After the family went out to eat, drink and have fun all day, the eldest lady and the three brothers went back and were severely punished by Mama Lu.

In the next three days, the steps of the three sisters and brothers were vain.

Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao threw themselves into the work of opening pharmacies and administering pesticides at various wharves in Guangzhou—in addition to the large port of the Pearl River port, there are many small ports scattered throughout the province. Although there are not many ships coming and going in those small ports, there are people coming and going every day. Where there are people, there will be germs breeding, so you can't be careful.

Those disciples who came from Yangzhou with Mu Jiaojiao happened to come in handy. Mu Jiaojiao sent one of them to one place and stationed them in the pharmacy. It just so happened that those rangers also came with Cui Pu, and the martial arts halls of two of them also moved over. Cui Pu requisitioned the apprentices from the martial arts hall and assigned one to a pharmacy, so that in addition to administering medicine, they were also responsible for recording the personnel exchanges in the port.

Although this matter was supported by Pei Jinglu's envoy and Wei Tingshi. But now these two people have clearly set their eyes on the case of stealing official silver, and they are not in the mood to care about such trivial matters as applying medicine. However, fortunately, they have all let go of their hands and let Cui Pu do it. Cui Pu's request is just for these people not to get in his way. As long as there is no obstruction, he can completely let go of his hands and feet when he gets things done.

Of course, Cui Pu still generously informed the masses that this was the result of their tripartite cooperation.

As soon as this measure came out, it was unanimously praised by the Hu businessmen and the people.

At the same time, Cui Pu also began to try them one by one according to the cases handed in by the people. For those who did have the matter, he asked Hu San and others to investigate secretly, and then quickly arrested the group of people and brought them to the public court for a public trial. In less than half a month, he tried six such cases, arrested more than 30 people involved in the case, and imposed heavy fines.

and those who made up nonsense in a vain attempt to fish in troubled waters were also arrested and locked up directly.

locked up this group of people for half a month in a row, and Cui Pu brought people to him.

These people are all gangsters in Guangzhou Prefecture. At that time, he was also bold, thinking that Cui Pu was a person who wanted to come to a new official to take office and burn a fire, so he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a small fortune. Who knew that he had stepped into the danger carefully designed by Cui Pu. When the officers and soldiers came to arrest them, they shouted in their hearts. After being locked up in prison for more than ten days, there was water and food, but from time to time a few jailers would come in, grab one of them, drag him out, and never return.

Seeing this, they were even more panicked in their hearts, fearing that it would be their turn next.

After half a month, they are almost tormented by all kinds of ideas that pop up in their heads!

It's easy to wait for someone to come and take them out of their cells to see the light of day, and they can't help but have a delusion - is it finally their turn? Could it be, is this going to pull them out and cut off their heads?

When they came to the back garden of the mansion, they saw a young man in brocade clothes sitting there, drinking to himself, leisurely.

The quiet aroma of wine wafted over, and the worms in their stomachs, who had been tormented by the rough food in the prison for half a month, involuntarily crawled out of their stomachs, and began to splash and roll in their stomachs, shouting that they wanted to drink, drink good wine!

A series of cooing sounds came from their stomachs, and the group themselves were embarrassed to hear it.

Cui Pu filled the first three cups, but he didn't drink, only put the cups on the other three sides of the table, and then raised his eyes and asked them, "Do you want to drink?"

To say no, that's a lie. But who was this man? What did he mean by calling them over? Is there any ingredients in this wine and food? A series of questions came coming, and the group did not dare to move.

Cui Pu snorted softly. "Why, dare to make up stories and run to the government to complain, but now you don't even have the courage to speak?"

The hearts of this group of people froze, and their hands and feet couldn't help but tremble slightly.

He found out! Now, they understand why they're locked up.

And when they realize this, they are less afraid.

One person immediately said: "That's right, we made up the case." But it's not a big crime, is it? Grab it, hit it with a few boards, and you'll be fine. But now you have locked us up for half a month, and you have been ignoring us in the middle, obviously trying to take the opportunity to sharpen our temperament. What do you want us to do, say it. ”

"Good!"

Cui Pu couldn't help but slap his palm. He knew that there would be smart people in this group. Still, he was surprised to be able to guess his purpose so quickly.

He is going to be condemned to this one who speaks!

"Now that you have all guessed the purpose of this mansion, then this mansion will not talk nonsense with you. Now, there are some things that this government has in hand that I want you to do. As long as you do a good job, then the government will not be responsible for the bad things you did before. ”

Hearing this, these people's eyes rolled a few times. After exchanging a look in private, someone had the audacity to ask, "How can we be sure that you can be the talker?"

Cui Pu chuckled: "Rats have rat paths, and shrimps have shrimp paths." There are things that you can do that you can't do. This has never been denied by the government. Moreover, there are many dragons and snakes in this Guangzhou Mansion, and there are many people who are secretly abducted and deceived. Although the government wants to wipe them all out, it also knows that this is just an illusion. Since this is the case, the government decided to simply select a few people from this group of people who can be used, and let them help the government manage these people, which also happens to save the government a lot of trouble. Do you think this idea is feasible?"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of these people suddenly lit up.

If what Cui Pu said is true, then they will be lucky this time! As long as they do a good job, then they will become the leaders of the bastards in the Guangzhou Prefecture in the future, and they will still be doing things on the orders of the prefect! Then they will be able to swagger through the market in a grand manner, and they will not be afraid of being caught by the government again!

