Madam, protect me!

Today, Li Nuo is already familiar with the laws of Daxia.

The powerful people in Daxia, as well as their relatives, were legally privileged.

Take Li Yuan, for example, as the eldest son of a first-class marquis. As long as he does not commit a capital crime, even if he is a three-year apprentice and exiled for three thousand miles, he can still be exempted from crime with 600 taels of silver.

Li Nuo's father was a third-rank official in the current dynasty. In theory, he also enjoyed this power.

But the prerequisite for atonement is not committing a capital crime.

There is no atonement for the crime of death. This is the result that countless Legalist predecessors have fought hard to achieve at the cost of their lives.

A hundred years ago, the powerful and their relatives were only fined a hundred taels of silver even if they committed a capital crime.

This is of course in conflict with the Legalist philosophy.

In order to amend the law, the Legalists of that era fought with the imperial court for decades, and countless people shed blood and sacrificed for it.

However, their deaths only moved the law a small step forward.

The scope of atonement ranged from including five punishments to only four, excluding the death penalty.

Moreover, this law does not include the powerful themselves, but only restricts their relatives.

The powerful themselves could still avoid the death penalty by demotion.

In the past few decades, even though countless people are still pushing for reforms, they have not been able to continue to narrow the scope of atonement, but only increased the amount of money required for atonement.

In the past, one hundred taels of silver could buy a life, but now it could only be worth one year in prison.

If Li Yuan really committed a capital crime, he would not be exempted unless Marquis Yunyang passed the title to him now.

Song Yu looked at Li Nuo's serious look, swallowed his saliva, and murmured: "Li Yuan has a very weird personality. He turns his back like a book. Sometimes he will reward all the money he has on him to beggars on the roadside. , sometimes they would break the limbs of beggars just because they soiled their clothes...

"Half a year ago, when he was studying at Yunmeng Academy, because a fellow student reported him for cheating and he lost face, he took that fellow student hostage outside the academy and beat him to death. This incident caused a big fuss in the academy. , Li Yuan was expelled from the academy..."

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows and said, "The government doesn't care about such a big life case?"

Song Yu said helplessly: "At the Chang'an County Government, the deceased's family testified in court that his son was only slightly injured. He slipped and fell when he got out of bed at night, and his head hit the wall and died. At that time, The Chang'an County Magistrate found Li Yuan not guilty and released him in court..."

Li Nuo looked at him and asked, "Are the family members of the deceased still in Chang'an?"

Song Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know. I have to go back to the academy and ask..."

After reacting, he finally realized something. He suddenly looked at Li Nuo and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you going to..."

Li Nuo really wanted to overturn the case for that student.

Since Li Yuan likes to teach the Fa, then have a good talk with him.

Since he came to this world, he has never suffered such a big loss.

Thinking of Li Yuan's arrogant appearance at the gate of the county government office, he felt panicked.

How could he sleep if he couldn't breathe?

Not long after, a carriage slowly drove into a neighborhood in the west of Chang'an City and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

This small courtyard has obviously not been repaired for a long time. The low courtyard wall is full of holes, the walls are covered with weeds, and the red paint on the door has peeled off due to exposure to wind and sun.

On both sides of the courtyard gate is a pair of white couplets.

“The red plums do not fall and the green plums do, but the white hairs send back the black ones.”

The edges of the couplets have turned yellow and rolled up, and are in disrepair, and the horizontal scrolls are missing.

The courtyard door was open, and Li Nuo pushed it open. The old wooden door made a creaking sound, and Li Nuo was really worried that it would fall down the next moment.

When you walk into the courtyard, you are greeted by a strong and musty smell.

The ground was covered with dust and fallen leaves, and a hunched figure stood there, holding a broom and sweeping it away.

Hearing a voice from behind, he slowly turned around and looked at the three figures standing at the door. After a slight pause, he said in a hoarse voice: "Who are you looking for?"

The yard was filled with flying dust. Song Yu coughed twice, covered his nose and asked, "Is this Zhou Hao's home?"

The gray-haired man was silent for a long time before saying: "Zhou Hao is dead."

