Sometimes the palace is sunny

Most of the metasequoia trees in the yard had lost most of their leaves, and when the wind blew, there were still small oval-shaped leaves sticking to people's heads and faces.

Shen Xianru didn't care about these broken leaves at all, looking at the two dice boxes on the table, his breath became short of breath.

8000 two!
That's 8000 taels of silver!

If he had this money, he would no longer have to stay in Beijing to be a "paying tribute student" that no one looked down upon. As long as he used this money to clear up, he would be able to become a parent official, which was better than his father and his father. Uncle is a hundred times stronger!
"Quickly open!" He roared in his heart, as soon as the dice box was opened, all his fortune and wealth would be in his hands!

His concubine who was playing the dice did not move, because the young man who called himself "Zhao Die" was leaning over the table, staring straight at the dice box in her hand:

"If you lose this one, let alone this yard, you may even be sold to me."

The veiled woman smiled timidly, but her hand holding the dice box was steady.

"You'd better be able to win." Zhao Die refused to let her go just because of her pitiful appearance, "Anyone who dares to use tricks in front of me, if I fall into my hands, life would be worse than death."

The woman still didn't talk to her, obviously she was instructed by Shen Xianru to do this kind of thing not once or twice, she turned her head slightly as if to dodge, her hands were still motionless.

Shen Xianru laughed at the side: "Mr. Zhao can be seen as everyone's background, why bother a woman at the gambling table?"

Zhao Die sneered and slapped the table with his palm.

"Want to see my dice? Why don't you show me the dice in your box first"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and pulled out the ax in his entourage's hand, and slashed straight at the woman's hand. The action was so fierce and fierce that the woman dodged in fright, and her hand naturally moved.

The dice box fell directly to the ground from her hand, revealing that the dice inside were "one, three, four".

The ax in his hand was swung back halfway, and Zhao Die looked at the dice that fell on the ground and gave a "tsk" in disappointment:
"I thought it was another series of three sixes, but it's only eight points."

Zhao Die had been sitting still for more than a dozen rounds before, and no one thought that he would directly attack the dice box. Shen Xianru knew that the situation was not good by looking at the woman's face, and quickly said:

"Mr. Zhao, how can you scare people with an axe? This game can't be counted!"

"What can't be moved? Rolling the dice is the destiny of each. Besides, I didn't touch her dice. Didn't she move it all by herself?"

Shen Xianru was exasperated, and said loudly: "This round doesn't count!"

He wanted to pounce on the table to get back the 8000 taels of IOU that he placed as a bet, but there were two people behind him who had already held him tightly.

The servants of the Zhao family who had been silent before also showed their axes and surrounded the gambling table.

Under Shen Xianru's glaring gaze, Zhao Die took the written document into his hand.

"Why doesn't it count? Could it be that you already know the original number of dice in this box? Otherwise, what does it matter if you touch the dice that you didn't touch?"

Looking closely at Shen Xianru, Zhao Die held the written document in one hand and played with the ax in the other, sneering:
"Everything comes and goes. I come to collect debts. You don't want to pay back the money, but you still set up a trick to take money from me? When you were born, your father hung a few dogs in your belly." guts?"

Lifting his leg directly to place the teacher on the gaming table, Zhao Die said lazily:

"It makes people think that there is a chance to make money. The more you bet, the bigger the bet. As long as you let him completely lose in the last game, it's just a foreshadowing. Those of you who set the game are just such tricks. You still have to learn it." It's really boring... How does it feel to almost win 8000 taels of silver?"

Looking at the IOU that he had drawn and sealed, Shen Xianru's eyes were tearing apart, and then he realized that Zhao Die had no intention of betting with him from the beginning, just like he had no intention of betting for Shen Yan from the beginning. It's the same as paying back the money.

"Liar! You! You are clearly a liar!"

"Liar?" Zhao Die laughed, waved his hands and told the strong man standing beside him, "Tong Wu, did he still owe you ten fingers before? Go and pay the debt immediately."

The tone was extremely relaxed, as if asking Tong Wuqu to pull out a few green onions.

