Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan walked out of the door and looked at Fu Bi's limping figure.

"Brother Jiang, Fu Yanguo is a veteran of three dynasties. Is this appropriate for us to do?"

Peng Siyan began to feel a little nervous.

Although their censors were responsible for dealing with the prime minister, Fu Bi was not an ordinary prime minister. His status and reputation in the court were only comparable to those of Han Qi. Even Wen Yanbo was his younger brother, and Wen Yanbo was one generation higher than Sima Guang.

Jiang Zhiqi smiled and said, "I don't want to do that either, but he insisted on taking the responsibility. We can't bend the law for personal gain. Besides......!"

He suddenly turned his head to look to the other side, looking at Lan Yuanzhen's receding back, "The government is watching us. If they really didn't know what was going on, they would have stopped us long ago."

Peng Siyan frowned slightly and whispered, "Brother Jiang, do you mean that this case is related to Wang Jiefu?"

Jiang Zhiqi said: "Didn't the government say that we must handle this impartially and without any leniency?"

......

The official brought Fu Bi to the gate of a small courtyard and bowed respectfully, saying, "Don't blame me, sir. I am just following your orders..."

...

...

"Don't blame me! Don't blame me!"

Fu Bi waved his hands repeatedly, then bowed and said, "I am sorry to have caused you trouble."

He developed the habit since he was young to be polite to everyone, and the gentlemanly demeanor has been ingrained in his bones.

"How dare I! How dare I."

The man returned the greeting with great trepidation, then gently opened the door and said, "Please come in person, Mr.

"Thank you very much."

Fu Bi nodded slightly and walked in.

I saw two old men sitting in the yard, basking in the warm winter sun, drinking wine and chatting. It was really pleasant.

It was Sima Guang and Xu Zun.

Hearing the door open, the two turned around.

"Mr. Fu!"

When the two saw Fu Bi coming in, they were immediately frightened.

Sima Guang hurried forward and bowed, then asked, "Did the government ask Mr. Fu to come and pick us up?"

As soon as he said this, he felt that even if he let them go, it would be impossible for Fu Bi to come in person!

Fu Bi chuckled and said, "Like you, I am here to assist in the investigation."

"That's outrageous."

Sima Guang was immediately furious, "What are they trying to do..."

He and Xu Zun had already realized before this that they were definitely involved, and some things were indeed hard to explain.

Sima Guang could not tell Jiang Zhiqi and others that he arranged for Zhang Fei to enter the Imperial College in order to gild his reputation and then counter Wang Anshi in the local area.

Not to mention Xu Zun, Zhang Fei is his son-in-law. Even if he told Jiang Zhiqi the truth that Zhang Fei taught him how to work in public security, procuratorate and courts, people would not believe it!

But they never expected that the other party would dare to alarm Fu Bi.

This can only be done if the emperor issues an order!

Fu Bi waved his hands and said, "Don't make a fuss. I just wanted to come over and sit down."

"ah?"

Sima Guang and Xu Zun were confused again.

Want to sit down?

Is this experiencing life?

Fu Bi laughed and said, "He who arrived first is the host, shouldn't you invite me to sit down?"

After all, he has a foot disease and it is uncomfortable for him to stand for a long time.

Sima Guang suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly asked Fu Bi to sit down, and then asked anxiously: "Why did Mr. Fu want to come here?"

Fu Bi stroked his beard and sighed, "If Zhang San is found guilty of this, I'm afraid we will be deeply trapped in it for the rest of our lives, and it may even implicate our descendants."

He had a very thorough understanding of officialdom, and the crime of speech was undoubtedly extremely terrible.

At present, he is inseparable from the law of the rule of law. If Zhang San is found guilty, even if he is not held accountable today, it is definitely a hidden danger. Once there is any disturbance in the future, someone will definitely settle old scores with him.

But now the public opinion outside is overwhelming. After all, this is a matter of ethics, so he can't oppose it, so he just takes the initiative to come in.

He just took the initiative to say that most prime ministers at that time did not support it, but he was the only one who supported revising the "Song Dynasty Criminal Code" according to the legal system, so the government decided to give it a try.

Sima Guang and Xu Zun looked at each other.

Sima Guang said, "Zhong Tu and I were just discussing this matter. This case is full of strangeness. We are important officials in the court after all. It is really unexpected that we were suddenly detained. Unless..."

He hesitated to speak.

Fu Bi said bluntly: "If so, then the government is also trying to protect us. This kind of speech is a crime that will cause endless harm. Our dynasty must not set such a precedent."

Sima Guang nodded slightly.

Xu Zun was wondering, it was hard to tell who the government was protecting.

Now he understands the situation.

Fu Bi suddenly saw a pile of wooden cards on the table and couldn't help asking, "Are you playing Mahjong?"

Sima Guang was startled and said, "This is not Ma Diao, but Mahjong."

"Mahjong?"

Fu Bi asked doubtfully.

Sima Guang said: "It is somewhat similar to Mahjong. It is because we saw this Mahjong that we became suspicious. It seems that they have been prepared for it."

