Magistrate Qian guessed that the Hu family might not be spared, so he hurriedly put his head out of the sedan chair and whispered to the master who was running aside and was covered in sweat: "We can't let him do this anymore! Hurry up and get me." Seal the letter to mobilize troops!"
The master gasped and said: "Dong Weng, if Liu Haojia dares to do this, he must have real evidence. We may not get any benefits from participating, and we might even get into trouble!"
Magistrate Qian stamped his feet and said, "What do you know! If I ask you to mobilize troops, just go quickly!"
After speaking, Magistrate Qian urged the master to leave quickly, but the master had no choice but to leave. However, he has little confidence in whether he can successfully organize Liu Haojia after he mobilizes troops. He is just doing his best to obey fate!
Then Magistrate Qian got off the sedan and stood outside the wall of soldiers and looked inside. I saw that the whole process was similar to what happened in Zhao Mansion! Those who resisted were killed, and all men, women and children were dragged out of the house and knelt in a row on the ground!
When the head of the Hu family was dragged out, he pointed at Liu Haojia and cursed. However, when Liu Haojia named a pirate and threw a copy of the confession in his face, the head of the Hu family behaved even worse than the head of the Zhao family. Kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy!
Unfortunately, what Liu Haojia didn't know was that this man was the old man in blue shirt, one of the five people in the restaurant near the pier! If he knew, he would probably laugh three times!
Later, when Magistrate Qian followed Liu Haojia two streets away, he found that a mansion had been surrounded by soldiers! At the same time, he also knew whose family this was, it was the family of Li Shusheng who was drinking with him!
But since the soldiers only surrounded the residence and did not rush in, this gave them a long time to react. Under the organization of the Li family, more than a dozen nursing homes were holding weapons and confronting Sansheng officers and soldiers in front of the gate! At the same time, an old man wearing a moon-white gown stood on the steps, and standing next to him was Li Shusheng.
Liu Haojia rode his horse to the gate. He smiled at the two of them across the confrontation between the soldiers and the guards and said, "I guess this is the head of the Li family, right? It's our first meeting. Please forgive me if I offend you in any way!"
The old man snorted and said nothing, but Li Shusheng said sharply: "Liu Haojia, you sent troops to surround our Li family. What do you want to do?"
Liu Haojia hit her leather boots with a riding crop and said, "It turns out it's Mr. Li. We parted ways not long ago, but unexpectedly we meet again! Life is full of surprises!"
Li Shusheng said loudly: "Stop talking about surprises, what exactly do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"
Liu Haojia laughed and said: "Master Li is really good at criticizing me. He opened his mouth and accused me of treason! It's a pity that I am not here to rebel, but to arrest the pirate den owner!"
Li Shusheng's face turned red with anger when he heard this, and he said: "You are talking nonsense! How can our Li family be the owners of pirate dens! You are slandering!"
Just as Liu Haojia was about to speak, he heard someone shouting from behind: "Mr. Liu, let me in!"
Liu Haojia turned around and saw Magistrate Qian waving behind a wall of soldiers! Liu Haojia couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, feeling that the prefect Qian was really haunted! But he could only wave his hand to the soldiers to let him in.
Magistrate Qian ran over with his robe and said breathlessly: "Master Liu, how long are you going to make trouble? Do you still want to arrest all the gentry in Quanzhou City? They can't all be bandits!"
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "Sir Qian, I'm just catching thieves again! And if people don't tell secrets, don't say you don't know that the Quanzhou gentry refuses to sell food and supplies to the navy. That would be meaningless! And I I wanted to borrow some grain from Master Qian, but he resisted, saying that the grain is for disaster preparedness and should not be touched lightly! Why, now that I have arrested someone, you are actually afraid!"
Magistrate Qian's face turned red when he heard this! When Li Shusheng and others approached him with their request, he agreed after a little hesitation! His original intention was to use the hands of Li Shusheng and others to force Liu Haojia to share some of the credit with him.
He originally thought that when Liu Haojia was desperate, he would use the food in the official warehouse to help Liu Haojia pass the border. When Liu Haojia owes him a favor, he will get the credit! But he didn't expect that Liu Haojia would not follow common sense and start arresting people!
The most frightening thing is that Liu Haojia arrested two families in a row, and all of them had real evidence! This made him a little flustered! Because there were so many pirate nest owners under his rule, he could not escape the crime of negligence! So now he doesn't want to talk about sharing the profit, he must make Liu Haojia not say bad things about him!
Thinking of this, Magistrate Qian immediately handed over his hands and said: "Master Li, it's not that I won't help you with this, it's just that it takes time to count the grains and arrange the transportation! Don't worry, Master Li, there will be enough grains and vegetables shipped before tonight!" "
Liu Haojia said casually: "There's no rush, we can talk about things between us slowly. Let's deal with the matter at hand first!"
At this time, Li Shusheng could no longer hold back his anger, and he saw that Magistrate Qian might turn against Liu Haojia, so he directly said loudly: "Sir Qian, Liu Haojia falsely accused our family of colluding with pirates. It is really abominable. Your Excellency, hurry up and send troops." Catch him!"
But Magistrate Qian was not sure whether the Li family had colluded with pirates? If the Li family is really involved, but he intervenes randomly, wouldn't it be detrimental to himself? So he straightened his official uniform and said, "Master Li, I wonder if there is any concrete evidence that the Li family colluded with pirates!"
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Of course there is evidence! Otherwise, why would I come here to arrest people!"
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the servant behind him sent a confession. Magistrate Qian took it and took a look. There was also the word "Copy" written on the cover. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Liu Haojia did everything right! But this did not prevent him from opening it and reading it as soon as possible.
At the same time, the Li family and his wife looked at each other in surprise, with strange expressions! Liu Haojia guessed what they were thinking! Both of them were probably wondering if the other party had colluded with pirates but didn't tell their families, so now someone was looking for them!
Magistrate Qian opened the confession and flipped through a few pages before handing it back to Liu Haojia. His expression seemed to be calmed by the content! But he collected his thoughts and said slowly: "Mr. Liu, although His Majesty's imperial edict stated that all matters related to pirates are under the management of the Navy, the trial of the case is different! Especially the people who were arrested were all gentry from Quanzhou. ! So from my point of view, it is better to say that they are transferred to my yamen, and I will deal with them according to the law!"
