Chapter 57: The Underground Gambling House
Zhong Jingsong thought of what happened last time, and was ready to leave a few people by her side to protect her, Chi Yingchu saw his hesitation, and decisively urged: "Go chase people, don't worry about me!"
He had to chase people out, the other party ran very fast, but he still couldn't stand being slashed on the shoulder with a sword, Zhong Jingsong stretched out one hand to his face and took off a human skin mask.
After the other party was seen clearly, he injured the guards and ran away in a hurry, Zhong Jingsong continued to chase with people, and Chi Yingchu asked people to look at Changsheng, and then followed out.
At this time, there were the most people on the street, and the person overturned several stalls one after another, the purpose was to drag down the guards, but Zhong Jingsong was not fooled, and the government would be responsible for the compensation.
But you have to wait until you catch someone.
The man was out of breath when he ran, and suddenly a woman flew over, grabbed half of his body, and quickly entered a restaurant, Zhong Jingsong chased after him and disappeared.
"Lord Zhong, I look at this bloodstain, it seems to be along the restaurant in front. "One of the guards had a sharp discovery.
Zhong Jingsong looked up, his face sank suddenly, if it was just an ordinary restaurant, it would be nothing, but the entire Shangjing people knew that this Liuxiangju was backed by the power of the prince.
The first and second floors above ground are restaurants, and the lower three floors are underground gambling houses......
"Then it must also be searched carefully, and this official is also acting on orders. Zhong Jingsong gritted his teeth, his heart was shaken for a moment, and he quickly became firm.
"Yes!" the guards barged in one by one.
Some of the drinkers were frightened, and a lot of people left for a while, and the restaurant shopkeeper saw that business was difficult to do, so he glanced at the shopkeeper, who nodded knowingly.
"What is the official doing? The shop pays taxes on time every year, and has never done anything illegal and undisciplined, if you bring people to make such a fuss, then my business ......?"
"This official investigated the fugitive and chased it here, did any injured men come in just now?" Zhong Jingsong looked at everyone with a halo of eyes, and his eyes were fixed on a pool of blood on the ground.
Although the amount of blood is not large and inconspicuous, the blood is still fresh, and it can be seen at a glance that it was left behind.
The shopkeeper obviously saw it, and his flattering face stiffened, and he suddenly pulled the shopkeeper on the side and scolded: "How does the kitchen do things?"
"I brought fresh fish this morning, and I said that I would take it to the back for processing, but I had to fall into the front hall and dirty my ground, and it also stained the eyes of the official!"
The shopkeeper didn't dare to fight back, so he could only suffer silently, Zhong Jingsong's fingers lightly twisted the bloodstains, the tip of his nose sniffed lightly, and the smell of blood was very strong......
Zhong Jingsong was just about to speak, when he heard a burst of laughter on the second floor, he raised his eyes and saw that it was the prince: "Lord Zhong is really good at investigating cases, and he can find out here in the palace every time." ”
"Do you suspect that Hongu has something to do with the fugitives?"
Xia Guan didn't mean that. Zhong Jingsong saw him come down and motioned for the guards to withdraw.
"Then you talk to this palace, what kind of cases are you investigating, maybe this palace can help you. ”
The prince said this, but it does not mean that others can take his words seriously.
Zhong Jingsong pursed his lips, his eyes were full of solemnity, and the prince seemed to be joking and warning: "Is this inconvenient to tell the palace?"
"Your Highness, before the prisoner is caught, the subordinate officials cannot casually disclose the facts of the case. ”
"If you can't say it, you don't need to say it, you have to investigate the case quickly, it's not good to delay others doing business. The prince nodded heavily, and the fierceness in his eyes flashed.
Chi Yingchu saw the guards outside the restaurant, and thought that Zhong Jingsong must be inside, so he was about to go over without thinking about it, and when he saw that there was a prince next to him, he quickly hid.
