No one understood Xu Qi'an's military salute from his past life, but Song Tingfeng understood the killing intent in part of the copper gong, coming from Zhu Yinluo's direct subordinates.

"Get him, don't let him escape." Song Tingfeng shouted and rushed forward, pressing Xu Qi'an down, twisting his hands behind his back, then looked around at everyone:

"Copper gong Xu Qi'an attacked his superior, disregarding the law and discipline. He must be handed over to the yamen for trial."

Zhu Guangxiao came over without a word, took off the rope from his waist, and personally tied up his colleague.

Seeing that the two had subdued Xu Qi'an, the copper gongs around them breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Tingfeng's face was ugly, and he whispered to Zhu Guangxiao: "Take him back to the yamen, I'll go ahead and report this to the boss. Remember, don't let Zhu Yinluo's men escort him, and keep an eye on him."

After saying these words, Song Tingfeng clasped his fists and said, "This person and I both served under Li Yinluo, and he committed such a heinous crime, so we are also responsible. We will escort him back to the yamen, and you all continue to search the houses."

"Good!"

"Thank you."

The copper gongs said.

Since Song Tingfeng had promised, the responsibility for the escape of the criminal would also fall on him, and it had nothing to do with them.

Moreover, the task of searching the houses had not been completed, and everyone was still thinking about making money.

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao found several colleagues who had played Russian roulette at the brothel last night, and together they escorted Xu Qi'an.

Old Song Xu was angry and didn't talk to Xu Qi'an all the way, and even kicked him twice.

After leaving the prefecture, he hurried ahead on horseback.

Xu Qi'an was tied up with a rope, sitting on horseback, escorted by four copper gongs, and headed to the Nightwatcher yamen.

At this time, that sense of strength had passed, and Xu Qi'an began to worry about himself.

He was afraid of death, but he had no regrets. The family of the official who had committed the crime had not been implicated, and they could have left safely.

Xu Qi'an had been adapting to the rules of this era, trying to integrate himself into it and be at peace with the world, as he had told Xu Xinnian.

It was also something he told himself.

At least as an eighth-grade warrior now, he could only learn to adapt to the environment.

Until he saw the fate of the child, Xu Qi'an's faith, which had gradually cooled, suddenly became hot and clear. He found his original intention.

...

"Drive, drive, drive..." Song Tingfeng whipped the horse while shouting, "Nightwatcher is handling things, get out of the way, all of you, get out of the way."

The pedestrians were in a panic, and curses were heard.

Song Tingfeng ignored them all, urging the horse to return to the Nightwatcher yamen, without even throwing the reins to the white servant on duty at the gate, and rushed into the yamen.

...

Li Yuchun was working in the hall when he heard the commotion, raised his head, waited for a few seconds, and saw Song Tingfeng rushing into the Chuntian Hall.

"What's going on?" Li Yuchun asked.

The hurried footsteps must have been to report something.

"Xu Qi'an almost killed Zhu Yinluo. Boss, save him quickly." Song Tingfeng spoke quickly, not waiting for Li Yuchun to ask, and continued, "Zhu Guangxiao and his colleagues are escorting him back to the yamen. Zhu Jinluo will soon receive the news, and I'm afraid Xu Qi'an won't even have a chance to enter the yamen."

Li Yuchun didn't ask any more questions, and stood up abruptly, leading Song Tingfeng out of Chuntian Hall.

His target was clear, Yang Yan's Divine Spear Hall.

The only one who could deal with Jinluo was Jinluo himself.

The two of them walked quickly, and Li Yuchun said as they walked, "What exactly happened?"Song Tingfeng breathed heavily and quickly said, "A man named Zhu wanted to assault the wife of a criminal official. Xu Ningyan tried to stop him, and they got into a conflict. Xu Ningyan used his knife and injured Zhu Yinquan, and now his life is in danger..."

After finishing, Song Tingfeng continued to add details, including how Zhu Yinquan had targeted and harassed Xu Qianan before they left.

Assaulting the wife of a criminal official?

