Madam, protect me!

The man in black stood in the sky, looking at the figure wearing a bamboo hat by the stream, his expression slightly changed.

Although there was no aura fluctuation on the opponent's body, it gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

He looked at the invisible barrier in front of him, looked at the man by the stream again, and asked, "Why are you blocking my way?"

The man looked at him with his hands behind his back and asked, "Where do you come from, and where do you want to go?"

The man in black said solemnly: "No comment."

He didn't want to continue to tangle with this mysterious man, so he wanted to bypass the barrier blocking the road and continue his pursuit.

Although he is not worried about his target running away, this is the Xia Kingdom after all, not the Wei Dynasty. He cannot pursue him too deeply. Once he attracts the strong men of the Xia Kingdom, the situation will become very unfavorable for him.

Bang!

The next moment, he hit an invisible barrier again.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

He changed directions a few more times, but at some point, a solid barrier appeared above, below, behind, and to his left and right, like an invisible cage, trapping him in it.

He finally realized something and said in shock: "Legalist Semi-Saint!"

The reason why he didn't immediately think of the Legalists was because he never imagined that the Legalists of the Sixth Realm actually existed in the mainland today, and they happened to be fishing on the road he had to pass to hunt down those two people...

The invisible barrier that exists around him is the legalist's trap!

Being in the sixth realm, warriors are at a natural disadvantage when encountering Legalists and Confucians.

The Six Arts of Confucianism include "control" and "shooting". Their righteous arrows ignore the true qi defense, and the warrior's escape speed is not as good as the Confucian righteous clouds.

I can't fight again and again, and I can't escape even if I run.

To take a step back, if you encounter Confucianism, you still have the possibility of running away, but if you encounter Legalism, which is also in the same realm, you will be trapped in the cage of heaven and earth, without even a chance to escape.

While resisting the continued contraction of the cage, he explained: "I have no grudges with you, we are just passing by. What do you mean by this!"

Although he said this, in his heart, he had no idea at all.

Of course he knew whether he was passing by or not.

He was entrusted by the Wei court to intercept and kill Li Nuo, the top scholar in Xia's six subjects. If he is willing to submit to Wei, he will be taken back. If he is unwilling to submit, he will be killed directly to prevent him from becoming a traitor to Xia. He served in the imperial court and became a threat to the Wei Dynasty in the future.

This matter was supposed to be top secret, but just when he was about to catch up with the two men, a Legalist Half-Saint blocked his way.

It's hard to say this is a coincidence.

Could it be that Da Wei leaked the news?

Otherwise, he really couldn't think of any other possibilities.

The man wearing a bamboo hat did not explain, but the invisible cage was constantly shrinking.

The man in black tried his best to resist, but he couldn't stop the tightening of the cage.

broken!

This person is not only in the same realm as him, but his cultivation level is far above him.

Could it be that he died here today because of a simple task?

Seeing that the cage had shrunk to three feet around him, he could no longer remain calm, looked frightened, and spoke repeatedly.

"Your Majesty has something to say!"

"There must be a misunderstanding!"

"Can you collect your magical power first?"

"Any conditions are negotiable!"

…

Chang'an.

Looking at the familiar city gate in front of him, Li Nuo let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally came back.

This journey has been very smooth, although there are occasional minor disturbances, but with his strength and identity, they can be easily resolved.

Different from Li Nuo's anticipation and excitement, Song Yiren sighed leisurely when he returned to Chang'an again.

She let go of Li Nuo's hand and said, "Don't forget what I told you."

Li Nuo looked at Yi Ren and saw that she had a firm attitude, so he could only nod helplessly.

During this time in Zhao State, although the two had established a relationship, Yi Ren did not allow him to tell anyone else about it, including the beautiful lady and his mother-in-law.

She didn't explain the reason for doing this, but Li Nuo could only agree to her.

A moment later, Ning Xinyuan.

"Brother Li Nuo!"

"Master sister!"

As soon as Li Nuo and Yi Ren walked in, two figures swooped over. Li Nuo rubbed Mu'er's head and looked forward, finally seeing the two figures that made him think about it day and night...

Seven months pregnant, An Ning was wearing a large dress, and there was no trace of pregnancy. However, because the beauty was pregnant with twins, it was already obvious that she was pregnant.

Li Anning held Li Nuo's hand and looked behind her.

Li Nuo looked back and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Li Anning glanced at him and said, "Let's see if you are flirting with others and bringing other sisters back..."

Speaking of this matter, Li Nuo was still very proud.

In order to win over him, several princes of Zhao Kingdom gave him all kinds of beauties, but he didn't even take a second look at them.

He explained: "How is it possible? If you don't believe it, ask Yiren, she..."

Song Yiren was worried that Li Nuo would leak it, so she quickly said: "I watch him for you every day, and I testify that he is not a prostitute at all, and those messy women don't even have a chance to get close to him..."

