After saying that, he smiled at Ji Zhifei and led his people out of the private room.
Gu Heng came and went in a hurry. After the door closed, the private room fell silent for a while.
After a long while, someone in the crowd finally asked, "...Where did Gu Heng get his sister-in-law?"
"I haven't heard of it. Has any of you heard of it?"
Everyone was talking at once, and Ji Zhifei's expression became increasingly grim. He shouted, "Shut up!"
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Elsewhere, Jing Li and Gu Heng left the gambling house before turning back to Boss Chang and saying, "Boss Chang, you can go back first. Leave the rest to me. Don't worry, I'll help you get the bookstore back."
Boss Chang has not yet recovered from what has just happened.
He looked at Gu Heng, as if he wanted to ask something, but didn't dare to ask more. He bowed to the two of them and turned to leave.
Gu Heng smiled and said, "How was my performance?"
"Thank you." Jing Li said.
He had expected that Ji Zhifei would not give in so easily, so before leaving, he sent a letter to Gu Heng, asking Gu Heng to come to the gambling house to help him.
It was originally just a precaution, but I didn't expect it to actually come in handy.
Jing Li asked: "How do you know which room I am in?"
"I asked."
Gu Heng's carriage was parked outside the gambling house. Gu Heng led Jing Li into the carriage and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know that this isn't the first time Ji Zhifei and his gang have done something like this. Luckily you called me. If I hadn't come today, you probably wouldn't have gotten away so easily."
Jing Li frowned: "They bully the people, and the government doesn't care?"
Gu Heng touched his nose embarrassedly and did not answer.
Jing Li remembered that when he first met Gu Heng, this man seemed to be bullying the people.
This may be a common problem of this era. Those who are powerful have people protecting them. As long as they don't go too far, even someone as honest as the Jiangling prefect will turn a blind eye.
This is not something that can be reversed by the power of one person.
Jing Li felt helpless when he thought of this.
The atmosphere in the car was a little awkward for a moment. Gu Heng cleared his throat and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll take you home first, and then send a carriage to pick you up at noon."
"Hmm?" Jing Li came back to his senses and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Linjiang Pavilion." Gu Heng said, "My mother invited you and the master to a lunch at noon. You don't think I'm talking nonsense, do you?"
Jing Li said "Oh" and then remembered something: "By the way, don't tell Qin Zhao about what happened today."
"I understand." Gu Heng patted his chest and smiled, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I'll send it to you tomorrow after Ji Zhifei returns the things."
Jing Li: "Okay."
The carriage slowly passed through the streets. Neither of the two people in the carriage noticed that a black shadow flashed between the roofs and ran away into the distance.
"Gu Heng is gone?"
Qin Zhao sat under the eaves reading a book. Ah Qi stood beside him and told him what he had just seen and heard. He pondered for a moment and nodded: "I understand."
Ah Qi asked again, "I heard that the one who troubled Madam was the son of the silk shop owner Ji. Should we let Gu Changzhou intervene?"
"Let's not do that for now." Qin Zhao turned the page and said calmly, "As long as the other party doesn't threaten Madam's safety, we don't need to care about other things."
The little fish boy came over staggeringly with a stuffed doll in his arms, and pulled Ah Qi's sleeve, wanting to go play in the yard.
He is very sensible now and knows that his father cannot be exposed to cold wind, so when his father is alone at home, he never asks to go out to play.
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