The torches formed a long fire dragon and rushed straight to the Zhao family's courtyard, and many people in Hangzhou City were alarmed.

At this time, it was the time of the night, the government arrested the bandits, and the common people did not dare to come out to see the excitement, so they could only pick up the crack of their own door and cast a pair of curious eyes outside the door.

In a small courtyard, several idlers who rented the same courtyard were drinking, bragging to each other, and the small life was also enjoyable.

Since it was a small talk, it was inevitable to talk about the topic of Oiran combing tonight, only to see one of the thin rat-faced men asking: "By the way, the gambling house has opened the market, have you all bet?" ”

"I bet and lost all ------"

Another idle man replied angrily, and the man on the side immediately nodded, and then said: "As soon as it gets dark, I went to the outside of the Spring Breeze Smile Building to squat, and the Li official really went to ------."

"Hey, I've made a small profit." The mouse-faced man showed off with a smug face: "Moreover, I estimate that this Li Guanren is really likely to hold a beauty tonight ------" He is quite confident in Li Qian, this will be put on hold in the future generations, and he will definitely be an N------- fan.

"And then?" The other two looked at him in unison.

"And then ------" he grinned, patted his thigh and said, "I also bet on the bet that pays 100, a total of two taels of silver, which is all my private money!" Brothers, just wait for me to invite the bar tomorrow! ”

When the other two men heard this, their hearts were not very happy.

That's a 100-odd bet!

Two taels of silver pressed up, if you really want to win, you will make a fortune! Two hundred taels of silver------ if you can save a little flower, it will be enough for a family to eat and wear for decades.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound of footsteps outside, and several people were startled.

When I went to the gate of the courtyard to take a look, I realized that the government was catching thieves and taking stolen goods, and looking at this posture, there were hundreds of people, which was extremely rare in the Taiping years.

"Good boy, why is there such a big movement? Didn't you run into a daring thief tonight and steal to the government? ”

"Hey, don't tell me, it's possible!" The other person also lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Tonight, the messengers have all been transferred to Liucui Lane, and if you can't guarantee it, there will be the thief who dares to steal the lord of heaven and steal it to the government or a big household------"

"Ahh

Before he finished speaking, the rat-faced man next to him suddenly screamed, so frightened that the two of them almost fell to the ground.

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? The man turned his head to look at the other party and complained in a low voice: "If there is a disturbance, aren't you afraid that those bad men will come in and get people?" When the time comes, we will be accused of harboring the dirty of thieves, do you want to live this day? Although the man next to him did not say anything, he also glared at the rat-faced man with the same dissatisfaction.

"It's a long life------ the rat-faced man said with a bitter face: "Compensation, compensation for me!" Just now, I saw Xu Zhutou in the yamen! ”

"What's so strange about that? Feng Zhutou made a mistake, isn't it his top position, but how much does this have to do with us? ”

"Walking ahead with him, there is also Li Daguan------"

The rat-faced man was so distressed that tears came out, and he patted his thigh with a mournful face and said, "He's bidding for the Oiran tonight!" If he really wins, how can he end up in this alley? My silver, that's two taels of silver! If I let my mother-in-law know about it again, I'll have to beat me to death with a broom------"

“------”

Both of them know that this guy is a 'tracheitis', so they can only mourn for him for three seconds in their hearts, and then they will secretly have fun------- so that you still want to make a fortune and think beautiful!

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In Qinghefang under the shroud of darkness, the lights outside the courtyard of the Zhao family were brightly lit, and the catchers with torches were hurried, connected before and after, and quickly surrounded the house, whether it was the gate, the corner door or the back door, all of them were focused on the distribution of people.

Just looking at this posture of waiting, the Zhao family is afraid that even a fly will collapse tonight and want to fly out again.

This is not surprising, although Li Qian guessed that he would not hide the two Zijin sisters in the mansion tonight, he was also worried that the other party would play a trick of 'black under the lamp' with him. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a careful search for the last time.

After the initial anxiety, Li Qian had already temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, and only stood outside the gate with Xu Jie expressionlessly, looking quite calm. But Xu Jie can see that Zhao Peng has completely angered Li Qian now, and tonight's matter is estimated to be difficult to be good.

To be honest, even if he was looking for someone in the siege of the mansion in the name of catching thieves and taking stolen goods, he couldn't afford this crime, and if it weren't for Wang Zhixian's acquiescence to this matter, he would not be able to mobilize so many subordinates to work for Li Qian.

Things have developed to this point, when Zhao Peng kidnapped Li Qian's maid, anyone with a heart can see that the conflict between the two families is inevitable, and there is no room for turnaround.

This huge city of Hangzhou, I'm afraid it's going to change------

The door squeaked open, and Zhao Peng slowly paced out surrounded by a group of family guards. His expression didn't look flustered at all, and he behaved unusually calmly, it seemed that he had long expected Li Qian to come out like this.

