The gentleman that Master Yu San mentioned was the accountant. That night, the accountant came to the gambling house and completely confirmed that there was a connection between the General's Mansion and the gambling house.
Feng Jue and Shen Tingsi stood on the roof of the gambling house and watched all the conversations and actions of the few people.
The accountant gave some instructions to Master Yu San and did not stay in the gambling house for long. He took the banknotes and left.
Feng Jue, who was squatting on the roof and looking into the room, moved the bricks and tiles back to their original place, stood up and walked to Shen Tingsi's side.
"Master, I didn't expect Zhou Qingyuan to hide so deeply!"
No wonder he felt that Zhou Qingyuan was not as simple as he seemed the first time he saw him. He didn't expect that he was so secretive in private!
The people regard this brave general as honest and upright, who is dedicated to protecting his country. He would rather live a hard life than use his military pay to support the suffering people. Such a selfless person has always been deeply loved by the people.
But who could have imagined that he was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing sucking people's blood?
Zhou Qingyuan really had a good plan as he made both profit and fame!
Feng Jue had a look of sarcasm on his face when Zhou Qingyuan was mentioned. If his master had not come to Jiangnan incognito and accidentally discovered the secret of the General's Mansion, how long would Zhou Qingyuan, the big-tailed wolf, have been able to hide!
After the accountant left, the gambling house suddenly fell into darkness. Feng Jue sprinkled some sleeping powder into the room where the waiters lived, and then sneaked into the gambling house with Shen Tingsi.
Shen Tingsi came to the table where Jiang Li and Yu Sanye were sitting during the day, and replayed Yu Sanye's cheating moves in his mind. He took out a handkerchief and touched the place where Yu Sanye had secretly replaced the sieve.
Shen Tingsi reached under the table through the handkerchief.
Snap——
The crisp sound was particularly abrupt in the quiet room.
Then the table with the sieve in front of them flipped down, and another crisp sound was heard. Shen Tingsi and Feng Jue watched helplessly as the dice was replaced by another sieve with points on it!
Feng Jue quickly squatted under the gambling table and carefully observed the structure of the bottom. However, the bottom was flat and flawless, without any flaws! "Master, it seems that this table has two layers, and the mechanism is inside the table."
Feng Jue clapped his hands and stood up from the ground. He analyzed the scene in front of him, then ran to other gambling tables and found that there was such a flawless mechanism under each gambling table!
"Zhou Qingyuan is really cunning. He actually came up with such a contraption that looks so real!"
Feng Jue cursed. The mechanism of the gambling house was designed extremely cleverly, almost inconspicuous. Unless the entire gambling table was checked one by one, it would be difficult to discover such a perfect mechanism.
Shen Tingsi did not deny Feng Jue's words, and handed him the handkerchief that he had just used to touch the mechanism: "I haven't seen Divine Doctor Su for a long time. Bring the handkerchief to visit him tomorrow."
"yes!"
Feng Jue quickly understood the meaning of Shen Tingsi's words and put the handkerchief away carefully.
——
The next day, the sky was clear and the air was fresh.
Early in the morning, Shen Tingsi followed Feng Jue out of Zhuyuan, planning to take the handkerchief from last night and visit the divine doctor Su who lived in seclusion in a mountain somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River.
When passing by Nanyuan, I happened to meet Jiang Li and Qing Zhu who were about to go out.
"Miss Jiang, Qingzhu!"
Feng Jue greeted Jiang Li and Qing Zhu in front of him. After hearing his voice, Jiang Li and Qing Zhu stopped where they were and turned around to look back.
"Mr. Shen."
Qingzhu bowed to Shen Tingsi first, then looked at Feng Jue who was standing beside him: "Are you guys going out?"
"My master and I are going out for a walk. Where are you going?"
While Qingzhu and Fengjue were talking, Shen Tingsi walked up to Jiang Li and looked at her forehead. Although a night had passed, Jiang Li's forehead was still a little red and swollen because she had hit it too hard yesterday.
"Does it still hurt?"
Shen Tingsi asked.
Jiang Li subconsciously raised her hand and touched the redness and swelling on her forehead: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Although Jiang Li said that it didn't hurt anymore, Shen Tingsi still took out a white porcelain bottle from his waist.
He had originally intended to give this bottle of blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine to Jiang Li last night, but it was already very late when he returned from the gambling house, and he had to give up the idea for fear of disturbing her rest.
The ointment needs to be dissolved with internal force. Shen Tingsi poured the ointment directly on his fingertips, then stretched out his hand towards Jiang.
Jiang Li subconsciously tried to dodge: "No need, Qingzhu already applied medicine for me last night."
"Don't move."
Shen Tingsi held the back of her head with one hand, and touched the red and swollen area on her forehead with his finger dipped in the ointment. He gently applied the ointment evenly, rubbing it and blowing gently until the ointment was completely dissolved.
With her head held down, Jiang Li stood obediently where she was. She raised her eyes and stared at Shen Tingsi, who was pursing his lips tightly in front of her. Her heartbeat accelerated unconsciously.
At this moment, the two of them only had each other in their eyes, and had no idea how intimate their actions were.
Qingzhu and Fengjue behind him looked at each other, then quickly turned their faces away.
No, they saw nothing! But their heads turned to one side and looked forward uncontrollably.
Feng Jue and Qing Zhu's movements were exactly the same, one raised his hand to twist his face to the left, and the other to the right, but their faces twisted uncontrollably in opposite directions.
In the end, the two of them simply helped each other and reached out to push each other's faces.
"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts, you grabbed my hair!"
Qingzhu cried out in pain, and Shen Tingsi and Jiang Li turned their heads to look at the two people behind them.
After seeing the postures of the two, Jiang Li's mouth twitched: "..." This is a bit too much.
"Qingzhu, are you okay? Where did I hurt you?"
Feng Jue leaned over to Qing Zhu with a nervous look on his face. Qing Zhu pushed his face away and said angrily, "Go on, you guys go on."
The good atmosphere was interrupted by Qingzhu and Fengjue, a pair of funny guys. Shen Tingsi handed the porcelain bottle in his hand to Jiang Li and continued to walk forward side by side.
Shen Tingsi and Jiang Li were walking in front and chatting, while Feng Jue and Qingzhu were following behind and bickering. The four figures formed a beautiful scenery on the secluded path.
Before they knew it, they arrived at the intersection leading to the accounting office. It was time to split up into two groups. Shen Tingsi and Feng Jue felt that this section of the road was not long.
Shen Tingsi turned around and said a few words to Jiang Li in a voice that only the two of them could hear. After that, he left the general's mansion with Feng Jue.
After watching the two of them leave, Jiang Li and Qing Zhu turned and walked towards the accounting office. I don't know what Qing Zhu said, but Jiang Li smiled with her hands covering her mouth, looking very coquettish.
"Miss, let's go. The master and the mistress have returned from Xuzhou today. Let's go to the Jiang Mansion after we finish dealing with the account books. I also have something to give to my godmother!"
Qingzhu held Jiang Li's arm and went to the account office, chatting and laughing all the way. As soon as the two of them left, a figure walked out from behind the rockery...
(End of this chapter)