Madam, protect me!

Li Nuo hadn't even finished his cup of tea when a figure walked in from outside.

Li Anning took a tea cup, poured herself a cup of tea, sat next to Li Nuo, and said: "The county government is the county government, much smaller than the Ministry of Justice..."

Li Nuo thought to himself that he was going back to her punishment department after shopping. Why did he sit down and drink tea?

Wang County Lieutenant and the others are coming back soon, so he only had time to make this pot of tea.

But since she was in no hurry to leave, Li Nuo couldn't waste this opportunity.

After all, this was the first Legalist he had ever met, and he was also a high-level Legalist.

Li Nuo had often read in books that a strong person in the fourth level of Legalism could draw an earth into a prison with just a thought, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

He slowly stood up and said with some expectation: "Miss Li, can you use the Drawing Earth Prison once for me to see? Don't get me wrong, I don't doubt your cultivation, I just want to see it..."

"sure."

Li Anning did not hesitate, nodded generously, and said, "Take a step forward and take a look."

Li Nuo took a step forward, and the next moment, there was a pain in his forehead, as if he had hit an extremely thick wall.

But there was nothing in front of him.

He changed directions and tried several more times, but with the same result. It seemed that there was an invisible wall trapping him in a small area.

Is this a trap?

It's really awesome.

The unique ability of the fourth realm of Legalism corresponds to the prison sentence among the five punishments. It can borrow the power of the laws of heaven and earth to create a realm.

The tortured person in the field cannot come out, and outsiders cannot enter, trapping the person alive and dead in place.

Although martial artists are also very powerful, let alone the fourth realm, martial arts masters in the fifth realm do not have this ability.

This is the particularity of Bai Jia Tao.

After hitting the wall countless times, Li Nuo had had enough and said to Li Anning: "Miss Li, I've seen it before. Please let me out."

Li Anning tilted his head and smiled, and said, "Unless you tell me what you found, you can just stay inside."

"..."

Li Nuo realized that compared with the fourth level of Legalism, he was still too young.

She was teased by six-year-old Song Ning'er at home, and she was teased by other women when she came out.

That is to say, the lady is not here, otherwise, it would be her turn to be unruly here?

Hey, this woman seems to be in the fourth realm. I don’t know if the lady can be beaten. Even if she can be beaten, she can’t be beaten. Who makes her a princess...

Since coming to this world, it was the first time that Li Nuo experienced the feeling of being completely crushed from strength to background.

After a while, he sat back on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I just noticed something unusual in Han Zhuo's eyes."

Li Anning asked: "What?"

Li Nuo said slowly: "When he learned that his mother committed suicide in order not to hinder his studies, his eyes should have emotions such as sadness, pain, and guilt, but there should definitely not be joy. Therefore, I asked my men to go to Qingfeng The academy is investigating him, and there should be results soon..."

No one believed the existence of the "Code", so Li Nuo had no choice but to come up with his classic reasons.

Li Anning was surprised after hearing this and said in disbelief: "Can you see this?"

She only saw Han Zhuo's sadness and sadness, and felt that he was a filial son. Is it possible for people to see so many emotions in people's eyes?

Is this guy just making it up to fool himself?

A figure walked into the room, bowed his hand to Li Nuo, and said, "Sir, what you asked your subordinates to investigate has been found out."

Li Nuo was a little surprised: "So fast?"

After realizing that there might be something wrong with the old woman's son, he immediately arranged for someone to investigate him. However, he did not expect that the results of the investigation would already be obtained while Wang County Lieutenant and those people were still on the road.

The guard said: "There is a stronghold of the Mirror Division around Qingfeng Academy. Han Zhuo is well-known in Qingfeng Academy. It is not difficult to find out about him."

This was not the first time that Li Nuo had heard of the "Mirror Division". It seemed to be a secret espionage agency in Daxia, controlled by his father. So, all his guards came from the Mirror Division.

Li Nuo looked at him and said, "What have you found?"

The guard said slowly: "Han Zhuo is a student in Class A of Qingfeng Academy. He is good at all six arts, especially arithmetic and painting. He was admitted to Qingfeng Academy under special conditions a few years ago. He is one of the most favored seed students of Qingfeng Academy. It is very likely that I will be a Jinshi in the next imperial examination..."

Li Nuo nodded. This person did have a specialty. His portrait on the code was lit just now, but he didn't know whether it was in arithmetic or painting.

