Like the important yamen of the imperial court such as the Six Ministry, the Censorate is also located in the imperial city, but it is a distance from other yamen. It is lonely in the northeast corner of the imperial city, which seems particularly unsociable.

It is said that this is the rule set by the Taizu Dynasty in order to demonstrate the fairness and independence of the Censorate and will never be too close to other officials in the yamen. After all, they have the power to supervise and hold all officials accountable.

Yes, the most different thing about the Censorate of Dayue from the Han and Tang Dynasties is that the officials here not only have the right to supervise impeachment, but also have the right to directly interrogate people. No matter what high-ranking officials and powerful people are found to have violated national laws and harmed the court, they can be tried by Tiqi for interrogation, and their power is not below the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice.

Because of this, the Censorate became a tempting existence for many officials in the capital, not to mention being captured and escorted there by the Tiqi. Now, more than a dozen officials were escorted to this rather stern yamen with a look of trepidation. Li Ling was in it and his face was quite serious.

This time, the Tiqi entered the Ministry of Revenue again and took Li Ling, but Lu You, not only Lu You, but also all the other officials who participated in the North transfer of military rations were also "invited" to the Censorate for trial. Many officials were taken away, and now the people in the Ministry of Revenue were already panicked, but Ye Kuan, who was the backbone, was not in the government office, which made the rest of the people worry badly.

Looking at the deep aisle inside the open door, Li Ling clenched his fists slightly. Although he had known that a lot of trouble would fall on him this time, he still didn't expect that the matter would be so serious that he wanted to use the Tiqi and put himself in the Censorate for trial.

After thinking about it, he slowed down his steps. At that moment, a tik cavalry raised the hilt of the knife and pushed him on his waist: "Hurry up, why are you rubbing!" He staggered, and he rushed two steps in a mess before continuing to move forward. This action made the others feel even more nervous. It seems that the Censorate really treated them as prisoners.

When they entered the gate of the Censorate, a cold wind came to their faces. Because their clothes were all in the rain and were soaked. Everyone shuddered by this. When this scene fell into the eyes of some green-robed officials on both sides, they even confirmed that these people were guilty. So many people looked at them with disgusting eyes, and the others lowered their heads. Only Li Ling glanced at them twice, and was just seeing his fellow villager Tao Yun and Tao Zhongqian looking at him with complicated eyes.

Unlike Xu Cang's decision to maintain his hopes in the Hanlin Academy, Tao Yun, who had equally outstanding imperial examination results, chose to observe politics in Taichung, the Censor. Just looking at him with several colleagues in the corridor, you can know that he is doing well here, at least these censors have become one.

Thinking of this, Li Ling grinned at Tao Yun, and stunned Tao Yun and other officials around him: "Who is this? You are so brave. Do you know what you are going to face? You dare to laugh?"

Tao Yun quickly lowered his head and no longer had any eye contact with Li Ling. Obviously, he did not want to be involved in this matter. Seeing this, Li Ling did not move any more and continued to walk forward.

I thought they would be taken to the majestic hall in front of me for trial, but the tik cavalry who didn't want to escort them did not stop there and continued to move forward. After passing through several courtyards, after a while, they were taken to a more dilapidated and cold building, and then reached out with expressionless expression: "Sir, please rest here tonight."

With his words, the two doors of the building creaked open, and another cold wind blew out from the inside, making everyone's hair stand up. Then everyone understood that there were some independent small rooms like dove cages inside, which were just the prison cells.

"What do you mean? Since we were escorted to the trial, why didn't we go into the hall to answer, but detain us!" One of the officials finally couldn't help but questioned loudly.

The leader of the Tiqi was not happy or angry, but said with a blank expression: "It's getting late now, and the officials from the Censorate have to go home, so this matter can only be left for retrial tomorrow. Please come in, and you will be wronged tonight."

As he said, the other tik cavalry put their hands on the weapons at their waists one after another. Although they were saying more, the threatening intentions in their actions were quite obvious. The officials only hesitated for a moment and then they arranged for each to enter a cell.

As soon as Li Ling entered the door, the most reliable door in the whole room was slammed and there was a sound of iron chains outside. He was completely locked in this small cell that was only half a person tall and could only turn around, which made his expression even more ugly.

The words from the leader of the Tiqi just now made him suddenly realize that it was evening, and when he was supposed to go home, he was better now, but he was locked in a cell. He would definitely not be able to go back tonight, and Yue'er and the others were worried about it, who knew the news.