Song Yu turned to look at Li Nuo and a thin young man, and said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, it seems that this is the place."

He walked up to the man and said, "You must be Zhou Hao's father. My name is Song Yu. I study at Yunmeng Academy and am Zhou Hao's classmate."

The man lowered his head, continued to clean the yard, and whispered: "Zhou Hao is dead, you can leave."

Song Yu said: "Uncle Zhou, we know that there is another reason for Zhou Hao's death, and we are here to help you."

The man shook his head and said: "Zhou Hao fell to death by himself. There is no grievance. Where did you come from? Go back to where you are."

Song Yu was a little anxious and said: "Uncle Zhou, you believe us, we really want to help you..."

The man continued to shake his head: "I have nothing to help, so you can go."

A quarter of an hour later.

Song Yu walked back to the door, licked his dry lips, and said to the two of them: "What should I do? He refuses to reverse the case for his son..."

Zhou Hao's case has been closed for half a year.

At that time, the Zhou family testified in court that Zhou Hao fell to death by himself and had nothing to do with Li Yuan.

Now if he wants to overturn his case, the only way is for Zhou's family to overturn his testimony.

But Song Yu tried his best to talk, but Zhou Hao's father refused to let go, insisting that Zhou Hao fell to death by himself.

In this way, it would be impossible to reverse Zhou Hao's case.

When several people came here just now, they asked the nearby villagers.

The conditions of Zhou Hao's family were not good to begin with. He was admitted to Yunmeng Academy with excellent grades. Not only was he exempted from high tuition fees, but he also received a certain living allowance.

Zhou Hao's family naturally regarded him as the hope for the future of the Zhou family.

Two months after Zhou Hao's death, his mother passed away due to grief.

Since then, his father has become completely decadent.

Li Yuan completely ruined a family because of a moment of shame.

Next to Li Nuo, the thin man said: "He doesn't trust us."

The person who spoke was Song Qian's husband. After finding out the location of Zhou Hao's house, he followed Li Nuo and Song Yu here.

Song Yu felt helpless and asked, "What should I do? How about I go and try to persuade you?"

Chen Ling thought for a while and said, "I'll give it a try."

He walked up to the gray-haired man. The man didn't even raise his head and said, "You guys go back. I really don't have anything to help."

Chen Ling shook his head and said, "It's not that we want to help you, but we want you to help us."

The man stopped cleaning his hands and finally raised his head to look at him.

Chen Ling pointed at Song Yu and said, "Have you seen the young master with the injury on his face? His injury was caused by Li Yuan. His father is a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and his uncle is a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel... "

The man lowered his head again and still said: "I really can't help you."

Chen Ling asked again: "Have you heard of Li Xuanjing?"

The man raised his head suddenly and looked at him with burning eyes.

Chen Ling pointed at Li Nuo and said: "That handsome young man over there is the son of Li Xuanjing, the minister of Dali Temple. He has a grudge against Li Yuan. I need you to identify Li Yuan in court and tell the truth. After the matter is completed, We will give you a thousand taels of silver and send you away from Chang'an to a place where others will never find you, and then help you buy a family property to ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing in the next life..."

After Chen Ling finished speaking, the man knelt on the ground with a thud and cried: "My son is wronged!"

…

A carriage drove slowly through the streets of Chang'an.

There were three people sitting in the usually spacious carriage, which seemed a little crowded.

Li Nuo and Chen Ling were sitting on both sides of the carriage. Song Yu was sitting on the cross stool in the middle, his body swaying from side to side as the carriage rocked.

His heart was also swaying happily.

He looked at the brother-in-law on the left and then at the brother-in-law on the right, and a feeling of happiness came over him.

The three of them are really awesome.

He spent a long time talking, but Zhou Hao's father didn't even look at him.

The brother-in-law said a few words and asked him to kneel down and cry out for injustice.

In the past, the son of a young doctor in the driving department dared to show off his power in front of him.

Now the son of the First Marquis offended him and was chased and beaten like a dog by his brother-in-law.

