Possessed by Luffy's fruit, I went crazy in ancient times

Chapter 126 Asking for money

The queen sat at the top, opened her eyes and glanced at him lightly. She knew her eldest brother's virtue best, and he was the best at telling evil people first.

She didn't say anything, just looked at Xie Ling lightly.

Xie Ling sat on the ground for a while. Seeing that the queen didn't say anything, she just looked at him with indifferent eyes, then he stood up and said, "The queen invited me here, why do you want me to come?"

Seeing that he was impatient, the queen snorted coldly and said: "I didn't know that my brother's family is so poor that it has reached the point where the eldest nephew has to trick his nephew into gambling."

When Xie Ling heard this, his face stiffened and he said angrily: "When did Xie Kui deceive the prince? Sister, please don't talk about it at will." Xie Kui is Xie Ling's eldest son.

When the queen heard this, she said calmly: "Brother, see for yourself, there is the signature of my eldest nephew in it."

Betting in the arena requires both parties to sign a contract and place bets. The bet will naturally involve signatures. Although the queen is not involved in government affairs, it is still very simple to have a record of the arena's signatures.

Xie Ling's face turned pale. He stepped forward and took the contract handed over by the queen. He glanced at it and immediately widened his eyes and said, "Well, I didn't know this traitor had done such a thing."

The queen's eyes flashed slightly, but she was a villain. If her brother didn't know about this, then it must have been her eldest nephew who did it.

She said: "In that case, I would like to ask my brother to go back and investigate carefully. After the investigation, he will return the one million taels, so as not to ruin the brother-sister relationship because of these extraneous things." The queen specially lengthened the word "brother-sister relationship".

Xie Ling's face darkened and he said, "Does my sister doubt my brother?"

The corner of the queen's mouth curled up and she said, "We'll see how far my brother can go."

Xie Ling looked shocked. Although they had been at odds in the past few years, when did the relationship between the two get so bad that they needed to threaten each other to get things done.

He said with a serious face: "I really don't know about this matter, I will give you an explanation."

After saying that, he walked out of Deqing Hall angrily with the contract in hand.

"Mother, will uncle Guo come back?"

The queen's eyes moved and she said, "Who knows?"

"The one million?"

"Come out of my private vault, be careful, don't be discovered"

The waiter's face rose and retreated imperceptibly.

After controlling the harem for so many years, she could still afford one million taels.

Xie Ling was so angry that he rushed home after leaving Deqing Hall. He was such a proud man, how could he allow his son to live in and out of the house, even though he was still his legitimate son.

This feels like breaking up with the queen. The Xie family and the queen are like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If the queen falls, can the Xie family be far behind?

So as soon as he returned, he took Xie Kui out and beat him indiscriminately.

Then he sat down by the bed and said to Xie Kui with a loving look on his face: "Do you think you framed the three princes for gambling, and that's why you lost so much money?"

Xie Kui was still angry after being beaten. When he heard Xie Ling's words, he felt so guilty that he lowered his eyes and pretended to be weak. He pretended that he had not heard what he said and fell asleep after a while.

Xie Ling was not that easy to deceive. When he saw Xie Kui's pretentiousness, he became even more angry. He directly took the golden sore medicine from the doctor's hand and slapped it hard.

"Ah" Xie Kui shouted like a slaughtering pig.

Xie Ling was so satisfied that he waited for Xie Kui's pain to subside before he snorted coldly: "You'd better tell the truth and let me take care of it, and then I'll hand your Xie family into the hands of your second brother."

When Xie Kui heard this, his expression changed greatly and he said, "I'll say it, I'll say it." He was only worried that the Xie family would not be safe.

Xie Kui said: "This matter can only be blamed on the three princes."

Half-supporting his body, he turned around and thanked him: "Five months ago, I asked three princes to go to the arena."

On the Xie family side, Xie Kuizheng and Xie Ling explained the matter of the three princes going to the arena, and the other families had joined forces to deceive the three princes. The families had gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided that they would just treat it as ignorance. this matter.

After the queen thanked her and left the palace, she ordered people to send information about the arena, and checked the gambling personnel in the arena for a month at a time.

The arena is called a duel, but it is actually a fight between humans and animals.

Beast fighting is mainly about the tearing of animals between the weak and the strong, while human fighting is mainly about duels between people, mainly slaves and captives, including men and women, old people and children, mainly young and middle-aged men and women. group.

Those who participate in duel betting and entertainment are mainly nobles, royal families and a small number of civilians.

All revenue from the arena goes to the court. One-third of the tax revenue of the Jin Dynasty comes from the arena. The winner can take part of the prize money, and the arena takes 10% of it as the final hosting fee.

Therefore, the entire Jin Dynasty's gladiatorial arena is very popular, and the nobles and royal families still love to play. This kind of gambling duels are also common, but the huge gambling capital of the three princes is very rare.

Logically speaking, the huge commission received by the arena should be reported, and even the queen began to wonder why she didn't discover this amount of money.

The queen couldn't find the reason for a while, but she finally caught a few fat sheep. She thought that she would not let any of them go if they dared to trick the prince into placing a bet.

The Xie family, headed by the Queen, were investigating the person behind the incident, when they were suddenly interrupted by the words of the chamberlain.

"What did you say? Magistrate Liu of Xiaocheng County is here?" The queen looked surprised. This Magistrate Liu is very difficult to find. Over the years, Magistrate Liu has returned to Kyoto to report on his duties only a handful of times. The first time was ten years ago.

Ten years ago, in order to allow Xiaocheng to go into business independently, County Magistrate Liu personally brought one million taels of silver to buy the business rights of the people of Xiaocheng from His Majesty.

Now come again this time

The queen began to make random guesses. She suddenly recalled that the four million taels of silver had been lost, and she also thought of Xiaocheng, who was extremely wealthy.

Suddenly, I no longer worried about the whereabouts of the four million taels of silver.

She said: "Find a time and invite Magistrate Liu over."

When the chamberlain heard this, he glanced at the queen in disbelief. After making sure that he heard correctly, he quietly agreed.

The queen said "please" instead of summoning him, which shows how polite the queen was to Magistrate Liu.

Speaking of which, the Queen also saw that Xiaocheng had gained a lot of gold and silver. If she had not wanted to win Xiaocheng, she would not have allowed her three sons to go and suffer. Now it seems that the three sons have gone without touching Xiaocheng. The city has a treasure house.

At this time, Magistrate Liu had just received His Majesty's order, and the Emperor wanted to summon him.

He looked at the chamberlain blankly and said: "Xiaocheng is just a county town. The subordinates have already reported their duties to the Ministry of Personnel. Why does Your Majesty still want to summon him?"

He guessed that His Majesty would summon him, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. When facing the chamberlain, he just pretended to be confused.

The servant smiled and said: "I don't know, I will know it when Magistrate Liu meets His Majesty."

Magistrate Liu sneered, glanced at him almost imperceptibly and said, "Wait."

(End of this chapter)