Madam, protect me!

Song Yu was very moved, moved and blamed herself at the same time.

He was moved that his brother-in-law repaid evil with kindness, and he blamed himself for his past actions. He explained: "Actually, I didn't target you before. I just felt that you were not worthy of a beautiful woman at that time, so I went too far towards you. I hope you don't blame me. …”

Li Nuo can understand Song Yu. If it were him, if his family wanted to marry his sister to a fool, he would probably go even further.

He waved his hand magnanimously and said, "We are all one family. There is no need to mention the past things again..."

Song Yu said gratefully: "Thank you very much, brother-in-law!"

After the words fell, two figures hurriedly walked into the county government office.

Song Yu turned around and said in surprise: "Dad, brother-in-law, why are you here!"

The thin young man stepped forward and asked with concern: "Xiaoyu, are you okay?"

Song Yu smiled and said, "Fortunately, my brother-in-law is here, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss today."

After Song Yu and others were taken away by the Chang'an County captain, Chen Ling rushed back to the Song Mansion immediately and informed Song Lian of the matter. The matter involved the government and was beyond their ability to handle.

Worried that Song Yu would suffer a loss, the two hurried over, only to see that Song Yu was fine and chatting and laughing with Li Nuo.

After hearing Song Yu tell what happened, Song Lian breathed a sigh of relief, glared at him fiercely, and said, "You bastard, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

Song Yu retracted his neck, not daring to say anything more.

Then, Song Lian looked at Li Nuo again and said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, this bastard has caused you trouble."

Li Nuo smiled and said: "Second uncle, you're welcome. As a family, we should all be together."

Facing the thanks from Song Yu and his son, Li Nuo felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

After all, his original intention was not to save Song Yu.

Although he is Madam's cousin and one of her brothers-in-law, Li Nuo has no friendship with him, and there is a bit of conflict between them.

However, since Song Yu apologized so sincerely, Li Nuo is not a stingy person. In the final analysis, he is still doing it for his wife's good. Li Nuo can distinguish this point, whether to say it or not. There is still quite a lot of love between the children of the Song family. of.

After a while, several people left the Chang'an County Government Office together.

Li Nuo originally wanted to go home directly, but Song Yu grabbed his arm and insisted on letting him go back to the Song family together. Li Nuo couldn't resist him, and because of the invitation from his second uncle Song Lian, he agreed.

Back at Li's Mansion, he was once again guarding the courtyard alone.

With Muer chattering around, the Song family was much more lively. Perhaps because he had never experienced such liveliness in his life, Li Nuo liked the atmosphere of the Song family very much.

Before getting on the carriage, Li Nuo remembered something, looked at Song Lian, and asked, "Second uncle, have you caught the thief who stole the birthday gift last time?"

Song Lian shook his head and said: "I have checked all the servants of the Song family, but there is still no clue. The Ruyi pair should be missing."

At that time, everyone in the Song family prepared many birthday gifts that were higher in value than the pair of Ruyi. However, the other party only took away the pair of Ruyi. It was obviously aimed at the wife or Li Nuo, so Li Nuo paid special attention to it.

After all, no one wants to be remembered secretly.

The servants of the Song family probably don't have the courage.

Li Nuo had doubted Song Yu, and he had also doubted Song Qian. After all, in the entire Song family, these two people were the only ones who had conflicts with his wife. Now it seemed that it was not Song Yu. After getting to know him more deeply, Li Nuo knew that he would not People who do this kind of thing.

As for Song Qian, although she always targets the lady, her intuition told Li Nuo that she was not responsible for this matter.

But if it wasn’t Song Yu and Song Qian, who could it be?

At the gate of the Chang'an County Government Office, two carriages started and drove slowly towards the Song Mansion.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Zhou family was particularly solemn.

Two brothers, Zhou Yu and Zhou Tao, were kneeling on the ground. Even though their buttocks were still aching, they did not dare to moan even once.

In front of the two of them, their father, the doctor of the driving department, frowned and asked: "You mean, you and Song Yu had a fight first inside the academy and then had a fight outside the academy because of a prostitute. Just now. When the fight started, people from Chang’an County government showed up?”

Zhou Yu defended: "Dad, Miss Yuanyang is not an ordinary brothel girl..."

"That's still a prostitute!"

The doctor in the driving department glared at him and said angrily: "A prostitute who rides for thousands of people, but you treat her like a treasure. You have disgraced the eighteen generations of Zhou family's ancestors!"

Zhou Yu wanted to refute, but when she saw the look in her father's eyes, she trembled and didn't dare to speak.

