Red Mansion: Defying The Heavens And Changing Fate, Concubine Wang Xifeng

Jia Rui knew that because he extorted 6,000 taels of silver from the Xue family in two installments, the Xue family may now have a broken chain of funds and a very short "cash flow"!

Jia Rui sent someone to inquire and found that it was indeed the case.

The three pawnshops of the Xue family have all closed down!

Because the pawnshop industry is inseparable from "cash flow"!

If you don’t have ready money, who will take advantage of you?

Jia Rui also knew that as one of the four major families, the Xue family, as a wealthy family with "plentiful years and heavy snow, and pearls like earth and gold like iron", has many high-quality assets!

For example: pawn shops, pharmacies, spice shops, coffin shops, gambling houses, restaurants, and a lot of fields!

Now, the Xue family is very short of money and needs money urgently!

In order to withdraw funds, we have to sell the high-quality assets in our hands at a low price!

Therefore, from an outsider's perspective, now is a good time to buy high-quality assets of the Xue family!

Now, Jia Rui has more than 5,000 taels of silver on hand!

So, is Jia Rui trying to buy the high-quality assets of the Xue family?

No, Jia Rui wants to play a harder game!

That is, using the "Chu Qian Da Quan" redeemed from the "Feeling Earned System" not long ago to lure Xue Pan into gambling!

In other words, Jia Rui is not trying to buy the high-quality assets of the Xue family, but is trying to win the high-quality assets of the Xue family!

A few days later, Jia Rui met with Xue Pan through an intermediary.

Xue Pan looked at Jia Rui with hatred and fear!

When Xue Pan was imprisoned in the Inspection Department's prison, on the surface, Jia Rui did not execute Xue Pan!

Moreover, after Xue Pan was released from prison, Aunt Xue personally inspected the surface of Xue Pan's body and found that there were no wounds or signs of torture.

However, Jia Rui used the "Ten Year Itch" on Xue Pan!

This kind of torture did not hurt Xue Pan's skin at all, but it made Xue Pan itchy deep in his bone marrow, making him worse than death!

This kind of torture also made Xue Pan like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, and he was ready for all the tricks!

It can be said that the person Xue Pan hates the most now is Jia Rui!

Because Jia Rui not only took Xue Pan's concubine Xiangling as his own, but also took over Xue Pan's sister Xue Baochai!

However, even though Xue Pan hated Jia Rui to death, he could not express his hatred or say evil words in front of Jia Rui!

Although Xue Pan was nicknamed "Stupid" and "King", he was not without brains.

Xue Pan knew that even though Jia Rui released him, because his "confession" was still in Jia Rui's hands, Jia Rui could arrest him at any time!

At this moment, Jia Rui looked at Xue Pan and said with a smile——

"Whether it's Xiang Ling or your sister Baochai, I will take good care of them. Don't worry, Mr. Xue."

Xue Pan's face became very ugly. He really wanted to punch Jia Rui's smiling face!

Jia Rui said: "I want to have a big gamble with him in his gambling house!"

Xue Pan said in a deep voice: "How to bet?"

Jia Rui said: "I know the young master is short of money! However, the young master still has many house deeds and land deeds in his hands! Therefore, I bet with real money and silver, and the young master bets with the house deeds or land deeds. Make a big bet!"

Speaking of this, Jia Rui looked at Xue Pan and said with a smile——

"Now, your sister Baochai is my concubine, and we are related! Therefore, no matter who wins or loses, our wealth will not go to others! Haha!"

Xue Pan met Jia Rui's gaze and said, "Leng Twelfth

"Why do I have to bet with you? Isn't it better to bet with others?"

Jia Rui said: "You will bet with me! Because I have a condition that you can hardly refuse!"

Xue Pan said: "What condition?"

Jia Rui said: "I will return your support to you and give you a written promise: I will not trouble you again in the future."

Xue Pan was tempted!

This condition of Jia Rui was indeed hard for Xue Pan to refuse!

Xue Pan said in a deep voice--

"You know I am short of money now, so you want to bet on me, right? For example, the normal price of one of my restaurants is five thousand taels of silver, but you let my restaurant act as Four thousand taels of silver, right?" Jia Rui smiled -- "People call you the Dumb Overlord, but you are not stupid at all! However, this time, you are wrong! Not only will I not lower the price for you, I will also give you a 20% premium! For example: a restaurant that was originally worth five thousand taels of silver can be used as a bet of one thousand taels of silver!" Xue Pan was still worried and said: "Are you thinking of cheating when gambling?" Jia Rui said: "You can also rest assured about this! When we gamble formally, we can each invite two respected officials or gentry to be witnesses!" Xue Pan said loudly: "Let's bet!" The two agreed on a time to be set at Acquired and the location to be set at Changsheng Casino at home. The two also agreed that in order to give the Xue family an appropriate valuation of the assets used as a bet, on the day of the bet, the most famous auction house in Chang'an will be invited to conduct an on-site valuation! Xue Pan has been addicted to sensual pleasures since he was a child. Whether it is writing poems and lyrics or social skills, they are extremely poor. As for the knowledge of official career and economy, Xue Pan knew almost nothing about it.

Although he had many businesses under his name, most of them were managed by his father's old man.

However, if gambling is also considered a skill, this should be the only skill that Xue Pan can be confident of!

Because Xue Pan has been immersed in gambling for a long time. Since entering Chang'an, he has gambled with Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Jia Lian many times, but he has won more than lost.

After the gambling with Jia Rui was decided, Xue Pan simply did not tell Aunt Xue for fear of worrying his mother and even more for fear of his mother stopping him.

The agreed time came, and the Xue family's Changsheng gambling house was forbidden to allow idle people to enter.

In addition to Jia Rui, the witnesses he invited could enter---two neutral officials!

(Wang Hao) In order to avoid exposing his position, Jia Rui did not invite officials from the Zhongshun Prince faction as witnesses.

The ten witnesses invited by Xue Pan were Qian Shui--

Qian Dayun, who served as a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, was on the side of the four major families on the surface, but was actually a man from the Zhongshun Prince's faction!

The other witness invited by Xue Pan was Jia Lian!

When Wang Fengjie learned from Jia Lian that Xue Pan was going to gamble with Jia Rui, she insisted on bringing Ping'er to accompany Jia Lian to watch.

Ordinarily, a wealthy lady like Wang Fengjie should not show her face in public.

However, Jia Lian agreed to it considering that the casino was relatively closed and that he was a "henpecked husband".

In this way, Wang Fengjie and Ping'er also appeared in Changsheng Casino.

When Wang Fengjie and Ping'er, who were dressed up in fancy clothes, appeared, they were so radiant that they seemed to illuminate the entire Changsheng Casino!

Jia Rui's eyes lit up!