After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Fang Xiaoqi added: "Continue the search, and the clerks should keep good records."

"Yes!" The soldiers, yamen runners, and clerks immediately got busy, checking the crime scene inch by inch. After confirming the evidence left by the hooligans who broke into private houses, they went to tie up Cao Weinan, Fang Erlai and 30 other hooligans.

Then, according to the usual practice, interrogate the families of Yan, Zhang, Liu, Wang, Liu, Qin Ershu, Jiang Dalang and others, and record their statements.

By the time it was done, it was already dawn. The residents of Yexiang Lane became bolder and came to the door of the last house, stretching their necks to look inside.

When Chen Bantou saw them, he called out, "Are you residents of Yexiang Lane? Then come in quickly. We want to question you!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone ran away... They just came to watch the fun, but didn't want to be dragged into it.

"Damn, what a bunch of cowards." Chen Bantou cursed and called the yamen runners: "Come on, follow me to investigate and collect evidence from house to house!"

Huang Yanglong shouted, "Fang Xiaoqi, please give us two soldiers to accompany Lao Chen and his men to record their statements. If we encounter uncooperative people, there are also soldiers to help Lao Chen."

Chen Bantou wanted to kill Huang Yanglong... Did this bastard want to help? He clearly suspected that Huang Yanglong was in cahoots with Boss Ma and would ask the people in Yexiang Lane to help Cao Weinan and the others speak well of him, so he asked the palace soldiers to keep an eye on him.

Fortunately, Old Chen only pretended to be blind to small matters. He saw clearly the big things and would not care about these idiots. So he smiled and said, "Young Master Huang is still thoughtful. Please ask Fang Xiaoqi to help the two soldiers."

"Okay." Fang Xiaoqi agreed readily.

Chen Bantou took the yamen runners, clerks, two palace soldiers, the deserving Huang Yanglong and others to go to each house in the alley to record confessions.

If someone refused to open the door, Huang Yanglong would bang on it and shout, "Don't pretend to be dead. The government is collecting evidence. If you dare not open the door to cooperate, the government soldiers will break down the door and arrest you and send you to jail!"

In one word, the tightly closed doors of the houses opened one after another, and everyone cooperated and told what they knew tonight.

However, the people in Yexiang Lane didn't know much. They only said, "Zhang Gongshun, that is Qin Er, came to the Yan family as a guest during the day and gave many gifts, but was caught by Fang Erlai and made a scene. Fang Erlai was chased away, but he was not convinced and went to call his brothers. At night, he rushed into the house and made a scene again..."

"The young men from the Zhang and Liu families are asking for help in the alley, but we have a family to take care of, and we are timid and weak. It's hard for us to even kill a stray dog, so how can we help?"

Huang Yanglong asked: "Several families in the tail house said that Fang Erlai would force the residents of the alley to pay for self-protection. Is this true?"

This?

Yes, there is, but the people in Yexiang Lane dare not say it, for fear of offending Fang Erlai’s backers and ending up being retaliated against.

Huang Yanglong saw through their thoughts and said, "Because of the Jin family's offspring, the three officials of the government office all think that the city should be cleaned up, so don't be timid. If you have grievances, take the opportunity to speak up. If you don't speak up, it means you are helping the evildoers conceal their crimes. If you are suspected of deliberately giving false testimony, your property will be confiscated and you will be exiled."

What the hell, he's going to be exiled too?!

The people in Yexiang Lane were scared and tired of being bullied by the hooligans. They gritted their teeth and told them that Fang Er had come to collect money for their protection: "One hundred coins a month. If you don't pay, I will make you unable to live here. Not only do we have to pay, but the people in the next two lanes have to pay too."

Not only that, all the weak families in the entire Xicheng District have to pay for self-protection.

After hearing this, Chen Bantou was overwhelmed. He silently lit a stick of incense for Ma Lao Da and said to the clerk, "Remember this."

"Hey." After the accompanying clerk recorded the confessions of the people in Yexiang Lane and asked them to put their fingerprints on them, he went to the other two alleys and questioned them door to door. Most of the residents confessed that they were forced to pay money for self-defense.

When it was bright in the sky, Chen Bantou and his colleagues finished recording the confessions and returned to Weizhai.

