Madam, protect me!

After being transferred to the Ministry of Justice with great enthusiasm, Li Nuo was completely free after only being busy for half a day.

Not only was he free, but even the entire Ministry of Justice was free.

He could handle all the files collected from various places by himself.

Chang'an had good public security, and there were no major cases on weekdays.

Li Nuo even followed the example of the past and set up the court outside the Ministry of Justice, but few people came to complain.

It was not that the people did not dare to redress their grievances, but that they really had no grievances.

Because of the previous incident in Yuyin Pavilion, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the local government offices in the capital launched a special campaign to eliminate gangsters and evil, and the local hooligans and bullies in Chang'an and around Chang'an were all cracked down and eliminated.

Those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned, those who should be exiled were exiled, those who should be beheaded were beheaded, and those who had umbrellas were dealt with together with their umbrellas.

This action was not a one-off, but had long been normalized and sustained. After a year of rectification, the social atmosphere in the capital had changed a lot.

Li Nuo originally wanted to investigate some corrupt officials.

However, after the last Donggong case, the death of Jingzhao Yin and the disbandment of the Han Wang's party, the middle and low-level officials in the capital have been bloodbathed.

Many senior officials in the three provinces and six ministries also died, and those who did not die were implicated and dismissed from office.

As for the powerful, in the past few months, they died or fled, and the few who remained were also keeping their tails between their legs and rarely went out. Li Nuo couldn't cause trouble for them for no reason.

Moreover, in the past half month, the number of powerful people who moved out has continued to increase.

Almost every day, there are powerful people who flee Chang'an with their families.

The whole circle of powerful people is in panic.

It's not that the Dali Temple has made any moves again, but in the past half month, several murders against powerful people have occurred.

At first, only a viscount was killed.

The Ministry of Justice was ordered to investigate the case, and Li Nuo also went to the scene to see it, but did not find any results.

Later, gradually earls and marquises were killed, and the powerful people in Chang'an were completely panicked.

Before, the Dali Temple killed those dignitaries, at least there was a reason, but those who died in recent days were all assassinated, and it was obvious that someone was hunting dignitaries with a purpose.

The dignitaries all have royal blood, and they have always been high and mighty. They never thought that someone would reach out to them.

They wrote to the court to investigate the case thoroughly.

The three provinces did take this matter very seriously, and ordered the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to catch the murderer, but this kind of case without a beginning or an end, even if Li Nuo had the law code, he could not find any clues.

In order to avoid disaster, the remaining dignitaries also began to flee Chang'an on a large scale.

The Ministry of Justice had no new files or new cases all morning today, and Li Nuo simply took a half-day leave in the afternoon.

Instead of doing nothing in the Ministry of Justice, it is better to stay at home and spend more time with my wife and An Ning.

Practicing law is not like practicing martial arts. A good woman cannot cook without rice. If there is no case, no matter how hard she tries, it is useless.

If I had known, I would have asked my father to leave him some achievements.

It's such a waste to kill so many people so casually...

In Ningxin Garden, Li Nuo just played the piano for An Ning and Jia Ren. This was requested by the two female doctors. During pregnancy, listening to some soothing music is helpful for nurturing the fetus.

They were going to invite musicians from the palace. With Li Nuo here, of course, there is no need to invite others.

Li Nuo has not slackened in martial arts recently. He can already feel the bottleneck of his internal breath. He was about to practice martial arts when Butler Wu came over and said, "Master, there are two people outside who want to see you."

Li Nuo asked, "Who are they?"

Butler Wu said, "They said they are envoys from the State of Zhao."

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment. What did the envoys from the State of Zhao want to do with him?

He is no longer the Minister of the Honglu Temple. Besides, if envoys from various countries have anything to do, they should go to the Honglu Temple instead of his private residence.

Although he felt strange, he decided to go and take a look.

After all, the identity of the envoys from the State of Zhao is still worthy of attention.

As one of the five great dynasties, the relationship between Zhao and Daxia is relatively close. For hundreds of years, the two countries have cooperated closely and have always been friendly neighbors.

Daxia and Zhao are the two weakest among the five great dynasties. Only by keeping warm together can they avoid being annexed by the other three great powers.

After all, all the major dynasties want to unify the world and become the only overlord of the continent.

