I became a big shot in the quick transmigration world.

Chapter 42 There is a Reborn Person in the Mansion 41
"Your Majesty, I am willing to hear this case."

Yu Muhuai looked up and saw that the person who stood up and spoke was actually Xu Yanong, the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

The Emperor was somewhat surprised. Xu Yanong usually handled criminal and civil cases. Cases involving military affairs like this were generally handled by the Ministry of War, and the Court of Judicial Review rarely participated.

Moreover, this case involves a very wide range of people, including the Anbei Army, the Women's Army, and the Qin Family Army, all three major Yuanchang Kingdom armies. If one is not careful, one could offend many related forces.

Behind Li Cheng stood Yan Beiqiang, the commander of the Anbei Army, and Fang Chong, the Grand Master of Ceremonies; none of these men were minor figures.

However, the Emperor was unwilling to hand over this case to the Ministry of War.

Everyone knows that the Ministry of War has a large number of Yan Beiqiang and Fang Chong's people. If they were to handle the Longshang City case, it would be like letting a mouse into a granary or a tiger out of the mountains; they would just find some random evidence to fob off the case.

The Dali Temple, which has no vested interests with the Ministry of War, is the most suitable to undertake the task.

Moreover, Xu Yanong's willingness to step forward and take on the case at such a critical moment earned the Emperor's approval.

Fang Chong and Yan Beiqiang's cronies are spread throughout the court, and the emperor also wants to take this opportunity to weaken and suppress this faction.

After a moment's thought, the Emperor spoke, "Minister Xu, I trust you with this case."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Yannong bowed, took a few steps back, and returned to her original position.

Yu Muhuai looked up and glanced at him. The other man's eyes were very complicated, unlike his serious and calm demeanor when he faced her before.

Yu Muhuai couldn't understand it, and she didn't have the energy to look at it. Unlike the previous horseback march, this month of travel was extremely arduous, involving begging along the streets and sleeping in the open.

If he hadn't been holding on with all his might, Yu Muhuai probably wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.

A month ago in Longshang City, Yu Muhuai found a secret room in the city lord's mansion, hid inside, and discovered the city lord's youngest son hiding there, trembling with fear.

That copy of the surrender document was given to her by the city lord's youngest son.

Amidst the raging fire, the boy was suffocated by the thick black smoke and quickly lost consciousness. Yu Muhuai, however, escaped thanks to the help of his agency.

"Little Yu, you have successfully completed your mission and can leave now. The fire has already surrounded the city lord's mansion, and hiding here will surely lead to your death. Go back now, and you will pass your interview. Let's go."

Yu Muhuai gritted her teeth, her fists clenched tightly, her body trembling violently with anger and resentment.

"Is there any way to survive this fire? I only have two months left!"

"Little Yu, the mission is complete, why bother?"

"Please!" Yu Muhuai interrupted the voice in her heart, filled with grief, indignation, resentment, and hatred.

She bit her lip so hard that blood flowed from her lower lip, struggling to stay conscious. Her heart-wrenching pleas brought tears to anyone's eyes.

The voice behind him couldn't bear to listen.

Before, in this world, it was to fulfill Qin Shumeng's wish and avenge her. From now on, I will fulfill my own wish, for myself, for Liu Xiaoduo and Cen Xiang, and for the Women's Army to avenge her!

The voice sighed deeply.

"Then you'll need to use 10 points of Time Power to temporarily halt the fire and smoke around you. Once they've stopped, you can take the opportunity to escape, but you need to be quick. I'm just stopping them, not making them disappear, so you might still get burned."

This is the help I'm giving you privately; otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to do all this with just 10 points. I'll try my best to help you pass the interview. But if I'm going to help you, it will require some of my time; please understand.

Yu Muhuai pressed the copy of the surrender document tightly against his chest and nodded emphatically.

At this moment, Li Cheng, who was in the hall, was trembling slightly. He had long heard about the efficiency of the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review in handling cases.

However, he stubbornly refused to admit it and comforted himself inwardly, thinking that he had experienced many storms and fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so why would he be afraid of this little Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review?

However, Li Cheng was wrong. During those two days, Xu Yanong, who knew no martial arts, took off his official robes and put on the gray clothes of a jailer. He entered the prison and personally supervised and even carried out the torture.

The Dali Temple's torture chambers echoed with all sorts of painful screams and angry curses, as well as the sounds of instruments of torture being used and bodies being whipped.

Li Cheng and his men entered the Dali Temple intact, but when they came out, they were all long, bloody, and mangled objects, not even resembling human figures. Only their faces could be barely discerned.

Two days later, Xu Yannong submitted several confessions.

These are the testimonies of Li Cheng and several of his important subordinates.

They gave consistent accounts, admitting to the crimes accused by Yu Muhuai, and even implicated their superior, Yan Beiqiang.

They confessed that these actions were carried out under Yan Beiqiang's instructions, with the aim of weakening the Women's Army and reducing Qin Shuye's allies, thereby dealing a blow to the Qin Family Army.

Eliminating dissidents consolidates one's faction within the court.

Obtaining this confession is nothing short of an extra bonus.

With red eyes, Qin Shuye disregarded his status as a general and prepared to fight Yan Beiqiang in front of the emperor, but was firmly stopped by several officials.

"General Qin, please calm down!"

"Yes, we must not be so rude in front of His Majesty!"

Everyone tried to dissuade him, but to no avail; they couldn't stop Qin Shuye from nearly going mad.

In the end, it was the Emperor's roar that calmed Qin Shuye down.

"Outrageous! This is the imperial court, not a marketplace!"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

At this angry outburst, all the civil and military officials were terrified and knelt down, shouting "Long live the Emperor!" in unison.

Even though Qin Shuye was furious, he could only suppress it and kneel down along with the people around him.

"Yan Beiqiang, what do you want to say?"

The Emperor's voice, laced with authority and simmering with anger, sent a shiver down Yan Beiqiang's spine.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

Yan Beiqiang knelt on the ground, prostrating himself forward in a deep bow. He cried out his innocence with all his might, his voice even trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xu's confession was obtained through torture. Li Cheng and the others were beaten beyond recognition! Moreover, how can you convict me based solely on baseless slander?"

“Your Majesty,” Xu Yanong spoke again, “Although I used torture, it was for the matter of Longshang City, not for General Yan. This confession was given to me voluntarily by Li Cheng and others.”

I did not use any coercive means to lead them to point the finger at General Yan, nor did I ever try to induce their testimony. I beg Your Majesty to see the truth.

Yan Beiqiang lay on the ground, turning his head to glare at Xu Yannong with resentment.

He continued to protest his innocence, refusing to admit to any crime of instructing his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, please entrust this case to me. I will certainly investigate it thoroughly and get to the bottom of it!"

Upon seeing that it was Xu Yanong who had spoken, Yan Beiqiang's eyes flashed with malice, his gums clenched so hard they ached, and he wished he could devour Xu Yanong's flesh and drink his blood.

Has this guy gone mad? Why is he always picking on me? I'm a general, what conflict could I possibly have with those few judges from the Dali Temple?

(End of this chapter)