Wen Yu lightly flickered the stove with a fan, and the charcoal inside burned faster and faster.Choshi was placed on the stove, and the hot water inside was about to boil, making a hissing sound.After a while, the water boiled.

Wen Yu scooped out a spoonful of water from Nakachoko with a ladle, poured it into the pot, and it was steaming.Spoon after spoon, until the water in the teapot seems to be overflowing or not full.

Greed is a human nature."Greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt" are called the five poisons in Buddhism, among which greed is the source of the five poisons and the embodiment of all evils.

If you want to get more, you will become insatiable and insatiable.I always want to climb higher, but when reach the top, realize that the road ahead is blocked, and the road behind is also broken. No matter which direction go, it is an abyss, and it is too late to regret it.

She stared at the teapot in a daze.Power, wealth, fame and fortune, Jinyi Villa is not just a casino, so what role does Changfengzhai play in it?

There are many mountains in Qingchi, and the mountains around Yi Xin are even more continuous.

It has been ten years since the last war. Changfeng Mountain is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The unique geographical location is one of the reasons for the victory.

However, when the war ended, the imperial court closed and controlled Yi Xin and the surrounding mountainous areas, and designated Changfeng Village as a forbidden area, and no one could enter or leave at will.

Later, due to the frequent replacement of county magistrates and policy changes, the place was gradually abandoned and then occupied by bandits.At the beginning, no one could have imagined that Changfeng Village would have the scale it would later have.The thieves and bandits in Changfeng Mountain mostly made a living by looting at that time, so they were not good things.

The previous county magistrate had the idea of building a canal, and when the negotiations failed, he wrote many times to ask the troops stationed in Sui Ning to clean up the bandits. Unfortunately, the general who was in charge of this matter was too contemptuous, which was also one of the important reasons why Yin Junyi died here..

At that time, Changfeng Village suffered a lot of damage, and the number of bandits in the mountain was not as good as before. It would have been impossible to wipe them out in one fell swoop, but the county magistrate changed his attitude completely and never mentioned this matter again.

She wouldn't believe it if Chen Xiangkun didn't get in the way.

The water was already cold, so Wen Yu poured it out and filled it up again.Chen Maosheng should have arrived at that place, Wen Yu thought so, and returned to the study with the teapot.

South of the county seat, teahouse.

The moment the gate was about to fall to the ground, it was instantly pulled back by the two yamen servants standing at the gate, but the dust aroused hit Chen Maosheng's face.

There was no one in the dilapidated teahouse, and he even saw a few mushrooms growing in the rotten corners of the walls.This information can't be wrong, right? Thinking of Wen Yu's cold face before leaving, damn it, if I just go back empty-handed like this, she won't be skinned by her.

Chen Maosheng himself couldn't figure it out, he hadn't been subjected to any horrific punishments, nor had he been paid, nor beaten, and Wen Yu didn't do anything to him every time he ordered him to work.But just remembering that he didn't complete the task given by Wen Yu, he felt terrified.

Obviously a little furry child, why is he so afraid of her.

Chen Maosheng walked inside with a gloomy face, he held his nose to not want to smell the stench, he was holding his breath so hard that he was about to suffocate.He glanced back, and immediately cursed and said: "What are you doing standing outside, hurry up and search for me! Heaven and earth, search all here for me."

Thirty yamen servants were divided into two teams, one team guarded outside the teahouse to prevent people from escaping, and the other team followed Chen Maosheng to search.

"Inspection, there is no one upstairs." "Inspection, there is no one in the room." "Inspection, this teahouse is full of dust, and there is no trace of human activity. But ISmell-"

The voices of these people were not loud, but the inspection every sentence made his ears hurt, and his brain was about to explode.

That's right, even though the gate was forcibly pried open by these yamen servants, the noise of the whole operation was not loud, and everyone tiptoed around and searched with their feet.

"Shut up, raising you for so long, are you all trash? Knock on the floor for me to see if there is a compartment underneath." He angrily scolded these idiots.

Chen Maosheng once again suspected that Wen Yu was trying to punish him for this operation. Chen Maosheng complained in his heart and forced himself to stop thinking about those stupid things.

He took a few steps forward, no, Chen Maosheng's face changed, he returned to the original position, stomped a few times with his feet, sure enough, the sound was wrong, and the place below was empty.

"A few people came over and took down this board for me."

The floor was easily picked up, and a narrow passage appeared that only allowed one person to pass through, and the pungent smell made one want to vomit.One person opened the fire folder and looked inside, and could see the steps leading to the underground.

It is true that Chen Maosheng is a villain with duplicity, but it is impossible to be able to work in the position of inspection for ten years without merits.

"My lord, that's what I smelled just now." The yamen servant who was interrupted just now whispered excitedly.The smell of smoke, sweat, and wine fermented together.Fortunately, these people have already adapted to the smell, otherwise they would probably faint from the smell.But even so, two yamen servants still ran aside and vomited.

"My lord, shall we go down?"

"Go down." Chen Maosheng was a little excited, and he noticed some elements from this hidden geographical location and strange smell.

A thin but very agile yamen servant took the lead.

The further down he went, the more frightened Chen Maosheng became.The cards collided with each other, the crisp sound of throwing the dice, Huyao drinking six, drinking pheasant Hulu.The smoke was shrouded, and the wine bottles were randomly piled up on the ground. It was still cold outside, but the people here were red-faced and hot, only wearing single clothes.

This is a small casino.There is a drunken man sleeping soundly in the corner, with tears still on his face; sitting around the lively tables are people with different expressions, some are calm, some are flushed, some are triumphant, some are crying loudly.

No one cared about the sudden addition of strangers in this field.

