Raid

Chapter 8 Dispute
The Zhou family and the eunuch were in the same situation, and now in Kangcheng Square, they found a private gambling house set up by the eunuch, Zhou Shutao naturally would not let this opportunity pass by.

Although his surname is Zhou, he is a side branch of the Zhou family, and he is not much used by the Zhou family. If he can give the eunuch a blow, he might be favored by the clan and promoted by the queen mother.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shutao directly asked people to guard the entrance of the square gate, closed the gate of the square, and did not allow any suspicious persons and large vehicles to enter or exit.

They even conducted door-to-door searches in order to catch the escapees from the gambling houses.

"General Zhonglang, General Zhonglang, if someone wants to pass through the gate, no search is allowed." Jin Wuwei quickly ran to Zhou Shutao with a spear in his hand.

Zhou Shutao was displeased, "Who is so bold? How dare you obstruct the Jinwu Guard?"

"Yes...it's Concubine Kang." The confidant replied.

Zhou Shutao frowned, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Kang has a relationship with the Minister of Honglu Temple. She has always loved Su Shaohua's useless nephew, and Minister Honglu Temple is a good dog of Guan Zhi...you go talk to Princess Kang... that's all , After all, they are relatives of the emperor, and ordinary people can't stop them, so I will go there in person."

After all, Zhou Shutao took his confidant to the square gate.

Before Zhou Shutao approached, he saw Wangfei's frame from a distance.The frame of the prince and concubine is huge, but Kang Wang is still a prince who has a lot of weight in the clan, so the frame of Concubine Kang is naturally even more grand.

Zhou Shutao stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "Zhou Shutao, the Zhonglang of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, pays his respects to the princess. The Jinwu Guard's actions disturbed the princess. Please forgive me."

Naturally, it is impossible for Concubine Kang to come out to talk to Zhou Shutao in person, and it is a nun next to Concubine Kang who came out to pass on the message, "General Zhonglang is very polite, and our princess has no intention of disturbing, please make way for General Zhonglang, the princess has important matters to attend to. "

Zhou Shutao was neither humble nor overbearing, "Someone opened a casino in Kangchengfang without regard to the national funeral, and the mastermind is now fleeing. To protect the safety of the princess, I also asked the princess to get out of the car and search. After the search, I can let the princess go."

Mammy's face turned pale, she didn't need to go back in to ask questions, she knew what the princess meant, "Bold! The dignified princess is driving, and you, a little middle-class general, can search for it. Besides, the princess travels to the workshop. At the door, the car didn't stop all the way, can you still cover up the mastermind you said?"

Zhou Shutao pursed his lips and refused to give in at all, "The general is all for the health of the princess. If the princess makes any mistakes, the general will be blamed. This search has absolutely no intention of offending the princess. Please also ask the princess Mingjian."

"Does Zhonglang suspect that I'm covering up the prisoner?" A woman's voice came from the carriage, her tone was harsh and eager, with a hint of gnashing of teeth.

"The last general dare not." Zhou Shutao also felt troubled. He naturally knew that the concubine's car should not be searched easily, and it would be easy to get revenge if she offended. The guards on several streets have to give way to the princess. It's hard to say what the situation will be then.

What he did was not so much that he wanted to search Concubine Kang's car, but rather that he wanted to use this as an excuse to make Concubine Kang retreat in the face of difficulties, so as not to leave the workshop.

"I don't dare to say a word. Zhonglang will do it knowingly." Concubine Kang said coldly, her tone was sarcasm, and she directly challenged Zhou Shu: "The role of the Jinwu Guard is to protect the tranquility of the imperial city and maintain the order of the imperial city. If it is discovered that someone has set up a casino privately during the national mourning period, it should be reported to Jing Zhaoyin or Dali Temple, even the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When will it be the turn of the Jinwu Guard to investigate the case?

It’s fine if you go overboard on your behalf, but you still disturb the peace inside and outside the workshop. The door of the workshop is closed in the blue sky and white sun. Have you ever thought about the residents in the room?General Zhonglang, although Kangchengfang is not as crowded as Changlefang and Anningfang around the imperial city, it is full of royal relatives, relatives, dignitaries and dignitaries, but there are also many officials living here.If you act like this, you will not be afraid of blocking officials from traveling and delaying government affairs. "

Of course Zhou Shutao knew this truth, but as Concubine Kang said, high-ranking officials and dignitaries all lived in Changle Square and Anning Square. Except for Kang Wang's Mansion, most of Kangcheng Square were small officials. How could they dare to stop Jin Wuwei from doing things.What's more, his surname is Zhou, even if he is just a side branch.

Furthermore, as long as those officials asked him to search, he would naturally let them leave. There are other roads in the workshop besides the gate. Small officials can't drive as well as princes and concubines, so there is no need to open the gate.

"My concubine is serious. If any officials want to leave the workshop, as long as there is a routine search, I will let you go. As long as the concubine gets out of the car to search, and after confirming everything is correct, I will let her go." Zhou Shutao said bravely.

"Good! Good! Good!" Concubine Kang said three good words in a row. Even though she didn't show up, she could hear how angry she was. Her tone was awe-inspiring, "What a general of the Zhou family. I never thought Now that the Zhou family is so domineering, even a small Zhonglang general dares to humiliate me here."

Zhou Shutao quickly knelt down, "The general dare not, this matter is just a routine of the general, and has nothing to do with Zhou."

He wanted to do meritorious service for the Zhou family, not to cause trouble for the Zhou family. If something happened to this, the Zhou family would tear him alive.

"Don't dare? One dare not. Although I am a woman, I am also a princess. Tomorrow I will ask the prince to go to the court hall to ask Zhou Shizhong whether what happened today was ordered by the Zhou family. Zhou's son, is it true?" It’s really domineering to this point.” Although Concubine Kang dared not touch the Zhou family, she was not afraid of a Zhonglang general who was a side branch of the Zhou family.

Before the Zhou family was suppressed, they had to pay respect to her, but after the suppression of the former emperor, they were no longer as good as before.Although the new emperor has been chosen now, it is not impossible for the Zhou family to seek Kang Wang's mansion for a side descendant.

If Zhou Shutao is sensible, he should get out of the way and not force her to make trouble.

"Princess——" Zhou Shutao raised his head suddenly, unbelievable, he has been searching here all day today, and he doesn't know what happened in the West Market, so he doesn't understand why Concubine Kang would rather utter such cruel words, Also be sure to leave.

He knew in his heart that Princess Kang's words were just to threaten him, and she would not really let King Kang question Zhou Shizhong in the court.But Concubine Kang can go to the palace to complain to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will not ignore it.

The reason why Concubine Kang said this was to tell him that if he didn't open the door of the workshop to let her pass, she would make Zhou Shi severely punish him.

Zhou Shutao gritted his teeth, he closed the gate and searched in order to make the Zhou family pay attention to him.If he does not let Concubine Kang leave, the Zhou family will not let him go, unless he can catch the eunuch's big handle in this search, and may atone for his crime.

However, for such things as private casinos, it is almost difficult to catch a few big fish at the top of the eunuchs. At most, some middle-level officials can be caught, and it is impossible to completely shake the status of the eunuchs.

After weighing the pros and cons, even if Zhou Shutao was unwilling, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and ask someone to open the door.

(End of this chapter)