The uproar among the people in the city who went to gambling shops to ask for gambling money finally calmed down for a few days.
The streets of Luyang City seem a little deserted these days.
Some vendors who were supposed to be selling stalls did not come out to do business, and some restaurants and teahouses stopped operating.
Affected by the gambling money incident, Lufang, a place that usually had an endless stream of customers, was much cleaner today.
Li Wen and Lu Xu were drinking in Tianzi Pavilion in Lufang, accompanied by Wen Niang, the boss of Lufang.
Li Wen asked Wen Niang.
"So Mr. Lu Guang really redeemed Lan Meier and Dong E, the two top leaders in Lufang?"
Wen Niang did not dare to hide anything and answered Li Wen's questions truthfully.
Lu Xu said something.
"Okay, we two still have something to discuss, please step aside."
After Wen Niang left, Li Wendao.
"Brother Xu, do you think we can do something about this matter?"
Lu Xu shook his head.
"The biggest thing now is the gambling matter. This matter must be handled well, otherwise how can you and I gain a foothold in the government?"
As soon as Li Wen mentioned the gambling incident, his anger surged.
With a "Peng" sound, the sapphire blue bottle in his hand was crushed to pieces.
Li Wen said with hatred.
"Who would have thought that Wang Gui is so powerful that even Yinren was defeated by him after just one move. I suspect that he is not a womb-building practitioner at all, but is actually in the Ningxu realm and just conceals his strength."
"Confused! Do you think my father and your grandfather are blind?"
Seeing that Li Wen was dejected, Lu Xu couldn't say anything further.
Now the two of them are like clay bodhisattvas crossing the river and cannot save themselves.
Lu Xu tapped the wine bottle in his hand three times, and immediately a middle-aged man came in from the door, stood in front of him and said.
"What are your orders, Master?"
This middle-aged man was the one who went to deliver a message to Yinren a few days ago.
He was also at the peak of his womb building. He was hit by Yinren and was injured due to vomiting blood. He didn't expect the same thing to happen to Yinren himself.
This made him both relieved and angry.
He was relieved because Wang Dalu avenged him with a sword.
What makes him angry is that he also put all his wealth on Yin Rensheng, but he lost in the end.
Lu Xu said.
"Notify me to go down and mortgage all the fields and shops under my name."
The middle-aged man left in response.
Li Wen suddenly stood up and wanted to say something, but he couldn't. He could only shake his head and sigh.
In Lu Guang's room, a subordinate was reporting to him the intelligence obtained from his brother Lu Xu who had been monitoring him for the past two days.
When he learned that Lu Xu was secretly selling off his property and shops, he was very happy.
"Go and buy all the land and shops he is selling. Remember, keep the price low!"
In the evening, Li Wen returned to the Earl's Mansion drunk.
Entering Gaoshen's mansion, he saw a beautiful woman cursing at the servant beside her.
"Are you all blind? Why don't you hurry up and help the young master!"
The group of slaves were so frightened by this harsh sound that they ran and stumbled to help Li Wen, who was stumbling and talking drunkenly.
Li Wen went crazy with alcohol and punched and kicked the slaves who came forward. The slaves were so painful that they cried for their fathers and screamed for their mothers and ran away with their heads in their hands.
At this moment, an old voice sounded.
"Let him go!"
Like a bolt from the blue, Li Wen suddenly sobered up after hearing this voice. He now respectfully swayed on the spot and said to the old man who appeared in front of him.
"grandfather."
The person who came was none other than Li Wen's grandfather, the current Earl Li Que.
Li Que saw his grandson looking drunk and hated him for not fighting.
"A very big man, you have to be able to pick it up and put it down. Winning or losing is not decided in a moment!"
When Li Wen heard his grandfather's words, he could only clasp his fists and bow and nod.
After a while, he secretly glanced at his grandfather Li Que and whispered something.
"Brother Xu has started selling off his property and stores in the past two days."
Li Que raised his head and dozed his eyes, and said weakly for a long time.
"Tomorrow, I will sell my summer resort thirty miles south of the city to Xiaoxu and send it over."
After saying these words, the powerful earl seemed to have aged much instantly, and Xiao Ran's lonely back gradually disappeared from Li Wen's eyes.
On the day of the trial agreed upon by Delu Guang and the people, a dark crowd stood in front of the city lord's palace, separated by two rows of armored soldiers.
Lu Guanggao was sitting in the middle of the main hall, accompanied by two viscounts of the current dynasty.
Standing in the hall were more than a dozen representatives of the common people, as well as the stewards of three gambling houses.
There were two other people sitting behind these people, namely Lu Xu and Li Wen.
Everyone in Sunshine City knows that these two are the masterminds behind the three major gambling houses.
Now that such a big thing has happened, the two of them must be there to give an explanation.
