The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1837 The First Meeting Gift

Zhang Chuji was the first to clasp his fists and said, "I greet Lord Cao!"

Liu Zichen also bowed and said, "Master Cao, we meet again!"

Cao Guangshi nodded without saying anything. He had just chatted with these two people for a long time not long ago, so there was no need to be polite now.

Mo Xuyou chuckled, "Lord Cao, I didn't expect you to actually come!" He looked very polite on the surface, but everyone could hear that he was not very respectful to Lord Cao!

Cao Guangshi said frankly: "Why, you are not welcome?"

Mo Xuyou laughed and said, "How dare I, how dare I?"

Cao Guangshi said expressionlessly: "I know that I'm new here and you are all local bosses. You don't take me, an outsider, seriously at all! However, I still want to remind you, especially Boss Mo, you'd better recognize the current situation!" His voice was not loud, but it was sharp!

Ye Changge responded immediately, "That's right! Lord Cao is right! As the saying goes, a man who knows the current situation is a hero! From now on, our Longyou Gang will follow Lord Cao's lead and go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Mo Xuyou chuckled, "Boss Ye, I really admire you. You are so skilled at expressing your loyalty! However, it is useless to cram at the last minute! Lord Cao will not accept you so easily! As far as I know, no one has been able to catch his eye so far!"

Ye Changge ignored him and said to Cao Guangshi, "Sir Cao, their gambling money was robbed by the Four Tigers of Zhushan. This is the responsibility of the Longyou Gang. As the gang leader, I cannot escape the blame!" He saw that the blond man, the "real robber", actually came together with Sir Cao. Without thoroughly figuring out the relationship between the two, he would never make the low-level mistake of rashly identifying Big Wolf as the robber, so he simply took the initiative to admit his mistake and retreat in order to advance!

Cao Guangshi said, "I heard that you not only arranged the four elders of Longyou to guard the gambling money, but also invited two top masters of the ninth realm to take precautions. This shows that you have tried your best! This incident happened purely due to force majeure! The initiator and the culprit are the Four Tigers of Zhushan. You don't have to blame yourself! Tomorrow I will ask Captain Yao to post a wanted notice, and at the same time report to General Wang to issue a sea arrest warrant to mobilize the entire Shu territory to hunt down the Four Tigers of Zhushan!"

Mo Xuyou's face froze!

Damn it, this guy surnamed Cao is openly supporting Ye Changge!

Mo Xuyou chuckled dryly, "Great job, Old Ye. I didn't expect that you could really get hold of Lord Cao's thigh!" In fact, he also wanted to get closer to Cao Guangshi, but so far, Cao Guangshi was unmoved and refused to accept his money and beauty, so he has not been "taken down" by him yet!

So when he saw Cao Guangshi actually supporting Ye Changge, he felt quite jealous and naturally wanted to show some sarcasm!

Ye Changge said, "Brother Mo, I know you have a big backer in Chengdu, but Lord Cao has just reminded you that you must recognize the times and trends! Now the whole world belongs to the Song Dynasty. Although the high-ranking officials in Chengdu will temporarily maintain their original positions, it is only a temporary measure after all! No matter how high your backer's official position is, he is not a Song Dynasty person after all! The one who is in charge of the military and political power in Chengdu is the Song general Wang Quanbin. You don't think that General Wang will favor a Shu person and offend his own people in the end, do you? Although Lord Cao is only a prefect, do you dare to say that Lord Cao doesn't have a big backer behind him?"

Mo Xuyou sneered when he heard this: "Are you teaching me how to behave? What's wrong with General Wang? Although he is from Song, he is still a human being after all!"

What he said was quite blunt!

As long as you are a human being, you have human nature, soft spots, and weaknesses!

As long as there is a weakness, I can take it down!

Money, beauty, land deeds... bombard them one after another! If one round doesn't work, bombard them twice! If two rounds don't work, bombard them three times! If that doesn't work, bombard them four times, until they are knocked down!

It is hard to say who General Wang will favor at that time!

Ye Changge immediately raised his thumb and said, "Great! Brother Mo is awesome! I admire you!" He turned to look at Cao Guangshi, "Master Cao, I have a suggestion!"

Cao Guangshi said calmly: "You say."

"Before the court solves this case and catches the criminal, I will be responsible for paying for all the stolen gambling money, is that okay?"

