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It was late at night and everyone had gone to bed.

Banxia, who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the purple Shaman.

"Miss, you are not asleep."

Because Xiangzhu is skilled in martial arts, she is very aware of people's breath. She can feel that Banxia is not asleep from her breathing.

Banxia certainly didn't sleep, because something big was going to happen tonight, and her third brother might very likely have his legs crippled because of it.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard noisy sounds outside.

Banxia immediately stood up, put on her clothes, and walked out quickly.

Xiangzhu followed immediately. Shaoyao was sleeping because she and Xiangzhu took turns on night duty and had no idea that the young lady had gone out.

Because this courtyard was next to Yao Hou's study, Banxia got there without much effort.

As soon as I entered the courtyard of the study, I heard the sound of cups being banged.

Then, I heard Yao Hou cursing angrily, "You little bastard, you really are a little bastard. Why did you pick on the little bully of the capital, Mei Zichu? Even his father can't control him, so how can I control him?"

Jin was secretly happy, knowing that the third brother would fall into the trap.

But she still pretended, "Master, even if my son is not doing well, you can't ignore Cang Shu. If anything happens to this child, I will not live anymore..."

Banxia snorted in her heart. This Jin was really pretending.

In her previous life, my third brother had his legs broken by that little bully. I wonder if this Jin had any credit for this.

She pushed the door open and said, "Dad, I heard that something happened to my third brother?"

Yao Hou was in a very bad mood, so he didn't look happy even when he saw Banxia.

"Girls don't know anything. Go back to sleep."

Banxia was not annoyed, and said calmly: "Dad, although I don't know anything, you are my brother after all. How can I not worry?"

Yao Hou sighed: "If your three brothers can be as sensible as you, then dad will be relieved."

At this time, the housekeeper came hurriedly to report: "My lord, something bad has happened. The third young master lost one million taels of silver. What should we do?"

"What? One million taels?" Yao Hou widened his eyes, his lungs about to explode.

"What are you still standing there for? Go and take a look." Yao Hou immediately took his men there.

No one paid attention to Banxia, so she just followed Yao Hou quietly.

The carriage drove forward and stopped directly at a brothel. This brothel was the famous Goddess Pavilion and was also the man's den of debauchery.

I heard that the Goddess Pavilion belongs to the Tianji Tower, and I heard that the Tianji Tower is a huge dark force.

The black markets of these seven countries, hundreds of provinces, and thousands of counties are all controlled by the Tianji Tower. It is said that the combined treasuries of the seven countries are not as much as the annual income of the owner of the Qianji Tower.

However, the owner of Tianji Tower is very mysterious, and till now no one knows who the owner of Tianji Tower is.

Yao Hou walked in hurriedly without having time to think, led by the butler.

The lobby is decorated in a very unique fairyland style, giving people a feeling of thoroughness and cleanliness as soon as they enter.

Those women were all wearing white sand shirts, with simple and delicate faces, yet they looked cold and aloof.

There is a saying that goes, the more unattainable something is, the more precious it is. Therefore, the women here only sell their skills and not their bodies, which can make men unable to stop.

There was a long table in the hall, on which were placed various gambling tools.

There are dice, Pai Gow, lottery tickets, and wheels.

A group of people gathered around the long table, all watching the gambling game with great interest.

"You lose again. Either take a million taels of silver or break your leg. It's your choice."

The arrogant tone of the little bully filled the entire hall, and no one dared to find fault.

There were beads of sweat on Cang Zhu's palms and forehead. He knew that Yao Hou could not afford the one million taels.

Feeling guilty, he always felt that it was impossible and shouted at Mei Zichu, "Impossible, how could I keep losing? It's you, you must be cheating."

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings instantly fell silent. Everyone knew that the little bully hated cheating the most.

"How dare you say that I'm cheating? I'll beat you to death."

He jumped onto the table with a nimble figure and shouted, "Someone, tie up this rascal for me. I'll skin him alive."

In an instant, several big men came out and lifted up Cang Zhu.

