The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 254 I ask you to answer
It is definitely not acceptable to be anticlimactic, and Lao Zhu will not allow it.

Lao Zhu, who started off with a bowl, is an honest man, and he is resistant to and repulsed such harmful things as gambling houses.

Now that Zheng Xiong intends to rectify, Lao Zhu agrees, so naturally he wants to give him convenience.

"How many big and small gambling houses are there in Yingtian Mansion? How is the relationship between China and China? How much do you know?"

Mao Xiang was still calm, apparently he had done a lot of homework, and he took Lao Zhu's questions calmly.

"There are 130 large and small gambling houses in Yingtian Mansion, and there are about [-] of them that are related to officials above the third rank and above the title of marquis. The rest are below the third rank and not in the top class."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but gasp in his heart.

Calculated in this way, even if a gambling house radiates a hundred people, then tens of thousands of people will participate in gambling.

Although tens of thousands of people may not seem like a lot, there are tens of thousands of families that can be connected with them.

Such unstable factors are absolutely intolerable for any aspiring emperor.

Old Zhu immediately asked.

"What's the situation? I don't know why there are so many gambling houses."

Mao Xiang still kept his expression unchanged, and replied to Lao Zhu.

"The main reason is that there are many new casinos. In the past year, dozens of them have been opened."

"After a few years of recuperation, the current noble and the officials in Beijing have some savings in their hands."

"In addition to gambling, there are many people who use gambling houses to make money. Because it is easy to make money, there are more gambling houses."

When it comes to this, it has nothing to do with these honorable and meritorious ministers.

Luxurious luxury is synonymous with them.

In order to quickly accumulate wealth, gambling houses are naturally also within their goals.

There is no end to the greed of human nature, and Lao Zhu originally wanted to treat these meritorious ministers well.

But if these people can't stand up to their deaths and ruin Lao Zhu's foundation time and time again, then Lao Zhu can't be blamed for using the butcher's knife.

It's the same with this gambling house. If there are more and more people, I don't know how many people are restless.

It's not okay to shake your own foundation.

Lao Zhu saw that the situation was serious, and he just had such an opportunity right now, so he said to Mao Xiang immediately.

"Give Zheng Xiong a handwritten copy of the list in your hand, and secretly give it to him."

"In addition, the group of people under your command have put other people in advance in the past two days, and tried their best to monitor these places like the gambling house for us."

"Bingmasi and Yingtianfu's Yamen are also closely watched by us. If there is any disturbance, we will control it as soon as possible, and fully cooperate with Zheng Xiong to wipe out this group of malignant tumors in Yingtianfu."

"Remember not to leak the news, let someone go, remember?"

Of course Mao Xiang is willing to make such a big move, this is the perfect place to express himself.

My own strengths have also come into play, and I said quickly.

"According to the order."

After Mao Xiang finished speaking, he left.

But an undercurrent surging storm is sweeping, but not many people know about it.

Wait until Zheng Xiong returns home.

Most of the officials are also on their way to clock out.

As a member of the off-duty army, Commander Wang Tongzhou, after arranging the patrol, followed closely after get off work.

When he got home, he talked to his officials.

"Arrange two people, take my warrant, tell them to go out and send me a message."

"Just say that the wind is blowing tightly, and it is not suitable to move for the time being."

"Remember?"

"Yes."

After the arrangement was made, Wang Tongzhou ate with peace of mind.

The officials arranged for two people to tell what Wang Tongzhou had said.

The two took the warrant and rushed to various places.

The people Mao Xiang sent to secretly monitor saw Wang Tongzhou's strange situation, and quickly reported the situation back.

It was inevitable that an accident would happen, and Mao Xiang, who wanted to behave well, gave orders to the watchers.

"Send a few people, and bring these two people back to me first, and see what the purpose is."

The two people sent by Wang Tongzhou to deliver the letter had their own warrants, and the ones who patrolled the city were also Bing Ma Si's own people, so the journey was unimpeded.

It didn't take long to walk out of the mansion, just about to knock on the door, but a stick suddenly appeared from behind, knocked a sap, and fell to the ground.

After looking left and right, there was nothing unusual, so he put the person in a sack, carried it and left.

The same situation happens as well.

Not long after, the two were brought to Mao Xiang.

With a basin of cold water poured down, the two gradually woke up.

After looking around blankly, the two saw each other.

Before the doubts in their hearts were resolved, the two were separated and tied to a pillar.

Mao Xiangren didn't say much, he waved his hand directly, and then said.

"Give me a beating first, remember to be careful, don't leave trauma."

The dazed two hadn't recovered from their bewilderment when they saw two vicious-looking people holding a stick-like thing wrapped in a layer of flannelette in their hands.

Without saying anything, he greeted the two of them directly.

The pain must be painful, and the two people's howling in pain could be heard throughout the space.

"Wait~ah! Wait~ah! You~ah! I~ah! I have something~ah! Say it."

Talking intermittently, but no one paid attention to it, and continued typing.

I don't know how long it took until the two of them lost the strength to scream, so they stopped.

Mao Xiang walked over slowly and asked one of them.

"I ask, you answer, do you have any questions?"

The tortured person was exhausted, and barely raised his head to look, from explaining in a low voice to full of resentment, it was as if he suddenly gained strength.

"I'm a servant in the commanding officer's house. If you want to ask something, you should say it first! If you don't ask, how do you know whether I will say it or not? Now that I'm fighting, you ask me, didn't I suffer this beating for nothing?"

Mao Xiang calmly wiped away the splashing saliva, and opened his mouth slowly.

"It's not in vain. Let's see if you are stubborn. Do you want to say it now?"

Seeing that there were no people living in the backstage that was moved out, the boy was about to say something, but after thinking about it, he beat people with a wooden stick wrapped in flannelette, obviously not wanting people to see his injuries.

Now that I have beaten him, I can't beat myself to death!Just stiffened up.

"If you have the ability, you beat me to death, otherwise you will never want to ask anything out of my mouth."

Mao Xiang smiled after listening.

This is the first time I have heard this request.

Since you asked for it, I'm sorry if you don't call me.

"As you wish, let's change the game this time and play a melody with a small hammer."

As soon as Mao Xiang's words fell, the executioner next to him lowered the small hammer on the man's joints, with a rhythm every time, as if it was really like a melody.

And the boy howled in pain the first time his joint was hit, and even his face was distorted a bit.

He begged for mercy immediately before the second blow came.

"Wait~wait, I~said, don't~ah! Hit me."

Seeing this, Mao Xiang said calmly with his usual expression.

"It's late, the song has already started, let's enjoy this song first, and we'll talk about it later."

After the dull blow ended, the boy's whole body was hot and in pain, so he could only groan in a low voice.

"I ask, you answer, do you want to talk?"

This time, the boy lost the courage he had at the beginning, and hurriedly spoke.

"Say ~ say."

(End of this chapter)