Beautiful mayor's wife

It only took Ma Xiaoyao three days to spread his name throughout the capital of Daliang Kingdom. Of course, the false name of Ma San was spread all over the place.

People with good deeds also gave him a nickname, called "Gambling King".

The limelight overwhelmed everyone. Some businessmen came to visit with gifts, but they were all rejected by Ma Xiaoyao. The reason was: I was very busy recently and had no time to meet customers. Those businessmen who were rejected were very angry, so Deliberately spreading rumors that Ma Xiaoyao is arrogant and unreasonable.

Ma Xiaoyao doesn't care about the rumors outside. He is a maverick, he only does what he likes and doesn't care about other people's opinions.

Go your own way and let others do the talking.

at dusk.

Xing Yajun bought a table of sumptuous food and wine to entertain Ma Xiaoyao. These days, he treats Ma Xiaoyao as his ancestor. Yajun will try his best to be satisfied. To put it bluntly, Yajun Xing has never served his own father like this.

"Mr. Ma, do you like today's food and drink?" Xing Yajun asked politely.

"Well, it's okay." Ma Xiaoyao nodded.

"Mr. Ma, tomorrow is the day of the Stone Gambling Competition. Are you well prepared?"

"What is there to prepare for?"

"Tomorrow there will be many masters..."

"What? Are you worried about me?"

"No, no, I just want to make things more secure. I have spent a lot of thought in order to participate in this stone betting competition."

"Put your heart in your belly. I will definitely make you a lot of money tomorrow. By the way, I forgot to ask you, how long will the stone gambling competition be held?"

"As long as there are no major accidents, it will be over in a month."

"A month? That's enough time. We'll definitely make a lot of money this time."

After getting the guarantee from Ma Xiaoyao, Xing Yajun also calmed down a little. The stone gambling competition is really important to him. If he wins the bet, he will turn himself into a rich man. The merchant is gone.

"Okay, don't think about it, there will be no mistakes." Ma Xiaoyao picked up the wine glass and drank it down: "Today's wine is really exciting, it's hot in the stomach, and it's very comfortable."

……

With everyone's expectations, the once-in-a-decade stone gambling competition was finally held as scheduled.

A year ago, Daliang State officials expropriated thousands of acres of land in the outskirts, and then built a magnificent manor. The ten-year stone gambling competition was held in this manor. The manor was divided into three parts, the front court, the middle The stones in the front court and the back court are relatively cheap, and they are mainly used to entertain ordinary people. The stones in the middle court are more expensive, and they are used to entertain those rich people. The stones in the back court are very expensive, very, very Expensive, mainly used to entertain those dignitaries who have invitations.

A stone betting contest clearly divides the ranks of human beings.

Ordinary people with no money and no status can only have fun in the front field, and those who are rich but not high status can only have fun in the midfield. Only those rich and powerful dignitaries can unimpeded in the stone gambling competition , just have fun.

Under the leadership of Xing Yajun, Ma Xiaoyao came to the site of the stone gambling competition.

"The scene was very sensational." Ma Xiaoyao sighed secretly. He was standing at the gate of the manor at the moment. From his perspective, the manor was full of people, almost crowded, and there were many people who wanted to make a fortune.

"Many people want to change their fate through this stone betting competition." Xing Yajun said casually.

"Oh?" Ma Xiaoyao slightly raised his eyebrows: "Then how many people succeeded in changing their destiny in the end?"

Xing Yajun shook his head: "Not much, not much at all. Only a few lucky people can change their destiny. Most of them will fail in the end and go bankrupt."

"Stone gambling is really not a good business." Ma Xiaoyao said with emotion: "It is understandable for ordinary people to want to change their destiny by taking shortcuts, but the risk is too great, and one carelessness may fall into the A place of eternal doom. So, it’s safer to fight down-to-earth, even if you spend a little more time, it’s worth it.”

"Everyone understands the truth, but when faced with temptation, how many people can hold back?" Xing Yajun smiled bitterly: "I am a living example. I was born in an ordinary family and lived a poor life since I was a child." , since I was sensible, I swore that I must change my destiny. I don’t want to be poor forever. Later, by chance, I got involved in gambling stones. I almost lost my life once, but fortunately I gritted my teeth and held on... Now it seems that I am relatively successful, but how many people know the hardships behind me?" Speaking of this, Xing Yajun sighed Tone: "Thinking about it now, I'm still a little terrified. It's really not easy for me to get to where I am today. In other words, luck accounted for most of it. If it wasn't for good luck, I would have turned into a pile of bones long ago. "

Ma Xiaoyao curled his lips slightly: "If you want to succeed, you have to pay a certain price, especially for those ordinary people with bad backgrounds. It is really too difficult to change their destiny. It is as difficult as climbing the sky. You just said When it comes to luck... In my opinion, luck is indeed very important. Some people are born successful, no matter what they do, they will be smooth sailing. They are called the darlings of God, and all the good luck in the world comes to them body."

