Daojun Palace.
"Your Majesty, please do not hesitate any longer. I will go and pass on the order to kill Zhan Yunpeng." Guo Jing advised, waving his whisk.
"Issue this order: Zhan Yunpeng has defied the imperial court, openly disobeyed the order, and privately executed a court official. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, he must be beheaded immediately to uphold the law of the land!"
Inside the prison, Zhan Yunpeng finished writing the last word, threw away his pen, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally finished. Although it was a bit hasty, this book 'Collection of Case Solvings' will surely redress countless unjust, false, and wrongful convictions for the Song Dynasty. Hahahaha... Jailer! Jailer!"
"What instructions does Lord Zhan have?" The jailer ran in in a panic.
"Bring me some wine, I want to drink it!"
Soon the jailer came with a jar of wine, opened the cell door and handed it to Zhan Yunpeng.
Zhan Yunpeng knocked off the mud seal on the jar, raised the jar and drank from it.
The wine spilled onto his chest, and Zhan Yunpeng sighed comfortably: "Good wine!" Then he wiped his lips with his sleeve.
"The imperial edict has arrived!" A eunuch walked in with Guo Jing.
The jailer knelt hurriedly to greet him. Guo Jing, dressed in a Taoist robe and followed by four guards, walked in with a haughty air and looked Zhan Yunpeng up and down.
"Oh, Lord Zhan really knows how to enjoy life. Your cell is comparable to a luxurious mansion." Guo Jing said sarcastically.
Zhan Yunpeng paid no attention to this villain, and took another sip from the wine jar: "Why, old demon Taoist priest, do you want to come and stay here?"
Guo Jing was furious: "You dare to be stubborn even when you are about to die!"
Zhan Yunpeng held up the jar with one hand and squinted at Guo Jing: "Have a couple of sips?"
"I don't drink, Zhan Yunpeng, please accept the order!" Guo Jing took out the imperial edict from the retired emperor.
The eunuch next to Guo Jing pointed at Zhan Yunpeng who was drinking and said, "Bold Zhan Yunpeng, why don't you kneel down and accept the order!"
Zhan Yunpeng sat at the head of the kang, his drunken eyes squinting: "Whose imperial edict is this? If it's from the current emperor, I will naturally receive it respectfully. If it's from that old fool, the retired emperor, why would I care about him?"
"You, are so bold!" the eunuch said in a shrill voice.
Zhan Yunpeng took a sip and said, "I have disobeyed the emperor's orders more than once. Why would I dare not do anything else?"
The eunuch was about to yell, but Guo Jing stopped him. Guo Jing didn't demand he kneel, but instead read the imperial edict: "By order of the Supreme Emperor, Zhan Yunpeng has defied the imperial court, openly disobeyed the order, and privately executed a court official. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, he must be beheaded immediately to uphold justice!"
Zhan Yunpeng sneered scornfully, "I remember now. You're the Taoist priest who served Zhao Ji. Although I'm not very talented, I've learned a bit about divination. How about I do a calculation for you? Three hundred thousand taels of silver for each."
As he said that, Zhan Yunpeng stretched out his hand and asked him to scratch the money.
Guo Jing naturally disdained to argue with Zhan Yunpeng. Although he was a little curious in his heart, he did not ask in the end.
Zhan Yunpeng sneered: "Forget it, Zhan will do the calculation for you for free. When His Majesty returns in triumph, that will be the day you, the demon, will die."
Guo Jing snorted: "Don't bother Master Zhan about this. I have a long life ahead of me."
Of course he had the confidence to say this. Zhao Ji now worshipped him, and the Queen Mother also trusted Guo Jing. Zhao Huan wanted to touch him? Humph, unless he wanted to touch his father.
"Catch this traitor who has no respect for the emperor!" Guo Jing waved his hand.
Four guards approached from behind, carrying wooden shackles. With Zhan Yunpeng's kung fu, defeating these four and even escaping the prison would have been easy. However, doing so would ruin his reputation and implicate the jailers. He didn't resist, but surrendered.
As Zhan Yunpeng was led to the execution ground, the streets were flooded with civilians. Unlike previous executions, this one sparked countless outcries of injustice. They watched as their beloved hero, the man who had solved the rape and murder case of Li Xiaoyi, the son of former Prime Minister Li Bangyan, and had the Xiongzhou Transport Commissioner executed, was seen leaving.
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out from the crowd like an arrow and rushed straight towards Zhan Yunpeng.
Zhan Yunpeng was overjoyed. He squatted down and prepared to receive the other party's hug.
With a "puff" sound, the man and the dog hugged each other.
Zhan Yunpeng, with his hands on the wooden yoke, touched Lai Fu's dog head awkwardly: "You are the dog king of Bian Jing now, right? You haven't been kidnapped by a bitch."
He Li had just recovered from a serious illness and was carried in a sedan chair by his servants to the Secretariat to handle government affairs. He happened to encounter a group of people watching.
He Li lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and asked, "What's the noise outside?"
The servant came over and bowed his head and said, "Sir, the emperor has ordered the execution of Zhan Yunpeng."
"What?" He Li was shocked. He stretched his head and saw Guo Jing walking in front of him in a swagger, and Zhan Yunpeng was escorted by several guards to the execution ground.
"Hurry, hurry, take me to the palace! Hurry!" He Li hurriedly ordered the servants.
The sedan bearers and others carried the sedan and trotted towards the palace.
Li Gang was discussing the emperor's triumphant return to the palace with Chen Guoting and the crown prince in Wende Hall when He Li ran in hurriedly, coughing.
"Sir He, what's the matter that makes you so anxious? Is it because someone stepped on your tail?" Chen Guoting laughed at him.
He Li's face turned pale: "Oh no! The Emperor wants to execute Zhan Yunpeng."
"What?" Li Gang and everyone else were shocked.
"What should I do?" Li Gang clapped his hands with the back of his hands.
He Li walked up to the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, you are the only one who can save Zhan Yunpeng right now."
Zhao Chen looked bewildered: "Me?"
Li Gang immediately understood and said happily, "That's right, Crown Prince, you are now the Regent. As the Regent, issue an imperial decree to rescue Zhan Yunpeng, and then deal with him when His Majesty returns."
"This..." Zhao Chen was a little timid, because this was an order issued by the emperor himself.
"Oh, it's nothing. We will take responsibility for you if anything happens." Chen Guoting said anxiously.
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