Everyone present was stunned, including the registrar who was following behind the county magistrate, and the boss who was hiding in the dark.
He watched as the county magistrate was directly convicted and beheaded without mercy. The boss, who prided himself on being a master strategist and fearless, was now panicked.
Princess? He grasped the most important words, and like the county magistrate, he understood the moment his head fell to the ground.
It was her! That woman! The woman who was talking nonsense for no apparent reason!
After the boss thought it through, he took a deep breath, turned around and ran to the back door. He had to escape quickly.
What a pity that the county government office had been surrounded by the imperial guards, and not even a fly could get out.
Yan An had been following the officials and the commander. When he knew that the emperor had arrived, he was stunned for a moment and then lowered his head.
These days, apart from following the government officials out to look for people as usual, he would sit on the roof of the office in a daze, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After Liuchun disappeared, the people in the government office became even more panicked, and some even speculated that she felt hopeless and hanged herself somewhere to follow the eldest princess.
Yan An quietly acted like a transparent person because he knew what was going on.
It was wrong of him to take advantage of the terrain to find the princess in advance and bring her to the Snow Gang. After everything is over, he will apologize and the princess can take his life.
Yan An took out a dogtail grass from his arms and held it in his mouth, looking at the crowd coming and going with an expressionless face.
Although it was lively, he felt lonely inside.
No matter if it's the bearded Yan Ping'an, the jade-faced young man Yan An, or Boss Yan of the Snow Gang, they are just different faces he presents to the outside world. He himself doesn't know what the real him is like.
Maybe he had never been real.
Yan An thought in a daze.
But vaguely, he seemed to feel that at a certain moment and for a certain period of time, he was indeed his true self, so briefly that he was a little dazed.
The person who came to the government office to report not only brought the news of the emperor's arrival, but also told them that the magistrate of Qingyang County had been executed.
Yan An smiled.
It was a very shallow smile, just a slight curl of his lips. If you didn't stare at him, it would be hard to tell that he was smiling.
This is the first one...
At this time, the emperor was already sitting in the court of the county government.
He has sent a large number of imperial guards to the place where Wen Yu disappeared and spread out to search in all directions.
As expected, the boss was held in the hall by the imperial guards.
He lowered his head and suppressed the panic in his heart.
It's okay, as long as he doesn't tell anyone, no one will know his identity.
"Your Majesty, this person is sneaking around the back door. His martial arts skills are not weak. I think he is unusual."
The imperial guards looked at the head of the family and said, "The emperor is here, tell the truth!"
The big boss raised his head slightly and saw the prefect sitting at the lower left. His pupils shrank and he lowered his head again, not daring to look at the emperor.
The prefect subconsciously wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, then realized that this action was really abrupt, so he quickly put his hand down. But after putting it down, he felt that it looked even more abrupt, and his expression couldn't help but look a little ugly.
The big boss said: "I, I am..."
The emperor didn't even bother to listen to who was in the hall. His anger had not yet subsided, and had even intensified in the past few days, especially when he had not received any news about his imperial sister.
When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be buried. This is not just a saying.
Moreover, one can tell at a glance that this person has evil intentions.
The emperor said lightly: "Kill him."
The boss shuddered when he heard this. Even imperial envoys had to act according to the law, but the emperor could decide his life or death with just a word without any reason.
The prefect didn't even dare to speak up for him, not even sending a message in advance.
It was at this moment that the eldest master truly felt for the first time what imperial power was.
He saw the official who was executing the magistrate coming towards him, and the light of the drawn sword dazzled his eyes.
This man's sword was swift and he killed people very efficiently without even moving his eyes, as if he had no emotions. Even the executioner would sigh after chopping off a head, but this man's face showed no fluctuation at all, as if he had just killed a chicken or a duck.
His expression was not cold, just serious, but when one looked at his eyes, one felt a chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.
Jiang Qi had been frequently going in and out of the Ministry of Punishment to seek benefits for prisoners during this period, and his violent temper had not yet faded, so he would naturally not restrain himself when facing the person in front of him.
Only when facing the princess, he becomes the Lord Jiang who fled away because of her teasing.
The eldest boss saw Jiang Qi approaching and shouted, "I know! I know where the county magistrate took the princess!"
When these words were spoken, the first person to react was actually the prefect.
He closed his eyes, unable to bear to watch any longer.
Sometimes death is better than life, especially in the hands of the Supreme Court Justice.
But it was obvious that the boss didn't understand.
When he understood, death became a luxury.
The prefect also knew that he was not far from death, because the boss would never be able to keep a secret in the hands of the Supreme Court Minister, or rather, no one could keep it.
His heart sank.
At this moment, the emperor chuckled, and everyone in the hall fell silent. Even the various thoughts in their minds seemed to be forcibly interrupted by this indifferent laugh.
"Where is the Dali Temple Minister?"
Jiang Qi said: "I am here."
The emperor said nothing more, but everyone understood his intention.
The boss was dragged away, Jiang Qi put away his sword, and left after receiving the order.
Yue Lingfeng had been watching everything, his whole body as calm as water. He coughed lightly, but it caused an itchy feeling in his throat, and the coughs continued one after another.
The emperor glanced at him. Yue Lingfeng's health had just been restored by the imperial sister over the past six months. Although he was not strong, he was no longer as sickly as before. He was now free from illness and disaster.
But I was so anxious that day and had been traveling so fast that I developed a cough. If my sister knew about this, she would probably be very sad.
Yue Lingfeng said: "Your Majesty, I request your permission to accompany Lord Jiang..."
The emperor refused: "No, you should take care of yourself. If the emperor sister sees you like this when she comes back, she will be unhappy."
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