Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the man's sword was blocked by the arriving General Meng.
"Who are you?"
He glared fiercely at the spy, who was bold enough not to even wear a black scarf.
Seeing General Meng arrive, he knew he couldn't kill Liang Quanping this time, so he planned to escape through the window.
However, he was hit by a hidden weapon thrown by General Meng, and his right hand instantly lost its strength.
General Meng, having been favored by His Majesty for many years, naturally had some skills to protect himself, so he dealt with the spy without any mercy!
Liang Quanbin was so frightened at this moment that he couldn't react, and he hid under a table, trembling violently.
After a brief exchange of blows, the spy was no match for General Meng and was captured.
As he was being apprehended, the spy immediately tried to bite into the poison in his mouth, but General Meng swiftly dislocated his jaw and retrieved the poison, snorting coldly.
"You dare to use such tricks in front of me? Truly overestimating yourself."
With that, he broke all of the man's limbs with a few snaps.
Like a tattered rag, he was thrown to the ground. As the man shrieked, his face happened to be facing Liang Quanbin.
Those who were once on the same side were now enemies.
And the Prince of Ding was no small part of this, yet they were completely unaware, pouring all their hatred onto each other.
As Liang Quanbin crawled out from under the table, Feng Jinlin and Bai Chao'an also quickly walked into the courtyard.
They were now all residing in the county magistrate's yamen. The place was not large, and any slight disturbance could be heard by everyone.
Upon entering, they saw the miserable state of the person on the ground. Bai Chao'an frowned, while Feng Jinlin concealed his excitement.
"This person is the spy arranged by the Duke of Wei in Jinling City. He has also assassinated me multiple times. If not for the help of nephew Feng, I would not have survived to this day. Thank you, General Meng, for saving my life."
General Meng never expected that this person was a trusted subordinate of the Duke of Wei.
He immediately felt that he had been too impulsive. If the Duke learned that he had captured this person, wouldn't that be troublesome!
If he had known the man's identity earlier, he would have let him go.
In case the Duke made a comeback, he wouldn't have to bear the blame.
But now, he was in a difficult position.
Judging by the man's hatred towards him, the Duke of Wei would certainly not let him off if he knew about this.
Since they were already on opposing sides, whether he wanted to or not, he had to crush the Wei family now, otherwise, once they recovered, he might be the first to suffer.
With these thoughts, he could no longer remain indifferent as he had in the past.
Feng Jinlin was waiting for this opportunity.
Otherwise, a confidant of His Majesty, whose stance was unclear, would be a significant obstacle to their plan to thoroughly eradicate the corruption in the Grand Canal Administration.
Therefore, they had to force General Meng to join their side!
So he immediately said.
"General Meng is truly formidable! I have also fought with him before, but he always escaped. I never expected him to fall into your hands. If His Majesty learns of this, he will surely reward you greatly!"
"Indeed! Now with Brother Liang and this person as witnesses, it will be difficult for the Duke of Wei to escape. Therefore, I hope General Meng will look after these two and send them to the Eastern Capital together once the matters here are concluded, for His Majesty's judgment."
General Meng's smile was more bitter than his tears at this moment.
Feng Jinlin and Bai Chao'an, with their words, had blocked all his escape routes.
He believed that soon everyone in the Eastern Capital would know that the key witnesses who could bring down the Duke of Wei were in his hands.
If anything were to happen, he would be the prime suspect.
Therefore, he could only comply wholeheartedly.
"Lord Bai, rest assured, this humble general will safely escort the two back to the Eastern Capital!"
"Thank you for your trouble."
Not long after they finished speaking, fighting sounds began to erupt again in Bai Chao'an's courtyard.
They had experienced these sounds countless times in the past few days.
Bai Chao'an was initially somewhat afraid, but seeing Feng Jinlin and his companions protecting him with their lives, he slowly developed a determination to turn these two provinces upside down and clear out all the corrupt worms, bringing justice to the people!
Therefore, his actions became faster and faster.
The county magistrate's prison was almost full, and some important individuals were even imprisoned in the secret cells of the small courtyard.
Of course, they were kept separate from the place where Huo Chong was imprisoned.
Furthermore, the Min and Chi families had contributed significantly to this matter.
As the overlords of Jinling City, they had the most courtyards and subordinates. The Chi family, in particular, harbored private soldiers.
Since the Prince of Ding had secretly reached an agreement with him, the people of the Chi family would also obey orders.
Therefore, when Su Cheng presented the Chi family's token and instructed the Chi family's steward, they also put in a lot of effort.
The steward had long wanted to investigate Su Cheng's background.
Unfortunately, the family head had instructed him not to interfere before leaving for the southwest, so he had been working diligently.
The Chi family's dungeons also held many important people.
The Min family was the same.
Although Old Master Min did not concern himself with worldly affairs, he was perfectly aware of the Prince of Ding's purpose in coming to Jinling City.
The Min family's uncle was elegant and refined, making it inconvenient for him to handle these matters.
Therefore, he was the one who dealt with the corruption case.
During this process, Su Cheng deeply felt that he finally understood where the Prince's cunning and ruthlessness came from.
Old Master Min was indeed a hidden master.
Those who even he found difficult to break, after being sent to the Min family's estate for two or three days, would confess everything.
With the connections from top to bottom, a whole nest could be caught.
Thus, the bloody storm in Jinling City made several surrounding prefectures and counties restless.
Fearing implication, they intended to seal off the news in this area.
Unfortunately, they did not know that they were facing not just Bai Chao'an and Feng Jinlin, but also the Prince of Ding and Prime Minister Bai, who had been planning this for a long time.
Therefore, as soon as the news from Jinling City reached the Eastern Capital, Prime Minister Bai immediately took action.
Emperor Qi also received several secret letters from General Meng.
He was actually aware of some of the corruption in the Grand Canal Administration, but sometimes he turned a blind eye.
However, he never expected these people to become so audacious due to wealth.
Compared to their embezzlement of official grain, openly challenging imperial authority was what he could not tolerate the most.
After Prime Minister Bai exaggerated the actions of the prefectures and counties, Emperor Qi's anger could no longer be contained.