The next morning.

The main hall of Anyang County Government.

A middle-aged man with clothes bleached from washing was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing, and begging the middle- aged man with a goatee who was dressed as a legal advisor.

"My Lord, my son Lin Yi is innocent. It's only his first day on duty. He doesn't even know what the county government looks like or where the Demon Suppression Hall is. How could he possibly collude with the demon to steal Taoist magic? It's unfair... It's unfair!"

The middle-aged man was Lin Yi's adoptive father Su Huaizhi.

Ever since the county constable told him the news that Lin Yi had colluded with a demon and stole Taoist magic and was exiled to the border, he completely collapsed.

He knew that Lin Yi was wrongly accused, so he rushed all the way from the countryside to the county government office to ask to see the county magistrate, hoping that Lin Yi would be released.

But the county magistrate was too lazy to meet him and directly asked his legal advisor Zhang Shengcai to deal with it.

Zhang Shengcai looked at Su Huaizhi with disdain and said sternly, "How do you know that Lin Yi is innocent? How do you know that he doesn't know where the Demon Suppression Hall is? Besides, the evidence in this case is irrefutable, and Lin Yi has already signed and confessed his guilt. For the sake of being a scholar, get out!"

"Grown ups!"

Su Huaizhi knelt and crawled in front of Zhang Shengcai, the master of the law, and hugged Zhang Shengcai's legs, begging: "Please let my son go, sir. I am willing to serve you like a cow or a horse... He is really innocent!"

"Roll!"

Zhang Shengcai kicked Su Huaizhi out, patted his trouser legs in disgrace, and said angrily: "You country bumpkin, you soiled my pants, can you afford to pay for it?"

He waved his hand and said, "Come here, throw this bastard out of the county government office!"

"Yes!"

Several yamen runners holding water and fire sticks came over and were about to carry Su Huaizhi away when they saw several people walking in through the gate of the county government office.

It was Lin Yi, Fang Qingxue, the fat captain of the police, and the thin constable.

"Father?"

Lin Yi merged his memories with the original host, and the emotions deep in his heart suddenly burst out. He rushed over with red eyes and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? In broad daylight, you bully ordinary people. Is there any law?"

"King's law?"

Zhang Shengcai, the legal advisor, did not expect Lin Yi to come back. He did not think much about it and sneered, "In Anyang County, I am the law!"

Lin Yi was furious and was about to go forward to beat him up, but he found that his adoptive father Su Huaizhi was holding him back and said in panic, "Lin Yi, don't hit him, don't hit him!"

Su Huaizhi knew very well that Lin Yi was already a criminal, and if he was charged with assaulting his master, they would not be able to bear the consequences.

When Lin Yi saw the bruises on Su Huaizhi's face and forehead, he knew what had happened.

"Bastard!"

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Lin Yi cursed inwardly, broke free from Su Huaizhi's hand, and smashed his hands and chains directly into the face of his master Zhang Shengcai.

Bang!

The master probably didn't expect Lin Yizheng to dare to attack him, and this punch directly knocked his head crooked.

"Ouch!"

Zhang Shengcai was knocked unconscious. He covered his cheek with his left hand, moved his tongue, and spat out a bloody tooth.

His face flushed red, his goatee trembled with anger, and he said angrily: "What are you still standing there for? Beat this guy to death with a stick!!!"

Su Huaizhi subconsciously stood in front of Lin Yi.

"Who dares!"

Lin Yi awakened his heart of literature and Taoism, and his spirit and energy from the inside out had the character of a scholar. He stared indifferently at the yamen runners who raised the water and fire sticks.

"Well!"

Several yamen runners were stunned at the moment and couldn't bring themselves to hit him with the sticks.

Master Zhang Shengcai angrily scolded: "What a bunch of rubbish, what are you afraid of?"

He strode forward, snatched the water and fire stick from a yamen runner, and was about to smash Lin Yi to death, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Fang Qingxue walking in through the door.

"Academy scholar?"

Click!

Zhang Shengcai was shocked and stopped the water and fire stick in his hand.

He could dispose of Lin Yi and Su Huaizhi's lives at will, even beating them to death on the spot.

But in front of the academy's disciples... he wouldn't dare to do that even if he had ten brave hearts!

Fang Qingxue entered the main hall of the county government office, followed by the fat captain and the thin constable.

The two of them glanced at the water and fire stick in the hands of their master Zhang Shengcai and shook their heads secretly... with an expression that said, "You're finished."

Zhang Shengcai ignored it and guessed that Fang Qingxue came to the county government office because of the theft of Taoist magic, so he did not dare to be careless.

Zhang Shengcai quickly put down his fire and water stick, bowed to Fang Qingxue, and said, "I am Zhang Shengcai, the legal advisor of the Anyang County Court. I wonder what your address is, Mr. Scholar?"

—At this time.

Su Huaizhi was also attracted to Fang Qingxue's gaze, and then he said to Lin Yi who was handcuffed with chains: "Xiao Yi, did you see that? This is a scholar with a heart for literature and morality. If I had a heart for literature and morality, I wouldn't have let you be wronged and end up like this... It's Dad's incompetence!"

Lin Yi comforted him, "This scholar is here to help me clear my name!"

"Ah?"

Su Huaizhi suspected that he had heard it wrong, and said, "Really? But you are a prisoner now, why would anyone help you?"

Lin Yi said: "I am a scholar!"

Su Huaizhi sighed and said, "We are called scholars, but we have no heart for literature. Who would really think we are scholars? We are just semi-illiterate people who can recognize a few words and read a few articles!"

Lin Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry!"

He knew the character of his adoptive father, Su Huaizhi. He was a rather pedantic scholar who followed the rules in everything. If something did not conform to the rules, what was the reason for that...

No matter how much you say, it's better to let him watch the show.

Fang Qingxue glanced at Zhang Shengcai indifferently and asked calmly, "Where is your County Magistrate Sun?"

Zhang Shengcai flattered, "Your Excellency, the county magistrate is not in the county office because of something. If you have anything to say, just tell me!"

"We have made good progress regarding the theft of the Taoist magic in the Demon Suppression Hall of the County Government. First, we have captured the thief's accomplice Lin Yi. We are also investigating the whereabouts of the thief. I believe that it won't be long before we can arrest the thief and bring the stolen Taoist magic back intact!"

Fang Qingxue looked at Zhang Shengcai and said, "Isn't County Magistrate Sun in the county government? Whose aura of a seventh-rank official is that in the county government?"

As an official of Dayan, as long as he is conferred an official position, the Holy Academy of Zhenguo will bestow the official aura of literature and Taoism. As long as the scholars of literature and Taoism are admitted, they can practice literature and art. Wangqi is a kind of literature and art.

"This......"

Zhang Shengcai was stunned and smiled awkwardly: "Maybe the county magistrate has just returned. It is said that the scholar is so young, but he can read qi. His future is limitless!"

Fang Qingxue had no feelings towards this kind of flattery, and said indifferently: "Go and inform Magistrate Sun, and tell him that Fang Qingxue from Pingzhou Academy is here to see you, and wants to know about Lin Yi's case!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Shengcai nodded, but the next moment he came to his senses and his

Zhang Shengcai nodded, but the next moment he came to his senses and his expression suddenly changed: "Ah? Fang... Fang Qingxue?"

Buzz!

Zhang Shengcai's head went numb at that moment, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

He was actually the champion in last year's imperial examination. He was a genius in literature and art who even the governor had to treat with courtesy.

The seventh level of benevolence!

Zhang Shengcai swallowed his saliva, feeling extremely panicked, and quickly ran to the backyard of the county government office, wiping the sweat off his face as he walked.