Chapter 172 Zhu Benchu ??made a shocking statement
"Let me think about it..."
Sangmenhuan showed a painful expression, obviously "thinking" was not a subject he was good at.
"My surname is Zhu... Master Zhu has been a regular customer here before. I don't have a ledger here, so I can't remember what happened four months ago. Wait a moment." He turned to the men next to him and ordered, "Go and get it."
Liu Laoqi called."
A strong man left. Sangmenhuan explained: "Liu Laoqi is in charge of things at the gambling table, so he may have an impression of Master Zhu."
Zhou Shi waited patiently for a moment, and then a bald old man squeezed into the room.
"You're talking about Boss Zhu." After listening to his boss's question, Liu Laoqi scratched his head and said, "Indeed, he has come to play often since this summer, and his spending is quite generous. Compared with the past, he lost two games in Sosou.
Compared with the virtue of crying, it’s like a different person. Hehe, that’s a fat sheep.”
Sangmenhuan used clenched fists to signal him not to talk nonsense in front of Shopkeeper Zhou.
"It's not surprising. We heard that his old man died this summer. We thought he inherited the family's property and suddenly became rich. Anyway, after he lost all his money, he would come back the next day to continue playing.
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"Wait a minute." Zhou Shi interrupted, "Where does his money come from?"
Since he returned to Fengde Building, he has not seen Zhu Benchu at all, and the money in his account has not been less. So where did Zhu Benchu's money come from?
"I don't know that. I know how he lost all his money." Liu Laoqi laughed happily.
"Does he have friends outside? What contact does he have with other gambling dogs... other guests?" Zhou Shi suspected that Zhu Benchu had borrowed debt outside.
"Well, probably not. His character is very unpopular. He doesn't slip in his words. He always attacks people when he's anxious, but he always fails. But..." Liu Laoqi tilted his head, as if he recalled something.
"For a while, people often came to the casino to look for him."
"Who is it?" Zhou Shi became alert. All the guys he sent to look for Dadong's family reported that they found nothing. They couldn't be from Fengde Building.
"It's not the same person. Sometimes he's a child and sometimes he's an adult. In short, when he comes in, he says he's looking for Mr. Zhu. When he sees him at the gambling table, he says a word to him and leaves. Soon Mr. Zhu will make a bet and kill everyone.
, and then leave."
"What did those people say to him?"
"I only heard it once. At that time, I happened to be next to Mr. Zhu, and a porter said to him, 'Come on, let's go quickly.'"
Come and live... Zhou Shi savored this sentence repeatedly and already had the answer in his heart.
"After he leaves, will he come back the next day?"
"Look what you said, no matter how much money comes from the sky, it can't stop him from making money! I remember one time, he left in such a hurry that he even left the money he won on the table without taking it. People who didn't know it thought he had changed his mind.
.And guess what? As soon as we opened the door the next day, we saw him sleeping next to the door. It turned out that he had been waiting outside for half the night... In short, he came here basically every day, but he hasn’t seen anyone in the past few days."
"The last few days?"
"About five days ago, that kid has never been here. He still owes fifty taels of silver." Liu Laoqi looked angrily, "The gambling debt he owed before will be paid back the next day. Who knows?
Where did that kid go to play!"
Zhou Shi turned to Sangmen Huan.
"Oh, he came yesterday, Liu Laoqi didn't know." Sangmen Huan adjusted his sitting posture and said, "He didn't bring any cash, he said he owed it first and used chips to gamble first. In the end, he lost in one day
Twenty taels. We really couldn't bear the debt of fifty taels, so we asked him for money, but he said he didn't have it, so..."
Hmm... Zhou Shi lowered his head and thought.
In this way, Zhu Benchu has had a fixed source of funds in the past six months, that is, people who send people to do work for him. With the speed of this prodigal son's squandering, the reward offered by the other party is really not small.
But five days ago, the big boss behind the scenes suddenly stopped, and Zhu Benchu lost his financial backer, so he was detained by Sangmenhuan.
