Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2313 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 9.0

After hearing Shen Cha's words, Xiao Fengqi smiled and clapped his hands gently at her.

"I got it right?"

"The general is the general, and he got it right the first time he guessed it."

Shen Cha didn't say anything, but just raised his eyebrows at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian with a very proud smile.

After the Third Master and Old Madam Ning started the meal, they ate and chatted, occasionally paying attention to the children over there, mainly to keep an eye on them so that if they had a quarrel, they could persuade them in time.

However, they are worrying for nothing. The children at this table are relatively easy to deal with. It is the children at the next table who are the most noisy.

"What's wrong? Why are you so happy all of a sudden?" Madam Ning looked at the dishes in front of the people. "You can chat, but you still have to eat, okay? We are outside, not inside. The food gets cold quickly. If you eat cold food, you will feel uncomfortable, and you will suffer later."

"Don't worry, Madam. We won't be late for dinner. They should bring the fish to our table." Shen Cha smiled at Madam Ning. "Mr. Mo knew we were eating in the pavilion, so he specially used this kind of plate that can be warmed by a small charcoal fire. It won't get cold so quickly."

"As long as you know what's going on."

Old Madam Ning looked at the children, all of whom were obediently picking up their chopsticks to eat. She nodded with satisfaction and picked up the tea bowl beside her and clinked it with the Third Master's.

"I have to say, these kids are pretty easy to take care of. They're all obedient."

"They are called children, but they are also capable generals. Except for Xiaocha who is a little younger, the others are not young anymore. They know how to take care of themselves, right?" The Third Master smiled at Madam Ning, poured some more milk tea into her tea bowl, and said, "They are getting along well, isn't that good? Don't worry about them."

"That's what my brother said!"

Shen Haolin looked at the Third Master and Old Madam Ning who were clinking glasses for the second time, revealed a faint smile, reached out to take the steamed fish in front of Shen Cha, removed the bones and bones bit by bit, and put the clean fish meat in Shen Cha's bowl.

It's quite strange to say, among all the people at the two tables, only Shen Cha likes to eat steamed fish. The others, including the Third Master and Old Madam Ning, prefer grilled fish. They always feel that steamed fish is tasteless and not satisfying enough.

"This grilled shrimp is good." Xue Ruitian handed Xiao Fengqi a handful of grilled shrimps, about five or six in total. "Old Mo is an expert at grilling things. Try it. It should suit your taste."

"Indeed, I prefer roasted shrimps to boiled or steamed ones." Xiao Fengqi took the roasted shrimps from Xue Ruitian, thanked him, turned to look at Shen Cha, and said, "Let's continue with what I said before. Just as the general guessed, the Jinyu Tower does have a share for the two of them. They will be given some dividends every ten days. According to the account book, they can make about 7,000 to 8,000 taels of income a year."

"Seven or eight thousand taels?" Shen Cha ate her steamed fish slowly. "According to the annual income of Jinyulou, seven or eight thousand taels is not a lot."

"Hey!" Xiao Fengqi waved his hand towards Shen Cha, "They didn't enter the entire Jinyu Building, but the casino."

"Just a casino?" Shen Cha thought for a moment, "It fits their usual style. Apart from drinking and gambling, they are not interested in anything else." She took a sip of tea, "When did they start going to the casino?"

"According to the account books, it must have been four or five years."

"It's not that long, just the last few years, right?" "Yes!" Xiao Fengqi nodded, "You also know that they didn't do anything good during those years in Linhuang Prefecture. They were good at eating, drinking and gambling. Especially this gambling, almost all casinos know about them."

"Why?" Xue Ruitian looked at Xiao Fengqi curiously, "The two of them."

"Let's pick a cheater!"

Shen Cha rolled her eyes and exchanged glances with Jin Jing and Xiao Fengqi. All three of them had disdainful expressions on their faces.

"You three..." Xue Ruitian shook his head helplessly, "It looks like they have done something extremely unscrupulous."

"It's not something that is completely unscrupulous. Anyway, after they arrived in Linhuang Prefecture, they started to go back to their old ways and hang out in various casinos."

"Yes!" Xiao Fengqi nodded. "Although I didn't know about the family's affairs before, I occasionally heard people around me say that a new couple came to Linhuang Mansion and they are doing very well in the casino. They haven't lost any money for at least several months."

"Several months?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha, "What good luck do they have?"

"Of course not, of course they cheated." Shen Cha sighed softly and said, "The casino level in Linhuang Prefecture is still a little lower than that of Daxia, and those two people have been gamblers for many years. The way they cheated is not visible to ordinary people. So, for a long time, they lived very smoothly in Linhuang Prefecture. But, I don’t know why someone suddenly found out that they cheated, and then used this to threaten them." She looked at Jin Jing, then at Xiao Fengqi, and turned to look at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, "Do you feel that this sounds familiar?"

"The Green Lotus Sect." Several people said in unison, "This is indeed their usual style."

"That's right." Shen Cha nodded. "I hadn't thought of this before. Now that I think about it, the two of them have always been controlled by the Qinglian Sect."

"Speaking of which," Xiao Fengqi looked at Shen Cha, "they have actually been working for the Qinglian Sect all these years in Linhuang Prefecture. You know, they were hired by several casinos to take the money, and those casinos were closely related to the Qinglian Sect. However, the time they were arrested, the casino owner and the family behind the owner had nothing to do with the Qinglian Sect, so they were arrested."

"But." Xue Ruitian looked at Xiao Fengqi, "This kind of thing is not a serious crime. There is no need to put him in jail, right?"

"What the Marquis said is true. Swindling is not a serious crime. They can just be arrested and beaten. But they don't know that all the casinos in Linhuang Prefecture hate them to the core. Those who have employed them and those who have been cheated by them all hate them deeply. This time, they will add insult to injury and make them stay in prison for a long time."

"So that's how it is." Xue Ruitian sighed softly and said, "These two people are like rats crossing the street wherever they go, and everyone wants to beat them. But why do those who hired them hate them too?"

"They are so cruel and ruthless!" Xiao Fengqi peeled all the grilled shrimps and slowly started to eat. "Let's take Jinyulou as an example. Jinyulou also employed them briefly before and agreed with them that if they won 10,000 taels of silver, they would give them 100 taels." Seeing that everyone was looking at him with complicated eyes, he waved his hand gently, "Just to give an example, I don't know how they divided the profits in the beginning."

"If you win 10,000 taels, giving 100 taels is indeed not much. You should at least give 500 taels as a starting point, right?" Jin Jing chuckled. "But it's true that they are greedy. From being very popular in the beginning to being hated by everyone later, this is what they deserve."

Shen Cha nodded slightly, smiled bitterly, and said, "They have been of the same character since they were young. There is nothing to say."

"Indeed." Shen Haolin nodded gently, "The old general said the same thing." He looked at Xiao Fengqi, "By the way, how much money did they use to enter the casino in Jinyulou?"

"It's not money, but objects." Xiao Fengqi looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, "To be precise, they are objects from a century-old tomb. Although there are only three or two pieces, they are very valuable."