Du Weiming, the Tongzhi of Runing Mansion, received the task of going to Luoshan to try the case, and did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately ordered his subordinates to pack up their simple bags, get on a small sedan chair, and come to the door of Su Hao's temporary mansion, waiting to set off with Su Hao.

Prior to this, Du Weiming had already prepared for Su Hao's procrastination, because according to the results of his private analysis with Liu Qichang, he believed that Su Hao would definitely not want Runing Mansion to intervene in this matter, so it was inevitable to find a way to delay. What surprised him, Su Hao didn't show any intention of delaying at all, and had already packed up his things and waited for Du Weiming in the lobby. After a few polite words, the two took their respective entourages and set out on the road together.

There are more than 200 miles of road from Runing Mansion to Luoshan County, and the two of them got up early and rushed to Luoshan County in the dark, and they walked for three days before coming to Luoshan County. Du Weiming had never suffered like this, and by the time he saw the city gate of Luoshan County, he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to get off the sedan chair.

"Du Tongzhi, Master Su, the two adults have a tired journey, please go to the post house to rest first. The lower official prepared some thin wine to wash the dust of the two adults. Tan Yizhong, the county magistrate of Luoshan, who got the news in advance, took a full team to greet Du Weiming and Su Hao outside the city gate, but his gaze at Su Hao was a little resentful, and Su Hao just didn't see it.

"Tan Zhixian, don't be in a hurry to wash the dust, what is the progress of the matter over there in Xinglong Gambling House, please ask the official first...... There is also Su Bachelor's Gift. Du Weiming said to Tan Yizhong while moving his numb arms and legs very unsightly. If it were anything else, he would never be so disregarded, but this matter was really important, and he didn't have the heart to care about his image.

Tan Yizhong said with a bitter face: "Du Tong knows something, this Xinglong gambling house is ...... by those mounds Well, surrounded by those officers and soldiers, like iron buckets. No one was allowed to enter or leave, and the official had not received any news from it until now. The families of the gamblers trapped inside were surrounded outside the gambling hall every day, and they were not allowed to enter, and if it dragged on for two more days, it might lead to a civil uprising. ”

In the past few days, Tan Yizhong didn't know how many times he had scolded "Qiu Ba" in private, but in front of Su Hao, he could only swallow back this contemptuous title. After all, the other party is not something he can afford to provoke.

"What? Still no one is in or out? Du Weiming said in surprise. It has been four or five days since the Xinglong Gambling House case happened, and he still thinks that after examining the people inside, the people in the survey camp will release some unrelated people, so that the outside can also know some of the situation inside. Who would have thought. These soldiers have done such a great job, and they have detained everyone for so long without missing a single message.

"How can these people do that?" Su Hao also frowned and said, "Those people in the gambling house, after all, are still mostly good people, how can they all be detained in it, it's really unreasonable." ”

Du Weiming muttered in his heart. Whether you deduct or not, it's not up to you Su Hao to have the final say. In the past four or five days, if there were competent people interrogating relevant witnesses and going through various account books in the gambling house, I am afraid that those things in the gambling house would have been investigated and found out. I'm here now. That is, it plays a role in mending the dead, I hope the sheep has not finished running.

"Master Su, do you think we should go to the gambling house now and hand over the people involved in the case?" Du Weiming discussed with Su Hao.

Su Hao looked at Du Weiming. said: "Du Tongzhi, can your body withstand it?" In the opinion of the younger brother. You should go to the inn to rest for the night first, and the younger brother will go to the gambling house to ask about the situation first. Early tomorrow morning, Du Tongzhi will pick up people again, what do you think? ”

"I'm fine, I'm fine, if Master Su finds it convenient, let's go over now." Du Weiming hurriedly said, he didn't dare to let Su Hao go to the gambling house by himself, the most anxious thing now was to take those people in the gambling house to his hands, how could there be any reason to wait.

"Du Tongzhi is really dedicated to official affairs, and it is worth learning from my generation." Su Hao pretended to be moved and said.

Du Weiming really couldn't cry or laugh, he stopped Su Hao and didn't let him continue to perform, and then resolutely forced Su Hao to accompany him to the gambling house immediately to accept prisoners.

Su Hao didn't know where the Xinglong gambling house was, but the officials of Luoshan County knew it. Under the leadership of the county officials, Su Hao and Du Weiming came to the door of the gambling house. Looking around, I saw that the gambling house was surrounded by three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, all of which were sergeants from the survey camp. In the place facing the gate, a flag was inserted, and the word "Zhang" was written on it, and one person sat on it, which was Zhang Yunlong, the general manager of Qian.

"Stand tall!"

Seeing Su Hao and the others coming, Zhang Yunlong hurriedly got up, gave an order to the surrounding soldiers, and then dressed himself and trotted in front of Su Hao, and said, "The last general, Zhang Yunlong, will see Su Garrison!" ”

"Excuse me!" Su Hao returned the salute, pointed at Du Weiming with his finger again, and said, "Yunlong, this is Lord Du, the Tongzhi of Runing Mansion, who was sent by Governor Liu to inquire about the case." ”

"Zhang Yunlong meets Master Du." Zhang Yunlong saluted Du Weiming again, looking humble. Tan Yizhong, who was following behind Du Weiming, was so angry that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, you must know that they had eaten Zhang Yunlong's countless white eyes in the past few days, and they had never seen Zhang Yunlong so polite.