"Pay the bill first? Okay, your idea is really great! Boss Ye's move not only eliminates the resentment of the bettors, but also reduces the pressure on the government. This is a win-win situation for all parties! I admire Boss Ye for having such a broad mind!" Cao Guangshi said as he clasped his fists and bowed!

Ye Changge quickly bowed, "Your Excellency, you are too kind! This is what I should do! Your Excellency, since the main parties are here, why don't you preside over justice on the spot?"

Cao Guangshi said: "How to uphold justice? You tell me!"

Ye Changge said: "I have some cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and some gold, silver and jewelry. The gold and silver are easy to deal with, I can just pay the amount directly, but these antiques, the price... I want to pay them at the current market price, but they don't agree, so I would like to ask the adults to do justice!"

Cao Guangshi immediately understood Zhang Chuji and Mo Xuyou's little trick, and pretended to be puzzled and said, "Isn't it fair to pay the market price? Do they want to promote their style and give you some concessions? Treat the antique worth 90,000 as 100,000? This won't do, Boss Ye, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you have taken away other people's money, so you should have a correct attitude and return it to them without losing a penny. How can you still take advantage of them?"

Ye Changge didn't know whether Lord Cao was joking with him or really criticizing him, and hurriedly said, "My Lord, you misunderstood! I have always been generous and would rather pay more than default! The main reason is that they want me to double the compensation! If it was just double, it would be fine, but they want to take it all! Isn't this a bit... a bit too much?"

Cao Guangshi frowned, "How much did they bet?"

Ye Changge said: "The three of them are worth a total of 600,000 taels of silver."

Cao Guangshi said: "Yes, 600,000 taels of silver... But I see that the things in your room seem to be worth more than 600,000, right?"

Ye Changge said, "Yes, sir, at least four or five million! The total amount of the big bets this time is one million. As long as the three of them agree to compensate with goods, the other big gamblers will naturally agree. If the three of them don't agree, the others will naturally not agree either."

Cao Guangshi said: "You have agreed to fill the hole, why don't the other three agree?"

Ye Changge said, "They... this Mr. Mo said that all the treasures in my room are just scraps of copper and iron and are worthless. He wants to take them all away as a bet for his 80,000 taels of silver. I have to pay him another 20,000 taels of silver to settle the matter!"

Cao Guangshi said seriously: "Mr. Mo, you bet 100,000?"

Mo Xuyou smiled and said, “That’s right!”

Cao Guangshi said: "Then you said that if you took away all the gold and silver treasures in the whole house, it would be considered to offset your loss of 80,000?"

Mo Xuyou smiled even brighter, "That's right!"

Cao Guangshi was about to speak, but Big Wolf spoke first, "You're too dark, aren't you?"

Mo Xuyou's face suddenly darkened, and he was filled with murderous intent. "Who the hell are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"

Cao Guangshi was shocked. This guy actually insulted the friend of the deputy envoy. How could this be tolerated? He was about to introduce Big Wolf, but he didn't know how to introduce him. Then he heard Big Wolf said, "Haha, don't worry about who I am. Let Lord Cao preside over your justice first, and then we can communicate alone. Lord Cao, let's get down to business first."

Cao Guangshi said: "Okay!"

Ye Changge immediately understood one thing in his heart, this blond man from the Western Regions was not an ordinary person, and Lord Cao was very polite to him!

Cao Guangshi said, "I already know the cause and effect of the matter. The key point now is that the three big bosses think their money is lost, so they want to ask for an explanation from Boss Ye, right?"

Liu Zichen was very tactful and nodded immediately: "That's right!"

Seeing this, Zhang Chuji had no choice but to nod: "Yes!"

Mo Xuyou thought: If I just nod, the duck in my mouth will fly away! But if I don't nod, I will have to tear my face with the prefect on the spot, which is a bit expensive!

He was just thinking about it, but Cao Guangshi didn't want to let him off and said directly: "Okay, Boss Mo has agreed! Then I will say a few words..."

When Mo Xuyou heard him say that he had acquiesced, he immediately blurted out: "I didn't acquiesce!"

Cao Guangshi seemed to have expected some reaction from him, and said calmly: "Boss Mo, since you have any doubts, please speak up!"

Mo Xuyou thought to himself: Fuck you, immortal board! What am I talking about? Saying that I don’t agree with what you say?

Zhang Chuji raised his eyebrows in displeasure: "Lao Mo, if you have any objections, why don't you say it? What are you hesitating about?"

Liu Zichen was also a little angry: "It's late at night, you'd better not waste everyone's time!"

