Madam, protect me!

Chapter 108 Le Ke Zhuangyuan

Li Nuo almost forgot.

Her Royal Highness is fatter than my wife.

If she was a little fatter, it would be fine. Clothes are elastic and have margins. It doesn't matter if she is a little fat or thin. The main thing is that Her Royal Highness is too fat.

My wife's clothes are all tailor-made, and it is really not easy for her to wear them.

The problem is that my wife is the only woman of similar height to her in the Song Mansion.

When choosing maids, wealthy families tend to choose petite ones.

A maid who is taller than the lady can easily steal the limelight from the lady.

Gu Yanran is about 1.6 meters tall, which is considered tall among the maids in the Li Mansion.

My wife and Her Royal Highness are considered to be extremely tall among women, with a height of more than 1.7 meters.

Even if the maids are willing to wear their clothes, they will wear normal clothes as belly-exposing clothes.

Li Nuo doesn't mind, but she definitely does.

In addition to the maids, the strong women who worked were tall and strong, but the princess would definitely not wear their clothes.

Where could Li Nuo find suitable clothes for her at night?

Out of helplessness, he could only find a set of his own clean clothes.

Li Anning usually dressed neutrally, and his clothes looked quite pleasing to the eye, except that they were a little loose.

She took too long to take a bath, and Li Nuo estimated that the curfew would come soon, so he said: "It's too late, why don't you stay here for one night, and your clothes should be dry tomorrow morning."

When Li Anning was taking a bath, the maid of the Song Mansion had already washed her dirty clothes.

There was a little breeze at night, and it should be enough to hang them overnight.

Li Anning yawned and said: "Okay, I'm tired too, and I have to go to the Ministry of Justice to interrogate the Liyang County Lieutenant tomorrow morning."

Usually, only Li Nuo and his wife lived in this courtyard.

He cleaned up a room for Li An Ning, settled everything for her, and then returned to the room where Li An Ning was bathing.

Li Nuo picked up his wife's clothes and was about to go back to his room. After thinking about it, he got some water and wet her clothes.

It would be too hurtful to tell her the truth that Li An Ning didn't wear her clothes.

After doing all this, Li Nuo returned to the room and explained to Song Jiaren who was reading a book: "The curfew will come soon. I will let Your Highness stay at home for one night and leave tomorrow. By the way, your clothes got wet when she took a bath just now. I will help you hang them outside."

Song Jiaren nodded and said nothing.

But she knew everything.

Even if he didn't release his true energy, the perception of the fourth realm of martial arts was far better than that of ordinary people.

If he couldn't even hear the voices in the same courtyard, wouldn't he have practiced in vain for so many years?

The princess' words were indeed heartbreaking.

But when she saw the clothes that were deliberately wet by him hanging in the yard, she felt warm in her heart.

Mu'er was right, he really treated her well.

Looking at the figure in front of the bed, some of her thoughts were shaken for the first time.

An ordinary night passed just like that.

The next morning, after breakfast at Song Mansion, Li Nuo and Li An Ning went to the Ministry of Justice together.

The general county magistrate is a seventh-rank official. Some county magistrates of small counties far away from Chang'an, with a small population and a small jurisdiction area, are even only from the seventh rank.

Liyang County is close to the capital Chang'an. Although the area under its jurisdiction is not large, it is classified as an upper county, and the county magistrate is a sixth-rank official.

The Liyang County Lieutenant is two levels higher than the general county lieutenant. The official position of the eighth rank is exactly the highest official that the Ministry of Justice can deal with.

If he is promoted half a level, the Dali Temple will have to take action.

As a parent official, accepting bribes and taking human lives lightly cannot be solved by fines.

If it is only once or twice, and there are no irreversible consequences, it may only be a demotion or dismissal. The worst result is to lose the official position and never be employed again.

But if it is more than once and has caused serious consequences, in addition to the official position, the head will also be cut off.

Li Nuo has only arrested the sons of officials, and has not arrested the officials themselves.

