The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Because of this incident, everyone felt that Yun Gui Fang was benevolent and righteous, and everyone had to praise Shen Qing when they talked about him.

Hu Wei is a gambling addict, and now that he's out of money, if he finds out that Aunt Liu is with Shen Qing, he'll definitely cause trouble.

Zhou Chu's reason was to take precautions and, incidentally, rid the people of a scourge.

Hu Wei was just a nobody, but the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was naturally happy to do such a good deed as speaking up for the people.

"You're a good man, kid. This is easy to handle. Just have Wang San make the trip."

Wang San was the head constable of Yingtian Prefecture and had an excellent relationship with Zhou Chu.

"Weighing instrument, don't worry, that kid won't get away."

Wang San assured.

Zhou Chu then quietly slipped five taels of silver to Wang San.

"I'll treat the brothers to drinks later."

Wang San chuckled as soon as he received the silver.

Zhou Chu knew very well that when asking someone for a favor, the worst thing you could do was to give the benefit to only one person.

If he only gave benefits to the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Wang San and others would probably be dissatisfied.

When they start doing something, they won't put their heart into it.

Friendship is one thing, but it's another.

Moreover, although Zhou Chu and they seemed to have a deep relationship, it was actually very fragile.

If you do one thing wrong, it will break.

Even the most righteous things, in this era, will not be taken seriously without the drive of self-interest; they will drag their feet as long as possible.

But it's different now.

Wang San was extremely efficient; in less than an hour, Hu Wei was brought to Shuntian Prefecture.

Under interrogation, Hu Wei initially wanted to deny everything, but as soon as the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture said that severe torture would be used, before the torture even began, Hu Wei was so frightened that he confessed all the things he had done before.

In this way, everything falls into place naturally.

Based on what he's done, he won't be out of the picture for at least another one or two decades.

Throughout the entire process, Zhou Chu did not show up, and even if he did, Hu Wei would not have recognized him.

After all, Zhao Hu is Zhao Hu, and Zhou Chu is Zhou Chu.

Xiao Dao's makeup skills are truly amazing.

After dealing with Hu Wei, the hidden danger was completely eliminated.

Wang Cai then found another gambler to join the game; it's unclear where they met.

He was a businessman from out of town, a complete sucker.

Wang Cai now highly values ​​Zhou Chu and enjoys playing mahjong or card games the most because he has discovered that Zhou Chu is very good at feeding him cards, and he always wins a lot when playing these games.

The tags are similar to mahjong tiles, but more like paper mahjong tiles.

Slender, long leaves.

The position of the fourth sucker changes frequently, but the positions of the other three remain constant.

Life went on like this, and Zhou Chu's life became unusually leisurely, giving him more time to practice calligraphy, read books, and paint.

Zhou Chu had to admit that he really didn't have much talent in drawing.

Even Tang Bohu scratched his head after seeing it.

Mu Yunjin, on the other hand, is very talented; her paintings, even at such a young age, already show promise.

This greatly comforted Tang Bohu.

He simply changed his strategy and focused on teaching Zhou Chu to write and the little girl to draw.

More than half a year passed peacefully until one night, the old beggar Jin Youcai ran anxiously to Zhou Chu.

"Something has happened to the Chu family!"

The Chu family home caught fire, and everyone in the Chu household was unconscious. If Jin Youcai hadn't had people keeping a close watch on them, the entire Chu family would probably have perished.

Fortunately, Jin Youcai had arranged for people to rescue them before he arrived.

However, they only managed to save Chu Li and her younger brother Chu Huizu.

Chu Heng originally had a chance to survive. When the fire started, many people were awakened by the smoke, including Chu Heng and his wife.

But Chu Heng knew very well that if he lived, those people would probably be restless and unable to eat or sleep, even if he repeatedly assured them that he would never leak the secret.

Those people still took action, after all, only the dead can truly keep secrets.

Chu Heng knew very well that with those people's power, let alone eliminating a mere minor official like himself, even if they acted more arrogantly, no one would hold them accountable.