female catcher

Chapter 118

When Xia Chu arrived at the classroom, he saw Chang Qing and the manager of the gambling shop having a lively conversation, and somehow thought it was a refreshment meeting with old friends in the tea house.

Xia Chu coughed lightly, and Chang Qing hurriedly stood up when he heard it, and introduced from both sides: "This is Xia Butou of our government office. Boss, this is the money manager of Tianlu Casino."

Money in charge?Xia Chuxin said that the name really fits well, and nothing in the gambling house is concerned, except money.

Guanshi Qian had a shrewd and oily face, and his mustache trembled with a smile, "Xia Butou, I have looked up to you for a long time, you are really young and promising! We still have to count on you to take care of our small business."

Xia Chu lowered his head and smiled, "Take care of yourselves, and don't mess with me if you make a mistake."

The implication is that if you mess with me, I will make you look good.

Guanshi Qian was choked back by Xia Chu, and in an embarrassing way, he smoothed things over and said: "Xia Butou was joking, although we are a gambling house, we are all very responsible. Help people have some fun, Xiao Gaiyi Love."

Chang Qing asked Guanshi Qian to sit down, and said to Xia Chu: "Boss, didn't you ask me to investigate Yu Shirong? Rong still has a little reputation." He waved his little finger, "It's just that the reputation is a bit stinky."

"How smelly?"

"It's generally smelly. After all, the family is in business. Although the business may not be very big, it still has a solid foundation." Chang Qing pointed to Guanshi Qian, "Yu Shirong likes to gamble, and he started to gamble about a year ago. Fang, at first I played mahjong, and I didn’t play very much. Later, I started playing dice and betting, which can win or lose quickly. Later, I started to owe money. At the most, I owed 80 taels at a time. I was so anxious that I bet all my clothes on it. I didn’t accept that I lost, and I scolded and found fault, saying that the gambling house made him hurt..."

Steward Qian hurriedly interjected: "No, there really isn't! Xijing is a place where dragons and tigers are hidden. There are plenty of people with waists thicker than his. How can we let him go for a mere 80 taels of silver?"

Guanshi Qian snorted disdainfully.

"Oh? How much money is it worth doing?" Xia Chu asked.

Steward Qian froze and said with a quick smile: "The gambling shop we open honestly does not harm anyone. Those who hang mahjong rely on skills, and those who open treasures depend on luck. Those who come to play are willing to gamble and admit defeat, and so are we." Is it a bet to admit defeat? Integrity management, it all depends on integrity management."

Xia Chu didn't want to argue with him. After all, all the people who went to the casino were adults, and they all had hands and feet. No one tied them up.Although she has strong objections to gambling, those gamblers deserve it no matter what happens to them.It's not that the gambling house will be banned after the rectification, and the gambling will disappear.

"Chang Qing, go ahead and be more concise."

Chang Qing patted his mouth, "Okay, I was too hasty to talk too much. That's it, I heard from some brothers that Yu Shirong often went to Tianlu Casino, so I went over to ask about the situation. Guanshi Qian said that Yu Shirong did go to their place on the first day of April, in the afternoon."

Xia Chu turned around and asked Qian Guanshi: "It's been ten days now, how do you remember it so clearly?"

"It was raining on the first day of April, and there were many idlers, and there were also many people in our casino. I was busy when I heard someone making a noise, so I hurried over to have a look. When I passed by, I saw Yu Shirong pointing his fingers. I asked a little man to stay there without money, and let the space out. The little man was too angry, so he yelled at him a few words, and Yu Shirong asked the guy to blow him up."

"Boom?"

Shopkeeper Qian smiled disdainfully, and said, "That's impossible! Why should he ask our guys to harass other guests as a guest. What's more, Yu Shirong owes a lot of money. It's not sure who will be harassed in a while. He He still owes money to our casino."

"How much do you owe?"

"It's not much, about 30 taels, which happened at the end of March. I signed a credit account and said that I would pay it back in a few days. When I saw him coming that day, I asked him about the credit account first. He was quite generous. , throw out a bank note and fill in the account." Qian Guanshi thought for a while and said: "Oh, I also want a pot of good tea."

At this time, Chang Qing added from the side: "It is said that the boy's hand is quite smooth, and he won more than 20 taels after he went to the table, but he lost it back later."

"Really?" Xia Chu said flatly, looked up at Guanshi Qian, and said with a smile, "Of course you have to lose it back, right? Guanshi Qian."

Guanshi Qian laughed dryly, "Hey, there's no reason to win all the time, he..."

Xia Chu raised his hand to stop him, thought for a while and asked, "How much did he lose?"

"I lost more than 100 taels that day, and my eyes were red. I might be a little bit overwhelmed by being coaxed by others, so I stopped. I played...about three o'clock?" Qian Guanshi said while thinking about it.

100 taels is really not a small amount.

"Manager Qian, do you still have any memory of what clothes Yu Shirong wore that day?"