The effect of the drugs on Cao Weinan and the others had worn off, and they were able to move and speak again. They hurriedly cried out, "Chen Bantou, it's unfair. We didn't break into people's houses, and we didn't use drugs to harm people. The drugs were brought by Qin Er. If you don't believe me, go search him!"

Fang Erlai also cried, "Chen Bantou, Brother Chen, my brothers are really wronged, you have to stand up for us."

“What are you yelling about? Who is your brother?” Team leader Chen rushed over and slapped Fang Erlai several times. He wanted to slap Fang Erlai to death. He then said, “We dragged you out of Yan’s house. You still have drug bags on you, and the paper you used to wrap the drugs is on the ground. Even with this, you still have the nerve to cry out for injustice?!”

He then called to the yamen runners: "Shut their mouths and take them back to the yamen!"

Huang Yanglong looked at him with a smile, and said to Team Leader Chen sarcastically, "Old Chen, you handled the case much more efficiently today."

What? Are they worried that the case will be handled slowly and they will give you up?

Team leader Chen pretended not to hear and went to discuss with Fang Xiaoqi. After leaving two yamen runners to guard the crime scene, he took Cao Weinan and his men, as well as several victims from the last house, and several witnesses from Yexiang Lane and the two neighboring lanes, back to the yamen.

Uncle Qin and the others are also witnesses, so they have to go too.

……

The government office was recently busy with the Jin family's seed-keeping case, the Wuze medicine shop's drug theft case, and the Zhao family's property fraud case. It was so busy that many officials stayed up all night. So when Cao Weinan and the others were taken to the government office, the people in the office went crazy, and they all wanted to chop Cao Weinan and the others to pieces!

The New Year is coming soon, can't they just be quiet? Do you have to find trouble for them? Do you want them to stay in the government office to handle cases during the New Year?

"Captain Chen, are we going to torture these people?" the bailiffs in the government office asked, gritting their teeth and preparing for a big fight.

Chen Bantou endured the whole night and was very resentful, but he said: "Take them to the torture room first, and wait for me to report back to the adults. After getting their approval, I will torture them."

"Yes!" The bailiffs responded, and rushed forward, beating Cao Weinan and the others on the spot. After they were satisfied with the beating, they took them to the torture room.

Chen Bantou hurried to the government court and reported to the three officials of the government office.

But Fang Xiaoqi had already told Gao Baihu about the matter before him.

Captain Gao and the three officials also stayed up all night and were now working in a government office. After hearing what Fang Xiaoqi said, their faces became as gloomy as ghosts.

boom!

Prefect Shao slammed the table angrily and cursed, "What a bunch of dishonest people! Who is behind this Cao Weinan? But that Boss Ma? Arrest him as well!"

As soon as Chen Bantou came in and heard this, he shrank back in fear and quickly presented the confession: "Sir, these are all the confessions in the Yexiang Lane case. Please take a look."

The lawyers immediately took the confession and read it with the adults.

Luo Tongpan and Shao Zhifu were getting angrier and angrier as they watched: "They brought drugs and gathered a crowd to break into people's houses to harm people, and secretly collected money from the people for self-defense, 100 coins a month. The government's tax collection is not as harsh as theirs. This is really against the sky!"

It would have been fine in the past, he could turn a blind eye for the sake of peace in the city, but now that he has caught the Jin family's offspring and has hope for promotion, he will never allow his path to promotion to be ruined by these scoundrels!

Prefect Shao's eyes were filled with murderous intent. After a moment, he said to Captain Gao, "Captain Gao, Boss Ma runs a gambling house and has thugs. We need your help in arresting him."

Captain Gao drank a cup of strong tea, stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Prefect, I will lead the troops to Jinfu Casino and arrest Boss Ma for you!"

Prefect Shao immediately wrote a warrant for arrest, stamped it with his seal, and gave it to Captain Gao: "Go ahead."

This?

Do you really want to capture Boss Ma?

Team leader Chen was so shocked that he was stunned. When he came to his senses, Captain Gao had already left with the arrest warrant, ordered his soldiers to leave the yamen, and rushed to the Jinfu Casino.