C16 Yang Lei

The chips on the gambling table were piled into a small mountain. The five of them had already won their bets, leaving behind Yang Lin, Xu Chu, and the Lord High Lord of Terminus, Chen Ze, Zhang Gongzi, and Wu Gongzi. Yang Lin had been keeping a low profile the entire time, but now it was Xu Chu's turn. He hesitated for a moment before placing a bet of 20,000 chips.

"I'll follow."

Chen Ze was a regular customer of this casino, so Yang Lin and Xu Chu could easily find him. After meeting up with her, he did not say much and just went straight to the gambling table. Chen Ze couldn't remember how much he lost either. He only felt that everyone at the table was losing, and only Master Yang of the Yang family's courtyard was winning.

Perhaps it was due to the turn of events, but this time, he actually shook a huge dot. The opportunity to turn the tables finally came. Although he forced himself to remain calm, he still revealed a hint of joy. Seeing that Xu Chu was still following him, he almost without a second thought pushed out 20,000 chips and followed suit.

"Me too."

Young Master Zhang and Young Master Wu were both young masters of large clans in the prefectural city of Chaotic City. When Xu Chu introduced Yang Lin as the Old Master of the Yang Family's courtyard, they had even intended to win against him.

"Follow me."

Yang Lin couldn't help but be a little anxious. Although he knew he was the biggest, looking at them, they seemed to all be full of confidence. It seemed that their ideas weren't small. If that was the case, it would be troublesome. He would rather win a little less each time than kill them all at once.

Experienced gamblers did not win often. They would always win two rounds, lose one match, and when they lost they would even shout, letting everyone know that they had lost. However, when he won, it was a big win and when he lost, it was a small loss. That way you can get people to gamble with you. Who would gamble with a man who won't lose?

"Dark Follower."

Standing behind Yang Lin, Yang Hu, Yang Bao, He Yi, He Man, Liu Ping, and Gong Li couldn't help but worry for Yang Lin. Although this Master Yang gamble was bold and straightforward, but to be able to follow him secretly like this without caring about the consequences made them feel terrified. They were also frequent customers of the casino, so they knew that being so secretive was just a matter of luck.

After arriving at the prefectural city of Fire, Yang Lin told Yang Bao to find the four of them and ask them to help him kill the bandits. These fellows were straightforward and agreed immediately. Since they had nothing better to do, they hurried over with Yang Bao after hearing that there was a reward for exterminating bandits.

He Yi, He Man, Liu Ping, and Gong Du were still thinking about how Yang Lin would take them to the north. He was even happier when he heard that Yang Lin was going to recruit and train them. It would be nice to have a ready-made army next year.

Gambling like this wasn't something they could bear. The several of them stood to the side and watched, casually helping Yang Lin count the money. After gambling for such a long time, Yang Lin had already won quite a number of times. Normally, those fellows would have already retreated, but Yang Lin was very smart. Every time he won, they would be unable to stop themselves.

In the blink of an eye, the dozen laps had passed, and the chips on the gambling table had increased in number. However, not a single person stopped, and the eyes of the gamblers grew redder and redder. It was Xu Chu's turn again. He looked at the chips in front of the others, clenched his teeth, and pushed 200,000 chips forward.

"It's troublesome to bet round after round. I bet two hundred thousand yuan at a time, will you follow me or not?"

Chen Ze obviously didn't expect Xu Chu to put up two hundred thousand yuan in one go. According to the rules, it would only be twenty thousand yuan each time. But if Xu Chu wanted to bet two hundred thousand dollars, it was also acceptable. The next family could choose to give up. However, how could Chen Ze be willing to admit defeat? Without any hesitation, he caught up to the 200,000 yuan.

"Two hundred thousand is also going to follow, I must see a real chapter today."

It was Young Master Zhang and Young Master Wu's turn to hesitate. Looking at Xu Chu's posture, his ideas were definitely big, but their ideas were also big. It was really a pity to give up. After thinking for a moment, both of them followed his lead.

"Follow me."

After a few more laps, each of them had staked more than a million chips. Since he wanted Chen Ze to do something, Yang Lin didn't want to kill him too viciously. However, Xu Chu didn't care about the consequences. He only cared about his own well-being and forced Yang Lin to have no other way out. Even if he admitted defeat, Chen Ze wouldn't accept his favor, so he might as well squeeze them all dry.