Based on his understanding of the law code, even if he did not do it himself, he played a key role in this case. In this case, the law code will not be stingy with his reward.

As soon as he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Li Nuo heard that after the interrogation last night, the county lieutenant of Liyang had confessed to many crimes.

With these charges added up, he can only hope to be a good official in his next life.

The Ministry of Justice is not the county government of Chang'an.

This is the base camp of the Legalists, and there are many means of trying cases.

It is not just talk to be lenient to confess and strict to resist.

After a night in the Ministry of Justice, I am afraid he can even remember the bed-wetting incident when he was a child.

Li Nuo had just arrived at the Ministry of Justice when Li An Ning came in with a file and two seals.

He put the file and seal on the table and said to Li Nuo: "You solved this case, so you can use the seal."

Whoever solves the case gets the credit, this is the rule of the Ministry of Justice.

In principle, the ones who use the seal on the file should be the assistant minister and the minister.

But with their cultivation, such a small case will not play a big role in their cultivation.

In order to motivate the officials below, the two adults will hand over the step of using the seal to the official with the greatest credit after personally reviewing it.

Li Nuo was not polite to Li An Ning.

There was no need to be polite when it came to his life span.

After carefully stamping the two seals, Li Nuo looked at the code and was overjoyed.

As expected of an official appointed by the court, he is not comparable to those second-generation dandies.

On the cover of the code, 143 days became 178 days.

A full 35 days were added.

This number has both decimal and integer values.

Li Nuo estimated that in addition to the arrest of corrupt officials, he also saved an innocent citizen and avoided a wrongful death, which should also be counted as a credit for him.

Li Nuo could not feel the progress of his cultivation.

But the change in life span is intuitive.

Although the life span added by the Liyang County Lieutenant is not as good as that of Li Yuan, who has no official position.

But Li Yuan is the eldest son of the first-class and the future successor to the title of Marquis, so it is not surprising to give him more rewards.

The official positions in Daxia are one level below the seventh rank and another level above the fifth rank.

The eighth rank adds about 30 days. Li Nuo estimates that a fifth-rank county magistrate like Pei Zhe can at least add 100 days.

Going up, officials of the fourth and third ranks may live half a year or a year longer if one is killed.

The future is promising...

After Li Anning took the sealed file away, she came back with another one and said, "This is a death penalty file that was just delivered this morning. The Shangshu asked me to show it to you. See if there are any problems."

Li Nuo looked at her and asked, "Can I use the seal first?"

He would know whether there were any problems after using the seal.

After using the seal, the file would have legal effect and could trigger the judgment of the code.

Li Anning rolled her eyes at him, thinking that Li Nuo was worried that she would steal the credit, and said, "Go ahead and use it. I won't compete with you..."

Even though Li Nuo only raised a question and it was her who was running around outside, there was no doubt that he had made the greatest contribution to this case.

Without his reminder, the previous file would have been sent to the Dali Temple for review.

However, her contribution was not small.

She personally arrested an eighth-rank corrupt official and saved an unjust case.

Except for Li Nuo, her contribution was the greatest.

Compared with these contributions, the review and seal had little impact on her improvement.

Speaking of which, she had wanted Li Nuo to come to the Ministry of Justice more than once so that she could help him practice.

The fact is that Li Nuo really came to the Ministry of Justice, and the person being helped was herself...

Li Nuo stamped two seals at the end of the file.

The numbers on the code changed immediately.

From 178 to 179.

One day was added.

Under normal circumstances, sentencing a person who committed a capital crime to death could add ten days to his life.

But in this case, he only stamped two official seals on it from beginning to end, which took only a few seconds, and adding one day was already very good.

Daxia has more than a hundred states and thousands of counties.

Although some counties with good public security may not have a death penalty case in a year, all the states and counties combined have at least hundreds of cases every year.

The files of these cases will eventually be sent to the Ministry of Justice for review.

If all the death penalty files pass through his hands, theoretically, as long as he lives longer, he can live longer.

