(Recommended reading: Huai'an City, Sifang Casino.

Sifang Gambling House is the most important and most profitable industry of the Cao Gang in Huai'an, and it is the largest gambling house in Huai'an City.

Nowadays, the illustrious Sifang Casino has been affixed with the seal of the Huai'an Mansion, and the officials of the Mansion's officials are expressionlessly guarding the gambling house to prevent the people who are surrounding to watch the excitement from approaching.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the lively people, and the people on the street in the direction of the Xicheng City Gate flashed to both sides, and a group of cavalry riding tall horses appeared in front of the people.

Lin Hao, the Tongzhi of Huai'an Mansion, who was pacing back and forth in front of the gambling house with his hands behind his back, was stunned when he saw this, and then his face became nervous.

Lin Hao was ordered by Niu Shangwei to guard the gambling house here, prohibiting anyone from approaching, and he had already recognized that the military uniforms on those cavalry belonged to the new army, which meant that these cavalry belonged to the new army, but he didn't expect Li Hongyu to bring a cavalry unit.

"Master Ma, why are you here?" Although he felt bad in his heart, Lin Hao had to face it hard, and asked Ma Xianglin, who had several faces yesterday, with a smile.

"Lin Tongzhi, this is our General Chai, and we came here to check it out this time." When Ma Xianglin heard this, he stretched out his hand and introduced the identity of Chai Shixiu beside him.

"General Chai." Lin Hao arched his hand to Chai Shixiu, which was regarded as a greeting.

"Lin Tongzhi, this matter involves the new army, and the emperor stipulates that the affairs of the new army should be handled by themselves and reported to the emperor afterwards, so I am going to take over here, and I hope Lin Tongzhi can make it convenient for your people to be withdrawn." Chai Shixiu turned over and dismounted, arched his hand to Lin Hao, and said in a deep voice after replying.

"This ......" Lin Hao suddenly showed a look of embarrassment when he heard this, the case of the gambling house was very important, and he didn't want to hand it over easily.

"Withdraw!"

But then, Lin Hao waved his hand to the government officials on duty in the gambling house, but Chai Shixiu was right, the new army was different from the local guard and belonged to the Wanli Emperor, which made it impossible for the local yamen to interfere in the trial of the new army's case.

Seeing this, the soldiers withdrew one after another, and the cavalry then took over the defense of the scene, tore off the seal affixed by the Huai'an Mansion and replaced it with the seal issued by the new army.

"Lin Tongzhi, who is the owner of this gambling house?" After the cavalry took control of the situation at the scene, Chai Shixiu asked Lin Hao expressionlessly, and it seemed that he wanted to arrest the boss.

"This ...... We're still verifying this. Lin Hao's brows furrowed suddenly, and then he pretended to be calm and replied, he would have to mess around in Huai'an City in the future, so naturally it was impossible for everyone to say Yang Xiaotian and the Cao Gang.

"General, the humble position has been investigated, this gambling house is opened by the Cao Gang, and the boss is naturally the leader of the Cao Gang." At this time, Ma Xianglin, who was standing aside, said quietly.

"Cao Gang?" Chai Shixiu's brows furrowed, as if he had heard this term for the first time.

"According to the humble understanding, the Cao Gang is a folk gang that has risen with the Cao Yun, which controls the transportation on the canal, and there are many people, and there are many industries in Huai'an City that are owned by the Cao Gang." Ma Xianglin nodded and explained seriously.

"Lin Tongzhi, can this matter be true?" Chai Shixiu looked at Lin Hao when he heard this, wanting to get confirmation from him.

"General Chai, Master Ma may have misunderstood, there is no Cao Gang in Huai'an, and the people who were engaged in Cao Yun in the past often caused fights because of the competition for business, and the government sent troops to fight several times for this."

Lin Hao naturally refused to admit the existence of the Cao Gang, but the imperial court ordered to prohibit the existence of such large gangs, so he opened his mouth to defend, "Later, those people divided their own territories, and respected people coordinated the relationship between them in the middle. ”

"I see." Chai Shixiu didn't dwell on this matter, and said after hearing a sneer, "The people in the casino even dare to fight the new army, presumably they are used to flying and domineering on weekdays, and since this official has encountered it this time, he will not ignore it."

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"Come on, follow Ben to copy the lair of those guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead." As he spoke, Chai Shixiu waved his fist at the cavalry standing behind him, then turned over and rode straight to the Cao Gang headquarters under the guidance of Ma Xianglin.

"What a good thing this is!" Seeing this, Lin Hao's face suddenly showed an anxious look, in case something happened to the Cao Gang General Hall, then the Cao Gang would avoid chaos within the Cao Gang, which would inevitably affect this year's Cao Yun, and no one could afford this responsibility.

Therefore, Lin Hao didn't have time to think about it, so he asked a messenger to rush to the governor's yamen to report to Niu Shangwei and then led the officials of the government to chase after him, in case the two sides fought at that time, it would be bad.

When Chai Shixiu and Ma Xianglin led the army to the Cao Gang General Hall, there was no half a figure in front of the main hall, and the two stone lions, one on the left and one on the right, seemed to be a little lonely.