Fu Bi asked with a smile: "How do we play?"

Sima Guang was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's very simple. You'll get the hang of it after playing a few times."

Fu Bi chuckled and said, "Let's have some fun."

......

Establish regulations offices in the two prefectures.

"What did you say?"

Wang Anshi stood up suddenly, looked at Lu Huiqing in shock and asked, "Mr. Fu was also arrested by them?"

Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Yes."

Wang Anshi asked excitedly: "Have they, the Censorate, gone mad?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed and he hurried outside.

"Teacher, where are you going?"

"I'm going to see the official."

......

When Wang Anshi arrived at the gate of the imperial palace, he met Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan.

Wang Anshi asked directly: "I heard that you arrested Fu Gong?"

Peng Siyan hurriedly defended himself, "We just asked Mr. Fu to assist in the investigation."

Wang Anshi asked again: "Where is the person?"

Peng Siyan hesitated for a moment and said, "Since Mr. Fu is still under suspicion, we can only ask him to stay in the yamen for the time being."

"Asshole!"

Wang Anshi angrily shouted: "Who gave you this power?"

Jiang Zhiqi said, "This is the power given to us by the government. I enforce the law impartially. Is there anything wrong with that? But Wang Xueshi got a great advantage."

"Big deal?"

Wang Anshi pointed at the two men and said, "You two treacherous villains, just wait for me. I will not let you go."

As they were arguing, a eunuch came over and led the three of them into the hall.

In addition to Zhao Xu, there was another person in the hall, Wen Yanbo. He was red-faced and turned his face towards the gate. It seemed that the emperor and his minister had just had a quarrel.

Wen Yanbo was already very upset when Sima Guang didn't come out. What are you going to do? Detain the Vice Prime Minister directly?

Then I heard Fu Zhishuang say that Fu Bi would also go in.

Wen Yanbo could not help it. Although the Censorate had this power, and the duty of the censors in the court was to keep an eye on the prime minister, if they really wanted to detain the prime minister, they would often first petition the emperor, and only after the emperor's permission could they do so. Wen Yanbo went straight to the emperor to ask for an explanation.

Zhao Xu was scolded by him as soon as he came up, and he was naturally very unhappy. The king and his minister were arguing fiercely.

Without waiting for them to salute, Zhao Xu asked, "Censor Jiang, Censor Peng, I heard that you have arrested Lord Fu, Scholar Sima, and Chief Inspector Xu. Is this true?"

Jiang Zhiqi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have not arrested them. However, the three of them are currently highly suspected, so we can only let them stay in the Imperial Censorate for the time being to prevent the news from leaking out."

"You are just slandering me and framing me."

Wen Yanbo pointed at them and shouted angrily.

Wang Anshi also said immediately: "Your Majesty, I also feel that the Censorate's actions violate the laws of the country. I ask Your Majesty to severely punish these two people."

Jiang Zhiqi said: "We have evidence, and we are definitely not framing others."

"evidence?"

Zhao Xu asked: "What evidence?"

Jiang Zhiqi immediately took out three confessions and said, "These are the confessions of Xu Zun, Sima Guang, and Fu Bi. Your Majesty, please review them."

An attendant immediately came over and presented three confessions.

After reading it, Zhao Xu couldn't help but look conflicted, and ordered someone to show it to Wen Yanbo.

After reading it, Wen Yanbo snorted angrily: "What kind of evidence is this? Is it illegal to support the rule of law?"

Jiang Zhiqi immediately said: "The law of the rule of law disturbs the moral order, undermines the law and discipline, and undermines the foundation of our dynasty. Supporting the law of the rule of law is naturally a crime of making false statements."

There are indeed clear regulations in this regard.

Wen Yanbo said: "Whether the law of the legal system disrupts the moral principles is still undecided. Besides, since the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues are the principles of heaven, why should we be afraid of the law of the legal system? This is what cowards do."

Wang Anshi couldn't help but look at Wen Yanbo and thought, why didn't you say that that day?

But when he saw that Wen Yanbo had already started arguing with Zhao Xu, he didn't know what to say. Although he strongly disagreed, he couldn't help Wen Yanbo to confront the emperor. If they wanted to confront each other, they should do it one by one. Doesn't the emperor have any face?

After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he turned to Zhao Xu and said, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, only tyrants such as the Qin Emperor and Empress Wu have punished people for their speech. If Your Majesty decides on this crime, it would be tantamount to burning books and burying scholars alive, and it will surely be infamous for thousands of years."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately became furious. He slammed the table and shouted, "You are the ones who said that the situation was disrupted and the law was violated. That's why I sent people to investigate. Now it's my fault. Why didn't you, Wen Yanbo, say anything at the time?"

He didn't care about the etiquette between the emperor and his subjects and directly named the person.

Wen Yanbo said: "I did not support doing so at the time."

Zhao Xu smiled coldly: "You didn't support it at that time, but if I remember correctly, you didn't oppose it either."