Li Anning saw Li Nuo in a daze and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with this case?"

Li Nuo came back to his senses, put down the file, and said, "Oh... No problem, you can submit it directly to the Dali Temple."

Li Nuo was in the Ministry of Justice all morning today.

Li Anning was idle, so he taught him a few whip techniques.

Before Li Nuo cultivated to the fourth level of the legal family, this whip could improve his combat effectiveness to varying degrees.

Li Nuo left the Ministry of Justice at almost lunch time.

He walked out of the Ministry of Justice and saw Butler Wu squatting across the street, chatting with the unstable fortune-teller.

Seeing Li Nuo coming out, Butler Wu patted his butt and stood up, trotting to the carriage parked at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice.

The fortune-teller looked at the young man standing at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice, and his fingers couldn't help moving.

After his eyelids twitched a few times, he silently retracted his hand into his sleeve.

Sure enough.

The Yin-Yang technique was never accurate on him.

Fortunately, it was only inaccurate on him.

Otherwise, he will really go crazy.

This kid is too weird, so it's better not to count him.

On the carriage back to the Song Mansion, Li Nuo clearly felt that Wu's driving skills had improved.

These masters, who study the imperial examination, have a unique advantage. Even if they lack talent and experience, they can make up for it with true qi.

Li Nuo sat in the car, bored, and asked casually: "What were you talking about with the old man just now?"

Wu Butler smiled and said: "The old slave spent ten taels of silver and asked him to calculate when the young master and the young lady will have children..."

The Li family has too few people. When the master was the young master's age, the young master was already born.

But the young master and the young lady, there is no movement at present.

I don't know when the Li family will be able to branch out. The master and the young master are not anxious, but he is anxious.

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment: "Ten taels?"

Wu Butler should live well in the Li family in the future. Li Nuo is worried that no matter how much pension money he gives him, he can't keep it.

Wu Guanjia said: "He said he was the descendant of a certain lineage of Yin-Yang family, and the family has been passed down for hundreds of years. In the past three generations, he and his granddaughter are the only two left. It is difficult to make a living, so he came out to tell fortunes to make some money..."

All the fortune-tellers on the street said they were the descendants of Yin-Yang family.

But Li Nuo did not ask him to go back and get the money back.

Ten taels is ten taels.

The old man is old, and it is not easy to take care of a little girl. Wu Guanjia does not need these ten taels of silver.

Li Nuo asked casually: "What did he say?"

Butler Wu said with a smile: "He didn't say when, he just said that the young master and the young madam will have a pair of twins in the future. I think he may really have something..."

"Dragon and Phoenix..."

Li Nuo twitched the corner of his mouth, not everything in the Yin Yang family could be calculated.

Calculating heirs and marriage is more difficult than calculating fate.

If he really had this ability, the imperial court of Daxia would have to appoint him as a national advisor. How could he be reduced to telling fortunes on the street?

Butler Wu happily drove the car.

Although the Li family has never had twins.

But there are quite a few twins in the Song family, so the fortune teller's statement is not unfounded.

So he spent another ten taels of silver and asked him to calculate a little more.

The old fortune teller said that the young master still has several destined marriages.

The other party also said that the Li family will grow stronger in the next generation.

He felt that although the old man had something, he didn't have much.

How could the young lady allow the young master to have several more marriages?

If the young master dares to have another marriage, given her character, she must not break the young master's legs...

Although he didn't believe these words, he didn't ask for the money back.

Just think of it as a compliment.

Back at the Song Mansion, while having lunch, Li Nuo glanced at the lady opposite.

After spending more than a month together day and night, the two of them have actually gotten along very harmoniously.

Although there has not yet been a leap forward, it is not impossible to look forward to the future.

After being told nonsense by the old fortune teller, he was really curious about what their future children would be like.

Is she more like a woman, or is she more like him?

However, judging from their genes, no matter who they look like, they look good.

Song Jiaren picked up the last shrimp and saw Li Nuo staring at her. After thinking for a moment, she still put the shrimp in his bowl...

