When Liu Hua ordered someone to detain Mei Ling, the two bodyguards behind Mei Ling wanted to step forward to stop her, but when Mei Ling saw Liu Hua put her hand on the scabbard, her face changed instantly, and after waving her hand to stop the bodyguard's move, she walked out of the hall by herself.

When she came to Liu Hua's side, Mei Ling said coldly: "You will regret this decision now, a fast catcher who is not in the stream dares to raid my Treasure Pavilion, hum...... I don't think you really know how to write the dead word. ”

The wealthy businessmen around saw that Mei Ling was walking outside, they glared at Liu Hua angrily, so they had to follow Mei Ling out, and when Huang Ziqian passed by Liu Hua's side, he roared angrily: "Tonight, this official wants you to spend the night in the prison of Yangzhou Mansion." ”

After shouting this scene, Huang Ziqian was worried that Liu Hua would fix him, so he hurriedly ran out of the hall with everyone, and when the big bull took these people away, Liu Hua looked at the hundreds of gamblers in the hall:

"According to the provisions of the law, anyone who commits gambling will be fined 1,000 yuan per person, and I see that you are all some bitter people, so I will spare you once today, and I hope you can quit this bad habit.

In the near future, I will raid all the casinos in Yangzhou City, and if I find that you have left here and gone to other casinos to gamble, then you will all go to the prison cell.

After saying this, Liu Hua announced the disbandment of the team, watching the catchers retreat in an orderly manner, he rode back to his residence, during this time, Liu Hua only had a free time, so he pestered Sun Shidong to teach him to ride a horse, after many days of training, he was finally able to let the horse carry him without falling.

After returning to Liu's mansion, Liu Hua rushed to the main house, and saw Shen Jiaolin and Sun Shidong counting the money, he asked happily, "Have you counted?" How much silver is in these sacks? ”

"I haven't counted it yet, but according to my preliminary estimate, the silver taels in these sacks should be about 180,000 taels, mainly because the silver tickets and gold ingots in these two sacks are of high value, and after our counting, the silver tickets and gold ingots in these two sacks add up to 100,000 taels.

The remaining sacks, although there are many of them, are mostly filled with copper plates and scattered silver, so the amount is not too much, and it is more difficult to count. Shen Jiaolin replied slowly.

Hearing this, Liu Hua ordered: "Don't order, hide these two sacks of silver tickets and gold ingots, and then seal those sacks containing copper plates and broken silver, I estimate that the backstage of the Treasure Pavilion will be here soon." ”

Sure enough, as Liu Hua expected, as soon as they hid the two sacks of money, dozens of officers and soldiers rushed in outside the door, led by a general who was about thirty years old and wearing armor, after seeing Liu Hua, the general said coldly:

"You're Liu Hua, right? This general is Ren Dongcheng, the general manager of the Yangzhou city guard, and on the order of Li Jianling, the same governor of Yangzhou, he is here to assist you in handling the case, and I will take away these evidence at the scene, in addition, Lord Li and all of you are discussing with the prefect at the moment, and the prefect asks you to go to him with me immediately. ”

In the office of Huang Baishan, the prefect of Yangzhou, in addition to Huang Baishan, there were four or five people in court clothes sitting on the side, and at this moment, Huang Baishan was looking at Liu Hua with a gloomy face:

"Liu Hua, who asked you to raid the Treasure Pavilion? I heard that not only did you take all the belongings in the Treasure Pavilion, but even some wealthy merchants took them away? Moreover, you also put shackles on Huang Ziqian.

Do you know what the consequences of doing this are? Those rich businessmen are all big taxpayers in my Yangzhou Mansion, you have arrested them all, if they join forces to resist taxes in the future, who can bear the consequences?

Huang Ziqian is your boss, you are a nine-rank catcher, and you dare to arrest the officials of the seventh grade, tell me, where did you have the courage to do this? When he said this, Huang Baishan slapped the table suddenly.

After Huang Baishan's voice fell, sitting under him, a man wearing a four-grade court uniform with a dignified face said: "Liu Hua, although the Treasure Pavilion is a casino, it is also the number one taxpayer in Yangzhou Prefecture, with an annual tax payment of 10,000 taels of silver. ”

The person who spoke was Li Jianling, a fellow acquaintance of Yangzhou, who was equivalent to a mayor in later generations, and when his words fell, the remaining few people echoed him, agreeing with Li Jianling's words and criticizing Liu Hua for being impulsive and reckless.

After hearing everyone's criticism, Liu Hua did not show an expression of reflection and repentance, but said with a smile: "Isn't the Treasure Pavilion a tax of 10,000 taels of silver every year?" Hehe, I confiscated 80,000 taels of silver there today, and I have been paying taxes for eight years at once.

As the saying goes, the iron-clad officials of the yamen and flowing water, it is difficult to say whether you can do it until eight years later, there is a way that there is wine in the present and drunk in the future, and the things in the future will be said in the future, and the matter of taxes and silver will make the adults in the future worry. ”

After Huang Baishan heard this, his heart moved, and after looking at Liu Hua, he picked up the teacup and tasted the tea slowly, and then didn't say a word.

After seeing Huang Baishan's performance, Li Jianling, who was next to him, turned his gaze to Liu Hua, and then reprimanded loudly: "Presumptuous, how can we who are officials only care about our own immediate interests?" If all the officials in the world do what you say, then won't the court be chaotic? ”

After saying this, Li Jianling seemed to think of something, and then stared at Liu Hua with dead eyes: "You just said how much silver was confiscated in the Treasure Pavilion?" Eighty thousand taels? Right? How did I hear about it? You confiscated more than 200,000 taels of gambling money from the Treasure Pavilion? ”

Hearing Li Jianling's question, Liu Hua said with a smile: "The lowly position is estimated according to the copper plate in the sack, and the specific amount of silver confiscated is not clear, but the silver I confiscated was all brought here by Ren Dongcheng."

If Master Li has any doubts, he can count them on the spot, but if the amount of gambling funds is not right, he is not responsible for his humble duties, after all, these silver have been sold by those officers and soldiers, and no one dares to guarantee anything. ”

"Let Ren Dongcheng come in." After Li Jianling heard Liu Hua's words, he immediately shouted to the door.

As soon as Li Jianling's words fell, Ren Dongcheng walked into the room majestically, and after seeing everyone, he knelt on one knee: "Meet your lords, and the last general will be sent at the end." ”

Looking at Ren Dongcheng, Li Jianling asked: "Mr. Ren Qian, this official asked you, did you count the silver in the sack when you carried what evidence you carried in Deputy Liu's house before?" ”

"The last general didn't count those silver taels, but directly brought them back to the prefect's yamen, I don't know why the lord asked?" Ren Dongcheng asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's all right, let's go down." After sending Ren Dongcheng, who was full of doubts, away, Li Jianling looked at Liu Hua coldly: "Those soldiers are sincere, without you so many tricks and gambling, let Boss Mei come over and talk about it."

By the way, I asked the prison before, you didn't escort Boss Mei and those rich businessmen into the prison, nor did you detain them in the torture room, where did you keep those people? ”

Liu Hua smiled slightly after hearing this: "Mei Ling once said wildly before, saying that the prison in Yangzhou Mansion can't hold them, hehe...... Just in case, the lowly office locked them up in a very safe place, guess? At this moment, those people are reverently reciting Amitabha? ”