77.

Early the next morning, Zhou Shiying saw a bunch of people gathered at the door of the trading house. After a long time of trying to break through the crowd and go in, I saw a middle-aged man kneeling at the door of the business house wearing linen and filial piety, holding a tablet in his hand, crying and howling at this time.

As soon as Zhou Shiying squeezed over, he heard someone around him, "Since you said that your father-in-law was forced to death by people from Hezhong Commercial Bank, he is the boss of Hezhong Commercial Bank, don't you know him?" ”

The onlookers looked at Zhou Shiying in unison, Zhou Shiying looked at the man wearing linen and filial piety in confusion, he looked at this person carefully but had no impression at all.

"It's not him!" The man shouted, "It's the guy surnamed He, who set up a gambling game to cheat me out of money, and used the deed to force my father-in-law to death." ”

The preface he said didn't match the afterword, but Zhou Shiying was stunned. When Lin Hongwen said that there was a shop but he didn't get it, he was not without suspicions. It's just that half a month later, Lin Hongwen really took him to see the shop, and his suspicions disappeared. But He Mu, who appeared inexplicably, made him feel very strange, because Lin Hongwen had never said that there was a third partner before. He Mu only said that the owner of the shop owed him money, as for why he owed him money, not only did he not elaborate at the time, but he also did not mention it in the past few years.

Zhou Shiying thought for a while, thinking that even if there were many twists and turns in this matter, it was all the business of the three of them, and outsiders could not be allowed to take advantage of it. So he calmed down and looked at the man and asked, "What's your name?" What is the relationship with the original owner of this shop? ”

The man said, "My name is Song Chi, and this shop turned out to be my father-in-law's." ”

"Look at this hot day, it's not easy for the big guy to stand here with you", Zhou Shiying looked at the crowd, "In this way, in front of everyone, make it clear what grievances you have." You say that He Mu set up a gambling game to deceive you, where did he set up a gambling game? Did he lie to you himself or did he have complicity? ”

"It's the gambling house that doesn't have a plaque," Song Chi replied.

"You're saying he colluded with the whole casino to cheat you?" Zhou Shiying asked rhetorically.

"If he hadn't colluded with others to deceive me, how could he win so much?" Song Chi said.

"Although I am not a good gambler, I also know that gambling is mainly based on luck", Zhou Shiying said with a smile, "Just because he won a lot, it is a bit too much to say that he colluded with others, right?" Take 10,000 steps back, even if he really colluded, he would have won money and put it in his pocket, how could you be deceived? ”

"I'll bet with him......"

"Did he force you to bet with him?"

"This ......"

"You see that people win a lot, so they follow them to bet, and if you lose, they say that others set up a game to deceive you", Zhou Shiying shook his head, "You are obviously a scoundrel." ”

There were also people in the crowd who knew Song Chi, and when they saw this, they couldn't help but interject, "Boss Zhou doesn't have to talk to him, his father-in-law was obviously angry with him." He is famous for his love of gambling, and in order to grab money to pay off debts, he broke the head of his father-in-law. ”

Zhou Shiying said with a smile, "I also think it's strange, we have been buying this shop for three years, if you really want to complain, you should have come a long time ago, why did it drag on until now?" What have you been doing for the past three years? ”

When Song Chi was speechless when asked, He Mu arrived. After he saw Song Chi's face clearly, he was stunned at first, and then stood aside with a cold face and his arms crossed, "How much silver did you take from others to splash us with dirty water?" ”

"You are spewing blood", Song Chi pointed at He Mu tremblingly and said, "It's obvious that you are cheating on me!" ”

"Shall I cheat you?" He Mu walked up to him in two steps, "You borrowed money from me, I didn't want to lend it to you at all, you had to borrow it." When you took the deed out, I said that it was not appropriate to ask you to mortgage it to the pawnshop, but you refused, and it was not cost-effective to go back to the pawnshop in a few days. Later, when you lost the money, the people ran away, and I waited for you in the gambling house for several days without a trace, and I asked others and said that I didn't know where you went, and I had no choice but to go to the shop. I saw that your father-in-law was old, and your daughter-in-law was pregnant, so not only did they move all the stock, but also gave them an extra five silver dollars. Why don't you tell everyone about these things? ”

