Madam, protect me!

The case of Fengyang County was still a hot topic yesterday, but it was completely settled today.

A gold medal of immunity from death shut everyone up.

No matter who it is, no one can make a fuss about this matter.

Early morning.

Li Mansion.

Li Nuo walked out of An Ning's room, stretched comfortably, and was about to move around in the yard when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the next yard.

He jumped onto the wall and saw Yiren practicing in the yard.

What he heard just now was the sound of her practicing sword.

Li Nuo asked, "When did you come back?"

Yiren said while practicing sword, "Last night."

Li Nuo asked, "Are you not leaving?"

Yesterday, she said she was going back to Sanqing Sect, but she moved back in disgrace at night. Song Yiren was embarrassed by Li Nuo's question and asked, "Do you really want me to leave? If you want me to leave, I will leave now!"

Li Nuo did not respond, but jumped off the wall, took out the music box from the room, returned to the courtyard, and said, "If you return it next time, I will give it to someone else."

Song Yiren snatched the music box from him and said, "Do you have anything else to do? If not, get out of the way. I want to practice..."

Li Nuo walked aside and watched her practice sword for a while.

In terms of practice, she has obviously become more diligent than before. At least, Li Nuo has never seen her get up so early to practice before.

Seeing that there was no problem with her swordsmanship, he watched for a while and left.

Although it was not the day for him to report to the Honglu Temple, he really had something to do.

It is not polite not to reciprocate. The woman was wrongly imprisoned, and he also lost a gold medal for immunity from death in vain. How can this matter be let go?

Li Nuo returned to the room and had breakfast. Not long after, Wu Guanjia came in with a pile of files and said, "Master, I have found all the files you want."

These files were what Li Nuo asked Wu Guanjia to find last night.

He was very quick and got things done early in the morning.

Li Nuo opened the first file, which contained information about some officials and dignitaries.

Although they had different identities and statuses, they had one thing in common: they were all the followers of the King of Han.

Among the eight adult princes of the current emperor, the King of Han was the eldest prince.

Although Daxia did not have a rule that the throne must be passed on to the eldest, as the eldest prince, he still had certain advantages in status, which also led to some dignitaries and officials willing to stand firmly on his side.

Among them, Jingzhao Yin was the leader.

Through Jingzhao Yin, the King of Han indirectly controlled most of the middle and lower-level officials in the capital area except Chang'an.

These books recorded various information about these officials in detail, including their family members, personal preferences, living habits, and even the time of their husband and wife affairs, which were clearly remembered...

Of course, only the Mingjing Division had this kind of information.

One of the duties of the Mingjing Division was to collect information about officials in the court, but even the prime minister could not access this information.

The entire Mingjing Division was directly responsible to His Majesty.

If His Majesty was not there, he would be responsible to his father.

For him, getting this information was just a matter of words.

These files also recorded evidence of some people's violations of laws and crimes.

However, the Mingjing Division did not touch them.

Li Nuo was not a rookie who had just entered the officialdom. Many things in the officialdom were not that simple.

These people committed crimes, but they were still not dealt with. Either the time was not right, or there were other deeper concerns.

Li Nuo's eyes lingered on a page of the file.

This page records a violent death case, which is fundamentally different from other people's cases.

Those officials were only guilty of some minor crimes such as corruption, bribery and abuse of power, but he was the only one who committed a murder case and has not been dealt with so far.

Li Nuo looked at Wu Guanjia and asked, "What's the matter with this Wang Heng? Why didn't he get punished at the beginning?"

The files of Mingjingsi only stated that this person was the brother-in-law of Li Qian, the prince of Han. After committing this crime, he was successfully acquitted through the operation of the Han Palace.

Wu Guanjia seemed to have guessed Li Nuo's thoughts. After a pause, he said, "Master, we'd better not touch this Wang Heng."

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

Wu Guanjia explained, "Because he is not only the brother-in-law of the prince of Han, but also one of the legitimate sons of Jinyang Wang."

Speaking of Jinyang Wang, Li Nuo understood.

This is a super family of Daxia, which has existed for much longer than Daxia. The dynasties on this land have changed several times, but those families are still the same.

They not only have a great influence in the court, but also have more power than the court in their territory.

A family often indirectly controls several states. From local people to rich people, and then to officials, they are all inextricably linked with the local family.

The closer you are to them, the greater the influence they have. Some of the court's decrees, if you want to implement them locally, will never succeed without their consent.

During the imperial examination, Li Nuo found that among the new Jinshi, there were many surnames such as Cui, Zheng, Wang, Du, Pei, and Lu.

