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Chapter 79 A petty official with enormous greed, a corrupt prefect with ten thousand taels of silver

the next day.

Shen Yan then instructed the jailer to report Zeng Lingchen's death to the Ministry of Justice.

The visitor was Fang Jingxing.

Shen Yan was somewhat surprised to see that Fang Jingxing had come in person.

Upon arriving at the morgue, Fang Jingxing saw Zeng Lingchen's body.

"How did he die?"

Shen Yan was speechless. Why did he have to ask him why he died?

While he was still alive, no officials from the Ministry of Justice came to visit him or interrogate him.

However, Shen Yan still answered truthfully.

"Died from heart palpitations."

"Not poisoning?!"

"Your Excellency can request a coroner to examine the cause of death. It's possible that the prison environment was too harsh and the victim was not used to it."

Fang Jingxing couldn't help but glance at him sideways.

He thought to himself, "When did the Heavenly Prison acquire such methods?"

This reminded him of Li Wu's death last time, but he quickly dismissed it.

This method didn't exist before, but it came about after Li Jianzhong arrived.

He truly deserves the title of a divine doctor; he is skilled at healing and saving lives, but his methods of poisoning and killing are equally remarkable.

Of course, if the Ministry of Justice were to investigate thoroughly, they might uncover some clues, but this was something they had tacitly approved of.

Therefore, Fang Jingxing naturally wouldn't send anyone to examine Zeng Lingchen's body; he simply crossed him off the list.

"Notify his family to come and collect him!"

"Yes, sir."

The person who took away Zeng Lingchen's body was Zeng Wang, whom he had met yesterday. He didn't say a word to Shen Yan.

They left with Zeng Lingchen's body.

After Zeng Lingchen's matter was settled, there weren't many important prisoners in the prison.

Shen Yan could go to teahouses to drink tea and taverns to drink alcohol.

These past few days have been incredibly carefree and enjoyable.

Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the golden relics and the eight-treasure bodhi seeds have not yet been found.

I had never encountered this kind of bottleneck when I was practicing the Golden Body Technique before.

The Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique truly lives up to its reputation as a cultivation method that can be practiced to the first rank, making it much more difficult to break through and advance to the next level.

However, it's not like there's been absolutely no progress.

The Dao Fruit in my mind underwent some changes.

The little copper-colored figure was indeed gestating something within its body.

Shen Yan could already see a small red dot.

However, it is unknown how long it will take to complete, or what changes will occur after it is formed.

The peaceful days didn't last long.

That day, Shen Yan had just arrived at the cell when Chen Xiaoshuan rushed in.

"My lord, it's terrible! The Embroidered Uniform Guards are here again."

"Huh?! What are they doing here?"

"It looks like they're escorting prisoners."

"They've sent 'dregs' to the prison again?"

"It doesn't seem like it; there was only one person this time."

Shen Yan was curious after hearing this, so he specially sent someone over.

This is the first time I've seen this.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the prison, they discovered an old acquaintance—Jiang Lu.

Upon seeing Shen Yan, Jiang Lu immediately spoke:

"I'm not here to fight you this time. I'm here on official business. This is a document from the Ministry of Justice. This is the prisoner; you'd better take him in quickly!"

Shen Yan took the official document and found that it was indeed stamped with the official seal of the Ministry of Justice.

However, this file is somewhat unusual; the person in front of him is actually the prefect of Jiangnan.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Yan was even more astonished.

"Liu Chuan, the prefect of Jiangnan, embezzled tens of millions of taels of silver during his twelve-year tenure. Last year, due to the floods in Jiangnan, fertile land that normally cost fifty shi of grain was bought from the people for only three shi. This has led to widespread famine this year, with the number of people who have starved to death far exceeding one million..."

Shen Yan was puzzled.

"Should such a fat sheep be sent to the imperial prison? With tens of millions of taels of silver, would those hungry dogs of the Embroidered Uniform Guard really give in?"

He simply couldn't believe it; there must be some hidden story.