Moreover, Cui Pu's sentence 'rats have rats, shrimps have shrimp' really entered their hearts, and it made them proud at once - for so many years, they have never been so affirmed by an official. This prefect has a vision!

It's just that they are still inevitably a little worried.

"If we do what you say, won't we be harming our own brother with our own hands?"

"The reason why this government left you is because I see that you have not done any great evil. Could it be that this government has seen it wrong?" Cui Pu raised his eyebrows, "However, if you really can't bear to do it, this government will not be embarrassed, you can leave now." This government believes that there will definitely be people who will be able to do this ruthlessly. ”

That is, you are cowering and holding back, but not all of you. Without you, there are many people who are willing to squeeze their heads for this place!

Look, before his words fell, someone immediately stood up and said, "I'll do it!"

As soon as he took the lead, several people immediately followed suit and stood up to express their position.

Jokes, this is a great opportunity to reach the pinnacle of life, they will give up when they are stupid. If he had passed through this village and left this place, perhaps they would have been the ones who had been ruled by the people who had called him brothers and sisters! Otherwise, how could he have balanced his mind when he was under the control of those who had been equal in the past, and watched him flaunt his military might everywhere because of the relationship between the new prefect?

So, they would rather the one who stepped on the heads of his brothers to the top was himself!

Moreover, Cui Pu's meaning has been made very clear - the reason why they were chosen was because they didn't do many big and evil things. In fact, from the bottom of my heart, who doesn't want to be a good person? They are forced to embark on this path.

Now that the new prefect has given them this trust, they are willing to give it a try!

Seeing that most of them expressed their attitudes, Cui Pu was very satisfied, so he patted a pile of paper in his hand: "If you are willing, come forward yourself, find your own share, sign and draw, and then you can leave." The next thing you will do, someone will tell you what to do. ”

These people rushed to search for their names. But most of these people are illiterate, and the few two or three who know a few big characters take a cursory look at this information with their names written on it, and suddenly their faces turn white: "This is a confession!"

"Yes!" Cui Pu bowed, "If you love to sign or not, if you don't want to sign, you can go out and turn left now." ”

He didn't have that much trust in these thugs who were even more slick than him. Therefore, if you want them to do things for themselves with peace of mind, you must have strong evidence at hand. Therefore, it is necessary for these people to write their own confessions.

After the signature was taken, these things were left in his hands. If these people are honest and obedient, then they will be fine, but if they dare to make trouble again, this confession is their life talisman!

Cui Pucai will not use the same method of dealing with gentlemen as against them. That's not realistic!

These people naturally understood Cui Pu's thoughts. After several trade-offs, they still chose - sign!

What else can they do but sign them? The new prefect has already collected all their charges so clearly. With this above charge, they can be directly arrested and put in prison!

For now, the only way to choose is to believe the person in front of you.

After this group of people signed and signed the pledge, Cui Pu accepted them one by one, and he was also satisfied: "Since you are all so cooperative, then the government will naturally not treat you badly." There is hot water and clean clothes in the back room, and you can go to the shower and change your clothes. After a while, I will come out, and I will have a full meal, and then I can go home.

After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.

This group of gangsters, you look at me, I look at you, and one of them hurriedly asked the person who was the first to deal with Cui Pu: "Brother Xu, what should we do now?"

"That's it! Anyway, the guilty plea has already been signed, and the murder is not too much, even if we die, we have to be a full ghost! Let's go, let's go take a bath first, wash it clean, and then come back to eat a full meal." Later, I'll talk about it later!"

Xu said, and immediately raised his feet and walked to a room.

When the others saw this, they also raised their heels.

Not long after, Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao heard someone come to report: "Lang Jun, lady, that group of people have gone to take a shower and changed their clothes, and now they are eating over there! Ten plates of meat have been delivered, and they haven't eaten enough!"

"Then go on and let them eat enough!" Cui Pu waved his hand briskly.

"Let them finish the medicine after eating. If you don't eat meat for a long time, you will suddenly consume so much meat at one time, and you will have diarrhea. Mu Jiaojiao also commanded.

The little guy hurriedly agreed to go down.

Cui Pu was able to show off to Mu Jiaojiao: "It's really rare, they all agreed! I thought it would be nice to have half of them agree!"

Can he be a little more smuggling? Look at this frown, it's almost up to heaven!

Mu Jiaojiao didn't bother to talk to him, so she just said, "You really don't plan to meddle in the case of stealing official silver?"

"Then Wei Tingshi has to be willing for me to intervene!" Speaking of this, Cui Pu's face really fell again, "I don't have military power at hand, and the only thing I can do is to provide them with some information." If the criminal is in Guangzhou, cooperate with the arrest. Wei Tingshi tried his best to prove himself again this time, and even Pei Jing's envoy was about to be pushed aside by him. I don't bother to drill into this matter anymore, anyway, as long as they don't forget to give me some credit when the merit is finally rewarded. ”

Mu Jiaojiao saw that he was pitiful, so she touched his head. "Take your time!"

"Well, let's let the surnamed Wei be proud first! Anyway, with his and his son's virtue, they won't be proud for long. Cui Pu said in a sullen voice.

A few days later, gongs and drums suddenly began to beat in the city.

A light horse struck the gong, ran from the south city gate to the north city gate, and shouted all the way - "Wei Tingshi and Pei Jingluo cooperated to crack a major case of stealing official silver, and all the criminals were wiped out, and now the traffickers have been escorted to the north city gate!"