Chapter 542: The Shopkeeper of the Gambling House

Hearing this, Liu Er's face was stunned for a while, and after a while, he thought about it again and again and said, "Hmm...... I haven't heard of the people in the DPRK, I only heard that he seems to have some contact with Wu Laogou recently, and the two of them have a little more appearance of cooperating to do something big. Fastest update┏┛"

Chu Nian frowned slightly, could it be that she was looking in the wrong direction?

Liu Er saw the doubts on Chu Nian's face, and asked cautiously, "The county lord has been in trouble recently?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian shook his head slightly, "It's not ......."

Liu Er seemed to hesitate for a moment before he spoke: "If the county lord is in trouble, I can help the county lord introduce the leader of our gambling house, although he doesn't like to deal with people on the road, but he also knows some people, if it is the county lord, he will ...... compared to him."

Liu Er suddenly swallowed back the second half of the sentence as if he remembered something, and then raised his eyes and looked at Chu Nian cautiously, "County Lord, the villain is confused for a while. ”

"Okay." Chu Nian raised his head, as if he didn't notice the embarrassment on Liu Er'er's face, "Your proposal is not bad, I just want to get to know the leader of your gambling house." ”

Seeing that Chu Nian did not reject it, Liu Er'er was dyed with a hint of joy, and hurriedly said: "Then the county lord waits, the villain will go and talk to our leader." ”

Chu Nian nodded, and saw Liu Er enter through the small door at the back of the gambling house, and waited for about half a pillar of incense, and then saw Liu Er come out with a fat man with a round body.

The fat man saw Chu Nian standing alone in the alley with a cold face, and hurriedly stepped forward and said with a flattering smile: "The county lord is polite, the villain is the ...... of this gambling house."

Liu Er squeezed him away: "County Lord, let's go, the boss is waiting inside." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, and then skipped the fat man's side and walked towards the door, a trace of gloom flashed on the fat man's face, and he turned around and hurriedly followed Chu Nian and the others who had already entered the gambling house.

Liu Er took Chu Nian to a big house in the backyard, and when he crossed the threshold, Chu Nian twisted his eyebrows slightly.

I saw that in front of her was a small room, the layout of this room was very elegant, and there were not too many luxuries, at most one or two white porcelain blue and white vases, two landscape paintings hung on the wall, and in the center of the hall was a simple carved mahogany table, in front of the mahogany table, a young man who looked very weak was standing suddenly.

He turned his back to Chu Nian, the hair hall was tied high, his body was thin, and his green clothes looked a little vain, and when he heard the footsteps, he turned his head, just like the back looked up, a face was as warm as jade, starry eyes and bright teeth, and a book was held in his slender hand.

A flash of surprise flashed in Chu Nian's eyes, and he saw him smile and said: "I have admired the name of the county lord for a long time, I am really lucky to see it today, if it weren't for Liu Er's ticket, the contemptible people would even suspect that someone pretended to be the county lord and murdered him." ”

This Fang Liu Er stepped forward with a smile, and the two seemed to be very familiar, "I'll just say, boss, when did I lie to you." ”

The fat man who followed behind him opened his mouth, and was blocked by the voice of the young man on that side, "County Lord, please sit here, Pang Ru, I went to invite Jin Junmei, who I got a few days ago, and I can finally have tea with someone who knows the goods." ”

Chu Nian sat down in the guest seat according to his words, Liu Er stood in place and touched his head, "County Lord, I still have some things to do, if the County Lord finishes talking to the boss later, come to the West Wing to find me." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian nodded, "Go ahead." ”

When Liu Er turned around and left, the young man turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, "Contemptible Song Qing, this is polite." ”

Chu Nian smiled back with a slight smile, but a little doubt rose in her heart, if she remembered correctly, the rumored shopkeeper of this gambling house was once a mountain king, but now this young man in front of him, where does he look like a bandit? This weak appearance of Wenwen is just afraid that it will be difficult to convince people, right?

But Liu Er couldn't lie to her, could it be that the person in front of him became like this after he was not a bandit?

As if sensing Chu Nian's doubts, Song Qing smiled slightly and said: "I was forced by the situation to do some foolish things earlier, but now I have woken up, fortunately, my parents taught me some poetry and books when I was young, and now I can also say a few words to the county lord." ”

Chu Nian shook his head slightly, "Mr. doesn't look like the owner of a gambling house. ”

Song Qing smiled and shook his head, at this time, the fat man was carefully bringing tea in, and diligently poured tea for Chu Nian and Song Qing, and then flattered: "Boss, county lord, what else do you need?" ”

Hearing this, Song Qing raised his eyes and glanced at him, and immediately said indifferently: "No need, you go down and get busy." ”

The fat man opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Song Qing's suddenly cold face, his body trembled, and he hurriedly retreated.

Chu Nian's eyes, who had completely included this scene in his eyes, flashed slightly, and at the end, he withdrew his gaze, picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Good tea."

