On this page of thin paper was the information about the brokers' den that Xie Xian had obtained from the Hai Gang, and it had already been screened by Ge Tang.

Li You did not ask where the news came from. Huang Ying thought to himself that Cui Dalang was quite capable. Although he was slightly weaker against the princess, because of her identity as the victim, he was in the same camp with her.

There was no news a few days ago, and he thought the Cui family had given in, but yesterday they sent this over without a word.

Sure enough, the century-old family heritage cannot be underestimated.

Ever since Cui Jing knew that Cui Can and Xie Xian were together, he no longer took the eldest princess's affairs to heart, but he still had to pretend to do so.

He would just send someone to ask about the condition every now and then, and then prescribe more medicine, appearing to be anxious and sick to the outside world.

Cui Can had a great time on the sea, but Li Zheng didn't have such a good time these days.

Old Qian was currently taking him to hide in a farmyard. In order to avoid being discovered, Li Zheng had two pigtails and was wearing a little girl's dress. He pouted and looked at the rice porridge in front of him with disdain.

"You eat this every day, and nothing else?" He had been with Old Qian for a long time, and he could see that the old man had no intention of hurting him, but he wouldn't let him go. He appeared and disappeared all day long, and no one knew what he was busy with.

Old Qian looked at him sinisterly. Li Zheng immediately shut his mouth, drank the rice porridge in a few gulps, and then went into the house.

This old man was really scary, especially the big dog he brought with him. He recognized it because it was the dog that chased him and Cui Can.

Every time he came out to eat, the dog would look at him with red eyes and drool, so he never left the house these days, let alone run away.

A day ago, he wanted to go out for a look while the old man was away, but he was knocked down by the dog and almost bitten before he left the yard.

If the dog had not been frightened by something and not chased into the house, he would not know whether he could survive those few days.

After that, he no longer dared to go out casually. He just stayed in the house when he had nothing to do. Anyway, there was no one in this shabby place, and the dog was left by the old man to look after him.

Old Qiantou has been staking out outside the county government office these days. His good brother has been arrested, and he knows that the longer he hides, the harder Qian Sihai's life will be.

Several members of the Beggar Gang in prison also hated Old Qiantou to death. They were completely deceived by him.

The streets were full of soldiers and officers. If he had not pretended to be a single householder in his early years, he would have been unable to escape the first round of inspection.

"Sir, please be kind and let me go and see my cousin." Old Qiantou handed over five taels of silver.

The gatekeeper weighed the silver in his hand and waved his hand impatiently, "Go and come back quickly!"

Their prison is almost full these days. "This beggar gang is really a bunch of poor people. They come to the prison to eat free meals. Hey, I don't know when they will be taken away. They are dirty and smelly."

Old Qian nodded with a wry smile and went in with his lunch box. The food in the cell was really not very good.

He gave the name of a small hall master in the lower-middle level of the Beggars' Sect, and said that a distant cousin came to visit.

There was no hope for the Beggars' Sect leader and the middle and upper echelons. He handed over the food box and talked to the young hall master who had many relatives.

"Hey! Uncle, you don't know. We were badly harmed by that thief this time, especially that old money man. What do you think he did by hiding Prince Yu?"

"Hey, cousin, I've been in jail for so long, and you're the only one who came to see me, and you brought me my favorite roast chicken. Before, when I went to your house, you wouldn't let me in. I didn't expect that true friendship would be revealed after a hard time..."

The young hall master sighed, and Old Qiantou sneered in his heart and asked, "How long will you be imprisoned this time? If the prince cannot be found, what will you do?"

There was anxiety in his eyes, as if he really cared about his nephew.

"Don't even mention it. Those of us who were implicated are fine, but the gang leader and the elders are having a hard time. Especially that old Qiantou's brother Qian Sihai. He comes back covered in blood every day after being interrogated. I don't know how long he can last!"

"Then he was dragged down by his brother."

"Tsk, what's the point of bringing trouble to this guy? He's not a good person. The higher-ups all said he deserved it and is paying off his debts. There's no good end for a thief."

As the young hall master was complaining, Old Qiantou came out with a food box and stuffed some silver into the jailer's pocket, asking him to take good care of his 'nephew' whom he met for the first time.

He performed the whole act and then left feeling satisfied.

Standing on the street corner and watching a bunch of runners running past him, Old Qian squinted his eyes and looked in the direction he was going. Almost there! Wait two more days. These dark dens are hard to find. He knows what the high-ranking officials of the Beggars' Gang don't know!

As the most senior broker in the gang, he knows all the brokers' dens in Kuaiji County. Hehe, people despise him for being old and kicked him out of the core circle, so let's just leave him alone.

At first, the information Xie Xian received about several dens provided by the Hai Gang was not comprehensive. Later, after Si Ji's reminder, Lao Qiantou, who had turned evil, went straight to the point of marking out all the dens of the beggars' gang that even the top leaders of the Beggar Gang were not aware of.

By sending it to Prince Xiang through Cui Jing, these dens would be eradicated in one fell swoop through official force.

Old Qiantou felt happy as he watched the hidden places being found one by one, and then he limped towards the farmhouse.

The young master was not a good-tempered person, but he was not worried when he went out to do things. Besides Da Huang, there were also people watching him secretly.

He knew this a long time ago. The man had promised that as long as he could get rid of this cancer, Ya Jue, he would tell him everything he wanted to know.

So today, he disguised himself like this and went to visit his 'nephew' in prison just to check the results.

After entering the courtyard, Li Zheng heard the sound and quickly stuck his head out, breathing a sigh of relief. As long as the old man came back, the dog would be very obedient and would be able to come out and move around on its own.

Old Qian stood up straight, humming a little tune as he cooked. Li Zheng saw that he was in a good mood, so he went over to him and asked, "When can you let me go?"

"Just wait a few more days." Old Qian said frankly.

Li Zheng sighed. He knew that what Lao Qiantou said was true. He also asked Lao Qiantou why he did this, but all he got in response was silence.

Although he no longer asked questions, he was just extra obedient and ate when he was told to eat and drank when he was told to drink.

Three days later, those high-ranking members of the Beggars' Gang who did not escape were sentenced to execution. Together with them were the human traffickers who were found out from the trafficking dens, and many children who had not been sent away in time were also rescued.

This time, the court's work was met with rare applause.

As they were taken to the execution ground, people in the crowd threw all kinds of rotten vegetable leaves at them. The villagers cursed and cried. Many of them were children whose families had gone missing and could never be found again.

This time, Prince Li You, the Prince of Xiang, handled the situation so decisively and quickly that his reputation among the gentry soared.

Everyone discussed: "Sure enough, the eldest princess is not good enough. We still need to take the test of the prince to wipe out those evildoers in one fell swoop."

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