Lu Guang glanced at Lu Xu lightly, and then said to the representatives in the hall.
In the past few days, His Highness has sent people to find out the ins and outs of this contest and the bet.
Hearing this, not only the twelve representatives looked at Lu Guang eagerly, but even the dark crowd outside the door widened their eyes in anticipation.
Lu Guang opened his mouth and said.
"It has been found that this bet is valid and there is no suspicion of fraud. Don't be rude and make trouble."
"This is impossible, impossible..."
"No noise in the hall!"
The man on Lu Guang's right stood up and shouted.
Not long after, soldiers standing on both sides carried out five or six boxes of paper tickets.
These are copies of gambling tickets issued by the three major gambling houses.
Lu Guang took out a gambling slip from a box and said to everyone.
"Look here, everyone, there is a bet list that the gambling king will win. The amount of gambling money on it is so huge that it is beyond your imagination. According to the odds of 20 times given by the gambling houses, even if the three major gambling houses take everyone's money this time,
The total gambling money lost is less than half of this."
"What?"
"How is that possible?"
There was another commotion in the crowd inside and outside the hall. They couldn't believe who had the courage to overwhelm so many Wang Dalu, who was not optimistic at the time.
Everyone looked at Lu Xu and Li Wen.
Now that Lu Xu has seen what happened, he should stand up and explain all this.
He couldn't believe it at first. Someone spent such a huge amount of wealth on Wang Dalu.
When he found out that Lu Guang was behind the scenes, he guessed that it was Wang Dalu who asked him to do this.
The identity of Na Wang Dalu is unknown, but from the fact that he defeated Yin Ren, who was known as the number one womb builder in the Lu Yang Dynasty, with just one move, we can imagine how huge the power behind him was.
Now he finally knew why his father, Marquis Lu Yang, had such high regard for Wang Dalu.
Yesterday, the chamberlain around his father Lu Yanghou sent an order, ordering him to come here today to explain everything and help his brother Lu Guang eliminate the doubts of the people.
Lu Xu smiled bitterly, stood up from his chair, and said to the people outside the door.
"Yes, there are indeed people who spend huge sums of money to beat Wang Gui to win. As the boss of a gambling house, I suffered a lot of losses this time like everyone else. I have asked people to sell off the property and shop to repay the gambling debts I owed."
Now the people didn't want to do anything anymore. They thought there was a chance to get back their lost gambling money, but now that the truth was clear, they didn't know what to do.
Everyone shouted in unison who had the original gambling ticket. They could not imagine that anyone could be so capable and win all the money of the people and nobles in the city.
Of course Lu Guang will not tell everyone that he is also involved.
Fortunately, he was not kept waiting any longer as a lazy voice came from the back hall.
"What? You want to see me?"
Everyone looked for the voice and saw a person walking out of the back hall. As they got closer, they saw clearly that it was Wang Gui who was competing with Yinren.
Lu Xu and Li Wen saw that Wang Gui was who they thought he was, and they sat there with extremely ugly expressions.
The people looked at Wang Dalu with obvious resentment in their eyes.
Wang Dalu said completely ignoring everyone's anger.
"I came here today just to settle this gambling debt."
After speaking, Wang Dalu looked at Lu Xu and Li Wen who were sitting there.
At this moment, Lu Guang stood up and came to Wang Dalu, bowed and said sincerely.
"Brother Wang, I have an unkind request. I don't know whether I should answer it or not?"
Wang Dalu helped Lu Guang up and said.
"Brother Lu is too polite. We are friends. If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."
Lu Guang hesitated for a moment, pointed at the people outside and said.
"I would like to ask Brother Wang on behalf of the people in the city to forgive their ignorance and pay off their gambling debts."
Wang Dalu pretended to be embarrassed and remained silent.
When the people heard Lu Guang begging Wang Dalu for them, they all shut their mouths and looked at Wang Dalu with bright eyes.
Lu Guang said again.
"I know that Brother Wang will lose a lot because of this. I, Lu Guang, am willing to bear their debts alone, but if you ask for anything, I will do my best as long as it does not violate morality and conscience."
Wang Dalu hummed a few times before saying.
"Okay, I'm just looking at your face, Brother Lu, and will return the money to them. But we agreed that we will only return it to the common people. I will not return the money of those rich and powerful people."
Lu Guang saluted again.
"Of course, of course."
"Everyone can come here tomorrow to claim their share."
Lu Guang's voice was not loud, but the people listened to it. They all knelt on the ground and expressed their gratitude to Lu Guang, almost not offering him as a Bodhisattva.
Seeing those people leaving in groups with tears of joy on their faces, Wang Dalu said to Lu Xu and Li Wen.
"Hey, hey, hey! You two have to work harder and try to pay back the gambling debt you owe me as soon as possible."