When they saw Lin Ji, everyone present had different reactions.
Fu'an's face changed slightly at first, and when he saw the blood on Lin Ji's chest, he even breathed a little heavier.
It was obvious that he and the man in black had been fighting hard just now, but it seemed that his reaction was not as big as Lin Ji's intervention.
As for the man in black, his eyes were filled with blazing anger.
"Where are my second and third brothers?"
Lin Ji sneered, tapped his toes, and disappeared from everyone's eyes.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of the man in black.
After all, the cultivation level of the man in black at the fifth level is not ordinary.
Although Lin Ji moved very quickly, he still reacted and slashed at Lin Ji with his knife.
"You bunch of ungrateful bastards with no credibility at all will die!" the man in black roared angrily.
But it's just incompetent rage...
Lin Ji turned slightly to avoid the sword that was so fast that only the afterimage could be seen. Then he pointed the sword and pointed it at the dantian of the man in black.
The man in black's eyes suddenly became red with blood, and then he spurted out another mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground helplessly.
"Although it's just your first time wandering around at night, you are still too weak and your foundation is not stable." Lin Ji said with a chuckle.
Seeing that the man in black was seriously injured, Lin Ji turned back to look at Fu'an and others.
"Master Fu, the three gangsters who attacked have been killed."
Fu'an's face was gloomy and uncertain. He stared at Lin Ji's smiling face, and after a few breaths, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Many...thank you Lin Zhang Ling for your help."
"I don't think I've ever reported my family status, have I? Has my identity been found out in just one day?" Lin Ji said with a smile, "We are all officials in the same court, so there is no need to say thank you."
Hearing this, Fu'an looked at Lin Ji deeply and prepared to lead his men upstairs.
But at this moment, Lin Ji said again: "Wait a minute."
"What, Mr. Lin still has something to say?"
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I've always been kind-hearted. Now that someone is targeting a few of them, I can't just sit back and watch."
"What on earth do you want to say?!" Fu'an's patience was mostly worn away.
Lin Ji smiled and said: "Anyway, it's only a few dozen miles to the capital, so let me accompany you there. I'll have someone to look after you on the way."
Upon hearing this, Fu'an's expression suddenly changed.
Even though those men in black died at the hands of Lin Ji, he had never been so out of control!
"Mr. Lin, do you mean that the Supervisory Office is going to intervene in the case of the Editorial Office?"
"There is no need to criticize others, it's just a matter of drawing a sword to help when there is an injustice."
With that said, Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw that Fu An still wanted to talk nonsense.
As soon as I thought about it, Yuan Shen opened his eyes and jumped into his mind.
The cold breath made the temperature of the entire inn seem to drop a lot in an instant, and many of the police officers in the editing department trembled.
Not out of the cold, but out of fear.
"Although I am approachable, I still have a bit of a temper, which is understandable."
Lin Ji's voice became colder and he said, "Why, I'm not taking any credit from you. It's just to ensure the safety of the prisoners. Mr. Fu, does this seem to be a problem?"
"this..."
"I will personally take care of the prisoner Shen Hong tonight, and we will go to Beijing together early tomorrow morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ji ignored Fu'an and others, and went upstairs in a flash and entered the room where Shen Hong was detained.
Seeing the door to the room being slammed shut, Fu'an's face turned blue and white.
"Does this Lin Ji really think that he is a member of the Supervisory Office and is running rampant? Does he dare to interfere in the affairs of the Editorial Office? He is looking for death! He is looking for death!"
One of his subordinates whispered: "Sir, there is a death order from above. Shen Hong must not be allowed to enter the capital."
"Our family knows better than you! But now that Lin Ji is meddling in it, what do you want our family to do?"
After a pause, Fu'an continued: "Go to the capital and report this matter quickly. I don't know if Lin Ji intervened on his own whim or on behalf of Jian Tiansi, but in any case, this matter is beyond our control. "
"As commanded."
Seeing his men leaving, Fu'an's expression did not improve at all.
In the end, everything went wrong.
This time when I return to Beijing, I will be punished.
If you can't say it, you have to lose your head.
...
At the same time, Shen Hong was imprisoned in the room.
Lin Ji put his hand on Shen Hong's back and slowly transferred the spiritual energy to it.
After a while, Shen Hong's complexion improved significantly.
"Thank you."
He saw clearly the scene where Lin Ji rescued him just now, so he guessed that Lin Ji was not the same group as the eunuchs who escorted him.
"Thanks to my friends for helping me, but Shen Hong's death is not a pity. My friends should get out as soon as possible."
Lin Ji was a little surprised.
"What, you don't want to live?"
Shen Hong smiled bitterly: "If you can live, no one would want to die."
"Then why let me leave?"
"I don't want to implicate innocent people." Shen Hong shook his head and said, "My friend can send Fu An and others away, so he must be a strong monk, but the person who wants me to die is not simple. Even if he has the cultivation level, if he offends her, I'm afraid It won’t end well either.”
Lin Ji was not prepared to reveal his identity.
"I know in my heart that if something cannot be done, I will definitely run faster than you."
"The main thing is that I saved a little girl this morning. Although I don't like to be nosy, I am still a little curious."
"Friends, just ask whatever you want to ask," Shen Hong said.
Lin Ji nodded.
"Why did Mr. Shen end up like this?"
"I wrote a letter to remonstrate with my uncle in the dynasty, which angered the queen."
"What's the reason?" Lin Ji asked again.
"There were floods in the south, and Yangzhou was a natural and man-made disaster. The imperial court allocated 20 million taels of disaster relief money, which was sent to Yangzhou by Mu Kai, the uncle of the emperor."
Having said this, Shen Hong closed his eyes tightly, with a hint of despair in his tone.
"Twenty million taels of disaster relief money came into my hands, but only two million taels were left."
"You're very brave." Lin Ji grinned.
Once he is greedy, he is 90% greedy. Even if Shen Hong is not a character who can't get rid of sand in his eyes, he probably won't be able to bear it.
It's a huge amount of money to be greedy for only 10% or 20%, and you can barely make a deal with more than 10 million left.
This is so unscrupulous, and you dare to take 90% of the disaster relief money.
Shen Hongze continued: "I handed the paper to the superior. If the paper could not reach the Holy Lord, it would be intercepted by the Secretary of General Affairs. After several submissions, it was Mu Kai who came to the door with officers and soldiers and arrested me."
"You are a third-grade official. Even if he is the uncle of the state, how dare he arrest you for no reason?"
"He said I was corrupt."
"Are you said to be corrupt?"
Shen Hong said bitterly: "In order to provide disaster relief, I ordered that the government's treasury silver be used to make up for the shortfall in disaster relief funds, but most of the treasury silver is tax revenue that has to be sent to the capital."
"Mu Kai colluded with my officials and said that I embezzled money from the treasury, resulting in Yangzhou's tax deficit."
Shen Hong raised his head and looked at Lin Ji.
"Friend, do you understand now?"
"I understand, and I regret it." Lin Ji helplessly held his forehead.