"Master Su, do you know about this matter in Luoshan County?"

In the lobby of the Runing Mansion, the prefect Liu Qichang put on a posture of asking the teacher and asked Su Hao.

"Back to Governor Liu's mansion, the official has just heard about it." Su Hao replied without humility or arrogance, he knew that Liu Qichang was now more panicked than angry, because when Li Zhen searched Xinglong Gambling House, they found a lot of evidence unfavorable to Liu Qichang and his minions. At this time, Liu Qichang pretended to be nothing more than to scare and scare him, so that he could stop as soon as possible. Since he has a big name in his hand that is enough to make Liu Qichang timid, Su Hao naturally doesn't have to hurry.

"Master Su, the imperial court sent you to Runing to check the land, how did you find out about the gambling house? Even if you want to investigate, you have to inform the local government, right? This court official interfered in local government affairs without authority, which was illegal. Liu Qichang gave Su Hao a big hat.

Su Hao said: "Governor Liu's words are wrong, the matter of Luoshan County is purely accidental, and the official has not intervened in it so far, how can you talk about the word arbitrary power?" The official got the news that the gamblers in the Xinglong Gambling House in Luoshan County had a quarrel with the gambling house manager because they questioned the dealer's thousands of dollars, which then evolved into a brawl, resulting in the tragic situation of 8 deaths and more than 100 injuries. It happened that the first section of the survey camp under the command of the official was passing by, so he took action and stopped the brawl in time.

From beginning to end, the official was not involved, and the official's subordinates only did their duty to maintain local peace. When Governor Liu sent someone to summon the official, the official thought that Governor Liu wanted to thank the official, but he questioned whether the official's actions were illegal, where did this start? ”

Su Hao's words were said without leakage, and when he said the last sentence, it was simply to disgust people. A slap in the face. Still waiting for people to thank you, okay if you don't bully people like this? When Liu Qichang heard this, he felt a breath surging into his heart, and he almost wanted to vomit blood, but he couldn't find a weighty word to refute Su Hao.

It turned out that after hearing about the accident in the Xinglong Gambling House, Tan Yizhong, the county magistrate of Luoshan, sent a servant to investigate, and found that the Xinglong Gambling House was surrounded by soldiers from the Kanyu Battalion, and no one had to enter. Several representations. Zhang Yunlong, the general manager of Qian, only refused to allow people from Luoshan County to enter on the grounds that he had not received an order from his boss, so Tan Yizhong couldn't figure out what was going on inside.

As the umbrella of Xinglong Casino, Tan Yizhong certainly knows that many things in the casino cannot see the light, and now the entire gambling house has been sealed by the Kanyu camp. The accounts and personnel inside are all controlled in the hands of the survey camp, and it is impossible to predict how many flaws will leak in the end. In a hurry, Tan Yizhong had no choice but to send someone to ride a fast horse to report to Liu Qichang, Liu Qichang urgently summoned Su Hao after getting the news, but he didn't know anything about the cause and effect of the matter, so he was choked by Su Hao's words.

Su Hao said that the matter of the gambling house was purely accidental, and Liu Qichang thought with his heels and knew that it was an excuse. When there is a fight in the gambling house. A troop of nearly 1,000 people from the Survey Battalion happened to appear next to it, how could there be such a coincidence? It is clear that they set up a game, and then used the problem to play and seal the gambling house. As for why Su Hao wanted to attack a gambling house. Liu Qichang was naturally able to figure out the reason, but Su Hao's target was accurate and powerful, which made Liu Qichang secretly a little frightened.

"So to speak. Did the government misunderstand Mr. Su? Liu Qichang said.

Su Hao said: "Governor Liu is polite, everyone is an official in the same dynasty." They all want to share the worries of the court and seek benefits for the people, and if there is any misunderstanding, there is no misunderstanding. ”

You pretend, you continue to pretend! Liu Qichang endured his anger, tried his best to calm his tone, and said: "Master Su, there is something unknown in the government, the army under your command, hasn't the government already arranged a camp for them to be stationed outside Runing City, how could they go to Luoshan County?" ”

This incident also made Liu Qichang feel depressed, these days he sent people to keep an eye on Su Hao's every move, but he didn't pay attention to the movements of the survey camp. An army of nearly 1,000 people ran to Luoshan County, what a major matter, but he, the prefect, knew nothing, and he didn't know how the people below did intelligence work. If he had known about the movements of the Survey Camp, he could at least tell the following to be careful, so as not to let the Survey Camp succeed easily, right?

In fact, this can only be blamed on Liu Qichang for being too confident, he never thought that the army would be able to undertake the task of handling cases. Su Hao turned his team into a task force, and Liu Qichang was still stuck in the mindset that the soldiers were a group of rough hills, so Gen didn't realize that he needed to pay attention to the movements of the survey camp.

Most of the camp had already left the camp and gone deep into the countryside. Officials in various prefectures and counties also knew about this situation to some extent, but no one felt that this information needed to be reported to the prefect. Think about it, the chief officer who came down to handle the case drank and had fun in Runing City every day, and a few soldiers went to the countryside, it is estimated that they were going to have fun, such a little, do you need to use it to disturb the prefect?