Although he was either beaten by his older sister or beaten by his younger sister when he was a child, it was not until this moment that he understood what a good thing it was to have older sisters...

Outside the carriage, Butler Wu said, "Master, where are you going now? Chang'an County Government?"

Li Nuo didn't even think about it and said, "I won't go."

Lord Pei and the others have already suffered a lot from themselves. The Li family can't afford to offend Marquis Yunyang, so it's better not to scare them.

Butler Wu tightened the reins and asked, "If we don't go to the Chang'an County Government Office, then where will we go?"

Li Nuo thought for a while and said, "Go back to Song Mansion first, and then go to the Criminal Department."

The carriage drove to the gate of Song Mansion, dropped off Song Yu and Chen Ling, and then rushed to the Criminal Department without stopping.

Her Royal Highness the Princess said last time that if you encounter any difficulties, you can go to the Criminal Department to find her.

He was in trouble now.

In fact, in addition to the Ministry of Punishment, he could also choose Dali Temple.

But speak from your heart.

Li Nuo is more familiar with Princess An Ning than his father.

If the Ministry of Punishment cannot solve the problem, it is not too late to go to Dali Temple for help from my father.

The Song Mansion is located near the Imperial City, not far from various government offices, and the Criminal Department will arrive soon.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the criminal department, and Li Nuo told the porter to look for Capt. Li. After a while, Li Anning, dressed in black and smart, appeared in front of him.

She seemed to be eating, with rice grains still stuck to the corners of her mouth.

Li Nuo pointed to the corner of his mouth, Li Anning looked sideways, stretched out his fragrant tongue and licked it deftly, and the grain of rice disappeared.

She looked at Li Nuo and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Nuo got straight to the point: "There is a case that requires your Highness' help."

Li Anning showed a surprised expression: "The sun is shining in the west, but you can think of me when you have a case?"

She was really surprised. After all, when the two met for the first time, Li Nuo left a good impression on her as a solitary eater.

He is worthy of being a disciple of Legalism.

She knew at that time that they were kindred spirits.

Li Nuo didn't have time to argue with her, so he said succinctly: "There is a human life case. The Chang'an County government wrongly convicted the case before. Now the victim's family wants to reverse the case. Can the Ministry of Punishment take over?"

Li Anning was even more surprised: "It's actually a human life case?"

The rewards of human life cases are far greater than ordinary cases.

She was very sure that Li Nuo was not so kind.

She asked directly: "Since it was the Chang'an County Government that wrongly convicted him, why didn't you go to the Chang'an County Government? If the Ministry of Justice reverses the case, the officials who originally handled the case will be punished."

Li Nuo said, "The official who handled this case is dead."

Li An Ning asked directly, "What case is it?"

Li Nuo no longer hid it and said, "Li Yuan, the son of Yunyang Marquis, beat a student to death half a year ago because of a personal grudge. He then pressured the student's parents to give false testimony in court. At that time, the Chang'an County Court hastily closed the case as an accidental death. Now the victim's family wants to overturn the case..."

Li An Ning looked at Li Nuo dimly.

This guy really didn't have such a kind heart.

Yunyang Marquis was a first-class marquis, and Li Yuan was his eldest son and the future heir to the marquisate. This case was not so easy to overturn.

He really listened to what she told him in Sifang Pavilion. She asked him to find more trouble with officials and dignitaries, and he directly targeted the first-class marquis' mansion. She felt ashamed of herself.

She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you serious?"

Li Nuo nodded and said, "Seriously."

Li Anning is a law-reformer. Of course, she wants to bring all the evildoers in the world to justice, but it is also because of her law-reformer that she has learned to weigh the pros and cons early on.

Marquis Yunyang is not only Marquis Yunyang, but also has a powerful group behind him.

If Li Yuan is touched, it will undoubtedly tell the powerful group behind him that their descendants will no longer be safe in the future and will inevitably be attacked by them.

Even if you are a law-reformer, sometimes, in order to maintain the law in the long run and do things for the people, you have to temporarily succumb to power.

