The empress is wild and cool, and I'll help her secure her throne

Inside the Nine-Gate Commander's Prison.

Ye Qianxuan was wearing shackles and sitting cross-legged on a tattered straw mat, his back against the cold wall.

The damp, cold, and rotten smell in the air made Ye Qianxuan shiver.

He wondered if he could ask the Empress to save his life.

But on second thought, not to mention whether the empress was willing to save him, even how to inform the empress about this matter was a problem.

He was just a small corpse seamstress. No matter whether it was the Ministry of Revenue or the Nine Gates Admiral, they could kill him at will without reporting it.

From ancient times to the present, these four words "reaching the heaven" have always been as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Ye Qianxuan laughed bitterly: "In this era, if you want to live like a human being, you still have to have power!"

"From now on, I will sew corpses, I will practice martial arts, I will search for natural treasures, and I will also take this power!"

"Otherwise, you'll be a fish on someone else's chopping board for the rest of your life!"

In fact, Ye Qianxuan had not been so eager to climb to power before.

I thought it would be enough to just be a happy corpse seamer.

After this incident, Ye Qianxuan knew that there was no way out without climbing!

You want to live a happy and simple life, but someone wants to kill you!

Bang!

The iron gate at the end of the prison opened, and then two soldiers holding knives slowly walked to the fence:

"You assaulted a noble. The evidence is conclusive and no further sentencing is necessary."

"Vice Admiral Li has issued an order for immediate execution. Come out and I will take you to your final meal. You will be executed tomorrow morning."

The two soldiers opened the prison gate and then looked at Ye Qianxuan with a mocking look:

"In your next life, be more careful and don't mess with anyone!"

"Get out!"

Ye Qianxuan was silent for a moment, tightly grasping the Grandmaster Pill, and slowly stood up...

Duan Zhenggang, the commander-in-chief of the Nine Gates, is sleeping peacefully on the couch with his concubine in his arms!

Suddenly, he felt something in his heart, opened his eyes abruptly, and pulled out the knife beside the bed!

The concubine next to him was also awakened, hugged the quilt tightly, and looked at her husband in horror!

When the guards outside heard the noise inside, they immediately rushed in and looked at their Lord Commander of the Nine Gates in a somewhat bewildered manner!

Soon, a breeze blew open the window, and an old man in Confucian robes came in!

Kong Zhongzhi was frowning and concentrating at this moment, and there was a chilling seriousness around him!

Duan Zhenggang took a long breath upon seeing this, sheathed his sword, then bowed and asked:

“It turned out to be Dean Kong!”

"I wonder what urgent matter Dean Kong has that has brought him here before dawn, riding the wind to my Nine Gates Governor's Mansion?"

Although Kong Zhongzhi did not hold an official position, many civil servants were his disciples, and his students filled the court!

In addition, the empress attaches great importance to him. Even if he is a third-rank official, the Nine Gates Admiral, he still has to maintain a correct attitude when facing the other party breaking into the house through the window late at night.

Kong Zhongzhi bowed slightly and said in a deep voice, "Sorry to bother you, Admiral Duan! But tonight, the Nine Gates Admiralty captured a good friend of mine named Ye Qianxuan. I'm afraid if I come any later, he'll be beheaded!"

"Admiral Duan, please release them immediately!"

Arrested Kong Zhongzhi’s friend?

Everyone knows that Kong Zhongzhi is extremely cautious in making friends and has no connections with ordinary people!

Besides, the person who could make him come to pick up someone in person must be no ordinary person!

Duan Zhenggang frowned and said, "The Nine Gates Commandery is responsible for the garrison, security, and public security of the capital. We will never arrest anyone without reason. Even if we do arrest someone, we will never interrogate or execute them overnight. Please explain this to Dean Kong!"

Duan Zhenggang is a military officer, belonging to the imperial power camp, and is definitely the empress's confidant!

Although Kong Zhongzhi was indifferent to fame and fortune and did not join party struggles, he was still a civil servant in name after all!

And his good friend is most likely also a civil servant.

Generally speaking, as long as there is no evidence of civil servants committing crimes, the military attaché group will not take the initiative to find fault.

You come here and ask me to release him overnight without any reason. What gives you the right?

You even slandered me and said I would be executed overnight. I won’t take this blame!

I, Duan Zhenggang, respect you, but this does not mean that we military officers are all soft persimmons that you civil servants can bully at will!

