Very pornographic and violent

  Fei Yi let go of Min An's hand after they stepped out the door and headed to the backyard, intending to tend to the flowers. Unexpectedly, Min An followed behind her, chattering nonstop: "What is a 'yao'? Is that flying bird a white eagle? Are you or the young master its helper?"

  Fei Yi was taught by the young master Min Xiao to be patient. You didn't tell him, but he always found a way to ask you again. After Min An asked for the second time, Fei Yi replied: "The white eagle is a white hawk, named 'General', it and the leopard are both pets raised by the young master, used for messaging or hunting. The young master went to the Western Frontier to fight, leaving the leopard and the white hawk in my care. The lynx looks like a cat, but is more ferocious than a cat, loves rabbit meat, and the one you let go was a lynx."

  Min An hastily turned around and left. After arriving at the Qingquan County government office, he found Li Fei Ge to take out the death certificate of Cao Shi San's death and asked about the situation. Li Fei Ge was sharp-eyed and saw that in less than two days, he would have to deal with Min An several times, knowing that he was a person used by the Crown Prince, so he didn't shirk and told him about the important matters.

  Min An roughly inferred the cause and effect based on what Li Fei said.

  Min An was delayed in Qingquan County for two days due to Wu Ren's case. Bi Si, the master of the house, personally escorted Mao Thirteen's prisoner cart to the county city, rushing overnight and arriving at the gate of the county yamen's prison yesterday afternoon. At that time, Wang Huai Li took most of the people in the yamen to Ma Jia to investigate the case and did not take over the prisoner cart on the spot. The historian immediately made a decision, bound Mao Thirteen with one stroke, and stuffed him into the prison cell. Mao Thirteen cursed non-stop, provoking the historian, who ordered that Mao Thirteen's tongue be cut off and a large handful of grass ash be poured into his mouth to stop the bleeding. Mao Thirteen fainted on the ground, and the historian hastily called for a doctor to come and treat him. The doctor arrived later, but just as he was about to enter the courtyard through the thick black lacquer gate, Mao Thirteen suddenly jumped up from the ground, broke through the three prison guards watching him, and took advantage of the open gate to escape. The historian led his men in pursuit, chasing all the way to Haitang Mountain. Mao Thirteen ran towards a mountain cave, but was suddenly pounced on by a large cat that had been hiding behind a rock, which bit his throat. Mao Thirteen could not resist and was bitten to death on the spot. When the historian brought back Mao Thirteen's body, Wang Huai Li was in court trying Liu Linglong's case. Bi Si saw that Mao Thirteen was already dead and feared being implicated, so he hastily led a team of people from Huangshi County to withdraw, leaving only the documents with the official. After Wang Huai Li used torture to extract a confession from Liu Linglong, he heard that Mao Thirteen had also died and became enraged, beating the historian thirty times and stripping him of his official position, then throwing him into prison. The prison is now completely sealed off, and no one can get in.

  "Is there anything else you don't understand, young master?" Li Fei Ge asked, seeing Min An standing still with his sleeves rolled up.

  Min An replied: "The old master said it very carefully, I, as a subordinate, have already heard it clearly, and will report back to the young master immediately."

  "That's good." Li Fei Ge smiled slightly and turned around to slowly walk towards the government office.

  Min An followed up and asked: "Does Mr. Lao know what kind of words Mao Thirteen scolded? Which made Dian Shi brother cut off his tongue?"

  "Those are things that cannot be said." Li Fei Ge waved his hand, smiled mysteriously and profoundly, "Speaking out would tarnish the reputation of Master Wang."

  Min An suddenly burst out laughing: "I know what it is. What the King fears are nothing but some nonsense about him being greedy and corrupt."

  Li Fei Ge glanced at Min An: "Young master also knows the rules of the official's residence, what should be said is said half, what shouldn't be said is swallowed into the belly. What I just said didn't count, understood?"