Mo Xuyou cursed in his heart: If it weren't for you two bastards, I would have joined forces with Cao Guangshi! Damn it, it seems that I can only bleed a little and do less!

He immediately said to Cao Guangshi: Sir Cao, I think this is a matter between the four of us. Let's discuss it first. If we can't reach an agreement, you can administer justice. How do you think?

Cao Guangshi said: "Okay! But you better hurry up, I have an important guest to accompany!"

Ye Changge, Liu Zichen and the others were all moved. The guest who could make Prefect Cao anxious to accompany him must be someone extraordinary! Who was it?

Mo Xuyou said, "Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, Gang Leader Ye, let's discuss this over here!"

Liu Zichen said with dignity: "If you have something to say, just talk here!" The room is so small, where can I talk without being heard by others? You still want to be mysterious, and you dare to ask me to come over, who are you talking to? Fuck you!

Mo Xuyou's face darkened and he cursed in his heart: What a big idiot!

Since you don't play by the rules, no one should get any benefits from it!

"What I mean is, if the three of us add up to 600,000, then even if the things in his house are not worth 600,000, we can just barely take care of Old Ye, so let's count it as 600,000, and we can divide it equally among the three of us, how about that?" Mo Xuyou stood with his hands behind his back and said loudly. Liu Zichen didn't expect him to say this, and his face suddenly changed!

Fuck you, you immortal boss!

If you say this, I will definitely agree!

If we divide it equally among three people, the minimum amount would be one million, right?

If the three people had reached an agreement just now, even if Ye Changge dared to disagree, Liu Zichen would have countless ways to make him agree! As long as the four of them reached an agreement, there would be no need for Cao Guangshi to "preside over justice"!

But now everyone in the room knows about it. If I agree to it in front of the prefect, how is this different from open robbery?

However, if I don't agree, I will never have another chance! After tonight, the things here will definitely be moved by the man surnamed Ye! Moreover, he will definitely move his family as well, and then all my threats will be useless!

Thinking of this, he chuckled, "I think this is a good idea!"

Zhang Chuji's eyes turned, his mind raced, and he smiled and said, "I think this is a good idea too!"

Mo Xuyou didn't expect that the two of them would dare to agree in front of Cao Guangshi, and he immediately laughed, "The two bosses are really capable of doing big things! It's rare that the three of us can reach a consensus! Have you really thought it through?"

Zhang Chuji curled his lips and said sinisterly: "As long as Brother Liu figured it out, I will naturally figure it out!"

Liu Zichen gritted his teeth and looked at Mo Xuyou, "I didn't expect that you would be braver than me at the critical moment! If I can't figure it out, wouldn't you underestimate me?" There was a sinister look in his eyes, "Do I have any other choice?"

Big Wolf said, "Master Cao, what do they mean by 'thinking it through'?"

Cao Guangshi's face was gloomy, "Thinking it through means thinking it through!"

Big Wolf laughed and said, "Although I don't quite understand, I can feel that they seem to have made some kind of determination! The determination is not in your favor!"

Cao Guangshi sneered, "Your feeling is very accurate! They will give me two choices! Either I join them or I die here today!"

Mo Xuyou, Liu Zichen and Zhang Chuji all stared at Cao Guangshi with different expressions, and no one denied it!

Big Wolf nodded, "Haha, I understand. If you agree to let them divide up Boss Ye's property, you will be their friend, and everyone will live in peace from now on. You can leave alive tonight! Otherwise, this will be your burial place, right?"

Mo Xuyou raised his thumb and smiled evilly, "You yellow-haired ghost, you are not stupid!"

Cao Guangshi said: "I am very confused. Who gave you the courage? Aren't you afraid that the Song Dynasty will punish you?"

Liu Zichen said, "Listen up everyone outside. If anyone dares to tell anyone about what happened tonight, I will kill his entire family!"

Mo Xuyou also pointed at the people outside and said, "Everyone listen carefully. Boss Zhang, Boss Liu and I are now brothers with different surnames. If anyone dares to betray his boss, his entire family will be killed! Do you hear me?"

The people outside said in unison: "I heard it!"

Mo Xuyou said, "Sir, you have seen it too. Even if you die here, no one will know. No matter how powerful the Song Dynasty is, who will find out about us brothers?" He looked at Liu Zichen and Zhang Chuji. Liu and Zhang cursed in their hearts: Damn it, who is your brother! But for the sake of these millions of taels, I will give you face for the time being and not refute you on the spot!