But things have happened, and it would be useless to think about them. He could only accept this somewhat unreasonable arrangement. While adjusting his mentality, he would use his own response strategies in his mind. To be honest, it would be a good thing for him to make such arrangements. He could calmly think about the overall plan, so that he could perform better when he was tried tomorrow, right?

However, just as he was fumbled and sat down, Li Ling felt a headache again. The cell was not only small and cold, but also leaked and wet. There were some gaps on the roof above him, which made the rain drip in, making him unable to lean to the other side. In this way, he could only curl up in a small corner, which was really pitiful and miserable.

This night was destined to be extremely difficult for Li Ling, who was already in prison, but compared to him, the situation of some people outside was not optimistic.

It was completely dark that day. Looking at the cold food, Yue'er stood up again with some concern and went outside the door, saying to a servant who was guarding outside: "Uncle Wang, have you not come back yet?"

"Yes, Miss, the carriage hasn't come back. Miss, why don't you eat first and don't be hungry yourself. When the master comes back, we will prepare other meals."

"No, my brother said he would come back on time today, and I'm going to wait for him to have dinner together." Yue'er shook her head and looked back at the stack of manuscript paper she placed next to the table. She asked her brother in the morning because today she was going to show her two-volume novel that she had taken a long time to write.

At this moment, a few figures came in front of him, which made Yue'er excited and was about to come forward to greet him. He called out his brother, but suddenly he found that Yang Qingxiao was coming.

Today, Yang Qingxiao is still in that manly outfit, but the Qingshou she had always cared with had long disappeared, and was replaced by a faint smile. Seeing Yue'er from afar, she hurried two steps: "Yue'er, how are you doing recently?"

"Sister Yang, are you back to the capital?" Yue'er also welcomed him happily. He said that she hadn't seen Sister Yang for more than a month. She has not come back since her brother lived in the yamen for several days that day. She really missed her a little.

When Yang Qingxiao came near, she handed the paper umbrella in her hand to the burly man behind her, and smiled and said, "Yes, I can live in the capital for a year or two this time, so we can have fun together."

"Really?" Yue'er became happy as soon as she heard this. Now that her brother is busy with affairs in the yamen all day long, she has no time to take her around. There are still many places in Luoyang City that she hasn't been to. If Sister Yang takes her, it will be very interesting.

"Well, and I'm fine, I have time." Yang Qingxiao said as she touched the little girl's cheek with some care, then looked inside: "By the way, where is your brother?"

In fact, she returned to Luoyang this time to thank Li Ling for her brother and the entire Cao Gang.

The development of Liu Runsheng's incident made them feel that the other party was going to get rid of the crime. Yang Qinghou was even more anxious to return to Jiangnan to make corresponding preparations. As a result, half a month ago, news came that he was convicted and detained and was about to be formally questioned.

Without asking, it must be that Li Ling took action from the side and finally helped the Cao Gang get rid of this great disaster and enemy. In this way, both the Yang brothers and sisters and the entire Cao Gang were grateful to Li Ling, so they naturally had to thank him very much.

Yue'er shook her head with some resentment at this moment: "Brother hasn't come back yet. This liar said he would come back early today."

Yang Qingxiao pursed her lips and smiled: "I guess it's because he has official duties in his yamen. Let's go in and talk while waiting for him."

"Yeah." Yue'er took the other person's hand and entered the hall happily. Yang Qingxiao's eyes then fell on the stack of manuscript paper beside the table, and immediately smiled and said, "Did you really write it out? Let me see."

"No!" Unexpectedly, Yue'er pressed the manuscript first: "I promised my brother that he would read first, and then Sister Yang, you can read it."

"Okay, I won't look at it for now." Yang Qingxiao smiled, then reached out and twisted Yue'er's little face, "You, you are also good sisters to me, and you can see that the severity is coming."

While he was chatting and laughing, another person came hurriedly. Seeing this, Yue'er stood up happily again. As soon as he arrived at the door, he wanted to call his brother, but found that Li Moyun was the only one coming, so he said curiously: "Brother Yun, where is my brother? Haven't you gone to pick him up?"

Li Moyun quickly walked to the front of the hall, glanced at Yang Qingxiao in a strange way, and then said in a deep voice: "Miss, the young master has been taken away by the Censorate. I just heard the news from the Ministry of Revenue and came back to report the news."
Chapter completed!