In the city of Kyoto, when it comes to very lively places, gambling houses are naturally among them. It is not that it can make people relax or feel happy like brothels, teahouses, theaters, etc., because this is a gathering place for greed and sin.
If you contract the gambling disease, your family may be ruined and you may find it difficult to sober up.
"Big, big, big..."
At this time, in the Changfu Gambling House of the Yang family, several men with black eyes and bloodshot eyes were gathered around a long table, staring closely at the dice cups in the hands of the gambling shop clerks, but they
Before the results were available, he was interrupted by the sound coming from outside.
"Search for me!"
Six soldiers wearing uniform uniforms of the Star Guards rushed in quickly, followed closely by Tang Ji and Li Yu.
Seeing that the two young men were both wearing official uniforms, and several burly men around them were also wearing black clothes with the word "official" on them, the originally noisy gambling house suddenly became quiet. The gamblers looked a little panicked and scared, and cautiously
Observe with your peripheral vision.
Upon seeing this, the old man with white hair who was sitting at the counter at the back immediately came out and was about to go up to ask, but when he saw the face of the visitor clearly, he exclaimed: "It's you!"
Three of the four major industries of the Yang family have suffered serious blows. Currently, only the gambling house has not been affected at all. Yang Weicai wanted to hold on to this place until the owner of the family came out of prison. Unexpectedly, Tang Ji came to the door again. It seems that this kid
He doesn't plan to let go of the Yang family.
Although he thought so in his heart, he could only salute politely on the surface: "I wonder why His Highness Prince You and Lord Tang came here?"
Li Yu shrugged his shoulders. He was not from the Xingchen Division. Naturally, he could not have anything to do with this matter. He immediately distanced himself from the matter and said, "I don't know. I happened to meet Mr. Tang and came in to join in the fun."
Tang Ji touched the bridge of his nose and explained calmly: "Steward Yang, I am just leading the troops to hunt down the imperial criminal. I saw that man running into your Changfu Gambling House. I'm sorry, let me search him!"
After saying that, he waved his hand to the officers and soldiers of the Star Guard.
Immediately, the six people moved quickly and searched everywhere in the gambling house. According to Tang Ji's previous instructions, their actions were particularly rough. Not only did they turn some places into a mess, they even disrupted the gambling game by searching under the table.
Yang Weicai clenched his fists with both hands. Tang Ji was obviously a civil servant. What did the arrest of imperial prisoners have to do with him? He was obviously trying to cause trouble in the name of an official. However, he did not dare to have any head-on conflict with the other party.
Otherwise, if you are said to be hiding a secret prisoner, you may have to accompany the master!
Soon, six officers and soldiers destroyed the gambling house up and down, inside and out, before returning to Tang Ji.
"It seems that the person has escaped. I will continue to hunt the fugitive. Many thanks to Butler Yang for your cooperation." Tang Ji said with a serious face and led everyone out the door.
After they left, there was a sudden noise in the building.
"What do you mean? How should we calculate the game just now? The officer and soldier knocked over the dice cup. The numbers in it were huge!"
"Fart, you are obviously a kid, you want to play with me, right?"
"How about we start over?"
"Why do you have to start over again? I've been losing all day, and I finally won a game. I don't care. The game just now was a big one. If anyone dares to say it doesn't count, I will kill him!"
"..."
Seeing that everyone was quarreling and even taking action, Yang Weicai gritted his teeth and felt full of hatred for Tang Ji. But at the moment, he could only choose to appease these gamblers and adjust his expression: "Everyone, please be patient and don't be impatient.
....."
Outside the building, Li Yu raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Killing without forgetting to punish the heart. The Yang family is really unlucky to meet an opponent like you. Why do you think they have no vision at all? If they could treat you and your mother kindly, it is estimated that today
It’s a different scene again.”
