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

Chapter 572

Chu Liu's daily life was very stable. He basically stayed at Zui Xian Lou. Nowadays, all the major casinos in the capital treat Chu Liu like a grandson. They can't gamble as well as they can't afford to offend him.

Previously, a foolish casino wanted to teach Chu Liu a lesson, but they were so frightened by a group of imperial guards who suddenly appeared that they knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly in front of Chu Liu.

Since then, the rumor that the Sixth Day of the Lunar New Year was backed by the Embroidered Uniform Guard has spread among various casinos.

These casinos are quite sensible; every year they send a considerable amount of money to Chu Liu as protection money.

Of course, Chu Liu didn't receive the money for nothing. Whenever these casinos encountered a cheater they couldn't handle, they would ask Chu Liu to step in and keep order.

So, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, he became a figurehead for various casinos in the capital, taking their money and solving their problems at crucial moments.

This deal is a sure thing for all the casinos, since, except for the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, there are always some skilled cheaters who occasionally appear and steal a lot of money from the casinos.

Unlike the sixth day of the lunar month, these people tend to move from place to place after each shot, unlike the sixth day when they acted without any scruples.

Of course, in return, the Embroidered Uniform Guard would also frequently gather information from various casinos on the sixth day of the lunar month, and even plant spies. For the sixth day of the lunar month and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, this was a sure-fire way to make money.

Chu Liu has a very ordinary appearance, the kind that would be inconspicuous in a crowd. If he dressed up properly, he wouldn't look so ordinary, but as a con artist, the most taboo thing is to attract attention. This appearance is the result of Chu Liu's deliberate efforts.

In addition, Chu Liu's public identity is that of a waiter at Zuixianlou Restaurant, and he keeps a very low profile. No one knows that this waiter at Zuixianlou Restaurant has now saved nearly 100,000 taels of silver.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, he didn't have much desire for money. In his opinion, enough money was enough, and too much was not a good thing.

It was a night at the end of July. I had just helped a gambling den deal with a very skilled swindler and was about to go home when I saw that after the swindlers came out of the gambling den, they did not leave immediately, but went straight to the home of another wealthy family.

This immediately piqued Chu Liu's interest.

Although Chu Liu doesn't frequent the Blue Gate much these days, he's still familiar with its ins and outs. These people are probably not just eyeing gambling dens, but also setting traps for others.

Since then, I have been paying attention to this family, intentionally or unintentionally, and I pass by their door every day.

The family's surname was Ding, and the head of the family was named Ding Jun. He was a businessman of moderate size in the capital, and his family was quite well-off.

This information was obtained from the Embroidered Uniform Guard on the sixth day of the lunar month. For the Embroidered Uniform Guard, there were no major secrets in the capital.

The Ding family has two sons and a daughter. The daughter's name is Ding Lan. Soon, on the sixth day of the month, they met the Ding family's daughter.

Ding Lan wasn't exceptionally beautiful, but every smile and gesture captivated Chu Liu's heart. From then on, if Chu Liu didn't see Ding Lan for a day, he felt something was missing.

It wasn't until Ding Jun, the head of the Ding family, was framed by those con artists and his family was ruined that Chu Liu finally found an opportunity to rent a place for the Ding family and told Ding Jun that he had been tricked by those people.

These words not only failed to make Ding Jun realize his mistake, but instead enraged him. As a businessman, Ding Jun could accept business failure, but he absolutely could not accept the fact that he had been deceived. He felt that Chu Liu was talking nonsense and was just after his daughter's beauty.

Despite his anger, his family still had to rely on Chuliu. Ding Jun only said a few unpleasant things, but he was seething inside. He even felt that the destruction of his family was largely related to Chuliu.

Once a person starts to think of another person in a negative light, then they will find everything about that person unpleasant.