Surprise! The villain is my brother, stay calm!

As soon as Feng Chengyu came back from training his soldiers, he was surrounded by runners from the Heavenly Punishment Division. Mu Qingli, carrying the orders from the Heavenly Punishment Division, stripped Feng Chengyu of his military uniform and then took him away.

"Where is the prisoner Su Xianxin?"

"Let go!"

After Feng Chengyu finished speaking, he refused to say anything else. Anyway, the truth had already been revealed, so he might as well suffer by himself instead of implicating Xianxin.

He had asked Lu Xifei to get back together with him before, but was rejected. He felt disheartened, and then when he heard that Su Xianxin was exiled to Yanzhou to work in a coal mine, he thought about bringing her back.

After all, it was the white moonlight that he had always longed for but could not obtain, so naturally he wanted to possess it.

He spent all his cash to get Su Xianxin back, but even though Su Xianxin was rescued by him, his parents did not agree to him keeping Su Xianxin at home, so he had to keep her outside.

He felt heartbroken when he thought of Su Xianxin hugging him and crying so miserably.

Now that she has finally escaped from this sea of ​​suffering, how dare I let her do that kind of hard labor.

He thought he would be discovered, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

It turns out that people cannot take chances.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Mu Qingli grabbed the people around him and interrogated them. It turned out that Feng Chengyu hid Su Xianxin very deeply and no one knew about it.

The Feng couple were too embarrassed to beg for mercy, and their young wife was already pregnant. Their son would not listen to their advice, so they let him take her to mine. At least she could save her life.

Don’t always do things that make them anxious. It’s better not to have such an unfilial son!

Mu Qingli did not make things difficult for the Feng couple. They were truly loyal to the Lu family. It was just a pity that there was an unfilial son who was so obsessed with the heroine that he lost his way.

Feng Chengyu was sent to dig coal, and then Mu Qingli sent the yamen runners from the Tianfa Division to look for Su Xianxin.

The only way to start was to start with Feng Chengyu's real estate, but unfortunately, nothing was found.

There was no way, Lu Zhanxing could only let the matter go for the time being, but he felt even more disgusted with Feng Chengyu.

The matter in Yongzhou was almost resolved, so the Tianfa Branch was asked to supervise these officials. After that, Lu Zhanxing and others headed towards Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is my brother’s territory and also the place where the uprising started. Coming here makes me feel at ease, just like returning home.

Yanzhou in particular has expanded several times and is more prosperous than ever before.

After arriving in Yanzhou, Lu Zhanxing and his companions moved into the mansion where they had lived before. This was the prefect's mansion before. The new prefect was his brother's man, so he respectfully welcomed them to live in the mansion.

Knowing that the poison had been almost cleared, Lu Zhanxing felt relieved and asked Mu Qingli to take Ling'er to continue the inspection.

Back in the capital, Lu Zhanyan received the memorials from Mu Qingli and Lu Zhanxing. As expected, even though he became the emperor, there were still people who took advantage of their high position and were far away to engage in corruption and bribery.

Fortunately, there is a Heavenly Punishment Department to supervise, otherwise it would be even more unimaginable.

Sure enough, letting Xingdi be the commander of the Heavenly Punishment Department was the right choice.

Lu Zhanyan sent two more officials to Yanzhou and Yongzhou to serve.

And he was preparing to urge Lu Zhanxing to return to Beijing.

A few days later, Lord Wei finally mobilized all his connections and finally found clues about the person behind spreading the rumors.

"Your Majesty, this rumor came from Qingzhou. I sent people to Qingzhou to investigate, and someone found Yang Jingchen's whereabouts."

Yang Jingchen?

Didn't they say he died in the war?

Even the former Yang family was exiled to the border by him, but Yang Jingchen didn't die?

Lu Zhanyan knew that Yang Jingchen was resourceful, but he did not expect that he would be so decisive in faking his death and escaping.

What does he want to do?

Do you want to learn how to rebel?

"Do you know where he is going?"

"Your Majesty, Qingzhou was once the place where Yang Jingchen served as an official. He hid very secretly and I, an old minister, could not find him. I think he started this rumor. I am afraid he wanted to turn Your Majesty and Prince Yi against each other and eventually stir up trouble."

It was already very difficult for Lord Wei to find Yang Jingchen's whereabouts, and Lu Zhanyan didn't want to make things difficult for this old man anymore.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will hand this over to someone else. You have worked hard these days. I will allow you to have a few days off."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. It is a great honor for me to share your worries. I am not tired at all!"

