The grass in the factory should be plucked

Suddenly, an eagle's cry was heard, and with a "clang" sound, the sharp arrow was shot down by another crossbow arrow flying in the air!

Immediately afterwards, the masked man in black who was fighting with the Dongchang men was also hit by a crossbow arrow and fell off his horse.

"Thank you, boss!" the Dongchang guard exclaimed in surprise.

Lu Youliang was still in shock when he saw a group of people galloping towards him. The leader was a man wearing a flying fish costume and a black cloak, and his face was extremely handsome.

It turned out that Xie Changan had arrived with reinforcements from the East Factory!

The two masters who were hiding in the bushes and secretly protecting Lu Youliang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shoot!" Xie Changan ordered in a deep voice.

Every member of the Eastern Depot was equipped with a small crossbow. After a round of arrows were fired, most of the pursuers fell down immediately, and the remaining few fled in panic.

Xie Changan ordered his subordinates to pursue, while he rode his horse to Lu Youliang's side and guarded him personally.

"Lv Youliang?" The cold voice brought the frightened Lu Youliang back to his senses.

"Yes." He replied timidly.

At this time, the Duke of Zhenguo's men also arrived. They joined forces with the East Factory and captured all the black-clad and masked men who were chasing Lu Youliang.

"Cut their jaws off." Xie Changan said coldly.

"Yes!" The subordinates of the East Factory took action immediately.

Several men in black were preparing to crush the poison hidden in their teeth, but their jaws were suddenly broken. They could only roll their eyes in panic, but they could do nothing else.

Only then did Lu Youliang secretly breathe a sigh of relief. It should be safe now, right?

"Go back to Beijing!"

Lu Youliang was trapped between the East Factory and the Zhenguo Guard and hurried to the capital.

He was very nervous, not knowing what kind of situation was waiting for him ahead.

After receiving the news, Duke Zhenguo and Nangong Qinghe quickly made preparations. If the East Factory wanted to harm Lu Youliang, they would go and snatch him away.

The group returned to the capital exhausted. Xie Changan took Lu Youliang to the East Factory and put him under strict protection.

"Mr. Lu, don't worry." Xie Changan said, "Lord Liao is impartial and fair. If you are wronged, Lord Liao will definitely give you justice. You can stay here with peace of mind."

"Yes, I will follow your arrangements." Lu Youliang said nervously.

When the whole capital city heard that Lu Youliang, the victim of the "Demon Book Case", had appeared, the whole capital city was in an uproar!

Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, Plan Three had been mostly successful.

Concubine Zhou, King Qi, Earl of Ningyang, Feng Chuan and others were like ants on a hot pan, running around in a panic.

Lu Youliang is currently under the protection of the East Factory, and they can't touch him at all!

Zheng Shoucheng had a dejected look on his face. He clearly realized that the situation was hopeless!

The next day, under the protection of the East Factory, Lu Youliang beat the drum to file a complaint to the emperor.

The old emperor said gloomily: "Announce."

Lu Youliang climbed up the throne room step by step with trepidation to meet the emperor.

He never dreamed that he would come to the holy land that all scholars in Da Chu dreamed of in this way.

"I, Lu Youliang, kowtow to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

Lu Youliang knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and the whole nation shouted "Long live the emperor".

The old emperor looked at the "culprit" who had turned the court into a mess, and he wanted to cut him into pieces, but reason told him that this man was a "victim" and he could not be held accountable.

The emperor swallowed his anger and said amiably, "Lü Youliang, if you have any grievances, just tell me. I have always loved my people like my own children and will definitely give you justice."

Lu Youliang burst into tears and bowed his head to the ground: "Your Majesty, please understand. I want to sue the Imperial Concubine for plagiarizing my work "The Story of Guifan". I also want to sue the Earl of Ningyang and Feng Chuan, a hundred households in the Eastern Depot, for trying to murder my whole family in order to help the Imperial Concubine gain fame!"

Ningyang Bo's face was gloomy. He stepped out of the line and knelt down. "Your Majesty, I am innocent! This man has nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine and me. He deserves death!"

The emperor remained calm: "I will make the final decision on right and wrong."

He asked Lu Youliang again: "Do you have any evidence?"

Lu Youliang presented his original copy of "Guifan Zhuan" and the "Guifan Zhuan" signed by Concubine Zhou.

"Your Majesty, please take a look. Except for the opening chapter about Empress Han Mingde and the ending about the imperial concubine, the contents are exactly the same as my original work. Even some of the errors in my article have been copied one by one."

The emperor asked the eunuch to give the book to Liang Shoufu and other three people in the cabinet for circulation.

After Prime Minister Liang, Lord Shen, and Lord Chang passed it around, they all nodded and said that what Lu Youliang said was true.

In addition to some minor errors, there are also some synonymous variants, such as "瞻" and "覩", "惟" and "惟", some people are used to writing them one way, while others are used to writing them that way.

These two copies of "Guifan Zhuan" have the same little habits!

Concubine Zhou cannot escape the crime of "plagiarism".

Upon hearing this, Earl Ningyang turned pale.

Lu Youliang added, "I have sold this book to Feng Baihu, who pretended to be a merchant. The money and goods have been paid. This book has nothing to do with me. I will not interfere with how the imperial concubine uses it. Why do you want to endanger my family's lives?"

His face showed grief and indignation as he recounted the whole story of how he brought his family back to visit his wife's parents that day, how he turned back halfway, how he saw a masked man in black sneaking into his house with a knife in his hand, how he was so scared that he hid in a dark alley, and what he heard the masked man say.

"If I hadn't turned back halfway that day, I'm afraid my family would have been killed by the sword long ago!"

Lu Youliang fell to the ground and cried: "Ningyang Bo is so careless about human life, please Your Majesty, please help me!"

Ningyang Bo was so anxious that he kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, he is slandering me!"

Liao Wuyong stepped out and said, "Lü Youliang was indeed being hunted down. The East Factory can attest to this."

The emperor immediately summoned Xie Chang'an to the palace.

Xie Changan presented the confession of the group of masked men in black and replied: "When I went to Shanxi to meet them, I saw with my own eyes that Lv Youliang was chased and killed by a group of men in black. After I captured the group of men in black, they all admitted through interrogation that it was the Earl of Ningyang who ordered them to do so."

When the emperor saw the confession, he was immediately furious: "Catch the Earl of Ningyang and Feng Chuan! The Dali Temple, the Eastern Depot, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard will jointly investigate this case!"

Ning Yangbo suddenly collapsed to the ground.

The emperor turned to Lu Youliang and said gently, "Once the case is fully resolved, I will give you justice."

Lu Youliang fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty is wise! I am willing to hold a ring and tie a piece of grass to thank you for your grace!"

The old emperor came to Yuhua Palace angrily.

He stared at Concubine Zhou, who was crawling at his feet and crying, without saying a word.

Concubine Zhou cried, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have plagiarized other people's works. I didn't know that my father would commit such a heinous crime for me..."

She knelt before the old emperor, tugging at his robe and crying, "I hope Your Majesty will forgive me and my father for the sake of the King of Qi..."

"If it weren't for Xier..." The old emperor gritted his teeth.

He said in a deep voice: "Pass on my decree. Zhou plagiarized other people's works and had bad personal ethics. The title of Imperial Concubine is revoked. Considering her contribution in giving birth to the royal heir, she is demoted to a noble lady."

When Concubine Zhou heard this, she immediately cried out, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..."

The old emperor walked away in anger.

Nangong Xihe was sitting restlessly in Prince Qi's mansion. Upon hearing the news, he immediately sat down on the ground in despair.

Now that things have come to this, does he still have a chance to claim that position?