Madam, protect me!

Chapter 124 The Curse of the Eastern Palace

When leaving Huang's Mansion, Fenghuang's legs were weak and unable to move due to dizziness.

Li Anning was walking in front with Phoenix on her back. Two soft masses of pressure came from behind. They were soft and bouncy and quite comfortable.

When crossing the threshold, she even jolted deliberately.

The feeling of oppression is far away, but it is comfortable and interesting at the same time.

This made her suddenly stunned and realized something.

Did Li Nuo feel the same way when he carried her?

Li Anning's footsteps suddenly stopped, and Li Nuo, who was walking behind, almost bumped into Phoenix's buttocks.

He asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Li Anning said: "It's a bit heavy, let's take a rest."

Phoenix lay on her back, his expression changing slightly.

Heavy?

What does she know?

Is this called heavy? Song Jia and Nightingale are both light. Is she willing to be like them?

Li Nuo thought it was normal.

Heavy?

Heavy is right.

He is more than 1.7 meters tall, has a curvy figure, and how light his weight can be.

She herself is not necessarily much lighter than Phoenix.

After putting Phoenix on the carriage, Li Anning breathed a sigh of relief, looking relieved.

Fenghuang sat on the carriage. Even though he rolled his eyes to death in his heart, he still said embarrassedly on the surface: "Your Highness, you have worked hard."

Li Anning waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. You helped us last time."

Her makeup on the first day was that of a phoenix, and the two of them were not strangers to each other.

She is also one of the few outsiders who knows her identity.

The two of them were sitting side by side on the carriage, and Li Nuo was sitting opposite them. They looked like they were looking like ridges and peaks.

This scene was so visually shocking that he didn't know where to look, so he simply closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When the carriage passed by the Ministry of Justice, Li Anning went back to the Ministry of Justice to investigate.

Li Nuo sent Phoenix to Yuyin Pavilion.

After a short rest, her condition improved a bit, but she still needed help when walking.

Li Nuo helped her into Yuyin Pavilion and handed her over to the girl from Yuyin Pavilion. Then he got on the carriage and turned around and drove towards the Ministry of Punishment.

In Yuyin Pavilion, two women carefully helped Phoenix go upstairs.

The guests in the building looked envious.

Looking at the way Phoenix girl walked, one can imagine how fierce the battle just now was.

The woman they never dreamed of was treated so roughly by others.

In Chang'an, the gap between people is greater than that between people and dogs.

These days, the number of times the son of the minister of Dali Temple comes to Yuyin Pavilion can only be counted on one hand.

Many people are speculating whether he has had enough of it.

For such a big shot, changing women is like changing clothes, and it's normal to get tired of it.

Now it seems that his interest in the Phoenix girl has not diminished.

This has turned off many people's desire to connect to the disk.

When Li Nuo returned to the Criminal Department, a large number of files were already placed on Li Anning's desk.

These are the files on the East Palace theft case ten years ago.

Li Nuo roughly opened it and took a look.

When the prince died of illness, the East Palace was in chaos.

Some officials of the East Palace took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and stole a large amount of property from the East Palace.

East Palace artifacts frequently appeared on the black market, eventually alarming the court.

His Majesty was furious and ordered the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation. A large number of people were punished, and countless East Palace officials were killed.

At that time, some property was recovered, but some was also lost to the public.

After verification, it was found that the property in the underground secret room of the Huang Mansion indeed belonged to the East Palace.

Not only that, the Ministry of Justice also made an unexpected discovery.

Mr. Huang's wife, named Zeng Yan, was once a female official in the prince's inner palace.

As the crown prince and future emperor, the structure of the East Palace is similar to that of the imperial court. It is like a small imperial court.

The prince's inner palace corresponds to the emperor's harem.

Zeng Yan was originally the treasurer of the prince's inner palace. As a female official of the eighth rank, she was responsible for the entry and exit of gold and jade, jewelry, property, cotton silk, and colored silk in the inner palace. Her responsibility was to manage the property of the inner palace.