"I'm betting a million, do you guys still want to follow?"

This time, Xu Chu was dumbfounded. Yang Lin had secretly bet one million yuan that he would be able to bet two million, but he didn't have that much left. He raised his head and looked at Yang Lin. He could see Yang Lin's confidence in his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to give up.

"You guys play, I give up."

However, Chen Ze didn't understand Yang Lin's gaze. He was still immersed in his own big point, and the withdrawal of Xu Chu further strengthened his confidence. Although he only had one million chips left, he raised his hand. Not long later, the fat casino boss ran over.

"Lend me five million chips."

This was the largest casino in the prefectural capital, and the owner of the casino wasn't an ordinary person either. The boss of the casino couldn't wait for the Young Master of the Great Guardian to borrow some chips, so he agreed without hesitation. After Chen Ze wrote down the note, the boss waved his hand and ordered his men to bring five million chips over to Chen Ze's side.

"I'll keep up with the two million. Are you guys going to follow?"

The eyes of both Young Master Zhang and Young Master Wu turned green. Looking at the chips on the table, they were really unwilling to give up. After a moment of hesitation, the two conceded.

"Sir Chen, you still have four million, I bet two million, I'll give you a chance to open the cup."

Yang Lin smiled at Chen Ze and continued to bet on it. He had calculated it accurately. Chen Ze still had 4 million gold. He would definitely open the cup. Now that things had gotten to this point, he couldn't back down anymore. He didn't want to let Chen Ze win the bet for no reason at all. Even if they wanted to give him money, they had to give it to him in the open.

"Alright, I'll bet 4 million. Open the cup."

"Spring in the Courtyard."

Chen Ze was the first to open the lid to his own cup, and the result caused a wave of shocked exclamations. He laughed proudly, as if victory was already in his grasp. But Yang Lin also smiled, and deliberately rubbed his hands together, gently opening the lid of the cup.

"Jiang Long."

This time, the screams were even louder. Some of them were even screaming. Chen Ze's face, on the other hand, was ashen. He suddenly sat down, causing the seat under him to creak. He looked at the seat in front of him with a lifeless gaze and only after a long time did he regain his senses, stand up, and walk out.

"Please wait a moment, Young Master Chen."

Yang Lin and Xu Chu chased after him and called out to Chen Ze. The reason they entered the city this time was to look for Chen Ze. They didn't expect to kill Chen Ze without leaving a single one behind. Chen Ze stopped when he heard someone call him. He looked at Yang Lin and Xu Chu, his face full of doubt.

"What did you two call me for?"

"Mister Chen, it's already noon. How about I buy you a cup of water and wine?"

Drinking wine before solving the problem was a business tradition, Yang Lin needed to use it here. Chen Ze was in a bad mood, there was no room for drinking. Five million was a huge sum of money for him. If his father found out, he would reprimand him again. He impatiently waved his hand.

"Forget about drinking."

"Isn't it just a few million yuan, does Master Chen really have to care so much? If Young Master has any difficulties, I will return the five million to Young Master. "

"Not really. I'm just not in the mood."

"Young Master Chen, I have something I need your help with. Who knows, I might be able to help young master earn a few million?"

"Oh, what can Master Yang do?"

"Let's go, let's drink and chat."

Chen Ze looked at Yang Lin and Xu Chu. After a slight hesitation, he nodded in agreement. Yang Lin called for the hotel job, which led the three of them to a private room. After Yang Lin arranged the dishes, he waved his hand and chased out of the hotel.

"Young Master Chen, to tell you the truth, we came here specifically to find you."

"Oh, what business do you two have with me?"

"A few days ago, the bandits, Zhang Ergou, Old Wang, and Liu Ergou attacked the Yang Family Manor. Although we chased away the bandits, many of our fellow villagers died. "As long as we don't get rid of the bandits, we won't be able to have peace, so we want to ask the Lord Grand Guard to eliminate these bandits."

