I attained immortality through meditation in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Zhang Jing's expression changed.

Having spent many years in officialdom, he had seen all sorts of filth and depravity.

Forced buying and selling, coercing innocent women into prostitution!

"Brother Zi'an, you..."

A gambler brother.

A casino owner who is arranging to take a concubine.

These two things are essentially the same thing!

"Li Kang has been detained by the casino."

"My sister-in-law's mother, Zhang, sold her youngest daughter, Li Hongyun, in order to save her son."

"She was sold to the casino to be the manager's concubine in order to pay off Li Kang's gambling debts."

Zhang Jingyi slammed his fist on the table.

"Damn it! He's an absolute bastard!"

"Is she even human? Selling her own daughter for a gambling addict son? Only a beast would do such a thing!"

"That Zhang! Foolish! Utterly stupid!"

"And that Li Kang! A hopeless piece of trash! He deserves to die!"

Zhao Zian remained silent.

Footsteps came from outside the door.

"My lord! My lord! I've found out everything!"

Liu San ran in.

Zhang Jing sat back down in his chair.

"explain!"

"yes!"

Liu San dared not be negligent.

"Sir, I've investigated that man named Li Kang. He owes money at the Sihai Gambling House in the west of the city. With interest compounding, he owes a total of three hundred and twenty taels of silver!"

Three hundred and twenty taels!

Zhang Jingyan twitched.

"Where are they? Where are they now?"

"Three days ago, he was detained by the people from Sihai Gambling House and locked in the woodshed in the backyard of the gambling house. He was beaten quite a bit."

"What's the other thing?"

Zhang Jing's voice became a little hoarse.

"Another one..."

Liu San turned a page of his notebook.

"My lord, the gambling den owner you asked me to investigate who's been arranging to take a concubine—what a coincidence, it really is the owner of this Sihai Gambling Den!"

Liu San continued.

"I've found out. This shopkeeper is called Black Tiger, he's forty-five years old, and he already has three wives. This time, he's going to marry his fourth concubine. I heard she's very young, only sixteen."

Sixteen years old!

Zhang Jing clenched his fists again.

"When is the date set?" Zhao Zian asked.

Liu San hurriedly replied, "Sir, the date is set for... the day after tomorrow!"

the day after tomorrow!

Time is of the essence!

Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Zian.

"Brother Zi'an, what are you planning to do?"

Since Zhao Zian came and laid everything out before him, it was impossible that he was just there to complain.

He must have a plan.

Zhao Zian stood up.

"Brother Zhang, my sister-in-law, although she's a bit clever, is ultimately a soft-hearted woman. Her family is a mess, a bottomless pit. She'll never have peace of mind until this mess is completely cleaned up."

"I need you to do something for me, Brother Zhang."

"Tell me! If it means bringing these bastards to justice, I'll go through fire and water with you, even if it means going through hell and high water!"

Zhang Jing said.

Zhao Zian smiled.

This is exactly the attitude Zhang Jing wanted.

"Brother Zhang, we can't force this."

Zhang Jing was taken aback.

"No force? Are you suggesting we reason with those beasts? Brother Zian, are you out of your mind? To deal with these people, you have to use torture! You have to use ruthless methods!"

In his view, the matter was simple and crude.

The county magistrate took action, leading his constables, storming into the gambling den, arresting people, and sealing off the premises!

"Brother Zhang, do you believe it or not, if we rush over now, not only will we fail to save anyone, but we'll also get you, the county magistrate, into a mess."

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Jing frowned.

"In this matter, Black Tiger is not the key, and even that gambling addict Li Kang is not the key."

Zhao Zian said.

"The real crux of the matter is that mother who sold her daughter, Zhang."

Zhang Jing suddenly realized.

She sold her daughter, and she signed the papers.

"you mean……"

"We must save people, but not on the grounds of forcibly buying women. We must punish the wicked, but the first person we must punish is not Black Tiger, but Zhang!"

"According to the laws of the Great Qianlong era, any parent who sells their son into slavery or their daughter into prostitution shall be punished with eighty strokes of the cane and two years of penal servitude!"

"To pay off her son's gambling debts, she sold her daughter to a 45-year-old man as his fourth concubine. How is this any different from selling her daughter into prostitution?"

"We're not going there to cause trouble, we're going to demand our people back."

......

Zhao Zian stepped into the Sihai Casino.

The workshop was filled with smoke and fire.

His gaze fell on a gambling table where people were betting on big or small.

Zhao Zian walked over and found an empty seat to sit down.

He took out a few pieces of silver and casually placed a bet on "big".

The dealer opened the pot, it's a small one.

He sighed softly and placed another bet on the small one.

I won this time.

"Hey kid, new here?"

A man next to him grinned.

Zhao Zian smiled in response: "Just arrived and am just having some fun."

The bearded man chuckled.

Another round began, and Zhao Zian bet big this time, but as expected, he lost again.

He frowned and took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his purse.

On the second floor of the gambling den, Black Tiger was embracing a woman and drinking and making merry.

"Shopkeeper, there's a new face downstairs. Judging from his attire, he's a rich young master."

A servant came up to report.

Black Tiger didn't take it seriously.

"Rich young master? Once you enter this world, even a dragon has to coil up before me, and a tiger has to lie down before me."

He patted the woman's buttocks in his arms.

"Here, pour me another cup!"

downstairs.

Another dice cup was lifted.

"Two, two, three, seven o'clock!"

The dealer swept away all the loose silver in front of Zhao Zian.

Losing is meant to make the fish lower their guard.

Now, it's time to close the net.

Zhao Zian closed his eyes, and when he opened them again...

Inside the gambling den, the sounds of voices and collisions reached his ears clearly.

He enhanced his five senses and focused them all on the dice cup that was being shaken.

"The market is open! The market is open! Place your order now!"

The dealer picked up the dice cup and began his performance.

"Four, five, six, fifteen o'clock, big."

The result flashed through Zhao Zi'an's mind.

I'm betting on big.

He pushed the ten-tael silver ingot to the larger area.

The surrounding gamblers let out a burst of snickers.

"This kid's gotten carried away with losing!"

"Beting ten taels in one go, they're desperate to win back their losses."

"What a pity, I got three small hands in a row just now, I think this one will probably be another small hand."

The dealer slammed the dice cup on the table.

"open!"

Beneath the dice cup, three dice lay quietly.

Four, five, six!

3 PM, big!

"Holy crap! That's huge!"

"That kid's got some luck!"

"Damn it, I should have gone with him!"

The dealer's expression was a little stiff, but he still followed the rules and paid Zhao Zian ten taels of silver.

Zhao Zian placed the two silver ingots side by side in front of him.

"continue."

A new game begins.

The dice cup rattled again.

Zhao Zian's ears twitched slightly.

"One, one, two, four o'clock, small."

He pushed the two silver ingots in front of him, totaling twenty taels, into the smaller area.

You dare to bet everything after just winning one game?

Is this kid crazy or an idiot?