Fang Yun was on a rapid rise to prominence, and the Chen family members stood on the flying leaf skyboat, which slowly landed outside the north gate of the capital.
They were talking and laughing during the flight, but when they reached the city gate, they stopped smiling and looked forward together.
Outside the north gate, there was not only the Chen family's carriage, but also more than 200 Beijing yamen runners standing at the gate. Yin Lan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, had a cold look on his face. He quickly came forward, bowed to Fang Yun and others, and said, "Fang Xusheng, I'm sorry. The Ministry of Justice just received news that someone saw you kill the human Jinshi Ji Zhibai. According to the Dajing Law, please come with us to the Ministry of Justice!"
Yin Lan was a Hanlin of Jing State, and also a follower of Liu Shan, with a great reputation as a writer.
At the door, there were soldiers guarding the gate and passers-by. These people stared at Fang Yun in a daze. Many of them had white cloth belts tied around their waists, in mourning for Fang Yun. They still couldn't understand how Fang Yun was alive.
A scene that surprised everyone happened. Fang Yun actually walked past Yin Lan as if no one was around, and said as he walked, "Want to arrest me? Let Liu Shan come in person."
A trace of shame and anger flashed across Yin Lan's face as he was completely ignored. He didn't expect Fang Yun to look down on him so much.
Yin Lan gritted his teeth, followed Fang Yun's footsteps, and said, "Your Highness Prince Ji, the law does not favor the rich, and the law does not bend. Even if you are the Prince Ji, if you kill someone in Jing State, I, the Ministry of Justice, will still bring you to justice!"
"I killed his most beloved student, and he doesn't even dare to come and arrest me personally? He is just sneaking around and doing despicable things all day long. How can I feel at ease handing over Jingguo to such a person? When I return from the Holy Academy, I will definitely clear up the court!" Fang Yun answered the question irrelevantly and walked towards the Chen family's carriage.
"Someone, come and capture Prince Ji!" Yin Lan shouted.
The two hundred yamen runners looked at Fang Yun with conflicted expressions, and no one dared to take a step forward.
"How dare you! Don't you even listen to my words? Captain Zhao, it's your duty, why don't you come and arrest him?" Yin Lan glared at a burly middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a ninth-rank official.
Captain Zhao was still in a daze. After a moment, he came to his senses and looked at Yin Lan aggrievedly, saying, "Sir Yin, before you came here, didn't you say you were here to capture Fang Xusheng alive? Besides, we can't control the prince or Xusheng. Sir, please seek help from someone else."
"How dare you! The capital is under the emperor's feet. There is no distinction between high and low. As long as the guilty person is found, any government office in the capital can arrest him! Don't you want to be the head constable anymore?" Yin Lan looked at Zhao the head constable viciously.
Captain Zhao glanced at Fang Yun who was getting on the carriage. He then looked at the Minister Yin Lan, gritted his teeth, and said, "I don't want to be an official anymore!" After saying this, Captain Zhao took off his official uniform in public, threw the Wenbao waist badge on his clothes, and turned to go into the city.
More than ten yamen runners actually took off their uniforms and followed Captain Zhao away.
"Just wait for me!" Yin Lan was so angry that his nose almost got crooked. As a dignified Hanlin and a minister of a country, how could he have been bullied by a mere student constable
A passerby not far away whispered: "Fang Xusheng has gone far away. Why are you shouting?"
Yin Lan turned his head and saw that the crowd was dispersing and rushing quickly towards the city, talking excitedly as they trotted.
"Is that really Fang Xusheng?"
"No doubt about it. Even the Minister of Justice said it was him, so it must be him."
"But doesn't Fang Xusheng count as dead?" Wucuo Novel Network does not skip words.
"Xu Sheng is not an ordinary person. He can be resurrected after death!"
"That's true! I have to tell my mother this news. She always cries when she talks about Fang Xusheng. Now that Fang Xusheng is alive, she must be very happy!"
Everyone was walking quickly and laughing happily.
The Chen family's carriage did not go to Chen Sheng's family. Instead, it stopped outside the gate of "Ruolu Prison".