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty only ordered people to investigate whether the law of the legal system would really disrupt the moral order and undermine the law, but did not convict the statement. I have no reason to object. But if there is no conviction, what is the fault of Fu Gong and others?"

Jiang Zhiqi immediately said: "First of all, we did not say that Fu Gong and his men were guilty. We just kept them to assist in the investigation. Based on their confessions, what we did was completely in line with the court's laws. We cannot let them off the hook just because they are prime ministers.

Secondly, the evidence is solid that the law of the law disrupts social order and undermines law and order. If you have the ability, Duke Wen should stop the gossips and not vent your anger by arresting officials here."

Wen Yanbo also knew the public opinion outside. Almost all the scholars and officials were against it. He pointed at Jiang Zhiqi and said, "Okay! Since you are so sure that the law of the rule of law is a lie to confuse the people, then fine, you can't let any of them go. If you let one go, I will never let you go."

Jiang Zhiqi snorted, "Please rest assured, Lord Wen, we will handle this impartially."

"That's settled then."

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he stood up and left angrily.

Jiang Zhiqi bowed to the two of them and said, "If you have no other instructions, I will take my leave first."

Peng Siyan also bowed.

"Wait a minute!"

Wang Anshi suddenly stopped them and said, "Take me back for questioning as well."

Jiang Zhiqi was stunned. "According to the evidence we have now, this case has nothing to do with Master Wang."

Wang Anshi said, "Is it not too late for me to support the rule of law now?"

Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan looked at each other and immediately got angry.

You, the prime minister, are bullying people, right?

Then you've picked the wrong person.

We, the censors, are not afraid of you, the prime ministers.

Jiang Zhiqi looked directly at his immediate superior Wen Yanbo provocatively, "Does Lord Wen also support this?"

Wen Yanbo laughed coldly and said, "The law of the law disrupts the moral order and undermines the law and order. The crime is unforgivable."

Are you scared now?

Jiang Zhiqi said with a hint of sarcasm: "Duke Wen really understands the great principles."

Wen Yanbo simply said: "As far as I know, the students of the Imperial College are all firm supporters of the law of the rule of law. Now they may be revising the provisions of the Song Dynasty Criminal Code according to the law of the rule of law."

"We will find out about this ourselves, so don't worry about it, Lord Wen."

Then Jiang Zhiqi said to Wang Anshi, "Mr. Wang, please come in."

Wang Anshi said with a hint of gratitude: "Thank you for your help."

Got what I wanted.

Wang Anshi finally got into the senior citizen activity center.

As soon as I entered the room, I found three old men playing cards leisurely. I immediately knew that I had come to the right place. It was really scary outside.

"Wang Jiefu?"

Sima Guang was shocked when he saw Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi chuckled and said, "Are you surprised?"

Xu Zun asked with great concern: "Jiefu, why are you here?"

Wang Anshi said angrily, "Is it okay if I don't come? Everyone will think it was me who did it."

The reason why he was in a hurry to come in was because he became the biggest beneficiary of this incident. Fu Bi and Sima Guang were both the backbone of the villains. Everyone would definitely think that this was a conspiracy between him and the emperor.

This is a matter of reputation, he must prove his innocence.

Sima Guang chuckled and said, "Isn't it?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Wang Anshi said, "Do I, Wang Anshi, have to resort to such despicable means to deal with you, Sima Junshi?"

Sima Guang snorted, "Whether it is despicable or not, it has always been your own justification."

Fu Bi hurriedly said, "It has come to this, so stop arguing and save your energy to play mahjong."

"Mahjong?"

Wang Anshi was stunned.

"Jiefu, please take a seat quickly, we are short of one person."

......

Bang!

"Self-draw! All the same color, pairs, sixteen strings per person."

Fu Shichun slapped a card on the table and then poured out the cards in front of him.

Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "Brother Chun, this is playing cards, not fighting. Please don't take it so seriously. It makes me very nervous."

Fu Shichun directly said: "It's none of your business."

Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "Xiaochun, look, we asked you to come here to win money. Look how fun this mahjong is."

Fu Shichun snorted, "You are in greater numbers here, so whatever you say is what counts. Let's talk about it outside."

For him, this was simply an unexpected disaster. He was caught while being intimate with his concubine at home. What was even more hateful was that Cao Dongdong told him that they deliberately framed him and asked him to come in to make up the role and share some of the expenses.

Life is like that. Since you can't resist it, you can only enjoy it.

Having said that, mahjong is really fun.

"Wait a minute!"

Ma Xiaoyi suddenly said, "Be quiet and listen."

Cao Dongdong asked: "What are you listening to?"

"Shh...!"

Several people pricked up their ears and faintly heard rustling sounds coming from all directions.

They are very familiar with this sound, it's the sound of mahjong!

Cao Dongdong wondered, "We're not going to live in a gambling house, are we?"

"What gambling house?"

Zhang Fei said: "This is called compulsory consumption. Don't you know that the country's finances are not good at the moment? Keep playing, keep playing. Mahjong is getting more and more interesting the more you play. Haha..."