Madam, protect me!

It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Li Nuo slowly rushed to the county government office.

Song Mansion is not far from the Chang'an County Government Office. The reason why he arrived so late was because Li Nuo deliberately asked Butler Wu to take a detour.

He did not take the wide Chang'an Avenue today, but chose the secluded paths with fewer people.

This kind of place cannot be patrolled by street envoys or guards, so it is most suitable for ambush and assassination.

In just half an hour, a small second-level assassin could add thirty days to his life at a time, which was much more cost-effective than the exhausting trial of a case.

Li Nuo hopes there will be more assassins like this.

That's what he thought.

Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Since you have a grudge against your father, you should seek revenge from him. What is the point of killing innocent people indiscriminately?

He was a fool who stayed at home for eighteen years without messing with anyone. Within a few days of becoming smarter, he got up early and worked late at night, wasting his time, energy and money, and worked hard to do practical things for the people. He can be considered a good person after all, right?

Do good people deserve to be held at gunpoint?

There is no such truth in the world.

A true righteous man should have a correct view of right and wrong.

Those who do not find the rightful owner for revenge, but only know how to kill innocent people, are not good people either.

Whenever they dare to jump out, he will arrest and punish each one.

Within the scope allowed by the law, the heaviest sentence will be applied!

Perhaps he had read too many Legalist classics these days, which had a subtle influence on him.

Because of the particularity of spiritual practice, Legalists always give harsher sentences within the scope of the law when judging cases.

Those who can be sentenced to death will never be allowed to live. If they can be exiled for two thousand miles, they will never be exiled for a thousand miles. If they can be sentenced to three years, they will never be sentenced to two years. The rise of every strong Legalist is accompanied by a mountain of corpses in the court. Sea of ​​blood...

Of course, a harsher sentence does not mean killing innocent people indiscriminately. What they kill must be the person who deserves to be killed, otherwise they will not have such a high level of cultivation.

Once there is a serious misjudgment, years or even decades of practice may be wasted...

Fortunately, Li Nuo has the "Code" to correct errors, so he can make judgments with confidence and boldness, and there is almost no possibility of making mistakes.

To his disappointment, after walking around the streets for a long time, he didn't even see an assassin's hair.

Steward Wu must have brought too many guards. Even if they were Grandmasters of the Fifth Realm, they could resist for a long time if they joined forces. No assassin would be stupid enough to send him away.

Li Nuo wanted Butler Wu to reduce the rank of his guard so that he could use it for fishing, but he refused mercilessly.

Butler Wu looked at Li Nuo sincerely and said: "If something happens to the young master, I will never live alone. The young master will let the old slave enjoy his old age..."

Li Nuo sighed helplessly, turned around and walked into the county government office.

In Chang'an County Government Office, Zhang Xiancheng and Wang Xianwei were chatting quietly in a certain room.

"Young master didn't come today..."

"What happened yesterday may have hit him hard enough, and he may not be able to recover for a while."

"Yes, I just heard from Mr. Pei that several censors jointly impeached Mr. Li during the court meeting this morning. They said that he ignored the law and took human life lightly. It should be because of the killing of the assassin yesterday..."

"Tell me, is Gu Wenhan a corrupt official?"

"Does it matter whether he is a corrupt official? Anyway, all the officials in Xuanzhou were bloodbathed by Mr. Li for investigating the case. Prince Rui has been setting out in Xuanzhou for many years, but in the end he made a wedding dress for Prince Chun..."

Li Nuo stood at the door and listened for a while. He really didn't know that the case of the female assassin's father was so involved, and even involved the party dispute between the two princes.

When he walked into the room, Zhang County Cheng and Wang County Lieutenant saw him and immediately stood up and said in panic: "Mr. Master..."

Li Nuo stretched out his hand and pressed down, saying: "Don't be nervous, I have something to ask you. How much do you know about the case of Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan..."

The two looked at each other, obviously not wanting to say anything, but Li Nuo had already summed up some experience in dealing with these guys. They were tough but not soft.

So his face darkened, he slapped the table suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Speak!"

The son of Da Xia's biggest treacherous minister is still very intimidating. Both of them trembled when they heard the sound, and their faces turned pale with fright. In the end, Zhang Xian Cheng gave a bitter smile and said: "I dare not hide it from you, but my subordinates What the official said next are all speculations of other officials in the court and do not represent the official’s own thoughts. Please be clear to me..."

