There was a big casino Fuyuntang hidden in the downtown area of Chang'an City, and Xia Kui killed him until the ground was covered with corpses. As soon as the official came, the man was captured without hesitation. Zhu Wei ordered: "Bring them all back to the Yamen first." He glanced at the old man who was the shopkeeper.
, "Take these people too."
The old man sat on the ground and begged: "Sir, we are the victims."
Zhu Wei said: "You are indeed the victims in the Xia Kui murder case, and you are the perpetrators in the casino tax evasion case." The old man just stood up and collapsed again.
Liu Shu smiled and said: "The casino tax is four per ten, so harsh? I have never heard of it."
Zhu Tong coughed twice and whispered: "The state of Lu pays a tax of five out of ten, and the state of Yan pays a tax of six out of ten." Liu Shu was stunned.
Zhu Wei glanced at the two of them: "The policy of high taxes on casinos was originally proposed by the State of Lu. Prime Minister Liu Feng wanted to copy it, but there were too many obstructionists, so he changed it to ten taxes and four."
Liu Shu asked curiously: "Why do you want to obstruct it? The money in the casino is all ill-gotten gains. Wouldn't it be better to charge more taxes?" Both the uncle and nephew of the Zhu family glanced at him and were speechless. Liu Shu said blankly, "I really don't know.
, I sincerely ask you two for advice."
The King of Qin also said: "I don't know anything about this! Why did someone obstruct Prime Minister Liu? Who obstructed him?"
Zhu Tong pointed at the old man who was the shopkeeper: "A person like their boss. Mr. Wang, even if the person who opens the casino is not a powerful person, he must be dependent on the powerful person, otherwise he will definitely not be able to open it."
King Qin and Liu Shu looked at each other, both gleaming with ignorance. Xia Kui couldn't help but said: "Without the protection of an official, how can a casino ask for a debt? There is no legal way to ask for a debt. Murder, arson, robbery, kidnapping
, people’s lives are everywhere, is it possible that casinos pay back the lives of debtors?”
King Qin suddenly took a breath of air: "This...is actually like this?!"
Zhu Tong said: "No one is short of money. Instead of waiting to send money, it is better to send a capable slave to do the business yourself. What if someone else chooses to send it to someone else?" He paused, "In Chang'an City,
There must be more than one Fuyuntang. Prince Wang can see how much money they make just by looking at the splendor of this Fuyundang. No wonder the taxes have dropped sharply."
King Qin nodded slowly: "None of the palaces of King Qin are so luxurious." He turned around and entered the inner hall with his hands behind his hands. There were famous calligraphy and paintings hanging in the inner hall, and the ornaments in the Duobao grid were also more elegant. Compared with the lower ones, they were less extravagant.
The spirit of the book is a little more literary and ink-like.
At this moment, there was a "bang" sound coming from somewhere outside. It was not the sound of muskets, but it sounded familiar. Several people looked suspicious. Liu Shu didn't bother to run up the stairs and jumped down from the balcony, saying: "
I'll go take a look."
As soon as he walked out of the door, Liu Shu turned around and looked around. Several people raised a camera to take pictures of the corpse at the entrance of the alley. The sound just now was from the camera. Liu Shu walked over quickly. The man standing next to the command looked up and looked over.
, shouted out loud: "Master Liu?!"
Liu Shu took a closer look and saw that it was Qiu Xingzheng who had been drinking with him at the Chunfeng Pavilion yesterday. Then he clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Qiu, what are you..."
Qiu Xing was busy explaining: "I have some free time today. The weather is very nice, and I remembered that I saw an album a while ago, which was published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing. They sent people to take pictures everywhere, and then included them in the album. They were all
The people and scenery on the street were quite interesting. So I hired someone from a photo studio to take some photos of the streets of Chang'an as a souvenir. I didn't want to catch up with the murder case."
Liu Shu clicked his tongue and looked at him and said, "You seem to be a weak scholar, but you are quite courageous."
Qiu Xingzheng asked: "Why are Liu Daguan here?"
Liu Shu said: "I met him when I was out shopping. Don't take pictures of this. An official came just now and sent someone to call the policeman. You photographers are hired. If the policeman finds out that there is any missing evidence, why don't you just say no?
Are you clear?" Qiu Xing looked hesitant and looked into the alley. Liu Shu said again, "A large group of government officials have arrived inside, and the murderer was caught in a big iron lock. The man was quite upright and admitted it all."
Qiu Xingzheng gritted his teeth and said, "That's alright." He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for reminding me." He then said, "Isn't Mr. Liu leaving?"
Liu Shu said: "Don't leave. How lively it is! I am a guest of the prefect's house, no one dares to doubt me."
Qiu Xingzheng smiled and said, "That's true." Then he said goodbye and left.
Liu Shu didn't mind the trouble and escorted him out of the alley in person. After walking for more than ten steps, Qiu Xingzheng turned around and saw Liu Shu standing with arms folded and a solemn look on his face. He turned around and continued walking. After Qiu Xingzheng disappeared, Liu Shufang returned to Fuyun Pavilion. Zhu Wei asked what was going on outside.
