Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 353 Everyone Says The Prince Can't Run Fast
No matter how much the merchants yelled at Li Zhi and petitioned His Highness the Crown Prince, Li Zhi just didn't come back, and the imperial guards rushed over to separate Li Zhi from the merchants. Although the imperial guards also belonged to the government soldiers, But in terms of momentum, they took off the horizontal knives and scabbards in their waists, and slapped the approaching merchants to keep them away from the prince.

As soon as the guards made a move, the merchants naturally didn't dare to rush forward, so they could only yell from a distance, but no matter how loudly they yelled, Li Zhi and Wang Ping'an turned a deaf ear to them and didn't even turn their heads this way, as if they hadn't I heard shouts in general.

The merchants were making noise here, and the officials of the household department were not idle. They gathered those shirtless and strong men running in front of Wang Ping'an's head at the table, and registered their names and addresses.

The strong men were full of hope, waiting for the officials of the household department to reward them with money.These strong men are not for the sake of face, and many of them are not idlers. Of course, if they are idlers, they will not have such a good physique.They all came here for the money, running like crazy for nothing else, just for the baskets of shiny copper coins!

Wang Pingan's sweat was almost gone. He put on his coat, and together with Li Zhi, he came to the officials of the household department to watch them register the strong men.

The officials of the household department are full of articulate people. They ask the strong men two questions. One question is, do you want to earn more money through running to supplement the family?The second question is that if you want to get money, would you like to participate in a gamble, not to let them bet, but to treat them as gambling tools, and the bet is which of them runs faster and lasts longer!

The strong men came here just for money, how could anyone not answer, counting the details, more than 500 people agreed to be a gambling tool, willing to race with others!
After registering the names and addresses of the strong men, the officials of the household department asked them to stand in several rows, and then gave them semicolons, from No. 500 to more than [-]. Each strong man held a wooden sign in his hand. Write down his number.

After queuing up the number, an official with a loud voice came out and shouted to the people: "Don't watch the excitement, now something good is coming."

He pointed to the rows of strong men, and said: "These people are holding numbers in their hands. They will run from Tonghuamen to Anlimen later. The distance is not close. Bet on them who will win." , who can run to Anlimen first!"

The common people shouted suddenly, just now they were only focused on watching the businessmen quarreling, and didn't bother to look over here. Unexpectedly, in a short while, these strong men all had their number plates in their hands, and they wanted to bet on who would go first Run to Anlimen.Anli Gate is not an ordinary gate, it is one of the gates of the Imperial Palace, further west is the famous Xuanwu Gate!

The official shouted again: "The bets are the same. No matter who you bet on, as long as whoever wins, you will double the money and win back the money of the two bets. Don't miss this opportunity. You will never lose it. There are more than 500 people for you to choose." Here, pick it hard!"

After hearing this, many people who like to gamble, their eyes lit up, they can even gamble with this, and they are still very good at gambling!And those people who are not good at gambling, those who have two coins, can't help but think, why not go up and have a look, find a stronger man, and put two big coins on him?

The official took a step back and said loudly: "Come on, come up and choose, you can only see but not touch!"

Regardless of whether they want to gamble or not, the common people rushed over and looked at the strong men happily, looking at the strong men with red faces and thick necks, as embarrassing as they were!
Li Zhi looked interesting, and smiled at Wang Pingan: "You are not sick, why don't you also go up to get a number and let the common people place bets?"

Wang Ping'an thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, I guess the common people will have to bet on me as soon as I step forward, I would like to see how much I am worth!"

He tossed the overcoat he was wearing, and strode towards the strong men. As he walked, he also shouted: "Come on, Master Ben is also going to participate. The folks are optimistic before placing bets. I can run very well." land!"

Li Zhi laughed, hurriedly followed, and shouted: "The prince is also here, give him a number quickly!"

All of a sudden, it was as if cold water was poured into a boiling oil pan, and the people exploded immediately!
"Wang Hou Ye is also here to participate, I bet Wang Hou Ye ten times, betting that he will run first!" Before anyone else could call, Jin Sanye called out first.

Because he ran too slowly, he was "selected" as a representative to negotiate with Li Zhi, so he didn't have time to get the number, and the officials of the household department might not give him a number, so he had no chance to participate, but Seeing that Wang Ping'an was playing with his shirt off again, of course he wanted to join in, so he bet ten pennies right away!

Many businessmen saw the opportunity, this is a good opportunity to flatter, no matter whether Wang Pingan can run first, placing his bet now is the loudest flattery!

The merchants didn't care about discussing how to go to the Ministry of Education to petition. They looked at their eyes first, screamed, and flocked to the table of the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, demanding that Wang Ping'an be the first!

The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs never thought that Wang Ping'an would also come to participate, so they hurriedly numbered him, but the number was late, and it turned out to be 590!

Wang Pingan held up the number plate high and said with a smile: "I will issue the number that is lucky, and I will definitely bet on it!"

