Chapter 996: Next Move

In fact, those children who are sold into wealthy families are nothing to those wealthy families.

They may not be able to straighten out Tianfu for the sake of face.

But if the emperor had spoken, of course they would not have objected.

So will Emperor Zhu Qizhen speak?

That's a must!

As an emperor, his words and deeds must be recorded by historians, and of course he will not lose the face of officials for the sake of a few children.

Sure enough, things went smoothly, and Zhu Qizhen readily agreed to his request.

Then he summoned the British Duke to the palace and talked to him about it.

As a result, the wealthy families in the capital "happily" returned the children they bought from Renyazi to Shuntianfu.

And Zhang Ru, who supervised the imperial history, became the laughing stock of the capital.

As these groups of people were sentenced to "stand in the cage" and died, the children also returned to their homes, and Feng Zhou distributed bonuses and thanks to the officials, and they completely gained a firm foothold in the yamen and won the hearts of everyone.

So Feng Zhou immediately struck while the iron was hot and launched the next step of the 'strike hard' operation.

This time, the target is the large and small underground blockades in Kyoto Castle.

You must know that in this era, Qinglou and gambling houses are all legally operated, not to mention that there are big people behind them, and they can't be eliminated at all.

Therefore, the closure of the boat is aimed at those underground gambling houses in the first place.

Adhering to the principle of easy first and then difficult, through the clues provided by the Hanako and the confessions of the arrested criminals, Feng Zhou worked tirelessly to personally lead the team and directly sealed down all the three underground gambling houses in Dongcheng.

Because of the smooth operation of the "anti-abduction" incident, the morale of the people in Shuntianfu was greatly boosted, and there was no half of them dragging their feet, and seeing the full seizure in the yamen lobby, Feng Zhou couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

But when he saw the harvest sorted out by his subordinates, as well as the pile of more than a dozen boxes of usury IOUs, he couldn't laugh.

The black gambling house is the black gambling house, and it is really called a black.

The three small black gambling houses found 8,000 taels of silver, as well as nearly 20,000 silver tickets, and the copper plate was loaded with a basket for more than a dozen baskets before it was moved.

These are not the most important things, the most important thing is the boxes of usury IOUs, looking at the blood-red handprints, his mood suddenly became quite heavy.

From the confessions of the owners and thugs of the black gambling houses who were arrested, through severe torture, they were directly forced to ask for the evidence that they had killed dozens of people.

Not only that, but they also forced their families to ruin, were forced to sell their wives and daughters into Qinglou, sent boys to men's houses or other mines, and forcibly seized family homes and fields.

Feng Zhou did not return home on the same day, but sat in the yamen to directly fight at night, with a clerical master, and cleaned up all the boxes of usury IOUs, involving nearly 20,000 taels of gold and evil, and the interest alone is enough to have the same amount, which is simply extremely crazy with bloodsucking.

At the same time, it was confirmed through the old officials in the yamen that the number of people and families involved in these usury IOUs reached an astonishing hundred, and this was only the people and small businessmen in the Dongcheng area, and there were not a few IOUs involving the suburbs, and there were hundreds of them.

It's really shocking......

At the same time, there are several mansions in the capital, and the lights in the master's study or secret room have not been extinguished overnight.

These heads of these families, who usually seem to be kind and kind, are now hideous and full of murderous aura, and they are urgently discussing with their henchmen how to deal with it.

"Du Tongxuan, why are his hands and feet so unhidden, and he was beaten to the door by Fengzhou!"

"Fengzhou, this guy is clearly looking for death, and he dares to move the master!"

"This kid is a real person and bold! I really think I can't walk sideways in the capital!"

"If you don't give him a little color this time, I'm afraid that this little thing is just afraid that the sky is high and the earth is thick!"

“......”

Those who have the courage to open an underground gambling house in the capital are ruthless people, otherwise they will not be able to deter the ghosts, snakes and gods in Kyoto City.

Being rich and powerful is the best portrayal of them, and at the same time, they all have extraordinary backers behind them, who would have expected to meet such an unreasonable guy as Feng Zhou, who directly brought the men and horses of the Ya Gong and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to suddenly come and catch them off guard.

When they reacted, the underground gambling house had been sealed, and the news from the Shuntian Mansion made them even more angry, and the losses this time were extremely heavy.

These guys are all bold people, and they suddenly suffered such a big loss, where would they give up, while contacting the backers above, and at the same time contacting the forces in the rivers and lakes that have cooperated for a long time, ready to give Fengzhou a profound lesson.

Without having to contact each other, they have already made bold decisions.

Feng Zhou looked at the harvest of the night, and his heart was heavy.

Under the prosperous and peaceful world, all kinds of evils are hidden everywhere.

There are still only three underground gambling houses, and Daming Capital is afraid that there are more than a dozen underground gambling houses of the same size or even larger, and I feel very heavy when I think about it.

According to his estimates, at least one-third of Kyoto's population should be implicated, either by the underground gambling houses themselves or by the victims of the underground gambling houses.

Moreover, most of the scourge of these underground gambling houses are ordinary people who do not have much ability to resist risks, and it is not easy to struggle out of this quagmire, let alone think about taking advantage of the benefits of labor.

The small but larger number of 'regular' gambling houses, on the other hand, are aimed at wealthy families, and they cooperate with underground gambling houses to almost form a terrorist network that envelops most of Kyoto City.

The officials under him were already quite tired after working in the yamen all night, so Feng Zhou opened his mouth to let them rest, and took out a part of the seized income as a bonus, and then took those documents and walked out of the gate of the Shuntian Mansion.

At this time, the sky is slightly bright, and the area of the Shuntian Mansion is even more silent and empty, this area is the dense place of the yamen of the imperial court, few ordinary people patronize, only the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division walk by from time to time, bringing a trace of solemnity to the quiet streets.

Feng Zhou got into the carriage and went directly in the direction of the palace gate.

That's when the mutation happens!

"Seal the boat puppy officer, take your life!"

A roar suddenly came from the empty street, and a sturdy figure jumped down on the high wall on one side, the steel knife in his hand flashing with a sharp cold light, and roared down with an indomitable ferocity.

"Ah......" Where did Feng Ping encounter this kind of thing, he directly exclaimed, stunned.

However, the two guards beside Feng Zhou were alert, and immediately drew their swords to meet them, and instantly fought with the comer......

But before the matter was over, there was another sound of breaking the air.

Dangdangdang......

The raindrops of hidden weapons struck the carriage, but there was a clanging sound of gold and iron.

Could it be that the carriage was made of iron?

But looking at the horse pulling the cart, it doesn't look like a cart at all!

But at this moment, the assassins were no longer allowed to think about it, they couldn't care about anything else, and their faces were full of murderous light one by one......