After the disbandment of the Imperial Forest Army, the original president of the Imperial Forest Army, Qu Zhu, has been working on the intelligence investigation behind the scenes of Liu Yu, and with the help of his sister Qu Shu, the leader of the Carriage and Horse Gang, Qu Zhu is getting better and better at intelligence investigation.

Qu Zhu was reporting to Liu Yu at this time on the investigation that the secret agent hastily sorted out, although the investigation was relatively general and needed to be continued, but what Qu Zhu found was basically the specific situation in the current Dongning Mansion.

Such as population, geography, administration, previous officials and current officials, Qu Zhu reported for a while, Liu Yue listened without a word, he didn't care much about Qu Zhu's report, after all, these are too superficial, as long as you go to check, everyone will know the truth.

Liu Yu walked to the door of a lively Qinglou called "Xiangyue Building", and felt that although the Qinglou in Dongning Mansion did not look as magnificent as the Qinglou in Chang'an City, it was also elegant, and there was no sense of disobedience for guests to enter and exit at the door of the Qinglou. The guests feel as calm and natural as if they have walked around the wet market.

"Lao Qu, this ...... How many green houses are there in Dongning Province? Liu Yu stopped, looked at the door of the Yue Tower, and asked.

Qu Zhu was a little surprised by Liu Yu's title, this was the first time Liu Yu had called him "Lao Qu" so politely, and he used to be called Commander Qu and General Qu.

"Dongning Mansion, there are a total of sixty-three Qinglou in the official mansion, as for the secret prostitution and secret place, it has not yet been investigated."

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "There are more than sixty, quite a few, how many are there in Chang'an City?" ”

"More than 400."

Liu Yu smiled. A Chang'an city. There are more than 400 green buildings. Of course, there are different types, and many of them also went out of business due to bad experiences, and then their girls were sold to other green houses. In the ancient Qinglou industry, women were their biggest asset, except for secret prostitution, but as long as the girls were in the Qinglou, they were borrowed, that is, they couldn't help themselves and they couldn't retire if they wanted to.

"Who else is in Ling Daoqi's house?"

Qu Zhu replied: "Ling Taishou's parents died early. He has a wife and two concubines, and has an eldest daughter, who is currently seventeen years old, and is studying literature in the city's women's bookstore. In addition, Ling Taishou's second concubine, the Li family, just gave birth to a son last year and is still in infancy. ”

Liu Yu nodded, this Ling family is also thin, if he hadn't married a concubine, he might not even be able to inherit the incense. And this Ling Hui was originally from the imperial examination, a scholar from a poor family, and it is not easy to get to this step today.

"His father-in-law is a former official of the Ministry of Shangshu Yu Hui, right?" Liu Yu asked suddenly.

Qu Zhu nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Liu Yu sighed: "No matter how capable you are, if you don't have a background, you can't sit as firmly as Mount Tai in the official position." This is in return. Although he has returned to his hometown, he can be regarded as one of the powerful court officials. ”

An official like the official department Shangshu. There are protégés all over the place, and many people are willing to befriend them, with them as the core to form a circle of officialdom, and take care of each other. Liu Yu also knows this.

And Liu Yu paid special attention to this Yu Hui, because of the relationship between Yu Hui and the old emperor, Liu Yu once thought too much about the old emperor when he suspected the old emperor Tuogu's minister, but because Yu Hui told the old man to return to his hometown and the emperor was far away, the most important thing was Yuan Bolang who inherited the important task of Tuogu.

Liu Yu then thought, will this Yu Hui have something to do with Su Zhe, the king of Chu?

When the king of Chu received grain in Huaibei, the old emperor should have greeted Yu Hui and asked Yu Hui to provide assistance in the local area, and then the old emperor Bintian, the time was very close, and it was very possible in this regard.

"His daughter, is she married?"

"Not yet married." Qu Zhu said, "This woman is very famous in Dongning Mansion, and she is born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, there are not a few people in Dongning Mansion who propose marriage, but the Ling family refuses one by one, and even the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital have come to propose marriage, and they are also resigned by Ling Hui in person." ”

Liu Yuxin said, it won't be the imperial concubine prepared for Su Zhe, the king of Chu, right?

Liu Yu thought about it for a moment and felt that it might be too unreasonable. But this line needs to be examined in any case. Thinking of Ling Hui's unfamiliar appearance, and then thinking that he also had a daughter with a beautiful face and a moon, Liu Yu had an irrepressible evil fire in his heart.

Before leaving Chang'an City, Liu Yu felt that he treated women like a gentleman, but he hadn't even touched Li Sha'er. But after leaving Chang'an City, Liu Yu felt as if he was dyed black by a big dye vat, and there was always a throbbing in his heart that he couldn't suppress.

Liu Yu stood at the door of the Yuelou for a while, but did not go in, but watched some people who described obscenity enter an alley, Liu Yue looked into the alley, and was relieved, there was a gambling house in the alley, and those people went to gamble.

In the Dashun Dynasty, there was no explicit prohibition of gambling, and only the people were persuaded to stay away from gambling in the midst of educating the people. But there is always a time when people are greedy, and the stimulation of gains and losses in gambling can be said to be an extremely satisfying way of entertainment, so gambling has a great breeding ground among the people.

Small gambling is pleasant, big gambling hurts the body.

Gambling halls are not like green buildings need to be opened in the downtown to attract people's attention, the so-called wine fragrance is not afraid of deep alleys, the general gambling halls are opened in the alleys, although it is the lack of façade advertising effect, but gamblers are also endless, gambling this thing, mainly rely on the gambler's publicity.

"How many gambling houses are there in Dongning Province?" Liu Yu asked again.

Qu Zhu looked at the paper in his hand and said, "This investigation is not detailed, there are about a dozen, and there are many secret gambling houses, which have not been filed in the government." ”

"Oh."

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." ”

Qu Zhu said: "In a place with a complicated flow such as a gambling house, the general should not go over, and wait for his subordinates to send someone to check." ”

"Don't worry, we are ordinary gamblers, and there will be no problem in going in and betting on two." Liu Yu took the first step, and then Qu Zhu and the guards followed.

Liu Yu's idea is very simple, as Qu Zhu said, this gambling house is a place with complex tastes, but it is also a shelter for intelligence, and the people are easy to be fooled by the magistrates, but these gamblers who are prone to ups and downs are often more unique to the world than the people, and they themselves have nothing to fear, so they don't have to save face for the magistrates, of course, they get more news here than the outside world.

Liu Yu arrived at the door of the gambling house, there were two acquaintances standing at the door of the gambling workshop, and when he saw Liu Yu, a person who looked like an official son, he also brought a lot of entourage, and the acquaintances of the gambling house were obviously a little jealous.

"Why, you won't let us in?" Liu Yu asked with a smile.

One of the Zhike said: "The two must not be locals, but the Emperor Zhilu Dao is now in Dongning Mansion?" ”

Liu Yu smiled: "How do you know the Dao, but what about the Dao?" ”

Zhike said: "The government has a notice, saying that the industry that is detrimental to the local façade will be rectified and closed for the time being, and the gambling house will not be allowed to open its doors to welcome customers." ”

"And you still open the door for business?"

The words of the acquaintance next to him were much more vulgar: "Emperor Lao Tzu will not run to the street, he lives in his palace, there is a large team of guards of the Imperial Forest Army, and what does it matter if we open our gambling house?" ”

"That's a good point." Liu Yu smiled, "We have prepared dozens of taels of silver, and we are ready to try our luck here." Two little brothers, lead the way. (To be continued......)