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296 Closed Doors

Du Weiming was really anxious. Things seemed to be moving in a direction that he could not control. He didn't even know what Su Hao was doing now. The website address: sp;¤ The more he couldn't see the truth, the more worried he was. He originally planned to put on airs and waited for Su Hao to come to the Ying Hotel to inform him of the relevant matters. Now, he couldn't wait. He directly called his followers and ran to Xinglong Gambling in a sedan.

Outside the door of Xinglong Gambling House was as vigilant as the first day. Du Weiming saw the small door that was blown by explosives. It seemed that a few bricks had fallen out, and the wall was blackened, not as terrible as the yamen runners said before. He directed the sedan chairman and carried the sedan chair straight outside the main gate of the gambling house, and then asked the entourage to negotiate with the guards.

"Du Tongzhi? I have never heard of it."

The little leader of the guard was a young man. After listening to the introduction of Du Weiming's entourage, he shook his head like a rattle, claiming that he did not know anything about Tongzhi or what he knew.

"I'll ask you Mr. Su to come out!" Du Weiming jumped out of the sedan chair and shouted at the guard leader.

"Sir, are you talking about our Su Guard?" asked the guard leader.

"That's right." Du Weiming replied coldly.

"He is not here." said the guard leader.

"Not here? Where has he gone?" Du Weiming asked.

The guard leader continued to shake his head: "My lord, I dare not say anything about where our guards are going. If you talk nonsense, you will be dealt with by military law."

"Your mother!" Du Weiming was so angry that he even sweared.

Is it good if someone surnamed Su doesn't bring such a trick? Yesterday I made up an excuse to not let me go to the gambling house, but today I just didn't even show my head. I was deliberately not letting me get in touch with the case! If you really plan to cover the case in your own hands, please let me say this in Runing City, okay? I rushed to Luoshan County for three days. Is it just for you to fool you?

"You all shout to me! I want to see how long this Su Jiezhi can hide!" Du Weiming ordered to his followers.

"What are you calling?" the followers asked in a daze. They remember that their masters were always gentle and never had such anger.

"Call Su Gaizhi to get out!" Du Weiming blurted out, but before he finished speaking, he saw the eyes of the soldiers in front of him glaring, and the spear and musket in his hand also lifted up. Du Weiming realized that such a provocation was risky, and quickly changed his words: "Justice Su, Du Tongzhi is waiting for you outside!"

"Master Su and Du Tongzhi are waiting for you outside!"

"Bachelor Su, Du Tongzhi is waiting for you outside!"

"Bachelor Su, please show up!"

The followers shouted at the gambling house at the top of their throats. Several of them had practiced their voices, and the sounds they shouted were extremely penetrating. In the early morning, the town of Luoshan County seemed particularly clear, with a lingering sound, which was quite like a three-day silence. In the past few days, the matter of Xinglong Gambling House has become well-known in Luoshan County. Now that they heard such shouts, many people watching the fun had some new things, and they came out to watch in their clothes.

"It's really a disgraceful person! It's a disgraceful person!" Du Weiming saw the people around him pointing at him, so embarrassed that he just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. But what if he doesn't shout, let Su Hao hide and see people?

The followers shouted for about half a quarter of an hour. There was finally movement in the gambling house. An old man with disheveled clothes walked out sleepily, looked at Du Weiming and others, and shouted, "What are you calling? Is this a donkey?"

"Old man! This is our Du Tongzhi, how dare you be so arrogant!" A follower scolded the old man. In their opinion, Su Hao's official position in the siege camp was a little higher, but he was not as high as Du Weiming's. As for other people, how could they be qualified to curse in front of Du Weiming?

Who knew that the old man was not a good person to talk to. Before the voice of the follower landed, he saw the old man pulling out a sword from the waist of the soldier beside him, staring at him and shouting, "What are you calling me? Try calling me again!"

"Uh... the old man calms down. I am Du Weiming, the co-magistrate of Runing Mansion. How dare I ask the old man's name? What position should the official position be appointed?" Du Weiming saw the formation and hurried forward to smooth things over. He found that the soldiers around him looked very respectful to the old man, and guessed that this person should be an important member of Su Hao's army.

The old man held a knife and looked at Du Weiming three times, and said lazily: "My name is Xu Guangzu. I don't have any official position, I'm just a veteran."

I bah! Du Weiming cursed in his heart, a veteran dared to be so awesome and threatened my servant. However, since he had lowered his head, he was too lazy to care about it anymore. Instead, he asked, "Do you dare to ask this veteran Xu, is there a military general in charge in the gambling house now?"

"I'm in charge." Xu Guangzu replied, "What's wrong with you?"

"You..." Du Weiming was stunned, "Didn't you say you are just a veteran?"

