Madam, protect me!

Li Mansion.

Li Nuo had just sent off his master and two senior sisters.

Although he wanted them to stay for a few more days, a martial arts half-saint of the sixth realm who had lived in Chang'an for a long time could not guarantee that His Majesty would not be suspicious, so his master took the initiative to say goodbye.

This seemed to be a tacit rule among the strong men on the continent.

Every sixth-level strong man had his own territory.

They would not hope that another strong man of the same level would stay in their territory for a long time.

After sending off his master, Li Nuo came to the Honglu Temple again.

The Honglu Temple has been extremely busy these days.

The Dali Temple is responsible for killing people, and the Honglu Temple is responsible for handling funerals, providing a one-stop service for killing and burying bodies.

A few county kings died today, and a few county dukes died tomorrow. Their funerals must be handled by the Honglu Temple.

Because of the crimes they committed, the specifications of the funeral must be greatly downgraded. Although the process is a little simpler, it cannot withstand the large number of deaths.

The Honglu Temple could no longer take care of the funerals of those officials. It was too busy with the affairs of these top dignitaries. Two junior officials, another temple secretary, and those officials who did not often come to the Honglu Temple were also urgently recalled.

It was not easy for Li Nuo to go to their homes to pay his respects. The people were killed by his father. It was too inhuman for him to go to their homes to pay his respects. He should at least consider the feelings of the families.

So he was only responsible for the arrangements in the Honglu Temple.

In the past few days, the officials of the Honglu Temple were also discussing these things.

From the mouths of these old officials, Li Nuo accidentally learned some old stories.

To be precise, it was about his father.

When he first entered the officialdom, he and other young officials were ambitious to promote a series of reforms.

Including the reform of the imperial examination system, the abolition of the inheritance of titles, the abolition of the privileges of the powerful, and the implementation of the land reform...

For the people, the reform is positive and beneficial, but every one of them touched the interests of the powerful and the aristocratic families. At that time, it was led by the Wang family and pushed by the powerful and nobles, which made them deeply involved in a major case of treason.

In the end, only his father survived among the nearly twenty new scholars.

And he chose to betray his fellow students to save his life and get promoted.

It is impossible for so many officials and powerful people to be involved in the case of the Eastern Palace, and the Dali Temple killed those who participated in the case that year, and all the others were acquitted.

This is certainly not a coincidence.

If it is based on equal laws, these powerful people, one by one, will be beheaded, and there will definitely be no innocent people.

It’s just that the means of killing them are not normal means.

Normal means cannot make them surrender.

From the perspective of the Legalists, this behavior is not in line with the rules. Killing people by false accusation with selfish intentions will not increase any cultivation, but will damage cultivation.

This is also a pain point for the Legalists.

If you don't practice the Legalists, you won't have these concerns.

Or if you practice the Legalists to a very high level, you can completely follow the law in your heart, but that level is far from even the current peace.

From a certain perspective, it is not a good thing for Li Nuo that his father killed so many people.

After the Legalists reach the fifth level, it will be more difficult to improve their cultivation.

In fact, after the fourth level, the growth of cultivation is extremely slow.

Although the increase in cases has not decreased, the cultivation required to break through the realm is more than ten times the previous one, which cannot be accumulated by ordinary cases alone.

Killing more corrupt officials, dignitaries and the like can speed up cultivation.

But the problem is that with the case of the Eastern Palace, the top dignitaries in Daxia have almost been killed by his father, and there are not many left for Li Nuo to kill.

One fact that has to be admitted is that his biggest competitor on the road of practicing law is his father.

Ironically, his father is not a practicing law...

If all these people were his achievements, how much life and cultivation would he have added?

Of course, Li Nuo was just fantasizing.

He currently has no way to deal with those dignitaries. They have a gold medal of immunity from death and can offset the death penalty with their titles. If he wants to deal with them, he must use methods other than the legalists...

...

Half a month has passed since the Donggong case.

It was not until yesterday that the Caishikou was restored to peace and no one was pushed out to be beheaded.

In the past half month, this Caishikou has been a river of blood. The stone slabs on the ground have been washed and dirty, and washed and dirty, and they can't be cleaned at all.

