I am the Holy Poisoner, the Empress advised me to calm down

Even after the creditor left, the atmosphere in the house remained heavy. The old man leaned back in his chair, his face pale, while his son, Liu Jianguo, paced back and forth in the living room, occasionally slapping his thighs.

"Dad, look, it's all because of your stubbornness. Now you've implicated the younger brother." Liu Jianguo's voice was filled with complaints and anxiety.

I looked at the father and son and had an idea in mind. "Uncle Liu, I don't think this matter is that simple."

"What do you mean?" Liu Jianguo stopped and turned to look at me.

"Think about it, losing over 200,000 in just one month, is that normal?" I looked him straight in the eye. "Even if you have the worst luck, it wouldn't be like this."

Liu Jianguo waved his hand. "Little brother, you don't understand. Gambling is like this. There are wins and losses. Besides, the people I play cards with are all my friends for many years. They can't cheat me."

"Friends?" I sneered. "It's because they're friends that they're easier to fool."

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Jianguo's face turned grim. "I've been playing poker for so many years, I've seen all sorts of people. How could someone cheat and escape my notice?"

Seeing his unconvinced face, I knew that just talking was useless. "In that case, take me to see it."

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at you playing cards with your friends." I stood up and patted his shoulder. "If there's really no problem, I apologize. But if there is a problem, you have to listen to me."

Liu Jianguo hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. "Okay, there's a game tonight. I'll take you to see it."

As night fell, I followed Liu Jianguo to an ordinary-looking residential building. After knocking on the door on the third floor, a middle-aged man opened the door and smiled immediately when he saw Liu Jianguo.

"Old Liu, you're just in time. You're the only one missing." The man's gaze lingered on me. "Who is this?"

"My friend, he came to see the fun." Liu Jianguo introduced.

"Welcome, welcome. The more people you come, the more fun it will be." The man warmly invited us in.

There were already three people sitting in the room, and when they saw us come in, they all stood up and greeted us. I carefully observed the expressions and movements of these four people, and I had already made a judgment in my mind.

"Old Liu, how's your luck today?" asked one of the men wearing glasses.

"I don't know yet. Let's see what God has in store." Liu Jianguo sat down with a wry smile.

I found a seat nearby and pretended to casually observe the table. After the mahjong game began, I noticed a few details: the man who opened the door would occasionally drum his fingers under the table, and the other two would make subtle gestures at certain times.

More importantly, I found that the man wearing glasses moved very quickly when stacking the cards, and always paused at a certain position.

As expected, Liu Jianguo's luck was "still very bad", with several rounds of small wins or point-cannons. I noticed that every time he was about to win a big card, there would always be someone who happened to win the card and intercepted him.

"Old Liu, you're really lucky today..." The man with glasses shook his head, "How about we just stop here today?"

"No, I have to win back what I lost." Liu Jianguo's eyes were red. "Let's play a few more games."

Just then, I suddenly stood up. "Wait."

Everyone looked at me, and the man with glasses asked, "What's wrong?"

I walked over to the table and reached out to pick up the stack of cards that the man with glasses had just stacked. "I want to see these cards."

"What are you doing?" The man with glasses' face changed and he reached out to grab the cards back.

I easily dodged his hand and spread out the cards. Sure enough, the order of the cards had been altered, with all cards of the same suit almost all clustered together.

"What does this mean?" I looked at him coldly.

"I...I don't know what you're talking about." The man with glasses began to sweat on his forehead.

"Still pretending?" I pulled my phone out of my pocket. "I just recorded a video. You looked very skilled when you were sorting the cards."

I didn't actually record the video, but it certainly worked. The man with the glasses turned pale.

"You...what are you doing?" Liu Jianguo finally reacted, his voice trembling slightly.

The man with glasses looked at the other three people and finally sighed. "Forget it, we've been discovered."

"What was discovered?" Liu Jianguo still couldn't believe it.

"Old Liu, I'm sorry, we did team up to set you up," the man with glasses admitted readily. "But don't blame us. Who told you to accidentally mention the thousand-year-old ginseng hidden at home?"

"What?" Liu Jianguo's eyes widened. "Are you after my ginseng?"

"Two hundred thousand is nothing. That thousand-year-old ginseng is priceless." Another person spoke up. "We originally planned to let you lose money slowly and then use the ginseng to pay off the debt. We didn't expect this kid to see through us."

Liu Jianguo was so angry that he was shaking all over. He suddenly stood up and was about to attack. "You bastards!"

"Don't get excited." The man with glasses sneered, "Do you think we are unprepared?"

As soon as he finished speaking, five or six strong men came out from the inner room and surrounded us.

"Now that you've discovered it today, forget about leaving." The man with glasses tore off his disguise. "Just cooperate with us and ask the old man to hand over the ginseng. Then we'll all be able to talk."

Liu Jianguo turned pale with fear, but I smiled. "Just a few of you?"

"Kid, don't think you are not afraid of death just because you are young." One of the strong men threatened.

I stretched my wrists and said, "I haven't exercised for a long time. It's a good time to stretch my muscles."

The first strong man rushed towards me, I dodged to the side, grabbed his wrist and twisted it. There was a "crack", and he screamed and fell to his knees.

"Come on!" the man with glasses shouted.

The remaining few gathered around me. I didn't panic, but instead felt a little excited. All those years of martial arts training hadn't been in vain. This was a good opportunity to test the results.

A strong man attacked from the side, and I elbowed him in the ribs, causing him to immediately bend over. I took the opportunity to knee him, effectively putting him out of action.

The other two hesitated, but I didn't give them time to think. In one movement, I swept one of them down with a kick, and simultaneously struck the other in the temple with a backhand punch.

In less than two minutes, all six strong men were lying on the ground wailing.

"Now we can talk." I clapped my hands and walked towards the man with glasses.

"What...what do you want to do?" The man with glasses' voice was trembling.

"It's very simple. Return all the money that was defrauded this month to Uncle Liu." My tone was calm, but it sounded like the voice of a devil to him.