Zhou Shi's trip was for the mastermind behind the scenes. He saw in Wu Zhaokun's dream that someone gave him earth ginseng to keep out the cold. Qian De'an found out that Zhu Benchu had been to the pawnshop to find a earth spirit.
Participate. These two incomparable people actually have an intersection!
Wu Zhaokun's disappearance - or possibly his murder - is clearly being manipulated by someone behind the scenes. Could that person be the same person as the person who provided Zhu Benchu with gambling funds?
Fortunately, although Wu Zhaokun's whereabouts are unknown, another key figure is right in front of him.
"I want to see Zhu Benchu." Zhou Shi gave the order.
"Go and bring someone here!" Sangmen Huan said, seeming to wink at his subordinates, which was also noticed by Zhou Shi.
They waited longer than it took to ask Liu Laoqi to come. When Zhu Benchu was pushed through the door, Zhou Shi became a little impatient.
Although his face was thin and sallow, his hair was disheveled, and there were faint bruises on his face, he still recognized him at a glance as the boss of Fengde Building. After all, he had the same flat nose and small eyes as his old boss.<
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"Master Zhu, who do you think is here?" Seeing Zhu Benchu lowering his head and not speaking, the mourning family reminded him, and at the same time looked at Zhou Shi uneasily.
"Zhou, Zhou Shi?" Zhu Benchu slowly raised his head, slightly surprised. He didn't know that the shopkeeper who was kicked out by him would be invited back within a few days.
"My boss, it's me." Zhou Shi replied very politely. At the same time, he keenly noticed that Zhu Benchu's hair was wet, and it was obvious that he had just been pushed into the water.
It seems that this kid suffered a lot and may have fallen into a coma. But Sangmen Huan suddenly wanted to pick someone up, so he had to use rough methods to wake him up... This Sangmen Huan's IQ is really not that good. Since I am here to pick someone up,
Then quickly and secretly send your men to prepare.
Sangmenhuan was worried that Zhou Shi would be angry because he mistreated his boss. In fact, this was a routine method used by casinos to treat people who did not pay back money, but he suddenly found out that the person he tied had a deep background, which made him a little panicked.
Zhou Shi only needs to confirm that Zhu Benchu can still speak.
"Zhou, Shopkeeper Zhou, are you here to pick me up?" Zhu Benchu was a little shy, but he still looked expectantly at the shopkeeper who was kicked out by him.
"I'm sorry, boss, we at Fengde House can't afford so much money." Zhou Shi looked embarrassed, but then added, "But I have informed Mr. Du Wu that he will call someone to pick you up.
Please be patient a little longer."
Of course Zhu Benchu was confused, but even after being hung up for a day, his mind was still bright. He did not refute, but nodded feebly.
Sangmenhuan can't sit still. Good guy, the Fifth Master's people are here to take care of me? They will kill me several times...
"Shopkeeper, please..."
"Fifth Master has his own arrangements. It is natural to pay back debts and I will not embarrass you." Zhou Shi interrupted him and turned to Zhu Benchu, "My boss, let me ask you a few questions. Who is the person working for you outside?
?"
Zhu Benchu hesitated, whether he was afraid of retaliation for exposing the big boss behind the scenes, or fear of losing the financial backer.
"Boss, that person is probably a wanted criminal from the government, and they are being investigated outside." Zhou Shi threatened him, "All the policemen from the Yamen have come to Fengde Building! Please tell me quickly if that's the case, and I can help you deal with it."
, otherwise you will be the first one they catch!"
Ah? Zhu Benchu was startled and said quickly: "What is the name of the person they arrested?"
"It seems to be called... Oops, I can't remember. In short, that person has been moving around the casino recently, giving people gambling funds, instigating people to gamble, and actually controlling the gamblers to do things such as theft. If he is caught,
Yes, even those who are bewitched must be punished!"
"Ah?" Zhu Benchu was frightened, and then he yelled, "Straight bitch, I knew he was not a good guy!"
You know you took his money... But this also confirmed another guess of Zhou Shi, that what that man asked Zhu Benchu to do was indeed not serious.
"Lu Yan!" Zhu Benchu finished his scolding and said, "That person's name is Lu Yan, and he was the one who instigated me!"