"Brother Li Xiu is a loyal and honest person. He must be doing this for me..." Su Zhen clutched her handkerchief and burst into tears. She had just come of age a few days ago and was forced by Feng Luan from the Music Bureau to receive customers. Li Xiu spent a lot of money to get Feng Luan to agree to give her some time while he raised money to redeem Su Zhen.
No wonder Fengluan came to look for her today, telling her to pack up and that the Ministry of Rites would help her get rid of her status as a good woman tomorrow, so that she could leave the Jiaofangsi.
Gu Yun was annoyed by her crying, "Come with me to the Dali Temple to see Li Xu."
Su Zhen was eager to meet Li Xu at this moment, so she stopped crying and said quickly, "Okay."
"Do you want to come with me?" Gu Yun stood up and was about to go outside, but suddenly he remembered that some good friend of Yu Qizhe was also imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison, so he turned around and asked.
Yu Qizhe followed. Lu Jin knew nothing about the case, so it made no difference whether he went to visit him in prison or not, but it was good to see him at least.
Seventeen went to prepare the carriage. It was already dark outside, but the lights outside the Dali Temple were bright. Two stone lions exuded a cold and chilly aura. The carriage stopped in front of the door.
Gu Yun and Yu Qizhe got off the carriage first, and Su Zhen, wearing a black veil on her head, followed closely behind them.
Seventeen stepped forward and showed his badge to the guards at the gate. The two of them bowed and saluted Gu Yun. One of them turned around and went in to report, while the other led Gu Yun and others into the Dali Temple.
Soon, a man came over in a hurry. This man was the chief of the Dali Temple. He smiled at Gu Yun in a flattering manner and said, "Young Marquis Gu, what brings you here?"
"I want to see Li Xu." Gu Yun walked straight towards the prison where the prisoners were held.
Si Zheng looked at the two people following behind Gu Yun, and stretched out his hand to stop them with some embarrassment, saying, "You also know that Li Xu is the wanted criminal in the Jiangbei dredging and embezzlement case. Our masters said that in order to protect the life of the criminal, no one is allowed to visit him in prison."
Gu Yun frowned, a look of hostility appeared on his face, and he looked at Si Zheng with a threatening look, "You want to stop me?"
Si Zheng's heart trembled, and he smiled and said, "Please don't embarrass me. If something really happens to this prisoner, I will lose my official hat."
Gu Yun said with a cold face and a little impatiently, "I just want to say a few words to him. If you try to stop me again, I will make sure that your official hat is gone!"
The temple official's face turned pale, and he withdrew his hand awkwardly, "You don't know, Li Xu just confessed and gave up several people. Shaoqing Lord Yang and Temple Minister Lord Wei have gone to arrest the criminals. Li Xu must not make any mistakes at this time."
"What did you say?" Gu Yun paused and stared at Si Zhengdao, "Li Xu confessed? Who did he confess?"
Si Zheng was afraid that he could not stop Gu Yun, so he thought that he could delay for a while, so he said, "They are all officials from the Ministry of Works. The mastermind behind this is the Minister of Works, Xu Youzhi. Lord Wei has received the imperial edict and led people to Xu Youzhi's house. He should be back soon. When he comes back, it won't be too late for you to see Li Xu again."
"Xu Youzhi? How could it be him!" Gu Yun's pupils suddenly tightened and he turned around to look at Yu Qizhe.
Yu Qizhe and Gu Yun looked at each other, and their eyes revealed the same meaning, that Li Xu's confession was not credible. They guessed correctly that Li Xu had made a false confession and was just a pawn of the person behind the scenes.
Nasi Zhengdao said, "Yes, Xu Youzhi hates evil on weekdays. Who would have thought that he was the main culprit in the corruption case!"
"Get out of the way! I want to see Li Xu now!" Gu Yun walked towards the prison.
Si Zheng hurriedly chased after him, "No, Young Marquis Gu..."
"If you are worried that I have murdered him, just ask me to talk to him through the cell door." Gu Yun said in a cold voice while walking quickly.
When they arrived at the prison gate, the warden heard the noise, recognized Gu Yun and hurriedly saluted. Gu Yun waved his hand and said, "I want to see Li Xu. Take me there."
The warden glanced at the temple chief, who was sweating profusely and winking at him. He was in a dilemma and said, "After Zhou Fang got into trouble in the prison of the Guards, Lord Wei said that in order to prevent the prisoners involved in the case from being silenced again, we should guard the prison strictly and not allow anyone to get close to it."
"Are you going to open it or not?" Gu Yun looked threatening and then shouted "Seventeen".
Seventeen stepped forward, grabbed the prison warden's collar, and slammed the wooden table next to him where tea was placed. The table broke into two pieces, and the prison warden was so scared that his face turned pale.
Seventeen's eyes flashed with ferocity, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? If the young marquis tells you to open the door, open it now!"
The warden shuddered, looked at the broken wood chips on the table, then looked at Si Zheng, and reluctantly took out the key from his waist, inserted it into the keyhole, and opened the door of the prison.
Gu Yun walked in first, followed by Yu Qizhe and Su Zhen. Seventeen pushed the prison warden from behind, "Why don't you lead the way?"
The warden staggered forward and led Gu Yun to the cell where Li Xu was imprisoned.
In the cell, there lay a man in prison clothes, covered in blood, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
When Su Zhen saw this, she stepped forward and grabbed the cell door, almost unable to hold back her voice.
"Li Xu?" Gu Yun called out.
The person lying on the ground raised his head and looked over here when he heard the sound. When he saw a figure wearing a veil on the head, his face changed slightly and he got up from the ground.
Seeing that he was still alive, Gu Yun glared at the Temple Chief and the Prison Chief who followed him in, "You two go out first. I want to talk to him through the cell door."
The two hesitated and refused to leave. Gu Yun raised his foot and kicked Si Zheng who was close to him on the buttocks, "Get lost! Do you think you are a lord and have a good temper? Are you all rushing to get beaten?"
Gu Yun had a bad reputation and had always been lawless and unruly. Seeing that he was really angry, the two men dared not continue to pester him and had to go outside the cell and let the jailer guard from a distance.
Seeing that there was no one nearby, Su Zhen dared to take off the curtain. Li Xiu saw that it was indeed her. He endured the wounds on his body, tremblingly walked to the prison door, and called out, "Zhen'er, why are you here?"
Su Zhen looked at the scars on Li Xu's body, her eyes full of heartache and tears streaming down her face, "Brother Li Xu, I'm sorry for making you suffer. It's all Zhen'er's fault..."
"No...it has nothing to do with you." Li Xiu raised his hand to wipe away the tears on her face, but when he saw the blood on his hand, he stopped and withdrew his hand.
He said, "Zhen'er, have you been deregistered? After you've been deregistered, don't stay in the capital, a place of trouble. The farther away the better."
"She can't leave." Gu Yun interrupted their reminiscing.
Li Xu looked at Gu Yun and recognized his identity. He was not sure why Gu Yun brought Su Zhen to the Dali Temple Prison. "Young Marquis Gu, what do you mean by this?"
"Did you embezzle government funds in order to save Su Zhen?" Gu Yun asked.
In front of Su Zhen, Li Xu subconsciously denied, "No, I... I am greedy for money. Who doesn't like money? Silver is a good thing."
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