"I don't know how long I can coax her, so what's the point of bothering?" Mrs. Lu took out her hand, resisted the urge to wipe her hands with a handkerchief, and said with a gentle smile, "If the master really cares about me, let Xu Tian... Be more restrained and don't let Mr. Xie catch you."
Lu Deqiu stood up and said, "I warned him two days ago. In the past two days, he has been following Zhao Yongsheng in the racecourse behind closed doors."
Mrs. Lu stood up to see him off, "Just make the arrangements, sir. Qiuniang is pregnant for the first time, so her behavior will inevitably be more delicate. Master, go and spend more time with her, don't let her feel sad."
"I know." Lu Deqiu nodded, "It's getting late, so you should rest."
Mrs. Lu should be well.
After standing at the door and watching him go away, the smile on his face slowly faded away.
She glanced down at the hand he held, and a layer of disgust filled her eyes unconsciously.
Calmly taking out the handkerchief and wiping the area he had touched twice, Mrs. Lu turned around and said, "Go and see if the ladies are asleep. If they are not asleep yet, tell them that they don't have to come over tomorrow." Please say hello and please serve Miss Chen Er well."
The mother-in-law who was waiting on the side should be behind and hurried away.
Mrs. Lu looked at the empty room and then at her hands, and the disgust in her eyes couldn't help but become even worse.
After asking her mother-in-law and maid to prepare hot water, she immediately took off her clothes and soaked herself in the water.
the other side.
After Chen Anning was escorted to Luoqiuyuan by the ladies of the Prefect's Mansion, she continued to play the role of a girl from a small family with a shallow vision who could not get on the stage. She was unfazed by the gold and silver jewelry that the ladies sent her to please her. No one refuses.
Talking until midnight, after reluctantly saying goodbye to the ladies, Chen Anning grabbed a handful of gold and silver, feeling quite unfinished.
"Are you addicted?" Xie Xun's voice came from the back window.
Chen Anning glanced at the gold and silver jewelry piled on the table like a small mountain, and then looked at him and said: "It's just a casual flattery from the ladies. It only took an hour before and after, such a big table was piled up. This prefect's mansion, It’s really rich.”
Xie Xun came over, grabbed some gold and silver and played with it for a while, then said, "It is indeed rich."
Chen Anning glanced at him: "If he is brought to justice, will all these properties be confiscated?"
Xie Xun threw away the gold and silver and said with a smile: "What, you want to keep it for yourself?"
"It's just that you are the Minister of Dali Temple, and it is your official duty to handle cases." Chen Anning curled her lips, "I am a commoner, but I have no such obligation, so getting paid according to my work is not excessive, right?"
"If I say it's too much, you won't take it?" Xie Xun teased.
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows, "Of course not."
"Since you can't, then take it." Xie Xun said casually.
Chen Anning praised him: "Justice!"
Xie Xun laughed twice, found a chair next to him, sat down, and talked about the business: "Xu Tianyi left the casino and started trading horses with Zhao Yongsheng. But judging from the information A Zan found, Xu Tian Tian Yi left the casino openly, but secretly he was still colluding with Zhao Yongsheng to harm the horse dealers who came to Jincheng County to do business. It's just that their actions were more cautious and secretive than before. "
"So you should try to delay as much as possible to buy more time for them to make arrangements."
Chen Anning asked him: "What is the origin of Xu Tianyi? It has not been found out yet?"
"The only information found so far is that Xu Tianyi is an orphan with unknown parents. He has been begging for a living for many years," Xie Xun said slowly. "About seven or eight years ago, when he went out to beg, he met someone who was being raped. Zhao Yongsheng, who was deceived by the wandering warlock, couldn't help but exposed the scam of the wandering warlock, and helped Zhao Yongsheng recover more than five hundred taels of silver. After that, Zhao Yongsheng thanked him and let him work at the racecourse."
"While working at the racecourse, Xu Tianyi discovered that Zhao Yongsheng was also engaged in deceiving people and had secret contacts with Lu Deqiu, so he volunteered to design a scam of fairy jumping. After Zhao Yongsheng and Lu Deqiu looked at him differently, he started again With Tianxian Bureau and others, he gained Lu Deqiu's attention, and then transferred him to the casino and handed over the management of the entire casino to him."
"Xu Tianyi has lived up to Lu Deqiu's high expectations. Under his management, the casino has not only become larger than before, but its profits have also been several times greater than before."
"Hockey market, casino..." Chen Anning dropped the gold and silver, picked up a string of jasper rosary beads, and said as he fiddled with it, "So, they have completely trapped Jincheng County and are doing things like roosters and dogs."
Xie Xun sneered coldly: "They not only circled Jincheng County and committed crimes like chickens and dogs, but they also controlled the economic lifeline of the entire county with one hand."
Chen Anning looked at him and asked tentatively: "Is it only like this in Jincheng County, or is it like this in all the eight counties where horses are distributed?"
Xie Xun didn't answer but asked: "What do you think?"
Chen Anning clicked her tongue twice: "It sounds like the situation is very serious."
Xie Xun was funny: "If it's not serious, I won't hire you. If I don't hire you, you won't make five million."
Chen Anning nodded cooperatively: "Then it seems like it's better to be more serious."
"Promising!" Xie Xun scolded with a smile, came over, grabbed two handfuls of jewelry and left.
Chen Anning didn't pay attention at first. When he disappeared and looked down at the remaining jewelry, she realized that the two handfuls he seemed to have grabbed at random had taken away almost all the high-quality jewelry.
"Insidious and cunning dog man!" Chen Anning sneered.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning.
Chen Anning had just woken up when the ladies from the Prefect's Mansion arrived one after another.
There were obviously only five young ladies, but they were chattering around her like hundreds of ducks, indiscriminately ordering a bunch of maids, vying to dress her up.
Chen Anning tried her best to make a happy expression and let them fight and rob her.
After a lot of fighting, they finally chose and changed their clothes, put on their makeup, and combed their hair. As a result, they started fighting again for the restaurant where they had breakfast.
Seeing their red-faced fight, and looking at the increasingly dazzling sunlight, Chen Anning kindly suggested: "Let's draw lots."
"Yes, draw lots!" The ladies, who had been fighting for a long time, immediately agreed.
Finally, after choosing a restaurant, they set off.
At this time, it was already noon.
The carriage arrived at the restaurant smoothly and smoothly.
For some reason, Chen Anning breathed a sigh of relief when she got off the carriage.
However……
Before they could enter the restaurant, two carriages suddenly rushed over and stopped beside them.
"Hua Jin, Hua Rong, what are you doing here?" Before the people in the carriage showed up, Lu Wenjun, the second lady of the Prefecture's residence, who recognized the carriage, spoke up, but her tone was not very friendly.
Following her words, the third lady Lu Yuer and the fifth lady Lu Yueyun from the Taishou Mansion quickly stood in front of Chen Anning, blocking her view.
Sixth Miss Lu Fulan and Ninth Miss Lu Jingyun also stood on the left and right sides beside Chen Anning.
"I don't need to tell you what we are here for!" The carriage door opened, and Hua Rong, who came out first, snorted coldly, and then his eyes fell vertically on Chen Anning.
Her eyes weren't very friendly either.