After saying that, she gave Li Nuo a subtle hint not to tell him about it.

In fact, she was completely unnecessary. Both An Ning Jiaren and her mother-in-law had known about this matter for a long time, and she was the only one who was still in the dark.

An Ning looked at Yi Ren, smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Song Yiren waved her hand and said, "Of course I have to do what I promised you..."

An Ning suddenly looked at Song Yiren and asked, "Have you made a breakthrough?"

Song Yiren smiled when she heard this, straightened her chest, glanced at Song Jiaren, and said, "Oh, I don't know how, I just practiced and practiced, and I made a breakthrough..."

Jiaren glanced at her and didn't say anything.

Another figure came from a distance, looked at Li Nuo, and asked, "Is this trip going smoothly?"

Li Nuo looked at Su Qing, nodded, and said, "Very smooth."

All the established goals of this trip to Zhao State have been achieved, and there are even many extra gains.

The most important thing is that with the Queen's connection, even if there are any changes in the situation in Daxia in the future, their family will have another better way out.

Mother-in-law was worried that he would encounter some danger in a foreign country, so she asked Yiren to accompany him.

But from beginning to end, there was no assassin or anything like that, but he used this as an excuse to get along with Yiren.

Su Qing glanced at Yiren and gave Li Nuo a cryptic look.

Li Nuo also nodded slightly in response.

Su Qing finally put his mind at ease, looked at Yiren, and said: "Yiren, come here, I want to see how much progress you have made in the past few months, Muer Ninger, you two come too..."

After Yiren and Muer Ninger were taken away by their mother-in-law, only the three of them were left here.

An Ning took Li Nuo's hand and said: "Come on, follow us into the room..."

After a while, Li Nuo's body trembled in the room: "Hiss, you..."

Jiaren's face was slightly red, An Ning pointed her index finger at him, and said: "Hush, this is a reward for you not having affairs..."

After a long time, Li Nuo came out of the room.

For a married person, the past six months have been really hard.

Fortunately, all the hard days are over, and happy life has come again.

Wu, the housekeeper, came running over from a distance and said happily, "Master, you are back!"

Li Nuo asked with a smile, "How has the family been doing in the past few months?"

Wu, the housekeeper, said, "Master, don't worry. Everything is fine at home. The two female doctors have been taking care of the young lady and the princess. The court is also very stable. Everything is the same as before the master left..."

In the past six months, the situation in Zhao has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The health of the emperor of Daxia has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, so the court is naturally stable.

Li Nuo learned from Wu, the housekeeper, that in the past few months since he left, although there were minor frictions between the princes Rui and Gong, there was no major conflict overall. As for the prince Chun, no one dared to provoke him because of his father.

However, although the situation in Daxia was stable, it was not peaceful internationally.

In the past few months, Liang had completely turned to Wei.

Wei stationed troops on the border between Liang and Daxia, claiming to protect Liang, but everyone knew what they were actually planning.

The people of Chang'an are saying that Daxia and Wei will go to war soon.

The court is divided into three factions. The officials headed by the left prime minister believe that once the two dynasties meet, it will inevitably cause the lives of the two countries to be devastated. Daxia's national strength is not as good as Wei, and with the buffer of Liang, Daxia's losses are greater. The court should try to avoid the war.

The officials headed by the right prime minister believe that Daxia and Wei will have a war sooner or later. The court should prepare early and try its best to expand its armaments. When necessary, it can take the initiative to seize the initiative.

Both the advocate and the advocate of war make sense. There are also some officials who do not take any advantage and remain neutral for the time being.

Li Nuo has been busy with the empress's affairs for the past few months and has no idea about these.

It turned out that he had just left at the beginning of the year, and several murders occurred in the Liang State delegation.

These unsolved murders directly became the fuse for Liang State to turn to Wei State.

If Li Nuo had left a few days later, this incident might not have happened.

But then he thought, if he left a few days later, these cases would probably happen a few days later.

He always felt that someone had deliberately sent him away on this mission.

His name was added by the Right Prime Minister. Could it be that the Right Prime Minister was behind all this?

Theoretically, this is unlikely. Li Nuo already has the noble spirit, and it is only the first level. He knows the noble spirit very well.

It is hard to imagine how strong the belief of the fifth level of noble spirit is. How could he do treason.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if His Majesty betrayed Daxia, the left and right prime ministers of the fifth level of Confucianism would not betray Daxia.

Li Nuo shook his head and stopped thinking about these things.

In Zhao State, he had the empress behind him, and he could call the wind and rain by himself.

In Daxia, he did not have such a deep background. These national affairs were considered by the giants in the court.

After returning home, he went to the Song family with Yiren to visit Old Lady Song.

I had a meal with the old lady at the Song Mansion. I wanted to talk to Song Yu, but I learned that he had joined the army.

