Madam, protect me!

After hearing that the prisoner had committed suicide, Pei Zhe hurried to the prison. Two jailers looked at a body lying on a straw mat and said with mournful faces: "I'm sorry, sir. It was my subordinates who neglected their duties. She hit the wall and committed suicide without looking at her."

Pei Zhe checked the body, asked several jailers, and the prisoners in the cells next to him, and confirmed that the woman had indeed committed suicide. He waved his hand and said, "It seems that she also understood that compared to beheading, suicide can leave a person alive." The whole body, this is not your fault, the body is temporarily stored in the morgue, and I will report it truthfully..."

"If I had known this, why would I have to..."

Pei Zhe sighed at the corpse on the ground and left with his hands behind his back. When he was about to walk out of the cell, a voice suddenly said: "This is not a simple suicide. She was originally very calm. After the music of "Cloud Gate" was heard outside, , suddenly became anxious, and as soon as the music stopped, she committed suicide. The music was a kind of message, and there must be other people behind the case..."

Pei Zhe paused, glanced at the corpse being carried away, turned to look at the girl who was being held alone in a certain cell, and said: "I am a Jinshi in the 14th year of the Holy Saint. That term is the same as mine." There are fifty people in the same class who were promoted to Jinshi. Today, less than twenty of them are still alive, but they have been able to maintain their position for so many years, with a small promotion in three years and a large promotion in five years. Do you know why? "

The girl asked in confusion: "Why?"

Pei Zhe said: "Because I never ask why."

"..."

When the girl looked confused, he said slowly: "Child, remember, in Chang'an, you can have everything, but you can't be curious, because you never know what kind of whirlpool is behind this door of curiosity. ..., you should never mention what you just saw to others, you know, otherwise, I will save you in vain."

Gu Yanran thought for a moment, looked up at Pei Zhe, and asked, "If you are so cautious, why would you risk saving me?"

The Chang'an County Magistrate didn't say anything, just patted his chest gently.

The girl was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly and said: "No matter what, I have to thank you for saving my life."

She knew very well that assassinating the master as a slave was a death sentence in Daxia.

If it weren't for the mercy of the Chang'an County Magistrate, she would have been killed long ago.

Pei Zhe waved his hand and said: "The person you should thank most is not me, but Li Nuo. You should know that if it were anyone else, you would not have the chance to come to Chang'an County Government, and you would die in a high-rise building in Chang'an. In the dungeon, you will have to endure some humiliation and torture before you die, and no one will ever know your death..."

Gu Yanran bit her lip, of course she knew this.

Before taking action, she had already been mentally prepared.

Li Nuo didn't kill her, nor did he do anything to her. He just sent her to the county government office. It was indeed beyond her expectations, but how could she thank the son of her father's enemy?

Pei Zhe knew her inner struggle, sighed, and said, "He should have known just now that this official gave you a way out for personal gain, but he didn't point it out, so you shouldn't call him a "dog thief". He He is your savior..."

The girl's lower lip was already bleeding, and she murmured: "Why?"

Pei Zhe shrugged and said, "You have to ask him this question..."

Although he had only known Li Nuo for just one day, his intuition from being immersed in officialdom for many years told him that the son of the Minister of Dali Temple did not seem to be a bad person.

Leaving the woman to think quietly, Pei Zhe walked out of the cell with his hands behind his back.

Back in the county government yard, Pei Zhe touched his waist with his right hand habitually. Pei Zhe's expression changed, he lowered his head suddenly, and said in surprise: "Where is my brand?"

At the same time, on a carriage on Chang'an Street, Li Nuo looked at a jade plaque in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. Although the "Code" was good, it had side effects that he couldn't guard against, and that was all for his beautiful calligraphy. , what kind of problem is this problem of taking advantage of others...

It is very likely that he got this unfamiliar brand from the Chang'an County Magistrate just now.

Although Li Nuo had paid great attention to it, he still couldn't completely avoid it.

Butler Wu glanced at the jade plaque in his hand and said earnestly: "Master, I don't want to carry the Fengqi Tower plaque with me. If the young lady sees it, you know the consequences..."

Li Nuo heard about Fengqilou during the trial. It seemed to be a famous brothel in Chang'an.

He made a quick decision: "Quick, turn around and go back to the county office!"

