Chapter 165: Lord Chen Yan is the blue sky of the current age; he will surely punish the treacherous and evil, and eliminate harm for

"The lords from the Jingzhao Prefecture are here!"

"The lords from the Jingzhao Prefecture are here!"

The morning light had not yet dissipated, and the stone road of Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an City was covered with a layer of frost.

The yamen runners of the Jingzhao Prefecture tightened their soap-colored official uniforms, and the torture instruments in the cowhide bags at their waists collided, making a fine sound.

The leading head catcher gripped his iron ruler tightly, his gaze sweeping over the crowded street.

The onlookers consciously made a half-zhang empty space.

"Making such a racket early in the morning..."

"What happened?"

"Why is there someone lying on the ground with a bruised face?"

Zhang Yinxian's footsteps stopped in the center of the incident, and he pointed to Ren Yue, who was exhausted and covered in wounds on the ground, his tone displeased as he asked.

This Legal Officer had just been holding warm fragrance and soft jade, enjoying the spring light...

As a result, he was disturbed by the mess here and had to interrupt to perform his official duties. It would be a ghost if he were in a good mood!

Moreover, Zhang Yinxian really couldn't understand why they didn't fight early or late, but chose this time, and chose Zhuque Avenue...

As soon as he finished speaking.

The onlookers, who were chattering just a moment ago, became silent, looking at the Jingzhao Prefecture group without saying a word.

"The Legal Officer is asking you a question!"

"You were all talking just now, why are you not making a sound now?"

The head catcher saw that no one was answering, and after counting them to no avail, he locked his gaze on the cloth merchant, pulled him over, and said unquestioningly, "You were the most enthusiastic in your discussion just now, you answer!"

While crossing the crowd and following the Legal Officer to the center, he noticed this impassioned fellow.

"Reporting to the Legal Officer, the person on the ground did something unconscionable, was possessed, suffered retribution, and received heaven's punishment from the Buddha!"

The cloth merchant, who was suddenly pulled over, was startled, calmed down a little, and after a little wording, faced Zhang Yinxian, bowed and cupped his hands tremblingly.

As soon as this was said, it immediately drew the agreement of the surrounding melon-eating common people.

They agreed with this summary extremely much.

"Suffered retribution?"

"Heaven's punishment from the Buddha?"

Zhang Yinxian frowned, muttered and repeated, puzzled, and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"How did he get beaten like this?"

As the Legal Officer in charge of judicial trials in the Jingzhao Prefecture, Zhang Yinxian didn't believe in retribution theories, or gods or Buddhas at all...

He knew deeply that those were tools used by the court to fool the bottom-level common people and consolidate rule.

Moreover, the injuries on that guy's body looked man-made at a glance...

"Speak quickly!" The head catcher pushed the cloth merchant and urged.

"Ren Yue was harassing a girl on the street, and fortunately, a knight-errant saw injustice and helped, preserving the girl's innocence!"

The cloth merchant's body shook, and he said truthfully.

He paused and continued, "Afterward, that Ren Yue tried to defile the knight-errant's innocence, and the knight-errant acted in self-defense and beat him like this!"

A man defiling a man???... Zhang Yinxian heard this, twitched the corners of his mouth, and felt it was shocking.

In the past, the word "defile" was used between men and women; when could it be used between two men?!

Although it sounded crazy, no one among the surrounding common people refuted it, which was enough to prove it was a fact.

What a baffling world!

Just as Zhang Yinxian was shocked in his heart, his subordinates brought over one of the parties involved, "My lord, the girl has been brought!"

"This little girl greets the Legal Officer!"

The girl who was harassed by Ren Yue stood there tremblingly and saluted the Legal Officer in front of her.

"Exempt from formalities!"

Zhang Yinxian waved his hand, pointed at the cloth merchant, and verified, "Is what he just said the truth?"

"Not half a lie!"

The girl nodded, without any hesitation, gave an affirmative reply, recalled the scene before, and narrated, "That lecher suddenly rushed out and wanted to molest this little girl, fortunately, that big brother helped in time..."

"As a result, the lecher changed his target, entangled that big brother, and almost ruined his innocence!"

Although she had escaped danger, there was still quite a bit of lingering fear and terror when the scene appeared in front of her again.

It was truly too dangerous...

"You few, take that person!"

Zhang Yinxian pursed his slightly rouge-stained lips, glanced at Ren Yue on the ground, and ordered, "Bring him back to the yamen for interrogation!"