If Li Yuchun had been slightly blaming Xu Qianan for injuring Zhu Yinquan at first, now he firmly stood on Xu Qianan's side.

"When you see Yang Jinluo later, repeat what happened, but remember not to mention that Zhu Yinquan deliberately harassed Xu Qianan," Li Yuchun warned.

Song Tingfeng hesitated for a few seconds, then instantly understood and nodded.

If they mentioned the conflict in the yamen, Yang Jinluo might think that there were personal factors involved between Xu Qianan and Zhu Yinquan.

That would be equivalent to starting a personal feud.

The team of Nightwatchers was formed to prevent embezzlement and to supervise each other.

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But Xu Qianan still made a serious mistake. His correct action should have been to report to the yamen, not to take action on his own and cause his superiors to be seriously injured.

In any yamen, killing a superior officer who had committed a crime was a capital offense.

"Is there any hope for him?" Song Tingfeng's lips were dry.

"I don't know," Li Yuchun glanced at him.

The two arrived at the Godly Firearms Hall. Yang Yan was not at Haoqi Tower accompanying Wei Yuan today. He was sitting cross-legged, meditating and breathing.

He didn't seem to have any intention of opening his eyes, continuing to breathe and circulate his qi.

Normally, Li Yuchun would have waited patiently until he finished his meditation before reporting the matter.

But they couldn't wait today. Li Yuchun said in a deep voice, "Yang Jinluo, something big has happened."

Yang Yan opened his eyes, expressionless, showing no anger or displeasure. "What happened?" he asked.

Li Yuchun looked at Song Tingfeng, who immediately reported the conflict between Xu Qianan and Zhu Yinquan during the house search, concealing the personal grudges during the assembly.

Li Yuchun continued, "With Zhu Yinquan's temper, Xu Qianan might not come back."

Yang Yan's face became serious. "I see," he said.

He stood up, took a step forward, and disappeared inside the hall.

...

Zhu Yang was one of the top ten bronze gongs in the Nightwatcher yamen of the capital, a fourth-ranked warrior. He had joined the army at a young age, starting as a foot soldier, and accumulated military achievements until he became a hundred households. Then he was recruited by Wei Yuan into the Nightwatchers and was highly valued.

He was considered one of Wei Yuan's direct-lineage golden gongs, with a status only slightly lower than the two sons of the Mantis.

Zhu Yang had three sons. The eldest was neither good at literature nor martial arts. The second son was a half-baked scholar who worked at the Ministry of Personnel.

Only the third son, Zhu Chengzhu, had exceptional talent and was the youngest silver gong in the Nightwatcher yamen. He was highly regarded by Zhu Yang.

At this moment, a panicked silver gong rushed in and said with an ugly face, "Sir, sir, something bad happened to Young Master Zhu..."

Zhu Yang, who was looking down at the documents, immediately looked up and listened to the silver gong continue, "Young Master Zhu was injured by a bronze gong and is in critical condition. He has been brought back to the yamen and is being treated urgently. I have sent someone to ask the sorcerers of the Astronomical Observatory to come."

Led by the silver gong, Zhu Yang rushed to his son's Eagle Hall and saw his unconscious youngest son and his exaggerated chest injury.

Several of his silver gongs took turns to help him breathe and maintain his body's functions, while two yamen doctors were treating him.

Zhu Jinluo's face was dark. "What's the situation?"The two doctors seemed to not have heard him, their hands busy with stopping the bleeding, applying medicine, acupuncture to save his life, and stitching up the wound.

"If the knife wound was half an inch deeper, the heart would have been cut open. Even the sorcerers of the Celestial Observation Court would be powerless then." One of the doctors looked up and said.

"It was the copper gong magical artifact that saved Lord Zhu from the fatal attack. His life was spared, but the knife qi has invaded his organs. If the qi is not extracted, Lord Zhu will have at most half an hour left."

"When will the sorcerers of the Celestial Observation Court arrive?" Zhu Jinluo's voice suddenly rose.

"They have already been sent for and will arrive soon." The silver gong who brought him replied.

Zhu Jinluo nodded. "Who did it?"

