Madam, protect me!

A carriage stopped at the door of Li Mansion, and Li Nuo and Song Jiaren got out of the carriage.

"Master, Madam!"

Along the way, the servants in the mansion greeted them respectfully.

Li Nuo has always felt that living in the Li Mansion is a very happy thing.

He and his wife don't go home often, and his father rarely appears at home.

The servants of the Li family don't have to wait on their masters, and they don't have to act based on others' glances. Their life is more comfortable than that of his young master.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Mansion simply hung some lanterns.

A figure stood in the yard with hands behind his back. Li Nuo and Song Jiaren walked over together and said, "Dad."

Li Xuanjing turned around, nodded slightly, and said, "Back."

"Um."

"Get ready and go eat."

After not seeing each other for many days, the conversation between father and son was still extremely brief.

As they gradually became familiar with each other, Li Nuo and her were no longer as silent as they were at the beginning.

Sometimes I would chat while lying in bed at night, but I still had nothing to say to my father.

One reason is that the two have only met a few times so far. After all, Li Nuo is from another world, and there has always been a slight barrier to him.

The more important reason is that his aura is too strong and he is unsmiling. It is difficult for people to get close to such a person.

During the meal, no one spoke a word, completely practicing the rule of not talking during eating or sleeping.

No matter how skilled the Li family's cooks were, Li Nuo still had no taste for this meal.

At a certain moment, Li Xuanjing put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm done eating. You guys eat slowly, don't be in a hurry."

After that, he stood up and left.

Watching him walk out of the room, Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Song Jiaren's nervous expression also relaxed slightly.

The two of them looked at each other, feeling relieved.

After finishing the meal calmly, Li Nuo went to his father's study first, found a few books, and then returned to his room.

The books he took were all Legalist books, which were similar to biographies. They recorded in detail the growth path of some Legalist predecessors, including some spiritual practice experiences and insights into breaking through bottlenecks.

He didn't know why there were so many Legalist classics in his father's study. Li Nuo even suspected that he had secretly practiced Legalism.

As the Minister of Dali Temple, he is in charge of Daxia's criminal law. Even if he does not take the initiative to do anything, he only reviews the signature cases. If he adds up to countless cases over the years, he may be able to reach the fifth realm.

After all, even Princess An Ning can cultivate to the fourth level, let alone the Minister of Dali Temple.

Of course, the premise is that he doesn't take the initiative to do anything.

If he often disregards human life and murders Zhongliang, then it may be difficult to even enter the fifth realm, let alone the fifth realm.

Legalism and Confucianism are different from martial arts. The true energy of martial arts will only grow more and more, and warriors will only become stronger and stronger.

Legalists have erroneously judged a large number of cases, and Confucians have selfish motives, which may cause their cultivation to stagnate, or even lose all their cultivation in a very short period of time, and completely reduce them to ordinary people.

Li Nuo was engrossed in reading when he heard several explosions coming from outside.

He looked up out of the window and saw a full moon hanging high in the night sky, with several fireworks blooming brilliantly around the moon.

In the thirty-third year of the Holy Spirit, Li Nuo's first Mid-Autumn Festival in Daxia passed by so peacefully.

That night, Li Nuo didn't sleep well. He always felt that something was missing around him.

When he got up and had breakfast in the morning, he and his wife were alone.

Butler Wu said that his father went to Dali Temple early in the morning.

In the past ten years, he rarely rested even during holidays.

After breakfast, Li Nuo and Song Jiaren looked at each other in tacit understanding.

Not long after, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Song Mansion.

Li Nuo jumped off the carriage and looked at the familiar gate of Song Mansion, feeling relaxed.

Sure enough, Song Mansion is more like a home.

A sedan stopped at the door of the Song Mansion. Song Yu got down listlessly from the sedan. When he saw Li Nuo and Song Jiaren, he raised his hand to say hello to them, "Brother-in-law, my dear, good morning..."

Seeing his appearance, Li Nuo knew that he had gone out to fool around again last night.

Didn't he say that he was pursuing a certain girl? Li Nuo thought he was going to turn around, but after a few days, he returned to his original form. Could it be that the poem didn't impress her?

Li Nuo asked Song Yu: "Did you read that poem to Miss Shen?"

Song Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it."

Li Nuo was surprised: "She doesn't like it?"

For the sake of Song Yu's lifelong happiness, those were the love poems he carefully selected. He was reluctant to use them himself, so he let him use them to pick up girls first.

