Chapter 157 Sealed (for Heng Liyu's great alliance leader
Although Luo Zhiqing and Zhao Ran both believed that the old man was qualified to sign up for a name, the old man didn't think so. He felt that losing to a monk who had not yet given birth to a baby was a shame, so he insisted not to sign up. Of course.
, when it came to the interrogation later, it would be impossible for him to hide it, but now the old man refused to say anything, which made Luo Zhiqing very regretful.
In the end, the old man was dug out three feet from the ground, and then he was tied up obediently. Seeing this, the other casual cultivator in the Youlong Pavilion immediately gave up and walked to a corner and squatted down.
After an inventory, a large number of silver notes, gold, silver, copper coins, pearls and jade were recovered from the gambling house, with a total value of no less than two hundred thousand taels of silver, as well as many calligraphy and paintings, practice materials, talismans and even magical instruments. From this
We also found six or seven monks who were well disguised among the gamblers. They were all small fish and shrimps below the yellow crown.
During the search, a large amount of evidence was found regarding the opening of the last Spring Split, including pending orders, betting orders, compensation ratio formula diagrams, etc. This is a sure thing.
After a long day of busy work, all the belongings were counted and registered, and all the hundreds of people involved were escorted out. This was considered to be the initial completion.
Lu Zhiyu took out the seal he had already written and affixed it to the front and back doors. The courtyard was sealed. The seal was signed: Dao Lu Division.
As soon as the large group of people left Tongda Gambling House, they ran into a pair of Jin Yiwei sergeants, led by a hundred households. The hundred households shouted from a distance: "The people in front of you, stop, grandpa! You're welcome if you run away again!"
Zhao Ran and Li Dayin asked the team to stop and waited for the team of Jin Yiwei to come closer. The hundred households were still cursing: "Where did the dead grandson come from? I don't even open my eyes. Even the old shop in Tongda dares to check..."
While scolding, Na Baihu walked up to him, his face changed three times, he raised his whip and hit a small flag next to him: "You Chaoba, you want to kill me!"
Li Dayin asked those hundreds of households: "Are you from Jin Yiwei? What is your name?"
The hundred households immediately said with an apologetic smile: "Zhang Dake, a humble member of the Jinyi Guard family, came to greet the envoy of Li Yuan. He didn't recognize him and was blinded. I hope the envoy of Li Yuan will forgive me."
Li Dayin asked: "What are you doing here?"
Baihu said: "This...um...passing by..."
Li Dayin was impatient to listen to his explanation, pointed directly at the sealed gambling house behind him, and said: "Zhang Baihu, since you are here, I will send you a mission."
"Envoy from Liyuan, please give me your instructions."
"Our Daolu Division has repeatedly announced more than once that the Xiuxianqiu Lottery is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and we will never allow private gambling to speculate on the Xiuqiu Competition. However, this gambling house is not profitable. In defiance of Daolu Commandery's orders, the practice ball lottery is opened blatantly.
Bet, the Daolu Department will seal it today, please Zhang Baihu to maintain it, if there are any lawless people who try to attack the sealed land, please Jin Yiwei to arrest them together!"
Zhao Ran asked Lu Zhiyu to pick out two twelve- and three-year-old boys from among the gamblers. They were dressed in silk and satin, and they looked like they belonged to a wealthy family. Lu Zhiyu pulled the two boys out by their collars and walked forward.
He stood up and immediately burst into tears.
Zhao Ran added based on Li Dayin's words: "Does Zhang Baihu recognize Pindao?"
Zhang Baihu bowed and said, "Abbot Zhao, who doesn't know?"
Zhao Ran said sadly: "Tongda Gambling House violates the regulations of establishing a civilized city and allows minors under the age of 16 to participate in gambling. This is harmful to people. Others don't care about this matter, but poor people have to take care of it. If things go on like this, the next generation of our Ming Dynasty will
How to thrive? Zhang Baihu, look at them, these are all children, the flowers of my Ming Dynasty. How can they be able to paddle oars in the future after entering a gambling house at such a young age..."
