Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 326 Uprooting Ivy
Ruixiang snorted coldly, turned sideways to get out of the way.The father-in-law turned around and took the tray from the hand of the maid, and he really delivered it to Li Ruyi himself.

Ruixiang then went in, and after her father-in-law greeted Li Ruyi, she unceremoniously brought the bowl of medicine.The father-in-law was a little anxious, and he stretched out his hand to grab it, and said, "Aunt Ruixiang, you..."

Ruixiang raised her hand to avoid it, and said coquettishly and angrily: "Elder-in-law, it's already this time, you won't go back on your word again, will you?"

The father-in-law sighed and said: "Since it's already like this, there is no reason to regret it. If you help Ruyi, you will help Ruixiang. It's just that this medicine is taken after the fact. If you drink it blindly like Ruixiang, what if there is something wrong?" What about the side effects?"

After Ruixiang heard this, she ignored it and drank it all in one gulp, saying: "Ruixiang's status is lowly, and her health has always been very good, so I'm not afraid of these things." After finishing speaking, he put the bowl back on the tray, Fu Yifu said politely , "My father-in-law is so kind and virtuous, Ruixiang will never forget it. When my mother is pregnant with a dragon seed, I will definitely not treat my father-in-law badly."

Li Ruyi said at the right time: "Ruixiang, you can take Eunuch home."

Ruixiang knew what Li Ruyi was referring to, a trace of embarrassment flashed in her eyes, and then she stretched out her hand and made a gesture.

Eunuch said: "Well, it's just that the emperor can't be sloppy. If the empress thinks that the emperor can handle it easily, then it's a big mistake. Empress, please be careful. The slave will leave first."

Because the emperor is in the early court at the moment, and there are other father-in-laws serving, this father-in-law has a moment of leisure.

Ruixiang returned to the residence together with him, and said with a smile behind his back, "Xia Mingchao, thank you this time."

The father-in-law tasted the sweetness last time, and he was a little embarrassed at first, but when he tried to touch Ruixiang's body, he saw that Ruixiang had no intention of resisting, so he became more courageous, pushed Ruixiang against the wall, and threw her body I touched it all over.

The two lingered in the room for a while, before returning to their respective posts.

For nearly half a month, Ye Xiu was busy outside every day, devoting himself to breaking down the unremarkable small gambling houses in the streets.They often appear and disappear in the dead of night, counting them carefully, he actually broke down more than a dozen such gambling houses.

And Ye Xiu is a very cautious person, he will check the accounts of the gambling shop in detail.It was found that the accounts of the first two or three casinos were fake, and the casinos that were subsequently destroyed did not even have accounts, and the excuses made by the shopkeeper were very clumsy. It rained and was flooded.

The more the truth is hidden, the easier it is to expose flaws.

A few times later, Ye Song also went to raid various places with Ye Xiu, and found that these small gambling houses seemed to be flustered by the sudden arrival of officers and soldiers, but they already had a set of words to deal with them.It must be that someone has leaked the news in the dark and explained how they should deal with it.

Ye Xiu's actions were not made public to the people in the capital, only the court officials knew about it.Therefore, the behind-the-scenes bosses of these casinos must be inseparable from them.

The night was dark and windy, very cold.Especially after a rain a few days ago, winter entered early.

Ye Song and Ye Xiu got on their horses together, planning to go for a walk.Baili Mingshu sent the siblings to the door, and kept telling them, "Don't let your guard down just because it's late at night. There are all sorts of rotten people in the gambling house. If you are in a hurry, you will fight with officers and soldiers. Be careful, both of you." , maybe the black hands behind the scenes will be irritated, they will also bite people. Xiu, look at Ah Song, don't let her do anything nonsense, and, Ah Song, don't just make trouble for your brother. "

In response to Baili Mingshu's instructions, Ye Xiu kept nodding as he rode on the horse.

Ye Song was wearing a green coat and felt, reined in the horse, and said lazily, "It's different for a woman to marry. When she becomes a parent, she's afraid of this and that, and she keeps nagging. Sister-in-law, you When you think about how you galloped on the battlefield in the past, you will know how gentle and virtuous you are now."

Baili Mingshu glared at her and said, "Ride your horse well, don't fall into a fight halfway."

Ye Song asked with a smile: "Anyway, no one pays attention late at night, why don't you go with us, sister-in-law?"

Baili Mingshu said: "It's better to be more cautious, maybe the cornered rabbit is doing everything possible to find a way to catch your brother. If I go out at this time, I won't be caught."

Ye Song thought about it and thought it was the same.Then he bid farewell to Baili Mingshu, rode horses and galloped with Ye Xiu, rounded up the streets with the brothers who had gathered from all directions, and the whole team went to run a small gambling house.

Ji Lin felt that it was not very satisfying, and said: "Boss, if we don't want to buy a few, let's go to the big one. It's more exciting to run a big gambling house than a small one. The biggest gambling house in the capital is gorgeously decorated. The people who come in and out are rich people from big families, not a golden hole. The boss behind that may be the most powerful official in the imperial court. It would be a pleasure to find him out. Unlike these A small gambling house, it’s all about stealth, and they refuse to admit it when they are caught, and we can’t make them admit it obediently, unless we get people to beat them up.”

