Madam, protect me!

At the gate of the death row.

The prison boss who led the way curled his lips and said, "You are still stubborn when you are about to die. The Ministry of Justice has been very good to you. When you get to the Dali Temple, do you think you still have the energy to cry out for injustice?"

The death row is at the innermost of the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and there is a separate gate.

The prison boss opened this door, and Li Nuo and Li An Ning walked in, and saw a young man with ordinary appearance, clinging to the fence of the cell and shouting.

Li Nuo looked at Li An Ning and said, "If he really killed the Huang couple, he should not make a big fuss. Once the thieves know that the Huang couple are dead, he will be expelled from the thieves."

Li An Ning was surprised and said, "You suspect that he is not the murderer?"

In fact, she did suspect it, but all the evidence pointed to this person. Perhaps he did the opposite and made a big fuss about stealing the Huang Mansion in order to cover up the fact that he killed people.

Li Nuo thought about it and said, "We will know whether it is true or not after a try."

Although he already had the answer in his mind, he had to make Li An Ning and the people of the Ministry of Justice believe it.

He walked to the cell and said to the young man, "You said you didn't kill the person. Didn't you make a noise when you broke into the house to rob, wake up the Huang couple, and then kill them to silence them?"

The young man seemed insulted and said in a trembling voice, "You, you, you go out and ask, I, the king of robs, Zhao Dong, when have I ever failed to rob a house? That night they drank and slept soundly, it was even more impossible for me to wake them up..."

Li Nuo and Li An Ning temporarily left the death row and asked the steward and the chief in charge of Zhao Dong.

The result was surprising.

This guy's title of the king of robs is really not exaggerated.

In terms of street stealing skills, Zhao Dong is not ranked among the thieves.

But in terms of robs, even several guardians recognized his ability.

Because of his excessive bias, the pickpocket's skill in cutting hair is too poor, and the lock picking robs are far ahead. It is very likely that he will be caught on the spot when stealing on the street. The risk is too great, so Zhao Dong can only choose rob.

For this reason, he practiced the art of robbing and gradually became famous in the thief's door.

Li Nuo walked back to the death row and said to the king of robbing: "Don't say that the Ministry of Justice will not give you a chance. As long as you can prove that you really have this ability, the Ministry of Justice will consider re-investigating this case..."

A moment later.

A yamen of the Ministry of Justice.

Li Nuo locked a paperweight in a cabinet in the yamen, and then said to Zhao Dong: "I will lie on the bed inside in a while. If you can come in from the outside without my noticing, open the cabinet and take out the paperweight inside, I will believe what you say."

Zhao Dong nodded and said confidently: "Don't worry, sir, it's just a piece of cake."

When Zhao Dong walked out of the room, Li Nuo locked the door of the yamen from the inside.

He walked to the deepest part of the yamen, where there was a bed, which Li Anning used for a nap on weekdays.

The distance between this bed and the door of the yamen was closer than the room of the owner of the Huang Mansion.

Li Nuo opened the curtain beside the bed and spread some files on the floor beside the bed. Li An Ning looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Nuo said, "I'm sleeping on the floor."

Li An Ning rolled her eyes at him and said, "This is an investigation involving three lives. Can you be more serious? Can what you hear when you sleep on the floor be the same as what you hear on the bed?"

She lay on the bed herself and took the initiative to move inside.

Since she didn't care, Li Nuo certainly didn't need to insist.

What's more, what she said made sense.

Li Nuo lay down beside her. The bed was not wide to begin with, and it seemed a little crowded for two people to lie on it.

In this way, the situation on the night of the crime was almost perfectly simulated.

The room was quiet. Li Nuo closed his eyes and could hear Li An Ning's slight breathing.

Neither of them spoke, lying quietly on the bed.

Li An Ning tilted her head and looked at it, sighing in her heart.

Her first time sleeping with a man was gone.

But since so many first times were given to him, these didn't matter...

