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Chapter 109: Winning Over (Part )

"Master Zhang?"

At the gate of Dali Temple, the guards who received them were all shocked when they saw the person who was brought in, including the Shaoqing who was in charge of Dali Temple at that time: Jin Chen.

"Qi Zheng used a forbidden technique to kill someone in public and threatened an official of the imperial court. He is now being brought to justice. Please make a decision, Lord Shaoqing!"

Jin Chen's face suddenly became solemn when he heard this.

The Dali Temple was in charge of important criminal cases throughout the country and had one chief minister and two deputy ministers. The former Dali Temple Minister Wei Jiaming was transferred to the Ministry of War three years ago and was promoted to the position of Shangshu, while the position of Dali Temple Minister was temporarily vacant.

But everyone knows that the next Chief Justice of the Dali Temple has already been decided, and that person is Shen Yuan, who can now use the Nine Ministers Seal to command the national guardian Yin God [Judge].

I can't be promoted from a deputy to a full-time official. It would be fine if I couldn't be promoted, but such a big trouble happened when I was on duty today.
Why do all the good things go to that guy named Shen, and I always run into such shitty things?

"Master Zhang, you have worked hard." Jin Chen sighed, "Tell me the details." Then he added, "Master Qi doesn't look very well. Let's ask someone to go to the Imperial Hospital and ask a doctor to come and take a look."

The four great families of Shen, Jin, Jiang and Huo are of the same blood. In theory, they should suppress the Qi family. However, Shangshu Qi is extremely protective of his grandson Qi Zheng, and as a Shaoqing who is about to retire, he really doesn't want to offend a dying tiger.

Zhang Rui briefly explained the situation, but Jin Chen above was stunned.

"Master Zhang, are you saying that you stole Master Qi's magic?"

The Nine Nether Girl was a first-class evil spirit listed in the forbidden book. Could she be taken away just like that? If it wasn't in court, and Master Qi looked so distraught and devoid of spiritual power, he would subconsciously think that the other party was talking nonsense.

"My Lord, do you think that what I did was inappropriate?" Zhang Rui frowned. "Under the circumstances at that time, I could no longer determine whether Qi Zheng was insane or not. In order to prevent him from causing further casualties, seizing his technique was the best way, wasn't it?"

“That’s what you say.” Jin Chen swallowed and wanted to ask how this young guy in his twenties did it?
Are all the young people nowadays so powerful? A while ago, Shen Yuan suddenly appeared. He was unreasonable in his early thirties and was able to master the power of the Nine Ministers, which took away his chance to be promoted to the Dali Temple Minister. Now, there is an even more exaggerated one who is in his early twenties and can take away Qi Zheng's skills with his bare hands.

Are these two the reincarnations of the Heavenly Lord?

Zhang Rui looked at the other party's shocked expression and knew that he had frightened him enough this time.

The fight with Qi Zheng could be described as a combination of luck and design, and everything started before he attended the banquet.

At that time, I had just learned that the female painting spirit was gifted. Thinking that she had such a high talent for painting and could draw a picture of myself to hide it from the owner of the painting, I curiously asked her to try it. As a result, she really drew an identical picture of herself.

He happened to be attending a class reunion, so he wanted to experiment with it.

So the self in the painting represented the real self attending the banquet, while I was hiding in a painting and being carried by the other person.

This is why the Nine Nether Girl's magic was ineffective against her, because from beginning to end she was dealing with a painting spirit. The Nine Nether Girl's abilities were not aimed at evil spirits, so naturally they had no effect on her, a painting spirit.

So no matter how Qi Zheng increases his horsepower, the effect will be the same.

As a high-level evil spirit, Jiu Mingnu, with Qi Zheng's talent and years of neglect, did not have full control over it. When she overused it, her body actually collapsed, which gave herself an opportunity to take advantage of.

The most important thing is that Qi Zheng has no other means except Jiu Mingnu!

This is simply a stepping stone from God to establish my power. It's just too perfect.
After controlling the painting spirit to approach, Qi Zheng was on the verge of collapse. At this time, Jiu Mingnu was close to losing control. He only did one thing, which was to take advantage of the opponent's weakness and use the Thousand Machine Box to take Jiu Mingnu in with the same method he had used to take in [Chun].

After being divided, the power of the Nine Nether Girl is sealed with jade, so the power of the Nine Nether Girl can be used in the next moment.

In addition, it is controlled by jade. Although it is risky, it can exert great power. Without the interference of Jiu Mingnu herself, the frozen living things will not be forcibly sucked of their blood and essence. This is the reason why she can restore everyone.

It can be said that 70% of everything is due to chance.

To be honest, I don't have any resentment towards this funny guy of the Qi family. On the contrary, I am very grateful to the Qi family for testing me and giving me such a gift package.

Now, not only has he successfully established his authority, but he has also obtained such a powerful evil spirit for no reason.

The Nine-Nether Lady was the evil spirit that he had designed himself. No one in the world understood her uses and abilities better than himself, the author.

