After Fang Jian finished speaking, he slammed the table. All the ministers in the hall trembled instantly and looked at Fang Jian.

"However, if I find anyone abusing their power for personal gain, settling personal grudges, being timid, or bullying the weak while on patrol, then don't blame me, Fang Jian, for being rude. That was the fate you faced for those officials on the parade ground yesterday," Fang Jian said sternly.

The eleven ministers in the hall were immediately terrified and stood there in a daze until Fang Jian asked again, "Did you hear everything?"

The nobles finally reacted and quickly bowed, saying, "Yes, we will obey your orders and keep them in mind."

Fang Jian then nodded and called out, "Luan Xiao."

When Luan Xiao heard Fang Jian calling him, his heart trembled slightly, and he immediately bowed and said, "I am here."

Fang Jian asked, "Do you know you're wrong?"

Luan Xiao bowed and said, "I know I was wrong."

Fang Jian said, "Very good. When you go back, write a 'reflection' about what happened last night and hand it to me."

Luan Xiao was stunned for a moment. Writing a self-reflection? This had never been done before. After all, there was no precedent for noble officials in the Dao Court writing self-reflections.

But since Fang Jian had already given the order, Luan Xiao dared not resist and immediately bowed again and said, "Yes, Captain."

Fang Jian then waved his sleeves and said, "All the officers and soldiers on night patrol should go back and rest. The rest of you should do what you need to do."

Upon hearing this, all the ministers bowed and left Changyou Palace, only Su Kuang and Yu Censhuang stayed.

...

Yujing City, Langxiao Street.

Rays of ethereal aura filled the streets, forming a dreamlike cloud of light on the ground.

This is the second largest street in Yujing City and also the second most prestigious street in Yujing City.

Why do we say that? Because only people with the title of "Shangqing" are qualified to live on Langxiao Street, so Langxiao Street is also called "Shangqing Street".

On both sides of Langxiao Street, there are neatly arranged huge "immortal palaces" filled with clouds and shrouded in fairy light. Each fairy palace is the mansion of a senior official.

However, to the common people, such a fairy palace is just a small city, which can easily accommodate five or six thousand people.

This is the luxury enjoyed by the "nobles". My family may not have five or six thousand people, but we must live in a fairy palace that can accommodate five or six thousand people. We cannot be careless at all. Anything less is a blasphemy to my status.

The residence of Lie Yi, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, is also here, in the same kind of fairy palace. His family has only more than 300 people, and with servants, there are only more than 2,000 people.

Lie Yi's wife is 'Madam Qing' Yuan Xi, a Hunyuan Wuda Daluo Jinxian Taoist, and also the daughter of a Shangqing, but this Shangqing had died in a war with the 'Tianting Dao Kingdom'.

So when Yuan Xi received the message from the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion, she was shocked. Lie Heng was her sixth son and had not yet held any position in the Dao Court.

The first four sons have already taken up positions in the Grand Court and are no longer in the mansion, and the two daughters have also been married.

Therefore, the youngest son Lie Heng is the treasure of the family and Yuanxi's most beloved son.

Therefore, when he heard that Lie Heng was captured by the people from the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion, he immediately became worried and immediately summoned all the state officials and guests in the mansion.

Afterwards, Yuan Xi brought the two hundred guests and state officials he had summoned, and marched out of his own palace, heading straight for the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion on Tianyuan Street, intending to break into the Mansion and rescue his son.

However, Yuan Xi, sitting in a chariot with two hundred retainers and state officials, had just walked out of the archway gate of Langxiao Street when she ran into her husband Lie's chariot on his way home.

When Lie Yi saw that the huge team in front was carrying his own flag, he immediately ordered the imperial officer driving the car to stop them.

After stopping Yuan Xi's carriage, two maids opened the jade curtain outside. Lie Yi immediately stepped out of the carriage and stood under the canopy. He looked at his wife Yuan Xi who was also walking out from the opposite side and asked, "What are you going to do with such a big scene?"

Yuan Xi looked at her husband, Shang Qing, and said with great dissatisfaction, "As a judge of the Court of Justice and Shang Qing of the Dao Court, you can't even intimidate the people below you? And now you ask me what I am doing? Don't you know by now?"

Hearing his wife's words filled with anger and resentment, Lie Yi frowned and asked, "What exactly happened? Don't be so angry all the time. As a noble lady, you should be calm and composed."

"Calm down?!" Yuan Xi's eyes narrowed as he said, "My son has been captured by those lunatics at the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion, and you still want me to stay calm?!"

"What?!" Lie Yi's brows twitched, his heart trembling with fear. He then asked in astonishment, "Heng'er was captured by the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion? What happened? Who captured him?"

Yuan Xi saw her husband's reaction and immediately realized that he hadn't received any information at all. Her resentment grew even stronger. "Who else could it be? It must be those traitors in the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion! They have the amnesty order and are fearless. Now they've captured my Heng'er. They must be up to something bad. I must rescue Heng'er immediately."

After saying this, Yuan Xi waved his hand and said to the two hundred retainers and officials behind him, "Speed ​​up and head straight to the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion."

Seeing this, Lie Yi hurriedly shouted, "Slow down!"

After all, Lie Yi was the head of the family. With Lie Yi's order, both the imperial scholar driving the car and the two hundred imperial scholars who were guests stopped at once.

At this time, Yuan Xi glared and frowned and said, "Lie Yi, what do you mean? Don't you want a son anymore?"

Lie Yi said, "Don't be impulsive! Something happened at the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion yesterday. It's possible that the one who abducted Heng'er wasn't one of the nobles involved in the 'Huisheng Rebellion,' but rather one of the nobles originally affiliated with the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion."

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