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This was the first time Tantai Che encountered someone who would straightforwardly say no to the Ministry of Justice in an investigation, and this person did not seem to be more than fifteen or sixteen years old. Of course, Tantai Che had heard of An Zheng before, but in the entire Fanggu City, the number of people who had never heard of An Zheng could be counted on one hand. Even the lonely palace maid would talk about An Zheng in private when they were chatting with him. In the capital, there was Su Feilun, Feng Xiuyang and another extraordinary youth called An Zheng.

A girl's feelings would always make a hero's imagination more perfect. An Zheng was originally not particularly handsome, but in their fantasies, An Zheng was just a beautiful young master with silk clothes s.

Ever since the Martial Arts Academy Exam, when An Zheng shot the target with his Pear bow from 1500 meters away, the rumors about him became even more mysterious. Some people even said that An Zheng was a genius that was rarely seen in a hundred years.

Tantai Che was not a girl, he was also a genius, so he understood how difficult it was for An Zheng to become famous. He knew many of the rumors about An Zheng. Honestly speaking, he was very interested in this youth. That included An Zheng destroying the generous agency after entering the capital, teaching those rascals a lesson, then defeating Ding Shengxia and Lang Jing. He even went out of his way to understand the rugged and generous deeds that the people of the Heavenly Awakening Sect had done in the capital.

Tantai Che had even thought that this was something that he could only do when he was young.

When they were young, who had never dreamed of such a thing? So he had a very good impression of An Zheng. Even though An Zheng saw that he could not say the word "no" in all seriousness, Tantai Che still did not get angry.

"I understand."

Tantai Che remained silent for a while, before speaking in a gentle tone, "If it were me, I might have given the same answer. But that's just a assumption that I see it from your point of view. As the General of Ministry of Justice, Ti Qi, I still have to answer the case from my own perspective. "

An Zheng asked: "So?"

Tantai Che said: "So, if you are unwilling, I can only follow the customs of the Ministry of Justice."

An Zheng said: "So the so called convention is to use force?"

Tantai Che replied seriously: "Ministry of Justice is the imperial government's law enforcement office, so the two words you said, 'strong' is precisely the method Ministry of Justice needs to use to investigate a case."

An Zheng asked: Is that why they are dead?

Tantai Che fell silent once again, obviously thinking carefully about this question, "If ? You don't resist, of course you don't. You are a disciple of the Martial Arts Academy, and you might even become a pillar of Great Yan in the future, so of course I won't do anything to you. But what about your men? If they were to fight, there would inevitably be casualties. There's one thing I need to clarify... If one of my men accidentally killed your man, that's normal. And if your men accidentally kill my men, the consequences will be even worse. "

"According to the Great Yan's Law, killing a Ministry of Justice official is a serious crime."

An Zheng seemed to have pondered for a good while, then nodded: "So for my people, I must agree."

Tantai Che cupped his fists: "Although the Ministry of Justice is a law enforcement office of violence, I do not like to force others. Especially since you're not breaking the law. "That's why I waited so patiently for you to agree. I hope you can understand."

An Zheng did not say anything else. He turned around, walked to the spirit carriage, lifted his robe and knelt down: "Brother San Ling, it is my incompetence. After you die, you will even be disturbed by others."

The people of Heavenly Awakening Sect were speechless, while the people at the back of the group were getting more and more dissatisfied. They began to squeeze their way forward, forcing Ti Qi's group to continuously retreat.

Ti Qi drew his blade one by one, but the indignant citizens did not care. Everyone stood in a row holding hands, blocking Ti Qi outside like a sturdy dam.

Tantai Che sighed: "I've long heard that although Heavenly Awakening Sect only arrived at Fanggu City not too long ago, all of the surrounding people admired him. From the looks of it, for things that could be accomplished by An Zheng at his age, the vast majority of men would never be able to do it even in death. If you want the people to respect and adore you, you are not just putting on a show. These lowly and prudent citizens, who are in front of the authority of the imperial government, actually dared to face me, Ti Qi, directly.

