Demon’s Diary

e course of events happened like this — my husband gave some words to the emperor as the censor…” Lady Chen became serious as she started to recount the events leading up to the arrest.

Liu Ming listened with rapt attention as a thoughtful expression remained on his face.

“… like this, three months ago, a bunch of detectives suddenly barged in and arrested my husband.
After another two months, we were kicked out of the Chen House.
These days, if it weren’t for Uncle Lin helping us, my son and I might not have even gotten this temporary residence.” Lady Chen finally finished the last sentence of her story with her face full of sadness and pain.

After hearing everything, Liu Ming stroked his chin.
He waited for a moment before slowly saying, “If that’s the case, your husband gave his recommendation that the Government Guests would have their pay reduced.
After that was declined, he was politically attacked by his opponents to the point where he lost his position and was also arrested.”

“Yes, Mister Qian! That’s how it was.” Lady Chen quickly replied.

“Hehe, how should I talk about what Censor Chen did? To have the balls to actually recommend such a thing.
He wasn’t attacked by opponents but rather the whole of the Government Guests.
With their influence, wouldn’t it be simple to take down a mere censor.” Liu Ming laughed as he spoke.

“But, from what I heard from my husband, before he gave his recommendation, he had asked the emperor on his opinion and the emperor implicitly agreed.
However, for some reason, in the end, my husband offended the entire government.” Lady Chen sighed as she replied.

“It isn’t that simple.
With the number of government guests, even the imperial family wouldn’t dare to truly offend them.
The real result of Censor Chen was for him to take the blame.” Liu Ming sneered as he spoke.

“I’m not too sure about the matters of the government.
Maybe that is so.
Is there a way to save my husband?” Lady Chen gave a bitter smile before she asked with some hope.

“This will depend on how Lady Chen wants to solve things.
If it’s only getting Censor Chen out, it is a simple matter.
However, if you want him to keep his old position and stay in Xuanjing, that won’t be too easy.” Liu Ming said with a light smile.

“As long as you can save my husband, it doesn’t matter if he stays an official, fearful every day.
As for staying in Xuanjing, that’s something even less important.
As long as our family is together, we can find a small place to live the rest of our lives.” When Lady Chen heard this, she spoke without any hesitation.

“Alright, if lady thinks like that, then everything will be easy.
Can you describe the appearance of Censor Chen? After that, go ahead and quickly organize things to leave Xuanjing.
Wait for me about ten miles out of the west gate off the government path and on the morning of the second day, I will naturally bring your husband to meet with you.
That’s right, tell me where they are holding your husband.” After Liu Ming heard, he replied calmly.

For Liu Ming, rescuing an incarcerated official from a mortal prison was a simple matter.

He had learned that there were special prisons in Xuanjing that specifically incarcerated practitioners to even Spirit Apostles.
However, those prisons never held any mortals.

For prisons that were of that level, there probably were some special formations set up.
If Liu Ming wanted to bust into them, it wouldn’t be easy.

If not for the fact that his position as the sect Supervising Disciple came with a lot of danger, all he had to do was simply give his Supervising Disciple Token to someone.
He could easily take the inmate out of the prison without having to take any actions.

Lady Chen and Uncle Lin heard the hidden meaning behind Liu Ming’s words and were both shocked.

Lady Chen’s face changed quite a few times before gnashing her teeth and accepting the situation.
After talking about the location of the prison, she then started describing the specific appearance of Censor Chen.

After hearing everything, Liu Ming felt that there were no other problems.
With a movement of his arm, he took a leather pouch from his waist and immediately handed it over:

“Lady, you can first temporarily take this with you.
After you leave Xuanjing, if you meet any trouble, you only need to pat the pouch three times with strength.
It will save you from any trouble.”

Within the leather pouch was the Flying Head.

The Flying Head’s intelligence was much higher than the White Bone Scorpion and Liu Ming had already given it some instructions.

Even though Lady Chen did not know what was within that leather pouch, she knew that it was something useful from Liu Ming.
Immediately, she gave her thanks as she took the leather pouch and carefully put it away.

In the remaining time, Liu Ming spoke a couple more words with Lady Cheng before silently leaving.

Liu Ming had no intention of returning to the Qian House.
He instead went straight to the prison that Lady Chen had described.

…….

Once Lady Chen finished packing everything, she rented a carriage and had Uncle Lin brought them to Xuanjing’s west gate.

……..

During the midnight hour, a shadow silently passed by sentry after sentry in a building that was extremely guarded.
The shadow slowly made his way to the center of the building.

Suddenly, the shadow paused in front of seven to eight guards that had blades sheathed on their waists.
Beyond these guards was a thick steel door and besides a small barred window, there were no other openings.

The sleeve of the shadow moved as several silver streaks flashed out.
The fleeting sparks buried themselves into the guards.