Quanru's face changed immediately, his palms and back were covered in sweat.

Zhu Dong County is Zhu Ling. He was originally ordered to guard Dongping. After Dong Zhao was defeated and surrendered, he retreated to Dong County, stationed in Dongwuyang, and guarded Cangtingjin. His guards would never be as simple as making a living when they appeared here.

Sun Ce was not very nervous. There were people arranged by Guo Jia in Wanjinfang, and Zhang Wei must have been under Guo Jia's surveillance. The reason why he did not report was naturally because Zhang Wei was not enough to cause harm. All he could contact was middle and lower-level soldiers. The central army had no combat missions now, so the information he could find was very limited. At most, he could buy and sell some weapons and war records in private.

But since he showed his appearance, he couldn't escape. Without Sun Ce's instructions, the two tiger soldiers stepped forward and took Zhang Wei down.

Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao opposite him, and Ma Chao also looked at Sun Ce with a dazed expression, as if he hadn't reacted yet, or he didn't care, and he looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

"Have you ever gambled money before?" Sun Ce asked.

Ma Chao blinked his eyes and recovered a little. He took the seat again and took the case with both hands. "What do the king want to bet?"

"Bet your life, bet your life."

"Okay, my life is not worth much anyway. It's rare for the king to ask for it. I'll bet with you."

"If you win, I will pay back the gambling debts you owe. If I win, your life is mine. In the future, you will never regret it."

Ma Chao laughed. "I didn't expect my life to be so valuable. Thank you, the king. I bet. Please throw it first."

"No hurry, this dice cannot be used." Sun Ce said, and his fingers were used to force the dice in his hand. A drop of shiny liquid rolled out from inside and rolled around on the lacquer wooden table. People around him exclaimed, and some were surprised by Sun Ce's extraordinary power. The dice was made of ivory and was pinched with only two fingers, which was extremely easy for people to reach. More people were surprised by the drop of liquid. People who often hang in casinos knew what it was. There was article in the dice. No wonder Zhang Wei was so good at gambling skills. He dared to be called the eight-armed dragon. It turned out that the dice was cheating.

Ma Chao's eyes also changed, with a little more anger and a little more clear-headed. No wonder he had such a bad luck in gambling recently, and it turned out that he had been plotted against. What made him even more embarrassed was that the dice had been passed in his hands countless times, but he did not notice the problem. Sun Ce discovered it as soon as he started. With this feeling in his hands alone, his recent regression was enough to make him feel ashamed.

Logically speaking, with his martial arts level, it is difficult to hide this trick from his hands.

Sun Ce ordered people to take a new pair of dice, and turned it in his hand for a moment, throwing it casually, and five dices rolled on the table for a while, two black and three white, which were a mess, and the winning range was very small. But Sun Ce didn't care and signaled Ma Chao to throw it again. Ma Chao took the dice, shaking it in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he rolled the dice. The dice turned on the table, and the speed became slower and slower. Before all the dice were settled, the gamblers on the side began to talk.

They have seen that the dice that Ma Chao threw will not only be greater than Sun Ce, but also is likely to be the biggest "Lu", which is five all black, at least four black and one white "Zhi". Ma Chao has been gambled here for so long, and it is the first time that he has thrown such a large dice. With only such luck once before, he would not lose so badly.

The dice finally settled, five were all black, Lu.

Ma Chaosheng.

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and spread his hands. "You can leave now."

Ma Chao quietly looked at the five dice on the table, motionless, his face turned red and pale. No one dared to speak in the crowd around him, and the huge Wanjinfang was silent.

After a long time, Ma Chao raised his head, but did not look at Sun Ce, but looked at Quan Rou who was beside him. "Don't I owe you money?"

Quan Rou was sweating all over her head, and she was not nodding, nor was she not nodding.

Ma Chao stood up and walked to Sun Ce. "Master, can you lend me some more money? I want to redeem the knife."

"Yes." Sun Ce nodded. Needless to say, someone soon took Ma Chao's sword, as well as a pair of armor and a set of golden silk armor, all placed on the table. Ma Chao untied his shirt, exposed his strong chest, picked up the sword and pulled it out of the sheath. Looking at the sword that was well maintained, he sighed, raised his hand, removed the crown, untied the bun, grabbed a tied tied hair, and waved the sword gently, and the hair was cut.

Ma Chao threw his hair on the table. "Fufeng Ma Chao, here to cut it and swear, from now on, I will follow the King of Wu to work hard for the sake of a dog and a horse. If there is any difference, it will be despised forever." After saying that, he took a step back, knelt on the ground with one leg, held up the sword with both hands, and raised it over his head.

"Please hire the king."

Sun Ce took the sword and gently put it on Ma Chao's shoulder. "Meng Qi, you have been tempered into steel for hundreds of times. The prodigal son turned around. I hope you will not be deceived by the demons in your heart, be enterprising, and do something to comfort General Fu Bo's heroic spirit in the sky."

"Here!" Ma Chao bowed to the ground and agreed with tears.

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Sun Ce waved and signaled the person in charge to take a step forward.

The person in charge was a middle-aged man with a medium figure, not strong, but shrewd. He stepped forward and saluted without being humble or arrogant. "I don't know that the king is coming and I am not well prepared, so please forgive me."