The subordinate beside him asked, "Lieutenant, what should we do? "Right now, there are no less than a thousand citizens. If we were to really clash head on with them, I'm afraid casualties are unavoidable."

Just then, another group of cavalrymen rushed out from the direction of Fanggu City. Compared to Ti Qi, these cavalrymen exuded an entirely different aura. There were around a hundred of them. They were all wearing light armor and had a strong killing intent. On one side of these light armored cavalry horses hung curved bow quiver and on the other side hung crossbow. Their armors were very light, and they had almost no defensive capabilities, but it was precisely because of this that their cavalry speed was pushed to the extreme.

Their long swords were hung on their backs, and their left arms were tied together with a one foot long round cavalry shield. "Although there were only a hundred of them, they rushed forward with the feeling of a mighty army crushing down with a roar.

After these elite Ministry of War light cavalry rushed out of the city, they directly charged into the gap between Ti Qi and the commoners, and then quickly formed a Yan Wei Formation. Each of the light cavalry soldiers removed the crossbow from the side of their horses, the left arm laid horizontally in front of their chest, the circular shield perfectly blocked their chest. With crossbow in his right hand, he could shoot crossbow s whenever he touched them.

Trained and well-coordinated.

Without a doubt, if they were to fight alone, Ti Qi of the Ministry of Justice would be better than these light cavalry soldiers. But if they really fought, with a hundred or so light cavalry soldiers, they would definitely be able to crush Ti Qi in equal numbers.

Those originally majestic Ti Qi looked at each other, and some of them subconsciously retreated.

General Ying Yang Wang Kaitai rode his horse and slowly walked out from the back of the group. His eyes swept across Ti Qi's group, causing fear to appear in all of their hearts. This was the difference between generals who had experienced countless bloody battles and those officials who were only in charge of capturing people. With just a glance from Wang Kaitai, Wang Kaitai was able to make their hearts tremble. Even though they were still trying their best to maintain their auras, the reality was that their auras had already been crushed to the point where they couldn't even skin them.

"lower official Tantai Che greets the general."

Seeing that Wang Kaitai had arrived, Tantai Che immediately dismounted from his horse, and cupped his fists as he bowed. When he dismounted, Ti Qi had no choice but to dismount and pay his respects.

Wang Kaitai nodded his head: "Don't be so courteous, Ministry of War has been busy recently, and have not been to your house for close to a month to greet and eat, is Old Mistress alright?"

Tantai Che replied, "Reporting to General, everything is fine in Old Mistress."

Wang Kaitai acknowledged: "What are you doing?"

Tantai Che said: "I received news that there is a high possibility that there is a criminal hidden within the funeral procession for the Martial Arts Academy disciple An Zheng. I had no choice but to follow Ministry of Justice's orders. "

Wang Kaitai looked at An Zheng, then looked at Tantai Che. "Your father and I are friends of life and death, and the two of us depend on each other on each other on the battlefield. Your father once said that he and I weren't blood brothers, but we were closer than blood brothers. So, I want to ask you this, with my character and credit, if I were to tell you, An Zheng's funeral procession will definitely not contain any important criminals, would you believe me? "

Tantai Che nodded: "I believe you."

Wang Kaitai asked again, "Then will you still be investigating?"

Tantai Che replied: "Investigate."

Wang Kaitai suddenly laughed, "Alright! Privacy clear, did not lose your father's face. But there is something I need to say first, what if An Zheng's funeral procession does not have any criminals from the imperial government, what should I do? "

Tantai Che said: "The people I have brought with me, kneel down in front of the coffin and beg for forgiveness."

Standing at the back, An Zheng suddenly felt that this Tantai Che was a person that people admired. It was not easy to have such a person existing in the miasma of Ministry of Justice. And from Wang Kaitai's previous words, An Zheng also found out this Tantai Che's identity. Tantai Che's father, Tantai Xiaolou, was a Level Three Martial General, and was currently the commander of the huge army of a hundred thousand soldiers at the Southwest border. Tantai Xiaolou and Wang Kaitai had gone to the southeastern border at the same time and had been fighting against the You Kingdom's army for ten years.