Song Yu failed the first of the two imperial examinations. Not long after Li Nuo left, he was arranged by his uncle to train in the army.

He was born in a general family, so it was not difficult for him to pass the military selection. If he could not become a civil official, he could still be a military officer.

It happened that the external environment of Daxia was the worst in hundreds of years. Although it was dangerous to join the army, the opportunity was also rare in hundreds of years. It was said that many generals and children of noble families had taken the initiative to join the army.

Before leaving the Song family and going to Dali Temple to see his father, Li Nuo stopped by Prince Chun's Mansion.

Prince Chun was even more kind to them than the Queen. Naturally, he wanted to visit him as soon as he returned to Chang'an.

But as expected, the servants of Prince Chun's Palace told him that Prince Chun was not in the Palace.

Just when Li Nuo was about to leave Prince Chun's Mansion and go to Dali Temple, he suddenly noticed something and turned his head to look somewhere.

In front of a certain hall, a figure stood there, looking directly at him with extremely resentful eyes.

Li Nuo didn't know why Li Yun looked at him like this, as if he had robbed his girl.

He walked forward, waved to him with a smile, and said, "Li Yun, long time no see..."

Li Yun twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's been a long time, but I've heard news about you all the time in Daxia. I've never heard of you talking about telescopes or microscopes before..."

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he understood where his resentment came from.

He smiled, put his arm around Li Yun's shoulders, and said: "Microscopes and telescopes are trivial gadgets. Come here and I will show you something good..."

With a confused look on his face, Li Yun was pulled to the kitchen of the palace by Li Nuo.

The kitchen of Prince Chun's Mansion was very busy. On a row of stoves in the kitchen, soup was stewed all year round. Li Nuo brought Li Yun to this row of stoves and said, "Look."

Li Yun smelled the aroma wafting out of the soup cup, and his throat couldn't help but move.

But he can only look at these soups now.

Only after they are stewed and my father chooses the cup with the most suitable taste can he drink the rest.

He looked in front of him, looked at Li Nuo again, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Li Nuo said: "Look at the soup cup."

Li Yun asked: "Why are you looking at the soup cup?"

The soup in the cup had already boiled and was steaming. The lids of the soup cups made a clanking sound under the impact of the heat.

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Li Nuo could only continue to remind: "Look at the lids of these soup cups, why do they keep making noises?"

Li Yun rolled his eyes at him and said: "Nonsense, the water vapor keeps pushing, can they not move?"

Li Nuo couldn't remind him anymore. The more he understood, the greater the benefits would be.

If he relied solely on his reminder, Li Yun wouldn't get much benefit.

Li Nuo said: "Just watch here, take a good look, look carefully, and use your brain to think about why these lids are pushed by water vapor. Your opportunity to break through is on these soup cups. Wait until you think about it." Got it, come see me again sometime.”

After saying this, he left alone.

Simple soup-making actually contains the core technology of human science and technology. If you can understand the research on soup-making, it will not be difficult to become a Mohist saint in the future...

After leaving Prince Chun's Mansion, Li Nuo came to Dali Temple.

Walking into his father's office, he saw King Chun here.

He was playing chess with himself in the corner of the government office.

When he saw Li Nuo, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, strode up to him, and said in surprise: "When did you come back?"

Li Nuo said: "I just came back and went to the palace to visit Uncle Chun, but you were not here..."

Li Nuo looked at the desk and said, "Father."

Li Xuanjing stood up, nodded slightly, and then said: "Since I'm back, I'll go to Zhongshu Province to recover if I have time."

Thinking of the transfer order issued by the imperial court, Li Nuo said, "I'll be there soon."

The father and son never had anything to talk about, but King Chun kept asking questions around Li Nuo.

He asked curiously: "I heard that the Queen of Zhao has conferred the title of king on you. Is it true?"

Li Nuo nodded and said, "It's true."

King Chun asked again: "I also heard that you and the Queen of Zhao are privately engaged for life. Is this true?"

Li Nuo said: "This is a rumor. The Queen and I are very innocent."

He wanted to ask again, but Li Nuo immediately said: "The imperial court has issued several transfer orders before. I have to go to Zhongshu Province as soon as possible. Father, Uncle Chun Wang, I will leave first..."

Looking at Li Nuo's back as he left quickly, King Chun smiled and said, "He used to say that He An Ning was innocent. He didn't miss the rumors about him and the woman. This kid has a lot of potential, unlike Li Nuo." That bastard Yun..."

After muttering a few words, he sat back in front of the chessboard. He remembered something and asked Li Xuanjing: "By the way, Xuanjing, what were you doing the past two days? I haven't found you all day..."

Li Xuanjing opened a file and said, "I went fishing outside the city."

"What?"

When King Chun heard this, he stood up suddenly and said: "You went fishing and you didn't ask me. Who did you go with, Lao Wu..."