"Commander Li." Zhao Gang took a deep breath, his tone hard and unyielding.
"Fang Mo is involved in trafficking military weapons and colluding with demons. These are grave crimes against the state. The Ministry of War is acting according to the law. Even if this goes all the way to the throne, I, Zhao, will have the law on my side. Commander Li, are you trying to shield a criminal?"
"Shield him?" Li Mingyue let out a cold laugh, a flash of icy light in her phoenix eyes.
"Last night, demonic energy surged over Liuxi Village. The night patrol of my Demon Suppression Division saw it with their own eyes. Fang Mo slew the Blood God Temple's demon and uncovered the Flesh Spirit Pill's evil formation. That was a great merit. How is it that, in Lord Zhao's mouth, it became collusion with demons?"
She abruptly pointed her horse whip at Zhao Gang's nose, her presence surging like a rainbow. "Or is it that Lord Zhao is in such a hurry to kill him and silence him because the evil formation in Liuxi Village concealed some Ministry of War property you don't want anyone to see?"
Her words struck straight at the heart.
The surrounding onlookers erupted in an uproar. The Ministry of War was suspected of refining wicked medicine? Now that was a bombshell!
Zhao Gang's face turned purple with rage and alarm. He hadn't expected Li Mingyue to know the details so well, much less to publicly fall out with him over a mere prison guard from the Punishment Department.
"Li Mingyue! You can eat whatever you like, but you can't just say whatever you like!" Zhao Gang barked. His blood and qi surged, and the dozen or so guards behind him all took a step forward, their