Madam, protect me!

After a while, Li Nuo walked out of the county jail.

This girl has a clear distinction between grudges and grudges.

That stab was the stab in return.

Although Li Nuo didn't do it himself, he didn't intend to argue with her about it.

Before leaving, Li Nuo also told Pei Zhe to find someone to treat her wounds and move her to a better cell.

If her wounds are not treated, she may die in prison.

The prison in the county government office had limited conditions, and the single room she lived in was already of good standard. Only after the files were reviewed by the Ministry of Punishments and the person was removed from the county government office would the prisoners be managed uniformly.

On the way back to Li's Mansion, Li Nuo was eager to know what his father had done over the years to earn such a series of comments as forming a clique for personal gain, monopolizing power, betraying trust, taking bribes and perverting the law, murdering loyal people, and disregarding human life...

He glanced at Butler Wu who was standing aside. There was a high probability that he would not elaborate on these matters with him.

But what he said is right. There is no clear boundary between the pure and the treacherous. If Li Nuo wants to get the answer, it is best to find it himself.

To him, the answer was important.

Returning to Li Mansion and arriving at his small courtyard, Li Nuo unexpectedly discovered that his wife was actually here.

On the street just now, although he had expected it, if the wife hadn't been there, he still wouldn't have been able to dodge the knife. Li Nuo walked up to her and said, "On the street just now...Thank you, madam."

Song Jiaren said softly: "As a family, there is nothing to thank you for."

What Li Nuo once said to her was returned by her.

She saved his life twice in critical moments. If there is one person in this world that Li Nuo trusts the most, it must be my wife.

Although Li Nuo also trusted Butler Wu, the latter was more loyal to his father and would not tell him clearly about many things.

As for the lady - based on Li Nuo's understanding of her, she is actually hard on the outside and soft on the heart, which is a good breakthrough.

Li Nuo thought for a while, sat down next to her, looked into her eyes, and said sincerely: "Madam, you are the one I trust most in this world. Can I ask you a few questions?"

"ah?"

Song Jiaren was startled when she heard this.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

The person he trusts the most is himself?

Although they were called husband and wife, she not only failed to fulfill her responsibilities as a wife, she also beat him indiscriminately.

How could the person he trusted the most be himself?

Looking at Li Nuo's extremely serious eyes, Song Jiaren lowered her head without revealing any trace and said, "You can ask."

Li Nuo said: "I want to ask about my father."

Song Jiaren was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.

She didn't intend to say it originally. Given her status, it was inappropriate to say these words.

But he said so, if she didn't agree, wouldn't she have betrayed his trust?

Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief. My wife grew up in Chang'an. Her father-in-law and her father were once sworn friends. She must know her father far better than she does.

He thought for a while and asked: "I want to know what kind of person he is in my wife's heart..."

Song Jiaren sat there, her eyes wandering, and she was still in disbelief. The person he trusted the most was himself, how could it be him? What could she trust...

Li Nuo waved his hand in front of her eyes and asked tentatively: "Madam, Madam?"

…

Li Nuo just learned a lot of things from his wife.

Forming cliques for personal gain, monopolizing power, betraying one's trust, taking bribes and perverting the law, murdering loyal people, disregarding human lives...the charges that the assassin placed on him were not without purpose.

His Majesty, the Emperor of Daxia, began to ignore government affairs ten years ago and focused on pursuing immortality. He completely delegated power to the various ministries of the court. As a result, the power of the top officials in the court lost the most important restrictions.

Since then, the power of the six ministries, nine temples and other important departments in the court has expanded rapidly and lost restraint. The power of each minister has reached its peak since the founding of Daxia.

However, the functions and powers of various departments in the imperial court were not the same.

The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of official promotions, and the Ministry of Husbandry is in charge of the country's money and food. The chiefs of these two ministries are monopolistic in power, but they are nepotism, and they are biased in allocating funds. The most serious thing is that they are demoted and reduced in salary.

But the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple can directly kill people.

Among the two, Dali Temple is the most respected.

Strictly speaking, the Ministry of Punishment is not a subordinate of Dali Temple. The minister of Dali Temple is on the same level as the Minister of Punishment, but the authority of the Minister of Dali Temple is much greater than that of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

The Ministry of Punishment can only deal with civilians and minor officials below the seventh rank. Before handling, they must be submitted to Dali Temple for review.

The Minister of Dali Temple can directly deal with officials below the fourth rank without going through three provinces, which is really related to the life and death of most officials in the court.

This is a dictatorship.

The dictatorship is indeed a dictatorship, but in the current court, the officials of various ministries in the court are all dictatorship.

As for forming cliques for personal gain, the prince died of illness ten years ago, His Majesty ignored the government affairs, and the eight princes are trying their best to develop their own party members in order to fight for power. It can be said that most people in the court are forming cliques for private gain, and this is not a big problem.

And corruption and perversion of the law...

Although the official position of the Minister of Dali Temple is high and his annual salary is not low, the annual salary alone cannot afford the Li family's current house or support so many servants and guards, so people are sure that he embezzled a lot of money.

