Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou had seen a lot of this kind of thing recently, and seeing everyone acting like this, he sneered inwardly. He thought to himself, if you guys were to discuss things with me nicely, everything would be easy to negotiate. After all, Li Ergou isn't short of money now.

If you guys want to use this to oppose me, Li Ergou isn't afraid of trouble. I'd like to see what you're really made of.

With that thought, he stood up and said, "Thank you for your cultivation, sir."

As soon as he said this, he attracted a lot more hatred, but was he afraid? Not at all. A person who is full and doesn't have to worry about his family is the most terrifying. Why? Because he has no attachments. What is there to fear? What if I offend you? In this yamen, you have to listen to whoever has the most power.

When I make my fortune in the future, these guys will still come crawling back.

Huang San was very satisfied with Li Ergou's performance and nodded, "Good, that's the attitude to have. You can negotiate the night watch schedule yourselves. Dismissed."

Everyone left feeling depressed, but Huang San kept Li Ergou behind for a few words, which made many people even more jealous.

After leaving Huang San, Li Ergou realized that the profits from collecting protection money were beyond his imagination. Take the restaurants for example, they had to give 30% of their profits to the yamen.

Ultimately, half of this money stayed in the yamen, and half had to be handed over to the national treasury.

Thirty percent of the profit, that's a lot of money! No one would be that stupid. They could only bribe the person collecting the protection money to pay less. No wonder those people were all like that.

Of course, you couldn't keep all the money for yourself. The captain, the county lieutenant, the county magistrate, and the magistrate all got a share, and they got the biggest share. Even so, collecting protection money once would make you a fortune, a real gravy train.

He was pondering Huang San's words when he felt someone pat his shoulder from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Zhou Da, the squad leader of the third team.

Zhou Da was in his forties, kind, always smiling, and very popular in the team.

At this moment, Zhou Da looked at Li Ergou with a smile and said, "Ergou, I knew you were extraordinary. You can't keep all that profit to yourself. You have to give us some scraps.

Don't worry, our team can be at your disposal at any time. Your brother Da is even more at your command, no questions asked."

Li Ergou was a very easy-going person. Hearing Zhou Da's goodwill, he immediately smiled and said, "Since you asked, Brother Da, I will naturally take care of you. Don't worry, if I eat meat, you'll get soup. I'll have your people come and help me."

"Hahaha, that's great! Don't worry, those bastards' eyes are already turning green, waiting for your call."

In the distance, two people stood together, their faces gloomy. One was A Kun, the leader of the first team, and the other was Brother Sha, the leader of the second team.

A Kun was not tall, about 1.75 meters, but he was a ruthless character. He once solved a case involving human blood buns, which made him famous for a while.

Brother Sha was over 1.9 meters tall and had a burly figure. His fighting power was no less than Huang San's. It was rumored that he had already reached the sixth level of Qi training. He had once killed three evil Dao experts alone. This person was extremely fierce and was a sword cultivator. If he went crazy, even Huang San would be afraid of him.

A Kun said, "Hmph, that dog-licking Da is really good at licking. Does he really think this kid can collect the money properly? Without the help of us experienced constables, just him? Hmph, just wait and see."

Brother Sha narrowed his eyes and said, "Damn it, this kid better not be too arrogant. If he falls into my hands, I'll see what I do to him."

Li Ergou naturally didn't know the resentment his colleagues held towards him. At this moment, he had arrived at his team's room. Lu Yun and the other team members were already there.

Li Ergou's fourth team, including him, had a total of six people. There was one experienced constable, known as Old Fox Zhou Li, and the rest were all rookies: Lu Yun, Zhang Long, Wang Chen, and Ma Qi.

Looking at the few people, Li Ergou asked everyone to talk about their ideas. You know, the county yamen has five captains, and the entire county is divided into five parts. They are responsible for the eastern district.

Li Ergou didn't know much about this, so he asked everyone to talk about the situation in the eastern district and how to collect the money.

Everyone was new and had no experience, so they all looked at the experienced constable Zhou Li.

Li Ergou also said, "Old Zhou, tell us about it."

Zhou Li saw the eager gazes of everyone, organized his thoughts, and then said, "Actually, this matter is not difficult, nor is it simple.

As everyone knows, the eastern district is a mixed bag. Most of them are martial arts schools, and those people are not easy to deal with. But the most troublesome thing is the Chengde Gambling House. The boss is not simple. He is not only a Qi training eighth-level Shinto cultivator, but also the county magistrate's brother-in-law.

If you can handle him, no one in the eastern district will dare to cause trouble. If you can't handle him, it will be difficult. He has a good relationship with A Kun. If you ask A Kun to come forward, maybe everyone can sit down and talk."

Li Ergou remained silent, tapping his fingers on the table. Everyone was looking at him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, his eyebrows raised and he said, "Hmph, A Kun, forget it. We'll find our own way. Let me tell you, the road is made by people themselves. Never put your hopes on others."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Li Ergou waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go to the eastern district first to understand the situation there. Anyway, there are still a few days left."

Everyone put on their clothes, hung their sabers on their waists, and set off with great fanfare. This was the first time Li Ergou had led a team since taking office. Along the way, many young girls and daughters-in-law looked over, their eyes filled with passion. After all, if they could marry a constable, they would not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives. This was definitely a popular choice.

Li Ergou was very happy. He didn't expect that a peasant like him would have this day. It was really comfortable.

If there weren't so many people, he really wanted to laugh out loud, for fear of being called a lunatic.

At this time, Lu Yun walked while flipping through a small notebook and reading to Li Ergou, "Eastern District, there are four martial arts schools, three restaurants, two brothels, one gambling house, and other small shops..."

Li Ergou thought for a while and said, "Okay, don't worry. Captain Huang told me to have our side take an inventory of the number of beggars first, and see what's going on with this case."

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Li Ergou to be in a hurry about this matter instead of collecting money.

There was no other way. Everyone walked around and checked. After some inquiries, they really found out some useful things. It turned out that hundreds of beggars had disappeared inexplicably these days.

In fact, the yamen had known about this kind of thing for a long time, but they didn't care about the disappearance of these beggars. However, now the number of beggars in the county is disappearing at an abnormal rate, and recently normal people have also begun to disappear mysteriously.

This has to attract the attention of the yamen. The most important thing is that the end of the year is coming. If bad things happen at this time, it will affect the magistrate's performance assessment, which is a very important matter in the Great Xia.

After investigating for a long time, night quietly fell. Tonight, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Li Ergou always felt that there was a strong killing intent surging in the air with the wind.