Kong Zhongzhi also frowned slightly and said lightly: "Admiral Duan, don't misunderstand me. The person I want you to release is just a reclusive scholar, not a civil servant!"

"Because he offended a dandy today, he was sent to the Nine Gates Admiralty Prison overnight."

"Oh? Really?" Duan Zhenggang frowned slightly, still a little unconvinced. "He's just a hermit scholar, why does Dean Kong take him so seriously?"

Kong Zhongzhi shook his head slightly: "Admiral Duan is ignorant, isn't he?"

"Your Majesty won a poetry contest with the Southern Wu envoys at the Honglu Temple in broad daylight! And the one who helped Your Majesty win the poetry contest was none other than Ye Qianxuan!"

"I love talents, so I came here specially to rescue you!"

"Oh? Really?" Kong Zhongzhi heard that His Majesty was involved and immediately called over a subordinate, asking, "Has a prisoner named Ye Qianxuan been imprisoned in the Nine Gates Governor's Mansion today?"

The official looked embarrassed, then said softly, "Yes..."

Duan Zhenggang's eyes widened in anger: "Why didn't you notify me when you arrested him? You have such audacity!"

The official rolled his eyes, bowed his head, and said, "Vice Admiral Li personally ordered the arrest."

"Vice Admiral Li?" Duan Zhenggang sneered.

This is a thorn planted by the civil service group into the military group!

Today he finally caught me!

Immediately, he shouted angrily:

"Call Li Youming over to me!"

When Vice Admiral Li hurried over with his clothes on, he met Duan Zhenggang's cold eyes and his heart suddenly tightened!

He has always been careful in his actions and has never been caught by Duan Zhenggang!

Today I thought I was just killing a small corpse tailor and it wouldn’t attract any attention!

But he didn't expect that Duan Zhenggang would call him over at night to ask about this matter!

Li Youming felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He lowered his head and hurried over, bowing:

"Sir, this happened suddenly, and you had already turned off the lights to rest, so I didn't report it to you!"

"It's mainly because this person is just a corpse seamer. Logically, I have the right to judge a pariah."

After all, Li Youming was born into a civil service family, and he was an expert at choosing words and composing sentences. He threw the blame away in a matter of minutes!

"The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue sent his retainers to file a complaint, saying that a thief had assaulted him in the street and threatened to kill him!"

"This is an urgent matter, the evidence is irrefutable, and I have already sentenced this man to immediate execution!"

He didn't lie.

The life of a lowly person in Dong Zhou was worthless to begin with, and he even dared to offend the son of a high-ranking official. It was no problem for him to kill him overnight.

Kong Zhongzhi frowned.

The person who could write the quatrain "When my flower blooms, all other flowers die" was actually just a lowly corpse tailor!

Then this matter is a bit difficult to handle!

He originally thought that he could use the fact that the Nine Gates Governor's Office was not handling the case in accordance with the rules to force the other party to release the person!

But now the other party's case handling process is flawless. If you want to save Ye Qianxuan, you have to use your own face!

When he rejected the empress's request to enter the world, he once said that he would never use his face to interfere in any court affairs, and he only wanted to be a hermit scholar!

But if I save Ye Qianxuan today, wouldn’t I be breaking my promise and entering the world?

"Dean Kong, what do you think, should we release this person or not?"

At this time, it was Duan Zhenggang's turn to be happy, and he directly put the blame on Kong Zhongzhi!

Duan Zhenggang was a military officer and his thoughts were rather shallow. He did not think about whether Kong Zhongzhi was involved in the world or not.

He just thought.

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is definitely the backbone of the civil service group!

And you, Kong Zhongzhi, are the teacher of all civil servants in the world!

If you two fight, the one who will be happy is the Imperial Power Group that Duan Zhenggang belongs to!

"There is no discrimination in education." Kong Zhongzhi nodded and said, "Let him go!"

I still can’t resist the temptation of leaving my name in history!

Duan Zhenggang was very happy, but he remained calm on the surface. He ordered his officials: "Pass my message to release the man."

Afterwards, he looked at Li Youming sarcastically.

His eyes were full of disdain, contempt, and gloating!

This dog from the civil service group originally wanted to lick his master in exchange for a favor!

Unexpectedly, this backfired and caused a disagreement with the great Confucian scholar Kong Zhongzhi!

This matter must be reported to His Majesty immediately!

There's something good to watch!