Zhang Baihu kept nodding: "Yes, Abbot Zhao is right..." He whispered in his heart, what are you doing with the oars? Does Abbot Zhao want to find the boatman?
Zhao Ran added: "Li Fuyin also said just now that our Daolu Department is short of manpower, so we asked Zhang Baihu to guard the sealed area to prevent it from being stolen."
So everyone separated, Li Dayin and Zhao Ran led the people back to Xuantan Palace, while Zhang Baihu led his men to stand guard at the entrance of the gambling house.
A general bannerman next to him asked: "Baihu, are we really standing guard for the Daolu Division?"
Zhang Baihu glared at him: "You dead grandson! Of course you are standing guard!"
The general flag hesitated and said: "But...how to explain to Qianhu?"
Zhang Baihu twisted his beard and said: "You know nothing! Brothers, this is to protect the property of the gambling house to prevent it from being robbed by thieves!"
Twenty or so guards in uniform stopped at the sealing area. This street was basically closed to humans and animals. There were no gangsters coming to rob or steal. Its protection ability was top-notch.
About half an hour later, a large group of honor guards rushed to the Tongda Gambling House in person, surrounded by His Royal Highness King Jing. Accompanying King Jing was Liu Wenlong, a member of Qianhu, Zhenfu Division.
Liu Qianhu came up and asked, "Zhang Dake, where are the traitors? Did someone from Daolu Division do it?"
Zhang Baihu bowed and said: "My lord, when I arrived, I did see Li Fuyin of Daolu Division and Abbot Zhao of Xuantan Palace leading people away. However, I came too late and only caught up with them. Because The situation was unclear, so I didn't dare to pursue it rashly. I had to turn around and protect the old shop of Tongda to prevent the Xiaoxiao from taking advantage of it and robbing property. Judging from the seal, it should be someone from the Daolu Department."
Liu Qianhu nodded to show encouragement, then turned around and asked: "Your Highness?"
King Jing strode forward angrily, glanced at the seal, kicked the door open with a bang, and led people in. After a moment, there was a scream in the courtyard: "Li Dayin, Zhao Zhiran, I swear to you and others." No rest!"
When King Jing almost fainted because of his heavy loss, Zhao Ran had just returned to Xuantan Palace. As soon as he came back, he found that the Taoist palace was in chaos. The Taoist priests and the government officials of Shangyuan County and Jiangning County were facing a formidable enemy. Everyone is on guard everywhere with their swords in hand.
Leng Tengxing from the prison hospital came up with Sandu, while Liang Yougao was not far away, gesticulating and tossing around his yamen and policemen, issuing all kinds of inexplicable orders. While giving orders, he secretly glanced here from time to time. come over.
Leng Tengxing briefly explained the situation, but it turned out that the cells in the Fangtang Hall of Xuantan Palace were robbed. The robbers not only let go of the twenty or thirty prisoners still locked up inside, but also robbed several side rooms. The fire was lit. Fortunately, Xuantan Palace had constant incense all year round, and there were enough fireproof water tanks, sand, soil and other materials in the palace. Therefore, the fire did not burn too big and almost no damage was caused.
Leng Tengxing also said that the person who robbed the prison was extremely skilled. According to several Shangyuan County police officers, he must be highly skilled.
Li Dayin waved his hand to call Liang Yougao in front of him, and asked with his face covered: "Didn't you say that with you here, Xuantan Palace is impregnable? Where is Jintang? How many hours have you been walking? You didn't even go out of the city gate, Lao Liang, you are trapped by us Lost your old nest? Is this golden soup or gruel?"
"This...hehe..." Liang Yougao concluded aggrievedly: "The one who came to rob the prison was a monk, the envoy of Li Yuan. You old man said, what should I do about this? It's not the fault of the lower officials... …”
Li Dayin raised his eyebrows: "Hey, Lao Liang, you still have some sense after everything went wrong?"