After the prince died of illness, the officials in the East Palace all went their separate ways.

Female officials in the inner palace who had connections were transferred to the harem, while those who didn't had to fend for themselves.

Zeng Yan entered the palace through a folk talent show. She was an ordinary palace maid at first, but was later seconded to the East Palace, and slowly climbed from the palace maid to the position of female official.

As the master of the inner palace, it is of course easier than others to steal the inner palace's property.

Obviously, these things from the East Palace were stolen by Mrs. Huang before she left the East Palace.

At that time, after the prince's funeral, the imperial court discovered that a large amount of property in the East Palace had been stolen, and began to investigate.

Those East Palace officials were investigated one by one.

Logically speaking, as the treasurer, she must have been the focus of the investigation at that time.

But I don’t know why, the court actually missed such a big fish.

Over the years, she has obviously been careful not to reveal any clues.

She came from a folk talent show and had no background. After leaving the East Palace, she found a man from a good family to marry.

Although they own a golden mountain, the couple only dare to open a small restaurant, probably to avoid being noticed.

Considering her status as the treasurer of the East Palace, it is not surprising that Gu Youzhi's "Mountain Dwelling" appeared in the Huang Mansion.

Speaking of which, this case was really full of twists and turns.

In order to find the murderer, they first found the stolen door.

At the end of the investigation, the East Palace theft case from ten years ago was discovered.

In the end, the stolen door was gone, and the valuable treasure stolen from the East Palace was recovered, but the case itself is still unresolved.

In the past few months, Li Nuo has encountered several cases related to the East Palace.

He even felt that there was some magic spell in the East Palace.

The fate of these East Palace officials, both men and women, was not very good.

Zheng Yuanwai was killed by his concubine and his lover.

Gu Wenhan's family was confiscated and exterminated by Dali Temple, leaving only one daughter behind, who is still in jail.

Mrs. Huang stole so much property and hid for ten years, evading the court's investigation and the murderer's knife.

However, she had stolen so many treasures from the East Palace. If the court found out, both husband and wife would not be able to escape the death penalty.

The file of the thief Zhao Dong has been invalidated, and his deducted life span has been added back.

Li Nuo looked at Li Anning and said, "I'm going back, and I'll leave the rest to you."

Li Anning sat behind the table and nodded slightly.

This case involved Dong Gong, which brought back some sad memories for her. She was not in a high mood at the moment, so she waved her hand and said, "Go back..."

After Li Nuo left, she sat on the chair for a while. She felt a little thirsty and planned to eat an orange. When she reached for the fruit plate, she realized that there were no oranges on the plate.

Obviously there were three more just now!

After realizing what happened, her face showed an annoyed look.

Dog man!

Then he stole her oranges and gave them to Song Jiaren!

Li Anning's chest heaved with anger, and he took a sip of tea. He wished he could give Li Nuo a hundred lashes, but being so angry by that guy didn't seem as sad as before...

Li Nuo carried three oranges in his arms and instead of going home, he came to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Although he is not yet a member of the Punishment Department, when he comes to the Punishment Department, it is like going home.

As long as he does not openly open a court to try the case, the supervisory officials will be unable to do anything to him.

Unlike the county government, the jails of the Criminal Department are separate.

After entering the prison, the men's prison is on the left, the women's prison is on the right, and the death cell is straight ahead. They are not connected to each other.

The women's prison was originally relatively empty, but because many female thieves were arrested in the past two days, it became lively again. Li Nuo came to a cell and saw a white-haired old woman lying on the bed in the cell.

In addition to being sentenced to imprisonment and exile, she was also given three hundred rods.

Considering her age, if she really received these three hundred sticks at once, she would definitely be dead.

The stick punishment generally does not kill people. After all the considerations, her three hundred sticks were used in ten days, and the punishment will be lighter, but the pain of the flesh and skin is unavoidable.

Hearing the noise coming from outside the cell, the old woman looked up at him, with an angry look on her face, and gritted her teeth and said, "You're a traitor!"

