Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 1694 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 15
Of course, even if Zhou Erlang is beaten into submission, he might still be unwilling to give up and continue gambling. So Linlang said this to set a trap for Zhou Erlang: if he loses to her and continues to gamble and incurs gambling debts, she will have the Duke's Mansion kick him out and sever ties with him, so that no one will be implicated by him in the future.

You should know that in the original world, Zhou Erlang couldn't resist the temptation and was dragged into gambling, becoming a gambling addict like the late Duke and his great-grandfather. In the end, he accumulated a lot of debt, which angered the entire Zhou family to death.

However, because it wasn't explained beforehand, they kicked him out, and the people at the gambling den also came to the Zhou family to collect their gambling debts.

Now that things are clear, Old Master Zhou will definitely tell everyone about it. If that happens, and gambling dens try to lure Zhou Erlang into gambling, it's understandable that the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion won't repay his debts. After all, Old Master Zhou has already declared to the capital that if Zhou Erlang incurs gambling debts, he's no longer a member of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and the mansion won't pay them for him. If they've already said that, and the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is still required to repay, then the gambling den is in the wrong. Other families in the capital won't side with the gambling den either. After all, which large family in the capital doesn't have one or two gamblers like that? If each family has already declared to the capital that they won't interfere with their family members' gambling debts, and the gambling den still wants that family to repay, who would be willing to do that?

Even if each of the major gambling dens had powerful backers, they wouldn't dare offend any of the families in the capital.

Therefore, Linlang's next sentence, that she would kick Zhou Erlang out of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion if he continued to gamble, was the main point of her words.

Zhou Erlang didn't realize the trap in Linlang's words. He only saw that Linlang wanted to compete with him, so he immediately agreed.

He had long resented Old Master Zhou's special treatment of Linlang. He thought, what's so special about Linlang that her grandfather treats her so differently? He was the only male in the family, wasn't he more capable than Linlang? The family's future depended on the male members like himself, how could they expect Linlang, a girl who would marry out of the family?

Zhou Erlang thought that Linlang was a woman and would marry into another family in the future, so he regarded Linlang as an outsider. In fact, if Linlang hadn't promised the original owner to protect the Zhou family, and if it weren't for the fact that not everyone in the Zhou family was evil and some of them were good, she wouldn't have bothered to care about the Zhou family. After all, after the Zhou family went to the capital, many of them became ugly, and she didn't need to care about them.

While some people fall into others' traps, would many others have fallen into such traps if they weren't driven by greed or malice?

Leaving aside Linlang's thoughts, the others who heard her words felt she was right. They thought that Zhou Erlang would be owing a lot of gambling debts, and they didn't want to pay them for him. After all, part of the debts in the manor were incurred by the late Duke's gambling addiction. They were already having a headache paying off those debts, so why should they have to pay off Zhou Erlang's gambling debts as well?

So they agreed with Linlang's words, but they were afraid that Linlang couldn't beat Zhou Erlang at the bet. So Zhou Erlang asked Linlang worriedly, "Can you do it?"

Seeing that everyone was worried that she couldn't beat Zhou Erlang at gambling, Linlang laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm representing the gambling house now. Have you ever seen a gambling house lose money and go bankrupt?"

That's true. So Linlang immediately instructed her servants to prepare some things and then made a bet with Zhou Erlang.

Linlang completely simulates the gambling den model, so at the beginning, Zhou Erlang won a few rounds.

Seeing that he had won more than he had lost, Zhou Erlang quickly became smug and pointed at Linlang, laughing loudly, "I told you I had a talent for this and could make money for the family, but you didn't believe me!"

Seeing this, Zhou Dalang and the others became anxious. They were clear-headed and knew that the gambling den couldn't let anyone win forever, but they didn't trust Linlang's skills. What if Zhou Erlang won against Linlang and then went to a real gambling den and lost a lot of money?

At that moment, the original owner's younger sister, Zhou San Niang, asked Lin Lang, "Sister, are you sure you can do it?"

Linlang said, "Don't be impatient, the time to witness a miracle is about to come." Zhou Erlang couldn't help but purse his lips, thinking that even at this point, she was still being stubborn. Just wait and see, he would win everything over her!
As a result, he kept losing until he lost all his peanuts.

Zhou Erlang, seeing that he had run out of peanuts, still wanted to win back his losses, so he asked Linlang if he could have some more peanuts, because he didn't believe he would keep losing.

Linlang said, "If you run out of peanuts and ask me to borrow some, it means you're borrowing money. You see, gamblers eventually borrow money to gamble."

Zhou Erlang, in a fit of impotence and rage, retorted, "Am I wrong? I've been losing all the time, but there's no such thing as losing forever. The more you lose, the greater your chances of winning the next round! As long as you're willing to lend me the money, I can win it all back!"

In a legitimate gambling game, this is indeed the principle, and it is also the universal truth that many gamblers believe after losing everything. They tend to bet more and more because they want to win back their losses in one round. They know that it is impossible to win twice in a row, so they think that they should bet more so that they can break even in one round.

...and then the losses became even greater.

How can you win if your opponent cheats!

Linlang said, "You won't win. You'll lose again next time. If you don't believe me, you don't need peanuts. I'll play three more rounds with you."

Zhou Erlang didn't believe in this principle, so he played three more rounds with Linlang. Needless to say, he lost in the end.

Zhou Erlang didn't believe this outcome, then his eyes darted around and he said to Linlang, "Since you can keep winning, doesn't that mean that as long as you master the method, you can keep winning at gambling? Then just tell me the method, and I can win too, and make lots and lots of money for the family."

Hearing Zhou Erlang say this, the others couldn't help but look at Linlang.

To be honest, they were quite surprised to see Linlang keep winning. They wondered if she had this skill; if she could really keep winning, wouldn't she be making a fortune at the gambling den?

Linlang sneered upon hearing his words, thinking to herself, "If I really had that ability, wouldn't it be better for me to make money myself? Why should I hand it over to you so you can make money and gain both fame and fortune? Am I stupid?"

However, Linlang did not expose Zhou Erlang's greedy thoughts. She only said, "Even now, you still don't understand the situation and still want to gamble. With your brain, the gambling house doesn't even need to put in much effort to scheme against you; they can make you lose everything."

Linlang then took out all the cards from her sleeve. Zhou Erlang looked closely and realized that Linlang had several decks of cards in her hand. If she was missing a card, she could draw the card she wanted from the other decks and put it in. How could he play against her like that?
Then she rolled the dice, and Linlang showed him that she had switched the real dice with tampered ones.

"So that's how you won! You cheated! How could you cheat!" Zhou Erlang shouted, pointing at Linlang.