"Xu Qi'an, the copper gong Nightwatcher under Li Yuchun's command..." The silver gong replied.

Xu Qi'an?

Zhu Jinluo had heard of this insignificant person before. Jiang Lvzhong and Yang Yan had fought with him. But how could a small copper gong hurt his son?

"When they were gathering, that little copper gong arrived late. Zhu Yinluo scolded him, but he held a grudge and when they searched his house, he drew his sword and attacked." The silver gong had heard this from the copper gong who reported it, but he had blurred the main points and changed the concepts.

He shifted the blame for the conflict to the copper gong named Xu Qi'an. After all, he couldn't say in front of the father: your son insulted the concubine of a criminal official and was attacked.

Watching Zhu Jinluo's livid face, the silver gong continued, "Xu Qi'an is on his way back, and he should be arriving at the yamen soon."

After confirming that the white-robed sorcerers of the Celestial Observation Court had enough time to arrive, Zhu Yang took a deep look at his unconscious younger son and disappeared into the hall as a strong wind.

Zhu Jinluo had just rushed out of the yamen and looked in the direction of Chang Street when he saw six riders slowly approaching, one of them being Xu Qi'an, with his hands tied with ropes.

The other five riders surrounded him as they escorted him back to the yamen. The other Nightwatchers were still searching the house and counting the assets.

Zhu Jinluo stared at the little copper gong on the horseback, without anger or killing intent, as his fingers manipulated his qi. "Clang!" Zhu Guangxiao's sword was automatically drawn out and under the control of his qi, it slashed towards Xu Qi'an.

Everyone was caught off guard, including Xu Qi'an who had his hands tied.

"Ding!"

Another copper gong's sword was drawn out and blocked the blade that was about to kill Xu Qi'an.

The two standard swords fell to the ground with a "clang" sound.

Xu Qi'an had long been prepared and his back was still sweating coldly.

As if crushing ants, Zhu Yang, who showed no emotion, finally darkened his face and turned to the expressionless man behind him, suppressing his anger and saying, "Attempted murder of a superior is punishable by death. You cannot protect him."

"I will be the one to execute him," Yang Yan, the expressionless man, replied calmly. "When did it become your turn to touch my people?"

"Fine, this matter will be decided by Grand Eunuch Wei."

The two of them immediately went to the Haqi Building to seek justice from Wei Yuan.

After receiving the message, Yang Yan and the still-angry Zhu Yang went up to the seventh floor and met with Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan stood in the lookout tower with his back to the tea room.

Nangong Qianrou stood at the connection between the lookout tower and the tea room, leaning against the wall with a cold smile mixed with a playful expression.

"Grand Eunuch Wei!" Zhu Yang bowed and said in a deep voice, "My son Zhu Chengzhu was severely injured by the copper gong Xu Qi'an and is still in critical condition. I implore Grand Eunuch Wei to punish Xu Qi'an severely."

He looked up at Wei Yuan's back, but when he saw that he didn't turn around, Zhu Yang continued, "Grand Eunuch Wei, this matter..."Zhu Yang explained the whole thing in detail.

Wei Yuan turned around and walked back to the tea room, sitting down at the table.

Yang Yan said, "Father, I have a different version of events. While searching the house, Zhu Chengzhu attempted to rape the wife of a government official. Xu Qi'an, the copper gong, stopped him. Instead of stopping, Zhu Chengzhu dragged the woman into the courtyard in an attempt to publicly humiliate her. Xu Qi'an tried to stop him, but when he couldn't, he became angry and took action."

Yang Jinluo had a lot to say and said it all at once.

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yang was furious. "It was clearly Xu Qi'an, the copper gong, seeking revenge."

Wei Yuan nonchalantly set out teacups, brewed tea, and waited for the two copper gongs to finish arguing, mainly with Zhu Yang yelling and questioning angrily, while Yang Yan couldn't be bothered to respond.

"If there are differences, then we will confront them," Wei Yuan said.

Soon, Song Tingfeng, Zhu Guangxiao, and several other returning copper gongs, including Xu Qi'an, were called over.

