Late at night, booming sounds of someone smashing the gates came from outside the Security Department of Luoyi's Ministry of Justice.
In Luoyi, the Security Department of the Ministry of Justice was a rather awkward office. Its rank was neither high nor low, somewhere in the middle, yet everything it handled involved the various illegal and forbidden deeds of kings, marquises, and nobles.
Anyone who could make a living in Luoyi had some backing. More often than not, when cases were handled, the Security Department of the Ministry of Justice ended up caught in the middle, taking abuse from both sides.
Most of the time, the Security Department played the role of smoothing things over. Small matters were handled perfunctorily, while major matters were sent directly to the Ministry of Justice.
Startled by such brazen gate-smashing in the dead of night, the Security Department's duty assistant director rushed out. When he saw that the visitor was Duke Tian Zhou, Tian Jiayu, he finally let out a breath.
Duke Tian Zhou, Tian Jiayu, had been plagued by bad luck lately. He was not some overwhelmingly powerful figure at court, so he was not too difficult to deal with. Still, since Duke Tian Zhou had come in person to report a case, he had no choice but to take it seriously.
But after hearing Duke Tian Zhou Tian Jiayu's report, the Security Department assistant director's head instantly swelled three times over.
The value of the case was enormous, but compared to the losses, the fact that it involved Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu made it an even greater matter!
What kind of figure was Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu?
He was the sort of person whom one might offend by accident, only to never even know how one died.
Who would dare