"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?" Ye Shiheng's tone was cold and a little impatient.

King Qinghe said, "I would like to invite the general to tea. I wonder if the general is willing to give me a thin noodle."

Ye Shiheng said, "No reward."

King Qinghe lowered his head and touched his nose to cover up his embarrassment at being rejected, "The matter between my son and your beloved is..."

"This general is busy with the military." Ye Shiheng quickly interrupted King Qinghe. He glared at King Qinghe, gave King Qinghe a warning look, and whispered a message to King Qinghe. He said, "My lord, you will not be forgiven for doing your own evil."

In public, King Qinghe mentioned Zhao Jue, clearly trying to ruin his daughter's reputation.

King Qinghe shut up, he knew that it was Ye Shiheng who caused his majesty to abolish Jue'er as the crown prince.

"Brother Zhongping." Sheng Guangzhi came over.

Ye Shiheng said enthusiastically, "Brother Sheng Xian."

Seeing this, King Qinghe took the initiative and left first.

Sheng Guangzhi invited, "Lefenglou has a new dish called white waist. I heard that it tastes very good. People who want to eat this dish have lined up on the street. Let's go and try it too. I invite you." .”

Ye Shiheng put his arm around Sheng Guangzhi's shoulders and said, "Let's go, because my brother is hungry."

"Brother Zhongping, my wife said that your eldest daughter-in-law is happy. Congratulations on finally becoming a grandfather."

"Well, it's been a few months. I'm going to give birth in late spring next year. You have to come for the full moon." Ye Shiheng said.

"Of course, you can come to my mansion for tea some other time. I'll get some excellent winter slices."

The Tokyo Prefectural Government's Denwen drum sounded, and the drummers were a middle-aged couple.

The government officials brought the middle-aged couple to Bao Changzhou. As soon as the couple saw Bao Changzhou, they knelt down and kowtowed, begging Bao Changzhou to redress their grievances.

Bao Changzhou asked the government servants to help him up, and the middle-aged couple confessed their grievances.

"The villain Hou Tianmin lives in Xining Lane. My husband and I have a son named Hou Jiabao. He is twenty-nine years old. My son died in October last year..."

Mentioning his son's death, the middle-aged man burst into tears and looked at Bao Changzhou, "Sir, my son Jiabao died unjustly! In May last year, when my son was passing by Yongqing Street, he was dragged into the gambling house by people. The people in the shop forced Jiabao to gamble. My son is a good boy and has never indulged in bad habits such as gambling. If Jiabao refused, they would chop off Jiabao's hands and feet, and Jiabao was forced to gamble..."

"Jia Bao lost every game he gambled. After a while, Jiabao lost nearly five or six hundred taels of silver. They also forced Jiabao to borrow money from the gambling house to continue gambling. The interest was surprisingly high, but in January twelve taels of silver became three Twelve taels. When Jiabao couldn't pay off his gambling debt, the people from the gambling house used knives to force my son to take the house deed as collateral. Those people took away the house deed, took over the villain's house and shop, and drove our family away. Jiabao was filled with grief and anger. Jia Bao fell seriously ill and passed away not long after. The villain and his wife didn't know about the fact that Jiabao was forced to gamble by the gambling house. It wasn't until those people came to collect the house that the two of us learned about it and just looked at it. Those people took away the villain’s house and shop.”

"My son is the most obedient and sensible person. Why would he go out to a dirty place like a gambling house? After Jiabao died, the villain wanted to report it to the government, but there was no real evidence. How could the government pay attention to the villain? So the villain secretly visited. Over the past year, the villain has really found out something. It’s not just the villain’s family that has suffered like this, there are seven or eight families that the villain knows about, and many of them are even more miserable than the villain’s family.”

The middle-aged man suddenly knelt down and presented the petition in his arms to Bao Changzhou with both hands, "This is the petition from the villain. The villain wants to sue the Sanyuan Casino on Yongqing Street for forcing my son to death and illegally seeking money from the villain." Family property, please ask the governor to make the decision for the villain."

The middle-aged woman also knelt down and kowtowed to Bao Changzhou, "A civilian woman sincerely asks Lord Qingtian to make the decision for a civilian woman."

Bao Changzhou took the petition and read it briefly, "If this is true, I will definitely make the decision for you and your wife."

"Thank you, sir." The middle-aged couple burst into tears of gratitude.

Bao Changzhou said, "You two get up first and tell me everything you know so that I can hear the case."

The middle-aged man said: "Master Fu Yin, I know that you are a good official, and you will definitely make the decision for me. I have something else I don't know whether to say or not."

Bao Changzhou said: "You have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

The middle-aged man said: "I heard that the real owner of the gambling house is not Liu Degui, but an official of the imperial court. I asked about it, but didn't find out anything."

Bao Changzhou was a little surprised. There were actually court officials involved in the small gambling house?

After the middle-aged couple got up, they told Bao Changzhou everything they knew and submitted the collected evidence. Bao Changzhou promised to try and investigate the gambling house case and let the Hou family go home first to wait for the news. They will be summoned at any time.

As soon as the Hou family and his wife left, Master Song Baixiao, who was wearing a Gallo-colored satin robe, said: "The Big Sanyuan Gambling House looks so familiar. I seem to have heard of it somewhere."

Bao Changzhou reminded, "A few months ago, I punished the shopkeeper of the Sanyuan Casino."

Song Baixiao said 'Oh', suddenly realized, and joked, "Someone not only raped the shopkeeper of the gambling shop, but also raped a young lady. The delicate young lady was almost beaten to death."

Bao Changzhou's fair face turned dark and he said angrily, "Shut up!"

Song Baixiao said solemnly: "If what the Hous and his wife said is true, gamblers in the Sanyuan Gambling House gamble to get ill-gotten gains. In court that day, Mrs. Ye said that the gambling house forced her to gamble, but she was unwilling to gamble. The gambling house The shopkeeper beat her, and Mrs. Ye said it might be true."

Bao Changzhou said seriously, "It's most likely true. I must have wronged her that day. If it's true, I want to clear Miss Fu Shu's name and apologize."

Song Baixiao said: "Rong Ruo, maybe Miss Ye doesn't care at all."

Bao Changzhou glared coldly, while Song Baixiao's eyes dodge.

Bao Changzhou said solemnly: "Whether she blames me for wrongly accusing her or not is her business. Whether she apologizes or not is my business. There is no conflict between the two. I have nothing to do with Mrs. Ye's wife in hearing the grievances of the Hou family." As for the relationship, as a parent official of the people of Tokyo, I should make the decision to redress the grievances of the people."

"That's what you said." Song Baixiao shook her feather fan, but she didn't feel cold at all, "I will first arrange for Daniel and Wu Yong to secretly investigate the gambling house to confirm whether there is really something fishy. If they are caught and brought to justice now, I'm afraid they will alert the snake. Miss Ye's case has been resolved, so it's hard to say that the Hou Jiabao case will not be distorted."

"That makes sense." Bao Changzhou said.

The Tokyo government officials changed their appearance and secretly investigated the gambling houses for several days, and indeed found some illegal activities. Bao Changzhou ordered Song Baixiao to lead people to seal the gambling house and arrest the shopkeeper Liu Degui and others. After the interrogation, as the Hous and his wife said, Hou Jiabao was forced to gamble.

Shopkeeper Liu Degui also truthfully explained his various actions over the years, including who was behind the scenes and how many officials were involved, who sought personal gain, accepted bribes, bought officials and titles, and even used gambling houses to steal information about the Song Dynasty and betray the country. Seeking glory.

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