Zhong Jingsong wanted the guards to go in and search, but the prince stood still, and the guards were afraid that they would be offended, so they cowered and stepped forward.
Half an hour passed, the two floors upstairs were searched, and no suspicious people were found, Zhong Jingsong was about to evacuate people, when he heard a man's terrible scream on the basement floor.
"Help, help......"
Zhong Jingsong's eyes were shocked, and when he looked at the prince again, his eyes changed, he led people to check down, but the prince had a cold face to stop him.
"The lower official is offended!"
Zhong Jingsong struck him with a palm, and when the prince dodged to the extreme, several guards ran down quickly, and saw the scene of the underground gambling house, a man lost money, and his face was pressed on the gambling table by others.
"Why do you come here to play if you don't have any money? You owe 300,000 taels to the gambling house, if you don't pay off the money today, then leave a pair of hands here!"
The man's hands twisted in a strange posture, and the man who held him down had a fierce look on his face, and took the big knife handed by the person next to him and made a gesture to slash.
"Stop, it is forbidden to use lynching on unofficial occasions!" Zhong Jingsong shouted sharply, and the guard stepped forward to knock off the knife in the man's hand.
When the fierce man saw him, he showed a contemptuous look on his face, and he didn't pay attention to it at all: "Who was I at the time, it turned out to be Lord Zhong, but isn't it natural to repay the debt?"
"It's easy if I don't cut off his hands, ask him to make up enough 300,000 taels of snowflake silver, and I will serve him as a master next time." ”
The man was so frightened that his pants were wet, and when he saw Zhong Jingsong, he seemed to see a savior, and he staggered and crawled over to crawl over: "Adults save me." ”
"They, they are the black gambling house, I have never won here, a few days ago there was a guy who won a lot, and then he broke his legs......"
Whether you win or not, you have to leave a pair of hands or a pair of legs here, since you know it's not a good place, why do you want to come?
Zhong Jingsong glanced at him coldly, furrowed his brows and asked, "Where are you from?"
"The second son of the Song family in the west of the city. "300,000 taels is enough to kill most of the Song family, so he doesn't dare to spread the matter to the family.
The fierce man smashed the knife on the gambling table, and there was a violent sound, and the guard stared at him vigilantly: "Lord Zhong wants to take him away, do you want to return the silver for him?"
"Illegal gambling houses are not visible, you had better stop in moderation, and leave him alive today, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for yourself. ”
"What bullshit ...... to accumulate virtue"
"Shut up!"
The prince walked down slowly, with an inexplicable smile on his face, not so much laughing, but his eyes were even more cold and cruel than just now.
Zhong Jingsong looked back, and Song Ergongzi was also trembling when he saw him.
"It's really unrealistic to ask someone to make up 300,000 taels in one day, this king has always pursued humanitarianism, why don't you ask him to write an IOU today, and pay it back within three years, which can be regarded as giving Lord Zhong face?"
Song Ergongzi didn't dare to speak, and he would pay back 300,000 taels in three years, which was not over, but there seemed to be no better way at the moment.
Zhong Jingsong pursed his lips and was silent, and saw a man figure coming out of the front room, the clothes on his shoulders were stained with blood and he didn't have time to deal with it, like the person he was looking for, and hurriedly chased after him with the guards.
Where did the second son of Song dare to stay longer, seeing that the prince's attention was not on him, he ran away, and the fierce man wanted to chase after him, but was called by the prince.
"There's no need to chase it, if you bump into him today, this palace will deal with it, and you have to be careful in the future. ”
"Yes. ”
Chi Yingchu was still waiting outside, seeing that Zhong Jingsong was not coming out for a long time, and because the prince was not easy to enter, a silver hairpin turned into a sharp weapon and shot over, she dodged sideways, and saw that the other party was actually a streamer.
Liuyin sneered, and was about to run when she saw her, but Chi Ying chased after her without thinking about it, and was led to the forest slope outside the city.