Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

"Get out of here!"

Upon arriving at the city gate of Anping County, Cheng Chumo knocked the guard to the ground with a single blow.

A group of people rode their horses straight to the county government office.

The people along the way were so frightened by the spectacle that they all hid in the alleys.

When they arrived at the county government office, the gate was tightly closed.

After Cheng Chumo dismounted, he walked up to him and kicked him hard.

The half-closed door was kicked open by Cheng Chumo.

Inside the main hall of the county government office at this moment.

The magistrate of Anping County sat in a grand chair, with a middle-aged fat man standing next to him.

"Master Zhang, that young lady tasted good, didn't she? This time, the county had to withstand considerable pressure to finally put those two peasants in death row."

"The arrangements from top to bottom..."

The county magistrate rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, smiling as he looked at Master Zhang.

Master Zhang took out a stack of coins from his sleeve and handed them over.

"Don't worry, sir, I know all the rules."

Once that couple is beheaded tomorrow morning, this matter will be completely over.

Before he could finish speaking, a loud crash came from the front yard.

The magistrate was so frightened that his hand trembled, and he missed catching the flying coins, which scattered all over the ground.

He stood up and shouted outside:

"Who dares to break into the county government office? Guards! Seize these traitors!"

Dozens of yamen runners carrying fire and water sticks ran out from the side rooms and blocked the entrance to the main hall.

Cheng Chumo walked in carrying an axe. Behind him were Fang Yi'ai, Yuchi Baolin, and others.

As for Changsun Chong and Du He?

They consider themselves intellectuals, so this kind of rough work is naturally not something they can do on the front lines.

He stayed by Li Chengqian's side the whole time, shouting that he would protect Li Chengqian's safety.

After Cheng Chumo chopped down the yamen runner who had stepped forward to provoke him with an axe, he looked at the magistrate and roared:

"Traitor? You're blind! Look who we are!"

As the magistrate looked at the group of menacing figures clad in gleaming armor, his legs began to tremble involuntarily.

But he still thought it was just a lowly soldier causing trouble, and forced himself to shout:

"You audacious scoundrels! This county magistrate is an official appointed by the imperial court. How dare you storm the county government office? Aren't you afraid of losing your heads?"

Standing behind the county magistrate, Zhang Yuanwai also shouted:

"Do you know who my brother-in-law is? He is an advisor to the governor of Pingzhou."

"If any of you dare to lay a finger on me today, I'll throw you all in jail tomorrow."

Changsun Chong was so angry at these words that he laughed.

In all his years, no one had ever dared to speak so boldly in front of him.

Of course, Li Chengqian is an exception...

Changsun Chong said to Fang Yi'ai with a wicked smile:

"Yiai, did you hear that? Her brother-in-law is an advisor to the Prefect of Pingzhou. It scared me to death."

Fang Yi'ai sneered:

"A staff member? My father is Fang Xuanling, the current prime minister. This grandson is even better at pretending than I am."

Yuchi Baolin then shouted:

"My father is Yuchi Jingde, the Duke of E. Today I want to see if the Prefect of Pingzhou dares to throw me into prison."

Cheng Chumo slammed the axe on the ground:

"My father is Cheng Yaojin, the Duke of Lu. Old man, do you still think your so-called advisor brother-in-law can save your dog's life?"

Li Chengqian slowly walked forward and said:

"My father didn't have such a grand name; he was just called Li Shimin."

The magistrate's legs buckled, and he knelt directly on the ground.

Master Zhang was so frightened that he wet his pants.

Li Chengqian walked to the center of the Tang Dynasty, pulled up a chair and sat down, looking at the county magistrate and Zhang Yuanwai who were slumped on the ground.

"Xiao Shunzi, go to the jail and bring him out."

While we're at it, let's take a look at this Mr. Zhang's house and see just how much ill-gotten wealth he's accumulated over the years.

Half an hour later, Xiao Shunzi walked in, followed by several guards carrying boxes.

"Your Highness, the person has been brought out of the death row."

The Zhang family's property has been searched; these are the account books and correspondence found. Additionally, more than a dozen young girls, severely tortured, were discovered in the cellar of the Zhang family's backyard.