After receiving this compliment, Song Qing's originally cold face suddenly became happy, he put down the book in his hand, turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, and two pear vortices at the corners of his mouth, "If the county lord likes it, I will send someone to send some to the county lord to send to the mansion later, if you can't drink it in another month, it will be wasted." ”

Chu Nian shook his head lightly, didn't say no, didn't say agree, at this time, Fang Cai looked at Song Qingdao with a serious face: "Mr. Song is an understanding person, I won't say much polite words, I came today to ask Mr. Song." ”

Hearing this, Song Qing's face was also a little serious, but he was still calm, I saw him put down the teacup, the corners of his mouth were still a shallow smile, and his thin lips were lightly opened: "The matter of the county lord, the contemptible people have also heard Liu Er say a few words, but the specific situation, the contemptible people still don't know much, whether they can help, and the contemptible people don't dare to make reckless remarks." ”

Chu Nian lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, before he said, "If I guessed correctly, Mr. Song will definitely be able to help with things on the road." ”

Seeing that Song Qing seemed to be a little curious, he said, "Oh? ”

Chu Nian raised his eyes, and there was a deep meaning in his eyes, "Speaking of which, I heard that the business of the gambling house has not been good recently?" ”

As soon as these words came out, a hint of surprise flashed in Fang Song Qing's bright eyes, and Fang saw that he seemed to be helpless and said: "That's true, the gambling house has recently met a competitor, and the other party is unscrupulous in grabbing business. ”

He secretly observed Chu Nian's complexion while remaining in the air, and said a little helplessly: "Hey, what is the official family, how can we, the common people, be able to defeat it?" ”

Chu Nian pretended not to understand the meaning of his words, and picked up the teacup with a smile, "Then why doesn't Mr. Song find an official family to cooperate?" ”

Song Qing waved his hand again and again and said: "It's not that the contemptible people haven't thought about it, but the income of the gambling house is only to return to the capital, and the contemptible people still have a large family to raise, not to mention, those people on the road have to collect a part of the protection fee every once in a while, plus a little bit up and down, the contemptible people really can't come up with more money to give people a point." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a moment, he chuckled, "Then why don't you cooperate with the situation of dividends?" In this way, the interests of the two families are also tied together, and the other party can't do their best, right? ”

"Dividends?" Song Qing's eyes lit up suddenly, "This is a good idea." ”

He picked up the teacup, brought it to his mouth as if in contemplation, paused for a long time, and then looked at Chu Nian with a frown and doubts, "But the people of the official family, who wants to cooperate with a gambling house?" ”

Chu Nian half-lowered his eyes, and he couldn't see his emotions in his eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, the competitors of Mr. Song's gambling house are the two gambling houses under the Wang family in the city, right?" ”

"yes." Song Qing sighed decently, "That's the Wang family, even if you find a high-ranking official in the court who is willing to cooperate with the contemptible people, you have to see if the confidence is on par with the Wang family, otherwise it will still be a bamboo basket." ”

Chu Nian hooked the corners of his lips slightly, "Then you can only find someone who dares to go against the Wang family?" ”

Song Qing's hands paused, the room was quiet for a while, Chu Nian was not in a hurry, she picked up the teacup with half-lowered eyes, took a sip and put it down, and after a while, she looked at Song Qing calmly.

Seeing that Song Qing suddenly hooked the corners of his lips, he smiled lightly: "Looking at the entire imperial court, the only one who dares to openly oppose the Wang family is the county lord, right?" ”

Chu Nian smiled and didn't speak, Song Qing didn't show impatience, he groaned for a while, and then stretched out three fingers, "Three red, how is it?" ”

Chu Nian's red lips pursed slightly, still looking calm, "If you cooperate with Mr. Song, you must first ensure the safety and income of the casino, and you must also have appeal to the common people, and the upper and lower favors need to be taken care of by the other party, right?" ”

Song Qing frowned without a trace, "Doesn't the county lord still need someone to help deal with the affairs of the road now?" ”

Chu Nian smiled, "It's also simpler and rude to cut the grass and eradicate the roots directly." ”

When these words fell, a look of surprise flashed in Song Qing's eyes, and even his face was a little serious, and he said in a low voice: "County Lord, forty percent?" ”

Chu Nian calculated that it was almost the same, after all, the business of this casino still had to be taken care of by Song Qing, and if she wanted too much, it would also seem that she was greedy.

Seeing this, Chu Nian nodded slowly, "There is one more request." ”

A flash of understanding flashed in Song Qing's eyes, "Since it is the property of the county lord, we naturally want to protect our reputation, and we will focus on the county lord in everything." ”

Chu Nian took a deep breath, "Shang Jia." ”

This roundabout conversation finally ended, and Song Qing's face was dyed with a little warm smile again, before he looked at Chu Nian and said: "The county lord can talk about the troubles of the recent days, since he has decided to cooperate, the contemptible people will naturally do their best." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian nodded lightly, and his red lips opened lightly, "This matter is a little troublesome to deal with, and it may involve people from the DPRK and China." ”

She pondered for a while, and then looked at Song Qing with an indulging gaze, "Presumably Mr. Song has also heard that my old lady of the Chu family passed away a few days ago." ”

Song Qing grimaced and nodded with a serious face, "The contemptible people deeply regret this. ”

Chu Nian didn't mean to continue to be polite with him, so he saw her and continued: "The death of my old lady, there is another article. ”

Hearing this, Song Qing's brows tightened, and he saw Chu Nian continue: "The other party's intentions are not clear, they only know that they are coming for me, and they seem to have united the people on the road, and things are a little troublesome." ”

Song Qing was silent for a while, and then frowned and said: "Don't worry, the county lord will leave this matter to the contemptible people, and the contemptible people will definitely be able to help the county lord find out the truth." ”