After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

As soon as Meng Qianqian and the other two came out of Wanhua Tower, they ran into Lu Yuan who came from Yingchun Road.

When Lu Yuan saw Yu Li on Meng Qianqian's back, he glanced at Lin Xiaoru, who was dressed as a man beside her.

"It was Xiaoru who saved my cousin."

Meng Qianqian said.

Lu Yuan cupped his hands and bowed solemnly to Lin Xiaoru: "Thank you, Miss Lin."

Lin Xiaoru said, "It's just a small favor, you're welcome."

Lu Yuan took Yu Li and carried him on his back.

Meng Qianqian said to Lu Yuan: "I will send Xiaoru home first, you take my cousin back home."

Lu Yuan asked: "Is my cousin's injury serious?"

Meng Qianqian said: "I gave him an injection, it's nothing serious, he will be fine after a good night's sleep."

Lu Yuan knew what was going on: "I'll take you there."

Meng Qianqian looked at Lin Xiaoru.

Lin Xiaoru said: "Oh, I have no objection."

The two families' carriages were nearby, one at the east end of the street and the other at the west end.

Meng Qianqian got on Lin Xiaoru's carriage, while Lu Yuan carried Yu Li on his back and got on his own carriage.

"Xiao Ru, how did you catch up with them?"

Lin Xiaoru said: "I am very familiar with the terrain of the capital, so I took a shortcut to chase him. That person seems to be able to use Qinggong, but he is still not as fast as me who took the shortcut."

"I see."

Meng Qianqian nodded and said to Lin Xiaoru seriously, "Xiaoru, you saved my cousin. I am very grateful. If something like this happens again next time, you can report it to the police."

Lin Xiaoru thought for a moment and said, "Oh."

But when Master Lin returned home, Mrs. Lin saw that he was alone and couldn't help asking, "You didn't go to your grandfather's house? Where's your sister?"

"I didn't see her."

"She's going to pick you up!"

"what?"

Lin Xiaoru disappeared, and the whole family panicked. They quickly sent people to look for her at the Imperial College to see if the brother and sister had missed each other on the way.

However, after an hour, no one found Lin Xiaoru.

Just when the family was extremely anxious, Lin Xiaoru finally arrived home.

Lin Jijiu, Madam Lin, and Young Master Lin were wandering around the door, their bodies covered with snowflakes.

"Father, mother, brother."

Lin Xiaoru greeted.

She had changed back into her female attire and looked the same as when she went out.

Mrs. Lin sobbed and started crying: "Where have you been? You scared me to death!"

Master Lin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his sister was fine. He noticed Meng Qianqian who got off the carriage with his sister, and Lu Yuan who got off from another carriage.

The young couple performed the respects of juniors to Lin Jijiu and Mrs. Lin.

The matter was of great importance, so Meng Qianqian did not hide anything from her two elders and told them everything about how Lin Xiaoru rescued her cousin.

Mrs. Lin was so shocked that she forgot to cry.

Lu Yuan bowed deeply to Lin Jijiu and said, "The Governor's Office is grateful to the Lin family for their kindness. I will never forget it."

Lin Jijiu said nothing and turned to go into the mansion.

Mrs. Lin looked back at her man, then looked at Lu Yuan who was still bowing, and sighed silently.

-

On the way back, Meng Qianqian talked to Lu Yuan about Yu Li.

"I didn't notice it just now, but now that I've calmed down and thought about it, it seems that the process of rescuing my cousin was a little too smooth."

Lu Yuan asked, "Do you mean you or Miss Lin?"

Meng Qianqian said thoughtfully, "Both. Xiaoru and I entered Wanhua Tower one after another. There were many experts in Wanhua Tower. Xiaoru knocked out an Oiran and moved my cousin from a side room to a small tea room without being discovered. I made quite a noise when I was looking for someone, but no one stepped forward to stop me."

"Mrs. Yan."

Lu Yuan said.

Meng Qianqian's eyes flashed with surprise: "You mean, she is helping us secretly?"

Lu Yuan analyzed, "Wanhua Tower is not a pushover. If a fly flies in, it will be slapped a few times. If it weren't for Madam Yan's tacit approval, tonight's operation would not have gone so smoothly. As for her tacit approval, whether it was to help or to set up a trap, it's hard to say for now."

Meng Qianqian felt that what Lu Yuan said made sense.

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "You go to bed first tonight, you don't have to wait for me."

Meng Qianqian asked: "Where are you going again?"

Lu Yuan asked coldly, "What do you mean by 'again'? Meng Xiaojiu, I just go out once in a while, and you won't even allow me to do that? It's only been a short time since we got married, and you're already so clingy?"

"I……"

Meng Qianqian was completely speechless.

How did she become clingy?

She just asked a question, but he detoxified it with many meanings. Isn't it his own problem?

Meng Qianqian got off the carriage angrily.

"Are you still angry?" Lu Yuan snorted coldly, "Got it, I'll try to come back as early as possible to avoid you spending a long night alone in your room."

Who's lonely in the room?