Du Weiming also returned the salute to Zhang Yunlong, and then asked Su Hao: "Bachelor Su, look, can we go in to meet the people involved in the case this time?" ”

"Absolutely." Su Hao replied, and after that, he said to Zhang Yunlong: "Yunlong, quickly take Du Tongzhi and the official to meet the people involved in the case, and prepare for the handover." ”

Zhang Yunlong hesitated for a moment, and asked Du Weiming: "Lord Du, the last general dares to ask, Lord Du's name is only clear?" ”

"Exactly." Du Weiming felt a moment in his heart, and he had a premonition that something seemed to be wrong.

Zhang Yunlong's face was difficult, he looked at Du Weiming, and then at Su Hao, making a look of wanting to say something.

"Yunlong, what's going on?" Of course, Su Hao knew what kind of play Zhang Yunlong was playing, but he still had to cooperate with him to act.

Zhang Yunlong said: "Su Shoubei, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"What to borrow, if there is anything to say in front of Du Tongzhi, is there anything that you can't see people?" Su Hao said angrily.

Zhang Yunlong nodded desperately, and after Su Hao finished scolding, he said sneeringly: "Su Shoubei, it's not that the last general doesn't want to say it, but I really don't dare to say it." ”

"What's the matter, tell me, and the guard will make the decision for you." Su Hao said.

Zhang Yunlong said: "Su Shoubei doesn't know, we have interrogated the guys in the gambling house for the past few days, and we got a news that Xu Rendi, the shopkeeper of the gambling house, has a cousin......

"Isn't that Tan Zhixian? What's so great about this? Although my Ming officials never show favoritism, my cousin is not my cousin, and there is no obstacle to the fair judgment of the case. But in order to avoid suspicion, Governor Liu had already ordered Tan Zhixian to avoid the case, so he sent Du Tongzhi over. Su Hao said.

"It's not this cousin, it's ...... There is also a cousin. Zhang Yunlong said.

"Why did you come out with another cousin?" Su Hao asked in surprise.

Zhang Yunlong said: "Well, it is said that Xu Rendi's mother has many brothers and sisters, and his father also has four or five sisters, so it is reasonable that there are many cousins." ”

"What is here." Su Hao said, "Even if he has many cousins, what does it have to do with Du Tongzhi?" ”

Zhang Yunlong said in a low voice: "One of Xu Rendi's cousins happens to be Lord Du. ”

Zhang Yunlong's words, although he deliberately lowered his voice, were just able to be heard by Du Weiming. When Du Weiming heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Nonsense, when did the official have such a cousin!" ”

Tan Yizhong is Xu Rendi's cousin, this is a well-known thing, and when Su Hao brought up a point, Liu Qichang had nothing to say. But to say that Du Weiming is also Xu Rendi's cousin, it is pure nonsense, can Du Weiming himself know if there is such a cousin? He rushed to Luoshan after three days of jolting in the sedan chair, and was actually stopped outside the gambling house for such a false reason, how could this not make him angry.

"Lord Du is angry, and the last general has Xu Rendi's handwritten confession." Zhang Yunlong said, out of nowhere, he found another confession, held it in his hand, and waited for Du Weiming to ask for it.

Du Weiming was so angry that he trembled, he neither reached out to take the confession, nor did he figure out how to reprimand Zhang Yunlong. He knew that what was written on this confession must be just as Zhang Yunlong said, and it would be in vain for him to read it again. Xu Rendi has now fallen into the hands of the Kanyu Battalion, and the Kanyu Battalion asked him to issue a false testimony, is it not a matter of being caught? Su Hao pretended to cooperate with him sincerely along the way, but he set up a bureau here to wait for him, which was really too deceitful.

"This, this, this is clearly nonsense!" Tan Yizhong jumped up in the back, he himself is indeed Xu Rendi's cousin, and Xu Rendi came all the way to Luoshan to open a gambling house because he was an official here. But he and Du Weiming are not fellow villagers, how can there be such a cornering relative.

"Okay for you...... The official ordered you to get out of the way immediately, and let me go and confront that Xu Rendi face to face!" Du Weiming pointed at Zhang Yunlong with his finger and shouted loudly.

"This ......" Zhang Yunlong pretended to be embarrassed.

"Let the officer pass!" Du Weiming simply stretched out his hand, pulled Zhang Yunlong away, and raised his foot to walk into the gambling house.

Zhang Yunlong is tall and strong, and the root is not something that Du Weiming can push away casually. However, when Du Weiming pushed him, he still gave way. Du Weiming just wanted to move forward, but two soldiers from the survey battalion came from both sides, only to hear the sound of "cang", and two spears crossed in front of Du Weiming, which scared him so much.

"You, you...... How dare you treat the court officials like this! Du Weiming shouted loudly.

The two soldiers' faces sank like water, unmoved. Du Weiming turned his head to Su Hao again, and shouted, "Master Su, what do you mean!" Do you want to be the enemy of all the officials of my Runing Mansion? ”