Hearing Fang Jian's words, Luan Xiao's face changed drastically, and he said hurriedly: "Captain, I..."
Fang Jian raised his hand to stop Luan Xiao from saying the next words and said, "You don't have to explain. I know you are afraid of the power of Lie Yi Shangqing."
Luan Xiao said, "He is also the judge of the Imperial Court, a high-ranking official and a lieutenant who holds real power in Yujing City. We really shouldn't offend him."
Fang Jian looked at the sky, which was already turning pale. He counted with his fingers and found that it was almost noon. This meant that the night patrol captain's office was about to end its patrol and it was time for the day patrol captain's office to "go to work".
Fang Jian withdrew his gaze, then looked at Luan Xiao and said, "Go and pass on my order. When the patrol captains return, all of you must come to Changyou Hall to discuss matters."
Luan Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he immediately bowed and said, "Yes."
Then Fang Jian walked down the jade steps, and Su Kuang, who was in charge of guarding the Captain's Mansion, was already waiting at the bottom of the jade steps. "Greetings, Captain." Su Kuang bowed to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian said, "Go to the prison."
Su Kuang nodded and accepted the order, "Yes."
Afterwards, Fang Jian brought Su Kuang to the prison of the Colonel's Mansion. The prison of the Night Patrol Colonel's Mansion was not actually a "prison", but only a "prison", because for any major case, no matter it was the Day Patrol Colonel's Mansion or the Night Patrol Colonel's Mansion, the criminals would eventually be handed over to the Court of Justice.
Therefore, the cells in the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion were very simple, with golden walls and jade tiles, like a relatively simple courtyard. Each cell was just a temporary room for detaining prisoners.
There were not many soldiers on duty here. Fang Jian only saw two soldiers guarding the door, and there was only one soldier on duty in the prison yard.
"Why are there so few people on duty?" Fang Jian said to Su Kuang dissatisfiedly.
Su Kuang quickly said, "Captain, since there are no prisoners in this cell right now, there aren't many people assigned to guard it."
Fang Jian said, "There are prisoners already, and they must be strictly guarded. You must dispatch fifty soldiers to guard the cells, twenty-five during the day and twenty-five at night. In addition to guarding the main gate, there must be at least two people guarding the surrounding walls and each cell in front and behind. Go and arrange it now, quickly!"
Su Kuang's expression became serious when he heard this, and then he respectfully accepted the order and said, "Yes, I will do it right away."
Afterwards, Fang Jian went to the cloud room where Lie Heng was imprisoned and took a look. After seeing that Lie Heng was being guarded in the cloud room by five soldiers, Fang Jian turned around and left.
Not long after, Su Kuang brought fifty soldiers to the cell and arranged the guard duties as Fang Jian said.
Fang Jian had great trust in these soldiers who had seventeen pardon orders on them, and because they followed Huisheng Da Daojun, they had resentment towards the Da Dao Court.
So those yellow-robed nobles were really stupid, begging for food while guarding a mountain of gold. Now Fang Jian wanted to show those nobles in Yujing City the correct way to use the amnesty order.
After Su Kuang arranged the soldiers on duty, he returned to Changyou Palace with Fang Jian. At this time, the officials in charge of night patrols had all returned, and under Fang Jian's order, they all came to Changyou Palace.
When Fang Jian entered the Changyou Hall, the ten nobles who had been waiting inside immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Captain."
Fang Jian nodded, then turned into a mysterious light and flew up to the steps of the hall and sat down. Su Kuang also walked to the front of the left side of the hall and stood still.
"No need to be so polite." Fang Jian waved his hand and said.
The nobles bowed again in thanks and stood up straight. At this time, Yu Censhuang also returned to Changyou Palace. He walked straight to the steps of the palace and reported to Fang Jian, "Sir, I have sent someone to deliver the message."
"Yeah." Fang Jian nodded in response.
Fang Jian then swept his gaze over the crowd below, and spoke, "When I'm on night patrol, I must enforce the law impartially. I must not be timid or hesitant. If I hesitate and fear this or that, and fail to enforce the law impartially just because I hear someone on the other side has a higher rank and greater power, what use is there for me in the Night Patrol?"
Hearing this, the eleven ministers below immediately looked up at Fang Jian, while Luan Xiao's face was stiff and his teeth were clenched.
Fang Jian's gaze also fell on Luan Xiao, and he said directly, "The reason why I say this is because Mr. Luan Xiao almost made the Night Patrol Captain's Office under my jurisdiction a laughing stock last night."
For a moment, the other ten officials all looked at Luan Xiao in surprise. Fang Jian then told them what the soldiers had reported about Luan Xiao, and concluded by saying, "As a high official in the Night Patrol Captain's Office, you're actually worse than those soldiers. Aren't you ashamed?"
Luan Xiao's face flushed all the way to his neck. He bowed and stepped out of the ranks, saying, "Captain, I was afraid of Lord Lie Yi's power at the time, but if you say I'm inferior to those soldiers, I disagree."
At this point, Luan Xiao pointed at the soldiers on duty outside the palace and said, "They have pardon orders on them, but I don't. How many officials in Yujing City would dare to offend a high-ranking official?"
Luan Xiao looked at Fang Jian and said, "Captain, you can say I'm a coward, but you can't say I'm inferior to those soldiers. That would be a great humiliation to me."
Fang Jian said coldly, "Do you still need me to humiliate you? The moment Lie Heng revealed his family background and you hesitated and feared, you suffered the greatest humiliation, and this humiliation was brought upon yourself."
After saying this, Fang Jian looked at the nobles in the hall and said, "I'm telling you, from now on, when patrolling Yujing City, we'll have someone specifically assigned to use magical powers to record the entire process. Anyone who disrupts the order of Yujing City, commits crimes, or oppresses others will be apprehended and taken back to the Commandant's Mansion."
"If you have magical recordings of the entire process and haven't abused your power for personal gain, I'm going to make this clear today. As long as you enforce the law impartially, even if you capture the five regents' disciples, children, and grandchildren, I'll take the blame if the sky falls!"
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