  Min An nodded and bid farewell to Li Fei as he left. Afterwards, Min An took out Li Qun's waist card, indicating that he was acting on behalf of the Crown Prince to respond to the king's memorial, and smoothly entered the stable to examine Mao Shi San's body. He put on a sheepskin glove, carefully examined the wound on Mao Shi San's throat, and nodded to the nearby clerk from the Ministry of Punishment, saying: "The flesh is yellowish in color, there are tooth marks with dry blood, and the skin has rolled outward, it was definitely bitten to death." The clerk recorded the autopsy results.

  Wang Huai-li stood far away, covering his sleeves with his official robes and said: "The stench of the stable is too great, has the young master not finished investigating yet?"

  Min An raised his head and asked: "Sir, why didn't you put the corpse in the mortuary?"

  Wang Huaili raised his sleeve to fan away the flies and replied casually, "The bodies of prisoners who died from external injuries have always been discarded here, and 'Master Ma' is in charge of calming their spirits. This has been the rule for decades." Master Ma was the god of the stables worshipped by the public servants, specializing in strange and supernatural affairs. Min An was familiar with the various unwritten rules and conventions of the government office, and upon hearing this response, he had no choice but to consider it reasonable. He bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang. I will examine the body immediately."

  Wang Huaili waved his sleeves and led the people away.

  Min An walked along the inner and outer walls of the prison, found the path that Mao Thirteen had escaped from before, and followed the footprints to explore further. Walking against the autumn sun for half a time, the roadside was overgrown with weeds, separated by blocks of newly irrigated rice fields, and there were farmers working beside the water ditch. Min An stood on tiptoe behind a person-high wild tree and shouted into the field: "Uncle, the water in this field is so clear and abundant, did you just drain it yesterday?"

  The farmer wearing a straw hat replied, "Yes, every month, the village has to transport water out of the mountain to irrigate the fields. Young master, don't go forward, there's a big cat in the mountain ahead that bites people."

  Min An grabbed his hat and wiped the sweat, waving his hand and saying: "It's all right, I'll go take a look."

  Although he said so, Min An still turned back when he arrived at Haitang Mountain. He went to the post house to rent a horse and rushed to the Hangguan, where he reported the case to Li Qun in simple terms. However, Li Qun stopped him from leaving and asked him to report to the Crown Prince himself.

  Min An had no choice but to tidy up again, burn some incense and wait on the ground floor. Li Peinan, dressed in light clothing, finished taming the big lynx and returned to the inn. He tossed the rope tied around the lynx's neck to Lai Qun and said to Min An, who was walking towards him to pay his respects, "Wait." He then went straight to the side hall to bathe and change clothes.

  Min An waited for a long time, and finally saw Li Peinan walking out in new clothes. He hastily reported: "Mao Thirteen escaped and was bitten to death by a wild dog, the case is straightforward, please don't worry, Your Highness, and approve Wang Daren's memorial."

  What Min An said was reasonable.

  Because Mao Shi San is a wanted criminal of the imperial court in several provinces, now he died unexpectedly in the mountain nest. According to the rules, the highest official in the local area should submit a document to the Ministry of Punishment to explain the situation and wait for the verdict. Wang Huai Li handed over the memorial to Li Pei Nan, firstly to ask Li Pei Nan to make a decision, secondly, if Li Pei Nan is not willing to intervene in the case, then ask him to be a witness to prove that he has been impartial and has not shown favoritism.

  Li Peinan walked two steps and was about to go upstairs when he saw Min An still standing in the same place, turned his head and asked: "Finished?"

  "Yes."

  "Then you come and sign the letter of resignation."

  Li Peinan's casual remark brought Min An to the study, where he sat at his desk for half a day without writing a single word.

  Li Peinan stood by and asked: "What's wrong?"

  Min An's hand, holding the small sheep-hair brush, trembled slightly. He wiped away a drop of sweat from the tip of his nose and put down the brush, saying: "As a low-ranking official with little to say, I'm afraid I won't be able to draft documents for my superiors, let alone have my name printed on official seals."

  Li Peinan took two steps back, sat down in the chair and suddenly said: "You're afraid of taking responsibility, aren't you?"

  A batch of documents was presented to demonstrate that there were no errors, and the Ministry of Punishment reviewed them. If no mistakes were found, the case of Cao Thirteen's wrongful death would be closed; if mistakes were discovered, all the officials who signed and stamped the document would be held responsible, with lighter punishments being fines in silver and heavier ones being dismissal from office and exile.

