"Scram!"
Wei Hao flew into a rage. He didn't have a good impression of these thugs who bullied the weak and feared the strong. What written contract? Actually, it was just a trick used by hooligans to take things for free.
Wei Hao didn't expect these thugs to be so daring to stop his and Wang Chong's carriage to demand money.
"Hurry up and leave. If you offend the young master, don't blame us for getting nasty!"
Shen Hai and Meng Long stood up as well. The two of them were loyal to the young master, and the fact that their young master's carriage was stopped by a thug disguised as a young master made them furious.
They would never be lenient to these local ruffians who did not do their proper work and bullied the good all day long.
Seeing Shen Hai and Meng Long's rage, as though they were about to beat someone up, the thug's expression froze, as though he was afraid.
However, he soon sneered and glanced at the two of them with a haughty expression, seemingly disdainful of them. However, his disdain soon disappeared. Turning around, he turned to the easy-going Wang Chong and chuckled:
"Hehe, this gongzi over here is a talented man who will surely become a pillar of the country in the future. Why don't you lend me some money? Don't worry, I'll return it to you. "
"Audacious!"
Shen Hai and Meng Long's faces turned cold. Their dantian exploded and a powerful aura burst forth from their bodies. Stretching out their hands, they grabbed the hands of the thug and with a flick of their wrists, they prepared to throw him out.
Shen Hai and Meng Long were experts in the military. Even though they were injured on the battlefield and had no choice but to retire to the Wang Family, their fighting prowess wasn't something an ordinary person could match up to.
This throw would at least send him twenty zhang away, breaking all the bones in his body.
"Wait a moment!"
Wang Chong suddenly stopped the duo.
Wang Chong was still deep in thought. With Wei Hao, Shen Hai, and Meng Long around, there was no need for him to worry about such a thug. However, upon hearing the voice and tone of the thug's final words, Wang Chong's heart skipped a beat.
These words and this voice were all too familiar to Wang Chong.
"Your son is handsome and talented. He will definitely be a pillar of the country in the future." Whenever he met with the young masters of the aristocratic families, he would always have a smile on his face and repeat this iconic catchphrase in the same tone.
Although it sounded like a compliment, those who had heard this sentence knew that it wasn't sincere at all.
He could repeat the same words in front of hundreds of nobles' disciples, and he wouldn't change a single one of them.
In his memory, Wang Chong had heard of it once. Even though they had only met once, Wang Chong would remember this person for eternity.
Since then, Wang Chong had never seen this person again.
Wang Chong turned his head and carefully sized up the gangster-like man. At first glance, Wang Chong couldn't recognize him at all. His messy appearance wasn't something that Wang Chong had any impression of.
But at second glance, beneath the messy hair, the iconic thin lips, and the faint mole beneath them, Wang Chong's heart skipped a beat. He finally recognized him.
"It's really him!"
Looking at the gangster-like man before him, Wang Chong's heart was in turmoil.
Wang Chong didn't expect that he would meet the person in his memory here under such circumstances.
Compared to the high-spirited and ambitious man in Zhang Xuan's memory, the man before him was in a far cry from his destitute appearance.
"Wang Chong, what's wrong?"
Wei Hao asked in astonishment. Wang Chong had been sitting there in a daze, not saying a word. No one knew what he was thinking about. In his opinion, there was no need for him to bother with these scum. He could just toss them out. He had no idea why Wang Chong called Shen Hai and Meng Long to stop them.
Wang Chong waved his hands and didn't say anything.
"Shen Hai, Meng Long, let him go."
Wang Chong said.
Even though the duo was perplexed, they still followed Wang Chong's instructions and let go of the man.
"How much do you want to borrow?"
Wang Chong looked at the gangster-like man and asked. Even though he was different from what he remembered, he had yet to achieve his ambitions. Coming to the capital alone, he was unfamiliar with the place and people, and this was the most desolate period of his life.
Honestly speaking, Wang Chong didn't have a good impression of this fellow. He was hypocritical, hypocritical, and vengeful. But even so, he didn't lack any merits.
If he were to form a good relationship with him at this moment, it might be beneficial to him, the Wang Clan, the entire Tang dynasty, and his plans.
"Give me ten gold taels! No, it's thirty taels, forty taels … No! Give me a hundred gold taels! "
The gangster-like man offered ten gold taels, and upon seeing that Wang Chong didn't object to it, he continued to raise the price to a hundred gold taels.
"Bullshit!"
Even though Wang Chong didn't speak, Wei Hao couldn't help but curse. A hundred gold taels? Do you think that it's copper coins! A hooligan who came out of nowhere and was unrelated to them actually dared to open his mouth and ask for a hundred taels of gold. It was simply preposterous.
Wei Hao dared to bet that this gangster was here for the 38400 gold taels that Wang Chong earned at the Bluebottle Pavilion.
