From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 176

"What! How is it possible!"

At the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, Cao Ye stood up suddenly after hearing the news, his face full of disbelief.

Shi Jin could only whisper: "It's true, I was at the scene. There were at least hundreds of soldiers from the North City Military Department ambushed in the six alleys of the market. All of them were in disguise. None of the gang members who took action escaped."

"Now the president of the Iron Knife Society is still kneeling outside the door, begging for mercy from the Lord."

Cao Ye took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said: "We have met an opponent. This time we have met an opponent. This kid named Zhou is very ruthless and reacts quickly!"

Shi Jin smiled bitterly and said: "Lord, what should we do now? The young master is still in the North Where is the city military department?"

Cao Ye's face changed, and he glared and said: "Didn't I ask you to bring money to redeem people!"

Shi Jin said: "The North City Military Department said that the young master is suspected of embezzling public silver, and has signed and signed to recruit people, as much as 70,000 taels. They are now preparing to send the young master to the Jingzhao government office."

Cao Ye slammed the table and said angrily: "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext! Does Zhou Yuan want to rely on that rebellious son to bankrupt my Earl's Mansion!"

He thought about it and felt that it was not impossible. He knew his own son well, and he was indeed not a good person.

"It's OK to send them to the Jingzhao government office. We can use our strength there and get them out when the time comes."

Speaking of this, Cao Ye stood up and said in a deep voice: "Give a heads-up to the Shahe Gang and the Juhai Gang. They have a lot of debts that have not been collected. Let them collect them tonight. Don't worry about anything happening."

"I want to see how Zhou Yuan can stop these two gangs. It is natural to pay back debts. What can the North City Army and Horse Division do about it!"

The strong man Shi Jin immediately took the order, and then whispered: "My Lord, the Iron Knife Society..."

Cao Ye sighed and said impatiently: "Tell him clearly that he will be released in a dozen days at most. I will give them a sum of money at that time to calm them down."

"Yes!"

Shi Jin strode out.

...

The North City Army and Horse Division itself is responsible for the management of prisoners. Naturally, there is a prison inside. It is easy to put more than 70 people in it.

Zhou Yuan sat in the main seat of the trial hall and waved his hand, saying, "Go and catch a small leader. I will try him."

Soon, the bald strong man who had challenged Zhou Yuan before was caught and knelt on the ground with his hands tied, but his expression was very arrogant, as if he said, "You dare not take me."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Mao San, 31 years old this year, has not yet married, the leader of the Iron Knife Society, and has 17 people under his command. All of them have been arrested."

"Am I right?"

Mao San smiled grimly, spit at Zhou Yuan, and said coldly, "The Earl will not let you go!"

Zhou Yuan was stunned, and then said to the clerk, "Go and report that the leader of the Iron Knife Society, Mao San, confessed that he was indeed instructed by the Earl of Yong'an to deliberately cause trouble."

"Hey you! You guys!"

Mao San panicked immediately and said quickly, "I didn't, I didn't confess!"

Zhou Yuan glanced at him and said sympathetically, "You are finished, Yong'an An Bo is vindictive and ruthless. If you frame him in prison, he will definitely kill your whole family. "

Mao San said loudly: "I didn't confess. Don't talk nonsense. I'm not afraid of your frame-up."

Zhou Yuan said: "Not only did you confess, you also gave out the gang's roster and betrayed the entire gang."

After speaking, he looked at Yu Feng and smiled: "You should be able to get the roster of the Iron Knife Society, right?"

Yu Feng said: "Of course, I met the president of their Iron Knife Society once."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said: "Mao San, you have made a contribution. What reward do you want!"

Mao San was dumbfounded. If he was harmed like this, how could he survive in the future?

Don't even mention how to survive. The president will not let him go.

"Sir, I was blind and didn't know a great man. Please forgive me this time."

Mao San couldn't stand it anymore and gave in. He was not afraid of torture, but he didn't expect the other party to play by the rules.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better if you did it earlier? Why did you have to do this? Now tell me, which area is your Iron Blade responsible for collecting protection fees, how much is collected from each family, how much can you collect in total per month, and do you have other income."

"Tell me everything you know, otherwise I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Mao San thought for a while and said, "There is no fixed area. We usually fight with other gangs. We collect more from those who have money and less from those who don't. The specific amount is not fixed every month."

"But according to the president, we collected more than 800 taels of silver last month, which includes the money we collected for watching the scene for others."

Zhou Yuan said, "Watch what scene" "Mao San said: "Two brothels, two gambling houses, we help maintain the rules." "Then we are just thugs, or security guards to put it bluntly. Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought. In fact, there are only two ways to permanently solve the gang problem. The first is to destroy them all, but this requires a huge price and will encounter great resistance, and the benefits are not proportional to the cost. The second is to help them clean up and find them decent jobs. These gang members are often from poor families. They have no way to make a living, so they live in the gang. But how to clean up the other party has become a bigger problem. Zhou Yuan also has an idea at present, but he still needs to do some calculations. The money earned after cleansing must be more than now, and the gang will actively cooperate, otherwise it will become a tug-of-war. Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "Please arrange a dinner for me. Let the bosses of the nine major gangs get together in the evening. I want to talk to them about the rules. "

Yu Feng nodded and said, "That's no problem. I'll ask the two leaders of the Shahe Gang and the Juhai Gang to send out invitations at the same time. The remaining seven gangs will definitely not dare not come."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said, "Maybe our Earl has come up with a new trick. Maybe he will take action tonight. We have to fight back and teach the Earl's Mansion a lesson."

"Go and make arrangements to see if the Shahe Gang and the Juhai Gang can come up with some ideas."

Yu Feng frowned and whispered, "Sir, I don't have enough prestige with them. At most, I can organize a dinner party. If you want them to do something, you still need a higher-level person to go."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go and tell Wanyan Daichan to come to dinner tonight."

Yu Feng hurriedly said, "No, no, I can't invite the Dark Moon Dharma King."

"Just say that I invited him. "

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Let her come tonight, so that I can establish my identity first."

Yu Feng looked embarrassed. He was thinking, isn't the Holy Envoy afraid of the Dark Moon Dharma King?

He is a man who kills without blinking an eye!

And Zhou Yuan looked at Mao San and said with a smile, "Mao San, congratulations, your good luck has come."

Mao San forced a smile. Good luck? He wanted to strangle the bastard in front of him.

Zhou Yuan said, "I plan to abolish the president of the Iron Blade Society and let you be the president."

Mao San was stunned and immediately said excitedly, "Really?"

Zhou Yuan slammed the table. That's right, this kind of IQ is obviously easier to control.

Let Mao San take over the Iron Blade Society in the future, and cooperation will be much easier.