Using a gambling house for personal gain is a small matter, but selling information about the Song Dynasty to foreign enemies and betraying the Song Dynasty is a big deal.

Bao Changzhou didn't expect that he could find out so many things just by checking a small gambling house. Then wouldn't other gambling houses, especially larger gambling houses, have more inside stories?

He focused on sealing up several gambling houses that were bigger and more famous than the Big Sanyuan Gambling House. After an interrogation, it turned out that there were many illegal insiders. For a while, gambling houses, restaurants, restaurants, etc. with a lot of people in and out of the capital were panicked. , especially gambling houses and other places, no one knows which one the Tokyo Prefectural Government will seal next.

Bao Changzhou worked tirelessly day and night to hear and sort out the gambling case, until Song Baixiao said to him, "Rong Ruo, do you think it's a little strange? After Hou Tianbao died of illness, the Hous could have reported the case directly, even if the Hous had no real evidence, Tokyo After receiving the report, the government will also thoroughly investigate the Hou Jiabao case, and it does not necessarily have to wait until a year before reporting the case."

Bao Changzhou raised his head and said, "It's not surprising that the house, shop and gambling house have been taken away. The Hou family has no house to live in and no livelihood. They are content to wait until their livelihood is settled before reporting the case. The purpose of searching for evidence is to redress Hou Jiabao's injustice."

Song Baixiao said: "Since you were transferred to the Tokyo Prefecture, the biggest case we have come into contact with is the murder of Tao Shiqing in August last year. You said that this time such a big case fell from the sky, and the officials involved were still like the Minister of Household Affairs. For such an important member of the imperial court, we are afraid that we will be kicked out of the iron."

Bao Changzhou asked, "Master Song, are you afraid?"

Song Baixiao told the truth, "Aren't you afraid? I am a little afraid. If this case is ordinary, I have nothing to be afraid of. But this case involves Mu Hongguang, and Mu Hongguang has a higher official rank than you. This is the only reason why we are investigating It will be very difficult to get up. Although you hold the important position of Governor of Tokyo, you are still a man of little influence, and there are some things that are beyond your reach."

Bao Changzhou said, "This case is a serious matter. In my capacity, some people are really untouchable. I have reported the case to Shangshu Ling. If nothing happens, the case will be handed over to Dali Temple or to the Dali Temple in a few days." Ministry of Punishment.”

"It's okay, the Governor of Tokyo governs Tokyo. We are already busy enough. If we try the gambling house case again, we will probably be too busy." Song Baixiao said.

Sometimes I am afraid that something unexpected will happen if nothing goes wrong, but one day Shangshu Ling gave a reply, asking Bao Changzhou to take full responsibility for the gambling house case.

When Bao Changzhou learned of Shangshu Ling's reply, he told Song Baixiao, "My teacher trusts me, so naturally I will not betray my teacher's trust."

In late September, the concubine promotion selection was over. Just as Ye Zelin said, His Majesty selected less than five women in total for this promotion. Two were canonized as beauties, one as a talented person, and one as a county monarch.

As for the women who were not selected, eight of them were proposed for marriage to princes, county princes and other members of the clan. Among them, the four wives who were direct descendants of the eldest son of the Duke of Rongguo were pointed out to King Xuan.

Entering October, the weather was getting colder and colder. Hua Fushu put on a new embroidered jacket in the color of zebra leaves. Sanqiao was afraid that she would be cold, so she put a cloak on her. Hua Fushu gathered up her cloak and took a carriage to a small restaurant.

On the third floor of the restaurant, Qin Youran was sitting cross-legged, wearing an ultramarine long-sleeved gown. He was fanning it gently with a fan of palmetto fan. The charcoal added to the stove quickly burned red, and the flowers had not yet reached the third floor. Lou could smell the aroma of wine.

"Senior brother, I'm so happy. I don't know who is the hero when it comes to warming the stove and cooking wine." Hua Fushu sat cross-legged opposite Qin Youran.

