"Ahhhhh..."
The jailer's shrill screams rang out from the room.
Outside the room.
Warden Liu, the head jailer, leaned against the doorway. Hearing the screams from inside, he broke into a smug grin. "So what if they're disciples of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects? Even if a sacred son of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects came to the Zhao Xing Office, he'd still have to bow his head obediently!"
"Hmph, hmph."
Warden Liu gave a cold laugh and shouted into the room, "Beat him half to death, but don't kill him outright!"
Just then.
A jailer came rushing from the distance. He ran up to Warden Liu, drenched in sweat, and stammered, "Warden Liu... Warden Liu... Warden Liu..."
Warden Liu frowned and snapped irritably, "Why are you panicking? Where are your manners?"
The jailer sucked in several ragged breaths before finally speaking. "Warden Liu, the Minister of Justice... His Excellency the Minister is here."
"What!" Warden Liu was scared witless. He slapped the jailer across the face and roared, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
"Hurry! Come with me to see His Excellency the Minister!"
Warden Liu hurriedly straightened his official robes and strode through the dim passageway of the dungeon.
As he walked, Warden Liu's thoughts raced.
Why had the Minister come to the Zhao Xing Office dungeon today?
Could it be because...
A very bad premonition suddenly rose in Warden Liu's heart.
Outside the Zhao Xing Office dungeon stood a great hall.
At this moment, two old men stood inside the hall, chatting and laughing.
One of them was an old man clad in purple robes, emanating an air of nobility. His features were stern, and his swordlike brows swept into his temples. This man was none other than the Minister of Justice.
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