Miss Shen may not like Song Yu, but if she doesn't like the poem, it only shows that she is ignorant.

Song Yu shook his head and said: "She liked that poem very much. She asked me to make another similar one, but I couldn't do it, so I had to tell her that it was written by a friend of mine..."

"Then what?"

"She said she wanted to marry my friend, even if she wanted to be a concubine."

…

It seems that the third lady of the Shen family still knows the goods.

Very knowledgeable.

There was nothing Li Nuo could do. He was just a supporting wingman. The real battle had to be fought by Song Yu himself.

He shook his head regretfully and said, "I believe that one day, you will find a woman who appreciates you."

Song Yu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I think it's good as it is now. I don't know how many beautiful sisters there are in Chang'an waiting for me to save. Next time I will introduce you to a few..."

Song Jiaren, who was behind Li Nuo, glanced at him lightly. Song Yu shuddered and shut up immediately.

"I didn't sleep all night last night. I'm going back to sleep. Goodbye brother-in-law, good-bye beautiful lady..." After saying this quickly, he quickly ran away.

Song Jiaren looked forward and asked, seemingly unintentionally: "Miss Shen is..."

Li Nuo took the initiative to explain: "Last time Song Yu said he wanted to pursue a girl and asked me to help him polish a confession poem..."

Song Jiaren was very curious about what kind of poem could make a lady from a wealthy family willing to become a concubine without ever meeting the author of the poem.

She looked at Li Nuo and asked, "Can I see that poem?"

Li Nuo looked at her. She couldn't even recognize the words. What kind of poetry could she understand?

He thought she had misunderstood something and explained again: "That poem was written for Song Yu. I really don't know Miss Shen. She must be joking when she said that. You know, I'm here Chang'an, I don't know any other girls at all..."

Before Li Nuo finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came to his ears.

He turned his head reflexively. Who is so bold as to dare to ride a horse on the streets of Chang'an?

In the Daxia Code, this is an extremely serious crime. Riding a horse on the streets of Chang'an for no reason, starting from three years, and the maximum penalty is death.

A horse galloped over and stopped in front of the Song Mansion. Immediately, a female knight with an proud figure reached out to grab Li Nuo's shoulder and said in a hurry: "I finally found you. I don't have time to explain. Come with me first." …”

Before she could touch Li Nuo's shoulder, her wrist was held in mid-air.

Li Anning paused, looked at a woman in white next to Li Nuo who was very beautiful, but her figure was far inferior to hers, and asked: "This is..."

"My wife."

Li Nuo explained and asked Li Anning, "Do you have a problem with me?"

Li Anning moved his eyes away from Song Jiaren, looked at Li Nuo, and said calmly: "A murder occurred in Sifang Hall last night, involving many high-level warriors. Aren't you about to break through? I will take you to investigate the case. If anything can be found out, maybe you can enter the country, will you go..."

After saying this, she rode away on her own.

Li Nuo never expected that Her Highness the Princess would think of her for such a good thing, so she immediately got on the carriage and asked Butler Wu to drive and follow her.

Halfway through, I realized that I had been walking so fast that I had forgotten to say goodbye to my wife.

After all, it involves a high-level warrior. If this deal is completed, he may have hope of entering the country.

Moreover, so far, he does not know how many times the life span of a high-level warrior is increased by judging.

In front of the Song Mansion.

Seeing the carriage disappear at the end of the street, Song Jiaren looked away, turned around and walked into the Song Mansion, she subconsciously looked down at her chest...

…

The Sifang Pavilion was an official office of the imperial court, responsible for receiving and housing envoys from other countries.

It can be understood as the embassy area and is under the management of Honglu Temple.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of Sifang Pavilion. Li Nuo jumped out of the carriage. Li Anning was already waiting for him there.

Two groups of soldiers wearing armor were lined up on the left and right, guarding the entrance of the Sifang Pavilion.

Li Nuo felt that it was indeed the embassy area, and the security was much tighter than that of the official department.

Think about it, the people living here are envoys from other countries. Once something happens to them in Daxia, it will be a diplomatic dispute. If it is not handled well, it can easily affect the relationship between the two countries.

"Follow me."

Li Anning spoke to a man who looked like a general at the door, and led Li Nuo into the Sifang Pavilion gate.

When Butler Wu wanted to follow him, he was stopped by the other party: "The entire Sifang Pavilion is under martial law. No one is allowed to enter!"

