Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The business of Shengyun Casino is getting better and better, and it has also aroused the jealousy of the colleagues around.The other casinos basically didn't dare to do anything because Shengyun Casino had Wu Shigong as the owner.However, there is a company called Juyou Casino, which frequently makes small moves in an attempt to win back some customers.

Therefore, Wu Shigong asked Zhou Xun, who was familiar with the situation in Nancheng, to inquire about the background of the Juyou gambling house. After learning about it, he knew that there were two people behind the gambling house.One is the third son of his father-in-law Xue Lian's political opponent in the Beijing camp, Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, and the other is Xue Jing'an, the nephew of his father-in-law Xue Lian and the cousin of his youngest wife.

This gave Wu Shigong a headache.After telling the situation to his father-in-law Xue Lian, Xue Lian confessed to Wu Shigong: in any situation, patience is the main thing, and no major counterattacks are absolutely allowed.

Xue Lian thought this way: Although his son-in-law Wu Shigong suffered a little loss, at most he lost a little money.But Xue Lian absolutely does not want to escalate the conflict between himself and Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, nor does he want the relationship between himself and his younger brother to become more rigid.

Fortunately, the Juyou Gambling Workshop was just doing some small tricks.It is estimated that Marquis Fengcheng over there thought the same way.

That day, Wu Shigong was in the yamen, suddenly, a guard from his gambling shop came to report: something happened in the gambling shop.

Wu Shigong hurriedly rushed to Shengyun Casino, on the way, an acquaintance stopped Wu Shigong.That acquaintance was Eunuch Qin who led Wu Shigong to ransack the house at that time.

That Eunuch Qin is also unlucky.He mistook a godfather.The godfather he recognized was Wang Cheng'en, the great eunuch next to King Xin.

In the past, Wang Chengen was also a member of Wei Zhongxian's line, so Eunuch Qin could also be a clerk in the Supervisor of Rites.When the house was ransacked, Eunuch Qin was sent out because of lack of manpower.

But ever since Wang Chengen became the chief eunuch next to King Xin, he and Wei Zhongxian became more and more alienated.Therefore, even though Eunuch Qin was a well-rounded person, after suffering for a while, he finally couldn't bear it any longer, and was kicked out of the Supervisor of Rites and went to Prince Xin's Mansion.

The rules of Prince Xin's Mansion are too strict, so Eunuch Qin won't get much money.But one of his younger brothers came to the capital to join him.His younger brother's gambling skills are not bad, so Eunuch Qin pooled some money and entrusted Wu Shigong's relationship to set up a gaming table in Shengyun Casino, which also made a lot of money.

Today, it was Eunuch Qin's younger brother who had an accident in Shengyun Casino.

Wu Shigong was not in a hurry to hurry, he asked Eunuch Qin to explain the ins and outs carefully.It turned out that a gambler lost a lot of money at the gambling table of Eunuch Qin's younger brother today.All of a sudden, he yelled: "Someone has tampered with this casino." Hearing the gambler's shout, shopkeeper Zheng and the guards of the casino hurried forward to check the situation.But in the rush, there was one more card on the gaming table, which made Eunuch Qin's younger brother confused.

The people around couldn't explain the situation clearly. According to the rules of the gambling house, Eunuch Qin's younger brother would have one hand cut off and be kicked out of the gambling house forever.So, the younger brother of Eunuch Qin asked the people in the gambling shop to slow down, and sent someone to report to Eunuch Qin.

Shopkeeper Zheng also knew about the relationship between Eunuch Qin and Wu Shigong, so he did not deal with Eunuch Qin's younger brother for the time being.But seeing that the people in the gambling house did not deal with it, a group of people came out of nowhere, shouting loudly: "Shengyun Casino is cheating!" The scene was in chaos.Seeing that the situation was not good, shopkeeper Zheng quickly sent someone to report to Wu Shigong, and asked Wu Shigong, his boss, to suppress the situation.

Wu Shigong understood as soon as he heard it, and basically knew who was playing tricks.After entering the Shengyun Gambling House, many gamblers stopped gambling and were watching the excitement.

Wu Shigong separated the gamblers who were watching the fun, and told the shopkeeper Zheng: "Every customer will be paid a tea fee of five taels of silver, and those who lose will go to the cashier to collect the lost silver. Today, the gambling house is closed. scattered."

