Cheng Shouping was dumbfounded. He rushed to receive the award. He thought that his uncle would definitely reward him with a large amount of money this time when he was happy, but he didn't know that he actually messed up the matter.
One million taels!
Cheng Shouping's eyes instantly turned red. He screamed and jumped over the counter to get into a fight with the shopkeeper. However, he was quickly rescued by the guards from Sihai Gambling House.
"Where did this lunatic come from? Beat him up until you don't even recognize him!" The shopkeeper covered his black and swollen eyes, pointed at the Cheng Shou bottle and cursed angrily.
"Oh, it turns out that this is the way of hospitality at Sihai Gambling House. If you lose money, you won't pay for it. Instead, you will falsely accuse the customer and beat him to death." A joking voice sounded, and Zu An walked in leisurely.
Chu Chuyan, who was beside him, couldn't help but look cold when he saw Cheng Shouping being beaten so badly. Although this guy was not lovable, he was a member of the Chu family after all. He couldn't tolerate being bullied by outsiders.
Several Chu family guards nearby had already understood this and rushed over, knocking the guards from Sihai Gambling House to the ground and rescuing Cheng Shouping.
"Wow, this girl is so beautiful!"
"You are blind. You don't even recognize the eldest lady of Mingyue Gong's family."
"She is indeed the most beautiful woman in Mingyue City."
"But what are they doing here? Doesn't the Chu family prohibit gambling?"
…
After hearing the news, other customers in the casino and even passers-by rushed over to watch the fun.
Cheng Shou came to Zu An with a bruised nose and a swollen face, hugged his legs and cried bitterly: "Uncle, the betting slip has been torn up by these god damn things!"
Zu An's eyelids twitched: "Speak as you say, don't use my clothes to wipe your nose."
Seeing that Chu Chuyan was also here, the shopkeeper of Sihai Gambling House did not dare to neglect and greeted him with a smile on his face. However, his eye sockets were slightly black and swollen from a punch, and his smile looked extremely funny: "Miss Chu,
What kind of wind has brought you here? I am Du Laosan, the shopkeeper here. Some are far away, some are far away." (Please tell me the nickname of your roommate provided by the universe. Does your roommate know that you love him so much?
...)
Chu Chuyan snorted: "If I didn't come over, I wouldn't be able to see you being so majestic and bullying our Chu family members."
"Don't dare," Du Laosan said with a sly smile, "I didn't know he was from the Chu family before. I have offended many times."
Zu An on the side became impatient: "Okay, okay, stop saying these polite words, just pay the 1 million taels that should be compensated."
Du Laosan's face changed slightly, and he said hurriedly: "I don't understand what you are saying, sir. Just now, your servant used a fake betting slip to defraud you. There is no 1 million taels."
"Whether the betting slip is true or false, everyone should be a witness to distinguish the authenticity. How can I tear it up like you did? Isn't this a guilty conscience?" Zu An said coldly.
Hearing his words, the people around him nodded. The behavior of Sihai Gambling House was indeed somewhat suspicious.
Du Laosan had already prepared for this and said: "When I saw the scholar from your house coming, I thought it was his personal behavior. In order to take care of your house's face, I tore up the betting slip to prevent anyone from gossiping.
But now it seems that this is the master’s instruction behind his back.”
Now that the betting slip has been torn up anyway, as the saying goes, there is no proof, so you can't just let him say whatever he wants, not to mention the reasons he gave are reasonable.
As expected, after hearing his explanation, some people in the audience turned to Zu An with doubtful eyes.
"Oh, you even beat me up." Zu An suddenly laughed, "I had expected that you would be like this, so I was on guard. The real betting slip is with me."
Zu An took out the real betting slip from his arms and showed it in front of everyone: "It's a pity that you were so guilty just now that you tore up the slip without even looking at it clearly. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made such a low-level mistake."
Du Laosan: "..."
The anger value from Du Laosan is +666!
The anger value from Zheng Dan is +666!
The anger value from Sang Hong is +666!
Zu An subconsciously glanced at the closed doors in the backstage of the gambling house. It turned out that Zheng Dan and Sang Hong were hiding behind them. It seemed that this gambling house was indeed their property.
I was wondering why Zheng Dan was so enthusiastic and proactive towards me before. Now that I think about it, it really was for a purpose. Most of it was for the 7.5 million taels of IOUs from the "Silver Hook Gambling House", and I was waiting to use this IOU to completely annex "Silver Hook Gambling House" in the future.
The industry of "Gook Gambling House".
I have to say that this guy surnamed Sang really spent a lot of money. He didn't hesitate to let his fiancée play a beauty trick, and even let me hug and touch her at will.
Hey~ Doesn’t this guy have any special quirks?
I am determined to make such a friend!
It seems that they still don't know that the 7.5 million taels of IOUs are no longer with me. When I go back, I must inform the principal of Meiren'er. Don't disclose this matter. I am still waiting for them to lose my wife and lose the army.
At this time, Chu Chuyan also spoke: "It is actually easy to distinguish the authenticity of the betting slip. The paper material, font handwriting, and pen and ink texture are all specially made and cannot be copied by ordinary people. Moreover, they are all available in the yamen.
Register and file, and it will be clear after comparing. In addition, each bet slip has a corresponding stub in the gambling house. I will immediately ask the county government to ask the county captain to bring someone to your gambling house to check your accounts.
, the stubs over the years, the truth will soon come to light."
She has been running the Chu family all year round, and these business details are no secret to her.
"Miss Chu, calm down, Miss Chu, calm down~" At this time, a man hurried in, "The young one is Zheng Guanxi, the owner of Sihai Gambling House. I have met the young lady and my uncle."
