Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The Imperial Guard said, "This person is quite mysterious. This humble officer only knows that his name in the streets is Mr. Lu. He acts discreetly. This humble officer only knows of him because I am responsible for the Zheng Tong ward."

"That Mr. Lu who predicted correctly five out of five times?" Fang Zheng Yi's expression was a bit strange.

This was not the first time he had heard of Mr. Lu's great name.

Last time, he heard it from the Crown Prince.

To act discreetly and still have such a large influence shows that he has some ability.

However, out of professional instinct, he always felt that there was something strange about this...

A person with such great ability, who doesn't seek fame or fortune, and doesn't even talk about football experience, just wants to show off his prediction results to the people?

It smells a bit like a swindler....

"Yes, it's that Mr. Lu who predicted correctly five out of five times. Sir, do you also know his great name?" The Imperial Guard asked with a smile.

Fang Zheng Yi unfolded the newspaper again and said, "I've heard of him occasionally. Which team did he predict to win in the recent game?"

If he is really that amazing, playing a couple of games wouldn't be bad. He never won when betting on football in his previous life...

"I don't know! We are also wondering. Usually, there would have been rumors spreading in the streets, but this time there is no news at all."

Fang Zheng Yi curled his lips, put away the newspaper: "Acting mysterious! Alright, go do your work.... By the way, notify the others that the Imperial Guard is forbidden to talk about this person in the future."

"Yes, this humble officer obeys!"

......

The next day, in the afternoon.

It was time to get off work, Fang Zheng Yi leisurely held the newspaper and read, occasionally sipping tea.

Yesterday's football match had a great impact, and the Banshan Daily even added an extra edition for it.

After reading the football news that occupied half the page, Fang Zheng Yi was dissatisfied.

It seems that there is really no news to find, a broken football is worth adding a page.

However, on the other hand, it is also a good thing.

The fact that people can love football so much shows that they are eating well and have time to study leisure.

And it shows that the reporters are also working very hard, not slacking off.

In addition to football, the following reports are bland news.

《After more than a hundred days of drought, it finally rained.》-- Kangyang County welcomes the sweet rain after a severe drought.

《Easy exercises, make your smile brighter.》-- A complete explanation of the Ancestral Society's women's longevity exercises.

《A wealthy merchant in the north of the city angrily divorced his wife, and his concubine took the position, just because she always wants to...》-- The tragic end of a shrew.

.....

Fang Zheng Yi glanced at it a few times and then threw down the newspaper.

Today's news is unbearable!!!

The Banshan Daily is going further and further down the road of sensationalism...

Although specializing in vulgar content has a lot of traffic, there is no way to get close to the people like this, and we have to find a time to rectify it in the future!

Fang Zheng Yi muttered, looked at his watch, and began to pack his things to go home.

But at this moment, two figures rushed in from outside the door in a hurry.

Fang Zheng Yi paused and looked at the person in front of him and said, "Your Highness? Why are you here?"

"This... This prince has something important to find you!" Li Yuanzhao gasped for breath and patted the person next to him.

The man clasped his fists and said, "This official, Fan Cong, Commander of the Military and Horse Division, greets the Marquis!"

Fan Cong? He knew this person. Although the Imperial Guard was not responsible for civil affairs on weekdays, they also needed to deal with the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.

"What happened?"

"This prince has been deceived! I've been swindled out of thirty thousand taels of silver!" Li Yuanzhao shouted, "Lao Fang, you quickly help me investigate the case and bring the person back!"

Fang Zheng Yi was shocked: "Who dares to swindle you? Tell me carefully."

Fan Cong smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you don't know, a swindler who predicts football matches has appeared in Zheng Tong Ward, named Mr. Lu. This morning, Mr. Lu sold prediction results in Zheng Tong Ward, defrauding the people of Zheng Tong Ward of nearly one hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver."

"The Military and Horse Division is surrounded by people and is about to explode!"

"This humble officer has already blocked the city gates and sent people to investigate the case, but I am afraid that the people will be excited and the results will not be found in a short time, so I would like to ask you, sir, to send the Imperial Guard to support. The swindler must have fled to other wards in the capital, and the Military and Horse Division does not have enough manpower... Please help this official, Sir Fang."

Fang Zheng Yi did not hesitate and decisively said, "Come on! Immediately go to Zheng Tong Ward to evacuate the people and prevent them from causing trouble."

After speaking, he looked at Fan Cong again: "This matter hasn't alarmed His Majesty yet, right?"

Fan Cong shook his head, looked at him gratefully, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Imperial Guard takes action, then pacifying the people should be very fast, after all, the people of the capital have unconditional trust in the Imperial Guard.

The investigation can be delayed, but there can be no ambiguity in the people gathering to cause trouble.

Countless people were defrauded of hundreds of thousands of taels at once!

Such a shocking case, if a satisfactory result cannot be found in a short time, it would be light to have his hat removed.

"Don't rush, what other inside information is there, tell me one by one, so that I can arrange for people to go down to investigate the case, this little clue is not enough," Fang Zheng said.

"Yes." Fan Cong clasped his fists again, "As soon as this matter broke out, this humble officer immediately ordered all those who knew the situation to report. After summarizing, I did find some strange things."

"Within dozens of wards in the capital, there are people predicting the results of football matches. However, most of these people only predict once or twice, at most three or four times, and then disappear. Only this Mr. Lu in Zheng Tong Ward is the most amazing, predicting correctly five out of five times.... This person is extremely young, his life is unknown, and he only appears in the Xiangyun Restaurant before the game..."

Listening to Fan Cong's narration, Fang Zheng Yi touched his chin, thoughtfully.

Li Yuanzhao on the side was anxious again, patting his thigh and constantly regretting, chattering: "Lao Fang, what are you laughing at! So many people have been deceived, this prince has lost 30,000 taels of silver, quickly send people to search the whole city! Oh... my silver...."

Fang Zheng Yi put down his hand and coughed awkwardly.

After Fan Cong said a few words, he probably had a clue in his mind.

Isn't this the classic routine of telecom fraud in the previous life? Select the crowd, divide them into two halves and give predictions of winning and losing respectively. The part that predicts successfully, continue to divide into two waves and give opposite predictions, repeat this until the last wave of people has experienced multiple successful predictions and deeply believes in the swindler, then it is time to harvest.

It's just that later generations used this method to send text messages or emails on a large scale, which is cheap.

Now this human-powered gameplay is really fresh, I have to say it's a bit creative.

Ordinary people can't do this job, it seems that the person who organized this scam has quite a lot of energy.

Fang Zheng Yi raised his right hand to stop Li Yuanzhao from complaining, squinted his eyes and said in a strange tone: "Didn't we sell the Zhuangyuan coupons together? Gambling is a scam...."

Li Yuanzhao's old face turned red, and he bared his teeth and rushed up: "You laugh again!"

Fang Zheng Yi hurriedly dodged, his expression serious, and said: "This matter is a gang crime, and that Mr. Lu is probably not the mastermind, we are looking for the person behind the scenes."

"There are no important clues right now, we can only search the whole city for Mr. Lu first. Suppress this matter first and don't spread it to the court, I'll arrange it. Don't worry, as long as he is still in the capital, he will definitely not escape. Your Highness, come again tomorrow morning, I promise to bring him back by then."