Chapter 273

Zong Yuan secretly wiped his hands with cold sweat, what use was he? If Tang Yin encountered any danger outside, he would not be able to help at all. Seeing that Tang Yin had already walked outside, Zong Yuan had no time to think about it and hurriedly followed him.

The two of them left the county capital, led by Zong Yuan, and walked straight to the west of the city.

Tang Yin and Zong Yuan only wore simple casual clothes and had no entourage around them. From their appearance alone, no one would believe that one of them was the head of the three counties and the other was the great counselor under his command. While leading the way, Zong Yuan was also sizing up Tang Yin. Seeing that he was in high spirits and showing signs of fatigue from the past few days, he couldn't help but curiously said: "My lord, he looks in good spirits today!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded and said, "I had a good sleep today."

Zongyuan also knew that he went to Wufu to visit Wu Yu, and secretly guessed that Tang Yin was sleeping in Wufu? He did not ask directly, but asked in a roundabout way: "What was the result of your visit to Lord Wu today?"

Tang Yin smiled and said: "After Zhong Tian is eliminated, Wu Xiang intends to promote me as king, and the condition is that I will restore the Wu family's status and military strength. Master Zong, what do you mean?" He blinked as he spoke. He looked at Zong Yuan without blinking, also wanting to test his reaction to his desire for the throne.

When Zong Yuan heard this, he took a deep breath, but he soon calmed down, hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and said: "If Zhong Tian can be successfully eliminated, I will undoubtedly have the greatest credit, and the entire Feng King clan will be harmed by Zhong Tian. , no one can inherit the throne, and it is only natural that the throne should be occupied by your Excellency!”

kindness! Tang Yin secretly nodded. Regardless of whether Zong Yuan's words were true or false, at least on the surface he supported his claim to the throne and did not stand up to oppose it. Seeing that Tang Yin's eyes softened, Zong Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and added: "However, although your Excellency can get the support of Lord Wu, it is not easy to win the support of Lord Liang and General Ziyang. Besides..." At this point, He paused and did not continue.

Tang Yin raised his head and said, "What else?"

"Oh... In addition, if you want to become king, although it is a matter of course, you still lack a status, and you will inevitably fall into other people's excuses!" Zong Yuan reminded carefully.

"Oh? Name?" Tang Yin didn't quite understand what Zong Yuan meant.

Zong Yuan said: "The king of a country cannot be self-proclaimed, but needs to be recognized by the imperial court and granted a title by the emperor. Now the king Zhong Tian has an unfair name and a bad word, and the people of Feng Kingdom have no one." Respect him as the king. This is a lesson learned from the past. Don’t make the same mistakes again and follow Zhong Tian’s old path!”

"Ah!" Upon hearing this, Tang Yin nodded repeatedly in sudden realization. He rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "What you mean is that while wooing the Wu, Liang, and Ziyang families, you should also please the imperial court and let the emperor seal me. For the king?"

"Yes, sir!" Zong Yuan said: "Although the imperial court has declined and no longer has real power, its prestige is still there. With the recognition of the imperial court, the people and kings of the world will also recognize you. By then, even Liang and Zi It doesn’t matter if the Yang family doesn’t support you! Therefore, it is very necessary for you to make arrangements in advance and send people to Beijing to take care of the ministers in the imperial court.”

Tang Yin secretly said that he was right, if possible, he should go to Shangjing in person. Thinking of this, his heart twitched, and he suddenly thought of a person, the woman who was imprinted on his soul, Crystal, or Yin Rou. I wonder, how is she doing in Shangjing? !

Seeing Tang Yin's deep and dazed gaze, Zong Yuan smiled and said: "Of course, this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and there is no need for your Excellency to be distracted by this matter now."

Tang Yin came back to his senses and murmured slowly: "If I can find time in the future, I will definitely go to Beijing." As he spoke, he looked at Zong Yuan again and praised him in his heart. Zong Yuan is a man with a shrewd mind and thoughtful thinking. He is thoughtful and considerate in handling things, which is really a rare talent. He said with a smile: "What Mr. Zong said makes sense, thank you for your advice!"

Zongyuan was shocked. Tang Yin was the master and he was the slave. How could the master thank the slave? His heart trembled, and he felt that he had said too much, so he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "My lord, please kill this subordinate!"

Tang Yin was amused by his extreme reaction, patted him on the shoulder and said, "In private, there is no need to be so polite! Let's go, you and I go to the casino to relax!"

"Yes, yes! Sir, please!" Zong Yuan hissed. Tang Yin's fickleness sometimes makes Zongyuan confused, which also makes him more cautious in front of Tang Yin.

On the way, Tang Yin asked Zong Yuan whether to give military power to the dancers in the future. Zong Yuan was firmly opposed to this. His opinion was that the military power of the country, especially the central military power, must not fall into the hands of the powerful. , but should all be concentrated in the hands of the king. Only in this way can the country be stable, and there will no longer be a situation where Zhong Tian raises his troops to rebel and kill the king.