Until now, the ground there can no longer be washed out of its original color. Even if it is washed clean, it seems that you can smell a faint smell of blood when you pass by there.

In half a month, more than a hundred people were beheaded here.

Among them, dignitaries accounted for more than half, and officials accounted for a small half.

In the face of the charge of treason, no matter if they were earls or marquises, dukes or princes, or officials of the fourth or even third rank, they were truly treated equally and killed as they were told.

The dignitaries who were not implicated were also in danger, staying at home and not seeing outsiders, fearing that the people from the Dali Temple would come to their door and accuse them of treason.

The whole Chang'an seemed to be shrouded in a bloody atmosphere.

However, the people of Chang'an had a different feeling.

There was a bustle at Caishikou every day. On weekdays, these high-ranking dignitaries would not even bother to look at them. Unexpectedly, one day, they had the honor of seeing these people queuing up to be beheaded.

They didn't care whether these people participated in treason or not.

The crimes committed by these powerful men are too numerous to describe. Which one or which family is not burdened with heavy blood debts? Now that they are in this situation, the people just want to shout and be happy.

In the case of the East Palace, Dali Temple was very cruel to these powerful officials.

But he was particularly tolerant of the accomplices back then.

Because they were all under coercion, the deceased accomplices were no longer held accountable for their relatives. As for the two living female officials in the palace, they were only executed and their families were spared.

If we really want a harsher sentence, it would not be an exaggeration to punish these three clans.

However, regarding this case, it is somewhat unrealistic to punish the three clans.

The main culprits were King Han and King You. If they were to be killed by these three clans, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty and the powerful people were also closely related to the royal family? If they were all killed, there wouldn't be much of the royal blood left.

In this case, we might as well only punish the key criminals. This is also a rare example of Dali Temple showing tolerance and kindness in this incident.

Looking back on the whole thing, the King of Han, King You, the dignitaries, the Wang family and their party members all lost completely in the confrontation with Li Xuanjing.

The King of Han and King You lost everything, and dozens of dignitaries were killed in Caishikou. The officials supported by the Wang family were bloodbathed in this incident. In just half a month, they changed from the family with the greatest influence on the court to The family with the weakest influence.

It only takes a few days to ruin it all.

But to restore its former glory, the Wang family will have to pay at least several more decades.

According to the conclusion given by Dali Temple, the Wang family was also involved in the East Palace case. Combined with the relationship between the Wang family and the King of Han over the years, it is somewhat credible.

However, apart from killing Wang Yue, the court did not investigate the Wang family in depth.

Similarly, the Wang family has remained silent about Wang Yue's death and the purge of officials in the Wang family.

But everyone knows that this matter is far from over.

To say that Wang Heng's death was just a slap in the Wang family's face.

This incident has dug the roots of the Wang family.

Behind this abnormal calm, bigger waves are brewing.

royal palace.

In the imperial garden, two figures were playing chess.

Emperor Xia looked much younger than half a month ago. He thought for a moment, slowly dropped a chess piece, and said, "Can you stop it?"

Li Xuanjing said: "I obey the order."

Emperor Xia took a sip of tea and said: "This time, I will not save the Wang family's face at all. Although the Wang family has temporarily tolerated it, it has laid a huge hidden danger after all."

Li Xuanjing picked up a chess piece and said: "Now that the matter is over, why don't Your Majesty take action and simply wipe out the Wang family? Wouldn't it save you from worries about the future?"

Emperor Xia coughed, put down the tea cup, and said, "Do you think I am you, who can destroy someone's whole family just by framing a crime? You are shameless, but I still want to..."

Li Xuanjing played chess seriously and stopped talking.

After an unknown period of time, Emperor Xia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Do you think I don't want to destroy the Wang family? If there is only one Wang family, then that's it. Those two old guys are nothing to worry about. But if I touch the Wang family, The other countries will definitely not sit idly by. When the time comes, the world will inevitably be in chaos. The other countries will not miss this opportunity. Daxia may die in my hands..."

He looked into the distance with deep eyes and said: "For thousands of years, there has been no dynasty that does not want to solve the family's problems. If I can do it, even if I die because of it, I will be worthy of my ancestors..."