The roar was like thunder from heaven, resounding throughout the entire garrison office. In an instant, the expressions of the twenty-eight Shaoqings in Minghua Hall changed from anger and horror to fear and panic.
Everyone was stunned, including Lord Lieyi who was sitting behind the screen behind Lord Sanxu.
Gu Zhenqing standing aside was filled with shock and admiration at the moment. He had never admired anyone in all his years, but now he had one, and it was Fang Jian!
From this moment on, no matter what happened to Fang Jian in the future, Gu Zhenqing swore that he would only admire Fang Jian in his life. He was so brave that even he, a bystander, felt his blood boiling.
But he lowered his head, not daring to reveal his emotions. Fang Jian was not afraid of these people, but he had not lived enough, and he did not dare to offend so many ministers and his superior, Minister Sanxu.
When Shangqing Sanxu saw this scene, he was stunned in his seat for a moment. He never expected that Fang Jian would dare to do this. He actually dared to bring troops to the garrison yamen and even dared to tear his face with everyone here?
But soon Sanxu Shangqing realized that it was not true. Fang Jian had only fallen out with these Shaoqings and did not mention himself at all, which meant that he had no intention of doing anything extreme.
Thinking of this, Sanxu Shangqing immediately adjusted his mindset, stood up and said, "Captain Fang, what are you doing? Since you don't want to hand Lie Heng over to the Court of Justice, then don't hand him over. Let you, the Night Patrol Captain's Office, investigate and interrogate him first."
What Shangqing Sanxu has to do now is to stabilize Fang Jian. No matter what method he uses to deal with Fang Jian later, this chaos must not happen in the Garrison Office. Otherwise, he will be embarrassed. Once the Taoist Primordial Master punishes him, he may become an unjustly killed ghost like the previous thirteen captains.
To the people below, a Shangqing was already a top figure among the "nobles", but to the five regents, a Shangqing was no different from an ant, and could be crushed to death at any time.
So Sanxu Shangqing immediately said, "Captain Fang, tell your soldiers to put down their weapons immediately. We have something to discuss."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately addressed Sanxu Shangqing and said, "Since the governor has spoken, I will obey your orders. However, I would like you to issue an imperial decree, stating that I will have the Night Patrol Lieutenant's Office investigate Lie Heng's crimes and that I will decide when to transfer Lie Heng to the Court of Justice."
Upon hearing this, Sanxu Shangqing immediately glanced towards the back of Minghua Hall. He then said to Fang Jian, "Captain Fang, I only need to convey the decree orally for this matter. There's no need to issue a large-scale order, right?"
Fang Jian smiled and said, "No, Lord Ling Yin, I like to make a big show. Please give the order, Lord Ling Yin."
The next moment, the five hundred soldiers shouted in unison: "Sir Ling Yin, please give the order!"
Sanxu Shangqing was startled, his eyes fixed, and his expression changed several times in an instant. He laughed and said, "Okay, okay, then I will give the order now."
After saying this, Shangqing Sanxu immediately wrote an imperial edict, stamped it with his own imperial seal, and then used his magic power to send the edict to Fang Jian.
After Fang Jian took the decree and examined it, he immediately put it away and smiled as he stepped forward to Sanxu, bowing and saying, "Thank you, Lord Lingyin. I have official business to attend to. If Lord Lingyin has no further instructions, I will take my leave."
Sanxu Shangqing smiled and said, "Okay, Captain Fang, please do as you please." After that, Sanxu Shangqing waved to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian bowed to Lord Sanxu, then turned around and led the five hundred soldiers away, quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.
At the same time, a slight sound of something falling to the ground was heard from the inner room behind Minghua Hall, followed by a cold snort from Lie Yi Shangqing. Immediately, Lie Yi Shangqing's aura quickly left Minghua Hall and finally left the Garrison Yamen.
When Shangqing Sanxu heard Shangqing Lieyi's movements and sensed that Shangqing Lieyi's aura had disappeared, he could only sigh deeply and then sat back on the sandalwood chair with a gloomy face.
This time he really lost face. He originally wanted to do Lie Yi a favor, but he didn't expect to be embarrassed in front of him!
At this moment, Sanxu Shangqing felt extremely uncomfortable, which was a hundred times more uncomfortable than when his childhood sweetheart married a Taoist master as a concubine.
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However, after Lie Yi left the garrison office, he had no idea what to do for a while. He could not go to meet Fang Jian to negotiate because he knew that the case he had judged regarding Fang Jian was a confusing case.
So he didn't dare to go directly to Fang Jian, for he was afraid of angering Fang Jian even more.
"Damn, how does this guy control those lunatics?" Lie Yi thought with great annoyance. He thought Fang Jian would soon be killed by those lunatics, but he didn't expect that Fang Jian actually gained the loyalty of these lunatics. Now things would be difficult.
This is also what he fears the most. If Fang Jian gets angry and directly signals those lunatics to kill Lie Heng, he will have no place to cry.
When he was worried, Lie Yi suddenly thought of his think tank, the "Old Calculator", so Lie Yi immediately returned to his own professional academy in the Court of Law and called the Old Calculator over to ask for advice.
The old calculator came before Lie Yi and, after listening to Lie Yi's account of the entire situation, he could not help but say with a look of shock and dejection, "This... this is my own misjudgment. I call myself 'Old Calculator' and I consider myself a shrewd and calculating person, but I never expected to fall prey to a young man and ruin my reputation."
"From what you said, my Lord, his behavior in Minghua Hall of the Garrison Office is quite heroic. If he had not died while serving in the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion, he would have achieved great things in the future." The old fortune teller sighed.
Lie Yi looked at the old fortune teller's dejected expression and listened to his sighs, and immediately said, "Let's not talk about this for now. The most important thing right now is how to rescue Heng'er!"
Upon hearing this, the old calculator temporarily suppressed his frustration and began to provide advice to Lie Yi.
After about ten breaths, the old fortune teller immediately said, "Shangqing, now we have no choice but to ask for help from Taizhang Daozun."
Hearing the old fortune teller's words, Lie Yi Shangqing was stunned for a moment. Tai Zhang Dao Zun was the 'Seal of the Court Law Department', a powerful person in the Qing Realm, and also a disciple of 'Tai Yi Dao Zun', one of the five regents.
After being stunned for a moment, Lie Yi Shang Qing immediately shook his head like a rattle, "No, no, no, no matter how big this matter is to me, it is also a small matter to Tai Zhang Dao Zun. If I ask Tai Zhang Dao Zun for such a small matter, he will punish me."
Upon hearing this, the old accountant sighed slightly and then said again, "In that case, we'll have to go talk to Captain Fang at the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion."
Lie Yi shook his head again and said, "That won't work. I didn't give him a fair judgment in that case last time. He won't let me down even if I go talk to him."
The old fortune teller pondered for a moment and said, "Why not, let me go meet Captain Fang first and feel out his feelings."
Lie Yi looked up at the old calculator for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, then go and check it out first."
The old accountant bowed and said, "Yes." Then he turned and left.
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