A bunch of thugs kept by the gambling house rushed up from downstairs. Each of them held a long stick and glared angrily at Wei Dongling and the others.
Luo Xunlong sneered coldly. "What? You're allowed to cheat secretly while others aren't? Do you think everyone at this table is a fool?"
As soon as he said this, the faces of the gamblers at the table all turned ugly.
Yu Haiming calmly took out a cloth bag and stuffed the silver on the table into it one by one right in front of everyone.
Seeing this, the thugs turned livid with rage and tightened their grips on their long sticks.
The gray - haired dealer sneered sinisterly. "Humph! You're deliberately looking for trouble, aren't you? I'm afraid you'll come in but won't be able to get out alive!"
Luo Xunlong stood up, cracking his knuckles with both hands alternately. He hooked his lips into a charming smile. "Stop talking nonsense. Come at me all at once!" With that, he stepped forward and kicked the chair beside him flying. It smashed straight at the dealer's feet.
The thugs beside them, grinding their teeth in anger, couldn't hold back any longer. They tightened their long sticks and swarmed forward.
Yu Haiming quickly stuffed the still - dazed Wei Dongling and Cui Huan under the table. He also threw the cloth bag filled with silver under the table and then flew forward to help Luo Xunlong make a riot in the gambling house.
Almost in an instant, the curses and screams were deafening.
Wei Dongling, who was hiding under the table, opened the cloth bag and looked inside. The principal and the winning gold ingots and silver notes were all stuffed in it, filling half of the bag.
While the others were fighting fiercely with a great clatter, Wei Dongling estimated the position and reached out her hand to grope for the gold bricks on the table.
Cui Huan looked around warily and advised Wei Dongling beside her. "Stop trying to profit from the chaos! We can't take them all!"
Wei Dongling didn't have time to reply to Cui Huan. She groped for a gold brick and stuffed it into the bag. She stuffed several in a row. Seeing that the bag was about to burst, she had to stuff the gold bricks into her lapel.
Cui Huan observed the surroundings and found a wooden window not far away. She thought it should be facing the street outside. She planned to find an opportunity to take Wei Dongling and leave first. After all, staying here wouldn't help much.
Wei Dongling stuffed the gold bricks into her lapel one by one, making her chest bulge. She glanced at Cui Huan's chest and couldn't help sighing. "My chest may be small, but it can hold a lot!"
When she looked back, she saw two or three thugs from the gambling house knocked to the ground. As they rolled, a stack of silver notes fell from the table. Wei Dongling's eyes lit up at the sight of the money and she was about to pounce on them to pick them up when Cui Huan grabbed her ankle.
Cui Huan pulled Wei Dongling back and said anxiously. "Stop picking them up. Let's figure out how to get out first! Did you see that window?"
Wei Dongling looked aggrieved and gritted her teeth. "Can't you see it's beckoning to me? How can I let the silver notes down?" With that, she shook off Cui Huan's hand, crawled out, grabbed the silver notes, stuffed them into her sleeve while shrinking back with her butt sticking out.
Cui Huan sighed worriedly at her appearance. She followed her out, picked up a chair on the ground and smashed it at the wooden window.
With a loud crash, the group of people who were fighting were startled and all stood still looking this way. They saw Wei Dongling struggling to carry a big bag of money and move towards the window. She could hardly hold it and walked forward carefully with her legs in a wide stance and trembling.
Seeing this, the dealer turned livid with anger. He pointed at Wei Dongling and roared at the thugs. "Catch her! Don't let her escape!" The thugs quickly left Luo Xunlong and Yu Haiming and pounced on Wei Dongling.
Luo Xunlong and Yu Haiming reacted quickly. They rushed forward and blocked in front of Wei Dongling.
Cui Huan was speechless. She quickly stepped forward to help Wei Dongling lift the money bag and rushed straight towards the window. While running, she complained half - crying and half - laughing. "Miss, can't we take less?"
Wei Dongling hugged the money bag tightly and leaped out. She pouted and said aggrievedly. "I've taken very little. The winnings from the last round haven't even been put in yet!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the bag was too heavy. When she landed, she slipped and fell flat on her face. The tied cloth bag didn't come apart, but the gold bricks that had made her chest bulge fell out and scattered on the ground.
Wei Dongling didn't care about the abrasions on her palms. She quickly got up and picked up the gold bricks on the ground, stuffing them back into her lapel one by one. Just as she was about to pick up the third one, a woman's foot stepped directly on the gold brick. Wei Dongling looked up along the delicate embroidered shoes and saw a pair of familiar eyes. The owner of these eyes was clearly the woman who had used a child to stage an accident during the day.
This woman had a beautiful face and a well - proportioned figure. She was about twenty years old. It seemed that she had washed off her makeup at night and hadn't had time to put it on again, revealing her true face.
At this moment, she stared coldly and fiercely at Wei Dongling lying on the ground, a sneer curling up on her lips.
Wei Dongling reached out to touch the iron hairpin on her head and stabbed it hard at the woman's ankle while shouting. "Cui Huan! A guest is coming!"
The woman was quick - witted and dodged the attack at her foot. Wei Dongling put away the iron hairpin, picked up the gold brick on the ground and quickly rolled away.
"Coming!" Cui Huan responded immediately. She protected Wei Dongling behind her and rushed forward to fight with the woman.
The two women punched and kicked each other, blocking and counter - attacking, fighting quite intently.
Wei Dongling was in a hurry to pick up the money. When she looked up, she saw a group of black - clothed men holding torches running towards them on the street.
How did the secret guards raised by the Crown Prince know so quickly that there was a riot in the underground gambling house?
Wei Dongling didn't hesitate. She whistled sharply, the sound echoing far in the night sky. Then, she quickly picked up the silver and ran towards the carriage in the distance.
Seeing this, Cui Huan didn't dare to fight any longer. She fought while retreating.
At the second - floor window, hearing the whistle, Luo Xunlong and Yu Haiming flew down one after another.
Wei Dongling got on the carriage. Seeing the three of them get on one after another, she whipped the horse's buttocks and the carriage galloped away like the wind.
"Stop!" A large group of thugs and secret guards chased after the carriage. They were also very fast.
Luo Xunlong and Yu Haiming took out two crossbows from the carriage. They leaned out of the window on the left and right sides respectively and shot backward.
The moonlight was dim. Wei Dongling didn't have time to look back to see if they could aim or how many people they had injured. She only heard the occasional screams from the people behind.
Cui Huan pulled down the carriage curtain forcefully and spread it flat. She quickly divided the big bag of gold bricks and silver notes into two parts and tied them tightly, making it convenient to take them separately later.
Wei Dongling whipped the horse desperately and the carriage galloped away.
The carriage circled the city several times. When they returned to the backyard of the Listening Wind Tower, they saw Ruan Niang standing at the back door with her hands on her hips waiting for them.
Ruan Niang scanned everyone one by one. Seeing that all four of them were okay, she finally felt relieved. She scolded unhappily. "None of you are worry - free!"
Wei Dongling took out a gold brick from her lapel with a beaming smile and stuffed it into Ruan Niang's hand. She said softly with a smile. "Ruan Niang, you've worked hard. Sorry to have made you worry!"
"Brother Lang and Brother Qin were so afraid that something might happen to you that they rushed there in a hurry. It seems that you missed each other?" Ruan Niang took the gold brick and looked at it carefully in the dim moonlight. Then she stepped aside to let them into the house.