A knife in love

Chapter 1391

Zhang Shi and Qin Laowu were walking in front, but when they heard Li Qiufeng talking to the little monkey, they stopped in unison.When they heard that the old man surnamed Shou had borrowed a lot of money from the gambling house, both of them were shocked.Zhang Shi also opened a gambling shop back then, so he was very familiar with the various methods in the gambling shop, so he didn't believe what Xiao Hou said.After the little monkey finished speaking, Zhang Shi quickly walked up to Li Qiufeng, and said to the little monkey, "Little brat, don't talk nonsense. If the boss of the gambling shop borrowed the money so casually, I'm afraid he would have gone bankrupt." Now, do you still have a bird business?"

The little monkey said with a smile: "Grandpa, you don't know Mr. Shou's tricks. He didn't play for a day or two in each gambling house, but for five or six days before he borrowed money from the gambling house. Every amount of money borrowed has been repaid, and a lot of interest has been paid back. After a few days, the bosses and clerks of the casino naturally have no doubts about him. However, the bosses of these gamblers are not fools, and they send clerks every day Follow Mr. Shou to see where he lives. When they saw that Mr. Shou lived in our Dongsheng Inn, these bosses of course believed that Mr. Shou would be able to repay the debt, so they boldly lent him the money. Mr. Shou yesterday I borrowed more than 100 taels of silver from each gambling house, and then said that I had to leave first, and threatened to go to the gambling shop to gamble again today. It stands to reason that the gambling shop would not let them leave, but Mr. Shou has already been in these gambling houses. After being around for more than ten days, his temperament is very easy-going, and he is very affectionate with the boss of the casino and his staff. Therefore, he said that he had something urgent to do, and the casino didn't make things difficult for him. It's just that two bosses of the casino stayed behind. Out of curiosity, they each sent two shrewd men to follow him. These two men stayed outside our inn all night because their respective bosses were worried that Mr. Shou was cheating. But these two men may be too tired, In the early hours of the morning, they fell asleep unknowingly. When they woke up, it was already broad daylight, and Mr. Shou checked out of the room without making a sound, and walked away swaggeringly. When the casino bosses knew When the news reaches our inn, where can we find Mr. Shou?"

After listening to the little monkey, Zhang Shi smiled, and said, "You monkey bastard is so happy, do you think Mr. Shou did you a favor when he lived in the inn?"

The little monkey had a smirk on his face, and said in his mouth: "Mr. Shou is very generous. There are more than a dozen guys in our inn, including the cooks in the back kitchen, which one of them has not benefited from Mr. Shou? Sir, you are not from Dongliao County. The local people don’t know how many wives and families have been destroyed by those gambling houses over the years. Now they are cheated by Mr. Shou, but they are also unhappy with the retribution. I heard that some gambling shop owners can’t make up for their losses. Run away. It would be better if all these bastards are eaten by wild dogs, that will be the end of it all, and the wishes of the common people will be fulfilled."

Li Qiufeng stood aside and listened to the talk between Xiaohou and Zhang Shi, and thought to himself, those casino bosses are all shrewd, how could the guys who sent to monitor Shounan Mountain be incompetent?They fell asleep in the wee hours of the morning, either because they were exhausted, or because they were placed in sleeping holes by Shou Nanshan or Zhang Yong without anyone noticing.These guys don't know martial arts, but they don't know if they have mastered Shou Nanshan's tricks.But it is true, as Little Monkey said, that the bosses who run the casino are all ruthless, and have ruined many families.They ended up like this, but they are not worthy of pity.

Zhang Shi and Xiao Hou chatted and laughed a few more words, then waved to Li Qiufeng, and the three entered the inn together.Qin Laowu lowered his voice and said to Zhang Shi while walking: "Besides Mr. Zhang, since those gambling shop owners can't find Shou, why don't they trouble the inn owner?"

Zhang Shi walked and said: "Old Qin, you are asking such a ridiculous question. Where is Dongsheng Inn? Those gambling shop bosses dare not come here to make trouble. This Mr. Shou is so lucky. Great, took away hundreds of taels of silver without any effort, I don't know how many years of practicing this kind of kung fu, it has reached such a state of proficiency."

The three of them talked and talked, and before they knew it, they had reached the second floor.Zhang Shi made a "silence" gesture to Li Qiufeng and Qin Laowu, and then carefully led them into the guest room.Qin Laowu said in a low voice: "Damn it, once you enter the inn, you feel chills on your back. It's all bastard surnamed Xiao who is putting on airs, making life difficult for everyone..."

Before Qin Lao Wu finished speaking, Zhang Shi hurriedly waved his hand at him, then pointed to the direction of Xiao Dong's guest room, and said in a low voice: "Old Qin, we can't offend the surname Xiao just now. If we want to find Da Chuan To come back, we can only rely on the power of the government. With the surname Xiao at the front, we will save a lot of trouble."

Qin Lao Wu refused to accept it, but he didn't dare to say any more, he just muttered a few words, then picked up a cup of tea on the table and drank it down.Zhang Shi said to Li Qiufeng: "Let's rest for a while, and then go to tell Mr. Xiao about this matter. If the matter is really like what Mr. Wang said, we can only ask Xiao Dong to find the yamen to clear it up, and force the thieves and pirates to return the big ship to us. "

Li Qiufeng was startled, and said: "Look for the yamen to clear it?"

Zhang Shi smiled and said: "Brother Zhu, you don't have much dealings with the government, and you don't know many dirty things. All the local ruffians, thieves in the green forest, and water bandits in the sea mostly have secret contacts with the servants and subordinates in the government. Don't underestimate the headhunters in the yamen, all of them are masters. For example, Master Pan in the magistrate's yamen of Dongliao County, I look at him very unreasonably."

Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment, then said: "Mr. Zhang, are you saying that Master Pan is behind our backs and colluded with the thieves?"

Zhang Shi shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not saying that he colluded with the thieves, but he must know a lot of things that we don't know. Right now, he doesn't get any benefits, but he only acts in the way of Xiao Dong's urging. Do your best to help us find the appearance of the big boat. But brother Zhu, have you noticed that the people who searched for the big boat outside the city were those Zhuang Ding of those big families, and Master Pan didn't participate at all. This person is extremely greedy and cunning, Xiao Although your lord is an official in the capital, if you want to deal with this little master from a remote county, I'm afraid you may not be able to fight him."

Qin Lao Wu said in a rough voice: "Mr. Zhang, are you going to let the surname Xiao force Master Pan to help?"

Zhang Shi said in a deep voice: "Master Pan is behind Li Zhi County. These two people are each other's front and back, working together. It is useless to force Master Pan. It is necessary for Mr. Xiao to find Li Zhi County directly and let Li Zhi County do things with all his heart. Master Pan will do it." Do your best."

As soon as Zhang Shi's voice fell, Li Qiufeng waved his hand to Zhang Shi and said in a low voice, "Someone is here."

Zhang Shi and Qin Laowu were startled and listened attentively, but at first they didn't hear the slightest sound.But after a while, there were indeed footsteps coming from outside the door, and then someone said outside the door: "Has Yuanwai Zhang come back? Master Xiao asked Yuanwai Zhang to go over and talk."

(End of this chapter)