Although this was just a casual discussion in private, Tang Yinke kept Zong Yuan's words in mind, and he didn't want Zhan Hua's lessons to happen to him.

The casino that Zong Yuan took Tang Yin to was quite large, with red lanterns hanging outside and two floors inside. Even late at night, there were a lot of gamblers gathering inside. At that time, various vassal states had different attitudes towards casinos. Some vassal states banned gambling, while others did not. Feng State belonged to the latter, and the opening of casinos was also legal.

There are many tricks in the casino. You can bet on anything. You can even grab a handful of soybeans and put them on the gaming table to guess odd or even. Among them, the most popular people are betting on dice. Tang Yin is here to join in the fun. Where there are many people Just go wherever he goes, and soon he joins the big and small gambling game.

Tang Yin didn't have any scattered silver with him. Fortunately, Zong Yuan had a lot of silver in his silver bag, which he used as gambling capital.

Zong Yuan was lucky and won a bag of silver, but Tang Yin did not inherit his good luck and pressed several times in a row, but failed to win a single round. Tang Yin secretly looked at Zong Yuan beside him. The latter seemed to be alright and didn't seem to care whether all his money would be lost to Tang Yin. This certainty was very admirable, but from another aspect, it is not difficult to see that Zong Yuan Yuan doesn't value money as much as he shows.

Tang Yin didn't say anything, but he already knew in his heart that Zong Yuan might be smarter than Qiu Zhen.

Tang Yin is now the head of the three counties. The financial power of the three counties is controlled by him alone. It is easy to imagine how much money he has. However, he is very cautious when it comes to gambling, and every time he puts down a lot of money. It's not much, but it's far different from the high-rollers around me who often deposit dozens or hundreds of taels of silver.

Just when Tang Yin was enjoying it, there was a sudden commotion in the casino. Tang Yin didn't understand what was going on. He looked around and saw that the gamblers around him had stopped gambling and looked towards the gate of the casino. Tang Yin followed everyone's gaze and saw a group of people walking in from outside the casino. The leader was a burly man in his early thirties, dressed simply and casually, with a rough appearance, thick eyebrows, and a beard. stubble.

Neither Tang Yin nor Zong Yuan knew who this person was, and why he caused a sensation in the casino. Zong Yuan asked a gambler next to him: "Brother, who is this person? What is his background?"

"You don't even know him?" The gambler looked at Zong Yuan with wide eyes as if he had seen a monster.

"Haha!" Zong Yuan smiled, glanced at Tang Yin, and said to the gambler: "I'm from out of town. I'm new to your place and I don't know much about the local situation!"

"Oh! No wonder!" The gambler was also a talkative person and explained to Zong Yuan: "Actually, I don't know his name, but I have met him several times. He is very generous with his actions, or If you don't come, you have to bet a lot of money, and you only bet once, no more, no less, just one thousand taels of silver. If you lose, you leave immediately. If you win, you don't take the money, just throw it all to the people in the casino. Whoever picks it gets it!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Tang Yin and Zong Yuan looked at each other, a little surprised. There is such a generous person in the world, but what does he do and why is he so rich? ! He throws away a thousand taels of silver every time he goes to the casino. It seems that everyone knows him and is obviously a regular customer. So how much money does he have to throw away? Even if he has a huge fortune, he still has to throw it all away!

After listening to the gambler's story, Tang Yin and Zong Yuan became more and more curious about him.

This big man walked through the crowd in the casino and walked directly to the gambling table. He reached into his arms, took out a banknote, and slapped it on the table. He didn't even look at the people on his left and right, but just pointed at the table. After looking at it twice, he handed the banknote to Xiaoshang and said, "One thousand taels, Xiaoshang!"

The dealer who shook the dice seemed to be very familiar with this big man. He smiled knowingly, nodded, then looked at the others and said: "Bet, bet, bet! Buy it and leave!"

All the gamblers shook their heads. At this time, no one was willing to place a bet. They were all waiting for the big man's result to see whether he lost or won.

Seeing that no one was placing bets, the dealer shouted: "Open!"

He picked up the color cup, and everyone at the gaming table turned their attention to it. After a closer look, they saw that the three dice were two, six, one and five respectively. After the dealer looked at it, he grinned widely and shouted: "Five." Sixty-six, big!”

"Wow——"

Following the shouts of the dealer, there was a sound of disappointment in the surrounding crowd. If the big man can win, the capital and profits will be two thousand taels, and everyone present can get a lot!

One thousand taels of silver was lost to someone else in an instant. The big man didn't even blink or take another look, turned around and walked out. The servants who came with him also followed him out of the casino.

Tang Yin was very curious about this person's identity and quickly chased him out. Looking at the backs of the big man and his group, he smiled and said: "Brother, please stay!"

Hearing the sound, the big man stood still, turned back to look at Tang Yin in confusion, looked at him, frowned, and asked: "What can I do for you, Your Excellency?"