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

Li Nuo got off the bed, walked to the door, opened the door of the yamen, and saw everyone in the Ministry of Justice looking at Zhao Dong in surprise.

Zhao Dong handed a paperweight to Li Nuo and said, "Sir, look, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Li Nuo walked back to the room, and the cabinet was locked.

He unlocked it with the key, and the paperweight inside was gone.

During this period of time, this person not only pried open the door bolt, sneaked into the room, opened the cabinet, stole the paperweight inside, but also locked the cabinet again, and even restored the door bolt to its original position when he left.

Li Nuo and Li Anning, in their sober state, did not hear the sound of Zhao Dong entering the room.

Not to mention the Huang couple who were sleeping after being drunk.

Although Li Anning was also amazed, he still said: "Even if his stealing skills are superb, people make mistakes and horses stumble. It is not ruled out that he made a mistake that night and made a noise. It is also possible that the Huang couple got up at night and ran into him..."

From common sense, Li Anning's suspicion is not unreasonable.

But Li Nuo already knew the answer.

He thought about it and said: "Take him to the crime scene and take a look."

Soon, Li Nuo and Li Anning, with Zhao Dong, came to Huang's house again.

As soon as Zhao Dong entered the room where the crime occurred and saw the mess on the ground, he was stunned for a moment and immediately said: "I didn't do this. Although I stole some gold and silver jewelry, I locked the cabinet later. , didn’t throw clothes everywhere, who did this work, so careless, didn’t this clearly tell the owner that something was missing at home..."

The highest level of burglary is to leave no trace. As long as the owner does not check, he will not even know that he has lost something.

When it is discovered later, there is no way to investigate.

Only a novice thief would do this to turn the place into a mess.

Zhao Dong looked at the crime scene with a look of disgust and said: "Sir, this was definitely not done by a little thief. The work was so rough, and the little thief cannot afford to disgrace this person..."

Li Anning also believed that this person was not the one who killed the Huang couple.

Otherwise, his acting skills would be too good.

She looked at Li Nuo and said, "Could it be that after he left, another thief happened to enter the Huang family, and while rummaging through their belongings, he woke up the Huang family and killed them?"

Li Nuo didn't answer. He walked to the door, looked at the door latch, and suddenly asked Zhao Dong, "Did you restore the door latch to its original position after you left that day?"

Zhao Dong nodded and said: "Of course, this is the most basic process. Every time I finish stealing, I will put the door bolt back."

Li Anning couldn't wait any longer. She tugged on Li Nuo's sleeve and said, "What exactly did you find? Tell me..."

Li Nuo pointed to some marks on the door bolt and said: "These are the marks left when Zhao Dong removed the door bolt. Judging from these marks, this door bolt has not been removed by a second person..."

Before Zhao Dong left, he closed the door from the inside.

After him, no second person came in.

But the Huangs died.

Li Anning thought for a moment, pointed at Zhao Dong, and asked Li Nuo: "You mean, he was lying and he was the one who killed the person?"

Zhao Dong sat down on the ground and wailed: "Oh my god, why are you coming back again!"

Li Nuo shook his head and said: "The housekeeper of the Huang Mansion said that when he came in the morning, the door of this room was open, and the Huangs died inside. Either Zhao Dong was lying, but it could also be The second person who came in used other methods to open the door without leaving any trace on the door latch. He was too hasty when he left and forgot to close the door. Or he did not close the door on purpose. How could a murderer be killing people? After that, I still took the time to restore the door latch..."

Li Anning looked suspicious: "Other ways?"

Li Nuo explained: "Use zhenqi to open the door latch, and there will be no traces on the door latch."

Li Anning said: "This is impossible. If you want to do this, you must have a cultivation level above the True Qi Realm. If you are a warrior at the True Qi Realm, it will be easy to kill the Huang couple. It is impossible to leave them in the room." There are so many traces of struggle..."

Li Nuo asked back: "What if he is pretending?"