"Hehe, I can't make that decision. I am now a commander-in-chief. I know these commander-in-chief quite well, since they have not fought in war for a long time and have neglected their training. Besides, those bandits are from outside the city, we don't care. Moreover, they are all hiding in the mountains, so even if you go and fight them, they won't be able to escape. "

Yang Lin did not expect the county soldiers to exterminate the bandits. On the way here, Xu Chu had already told him that the commander-in-chiefs had falsely reported that the bandits were useless and did not have the ability to exterminate them. Since the county soldiers can't exterminate bandits, then we'll do it ourselves.

"Sir Chen, can we recruit brave bandits?"

"That should be fine. I can help you guys talk to my dad and get him to approve you to recruit bandits."

"Thank you, Young Master Chen." The last time the bandits attacked, we also organized a group of villagers to fight against the bandits. However, the villagers were poorly equipped, resulting in a large number of casualties. If we want to kill bandits, the villagers will prepare their own bows and horses, and we will have to equip the villagers with armor, swords, spears, tents, and so on. I heard that there are a lot of equipment in the armory of the Residence of Great Guardian. Can you sell them to us? Of course, we will not mistreat Master Chen. "

"This …"

Chen Ze hesitated a little. Although those weapons and equipment are useless in the armory, there's no harm in selling a portion to them. However, there were too many of them to hide. As long as someone complained to his father in the imperial court, it would be a huge crime, and the entire family might be executed.

"Is Young Master Chen worried that if the matter were to be leaked, someone would report it to the Lord Overseer? Actually, there's no need to worry at all. If Sir Chen orders the Lord Grand Guard to send out a notice to recruit the brave bandits, he will treat the brave bandits that we recruit as the brave villagers of the Grand Guard. When we eliminate the bandits, the Lord Grand Guard would have done us a huge favor as well, wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone? "

"Oh, that's a good idea."

As long as the Residence of Great Guardian carried a false name and let these country bumpkins exterminate the bandits themselves, regardless of their success, the Residence of Great Guardian would not suffer any losses. If they successfully exterminated the bandits, they might even receive the emperor's reward. Why wouldn't they be willing to do such a good thing?

"I'll go report to my father. If he agrees, then I'll come find you."

"Alright then, it's a deal!"

"..."

When Yang Lin's group returned to the Yang Family Manor, the sky had already darkened. Yang Lin did not directly return to the Yang family compound, but instead brought a group of people directly to Yang Hu's house. He also had an important goal, and that was to invite Yang Lei to come out and train him.

Although hunters could shoot arrows, they were still unfamiliar with spears. The last time he fought with the bandits, the casualties were actually higher than the bandits. Although it was caused by the lack of armor, it was still a problem for him to be unfamiliar with the way of the spear. They needed to improve their combat ability in a short period of time, so they had to ask Yang Lei to come out and train them.

"Father, we are back."

Yang Bao shouted loudly when they were far away from home. Yang Hu's father and Yang Hu's mother walked out of the broken house. Upon seeing so many people, they were also a little surprised. Yang Hu's father hurriedly ordered Yang Hu's mother to prepare dinner, but was stopped by Yang Lin.

"Uncle, we don't need to prepare dinner, let's go to the Yang Family compound for dinner together."

"Then you guys go, I won't keep you guys any longer."

Hearing that he was going to the Yang family's courtyard for dinner, Yang Lei's face didn't look good. The place that made him sad was also the place that he didn't want to talk about the most. How could he go to the Yang Family compound for dinner? He turned around and was about to walk into the house, but Yang Lin came up and stopped him.

"Uncle, I came specifically today to invite you over. You also know that I'm going to recruit village men and exterminate Zhang Dazhi and the other bandits. "Therefore, I would like to invite you out of the mountain to be my chief instructor in spear arts and teach you spear arts."

"Doesn't Yang Cheng also know combo shooting? Just let him be the head instructor. "

"No, Uncle. "Uncle Cheng is only in charge of the servants. I invite you to be in charge of training the village's brave soldiers."

"Yang Lin, it's not that I don't want to help you, I really don't want to see the people from the Yang Mansion again."

"Uncle, you have left the Yang Family compound for more than ten years, so whatever grudges you have, they should be resolved by now." "Besides, I'm in charge of the Yang Family compound now, don't you want to see me too?"