Big Wolf said, "You guys are really amazing for killing an official just for such a small amount of money!"

Mo Xuyou sneered, "It's not like I haven't killed an official before!"

Zhang Chuji added: "We are not doing this for a little silver! This is millions of taels!" He deliberately looked into Cao Guangshi's eyes, hoping that Prefect Cao would also reveal a greedy look, then everything would be fine!

Big Wolf smiled and said, "Master Cao, it seems that you have no choice but to agree! Otherwise, you will die here!"

Cao Guangshi was a little surprised. He knew that this tough guy from the Western Regions was very powerful, but why did he say that? Cao Guangshi thought that since Big Wolf said that, there must be a reason for it. So Cao Guangshi said, "Okay, I agree. The things in this room will be enough for the three of you to bet on!"

Mo Xuyou's eyes flickered, "Sir, have you said that?"

Cao Guangshi frowned and said, "It's hard to catch up with him!"

Mo Xuyou laughed and said, "Great! That's great!"

He looked at Liu Zichen and Zhang Chuji, and the three of them burst into laughter!

I didn't expect things to go so smoothly! Each person got at least one million taels of silver!

Although Ye Changge wanted to kill these three people, he assessed the situation and knew that the most important thing at the moment was to stay alive!

There are fourteen masters brought by these three bosses, most of them are at the seventh level, plus the three of them are at the eighth level, there are seventeen people in total!

There are only five of us, including myself and Lord Cao!

Five against seventeen, death is inevitable!

After thinking this through, Ye Changge calmed down!

Big Wolf asked, "Boss Ye, are you satisfied with Lord Cao's mediation?"

Ye Changge thought: I am not satisfied at all! The fortune I worked so hard to save was taken away by you guys just because of a few words. I will fuck you guys!

But he still managed a smile on his face: "Satisfied! Quite satisfied! As long as it is Lord Cao's decision, Ye will definitely carry it out!" His level of flattery is always online!

Big Wolf said: "Well, since everyone has accepted Lord Cao's opinion, then this matter has come to an end. Now, it's my turn to express my opinion!"

Mo Xuyou scowled, "You want to express your opinion? Who the hell do you think you are?"

Big Wolf was not angry, and continued, "Now that Boss Ye's money has been used to pay for the gambling, the money in this room has nothing to do with you, Boss Ye, right?"

Ye Changge always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it, so he could only nod and say, "Yes!"

"Good!" Big Wolf turned to Liu Zichen and the other two and said, "Your bets have been recovered, right?"

Liu Zichen narrowed his eyes and saw Cao Guangshi letting the blond man do what he wanted. He knew that the blond man must be of a special status, but definitely not an important official of the imperial court. He probably just had a familiar relationship with him, so he said calmly, "So what?"

Bigwo said: "Then these things have nothing to do with you for the time being!"

what?

Liu Zichen, Zhang Chuji, and Mo Xuyou all changed their expressions at the same time!

Mo Xuyou asked sternly, “What did you say?”

Cao Guangshi was also stunned. What on earth was Big Wolf acting out?

Big Wolf asked, "Boss Ye, is the dragon boat race over?"

Ye Changge said: "The group stage hasn't ended yet!"

Big Wolf said, "My master has been talking to me for the whole afternoon, and I basically understand your gambling method. I want to ask, do you still remember the dragon boats that these three bosses bet on?"

Ye Changge said: "Of course I remember, Boss Mo's number is Xinsi, Boss Zhang's number is Renwu, and Boss Liu's number is Wuzi."

Big Wolf said: "If these three boats don't finish the race, then it's still uncertain whether they win or lose. This money, at this moment, can only be regarded as a bet on the gambling table. When the dragon boats haven't decided the winner, they certainly can't take these bets away!"

Ye Changge's eyes suddenly lit up! He realized that the blond man was waiting here! His eyes immediately lit up, and his voice was a little excited, "The three dragon boats they bet on were eliminated in the first round of the group stage today! So, they lost, and this money has nothing to do with them!" Liu Zichen and the other two immediately frowned, and murderous aura steamed!

Big Wolf said: "So, the things in this room have nothing to do with you three. Lord Cao, the things in this room are the first gift from my young master to you!"

what?

Everyone was stunned!

Ye Changge, Liu Zichen, Zhang Chuji, Mo Xuyou, and Cao Guangshi were all stunned!

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