He has mastered top-notch thieving skills and actually joined the government. It is a shame among thieves!

Li Nuo was stunned: "You can recognize this?"

The old woman sneered and said: "At such a young age, there are not many people who are still boys. Even if you change your appearance, you can't change this fact!"

Those who can be the messengers of the robbers are truly extraordinary.

Although he had no cultivation, he could tell at a glance whether he was a boy or not, which almost ruined his and Li Anning's plan.

Li Nuo was very interested in her ability.

He leaned against the bars of the cell and said, "How did you know I was a boy?"

The old woman said coldly: "This is a secret that is not told, and I will never tell you even if I die!"

After saying that, she turned her head and said no more.

Li Nuo thought for a while and suddenly asked: "How much of your torture stick is left?"

The old woman looked up at Li Nuo and blurted out: "None of your business..."

Her words stopped abruptly. After a moment of silence, she took out a yellowed booklet from under the bed board and said: "This "people observation skill" is the fruit of my life's hard work. I don't think I will live for a few more years, old lady." , I hope you can find someone who is destined to pass it on, so that I can die without regrets..."

Li Nuo had someone open the cell door, put the booklet away, and said, "Don't worry, your hard work will not be lost..."

A moment later, after leaving the women's prison and passing by a certain cell, Li Nuo paused slightly.

A petite figure was huddled in the corner of the cell. The only bed in the cell was occupied by several other female prisoners.

Li Nuo coughed lightly, and the figure raised his head. When he saw him, he was slightly startled, ran over quickly, and said in surprise: "Master, why are you here!"

Li Nuo is generally called Young Master outside.

Only people from the Li family call him Young Master.

Li Nuo looked at her dry lips, took out an orange from his arms, handed it over through the cell fence, and said, "If you have nothing to do, just take a look around. This orange is for you..."

Gu Yanran hesitated whether to take it, but Li Nuo had already put the orange into her hand.

There was no fruit to eat in the cell, but the female prisoners sitting on the bed didn't dare to think anything when they saw the orange in Gu Yanran's hand. They all sat up from the bed and stood in the corner in fear.

This little girl, who can talk to the noble master outside, is definitely not someone they can mess with.

Thinking of their previous attitude towards her, these female prisoners were immediately frightened.

After giving Gu Yanran an orange, Li Nuo left the cell.

After a while, the head of the female prison came to the cell here. After opening the cell door, he glanced at the female prisoners hiding in the corner and said: "You guys, come out and go to the next cell..."

It is not fixed which cell the prisoners are in. When there are few prisoners, it is possible for one person to share a cell. If there are many prisoners, several people have to share one cell.

There are already several female prisoners in the cell next to them, and if there are a few more, it will definitely seem crowded.

Gu Yanran was holding the orange given by Li Nuo in her hand and was about to walk out of the cell. The cell leader smiled and said, "You don't have to, you can just continue to stay here..."

Leave the Criminal Department and return to the carriage of Song Mansion.

Li Nuo turned over the yellowed book in his hand.

This booklet records how to judge whether a person is a virgin by looking at his face.

The world is so big and full of wonders.

He really didn't expect that someone would study such an unorthodox direction.

According to what the old woman said, in addition to being the messenger who steals the house, her external identity is that of a matchmaker. She has been a matchmaker for decades and has seen many young girls.

Daxia attaches great importance to women's chastity. If the bride is a virgin, the man will be willing to pay more as a bride price.

If the bride is not a virgin, or is remarried, the bride price will be less.

Over the years, she often encountered women who pretended to be virgins in order to obtain high betrothal gifts.

Afterwards, the man came to the house, and she, the matchmaker, not only had to return the matchmaking money, but also had to compensate for the loss.

In order to prevent himself from suffering losses, he developed this skill over time.

She will know at a glance whether the bride is a virgin or not.

Later, she even conducted in-depth research on how to identify whether a man was a boy.