They surrounded Xu Qi'an, who was holding a rope in his hands, in the center.

"Explain clearly!" Wei Yuan scanned the crowd and said gently.

All the copper gongs lowered their heads and dared not meet his gaze, even though this great eunuch had always presented himself as gentle and respectful.

Zhu Yang glared sharply at the silver gong who had reported the news to him. "You report this matter to Wei Gong in detail."

The silver gong then repeated the same report, which was identical to the one given to Zhu Yang.

Several copper gongs frowned.

Zhu Guangxiao pushed Song Tingfeng and, since he was a man of few words, let his extroverted colleague speak.

"I have something to report to Wei Gong," Song Tingfeng said after receiving a nod from Wei Yuan.

"When we gathered, we were not late, but Zhu Yinluo deliberately provoked and physically assaulted me and Xu Qi'an."

"During the search, he forcibly kept the three of us in the front hall and did not allow us to enter the inner courtyard. When an official of higher rank arrived, we could only follow orders."

"It was not until the cries of the women in the backyard that Xu Qi'an could no longer stand it and charged over. He drove away the other copper gongs but was helpless against Zhu Yinluo."

"Zhu Yinluo knew he was breaking the law but did not stop. Instead, he dragged the women into the courtyard and planned to publicly humiliate them, in an attempt to force Xu Qi'an to take action."

Zhu Yang narrowed his eyes. "Framing a superior is also a capital offense."

Song Tingfeng gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Wei Gong, I have something to report. What I said is true. Zhu Yinluo did drag the women into the courtyard and attempted to humiliate them in front of us. He also provoked Xu Qi'an with his words."

Wei Yuan looked at the other copper gongs.

They all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

When immortals fight, they can't afford to offend either side.

Wei Yuan said gently, "Tell the truth, and I promise you will not be harmed."

The copper gongs breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. "Xu Qi'an and the others were not late after all..."

Another copper gong couldn't help but speak up. "What Song Tingfeng said is true. Zhu Yinluo did drag the women into the courtyard and attempted to humiliate them in front of us. He also provoked Xu Qi'an with his words."

This was the advantage of having multiple teams. If all the copper gongs were under Zhu Jinluo's command, their statements would have been uniform and pointed at Xu Qi'an.

"Even so, this matter should be handled by the yamen," Zhu Yang snorted.He skillfully shifted the conflict. Regardless of the true reason, the fact remained that Xu Qi'an almost killed his superior, which was a done deal.

While his son had made a mistake, when was it the turn of a lowly Nightwatcher to punish him? Moreover, the offense of insulting an official's wife was not severe. The punishment could range from a salary deduction to demotion and imprisonment, with the most severe being dismissal.

With the matter causing such a stir, how many Nightwatchers were watching from the sidelines in the yamen? He didn't believe that Wei Yuan would favor a mere copper gong, even if he had been favored by two gold gongs before.

Wei Yuan said, "Zhu Chengzhu violated the law. Ignoring the criminal law, he is dismissed from office effective immediately and will never be employed again."

Zhu Yang's face changed.

Wei Yuan continued, "Xu Qi'an attacked a silver gong and caused serious injury, a heinous crime. He is to be imprisoned and beheaded at the waist in the vegetable market seven days later."

Zhu Yang closed his eyes and said nothing.

"Leave now and don't disturb me while I'm reading," Wei Yuan waved his hand.

The crowd bowed and was about to leave when they heard Xu Qi'an whisper, "Lord Wei...."

In front of everyone's gaze, he took two steps forward and asked, "I am willing to serve the Buddha with sincerity and not seek personal gain. Is this the truth?"

When he asked this question, Xu Qi'an stared at Wei Yuan's eyes.

Wei Yuan smiled, "Of course, it is the truth."

Xu Qi'an nodded and looked around at everyone, pausing on the faces of Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, as if giving an explanation to his colleagues who were concerned about him. "You eat what the people eat and use what the people use. It is easy to oppress the common people, but difficult to deceive the heavens."

He straightened his back, "This is also the truth from my heart."

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