Chapter 107 Friends and Family

With a clear direction and being anxious at the moment, he was able to find out things quickly.

Liushuntang is one of the best gambling houses in Qizhou City. It is much bigger than the one where Chen Jin owed 10,000 taels of silver.

Naturally, it was just as Xu Shuhe had guessed. With such a big business, there must be a backer behind it. And the backer of Bao Kui, the head of Liushuntang, was none other than Huang Zhizhao, the magistrate of Qizhou City.

Magistrate Huang had a concubine named Bao, who was Bao Kui's cousin. She gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Huang Zhizhao and was also in charge of the household affairs of the mansion. However, Huang Zhizhao's wife, Wang, had been bedridden for many years and rarely went out to see people. She only gave birth to a daughter.

Coincidentally, the fourth daughter of the county magistrate who bought rouge and said her face was rotten after using it was the biological daughter of Aunt Bao. She was usually very favored in the family and was the apple of the eye of County Magistrate Huang.

Because Aunt Bao was beautiful and favored, and her brother Bao Kui ran a gambling house called Liushun Tang, he gave County Magistrate Huang a lot of gold and silver every year. He was County Magistrate Huang's purse, so the two siblings had a very high status in front of County Magistrate Huang, and it was not a big deal for them to influence County Magistrate Huang's mind.

The people below him also found out that Chen Jin owed a total of 100,000 taels of silver to Liushuntang, including principal and interest.

Such a huge sum of money surprised Xu Shuhe.

I became more and more certain of my guess.

"Another bastard who favors his concubine over his wife, and he goes back on his word!" Xinyue said angrily.

Xu Shuhe lowered his eyes, "If he is a clear-minded person, then he won't accept money from anyone."

Including Chen Zhi’s silver.

Before, they just thought that money makes the world go round. County Magistrate Huang took the money and did get the job done. However, it made the two of them careless and they never thought that other people would use the same method.

Bao Kui from Liushuntang would definitely eye Chen Jin, a huge gold ingot. Xu Shuhe thought that if he were Bao Kui, he would definitely seize the opportunity and send someone to the Chen family to ask for money after learning that Chen Jin was imprisoned for other reasons.

When asking for money, he also revealed his relationship with County Magistrate Huang, saying that as long as the Chen family paid back the 100,000 taels of silver and gave some benefits, he could rescue Feng, Chen Jin and Li Mingzhu from the county jail, and he was not afraid that Chen Huaiqian would not take the money.

But now Bao Kui didn't do this, which means there are other ways to get more benefits.

For example, if they cooperate with Chen Xun, rescue Chen Jin and others, and then work together to deal with Chen Zhi, then the private property in Chen Zhi's hands will fall into their hands.

For Bao Kui, this method means making money, and for Chen Xun, it means saving his mother and brother while getting rid of the hidden danger Chen Zhi, and even Xu Shuhe will be eliminated as well.

After all, in Xu Shuhe's opinion, with Chen Xun's intelligence and having met Feng and others in prison, he naturally knew that Feng had committed a capital crime.

If the two victims, Xu Shuhe and Chen Zhi, were not killed, the Feng family would never be safe.

Now that County Magistrate Huang has taken action against Chen Zhi, it means that he has joined the opposing camp and is no longer a place where he can make a breakthrough.

Noisy, Xu Shuhe thought of this word in his mind.

Only by making the matter bigger, convicting Feng and others of crimes, and making it so difficult for County Magistrate Huang to cover up, can the other party be deterred and not dare to act recklessly.

After all, in Qizhou City, besides the county magistrate, there is also the prefect above him.

Although reporting an official to a higher level would result in punishment, Xu Shuhe had to take this plan into consideration at this time.

After all, County Magistrate Huang was already unfair. If Xu Shuhe could not intimidate him and force him to release Chen Zhi and punish Feng and others according to the law, then he would have no choice but to continue to appeal.

Of course, there is one last way, which is to find the fifth prince Zhao Yuci.

But unless it was absolutely necessary, Xu Shuhe did not dare to go to him rashly. After all, the gap in their status was too big, and Zhao Yuci usually kept in secret contact with Chen Zhidu, and Xu Shuhe did not know how to find him. Zhang Ping might know, but Zhang Ping was seriously injured now, and it was probably difficult for him to do the job.

After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Shuhe immediately gave orders in a deep voice.

"Meixiang, go to the farm where Chunliu is imprisoned and bring him back to the mansion. I need to interrogate him. Xinyue, find two reliable servants and go to Liushun Hall. If the head of Liushun Hall, Bao, is willing, I would also like to meet him." "Yes!"

The two maids responded and started moving immediately.

But before he could go out, someone came to tell him that Miss Lin had arrived.

Xu Shu and Lin Jin heard about Chen Zhi's situation, so they rushed over and immediately asked someone to invite her in.

Sure enough, as soon as he came in, Lin Jinyi was anxious.

"What's going on? You just escaped death yesterday, and today one of you is in jail. There's a commotion outside. The Rouge Shop and the Yiwanxiang Noodle House have been closed down!"

As he listened, Xu Shuhe quickly grasped the new information and immediately frowned.

"I know about the Rouge Shop, but what about the Noodle Shop? That newly opened shop doesn't do very well."

"They want to harm you, why do you care so much? I was on my way to find you and passed by the noodle shop. There was a commotion going on there. They said someone had died from eating the food and the police were rushing over!" Lin Jinyi was anxious and angry.

Xu Shuhe's heart really hit the bottom again. "They were so quick to act. I thought that selling low-quality rouge would only result in a beating and a fine, but the things I sold killed people, so this is a murder case."

"That's right. I just happened to see it, so I hurried here. What's going on? Everything went smoothly yesterday." Lin Jinyi said anxiously.

If someone tries to interfere, things won't go smoothly.

Xu Shuhe thought silently in his heart.

He also quickly told Lin Jinyi his and Chen Zhi's speculations.

After hearing this, Lin Jinyi's heart sank a little.

"How about this, I'll send two guards to go to the gambling house with Xinyue. I'm afraid it's a dangerous place and it's not safe enough to go there. The guards around me are all skilled and I feel more at ease."

"Okay, thank you for your help!" Xu Shuhe looked grateful.

Lin Jin waved his hand and said, "Why are you thanking me? You and I are now partners. If the other party wants to cut off our financial resources, we must fight back together."

To be honest, the pressure is greater when one is alone. Now that Lin Jinyi is by his side, Xu Shuhe feels much better.

This is probably the power of friends.

Of course, there is also the power of family members, such as mother Zheng.

Zheng had only one daughter, so she naturally cared about her all the time. The affairs of several shops under Chen Zhi were a hot topic, and Zheng soon got the news.

Came here immediately.

Xu Shuhe didn't want to make his mother worry, so he naturally didn't dare to tell the truth. He just tried to comfort her, saying that he was already arranging the connections and would be able to rescue the person soon.

However, Zheng knew in her heart that her daughter must be hiding something from her. But after hearing that Chen Zhi was not the only one who was arrested, and knowing that the Chen family was in chaos, she did not want to cause more trouble for her daughter.

I simply didn't ask any more questions and moved directly to Chen's house.

She told others that she only had this one daughter, and now that something like this had happened, she was worried and had to come and look after her.

She was so strong that Chen Huaiqian didn't dare to say anything. Chen Xun was a junior and had no say, so Zheng just stayed in Fuyunju.

She also told Xu Shuhe to just focus on the work outside, and that she would keep an eye on the things at the rear.