"I'm not Cao Mengde. I don't care about heroes when I cook wine, I only talk about matters." Qin Youran said lightly.

Mu Qing shouted, "Nanxing, here."

Nan Xing walked straight to Mu Qing's place. Mr. Qin invited the young master to have a drink and chat, and he would not stand in the way.

"dinner."

"Are you a treat? There are two bottles of wine." Mu Qing brought a jar of wine to Nan Xing.

"I don't drink." He is the young master's coachman and is responsible for picking up and transporting the young master. It is best not to drink.

Qin Youran glanced at Nan Xing and said, "This guy is outspoken. If you take him with you, you won't be afraid of him revealing anything. You know."

Hua Fushu expressed her trust in Nan Xing, "Nan Xing is measured."

Qin Youran's wine is plum blossom snow wine, an ordinary small wine in the Qinhuai area. The water used to make the wine is melted snow water from the mountains, and it is brewed with plum blossoms. Although it is not as mellow as peach blossom wine, it has a different taste.

He gave Hua Fushu a bowl of warm plum blossom snow wine and said, "Try it."

Hua Fushu took a sip and said, "The old taste."

Qin Youran said, "I still have some left. Do you want me to give you a few jars?"

"Cangzhu people gave me some as a gift. They should arrive in a few days." Hua Fushu said. Qinhuai's plum blossom snow wine is suitable for both men and women, old and young.

Qin Youran took a sip of plum blossom snow wine and said calmly: "My brother's marriage to the Lu family will not be held until next year. The concubine is not in good health. My eighth brother's wedding to the fourth girl of the eldest daughter of Duke Rong's palace is scheduled for the year before. "

Hua Fushu said: "The old man of Rongguo Palace and Ye Zelin's grandfather were deceased colleagues. The four girls in his family are famous far and wide. It is suitable for a noble girl to match the royal family."

Qin Youran said: "Eighth brother has a leg disease. If it is really said, the identity of Fourth Miss Rong is really the eighth brother's. I heard that Your Majesty asked the Rongguo Duke's office when he pointed out Fourth Miss Rong to eighth brother. I mean, the Duke’s office pointed out the eighth brother’s marriage without any objection.”

Qin Youran stopped mentioning the matter of King Xuan, added a spoonful of wine to Hua Fushu's bowl, and used chopsticks to pick up a piece of hot red bean cake and put it on his plate, "Hua'er, you are often at Dr. Li's hospital. Have you noticed anything unusual in Beijing recently?"

Hua Fushu was eating date paste and yam cake, and said casually, "No."

Qin Youran said: "Several of the brothers from the City Patrol Division have recently had recurring fevers, coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Some of them also have vomiting and diarrhea. I heard from other brothers that their family members and neighbors also have this condition. , I also asked Mu Qing and Guan Yu to ask the maids and servants in Prince Qin’s Mansion, some of them also have these symptoms, do you think these symptoms are very similar to the epidemic in Qinzhou in the seventh year of Emperor You’s reign?”

Hua Fushu put down her chopsticks and recalled that, especially recently, Xinglin Medical Center was overcrowded almost every day. Most of these people had symptoms such as fever, chest tightness, shortness of breath, sore throat, weakness, etc. Some of them had been to Xinglin Medical Center before. For medical consultation.

Qin Youran mentioned the epidemic in Qinzhou. She remembered that the epidemic in Qinzhou that year was very serious and highly contagious. Thousands of people were infected with the epidemic and nearly a hundred people died. The symptoms of the people in Beijing were particularly similar to those of the Qinzhou epidemic that year. .

The King of Qin prohibited others from entering the epidemic area, formulated a series of prevention and control measures, and called on the people of Qinzhou and the doctors to fight the epidemic together. As one of them, she participated in the treatment, but at that time she did not know that Qin Youran was His Highness the King of Qin. At that time, she also He praised King Qin's measures as very good. It was precisely because of King Qin's measures that Qinzhou was able to quickly control it.

Hua Fushu said, "You mean there might be an epidemic in Beijing?"

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