Dongfang was loyal, and asked coldly: "Arrest people, arrest people, what do you ask Lao Tan to do?"

"He instigated his son Tan Xinqiao to seriously injure one of my Hu family children, so he wants to arrest Lao Tan and his son!" Hu Lai said angrily.

"What evidence do you have? As far as I know, old Tan De is highly respected, and it is impossible to instigate his son Tan Xinqiao to beat people, so you might as well clarify the matter first and then talk about arresting people. ”

"It's already very clear, people are Tan Xinqiao!"

"When did you hit it?"

"At the lantern festival the night before yesterday, I hit the Mochizuki Pavilion on the small stone hill in Bizhou Park!"

"Okay, County Magistrate Gao, come here!"

Gao Changchang walked over with a reluctant look, and Dongfang Zhong said to him: "The person was beaten at the Moon Pavilion the night before yesterday, because it is a lantern festival, many people must have seen it, you brought these people to assist in the investigation, and then make a conclusion after making the situation clear." ”

Gao Chang said in embarrassment: "Lord Dongfang, if you want to find those witnesses to ask about the situation, I'm afraid it will be very difficult, and they shouldn't dare to come." ”

"This is easy, anyone who is willing to assist in the investigation, as long as they tell the truth, each person will be rewarded with ten spirit stones, and those who do not report or tell lies will be fined ten spirit stones per person, and these spirit stones will be paid by you for the time being, and when the matter is clarified, then the unreasonable party will pay you, go and post a notice!" Dongfang Zhongxin said.

"Slow!" Hulai said, stopping Gao Changchang.

"What do you want to do?" Dongfang Zhongxin asked with a sinking face.

"We investigated clearly that night, the children of the Hu family had already walked out of the Moon Pavilion, and it was Tan Xinqiao who chased after him and seriously injured the children of the Hu family!" Hu Lai said indignantly.

Dongfang Zhongxin asked Gao Yuanyuan: "Is there an investigation report?"

"No, but anyone who went to the Lantern Festival with the son of the Hu family can testify that the person was indeed beaten by Tan Xin. Gao Changyuan said with a serious expression.

Hu Lai listened to Gao Yuanyuan's words, and felt more comfortable in his heart.

"How can the people who are with the son of the Hu family testify? It's just nonsense! Do as I say!"

"Lord Dongfang, this is your mistake, obviously injured someone, don't catch the murderer first, but slowly investigate something, isn't this deliberately letting the murderer escape?"

Dongfang Zhongxin glanced at Hu Lai, sneered and asked, "According to you, whether it's right or wrong, arrest it first?"

"This is indeed the best way to prevent the murderer from absconding!"

"So my solution is the worst solution?"

"So to speak!"

Dongfang Zhong scolded angrily: "Presumptuous!" he asked angrily, "Do you think this Jiangnan Province is your Hu family's fief?" Or do you think that the county magistrate of Xiangxiang County is your Hu family's dog? or even think that I am also your Hu family's dog?"

Hu Lai was startled, and hurriedly said, "Xiaomin doesn't dare!"

Dongfang Zhong's words are a bit scary, the head of the Hu family is afraid that no matter how arrogant he is, he will not dare to be arrogant to such a point, and Hu Lai will certainly not dare to do so.

"Don't dare? You're already telling me what to do, and you still say you don't dare? Another day, I'll ask the head of the Hu family, do you really want to compete with His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince in this Jiangnan Province? In my opinion, with your arrogance, the Hu family can be removed from Jiangnan Province!" Then, Dongfang Zhong said to Gao Changchang: "Don't go quickly!"

Hu Lai was completely panicked at this time, and stopped Gao Changyuan in one step, "County Magistrate Gao, wait a minute!" He bowed down to Dongfang Zhong and said: "Lord Dongfang thinks that there is a reason for beating people, and our Hu family completely respects the judgment of the adults and will never pursue this matter!

With that, the other elder and the other elder were about to leave the reception room.

Hu Lai is actually not too stupid, he knows that if he really wants to investigate, it must be the children of the Hu family who are at fault, after all, it was the children of the Hu family who provoked the incident first, and he forced the people to do what they didn't want to do, it was purely molesting the people's daughters, and the nature was bad, so they could be arrested and imprisoned.

