Cang Lan Dao - Chapter 7.1

Chapter 7.1

She Wanted to Climb To The Top and Pointed The Sword At The Prince

People came from all directions. Luo Wanqing ran and shouted, but the other party only paused briefly before turning his head away.

Luo Wanqing widened her eyes and said urgently, “Master Xie, Li Guiyu and Zheng Pingsheng had framed my father …….”

When these words came out, the surrounding people’s faces suddenly changed. A jailer swooped over and pressed Luo Wanqing to the ground, covering her mouth and angrily shouting, “What nonsense are you spouting!”

Many people surged immediately, pressing down on Luo Wanqing, blocking her mouth. Luo Wanqing kept struggling and wanting to make a sound. Both sides insisted for a while before a youthful voice rang from above, “Get out of the way.”

All the movements paused, and an officer standing in the forefront of the prison fawningly smiled up: “That, Officer Zhu Que, this crazy woman …….”

“Crazy or not, can I look myself?” The teenager spoke coldly and shouted, “Get out of the way!”

Hearing this, the jailer hesitantly let go of Luo Wanqing. She hurriedly rolled over and got up, kneeling on the ground, respectfully kowtowing, “Greetings, my lord.”

“Were you the one who was complaining just now?”

“Yes,” Luo Wanqing threw herself on the ground, “I’m accusing my fiance, Jiang Shaoyan, of framing my father, Luo Qushu, together with Zheng Pingsheng, the Minister of Justice.”

“Is there any evidence?”

When Luo Wanqing heard this question, she hesitated before gritted her teeth and answered, “I do not have any, but my father ……”

“You don’t have? Then, what are you suing for?” The teenager interrupted her.

Luo Wanqing looked up sharply, “But my father ……”

“Evidence, evidence!” The teenager emphasized. Luo Wanqing froze and tilted her head, dumbfoundedly looking at the red-clothed teenager before her. She realized that he wasn’t asking for evidence. He was asking her to stop complaining.

“The Inspection Department doesn’t want to take the case, does it?”
Luo Wanqing stared at him incredulously.

The teenager’s face showed a hint of weakness, and then immediately became arrogant again and said with authority, “Each department has its process. To file a complaint, you must have solid evidence and go through the process. Other than that, we don’t care and can’t care, do you understand?”

After saying that, the teenager didn’t dare to look at her again, turned his head to look at the head officer at the side, and said lightly: “How did this prisoner run out? How do you guard people? If this kind of thing happened in the Imperial Prison, I would skin all of you! Take the person for punishment and pretend she never came,” the teenager gave the officer a warning look, “Understood?!”

Hearing this, the head officer thought for a moment before comprehending what was going on and said hurriedly, “Understood. I will send her back. Today’s matter will kept secret. Please don’t worry, my lord.”

The teenager sniffed and nodded in satisfaction.

Luo Wanqing knelt on the ground, listening to the teenager’s steps as he left, her mind constantly echoing his words. The Inspection Department won’t take the case. Without evidence, the Inspection Department was unwilling to take it. This thought, fear, and bewilderment filled her mind.

The nearby officer sent the teenager away, then rushed forward in three steps, grabbed her by the hair, raised his hand, and slapped her, angrily saying: ”Bastard, do you think that just because you ran here, you can let the Inspection Department take care of your business? You don’t think about who you’ve offended. You think there’s a blue sky in this world?!”

Luo Wanqing didn’t say anything. She raised her eyes and looked at the officer coldly.

The head jailer glanced around and angrily said, “Drag her to the torture room, reward her with a few lashes to learn her lesson, and then send her back to the dungeon to figure out how she got out.”

“My lord,” the jailer on the side hesitated, “She still needs to be sent to the dungeon?”

“Didn’t you understand the meaning of the Inspection Department? Pretend that this incident never happened. Go wherever you come from,” the head officer glared at the jailer, “Get lost!”

The jailers heard this and hurriedly answered, dragging Luo Wanqing towards the torture room while cursing all the way. When they entered the torture room and tied her up on the torture rack, one of the jailers said to the other, “Old Three, you go rest. I’ll teach her a lesson.”

The jailer called “Old Three” was quite happy to hear that he could save labor, waving his hand and saying, “Alright, I’m going to play cards. Call me back later to escort the person.”