However, because Tantai's family was also an aristocratic family in the Yan Kingdom, ten years later, he was transferred to the Martial Guard General to lead a huge army of 100,000 at the Southwest border. On the other hand, Wang Kaitai was two ranks lower than him. In terms of battle achievements, Wang Kaitai was actually a lot more than Tantai Xiaolou.

After An Zheng left the Fantasy Eternal Residence City, he lived in the southwest border for nearly four years. He had heard of Tantai Xiaolou's character and knew that he was a strict and impartial man. What father taught a son, Tantai Che was very similar to his father.

Wang Kaitai turned around and looked at An Zheng: "Let him investigate?"

An Zheng was quiet for a moment, then nodded: "Let him investigate."

Tantai Che cupped his fists: "Thank you."

Just as he was about to get people to investigate, another group of people came out from Fanggu City. Dozens of cavalrymen dressed in Forbidden Army clothing escorted a horse carriage and stopped about 10 metres away from An Zheng's funeral procession. Two eunuchs sat side by side in the carriage's curtain. One was Embroidery Palace Li Changlu, the other was Tianji Palace An Chengli.

A young eunuch ran over and whispered a few words into Tantai Che's ears. Tantai Che said that there were no problems, so the young eunuch ran back to report. But Li Changlu and An Chengli did not leave, they just sat inside the carriage and watched.

Tantai Che ordered the funeral procession to be investigated carefully. They were extremely serious and did not miss a single person. From the front of the procession to the back, all the people of Heavenly Awakening Sect and the people who were sending them to the grave were checked. After discovering nothing, Tantai Che asked for people to open the door.

A few Ti Qi officials got onto the spirit carriage and used iron hooks to pry open the coffin. After opening it, they discovered that only Jin Sanling's corpse was inside. They looked at each other for a moment, then shook their heads at Tantai Che.

"All of you, come over here!"

Tantai Che shouted, and all of Ti Qi's officials gathered, their movements extremely fast, without a single person wasting any time.

Bringing over a hundred Ti Qi, Tantai Che lifted his robe and knelt down on one knee in front of the spirit carriage: "This brother, I apologize."

All of the Ti Qi soldiers followed him and knelt on one knee, clasping their fists and bowing to him.

Tantai Che stood up and waved: "Let's go!"

All of Ti Qi's officials stood up in unison, mounted their horses and galloped away.

Wang Kaitai looked in the direction Tantai Che left in and said, "This child does things quite straightforwardly."

An Zheng nodded: "I won't disgrace my brother's spirit in heaven."

Wang Kaitai looked at An Zheng with a profound look. "Go, your brother is the benefactor of my Ministry of War."

An Zheng shook his head and sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that there were too many lives being taken, I wouldn't have been able to use him."

Wang Kaitai said: "How can this be considered as utilization?"

An Zheng said: "No matter what, no matter how much you console yourself, it's still a use of yourself."

Wang Kaitai was startled: "Child, you are too honest."

Nearby, Embroidery Palace had an extremely ugly expression on his face when he saw Tantai Che bowing below the spirit carriage with his men. "Disgraceful! "Go back!"

The carriage turned and the Forbidden Army escorted the two eunuchs, who were extremely important to the palace, away.

Almost all of their attention was drawn to the funeral procession outside the city. At the same time, the two women quietly entered the Heavenly Awakening Sect. Gu Qianye and Qu Liuxi personally escorted him in and directly entered the backyard and stayed in Qu Liuxi's room.

Qu Liuxi said: "Old Mistress, Madam, I will let you all live here for a while. Once the news has passed, we will think of a way to send you all to the Da Xi. No matter how long the empress dowager's hand stretched, it couldn't reach Da Xi. Jushang Yard has also sent people to stop Lord Hao from entering the capital.

The two women bowed. "Thank you very much."