A moment later, Chang'an County Government.

Li Nuo returned the Fengqilou VVVIP jade plaque to the Chang'an County Magistrate and said, "I just picked it up in the Yamen. Please ask Mr. Pei to help find the owner."

Pei Zhe breathed a sigh of relief. After taking the jade token, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely find the owner and hand it over to him."

After the property was returned to its original owner, Li Nuo left the county government again and borrowed the thick "Daxia Law" from the Chang'an County Magistrate. Since he wanted to follow the path of Legalism, he had to judge cases frequently, and of course he had to be familiar with Daxia Law. Xia's Law.

Although this "Da Xia Lv" is thick, compared with the legal examination, it is still far from enough.

Daxia Yamen opened the office relatively early, and got off work after about four o'clock in the afternoon. Li Nuo went to bed at ten o'clock, so he couldn't waste such a long time in between. Of course, he had to make use of it to catch up on the knowledge he had missed.

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Dali Temple Qingfu.

The nominal wife was missing all day, and the father he had never met was busy with official duties and rarely came home. Li Nuo ate dinner alone again, but for him, being alone was comfortable. After dinner, Li Nuo locked himself in the room.

On the table in front of him, there was a pile of thick books.

In addition to the "Daxia Law" borrowed from the Chang'an County Magistrate, Li Nuo also asked the housekeeper Wu to find some books on history, geography, and various schools of thought.

These are the basis for understanding this world. Daxia's characters are similar to traditional Chinese characters. Li Nuo finds it a little difficult to read, but most of them are understandable. There are some places with many new characters. If you really don't understand, you can look up the books first.

This book called "Shuowen" was written by a Confucian sage. It includes almost all commonly used characters, and has detailed explanations of the shape and meaning of each character. It is also often used as a dictionary.

This world is not the only country of Daxia, but Li Nuo has no detailed knowledge of other countries. He just took a rough look and focused his attention on the various schools of thought.

He is more interested in these things.

Among the various schools of thought, not all schools have the ability to practice. Most of them are just names.

For example, the food family is just a group of ordinary people who like to study food.

There are also fishing families, which are just the self-proclaimed names of fishing guys.

There are only more than ten schools that are truly mainstream and systematic, can practice and have powerful power. These more than ten schools had their ultimate glory hundreds of years ago, but with the changes of the times, most of them gradually declined due to their own limitations and the limitations of the times.

Among all the schools, the number of Confucianists is undoubtedly the largest, but the current Confucianists are no longer the Confucianists of hundreds of years ago.

Although there are many disciples, most of them stay in the low realm. The fourth realm is rare, and the fifth realm is even rarer. As for the half-saints of the sixth realm and the Confucian saints of the seventh realm, there is not a single one.

Today's Confucian disciples practice Confucianism just to enter the government, which is why Confucianism is the most popular.

As for Legalism, due to the suppression of the powerful and the superiors, few people practice it. Even in places like the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple, most officials practice Confucianism.

Military strategists, agriculturalists, Mohists, and medical strategists have never been cut off because they all have special uses. Their disciples are still active in the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Works, the Imperial Hospital and other court departments, but they are also far away from the center of power.

As for the eclecticists, the famous scholars, the Yin-Yang scholars, the strategists, and the calligraphers, few people have mentioned them. Especially the strategists, during the Warring States Period, they traveled between countries and could decide the life and death of a country with just a few words. They easily stirred up the world situation. They were at their peak and overwhelmed all the schools. However, with the end of the Warring States Period, several powerful countries completed the unification one after another, leaving only some small countries around as buffers. After hundreds of years without major wars, the strategists gradually withdrew from the stage of history. Now they can only live under the high gates and regard themselves as retainers and counselors, no longer as glorious as before.

If he did not need to solve the case to prolong his life, Li Nuo might also choose Confucianism.

More likely, he would lie down directly. After all, with a vice-state-level father, he is already rich and wealthy, with no worries about food and clothing. Why does he need to work hard?

As long as he honestly serves as a second-generation official, does not do anything wrong, and oppresses the good, he has already made a contribution to the country.

Of course, that's just if.

Li Nuo glanced at the eye-catching countdown on the cover of the Code. There were only twenty-six days left. For him, lying down was like waiting to die...

What kind of fate is this for a worker chosen by God!