“No need, it’s just a weak lady,” the talking jailer laughed, “I can carry her back all by myself.”

As the jailers were talking, Luo Wanqing saw the jailer called “Old Three” turn around and leave. The jailer who said he was going to execute her turned around and exited the torture room after Old Three left.

The torture room was suddenly empty. Luo Wanqing couldn’t help but freeze. She raised her head and saw a screen standing in the distance in front of her, and it was only then that she realized that behind the screen, there seemed to be a person sitting there.

“I, the representative of the Inspection Department, have come to hear this case by order of the Department Master.” Behind the screen, the man’s distinctively artificial voice rang out. The vocal line sounded in one’s ears but could not leave recognizable traces, yet every word sounded extremely clear. He earnestly said, “Please, Miss, tell me everything you know.”

Luo Wanqing’s eyes instantly widened. Her heart pounded, and her voice quavering, “Are you willing to take over the case?”

The other party ignored her and calmly inquired, “Please clarify what you said earlier about your father. What’s going on?”

“The other party is the prince and the Minister of Justice,” Luo Wanqing did not open her mouth hastily and emphasized. Her voice trembling slightly, “Are you willing to take the case?”

The other party was silent. After a long time, the person continued softly, “Your father, Luo Qushu, privately trading salt. The evidence is conclusive. The case should have been recorded by the Inspection Department yesterday. But the day before yesterday, he killed himself with a piece of ceramic due to fear of the crime. It confirmed that he cut his own throat based on the bowl and the wounds. There is no external force.”

“He was forced to die!” Luo Wanqing immediately said, “It was Jiang Shaoyan himself who told me that the ceramic piece was given to my father by him. He watched my father kill himself. My father didn’t kill himself at all. He forced him!”

“Why did Jiang Shaoyan do that?”

“I don’t know. But since the evidence is conclusive, it won’t make any difference even if your Inspection Department takes his statement. Why did my father kill himself instead of waiting for the beheading? Why did Jiang Shaoyan force my father to die beforehand? You should investigate the words my father might have said when he was in prison!”

“Other than that, do you have any other clues?”

“No.” Luo Wanqing opened her mouth in difficulty. She defended, “But my father isn’t such a person. He was also a wandering warrior, a guest secretary of a great clan back then, following the Cui Clan to fight for the country. He would never sell private salt for money!”

The other party kept silent for a long time before solemnly saying: “The Cui Clan has committed treason. Don’t mention that your father had served the Cui Clan to others.”

“But ……”

“Today, take it as you have not seen me. Put your father’s death in your stomach. Today, you killed someone, and the Division Master has let people deal with it. You do not have to think about other things. Go to Lingnan in peace. The Inspection Department will secretly investigate your father’s matter. In the future, if the case has overturned, then you can return to Dongdu.”

Luo Wanqing frowned: “Why are you investigating the case secretly?”

“Do you know that if my division master stops for one more step today, you won’t live to see tomorrow?”

“Why?” Luo Wanqing already understood, but she still angrily questioned, “The Inspection Department can’t even protect an ordinary citizen?!”

“The Inspection Department is not a god.” The other party’s tone was light, “The person you killed today is Li Guiyu’s person. Since the other party left you alive, they don’t intend to kill you. Going to Lingnan is the best way to save your life.”

“And then?” Hearing ‘Lingnan,’ Luo Wanqing’s tone became agitated, “Wait in Lingnan?”

“Yes.”

“What if I die on the journey?”

“I’ll gift you some life-saving medicines later,” the other’s tone was calm, without any ups and downs, “You and your mother are both great doctors. I’ll have someone keep an eye on you. You’ll be fine if the officials and soldiers escort you according to the statute.”

“Until when do I have to wait?” Knowing that the other party had no intention of changing his attitude, Luo Wanqing couldn’t help but laugh mockingly.

“There will be a day …”

“There will be a day ……” Luo Wanqing burst out laughing. She looked up at the dark beams of the room and laughed, “My lord, some outcomes are meaningless when they come too late.”

Just like the previous life in her dream, perhaps Jiang Shaoyan died shortly after her death, but it was meaningless for Luo Wanqing.

“Sorry.” The youth was unmoved and only said, “But the current Da Xia will not offend a Minister or an Imperial Prince just because of the death of a commoner.”