The doctor from the driving department continued to ask: "Besides fighting for women, is there nothing else?"

Zhou Yu immediately said: "No more."

Hearing this, the doctor in the driving department relaxed his brows a little. He was really afraid that these two boys would do something that would violate the law and ruin the family tradition. This kind of thing can be big or small. Most of the time, it is a trivial matter. The Zhou family is in Chang'an. He is somewhat powerful and can settle some small matters.

But once there is even the slightest connection with Li Xuanjing, small things may turn into big things.

Now it seems that Li Xuanjing probably didn't want to touch him.

Otherwise, just the Ninety Penalty Rod would have made these two bastards faint, without a chance to kneel here and reply.

At this time, Zhou Tao, who was kneeling, seemed to have remembered something. He raised his head and said, "I remembered that the gentleman who taught law at that time said that the immediate family members of officials above the seventh rank of the imperial court can use silver to atone for their sins. The staff only costs ninety taels of silver..."

He didn't remember anything else in the law class, but he remembered this one very clearly.

After all, his father was a doctor in the driving department and a fifth-rank official in the imperial court. As long as he committed a crime under exile, he could use money in lieu of punishment.

When he was at the Chang'an County Government Office just now, he was so nervous that he actually forgot about such a big thing.

Zhou Yu's whole butt was still burning. Hearing this, he glared at his younger brother and said angrily: "Why didn't you say anything just now!"

As soon as the words fell, the two brothers were kicked hard again on their just-punished buttocks. The doctor in the driving department said angrily: "You bastards, don't learn from the good ones, and only learn from the bad ones!"

This kick hit the injured buttocks. Zhou Tao's painful forehead broke out in cold sweat, and he defended himself: "Dad, why are you being unreasonable? This is what Mr. Lvxue taught in the "Da Xia Lv" class. I don't take it well." You beat me when I listen to the class, and you beat me when I listen to the class well..."

The doctor in the driving department glanced at his two sons and said in a deep voice: "Idiot, not everyone in this world will reason with you. There were officials who used atonement for their sons who committed adultery, and it only cost a trivial amount of money." Three hundred taels of silver. The result was that a month later, he was dismissed from office due to other cases, and his family property was returned to the state treasury. Including himself, all the men in his immediate family were killed, his subordinates were sent into exile, and his female family members became official maids. …”

In Daxia, county yamen, government yamen, punishment department and other yamen in various places can use the atonement.

Only Dali Temple cannot.

Li Xuanjing is a ruthless and unkind person. If he sentences you to three years in prison, you'd better plead guilty honestly and serve three years in prison. After serving your sentence, you can live in peace. As long as you don't commit any new cases, you can rest easy from now on.

If money is used to absolve guilt, Li Xuanjing will not stand in the way. After all, there are indeed provisions in Daxia law.

But you disobeyed him this time, so you have to be careful next time. You'd better not do anything that breaks the law before, and you won't do it in the future. Not only you won't do it, but your family and relatives won't do it either. , otherwise you will soon know Li Xuanjing's methods.

Not only is he the minister of Dali Temple, but he also controls the imperial court's largest secret spy agency, the Mirror Division. There are indeed many people in the court who cannot be touched by him, but there is no one who can touch him without His Majesty, including those who hate him. His bone-deep princes.

The magistrate of Chang'an County is a member of Li Xuanjing, and the Chang'an County Government Office has naturally become the sphere of influence of Dali Temple. This is why the doctor who took the exam could have used three hundred taels of silver to absolve himself of the crime, but he still chose to give up his son, resign and go into seclusion, and donated all his money. Reasons for family property.

He must know that some things about him cannot withstand investigation, and all he does is just to save his life.

The doctor in the driving department glared at them again and said coldly: "Don't talk about the far ones, just talk about the nearby ones. The doctor in the official department, the doctor, must have more power than your father and me. His son committed adultery and was found out by Dali Temple. Now, do you know what the result is? The doctor who took the exam personally tied up his son and handed it over to the government, donated all his family property, resigned and returned to his hometown, just a few days ago..."

After learning these things from their father, the Zhou brothers had already turned pale and their bodies were shaking like chaff. They said in a trembling voice: "Dad, you must save us!"

Seeing their looks, the doctor of the driving department knew that the purpose of shocking and admonishing had been achieved. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry. This is just an ordinary fight. It doesn't involve Dali Temple. But , just to be cautious, I still have to prepare a generous gift and follow me to the Song Mansion to apologize..."