This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

Yang Zuan patiently explained:

"What I mean is, if it's the former, I'll immediately send someone to bring Lu Ting over; if it's the latter, I'll need to find witnesses first before I can arrest him."

Cheng Jun shook his head and said, "It's not that kind of insult; he hired someone to smear my reputation."

Yang Zuan asked, "Is there any evidence?"

Cheng Jun shook his head and said, "No."

Yang Zuan said in a deep voice, "Without evidence, how can you expect me to arrest him? Lu Ting comes from a prominent family with five surnames and seven clans. If I arrest him without evidence, I'll be impeached if word gets out, do you understand?"

Cheng Jun's expression turned serious. "Since Prefect Yang says he's difficult to arrest, then we won't arrest him. I don't want to cause you trouble. However, we can't let him send people out to tarnish my reputation either. I have my pride too."

Yang Zuan's eyes flashed, and he immediately made a judgment: Cheng Jun never intended to arrest Lu Ting; he just wanted him to arrest the people who were spreading rumors.

After he went through all that trouble, I had no choice but to help.

Yang Zuan pondered for two seconds and said, "It just so happens that the Chang'an County government office is relatively quiet recently, so I'll go there myself."

Cheng Jun grinned and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Magistrate Yang."

Yang Zuan waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter."

As he spoke, he looked at Bu Ganzuo, who was standing at the entrance of the yamen, and said, "Bu Ganzuo, call all the yamen runners and come with me."

Bu Ganzuo responded, "Yes!"

Yang Zuan stood up, looked at Cheng Jun, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Cheng Jun also stood up and said, "I'm quite free right now, I'll go with you."

Yang Zuan nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "That works too."

Cheng Jun and he walked out of the Chang'an County Government Office together. At this time, there were twenty yamen runners standing at the entrance of the county government office.

Cheng Jun asked, "Where should we go first? Leyun Tower?"

Yang Zuan waved his hand and said, "Leyun Tower is a place of pleasure. If a group of people like this went to Leyun Tower, people would laugh at us. Go to Qingfen Tower instead."

After saying that, he immediately led his team, mounted their horses, and slowly headed towards Qingfenlou.

On the way, Yang Zuan noticed the two medicine bags Cheng Jun was carrying. He had seen them earlier but hadn't had a chance to ask. Now that he had nothing else to do, he asked, "What are those things you're carrying?"

Cheng Jun said, "It's medicine from the Imperial Medical Academy."

Yang Zuan asked in surprise, "Are you having a relapse?"

Cheng Jun said, "They are my eldest and second eldest brothers. They drank too much yesterday and got upset stomachs. They've been up until now, so I got them some medicine to regulate their spleen and stomach."

Yang Zuan was even more surprised, "It's jumped to this point? Then you should hurry up and send it to them."

Cheng Jun pondered for a moment and said, "We've been climbing for so long, there's no rush."

"Let's get down to business first."

"What a good younger brother..." Yang Zuan muttered, just like Cheng Yaojin. He turned to look at Bu Ganzuo, pointed to the medicine packet in Cheng Jun's hand, and said:

"Chief Bu, have someone deliver these two packets of medicine to the Cheng residence."

"promise!"

Bu Gan responded and quickly walked to Cheng Jun's side.

Cheng Jun handed him the two medicine packets and said, "Thank you for your help, Chief Bu."

Bu Ganzu grinned and said, "Of course."

Meanwhile, inside Qingfen Tower.

Qu Yue and four other women, Zhao Banyan, Cen Ling, Chen Mengqin, and Tang Qiuyan, arrived at a quiet and elegant little house.

Inside the small house sat ten beautiful young women from wealthy families, dressed in brocade dresses.

These people are the core members that Qu Yue carefully selected for Cheng Sanlang's support group, and each of them possesses fine character.

At this moment, Qu Yue and the four girls had already spread the message, and the entire Cheng Sanlang support group had been mobilized.

Everyone went to various restaurants, taverns, and places where scholars liked to gather.

The reason why only these women came to Qingfenlou was mainly because Qingfenlou was expensive and not a place that ordinary scholars could afford.

When Qu Yue told the news to the ten core members of Cheng Sanlang's support group, the girls were immediately filled with righteous indignation.

"unacceptable!"

"Do these people really think we're easy to bully?"

"He dares to speak ill of Cheng Sanlang, I won't let him get away with it!"

Zhao Banyan was very pleased with this united atmosphere. Looking at the ten angry women, she said, "Everyone, go out and look around. See if anyone in Qingfenlou is gossiping about Cheng Sanlang."

"Once we find out, come back immediately, and then we'll go and reason with them together!"

The women nodded and got up to leave the small house.

Soon, one of the key members returned and said that he had found a private room where someone was spreading rumors about Cheng Sanlang.

Chen Mengqin immediately flew into a rage and stood up, saying, "Sisters, let's go over there!"

The women followed Chen Mengqin, led by the woman, to another small room in Qingfen Tower, saying, "This is the room!"

The women stood at the door, listening to the sounds inside.

At this moment, a man's cursing voice rang out from inside the house: "Look at what the capital has become! Many people outside the city have suffered because of the earthquake. This is all thanks to Cheng Jun. If it weren't for him, why would Heaven be so angry and send down this warning!"

"You bastard!" Chen Mengqin's eyebrows shot up, and she kicked the door open with a sudden thud.

boom!

With a loud bang as the door was kicked open, the shouting inside abruptly stopped.

Ten men were sitting inside, all staring in astonishment at the doorway.

When they saw a group of beautiful young women gathered at the door, glaring at them, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, a handsome young man dressed in a blue robe stood up, looked at Chen Mengqin who had kicked down the door, and said, "My name is He Gu. Who are you young ladies?"

Chen Mengqin said coldly, "It's from Cheng Sanlang's fan club!"

Cheng Sanlang Fan Club? What is that?

He Gu looked puzzled, but someone who had heard about it whispered an explanation to him.

He Gu frowned upon hearing this and asked, "What brings you ladies here who have kicked down the door?"

"You're not planning to fight, are you? If you young ladies were to fight here, it would probably ruin your reputations."

Chen Mengqin said angrily, "You were the one who was talking in the room just now, weren't you? I recognized that voice. You bastard, how dare you spread rumors about Cheng Sanlang here!"

He Gu narrowed his eyes and said, "Ladies, are you here to stand up for Cheng Jun?"

Before the young women in front of him could respond, he shouted, "Cheng Jun's evil deeds are outrageous and deserve divine condemnation. The heavens have sent down a warning, which is proof of his crimes!"

The men inside the room all stood up and echoed, "The earthquake was caused by Cheng Jun, shouldn't we talk about him?"

"Exactly! He should not only be criticized, he should also be scolded!"

Zhao Banyan's face also showed a hint of anger, and she said, "You still say it's not a rumor? Who told you that the heavens were angered and sent down a warning because of Cheng Jun?"

Cen Ling continued, "Today, a senior minister in the court revealed that the earthquake in the capital was caused by Lu Ting, the Vice Minister of Agriculture, who was praying to Heaven for disaster at home. His purpose was to eliminate his political opponents! The court has already investigated and confirmed this!"

The man inside the house was taken aback upon hearing this. "Is that so?"

They all looked at He Gu.