Taiping Inn

From the beginning to the end, Lu Yanbing did not ask the young man what his surname or name was. After killing him, he turned his head and looked at the person who had just spoken: "It's you? Change your family, and those who know the times are heroes."

The man was wearing the uniform of the Ministry of Justice, but he was an old acquaintance of Lu Yanbing. Hearing Lu Yanbing's words, he subconsciously took a step back and saluted respectfully: "Hello, Lord Lu."

Lu Yanbing did not appreciate it: "I am not a lord, and you are not my subordinate. According to the words of your Ministry of Justice, I am just an insignificant person in the world. You can beat me if you want to beat me, and kill me if you want to kill me."

The man was Zhao Wuqi, an old subordinate of Lu Yanbing, but now he has changed to the Ministry of Justice. Hearing what Lu Yanbing said, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Wu, you are too kind."

Lu Yanbing snorted coldly: "Who is too kind? Your fifth-rank "big official" whose surname is unknown, has been saying that my master and my brother should get out of the imperial capital."

Zhao Wuqi's forehead was sweating coldly, and he didn't know how to answer. At the same time, he cursed in his heart. Some words are not as heavy as four taels, but they weigh more than a thousand pounds. He drank too much in private. Whether it was Mr. Qingping or the Great Sword Immortal, he said it, and it was nothing to scold Buddha and ancestors. But you said these things in front of others, which was a provocation. If you want to die, this is not the way to do it.

Lu Yanbing came to the woman and the brother and sister, took the folding fan from the woman, put on the sunglasses again, and said: "I took the person away. If you want the person, let your Shangshu come to apologize in person, otherwise..."

Lu Yanbing did not finish his words, but just snorted, and let Zhao Wuqi slowly savor the rest.

As Lu Yanbing's former subordinate, Zhao Wuqi knew this old boss very well, and did not dare to confront him head-on, so he could only agree.

At this time, Lu Yanbing also had an idea. Now was a great opportunity to use this bait to catch the big fish Liu Fengpan.

Lu Yanbing walked out of the court with three people in a dignified manner. The people from the Ministry of Justice, led by Zhao Wuqi, did not dare to stop him. Who let him have a backer? If ordinary people dared to be so arrogant, they would have asked the experts from the Supervision and Arrest Department to take action.

Outside the court, many police officers from the Ministry of Justice had surrounded the court, holding iron rulers, iron chains and other objects. When they saw Lu Yanbing coming out, they stepped forward one after another, and then heard Zhao Wuqi say in a deep voice: "Make way."

Many police officers dispersed and made way for a road.

After walking away, Lu Yanbing asked, "What's your name?"

The woman was startled, then reacted and hurriedly clasped her fists and saluted, saying, "I am Song Zhu, thank you for saving me, young master."

Lu Yanbing looked at the brother and sister following behind Song Zhu and asked, "Where are these two?"

Song Zhu sighed, "My brother's name is Hu Fang, and my sister's name is Hu Yuan. The sky is round and the earth is square. In life, we should stand tall and upright. 'Square' is the foundation of being a human being, and 'round' is the way to adapt to the world. As those people in the Ministry of Justice said, they are the children of criminal officials, and I was entrusted to protect them. I thought the brothel was a mixed bag, so I hid them in the brothel, but I didn't expect that they would be exposed and blocked by people in the Ministry of Justice. If it weren't for the young master's righteousness, they would have been doomed."

Lu Yanbing became interested and asked, "What happened?"

Song Zhu then explained the whole story in detail.

It is still related to the struggle between the Emperor's Party and the Empress' Party. The so-called Empress' Party members may not be completely sincere in their attachment to the Empress' Party. Many of them are forced to do so. After all, Xie Zhi was in power at that time, and officials' promotions could not bypass Xie Zhi, and she did employ some capable officials. No matter what these people think in their hearts, in the eyes of the Emperor's Party, they are undoubtedly Empress' Party members.

Now that the Empress' Party has been overthrown, the Emperor's Party has gained power, so it is natural to "weed" them. No matter whether you voluntarily attach yourself to the Empress' Party or have to attach yourself to the Empress' Party, you are the target of "weeding", which is to make room for the Emperor's Party members and to cut the grass and root them out.

In addition, the Empress' Party has suppressed the Emperor's Party for many years, and many Emperor's Party members have died tragically, such as Zhou Shuning's father Zhou Tingchao, so the Emperor's Party's move also carries the meaning of revenge.

Finally, many people took revenge for personal gain, dug up old scores, looked for evidence, and tried every means to frame their opponents as members of the Hou Party, and then they could use the party struggle to put them in an irreparable situation.

In this way, there were unjust cases. There were many people in the Hou Party who had made great contributions, but they were dismissed from office and imprisoned because of party struggles, just like Qin Xiang.

The father of the Hu brothers and sisters was an official of the Hou Party. In his early years, he was also full of scholarly ambitions, but after wasting many years, he had to go through the door of a senior official of the Hou Party, and then he rose to prominence. In this process, he did do some shameful things, but he was in his position and did his job well. He could be regarded as a capable official.

Not long ago, their father was unexpectedly implicated, imprisoned, and tortured and disabled in prison because his family had no money to make way. However, their mother was a strong-willed woman. After entrusting the two siblings to Song Zhu, she went to the Censorate alone to knock on the door. The Censorate evaded the question that the case was being tried by the Ministry of Justice. She went to the Ministry of Justice again. I don’t know what the people in the Ministry of Justice said, but Mrs. Hu finally ran into her head and died in front of the door of the Ministry of Justice.

