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 that the emperor walked when traveling.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 streets, so he rushed over immediately.

Uncle Xu was stopped outside the gate by the guards of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

The 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 dares to forcibly break into the yamen 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 the fraudulent imperial examinations were too far away from him to be in touch with.

"Then you still ask me for 30 taels?" Xu Pingzhi raised his eyebrows, furious.

"What's wrong with cheating you, this is the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, you still dare to do something. Try it." The guard sneered.

"Ho tui."

The other was more straightforward, spitting at Xu Pingzhi.

Xu Pingzhi hurriedly avoided.

The two guards laughed wildly.

"call"

Uncle Xu let out a breath slowly, and glanced at the two rows of soldiers walking out of the yamen. Obviously, as long as he dared to make trouble at the gate of the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, he would not be able to walk around today.

In vain to hand over the handle to others.

"roll!"

The guard squinted and scolded.

Da da da suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came, and following the sound, a vigorous horse rushed forward, blatantly crashing into the yamen of the Ministry of punishment.

He ran 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."

When Xu Pingzhi saw his nephew, he felt relieved.

"Qiang" the sounds of drawing knives became one, and the guards in the yamen heard the movement, and rushed out with knives one after another, wanting to cut to death those who dared to make trouble in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

But when 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 at the back of his waist, and while holding 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 leader of the guard choked for a moment, pretended not to hear, and shouted: "You are really no expert in the Ministry of Punishment. Are you really not afraid of your Majesty's crimes and your obedience to the law?"

"You just let the horse come here, this shit is not fair, I, Xu Qi'an, will be in vain in the capital." Xu Qi'an sneered, brandished the scabbard and continued to beat.

At first the guard was able to dodge, or raise his hand to resist, but after a dozen or so slaps, 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 fight the arrogant silver gong.

The scene of fighting that day is vivid, 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: "30 taels of silver, it's the fee for two doctors' consultations, as well as soup and medicine."

After venting his anger, he stared at the guard leader and said, "Go in and communicate, I want to see Xu New Year."

Hearing this, the head of the guards did not refuse or respond, he signaled with his eyes to carry the two wounded into the yamen for treatment, took a deep look at Xu Qi'an, and retreated inside the yamen.

After a while, the head of the guards returned and said, "Sun Shangshu has an invitation."

Xu Qi'an tied the reins to the stone lion at the gate of the yamen, turned around and said, "Second Uncle, let's go in together."

Xu Pingzhi followed silently, and the two entered the yamen, walked through the front yard and the corridor, Second Uncle Xu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but chose to remain silent.

The guards led the uncle and nephew into the side hall, and on the main seat of the side hall, sat Sun Shangshu in scarlet robes, waiting with a serious expression on his face.

"I met Sun Shangshu." Xu Qi'an cupped his fists.

Sun Shangshu didn't look sideways, he didn't seem to see Xu Qi'an in his eyes, and said calmly: "Two words are missing."

Staring at Sun Shangshu for a few seconds, Xu Qi'an bent his spine, clasped his fists in the tone of a subordinate meeting his superior, and said, "I have met Sun Shangshu. I want to meet Xu New Year"

Seeing this scene, Xu Pingzhi's eyes suddenly became sore.

Sun Shangshu showed a satisfied smile, and said: "Cheating in the imperial examination is a serious crime, and it is natural for family members to visit."

Suddenly, the conversation changed: "No."

Xu Pingzhi gritted his teeth.

After finishing speaking, Sun Shangshu stopped looking at his uncle and nephew, and picked up the teacup.In officialdom, if the host does not drink tea while speaking, it means seeing off the guests.

"Don't bother Sun Shangshu anymore." Xu Qi'an turned and left.

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