Since he couldn't investigate, he had to give up his revenge on Tan Xinqiao and give Dongfang Zhongxin a face. Besides, there is no need to completely offend Dongfang Zhongyi for the sake of an ordinary Hu family disciple, and then offend His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince. After all, it is an ordinary child of the Hu family, and it is not too much of a loss of face if he is not investigated, on the contrary, it can be said that the Hu family is high-spirited and does not protect his shortcomings.

"Slow! The program that should be taken still has to be taken, and it can't be finished like this!"

Hu Lai was frightened, immediately stopped, bowed down again and asked Dongfang Zhongxin: "What does Dongfang Lord mean?"

"The daughter of the Xiao family was insulted by the children of the Hu family, and the Hu family admitted her mistake in a timely manner, and was dealt with leniently, and the Hu family compensated the daughter of the Xiao family for her mental losses of 500 spirit stones, and it was immediately executed! Tan Xinqiao acted bravely and courageously, and her spirit was commendable, but she was also at fault for injuring the children of the Hu family, and Tan Xinqiao compensated the children of the Hu family with 100 spirit stones, and executed it immediately!

Hu Lai hurriedly said: "Lord Dongfang is really like a god in judging the case! Xiaomin resolutely obeys the verdict!"

Lao Tan also hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Dongfang Zhongzhi and said, "Xiaomin also resolutely obeys the verdict!" After speaking, he immediately took out a money bank bill with one hundred spirit stones and handed it to Dongfang Zhongxin.

Dongfang Zhongxin immediately handed it to Hu Lai, but Hu Lai did not take it, but took out the four hundred spirit stone tickets from his arms and gave them to Dongfang Zhongxin, asking the county government to transfer the four hundred spirit stone tickets to the Xiao family's daughter together with Lao Tan's one hundred spirit stone tickets to apologize.

Dongfang Zhongxin took the spirit stone ticket and said to Hu Lai and Lao Tan: "Okay, you can go!"

Hu Lai took his leave again and left in a hurry with another elder of the Hu family.

Dongfang Zhongxin saw that Hu Lai was gone, and said to Lao Tan: "The Hu family is one of the three major families in Jiangnan Province, and if they suffer a loss this time, they will definitely find an opportunity to retaliate, you have to be careful." In addition, when I came this time, His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince also asked me to bring something over, saying that it was for Xinqiao. After speaking, he took out a book from his arms and handed it to Lao Tan, who took it with both hands and looked at it, it turned out to be a book on practicing breathing, called "The Ultimate Breathing Method (I)".

Old Tan Da just wanted to thank His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince for his gift, but Dongfang Zhongxin continued: "After practicing the previous book, you will bring your heart to Jiangnan City to meet His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince, introduce your heart to a master, and continue to study the Ultimate Breathing Method (II)". His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince is very serious, believing that the heart has great potential, and if he cultivates it well, his future achievements are limitless. ”

Old Tan was overjoyed, "poof", knelt on the ground and thanked: "Xiaomin thank His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince for cultivating the dog's heart! His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince's kindness will never be repaid!"

Dongfang Zhongzhong picked up Lao Tan, nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince has clear grievances, you are kind to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness will naturally not forget you, go!"

Old Tan happily said goodbye and left.

Dongfang Zhongxin turned around, looked at Gao Changchang and sneered: "Today's play is directed by you, right?

Gao Changchang smiled awkwardly, bowed down and said: "The lower official naturally can't hide this little bit of thought from the adult, this is also a last resort, and ask the adult to cover up for the lower official!"

"Okay, you do a good job, His Royal Highness the Eighteenth Prince will never treat you badly!"

"Yes! Yes!"

......

After Hu Lai left the county government, he did not return to Jiangnan City, but went directly to Xiangxiang Hu's Auction House.

Although Xiangxiangcheng is only a county-level city, it has a population of almost 3 million, which is considered to be the largest number of county-level cities in Jiangnan Province.

