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Qin Tiannan was a sinister villain to begin with. Seeing that Zheng Shixian was planning to use him as a sacrifice to protect his own reputation as an official, his attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn.

He quickly propped himself up and sat up, hiding next to the censor. He said, "Your Excellency the censor, this has nothing to do with me. Zheng Shixian asked me to do it. He told me to kill anyone who disobeyed him. Otherwise, how could I be so bold as to beat her husband and father-in-law to death!"

"Don't listen to him, Your Excellency the Censor. This is all his own decision. It has nothing to do with me! Everyone knows how I do things in Zhongyuan City. I am regarded as a good official by everyone!" Zheng Shixian shouted angrily.

Qin Tiannan immediately started arguing with him.

The two of them quarreled in front of everyone, directly in front of the censor, and both wanted to put the blame on the other.

Gu Chan was laughing as she watched. She felt that these two were just biting each other. At this moment, they did not want to deal with the problem at hand, but were just shirking responsibility. It could be seen from this that the two of them were not very good people.

The censor was furious. He waved his hand to interrupt the two men, glared at Zheng Shixian and shouted, "Sir Zheng, you handle this matter! I don't have time to stay here any longer, so I'll be on my way first. If you handle it well, it's fine. If not, I will report it to the emperor when we get to Kyoto. You can handle it as you wish."

After saying this, the censor turned around and got on the first carriage, then waved his hand and told the coachman to drive away.

Gu Chan still stood there watching with everyone else.

At this time, Ding Sheng hurriedly whispered in her ear, "Let's go. What are you still looking at? Can't you see? The censor has already saved his face. And to put it bluntly, he came to Zhongyuan City not to get involved in these troublesome matters. Don't cause trouble for him here anymore."

"So the officials are still protecting each other?" Gu Chan said coldly.

"You are young, and you cannot understand many things in the officialdom. The Zheng family has considerable influence in Zhongyuan City. For Zheng Shixian to be the county magistrate of Zhongyuan City will bring more benefits than disadvantages to the entire Central Plains hinterland. Do you understand?" Ding Sheng explained quietly, making the truth clear.

Gu Chan sighed, and then said to the middle-aged woman, "Sister, we will leave first, don't worry! With the order of the censor, Lord Zheng dare not make things difficult for you. He will definitely handle this matter for you. Otherwise, if it is reported to the Emperor in Kyoto, his fate will be worse than yours."

"Thank you, little brother." The middle-aged woman thanked him sincerely.

Gu Chan waved her hand indifferently.

Then she didn't say anything else, and immediately got on the third carriage with Ding Sheng and slowly left.

"what……"

They had not walked far when Qin Tiannan's screams were heard from behind.

In order to protect his reputation as an official, Zheng Shixian was so ruthless that he killed his brother-in-law with a knife on the spot.

The audience around applauded and cheered, feeling very happy.

Zheng Shixian put away the bloody long knife and said to the middle-aged woman, "Now that your husband and father-in-law have been avenged, I will still give you the compensation of 10,000 taels of silver. When I come back, I will return your six acres of land to you. Are you satisfied with this treatment?"

"Lord Zheng is willing to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice and give me justice. I am very satisfied." The middle-aged woman said softly.

Zheng Shixian didn't waste any words. He took out the stack of banknotes from his sleeve and forced them into her hand. Then he called two passers-by over, gave them some silver, and asked them to help send Qin Tiannan's body back to the Qin family in Zhongyuan City.

After doing all this, he got on the carriage and followed the censor and others in front.

The crowd who were watching the excitement on the official road also dispersed and went their separate ways.

It was a farce that ended with Zheng Shixian sacrificing his own relatives for the sake of justice.

Sitting in the carriage, Zheng Shixian wiped the blood off his long sword, gnashing his teeth and muttering to himself, "Gu Chan, you little bastard, just wait for me. When we get to Kyoto, I will slowly find a way to deal with you. This time, I will definitely kill you and leave you without a burial place."

After saying this, Zheng Shixian's face instantly became extremely gloomy.

He said without hesitation that at this moment, he really hated Gu Chan to the core.

After this incident, Gu Chan and Zheng Shixian did not say a word to each other during the ten days of their journey.

It was not until that evening, when they arrived at the post station ten miles outside of Kyoto, when Gu Chan and the others were sitting in the lobby downstairs with the censor and having dinner, that Zheng Shixian came over and said, "Your Excellency the censor, I have a memorial about the border war here that I need to submit to the Ministry of War, so I'll go ahead."

"It's not too late to leave after dinner!" said the censor.

"No need to eat. Let's go and present the memorial early so that the emperor won't worry about the border war." Zheng Shixian said with a smile.

Seeing this, the censor no longer tried to stop him and waved his hand to let him go first.

After he left, Gu Chan sneered and said, "Master Censor, I don't think he has any good intentions. He probably wants to go to Kyoto first and find a way to deal with me in advance!"

"How did you provoke him? It seemed like he wanted to deal with you from the very beginning." The censor asked curiously.

Gu Chan laughed, "He asked me to help him pursue Mr. Liu's granddaughter before, but I didn't do what he wanted, so he holds a grudge against me!"

"You are still too young and don't know how to think ahead and behind many things. It will do you no good to make enemies for yourself. You'd better be smarter in the future to avoid falling into the hands of others." The censor reminded kindly.

"When is that? It's still unknown whether we can go back alive this time!" Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

The censor smiled faintly and shook his head.

At this time, Ding Sheng changed the subject and said, "By the way, Your Excellency the Censor, I have a question I have wanted to ask for a long time. Now that I am here before the Emperor, I wonder if I can ask it."

"You can say whatever you want." The censor said indifferently.

"You should not have been an official in the court before! I guess the position of Censor was just a casual appointment by the emperor, is that right?" Ding Sheng finally asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

You know, from the moment the censor arrived at the county government office in Zhongyuan City to meet them, his entire style of doing things was different from that of the regular court officials.

Coupled with the contact he had during the past ten days on the journey, he was even more certain of this.

Gu Chan also stared at the censor, feeling very curious.

The censor was silent for a moment, then confessed to the two, "Yes, I am indeed not an official in the court. I am Renfeng, the secret agent of Emperor Renzong in Tianji Pavilion, and Renyang is my disciple."

"So that's how it is! No wonder the emperor wants to appoint you as the Imperial Censor and let you go to Zhongyuan City to handle this matter." Ding Sheng said with relief.

Gu Chan nodded secretly after listening to this, and all her doubts were resolved.