However, since the Ministry of Justice had already issued the document, there was no way to refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Shen Yan comforted himself in his heart:

"What does this have to do with me? The officials in the Ministry of Justice should be the ones with a headache. They can't expect me to interrogate criminals, can they?"

Jiang Lu saw Shen Yan standing there blankly, seemingly lost in thought.

He said cautiously, "I'm not here to fight you this time, but I have official documents with me. Please take this prisoner away quickly."

Shen Yan's expression darkened, and Jiang Lu quickly took a step back.

Just then, Shen Yan said with a smile.

"I was just joking with you, Lord Jiang, please don't take it to heart."

Jiang Lu had just thought that Shen Yan really wanted to spar with him, so he felt a tightness in his chest and took a few steps back.

He watched Shen Yan's retreating figure.

He sneered inwardly, "I'll leave this tough nut for you to crack. If you can't get anything out of them, let's see what you do then."

The Imperial Guards around him began to discuss it.

"Sir, isn't it a bit too cheap to just give Liu Chuan to them like this?"

"Even our Embroidered Uniform Guards can't get the answer, how could their Ministry of Justice possibly do it?"

Hearing the whispers among his men, Jiang Lu spoke up:

"Don't worry, if this person were that simple, he wouldn't have been handed over to the Ministry of Justice. If they couldn't get information from the Imperial Prison, do you think they could get it from the Ministry of Justice? Heh!"

His men didn't yet understand the gravity of the situation.

He was overjoyed to be thrown into the imperial prison.

If you can get the answer, you've accomplished a great feat; but if you can't, you're in deep trouble.

Liu Chuan embezzled ten million taels of silver, while the annual tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty was only seventy million taels.

The emperor was watching this money, the six ministries were keeping an eye on it, and there were too many important figures at the top.

But Liu Chuan was a tough nut to crack; despite all the torture, he didn't utter a single word.

They wanted to blackmail his family members, but a closer investigation revealed that they had been trying to extort money from him.

His entire clan died during a famine decades ago.

His wife and children also disappeared without a trace when the crime occurred, as if they had vanished into thin air.

Although the man was arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the case should have been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice.

Jiang Lu's superior, the commander of a thousand households, noticed that things were not going well.

He simply handed it over to the Ministry of Justice.

Jiang Lu was instructed to hand the person over to the Ministry of Justice, which is why he was sent to the Imperial Prison.

soon.

The Ministry of Justice sent someone to interrogate Liu Chuan; the person who came was Yang Wanli.

It had been a long time since the two last met.

Yang Wanli was also a martial arts master, and he had a strange feeling when he saw Shen Yan.

He thought to himself, "Why has Shen Yan changed so much? Last time, I could still see obvious traces of external cultivation. Now he seems like a completely different person, like an ordinary person, yet he is also perfectly natural, as if he were one with all things."

He knew that Shen Yan could not possibly become an ordinary person; such a change could only mean that Shen Yan had encountered another extraordinary event.

This made Yang Wanli extremely envious.

Although he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about martial arts, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, one couldn't be too weak in martial arts if they wanted to become an official.

The reason why Ding Anzhi clung so tightly to Zeng Shihong was because he himself was only at the seventh rank.

If he can break through to the sixth rank, he will have a high probability of becoming the Minister of Justice without relying on Zeng Shihong.

Shen Yan accompanied Yang Wanli to Liu Chuan's cell.

Seeing Liu Chuan's miserable state, with not a single piece of good flesh on his body, Yang Wanli frowned. How was he supposed to interrogate him in such a state?

Seeing Yang Wanli's expression, Shen Yan explained softly:

"This man was already like this when he came from the imperial prison. I had the doctor apply medicine to him, and he will recover after a few days of rest."

Yang Wanli nodded, knowing that the trial would not be able to take place today.

He patted Shen Yan on the shoulder and said to him, "When you break through to the third rank, come find me, and I can guarantee you a bright future."

Shen Yan scratched his head inwardly; he should now be considered a mid-level third-grade martial artist.

However, the breakthrough was in internal strength, and it was impossible for him to tell anyone.

He could only reply, "Thank you, Lord Yang."