"Hold on!" Young Master Zhou stopped the jailer and glared at the official in the green robe. "This man attacked me on the street and wanted to kill me. I am the victim here."

He narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully, "Sir, please mind your own business."

The other person was a fifth-rank official, far inferior to his father, like mud and clouds. But he was still an official of the Ministry of Justice, and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Revenue.

Young Master Zhou couldn't be too blunt in his words, he just hoped that the other party could understand that it was extremely unwise to offend the son of a deputy minister.

The official in the green robe was not afraid at all, but sneered, "Young Master Zhou, go tell the Lord Chancellor what you just said."

Young Master Zhou frowned and exchanged glances with the old man. Chen Shu whispered, "Lord Chancellor Sun has a good relationship with the old master...."

The second half of the sentence meant that he would not interfere unless there was an unexpected event.

Otherwise, there would be a problem.

Young Master Zhou, who was unwilling to let the cooked duck fly away, followed closely behind. As long as there was no problem, he would immediately arrest Xu Qi'an and use torture to kill him.

As they walked out of the prison of the Ministry of Justice, the bright sunshine shone down. Xu Qi'an squinted his eyes and adjusted to the discomfort of his pupils.

He followed the official in the green robe to the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, where there were many people, including officials of the Ministry of Justice in various colored robes, more than a dozen young men in white clothes, two carriages and dead horses, and two elegant old Confucians.

Young Master Zhou, who also saw the crowd, was somewhat confused and didn't know what had happened.

Young Master Zhou heard the sound of shackles and stopped. That damn Xu Qi'an stopped his footsteps, turned around, and said word by word, "You should be grateful that you didn't use torture on me. Let me reintroduce myself. I am a new disciple of the Supervisor."

The old man's face changed dramatically.

Young Master Zhou's expression instantly went out of control.

This couldn't be true. He couldn't be a disciple of the Supervisor.

But seeing the white robes of the entire Ministry of Justice, Young Master Zhou and the old man remained silent.

Xu Qi'an ignored the two of them, walked straight forward, glanced at the white-clothed people, and was surprised not to see Lady Caiwei.

Where was the little beauty with the goose egg face?

Did Headcatcher Wang send the alchemy manual and the alchemists of the Ministry of Justice came to save me after seeing the contents of the book?

Or did Lady Caiwei have something she couldn't get away from and asked her fellow disciples to save me?

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath and said as the shackles clanged, "Xu Qi'an greets several senior brothers."

Senior brothers? Song Qing was stunned and scrutinized Xu Qi'an. "Did you write this book?"

His eyes were a bit unfriendly... Xu Qi'an nodded, "This is not the place to discuss it. When we leave the Ministry of Justice, if Senior Brother wants to ask anything, Ning Yan will tell you everything."

Seeing Xu Qi'an talking to the white-clothed people of the Ministry of Justice, Young Master Zhou's expression was somewhat stunned. He stiffly averted his gaze and didn't want to believe that this was true. He quickly walked to Lord Chancellor Sun and whispered, "Lord Sun, the people from the Ministry of Justice...."

Lord Chancellor Sun glanced at him, "You want me to give you people?"

Young Master Zhou staggered.

The thin old man's breathing suddenly became rapid."Is he really a disciple of the Monitoring Bureau? This is impossible. And if he is a disciple of the Monitoring Bureau, the tax silver case could not have affected the Xu family."

The tax silver case!!

The thin and old man thought of a possibility. What if he was taken in as a disciple by the Monitoring Bureau after the tax silver case? He did unravel the secret of tax silver and created fake silver. As a genius in alchemy who was self-taught, it was possible for the Monitoring Bureau to take him in as a disciple, even though it was rare.

Moreover, if he was not a disciple of the Monitoring Bureau, why did this group of people in white gather here?

At this moment, the thin and old man noticed the two silent scholars and the strange-looking horses. He stared for a moment, suddenly shook his body, and recognized the two great scholars of the Yunlu Academy.

Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "[pawread.com]"

"The Lord of Personnel, those two scholars..."

"They are here to take people too." Sun, the Lord of Personnel, said expressionlessly.

Young Master Zhou's face stiffened, slowly turning his head to look at the old man.

...

"Are you Xu Qi'an?"

Xu Qi'an turned to look, and saw an old man in a gray robe with a goatee. He thought to himself, who is this old man?

"I am your former teacher." Another old man in a blue robe said, smiling gently at Xu Qi'an. "Do not worry about not having friends on the road ahead. Who in the world does not know you? But did you write this?"

"I did, and I apologize for my poor writing." Xu Qi'an said. "My courtesy name is Ning Yan."

Introducing oneself with a courtesy name to strangers was basic etiquette, as it was taboo to address someone by their name directly. If you did not introduce your courtesy name, it implied that you did not want to make friends.

The old man in the blue robe smiled even more deeply.

"Let's leave the Ministry of Justice now that this matter is resolved." Song Qing couldn't help but urge.

Immediately, a jailer stepped forward and unlocked Xu Qi'an's shackles.

"Good!" Xu Qi'an nodded.

The people from the Monitoring Bureau all smiled. They had achieved their goal, and now they eagerly anticipated the upcoming negotiations.

Li Mubai and Zhang Shen, the two great scholars, didn't want to stay any longer either, as they were about to face a fierce battle.

"Wait!" Xu Qi'an suddenly stopped.

The people from the Monitoring Bureau and the two great scholars looked at him.

"I have something else to take care of." Xu Qi'an arched his hand and walked towards Young Master Zhou. As he passed by the jailer, he grabbed the wooden plank-like shackle from him.

"You, what are you doing?" Young Master Zhou was shocked and kept retreating.

"Xu Qi'an, my father is a deputy at the Ministry of Revenue. How dare you touch me? How dare you attack me at the Ministry of Justice? Sun, Lord Sun, capture this thief... Uncle Chen, save me..."

Bang!

Xu Qi'an swung the shackle and viciously hit Young Master Zhou's head, breaking the wood.

Young Master Zhou's eyes rolled back, and he fell straight back, blood flowing from his hair.

Xu Qi'an looked at the thin and old man expressionlessly. "Kill me."

Silence fell over the entire room.

"Kill me, this insignificant ant, in front of my fellow disciples, the officials of the Ministry of Justice, and the two great scholars. Hurry up."The anger on his face receded like the tide, leaving the skinny old man stiff in place, not daring to move...

...

He had been to the Ghost Gate... Indeed, only those born into official families could deal with each other. The fairness and impartiality of the law only applied to the common people... Xu Qi'an bathed in the early winter sunshine, feeling like he had been reborn.

Just as he left the Ministry of Justice, Xu Qi'an saw two galloping horses coming from the end of the street, Xu Xinnian and his father.

Father and son both saw Xu Qi'an, surrounded by the white-robed people from the Bureau of Heaven, and Xu Xinnian's tense face visibly relaxed.

"Why are people from the Bureau of Heaven here?" Xu Xinnian's eyes flashed with doubt. He himself was a peak-level Qi practitioner and had participated in the Battle of Shanhai Pass. He wouldn't worship the sorcerers of the Bureau of Heaven like ordinary people.

Xu Xinnian held the reins of his horse and scrutinized his cousin without leaving a trace. He breathed a sigh of relief and bowed deeply. "Thank you, teacher. Thank you, Mr. Li Mubai."

Xu Qi'an had to first bow to the people from the Bureau of Heaven, then bow again with his cousin to the two great scholars.

Li Mubai lamented, "With such poetic talent, why did you become a yamen runner? Ning Yan, do you have any interest in coming to the Cloud Deer Academy to study the Confucian Way?"

They had only known each other for less than two quarters of an hour, and he was already calling him by his given name... Zhang Shen added, "You can just happen to become my disciple."

Xu Qi'an: "???"