Half an hour later, the door of Yingou Gambling House was slammed shut. Liu Yu and Zhuge Changmin stood side by side, watching Zhuge Youmin commanding a group of guards and adding a large iron lock to the door. A newly written "Never Open" plaque was being hung up on the door beam by Liu Zhong instructing another group of gamblers. Zhuge Changmin watched all this silently and sighed softly.
Liu Yu said expressionlessly: "Changmin, I'm sorry that all your savings over the years have been wasted like this. However, if you trust me, Liu Yu, what you lost today will definitely come back in the future." .”
Zhuge Changmin nodded: "No matter how much you make, you can't make money without conscience. Today I have to thank you for scolding me to wake me up. If I really take that step and sell my brothers to the fighting field, what will happen to me?" I’m afraid I’ll never have peace of mind again for the rest of my life.”
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "It seems that God has arranged everything and asked me to come back before you took this step to prevent you from making a big mistake. However, I really didn't expect that after not seeing each other for several years, Jingkou would actually become Like this. Without the Xie family, we will have to let the mermaids eat meat? It wasn’t like this before the Xie family formed the Beifu Army. "
Zhuge Changmin gritted his teeth: "In the past, Beifu was just a place for recruiting troops, and there was not much right and wrong. But in the past few years, the Beifu army was invincible and eye-catching. Everyone wanted to control this place. If you control Jingkou, you will control the world. Qiang Bing, the Diao brothers are just a middle-class family, and behind them are King Kuaiji, Wang Guobao and the others. They probably think they can only take control of this place by knocking off the arrogance of the people in Jingkou first."
Wang Gong's voice sounded behind the two of them: "Master Zhuge is absolutely right. They just want to take away the blood of the people of Jingkou. What they want is a group of obedient and obedient slaves, not soldiers!"
Zhuge Changmin's expression changed, and he turned around, only to see Wang Gong in casual clothes, looking like a fairy, surrounded by a group of powerful guards, standing behind them, and the leader of the iron tower-like guard, Isn't it Liu Laozhi? In addition, Liu Xi, Sun Wuzhong, Gao Su, He Heng, Zhuge Kan and other senior generals of the Beifu Army were standing behind him, while Liu Jingxuan, a tiger-backed man, stood at the back, carrying a large iron Hammer, stuck out his tongue at Liu Yu and made a face.
Liu Yu smiled slightly and saluted Wang Gong: "Wang Zhenjun, why are you here? You should be inspecting official affairs in the Governor's Mansion at the moment."
Wang Gong laughed and stepped forward to take Liu Yu's hand: "I heard that you were not at home with your family, but came to Yingou Casino. I knew there would be a good show, so I came directly."
Having said this, he looked at the locked door of the gambling shop and shook his head gently: "It's a pity that I'm still a little late, and the fun is over. Looking at this, I think of you and me ten years ago. I think we met and got to know each other here for the first time.”
Liu Yu shook his head: "We should have first met at Qilidu in Garlic Mountain. As for here, I was quite embarrassed that time and made the Zhenjun laugh."
A trace of sadness flashed in Wang Gong's eyes: "The scenery remains the same, but the people and things have changed. Jingkou is still the same Jingkou, but you and I are not the you and me of the past, and Youdu..."
At this point, his voice was choked up and he stopped talking.
Liu Yu also felt sad in his heart, and sighed: "It's my fault that I came back too late. Neither my husband nor my husband Xuan Shuai could catch up with them for the last time. I was young and ignorant back then, a bad person, addicted to gambling, and always cheating." Thinking of opportunism, if they hadn't led me on the right path in life, I don't know what I would be like now. Therefore, I can't let the brothers in Jingkou take detours like I did back then. The casinos and brothels here are all... It shouldn’t exist.”
Wang Gong nodded: "Although I have heard about it before, I have never seen it with my own eyes. Liu Yu, I support you in this matter. I will report to the court soon and state the special nature of Jingkou, and use gambling to lure As long as I am still the governor of Yangzhou and the general of the Beifu Army, I will never allow it to happen."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Thank you Zhenjun, but I think those who opened the casino here may not be able to continue doing so if I make such a fuss today. Now all the elders in Jingkou know their plan. It is impossible for them to fool and deceive me, I am afraid that Governor Diao will soon be transferred to another place."
Wang Gong curled up his lips and said in a deep voice to the generals and guards behind him: "Okay, everything seems to be fine here. I haven't been back to Jingkou for many years. It's rare that I can take a walk today. You don't have to follow me. Liu Yu, are you willing to be my guide and lead me around?"
Liu Yu knew Wang Gong's intention, and he nodded: "It's what I asked for."
Wang Gong walked forward with a smile. He put his hands behind his back and looked high-spirited. His wide robe and long sleeves, coupled with his long beard that reached his chest, and his handsome face made him look as if he were flying. Liu Yu followed him calmly, leaning slightly back, which made it even more obvious that he was in the limelight all the time.
After walking more than a hundred steps on the official road, the people behind him were already far away. Wang Gongcai said bitterly: "Jinu, you have seen this time, what harm these evil thieves have done to the country, as long as we don't If we get rid of them, the court will never be purified, and our ambitions will never be successful. Jinu, when we were in Guangling last time, you and I didn't have time to talk in detail. What I asked you to consider, you said you would I will reply after I get home. Today you have also seen how those people brought harm to the country and chaos in government. Can you give me a satisfactory answer now?"
Liu Yu secretly sighed in his heart, this Wang Gong was still too radical, always thinking of wiping out his dissidents with his passion. Even if Wang Guobao and the King of Kuaiji behind him were not good at all, they were at least important ministers of the imperial court, and they could only rely on Beifu soldiers. Wanting to clear up the emperor's side will only cause the civil war to break out in advance. I must not let him have the illusion at this time.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu said seriously: "Wang Zhenjun, I have thought repeatedly in the past few days, I admire you very much for your patriotic enthusiasm and lofty ambitions, but in my opinion, now is not the time to take action. If you really If you want to realize your ambitions, you should be patient and wait for the situation to change."
Wang Gong's expression changed: "What, you have to endure it any longer? How long do you have to endure it? As I said last time, it was Your Majesty, the Holy One who wanted to clear out those bureaucrats from aristocratic families who were not enterprising, incompetent, and allowed me to take up this post. The governor of Yangzhou only allowed me to take control of the Beifu Army, just to clean up the emperor and uphold the foundation of the country. Look, even Jingkou has been harmed by these traitors, and you still have to endure it? Liu Yu, what are you thinking about? ?
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