The business of Shengyun Gambling House is getting better and better, which has also aroused the eyes of the surrounding peers. Other gambling houses basically didn't dare to do anything because Shengyun Gambling House had Wu Shigong as the owner. However, there is a gambling house called Juyou Casino, but it frequently makes small moves to grab back some customers.

So, Wu Shigong asked Zhou Xun, who was familiar with the situation in Nancheng, to inquire about the background of the Juyou gambling house, and after understanding it, he knew that the big owners behind the gambling house were two people. One is the third son of Li Chengzuo, the marquis of Fengcheng, the political enemy of his father-in-law Xue Lian in Beijing, and the other is the nephew of his father-in-law Xue Lian and the cousin of his little wife, Xue Jing'an.

This gave Wu Shigong a headache. After telling his father-in-law Xue Lian about the situation, Xue Lian told Wu Shigong: In any situation, patience is the main thing, and no big counterattacks are allowed.

Xue Lian thought about it this way: Although his son-in-law Wu Shigong suffered a loss, at most he lost a little silver. But Xue Lian definitely didn't want to escalate the conflict between himself and Fengcheng Hou Li Chengzuo, nor did he want the relationship between himself and his younger brother to become more stiff.

Fortunately, the Juyou Gambling House is just a small move. It is estimated that the Marquis of Fengcheng over there also thinks the same way.

That day, Wu Shigong was in the yamen, and suddenly, a guard from his gambling house came to report: There was an accident in the gambling house.

Wu Shigong hurried to the Shengyun Gambling House, and on the way, an acquaintance stopped Wu Shigong. That acquaintance was Gonggong Qin, who led Wu Shigong to raid the house at that time.

That father-in-law Qin was also unlucky. He mistook a godfather. The godfather he recognized was Wang Chengen, the great eunuch beside King Xin.

In the past, Wang Chengen was also a person on Wei Zhongxian's line, so Gonggong Qin was also able to make a clerical work as a celebrant supervisor. At that time when the house was raided, because of the lack of manpower, the father-in-law of Qin was also sent out.

But since Wang Chengen became the great eunuch beside King Xin, he has become more and more alienated from Wei Zhongxian. Therefore, although Gonggong Qin was a relatively delicate person, after staying up for a while, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he was also kicked out of the celebrant and went to the Xinwang Mansion.

The rules of the Xinwang Mansion are big, so the father-in-law of Qin has nothing to earn. But one of his younger brothers came to the capital to take refuge in him. His younger brother's gambling skills are not bad, so Gonggong Qin scraped together some silver, and entrusted Wu Shigong's relationship to charter a gambling table in Shengyun Gambling House, and also earned a lot of silver.

And today, it was the younger brother of Gonggong Qin who had an accident in Shengyun Gambling House.

Wu Shigong was not in a hurry to leave, he asked Gonggong Qin to carefully explain the ins and outs. It turned out that today there was a gambler who lost a lot of silver on the gambling table of the younger brother of Gonggong Qin. Suddenly, he shouted, "Someone is doing something in this gambling house." Hearing the gambler's shout, the shopkeeper Zheng and the guards of the gambling house hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation. But in the chaos, there was really one more card on the gambling table, which made Father-in-law Qin's younger brother unable to tell if he had a mouth.

The people around couldn't tell the situation, according to the rules of the gambling house, the younger brother of Gonggong Qin would have one of his hands cut off and be kicked out of the gambling house forever. So, the younger brother of Gonggong Qin asked the people in the gambling house to slow down, and sent someone to report to Gonggong Qin.

Shopkeeper Zheng also knew the relationship between Gonggong Qin and Wu Shigong, so he did not dispose of Gonggong Qin's younger brother for the time being. But seeing that the people in the gambling house did not deal with it, they didn't know that a group of people came out of there, shouting: "Shengyun Gambling House is cheating!" "It made a mess. Seeing that the situation was not good, the shopkeeper Zheng hurriedly sent someone to Wu Shigong to report the news, and asked Wu Shigong, the owner, to suppress the scene.

Wu Shigong understood as soon as he heard it, and basically knew who was doing the ghost. After entering the Shengyun Gambling House, many gamblers stopped gambling and watched the excitement.

Wu Shigong separated the gamblers who watched the excitement, and instructed the shopkeeper Zheng: "Each guest will be given five taels of silver for tea, and the losers will go to the account to receive the lost silver, and the gambling house will be closed today." It's all gone. ”

With the silver to take, and afraid of Wu Shigong's reputation, the gamblers scattered one after another. Only two dozen people were still standing there, refusing to leave.

