After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Hong Shiru died in the end.

The news that Song Wenyuan, commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, interfered in the affairs of Jingzhao Prefecture and beat prisoners to death without trial quickly spread.

After some behind-the-scenes manipulation by someone with ulterior motives, the criticism in the court was directed at Song Wenyuan. The impeachment memorials from the censors flew into the imperial study like snowflakes. The emperor was very angry and summoned Song Wenyuan to his presence and scolded him severely. He did not release him until the palace gates were about to be locked.

Song Wenyuan rubbed his brows and returned to Qichi Pavilion, where he saw Xu Chengjin leaning against the moon cave door, with a smirk on his face. He asked him seriously, "What's going on? Did those pretentious pedantic scholars take the opportunity to embarrass you again?"

With his merit in saving the emperor, he was favored by His Majesty and entered the Northern Pacification Division as a commander. In just a few years, he was promoted all the way to become the youngest commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in history. He was a cold-hearted person who did things without regard for personal relationships and would use any means necessary. In addition, with a grandfather who was a traitor, Song Wenyuan had always been controversial in the court. Now that this great opportunity has fallen from the sky, wouldn't that group of people be so excited that they couldn't sleep at night?

Xu Chengjin shook his head and reproached, "You are too irrational. If you want to vent your anger, just beat him up. How can Yao Yunfeng blame you? But you beat him to death, and now Yao Yunfeng can't save himself, so you become a pair of brothers in distress." He heard that the doctor had arrived, but he didn't know where to start. He was covered in blood like a sieve, and the hole in his left hand was bleeding like a fountain, and he couldn't stop it at all.

Not long after, the person was gone.

The Xu family is just a wealthy family with some background and connections, but they have no say in the court and cannot help even if they want to.

"I couldn't help it... There were so many impeachment memorials against me that they could crush a person. I don't have to worry about the debts. At most, I will be fined half a year's salary. Your Majesty still wants me to do my job, so you can't dismiss me." As he said this, Song Wenyuan frowned again. Listening to the scolding for an afternoon was more tiring than chasing a fugitive for an afternoon. If he really wanted to dismiss me, the emperor wouldn't have scolded me for so long today. He even broke several teacups. He did it for others to see.

He said it nonchalantly, and Xu Chengjin was so angry that he laughed, "Yes, yes, so I am the only one worrying about this?" But he laughed and laughed until he couldn't laugh anymore. After a while, he asked tentatively, "Wen Yuan, are you doing this for... Wen Qian?"

The evening breeze blew over from the small bamboo forest in the northwest corner, carrying with it a faint scent of flowers. That was the scent of flowers in Luofengxuan.

Song Wenyuan looked at his friend calmly for a while, then imitated him and leaned against the other side of the moon-shaped door, looking down at the one-foot square inch of ground in front of his toes. "I beat Hong Shiru, punished the book judge, and even went to find the owner of the hairpin stall, but many of the stalls in the market are from outside, so it's hard to find one. So far, there is no result."

Xu Chengjin was horrified when he heard this. "Song Wenyuan, what do you want to do? She is an innocent woman, an unarmed civilian!"

Song Wenyuan still lowered his head, his voice was erratic, "I don't know what to do after I find it... Jianshu was ordered to protect Wen Yizhuo, she did nothing wrong, but I still punished her. If Yao Yunfeng hadn't stopped me, I would probably beat Hong Shiru into a pile of meat paste... Chengjin, you know, there was a time when I would lose control when I saw blood, and now this situation seems to have returned again."

Xu Chengjin was stunned and instantly turned pale with horror!

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In Tong's house, in Tong Mingru's study, a gray-haired old man was kneeling trembling in the mess on the ground. The broken pieces of the teacup cut the back of his hand, and the splashed tea flowed along the cracks between the bricks, leaving an obvious wet spot under his knees.

But he still didn't move, and his back, which was already slightly hunched, was now even more bent, almost crawling on the ground.

All the cups on the table had been thrown out. Tong Mingru supported the table with one hand and held a yellow jade Pixiu paperweight with the other hand. He leaned forward and continued to curse, "Asshole! Look at the good-for-nothing you found! You call him a gangster and a hooligans. Do you know what place that is? That's the Jin family! Do you think you are smart and you can find a few gangsters and hooligans so that people won't know it was you who did it?"

"What now? Not only did they not steal the wine, but they also alerted the enemy! What do you think we should do?" At noon today, the news that a thief had broken into the Jin family spread throughout the streets and alleys. Not long after that, Jin Yunian swaggered all the way to the Kejing Earl's Mansion with a jar of wine. He introduced it to everyone he met on the way, saying that it was Tusu wine he had asked for from Prime Minister Tong. Baby, he asked his little sister-in-law to drink with him! Who is the little sister-in-law? Oh, the new daughter-in-law of Song Wenyuan's family!

When the news reached Tong Mingru, he waited in fear for half a day, but no bad news came from the Kejing Marquis's Mansion. Instead, he heard that Song Wenyuan's new daughter-in-law was kidnapped at the market.

When Tong Mingru heard this, how could he not know what was going on - Jin Yunian was issuing a challenge to him! He must have thought that the two "little thieves" were going for the Tusu wine, and he must have guessed that there was something wrong with the Tusu wine, so he used this huge momentum to tell him that the Tusu wine had been delivered to Song Wenyuan, and if he had the guts, he could come and get it!

"Waste!" The hand holding the paperweight raised up, but after a long while, he didn't throw it away. He just slammed it heavily on the table and cursed again, "You can't even do such a small thing, you are such a waste!"

The steward did not talk back when he was scolded or hit, and waited until Tong Mingru was tired of scolding him before he tried to explain, "Prime Minister... this matter is really not your fault. You asked me to find two people, but you only said not to use our own people, and you didn't say what kind of people to find. I, I am poor, how can I find anyone capable..."

Tong Mingru was so angry that he wanted to use a paperweight to knock open the old thing's head to see what kind of dregs were inside! He rolled his eyes and sneered, "So that's the truth? The truth that I give you too little money a month?"

"Don't dare."

"Don't dare? I think you dare! If I didn't give you the money, wouldn't you just go to the account office to withdraw it? When have I ever lost money from you in these years?"

The atmosphere was slightly relieved. The other party stole a glance and called out tentatively after a while, "Prime Minister, in fact, I think that this wine is better in the Song family than in the Jin family..."

Seeing that Tong Mingru only lowered his eyes, he continued, "Everyone knows that our second young lady and that young lady have always been good friends. It is quite common for a close friend to visit, right? After entering the backyard of this inner house, are you still afraid that you won't have a chance to get Tu Su back?"

Close friend? Tong Mingru really didn't know that Tong Wanzhen was just his concubine's daughter. She was not very smart and her personality was not very likable, so he never paid attention to her, let alone what kind of people she usually interacted with.

He sat back in his chair while thinking about it. After a while, he nodded and said, "Then go and call her over."