There were more people rushing to escort Wang Ping'an, and countless people were crowded in front of the table, but other strong men were left out in the cold!

People with good brains thought about it, and they all bet on Wang Ping'an to run first, but if he couldn't run first, wouldn't everyone lose, maybe he would deliberately not run first!
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted with straight neck: "Is it possible, don't bet on Wang Hou Ye to run first!"

When the people heard the shout, they were all taken aback, and the scene fell silent for a moment... Boom and lively again!

"That's right, we bet that the prince won't be able to run first, can we bet on this?"

This kind of gambling method was not discussed in advance, but what do the officials of the household department do?The leading official thought about it for a while, and then said: "You can bet that the prince can't run first, but you can only bet on him, and when placing a bet, you have to explain that he can't run first, so you just need to guess how many places you think he can run. That's right, ten for one!"

Don't look at the lot of losing ten, but if you bet on numbers, more than 500 numbers, it is very difficult to bet on one of them, most people are impossible to guess!

But for some reason, the common people were even more interested in Wang Ping'an's failure to run first, and they all agreed that he could not run first.

The officials of the household department were quick to keep accounts, and within a short time, baskets of copper coins were piled up around them. After a rough calculation, the cash money bet on Wang Ping'an alone exceeded [-] guan. Because they didn't prepare in advance and didn't bring too much money with them, if they knew in advance that they were going to gamble, the money would have to be doubled!
Because there are too many people betting, and there are people coming out of the city at this time, and after getting the news, they all come to place bets. It is estimated that there will be no more than two hours, and there are too many people to register and place bets. Yes, although the household department is quite well prepared, it can't be too busy for a while!
Taking this time, Wang Ping'an ordered that the strong men go to eat, and all the expenses will be paid by the household department. Anyway, there is no compensation today, so why not give the strong men a discount!
Outside Tonghua Gate, a huge market has already formed, with countless hawkers selling food, all the business in the city has moved outside the city, no matter what kind of business, as long as there are many people, the business will be booming!

Li Zhi just passed the addiction of being a commoner, took Wang Ping'an, found a wonton stand, and started eating wontons, and the third master Jin also ran over, insisting on paying them, but he couldn't refuse, so he refused. He was also given a seat to eat with him.

The third master Jin is so happy, there is something to write in the genealogy, the ancestor, that is, I once invited His Royal Highness to dinner, and Wang Pingan, Wang Houye, sat with me!

After eating the wontons, he waited for a long time, until Li Zhi became impatient, and the betting was about to end. The leading household official ran over, sweating all over his forehead, and said to Wang Pingan: "Your Majesty! , the statistics are out, the bet on you is a total of 850 taels!"

Wang Ping'an was overjoyed, took the statistical form, and smiled at Li Zhi: "Your Highness, I didn't expect that the minister is so valuable, more than 6 yuan, this is not a small number!"

Li Zhi also said with a smile: "Then you must run first, and give us Chongxian Hall a good reputation, and we will all have a bright face when you say it in the future. You are not only the number one poetic talent in Chang'an, but also the number one medical skill in Chang'an. Even the race is the first in Chang'an!"

The official of the household department said with a bitter face: "Yes, Wang Houye, you must be the first, even if you can't be the first, you can be in the top [-], otherwise our Lord Shangshu will hang himself, you Run as hard as you can, just save his life!"

Wang Pingan was taken aback, and said: "Why, if I run first, the Ministry of Households will lose a lot. You say the opposite, I should not be able to run first!"

The officials of the household department glanced at the people behind, turned around and said: "Not many people bet on you as the old man, and bet on you to run first, less than [-] times, and bet on you to be in the top one hundred." Yes, adding one piece is less than two hundred guan!"

Wang Ping'an's complexion collapsed, and he said: "Then how much do they bet on me?" I was a little surprised, no way, I have no vision, but I have mastered long-distance running skills, and I can run very well!

The official of the household department said: "Most people bet that you will run after 550, and it will be after [-]. Among them, there are nearly [-] bets on you running last!"

He stretched out four fingers, added another fist, and said: "Your old man's number is my number, so I will issue it. It will be auspicious, so all gamblers bet on this number, and the sum is 40 guan. If you really run If it is the bottom one, then our household department will have to pay [-] guan, such a large sum of money, if our Master Shang Shu wants to hang himself... then we have to throw ourselves into the river instead!"

Wang Ping'an slapped the table and said angrily, "It's unreasonable for them to look down on me so much. I'm sure I won't be the last one!"

The official of the household department said with a bitter face: "There are a lot of strong men. We wanted to find one to cheat, but those strong men even ran to detain you and ran to the bottom. In this race, as long as they can If you beat you, you will be able to live a good life. In a hurry, we have no time to convince anyone, and we can't convince anyone, countless eyes are staring at us!"

(End of this chapter)