"Li Qian! What do you mean? Bringing people around my Zhao family's mansion late at night for no reason, I'm afraid this is not in accordance with the rules, right? ”

"Rules? Hehe------" Li Qian sneered and narrowed his eyes, and his eyes shot at him coldly: "Rules are used to break!" I surrounded your Zhao family tonight, not only to surround it, but also to conduct a search inside and out, what can you do with me? ”

"You ------"

Zhao Peng found that he really couldn't do anything to the other party, but at this moment, he didn't want to lose his momentum in public, so he snorted coldly and said: "Then you can try!" ”

Li Qian ignored him anymore, glanced at Xu Jie beside him, and nodded his head slightly.

Xu Jie immediately understood, waved his hand and said, "Search for me!" ”

"Li Qian!" Zhao Peng didn't expect him to be so straightforward, saying that he would search for it, and hurriedly shouted: "Do you know what the consequences of breaking into a house at night for no reason according to my Ming law?" ”

"You're wrong, Xu Zhutou mobilized people tonight, but he didn't break into people's houses for no reason."

Saying that, Li Qian glanced at Xu Jie again, and the other party immediately understood, stood forward, and shouted, "Listen to it all for me!" Master Li saw with his own eyes that the thief who robbed the official mansion hid in this house, and when he searched for a while, he put some signs on for me------ do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The surrounding subordinates agreed loudly.

Zhao Peng was dumbfounded, this Li Qian ------ is too scoundrel, right?

"Okay, good------" He smiled angrily, stared at Li Qian and said: "Okay, you Li Qian, act so unscrupulously, tonight is to let you search as you wish, what can you do?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Peng immediately retreated, and also scattered the nursing homes to both sides, opening the empty door and posing with a 'welcome search' posture.

"I, Zhao Peng, act above board, since you said that you are searching for thieves, Zhao has no choice but to cooperate, but ------" said a hint of banter on the corner of his mouth, "The house is full of female dependents, if you disturb them, don't worry, I'm afraid ------that someone will have a lawsuit tomorrow!" ”

This is Hongguoguo's threat, and Zhao Peng really doesn't plan to let people search the mansion, after all, this matter is going to get out, where should their Zhao family's face go?

Everyone can hear the meaning, aren't you capable? It's okay for me to let you in and search, but if my concubines and maids go to the yamen to complain, saying that the evil officials in Qiantang took advantage of the chaos to rub oil, or even raped the women of good families, do you want Li Qian's reputation anymore? These people are all your subordinates!

Li Qian let out an "oh", and then smiled: "It's okay, it's okay!" Xu Catcher and tell him where the thief came from. ”

Xu Jie also smiled and nodded, and then raised his voice: "After our tracking and verification for many days, we found that this person's identity as a thief is just a cover, and he is very likely to be a member of the cult!" ”

Wow------

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Zhao Peng's nose was almost crooked, and the cultists who talked fart in their hearts were clearly your random accusations in that empty vernacular.

"Li Qian, you are despicable and shameless!"

"Hehe, thanks for the compliment!"

Li Qian's smile suddenly closed, and he looked at him coldly and said: "But compared to someone's beastly behavior, I have played a trick ------ done, there is no need to talk nonsense, let the head catcher go in and search!" This is also good to prove the innocence of your Zhao family, isn't it? After all, why should people like you collude with people in the cult and rebel against the imperial court? Zhao Gongzi, you said yes? ”

"Wait!"

Zhao Peng blocked the door again, and his expression seemed a little flustered for a while.

He really didn't have a score in his heart about this matter, after all, colluding with a cult is such a big crime of rebellion, and if it is not good, it will punish the nine clans, where can it be so simple to lose his head?

Of course, it is not easy to sit on this kind of charge, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, if Li Qianzhen still has a backhand, then the Zhao family will be in great trouble. The court's treatment of those who conspire against rebellion does not necessarily need to be verified and strictly interrogated before being convicted, as long as this kind of thing is involved, it has always been better to kill the wrong person than to let it go.

Unfortunately, Zhao Peng knew something he shouldn't know, and the Zhao family did have some 'collusion' with the cult------ once it was found out, he didn't dare to guarantee what the consequences would be.

Jiang is still old and spicy, if it was Zhao Yuanwai who was present at this time, it would not be so easy to fool.

also colluded with cults and attempted rebellion, do you think you are a Jinyiwei? This kind of thing, is it your turn to make a decision from a small county magistrate?

But Xiao Zhao is not Lao Zhao after all, he is just a pure second ancestor, and he doesn't know where the joints are. Therefore, confession is inevitable. But what he knows is that such a big thing has happened, and his own Lao Tzu must have learned the news at this moment, and the person who stayed with the old man tonight was Tao Zhentai.

As long as you drag it for a short while, you must be able to arrive.

"Li Qian, maybe we can talk."

"What are you talking about?"

"Tell me about your maid."