This booklet is very detailed, with in-depth analysis from facial features, facial expressions, movements and postures, etc., with pictures and texts, concise and easy to understand.

After closing this booklet, Li Nuo couldn't help but sigh, he is really knowledgeable about everything in the world.

This mission almost fell into the hands of a boy.

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped.

Li Nuo opened the curtain and walked into Yuyin Pavilion again.

It was he who invited Fenghuang to the Huang Mansion. After sending her back just now, he hurriedly went to the Criminal Department. He didn't know how she was doing now.

Both emotionally and rationally, you should visit her.

The second floor of Yuyin Pavilion.

Nightingale looked at Phoenix, regardless of her manners, she laughed hard: "I'm laughing so hard, you said that you are invincible in the world of charm, there is no man you can't win, but it turns out that they just invited you to look at the painting, and they didn't even want to carry you on their backs... …”

"Bah, this girl is pure and pure, how can I let a man carry her?"

"Just admit that you're not good at it. What's the use of learning those charming skills? You dress up every day and show your courtesy in front of others, but they won't even look at you..."

"Did he look at you more?"

"Have you forgotten that last time in the Song Mansion, he brought tea and poured water to whom, and who even had to pour a cup of tea by himself?"

"That's because he's blind. What's so good about having no breasts and no butt? It's not easy to have a son!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Come on!"

When Li Nuo walked into Fenghuang's room, there was this picture on the floor.

Phoenix was riding on Nightingale, with his hands on her chest. Nightingale's skirt was lifted above her thighs, and her two slender jade legs were tightly wrapped around her waist. Phoenix's hair was messy, and one side of her clothes fell down to her shoulders. , revealing large patches of white snowy shoulders...

Not only Li Nuo stood there blankly.

Even the mandarin ducks beside Li Nuo were stunned.

Because Nightingale was in Phoenix's room, she brought Mr. Li in directly.

But I never expected that this would be the situation in the room.

Fenghuang looked back and saw Li Nuo standing at the door. He put on his clothes silently, pulled down Nightingale's skirt, then stood up and said, "The fight between our sisters makes the young master laugh... "

After a while.

Li Nuo and Fenghuang sat on both sides of a low table. Nightingale served him a cup of fragrant tea, and then stood silently behind Fenghuang.

Li Nuo took a sip of tea, glanced at them, and then asked, "Is Miss Phoenix okay?"

Phoenix smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your concern, Master. My family is much better."

Li Nuo nodded. Her body was indeed much better and she looked very strong. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to suppress Nightingale, making her unable to even resist.

Unexpectedly, the most beautiful Phoenix girl is actually...

Recalling the blood-soaking scene just now, Li Nuo couldn't help but blush.

He used the skills he had just learned to look around and judged from the content in the book that Phoenix and Nightingale were still young ladies.

It is not easy to keep a clean and tidy store in Chang'an.

No wonder Song Yu likes Yuanyang so much.

Fenghuang looked at him and asked, "Master, what happened when you came to Yuyin Pavilion?"

Li Nuo said: "I don't have anything else to do. I just came to see if Miss Phoenix is ​​feeling better. Since Miss Phoenix is ​​fine, I should go back."

Fenghuang was greatly surprised when he received Li Nuo's attention for the first time. He saw what Yuanyang was carrying and said with a smile: "Young master, my family will be very happy when you come. You don't need to bring anything..."

Yuanyang's lips moved. The thing in her hand was given to her by Mr. Song, and she hadn't had time to put it back.

Li Nuo was slightly startled. He was just passing by to take a look and didn't prepare anything.

After hearing what Phoenix said, he was silent for a moment, took out an orange from his arms and said, "This is a tribute orange from the south of the Yangtze River. It is a high-quality product cultivated by farmers. It not only tastes sweet, but can also be taken regularly to beautify the skin and strengthen the body..." …”

Putting the orange on the table, he stood up slowly and said, "Miss Phoenix's physique is still too weak. When I pass by Yuyin Pavilion tomorrow, I will bring you a book of health-preserving exercises. You can practice it when you have nothing to do. Practice, this set of exercises is very helpful for improving your physical fitness.”

