The manager originally wanted to reason with these gamblers, but how could a gambler who was obsessed with money try to reason with him?
If he didn't give them the money, they would make trouble in front of the gambling house.
The gambling house sent thugs to scare them away, but there were too many of them and they were not afraid at all.
Coupled with the malicious instigation by others, the situation immediately spiraled out of control.
The thugs in the gambling house were directly pushed to the ground and rubbed by the gamblers.
The steward had no choice but to let the gamblers cash out all the cash in the casino. They refused to give up and asked the steward to get the money to exchange for chips.
The steward was scared to death, so he came to the city lord's mansion to look for Zhou Chenyang, but Zhou Chenyang didn't come back all night, so he waited until now.
The gambling house is now in a mess.
Zhou Chenyang said angrily: "They are so brave! Is Xu on guard? So many people are making trouble, does he not care?"
The steward replied: "Xu Shoubei said that repaying debts is a matter of course. As long as they don't destroy, smash, and rob, he can't control them."
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
He and Xu Shoubei have always been at odds with each other, and they usually fight each other.
This time he saw Xu Shoubei's double standard perfectly!
He was so angry!
He said coldly: "I'll go take a look."
When he passed by, he saw all the gamblers sitting in front of the gambling house in an orderly manner, and the door of the gambling house was closed.
They even pulled out a banner that read, "Pay back debts as a matter of course."
"The black-hearted gambling house, return my hard-earned money!"
“If you don’t practice what you say, where is the law of heaven?”
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
When he saw this, he was going crazy. Where did these bad gamblers get their hard-earned money?
He said coldly: "What are you doing here? Let me go!"
A gambler stood up and said: "We are here to exchange chips in the gambling house. Even if you are the lord of a city, you can't drive us away!"
All the gamblers responded in unison: "Yes!"
Their shouts were so powerful that Zhou Chenyang was startled.
When did these people get so united?
Zhou Chenyang's eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "Betting is illegal in the first place. You are gambling in public. Come and arrest them all!"
The officials behind him immediately bullied the gamblers like wolves and tigers.
The gamblers were a little flustered, and most of them wanted to escape.
But I heard someone loudly say: "If it is illegal for us to gamble in a gambling house, then it is even more illegal for a gambling house to gather people to gamble openly!"
"The city lord only arrested us, but protected the gambling house. I don't accept this!"
As soon as this sentence was uttered, everyone immediately responded, and many people immediately shouted: "I don't accept it!"
"I exchanged my money for chips in a gambling shop, why can't I get my money back?"
"I heard that the boss behind the gambling house is the city lord. He knows the law and breaks the law, and his behavior is extremely bad!"
"Brothers, what he did is so perverse and perverse. Let's go to Gale Wind City to find the prince to redress our grievances!"
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
He thought that as long as he scared these gamblers as usual today, they would disperse on their own.
I didn’t expect that they would be so united today and even say that they would go to King Pingnan to make the decision!
Someone must be instigating this!
Liu Tianwen saw that something was wrong. If this situation continued, a civil uprising would probably occur. A civil uprising at this time would be extremely detrimental to them.
He immediately said loudly: "Don't listen to hearsay, this gambling house has nothing to do with the city lord."
"The city lord has sent people to arrest all the guys and stewards in the gambling house!"
As soon as everyone relaxed after hearing these words, they heard a clear female voice: "Fart!"
"The steward of the gambling house is with you now. Has anyone caught him?"
Zhou Chenyang's expression changed drastically when he heard this voice. When he turned around, he saw Lin Xiuyan wearing a bright red outfit and standing not far away with her hands folded.
Behind her were Fan Xilou and Xu Qianting.
At this time, the wind blew her hair, and her whole body looked flamboyant and carefree, as beautiful as the rising sun.
He said coldly: "It's you!"
Lin Xiuyan had already broken up with him, and she even beat him into a pig's head last night, so she didn't need to cover up at this time.
She chuckled lightly, took three steps towards him and said, "It's me, so what?"
The muscles on Zhou Chenyang's face trembled several times, and she said loudly: "The city lord said gambling is illegal, but the gambling houses in Yucheng have existed for many years."
"After the city lord took office, he didn't see the city lord shut down the gambling house."
"City Lord, please don't tell me such nonsense that you didn't know the existence of gambling houses before. You are the Lord of a city and you are not blind."
Her words cut off all Zhou Chenyang's escape routes.
Zhou Chenyang looked at her with eyes that made him want to eat her alive.
Lin Xiuyan didn't care at all. She said loudly: "I would like the city lord to give an explanation to the people of Chongqing about today's matter."
"If you want to jail all those who hold gambling chips in their hands, then please close all gambling houses and brothels in Chongqing."
"Because both of these are expressly prohibited by Dachu law!"
Xu Qianting and Fan Xilou shouted in agreement: "Close the gambling houses and brothels!"
Others who had chips in their hands also loudly echoed: "Shut down the gambling houses and brothels!"
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
He looked around at the angry crowd, and looked at Lin Xiuyan with even more sinister eyes.
He walked up to her and said, "Are you determined to go against me?"
Lin Xiuyan chuckled: "The city lord is joking, what do you mean I am against you?"
"I just hate gambling. Today I saw that the city lord wanted to rectify the atmosphere in Chongqing City, so I came over to help the city lord."
After she finished speaking, she loudly said: "If the Lord of the City cannot close the gambling houses and brothels, then please ask the Lord of the City to order the gambling houses to cash in their chips."
Xu Qianting and Fan Xilou shouted in agreement: "Cash the chips!"
Everyone echoed: "Cash in your chips!"
This time the voice was louder than before.
Zhou Chenyang had always looked down upon Lin Xiuyan, thinking she was a hopeless playboy.
But with her careful planning last night and her inciting people today, she turned out to be a very powerful person.
Lin Xiuyan clasped her hands in front of her chest and said, "I have carefully prepared two options for the city lord. It depends on the city lord's choice."
"The city lord must not think of suppressing it with force. Once this matter breaks out, King Pingnan will definitely intervene."
"No one knows what will happen then. After all, the Crown Prince is in Yucheng now."
"City Lord, don't even think about killing the prince and hiding this matter. Even if he is no longer favored, he is still the prince of the palace and the heir to the Pingnan palace that the emperor prefers!"
Zhou Chenyang: "..."
Everything he wanted to do was told by her!
The most frightening thing is that when things have reached this stage, he seems to have only these two options.
He didn't want to choose either of these two options!