Meng Qianqian bent down and grabbed a ball of snow, wanting to throw it away but holding back.

Don't bully him because his cold hasn't healed yet.

Lu Yuan called the servant and carried the unconscious Yu Li into the mansion.

Wu Ge'er asked, "Grand Commander, where are you going?"

Lu Yuan said: "The Prime Minister's Mansion."

-

Xun Qi was writing a letter in the study.

Suddenly a servant came to report: "Seventh Master, the Grand Commander wants to see you."

Xun Qi frowned: "No."

"Seventh brother, you are so arrogant, are you dissatisfied that you are not dying fast enough?"

Accompanied by a nonchalant voice, Lu Yuanrui, wearing a silver fox cloak, walked into the study room uncontrollably.

The two soldiers looked at each other: "Seventh Young Master"

Xun Qi said calmly: "You guys step back."

Several people retreated, and only Lu Yuan, Xun Qi and a secret guard hiding behind the screen were left in the study.

Lu Yuan didn't treat himself as an outsider. He pulled a chair and sat down opposite Xun Qi. He took a hand out of the hand warmer and threw two things to Xun Qi.

A dagger and a secret letter.

"Your handwriting has not improved at all after all these years."

He found this secret letter from Yu Li, which contained a map of the military deployment in the capital.

Lu Yuan sneered: "Trying to fabricate charges of treason against the Governor's Office? Let me guess, which country is that courtesan a spy from? Northern Liang? Western Regions? Northern Liang, I fought in the Northern Liang battle. If you erase my military achievements, the prestige I have worked so hard to accumulate among the people will vanish into thin air."

"You are so unskilled! Your schemes are just like your calligraphy. There has been no improvement over the years!"

Xun Qi looked at Lu Yuan coldly: "Are you here to ridicule me?"

"Yes."

Lu Yuan admitted generously, "You spent ten days and half a month planning, but your opponent broke through in less than an hour. If I were you, I would use this dagger I gave you to commit suicide out of shame."

Xun Qi said unhappily: "You should keep it for yourself!"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "If you don't die, someone else will die."

Xun Qi turned away: "I'm too lazy to play charades with you."

Lu Yuan curled his lips and said, "Xun Qi, the situation of the Prime Minister is over, why don't you face the reality?"

"You betrayed your adoptive father, so you want me to be a traitor to the Prime Minister's Mansion like you. Is this the only way to make you feel that your actions are not so despicable?"

"despicable?"

Lu Yuan seemed to have heard a huge joke. "In terms of meanness, who can compare to our adoptive father? You are willing to work for him, but in his eyes, you and Xun Liu are all chess pieces that he can discard at any time. You don't care about yourself, so don't you care about your sixth brother?"

Xun Qi frowned: "Why are you bringing up Sixth Brother for no reason?"

Lu Yuan spread his hands: "I'll just talk about whatever you care about. He has been detained in the Ministry of Justice for so long, and he hasn't asked you to take the blame for him. Are you still feeling smug, thinking that he has a little bit of father-son affection for you?"

"Alas, I don't understand. He obviously gave everyone the same drug of love, so why are you and Luo San the only ones who are hopelessly stupid?"

Xun Qi said coldly: "Don't hit people with a hammer here and a stick there!"

Lu Yuan said: "Xun Liu is not loyal to the Prime Minister. He works for his adoptive father for you. Everything he does is for you."

Xun Qi suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Lu Yuan stood up calmly, tucked his hands into his hand warmer: "Xun Qi, you are desperate to save someone who is only interested in using you. One day, you will regret it."

Xun Qi looked at Lu Yuan's back as he was lost in the wind and snow, and shouted, "You traitor, you betrayed your foster father, you betrayed us, you are the one who regrets it! You will pay the price for your betrayal!"

After he roared, veins on his forehead bulged and his chest heaved violently. Although he was sweating all over, his back couldn't stop feeling cold, as if something bad was about to happen.

Later in the night.

He was awakened by a nightmare.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard the secret guard rush in without even closing the door, and reported to him: "Seventh Young Master, Sixth Young Master is in trouble!"

Xun Qi suddenly sat up and pulled back the curtain: "What happened to Sixth Brother?"

The secret guard said in embarrassment: "He returned to the capital... and went directly to the Ministry of Justice... The Sixth Young Master... surrendered himself."

Xun Qi didn't know how he got to the Ministry of Justice. He even forgot to put on his outer robe. He stood in front of the majestic and solemn gate of the yamen, trembling all over.

However, he couldn't tell whether he was cold or scared.

"Sixth brother... my sixth brother? Where is my sixth brother? I want to see my sixth brother! He is innocent! Don't listen to him! He is lying!"

Xun Qi rushed in like crazy.

Although he had no martial arts skills, it took seven or eight strong men to capture him.

"Seventh Young Master, I'm sorry!"

The leading bailiff said breathlessly.

When rabbits are angry, they bite; when people are angry, they also bite!

Xun Qi struggled, his cheeks rubbing against the ground, leaving several cuts: "Let me go! I want to see Lord Xing! I want to see Lord Xing!"