“Sir.” Zhang Rui stepped forward and said righteously, “According to the laws of our dynasty, anyone who threatens an official in public shall be beheaded. If a sorcerer is used to threaten, his magic should be stripped away. However, the other party is in an important place in the capital, using such a dangerous magic in public and killing people in the street. He is extremely arrogant and completely disrespects the law. He should be punished for multiple crimes and should be punished by Yang Fire!”

The sound of Yang Fire Punishment brought the dazed Qi Zheng back to his senses. He said in panic, "Mr. Zhang, don't go too far. Do you know who I am?" "Even if you are a prince, you should be punished for doing this." Zhang Rui looked at Jin Chen in the hall, "What do you think, Lord Jin?"

Although he was very grateful for the generous gift from Qi Dajianbao, since he wanted to establish his authority, he had to be as ruthless as possible. If he could make even Minister Qi's grandson pay with his life, then those who wanted to continue testing him in the future would have to think twice.

"This..." Jin Chen was suddenly very embarrassed. Why was she on duty today? Why couldn't Shen Yuan get this good thing?
I'm going to retire in two years, so can you please not make such a big deal about it?

"Master Zhang is right."

A familiar voice came from outside the door, and Zhang Rui quickly turned around and saluted: "This humble official greets the Shaoqing Lord."

"Lord Shen is here?" Jin Chen felt relieved immediately.

Although the other party is the Right Shaoqing, whose official position is lower than his own, everyone knows that he is the one who makes the decisions in the Dali Temple now. It would be fine if he is not here for such a serious case, but if he is here, he should be responsible for it.

Thinking of this, Jin Chen's steps suddenly became much lighter, and he hurriedly walked down from the hall: "Come and see, how should this case be handled?"

"The case is clear and straightforward. I have already investigated it on the way here." Shen Yuan bowed to Jin Chen and looked at Qi Zheng: "Mr. Qi, you killed someone in public. There are many witnesses and physical evidence of your technique. Do you have anything to say?"

"Human witness?" Qi Zheng sneered, "Since you are a human witness, do you dare to confront me? As for the physical evidence? Haha, I was just drinking in Qingfeng Tower. I didn't expect this Lord Zhang to attack me right away. Lord Zhang has great magical powers and powerful means. He took away my magic right away. Now he is accusing me of murder?"

"Although my Qi family has fallen on hard times, we can't let ourselves be bullied like this, right? What do you think, Lord Shen?"

Zhang Rui was stunned when he heard this. This guy is not stupid and does not look that reckless. He knows that no one dares to testify in person and his own skills have been deprived. In the absence of any witnesses, he can of course bite back.

With the ability of the Qi family, if he can't prove himself, the case will most likely be overturned.

Sure enough, the next moment, Shen Yuan looked at him and said, "Mr. Qi has a point. Does Mr. Zhang have any other evidence?"

The traces at the scene can be blamed on Zhang Rui, and if no one dares to say anything in public, then it is nothing. This situation is also a test for the mysterious Lord Zhang. Naturally, he will not say too much, and it is also a good opportunity to see the other party's ability.

Zhang Rui's heart sank when he heard this. It turned out that the children of officials were all thick-skinned and treacherous. In this situation...
Just as he was about to say something, a muffled voice exploded from behind.

"Hong can testify that Qi Zheng killed someone in public and threatened an official of the imperial court. Lord Zhang accepted Master Qi's technique out of self-protection."

Hong Lie?

Qi Zheng's face instantly turned gloomy, while Jin Chen and Shen Yuan looked at the visitor in surprise.

Hong Lie has never been involved in party disputes and is a lone minister of His Majesty. Now he is willing to stand up and testify for Lord Zhang?

"Hong Lie, you want to intervene? Have you thought about the consequences?" Qi Zheng said in a deep voice.

"You, a yellow-haired brat, dare to threaten me?" Hong Lie sneered, "Even your grandfather wouldn't dare to say that in front of me. You'd better take it easy, or I'll break your legs right now!"

Back then, the county lady and his daughter were close friends. He remembered that after the child got into trouble, his daughter cried for half a month and didn't go out. He wanted to take action at that time, but it was not rational for the county lady to offend the Qi family for an orphan girl. It didn't mean that he could tolerate it and was not willing to confront them head-on. Now that he had the chance to step on them, he was quite willing to do so.

"I can also testify to this."

A deep voice came, and all the officials of the Dali Temple saluted: "Master Wei!"

Jin Chen also hurried forward: "Why are you here?"

Wei Jiaming, the former Chief Justice of Dali Temple, served for a total of eight years. He enjoyed a very high prestige in Dali Temple. Due to his fair and strict attitude and his strong ability, even Jin Chen, a son of an aristocratic family, admired him very much.

"You guys..." Qi Zheng's face changed drastically. A commander of the imperial guards and a minister of war, such witnesses were too valuable, leaving him basically no chance to make a judgment.

I'm afraid something big is going to happen this time.

Shen Yuan, who was standing aside, saw even more.

Just as his father had expected, Wei Jiaming's faction couldn't help but try to win over Lord Zhang!
(End of this chapter)