Li Anning looked at Butler Wu and said, "Today's situation is special. I can't bring too many people in. You can wait outside first."

Butler Wu glanced at the general, clasped his fists at Li Anning, and said, "Your Majesty, please worry about the safety of my young master."

Li Anning nodded and said, "Don't worry, I brought him here. Naturally, I won't let him lose a hair."

Following Li Anning into the Sifang Pavilion, Li Nuo discovered that not only was the place heavily guarded outside, but there were also many armored soldiers inside, guarding the passages, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Li Nuo looked at Li Anning and asked, "What case happened here?"

Li Anning said: "This morning, an envoy from Chu State was found dead on the bed in his room. People from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple have not found any clues yet. I will take you to take a look..."

Li Nuo knew that with Her Royal Highness's character of eating meat and not even letting others drink the soup, how could she think of herself when something good happened.

They are all cultivators, so who doesn’t know who they are?

It turned out that she couldn't handle it herself, so she asked him to take action because she had no other choice.

Chu State is a superpower that is more powerful than Daxia. The death of an envoy in Daxia can be a big or small matter.

If the relationship between the two countries is harmonious, even if the murderer cannot be caught, the Chu State can not pursue the case in depth and just send another envoy.

But if the relationship between the two countries is tense, in the worst case, Chu State can even use this as an excuse to declare war with Daxia.

Inside the Sifang Pavilion, there are independent courtyards. Each courtyard is an embassy of a country.

Although this is Daxia, even Daxia officials cannot break in at will without the permission of the embassy owner.

Soon, the two came to a large hall.

Li Nuo and Li Anning walked into the hall and found many people standing in the hall.

This is the meeting hall of Sifang Pavilion, which is also used as a banquet place on weekdays. After the case happened, the court summoned all the people involved in the case here.

Li Nuo saw an elegant middle-aged man in the crowd at a glance. The man was tall and handsome, with outstanding temperament. Even among the big figures in the hall, he was the most eye-catching one.

It was his father, the Dali Temple Minister.

There were many people around Li Xuanjing, and Li Nuo did not go over to say hello.

On this short journey just now, Li Anning briefly introduced the case to him.

This morning, an envoy of the Chu State did not leave the room for a long time. When other envoys entered his room to check, they found that he was dead on the bed. The cause of death was that his heart meridian was shattered by someone's true qi.

This Chu State envoy was a warrior at the peak of the third realm. He could sneak into his room quietly and shatter his heart meridian instantly with true qi. The murderer's cultivation was at least the fourth realm, and it was very likely to be the peak of the fourth realm.

Fourth-level warriors are not often seen outside, but this is Sifang Pavilion, where envoys from various countries live, and they all have their own guards.

Even in the delegations of those small countries, there are strong people in the fourth level.

Superpowers such as Chu, Qi, and Zhao even have master-level guards.

There are dozens of warriors above the fourth level in Sifang Pavilion.

It is not easy to find the murderer among dozens of fourth-level warriors.

However, there is also good news.

The masters of the court analyzed the weak true qi remaining in the body of the Chu envoy and found that the murderer's true qi tends to be cold and yin, and thus inferred that he practiced the Yin-Cold attribute.

The true qi has remained for so long and has not dissipated. The murderer's cultivation must be above the fourth level, which also confirms the previous speculation.

Most warriors pursue domineering and fierce true qi, and those who practice Yin-Cold attribute exercises are much rarer.

Last night was the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the busiest days in Chang'an every year. The guards around Sifang Pavilion were several times stricter than usual. Even if it was the fourth realm, it was impossible to sneak into Sifang Pavilion silently, kill people and then leave calmly.

In this way, the identity of the murderer was restricted to Sifang Pavilion.

In Sifang Pavilion, warriors above the fourth realm practiced Yin-cold attribute skills, and the scope was actually very small.

There were only three such people in the entire Sifang Pavilion.

However, the identities of these three suspects were very special. They were from the envoys of Qi, Zhao, and Wei respectively.

These three countries are not small countries, but superpowers like Xia and Chu.

Xia, Chu, Qi, Zhao, and Wei, this case in Sifang Pavilion involved the five most powerful countries on this continent. The court attached great importance to this case and had issued a death order to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.

The murderer must be caught within three days.

However, because of the suspect's special identity, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple could not do anything excessive to them before the identity of the murderer was confirmed, and they only temporarily restricted their actions.

Li Anning said to Li Nuo: "Do you want to go to the crime scene?"

Li Nuo shook his head.