"Yes."

The head catcher waiting on the side responded and immediately went to do it.

"Legal Officer, since the situation is already clear, this humble commoner will take his leave first..."

The cloth merchant saw this, cupped his hands, and made a gesture to leave.

He was just an ordinary commoner, and in front of these high officials of the Jingzhao Prefecture, he was still uneasy and just wanted to escape quickly.

"Wait!"

Zhang Yinxian seemed to have thought of some detail, called the cloth merchant, and asked, "How did you know his name was Ren Yue?"

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze became increasingly sharp.

He almost missed this key point...

"Reporting to my lord, someone just recognized that he is a Censor of the Censorate... Ren Yue!"

The cloth merchant stopped his steps and answered carefully.

He paused and added, "This humble commoner then knew his surname and given name..."

The surrounding common people echoed, all testifying for the cloth merchant.

Ren Yue? Censor Ren Yue? Could it be that Ren Yue?!... Zhang Yinxian heard this, his brain raced, suddenly fell into a slump, his pupils shrank, a stormy sea surged in his heart, he swallowed hard, calmed his emotions, and hurriedly pursued, "You said he was possessed, suffered retribution, and received heaven's punishment from the Buddha because he did something unconscionable?"

At the time, he thought it was just a casual remark and didn't pay much attention...

Now that Zhang Yinxian thought about it carefully, that sentence had ten thousand points of wrongness in a hundred!

"That's right!"

The cloth merchant nodded decisively.

Having said that, as if the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he said with righteous indignation, "He is a Censor, not asking for the lives of the common people, but instead accepting bribes from the Duke of Chu and falsely accusing clean and upright good officials!"

Resonant and cadenced.

The pancake stall owner took over the conversation and echoed, "If he doesn't suffer retribution, who will?"

"Heaven's punishment from the Buddha is good!"

The surrounding common people immediately praised in succession.

Zhang Yinxian: "???"

For some reason, a strange sense of fear struck, Zhang Yinxian only felt his back go cold, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead...

Because this looked exactly like the handiwork of that gentleman last night!

Combined with the fact that everyone was saying the same thing, he became even more certain...

"My lord, Zhang my lord!" The head catcher saw that the Legal Officer was silent for a long time, stunned, pushed him lightly, and called out.

"Hmm?"

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yinxian suddenly came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and asked subconsciously.

"This is a Censor of the Censorate; are we still bringing him back to the yamen for interrogation?" The head catcher pointed to Ren Yue, who was brought over, and asked for instructions.

Even a fool could see that it was a hot potato...

Bringing others back was fine, but it happened to be a Censor of the Censorate, and one from the Grand Minister of Justice's line; one carelessness and it would be easy to offend people!

"Heh... hehe!"

Zhang Yinxian snorted coldly, bitter to the extreme, gritted his teeth, and said, "What do you think?"

"Then how should we deal with it?" The head catcher only felt it was extremely tricky and asked.

Zhang Yinxian exhaled a turbid breath, and after his brain raced, he made the most rational choice: "Of course, send him to the Mingjing Si immediately!"

He paused, swept his gaze around, and said loudly, "Such an unconscionable person needs a person of integrity to judge and suppress!"

"It must be the Great Zhou Poetry Immortal, Mirror Master Chen!"

Those who are sensible are heroes.

Since he knew whose handiwork it was, he naturally had to follow his wishes and push the boat with the current...

Throwing this big trouble to the Mingjing Si, brilliant... The head catcher suddenly realized and flattered, "My lord is wise!"

"Lord Chen Yan is the blue sky of the current age; he will surely punish the treacherous and evil, and eliminate harm for the people!"

"I believe Lord Chen Yan will definitely not fear power and will never tolerate this treacherous official!"

Hearing the name of the Great Zhou Poetry Immortal, the surrounding common people all took a breath and echoed and praised in unison.

Without it, Chen Yan's persona was set too perfectly!

"Disperse, all disperse!"

"The court will definitely handle it properly!"

Zhang Yinxian had no intention of staying any longer, waved his hand, and signaled the head catcher to disperse the onlookers.

On the top of a high building not far away.

The person known as the "blue sky of the current age" yawned and said to Zhu Yi beside him, "Yawn~ the good show is over, we should also head back to make up for sleep!" ===== CHAPTER 166 =====