Zhou Shiying saw He Mu stretching out his hand, and hurriedly stopped him and whispered, "Don't do it, we'll take care of it." ”

The onlookers accused Song Chi more and more, and He Mu let Zhou Shiying drag his hand, wanting to get on his feet for fear of upsetting Zhou Shiying. There was no place to spread the fire in his stomach, so he could only stare at Song Chi dryly. Zhou Shiying said, "It seems that the person who gave you the money didn't expect you to do anything to us, otherwise why didn't you even make up the words?" ”

Song Chi was finally blown away, and the onlookers just watched a monkey show without spending money and gradually dispersed. But He Mu knew that this matter was not over, and sure enough, he entered the trading house, and Zhou Shiying called him into the back room.

After He Mu went in and sat down, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. Zhou Shiying looked at him intently and asked, "What did you do before?" ”

He Mu was thinking about whether to tell the truth, and Zhou Shiying said again, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, there are so many people in Fujiadian, there will always be someone who knows." ”

"I used to set up a gambling game with people to cheat money at the Tian family's pot," He Mu thought for a while and said.

"Does Hongwen know?" Zhou Shiying asked.

"He doesn't know!" He Mu said with some excitement, "He doesn't know these things. Later, we deceived a rich man, who found someone to surround us, and the accomplices either ran away or were disabled. One day, Hongwen came to find someone to work, and he saw that I was clever, so he asked me to help him inquire about the news of the shop on Xinxing Street. I think he's going to be in business, so I'll help him keep an eye on everyone's news. Later, I let me know that Lao Suntou's son-in-law, that is, Song Chi, is a gambler, and in order to repay the debt, he actually robbed all the money on the books of the cloth shop. also fought with the old grandson and broke the old grandson's head. I told Hongwen about these things, but Hongwen just asked me to pay more attention to them, saying that if the shop was cashed, I would quickly sue him. ”

"He didn't let you lie to Song Chi?" Zhou Shiying asked suspiciously.

"He doesn't know what I did before, how could he let me lie to Song Chi?" He Mu said, "I don't want to live like that anymore, I don't want to wake up every morning without breakfast, I don't want to have a place to have a fire in the winter." I know that Song Chi is a good bet, just right, I'm good at it. I went to the gambling house to gamble money, and I didn't even have to give out a thousand, so he took the bait. Bet with me but don't fully believe me, so I win more and he wins less. ”

"What about the deed?" Zhou Shiying said, "How did you convince him to take the deed as a mortgage?" ”

"Persuasion?" He Mu sneered disdainfully, "It's not effortless at all, think about it, he even took the money on the books, what valuable things can be left in the cloth store besides the deed?" I just told him that his capital was too small, and even if he won, he wouldn't be able to win much, so he wanted to borrow money from me. I pretended to be embarrassed again, saying that he was too poor and afraid that he would not pay back the loan, so he rushed to deliver the deed. You also know that gambling on this kind of thing depends on luck, and if he was really lucky, he would not have gambled for so many years and still become poor for this virtue. After I got the deed, I didn't care about him anymore, and sure enough, he lost all his money in a few days, afraid that I would run away overnight for debt. I took over the shop, so I went to Hongwen and said that the deed was already in my hands, and if I wanted to do business, I could only join the house. ”

"He really didn't know anything about it?" Zhou Shiying stared at He Mu and asked.

"He doesn't know anything, these things have nothing to do with him," He Mu said categorically.

Zhou Shiying looked at him for a while and said, "I just want to know what kind of person I'm partnering with." ”

He Mu said: "I'm not a good person anyway. ”

"I know."

"But I haven't done anything to harm the interests of the firm."

"I also know", Zhou Shiying said and stood up, "Since this matter has passed, forget it, don't do it again in the future." ”

"Got it", He Mu watched Zhou Shiying walk outside, and just breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Shiying turned around and said, "You don't have anything to hide from me, right?" ”

He Mu was frightened, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no." ”

Zhou Shiying glanced at him and walked out.