Chen County has been busy these days.

Lord Yushi was like a piece of dog skin plaster stuck to him, so that he didn't dare to come out.

Mo said that he did have a ghost in his heart, that is, those hard bones who were sitting upright in the line didn't have to accompany the smiling face when they met the patrol according to the imperial history?

That's what happens in officialdom.

For this kind of patrol Feng Magistrate, no matter how much he hates it in his heart, he has to have a smiling face on his face.

There's no way, who asked people to take chicken feathers as arrows, and they were sent by the imperial court to represent the imperial court?

Fortunately, Chen County ordered to take precautions, and he always ordered the scribes in the yamen to make yin and yang accounts.

If the Shangguan came to check, he would take out a book of prepared payables, and the actual expenses would be recorded in another account book. The details of the accounts recorded on the two ledgers are completely different.

So He Yushi didn't find out anything.

Rao is like this, Chen Xianling was still shocked in a cold sweat.

He looked forward to it day and night, looking forward to sending this plague god away as soon as possible, so that he could enjoy the joy of fish and water with his beautiful concubine in the back office.

Finally, yesterday He Yushi left the county office.

In the New Year, naturally you can't be emotionally ruined.

Now that He Yushi has left the county office, Chen County Ling can temporarily relax and enjoy himself.

But after all, Lord Yushi only left the county government, but did not leave Jingzhou.

Chen Xianling didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and he couldn't play too much with his favorite concubine Yunyu.

It's just a routine that gets tired of playing it a few times.

Chen Xian Ling pushed away the beautiful concubine who was not in a wisp and snorted coldly.

"What is the master worried about?"

The concubine hurriedly covered her body with her clothes and said greasyly.

"Well, I always feel unsure. When this Lord Yushi came to Jingzhou, the first thing to check was me, did he hear any rumors? ”

As the saying goes, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.

But Chen County's bad things are really too much, of course I will be afraid.

said that he used corruption to build a river embankment and give it to His Royal Highness the King of Liao to celebrate his birthday.

If this matter is found out, he will definitely die, and the king of Liao will not be able to get out of it.

There are many such things, and every one of them is a felony that can be sentenced to exile or beheading, how can Chen County's order have a way to live?

As soon as he thought of this Chen County Order, he shuddered. Alas, it is said that it is good to be a corrupt official, but corrupt officials can't help but investigate. In the face of Shangguan's inspection, it was really not good to eat and drink.

"The old man is too careful. In this Gangneung city, in addition to the county government, it is the government office. Mishi-sama has to go to one first. ”

The concubine's comfort made Chen Xianling feel a little relieved, and he nodded and said, "I hope so." ”

As he spoke, he began to get dressed.

The concubine looked at Chen Xianling with a look of dissatisfaction: "Master, why did you finish your business so quickly today." The concubine has to ......"

Chen Xianling turned his head and grabbed a handful on the concubine's chest, and said with a lewd smile: "Haha, master, I am going to do an important matter, and I will clean you up when I come back in the evening." ”

The little concubine blushed for a while by Chen County's order, and hurriedly lowered her head.

Chen Xianling dressed neatly and left the back office with a flick of his sleeves, and took a sedan chair out of the office in the sedan hall.

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Shengguitang, the largest gambling house in Gangneung City, is located in a small alley in the middle of nowhere.

Outside the gambling house is a cloth shop, and you can only get to the gambling house by passing through the cloth shop.

This layout is of course for the sake of caution, after all, gambling is strictly forbidden in the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was a very strict law prohibiting gambling, and those who caught gamblers were directly cut off their hands.

In the middle and late periods, the bureaucratic system was decaying, the world was extravagant, and the intensity of the ban on gambling also dropped again and again, and the gambling house rose on a whim.

But Rao is like this, gambling is still forbidden in the Ming Dynasty.

You can open a gambling house, but you can't be too blatant. As long as you don't make it difficult for the yamen, the yamen will also turn a blind eye.

Therefore, many gambling houses will be set up in remote alleys, supplemented by camouflage, which is a bit like the underground gambling houses of later generations.

In fact, the gambling house also pays taxes to the yamen, but these taxes are not on the surface, they are private taxes set by the local yamen, and they do not need to be handed over to the imperial court.

It is precisely because the local yamen took the benefits of these gambling houses that the gambling houses were able to exist calmly.

Chen Xianling's sedan chair fell down in the alley where Sheng Guitang was located.

Chen Xianling lifted the sedan curtain and Shi Shiran walked out, and ordered the sedan chair man: "You are waiting outside." ”

After saying that, Chen County Ling stepped into the cloth line.

The cloth shop was just a cover-up, and Chen Xianling walked around the car and walked into the gambling house through the secret door.

As soon as I entered the gambling house, the atmosphere immediately became enthusiastic.

The hustle and bustle, the noise, and the swearing mingle make one think that this place is like a bazaar.

The gambling house is different from ordinary shops, even on Chinese New Year's Eve, not to mention that it is now the seventh day of the new year.

Gamblers are crazy, especially after they fall into a drunkenness.

As the largest gambling house in Gangneung City, this Shengguitang naturally has a complete range of gambling tricks.

There are those who play dominoes, those who bet on the big and small, and those who play double-back.

Gambling is also divided into high and low, and the general poor gambling is mostly betting on the size of the gambling house, in the outermost hall of the gambling house.

High-end gamblers, on the other hand, will go to the private rooms to enjoy their pleasures.

Chen Xianling glanced at the dealer who gave dominoes and sneered disdainfully.

He paced into one of the inner rooms, took a sip from his teacup, and sat down.

The tea is the best Yuyao fairy tea, which is more moist than the dragon well, and is the favorite of Chen Xianling.

He drank half a cup of tea, and a middle-aged man in a navy blue cardigan walked in and gave his hand to the county order.

"Chen Xianzun is here, and there is a loss of welcome."

"Well, we're all old acquaintances. Don't be so polite. ”

Chen Xianling waved his hand and motioned for this proprietor Cao to sit down and say.

This Cao proprietor is Cao Rui, the owner of Shengguitang. Ordinary businessmen have to bow and kowtow when they see the county commander, but Cao Rui can enjoy such courtesy, naturally because he has a close relationship with Chen County.

In other words, he didn't give Chen County a lot of silver.

The gambling house made huge profits, and it was a business without capital, so it was nothing to give Chen County a benefit fee.

After all, an official is an official, and a business is a businessman. If a businessman wants to become bigger, he must rely on officials, and if an official wants to make money, he must also rely on business. This is where the collusion between officials and businessmen comes in.

Chen Xianling sighed and said, "I'm afraid you've heard about the recent events." Huguang patrol according to the imperial history of the Emperor Wen Cheng He Lord press Linjiangling. The county government where the official is located bore the brunt, and He Yushi was stationed in the county government for a few days, and he was only sent away yesterday. ”

"That's a good thing."

Cao Rui said with a smile.

"But I'm still not at ease. Holding this silver in your hand is like a charcoal of fire, and it is hot for your hands. ”

Chen Xianling shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"What do you mean?"

Cao Rui raised his eyebrows, and he had already guessed Chen Xianling's thoughts.

"You have to find a way to get the silver out and send it to the official's hometown. This official sent someone to send a letter back to his hometown in advance, and someone there would arrange it. ”

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