Chen Maosheng gestured and started to act.

A total of twenty-three gamblers were caught, three of whom slipped away.

There is an abandoned temple one mile away from this teahouse, and Yin Junfu has been waiting here for a long time.The location of this small casino was obtained from Yang Sanmian a few days ago.

Yin Junfu sat on the roof, watching the three of them panicked and ran out of the ruined temple in disgrace.

This game has been set up, it depends on whether the fish take the bait or not.

In Changfeng Village, a tall, thin man under Yang Sanmian broke into the house sweating profusely, "Brother, the underground gambling house in the south of the county has been taken over by the county government."

Yang Sanmian was enjoying the beauty with his eyes closed at the moment, he opened his eyes suddenly and pushed the woman to the ground.

"Tell me clearly." Yang Sanmian made another sharp and piercing voice, which made people's ears hurt.The beauty glared at him, spat at him secretly, and rushed out the door angrily.

The tall and thin man's ears were also shocked, but he didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction, and told everything he knew, hoping to reduce Yang Sanmian's anger.

"Brother, nine of the twenty-three people arrested are brothers from the mountain. Do you think they will disclose the news to the government?"Three Mian.

"Get out, let everyone be on guard recently. I'm going out for a while." Yang Sanmian tidied up the messy clothes on his body, and walked out without looking back.

Chen Maosheng has already arrested these 23 people and put them all in jail.

Before he could get over the sense of accomplishment, he was "invited" to Chen's house by a sullen servant.This servant is called Chen San, and he is the head of the Chen family, and he is quite trusted by Chen Xiangkun.

Now that he came to "invite" himself in person, Chen Maosheng was inexplicably flustered. After a while, he forcibly calmed down: "Chen Guanshi, why does the master want me?"

Chen Sanzhi said: "You will know when you come with me!"

Chen Maosheng only felt a chill rushing into his heart, and couldn't help shivering.

As an imperial envoy, Song Duan represented the highest imperial power. If it was not a major event, he could judge the world arbitrarily without waiting for the emperor's will.

But Yi Xin is just a county, no matter how respectful the younger brother is to him, he can't make everyone in Yi Xin County obey his orders.Junior brother is dedicated to serving the people, but Yixin's water is too deep, and she might not be able to get through it alone.

Even if Song Duan holds the title of imperial envoy, if he has no soldiers and no power, his deterrent power will not be comparable to that of the Chen family who has been here for many years.Heavens are high, Sovereign Emperor is far, political corruption, officialdom is dark, and taxes are heavy. From the officials to the common people, everyone must abide by the laws and regulations of this real game. Here, having no money and no power meansOppressed, with nowhere to redress.

Song Duan leaned his arms on the ring-shaped armrests, and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair. His phoenix eyes narrowed slightly to cover the sharp look in his eyes, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Da Ming, where's the letter?"

Daming quickly took out the letter paper from his arms and offered it with both hands, waiting anxiously for Song Duan's next words.

Daming, Song Duan's attendant, just arrived in Yi Xin a few days ago, and started running around before he had time to rest.Fortunately, the master finally sent a message today, and he can rest for a few days.Otherwise, if he ran dozens of miles to do this today, and rushed back non-stop, he had to go to another place to deliver the letter. No matter how agile he was, he would have to confess that he couldn't do it here.

Song Duan waved his hand at Daming, "Go ahead, I'll give you three days off."

"Master, what you said is true, can I rest now?" Daming's eyes drooped, obviously exhausted.

Song Duan was amused: "If you don't leave, then—"

"This subordinate will leave." As soon as the voice fell, the person had disappeared.

Song Duan's lips curled up.

He held the letter paper and looked at it. The letter paper was made of flower curtain paper. When viewed against the light, it could show shiny lines other than the curtain grain, and it also had a faint plum fragrance, which seemed to be of great value.

As for the person who wrote the letter, his background is not small, King Li Xie Yuanlin, the elder brother of the current Holy One.

His fief is in Heining, which is located in the southeast of Qingchi Mansion, and Prince Li's Mansion is in the main city of Heining Mansion, and it is only a hundred miles away from Yi Xin.

Since he was sent to the fief two years ago, except for the annual tribute, there has been almost no news of him.But behind the scenes, King Li has done a lot of tricks in the past two years, and he pretended to be smart enough to think that no one knew about it.

In the battle for the throne back then, there were not a few ministers who supported Xie Yuanlin.Even if Xie Yu came out successively, when the first emperor was seriously ill two years ago, almost no one was optimistic about Xie Yu.The common people don't know that the Holy Majesty used to live among the people, but it's no secret among the high-ranking officials in Capital City.

Today's Grand Master of the Zhongji Palace, Xu Miaochang Xu Ge, was a well-known sect of great princes back then.However, the snipe and the clam fought each other for the fisherman's profit, and the first prince and the second prince fought to the death, and finally Xie Yu became the emperor.

Before leaving Beijing, Elder Xu Ge seemed to have fallen out with his son, and now the father and son are tired of seeing each other, and they don't know what will happen next.

Thinking of the current complicated situation in Beijing, Song Duan's eyes became darker and darker.

He stood up and patted his sleeves, and came to the side of the county government hall. Daiqing's obscene fur made his brows and eyes deeper, and he stared at her quietly through the window.

At this time, Wen Yu was sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the lobby of the county government office, trying a theft case.

A yamen servant whispered something in her ear, and Wen Zhen nodded.

After about a stick of incense, the case was closed.The stolen item was a small peddler. heard that this person was usually very dissatisfied with the government, but now he looked grateful.

Wen Yu smiled at the vendors kneeling in the hall, and then left through the side door.

Song Duan was standing there waiting for her.

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