Sun Ce ignored him and just asked him to call all the kabukis from Wanjinfang. The middle-aged man's face changed slightly, but he still acted according to the orders. After a while, dozens of gorgeous women, radiant women went downstairs, lined up in two lines, and stood in front of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce leaned back and pointed at the Kabuki wearing imitation Yulinwei costumes and said to Ma Chao behind him: "Does he look familiar?"

Ma Chao understood at a glance, his eyes were bloodshot and furious. These Kabuki not only wore clothes that looked like the uniform of Yulin Guard, but also had ornaments similar to the logo on their shoulders, and even his figure and appearance were somewhat similar to Han Shaoying and Ma Yunlu. He stepped forward, pulled out his battle knife, walked to the two Kabukis, kicked them down, grabbed their hair, and slashed them with a knife.

"Let's wait." Sun Ce stopped drinking in time.

"Master, is it tolerant, who is intolerable?"

"I didn't let you bear it, but what's the use of killing them?" Sun Ce sneered. He turned around to be in charge of the middle-aged man, smiling indifferently. "You are very brave, do you dare to make Yu Linwei jokes?"

The middle-aged man was sweating profusely and could not wipe it clean no matter how hard he wiped it. He knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly. His forehead broke in just a few seconds, and his blood was flowing all over his face. Sun Ce did not stop, and he did not dare to stop, "其其其", one by one, and in a while, he fainted and collapsed on the ground, like a ball of mud.

Sun Ce turned around and looked at Quan Rou. "Do you know this?"

Quan Rou knelt down quickly and raised her hand to swear. "King, I swear to the heaven that if I know that this matter is halfway, I will not die well, and the whole family will be slaves forever."

"Where are you?" Sun Ce looked at the soldiers present.

"Good luck!" There were a group of people kneeling down in the crowd, and the sound of kowtows came one after another.

"You don't have to ask me for your gratitude. If the offender admits the gambling, the offender will take the blame. Jun Zheng and Yulinwei will come to settle the score with you. You should be blessed, and no one can save you." He turned around and said to Quan Rou, "Even if you don't know, you will have joint and several liability. Please submit a memorial and punish yourself."

"Here." Quan Rou was sweating profusely, her face was pale, and she regretted it. She wanted to kill the sank to death with a knife. He never expected that these people would be so bold that they would dress up as Yu Linwei, and even as Han Shaoying and Ma Yunlu. Fortunately, no one would have dressed up as Sun Shangxiang, otherwise he would not be able to keep his head today.

Despite this, the disaster was a big deal, and he had no idea how it ended.

Sun Ce did not give them any chance to think of a mistake. While ordering people to summon Junzheng and Yulin Guard, they ordered people to check the accounts. At this point, Quan Rou did not dare to hide it anymore and told all the partners he knew about. He said one, and Sun Ce ordered someone to pass on one. The more he checked, the more frightened he became. Almost one-third of the lieutenants in the central army, the Central Army had a share, and some of them came to have fun.

The military discipline was actually dispersed to this point, and the water in Wanjinfang was deeper than he had imagined. Sun Ce could not have expected it and couldn't help but be frightened. He suddenly understood why Lu Xun suggested that he lead his troops to fight in person, not only to seize military power, or to give the generals of the central army a chance to make meritorious contributions, but also to worry that the central army would lose its combat effectiveness if they didn't go into battle for a long time. Food and clothing should be thoughtful. No matter how strict the training is, it cannot stop the decline of fighting will. The corruption of the imperial guards, the core force of the imperial guards, has been one of the important reasons for the dynasty's depravity.

The central army can no longer be idle.

After the relevant personnel arrived, Sun Ce left Wanjinfang. The night was already deep and the stars were everywhere, but Sun Ce's heart was heavy. Today he was just here to catch Ma Chao, and he didn't expect to find so many problems, which was like a nightmare. When he thought about it carefully, there were actually many people who reminded him indirectly, but he didn't realize that the problem would be so serious and never took it seriously. This time, facing the problem without any mental preparation was shocking.

What is more disturbing than the problems found are the officials who should have been reminded or stopped in time. They either understate it or turn a blind eye to watch the corruption and depravity of the Central Army. There are regional differences here. They hope that the Central Army generals, mainly Jiangdong people, will be punished for making mistakes. It is not ruled out that some people are harboring evil intentions or even instructed others to deliberately fuel the fire, hoping that the Central Army, mainly Jiangdong soldiers, will lose their combat effectiveness.

There is not only Zhang Wei sent by Zhu Ling in Wanjinfang, but also others. There is not only one Wanjinfang around Gebi, but also a dozen casinos of all sizes, and more in Pingyu City.

"Meng Qi, besides Wanjinfang, which other gambling shops have you been to?"

Ma Chao looked embarrassed. "I had been to Pingyu before, but later I had no money, so I just hang out in Wanjinfang." He sighed and looked back at Wanjinfang with brightly lits, with infinite emotion. "It was simply a nightmare."

Sun Ce frowned and remained silent. Ma Chao woke up from his nightmare, but his nightmare had just begun. The knife would rust if it was hidden in the sheath for too long. It would take it out from time to time to wipe it.

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