He fell in love with Mu Xingze not only because of his status as the second wife of the Mu family, but also because his mother was once the richest man in Pingyang.