There is nothing to see about the dead. In this regard, the people in the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are much more professional than him. They didn't find anything, so it would be useless for him to go.

Li Anning said: "Then I will take you to see the suspect."

She walked to the side of an official from the Ministry of Justice, pointed at Li Nuo not far away, and said something to the official. The official looked in the direction of Li Nuo and shook his head at Li Anning.

Li Anning frowned and continued to argue with him for a few words. After a while, he walked back and said to Li Nuo helplessly: "The strong man of the Three Kingdoms was interrogated by the people of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for a whole morning. It's not over yet. He is very irritable at the moment. Let's wait and see..."

Taking advantage of this time, Li Anning told Li Nuo more details about the case.

The outside of the Sifang Pavilion is heavily guarded, but the security inside the embassy is the responsibility of each country.

The embassy involves the secrets of each country, and even if Daxia wants to help, they will not allow it.

Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the whole country celebrated together. The court held a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the Sifang Pavilion to entertain important envoys from various countries.

There should also be small banquets inside the embassies. Many people drank and relaxed their defense, which gave the assassins the opportunity.

Several major countries are in a competitive relationship with each other. Xia and Chu have had close exchanges in the past two years. These days, the Chu delegation is discussing some deeper cooperation with the Daxia court, which is certainly not what the other three countries want to see.

Because of this incident, Xia and Chu have a rift, and the other three countries are naturally happy to see it.

In terms of motivation, all three countries are suspected.

But they can't be unaware that using true qi to shatter the heart meridian will leave obvious evidence when they have cultivated martial arts to the fourth level.

After all, there are only three of them who have Yin-cold true qi. If something goes wrong, they will be the first to suspect them.

Unless they are extremely stupid, they will not leave such a loophole.

The officials of Daxia investigating the case are now in a hot position. Chu cannot be easily offended and must give them a satisfactory result. The other three countries are not easy to mess with.

Without sufficient evidence, they dare not and cannot make a final decision.

The officials of Daxia in the hall are visibly anxious.

Li Anning is also very anxious. As the princess of Daxia, she is of course concerned about Daxia. After discovering that the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple could not investigate the case in a short time, she immediately went to find Li Nuo.

Last time, everyone was deceived by Han Zhuo, but he was the only one who saw the problem at a glance.

According to the Chang'an County Magistrate, he was able to accurately identify the murderer among two hundred people, which made Li Anning doubtful to this day.

But there is no doubt that he is somewhat talented when it comes to investigating crimes.

While Li Nuo and Li Anning were waiting in the main hall, a figure came over. Li Nuo saw it and immediately stood up straight and said, "Dad."

Li Xuanjing looked at Li Anning first and said, "I have met Princess Anning."

Li Anning's expression became more serious and she said, "Hello, Mr. Li."

Li Xuanjing didn't seem surprised that Li Nuo and Princess Anning appeared together. Li Anning rolled his eyes and suddenly said: "Master Li, can we go see the suspect?"

Soon, Li Nuo saw what power was.

Even Princess An Ning couldn't handle the matter, but with just one sentence, people from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Sifang Pavilion all let them go.

…

"I told you it's not me. I have no grievances with him. Why kill him? I was drunk last night and slept until dawn. When I woke up, you caught me here. How many times did you ask me the same question? Ten times, are you bothered? I want to protest and call your Guan Cheng here!"

Sifangguan, a courtyard somewhere.

As soon as Li Nuo and Li Anning stepped into the courtyard, they heard angry shouts coming from a room.

Li Nuo walked to the door, and Li Anning suddenly protected him behind him and waved forward.

An illusory long whip appeared on her hand.

Snap!

A teacup flew out of the room and exploded in the air, sending fragments flying everywhere.

If it weren't for Li Anning, this teacup would probably hit him on the head.

Li Nuo looked very envious. The whip of law, the ability of the second level of Legalism, ignored part of the warrior's true energy defense. With her current strength, even if a fourth level warrior received a whip, it would be uncomfortable.

When will I be able to do this?

In the room, a middle-aged man with disheveled hair looked angry, while several officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple looked helpless.

Hearing footsteps coming from the door again, the man with long hair suddenly turned his head and said angrily: "You guys are endless, it's endless, right? Let me tell you..."

Looking at the illusory whip in Li Anning's hand, the anger on his face gradually disappeared, and he said calmly: "If you have any other questions, just ask, I will cooperate. After all, this matter is not a small matter, and everyone can understand it." …”