After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Running quickly on the corridor of the Shangshu Province, Yuan Yanchong looked around cautiously. He had met Wei Taiduan before, and to his surprise, the other party did not oppose him, but acquiesced to his actions.

Holding the confession tightly in his arms, Yuan Yanchong quickened his pace and headed for Shangshu Ling's public house. As expected, the defense pavilion at the door stopped him.

"Central Prime Minister Yuan." Fangge called respectfully.

Yuan Yanchong suppressed the sharpness in his eyes and said, "Please tell Mr. Jia that the Chief Censor has something important to report."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard at the door looked at him suspiciously, nodded, turned around and pushed the door open.

Looking at the figure entering the defense pavilion, Yuan Yan's heart seemed to be in his throat. His hands hanging by his side unconsciously stroked his sleeves.

Soon Fang Ge returned, turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.

Yuan Yan rushed in and looked around. He originally thought that there would be other people inside, and today's conversation would definitely not be successful. However, seeing that there was no one else in the room, and Jia Gonglu was smiling, it seemed that he had never had any grudges against him. He couldn't help but feel confused, but when he thought of Pei Jiaoran's words last night, he had to put aside his doubts.

Seeing Jia Gonglu sitting upright, he cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate has something important to report."

Glancing at Yuan Yanchong, Jia Gonglu stroked his beard and asked, "What can I do for you, Yuan Zhongcheng?"

"On my way back from Zhaoying yesterday, I was ambushed by unknown people. Fortunately, the accompanying defense cabinet fought to the death to protect me, so I was able to escape." Yuan Yan rushed to his sleeve and took out something, holding it in his hand, "This is the token I found at the scene. It looks like it belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Please take a look, Minister Jia."

Looking at the token in Yuan Yanchong's hand, Jia Gonglu took it, examined it in his hand, and put it back to its original place, "You mean Zhang Judang sent someone to ambush and kill you."

Yuan Yan raised his head and spoke slowly, "I don't mean that. It's just that I have received Lu Yi's confession."

When these words fell into his ears, Jia Gonglu, who was originally smiling, suddenly frowned and stared at Yuan Yanchong. This is the usual style of the Censorate, showing your cards directly and catching you off guard. Today's words also told him that his ally is no longer suitable to be an ally. He needs to make the right choice in this matter.

After suppressing his doubts, Jia Gonglu returned to his normal state. "What did Lu Yi's confession say? You don't have to give it to me. Just read it to me."

Looking at Jia Gonglu in surprise, Yuan Yanchong took a letter from his bosom, opened the wax seal, unfolded the letter, and read out Lu Yi's confession in detail.

His voice was flat and without any ups and downs. He glanced at Jia Gonglu from the corner of his eyes and saw that the expression in his eyes became more and more intense. His heart was slightly relieved.

"Mr. Jia, this is Lu Yi's confession." Yuan Yanchong placed the confession on the table and stood in front of it with his head lowered.

In order to get this confession, he had almost exhausted all his patience. He had used all the necessary means, and every time the trial reached a critical moment, Mrs. Wu would inexplicably appear in the county jail. She would cry and scream and act like a scoundrel, and would not let them torture her.

Finally, Wen Shu came up with an idea to imprison Lady Wu as well. He took advantage of Lu Yi's concern for his mother to make him reveal the truth. Unfortunately, the truth was far from what he imagined.

"Did Lu Yi say this himself? How many other people know about this?" Jia Gonglu asked in a deep voice.

"Lü Yi is a troublemaker and difficult to interrogate. We have spent a lot of manpower and resources to get the truth." Yuan Yanchong frowned and sighed, and asked tentatively: "I don't know how many people know about this. How about you send someone to Zhaoying County?"

Hearing this, Jia Gonglu's eyes flashed coldly. How many people could be interrogated in one interrogation? How could Yuan Yanchong not know? The difficulty was that it was impossible to keep all the insiders silent about the matter at once. Even though Zhang Rang and himself supported the King of Wu together, and outsiders thought they were united, in fact, each party had their own purpose.

Now Zhang Rang is using the name of the King of Wu to seek benefits for himself. Will he have other ideas and take the opportunity to annex him? Just thinking about it is frightening. It seems that he should not tolerate this matter.

Looking at Jia Gonglu's expression, Yuan Yanchong's heart, which had just been relieved a little, was now hanging high again. He still didn't believe that Jia Gonglu would stand on their side this time. But he had already come, and there was no room for change in this matter.

Sensing Yuan Yanchong's trepidation, Jia Gonglu smiled, "You are not as good as her. If she had come today, she would have negotiated with me calmly."

Looking at Jia Gonglu in astonishment, Yuan Yanchong was about to speak when he heard a sneer from the leader.

"Prime Minister Yuan, you've been traveling so long, you should go back and rest. Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask someone to see you and give you the right medicine to avoid causing any root of the disease." Jia Gonglu said.

The head of the Shangshu Province had already issued an order to expel him. Yuan Yanchong couldn't find a suitable reason for a while, so he had to bow and leave.

At the moment when Yuan Yanchong left, Jia Gonglu's eyes flashed fiercely. He really didn't expect Zhang Rang to be so bold as to dare to

He pretended to be the King of Wu to make the Lu family profit for him. However, his painstaking efforts to maintain the image of the King of Wu as a benevolent and loving person were almost destroyed by Zhang and Lu.

Jia Gonglu lowered his eyes and took a deep breath. In the blink of an eye, he stood up and pushed the door open to leave.

At this time, Yuan Yanchong had already walked out of the Shangshu Province, and on the way he happened to meet Wu Lingjia who was returning from Taifu Temple. The two of them met.

"What did Lord Jia say?" Wu Lingjia pulled him to a corner and asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yanchong sighed and said in a deep voice, "He told me to go to the Imperial Hospital to treat my injuries, so as not to cause any root causes of illness. I don't know what he meant."

"I think he should agree to this." Wu Lingjia curled his lips, "After all, the King of Wu is his favorite. If he lets Zhang Rang and Lu Yi continue to mess around like this, it would be a waste of effort."

"It would be great if it were so. Unfortunately, Jia Gonglu is also a shrewd man. What if he doesn't do so?" Yuan Yanchong shook his head, looking full of regret.

"Why think so much? If the sky falls, won't the other people in the Southern Court be able to support it? But do you want to go back to the Censorate? I want to know how the accounts at Yanziku are going." Wu Lingjia said with a smile.

"It seems that there are some clues. Now that you put it this way, I can understand why Pei Jiaoran insisted on telling Jia Gonglu about this matter. So there is such a thing." Yuan Yanchong seemed to have some feelings in his heart, and couldn't help but sighed: "If we can use this to deal a heavy blow to Zhang Rang, it will not be a bad thing."

While the two were talking, Pei Jiaoran had already left the Secretariat and headed straight for the Ministry of Personnel.

Pei Jiaoran pushed the door open with ease and smiled.

Seeing her come in, Cen Xi frowned slightly, "Mr. Pei really thinks this is the Central Secretariat."

"How dare I? I came here to tell you that Yuan Yanchong was assassinated by someone sent by Zhang Rang."