I think it was also a helpless move by Mrs. Hu. She was worried that the officials would protect each other and suppress the case, so she burned her boats and sacrificed her life to publicize the matter.

As expected, the matter soon spread throughout the imperial capital, and both ordinary people and court officials talked about it.

If it were other departments, it would be fine. The Minister of Justice had just entered the cabinet and was proud, so he was willing to surrender and retreat. It was also when a major case was launched, and there were many people from the imperial party who refused to open this. After the precedent, he decided to force the matter to suppress it, so today's Ministry of Justice took over.

Lu Yanbing and the three of them crossed two streets and came to a secluded alley. He saw a carriage parked in it, with the door open, and a woman in black sitting alone, closing her eyes to rest. It was Shangguan Wan .

Shangguan Wan opened her eyes and looked at Lu Yanbing. Seeing the three people behind her, she showed an inquiry.

Lu Yanbing called the three of them to get on the car and told Shangguan Guan one by one about what happened in the yard and what happened to the brother and sister.

There is no need for Lu Yanbing to make things clear. Shangguan Wan already understood her intention and nodded slightly and said, "It is indeed a good opportunity to do two-pronged approach."

Lu Yanbing sighed: "After that being said, this Mrs. Hu is a strong woman. Although she has never met her, she also makes people feel a little respect."

Shangguan Wan disagreed: "It is certainly heroic and respectable to each other with death, but if she hadn't met you, wouldn't her children be killed? She would also implicate this Miss Song."

Lu Yanbing sighed and said, "Who can see clearly in the world? Even ants are greedy for life. Mrs. Hu took this step, perhaps because in her opinion, there is no way out and she can only fight to the death. The senior brother back then was also I have done something similar. If the second senior brother had not arrived in time, there would be no senior brother today."

Shangguan Wan no longer had too many entanglements on this topic, but instead said, "Let them be placed in Yuyingguan for the time being, we are just going to visit the Great Wizard."

Lu Yanbing looked at Song Zhu and Hu brothers and sisters and asked, "What do you mean?"

Song Ning hesitated and said, "Yuying Temple seems to be a royal Taoist temple?"

Lu Yanbing smiled faintly and said, "This is the Taoist temple of Princess Xuanzhen. It is a Ministry of Justice. You can't cover the sky with your hands. Don't worry."

Song Ning knew the importance of the matter, so he did not refuse, so he clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Thank you, two Gao Yi."

The Hu brothers and sisters also thanked the two with Song Ning.

Lu Yanbing reached out to help the Hu brothers and sisters and said, "No need to be polite. Although I have never seen your father, your mother is so strong. I think your father will not be a treacherous villain. It is appropriate to help you. righteous."

Shangguan Wan'an couldn't sit still and ordered the coachman outside, "Go to Yuying Temple."

The carriage drove slowly.

...

An official wearing a big red official robe walked into the lobby of the Ministry of Justice with a stern face. He was in his prime and even among the members of the Shangshu and the cabinet officials. If the seventy-year-olds and eighty-year-olds retire and return home, then he will have at least twenty years to do.

The last person who entered the cabinet at such an age was Zhang Suqing during the Wude period. Although he was killed and died, he was also a great minister and was named the Grand Tutor during his lifetime. Therefore, there were already some voices in the court and the country, believing that he could replace Zhao Lianggeng and become the second Zhang Suqing.

This person is Liu Fengpan, an important official of the Imperial Party, who was born in a Hanlin class. According to the saying that "If you are not a Jinshi, you will not enter the Hanlin class, and if you are not a Hanlin class, you will not enter the cabinet." It is reasonable to enter the cabinet. What's more, the Ministry of Justice is different now. It has replaced the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office. Liu Fengpan actually replaced Liu Yi's position, and at the same time, there are a large number of masters under his command, although the wardens of the Supervisor did not directly obey him. He ordered the order, but he would not deliberately make things difficult for him. The masters of the Supervisor's Office still let him call him.

There were more than ten masters from the Ministry of Justice who came with Liu Fengpan. The weakest ones were all the cultivation level of the innate realm, and several of them were not inferior to He Sanwu.

At this time, there were many corpses in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, most of whom died from sword injuries. Only one young man was not killed by sword injuries, but was penetrated through his head by the sword energy.

There were many stretchers around the body, and the wounded were lying on the stretcher, and the crying sounds came one after another. The worst one was He Sanwu, who was dying. Although Lu Yanbing did not take his life, it was in his A "three-point sword" was left in his body. Once the sword energy enters the body, it will be like a gangrene attached to the bone. After the sword energy falls to the ground and takes root, it will occur every day. It will hurt to the bone marrow when it occurs. And as time goes by, the sword energy will invade the meridians, heart, and dantian Qi, like roots spread throughout the body, and will not stop until death.

These voices made Liu Fengpan feel a little upset. He took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure it was Lu Yanbing's doing it?"

Zhao Wuqi smiled bitterly: "What my subordinates saw with their own eyes is absolutely true. But according to the rules of the world, we do not take the truth. After all, it is a matter of humiliation and death.

Liu Fengpan snorted coldly: "Rules in the world? This is the imperial capital, not the world."