Shen Shouru, who had been silent all the time, broke free from the shackles of the people around him and ran out of the yard while others were not paying attention. He was held down just as he opened the door, but his face showed joy:

"My lord! Help me, my lord! Our brothers are the nephews of the late Shen Dashi. Today, someone colluded with bandits and came to my house to force my elder brother to write down an IOU for 8000 taels of silver. If we hadn't met your lord, our brothers would have died. no one knows!"

"Are you the nephew of the late co-organizer Shen Shao?" Someone outside the door asked slowly.

Shen Shouru quickly responded, "That's right! That's right! University scholar Shen is my second uncle."

The screen wall facing the gate blocked everyone's sight, only Zhao Die's two subordinates who were going to fetch the man had retreated, with timid expressions on their faces.

Then, there was the sound of footsteps entering the yard again, until the same color of blue drag came into view, and Shen Xianru, who was about to have his fingers chopped off after being restrained, also showed a smile on his face.

"My lord! Help me, my lord! These people are..."

A group of people in blue clothes lined up on both sides, a man wearing a white flying fish suit under a black cloak turned into the courtyard, heard Shen Xianru's voice, he followed the sound and looked over:

"Who are you? Why do you look like this?"

"Student Shen Xianru, who is also the nephew of Shen University scholar, is also a supervisor of the Imperial College! This man, this man called himself Zhao Die, first wanted to smash my house with an ax and then forced me to sign a 8000 tael IOU, please sir Make decisions for the students!"

The person who came did not speak.

The man in the white flying fish suit was also very young, tall and handsome, standing in the courtyard like a magnolia tree that came from the spring day. He first looked at the dice box on the table, then looked at it. The dandy who was still watching the excitement on the left and right looked at the houses and trees in the courtyard, and finally, he looked at Zhao Die who was still lazily sitting on the chair.

Zhao Die gave a "tsk" impatiently: "Why are you here?"

The standing man smiled faintly: "I heard that you are coming, I am a little worried."

"Worry? What are you worried about? Only the Shen family can hurt me?"

Zhao Die's tone was less harsh than before, but ten times more arrogant. He raised his head and looked at the man in brocade with disdain across the gambling table.

The man didn't get angry at all, he still smiled: "I don't worry about this yard, if you hit too hard and let the blood of the two of the Shen family dirty this yard, it won't be good."

Shen Xianru suddenly let out a strange cry: "The two of you are actually accomplices!"

"Who is with him!" Zhao Die suddenly picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on Shen Xianru's body, causing him to howl in pain.

The young man in brocade clothes shook his head disapprovingly, and he didn't know whether he didn't agree with Zhao Die's smashing behavior or Shen Xianru's words:
"Shen Xianru, you and your younger brother Shen Shouru have been gambling together all year round, and you will be punished severely according to the law. I just received the pleadings to arrest you."

"The pleadings?" Shen Xianru turned pale with shock, already panicking, "Who, who sued me? I am a supervisor of the Imperial College! How could I do such a thing as gambling?"

But the man calmly took out an envelope from his pocket: "First of all, Shen Shao, the daughter of co-organizer Shen Shao, sued you two brothers for gambling and making troubles in her old house all the year round. This is the pleading paper. Today the Court There is an order in Beijing to strictly investigate the matter of gathering people to gamble, and you, as a tribute supervisor of the Imperial Academy, have committed such violations of the law all year round, you will not only be handed over to the Secretary for severe punishment, but also be deprived of your reputation."

"Shen Shiqing, how dare she sue me?!" Upon hearing the word "Shen", Shen Xianru's eyes widened, showing an expression of disbelief, "How dare she sue me, an orphan girl with dead parents? If it weren't for my kind heart, she! She! You even accepted a woman's first prize? Let me tell you! Shen Shiqing would have gone crazy, she is a crazy woman! If I hadn't covered her up for her, she would have been given by the Xie family. Divorce! Her mother is a madman! She is also a madman! How can you listen to a madman?"

Hearing Shen Xianru yelling madly in his ears, Zhao Die, no, Zhao Surui looked at Shen Shiqing who had been standing in the middle with a normal expression.

Shen Shiqing was originally contemplative, but she seemed to be aware of his gaze, and when she raised her eyes, her eyes met, Zhao Surui seemed to hear Shen Shiqing speaking in his heart.