Due to the relatively large number of cultivators, the business of those shops in the city was mainly based on the theme of cultivation. Among them, there are the most shops selling pills and weapons, followed by those selling rune paper, spirit runes and clothing with defensive functions, and then selling array materials and weapon refining materials, and there are also shops selling ordinary exercises and formations, but if you really want to buy good things, you still have to go to high-grade auction houses, refining materials and weapons stores.

The highest-grade auction house in Xiangxiangcheng is called Hu's Auction House, which is a branch of Hu's Auction House in Jiangnan City in Xiangxiangcheng. Hu's Auction House has branches in all counties of Jiangnan Province, and even in the capital of the Eastern Kingdom.

The most high-grade business of alchemy materials, weapons, and array materials in Xiangxiang City is Zhou's refining material store, which is a branch of Zhou's refining material store in Jiangnan City in Xiangxiang City. Like Hu's Auction House, Zhou's Refining Stores have branches all over Jiangnan Province.

The most high-grade weapons store in Xiangxiang City is Su's Weapons Store, which is a branch of Su's Weapons Store in Xiangxiang City in Jiangnan City, and Su's Weapons Store also has branches everywhere in Jiangnan Province.

It can be seen that the Hu family, the Zhou family, and the Su family are not surprising to be called the three major families of Jiangnan City, in fact, these three families are also the three major families of Jiangnan Province.

However, among the above three major banks, the Hu auction house has the greatest reputation, the best reputation, and the largest transaction volume, so the Hu family is considered to be the first family in Jiangnan Province and has the deepest heritage.

Oriental Building, the property of the Hu family and the location of the Xiangxiang Hu Auction House, is a 38-storey building that is the landmark of Xiangxiang City.

Hu Lai and another elder went to the sixth floor of the Oriental Building on Xiangxiangcheng Dongfang Street, and Hu Shuo, the owner of the Xiangxiangcheng Hu's Auction House, personally received the two.

Hu Lai was one of the three elders of the Hu family, ranking second, and the other elder who came to Xiangxiang City with him was named Hu Tu, an ordinary elder of the Hu family.

"Do you know Lao Tan's clinic?" Hu Lai just sat down, and before he drank the tea, he asked Hu Shuo.

Hu Shuo shook his head and said: "Lao Tan Clinic is very famous in Xiangxiang City, and Lao Tan is also a good person with a good reputation. ”

Hu Lai snorted coldly and did not make a sound.

Hu Shuo didn't know where he said it wrong, and looked at Hu Tu.

Hu Tu told Hu Shuo in detail about the Lantern Festival the night before yesterday.

Hu Shuo listened to it and said in his heart, such a big thing happened, why didn't I know?

He knew very well that Hu Gui was the son of an ordinary elder of the Hu family, this ordinary elder was called Hu Gao, and he was Hu Lai's cousin, and his status in the Hu family was not low.

"Find the county magistrate Gao Changchang for help, and arrest Lao Tan's son first!" Hu Shuo hurriedly said.

"it!" Hu Tu said again about Dongfang's loyalty.

Hu Tu was silent for a while, and then tried to ask Hu Lai, "What does the second elder mean?"

"I'll leave this matter to you, in short, the Hu family can't afford to lose this face! You just need to get your face back! If you can't do it, you can come to the dark, when I come to Xiangxiang City again in two months, I don't want to see Lao Tan Clinic still there!" After speaking, Hu Lai got up and left.

Hu Shuo had no choice but to do it. Because Hu Lai is in charge of more than ten auction houses such as Xiangxiang Hu's Auction House in the Hu family, he has a lot of power, and he is a powerful figure in the Hu family, which is why he was able to speak up in front of Dongfang Zhongxin before, Hu Lai is his subordinate, and he can change the boss of Xiangxiang Hu's Auction House at any time.

After Hu Lai and Hu Tu left, Hu Shuo stayed in the office on the sixth floor of the Oriental Building for a long time without going out.

When it was time to eat dinner, he suddenly took out the communication crystal and pressed a name, and soon communicated with the other party's communication crystal, and he said: "I want the Xiangxiang City Lao Tan Clinic to disappear within ten days, 100,000 spirit stones." ”

"Deal!"