  Min An heard Li Peinan had already said something and hastily smiled: "This is absolutely impossible."

  Li Peinan put down the tea in his hand and said, "Come over here."

  Min An slowly crept to the front of Li Peinan's chair and stood with his head bowed. Li Peinan pointed to the floor tile in front of his knee, Min An originally wanted to pretend to be stupid and make a bewildered expression, but when he looked up and saw Li Peinan's eyes getting colder and colder, he could only take another step forward with a frightened heart. When he arrived in front of Li Peinan, with only half a foot distance from his knee, he suddenly realized that he couldn't stand taller than the young master, so he reluctantly knelt down.

  Li Peinan reached out and pretended to strangle Min An's neck, saying slowly: "Such a slender neck, washed so clean, I suppose it's something that would be willing to eat."

  Min An's heart cried out in alarm, wanting to retreat a step and break free, but Li Peinan's hands were as swift as lightning, already grasping the artery on his neck. If he struggled, it would be hard to guarantee what the young master, who was now coldly expressionless, might do next.

  Min An knelt down and didn't dare to move, he just opened his mouth to take a breath. Li Peinan looked into his eyes coldly and said: "What did I say? You still dare to deceive me?"

  Min An cried out in urgency: "Injustice, Crown Prince——" Li Peinan exerted force with his hand and cut off Min An's subsequent words. Min An couldn't catch his breath, using his hands to pull on Li Peinan's wrist, his face red from being choked as he said: "Please——please spare me——"

  Li Peinan asked: "Are you telling the truth?"

  Min An nodded with difficulty.

  Li Peinan loosened his grip, and Min An collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. He opened his collar, revealing a section of fair and soft neck, which, compared to the dark hair at the base of his hat, looked like a piece of ice jade sewn onto his skin tone, appearing extremely delicate. Li Peinan furrowed his brow, inwardly astonished that this little scoundrel could have been born with such a delicate skeleton and skin as soft as fat. He had even slightly spread out his hand to look at his palm, using this to check if there was something wrong with his sense of touch.

  Min An adjusted his breathing, knelt on the ground and said: "Mao Thirteen is good at scolding people, the whole Huangshi County government knows. He has been occupying the mountain as a king for many years, likes to pick and choose the high places of the mountain rocks, and runs away to Haitang Mountain in one breath. Who would have thought that there were several hungry leopards on that mountain? Seeing Mao Thirteen's mouth bleeding, they naturally smelled the smell of blood, rushed out, and pounced on him - this is the detail I told the young master, because I think it's irrelevant, please investigate clearly."

  "Is that so?" Li Peinan put down the tea he had raised to his mouth, curled up a smile at the corner of his lips, and looked at Min An, saying, "Your 'unimportant' is rarely heard, let me try to see if it's correct."

  Min An didn't even have time to change his mind, and Li Peinan had already reached out to grab his neck, slamming him onto the cold brick floor. Min An struggled but couldn't break free, closing his eyes. Li Peinan then crouched down, using his strong arms to pin Min An in place so he couldn't move again, turning his head towards the outside of the study and shouting: "Bring it in!"

  Li Peinan raised his hand, and Li Qun handed him a warm bowl of pig's blood. Li Peinan poured the entire bowl of blood onto Min An's neck, and as he saw Min An struggling, he said coldly, "Not moving will make it easier to die."

  Min An shouted: "Young Master, why must you make things difficult for a lowly person like me?"

  The big man took a step closer, his breath was within inches. Min An realized that Li Peinan had no intention of letting go, and shouted: "Young Master! My life is also precious, how can you treat me like this!"

  Li Peinan lowered his head and whispered in Min An's ear: "You won't tell the truth even if you're dying?"

  Seeing the big dog's tongue had already rolled out, Min An thoroughly let go and shouted: "What should be said is said halfway, what shouldn't be said is rotten in the belly! You can let the dog bite me to death!"

  Li Peinan really let go, and the big wolf hurriedly lowered its head and licked Min An's neck.

  Leading a big dog with a runny nose and licking your little face (*^__^*)

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