Seeing that His Majesty finally stopped making things difficult for him, Lord Wei breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't slept well for several days in order to find out who was behind this.

After returning, he had to quickly select a few younger members of the clan to train with him, otherwise the Wei clan would sooner or later decline.

After Lord Wei took his leave, Lu Zhanyan hesitated for a moment and could only send a letter to Yangzhou, asking Gu Xuyao, the Minister of Justice, to go to Qingzhou for a thorough investigation.

As for my brother Xing, he is already very busy, so I won’t bother him anymore.

Gu Xuyao ​​is also quite resourceful, so it is feasible for him to go.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and after Lu Zhanxing and others thoroughly investigated Yanzhou and Xuzhou, they almost stopped.

Decided to travel to Dayan.

Inside the carriage, Ling'er curiously lifted the curtain to look at the scenery outside, with an excited look on her face: "Father, Daddy, it's so lively outside!"

Although she is only two years old, she has seen as much as anyone else.

Before taking Ling'er to see the world, Mu Qingli didn't want Ling'er to see the interrogation methods for fear of scaring her. Unexpectedly, Ling'er was not afraid and provided even more vicious methods of extracting confessions.

Mu Qingli was so shocked that she quickly asked her where she learned it.

Ling'er said that she learned it from her eldest uncle. Once, she went to visit her eldest uncle's mansion, and when she was playing hide-and-seek with Xiulan and several maids, she hid in her eldest uncle's study. Then she saw her uncle enter a secret room, and she followed him out of curiosity.

As a result, she saw that there were many prisoners in the secret room. She saw with her own eyes that her uncle, who appeared gentle on the surface, put one card after another on the prisoners' faces, asking a question as he put one on, until the person was suffocated to death. She was so scared that she cried.

Then she was discovered by her eldest uncle, who held her and gently explained that this interrogation method was called "official stickers", which involved sticking wet mulberry paper on the prisoner's face, one piece at a time, until the person was suffocated to death.

This interrogation technique not only does not involve the shedding of blood, but is also very effective.

It was also from that time that Ling'er and her uncle had a secret, and it was a secret that her aunt could not know. Afterwards, her uncle told her a lot of the interrogation techniques used by the Ministry of Justice.

Ling'er threatened her with the "secret" and asked her to take her to see other interrogation methods. Gu Xuyao ​​had no choice but to take her to the Ministry of Justice in order to keep the "gentle and weak" image in Lu Xihua's mind.

It was only after Ling'er grew up that she could still remember the image of her uncle, who was gentle on the outside but cruel on the inside. She still had some shadow of her uncle in her mind.

Mu Qingli first secretly hated Gu Xuyao ​​for corrupting Ling'er, but she had to admit that although this method was vicious, it was indeed very effective.

Seeing Ling'er's innocent look at this moment, Mu Qingli secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really frightened by Ling'er's calm and gentle expression. If Ling'er was not only two years old, he would have thought that Ling'er had the body of a little person but the soul of an adult.

Lu Zhanxing had no idea what Mu Qingli was thinking, but he and his daughter squeezed by the window to watch the scene outside.

"Father, there are candied haws. I want candied haws!"

Ling'er noticed a carriage selling candied haws passing by her and started shouting excitedly.

Lu Zhanxing said with disdain: "What's so delicious about candied haws? Only sugar candies are delicious."

"What is a sugar man?"

"It's made of candy in the shape of a human. It makes you feel sweet when you eat it."

"Ah, then I want to eat the candy man, father~"

Ling'er was quickly attracted by the candy man in her father's mouth and shouted that she wanted to eat the candy man.

"Okay, let's go to the inn and stay there first, then dad will take you downstairs to buy some candy."

Ling'er was overjoyed, "Father, you are so kind. Ling'er likes you so much!"

"Really? Then you have to be nicer to your father in the future! We have to be sincere to each other. If I am good to you, you have to be good to me. If you have something delicious or fun, you have to think of your father, okay?"

At this moment, Lu Zhanxing did not forget to instill in his daughter the idea of ​​being good to himself.

"Yes, Ling'er knows, and she will definitely not forget her father."

Because my father would eat, drink and have fun with me, and was willing to take me out to play.

Father is truly the best father in the world!!

Mu Qingli watched the father and daughter playing with each other and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Ah Xing is like a child, asking such a young Ling'er to pamper such an old father...