Hearing the word "mother", Tang Ji's brows trembled slightly. For some reason, every time he thought of Bai Han telling him the story of his mother being buried in the fire, his heart would feel pain. Maybe this is because blood is thicker than blood.
Because of the relationship with water, although he only occupied this body as a soul, he already regarded Yang Shuli as his mother in his heart.
He put away his thoughts and turned to the nearest Star Guard soldier and said: "Thank you for your hard work today, brothers. In the next few days, if nothing happens, I will bring someone around."
After saying that, he took out two silver ingots worth ten taels from his sleeve and handed them over: "I treat you as my official and treat you to a drink!"
Seeing this, the burly man raised his hand and touched his head, and said with a naive smile: "How embarrassing is this."
Even so, he still accepted the twenty taels of silver, and then raised his hands to salute with the remaining five people: "Don't worry, Mr. Tang, this matter will be taken care of by us."
"Well, let's say goodbye!" Tang Ji returned the greeting politely, then he and Li Yu got into the carriage and headed towards the street in the distance.
On the carriage, Li Yu leaned lazily on the carriage, tilting his head and staring at Tang Ji: "Do you have any other plans next?"
"No, the Yang family's property should be completely destroyed. As for the life of that thief Yang Tianchang, I won't dare to step in again if he doesn't commit any crime." Tang Ji replied calmly, he was already able to suppress the Yang family to such an extent.
I am very satisfied, but if I want to eradicate him completely, I have to wait a little longer, lest someone in the court use this to discuss the matter. When his status is higher, it will be easy to destroy the Yang family. In addition, he has opened so many stores in one go during this period.
, it needs to be consolidated.
Li Yu nodded slightly and did not ask any more questions. He seemed to remember something again and added: "By the way, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to celebrate that Ningguo has solved its agricultural problems and re-stabilized the country's foundation, his father will hold a ceremony in Qin'an County.
Autumn hunting.”
Hearing this, the corner of Tang Ji's mouth twitched. Did the Dog Emperor forget that the banditry in the northwest has not been eliminated, and there are still problems with commercial development, etc. Is it necessary to celebrate an agricultural reform repeatedly? It is a sacrifice to the sky, a hunt, and so on.
He looked like he would give up only after the whole world knew about it, and helplessly shrugged his shoulders: "I understand."
Seeing that he was not very interested, Li Yu changed the subject and said: "The theater in the city has opened. As the shopkeeper, you haven't been there yet? How about we go and have a look?"
"I won't go." Tang Ji replied decisively.
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"You can't make enough money, you have to enjoy yourself properly!" Li Yu said with a smile, then opened the curtain and said to Song Xiao who was driving: "Let's go to Jiran Theater!"
"yes!"
...
The sun sets over the western mountains and dusk falls.
In the backyard of the Yang family, a figure stepped on the wooden bridge, crossed the spacious pond, and walked firmly towards the small building on the other side. He did not stop until outside a room under the eaves, turned his head and looked around, and saw four
There was no one in the room, so he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and gently pushed the door open.
There were no lights in the room, making it extremely dark.
Su Xiuyun took out the fire stick, groped her way to the candlestick, took out a candle and lit it. The whole room suddenly became a little brighter. She put the candle on the table and turned to look at the white-haired old man lying on the bed.
He snorted softly and walked over slowly.
According to the information Butler Yang has gathered in the past few days, this damn old man always puts his keys under his pillow when sleeping.
She frowned slightly, narrowed her eyes slightly, and reached out her hand to touch under the pillow.
Suddenly, Yang Kangping twitched violently and murmured: "Li'er, Li'er, dad is sorry for you, dad is sorry for you..."
Hearing this, Su Xiuyun's eyes showed a sharp look, and she gritted her teeth and whispered: "Damn old man, when I get the key, I will send you to see that bitch!"
After saying that, she stopped ink-writing and started to fumble under the pillow carefully with her fingers. However, because the pillow was very hard, she felt some pain in her diaphragm. But at this moment, her fingers suddenly touched something cold.