Li Anning also realized something and murmured: "You mean, after Zhao Dong, a warrior above the True Qi realm entered here and killed the Huang family and deliberately pretended not to understand martial arts. Some traces of the struggle were left at the scene so that we would not suspect him..."

If this is the case, then the murderer's plan is perfect.

Based on the traces left at the scene, the authorities would definitely think that this was a case of burglary and murder.

In nine out of ten cases like this, the murderer cannot be found, and in the end it can only be left unsolved.

The murderer probably didn't expect that someone would be able to catch all the thieves in one go. He would rather catch the wrong person than let him go and catch the thief out of the crowd.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the thief is caught.

At this point, based on the clear evidence, the thief will become his scapegoat.

In fact, if it were not for Li Nuo, Zhao Dong would have been convicted.

Li Anning still can't understand where his god-like intuition came from.

Now that she has checked, she has a vague feeling that Zhao Dong may not really be the murderer of the Huang couple.

Li Nuo also didn't expect that this case would be so complicated.

The timing of the murderer's choice was not bad. If he hadn't been reminded by the law, he would have been deceived.

The question is, how did the murderer know that Zhao Dong was going to steal that night?

Li Nuo looked at Zhao Dong and asked, "Who else knew that you were going to steal from Huang's house that night?"

Zhao Dong got up from the ground and said: "When I was passing by here that day, I saw the Huang couple returning home drunk, so I made a temporary plan. Generally speaking, such drunk people sleep deeply at night. The best time to take action..."

Even Zhao Dong himself came up with the idea on the spur of the moment, so there is no way to know the murderer.

Unless he was originally from the Huang Mansion, Zhao Dong was seen by him when he acted.

But this possibility was ruled out from the beginning.

The servants who were in the Huang Mansion that night were all present that day, but there was no reaction from the code at that time.

Either the murderer had been targeting Huang and his wife for a long time, and Zhao Dong's action gave him the opportunity to frame the blame.

But the Huangs didn't have any enemies. Li Nuo also checked all their business competitors and found no problems.

There was nothing he could do now.

Because of this case, he uprooted the stolen door and added more than a thousand days to his life.

But the case itself still has no result.

After checking this, everything Li Nuo could do has been done.

Although there were some regrets, his gains during the investigation far exceeded his expectations.

He originally thought that he could only gain ten days of life, but the final gains were more than a hundred times what he expected.

When Li Nuo and Li An Ning walked out of the room, they heard two heads of the Ministry of Justice discussing something in the yard.

Although the Huang couple was wealthy, they had no children.

Not only that, Mr. Huang had no brothers or sisters.

After the couple died, there was no one to inherit their property. According to the laws of Daxia, all the property of the Huang family would be confiscated by the government and returned to the national treasury.

The two heads of the Ministry of Justice therefore felt that they had to leave a descendant no matter what, otherwise after death, everything they worked hard for would be cheap for the court.

Speaking of the Huang family's property, Li Nuo suddenly remembered something.

If the painting hanging in the bedroom of the Huang couple was Gu Youzhi's original work, then the entire Huang family's property might not be as valuable as this painting.

Thinking of this, Li Nuo turned around and walked back to the room.

The Phoenix one-day experience card had expired long ago. When Li Nuo stood in front of the painting again, he could no longer see the mystery in it.

He was not sure for a moment whether he had made a mistake at the beginning.

Compared with wasting a day of life, it was more cost-effective to call Phoenix over.

A moment later.

In Yuyin Pavilion, Phoenix, who was arranging flowers, looked at Li Nuo and asked, "Where are we going?"

Li Nuo said, "I want to ask you for help with something. It's hard to explain it in a few words. Anyway, just follow me. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you..."

Phoenix glanced at him.

What do you mean by rest assured? I won't do anything to her?

She has such a beautiful face, such a good figure, and so many talents. How many men have bad intentions towards her? Why should she rest assured?

This sentence is really hurtful, okay.

