Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Qi'an stepped out of Haoqi Building, stood at the bottom of the building, closed his eyes for a moment, and left resolutely.
Leaving the yamen, riding a pony, along the unimaginably spacious main road of the inner city, galloping towards the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
The main road is more than 100 meters wide and leads directly to the imperial city. It is the road the emperor travels on. This width is mainly to prevent assassins from ambush on the side of the road. Once encountering cold arrows and assassinations, such a wide road can provide sufficient buffer time for the imperial army.
Not long after, he arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
Xu Qi'an saw the figure of Second Uncle Xu from a distance. He was wearing armor and sharpened. He should have received the news while patrolling the street, so he rushed over immediately.
Second Uncle Xu was stopped outside the gate by the guards of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
Two guards shouted loudly, and one of them stretched out his hand and pushed Second Uncle Xu, but he didn't dare to fight back, and staggered back.
"Why, a small guard with a sword guarding hundreds of households, dare to forcibly break into the office of the Ministry of Punishment?" A guard pointed at Xu Pingzhi's nose and scolded, don't blame me for being rough if you don't leave.
Xu Pingzhi, who was practicing Qi, endured it, clenched his fists aggrieved, and said in a deep voice: "I am Xu Xinian's father, and I have the right to visit the prison."
Another guard taunted: "A repeat offender of imperial examination fraud is not allowed to visit. This has always been the rule. You can't read, you know a ball."
Xu Pingzhi really didn't know that the cases related to imperial examination fraud were too far away from him and out of reach.
"Then you still ask me for thirty taels?" Xu Pingzhi raised his eyebrows, furious.
"What's the matter with cheating you, this is the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, you still dare to do it. Try it." The guard sneered.
"Hotui."
The other was more straightforward, spitting at Xu Pingzhi.
Xu Pingzhi hurriedly avoided.
The two guards laughed wildly.
"Hoo"
Uncle Xu let out a breath slowly, and glanced at the two rows of soldiers coming out of the yamen. Obviously, as long as he dared to make trouble at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, he would not be able to walk around today.
In vain to give the handle to others.
"roll!"
The guard stared at him and scolded.
Da da daSuddenly, the sound of horse hooves came, and following the sound, a vigorous horse rushed forward and blatantly ran into the yamen of the Ministry of punishment.
He bumped into the two guards with raised eyebrows.
boom!
One of the guards couldn't avoid it, and was hit in the chest by the filly, and was thrown heavily into the air. After struggling for a while, he fell slowly to the ground, unable to recover from his injuries.
Someone really dared to commit murder at the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?
"Ning Yan."
Seeing his nephew, Xu Pingzhi felt relieved.
"Qiang" There was a continuous sound of drawing knives, and the guards in the yamen heard the movement, and rushed out with knives, slashing to death anyone who dared to make trouble in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
But after they saw clearly that the silver gong sitting high on horseback was Xu Qi'an, they all lost their temper.
The leading guard withdrew his knife, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Master Xu, this is the office of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. You must know that if you run into the Ministry of Criminal Justice and injure a guard, you will be imprisoned, exiled, or beheaded if you are serious."
Xu Qi'an ignored him, got off his horse, and kicked over the guard who was agile and avoiding the charge of the filly.
"Ouch" The guard screamed and rolled on the ground.
Xu Qi'an took off the saber behind his waist, and when he held it in his hand, he was beaten. The muffled sound of the scabbard beating the flesh made people shudder.
The guard screamed again and again.
"Master Xu!"
"Call me Lord Viscount."
The head of the guard choked for a moment, pretended not to hear, and shouted: "You really have no masters in the Ministry of Punishment. Are you really not afraid of your majesty's crimes and your obedience to the law?"
"Just let the horse come here, this shit is not fair, and I, Xu Qi'an, will be in vain in the capital." Xu Qi'an sneered, brandishing the scabbard and continuing to beat.
At first the guard was able to dodge, or raise his hand to resist, but after a dozen or so pumps, his eyes began to turn white, and he was dying.
The head of the guard gritted his teeth, and the veins on the back of the hand holding the knife were throbbing, but he didn't dare to really fight the arrogant silver gong.
The scene of fighting martial arts that day is vivid in my mind, and Xu Qi'an's momentum has not dissipated. At this juncture, ordinary people dare not confront him head-on.
The most important thing is that this person has a gold medal to protect him from death. Even if he kills him at the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he will be dismissed from office in the end, and his life will be safe.
Seeing that the guard was still breathing, Xu Qi'an gave up, hung the saber back on his waist, and said calmly: "Thirty taels of silver, it's worth it."?, he didn't speak, but waved away the officials in the hall. Then, word by word:
"I think you are young and don't know the rules, so I am willing to give you a chance. If you still want to stay in the officialdom in the capital, you will let me go obediently."
Xu Qi'an shook his head and said: "Sun Shangshu must have made a mistake, I don't know what you are talking about."
After a pause, he suddenly realized, and said with concern: "Listen to the meaning of Sun Shangshu's words, no wonder something happened to your young master? Kidnapped by thieves? Tell me, I am the most eager for justice, and no one can solve the case. As long as Sun Shangshu opens his mouth, I guarantee that within a day, he will be found for you."