…

After lunch, Li Nuo was about to go to the racecourse to supervise Zhou Yu's driving practice. Butler Wu came in from outside and said, "Master, there is news just now about the official you asked them to pay special attention to last time..."

Li Nuo didn't think about it for a moment and asked: "Which official?"

Butler Wu said: "Tai Leling, Liu Shang."

Li Nuo remembered that this person was the top scorer in the last imperial examination, and he was also the target he was looking for for his own music.

Asking him for Leco's advice was just an excuse to offend his father-in-law. Li Nuo's real purpose was to directly obtain his Leco ability.

Hearing this, he immediately became energetic and asked, "What's wrong with Liu Shang?"

Butler Wu said: "After he came out of Taile Department at noon today, he did not return home, but went directly to the brothel..."

Zhou Yu is a potential stock, and his future achievements can be expected.

Liu Shang is a blue chip stock that can be put to great use now.

Leke's matter finally made progress. Li Nuo had no intention of going to the racecourse and immediately said: "Let's go to Dali Temple!"

Chang'an, Baihua Tower.

On the second floor, somewhere in a private room.

The charming woman was wearing a gauze, with her snow-white skin looming. After closing the door, she bowed to the young man sitting at the table and said, "First of all, I will play the piano for my guest..."

The young man waved his hand and said, "There's no need to play the piano. Just take off your clothes."

The charming woman was startled when she heard this. Although Baihualou was not the top brothel in Chang'an, it was only a tier behind those brothels.

The guests who can come here are somewhat arty, and it is rare to meet someone as anxious as this guest.

She looked at the anxious guest, pretending to blush and said: "Sooner or later we will get there. Why are you so anxious, sir? This little girl's piano skills are very good. Please listen to me..."

She sat down unhurriedly, plucked the strings with her fingers, and a sweet and ethereal sound came from her fingertips.

To ordinary people, this music is naturally pleasant to listen to. Listening to it can make people relax and feel happy physically and mentally.

But for experts, it is full of flaws.

The young man sitting at the table frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help clenching his fists in his sleeves.

What is playing!

The phonetics are not accurate, bad review!

The rhythm is chaotic, bad review!

Blind pursuit of skills, no emotion, the worst review among bad reviews!

The most outrageous thing was that she didn't tune the piano before playing it. This was the reason why the pitch was not accurate when she played it. Although there was only a slight deviation, it still sounded incomparable to his ears. Harsh...

After playing the song, the charming woman slowly stood up, twisted her waist, walked to the young man's side, sat in his arms, exhaled like blue, and asked with a smile: "How is your playing, little girl?"

The young man had no expression on his face and said: "You played very well, don't play again in the future."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the woman and threw her on the bed.

The charming woman let out a coquettish cry, then closed her eyes and waited for his next move.

But after waiting for a long time, nothing came.

Only a few piano sounds were heard.

She got up from the bed and looked around suspiciously.

I saw the guest sitting behind the piano, plucking the strings a few times from time to time, as if he was tuning...

After a long time, he played a few notes with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Then, he stood up and strode to the bed.

Pieces of clothing were roughly thrown to the ground.

Soon, another piece of more urgent music came from the room.

After a while, Liu Shang walked out of Baihua Building and breathed a long sigh of relief.

At home, he has to be angry with that woman who is unruly and promiscuous. He comes to the brothel to have fun and has fun, and he is forced to listen to that woman playing the piano.

Such poor piano skills are simply unacceptable. She can play better than her with her feet. How can she dare to say that her piano skills are good?

but.

Although she is not good at piano.

But moist is really moist.

After venting, Liu Shang finally felt better.

Looking at the bustling crowd on the street, his mind went blank, and he couldn't help but start to think, if he is born as a human being and is always dominated by the body's desires, is he really living? If living is not to satisfy desires, then what is the true meaning of life? What is the meaning...

Unable to figure this out, he shook his head, and when he was about to leave, two figures suddenly stood in front of him.