But this was not what Li Nuo cared about. He looked at the guard and said, "What else?"

The guard continued: "Although there is still half a year before the imperial examination, Han Zhuo has already been spotted by some high-ranking families in Chang'an. It is said that the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Huaiyang took a fancy to Han Zhuo's talent and appearance and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law. …”

Li Anning took a sip of tea, not surprised by this kind of thing.

Officials in Daxia can only be selected from the imperial examinations. Those academy students with excellent grades are likely to be the new officials in the future. They are also the targets of various princes, nobles and major power groups in Chang'an.

If we wait until after the imperial examination and confirm that they have won the Jinshi before recruiting them, the competition will be too fierce and the price will be even greater.

Therefore, some bigwigs in Chang'an would choose to recruit them as early as possible when they are still students.

Recruiting a son-in-law is their most common method.

Li Nuo looked at the guard and said, "Continue."

The guard continued: "Han Zhuo has agreed to marry the daughter of the Huaiyang Marquis's mansion, but the daughter seems to have some opinions about Han Zhuo's mother. She once publicly stated that she was unwilling to live with Han Zhuo's mother after marriage. The two had quarreled over this matter..."

Li Anning frowned when she heard this.

She did not doubt the intelligence of the Mingjing Division.

Huaiyang Marquis was a noble with a title, and his rank was not among the court officials. He was the real dignitary in Chang'an.

It was normal for the daughter of the Marquis's mansion to be spoiled and pampered since childhood and unwilling to serve others.

But Han Zhuo could have what he has today because of his mother's hard work for more than ten years. If he abandoned his mother who gave birth to him, raised him, and worked hard to support his studies in order to get close to the rich after he became successful, what difference would he make from a beast?

If he really did this, once the court knew about it, even if he had already become an official, he would be stripped of his official hat, severely punished, and never be employed again in this life.

Between the daughter of a noble and his mother, he could only choose his mother, no other choice.

Li Anning finally realized something and frowned, "Could it be that Han Zhuo's mother didn't want to drag her son down because she was seriously ill, but wanted to help Han Zhuo and the daughter of Huaiyang Marquis's mansion get married, so she took the initiative to hang herself?"

If his mother was still alive, Han Zhuo certainly couldn't abandon his mother in order to cling to the powerful due to moral pressure.

But if his mother passed away, Han Zhuo would not have to make a choice.

Once he passed the imperial examination, he could take office immediately after mourning for a year, and marrying a wife and having children would not be affected.

Li Nuo shook his head. If she had died without telling her son, Han Zhuo's portrait would not appear in the Code at all.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I suspect that Han Zhuo instigated his mother to commit suicide."

Li Anning looked at Li Nuo with shock in his eyes and asked, "Where is the evidence?"

Also committing suicide, the meaning of Han's mother committing suicide without telling her son and committing suicide after being instigated by her son is completely different.

If Han Zhuo did not know about his mother's death in advance, then this case would be a tragedy led by a great mother for her son's future, and Han Zhuo would not be punished.

But if her death was instigated by her son, it would be a great treason and a violation of human ethics.

According to the laws of Daxia, such beasts who indirectly killed their mothers should be hanged!

Even if the neighbors instigated Han's mother to hang herself, as long as the neighbors did not do it directly, they would be sentenced to three years in prison at most.

But Han Zhuo was her son. Daxia attached great importance to filial piety. A son killing his mother was one of the ten evils. Even if it was just an idea and thought and was not implemented personally, it was not tolerated by heaven and law.

Li Nuo's evidence was the code.

But he could only shake his head and said, "There is no evidence."

Li Anning did not refute Li Nuo this time. Although there was no evidence, she had judged countless cases. From the information she had investigated on Han Zhuo, his suspicion was not impossible.

She pondered for a moment and asked again: "What are you going to do next? He is a student of the academy. If there is no solid evidence, he cannot be tortured. Those students of the academy are not easy to mess with..."

Although these young students are not officials, many of them are future officials.

The court has always attached great importance to them.

As long as they gather together and sit in front of the yamen, even if they say nothing, do nothing, and just sit there quietly, the chief official of this yamen will definitely fail the comprehensive assessment this year.

Pei Zhe, who had been standing outside the door for an unknown period of time, knew that he could not stand any longer.

If this matter is messed up, it will be his official hat that will be lost.

He walked in quickly and said hurriedly: "Sir, speaking of this case, I have a plan, maybe you can try it..."