"This..." Guanshi Qian pondered for a while, "I really can't remember this one, it doesn't seem to be a light color." He smiled helplessly, "It was dark that day, and a big man like me didn't pay much attention to it."

Xia Chu nodded and didn't go into the details. He asked him which bank account Yu Shirong's banknote belonged to, and some other details. After knocking him a few more words, he let him go.

"Boss, how is it going? Can I do this errand?" After Steward Qian left, Chang Qing leaned over and asked enthusiastically with his arms hanging.

"good."

Chang Qing was very happy, "I'm not as good as Xu Lu, but I'm familiar! I know a lot of people from all walks of life, even if I don't know my father. Think of me later, let me meet the big case."

"You are quite ambitious."

He smiled and wiped his nose, "Hey, I come from a small family background in the market, what can I pursue. My father just can't understand me messing around every day, so he asked someone to send me here as an errand in the government office .Boss, I’m telling you the truth, don’t be unhappy, the main reason is that you can show your face more in front of you and the adults if you get involved in a big case? You can think of me when you pay a raise later.” He squeezed two fingers to twirl Twist, "Right."

Xia Chu looked at him.Of course she couldn't say that Chang Qing was wrong to think so, no one could live a life.But she was very worried. As a public official, she was too concerned about money, and she was afraid that her mind would become wild and distracting thoughts would arise whenever she had the opportunity.Professional ethics is something to talk about, but using morality alone to restrain is tantamount to handing over the power of supervision to the person in power.Besides, there are differences in moral standards from person to person.

For example, Chang Qing, who used to hang out on the street, probably doesn't think it's a big deal to take some money from the victim.

Thinking of this, she said to Chang Qing: "The errand was done well this time, but the criterion for evaluating a policeman is not just how many clues you find, how many cases you solve, it's all about appearances." .”

Chang Qing was stunned, and asked incomprehensibly, "Then what else?"

Xia Chu smiled: "Think about it yourself. What a good policeman should look like. If you don't understand, ask your father, the neighbors, the shops in the streets and alleys, and the vendors who set up stalls. It's not difficult." She stopped talking, didn't continue, and said: "Just now Guanshi Qian said that the banknotes paid by Yu Shirong were all from Longchang, you can ask and see if you can find anything."

"what?"

"500 taels of silver were lost in the silver cellar of Guangji Hall," Xia Chu said.

Chang Qing left, Xia Chu stood up and saw darkness in front of his eyes.I was so busy in the morning that I didn't even have time to eat breakfast. Now I was hungry and felt empty for a while, so I hurried to buy a few buns from Qingfeng Baozi Shop opposite.

When buying steamed buns, Hou Xia Chu suddenly thought of Wang Huai. He vaguely seemed to have said something to him, but was forgotten by Qian Guan.She paid the copper coin and took the buns back to the police room. The policemen were all busy with what they should be busy with, and even if they were not busy, they all ran out and pretended to be busy. There was no one.

"Hey, it's so clean." Xia Chu muttered.He ate the steamed stuffed bun with warm tea, covered his mouth and burped, Xia Chu felt comfortable all over, except his neck.

The Longchang bank is not far from the government office, but the speed at which Chang Qing returned still surprised Xia Chu.Chang Qing held something wrapped in furskin under his arm, and said with a smile: "When I went out, I saw a brother driving out of the city, so I asked him to take me there."

"Tell me."

"I asked the people at the ticket office to check the accounts on the first day of April, and the time was probably locked between Chenshi in the morning and Weishi in the afternoon. Cao Xuelian was still in Baicao Village at Chenshi, and Yu Shirong had already arrived at the casino at Weishi. If it was Yu Shirong who cashed the bank notes in this area, he would be suspicious, otherwise, where his money came from, it has nothing to do with the murder. Boss, is that right?"

Xia Chu thought for a while, turned his head to Chang Qing and said, "That's the case, you can."

Chang Qing raised her eyebrows with a trace of complacency, "Cough, what a joke, why else would I have come back so soon."

Xia Chu smiled, "Give me a compliment. Let's talk about it, what's the result?"

"Suspicious." Chang Qing opened the bundle, took out the account book, turned to a page and pointed it out to Xia Chu, "It rained heavily in early April, and there were not many people who went to cash the banknotes. Two people, one exchanged silver bills for 50 taels, and the other exchanged cash for silver bills, 200 taels."

"Did you bring all the account books?"

"They don't want to give it, saying that they can't do business if they take away the account book." Chang Qing smiled and waved his hand, "That's not going to happen! The government office handles a case, so there is no reason not to give something, isn't it?"

Xia Chu sighed inwardly, "Don't do this next time."

"what?"

"There is no doubt about the ticket number, so why bother to show such unnecessary prestige. Just come back and tell me if you ask for clues. If you can't figure it out, you can bring it back. If you have asked clearly, you still need to take other people's account books. You are not tricking me." Do people hate it?"

Xia Chu glanced at him, "You think you are the leader of Xijing!"

(End of this chapter)