The prisons in the capital were divided into four categories, the highest category being the Ruolu Prison, where high-ranking officials or scholars of high literary status were imprisoned.
The second class was the Shanglin Prison, where minor officials or scholars were imprisoned.
The third category is the Beijing Prison, where ordinary people are imprisoned.
The fourth class is the Tiger Prison, which is specially used to detain some extremely vicious criminals.
Fang Yun was imprisoned last year, and lived in the Tiger Prison, which had the worst environment. However, because Fang Yun had lived there before, and it was found that there were people who were wrongly accused there, the Tiger Prison has now been closed, and no more prisoners are allowed to live in such a bad prison.
Fang Yun had appeared on the light curtain above the Jingguo Academy many times. The jailer at the gate of Ruolu Prison recognized him at a glance, and then stared at Fang Yun blankly, feeling surprised and happy, but also suspicious.
These jailers only doubted Fang Yun's life or death, but did not suspect the liar, because everyone in the capital recognized the mark of the Chen Sheng family on those carriages, and no liar was stupid enough to come to Ruolu Prison under the banner of a semi-saint family to defraud.
"you are… "
"It's me." Fang Yun nodded slightly.
"You... Aren't you a saint?" The leading jailer spoke haltingly, then glanced at the people behind Fang Yun, all of whom were wearing official uniforms, the lowest being a Jinshi and the highest being a Daxueshi.
"That's a misunderstanding." Fang Yun walked to the door and stopped.
The jailer asked cautiously, "Excuse me, Fang Xusheng, what brings you to Ruolu Prison?"
"Take the people away." Fang Yun looked calm.
The jailer showed an expression of as expected, then smiled bitterly and said, "Master Xusheng, after all, those people tried to assassinate Master Zuo Xiang, so they can't be taken away."
"What's wrong with assassinating Liu Shan? Shouldn't Liu Shan die?" Fang Yun asked back.
The jailers were dumbfounded, and the Chen family members behind Fang Yun did not know whether to laugh or cry. Fang Yun was the only one in the world who could say such words, and only he dared to do so.
Chen Jing looked at Fang Yun with envy, thinking to himself, this is the difference between having confidence and not having confidence. Chen Sheng is about to fall, and the Chen family is afraid of being suppressed by more powerful families afterwards, so they have been more low-key recently. Even if they have conflicts with the Zuo Xiang party, they generally don't delve too deeply into it. Only when it comes to a few things like Fang Yun, the Chen family will be tough.
"This..." The jailer was speechless and had no answer. A strange expression appeared on his face, as if to say that even if what Fang Xusheng said made sense, he could not admit it.
Fang Yun said: "Is it okay for this Saint to enter Ruolu Prison as a Void Saint?"
“Kekekeke…” The jailers hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, not daring to stop him. At this time, rather than failing to stop him and offending Fang Yun, and then offending Zuo Xiang in the end, it would be better to just let him go and only offend Zuo Xiang.
Fang Yun led the Chen family into Ruolu Prison.
The courtyard of Ruolu Prison is different from that of ordinary prisons. There are rockery and flowing water on both sides of the road, as well as flower beds and pavilions, making it look like a beautiful garden.
Ruolu Prison was divided into many courtyards, each with twenty houses of different sizes. Each prisoner lived in a separate room, and they could move around in the courtyard at any time. If they wanted to leave the courtyard, they needed permission from the prison warden.
"Take me to where the heroes are imprisoned." Fang Yun said.
"I will lead you to the A-type Xuanyuan."
Fang Yunyi frowned and said, "I know that the courtyards of the A-class houses are all very large, but they can't possibly accommodate more than 300 people."
The jailer said with a bitter face: "This is the order of the superior officer. Even the warden has no choice but to arrange for them to live there."
Fang Yun nodded, his face gloomy, and said nothing.
Fang Yun had heard that Ruolu Prison and Jiaziyuan were places where princes and ministers were imprisoned. At least Hanlin or people with a title of marquis might be imprisoned there. Even though it was large, with more than 300 people living in it, it must be very crowded... (To be continued.)