Once the situation changes, the two countries with the weakest strength will inevitably be the first to be annexed.

There is a room dedicated to meeting guests at the entrance of Ningxin Garden.

When Li Nuo came here, there were already two figures waiting in the room.

The two people, one old and one young, one man and one woman, were received by Li Nuo personally at the beginning. He had some impression of these two people. The old man was the leader of the Zhao delegation, and the woman was one of the envoys of the Zhao delegation.

Li Nuo's impression of the Zhao delegation was more profound.

Because there were several female officials in the Zhao delegation.

In Zhao, women were allowed to enter the government, which was a clear difference between Zhao and other dynasties.

The old man bowed to Li Nuo and said, "Sir, we meet again."

Li Nuo asked the two to sit down, asked Wu Guanjia to make a pot of tea, and then said, "I wonder what the two envoys want to see me for?"

Li Nuo did not say that he was no longer the secretary of the Honglu Temple. Although he had left the Honglu Temple, he could also convey the Honglu Temple to the envoys of friendly countries if they had any needs.

The old man smiled slightly, but did not answer his question directly, but said: "It is true that a hero comes from a young age. That day in Zhongshu Province, you were not afraid of the power and angrily criticized the right minister, which really made us admire..."

Li Nuo remembered that there seemed to be a few people standing in the courtyard of Zhongshu Province that day.

He waved his hand and said politely: "Thank you, thank you..."

The old man smiled and said: "There is no reward at all. When your Excellency solved the case in the embassy, ​​I was also present. Having such a capable minister as your Excellency is really a blessing to the Great Xia court..."

Li Nuo said politely: "Where, where..."

He didn't say much. The two envoys from Zhao State definitely didn't come to him specifically to compliment him. Li Nuo was waiting for them to reveal their purpose.

Sure enough, after saying this, the old man changed his voice and said: "Talents like your Excellency should be reused by the Great Xia court. Unexpectedly, not only did they not reuse you, but they also suppressed you everywhere. Your Excellency has made such great contributions. , it turned out to be just a flat tone, even outsiders like me can’t stand it..."

Li Nuo took a sip of tea.

Look at what the right prime minister is doing, even our friends can't stand it.

The preparation was enough, and the old man took advantage of the situation and said: "In my opinion, you might as well come to our Zhao country to serve as an official. I guarantee that you will never suffer such injustice in Zhao country..."

Li Nuo almost spit out his tea. He never expected that these two Zhao State envoys were here to poach someone.

Li Nuo put down his tea cup and politely declined: "Sorry, I have no such plan for the time being..."

His relatives and friends are all in Daxia, how could he go to Zhao to be an official?

Besides, after struggling for so long, he finally got the position of a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, and he had no reason to go to Zhao State.

At this time, the pretty female official who had been silent until now said, "Your Excellency may have misunderstood. We are not asking you to betray Daxia. Daxia and Zhao often send envoys to each other. As long as you are willing to send envoys to Zhao, we will Help us for half a year..."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "Sorry..."

The pretty female official said: "In return, we can let you take charge of the Zhao State Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Zongzheng Temple for a period of time..."

Li Nuo swallowed back the next words.

The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Zongzheng Temple... these three departments are in charge of all criminal laws. Aren't they able to kill treacherous ministers, punish powerful people, and sentence anyone they want?

All the corrupt officials and dignitaries in Daxia had been killed by his father. As a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, he had no time to spare every day. Compared with Daxia, Zhao State was obviously a piece of fertile soil that had not yet been cultivated.

If we can catch all these people, the fifth realm can be expected...

Seeing that Li Nuo did not refuse immediately, the female official did not rush him and said: "My lord, there is no need to rush to reply. You might as well consider it for some time. We will come to visit again after the new year..."

After that, the two got up and left.

After walking out of Ningxinyuan, the old man asked: "Is he the person that Master Gongsun said?"

The pretty female officer shook her head and said, "Actually, I'm not sure either..."

The old man was slightly startled and said, "If it weren't for him, wouldn't Master Gongsun's death have been in vain?"

The pretty female official combed her hair in front of her forehead and said: "After Master Gongsun finished calculating the hexagram, he vomited blood and died. He just said that the person we are looking for is in Daxia. When I saw him, naturally, Will know..."