Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2308 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 4.0

After listening to Jin Miaomiao's words, Qi Zhifeng nibbled on the mutton slices in his bowl while thinking carefully. When he finished eating all the mutton in the bowl, he still couldn't remember any clues about whether the two people had capital, so he could only shake his head at Jin Miaomiao.

"Unexpected?"

"I have to say, I don't have the slightest impression of them. As for the two of them, I know that they are a little famous in Linhuang Prefecture, mainly because they are good at the casino." Qi Zhifeng took himself a mutton bun, took a bite, the juice burst in his mouth, he sighed with satisfaction, and said, "This is the taste, I really missed it for a long time."

"Eat more if you like. You are young and still growing!" Jin Miaomiao couldn't help but smile when she saw his satisfied look. She put another meat bun in his bowl and said, "It's understandable that you don't know about their situation. When they first arrived at Linhuang Prefecture, you were probably not that old. Even later, Master Yelu and Master Xiao would never let you have anything to do with such things, right? You, don't think too much, just eat your meal steadily. You can wait for your sister Xiaocha to ask Master Xiao about what happened back then."

"Sister Miaomiao, you misunderstood. I just don't know if they really brought anything to Linhuang Mansion, but I know some of the things they did in Linhuang Mansion."

"What can they do? They cheat and deceive people in the casino and the gamblers, and then they enrich themselves, right?"

"Not accurate enough." Qi Zhifeng shook his head gently, "Just tell me whether you want to know or not!"

"Of course I want to know."

"Just think about it, and listen to me slowly."

"Wait a minute, how do you know about them?" Jin Miaomiao looked in the direction of Shen Cha, "Did you go to find out about them after meeting your sister Xiaocha?"

"After I found out about my sister, I went to ask my father about it. Then I remembered that I seemed to have met them once when I was a child, but I didn't have a deep impression. Now that I think about it, they are really not good people."

"When we were little!" Hongye put another lamb rib on his plate, and also put one for Ning Cheng. "You two." She pointed at Qi Zhifeng, then looked at Ning Cheng. "The last thing you two should talk about is your little years. You two are like your little years now."

"That was when I was younger!" Qi Zhifeng knew Hongye's identity. He also knew that Jin Miaomiao and Meilin knew Hongye's origins, so he expressed his closeness to Hongye without any hesitation. "It was around when I was eleven or twelve years old."

"The two of them are engaged in shady business. How did you get involved with them when you were eleven or twelve years old? And even met them?" Hongye suddenly became serious and stared at Qi Zhifeng. "Did you sneak into the casino to play? Yelu Nan doesn't think highly of you!"

Qi Zhifeng looked at Hongye, bared his teeth at her and gave her a flattering smile.

"Don't worry, sister Hongye. I didn't sneak out to play by myself, and it's not Brother Nan's fault. I actually followed him in secretly. He didn't know, but he still found me later." Qi Zhifeng said as he looked at his greasy hands. He felt it was inconvenient to pull Hongye's sleeve, so he could only take a lamb rib and pass it to Hongye's mouth. "Don't worry, even if you are angry, just listen to me before you get angry, okay?"

"Okay." Hongye took the lamb ribs handed over by Qi Zhifeng, took a bite, and raised her eyebrows at him, "Tell me, what's going on!"

"I remember that he and Brother Lan were investigating a case that involved a casino, so they went to investigate the case on their own without me. They also told me not to follow them, and told my servant to keep an eye on me."

"Didn't they tell you what they were going to do or where they were going?"

"Yes, I didn't tell me." Qi Zhifeng finished the second bun and started eating his blood sausage. He looked at Ning Cheng who was listening intently, smiled and said, "Little Chengzi, don't just look at me. Eat your food, or the food will get cold soon." "Oh, okay!"

Ning Cheng finally reacted. To be honest, at that moment, he really envied Qi Zhifeng. When he was a child, he was always locked up in the huge house of the Ning family. Not to mention coming to see it, he couldn't even go too far away from the small courtyard where he lived.

Meilin watched Ning Cheng start to eat the food in her bowl and sighed softly. She understood why Ning Cheng had such a reaction. He must be envious of Qi Zhifeng who was able to be free when he was a child and go wherever he wanted instead of being confined to a fixed place like him.

Thinking of this, Merlin sighed, patted Ning Cheng, and put a lot of food into his bowl.

"Sister Xiaolin, I'm fine." Ning Cheng smiled, "Now I'm free too, right?"

Merlin said nothing, but patted his shoulder, took an empty bowl, and filled him with a small pot of tea.

Qi Zhifeng watched the interaction across from them and could somewhat understand what Ning Cheng was like when he was a child, and also understood why he liked listening to him talk so much.

"Don't be distracted!" Hongye gently kicked Qi Zhifeng, "Go on, you just said that they went to the casino without telling you, and you didn't tell them that they were going to investigate a case, right?"

"That's right, and they told me not to be curious and to stay at home. I thought they were going to leave me behind and go out to play, so I was very unhappy and decided to follow them secretly. Although my servant tried to stop him, he was also a child and was very curious, so he tried to stop him twice, but he followed them after he failed."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Not afraid!" Qi Zhifeng raised his eyebrows. "Children are brave and self-righteous. They think they can handle anything. Moreover, the more adults forbid them to go, the more they want to go. The more adults forbid them to do, the more they want to do. They just want to be rebellious." He looked at Ning Cheng and smiled, "Right, little Chengzi?"

"Right!" Ning Cheng particularly agreed with Qi Zhifeng's words, "The more you emphasize it, the more curious you become, and you must do it."

"That's right." Qi Zhifeng picked up the tea bowl, stood up and clinked his cup with Ning Cheng's. He even took a sip of it properly. After finishing it, he sat down again and continued, "I knew their departure time. When I saw them leaving, I secretly followed them with my servant and followed them all the way into the casino."

"Can anyone enter that place? Even a kid like you can?"

"Of course not, but I took advantage of the commotion at the door to follow in, and the ones who caused the commotion were my two dear brothers."

"It seems that they also want to sneak in and don't want to be discovered."

"That's right!" Qi Zhifeng nodded. "That was my first and last time in a casino. I still can't forget what I saw. At the same time, I also understood why my two brothers insisted on not letting me go."