Liu Shang wanted to go around them, but was stopped by the two men again.

Liu Shang frowned and was about to say something when the two of them spoke first.

"Court officials are prohibited from having sex with prostitutes, and Dali Temple will handle the case in accordance with the law."

"Master Liu, come with us."

Liu Shang looked up at the two of them, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he no longer had the thought to think about the ultimate meaning of life.

There are many officials who engage in prostitution in Chang'an, but Dali Temple has never arrested anyone for this reason.

They didn't come to him this time to ask him to play the piano.

No matter what the reason is.

There was only one thought in his mind.

It’s over!

…

Although Li Nuo has never been to Dali Temple, there are so many yamen in Chang'an, and the Chang'an County yamen and the Ministry of Punishment only rely on relationships. Dali Temple is the place where he has the strongest relationship.

Butler Wu is also familiar with this place.

He only needs to say a word, and someone will do everything for him.

Of course, he didn't take advantage of his power and do anything illegal.

He just provided a piece of information.

Liu Shang was a mid-level official in the imperial court who was Tai Leling, with an official rank of seven grades and eight grades of serious officials.

Daxia's "Official System Law" stipulates that officials who engage in prostitution will be detained for one day, but they can be exempted from detention with ten taels of silver.

That is, you can either be detained for one day or fined ten taels, whichever you choose.

This punishment is not serious. Compared with forming a party for personal gain, monopolizing power, taking bribes and perverting the law, murdering loyal people, and disregarding human life, this is nothing at all. Even the censors are too lazy to care.

He just locked up Liu Shang for a day without even disturbing his father.

A temple minister of Dali Temple wrote down the results of the treatment of Liu Shang and stamped it. The number on the code increased by one day and became one hundred and eighty days.

Officials of the seventh rank, two ranks higher than Yueyang County Lieutenant, can actually add one day to their lifespan even if they commit a minor crime.

But when Li Nuo opened the code, Liu Shang's portrait was not bright.

This puzzled him greatly.

Liu Shang was the top scorer in the last imperial examination. He was the first among the 100,000 candidates and absolutely met the requirements of the code.

Could it be that the wrong person was arrested?

He immediately came to the cell in Dali Temple.

There are two types of cells in Dali Temple. One is the death row, where death row prisoners are held. It is located underground and has poor conditions.

The other is to temporarily imprison officials with minor violations.

This kind of cell has a single room, a bed, a window, and fruits and snacks. It is for officials to reflect on themselves. It is quite comfortable to live in.

Liu Shang was imprisoned in the second type of cell.

Li Nuo stood at the door, looked inside through the fence, and asked, "He is Tai Leling Liu Shang, did you arrest the wrong person?"

The temple minister said respectfully: "Sir, it's impossible to catch him by mistake. Mr. Liu was the top scorer in music in the last imperial examination, and I have a certain impression of him."

Li Nuo had a puzzled look on his face.

This is strange.

The numbers in the code have changed, indicating that arresting people according to the law is effective.

But Liu Shang's portrait is dim, which shows that the code does not like him and does not think he has any special talents.

Leco No. 1 pick has no special skills, are you kidding...

Could it be that he, the top scorer in music science, got it through the back door?

Whether this former No. 1 player in the music department has any real ability, just let him play a section.

Li Nuo looked at the Dali Temple official beside him and asked, "Are there any musical instruments here?"

The man nodded and said: "Zhang Sizheng likes music and often plays in the government office. There should be a qin in his room. Let me go get it."

The temple minister left for a short while and then came back, followed by a middle-aged man. In his arms, the middle-aged man held a guqin.

Li Nuo warned them a few words and said, "Open the door."

The door of the room where Liu Shang was imprisoned was opened, and several figures walked in.

Liu Shang, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, trembled when he heard this and quickly hid in the corner of the bed.

Zhang Sizheng put the piano in his hand on the table of the cell and said, "Master Liu, please play a piece of music."