Li Anning looked into Li Nuo's eyes and said, "I have to remind you that your father is your father, and you are you. You are not an official now, but you can still judge cases in Chang'an County Court because the court did not investigate. Once the matter is made public, Li Yuan may not be punished, but you definitely can't continue to judge cases in the county court."

Li Nuo said, "I know."

Li Anning was stunned: "You know?"

Li Nuo said honestly, "I can no longer judge cases in the county court. This morning, the three provinces issued an edict to the Chang'an County Court..."

After listening to Li Nuo's story, Li Anning's pretty face turned cold and she said angrily, "How unreasonable!"

Their Legalists finally had a talented newcomer, but before he entered the country, he was strangled in the cradle by those guys.

If his confidence was hit and he gave up on the Legalists, wouldn't he be very lonely in the future?

Looking at the whole Chang'an, there are only a handful of pure legalist disciples, and there is only this one who is the same age as her and can talk to her...

Li Anning immediately said: "Wait a minute, I'll go call someone!"

Li Nuo saw Li Anning's hesitation just now, stretched out his hand to hold her wrist, and said: "If this matter will be disadvantageous to Your Highness, I'd better go to the Dali Temple and ask my father for help..."

Senior Li Anning is so good to him, don't let her practice be affected because of this matter.

Li Anning waved her hand and said: "Don't worry, this princess doesn't care about a mere Yunyang Marquis. Where is Li Yuan now? We will go to avenge you now!"

As early as when Li Nuo decided to re-investigate this case, he had people observing Li Yuan's whereabouts.

Just now, he led a group of friends and entered a famous restaurant in Chang'an.

Tianxianglou.

It was lunch time. At this time in the past, Tianxianglou was full, but today, there was not even a shadow in the lobby of the restaurant.

The entire restaurant was reserved by a nobleman.

In an elegant pavilion on the second floor, the atmosphere was extremely hot.

Li Yuan took a gulp of wine, feeling extremely happy.

Thinking of the way Li Nuo looked like he didn't like him but couldn't do anything to him at the gate of Chang'an County Government, he felt a little relieved from the frustration he suffered yesterday.

Although he felt that this was far from enough, this was all he could do.

Even his father warned him not to provoke Li Xuanjing's son after this incident.

As the son of the top powerful and wealthy in Chang'an, with the blood of the Great Xia royal family flowing in his body, the law was a joke in his eyes.

In the past, when someone provoked him, he retaliated on the spot.

He never thought that one day, he would have to rely on the law.

And after going through so much trouble, it was just to prevent Li Nuo from solving cases and continuing to practice law.

It was like a punch that was charged and hit on cotton.

"So what if Li Xuanjing's son is no match for Yuan Ge'er?"

"What Dali Temple Minister? He is just a dog of your majesty. When the time comes, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne, he will be the first to be killed!"

"Yeah, a mere dog, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Let's see how he dies when the time comes!"

...

Other children of small nobles present laughed and spoke when they heard Li Yuan talk about what happened today.

Everyone here is a noble of Daxia.

In their eyes, the ministers in the court are just laborers who add bricks and tiles to the Li family's world, and they are the real masters of this world.

Li Yuan took a sip of wine, glanced at everyone, and said: "I remind you, don't underestimate Li Xuanjing, otherwise you will die without knowing how. And Li Xuanjing's son, if you see him, avoid him and don't provoke him, do you hear me?"

These guys are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, looking down on everyone and seeing everyone as chickens and dogs.

If they really fall into Li Xuanjing's hands, they will die more miserably than dogs without the power of Yunyang Marquis Mansion.

As a friend, Li Yuan must remind them.

Li Yuan's solemn reminder made the atmosphere on the scene a little cold, and everyone looked at each other.

Someone couldn't help asking: "Brother Yuan, is Li Xuanjing's son really so arrogant?"

Li Yuan snorted coldly and said: "He hasn't come out in these years, let's not talk about it for now, but now that he has come out, he is one of the people that Changan should not provoke the most. If you fall into his hands in the future, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Everyone's expressions became serious after hearing this.

The atmosphere at the table also became a little colder.

They all speculated in their hearts how powerful this top new noble in Changan that suddenly appeared was, and even made the future second-class marquis so cautious.