Li Nuo knew a little about this matter. Among all the princes, his father stood on the side of Prince Chun. This house was given by Prince Chun, and the silver was also sent by Prince Chun...

He murdered loyal and good people, and took human lives lightly... He did kill people's whole families at any time. However, if the loyal and good here are all "loyal and good" in quotation marks like the magistrate of Qinghe County, these two sentences are actually praising him.

Reputation can be faked, and the "Code" will not lie. Li Nuo's life was increased by 30 days by beating the assassin to death, which shows that the other party is indeed a person who deserves to die.

Moreover, he killed the entire family of the magistrate of Qinghe County, leaving only his daughter who was unaware of it. Strictly speaking, it even violated the laws of Daxia.

Li Nuo is now very familiar with the laws of Daxia. As a parent official, he colluded with officials and bandits to abduct and sell hundreds of good women in the county. This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. His whole family must be punished, and no one can escape.

Among all his crimes, the most criticized one is actually the most inconspicuous betrayal.

More than ten years ago, when he first entered the officialdom, he promoted reforms with more than ten of his fellow students, but ultimately failed. More than ten newly-appointed Jinshi were accused of treason and all were executed.

And he was their executioner.

He betrayed his fellow students in exchange for the opportunity to rise to prominence. In the past ten years, he rose rapidly and eventually became the Supreme Court Minister who can cover the sky with one hand.

It was precisely because of this incident that he became the object of everyone's curse in Daxia, and anything he did afterwards would be infinitely magnified.

Of course, his methods were really cruel. In the past ten years, especially after His Majesty delegated power, the court of Daxia was almost washed by him with blood.

There were many loyal and good people who died in his hands, and even more corrupt officials, which made Daxia officials change color when they heard "Li", and therefore he was called "Living King of Hell"...

Officials in the court were too afraid of him, and they didn't even dare to use silver to exempt themselves from punishment.

Even if this was allowed by Daxia law.

Once an official tries to use silver to exempt from punishment, within three months, he will be demoted or exterminated for other reasons.

So the examiner knew that paying three hundred taels of silver would exempt his son from punishment, but he still tied him up and sent him here.

Li Nuo thought he didn't understand the law, but he didn't expect that he didn't understand his father.

Should I say it or not, Li Nuo supports him on this point.

We all have one nose and two eyes, and no one is nobler than anyone else. Why can some people who break the law pay a little money to be exempted from punishment, treat human life as grass, and the law as nothing? Haven't you heard that kings, princes, generals and ministers are of different species?

But if it is true that he sold his friends for glory, he can't blame others for saying so.

Since ancient times, people have hated traitors and treacherous villains.

Li Nuo sighed for a long time, feeling conflicted and complicated.

In the future, when it comes to eliminating harm for the people, punishing traitors and eliminating flatterers, he will be three points weaker in momentum.

Although the book says that killing one's relatives for the sake of justice can break through the bottleneck of the Legalists and quickly improve the cultivation of the Legalists, does he have the ability to do so?

On the contrary, it may be Tiangang who will be destroyed.

Seeing him frowning and sighing, Song Jiaren couldn't help but say, "Others are others, you are you, you do your thing, why do you care about others?"

Li Nuo was slightly stunned.

Yes, he judges his cases and amends his laws, why should he care about others?

Doesn't he stop practicing Legalism because his father is a traitor?

Isn't that just waiting to die?

Whether his father is a traitor or a loyal minister, it makes no difference to him, he needs to judge cases to fight for his life.

No, there is still a difference. If there is no such father, will the officials of Chang'an County Government pay attention to him, and will the doctor of the Ministry of Examination be so cooperative to send his son to trial?

Definitely not.

Without the traitor Li Xuanjing, the county magistrate Pei would not care about him, and the doctor of the Ministry of Examination would not kill his relatives for the sake of justice.

It is precisely because of such a father that his life extension journey can be so smooth.

Otherwise, he would have died on the third day after crossing over.

He looked at Song Jiaren.

It was really a word to wake up the dreamer.

Although the lady was uneducated, what she said was still very reasonable.

She just said a few words lightly, and Li Nuo's originally depressed mood suddenly became clear.

Li Nuo held her hand and said sincerely: "Thank you, lady!"

Last time at the old lady's birthday banquet, although he also held the lady's hand, he didn't feel it carefully. Now he found that her hands were smooth and slippery, and she didn't look like a martial artist at all...

Seeing that Li Nuo had returned to his previous appearance, Song Jiaren finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked down at the hands of the two people holding together.

Li Nuo let go of her hand at the right time and changed the subject: "Madam, let's go back to the Song family tonight..."

Li Nuo had mixed feelings about his father.

The father and son were not familiar with each other, and now he didn't know how to face him.

Compared to the deserted Li Mansion, he felt that the Song Family was more like a home.

There was the lovely Muer during the day, and the fragrant wife at night.

Song Jiaren did not respond immediately. In fact, she wanted to sleep on the bed tonight...

But thinking of Li Nuo's experience today, she couldn't help but soften her heart and nodded slightly: "Okay..."

[ps: There will be another chapter on Dragon Boat Festival. 】