Xiao Shunzi was reported to be in a bad mood.

Upon hearing the word "girl," both Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin's eyes reddened.

When the guards carried the couple up, they were already beaten to a pulp, barely breathing, and clearly not going to make it.

"You son of a bitch!"

Cheng Chumo kicked the county magistrate.

"You bunch of beasts, you're really ruthless."

After reading it, Li Chengqian didn't say anything. He reached out and took the account book from Xiao Shunzi, flipping through a few pages.

The first page.

"In the fourth year of Zhenguan, in order to seize three hundred acres of fertile land south of the city, they set fire to the original owner's family of seven, which was burned to death. The government ruled it an accidental fire."

Page 2.

"In the fifth year of the Zhenguan era, he colluded with the county magistrate to embezzle the imperial relief grain and enslaved more than four hundred refugees, secretly selling them to Goguryeo."

Page 3.

"In the sixth year of the Zhenguan era, which was last month, I sent the governor of Pingzhou 10,000 taels of silver, along with ten young girls who had not yet reached marriageable age..."

Li Chengqian stopped turning the pages of the book.

He originally thought it was just a case of local gentry colluding with corrupt officials to bully men and women, and he was just doing it out of boredom.

But now he realizes he was wrong.

These people are worse than animals.

This treats the people of the Tang Dynasty like livestock.

At this moment, Master Zhang desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"Your Highness, spare my life! This humble subject knows he was wrong."

"This humble subject is willing to donate all his possessions to fund the army; I beg Your Highness to spare my life."

Although the magistrate of Anping County standing nearby was terrified, his mind was perfectly clear.

Seeing the murderous intent slowly emerging in Li Chengqian's eyes, he hurriedly invoked the laws of the Tang Dynasty in an attempt to save his life.

"I am guilty. But I am an official appointed by the imperial court."

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, local officials who committed crimes should be escorted to the capital and handed over to the three departments of the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate for joint trial.

Although Your Highness is the Crown Prince, you have no right to arbitrarily resort to private punishment.

The magistrate of Anping County wanted to use rules to suppress Li Chengqian.

As long as he can make it to Beijing alive, he can save his life with the money he's given to his superiors over the years.

But he was wrong about one thing.

If it were Li Tai or any other prince sitting here today, his approach would work.

Unfortunately, he met Li Chengqian.

A prince who never treats rules as rules.

Li Chengqian threw the account book in his hand directly at the face of the Anping County Magistrate.

"Think it over carefully before the trial?"

Li Chengqian stood up, walked up to the magistrate, kicked him to the ground, and stepped on his face.

"I'm afraid your blood will soil the Dali Temple's territory."

"Your Highness! This is a blatant disregard for the law..."

"Shut up."

Li Chengqian turned to look at Cheng Chumo.

"Cheng Chumo".

"I'm here."

"Drag them to the county government office, chop off their heads, and hang them on the city gate."

The imperial edict sent to the Zhang family read: "Anyone involved in murder or human trafficking shall be executed without exception."

Upon hearing Li Chengqian's order, the magistrate of Anping County went insane with fear and struggled desperately, shouting:

"You dare kill an official of the imperial court? Li Chengqian! This is treason. You will die a horrible death."

Cheng Chumo kicked the county magistrate in the mouth, and the subsequent insults turned into groans.

"Shut up! Today, your Grandpa Cheng will teach you what it means to cut flesh with a dull knife."

Cheng Chumo grabbed the magistrate by the hair and dragged him outside.

Yuchi Baolin and Fang Yi'ai followed behind, dragging Zhang Yuanwai along with them.

Just as Cheng Chumo was about to begin the torture, Du He called out to him.

"Don't use your broken axe, use mine."

Du He pulled Cheng Chumo aside and said mysteriously.

Cheng Chumo looked down and a mischievous smile appeared on his face.

It turned out that Du He had found an axe that hadn't been sharpened at all and was covered in rust.

Screams echoed continuously at the entrance of the county government office.

The surrounding people showed no fear on their faces, only a look of glee.