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Hu Bai shook his head in embarrassment and said, "I'm afraid this is not appropriate. After all, if all the people involved don't show up after such a serious and violent incident has occurred, then I'm afraid someone will point at my back and say that I side with the Su Clan. I can't afford to bear this crime."

These words were reasonable and indisputable, but Su Fugui naturally did not believe Hu Bai's nonsense. In the past, there had been countless times of vicious incidents of violence, but he had never seen someone so positive. Why was he acting like a ghost this time?

Su Fugui's expression was a bit ugly. Although he really wanted to get someone to randomly beat Hu Bai to death, it was just a thought. He forcefully maintained a smile and said: "Even if it's me, I, Su, begging the Lord …." As he said so, he retrieved a silver note from his sleeve and passed it over.

With his status and influence, it was not easy for him to speak humbly and humbly.

Hu Bai glanced at the amount of silver in Su Fugui's hand and sucked in a breath of cold air. Just this casual move was worth ten thousand silver taels, ah, this move was really generous. All these years, the Su Clan had monopolized the key industries in the Azure Province, and they had truly made quite a lot of money.

To be honest, he really wanted such a large amount of silver. However, he still shook his head resolutely. Sometimes he could, sometimes he couldn't, but this wasn't the time to ask for silver.

"Brother Su, what do you mean by that? This official is clean and honest, and never accepts bribes. What are your intentions?"

Hubert flew into a rage, dissatisfied with Su Fugui's bribery.

Su Fugui was stunned. Although he knew that it wouldn't be a good thing for Hu Bai to come personally this time, he estimated that he would at most be able to collect some silver to get some oil. This ten thousand taels of silver was not a small sum, and it should be enough to stop him from talking.

However, he didn't expect that Hu Bai would be angry on the spot. His heart instantly turned cold. It seemed like this guy really intended to investigate everything thoroughly.

He had always believed that money could not be taken care of, but since Hu Bai did not even accept any money, it meant that the matter was a little serious.

"It seems like Lord Zhizhou must take away my son?" Hu Bai's attitude was very clear, it was meaningless for him to warm up and continue to stick close to other people's cold butt. Since you want to be serious, then I, Su'er, am not afraid of you, because the people from the palace have always been supporting me.

Hu Bai spoke with determination, "That's right. If we don't investigate this matter to the end, how would I have the face to trust the State?"

Su Fugui's face was a bit stiff, his eyes spewed fire of anger as he glared at Hu Bai. Hu Bo however had a face full of righteousness, and there was even a trace of craftiness and a complacent smile in his eyes as he looked angrily at Su Fugui who was rushing over. The other party's threat was nothing to him right now.

Although Su Fugui was furious to the extreme, at this moment, he had no other way. If they were to openly defy the order of Zhizhou, it was likely that a large hat would be taken off. Even if the Su Clan wouldn't be harmed, they would definitely be stripped of their skin, and at that time, the other Fang Clan members would definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble.

If he sent his son to the yamen, wouldn't that be equivalent to slapping himself in the face? How would he have the face to face his peers in the future?

In short, it was a difficult situation to get down from.

His face turned green and red. His mind was in a mess. He wanted to beat Hu Bai to death, but this was obviously impossible. He could only think of another way.

After a while, he hesitated and sneered: "Hu Zhizhou, I hope you have the confidence to take care of my Su family this time. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will not have anything to say about the matters in the Azure Province."

This was no different from a naked threat, but judging from the Su Clan's control over various businesses in the Azure Province, this was not considered arrogant and conceited. Rather, it was very accurate.

When that time came, there would be no leeway for him to turn back. Either he would win and rise to the rank of official in order to make a fortune, or the Su Clan would suffer a crushing defeat, or he would lose and lose without a care in the world. Without a middle ground, it would be impossible to find a way out.

He could only mutter in his heart, placing all of his chips on the Second Princess and Chu Wuwei. He believed that the power behind the two of them, one was the emperor, and the other was a duke, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to overthrow the Su Family. He hoped that he could do the right thing.

He had been floating around for so many years, and he was well aware of the importance of standing in a line to bet. Every moment, he would be standing in a line.

He also sneered: "Brother Su, what do you mean by that? This official has always been on behalf of the people and has always thought of the common people. These words of yours are actually slandering me for my personal grudge, I don't know what intentions you have."

Su Fugui's face was stiff and incomparably gloomy as he coldly snorted: "A straightforward person does not lie. I only hope that it is as you wish. We'll see who can still laugh until the end."

"Someone, take him."

Hu Bai did not reply and just shouted. A dozen or so bailiffs immediately rushed in from outside with fire and water sticks in their hands. They walked in aggressively with fierce expressions on their faces.

"Wait, I'll get someone to personally send my son over. I won't trouble the few of you any further."

Su Fugui quickly said. If he let these people make a move, his son would probably die before he could even make it halfway.

The constables all turned to look at Hubbard, waiting for his decision. Hube nodded and readily agreed. "Thank you so much for your cooperation, Brother Su."

A few hundred yamen runners escorted Su Yun, Su Qing and Liu Fu towards the yamen in a grandiose manner. There were many people along the way, afraid that no one would know that the young master of the Su Family had been captured by the yamen.

Along the way, many people came over to ask about the situation, and upon finding out that the one escorting Su Yun was Su Yun, they all clapped their hands and cheered. All these years, the Su Family had relied on their power and influence to bully the common people, and committed many evil deeds, so when everyone saw this scene, they were extremely happy, some even took out their firecrackers and lit them.

HuBai sat in the palanquin. When he saw how excited the people were, he could not help but feel ashamed. He had been too useless in these past few years and had repeatedly shown mercy to the Su Clan. These people had suffered too much. In private, there were probably many people who were cursing their own incompetence.

It was the first time that the constables had been flattered by so many commoners. They all felt proud of themselves. All these years, they had been acting with their tails between their legs and their hearts were full of grievances.