When Li Zhen and others first checked the account room of Xinglong Casino, they found some account books, but they never found the account book that recorded the most core secrets. Later, when Xu Rendi was interrogated, Li Zhen and others used some scare tactics to force Xu Rendi to tell the place where the secret account book was hidden, and only then did they get the account book.

In this account book, the shady transactions between the gambling house and many officials, powerful and other trading houses are recorded, and these transactions are not normal business transactions, but power and money transactions, or joint crimes, and joint sharing of spoils. Li Zhen believes that with such an account book, it is enough to send a group of people to the guillotine.

Xu Rendi regretted it after handing over the account book, and felt that if he carried it for a while, he might still be able to carry it. Now that the books are handed over, many of the crimes of the gambling house are confirmed, and he cannot escape punishment, and the officials will not come out to catch him. These days, he has come up with a solution, that is, when he is handed over to Runing Mansion for interrogation, he insists that this account book is fake, and Su Hao and the others forced him to make it up, so that the water can be muddyed, and Liu Qichang is making an obstacle from it, and the role of the account book cannot be reflected.

It's a pity that before he could use this trick, Su Hao first stunned him. Facing Liu Qichang, Xu Rendi didn't dare to say that the account book was handed over by himself, but he could only say that Su Hao and the others found it by themselves. But as soon as this statement came out, it proved that this account book was not a forgery, and the deeper it was hidden, the more true the content was, otherwise why would Xu Rendi hide it?

While Xu Rendi was speechless, Su Hao stood up and talked eloquently:

"Lord Prefect, in fact, whether Xu Rendi's testimony is a torture trick or not is not important, the key point. In the course of investigating and handling this case, we found some evidence from the Xinglong Gambling House, which is sufficient to prove that the Xinglong Gambling House, in collusion with local officials, powerful landlords, and usurers, forcibly seized the peasants' land, causing countless peasants to go bankrupt and be displaced.

What Xinglong Gambling House does is to tempt people to gamble, and then when people lose all their money, they deceive people into borrowing usury. When gamblers can't afford to pay back loan sharks. They banded together to let gamblers sell their houses and land, and those who bought these houses and land were all local tycoons.

In the process, local officials are their umbrella, and some have discovered their tricks. went to the county and state offices to file a complaint, but to no avail. It can be seen from the secret account books of the Xinglong gambling house that this gambling house has to pay bribes to officials at all levels every year, with a total amount of several thousand taels of silver. ”

"Master Su said cautiously, this is just the account book of Xinglong Casino, what if it is a fake account book compiled by Xu Rendi for self-protection?" Liu Qichang didn't dare to let Su Hao continue, you know. The secret account book also has the name of his Liu Governor's Mansion. Su Hao's modus operandi, Liu Qichang couldn't be clearer, without such a method, where did his extra money of tens of thousands of taels of snowflakes and silver come from?

Su Hao smiled slightly. said: "If it is just the account books of the Xinglong gambling house family written like this, it is difficult to cite the evidence, and the official will not say anything." The point is that we searched more than a dozen comptoires this time, and the account books found from each comptoir can be corroborated by each other. I'm afraid this is not what Xu Ren was the first person to do, right? ”

Liu Qichang said angrily: "Master Su, the government is looking for you to comment on this matter." What is the relationship between Huguang Qianzhuang and the case? Why did you raid Huguang Qianzhuang without evidence? If you invade the merchants' homes without permission, kill and arrest indiscriminately, aren't you afraid that the government will play you to the court? ”

Su Hao said: "If Governor Liu wants to be a member of the government, just write an excerpt." The official searched Huguang Qianzhuang, and there was no mistake, Huguang Qianzhuang colluded with the gambling house to force the peasants to go bankrupt by lending usury, the evidence was conclusive, and when they arrived at the court, I don't know whether the elders were interested in the murder of my troops, or the collusion between the officials and businessmen of Runing Mansion to harm the people. ”

"You mean...... You also found evidence in Huguang Qianzhuang? Liu Qichang felt a little weak in his heart, he felt Su Hao's terrible, he didn't make a move, and as soon as he made a move, he went straight to the door of his life. The commercial firms that were raided by the public opinion camp this time were the backbone of their circle, and they had very close ties with the officials. If a few secret account books can be found in every trading house, then adding them together is indeed ironclad evidence.

Su Hao is now in control, and he doesn't need to go around with Liu Qichang, he nodded and said, "Don't hide it from Governor Liu, the official has gained a lot." What is going on in Runing Mansion, Governor Liu knows best, whether to take the initiative to explain it to the imperial court, or wait for the official to play, it is up to Governor Liu to choose. ”

Liu Qichang hesitated for a moment, and said to everyone: "Everyone, please avoid it a little, the government wants to discuss the case with Master Su alone." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew what Liu Qichang meant, Du Weiming hurriedly left the account room with Tan Yizhong, and Su Hao also waved his hand to his subordinates, signaling that they could avoid it for the time being. The soldiers exited the room and took Xu Rendi with them.