Are you kidding me? This matter was originally their fault. How could they really hide it from the investigation? What's more, when people from the government came to check the accounts, the losses in all aspects were far from as simple as 1 million taels.
"Are you the owner of Sihai Gambling House?" Zu An looked at the several rooms in the distance without revealing any trace. It seems that Zheng Dan and Sang Qian are not planning to come out, but it is understandable that given their identities, it is naturally impossible for them to show up in public.
To participate in a gambling house, you definitely need an agent or something.
"Yes, yes, it's me." Zheng Guanxi smiled with a smile on his face, and his attitude was extremely kind.
"Your surname is Zheng. Are you from the Zheng family in the city?" Zu An said with a half-smile.
"No, no, no, I have nothing to do with the Zheng family. How can a person like me reach the Zheng family?" Zheng Guanxi immediately denied it, and at the same time secretly regretted that he should have changed his name, otherwise it would be easy to guess, but on weekdays
Li also had to take advantage of the Zheng family's influence, which was really a dilemma.
Zu An said: "I don't care whether you are from the Zheng family or the Jia family. There must be an explanation for how to solve today's matter."
"Yes, yes," Zheng Guanxi took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "What happened just now was Du Laosan's personal behavior. We, the senior management of the gambling house, didn't know about it at all. It seems that he has been used to enriching his own pockets over the years, so he thought
I don’t think this is a huge sum of money.”
Teacher Du on the side: "???"
Zheng Guanxi didn't give him a chance to defend himself: "Someone, drag him down and send him to the official."
Teacher Du suddenly became anxious: "You can't burn bridges like this. This is all because of Miss..."
Click~
The thug next to him was well prepared. With one punch, his lower jaw was removed and he was whimpering, unable to speak clearly.
Zu An snorted: "There is no need for you to play temporary workers in front of me. Just tell me, will you give me the money?"
"Give it, give it, of course you have to give it." Although Zheng Guanxi was smiling, his heart was trembling. One million taels. Has the Zheng Family Gambling House made so much money in total since its establishment? "It's just
The amount is really huge, I wonder if it can be repaid in the form of an IOU?"
Zu An nodded: "Yes, but it will cost 4 points."
Zheng Guanxi was immediately shocked: "But last time you only wanted 1 cent profit at Silver Hook Casino!"
"Can it be the same? That's 7.5 million taels owed. Obviously it won't be paid for a while, but you only have 1 million taels, let alone you who run a gambling house can't pay it back." Zu An snorted, luckily
I only bet 10,000 taels, otherwise it would be another stupid debt that is destined to be unrecoverable.
"It's just that, you can't even repay the money you spent to open a gambling house, so why bother opening it?"
"I think what Du Laosan did just now is that Sihai Casino wants to default on its debt."
"I think this uncle of the Chu family is really the nemesis of the casino."
"We will all buy from him in the future, he is definitely a guiding light!"
…
Hearing the pointing fingers from the people around him, Zheng Guanxi was sweating profusely. Suddenly, he paused, as if he heard something, and then said to Zu An: "Let's do this, let's pay half of the 500,000 taels in cash first, and the rest
It's an IOU situation, and it will be settled with two cents of interest when the time comes. What do you think?"
Zu An laughed and said, "I wish I could have done this earlier. Let's get the money." He didn't plan to get it all back this time, so getting 500,000 taels of cash was unexpected. You have to know that he was in Silver Hook last time
The gambling house only got 150,000 taels.
At this time, Sang Qian in the secret room had a gloomy face: "Looking at this guy, I can't help but want to beat him."
Zheng Dan smiled slightly: "He is protected by Miss Chu, so you can't beat him."
Sang Qian stared at her suspiciously: "Why don't you look very angry?"
"Why are you angry? Anyway, our original plan was to get close to him and get the money back." Zheng Dan looked at Zu An in the distance through the gap. "The money is just temporarily placed with him. In the future, I will not only put our
If you get your money back, you will get back more."
Sang Qian hummed: "The next step is up to you. You have to protect yourself and don't let him take advantage of you."
Zheng Dan hummed: "I know."
"There are also some rules in gambling houses that need to be changed. The odds cannot be set so high, and the amount of bets must be limited for high odds. Otherwise, we won't be able to afford it if it happens again." Sang Qian said angrily.
He said, I can't let my wife take action every time. I always feel like my head is glowing with green light during this period.
When the Chu family returned home, Zu An counted the banknotes in his hand and threw one to Cheng Shou Ping, who was so happy that he almost burst out laughing.
Zu An divided some more banknotes and handed them to the guards. The guards were a little hesitant, but when they saw that Chu Chuyan had no objection, they all happily joined his subordinates. Everyone had a family to support, and no one wanted more money.
"My uncle is so handsome today."
"I didn't think so before, but now I see that he and the eldest lady are becoming more and more compatible."
"Well, for the sake of the banknote, I will agree with you against my will."
…
Zu An stuffed another stack of banknotes into Chu Chuyan's arms: "These are yours."
Chu Chuyan did not answer: "No."
"Why are you so polite? You have a share of credit for being able to get the repayment today," Zu An laughed, "My husband is getting richer and richer now, and I will support you from now on."
Chu Chuyan: "..."
Seeing how this guy is squirming, my hands are really itchy.
Back in Chu Mansion, Zu An was so happy that he almost didn't fall asleep at night. When he woke up the next day, he felt refreshed, the sky was bluer, the clouds were whiter, and the air was sweeter.
When he was happily going out to the academy, suddenly a group of government officials came to the door: "Zu An, you have done something wrong, come with us!"
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The update time may not be as stable as before in the past two days. I'm really sorry. I'll try my best to save the draft and resume the 9-to-5 update as soon as possible.
This chapter has been completed!