There was a sudden noise outside the door, and more than a dozen catchers rushed in, walked to the front catcher and looked around, and then walked straight to Liu Feng and gave a deep salute: "Lord Earl, my subordinate Yang Tian is late, please forgive me!"

Liu Feng knows that in officialdom, many people humbly call themselves subordinate in front of nobles with higher titles than themselves, which does not mean that you can really manage him, it is just politeness.

However, to Liu Feng's surprise, this Yang Zhutou actually knew that he was an earl?

In this regard, Yang Zhutou explained, the original letter of appointment of the Ministry of Officials has already been passed to the Criminal Department, this time Liu Feng sent the Hou Mansion to report the case directly to the Criminal Department, and the head of the Criminal Department who took over the case heard that it was the Hou Mansion Prince Huichun Earl reported the case, so he paid special attention to it, and specially instructed Yang Zhutou who came out of the case, and let him see the portrait on the appointment letter, so Yang Zhutou also roughly knew Liu Feng's appearance.

Hearing the conversation between Yang Zhutou and Liu Feng, the thugs of the underground gambling house and even the money shopkeeper changed their faces greatly, they didn't expect that this Liu Shen Doctor was actually the prince of the Hou Mansion and an earl.

Liu Feng and Yang Zhutou talked about the general situation here, and finally said: "Their money shopkeeper is a spirit-level venerable, but he has a secret wound on his body, according to his claim to be the commander of the Zhenxi Army, I suspect that he is a deserter. ”

Knowing that Liu Yiyuan had defeated the money shopkeeper who was a spirit-level venerable, Yang Zhutou looked at Liu Yiyuan's thin figure, and his eyes showed respect.

At the same time, Yang Zhutou also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was only a gold-level combat power, if he was allowed to fight against a venerable, even if the other party had a secret injury, he would not be sure.

Yang Zhutou secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, he came late!

When he heard that the shopkeeper claimed to be the commander of the Zhenxi Army, Yang Zhutou couldn't help but scoff: "The commander of the Zhenxi Army can't even beat me, how can there be a Venerable?"

The money shopkeeper who fell to the ground was very uncooperative after the capture was about to arrive, who asked any questions and didn't speak, and suddenly sat up when he heard Yang Zhutou's words, and the sense of honor of the army, which he had always been proud of, made him unable to hear others laughing at the Zhenxi Army, and looked directly at Yang Zhutou and asked: "How do you know what kind of combat power the commanders in the Zhenxi Army are?"

"Of course I ......" Yang Zhutou, who was originally going to answer the words of the money shopkeeper, suddenly choked, and said with a slight change in his face: "What did you say......?

The money shopkeeper nodded proudly: "Yes, I came out of that army." ”

Yang Zhutou was speechless for a moment.

Seeing the proud appearance of the money shopkeeper who had been imprisoned by the ranks, Liu Feng asked angrily: "Is your army training you to open an underground gambling house? Is your army teaching you to forcibly seize the people's houses?"

Liu Feng's words made the money shopkeeper's face suddenly become blank, and he said with difficulty after a while: "I shouldn't mention the name of the troops, I am a deserter, and I have disgraced the troops." ”

As he spoke, tears appeared in the eyes of the tall money shopkeeper, and he couldn't help but hide his face and cry.

Liu Feng asked Yang Zhutou with some surprise: "Which unit is he from?"

Yang Zhutou said with some confusion: "Lord Earl, I have only heard about the secret army, I am not qualified to know about that kind of secret army, if he is really a member of the secret army, I can only report it, and then let the Lord in charge dock with their troops." Tell us about the details?"

Liu Feng was speechless for a moment, you asked me to ask the head of the Criminal Department about such a matter? I am not familiar with the head of the Criminal Department, and when the time comes, the head of the Criminal Department will talk to me again, and let me ask the squire of the Criminal Department, or even ask the secretary of the Criminal Department?

Liu Feng shook his head, beckoned Liu Yiyuan and Shi Dazhu, and was about to leave.

"Hey!" Because the catcher came in quickly, a female voice suddenly sounded in the already quiet gambling house, and Liu Feng turned his head to look, it turned out to be the slightly chubby woman Wen Ping.

Wen Ping explained to the catcher beside him: "I'm not a gambler, I came here because of something, I don't believe you ask Shi Dazhu, I came with him." ”

As he spoke, Wen Ping looked at Shi Dazhu with pleading eyes.

Shi Dazhu was stunned for a moment, looking at Wen Ping's appearance, he felt a little unbearable, but he knew that people were soft-spoken, and it was not good to talk to Yu Kuai directly, so he turned his head to look at Liu Feng.

Liu Feng frowned, and said to Yang Zhutou: "That woman I know, she is not a gambler, just a lackey of the money shopkeeper, helping the money shopkeeper to put pressure on the gambler's family, wanting to forcibly seize other people's houses." ”

Yang Zhutou was a little hesitant when he heard Wen Ping's words, but when he heard Liu Feng say this, he suddenly had a bottom in his heart, waved his hand and said: "The gambler just confiscated the gambling money and detained him for three days. ”

Yang Zhutou's words made Wen Ping's face change greatly, and he looked at Shi Dazhu, who was silent, and scolded: "Shi Dazhu, you are a ......"

The scolding words have not been completely spoken, Yang Zhutou asked Wen Ping to choke the rest of the words in his stomach, Yang Zhutou said righteously: "The Criminal Department handles the case, no noise, and those who influence the case without authorization will be killed." ”

Yang Zhutou's strength was not light, and Wen Ping's right face suddenly swollen, but looking at Yang Zhutou in front of her, Wen Ping didn't dare to continue making a mistake and closed her mouth.

Although Wen Ping is not familiar with the laws of the empire, she also knows what Yang Zhutou just said, no, it should be said that all the ordinary people know what Yang Zhutou just said.

The imperial law gives priority to the protection of the nobles, and then there are the people in the government, and the government handles the case, and the people cannot be disturbed, but because it does not rule out the possibility that the people do not know that the person is not guilty, the imperial law stipulates that the government must declare in advance when handling the case, and if anyone dares to influence the handling of the case after the statement, it can be killed.

Therefore, ordinary people who no longer understand the law know that when an official shouts "those who influence the government to handle cases, they will be killed", they must keep quiet.

The casino fell silent.

I only heard Liu Feng whisper to Shi Dazhu: "Even if you can't bear it, you can't go against your heart, let alone lie to the government." ”

The upright Shi Dazhu nodded honestly, yes, he couldn't tell the catcher that Wen Ping was here with them, right?

Yang Zhutou said aloud to the other people in the gambling house: "We are based on the facts, with the laws of the empire as the criterion, and handle all cases fairly and justly. Remember, too, that harboring a transgressor is an aggravated sin. ”

Liu Feng shook his head with a smile, did not speak, and walked out of the underground gambling house with Shi Dazhu and Liu Yiyuan.

At Shi Dazhu's house, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were registering Shi Xianglian's resignation procedures, and when they saw Liu Feng coming in, they hurriedly saluted and asked for peace.

In this regard, Liu Feng only smiled back, after all, according to the regulations, officials of the Ministry of Rites will not come to the door to sit on this kind of registration, which is completely to give Liu Feng face.

After some politeness, Liu Feng asked Shi Dazhu to rest for half a day in the afternoon, and then returned to the Hou Mansion with Liu Yiyuan.