These hoodlums were simply too daring. They actually dared to extort money from the Wang and Wei Families!
"Wei Hao!"
Wang Chong called out to his childhood friend. Turning around to look at the carriage, he lifted up the black cloth and took out a stack of gold.
"This is a thousand gold taels! There's no need for you to return it, take it. "
Wang Chong pushed the stack of gold to the man.
In an instant, the entire carriage fell silent. Wei Hao, Shen Hai, Meng Long, and even the Coachman of the Wang Clan fell silent as they stared at Wang Chong in shock.
No one expected that Wang Chong would give a thousand gold taels to a random gangster by the side of the road so casually.
"For me?"
Even the gangster-like man widened his eyes in shock. He couldn't believe that Wang Chong would really give it to him, and it was even more than what he had said.
"Do I look like I'm lying?"
Wang Chong smiled.
"Wang Chong?"
Wei Hao couldn't help but exclaim. No matter how much money he had, he shouldn't give it to a gangster like him.
"Thank you, thank you."
Hearing Wei Hao's voice, the man's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly stretched out his sleeves to hug the gold taels. To think that there would be such a fool in the world to give him a thousand gold taels so casually. This was a trap that fell from the heavens!
"… If you don't want to lose miserably, I have a small suggestion. There's an inconspicuous mechanism beneath table number two in the Golden Lion Den. As long as you sneak over and break it with your feet, the men from the Golden Lion Den won't be able to tamper with the dice. "
Just as the man was hugging the gold taels, Wang Chong suddenly said with a smile.
"Hua!"
The sound of sweeping gold abruptly came to a halt. The gangster-like man abruptly lifted his head and his mouth was agape. He looked as though he had seen a ghost.
"How did you know?"
From the start to the end, he had never mentioned that he liked gambling, nor did he mention that he frequented the Golden Lion Den. Even if he was beaten to death, he couldn't understand how this teenager knew that he often went to the gambling house.
Furthermore, the Golden Lion Den had a good reputation, and it was precisely because of this that he frequented it.
Yet, this young man said that the Golden Lion Den cheated!
He didn't think that he was a fool. After playing in the Golden Lion Den for so long, he hadn't found any opportunity at all. Furthermore, such a secretive matter was something that even the old gamblers of the Golden Lion Den didn't know of. How could a teenager like him know of it?
"What are you talking about? There's nothing in the capital that our young master doesn't know of!"
Shen Hai and Meng Long immediately bellowed. Even though the gangster-like man looked as though he had seen a ghost, Shen Hai and Meng Long didn't find it strange at all.
There wasn't much that their young master didn't know of in the capital. After all, their young master used to be one of them.
"Shen Hai, Meng Long, forget it."
Wang Chong smiled and waved his hands to stop the duo. The matter regarding the Golden Lion Den wouldn't be a problem in the future. When the world comes to an end, many secrets would no longer be secrets.
That was because the one who revealed the secret was one of their own.
However, it was unlikely that anyone had discovered this secret yet.
"There seems to be only one gambling den in the vicinity of the Bluebottle Pavilion. Other than the Golden Lion Den, I really can't think of any other place. Also, if you don't want to lose everything, the best solution is to not gamble at all! "
After saying those words, Wang Chong knocked on the carriage twice and the carriage slowly moved forward.
This was the first time he came into contact with this future 'big shot', so it was sufficient for him to leave behind a thousand gold taels. Too much was as bad as not enough. Saying too much might not necessarily be a good thing.
"Which clan's gongzi is this? Weird! "
The thuggish man stood in a daze, silently watching Wang Chong's carriage disappear into the distance, unable to say a single word.
Even though he was currently in dire straits, he had never thought highly of those scions of nobility. It was because he looked down on them that he acted so brazenly.
But that youth, that teenager … the impression he had given him was too strange.
"Who cares! It's rare to meet such a fool. I'll go and have some fun first. "
The gangster-like man hid the gold in his arms tightly and then walked away.
(This book is a fantasy novel. Due to the needs of the plot, there's no need to question how he was able to carry a hundred jin in his arms. ^ - ^.)
"Hahaha, everyone, look who's here. It's the Imperial Brother-in-law! "
"Hehe, he's the Imperial Brother-in-law and I'm a descendant of the royal family!"
…
The moment the hoodlum-like man stepped into the Golden Lion Den, the foul atmosphere in the hall immediately burst into laughter. The gamblers in the surroundings seemed to be familiar with him and they began mocking him.
Hearing the eerie laughter from the surroundings, the gangster-like man halted his footsteps and his face flushed.
"You bunch of snobbish bastards, one day, I'll make all of you grovel beneath my, Yang Zhao's, feet!"
The gangster-like man thought furiously.
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