These thousand-year-old families have enough resources to train their children to be the best among their peers, pass the imperial examination smoothly, and thus influence the court.

On the other hand, their families themselves also have many strong people.

A family that can survive for thousands of years must have excellent martial arts bloodline. Through the marriage of each family, the martial arts bloodline can be passed down very well. In almost every generation, at least one of the sixth level will emerge.

Coupled with the retainers they had won over, even the court had to give them some face.

In other words, this Wang Heng has an even greater background than the Crown Prince of Han.

Considering that disposing of him would arouse the dissatisfaction of the Jinyang Wang family, when the Han Palace was helping him operate, all parties in the court turned a blind eye.

Li Nuo was not convinced.

Why did his sister-in-law pretend to break the law and those people refused to forgive her?

The brother-in-law of the Prince of Han really killed someone, but they all pretended not to see it.

Butler Wu looked at Li Nuo and asked tentatively: "Master, where did Wang Heng offend you?"

He follows the young master every day and has never seen the young master interact with Wang Heng.

Li Nuo said: "Wang Heng didn't offend me, but Li Qian, the crown prince of Han Dynasty, did. He was the one behind Yi Ren's affairs."

Butler Wu was stunned when he heard this, and then said angrily: "What!"

He slammed the table and said: "Although Wang Heng is the legitimate son of the Wang family, he is not the eldest son. The Wang family has many legitimate sons. Except for the eldest son, the others are no different from the common sons. I will ask the master right now. See if Wang Heng can move..."

After following the master for many years, although he is not arrogant enough not to take the King of Han seriously, but who is the Crown Prince of Han? Unless the King of Han succeeds to the throne and he becomes the crown prince, why should he scheme against the Li family and the young master?

Li Nuo continued to look at the file in his hand.

Two quarters of an hour later, Butler Wu walked in again.

He looked at Li Nuo and said: "The master said, I am just a legitimate son of the Wang family. Whatever the master wants to do, just do it boldly. The law is majestic and does not allow for provocation. As long as we act in accordance with the law, no matter what happens, we will have the support of the court... …”

He just forced someone from Zongzheng Temple yesterday. The words "the law is majestic and cannot be challenged" made Li Nuo blush a little.

But facts aside, the truth is indeed true.

…

Chang'an.

Zuiyue Tower.

At the window on the second floor, the Prince of Han personally toasted a thin middle-aged scribe with a glass of wine and said: "It is a joyful thing to have the honor of meeting Mr. Su. Let's drink this cup together..."

While drinking and drinking, the Prince of Han became more acquainted with this rare strategist.

After another glass of wine, he finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and said: "Mr. Su, I am really curious and want to see the methods of the strategist. I wonder if you can satisfy my wish?"

The middle-aged scribe smiled and said, "Since the Crown Prince wants to see it, then Su will show off his shame."

The three of them came to the window. The middle-aged scribe looked down and said to the Prince of Han, "Your Highness, look at the man in gray clothes and high hat."

The Prince of Han looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough he saw a man in gray clothes and a high hat walking on the street.

The middle-aged scribe said: "When he passes by here later, he will walk into Zuiyue Tower."

The prince of Han Dynasty was doubtful.

The believer was the person recommended by Lin Ting, but the suspicion was because, judging from the clothes of the man in gray, his family was definitely not wealthy. He could not even afford a dish at Zuiyuelou, so how could he come here? Zuiyue Tower?

Can he predict the future?

But this is the skill of the Yin Yang family!

The middle-aged scribe continued: "After he walks into Zuiyue Tower, he will cover his chest and collapse. If your highness doesn't believe it, you can go down and have a look."

Prince Han smiled and said, "I believe you, sir."

He stared at the man in gray clothes and saw him walking quickly on the street. When passing Zuiyue Tower, his footsteps suddenly stopped and he turned in unexpectedly.

Before the Prince of Han could be surprised, he saw the middle-aged scribe stretching out his right hand and shaking it hard.

Suddenly there was a sound full of pain from below, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and the crowd's screams.

The Prince of Han hurriedly ran to the first floor and saw the man in gray lying on the ground, clutching his chest in pain and moaning continuously.

It turns out that this is how Li Shou died...

The strategist is indeed amazing!

He walked to the second floor, bowed his hands to the middle-aged scribe, and said, "Sir, you are so powerful. It is really an eye-opener for me."

The middle-aged scribe said modestly: "Your Majesty, you are too generous. Su is not good at cultivation and can only control ordinary people. If his body was not weak, it would not be easy to kill him like this..."

The Crown Prince of Han was about to praise him a few more times, when suddenly a man hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good. Prince Wang Heng has been captured by Dali Temple!"