Seeing this scene, Yao Hou was so frightened that his legs went weak.

Cang Shu was so scared that he shouted, "No, no, no. If you want money, just ask my father. Don't hit me. I don't have any money even if you kill me!"

"You little beast, why did I give birth to such an ignorant thing like you?"

Yao Hou stepped forward and angrily whipped Cang Shu twice.

Cang Shu cried out in pain: "Dad, Dad, I know I was wrong, please save me, I will die."

In her previous life, this useless brother would desperately beg for mercy and admit his mistakes once he made a mistake, but Jin protected him and never punished him severely, so these brothers became more lawless and never changed.

No matter how angry he was, he was still his son. Yao Hou could only look at Mei Zichu with a stern face and said, "Master Mei, you see, this kid just made a slip of the tongue. You shouldn't bother with him."

Although the Little Overlord was a bully in the capital, he was not an unreasonable person.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and that ruffian look just highlighted his youthful handsomeness.

Originally, he was one of the four most handsome young men in the capital, and his appearance was impeccable.

Coupled with his signature naughty smile, he looks cool and handsome, with a unique charm.

"Okay, since Lord Yao Hou has spoken personally, I won't bother with him. But if he loses the bet, he must either pay back his debts or have his legs broken. Lord Yao Hou, can you help your son choose?"

Lord Yao was immediately in a dilemma, as he definitely could not afford the one million taels of silver.

But if his leg is broken, my son will become disabled. What should I do?

"Master Mei, isn't this one million taels of silver a bit too much?"

"Oh! There are hundreds of eyes watching here, Yao Hou. How could I possibly lie? Look, it's clearly written in black and white that your son lost to me."

Seeing the signature in black and white, Yao Hou felt a headache.

With a shameless face, he pleaded, "Young Lord, I can't get the one million taels of silver even if I sell my Yaohou Mansion!"

Mei Zichu didn't have such good patience: "Since you can't get it, then break your legs. Someone come and do it."

"No, no, no, don't..." Cang Shu was so scared that he shouted immediately.

But those thugs would not sympathize with him and were ready to attack him.

"Stop."

A cold voice was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman with ordinary looks.

Mei Zichu narrowed his beautiful phoenix eyes slightly and looked at the ordinary woman.

"What? You want to pay off the debt of the third son of the Yao family?"

Banxia walked closer without looking at Mei Zichu, which made Mei Zichu angry.

In the capital city, every woman would be fascinated by his beauty, but this ordinary-looking woman just ignored him.

Banxia reached out, picked up the dice and cards on the table and looked at them one by one.

A cool and pleasant voice said, "I'm poor, but my pockets are cleaner than my face."

When everyone heard it, they burst into laughter. The phrase 'pockets are cleaner than face' is fresh and interesting.

Mei Zichu raised his eyebrows and said, "You little woman, since you are a pauper, why are you pretending here?"

Banxia then looked at Mei Zichu: "Does your family's law stipulate that paupers cannot speak? Besides, you cheat and you don't allow people to say it?" As soon as

these words came out, Lord Yao was so scared that he quickly grabbed Banxia and said, "Don't talk nonsense, girl. This is Lord Mei, and her mother is the eldest princess."

Banxia was not afraid at all: "The emperor is subject to the same punishment as the common people when he breaks the law, not to mention that Master Mei is just a lord."

Everyone subconsciously stepped back a step away. They must not have anything to do with this woman who doesn't care about her life. They don't want to be implicated.

Yao Hou was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. This girl is really like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. Doesn't she know that she is walking on the edge of a knife now?

Cangshu, who was originally afraid, suddenly became confident after hearing Banxia's words.

"I told you, how is it possible that I keep losing when I gamble? It's really a bad luck!"

Veins bulged on Yao Hou's forehead. This problem could only be solved by asking the emperor to step in.

Everyone knows that when the little bully of Beijing gets stubborn, even his own father can't control him, let alone those who don't want to do it.

With a "bang", the young prince slammed the table and pointed at Banxia and shouted, "You are a woman who doesn't know how to live or die. How dare you wrongly accuse me? I will kill you."