"Your Majesty, you can see it, you can hear it, this is the shackle that you think can be easily broken."

The cold voice was the same as always.

Zhao Surui took a moment to realize that the moment just now was just his hallucination.

The sun was setting and it was getting colder.

Zhao Surui shivered, and Pei Feng who was also dressed as a man beside him quickly picked up the ermine cloak he put aside and put it on for him, he was not idle when he was dressed:

"Crazy? I think you are the mad dog. When you are about to die, you will gnaw and bite randomly, just like a bereaved mad dog."

At this time, Shen Shouru suddenly knelt down and said loudly: "Master, you and this Mr. Zhao are old acquaintances, but do you know that Mr. Zhao is also a gambler? He has nearly ten thousand taels of silver hidden in his body. The gambling funds, as well as the 8000 taels of silver loan certificate signed by my brother, were all snatched by him in the name of the game! My lord has extraordinary equipment, he must be a clean and honest person, and he will never use it for personal gain. The useless public protects this person!"

Before Shen Shiqing could speak, Zhao Surui laughed first.

"Me? Gambling? Hahaha! I said I gambled while I was carrying money. Do you have evidence?"

"That IOU!"

"IOU? This is obviously the rent owed by the two of you brothers for renting Mrs. Shen's mansion for several years. I came to collect the debt for her. When did I become a gambler? On the contrary, it was you... When I came, I saw The people in your courtyard are playing dominoes and playing dice, a group of people are wearing satin robes to gamble, and now I am locked in the backyard room, those people are all gamblers recruited by you."

As he spoke, Zhao Surui shook the IOU in his hand,

"If you don't believe me, I can also send the letter that Mrs. Shen entrusted me to collect debts for her to Jingzhao Mansion. As for gambling..."

Zhao Surui looked at Shen Shiqing, with a half-smile on his face and said:
"A law-abiding, cowardly person like me really can't do it."

Shen Shiqing turned her head to the side, and there was a smile on her expressionless face since Shen Xianru said she was a lunatic just now.

Seeing that smile, Zhao Surui was startled to realize that he had coaxed Shen Sanwau inadvertently, and let out another cold snort.

Shen Shiqing didn't talk too much with Shen Xianru and Shen Shouru anymore, as there were physical evidence for authentication, there was nothing to say about the rest.

As soon as she raised her hand, Xichang's fans immediately tied up everyone in the courtyard and escorted them out.

Accustomed to being quiet in Zhuangzi, Zhao Surui was quite unaccustomed to the screams and pleas everywhere, so he waved his hand and said:
"I've already searched for the valuables in this house, you hurry up and take care of things, you have to treat me to a good meal today."

He helped Shen Sanwas take his house back!There is still a rent of 8000 taels of silver!

Although the money must have fallen into his hands... Shen Sanwao's is also his, Shen Sanwao still has to thank him!

The two passed by, and Shen Shiqing said softly, "Thank you."

The wind blows the fir trees, and the frost covers the withered vines.

Shen Shiqing stood in the yard and looked at the place where she grew up.

Zhao Surui walked to the screen wall, turned to look at her, and only saw a back.

Obviously he was using his body, but Zhao Surui felt as if he saw a dead leaf.

Hair grows in spring, green in summer, and the leaves are driven off the branches before early autumn.

Since then, it has been blown by the wind, sun, frost, and buried in the earth, and it has been scattered far away. It is weak by the wind and wind, drowned by the water, and by the will of God, which makes it very sad.

Finally, the former emerald green leaves withered, dried up, and twisted into a ball that wind, rain, frost and snow would not care about.

It's finally home.

It has become a dead leaf that can finally return to its roots.

And this yard, her old home, was nothing more than a dead tree.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhao Surui walked out of the Shen residence.

Standing in the home she had lost for several years, Shen Shiqing didn't have much trouble in her heart, her home was gone long ago.

Without parents, this place is just an empty shell.

But standing here, she still feels empty.

Heaving a sigh of relief, she casually picked up a dice box on the gaming table,
Below the dice box are three dice.

The three upward sides are respectively three "six".

This is... what Zhao Surui shook out?