He first issued a disclaimer, and then slowly said: "Although Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan is only a seventh-grade county magistrate, his case caused a stir in the court, and His Royal Highness Prince Rui was also involved in it. The power struggle with His Royal Highness Prince Chun..."

After a while, Li Nuo took the tea handed over by Zhang Xiancheng and took a sip.

The appearance of this case was similar to what he learned yesterday, and there were no major deviations.

Probably Gu Wenhan, the magistrate of Qinghe County, served for three years. He was unkind as an official, knew the law and violated it, and colluded with officials and gangsters. He not only abducted and trafficked hundreds of women from good families, but also committed a series of crimes such as corruption and perversion of the law, extorting and accepting bribes, and embezzling food funds. Later, he committed crimes. Exposed, his whole family was executed by his own father...

Of course, this was just an appearance. Taking advantage of Gu Wenhan's case, Dali Temple purged Xuanzhou officials one by one, and then replaced them with officials loyal to King Chun.

Gu Wenhan had a good reputation in the local area. A large number of people in the court and among the people believed that his crimes were framed by the traitor Li Xuanjing.

His ultimate goal was to unite the party and eliminate the dissidents, and replace all the local officials in Xuanzhou with the followers of Prince Chun.

This method is common in party struggles.

In officialdom, the important thing is not to do the right thing, but to stand on the right side.

Even if an official has a big fault, as long as he follows the right person, those faults will not be considered faults. Even a corrupt official can rise to the top.

But if you follow the wrong person, even if you are an honest official with outstanding ability, you will inevitably waste your life and make no progress. You may even be affected by the power struggle of the upper level and become a victim in the struggle...

Because Li Xuanjing is a big traitor and this case involves party struggles, whether Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan is a corrupt official or an honest official has become a Rashomon.

People are more willing to believe that he is a clean official. After all, he died at the hands of the treacherous official Li Xuanjing, and most of what Li Xuanjing opposes will be supported by the people.

County Magistrate Zhang added tea to Li Nuo, with a cautious expression, and he had reiterated countless times: "These are other people's speculations, not the opinions of the subordinates, please don't misunderstand..."

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Li Nuo comforted him and asked: "Besides the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, where else can we get the files about the Gu Wenhan case?"

For others, this case may just be a topic of conversation after dinner.

But for Li Nuo, the truth of this case is quite important.

Even if it was because of party disputes, from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that this case was just a pretext of the Dali Temple, not a deliberately designed injustice.

Although the 30 days of life he had added had already shown that the assassin was a person who deserved to die, his crime was not written in the code. What is the truth of this case, he still wants to see it with his own eyes.

"In addition to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple..." County Magistrate Zhang thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is indeed a place where the files of Gu Wenhan's case may be kept, that is the Ministry of Personnel. Gu Wenhan is a seventh-rank official. His resume, all promotions and transfers, and annual performance evaluations must be recorded in the Ministry of Personnel, but the case details are certainly not as detailed as those recorded by the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple..."

Not so detailed, but better than nothing.

However, Li Nuo of the Ministry of Personnel did not know anyone. The only person he knew was the Langzhong of the Ministry of Examination. He had just captured his son. If he went to him for help, wouldn't it be like Sun Wukong going to the Bull Demon King to borrow a banana fan? Would he be willing to do so...

Li Nuo looked at the two and asked, "Do you have any connections in the Ministry of Personnel?"

The two shook their heads repeatedly. Those officials in the Ministry of Personnel, relying on the real power in their hands, looked down on them and never took them seriously. How could they have connections in the Ministry of Personnel?

Zhang Xiancheng looked at Li Nuo in surprise and said, "Although we don't have it, you have a deep connection in the Ministry of Personnel..."

Li Nuo was slightly stunned: "Me?"

He has a connection in the Ministry of Personnel, how could he not know?

Zhang Xiancheng said: "Young Master, you forgot that your father-in-law, Mr. Song Zhe, is a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel..."

Li Nuo really didn't know what his father-in-law did. He had only met him twice in total, and he didn't say a word. This father-in-law seemed to be more taciturn than his father.

My wife doesn't like to talk much either, maybe she just follows him.

After getting in a good mood, Li Nuo quickly dealt with two disputes among the people and returned to the Song Mansion.

In Song Jiaren's room, she was reading a book at the table, the thick "Shuowen", and when she heard footsteps approaching, she turned her head and took a look.

Li Nuo walked up to her and said a little embarrassedly: "My wife, can you do me a favor..."