Phoenix Yingying bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, sir."

Li Nuo didn't do it out of concern.

The main thing is that when I have something to do, I ask others for help, but when I have nothing to do, I never contact them, which makes me look like a scumbag.

She is the shopkeeper of Yuyin Pavilion, and Yuyin Pavilion receives a lot of money every day. She is not short of anything, so why not give her a sincere and practical gift.

That set of exercises was something Li Nuo had personally experienced. The effect was immediate and it was the most suitable for her.

After practicing for a few months, if someone provokes trouble again, even if you still don't have the strength to fight back, you can at least avoid it.

After Li Nuo left, Nightingale glanced at Phoenix and said in surprise: "Don't he care about you?"

"Is this called caring? How can anyone give a woman health-preserving exercises? There are also oranges, but I only give one..." Phoenix peeled the orange open, took out an orange segment and put it in his mouth, then lowered his head and looked at his hand. , said unexpectedly: "However, these oranges are really sweet..."

Nightingale stretched out her hand and said, "Let me try..."

Phoenix opened her hand: "No, just drink your tea!"

Nightingale reached out to grab it, but Phoenix pinned her down on the table and took advantage of the situation to press her body down.

Li Nuo walked in from the door and saw Phoenix pressing Nightingale beside him. After being stunned for a moment, he pointed to the flower arrangement on the table and said, "By the way, can you give me this vase of flower arrangement?"

Phoenix got up from Nightingale and said, "Young Master, take it if you like it."

In fact, it was not Li Nuo who liked it, but mainly the wife. Li Nuo picked up the vase, walked to the door, turned around and said: "I really leave this time, you continue..."

After spending a little time in Yuyin Pavilion, when I returned to Song Mansion, lunch time had passed.

But don't worry, every time Li Nuo comes back late, the lady will leave a meal for him.

Song Jiaren brought the hot meal back to the room. Li Nuo took out the last orange from his arms and said, "There is only one orange left today. Madam, you can eat it. I will bring it to Mu'er tomorrow."

After eating, Li Nuo remembered something and said: "By the way, madam, when we were investigating the case today, we asked Miss Phoenix to help us a little. She also helped us a lot in the previous case. I plan to give it to Give her a gift to thank her. What do you think about giving her the health-preserving exercises I practiced? "

Although Song Jiaren never took the initiative to ask anything, she actually liked hearing him talk about these things.

She handed half of the peeled orange to Li Nuo and asked softly: "Why do you want to give her the exercises?"

Li Nuo explained: "Her body is too weak and she will faint when she sees blood. At the crime scene today, it was the princess who carried her into the carriage. I think she needs to exercise..."

Song Jiaren said: "The set of exercises you practice is only suitable for men. Let me find a set for you that is suitable for women."

Li Nuo smiled and said, "Okay."

Song Jiaren looked at the flower arrangement on the table and asked, "Is this a gift from the Phoenix girl?"

Li Nuo said: "I asked her for this. If you like it, I will bring it to you next time."

It's just a flower arrangement, not worth much, it's just something she can do with her hands.

Next time I give her some of Li Anning's oranges and ask her for a vase of flowers, and she won't refuse.

Song Jiaren looked at this pleasing flower arrangement and said, "Miss Phoenix is ​​really versatile."

Li Nuo shook his head and said: "What's the use of being versatile? You can't imagine how timid my wife is. Today at the scene, I just saw some dried blood, and I was so frightened that my whole body became weak and I couldn't even walk." …”

A moment later, Li Nuo was practicing archery in the yard.

Of course, practicing archery is just a process.

In the yard, Song Mu'er sat at the stone table, holding her chin with one hand, looking at the beautiful sister who was teaching Brother Li Nuo to practice archery step by step, with a look of relief on her little face.

They finally looked like a couple.

Her hard work is not in vain...

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