Lord Yao Hou was so scared that his legs went limp. No matter how high his status was, he could not compare with the princess.

Just as he was about to step forward to beg for mercy, he heard his daughter say fearlessly: "What's the matter, young master, are you angry because of guilty conscience?"

"Okay."

Cang Shu usually couldn't stand Mei Zichu, who was more domineering than him. Today, someone helped him to confront him, which was simply too good to be true.

So he threw away his fear and said excitedly: "Girl, you're right. If you can expose this cheater named Mei, I will take you as my concubine."

Banxia,thousands of crows cawed over her head in an instant: "..."

Yao Hou was so angry at his stupid son that he vomited blood. He stepped forward and slapped him in the face.

"You bastard, why do you want to take a concubine? She's your own sister."

Cang Shu originally felt quite aggrieved by the slap, but when he heard that it was his sister, he felt that he was not aggrieved and he deserved to be beaten.

But she was quite happy when being beaten: "My sister is back. Why don't you look as pretty as your brother? But I like her temper. She is like me, your third brother."

Yao Hou was so mad at this stupid and stupid son. If her precious daughter was like this bastard, he would just kill her.

Banxia rolled her eyes at Cangzhu in annoyance, acting like an idiot just like in her previous life.

However, in her previous life, she had no idea what happened here when she slept at night. She only knew that the idiot was carried back the next day.

At that time, he blamed herself for being a jinx who broke both his legs as soon as she came back.

"I don't care whose daughter you are. If you dare to frame me, you will have to pay the price."

Banxia's face turned black and she scolded, "Do you have the manners to call me old man? I don't even think about whether you can bear it or not."

It was the first time that someone dared to yell at Mei Zichu like this, and everyone was shocked, including Mei Zichu.

Banxia showed no fear at all. She looked straight into Mei Zichu's eyes and did not give him any chance to attack.

"If you are a gentleman, let me check these dice and card nine. If I can't find any problems, you can do whatever you want with me."

Mei Zichu, who originally wanted to kill Banxia, took a long time to react.

So if I don't agree, I would be a villain and people would be more suspicious of me.

He could only swallow his anger for now. A man of integrity has nothing to fear. This little hottie couldn't find anything out of him, and he would make sure she was punished.

He jumped down from the gambling table and directly appeared in front of Banxia, so close that they could hear each other's breathing.

Yao Hou was frightened this time, and hurried forward and said, "Master Mei, my daughter has just returned from the countryside, and she is ignorant, please..."

Before Yao Hou could finish his words, he was ruthlessly pushed away by Mei Zichu's outstretched hand.

"This is a matter between me and this dead girl. No one is allowed to interfere. I just want to see what kind of trouble a little country girl like you can make."

Banxia raised her eyes and looked directly into Mei Zichu's eyes: "Do you promise me to investigate?"

"Investigate, whatever you want, but there is one thing: if you can't find anything, I will not only take your brother's legs, but also your eyes."

"It's a deal."

Mei Zichu frowned. She agreed so quickly. Didn't this dead woman have any requests?

Banxia didn't have time to deal with him anymore. She just looked at the dice and Pai Gow on the table and reached out to touch them one by one.

From the window of a luxurious private room in the attic, a man in light clothes had a panoramic view of the scene downstairs.

"Master, do you want your subordinates to help Miss Five? Lord Mei is not easy to deal with."

The man in light clothes had a handsome face, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. He looked as fascinating and dazzling as a banished immortal from heaven.

However, the aura around him was as cold as ice, as if anyone who came close to him would die on the spot. Especially the domineering aura he exuded made people feel scared unconsciously.

"No need." He opened his thin lips slightly, his voice was pleasant and magnetic: "If you can deal with the Jin family, then dealing with Mei Zichu will naturally be a piece of cake."

Downstairs, everyone was looking at Banxia's back and talking.

"She is truly a country bumpkin. She offended Lord Mei as soon as she arrived. The rumors that she is stupid and foolish must be true."

