"Oh, President Jiang, it's such a small matter, why do you need to come here in person?" With a smile on his old face, the Foshan magistrate took matters into his own hands and made a cup of tea for Jiang Li.
"Master Li, this matter is both big and small. The Admiral is holding on to it, and I am very helpless." Jiang Li glanced at the Manchu Admiral who was standing aside and watching with cold eyes, and said with a helpless expression.
"This..." The prefect of Foshan suddenly became embarrassed. He couldn't offend Jiang Li, nor could he offend the Manchu admiral. After all, the other party was a descendant of the Eight Banners. His ancestors had deep roots and deep connections, and he controlled the military power.
, even if he wants to take care of it, he has the intention but is unable to do so.
"Admiral, you want evidence. I have already found it. Look, is it going to be a confrontation in the hall, or..." Jiang Li put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at the Manchu admiral sideways, as if it didn't matter.
"Private, private, we are all our own people. It is not good for these things to spread out. President Jiang, you can rest assured that as long as there is sufficient evidence, our government will never be partial and will definitely punish those scoundrels in the Shahe Gang." Foshan
The prefect hurriedly came over and said.
"Humph." The Manchu admiral snorted coldly, but did not refute after all.
By now, he already knows that it is impossible for him to take this opportunity to solve the matter of the vigilante group. Since Jiang Li is sitting here peacefully, he must have prepared everything. If he insists on being promoted to court
Confrontation will only bring about self-humiliation in the end.
"Come here, bring all the prisoners from the Shahe Gang and the people from the militia to me. In addition, please invite Huang Feihong and witness Liang Kuan." The prefect of Foshan understood clearly and walked to the door and said loudly.
"Yes." A yamen officer responded and left.
After a while, Huang Feihong and Liang Kuan walked in together.
Jiang Li winked at the two of them and sat aside, looking calm.
Huang Feihong and Liang Kuan felt relieved.
"Go in." After a while, there was a sound outside the door of the mansion, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers came in escorting people from the Shahe Gang and the militia, and knelt in the middle of the hall.
"Sir, we were wronged."
"Please sir, have mercy on me."
When more than a dozen people from the Shahe Gang saw the Manchu admiral standing nearby, they were immediately overjoyed and thought they were saved. They all cried for their fathers and mothers, complaining about their injustice.
"Bang, silence." Magistrate Li slapped the table, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
"Today's fight between the Shahe Gang and the People's Association is pretty much known to me. Now the person involved, Liang Kuan, is here. Liang Kuan, please tell me what happened." Magistrate Li said to Liang Kuan.
"Yes, sir, here's the thing. I was collecting money at the entrance of the theater at noon today, and the Shahe Gang came and wanted to kill me without saying a word. Fortunately, I knew some skills and ran out." Liang Kuan walked away.
He walked to the middle of the hall and said loudly.
"I ran to the market, and people from the Shahe Gang were chasing after me. I happened to meet Lin Shirong and other militiamen. They saw injustice on the road and drew their swords to help, so they started fighting with the Shahe Gang."
"Liang, you fart, when did I say I was going to kill you? Sir, this kid is talking nonsense, sir." Mr. Hong, the boss of the Shahe Gang, changed his expression and quickly interrupted.
"Bang, Hong Tao, you are not allowed to speak freely in court. If you have any objections, I will tell you later when I ask you. Next time, I will serve you with a stick." Magistrate Li said sternly. After speaking, he looked at Liang Kuan.
"Liang Kuan, you said that the Shahe Gang wants to kill you, do you have any evidence or witnesses?"
"This..." Liang Kuan was heartbroken and looked at Jiang Li.
"Master Li, the witnesses have been found. They are outside. Please ask Master Li to let them in." Jiang Li stood up and raised his hands to the Foshan magistrate.
"Oh? Come here, please bring the witnesses to the court." Magistrate Li nodded and said to an officer and soldier standing in the lobby.
Seeing this scene, Hong Tao suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling in his heart. He looked up at the Manchu admiral, only to find that he had a gloomy face and said nothing.
"It's over." Hong Tao can fight from Shahe to Foshan, and he is not a fool. At this time, he still doesn't understand that he and others have been abandoned by the Manchu admiral, Liang Kuan, and the people sitting at the head of the prefect.