Boom!

Just when they thought so, the door of the private room suddenly opened from the outside.

Not open, but fall down.

The two carved wooden doors of the private room collapsed with a bang, scaring everyone.

Li Yuan's two guards lay on the door, holding their chests and groaning in pain.

Li Yuan frowned. In fact, he spent a lot of money to rent those fourth-level guards from outside to show his strength.

Although the fourth-level warriors are far less rare than the fifth-level warriors, they are not common either. The rental price is extremely expensive and is charged by the hour. After leaving Chang'an County Government, he dismissed them.

But even so, the two guards outside were also at the peak of the true energy level, and they were beaten so badly.

Li Yuan looked at the door and his pupils shrank suddenly.

He saw a familiar person.

No, two.

Princess An Ning, how could she be with that guy?

Li Nuo walked into the elegant pavilion where they were having dinner, looked at Li Yuan in the crowd, and said, "What a coincidence, we meet again."

Li Yuan slowly stood up and asked, "Li Nuo, what do you want?"

The other powerful children in the room were disturbed while eating. They were very angry and were about to get angry. When they heard Li Yuan calling Li Nuo's name, they sat back silently.

They didn't believe what Li Yuan said just now.

Now they believe it.

Li Xuanjing's son is really arrogant.

Li Nuo looked at Li Yuan and said lightly: "There is a case that requires your cooperation."

Li Yuan asked back: "Do you dare to disobey the imperial edict?"

Li Nuo turned to look at Li An Ning.

Li An Ning looked at Li Yuan and said: "There is a case that requires your cooperation. Come with us to the Ministry of Justice."

...

On the streets of Chang'an, Li Yuan and several followers walked in front, and Li Nuo and Li An Ning followed behind.

Li An Ning did not let the police of the Ministry of Justice take any compulsory measures against Li Yuan.

No matter what, he is a powerful person. In the case of an undecided case, as long as he is willing to cooperate, the Ministry of Justice does not have to use force on him.

Li Nuo turned his head to look at Li An Ning and asked, "If this case is overturned, how will the Ministry of Justice sentence it?"

Li An Ning said, "According to the laws of Daxia, if a person is killed, he must be executed in principle if it is found that Li Yuan really killed the student."

Li Nuo asked, "In principle?"

Li An Ning explained, "Although the law stipulates that a person must be killed, there are many situations in which he can be exempted from punishment. If Yunyang Hou passes his title to him immediately, he will be a second-class marquis and can lower his title to exempt him from the death penalty; if his father issues an order, he can also pardon his death penalty; in addition, if Yunyang Hou is willing to lower his title, he can also avoid the death penalty once..."

She sighed and said, "It's not that easy to kill a powerful person. Even if it's your father, it's difficult to do it through normal means."

Li Nuo also sighed. No wonder the Legalists benefited so much from judging the powerful, because it's really difficult to sentence them.

It's not reasonable not to give more experience.

But he quickly caught the key points in her words: "Are there any abnormal means?"

Li Anning nodded and said: "Your father once made a third-class marquis degrade himself four times within a year to pardon his crime, until he was reduced to a commoner, and then exterminated his clan."

"..."

The group soon arrived at the Ministry of Justice. In the court of the Ministry of Justice, Li Anning slammed the gavel, looked down at Li Yuan, and asked: "Li Yuan, on February 13 this year, you took Yunmeng Academy student Zhou Hao hostage and beat him to death outside the academy. Is this true?" Li Yuan stood in the court of the Ministry of Justice, clasped his fists to Li Anning, and said: "Your Highness, I was hot-headed at the time and made a mistake. I apologized to Zhou Hao that day and compensated him with a sum of silver. As for Zhou Hao's death, he accidentally fell at home that night and died by hitting the wall. The case has been closed by the Chang'an County Court. Please investigate it clearly." "You are talking nonsense!" A hunched figure staggered in from outside the court, pointed at Li Yuan, and said in a trembling voice: "My son was clearly beaten to death by you on the spot, and then you sent people to my house and forced him to go to the police station. You forced my husband and I to exonerate you, or else you would kill my whole family. We had no choice but to give false testimony to exonerate you..."