But she has also been accustomed to being hurt by him. She put down the flower branch in her hand and said, "Then wait a minute, I'll touch up my makeup..."

Li Nuo said, "Don't touch up your makeup. I'm in a hurry over there. I'll be back in a while."

Seeing that he was so anxious, Phoenix had to give up the idea of ​​touching up her makeup.

However, when she walked into a certain mansion and saw Li Anning, she regretted not putting on some makeup on the way.

This woman obviously didn't dress up carefully today.

If she put on a carefully prepared makeup, she could make up for the shortcomings of her figure and easily beat her.

Li Nuo walked into the room, but Fenghuang didn't follow him.

Turning back, she found Fenghuang standing in the yard, not knowing what she was thinking, with a mysterious smile on her face.

Li Nuo cleared his throat and said, "Here."

Fenghuang came back to her senses, put away her fantasy, and followed Li Nuo into the room. She was first startled by the messy room and dried bloodstains. When she glanced and found a painting hanging on the wall, her expression was slightly startled. She walked up quickly and said in surprise: "It turned out to be Gu Youzhi's "Mountain Dwelling Picture". Such a similar imitation is rare in the market..."

As she approached, the expression on Fenghuang's face gradually changed. She looked at the painting carefully and said in shock: "No, this is not a replica, this is the original. How could the original "Mountain Dwelling Picture" by Gu Youzhi be here!"

Li Nuo looked at Fenghuang who was shocked and asked, "Are you sure it's authentic?"

Fenghuang said confidently, "I have seen Gu Youzhi's authentic work. This "Mountain Dwelling Picture" is undoubtedly authentic, but this painting has been lost for ten years. How could it appear here?"

Li Nuo asked in confusion, "Lost?"

Fenghuang continued to look at the painting and said, "Gu Youzhi's "Mountain Dwelling Picture" was originally a treasure of the current emperor of Daxia. More than 20 years ago, his majesty awarded this painting to the prince. Ten years ago, the prince died of illness, the East Palace was robbed, and many treasures were stolen. This painting was also lost. I didn't expect it to be here..."

Li Nuo was stunned when he heard this.

He never thought that a small businessman could be related to the royal family.

The Huang couple are unlikely to be the thieves who sneaked into the East Palace.

The East Palace is heavily guarded. Let alone the two of them, Li Nuo doesn't have this ability.

Could it be that the thief didn't know the goods and was bought by the Huang couple when selling the stolen goods?

Beside Li Nuo, Li Anning's expression was a little absent-minded.

Although she didn't have much impression of her father.

But the prince brother doted on her very much at that time.

Her mother died early, and the prince brother often came to the palace to see her, and every time he brought her a lot of fun and delicious food.

When the prince brother died of illness, she cried for a long time.

Hearing these things suddenly brought back some long-lost memories.

Li Nuo looked at the painting on the wall.

Now that the origin is known, of course the property should be returned to the original owner.

The prince passed away, and the painting should also be taken back by the royal family.

Although it is unknown why the stolen treasures from the East Palace appeared here, it seems that there is a will of heaven. After ten years, this treasure has returned to the royal family.

When looking at this "Mountain Dwelling Picture", Li Nuo's hand habitually placed on a half-person-high vase below the painting.

This is due to some professional habit.

Some wealthy families will not leave their property outside for safety.

They often build secret compartments in the bedroom or other places, and the switch is usually a wall tile, a vase, or a potted plant ornament, etc.

There is a shop opened by Mohist disciples in Chang'an, specializing in designing these mechanisms.

Some habitual thieves, when they see these things when breaking into a house, will habitually press and turn them.

Li Nuo also subconsciously turned the vase.

But the vase seemed to be stuck to the ground, untouched.

He was a little surprised, looked down at the vase, and used a little more strength.

Click...

As the vase slowly rotated, the ground in the corner of the room gradually sank, revealing a row of steps extending downward.

He and Li Anning looked at each other. This might be where the Huang family and his wife stored their valuables.