Liu Shang's expression was dull.

The people from Dali Temple caught him and really made him play the piano...

He still hasn't figured out the situation.

The people from Dali Temple captured him, but they didn't do anything to him.

He was not tortured and no one even came to question him.

Several people barged in out of nowhere and asked him to play the piano out of nowhere without any foreplay, which made him feel very panicked...

But anyway, things didn't seem to be as bad as he thought.

He got off the bed, sat upright at the table, and asked cautiously: "What are you playing?"

The two Dali Temple officials looked at Li Nuo. Li Nuo did not speak. Zhang Sizheng said: "Anything is fine."

Liu Shang tried the notes a few times first and found that the pitch of the instrument was quite accurate. He only made some minor adjustments.

He put his hand on the strings, thought for a moment, and moved his fingers lightly.

A piece of music flowed at his fingertips.

Just now, his face was still a little pale and his expression was fearful, but when he sat in front of the piano, his fearful expression disappeared and his face became rosy.

Li Nuo didn't know what tune he was playing. The moment the piano sounded, he only felt a simple, long-lasting, deep and heavy breath rushing towards his face.

His heart also began to surge.

When the sound of the piano reached his ears, he felt as if he was in the wilderness, with ancient wind blowing from the depths of the wilderness.

He stood in the wilderness, looking up at the deep blue sky, and couldn't help but feel the urge to worship.

Plop!

At the door of the cell, two government officials from Dali Temple actually knelt down with a thud.

Li Nuo doesn't understand music and doesn't know how to evaluate his level.

If I had to use one word to describe it.

That’s awesome.

After listening to only a short paragraph, he felt that his soul had been cleansed.

At this level, Codex actually looks down on it?

No, buddies, let’s not be so demanding, okay?

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that after breaking through the realm, the code's requirements for skills seemed to have become higher.

After playing the song, Li Nuo couldn't calm down for a long time.

Zhang Sizheng, who was standing next to him, shook his head and said: "Master Liu's piano skills are far behind those three years ago. This piece of "Cloud Gate" is far inferior to the level you played during the imperial examination. , it seems that you have already abandoned Ledao in the past few years..."

Li Nuo was stunned. Isn't this even possible?

"Cloud Gate" is one of the six pieces of music, which is music to worship the gods.

Sacrifice requires kneeling and worshiping.

Listening to "Cloud Gate" and having the urge to kneel down shows that the player is of extremely high standard and has captured the soul of this music.

Liu Shang was completely immersed in the sound of his own music, and his emotions had not completely calmed down. When he heard someone say this, he felt insulted. He even forgot about his own situation. He stood up suddenly, pointed at the piano and said: "I play It's not good, come on, come on, you can do it, you can play a piece and I'll listen to it, I want to see how well you play it..."

Zhang Sizheng was unmoved and said calmly: "My music skills are naturally not as good as yours, but my piano skills are not as good as yours. Can't we evaluate it? Mr. Liu, ask yourself, have you done anything in the past three years?" Practice your piano skills well. You will know how much your music has deteriorated..."

"I……"

Liu Shang looked at Zhang Sizheng, lowered his head silently, and did not refute after all.

This person is right. His piano skills have deteriorated a lot compared to when he was in the imperial examination three years ago.

Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

The same goes for Ledao.

If you don't practice for three days, you will feel your decline.

If you don't practice for three months, you won't be able to hide it from your peers.

After not practicing for three years, even people who don't know how to practice can clearly hear the difference.

However, in order to take the imperial examination, he started practicing piano at the age of three and practiced for four hours every day.

In addition to these four hours, I have to study five other subjects, leaving me no time for myself.

He lived this kind of life for twenty years.

His hard work paid off, and his efforts were not in vain. He finally became the top scorer in the imperial examination for high school.

In the more than three years after taking the imperial examination, he played the piano only a handful of times.

But he had been playing the piano for twenty years, and he felt like vomiting when he saw the piano. He finally became an official, but he couldn't enjoy it anymore?