Wu Shigong didn't care about them, and asked loudly: "Who found out that this gambling table is cheating?" ”

"It's me." A man in his thirties walked up with a cower, pointed to Father-in-law Qin's younger brother and said, "He is the one who cheated." ”

Wu Shigong grabbed Gonggong Qin's younger brother, shook his hand and slapped him, and then said viciously to the gambler: "Is this okay?" ”

The gambler was so frightened by Wu Shigong's behavior and eyes that he was speechless. Seeing that the gambler did not react, Wu Shigong gave Gonggong Qin's younger brother another heavy slap, and then asked viciously, "Is this okay?" ”

Still no response, Wu Shigong raised his hand again. At this time, among the onlookers, two young people walked out, it was Third Young Master Li and Xue Jing'an.

Then Third Young Master Li said: "I don't know whether to call you Young Master Wu or Young Master Xue, don't be prestigious here, you want to scare the guests." ”

The main owner finally appeared. Wu Shigong let go of Father-in-law Qin's younger brother, and regardless of what Third Young Master Li said just now, he said to Third Young Master Li slowly: "I just stumbled upon that the firefighting work of the Juyou Gambling House doesn't seem to be doing a good job. So how can guests be safe? I thought, should we let Juyou Casino close down and rectify? ”

Hearing Wu Shigong's threatening words, Third Young Master Li's face changed for a moment, and he said, "Go!" Then he left with the man who included the gambler.

After they left, Wu Shigong took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Gonggong Qin and said, "This is the soup and medicine fee for your younger brother." Let your brother avoid the limelight and come back in a month. I'll keep it for you. ”

Seeing that Gonggong Qin had solved this trouble without danger, he was very grateful to Wu Shigong. It is impossible for eunuchs to have offspring, so they treat their relatives, especially their immediate male relatives, especially well.

Then Third Young Master Li came out of the Shengyun Gambling House and said hatefully: "That one who eats soft rice is quite arrogant!" ”

Xue Jing'an on the side said: "That kid eats our Xue family on the one hand, and hooks up with a little widow outside on the other hand." ”

"Oh?" Xue Jing'an's words immediately made Third Young Master Li interested, and he hurriedly asked Xue Jing'an for details.

But Xue Jingan didn't know the details, he just listened to a few words piecemeal through his concubine's maiden family.

But it was such a few bits and pieces that also made the third young master Li more interested. He then discussed with Xue Jing'an in a low voice.

Leaving the gambling house, on the way back to Xue's mansion, Wu Shigong happened to see Sun Chengxiu and a group of scholars entering a restaurant in a hurry to party. And Yu Zilian is also among them. Wu Shigong sent someone to inquire and learned that these scholars were all scholars who raised people in the Shuntianfu Township Examination this time, and they celebrated in this restaurant. Wu Shigong was sincerely happy for his friend. Sun Chengxiu finally got his long-cherished wish.

But because Yu Zilian was also among them, it was inconvenient for Wu Shigong to come forward at this time, so he could only leave first. On the second day, Wu Shigong sent someone to take 200 taels of silver as his congratulatory gift and sent it to Sun Chengxiu to express his heart.

A few days later, Zhao Ruya sent someone to find Wu Shigong in a panic. It turned out that Zhao Ruya's former husband's family went to Shuntian Mansion to sue Zhao Ruya and asked her to return the fat powder shop to the Chen family.

After receiving the news, Wu Shigong hurriedly found Xu Yimu, who was familiar with other yamen affairs, and Xu Yimu found Wu Shili, Wu Shigong's seventh brother, who was also familiar with him and was now doing clerical work in the Criminal Department. After the two discussed, they both felt that this matter was a little difficult to do. After all, now Zhao Ruya is still a member of the Chen family, and the fat powder shop can also be regarded as the property of the Chen family. Unless you know someone in Shuntianfu and drag this lawsuit down, the big things will be turned into small things and small things in the future.

Wu Shigong changed his mind, didn't I know Huang Tongzhi of Shuntian Mansion, no, the current Huang Mansion Yin? I also helped that Huang Fu Yin. So, he hurriedly sent someone to give gifts and asked Huang Fuyin to have dinner. At the banquet, Nahuangfu Yin agreed to Wu Shigong's request, but proposed to Wu Shigong that Shuntianfu would collect money in the shop in Nancheng.

Wu Shigong also stated to Huang Fuyin that the previous situation was already a fait accompli. But in the future, Shuntianfu will collect the silver, and the Terracotta Division will guarantee that it will not set up obstacles, but it will depend on Shuntianfu's own ability. Huang Fu Yin actually asked Wu Shigong for this sentence, can't the government find a way to collect the money from those shops?

The matter of the Chen family's complaint died down. However, as the behind-the-scenes commanders, Third Young Master Li and Xue Jing'an also achieved their goals. They have affirmed that Wu Shigong has a very close relationship with Zhao Ruya, the proprietress of the fat powder shop. So, they sent people to monitor the fat powder shop in order to catch evidence of Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya's misdeeds.