He knelt down in the court, crying and saying, "Sir, please help me!"

Li Anning looked at Li Yuan and asked, "What do you have to say?"

Li Yuan said helplessly, "I understand the uncle's feelings. After all, if Zhou Hao hadn't been injured by me, he might not have fallen accidentally. Although I didn't kill him, he died because of me. So, I am willing to pay the Zhou family an additional 3,000 taels of silver to express my apology. What do you think, Uncle Zhou?"

Li Nuo stood outside the court, listening to Li Yuan's words. If he didn't know what kind of person the other party was, he would probably be deceived by his sincere performance.

This man is indeed different from all the dandies he has ever seen. His indifference in the court of the Ministry of Justice reveals his absolute disregard for the law and life.

Zhou's father laughed bitterly, "My son is dead, my wife is dead, what use is there for me to have money, you beast, don't even think about bribing me!"

Li Yuan shook his head regretfully, pointed at Li Nuo, and said, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I had some conflicts with the son of Lord Li, the Minister of the Dali Temple, yesterday. I seriously suspect that he bribed Zhou Hao's father to frame me in the Ministry of Justice. Your Highness seems to have a good relationship with Lord Li's son. I ask the Zongzheng Temple to intervene..."

Li Anning glanced at Li Nuo. So far, all of Li Yuan's statements were logical.

His request was not excessive.

After all, half a year has passed since the case was closed. If you want to retrial it, you have to collect evidence and find witnesses again. You can't convict Li Yuan based on the one-sided words of Zhou's father.

This Li Yuan obviously understands the law.

Once the Zongzheng Temple intervenes in this case, it will be even more impossible to convict him.

The Zongzheng Temple is full of their people.

At this moment, a figure in black walked into the court of the Ministry of Justice and said to Li Yuan: "Zongzheng Temple, Zongzheng Temple handles royal and noble cases. Your father's title has not been passed on to you yet. What qualifications do you have to ask the Zongzheng Temple to intervene? You don't trust the Ministry of Justice, so why not let the Dali Temple intervene..."

He bowed to Li Anning in the court and said: "Your Highness, since this person does not trust the Ministry of Justice, we Dali Temple will take him away."

Although Li Anning did not know the young man in black, judging from the clothes he was wearing, he should be from the Mingjing Division.

Mingjing Division and Dali Temple are both Li Xuanjing's. In the past few years, they have become inseparable. Dali Temple cannot control the officials of the Ministry of Justice, but it can handle the cases of the Ministry of Justice.

Li Yuan looked at the man in black and his face suddenly changed.

The Ministry of Justice is not bad. Most of the strong men of the Daxia Law School gather here.

They pay attention to procedures and evidence when handling cases. He is absolutely safe in the Ministry of Justice.

If he enters the Dali Temple, it will be completely different.

That is where Li Xuanjing lives. It is possible that he died there before his father rescued him.

He must not be taken away by the people of the Dali Temple.

Li Yuan's face no longer has the indifference just now. He immediately said to Princess An Ning: "Your Highness, I did beat Zhou Hao to death. I plead guilty!"

...

At the critical moment, I still rely on my father.

After the black-clothed youth appeared, Li Yuan simply pleaded guilty and was directly detained by the Ministry of Justice.

The black-clothed youth clasped his fists to Li Nuo and turned away, as if he had never appeared.

Ministry of Justice.

In a yamen.

Although Li An Ning is just a head of police, she has her own independent yamen in the Ministry of Justice, and she can open court to try cases and independently determine sentences and convictions.

Everyone is a non-staff member, and they all have the surname Li, but the treatment is very different.

After writing the verdict, Li Anning said, "Okay, wait until Li Yuan signs and seals, and the doctor and the minister use the seal, then this verdict will officially take effect."

Li Nuo did not write this verdict himself.

He was already involved enough, and even if he did not personally try the case and write the verdict, it would not affect the increase in life span.

According to the law, Li Anning sentenced him to beheading.

