Hearing that the gambling house was taken by the county magistrate, the merchant was shocked, thought about it carefully, and did not rush to escape, but directly took people to the county magistrate's mansion.

The merchant's surname is Liu, a middle-aged man with a big belly, he looks kind, but the means of making money are inferior.

After taking people to the county lord's mansion, he immediately asked people to find the housekeeper in the mansion, wanting the housekeeper to come forward, say a few kind words in front of the modern lord, and want to cover up this matter.

He also knew that he had made a big mistake by disobeying the decree and opening a gambling house, and if the county magistrate really investigated it, he and his family would be arrested and put in prison.

He didn't want that, and he didn't expect his gambling house to be exposed.

The customers in this gambling house are all familiar to him, and some of them have been blocked in the town in the early years, and those people are good, and no one will take the initiative to leak the news.

After all, if they leak the news, then they won't have a place to play in the future.

In addition, they are also afraid of the ruffians they have in the gambling room.

But he didn't expect that less than a month after his gambling room was opened, the gambling room would be exposed.

He hasn't made enough money yet!

Seeing that he was about to follow in, Liu Shang was impatient, so he took out a few bags of silver and stuffed them into the butler's hands.

The face, which has always liked to smile kindly, also showed a worried look at this time.

"Steward Zhao, you must help me, if the county magistrate really blames him, then my family will be arrested and locked up."

"It's okay to say if it's just me, but I also know that the decree issued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a heavy punishment...... I also know that I can't open this casino well, and I'm ready to close it. ”

"At first, it was just because a few of my friends pushed me and wanted me to set up a game, but I didn't expect that this game was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people came to play."

"I didn't rely on the casino to make money, I just got together and had fun, where could I have expected that the county master would directly take someone to arrest the people in my shop?"

"This ...... I can't tell you about this, can you help me figure it out? ”

"You have a good talk to the county master after he comes back, this is a little bit of my heart, you can keep it, if it's not enough, I still have it."

Layers of cold sweat broke out on Liu Shang's forehead, and he stuffed the silver in his hand into the other party's hand.

And Steward Zhao smiled when he heard Liu Shang say this.

He returned the money bag in his hand to Liu Shang's hand, then shook his head and spoke.

"Merchant Liu, it's not that I won't help you, it's just that we have a noble man in this town!"

"The noble man is also from Beijing, he is staring at this matter, and your casino will make a fuss, if our county master helps you...... Then it's not going to be easy......"

"And this is a major event ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Steward Zhao say this, the Liu merchant was suddenly frightened.

Oh, my God! Why did it happen that another noble person came at this time?

That Liu Shang looked in the direction of Steward Zhao with an uneasy expression, his lips moved slightly, and he was about to say something when he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

"Yo, just in time, the merchant who opened the casino came to your mansion."

As soon as this voice sounded, not only Merchant Liu, but also Steward Zhao were all scared.

He immediately looked up and saw his lord and a young man walking briskly in their direction.

This young man was none other than Chen Mu.

He arranged for people to go to the county government to find the county order, and then waited for people to go to the casino started by Liu Shang, and after the casino was served. Then he sat in Master Qin Ming's shop for a while.

He originally planned to talk to Qin Ming's master about things related to craftsmen, but he didn't think about it, and the county magistrate actually brought someone to Qin Ming's master's shop in person.

After the county magistrate arrested those ruffians and the shopkeepers in the casino, he didn't dare to be careless.

He was worried that his indiscreet attitude would anger Chen Mu, so he hurried to the shop and took Chen Mu to his mansion.

Chen Mu asked Meng Qing and his guards to wait in the front hall, and was about to go to the study with the county order to look at the evidence that the county order had collected for the Liu merchant to open a casino.

I saw that at the end of the path in the back garden of this mansion, there were two figures muttering something, and when I got closer, it was actually the Liu merchant.

The county commander was stunned, and turned his head to glance at Steward Zhao.

Steward Zhao was frightened, knelt down in front of the county order, and immediately told the county order the reason why this Liu merchant came to find him.

Liu Shang came from the back door, so he didn't know about the county order.

Now seeing Steward Zhao's appearance, he glanced at the county order, and saw that the county order was staring at him gloomily, and Liu Shang's legs were weak, and he also fell to the ground with a thud.

He kowtowed again and again, and there was a look of panic and back pain on his face.

"Lord County, it's my fault for this, I shouldn't open a casino, but the fact is that from what I just said, this casino is not for profit at all, it's just that a few of my friends want to play and want me to set up a game for them."

"I thought that everyone was friends, and it wouldn't be a big deal to play a few games, so I formed a game, and my shop was always empty, and I didn't use that shop to do business, so I led my friends there."

"I didn't expect that the county magistrate would actually lead someone to arrest my friends, this is ...... It's hard to tell, they're my friends, and I didn't expect a casino. ”

"After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also issued a decree, and I don't dare to commit crimes against the wind......"

When Chen Muhe and the county magistrate just came over, they also heard the words of this Liu merchant, and Chen Mu didn't believe the nonsense of this Liu merchant.

Who can set up a bureau for a friend and invite dozens of ruffians to sit in that shop?

Those ruffians are thugs, just to watch the scene.

The prefectural magistrate is not a fool, so he can naturally see what the truth is.

When he heard Liu Shang say this, he only sneered, and stared at Liu Shang with gloomy eyes.

"Liu Shangshang, are you going to be a fool for me? There are quite a few of those ruffians, and many of them are the ones you found from the next village, and at first glance they are extremely vicious. ”

"But after facing the officials I sent, all of them were like rats who had seen a cat, and I asked them to try a little bit to find out the truth of the matter, and you still tried to prevaricate me with this excuse?"

Seeing that the county order said this, Liu Shang's face immediately changed, thinking that the county order had already sent someone to interrogate, and those ruffians and hooligans had also been recruited.

His face changed slightly, and a little helplessness appeared in his eyes.