"Let's go, let's go in." After talking with Ma Xiaoyao, Xing Yajun recalled bad memories, he shook his head to dispel those bad memories, and then led Ma Xiaoyao into the manor .

In addition to the large number of people in the manor, there are many stones. The manor is filled with all kinds of stones. These stones are all excavated from special places, and the probability of finding treasures in them is very high.

I want to say a few more words here. The stones used for gambling are not ordinary stones, but special stones, and these special stones come from special regions. As for why there are various treasures in the stones? ... This is hard to explain... Some people say it is born, while others say it is acquired. These two theories have existed for many years, and they have been debated for many years. Unfortunately, no conclusion has been reached.

After a while, Ma Xiaoyao and Xing Yajun entered the midfield. Compared with the frontcourt, there were fewer people in the midfield and relatively fewer stones.

"This is the midfielder, doesn't it look okay?" Xing Yajun laughed.

"Just now, I saw you handed two tokens to the soldiers guarding the gate?" Ma Xiaoyao turned around and asked.

"Your eyes are really sharp." Xing Yajun said with a smile: "Those two tokens were bought with money, and one token costs 1 taels of silver. As long as you hold the token, you can enter the midfield to gamble on stones."

"It turns out that's the case." Ma Xiaoyao's face showed a hint of comprehension: "As long as you can take out 1 taels of silver to buy tokens, it means that this person's net worth is very rich, enough to be eligible to enter the midfield to gamble on stones. Smart enough."

"They must be smart, they are not ordinary people." Xing Yajun said.

"I really want to go to the backcourt to see."

"Don't think about it, just the two of us can't enter the backcourt at all."

"It's all your fault."

"How can you blame me?"

"If you can get an invitation, can't we go in?"

"My little ancestor, why can't you figure it out? Do you know who are the people who entered the backcourt?" Without waiting for Ma Xiaoyao to answer, Xing Yajun continued: "They are all princes, princes, princesses, The elders of the big sect, the direct members of the big family...Compared with them, we are simply low-ranking little grasshoppers. Okay, let's not talk about these spoilers, you should hurry up and pick the stones, and tell me which one you like. I'll pay the bill."

Today Xing Yajun is just a money bag, as long as it is a stone that Ma Xiaoyao likes, he will buy it without hesitation, no matter how expensive it is, he will buy it.

"Master Punishment!" A person came from a distance, it was Xing Yajun's old rival Ding Dequan.

"Shopkeeper Ding, you came earlier than me?" Xing Yajun laughed.

"I'm just here too...Mr. Ma, can I delay you for a moment, I want to tell you something." Ding Dequan strode up to Ma Xiaoyao, keeping his posture to the minimum.

"What's the matter?" As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling face with your hand. Ding Dequan speaks politely and respectfully. Ma Xiaoyao really can't refuse.

"Shopkeeper Ding, what do you want!" Xing Yajun frowned.

Ding Dequan ignored Xing Yajun, and just put all his energy on Ma Xiaoyao: "Mr. Ma, I want to cooperate with you. You can help me choose stones. How about half the proceeds?"

"Ding Dequan, you dare to poach my corner, you are really shameless." Xing Yajun became anxious when he heard it, pointed at Ding Dequan and began to curse.

Ding Dequan snorted softly: "I'm talking to Mr. Ma, please don't interrupt indiscriminately."

"You..." Xing Yajun's entire face changed color in anger, and he was stopped by Ma Xiaoyao just as he wanted to be rough.

After Ma Xiaoyao restrained the angry Xing Yajun, he turned his head to look at Ding Dequan who was full of anticipation: "I'm sorry, I have already chosen the shopkeeper Xing, so I can no longer cooperate with you, please forgive me."

"Mr. Ma, think again, I'm really sincere..." Ding Dequan said anxiously.

"Being a man must be honest! No matter how much money you give me, I can't lose my integrity! I really can't cooperate with you this time, please forgive me." After saying these words, Ma Xiaoyao walked away.

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma!" Ding Dequan was stopped by Xing Yajun just as he was about to catch up.

Xing Yajun looked at Ding Dequan with contempt on his face: "Ding Dequan, can you show some face? Mr. Ma has already said that if he doesn't cooperate with you, you should stop pestering him! It's useless to pester him any longer!"

"Hmph! Don't be too complacent. Sooner or later you will regret it." After throwing down a cruel sentence, Ding Dequan left angrily.