Li Yuan signed the verdict very straightforwardly, and Li Anning personally went there and stamped the seal of the Ministry of Justice on it. This verdict was officially effective, but it had to wait for the final review of the Dali Temple.

Li Nuo took a look at the code.

"Life span: 284 days."

Five more than the previous number.

Li Yuan alone gave him an extra fifty days of life.

Li Nuo has not yet fully understood the rules of the code to increase life span, but generally speaking, the life span increased by the code is proportional to the severity of the crime committed by the prisoner, the prisoner's own strength, and status.

The more serious the crime, the stronger the strength, the higher the status, the more noble the identity, the more life span will be increased.

Li Nuo felt the changes in his body and wondered: "No breakthrough..."

Li An Ning rolled his eyes at him and said: "How can it be so fast? At least we have to wait until Li Yuan is executed before our cultivation will change."

She patted her chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, once Li Yuan dies, you will enter the realm. If you can't break through the realm, come to me!"

It seems that the increase in cultivation is not as timely as the code.

Li Nuo clasped his fists to her and said: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Li An Ning waved his hand: "Why are you so polite to me..."

After rolling her eyes at Li Nuo again, she showed an unexpected expression on her face and murmured: "But I always feel that this matter is too smooth, and it's a bit wrong..."

Not only her, Li Nuo also has this feeling.

Li Yuan was still quibbling a moment ago, but after seeing his father's people appear, he immediately pleaded guilty.

He also signed the verdict happily, as if he was not the one who was about to be executed.

Things were going too smoothly, and Li Nuo felt that it was unreal.

He looked at the code again, wanting to confirm whether he was dazzled.

"Name: Li Nuo."

"Life span: 234 days."

Li Nuo suspected that he was dazzled just now.

No, he would not be confused between three and eight, and he had read it more than once just now, so it was absolutely impossible for him to be wrong.

Li Anning noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Nuo felt something, turned around and walked to the yard of the Criminal Department.

Li Yuan stood in the sunshine, greeted him with a smile that was extremely provocative, and then turned around and left coolly.

Li Anning walked out of the government office and was stunned for a moment when he saw Li Yuan.

Then he immediately looked at a Ministry of Justice official next to Li Yuan and asked, "How did he get out?"

The official from the Ministry of Punishment walked up to Li Anning and said helplessly: "Back to Your Highness, Marquis Yunyang just sent someone to the Ministry of Punishment to deliver a gold medal for immunity from death given by the late emperor."

Li Nuo looked at Li Anning blankly and asked: "A gold medal for immunity from death, and this thing?"

Li Anning nodded.

There are not many death-free gold medals, but they are real.

Almost every generation of kings in Daxia, during their reign, would award a certain number of death-free gold medals to favored clan members or important ministers in the court.

On the contrary, it is my father who has ignored the government affairs at all in these years and has not issued a death-free gold medal in the past ten years.

In the past ten years or so, Li Xuanjing, the minister of Dali Temple, has killed many people in the court, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

There are many death-free gold medals that have been used in the past few years and have not appeared again in the past few years. Unexpectedly, Yunyang Hou still has one in his hand.

The gold medal for immunity from death was awarded by the emperor before Daxia. Of course, the emperors after him could not deny their ancestors.

Anyone who takes out a death-free medal can be exempted from a capital crime other than treason.

After learning about the death-free gold medal from Li Anning, Li Nuo fell into a long silence.

The ways in which these powerful men can absolve themselves of their crimes are so varied and difficult to guard against.

After so much effort, in the end it was all in vain.

This damn guy is really hard to kill...

He looked at Li Anning and asked, "Is there any other way?"

Li Anning thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

Li Nuo's eyes lit up and he asked, "What can we do?"

Li Anning took out the sword from the waist of a criminal police officer, handed it to Li Nuo, and said: "While Li Yuan hasn't gone far yet, you can catch up with him and kill him with one knife. This month, King Chun will be the prisoner of the country. He will definitely find a way to save you. If the court officials don't agree, you can ask your father to go to the emperor to ask for a gold medal to avoid death. The emperor may agree..."