When only Liu Qichang and Su Hao were left in the house, Liu Qichang said to Su Hao in his heart: "Master Su, we don't talk in secret, what is your intention in taking such pains to attack my Runing Mansion?" ”

Su Hao said: "Governor Liu misunderstood, Su Hao didn't deliberately attack Runing Mansion, but just followed the instructions of the imperial court to thoroughly investigate Hao's occupation of land." In the process of investigating the case, it was found that officials at all levels in Runing Mansion had colluded with Haoqiang, which was not my intention. As the saying goes, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door, if the officials of Runing Mansion are honest and honest, what can Su Hao do with everyone? ”

Liu Qichang sneered: "Bachelor Su's words inevitably treat the old man as a three-year-old child. In this big tomorrow, which official doesn't accept some filial piety? With the little money in the court, how can it be enough for everyone to live? Just tell me, how much do you want for you to get this to the point? ”

Su Hao said: "Hao just wants to ask Governor Liu, does Governor Liu know all these things?" ”

"What does the old man know, what if he doesn't know?" Liu Qichang did not answer Su Hao's question directly, but his words could be regarded as acquiescence, he said, "The collusion between the top and bottom of the Runing Mansion is not only after the old man came to be the prefect, but in the hands of the previous prefect, or even the previous prefect, it is already the case." The whole officialdom is like this, how can the old man be alone?

In the past, it was not that Qin sent down to investigate the case, but who would be as desperate as you Su Gaizhi, and never die. You can find this step, the old man admits that you do have extraordinary talents, but you have to be forgiving and forgiving, shouldn't you also stop? ”

Su Hao was silent for a while, and said: "Governor Liu, Su Hao is not a person who kills everything, Su Hao just hopes to be able to give those poor people a fair." If Governor Liu is willing to preside over this matter and let the powerful landlords return the land they have accumulated through gambling, lending and other means to the peasants, Su Hao can not hold high-level officials accountable, but accomplices like Xu Rendi and Xia Shushen must be punished in order to thank the countrymen. ”

"Give the land back to the peasants?" Liu Qichang suddenly laughed, "This matter is to change, you dare to think, my prefect is not such a big deal." ”

"What do you mean?" This time it's Su Hao's turn to understand, Liu Qichang, as the prefect of Runing, is the leader of Runing, is there anything he can't do?

Liu Qichang didn't explain, but said: "Change, you are young and promising, and you have a bright future, there is no need to make trouble in such a thing." I promise you, persuade the powerful to withdraw from part of the encroached land, Xu Rendi, Xia Shushen, these people, if you refuse to let them go, then I will also hand them over to you, whether you want to kill or chop up all the decisions made by you. As for the rest, I advise you not to bother. You can investigate the case to this point, it is enough to make a name for yourself, and I will arrange someone to prepare a hard sum of money for you, you will gain fame and fortune, and go back to the court to pay the errand, isn't it beautiful? ”

"What if I don't agree to this condition?" Su Hao asked, he wanted to know what kind of hole cards Liu Qichang had.

Liu Qichang said: "If you don't agree, then let's wait and see, between you and me, there must be one who will go to prison, guess who it will be?" ”

Liu Qichang said it to this extent, which can be regarded as arrogant, which makes Su Hao a little awe-inspiring. Li Zhen once warned him, saying that this kind of thing of smashing the magistrate's job is very dangerous, once the other party jumps off the wall in a hurry, all kinds of means may be used, and with Su Hao's foundation, he will definitely be able to resist it.

However, Su Hao is also a somewhat stubborn person, and during his trip to Runing, he saw too much ugliness, which made him can't help but want to do the right thing for heaven and return the people to justice. As for what Liu Qichang meant by threatening him, he couldn't understand it for a while. However, there is one thing he is not worried about, that is, Liu Qichang will definitely not use force with him, because he has a survey battalion at hand, and a magistrate like Liu Qichang is unable to compete with the regular army.

"Governor Liu, if you have any tricks, you can use them, and Hao will do it." Su Hao said firmly.

"Since that's the case, then the old man will leave, so Master Su can do it himself." Liu Qichang said, then stood up and strode out.

Walking outside the account room, Du Weiming and Tan Yizhong were waiting for him there. Seeing the expression on Liu Qichang's face, the two knew that he and Su Hao had probably collapsed, which meant that the two sides were going to meet each other. Of course, considering that Su Hao has such a powerful force as the Kanyu Camp in his hands, it is impossible for the Runing Mansion to really use force against Su Hao, so it can only use secret tricks.

Previously, Liu Qichang and others still had some illusions about Su Hao, and they were unwilling to do things to the end, but now it seems that Su Hao is determined to go against Runing Mansion, and Liu Qichang and they have to do everything.

"Let's go, let's let them toss here." Liu Qichang said to Du Weiming and others.