Join forces to push ourselves towards death.
"What should I do?" Time passed by, and Hong Tao's head was already dripping with sweat, and his lips were a little white.
He looked around the hall, looking for a way to break the situation.
Suddenly, when he saw the Manchu admiral sitting alone and sulking not far away from him, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sir, bring the witnesses." At this time, the officers and soldiers who had just walked out walked in again, followed by six people of different shapes.
"Sir, these people are the witnesses I found. Among them are the wife of the theater, the fisherman, the guests watching the theater in the theater, and other witnesses. Please investigate, sir." Jiang Li said to the prefect of Foshan.
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"Okay, okay." Magistrate Li nodded quickly and looked at the few people standing in the field.
"I would like to ask you, at noon today, did the Shahe gang go to the theater, threaten to kill Liang Kuan, and start a fight outside the theater?"
"Sir, it's true. Today at noon, I asked Liang Kuan to collect money and sell tickets at the entrance of the theater. After a while, I saw these people from the Shahe Gang coming over. Before even saying a few words, they took out weapons from their bodies.
, and hit Liang Kuan." An old man with a gray beard wearing brocade silk and satin came out and said respectfully.
"Liang Kuan is a martial arts student in our theater. He can do some boxing and kicking, so he narrowly escaped with his life."
"Lord Qi, this is what we saw." Behind the theater owner, five other people said at the same time.
"Hong Tao, what else do you have to say?" Magistrate Li slapped the table and said to everyone in the Shahe Gang with a stern voice.
"Sir, this is an injustice, sir. This is all caused by the collusion between Liang and those people to frame us. Sir, please investigate clearly." Hong Tao, the boss of the Shahe Gang, burst into tears, and more than ten people suddenly started crying in the hall.
"Sir, Lord Admiral, please save us, we have been wronged." Hong Tao rolled his eyes, knelt on the ground and crawled towards the Manchu Admiral, with tears streaming down his face, he looked particularly pitiful.
Jiang Li looked at Hong Tao's actions, his eyes suddenly narrowed, a sneer raised at the corner of his mouth, he picked up the teacup on the table next to him and took a sip with a subtle look.
"Humph, get out of here." The Manchu admiral looked annoyed, and a look of disgust flashed in his eyes. He grabbed a cup and threw it at Hong Tao's head, causing his face to be covered in blood.
Hong Tao's eyes were fierce, and he didn't care, he crawled directly to the feet of the Manchu admiral, stood up suddenly, and grabbed the Manchu admiral by the neck.
"Admiral, be careful." On the other hand, Huang Feihong's eyes shrank and he quickly warned. However, he was too far away and was beyond reach.
"Haha, Dog Officer, come here." Hong Tao grabbed the Manchu admiral by the neck and hid behind him with a ferocious expression, watching Huang Feihong and Jiang Li in the hall warily.
He was not good at martial arts, but he was good at it after all. The Manchu admiral climbed to this position through connections and was actually just a weakling. Hong Tao was very open-minded.
Just now, when he knew that he had been given up, he was already looking for a way out.
In the hall, Jiang Li stood next to the prefect of Foshan. Hong Tao had witnessed his kung fu at noon today, and on the other side was Huang Feihong, not to mention Huang Feihong.
Apart from these few people, the only person of some importance in the hall was this Manchu admiral. Moreover, this guy had no kung fu, no masters around him, and he was so close. It was simply a chance given to him by God.
As for the others, it would be useless to catch them.
Therefore, Hong Tao did not hesitate at all and directly captured the Manchu admiral and took him as a hostage.
"Hong Tao, what do you want to do?" The prefect of Foshan tensed up and shouted at Hong Tao.
"If you don't want to die, come here. The man surnamed Liang has colluded with these dog officials to play us to death. If you don't want to die, hurry up and gather around me." Hong Tao ignored the words of the Foshan magistrate and knelt down as before.
On the ground, the confused Shahe Gang shouted.
"Yes." Upon hearing this, the Shahe Gang's eyes twitched, and they quickly got up from the ground, gathered around Hong Tao, and surrounded him.
