The Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yuan Su, frowned more and more as the number of people following the prison cart increased. No matter what the bailiffs said about Fang Yun's crimes, the Jingguo people did not buy it.
Coupled with the protection of the students of the palace, the anger of the people around them grew.
Finally, someone scolded.
"Dog official!" An old woman who was selling eggs suddenly grabbed an egg and threw it at Yuan Su.
"How dare you!" A child soldier beside Yuan Su suddenly pulled out his knife and blocked the egg with the flat of his knife.
The egg splashed everywhere. Although it did not touch Yuan Su, a few of the soldiers were stained with egg shell and egg liquid. They looked a little embarrassed.
Yuan Su knew something was wrong. Before he could make a decision, he saw the people around him throw whatever they had in their hands at the soldiers and bailiffs. Yuan Su was surrounded by the disaster area.
The old woman who threw the egg first also distributed the eggs to the people around her, asking them to help throw the eggs.
"Speed up to Tiger Prison immediately!" Yuan Su roared. He held the official seal in his hand and directly mobilized the talent energy of the Holy Temple in the capital to form a huge invisible shield to protect the team and separate the people.
When Fang Yun heard the words "Tiger Prison", he raised his eyebrows and continued to recite the Sacred Scripture.
The people from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice could not bear to see this. The soldiers who were already slacking off were even more dispirited when they heard Yuan Su's words.
The people's scolding suddenly became louder. Some of the older scholars even scolded loudly.
"Bastard Yuan Su, you framed the Dragon of Jingguo!"
"Dog official, the Dragon of Jingguo should not be humiliated like this!"
"Jingguo traitor, the Left Prime Minister's lackey!"
Everyone knew that people of Fang Yun's status were usually grounded at home if they were not convicted. Even if they were to be imprisoned, they should be imprisoned in the "Ruolu Prison", which held high-ranking officials. Even worse, they should be imprisoned in the "Shanglin Prison", which held low-ranking officials. Even if they wanted to frame Fang Yun, the most they could do was to send Fang Yun to the "Capital Prison" of the capital's government office, which was where commoners were imprisoned.
However, Tiger Prison was different. It was used for scoundrels or people who had committed heinous crimes. It was the prison with the worst environment in the country. Plague, insects, rats, rotting corpses, and filth filled the prison. More than half of the people would die there.
What was even more frightening was that the Tiger Prison was not blessed by the talent energy of the Divine Temple. The other places in the capital city were protected by the power of the Divine Temple, so it was only a little colder than autumn. However, it was freezing in Tiger Prison, and people froze to death every day.
The students following behind were filled with righteous indignation.
One of them said, "Brother Ju Ze, are you going to watch as Fang Yun enters the Tiger Prison?"
Qiao Juze sighed, "Aristocratic families are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of the country, and the imperial family is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the Notre-Dame. Even the Empress Dowager is powerless to do anything. Right now, only the Punishment Hall and Jingguo's Ministry of Justice can intervene in this matter. The Punishment Hall has already handed over the right to imprison to the Jingguo's Ministry of Justice. Now, only the traitor Yuan Su can decide where Fang Yun will stay. Who would have thought that the Left Minister and Yuan Su had long been plotting for this day!?! "
The hatred in Qiao Juze's eyes was far greater than that of others. He was a member of the Chen Sheng Family and already knew about the Lunar Tree Divine Punishment. However, he didn't expect that the Zong Family and the Lei family wouldn't stop before Fang Yun's death. They even wanted to kill Fang Yun.
"You're a relative of an aristocratic family by marriage. Why don't you ask the Chen Sheng Family to go to the Notre-Dame's Punishment Hall for help?"
Qiao Juze shook his head gently and said, "The aristocratic families should have more important things to do. In the eyes of those great scholars and even the Half-saint, entering Tiger Prison is nothing."
"How infuriating!" a student couldn't help but complain.
The laws of the Ten Nations were strict. When the crowd saw that Yuan Su had used the power of the official seal, they didn't dare to force him and had no choice but to stop in their tracks. While cursing, they watched the team from the Ministry of Justice leave.
Since the team was separated, it was difficult for the people in front to know the specific situation. Hence, not many people followed them. Qiao Juze was the only one who insisted on walking forward.
"Brother Qiao, things have already come to this, there's no point in us going."
"From today onwards, I'll go to Tiger Prison at sunrise and leave at sunset. I'm not doing this for anything else but to tell the people of Jingguo that the Left Minister's gang once imprisoned Xusheng and the pillar of Jingguo in Tiger Prison!" Qiao Juze continued to walk forward without hesitation.
"As long as Fang Wenhou doesn't come out of Tiger Prison, I'll go on strike! I'll go back to the academy and call on my classmates to go on strike! Fang Yun shouldn't be humiliated like this in Jingguo! Besides, he even saved Cousin Zhi Xing! Everyone, who's willing to make a poster with me and spread it all over Capital City? "Zhang Chengyu asked.
"Me!"
"I'm willing to go!"
Hundreds of people responded.
"Good! The rest of you will follow Brother Qiao to Tiger Prison to support Fang Wenhou. The rest of you will follow me back to the academy and copy the poster overnight to call for a strike! "
"Fang Yun is safe and sound in Jiangzhou, but he's in prison in Capital City! The students from all over Jingguo are about to enter Capital City. We can't let the people from the other four prefectures look down on us! The traitors may cover the sky, but we're righteous! "
"Let's go and seek justice for Fang Zhenguo!"
The students of the academy split into two groups. One group went to Tiger Prison, while the other group went back to the academy.
Fang Yun ignored the outside world and silently recited the Sages' Scriptures.
It was late at night, and lights were everywhere. Fang Yun suddenly felt the temperature around him change. When he opened his eyes, it was as if he had come to another world.
The people on the street before were dressed in thin clothes and were relaxed and comfortable. However, the people on the street were either wearing thick cotton-padded clothes or running with their bodies curled up.
"Hiss …" Many people around him gasped because of the cold. Their breaths formed a white mist.
Fang Yun looked around. The plants here were withered, and it was cold and desolate. It was as if this was a land of death.
As a Jinshi, Fang Yun was not affected by the cold. However, if the ordinary people did not wear thick cotton-padded clothes, they would quickly get frostbitten.
Not long after, Fang Yun saw a different building. The red walls were extremely tall, and there were many sharp stones on the top of the walls. There was a stone watchtower every ten feet. The watchtowers were lit by bonfires, and the guards on the towers could be seen clearly.
The carriages stopped in front of a dilapidated gate. The stone lion in front of the gate was no longer visible. The paint on the gate was peeling off, and the plaque was missing a corner. The golden paint of the three words on it was almost gone.
Tiger Prison.
Fang Yun looked away from the plaque. He heard the gate creak open slowly. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the gate was made of cast iron and could only be opened with a winch.
"Take the human traffickers to the death row. They will be treated the same as those who have committed the most heinous crimes. If anyone dares to disobey, don't blame the Executioner's Blade for being too sharp!" Before Yuan Su could say anything, a low-ranking official shouted arrogantly.
The bailiffs took Fang Yun down from the prison carriage and brought him to the gate. They handed him over to the jailer.
A man in an eighth-rank official uniform ran out laughing. He was about forty years old. He shouted as he ran, "Greetings, Yuan Su and Yuan Hanlin!"
Yuan Su got down from his horse and waved his hand, signaling the jailer to follow him. He did not look at the man and said as he walked, "Huo Siyu, do you remember what happened four years ago?"
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