Su Xiuyun was ecstatic and pulled out the object she touched. What she saw in her hand was a slender bronze key.
"Finally got it!"
At this moment, because her movements were too large, Yang Kangping, who was sleeping soundly, woke up. He was about to ask Yang Xinghuai what time it was, but he found Su Xiuyun squatting beside the bed, and subconsciously touched under the pillow.
He went there, then saw the key falling into the other person's hand. He slowly took his hand back and angrily shouted: "You shameless bitch, how dare you come to my room to steal things!"
Seeing that she was discovered, Su Xiuyun did not intend to lie anymore. She put the key in her sleeve, stood up and sneered: "Dad, do you know what your good grandson has been doing these days? Relying on the fact that he is favored by His Majesty, he and
The Chamber of Commerce all over the world colluded together and used private power to suppress my Yang family's industry. Now many of the Yang family's shops are closed. If this continues, the Yang family's century-old reputation will be destroyed in the hands of that little beast. Is this yours?
Wrong, is it the fault of that bitch Yang Shuli!"
"Shut up!" Yang Kangping was so angry that he trembled all over, pointed at her and scolded: "Don't you think I don't know about the bad things you have done? If you hadn't tried to get rid of Ji'er one after another, how could he have done anything to the Yang family?
Is there such great hatred?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed violently.
Yang Kangping was too lazy to talk to her anymore, and said with a stern look: "Put down the key, it's for Ji'er!"
Hearing that he was going to give the Yang family's property to Tang Ji, Su Xiuyun gritted her teeth and said: "Damn old man, you only have eyes for that bitch and little beast. You have never considered the Yang family. You still want to
Don’t even think about giving your property to others!”
After saying that, she swung her sleeves and was about to turn around and leave, but found that her sleeves were tightly grasped by Yang Kangping.
"Let go, let me go!" Su Xiuyun tugged on her sleeves, but Yang Kangping held on tighter, with no effect at all. In anger, she waved her sleeves with all her strength: "I want you to let go!"
"Bang~"
Because of her excessive strength, Yang Kangping's head hit the guardrail beside the bed.
"Hmph~"
Su Xiuyun hummed softly and walked toward the door.
"Don't leave! Bitch!" Yang Kangping endured the pain and was about to get out of bed and catch up. Unexpectedly, because of his unstable body, he fell directly to the ground, and a bitter look appeared on his face.
This scene happened to be seen by Yang Xinghuai who pushed open the door. He opened his eyes wide, looked at Su Xiuyun and said, "Madam, what are you doing?"
"Huh, what? Are you a servant worthy of talking to me like this?" Su Xiuyun glared at him without fear, then lowered her head and glanced behind her with her peripheral vision: "Dad, Tianchang is more filial than you think.
, If he hadn’t stopped me, I would have taken action long ago, so, can you forget about Yang Shuli, that bitch who eloped with a man!"
After saying that, she stopped staying and walked straight out of the house.
Yang Xinghuai gritted his teeth and quickly walked to the bed to help Yang Kangping up, but found blood on the latter's forehead and became nervous: "Old Master, you..."
"Bitch, this bitch!" Yang Kangping pointed at the door and shouted loudly. In an instant, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and then he coughed violently. In the end, the blood in his mouth flowed out uncontrollably.
stand up.
This scene shocked Yang Xinghuai, and he quickly said: "Master, please wait, I will go find the doctor now!"
But before he could make a move, Yang Kangping grabbed his hand and said weakly: "I know my body, I just want to take a look at Ji'er before I die...
..."
After speaking, he slowly raised his head and looked at Yang Xinghuai with tearful eyes.
The old master's health is getting worse day by day. If he is stimulated by Su Xiuyun again, he may not be able to survive tonight. Thinking of this, Yang Xinghuai nodded: "I know, I will go find him now!"
...
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