"This …"

Yang Lei hesitated. Ever since Yang Lin came to his house, he had always regarded Yang Lin with great importance, and felt that Yang Lin was extraordinary. This was also the reason why even though he didn't like the Yang Family's courtyard, he still agreed to let Yang Lin go there. For this reason, he even agreed to let Yang Hu and Yang Bao follow Yang Lin. However, if he wanted to go to the Yang family's courtyard himself, the awkwardness would not be resolved in a short time.

"Well, I agree to be your instructor, but I won't go to the Yang Family compound."

"Uncle, this won't do. Yang Hu and Yang Bao will follow me every day, and the three of us will follow you to practice spear arts sooner or later. Do you want us to come back every day? "I think it's better if you and auntie live in the Yang Family compound, so that we can practice our spear arts sooner or later."

"This …"

"Don't worry about this and that, it's settled. Yang Hu, Yang Bao, you two stay here and pack your things. Uncle, Auntie, let's go. "

Yang Lin waved his hand, not allowing Yang Lei to say anything. After leading the horse over, he helped Yang Hu's mother onto the horse. He Yi, He Man, Liu Ping, and Gong Dai also came forward and lifted Yang Lei onto the horse. Leaving Yang Hu, Yang Bao and a few servants to pack their stuff, the rest followed Yang Lin and headed straight to the Yang Mansion.

"..."

In the inner chamber of the Yang family's courtyard, in Lady Yang's room, Lady Yang and Yang Juan were embroidering flowers on silk. However, Yang Juan was obviously absent-minded. From time to time, she would raise her head to look outside the door. As the sky became darker, her expression became more and more anxious.

"Ah …"

Yang Juan cried out in pain as her finger was pierced by an embroidery needle. Mistress Yang hurriedly pulled Yang Juan's hand over and saw a drop of blood gushing out. She hurriedly sucked it into her mouth and glared at Yang Juan unhappily.

"What are you thinking about when you're not concentrating on your work? He's such a big man, why would you be afraid of him losing him? I've never seen you care so much about your mother. "

"Mother …"

Mistress Yang's words caused Yang Juan's face to turn completely red. She threw herself into her mother's embrace, buried her head deeply in her chest, and didn't dare to raise her head again. Mistress Yang lightly patted her shoulder and pulled her into her embrace, letting out a long sigh.

"Sigh, I wonder what spell Yang Lin used to hook my daughter's soul away."

"Madam, Madam, Master is back. "According to the servants, master won back 10 million gold and invited Thunder uncle over. Now master has already entered the inner chamber."

The mother and daughter duo were whispering when Yang Mei and Yang Peach ran in. The two of them had been watching from the entrance the entire time, and when they saw Yang Lin return, they ran over to report. Hearing that Yang Lin had returned, Yang Juan's heart started beating for no reason. Thinking of that burly figure, her face turned red from embarrassment.

"A useless girl!"

Lady Yang muttered in her heart as she waved her two maidservants away. Just as he was about to tease Yang Juan, he heard footsteps coming from outside. The sound of footsteps was so powerful, so steady, as if they were pounding on her heart. She couldn't help but feel dizzy.

"Oh, Madam, Yang Juan, you are all here."

Yang Lin walked straight into the room. When he saw his wife and Yang Juan, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. Yang Juan hurriedly stood up when she saw Yang Lin enter. The anxiety on her face was swept away, and in that instant, her face was brimming with a happy smile. Mistress Yang gave a faint smile and pointed at Yang Juan's side.

"Sit down."

When Yang Lin sat down, Yang Juan remained standing. Yang Lin reached out and took Yang Juan's hand, making her sit next to him. However, Yang Juan held her hand tightly, too embarrassed to look up. Mistress Yang turned her head away and pretended not to see anything.

"Madam, today's matter has been well done. From tomorrow onwards, I will be preparing to recruit and train the village men."

"I've said it before, you will be in charge in the future. Do whatever you want."

"Hehe, Madam, you can't just leave it be. Yang Juan is still young, you have to help me a lot. Oh right, I invited Uncle Lei to be my mentor, you won't object, will you? "

"No. Yang Lei's spear skills were indeed better than Yang Cheng's. There was no better way for him to be the coach. "He has left the Yang Family's compound for ten years, I don't hate him anymore, so just let him do his job."

"Alright, it's settled then."