"I heard that the daughter of the Yaohou family in the country knows nothing. Look at her unlucky face. She is no match for her sister, the most beautiful woman in the capital."

"That's right. I heard that the girl from the country in the Yaohou family is not only vulgar, but also sarcastic and difficult to get along with. She has a very vicious heart."

Facing the whispers and discussions of the crowd, Banxia listened but did not take it to heart.

In her previous life, she had heard many rumors that were even worse than this. What was this?

Banxia checked all the dice and card games, but found no signs of tampering.

Mei Zichu was pleased with himself: "You bastard, you have read it all, right? Do you have any evidence that I cheated you?"

Banxia shook her head: "I haven't found any."

Mei Zichu snorted coldly: "I'll let you show off. Someone dig out the eyes of this bastard and feed them to my fish."

"Yes."

"Wait..."

Just when everyone was sweating for Banxia, Banxia pointed directly at the servant beside Mei Zichu.

"I want to search his body."

Upon hearing this, the servant beside Mei Zichu's face changed instantly and he stepped back subconsciously.

His performance made Banxia more certain of her guess: if a person could win a million taels without losing a single game, even God would not believe that there was no trick.

"Ugly girls are really bad. Today I will let you die knowingly."

Although Mei Zichu is domineering, he is not unreasonable. He thinks of himself as an upright gentleman.

So he looked at the servant beside him and said, "Changbai, let her search over there and let her die knowing the truth."

Changbai's hands began to tremble, and he quickly said cleverly, "My lord, since this girl didn't find any evidence, you can just deal with her directly. Why let her lead you by the nose?"

"Just go when I tell you to go. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Mei Zichu really wanted to kick this kid twice to save his face for not listening at the critical moment.

Banxia deliberately added fuel to the fire and said, "You are so evasive, you must be hiding something. You probably don't dare let me search you!"

Mei Zichu was furious when he heard this, and glared at Changbai, "Hurry over here, believe it or not, I will kick you to death."

Changbai didn't dare to let anyone search him, and immediately looked at Banxia sarcastically and said, "You're a woman, and you want to search a man's body. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get married in the future?"

Banxia didn't care, "I didn't say I would do it myself. There are so many people here, there will always be someone willing to do it for you."

Hearing this, Changbai breathed a sigh of relief. The people here were familiar with him and they didn't dare to lose face in front of the young master, so they wouldn't dare to say anything even if they found something.

So he stood up and said, "We can't look for your family. Who knows if they will cheat."

"Of course, I want to let young general Jun Han search. That should be okay!"

"Jun Han? You're back?"

When the young county master heard these two words, he began to look around for someone.

A white figure jumped down from the second floor, with a graceful and agile posture.

"Really? Young General, I just want to watch the fun and you can't be in peace. You country girl really know how to cause trouble."

Banxia bowed slightly: "Please trouble you, sir."

Young General Jun Han, stood with Mei Zichu, one was sunny and bright, the other was bad and handsome.

The two handsome men in the capital naturally form a beautiful scene that is pleasing to the eyes.

Even though the girl from the Goddess Pavilion pretended to be pure and indifferent, she couldn't help but feel amorous when she saw the two of them.

"You didn't even look for me when you came back, are you itching for trouble?"

Jun Han patted Mei Zichu's shoulder and said, "Brother, I know you're happy because you won money, so I didn't want to spoil your fun."

"Don't give me that crap, hurry up and solve the problem at hand, we brothers won't come back until we're drunk."

Jun Han then looked at Banxia with a teasing look in his eyes, "You can trust me."

Banxia said firmly, "Of course I believe it."

Just by saying "Of course I believe it", Jun Han immediately corrected his attitude, "Okay, just based on what you said, I, the little general, will treat you fairly."

Banxia nodded slightly. The only person here they could trust was the little general who had saved their lives.

Knowing that it was the young general who came to search, Changbai felt more at ease. Since the young general and his master were brothers, he would definitely not embarrass the master.

Jun Han stepped forward without even glancing at Chang Bai, but Chang Bai said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The county master's face depends on you, little general."