Hearing Liu Qichang's complaint, Su Hao also sighed in his heart about Liu Qichang's hindsight, and he replied: "Governor Liu doesn't know something, and the official has two responsibilities on this trip to Runing. One is to follow the will of the Ministry of Households, to come down to understand the people's livelihood. The other is to follow the order of the Ministry of War to lead the survey battalion to complete the mapping of the whole province of Runing. If you want to survey and map the map, you naturally have to go all over the whole of Runing. ”

"So, you are also going to other states and counties in Runing Province?" Liu Qichang asked.

Now, there is no need for Su Hao to hide it anymore, he replied calmly: "It's not that I'm going, but I've already gone." ”

"It's gone!" Liu Qichang almost jumped up from his chair, "How can I not know?" ”

"This is a matter of military aircraft, and it is inconvenient to inform Governor Liu." Su Hao said.

Liu Qichang suddenly felt an inexplicable fear, it turned out that unconsciously, the other party had stretched his tentacles into the entire territory of Runing, but he was unaware. This time it was Luoshan County that had an accident, and who knows when the same thing will happen in other counties. What the hell does this Su Hao want to do, is he really holding back to turn Runing over?

"Master Su, the matter of Xinglong Gambling House, thanks to the great help of your army, calmed down the situation. Now that the situation has been brought under control, can you ask Master Su to issue an order for your military generals in Luoshan to hand over the relevant criminals to Luoshan County to clarify the law? Liu Qichang decided not to go around in circles with Su Hao anymore, he wanted to quickly solve the matter of Luoshan, and then issue a secret order to other states and counties, so that the officials of all states and counties could strictly guard the survey camp, and could not give each other a little handle.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "Governor Liu, I'm afraid that this matter is a little obstructive. ”

"What's in the way?" Liu Qichang asked.

Su Hao said: "According to the report received by the official, the gamblers and the guards of the gambling house in the Xinglong gambling house were mingling at that time, and our department used some force in order to restore order as soon as possible. Now the manager of the gambling house is ready to splash dirty water on the heads of our army, and if our army hands over all the suspects to Luoshan County, I am afraid that in the future, the criminals will retract their confessions, and our army will cause a riot. ”

Liu Qichang said: "How is this possible? Under the rule of the government, how could such a reversal of black and white happen? Although Mr. Su is relieved, the government will tell Luoshan County to enforce the law impartially, and no matter how the criminal retracts his confession, he will not wronged your ministry. ”

Su Hao smiled and said, "The official is just not at ease with Luoshan County. Governor Liu, please see, this is the confession of Xu Rendi, the manager of the gambling house. ”

Speaking of this, Su Hao took out a book from his sleeve, and a servant had already stepped forward to take it and handed it to Liu Qichang's case. Liu Qichang took the book and opened it to see that it was a confession written by Xu Rendi, and there were fingerprints of Xu Rendi on each page. Liu Qichang sensitively found that the color of Xu Rendi's fingerprints pressed was not ordinary vermilion, but dark red, and Liu Qichang certainly knew what it meant.

"Is this bloodstained?" Liu Qichang raised his confession to Su Hao and said. This is the meaning of preemptive strike, because the bloodstains may be the result of torture, and if there is something inappropriate in this confession, Liu Qichang can completely accuse the survey camp of indiscriminate punishment, saying that Xu Rendi is tortured.

Su Hao said with a smile: "I have already asked the sergeant who delivered the letter about this, and they said that the shopkeeper Xu was indeed covered in blood, but it was all the scars left when he fought with the gambler." After our ministry calmed down the situation, it has been properly treated, and Governor Liu does not need to worry. ”

This brawl was fierce enough, and even the shopkeeper took action in person, Liu Qichang secretly slandered himself. But he also knows that Su Hao's statement is tenable, which means that if the case is retried in the future, he will not be able to use Xu Rendi's injuries as a seal. Even if Su Hao's subordinates killed Xu Rendi, they could also plant a reason for "being seriously injured and dying", who let there ever be a fight at the scene?

What's even more annoying is that because the survey camp blocked the scene, so far Liu Qichang's side has not even been able to find a witness to explain whether there was a brawl at that time, and how big the brawl was, everything can only accept Su Hao's side of the story.

Xu Rendi's confession is not long, but it specifically mentions that Tan Yizhong, the county magistrate of Luoshan, is his cousin, and the two have a very close relationship. This sentence alone is enough to block Liu Qichang's mouth, and the survey camp is unwilling to hand over the case to the Luoshan County Ya for trial, because he is afraid that Tan Yizhong will show favoritism, is this reason not sufficient?

As for why Xu Rendi confessed such a thing, there is no need to study the reasoning in detail. The relationship between Xu Rendi and Tan Yizhong is known to many people, he fell into the hands of the public opinion camp, and under the heavy punishment, what confession was asked him to write was not determined by the public opinion camp?

"Master Su is really meticulous." Liu Qichang said, "The government doesn't know that Tan Zhi County has such a cousin." ”

"We also learned about this by accident." Su Hao said.

Liu Qichang said: "If this is the case, then this case is indeed not suitable for trial in Luoshan County." Bachelor Su, do you think it is appropriate for me to send Du Tongzhi to try this case? ”

"Then there is Laud who knows." Su Hao responded.