The east gradually turned white, and the officials in the court were already waiting in the side hall for the court session. Nowadays, the court session would start at 7 o'clock and end at 9 o'clock, and they could go back to sleep.
There are also several rooms in this side hall, and factions are immediately apparent here, depending on who is with whom.
Lord Yao Guang walked to the front of a room with a smile on his face and looked around.
Fu Kun was discussing matters with others in the room. When he saw Fat Pig Yao acting sneakily, his face was gloomy.
When Fatty Yao saw him, he immediately raised his little fleshy hand and waved him out.
He glanced at him with disgust and sat upright in his seat: "If you have anything to say, come in and tell me." Fu Kun was majestic and domineering, and the other officials sat back in their seats and no longer gathered around him.
Fatty Yao stood in front of the door and began to twist his body: "No~~~ I have a little secret to show you~~~" As he said that, he pulled out an envelope from his sleeve, with a vulgar and ambiguous expression on his face, "How can you show the love letter that the young lady gave you to others?"
Fu Kun's face immediately lengthened, and the official next to him also laughed softly. Of course, they were not laughing at Fu Kun, but at Yao Guang's impropriety.
Fu Kun waved his sleeves and walked towards Yao Guang, but Yao Guang grabbed him and took him to the corner.
"What on earth is this?! Sneaky!" Fu Kun's face was full of displeasure, and his tone was naturally not good.
Yao Guang looked around for a while, and when he was sure that no one was there, he turned the envelope over. Something fell out of the envelope, and when Fu Kun saw it, his eyes narrowed immediately, and his face was extremely gloomy!
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Master Yao Guang smiled with narrowed eyes, looking extremely obscene. In his hand was the Fu family's secret order. "Besides... your Fu Mingrui was also there last night..."
"What?! Rui'er is here too?!" Fu Kun exclaimed, and hurriedly looked around. When he saw that no one was looking at Yao Guang, his face turned from black to blue, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. "What do you want?!" Fu Kun almost gritted his teeth.
Master Yao Guang put the token back into the envelope, looked at Fu Kun with a smile for a while, and stretched out his fat hand: "It's hush money."
Fu Kun’s eyes widened and he stood there in a daze!
He has known Yao Guang for decades and knew that he was not serious at times, but he did not expect that he would become more of a scoundrel as he got older!
Yao Guang's chubby little hands clenched: "Give me some, we have already discussed a plan with your son last night, if you give me money to keep my mouth shut, I will certainly not take your official hat. Alas~~~ I have been watching you from behind for many years, looking back silently, but you are no longer here, my heart is reluctant to let you go... As for me, I have been watching your back for so many years, I can no longer focus on the backs of others..." Lord Yao Guang said, looking at Fu Kun with an ambiguous and affectionate look in his eyes.
Fu Kun immediately felt cold all over and nauseous. He took out a stack of banknotes from his arms without hesitation and slammed them into Yao Guang's hand: "Give me the thing!" Fu Kun tried to grab the envelope.
Yao Guang put the envelope behind him and gently held Fu Kun's hand: "I haven't finished yet."
"Speak nicely! Stop touching me!" Fu Kun pulled his hand back in disgust. He was wondering why Yao Guang hadn't married yet. It turned out he just liked this type of woman!
Yao Guang held the banknotes and immediately began to count them: "Pfft!" He spat on his fingertips and spoke while counting the money. His mercenary look made Fu Kun extremely disgusted, so he turned his face away and ignored him.
"We discussed this case with your son last night. Even if we handle it together, your official hat will be saved, and the Nine Gates will be saved, too. It's good for you and for me, right?"
The more Fu Kun listened, the angrier he became.
"Otherwise, we will report this matter to the emperor, and your son will be in a dilemma, right..."
Fu Kun's face tightened when he heard Yao Guang's words. Since Rui'er knew about this matter, he also understood Rui'er's temper. Since he had already made an agreement with Jiumen, he could not interfere and disrupt Rui'er's plan.
"Oh! One thousand taels! It's indeed Fu Zuo Xiang, he has a lot of pocket money!" Yao Guang's eyes lit up, drooling as he quickly hid the banknotes, reaching out to touch Fu Kun again, "One thousand is not enough, do you have more? Take some out."
"Fatty Yao! Stop it!" Fu Kun took Yao Guang's hand away. Seeing Yao Guang's rogue look, he knew that Yao Guang would not give up unless he took out some more. He looked at Yao Guang with a sullen face and secretly took out another folded banknote from his official boots.
"Oh my! You've forced out all your private money!" Yao Guang happily took it and gave the envelope to Fu Kun, "Please come visit us more often in the future, hahaha." Yao Guang left happily with the banknote.
Fu Kun held the envelope, his face gloomy.
He didn't blame Fu Mingsu for not doing this well, but this trip also revealed the strength of the Nine Sects. Under the fat face of Fatty Yao, it turned out that he really had a sinister heart!
What a fat guy Yao who is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!
He will demand double the return of Fu Kun’s blackmail today someday!
“Dang—Dang—”
At seven o'clock, the clock rang on time, the civil and military officials stood on both sides, and the emperor came in with great interest.
Ma Guanqun stood in the queue, feeling uneasy. His son had not been found yet, Fu Mingrui and Jiumen had not released any information, and Fu Xiang looked unhappy, so he did not dare to ask.
The emperor came in great spirits, and as soon as he saw Ma Guanqun standing in the queue as if he was sitting on pins and needles, he remembered the bet.
"Fu Zuoxiang, Yao Guang, how is your investigation going on this case?"
Fu Kun didn't say anything. Unlike yesterday when he was cowering, Yao Guang immediately stood up with his head held high and chest puffed out: "Your Majesty, the suspect has been caught!"
"Oh? Who is it?" The emperor was curious. All the officials in the court were also curious.
"Caught him? Lord Yao, you caught him!" Ma Guanqun stepped out excitedly, and was too worried to care about the court etiquette.
"Master Ma!" Eunuch Zhang beside the emperor immediately reminded.
Ma Guanqun knelt down in panic: "I lost my composure, I lost my composure."
The emperor nodded and continued to look at Yao Guang: "Then we can close the case. I will let the crown prince come to judge."
"Your Majesty, hehe." Lord Yao Guang chuckled, "I would like to ask for seven more days."
"What?!" Long Yan immediately became gloomy, "Yao Guang! First you said you had caught the bad guy, and now you say it will take a few more days. Are you kidding me?!"
"I dare not!" Yao Guang also knelt down, "Your Majesty, we have caught the person, but we still need to collect evidence. This person is not from our capital. Sect Master Fu Mingrui will need some time to go to her hometown to collect some important evidence!"
"Hmm? There's also... the matter of Fu Mingrui? Didn't you, the Nine Gates, already catch the criminal?" The emperor looked at Fu Kun, and asked him to explain.
Fu Kun took out his luggage and said, "I attach great importance to this case. It concerns the name of Lord Ma's son. I did not take advantage of my official hat as a bet. I joined forces with the Nine Gates to catch the criminal at the first moment! Since it concerns the son of an important official in the court, I have already put the investigation first. My official hat is not important."
After hearing this, the emperor was delighted: "Very good! This Fu Mingrui is really good! It is a blessing for our dynasty to have such an upright talent!"
Fu Kun and Yao Guang knelt below and looked at each other. Yao Guang smiled, while Fu Kun snorted and turned away his gloomy face. (To be continued)