The leading yamen runner said, "Lord Xing is trying a case and cannot see you."

Xun Qi gritted his teeth: "Is he interrogating my sixth brother? Is he?"

Everyone exchanged glances and nodded slowly.

Xun Qi roared fiercely towards the prison: "Master Xing! My sixth brother is not the mastermind! He is not! Don't believe him! He has no brains! He is just a reckless man! He is not that capable - you try me - you try me -"

"You interrogate me—"

"You interrogate me..."

Xun Qi's roar gradually weakened, his voice gradually became choked and tinged with a bit of despair.

His throat ached and his eyes were red.

"You can interrogate me... Don't interrogate my sixth brother... He knows nothing except martial arts... He doesn't understand anything..."

"You interrogate me...interrogate me..."

The yamen runners turned their heads away when they saw him like this, not for any other reason but because even these grown men couldn't bear it.

But Minister Xing gave the order not to let anyone in.

They are helpless.

Suddenly, a pair of footsteps walking on the snow slowly stopped in front of Xun Qi. The purple hem of the clothes was covered under the silver fox cloak, like a streak of light in the dark night.

Xun Qi's heart was shaken, and he looked up: "Lu Yuan..."

Lu Yuan said to the guards, "Let him go."

The leading yamen runner said in embarrassment: "Grand Commander, Lord Xing has ordered... He is trying a case and cannot let anyone in."

Lu Yuan asked, "So even I can't enter?"

The leading yamen runner hesitated: "This..."

Lu Yuan said calmly, "You summoned me in the middle of the night to cooperate with the investigation, but I couldn't even see Minister Xing. I'm going back now. Next time you want to investigate a case, let Minister Xing come to the Governor's Mansion himself!"

"Grand Commander, please stay!"

The leading bailiff stopped him and said, "Please allow me to go and report this."

He asked his men to hold Xun Qi down and went to the cell himself.

Soon, Master Hu came out to greet him personally: "Grand Commander, please come in!"

Lu Yuan glanced at Xun Qi who was pinned to the ground: "He is with me."

Master Hu: Is it really okay to tell lies with your eyes open like this?

"You have no eyesight! Don't you recognize the Seventh Young Master of the Xiangfu?"

Master Hu beat several yamen runners violently, but his movements were big but his strength was weak. "Hurry up and help the man up!"

Xun Qi and Lu Yuan were taken to the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

The long corridor was filled with blood and various unpleasant smells.

The interrogation room was at the end of the corridor. It was only a few dozen steps away, but it felt like someone's entire life.

Xun Qi asked: "Did you know this a long time ago?"

Lu Yuan said: "I just found out about this. If I had known earlier, I would have stopped him."

Xun Qi's expression became complicated for a moment: "Thank you on behalf of Sixth Brother."

Lu Yuan said: "I'm not doing this for Xun Liu. I just want to bring the real murderer to justice and don't want anyone to take the blame for him."

Master Hu, who was leading the way, said: You two really don’t treat me as an outsider.

"arrive."

Master Hu stood outside the room, "Sir, the Grand Commander and Xun Qi are here."

Minister Xing nodded.

Master Hu made way for the two of them.

In the torture chamber filled with the smell of rust and blood, Minister Xing sat solemnly on the armchair.

Sitting opposite him was Xun Liu, whose hands and feet were shackled with iron chains.

"Brother Six!"

Xun Qi walked over quickly, knelt down in front of Xun Liu, and held his dry, frostbitten face, "Sixth Brother!"

Xun Liu smiled happily: "Seventh brother."

Xun Qi's eyes turned red again.

Xun Liu said to Minister Xing, "Master Xing, can I have a few words with my seventh brother alone?"

Minister Xing nodded and signaled Master Hu to put away the confession and documents on the table.

Xun Qi asked vigilantly: "What are those?"

Xun Liu said softly, "Seventh brother, don't worry about it."

Xun Qi stood up and said to Minister Xing: "Master Xing! No matter what my sixth brother said to you, he didn't do those things! Those things were done by me--"

"Seventh brother!"

Xun Liu interrupted him and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Xun Qi's hands were splashed with water, which was shocking.

He looked at the blood on his hands and his face turned pale: "Sixth Brother!"

Xun Liu smiled weakly: "I soiled your clothes...Seventh brother likes cleanliness the most...Just like third brother..."

The third brother he was referring to was Lu Yuan.

Before Chen Long appeared, Lu Yuan was ranked third.

Xun Liu kept vomiting blood.

Xun Qi knelt in front of Xun Liu and tried to catch it with his hands, but he couldn't catch all of it.

Tears filled his eyes and fell down: "Sixth brother...what are you guys standing there for...quickly call the imperial physician...call the imperial physician——"

Xun Liu said weakly: "It's useless... Seventh brother... I cut off my own meridians..."

Xun Qi burst into tears: "Sixth brother, why are you so stupid..."

Xun Liu's breath was weak: "I'm not smart... If I can't make it up... it will be troublesome... I have already admitted my guilt... You... don't have to... take the blame... Seventh brother... you have to... live well..."