The Empress's First Running Dog

Chapter 72 Report to Yuan Qingyi
Lu Liang suddenly woke up, looked carefully in the light of the fire, and was surprised to find that a prisoner was being brought into the corridor.

With disheveled hair and wearing prison clothes, the jailer escorted him outside his cell, opened the door, and pushed him hard:

"Get in!"

The prisoner said nothing, and the officer left with a bang.

Lu Liang noticed sharply that those policemen were very unfamiliar and he had never seen them before.

and……

Given his status, it is unusual that he is still in prison without being convicted.

Logically speaking, a prisoner should never be allowed to live in the same room with him.

"Who are you? What crime have you committed?" Lu Liang asked vigilantly.

The disheveled prisoner ignored him and just raised his head. His thin, scarred face had a terrifying look:

"Are you Luliang?"

Dengdeng... Lu Liang, a scholar, took two steps back and tried to remain calm:
"you……"

The next second, the prisoner suddenly lunged forward, struck with his knee and elbow, causing his anklets to rattle.

He slammed Lu Liang against the wall, and locked his throat with his bony hands:
"The Minister asked me to tell the Imperial Censor that you have worked for him for many years and know too much. Rather than saying something you shouldn't, it is better to be loyal to the Pei family in the end... I am here to send you off."

Hoho... Lu Liang's throat was locked, his face turned red, and he was gradually suffocating. When he heard this, his eyes suddenly widened.

Pei Kaizhi wants to silence the witness!

He was afraid that I would be dissatisfied, rebel, and join Yuan Li...

Yes, that bitch Si Niang made no secret of the fact that she was having an affair with the guy named Zhao. How could this have happened without the old thief's instructions?
Lu Liang struggled violently!

However, he was just a scholar, how could he break free?

Even though he struggled hard, he felt dizzy and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

The other party really wanted to kill me and did not hold back.

When he was on the verge of death, his mind suddenly became clear. Lu Liang's kicking right foot suddenly hooked the prisoner's "shackles", and his left foot and whole body pressed against the wall.

Kick hard!
"Crash!" The prisoner lost his balance and stumbled to the ground.

Lu Liang took the opportunity to break free, gasping for breath, and suddenly rushed to the railing, shouting heartbreakingly:

"Zhao Duan! Zhao Duan! Someone come here!"

……

At the end of the corridor, in a cubicle.

The banquet was half over, and most of the old wine on the table was gone. The head of the Ministry of Justice and others were bleary-eyed and waved their hands repeatedly:

"Sir, I can't eat anymore. Drinking more will... cause trouble..."

Strangely enough, at first they just refused and ate a few bowls, but they didn't expect that this "aged wine" was so strong.

Pei Si Niang, who was also at the table and wearing a bright red wedding dress, also held her chin with her hands, her face burning hot and unbearable:
"I can't do it either... Hey, it seems like someone is calling you."

by the table.

Zhao Duan's eyes were clear, with a smile on his lips, and he pumped the martial arts energy in his body to expel the anesthetic in the wine through his pores.

If I had this magical skill in my previous life, wouldn’t I be invincible in blocking the drinking for the leader... Zhao Duan sighed and said:
"Maybe Zhu Kui has come back with the hangover soup. I'll go check it out."

……

Inside the prison.

When Zhao Duan "hurriedly" arrived, the prisoner had been knocked unconscious by Zhu Kui who had arrived earlier.

"What's going on?" Zhao Duan was stunned.

Lu Liang, with his blue clothes in disarray and one of his boots missing, sat slumped against the wall in a state of embarrassment, coughing, his neck red from being strangled.

"Sir, someone sent him a death row prisoner to silence him." Zhu Kui answered knowingly.

After a near-death experience, Lu Liang struggled to survive. His eyes were red as he stared at him with a hoarse voice:

"Pei Kaizhi wants to kill me. You must protect me and take me away from the Ministry of Justice."

Lu Liang had no doubts because the killer really did not hold back.

More importantly, this is the Ministry of Justice prison, Pei Kaizhi's territory, and the old father-in-law is indeed capable of doing such a thing.

The father-in-law and son-in-law know each other too well.

"He wants to kill you?"

Zhao Duan was startled, then laughed:
"That's better, why should I save you?"

Lu Liang looked fierce:

"I have evidence of Pei Kaizhi's interference in the imperial examination results. He thought he had done it perfectly, but he didn't know that I had already secretly obtained the evidence. If you send me to see Mr. Yuan, I can get a great credit. Aren't you tempted?"