"Hmph, I dared to use a stone lion, and I didn't pay any attention to the customization of the imperial court." Chai Shixiu glanced at the two stone lions, waved coldly at the courtyard gate, and said to the cavalry behind him, "Rush in, catch anyone you see, leave no one behind, and kill if you resist!" ”

The cavalry dismounted one after another, carrying knives and bows and rushed into the main hall, and Lin Hao, who was panting and following over, originally wanted to let the messengers follow in to reconcile, but was forbidden to enter by the soldiers of the new army, so he had no choice but to let the messengers maintain order outside and prevent the people who chased over to see the excitement from entering.

Looking at the Cao Gang Headquarters controlled by the cavalry of the New Army, the people discussed in private, feeling that the Cao Gang was going to be unable to escape now, and the New Army would definitely not pass the Cao Gang people, otherwise they would not have surrounded the Cao Gang Headquarters and rushed in to arrest people.

"General, we searched the entire house, and there was no one but this couple." Not long after, while Lin Hao was waiting in fear, several cavalrymen brought Yang Xiaotian and Lu out and reported to Chai Shixiu in a loud voice.

"Who are you?" Chai Shixiu glanced Yang Xiaotian up and down, and asked quietly.

"Here is the owner of this mansion, I wonder why the adults came?" Yang Xiaotian bowed to Chai Shixiu and asked with a serious expression.

"Ben will ask you, is the Quartet Gambling House in the city your property?" Chai Shixiu sneered and asked expressionlessly.

"It's in the industry." Yang Xiaotian was already prepared in his heart, and replied when he heard the words.

"In that case, Ben didn't catch the wrong person." When Chai Shixiu heard this, he waved his hand at the cavalry on the side, and shouted loudly, "Come on, take him to the governor's yamen to see Lord Qincha." ”

When the cavalry heard this, they stepped forward and grabbed Yang Xiaotian and Lu's shoulders, and followed Chai Shixiu to the governor's yamen to see Li Hongyu.

It can be seen that Yang Xiaotian usually has a high status in the hearts of the people.

"What are you going to do?" Chai Shixiu's brows suddenly furrowed, and he glared at the people who were blocking the road and asked, which was a bit unexpected by him.

Seeing this, the cavalry took off the bows and arrows they were carrying, and drew their arrows and bows at the people in front of them, which made the situation on the scene suddenly become tense.

In the face of the bright bows and arrows, the people in front couldn't help but take a few steps back, and then stood still and confronted the cavalry of the new army.

"Listen, if anyone who obstructs Ben from arresting the main culprit is guilty of the same crime, and if he doesn't get out of the way, don't blame Ben for being unkind." Chai Shixiu's brows furrowed, brushed it out, pulled out the waist knife, raised it and shouted loudly.

"Folks, the soldiers of the new army are doing a mission to the emperor, and opposing the new army is like a rebellion, and they want to be beheaded all over the house, everyone should disperse, and this case will definitely be handled impartially."

Looking at the tense scene in front of him, fine beads of sweat oozed from Lin Hao's forehead, and he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, but he knew that the soldiers of the new army were all selected from the battlefield in Liaodong and had experienced the test of life and death, so he might really dare to use force against those people.

When the people heard this, they immediately became agitated, but afterwards everyone stood there and did not move, to be honest, they did not believe that the soldiers of the New Army dared to kill in the streets.

"Listen to the general's military order, arrest all the people who obstruct the general's official duties, and punish them as Cao gang bandits, if there is resistance, they will be killed!" Chai Shixiu saw that those people did not retreat, his brows furrowed, and he pointed at the people in front of him with the waist knife in his hand, and gave an order in a loud voice.

As the general of the new army, it is impossible for Chai Shixiu to compromise with those people at this time, otherwise where is the law of the country? What is the face of the new army?

However, Chai Shixiu didn't want to kill here, Li Hongyu gave him the order to arrest the high-level of the Cao Gang, and did not let him clash with the local people, but the situation forced him to do so, and he couldn't weaken the name of the new army.

Therefore, he Chai Shixiu secretly glanced at Yang Xiaotian, if he didn't guess wrong, there must be a lot of people from the Cao Gang mixed in the people, so only Yang Xiaotian could settle the matter, he didn't believe that Yang Xiaotian would watch those people fall under the knife of the new army soldiers.

With a bang, the cavalry of the new army drew out their waist knives one after another, and rushed towards the people with a cold expression, the so-called military orders are like mountains, they must carry out Chai Shixiu's orders, for them who come back from the battlefield, killing people is not a difficult thing, and a knife can end a person's life.

"Fathers and elders, listen to the next glance, Lord Qincha is the champion of the new department, and he will definitely not be wronged by Zhongliang, the kindness of the fathers and elders Yang has received it, or please step back and do not obstruct the new army military master from performing official duties, so that Yang will be trapped in unkindness and injustice."

At this time, Yang Xiaotian, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth and shouted loudly to the people who were in the way.

Yang Xiaotian saw it just now, those new army soldiers who were carrying knives to meet the people exuded a faint murderous aura, their eyes were indifferent, different from the soldiers in Huai'an, but they really dared to kill, so he naturally wanted to prevent the bloodshed from happening, he just wanted to test the details of these new armies before, but now it seems that these new armies are really not easy to deal with.

With Yang Xiaotian's opening, the people who were blocking the road looked at each other and then moved out of the way, Chai Shixiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and asked the cavalry to put away their waist knives and go to the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun.

Considering that Yang Xiaotian was the leader of the Cao Gang after all, Chai Shixiu let go of the cavalry holding Yang Xiaotian and the Lu clan, which could be regarded as giving the two of them the dignity they deserved.

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