Ye Xiu walked ahead without saying a word.Liu Jie patted Ji Lin on the forehead, and said, "Your brain is flooded? You can't handle the small ones, but you still want to make big ones? This officialdom is a net, and no matter how big the net is, it uses ropes. It is connected by knots. It is impossible to untie the whole net at once without starting from the small knots. Now, we only need to catch a little bit of clues and move upwards , I’m not afraid that I won’t be able to touch the melon.”

Ji Lin rubbed his forehead and stared at him: "Liu Jie, you bastard, you just talk and do what you say! Why are you getting more and more rude when you say you are a scholar, and you are not a scholar? I can’t understand the broken tooth metaphor! Can you make it simpler!”

Liu Jie was very speechless, rolled his eyes, and said: "Everything can be done according to the emperor's will, and you don't have to worry about other things." After a pause, he sighed again with joy and worry, "The emperor finally wants to do something. It's uprooted. It's just that it's a bit too calculating for the general to be the villain who uprooted the vines, and I always feel bad."

The small gambling house operating in secret, the business is more prosperous than before.Logically speaking, if other gambling houses were closed down, the colleagues in the same industry should be deserted.It's just that after Ye Xiu destroyed those gambling houses, he didn't do anything to deal with the gamblers inside. He only asked the officers and soldiers to evacuate the gamblers.Once those gamblers get addicted to gambling, nothing can stop them, and they sneak into other gambling houses like ants.Some gamblers are going to close their doors to avoid the limelight. When gamblers come, if they don't let them in to gamble, the gamblers will go in and smash the game.With them leading the way, Ye Xiu didn't have to worry about finding a place to operate the small gambling house.

In the middle of the night, another small gambling house was smashed.There is a dark room under the gambling house. There are chairs and weapons in the dark room, but they are all covered with dust and empty.The account book presented by the shopkeeper was obviously just completed, but there was no flaw.

Ye Xiu frowned while flipping through the account book, and the shopkeeper said from the side, "Your kindness, sir, we are also breadwinners, so we have to open a workshop for such a small business. I beg you, sir, to forgive me..."

Ye Xiu said sternly and selflessly: "Northern Xia's laws and regulations stipulate that without the permission of the imperial court, gambling in private is not allowed. Violators will be imprisoned for three months and fined a hundred taels of silver."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately knelt down to Ye Xiu, and begged pitifully, "I beg you to be merciful, the villain has an old mother, and his wife has just given birth to a child. I can't live without a villain to make money!"

Ye Song looked around in the gambling house, saw that Ji Lin was about to arrest the shopkeeper, and suddenly said, "He said something pitiful, let him go."

Ji Lin pouted: "A person like this who never repents and commits crimes knowingly, what he said earlier is ten times and a hundred times more pitiful than him. Second Miss must not listen to it."

Ye Song squatted in front of the shopkeeper, with his arms apparently across his knees, watching the shopkeeper's timid expression, pursed his lips and said, "How can it be fake, you see he is crying, crying very sadly. "

At the right time, Liu Jie also said: "Forget it, General, why not let him go for now."

Ye Xiu was reading the account book seriously, and without saying a word, Ye Song waved his hand and said, "Before the general repents, you should go back."

The shopkeeper blinked, the sadness shown earlier did not seem fake, and the confusion and disbelief shown now was even less fake. He didn't expect that he would be able to get away like this. Before he could be ecstatic, the shopkeeper got up Just ran to the door.

Ye Song said unhurriedly, "Ji He, follow him."

Ji He was small and very nimble, so Deling rushed out and disappeared in an instant.

The shopkeeper did not go home that night, nor did he contact anyone.He wandered around alone for a few days, but found no one following him, and walked around his house for a long time, but found nothing unusual, so he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to go home to have a look, so he finally entered the house.

The shopkeeper stayed at home anxiously for two days, and no one came to bother him. Maybe the boss above thought he had been arrested by the officials. Anyway, he had already done everything he needed to do, and he really felt that the limelight had passed. Gradually let go of the heart.

This morning, he went out to buy vegetables.They are very cautious when they go out and come back, and they often have to look outside the courtyard door for a long time before they are willing to go in.Before entering the door, he heard laughter in the yard, and he felt warm from the bottom of his heart, thinking that his wife was teasing his son again.There is also the faint sound of the son babbling.

What he said, there is an old mother in the family, and the wife has just given birth to a child, which is true.

However, when he pushed open the gate of the yard and entered, he saw the stranger in the yard, and his face turned pale with fright.

Ye Song was dressed in a simple Tsing Yi, with his hair tied up high, dressed like a heroic son.At this moment, she was talking and joking with the lady in this yard, and she was holding a white and fat baby in her arms, who was amused by her.

Ye Song said to his wife: "Boss Huang is really blessed. He has such a beautiful wife and gave him such a fat child." The lady pursed her lips and said a few polite words.Ye Song turned his head and saw the shopkeeper. Seeing that his legs were trembling slightly, he narrowed his eyes with a half-smile, "Hey, isn't this Boss Huang coming back?"

The shopkeeper trembled and couldn't say a word.

(End of this chapter)