In order to survive, Lu Liang had no choice. He closed his eyes and said: You forced me to do this.

It’s done... Zhao Duan clenched his fists in his sleeves, trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart.

He made the right bet. How could Lu Liang, who had been harboring rebellious intentions for so many years, not have any countermeasures against his father-in-law?

The reason why he went to so much trouble and directed all this was to alienate the father-in-law and the son-in-law and make the two sides completely fall out.

Everyone thought that he was just taking revenge on Lu Liang.

But he didn't know that his real purpose was never this. "Zhu Kui!"

Zhao Duan said in a deep voice, "Take him and follow me!"

The two of them set off immediately. When they returned to the corridor, they saw a charming lady suddenly rushing out, hooking Zhao Duan, and giggling:

"My Lord, I am tired..."

At the back, the head of the Ministry of Justice and the other jailers also stood up and said alertly:
"Hey, where are you going, envoy? Ah, why is Censor Lu..."

Zhao Duan had a blank expression on his face. The warrior pushed out a wave of energy with one palm, and it was like a tsunami.

When everyone was in chaos, he had already rushed out of the prison with Lu Liang.

"The big thing is bad!"

The head of the Ministry of Justice covered his chest and coughed violently. When he got up, he was mostly sober and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He glanced at the drunk jailer and the lady in red sleeping soundly on the ground, and vaguely realized that he had fallen into a trap.

"Oops!"

Not daring to delay, he staggered out to report to the Minister.

……

……

Under the night.

The street was deserted and two horses were galloping.

The leader rode up, Zhao Duan tied Lu Liang horizontally on the horse's back, and ordered Zhu Kui beside him:
"Go call for help. If anyone comes chasing you, do your best to stop them and hold them back."

"Yes!"

Zhu Kui turned his horse and ran to the side.

Zhao Duan spurred his horse and rushed to Yuan Li's residence as quickly as possible. As long as he entered the "Yuan Mansion", his great achievement would be accomplished.

……

……

At Yuan Mansion, under the night sky, the majestic and imposing mansion was brightly lit.

In the inner hall of the back house.

A group of "Qingliu Party" officials are gathered together to discuss important matters in secret.

Sitting at the head seat, Yuan Li, wearing a robe with a sky-blue cloud pattern and an official hat, was elegant and handsome, with a deep gaze. He looked at his nose and his heart, listening to the officials below him discussing and arguing, like an old monk in meditation.

What everyone was discussing was the decapitation plan against "Pei Kaizhi".

"Mr. Yuan, please make a decision." Finally, an official said.

All eyes gathered around.

Yuan Li seemed to have just woken up from a nap and asked, "What's your idea?"

One person said, "Now everything is ready, we just need the east wind. We have found a few opportunities, but none of them are reliable. We have been arguing for a long time, and it is up to you to make the final decision."

"Yes."

"Please let Mr. Yuan decide!"

The Qingliu Party officials began to speak up.

Yuan Li sighed softly, reached a hand out from his wide sleeves, and picked up the several "plans" on the table, all of which were the reasons for impeaching Pei Kaizhi.

But the next moment, he handed a few documents to the lamp, letting the flame lick and burn them until they turned into ashes.

"This……"

The ministers were shocked, and heard Yuan Li's disappointed tone:

"Pei Kaizhi is one of the pillars of the 'Li Party'. There are complicated connections behind him. If we make a mistake in beheading him this time, it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity again. We cannot afford to fool around. These are barely enough, but they are not enough!!

The knife is not sharp, and if the head is not cut off, it will be a disaster. What I want is evidence that can kill with one blow."

The ministers were bitter:

"Mr. Yuan is right, but Pei Kaizhi has been running the business for many years and has always been cautious. How could he leave any evidence of what he did? And it's urgent, so there's really nothing we can do."

Yuan Li was silent and sighed in her heart.

How could he not know?

The beheading of Pei Kaizhi was another quick move against the court since the empress ascended the throne. He had solved ninety-nine of the one hundred difficulties.

But it just happened to be stuck on the only remaining "blade".

The opportunity to act is fleeting and cannot be delayed too long, but the "east wind" has not appeared yet. How can he not be worried?
The room was quiet and depressing.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the door. It was the servant of the Yuan family:
"Master, Zhao Duan wants to see you!"

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