"But Su Gai called me Uncle Xu, do you think I can take care of the matter?" Xu Guangzu said proudly.

Du Weiming nodded: "It turns out that Mr. Xu is the clan uncle of Mr. Su..."

Xu Guangzu shook his head and said, "What kind of clan uncle? I am not a relative of him. He just called, and he took advantage of me."

"At first of all this?" Du Weiming was completely confused by Xu Guangzu. How could he take advantage of someone calling him a uncle?

"Originally, Wang Yie called me Uncle Xu, but now Su Gaizhi also called me Uncle Xu. In this way, wouldn't he become brothers with the Minister of War? Do you think this is considered taking advantage?" Xu Guangzu said angrily.

"Minister of War!" Du Weiming was so scared that he fell to his feet. What kind of gods are they? He could actually make the Minister of War call him uncle.

"Tell me, early in the morning, what kind of Tongzhi you ran to the gambling house and what kind of soul came?" Xu Guangzu successfully scared Du Weiming and asked lightly.

Du Weiming didn't know whether what Xu Guangzu said was true or false, but judging from the name Xu Guangzu dared to call Wang Yie directly, at least this person is still a little bit behind and should not be underestimated. Thinking of this, his attitude softened a little and asked: "This Mr. Xu, I am eager to see Mr. Su. Can Mr. Xu inform him on his behalf?"

"You want to see Su Gaizhi?" Xu Guangzu nodded, then turned his head and asked the sergeant beside him, "Where are you guarding?"

"Return to General Xu Qian, the garrison led a team to pursue the strong man last night, but has not returned yet." The sergeant replied. Xu Guangzu served as General Qian of the Firearms Department, and the sergeant did not dare to neglect him.

"Oh, that's not here." Xu Guangzu said, "Du Tongzhi, please come back."

"Then... when will Mr. Su come back?" Du Weiming almost cried.

Xu Guangzu shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. This is a matter of pursuing strong men. Maybe I'll chase them all the way to the strong men's nest, or maybe I'll be beaten and ambushed by the strong men. It's not sure whether I can come back. Du Tongzhi invites him back. If Su Gaizhi comes back, I'll tell him... By the way, don't yell anymore. The veteran, I've been betting on money for a night. I just fell down and was awakened by you for a while."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the gambling house without waiting for Du Weiming to say anything else.

"This old thing!" A follower cursed in a low voice, but he did not dare to challenge Xu Guangzu. Everyone knows that such veterans are the most difficult to mess with. They all crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood. They neither took their own lives seriously nor other people's lives seriously. Is this something they, the literati, could be afforded?

Du Weiming returned to Yingguan in a sedan chair in shame, and then sent someone to find a doctor. It is said that he had an old problem of heartache, so there is no need to mention this matter.

Besides, Su Hao was not in the gambling house at this time. After three hours of marching, he had arrived outside Xiguan, Xi County, which was adjacent to Luoshan County. Information shows that there is a Huguang money house in Xi County, which is the culprit of using usury to harm the people. Su Hao came to search the Huguang money house on this trip.

"Stop, who is coming?" The defender of the city gate at Xiguan City Gate shouted loudly with a spear in his hand.

"The officers and soldiers handle the job!" Xiong Min, the leader, responded with his feet, but he had no intention of stopping.

"Which department is the officers and soldiers?" Ma Wu, the little leader of the city guard, continued to ask. Of course he could see that the other party was an officer and soldier, but for a good deal, how could a team of officers and soldiers enter the city?

"We are from the Investigation Camp, this is our garrison." Xiong Minyang pointed at Su Hao with his finger and said.

"Kanyu Camp?" Ma Wu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the county government issued a notice to them two days ago, saying that he should be alert to a team called Kanyu Camp. Thinking of this, he hurriedly greeted the soldiers around him, stepped forward a few steps, raised his spear, and said, "We have not received the notice, so we dare not let you enter the city."

"Go to you, you dare to block my own way!" Xiong Minyang had already walked to Ma Wu at this time, and without saying a word, he kicked the spear on Ma Wu's hand away. Before the other soldiers guarding the city understood what was going on, several soldiers from the Investigation Camp had already rushed forward, seized their weapons, and kicked them down one by one.

The soldiers guarding the city in each prefecture are all local garrison soldiers, and there is no military training at all. On weekdays, they only use spears to scare the people. When they encounter well-trained field troops like the Investigation and Yuzhan, they can be said to have no power to fight back.

"Everyone, please say something." Ma Wu knew that he had met a tough guy and begged repeatedly.

"Do you know the road in the city?" Xiong Minyang asked, pinching Ma Wu's neck with his hands.

"Know, know." Ma Wudao.

Xiong Min said, "Let your people guard the city gates and you can go with us."

"Where to go?" Ma Wu asked.
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