What's the matter? Liu Shu said with a smile: "You people in the Qin State are so courageous, but you just don't have any common sense. Just now, the idle men who were looking at the excitement were taking pictures of the corpses. I told them that this was a job for a gangster and drove them away."
Zhu Wei nodded, and then he remembered that he hadn't called Zuo yet. But he didn't bring anyone with him, so he borrowed a guard from the King of Qin to send a message on a fast horse. The other guards escorted Xia Kui, the old man in charge and seven or eight warriors in brocade clothes.
, ordered the group of government officials to follow them, and left two guards to guard the scene in case anyone came in to cause trouble. The group then returned to the prefect's government office in a mighty manner.
King Qin was frightened when he saw so many corpses. He just held on and went to the back to rest for a while. Liu Shu took the opportunity to whisper to Zhu Tong about Qiu Xingzheng taking pictures. Zhu Tong laughed dumbly: "He explained so much to you.
?You only wanted to take pictures on the street after seeing the Zhonghua Book Company’s brochure?”
"Yes." Liu Shu said, "I have also seen the album, "Photography of Chinese Markets", which is really interesting."
Zhu Tong said: "You two don't know each other at all. If it is really a chance encounter, why do you need to explain so much? He is afraid that you will be suspicious that it was not a chance encounter."
Liu Shu was stunned: "Then...he went there on purpose?"
Zhu Tong said: "There is no photo studio on that street. It was hired from somewhere else." He thought for a moment and smiled, "That's funny, they want to steal business from us." Nai hummed, "There must be someone who comes first, first served."
At that time, the King of Qin felt better and said that the trial could be heard. Zhu Wei went to the court to ask the case. King Qin Zhu Tong was sitting beside him. Zhu Wei ordered his men to bring Xia Kui, the old man in charge and the group of warriors in brocade clothes in. Xia Kui had changed out of his blood-stained clothes, look.
He was dark and strong, not as scary as before. Zhu Wei ordered him to speak first.
Xia Kui was originally an escort, and traveled all over the world with the escort agency. A few years ago, the agency lost its escort, paid all the money, and closed down. Xia Kui lost his livelihood and did odd jobs to survive. Last year, he was doing odd jobs in a restaurant and met a few people.
An idle man was eating for nothing and drove those people out. The owner of the restaurant was timid and did not dare to keep Xia Kui to work for fear of being retaliated by others. Fortunately, a diner took a fancy to his martial arts and hurriedly shouted at the door of the restaurant
He lived with Xia Kui and said he was willing to introduce him to a job as a nursing home; Xia Kui thanked him - it was in Fuyuntang.
Xia Kui has real abilities. He has fought bandits and bandits while running darts, and he has killed people seriously and seen blood. He also has a restrained and unassuming temperament, and does not like to compete for the limelight. All his colleagues in the management like him. Fuyuntang's salary is large and the bonuses are sufficient.
, a few months later Xia Kui saved a few small coins, sold a small house, and finally had a family.
In the evening more than ten days ago, when Xia Kui was about to go to work, the old shopkeeper called him over and said, "You used to be an escort, didn't you?"
Xia Kui said: "Yes, he has been a bodyguard for more than ten years."
The shopkeeper said: "My boss has a job he wants you to do."
Xia Kui hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "But it depends on my boss's orders."
The shopkeeper said: "My boss has a cart of important goods that needs to be brought from Xianyang immediately. The secret of the matter must not be leaked. I'm afraid it's too late to find bodyguards at the moment, so the boss wants his own guys to come over. Go and ask if those brothers are willing to go with them.
Yes, let's gather about ten people. If the goods arrive safely, my boss will give me a lot of rewards." Xia Kui received all his food and clothing from Fuyuntang. He was eager to repay his boss and promised repeatedly.
Then he went to the nursing home and told them about the matter. Just as Xia Kui finished speaking, several brothers jumped up and said, "I'll go, I'll go!" Counting the number of people, there were eleven people who wanted to go. Xia Kui remembered
The shopkeeper said, "Gather a dozen people together," and these eleven plus himself were exactly twelve. Xianyang was very close to Chang'an, and these brothers were all skilled in martial arts. A mere cart of goods was enough. He then led the brothers to see him.
The shopkeeper secretly wrote an address and asked them to leave immediately.
A road had already been built from Chang'an to Xianyang. Xia Kui led his brothers on the journey, and it only took more than an hour to get to the place where they picked up the goods. There was a brothel there. Xia Kui and others entered the backyard. Someone had prepared a carriage early.
Xia Kui took a look and saw that it was a shock-absorbing spring four-wheel carriage made in Taiwan. There were four strong horses in front of the carriage. He couldn't help but secretly guess what was in the carriage. The man urged: "Hurry up, the faster you go.
The better, Mr. Bi is waiting for urgent use." Xia Kui thought to himself: Who cares what kind of goods it is, anyway we can just take it back and collect the reward. So he personally drove the carriage and led the people back to Chang'an.