Just as he finished speaking, Jun Han took out two dice and Pai Gow from his sleeves.

Jun Han's face turned cold: "Your Excellency has earned your reputation by yourself. It is not my turn to give it to you. Your request is unreasonable."

After he finished speaking, everyone was surprised and also heard some clues.

Then Jun Han lifted up Changbai's sleeves and shook them, and instantly the Pai Gow and dice fell out.

Everyone was shocked. There really was something going on. It was not simple!

Changbai's face changed drastically at that moment. He didn't expect that the young general would be so disrespectful to him.

Banxia picked up the dice and Pai Gow on the ground and handed them to Xiangzhu without saying a word.

Xiangzhu has internal strength, so he crushed the dice and Pai Gow without any effort.

In an instant, mercury flowed out of the crumbs, which was clear at a glance.

Yao Hou finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. Fortunately, his daughter followed him. His daughter is so smart!

Cangshu suddenly laughed out loud: "I said he was cheating. No matter how lucky a person is, how could he win for several days and nights without losing a game."

The young master was shocked and said angrily: "What's going on!"

Before Changbai could speak, Banxia said bluntly: "It can't be found on the table because someone was afraid of being discovered, so they immediately switched it when it was asked for inspection. However, at that time only the servant closest to you, master, had this opportunity."

"Changbai, tell me what's going on?" Mei Zichu's face was completely embarrassed at this moment, and now he wished he could cut Changbai into pieces.

Changbai was so scared that his whole body was shaking. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord, I don't know what's going on. Someone must have deliberately framed me."

Jun Han's face turned dark: "You mean, little general, I framed you? Then explain to me why you whispered to me when I found the thing and said, "My lord, your face must be saved by me." What did you mean by that?"

Changbai was caught red-handed, and what he said was seriously criticized. There was nothing he could do to change the situation.

So he gritted his teeth and whispered, "My lord, please tell me more about this matter."

Mei Zichu thought that Changbai couldn't be so bold as to deceive him like this, so he walked over and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Changbai quickly leaned close to Mei Zichu's ear and whispered a few words.

Mei Zichu's face changed slightly when he heard this, he was really angry and furious.

After telling the truth, Changbai immediately kowtowed and took the blame, saying: "My lord, it's all my fault. I came up with this idea just to please you, my lord. Please punish me."

Changbai said this, anyway, no matter whether everyone believed it or not, he wanted to tell everyone that his master was not aware of it.

Mei Zichu was doomed to fail today, and the expression on his face was extremely unnatural.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll deal with you when I get back."

Changbai immediately knocked his head to the ground, not daring to say another word.

Everyone's eyes turned to Mei Zichu. Mei Zichu was so angry that he didn't know where to vent his anger. He could only yell at the guards who followed him: "Why are you still standing there? Let him go."

Cang Shu regained his freedom and immediately jumped out and yelled: "Mei, no matter what, you've cheated. This can't be allowed."

Yao Hou felt a throbbing pain in his forehead and quickly smiled apologetically: "Turns out it was a misunderstanding. Let's just forget about it."

Cang Shu was displeased: "Why should we forget about it? He..."

"Shut up, someone take the third young master back." Before Cang Shu could finish speaking, Yao Hou ordered coldly.

Cang Shu was so angry that he was about to scream, but at the signal of the housekeeper, several servants came forward, covered Cang Shu's mouth and dragged him out.

Yao Hou still smiled apologetically and said goodbye: "Master Mei, our son and daughter are ignorant, so please be magnanimous and don't mind. We will take our leave first."

Mei Zichu narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not look at Yao Hou, but looked at Banxia who was following obediently behind Master Yao Hou.

When Banxia followed Yao Hou out, they passed by the young general and suddenly heard him whisper, "I saved you twice. Go back and think carefully about how to repay you."

Banxia paused slightly and continued to follow Yao Hou out.

There were so many thoughts in her mind. In her previous life, this little general hated him so much.

You must stay away from him in this life and don’t provoke him. It’s best not to see him if possible.

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