Bao Zheng's men had already controlled all the exits on Liu Chenggui's mansion when the sky was dawn. When the people from Liu's mansion got up early and wanted to go out for a walk, they found that there were more yamen runners carrying sharp blades at the door.

This is amazing! Who dares to gather people at the door of the Minister of Works to cause trouble? Someone immediately went to the inner hall to report. After a moment, Liu Chenggui rushed out with anger on his face and rushed out in a hug. When Liu Chenggui saw Bao Zheng with dark eyes, his face changed slightly. He immediately changed his smile and stepped forward and said, "I think who led people to block the door of my Liu Mansion? It turned out to be Lord Bao from Kaifeng Mansion! I wonder what happened to Lord Bao when he came to Liu Mansion so early?"[]

Bao Zheng said seriously: "I came to Shangshu's Mansion. I think Shangshu Liu must be clearer than him."

Liu Chenggui's face flashed with a hint of surprise at this moment, but he still pretended to be calm: "How could I know why Lord Bao surrounded this mansion? But I am also a minister of the court. You are just a magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture and surrounded the Shangshu Mansion. This is beyond the rules!"

Bao Zheng said coldly: "Bao must not dare to be so brave, but Lord Liu's son committed the crime of raiding the house and has now fled. Lord Liu, as the biological father of the criminal, must be involved. Bao Zheng, as an official of the court, has the responsibility to control the Liu family. Otherwise, if you run away again, who will Bao arrest and hold accountable?"

After hearing Bao Zheng's words, Liu Chenggui had a trace of cold sweat on his forehead. Of course, he knew clearly about Liu Jiwu's going to rob the prison, but the matter was planned carefully. How could Bao Zheng find out about Liu's mansion so quickly?

Bao Zheng said coldly to the yamen runners beside him: "You have a look at me. No one in the Liu family is allowed to leave today until the emperor gives the order!"

Liu Chenggui said fiercely at this time: "Bao Zheng, don't bully people too much! You bring people to disturb me without any evidence. I will report to the emperor that you have falsely accused loyal and good people and surpassed the authority of the government."

Bao Zheng replied: "Since Lord Liu wants to see the emperor, let Bao Zheng accompany you, just as Bao Zheng wants to go!"

Just as Bao Zheng was talking, he heard neat footsteps coming from behind him. Bao Zheng looked back and saw a handsome official riding a horse and a group of officers and soldiers holding spears running over.

The official walked up to Bao Zheng, but turned over and dismounted, bowed and said, "This should be Lord Bao, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture! I am the one sent by Lord Kou and the Prince to support Lord Bao. Lord Kou asked me to obey Lord Bao's dispatch in everything."

Bao Zheng asked, "Where is Lord Kou?"

The young man replied: "Mr. Kou learned the message that Mr. Bao sent last night and had already gone to the palace to ask the emperor for instructions. Mr. Kou also sent people to arrest hundreds of officers and soldiers from the west gate of the city."

After hearing all this, Bao Zheng nodded and turned to Liu Chenggui, "It seems that you won't be able to see the emperor this time, because he will order you to be captured in a short while. Come! Ask everyone from Liu's house to the gate. No one is allowed to let go!"

After hearing Bao Zheng's words, the young man immediately sent five hundred imperial guards behind him to Liu's mansion to drive them all out.

After half a stick of incense, the Liu family gathered at the gate. Liu Chenggui was indignant and said, "Bao Zheng, you have not received the emperor's will, so you can send someone to my official residence without authorization. I must go to the saint to sue you!"

Bao Zheng ignored Liu Chenggui and said to the Nian-friendly officer beside him: "Record all the people in the Liu family one by one! See if anyone has left."

After waiting for two more incense sticks, the personnel counted and recorded them. There were more than 200 people in the Liu Mansion. Except for Liu Jiwu, no one else escaped.

Bao Zheng thought to himself: Liu Chenggui is indeed bold. He planned a major event like robbing prison, but he didn't leave a way out for himself. If it were him, he would probably have escaped before robbing prison.

Bao Zheng knew that the reason why Liu Chenggui was so fearless was mainly because he could not react so quickly, nor could he know that Liu Jiwu had opened the city gate privately. If the person who robbed the prison was arrested, even if Bao Zheng asked the group of people to confess, Liu Chenggui would have a way to escape without real evidence, so he naturally had no need to escape. However, human calculations were not as good as God's calculations. Bao Zheng used the ** formation to capture all the prisoners alive, and used psychological tactics to let them confess as soon as possible, and actually arrested Liu Jiwu in action. Liu Jiwu instantly carried the prison, tore open the city gate, and colluded with the defenders. Now even if Liu Chenggui had overwhelming power, he would not be able to excuse himself.

A moment later, a eunuch came with a group of people. As soon as the imperial edict was opened in his hand, he said loudly: "Bao Zheng received the edict!"

Bao Zheng and his group immediately bowed and respectfully received the order.

The eunuch then read: "It is known that the son of Liu Chenggui, the Minister of Works, committed a series of crimes such as robbing prisons and opening a city gate privately. As a father, the Minister of Works, Liu Chenggui, was jointly responsible. I have been a pillar of the Song Dynasty and have always been loyal to the court. I specially issued an order to put the people of the Liu Mansion in house arrest in the Liu Mansion after finding out everything, and then make a decision. Therefore, I hereby tell you that I should know!" After the eunuch finished speaking, he handed over the imperial edict to Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng had the imperial edict at this time, so he naturally would not be so timid. However, according to the imperial edict, he just locked Liu Chenggui at home first. It seemed that Liu Chenggui was still a bit important in the eyes of the emperor.

Liu Chenggui shouted at this time: "I am going to see the emperor now. Bao Zheng is slandering me!"

The eunuch who was passing the order said at the top of his voice: "Mr. Liu! What is the truth of the matter? The emperor will naturally send someone to investigate. You should stay in the mansion honestly these days, otherwise you will be annoyed by the emperor and the Liu mansion will suffer.

When Liu Chenggui saw the eunuch's attitude, he immediately understood it. It seemed that if he wanted to rely on the emperor to fight for hope, he would not think about it. At the critical moment, Liu Chenggui thought that only by going to find Ding Wei could Wang Xinruo get out of trouble.

Bao Zheng sent people to escort all the people from the Liu Mansion back to the Liu Mansion. Now the names of these people have been registered. As long as they surround the Liu Mansion, they can't run out. Seeing that Bao Zheng was strictly guarding, it seemed that there was no chance to go to ask for help from accomplices, so they could only walk into the Liu Mansion with a lonely face.

Although Bao Zheng had not slept all night and was already extremely distressed, how could he rest before the emperor's subsequent orders? At this moment, a loud bang came from the Liu Mansion, and a dazzling fireworks soared into the sky. The fireworks burst into pieces in the air, forming a strange color cloud. Although it was broad daylight, the clouds looked extremely eye-catching.

Dong Xianxian, who was standing beside her, fell into deep thoughts after looking at the fireworks, and she said with a whisper, "I seem to have seen this fireworks somewhere!"


Chapter completed!