I thought it was an ordinary errand, but I didn't expect that I encountered a group of people just after leaving Xianyang City. Even though Xia Kui was an expert in martial arts, it still took a lot of effort to fight them off. When he ran through 70% of the road, someone else
Catching up from behind, Xia Kui once again used his skills to drive away the thieves. The city gate of Chang'an was left open all night, and the guards entered the city smoothly and escorted the carriage to Master Bi's mansion.
They had just stopped their horses when someone ran out of the door and asked, "But are you from Xianyang?"
Xia Kui said: "Exactly."
Then he opened the door and asked them to just drive the carriage in. When they walked in, they saw a steward with five or six servants waiting there. The steward opened the curtain and took a look and said, "Thank you for your hard work. It's very cold today."
, you can have some food and wine before leaving." Then he ordered someone to lead them to the kitchen.
All the nursing homes toasted Xia Kui one after another, saying that they had never thought that Brother Xia had such ability. He had accomplished this great feat today, and his future would be bright in the future. Xia Kui himself was also very happy, so he drank two jars of wine and was sent back drunk.
Go home.
Before dawn the next day, while Xia Kui was still in his dream, someone banged on the door. He stared out in confusion, shouting, "Who is this early in the morning?". As soon as he opened the door, someone banged on the door.
He opened the door. Before Xia Kui could see clearly what was going on, an iron lock was thrown in front of him. Xia Kui woke up and opened his eyes. He saw that the door of his house was crowded with police officers and police officers, holding dozens of torches, which were bright as daylight.
He hurriedly asked: "Dear officers, what happened?"
One of the police officers sneered and said, "Don't ask what happened. You are guilty of the lawsuit." Nai shouted, "Search!" Several government officials rushed into his home. Xia Kui was about to stop him, but someone locked his neck.
I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I'm still hungover. My head hurts terribly right now. I don't have any skills at all, and I'm helpless.
I heard the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and not long after, the yamen servant shouted: "Yes, yes! It's indeed here!" The man ran out holding something up, "It's under his quilt!"
Xia Kui took a closer look and saw that it was half a jade pendant! He immediately shouted: "I don't recognize this thing!"
The policeman said, "Whether you recognize him or not will be decided in court." He then ordered, "Take him away!"
It wasn't until dawn that the prefect Chen went to court to interrogate Xia Kui. Xia Kui only said that he didn't know everything. "The common people have figured it out. They must have been framed."
Mr. Chen snorted coldly: "You won't shed tears until you see the coffin." He shouted, "Bring the witnesses to the court!" The Yamen servants shouted in unison, "Mighty."
He saw chaotic footsteps, and a group of witnesses came up. They were the nursing staff who went to Xianyang to pick up the goods with Xia Kui. Xia Kui was shocked. Only then did he understand that this hole was not dug by outsiders, but by one of his own.
Mr. Chen stroked his beard and said, "You still haven't recruited me from the ground up." The nursing staff started talking to each other one by one.
They said that their boss, Mr. Bi, was going to hold an important banquet at noon today. When things came to a close, he realized last night that there were not enough beauties, so he sent twelve of them to Xianyang overnight to pick up an oiran. The oiran was extremely arrogant.
Shui Xing. Because the driver of the carriage was Xia Kui, she seduced him in the carriage. Xia Kui couldn't bear it and begged the brothers to stop halfway, and they started to have an affair with the courtesan on the carriage. But he can do it, it's a matter of course
It took a long time. The nurse, who had something to do, approached the carriage and overheard the two of them talking inside. The oiran only said that she fell in love with him, and broke the jade pendant she carried with her into two halves. She kept half of it for herself and asked Xia Kui to take it.
Half of it was used as a token. Xia Kui swore to redeem the oiran's life, and the two of them became husband and wife for a long time. The oiran was in a state of excitement and hooked up with Xia Kui again. After a long time, Xia Kui came out of the carriage refreshed and shouted
Said: "Let's go, let's go -" Then everyone started on the road again.
Xia Kui is a man who has experienced things. What is there that he doesn’t understand after hearing this? He said nothing and just looked at them solemnly. Master Chen asked: "Xia Kui, do you have anything to say?"
Xia Kui said: "They are all false accusations. The common people have no idea what goods are in the car. Since the adults arrested the common people here overnight, could there be something wrong with the oiran lady?"
Mr. Chen said proudly: "So, you have admitted that there is an oiran in the car?"
"Isn't she the courtesan they were talking about?"
"Pah!" Mr. Chen slapped the wooden wall fiercely, "There are all the witnesses and material evidence, and you still dare to quibble!"
Xia Kui said: "Even if you have an affair with a fan, why do you have to go to jail?"
Master Chen sneered: "That woman is dead, don't you know?"
Xia Kui said: "The common people have guessed that something might happen to that woman, but they really have nothing to do with the common people. There must be a reason for these people to frame the common people. I hope you will investigate clearly."
All the guards swore that what they said was true, and Xia Kui naturally refused to admit it. After a long day of commotion, Mr. Chen ordered Xia Kui to be escorted back to the cell for the time being. That night, two jailers came in and put a set of iron locks on Xia Kui's hands and feet.
While Xia Kui was wondering, he saw two more jailers coming from behind, carrying a big, bulging cloth bag.