Bao Ertou was thinking lower and lower his head, but he looked up suddenly and said:

"Sir, Master! These things are ordered by the chief clerk! Without his instructions, how dare the young man do these things? The young man is dedicated to the public and law-abiding and treats guests honestly. However, if the chief clerk says, the young man dare not refuse.

Listen! By the way, Master, the small gambling house is not a villain. The real owner is actually the chief clerk. The small one is just managing the business on his behalf, so these things have nothing to do with the small one

ah!"

Everyone was shocked.

Is this still true?

Zhang Chenglong clasped his fists: "Don't listen to his nonsense. There is a contract book on the gambling house, and the words on it are clearly written in black and white. The master is him who has two heads, and it has nothing to do with the lower officials. The reason for this is clear

He wanted to frame the blame. The officials did not instruct him to do those things. They were the daily operations of the gambling house. The officials did not have so much spare time to deal with these things."

Let’s not talk about the second half of Zhang Chenglong’s sentence for now, but the first half is correct. The owner of the gambling house is indeed Bao Ertou, at least this is recorded in the yamen’s desk.

Liao Qing sternly said: "Bao Ertou, you should be serious about making lies! Who is the owner of the gambling house? Do you just talk nonsense? I don't believe in the records of the yamen, but instead believe in your nonsense?

Come! I will beat him twenty first, and I dare to fool me!"

Zuoli responded to his promise, stepped forward and held the two ends of his bag, and was about to strip his pants.

Bao Ertou panicked, "Wait! Master, Master, what the villain said is true! Although the gambling house contract book is written with the villain's name, it is only nominal and for outsiders to see.

After all, there are many troubles in the gambling house, the chief clerk is worried that one day it will cause a big mess and affect him. Moreover, the chief clerk feels that being the owner of the gambling house is not glorious and it will hinder his reputation, so he wrote

The name of the villain was put on, but the real master was indeed the chief clerk!"

Everyone was shocked.

If Bao Ertou wants to deceive, he can only have one time, so he can't hide it!

But now I have said it over and over again, for fear that others will not believe it, and even the reasons are so sufficient, which is really doubtful.

Liao Qing said in confusion: "You always say that the owner of the gambling house is Lord Zhang, but why did Lord Zhang come to you? Why did he trust you so much and deliver such an important industry to you, even the owner's name is you?"

Bao Ertou hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth, "The master doesn't know anything. The villain is actually the nephew of the chief clerk."

Why?

These two people actually have this relationship?

Not to mention Liao Qing and others, even the clerks and yamen runners who had worked in the yamen for many years were not aware of it, and they looked at each other at this time. If this matter was true, then the chief clerk was hiding so deeply.

!

The two of them are both bright and dark, one official and one civilian. Over the years, they have played the double act freely and flourished, and the audience is confused and kept in the dark without knowing it!

He is worthy of being an old fox!

Everyone looked at the chief clerk at the same time.

I couldn't help but be shocked again.

At this moment, Zhang Chenglong was already in tears and walked towards Baoerite step by step.

"A grievance! I miss my poor brother, who died young and entrusted you to me. For many years, I have regarded you as my own, and I have never been stingy with food, clothing and expenses. But I didn't expect that you actually chose it.

This is a gambling business! I thought it would be fine, but you have grown up anyway, so there is no need to discipline me anymore, but who knew that you are using this matter to slander me and frame me!"

Zhang Chenglong Ji shouted angrily, "Today, I will discipline you, an unworthy son for your brother!"

After saying that, with a "bang!", he slapped Bao Ertou on the face.

Bao Ertou's fat face instantly showed a few red marks.

"you……"

Bao Ertou covered his left face and glared at Zhang Chenglong angrily.

He wanted to throw his palm back, but he didn't dare.

After all, this is in the lobby, and Zhang Chenglong is also an official.

"What are you?!"

Zhang Chenglong was even more angry than him and slapped him again.

"You disobedient son, for your dead father, I have never beaten you. You chose to open a gambling house. Although I am not ashamed, I have to endure it! But you actually used this to slander me. Today, I am

I will not spare you!"

Bao Ertou was slapped twice and could not fight back. However, he was unwilling to give up and shouted to the hall: "It's not like this, master, he is lying, he is cheating, you can't believe his words, the gambling house is him

of!"

"Bang!"

Zhang Chenglong slapped again and said angrily: "How dare you say that I am a cheater and dare to insult me ​​like this. I will beat you to death today..."

Bao Ertou tied his neck, "The gambling house is yours!"

"Bang!" "Still talking nonsense..."

"that is……"

"Ba!" "Sir! The officials are incompetent in discipline, which makes them laugh. But what this son said is purely false..."

"No! It's true..."

"Bang!"

...

The two of them are having a fight!

The slap was slapped and the people at the scene couldn't bear to look at it.

In the end, Liao Qing stopped the two of them from pointing their fingers and ordered Bao Ertou to be kept in prison and to be tried again after investigation.

At the same time, it was also ordered to immediately post notices at important intersections in various places, including outside the city, calling on the people to expose Bao Ertou's crimes. Of course, if there are other grievances, you can still come to the yamen to file a complaint.

Zhang Zhuan immediately stood up to respond, saying that he would conduct an investigation in person and would give the county magistrate a satisfactory explanation.

Everyone accepted the order and acted separately, and Liao Qing announced his withdrawal.

Zhang Chenglong left the yamen and took his men straight to a house.

This house is located in a remote location and occupies a large area, which is one of its industries.

Gu Xiu'er was temporarily placed here.

Seeing that he was back, Gu Xiu'er hurriedly stepped forward to take off her hat and dress.

Zhang Chenglong stood in the house and summoned two confidants, whispered a few instructions, waved his hand to Gu Xiuer, and walked straight into the study, sat on the Taishi chair with his head on the back of the chair,

I looked like I was in a state of false sleep, but my eyelids were sometimes ups and downs, indicating that my heart was not calm.

Gu Xiuer came in with tea. When she saw this scene, she carefully placed the tea on the table and then quietly left.

More than an hour later, several people came into the house one after another.

In addition to Zhang Chenglong's several confidant subordinates, there were also the cold man, Captain Zhao, Qian Mangguan and others.

Zhao Ruhu did not expect that his nephew had an emergency and could not come for the time being. It was not surprising that Zhang Chenglong was always carrying a sedan chair at critical moments - he couldn't afford it, although his name was actually a tiger

It belongs to rats.

Qian Slam spoke first,
Chapter completed!