In the next few days, the Hanlin Academy continued to operate in an orderly manner, but most people had sad faces.
Three days have passed, but there is no news from Ning Tianlu.
The cabinet also mobilized manpower and material resources to investigate, hoping to fish Ning Tianlu out privately.
But no matter whether it is the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the prison of Dali Temple, Ning Tianlu does not exist. ??
This made everyone in the Hanlin Academy very worried, and they were deeply worried about Ning Tianlu's disappearance.
Mu Feng originally planned to go to the God Forging Tower, but without knowing the news about Ning Tianlu, he was not in the mood to go.
The fourth day, early morning.
The sky was gloomy and rainy, and the entire capital was shrouded in gloom.
Mu Feng sat in the study, quite uneasy. In the past few days, he had been sending spies from the Hanlin Academy to investigate, and he had also maintained close contact with Cang Hongshen.
There was no news about Ning Tianlu from either the Hanlin Academy or the cabinet. All the spies from the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple were mobilized, but nothing happened.
Boom, boom, boom!
Suddenly, there was an urgent knock on the door, pulling Mu Feng back from his thoughts.
"What's the matter?" Mu Feng asked.
Xia Changxue's voice came from outside the door: "Xueshi Mu! The Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple jointly issued an announcement this morning about Master Ning!"
"Come in and talk in detail!" Mu Feng spoke urgently.
After Xia Changxue came in, she looked excited. She handed a rolled-up rice paper to Mu Feng and said, "The content of the announcement is that after three days of searches by the Sanfa Department, they did not find Mr. Ning's specific corruption records, so they made an announcement.
Master Ning must be released without charge!"
Mu Feng looked surprised and said, "Acquitted? Are you serious?"
"If Scholar Mu doesn't believe it, you can take a look at the announcement on this paper. It is posted on the bulletin board in the city. The Third Law Division does not dare to fabricate rumors, otherwise he will be punished! "Xia Changxue said with a cheerful smile.
Mu Feng spread out the rice paper on the table and read it carefully.
The content on the paper is indeed an announcement jointly issued by the three law departments, and it is exactly the same as what Xia Changxue said.
But Mu Feng didn't show any signs of joy. The Sanfa Si tried their best to capture Ning Tianlu, but now they want to release him unconditionally. This is so unreasonable.
Moreover, during these three days, Ning Tianlu was not in any of the jails of the Criminal Department, the Procuratorate, or Dali Temple. Now the announcement says that Ning Tianlu will be released without charge. This is all too weird!
"Let's go! Take the people from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Punishment!"
Mu Feng stood up, with a vague premonition in his heart, and said to Xia Changxue in a deep voice.
The content of the announcement clearly states that Ning Tianlu is currently being held in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. If they want to arrest someone, they will naturally go to the Ministry of Punishment.
Soon, Mu Feng led Xia Changxue, Chen Zhong, Ji Chun and dozens of editors, Shu Jishi and other people from the Hanlin Academy towards the Ministry of Punishments.
The Xingbu Prison is located in the deepest part of the Xingbu Yamen. It is built several feet underground. It is cold and damp all year round and is full of rats and ants.
When Mu Feng and his group arrived at the Xingbu Yamen, the guards on both sides of the Yamen immediately stopped them.
"Who are you? Why did you break into the Penal Department Yamen without permission!"
The guards looked at the official uniforms of Mu Feng and others and realized that they were from the Hanlin Academy. They just deliberately blocked them because of orders from above.
"Bold! We are bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and you, just a gatekeeper, dare to stop us!" Chen Zhong scolded angrily.
The two guards looked at each other and then pretended to be honest: "It turns out that it's all the senior officials of the Hanlin Academy.
People! You are all nobles and have always been noble and arrogant. Why do you have time to come to our Criminal Department?"
"Hmph! Your Ministry of Punishment, the Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple have issued an announcement saying that Hanlin scholar Ning Tianlu was not guilty of corruption and was acquitted. We are here to pick him up!" Xia Changxue said coldly.
"Master Shangshu has issued an order. The Hanlin Academy can send people to pick up people, but only four people can enter. The rest should wait outside the door!" One of the guards said confidently.
"you……"
Everyone was furious and wanted to argue, but they were pushed down by Mu Feng, and then they all fell silent.
Now, Mu Feng is the leader of the Hanlin Academy, so his words will naturally have an effect on everyone! ??
"Okay! Now take me to pick someone up!" Mu Feng said calmly.
"Mother Mu, please come with me!"
The guard on the right grinned and led Mu Feng, Xia Changxue, Chen Zhong and Ji Chun into the depths of the Criminal Department.
Arriving outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Mu Feng saw Ji Yinghao and other officials of the Ministry of Punishment. They were all standing at the door of the prison, looking at Mu Feng and others jokingly.
"Where is Ning Tianlu?" Mu Feng went straight to the point and didn't talk nonsense to Ji Yinghao at all.
A middle-aged man next to Ji Yinghao jumped out, pointed at Mu Feng and shouted: "Mu Feng! You are very courageous. You are not polite when facing Master Shangshu. Are you Hanlin Academy so uneducated?
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"I never salute a dog!" Mu Feng replied coldly, "Since Ning Tianlu is not guilty, what about others?"
Many officials from the Ministry of Justice were furious and wanted to scold Mu Feng, but were stopped by Ji Yinghao.
Ji Yinghao looked at Mu Feng coldly and said, "What a sharp-tongued mouth! But I won't argue with you. Someone, bring Ning Tianlu out!"
After a while, deep in the deep and damp dungeon, the limbs were shackled Ning Tianlu was dragged out by two jailers.
Wherever he passed, the ground was bright red!
The moment Mu Feng, Xia Changxue and others saw Ning Tianlu, their pupils shrank into needles, and then intense anger erupted from their eyes.
At this moment, Ning Tianlu was in a very miserable state. His whole body was covered with scars. His hands and feet were irregularly bent. He had obviously been broken by force. His ribs were dented, and there were many serious marks on his hands and feet. They should be
Torture was used.
There were dense, pinprick-like wounds on his back, and they were very deep, and blood kept flowing out, seemingly unstoppable.
Plop!
The two jailers threw Ning Tianlu on the ground like trash.
Whoosh!
Mu Feng stepped forward, held Ning Tianlu in his hands as he was about to fall to the ground, and immediately injected spiritual power into Ning Tianlu's body.
The moment he came into contact with Ning Tianlu's body, Mu Feng's heart trembled. The former's injuries were more serious than what he appeared on the surface. His internal organs were severely traumatized, and most of his bones were shattered into powder.
Such a horrific injury would make it difficult for even a strong Martial Emperor to recover, not to mention that Ning Tianlu was only an Imperial Master and his physical body was far inferior to that of Martial Emperor.
What made Mu Feng even more angry was that the spiritual power deep in the center of Ning Tianlu's eyebrows was very weak, like a candle in the wind that would be extinguished at any time.
There is no doubt that Ning Tianlu's mental power has been crippled. Even if he is lucky enough to survive, he will be a complete cripple in the future.
"Master Ning!"
"Master Ning!"
Xia Changxue, Chen Zhong and Jichun also rushed forward. Seeing the shocking injuries on Ning Tianlu's body, they all looked sad, while at the same time burning with raging anger in their chests.
The Ministry of Punishment bullied people so much that they dared to injure the leader of their Hanlin Academy like this.