Li Mubai suddenly waved his hand, and the carriage driver was lifted by a clear breeze, landing lightly on the side of the road.

Li, the scholar, held the reins and drove the carriage himself, saying, "This is a good horse that can travel a thousand miles a day."

An astonishing scene occurred. The horse pulling the carriage was originally an ordinary brown horse, but at this moment, it suddenly let out an excited neigh.

Under the brown skin, the muscles bulged, the body swelled, and in the blink of an eye, it was nearly twice as tall as an ordinary horse.

Li Mubai's carriage disappeared into the dust.

Zhang Shen snorted coldly, "You get down too."

He sent the carriage driver to the side of the road and took his place, holding the reins and saying in a deep voice, "This horse is not only a thousand-mile horse, but also has six legs."

The same change happened again. This black horse also swelled up, with bulging muscles under its black skin.

The difference was that its abdomen split open, bones grew, and nerves intertwined... two new horse legs grew out of its body.

The black horse galloped like the wind, kicking up a cloud of dust, and caught up with Li Mubai's carriage.

"You shameless old thief, where is there a six-legged horse?" Li Mubai was furious.

"I said there is, so there is."

"Fine, then my horse has eight legs."

"Hmph, shameless old thief, you want to compete with me for disciples? My carriage is as light as paper and can fly with the wind!"

A gust of wind blew, and Zhang Shen's carriage floated lightly like a piece of paper, drifting away with the wind.

Li Mubai refused to be outdone and shouted, "My carriage can fly in the clouds."

A white cloud appeared on the ground and stuck to the wheels of the carriage, lifting it into the sky.

Xu Pingzhi stared in amazement at the scene, until the two carriages disappeared into the sky, and he swallowed and said, "Scholars really know how to brag."

Xu Xinnian looked at the sky with longing in his heart and murmured, "This is not bragging, this is the fifth rank of Confucianism: Virtue!"

It also has another name, a mockery from the chief monitor after drinking: Confucianism violates the law!

...

Prison of the Ministry of Justice.

Xu Qi'an sat with his shackles on, leaning against the cold wall, smelling the damp and rotten air, as if he had returned to the prison of the prefectural yamen.

According to the information he had read in the case file library before, there were countless examples of male oppression and female bullying in the capital yamen, but these small matters could not reach the ears of the emperor, and were suppressed.

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The four words "reaching the ears of the emperor" were as heavy as Mount Tai, wasn't that the reason?

But this was during the capital inspection period. Weren't they afraid of political enemies attacking and destroying them... Xu Qi'an sneered, "Kill me quickly and use my family's lives to force my second uncle to bear the humiliation, isn't that enough?"

"I was wrong. Although the middle class lives comfortably, if they offend those bigwigs once, they will be ruined."

"If I want to live like a human being, I must have power and strength."

Clang... The iron door at the end of the corridor opened, and footsteps approached from far to near. Soon, a jailer led two armored soldiers holding knives to the fence.

"I'll take you to eat the head-cutting meal." The jailer sneered.

After he opened the door, he didn't go in, but took a step back and shouted, "Come out and die."

The two armored soldiers held their knife handles with both hands, their eyes alert.Despite wearing specially-made shackles and fetters, the opponent was still a peak-level martial artist. If they were to fight back in despair, they would all be in danger.

"You better cooperate with us. You don't want us to shoot through your tendons and drag you out, do you?"

Xu Qi'an was silent for a moment before standing up.

...

Sun, the Minister of Punishments, was dealing with paperwork when he suddenly felt something and looked up at the window. Two shadows flew towards him and gradually became clear. They were two carriages, one riding on the wind and the other on the clouds.

The two carriages raced each other and landed simultaneously in the courtyard of the Ministry of Punishments. The majestic horses fell to the ground, seemingly drained of all their vitality, and died in convulsions.

The guards of the Ministry of Punishments immediately surrounded them. Sun, wearing a crimson robe, greeted them with a frown. When he concentrated, his square face exuded seriousness.

"Brother Chunjing and Brother Jinyan, what brings you both to the Ministry of Punishments?"

Although the conflict between the National Academy and the Yunlu Academy had been going on for a long time, Sun was still a reasonable person. The two great scholars coming together were enough to make him show a proper attitude.

Zhang Shen arched his hand and said in a deep voice, "The Ministry of Punishments arrested one of our disciples, Xu Qi'an. I ask that Minister Sun release him."

They arrested a student from the Yunlu Academy? The old men of the Yunlu Academy were very protective of their students... Sun said, "The Ministry of Punishments has the power to manage the prison, and we won't arrest someone without reason. Please explain."

He didn't immediately agree. Although the National Academy suppressed the Yunlu Academy in the officialdom, it was because the National Academy was a government-run institution.

The Yunlu Academy couldn't compete with the National Academy, but that didn't mean it was a soft target. The Yunlu Academy held the Confucian practice system, which was the holy land in the hearts of scholars all over the world.

The teachers of the academy were known for being protective, so unless they had really committed a crime, officials from the Ministry of Punishments would not take the initiative to provoke them.

Before the two great scholars could speak, several bailiffs rushed over and shouted, "Minister, a group of white-clad disciples from the Bureau of Astronomy have come and barged into the Ministry of Punishments. We can't stop them..."

Sun and the officials present looked towards the commotion and saw a group of white-clad disciples from the Bureau of Astronomy rushing into the Ministry of Punishments. The man with a red embroidered censer on his chest led the group. He had thick eyebrows, a high nose, and dark circles that seemed to never disappear.

He was Song Qing, the fourth disciple of the Bureau of Astronomy's supervisor.

Sun frowned at their aggressive behavior and shouted, "You have trespassed into the Ministry of Punishments and violated the law. Leave now."

Song Qing stopped and bowed, saying calmly, "Minister, we are here to ask for someone from the Ministry of Punishments."

Upon hearing this, Sun's heart skipped a beat. He had a guess and said in a low voice, "Who?"

"Xu Qi'an, who was unjustly arrested by the Ministry of Punishments today."

Xu Qi'an again. Who was this person that attracted the great scholars of the Yunlu Academy and the white-clad disciples of the Bureau of Astronomy?In the Great Feng, no one dares to offend the Monitoring Officer, even the Yunlu Academy, which claims to be the orthodox school of Confucianism, recognizes him with a nose held high when the Monitoring Officer mocks them with his drunken words and twisted laws, without attempting to reason with him.

"What's going on? Who is Xu Qi'an? I've never heard of him before."

"You must be ignorant. Do you know about the tax embezzlement case? Xu Qi'an solved it."

"But he's just a martial artist. How did he get involved with Confucianism and the Monitoring Officer?"

"That's strange. Why did our Ministry of Justice arrest him?"

The officials from the Ministry of Justice who had come to watch the commotion whispered to each other.

Sun Shangshu waved his hand and called over a Ministry of Justice official. "Did the Ministry of Justice capture a criminal named Xu Qi'an today?"

The official replied in a low voice, then hurriedly ran off and returned with a stack of documents.

"Your Excellency, there is no Xu Qi'an mentioned in the arrest warrant."

None? Sun Shangshu's face darkened.

"Who was the arresting officer?"

"I do know that..." The official's eyes turned to a young man in a green robe in the crowd. "It was Huang Langzhong."

All eyes turned to him.

After returning to the Ministry of Justice, Huang Langzhong had only had time to take a sip of tea before he was confronted with this situation. He hadn't even had a chance to boast to the young lords and attendants before his heart sank.

PS: I fell asleep in front of my computer while writing after work today, so I apologize for the delay in updates. I'm a bit tired today.