"..."

Li Nuo looked at her with a faint look.

No wonder they are in the fourth realm. If they can't be punished by a law, then they can do it themselves. What they cultivate is to understand one thought.

Li Nuo did not take the sword, but said: "It's a good idea, but I think His Highness is more suitable for this matter than me. Li Yuan is a warrior who has entered the realm after all. I can't beat him with a sword. Your Highness It's different. You have a distinguished status. Even if you kill Li Yuan, the court will not really do anything to you..."

The two looked at each other with admiration for each other in their eyes.

Opposite the Criminal Department.

A fortune-telling stall on the street.

The girl held the candied haws in one hand and pinched it casually with the other. She watched a man in prison uniform being escorted out, shaking his head and saying: "Within one year of life, he should be a death row prisoner..."

At the fortune-telling stall, an old man with a white beard knocked her on the head and said angrily: "Be more attentive when telling fortunes. There are not many descendants of our Yin-Yang family. You are half-hearted and don't practice well. That person He has less than an hour to live, so he must have been taken out for execution. I don’t ask you to count it to one hour, you should be able to count it within ten days, right?”

The girl rubbed her head, bit a hawthorn, and said unconvinced: "An hour is also within a year. I didn't calculate it wrong..."

The old man rubbed his eyebrows and wanted to hit her twice more, but finally held back.

Only the grandfather and grandson were left in his lineage. They really knocked her silly, and the Dongfang family lineage was cut off.

Seeing another prisoner being escorted into the punishment department, he took the candied haws from the girl's hand and said, "Forget it..."

The girl used her hands together this time, pinched her fingers quickly, and said after a long time: "He will die within half a year, within half a year!"

The old man finally nodded this time. Although this person's death will be three months later, with her current ability, it can be counted to half a year, which is already very good.

Determining people's lives is the most basic ability of the Yin Yang family.

A place like the Criminal Department, where various felons come and go, generally have short lifespans, is most suitable for low-level Onmyojis to practice.

A young man in luxurious clothes walked out of the Criminal Department. The girl's fingers were pinched with afterimages. Finally, she shook her head and said, "I can't figure it out. He will definitely live for a long time..."

This man was dressed luxuriously and had an extraordinary bearing. It was normal for her not to calculate the fate of such a noble person.

The old man pinched his fingers and did some calculations, a strange color appeared in his eyes, and he couldn't help but look at the man twice.

The noble master noticed the old man's gaze and couldn't help but frown: "What are you looking at?"

Although An Ran came out of the Criminal Department this time and humiliated Li Nuo again, he also lost the family's only gold medal to avoid death. Li Yuan was not in a good mood.

When he is in a bad mood, he doesn't like anyone.

The old man looked away and said, "I didn't see anything."

After all, it was the entrance to the criminal department, so Li Yuan didn't care about the old man. After snorting coldly, he turned around and left.

After he left, a hint of disdain appeared on the old man's face, and he shook his head and said: "Be proud of it, be proud of it, I'm just proud of it for a day or two..."

The girl asked doubtfully: "Grandpa, what are you talking about? What about one day or two?"

The old man looked at the noble young master's leaving figure and said calmly: "This man will definitely die within three days!"

"ah?"

The girl was startled and stood up quickly, then said: "Grandpa, should we remind him?"

The old man waved his hand and said: "Why remind him? Everything is destined. Even if he dies, it is his destiny. Remember, as a yin and yang lineage, the more you reveal the secrets of heaven, the more likely you are to be punished by heaven. From ancient times to the present, I don’t know how many ancestors have been punished by heaven and died..."

"Oh, I see."

The girl responded and sat back slowly.

Not long after, another young and handsome man came out of the Ministry of Justice.

The girl saw him and said in surprise: "Grandpa, it’s the man from that day."

The old man looked at it and remembered the young man who was very popular among the people. He subconsciously counted with his fingers, and the expression on his face suddenly froze.

"Hey..."

"Hey?"

"Hey!"

The old man stared at the young man in a daze, and the expression on his face was like seeing a ghost in broad daylight.