Play stupid with me Sun Shangshu got angry from his heart, and said viciously: "Xu Qi'an, don't forget that you also have family members."
? Xu Qi'an sighed, with a sad expression on his face: "Master Shangshu, you don't seem to understand me. Both my parents died when I was young, and my second uncle raised me.
"However, my aunt bullied me and humiliated me in every possible way. When I was fifteen years old, she kicked me out of the house and let me live in a kennel. It's a pity that I don't have a father who is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops and can twist his mouth "
"Xu Qi'an!" Sun Shangshu interrupted angrily, stared at him for a long time, and said in a low voice:
"What exactly do you want? Your majesty wants to investigate the imperial examination fraud case. The Ministry of punishment and the presiding officer of the government will try it. The civil and military officials of the court will stare at it. I am the only one who has the final say. If you want to use my son as a threat, this official can only fight with you to the death. .Don't be naive!"
These days, whoever is more tyrannical can take advantage The cousin is naturally not as important as the son. I can be "ruthless", but he can't Xu Qi'an squinted He narrowed his eyes, walked up to Sun Shangshu, and whispered in his ear:
"I only have one request. During Xu Nian's imprisonment, he must not be tortured. Don't try to torture him. If he loses one finger, I will cut off one of your fingers. I will leave as many wounds on your body as there are wounds on his body.
"After the imperial examination fraud case is over, regardless of whether Xu Xinian can be exonerated or not, I will let your son go as promised."
"Xu Qi'an"
Just as Sun Shangshu was about to reprimand him, Xu Qi'an suddenly turned black, his face was ferocious, and he said sharply, "Call me Lord Viscount."
Xu Qi'an walked slowly to the table, picked up a piece of pastry and ate it, and said lightly:
"Does Sun Shangshu have a choice? Believe it or not, you have to do what I want. Unless you don't want a son-in-law. I didn't ask you to exonerate Xu New Year, but I just asked you not to do unnecessary things. This matter Not difficult."
He walked up to Sun Shangshu, wiped the scarlet robe, and said in a deep voice, "As you said, I also have a family."
This step was taught by Wei Yuan, but the method and plan were his own ideas, and Wei Yuan did not come up with any ideas.
Doing nothing and hoping that the opponent will be kind is nothing but a dream, and the teasing and cold reception he encountered in the Ministry of Criminal Justice this morning is just proof.
If you want to knock down the enemy, you must grasp the opponent's weakness.
And most of the weaknesses are close relatives. However, harming family members is a big taboo, and Xu Qi'an has to consider and control the scale by himself.
Therefore, he didn't imagine that only one Sun Yaoyue could save Erlang. Just make a deal between Sun Yaoyue and Sun Shangshu. In this way, the difficulty will be greatly reduced and the nature will be lighter.
As for Sun Shangshu's disapproval and insisting on torture Xu Erlang, then Xu Qi'an did what he said. He even asked Sun Shangshu to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person.
So far, everything has been within his expectations, thanks to the good grasp of the scale.
Sun Shangshu let out a sigh of relief: "Once I believe you, I will not torture Xu Erlang. I also hope that my son will be safe and sound when he returns home. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences."
"It's natural." Xu Qi'an hummed.
"But I'm not worried about you. I'm going to meet Xu New Year. You can ask someone to arrange it."
As he said that, he walked to the door with steps that his relatives did not recognize, turned around suddenly, and said with a smile: "By the way, Mr. Viscountyou called well."
Sun Shangshu's face was gloomy, his beard trembling with anger
"Clatter"
Amidst the sound of the chains sliding, the jailer opened the door leading to the prison, and a damp and decaying atmosphere rushed in.
Under the leadership of the jailer, Xu Qi'an walked through the dark passage to the cell where Xu Xinian was held.
Xu Nian closed his eyes and rested with his back against the wall. He was wearing a prison uniform, his face was pale, and his body was stained with blood.
Seeing his little brother's miserable appearance, Xu Qi'an's face sank in vain, after all, he was a step late, and Erlang suffered a lot in prison.
He underestimated Sun Shangshu's determination to take revenge on him.
Xu Qi'an said softly: "Erlang, Erlang"
Xu Erlang was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had heard wrongly, he opened his eyes in astonishment
ps: Yesterday's owed update, today make up, um, the number of words is added, not the number of chapters, if the chapters are large, your reading experience will be much better.
My usual word count for a chapter is 4000-5000. Therefore, today's word count is between 12,000 and 15,000. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)sp; He underestimated Sun Shangshu's determination to take revenge on him.
Xu Qi'an said softly: "Erlang, Erlang"
Xu Erlang was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had heard wrongly, he opened his eyes in astonishment
ps: Yesterday's owed update, today make up, um, the number of words is added, not the number of chapters, if the chapters are large, your reading experience will be much better.
My usual word count for a chapter is 4000-5000. Therefore, today's word count is between 12,000 and 15,000. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com