All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

The sudden change attracted the attention of people around.

But what they were paying attention to was the horse that suddenly fell, the soldier who fell off the horse's back, and the child who was frightened silly in front of the horse's hooves.

Where no one was paying attention, Xia Chan and her sister-in-law walked to the other side of the street.

The capital city is indeed a big city. There are almost as many people walking on the streets at night as during the day.

It was a rare occasion for Xia Chan and his sister-in-law to come to the big city, so they naturally would not miss the chance to visit the night market.

The Ghost Festival is just around the corner, and there are many people lighting lanterns and praying for blessings by the river.

The sister-in-law looked at the lights by the river, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Xia Chan knew that she was thinking about her elder brother.

She looked at the street vendor selling lamps, and went over to buy a few.

"Sister-in-law, this is for you."

After giving one lantern to Mrs. Xie, Xia Chan also took two lanterns and came to the river, joined the crowd who were lighting lanterns and praying for blessings, and placed the lanterns on the river.

Pray for the 180,000 soldiers of the Xie family whom I have never met.

After the two sisters-in-law had lit the lanterns, they came up from the river and walked along the street.

The destination is the prefectural government office.

She came to the city not to relax, but to replenish supplies. If the prefect is a good person, it would be fine.

If the prefect is not a good person, Xia Chan will definitely not show mercy.

While she was still thinking about how to find out about the prefect's character, she saw the prefect in official uniform personally escorting Zhu Qiang out of the mansion.

Zhu Qiang actually followed him here?

No, judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be here to hunt them down, but rather to complete other tasks.

Xia Chan lowered her eyes and looked at the wooden masks displayed by a vendor on the side with her sister-in-law.

She took a mask and covered her face, seemingly trying to see if it looked good, but in fact she was secretly observing the prefectural gate through the mask.

I want to see what the prefect and Zhu Qiang are talking about.

She has good hearing, but her lip reading is even better.

She saw the prefect promise the prince's trusted secret guard, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, he will complete the tasks assigned by the prince."

Xia Chan was still hoping for the best, thinking that the prefect was a good man who was upright and incorruptible.

As it stands now, no.

Oh, or maybe the prefect is a good person?

But because he chose to stand on the side of Crown Prince Yuan Che and was willing to be Yuan Che's lackey, she would not have to show mercy to him.

Let’s empty the warehouse and other things first.

"Sister-in-law, let's go back."

Xia Chan watched Zhu Qiang ride away on his horse, and then she spoke to Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie nodded.

The two sisters-in-law returned to where they were staying.

Xia Chan did not sleep, but changed into a man's outfit and went to the gambling house she passed by today.

She swaggered into the gambling house with a few taels of silver in her pocket, looking here and there.

Her purpose was naturally not to gamble.

Her main purpose was to come to the gambling house to get information.

This place is full of all kinds of people, and there is a lot of diverse information, which she needs very much.

Xia Chan was a stranger and had some silver in her hands. Although she was not ostentatious, she was still targeted by the people in the gambling house.

They winked at each other, and a gambler from the gambling house came over, deliberately pretending to be friends with Xia Chan, and dragged her to play Pai Gow.

Xia Chan looked at the table and smiled shyly.

"No, I won't play. I don't, I won't."

It’s true that I can’t play.

It’s true that I don’t want to play.

But since she came to the gambling house, the people in the gambling house saw the silver in her pocket, which was like a dog seeing a bone or a fish smelling fishy smell.

How could they let Xia Chan go without earning all the money in Xia Chan's pocket?

"Little brother, you are ruining the fun, aren't you? What man would come to a gambling house and not gamble?"

"Yeah, are you a man, little brother? If you are, let's talk about heroes at the poker table."

These people tried to stimulate Xia Chan with words, wanting her to go to the gambling table.

They indeed succeeded.

Xia Chan was really "stimulated" by them.

She weighed the silver bag in her hand, looked around, and finally said with embarrassment: "I'll go play that one, it looks easier."

It's about dice.

She said it was simple.

The people who came to persuade her to go out and play exchanged glances secretly. They thought they were being secretive and that Xia Chan didn't notice the smug smiles on their faces.

Xia Chan looked very cautious on the surface, but was secretly amused in his heart.

It's a joke for these people who naively thought she was a sheep to be slaughtered.

I wonder who is the sheep and who is the hunter after sitting at the card table?

When Xia Chan came to the card table, someone who had lost all his money immediately gave up his seat for her.

"Come on, little brother, come on, come and play a few games with me."

The man who lost all his money stood aside and looked at Xia Chan expectantly.

I don’t know whether I am expecting Xia Chan to win or lose?

Xia Chan felt that the most likely person was expecting her to lose everything.

Many people are like this. When they are not living well, they also hope that others are not living well.

This is the only way to find balance in the suffering of others.

But unfortunately, their calculations may have been wrong.

If a loser wants to find balance with Xia Chan, he will never find it.

She sat down at the table, looking around with a very ignorant look. Her whole body was full of the aura of "I am a fool, come and kill me".

This made the dealer in front feel extremely proud.

The pride was about to overflow.

But soon, the dealer could no longer laugh.

At the beginning, in order to lure newcomers into the game, the dealer controls the size of the dice according to the numbers they bet on every time.

When the time was almost right and he was about to show his skills, he unexpectedly discovered that no matter what he shook out or how he cheated, he was always defeated by that short and unprepossessing man.

Xia Chan originally had ten taels of silver in front of him.

After round after round, there was a pile of silver in front of her.

At a rough glance, there were three hundred taels.

The dealer, who had lost a lot of money in a row, was already sweating profusely.

He put his hand on the dice cup and hesitated to open it.

Those gamblers who originally wanted to make fun of Xia Chan now all followed Xia Chan to bet.

They made back a lot of their previous losses by following Xia Chan's betting.

Seeing Xia Chan holding two ingots of fifty taels of silver in her hand, they stared at her eagerly.

They would just wait for her to let go and buy big or small items, and then they would follow immediately.

Xia Chan looked at the big one, then looked at the small one, then raised his head and looked at the sweaty farmer.

"Are you hot?"

The dealer opposite blinked, and sweat had already flowed into his eyes.

"No...no..."

He held the dice cup in front of him tightly and even used his body to block it.

"Buy big or buy small? Buy and leave."

Is this already starting to get tricky?

After Xia Chan made his move, he controlled the dice to turn to the opposite number again?

Xia Chan curled her lips and caught a glimpse of a dozen big men with their arms folded, staring at her fiercely in the corridor on the second floor of the gambling house.

She understood that if she won again this time, she might lose her life here.

But what to do? She loves challenges!