With money to take, and fear of Wu Shigong's reputation, all the gamblers left one after another.There were only twenty or so people still standing there refusing to leave.

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

"It's me." A man in his thirties came up timidly, pointed at Eunuch Qin's younger brother and said, "He's the one who cheated."

Wu Shigong grabbed Eunuch Qin's younger brother, slapped his hands, and said viciously to the gambler, "Is this okay?"

The gambler was so frightened by Wu Shigong's behavior and eyes that he couldn't speak.Seeing that the gambler didn't respond, Wu Shigong slapped Eunuch Qin's younger brother hard again, and then asked viciously, "Is this okay?"

Still no response, Wu Shigong raised his hand again.At this moment, among the crowd watching, two young men came out, they were Li San Young Master and Xue Jing'an.

Then Young Master Li San said: "I don't know whether to call you Young Master Wu or Young Master Xue. You should stop playing prestige here, you want to scare the guests."

The Lord finally appeared.Wu Shigong let go of Eunuch Qin's younger brother, and regardless of what Young Master Li said just now, he said slowly to Young Master Li: "I just found out by accident that the firefighting work in the Juyou Casino seems to be not doing well. How can the guests be safe? What about it? I think, shouldn’t Juyou Casino be shut down for rectification?”

Hearing Wu Shigong's threatening words, Third Young Master Li's face changed, and he said: "Go!" Then he left with the men including the gambler.

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

Seeing that Eunuch Qin solved this trouble without any risk, he was very grateful to Wu Shigong.It is impossible for eunuchs to have offspring, so they treat their relatives, especially direct male relatives, very well.

The third young master Li came out of Shengyun Casino and said bitterly: "That guy who eats soft food is quite arrogant!"

Xue Jing'an on the side said: "On the one hand, that kid eats from our Xue family, and on the other hand, he's hooking up with a little widow outside."

"Oh?" Xue Jingan's words immediately aroused the interest of Third Young Master Li, and he quickly asked Xue Jingan for details.

But Xue Jingan didn't know the details, he just heard a few bits and pieces through his concubine's natal family.

But even such a few fragmentary sentences made the young master Li San even more interested.He then discussed with Xue Jingan 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 book businessmen entering a restaurant for a carnival.And Yu Zilian was also among them.Wu Shigong sent someone to inquire, and found out that these scholars were all candidates for the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and they were celebrating in this restaurant.Wu Shigong is sincerely happy for his friend.Sun Chengxiu finally got his long-cherished wish.

But because Yu Zilian was also among them, it was not convenient 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 gift and sent it to Sun Chengxiu to show his heart.

A few days later, Zhao Ruya sent someone to look for 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 makeup shop to the Chen family.

After receiving the news, Wu Shigong quickly found Xu Limu who was familiar with other yamen affairs, and then Xu Limu found the same familiar, Wu Shigong's seventh brother Wu Shili who is now a clerk in the Ministry of Punishment.After the two discussed it, they both felt that it was a bit difficult to handle.After all, Zhao Ruya is still a member of the Chen family, and the powder shop can also be regarded as the property of the Chen family.Unless you know someone in Shuntian Mansion and drag this lawsuit down, the big things will be turned into small ones in the future.

Wu Shigong changed his mind, didn't I know Huang Tongzhi from Shuntian Mansion, no, the current Huang Fu Yin?I also helped that Huangfu Yin.So, he quickly sent someone to give gifts, and met Huang Fu Yin for dinner.At the banquet, the governor of Huang Fu immediately agreed to Wu Shigong's request, but proposed to Wu Shigong that Shuntian Mansion collected money from the shop in Nancheng.

Wu Shigong also stated to Huang Fuyin that the previous situation was already a fait accompli.But in the future when Shuntian Mansion goes to collect the case money, Bingma Si promises that there will be no obstacles, but it will depend on Shuntian Mansion's own ability.In fact, Huang Fuyin wanted Wu Shigong's words. Couldn't the government find a way to collect money from those shops?

The matter of the Chen family's complaint just died down.However, Third Young Master Li and Xue Jingan, who acted as instigators behind the scenes, also achieved their goals.They have confirmed that Wu Shigong has a very close relationship with Zhao Ruya, the proprietress of the makeup shop.So, they sent people to monitor the powder shop, in order to catch evidence of Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya's infidelity.