Of course, now they all belong to the imperial court.

Not long after, the people from the Criminal Department moved wooden boxes out of the underground secret room one by one.

After opening the box, what Li Nuo saw was boxes of gold and silver piled high.

In addition to these, there are also some precious jewelry, jades, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

The Huang family's financial resources are far stronger than they show on the surface.

Phoenix's eyes lingered on several ancient paintings, and he said with great surprise: "Wu Zan, Chen Tang, Wang Xi, Zhang Yunze... Although the authentic works of these Taoist masters are not as good as Gu Youzhi's "Mountain Dwelling", But they are also priceless treasures..."

Li Anning looked at the gold ornaments and jade articles, with surprise in his eyes, and murmured: "These are all things from the palace, how can the Huang family have them?"

Li Nuo also had a look of surprise on his face.

It would not be unusual if there were only one or two royal items.

Eunuchs, maids, and even female officials in the palace often steal things from the palace and sell them outside the palace.

But there is far more than just one royal thing here.

Then think of Gu Youzhi's "Mountain Dwelling" and the theft case of the East Palace.

Could it be that the Huangs were really the thieves in this case?

If this old case can be solved, it will be a big gain.

Although Li Nuo is still in a bottleneck period, after he breaks through, his cultivation level may increase slightly.

Li Nuo thought for a while and said, "Go back to the Criminal Department first and check carefully about the Huang couple."

He looked at Fenghuang and said, "Miss Fenghuang, please go back to Yuyin Pavilion first. I'd like to ask you to make a trip."

Phoenix didn't say anything, but he was muttering secretly in his heart.

This guy really comes and goes when he calls for it.

If he had nothing to ask her for help, I'm afraid he would never set foot in Yuyin Pavilion.

This is not okay.

She nodded and said, "Okay."

When she turned to leave, she saw the dried blood on the ground. Her feet suddenly softened and she fell onto Li Nuo.

Li Nuo stretched out his hand to support her and said in shock: "Miss Phoenix, what's wrong with you?"

Phoenix held his forehead and said: "My family, my family has not been able to see blood since I was a child, and I am a little dizzy..."

Li Nuo thought to himself, he is indeed a phoenix.

A little weaker than he thought.

If she were to see the scene at that time, she would not faint immediately.

But no matter what, she invited her here, and he had to send her back intact.

Li Nuo held her arm and said, "Can you still leave? I'll take you back first."

Phoenix tried it and said helplessly: "My legs are a little weak and I can't move forward."

Li Anning glanced at Phoenix.

Fainting with blood?

Why weren't you dizzy just now?

What should I do on those days of the month?

They are all women, don't think she doesn't know what she is thinking.

Li Nuo hesitated.

Phoenix was so dizzy that he couldn't walk away.

Hug her out, it's not appropriate, the first hug is gone, the first princess hug, whatever you say must be left to the palace.

It doesn't seem appropriate to carry her on your back, and besides, she may not be willing to do it.

But he couldn't leave her alone.

Just when Li Nuo was in a dilemma, Li Anning took the initiative to come over and said, "I'll carry you out."

Phoenix was stunned for a moment, then said: "Isn't this good? Her Royal Highness the Princess has a body of ten thousand gold..."

Li Anning glanced at her and said: "It doesn't matter, we are all women, there is nothing to avoid, you can't let a married man carry you, right?"

When Phoenix saw this, it was hard to say anything.

Li Anning leaned down, and Phoenix lay gently on her back.

She easily carried Phoenix on her back and walked outside.

Although she is a cultivator and her physical fitness is not as good as that of a warrior, she is still more than enough to carry a woman on her back.

But I have to say, this woman is really heavy.

Although some parts of her are not as full as her own, other parts are better than her.

Li Anning's palms were holding the two round and straight parts of Phoenix's waist, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, how many men could be charmed by such a beauty...

Song Jiaren, Song Jiaren, there are so many vixens out there staring at your husband-in-law. This time, you owe me a favor...