Madam, protect me!

Song Mansion.

Li Nuo walked out of the room and stretched comfortably.

Today is September 10th.

Ten days later, his life span has increased from 180 days to 210 days.

Not only did it not decrease, but it increased by one month.

Unlike before, he needs to work hard to earn his life.

These days, as long as he takes time to stamp in the Ministry of Justice, the numbers on the cover of the code will increase rapidly.

A few days ago, by observing the changes in the numbers on the code, Li Nuo judged another unjust case.

The Ministry of Justice immediately dealt with a ninth-rank official who took human life lightly, and half of the additional 40 days of life span were increased that time.

Li Nuo did not go to court to judge the case, but just stamped behind closed doors, and the officials of the Ministry of Personnel could not find any problems.

Let alone find faults, they could not enter Li Anning's yamen at all.

The increase in life span was very smooth, but the candidates for the imperial examination of archery have not been decided yet.

After the imperial examination, most of the outstanding archers went to serve in the army.

Military officers and civil officials are not in the same system. The name of the Dali Temple frightened civil officials below the fourth rank, but it could not control military officers.

Unlike other subjects, there is no need to practice after the imperial examination.

Archery is the basic skill of military officers, and they have to practice frequently when they arrive in the army.

But even though there are countless people in the army who are proficient in archery, Li Nuo has no way to deal with them.

These days, under the hand-in-hand teaching of his wife, Li Nuo can also shoot a few arrows in a decent manner, but it is still far from the requirements of the imperial examination.

Above the imperial examination, Zhou Yu did not disappoint Li Nuo.

These days, he did not hang out with Song Yu and the others, but focused on improving his riding skills.

Every time Li Nuo went to supervise, he could see him sweating on the horse farm.

His riding skills also improved by leaps and bounds under this devilish training.

Li Nuo, an outsider, can see his progress.

Li Nuo was very pleased with this.

The only drawback was that he had no way to qualitatively verify Zhou Yu's training results.

In fact, according to Li Nuo's original idea, even if the dandy boys like Song Yu and Zhou Yu did not commit crimes and did some serious things that were harmful to the world, it was still easy to catch them when they were serious.

But Zhou Yu only went out to practice driving and went home to sleep, and he didn't give Li Nuo any flaws.

Not only that, Li Nuo also heard from Song Yu that Zhou Yu was the first in every law exam in the academy.

Even those seeded candidates in the imperial examinations couldn't beat him in the law exam.

This kid not only memorized the law books, but also studied many real cases. His understanding of the law is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

His father is a doctor in the driving department, and it is easy for him to get some information that others can't access.

Zhou Yu, who is so self-disciplined and self-controlled, made Li Nuo depressed.

Is this considered shooting himself in the foot?

After lunch today, Li Nuo was planning to go to the horse farm again, but he saw Song Yu supporting Zhou Yu, who was limping, and slowly walking towards him.

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, walked over quickly, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu forced a bitter smile on his face and said: "Brother Li, I am not in good health, so I can't go to practice driving today."

In fact, whether to practice driving is his own business, but he just feels that he should tell Brother Li to avoid him going there in vain.

Li Nuo looked at Zhou Yu and asked with a gloomy face: "Who did it?"

In the imperial examination, the competition for the champion of a single subject is actually more intense than the champion of all subjects.

The champion of all subjects must be proficient in everything, but the champion of a single subject only needs to study one subject.

As long as you do the best in this subject, even if the other subjects are weaker, you can be admitted as an exception.

There is only one champion in each subject. In order to clear the obstacles for their own victory, there is nothing that those people can't do.

It's less than half a year before the imperial examination. If Zhou Yu gets injured and affects his performance in the imperial examination, won't he be finished?

So Li Nuo's expression is very ugly.

Song Yu said to Li Nuo helplessly: "Brother-in-law, I really can't do anything about it this time. Zhou Yu's injury was caused by his father."

"Uh..."

Li Nuo put away his anger.

It is natural for a father to blame his son, and the government can't do anything about it.

Not to mention that he was beaten to a limp, even if he was beaten to death, he would be sentenced to three years in prison at most.

This is what the laws of Daxia stipulate.

But he still asked in confusion: "What did you do to make your father hit you so hard?"

These days, Zhou Yu is a role model of the second generation of officials. He doesn't hang out like other playboys. He works hard every day to practice driving, and Li Nuo is moved by his efforts.

He really can't think of any reason for the doctor in the driving department to beat him.

When Zhou Yu mentioned this, a trace of depression appeared on his face, and he said: "Second mother and mother quarreled, I just said a few words for mother, and father used family rules on me. I admit that he beat me, but Second mother should not be rude to my mother..."

It should be said that Li Nuo stood on Zhou Yu's side this time.

As a son, Zhou Yu must stand on his mother's side.

In this matter, the doctor of the Ministry of War was not decent.

A wife is a wife, a concubine is a concubine, and the wife is superior to the concubine. This is written in the law.

How can a concubine have the courage to quarrel with the wife?

The wife does not have to pay for her life if she is beaten to death.

It must be that the doctor of the Ministry of War was too kind to her on weekdays, so that she, a concubine, had the courage to quarrel with the wife.

Of course, modern laws are equal for everyone, and beating people to death is not recommended.

However, modern laws do not support having a mistress, and people's traditional moral concepts also support the main wife rather than the mistress.

Although the doctor in the driving department was Zhou Yu's father, Li Nuo was still very angry when he dealt such a heavy hand to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu is not only the son of his doctor, but also the hope of Li Nuo's imperial examination.

If you don't give him this tone, he may not be able to concentrate on driving.

The doctor in the driving department must also be given a small deterrent. If he beats his son every three days when he has nothing to do, and asks Zhou Yu to practice driving one day and two days to recuperate, when will he be recognized by the code?

Li Nuo looked at Zhou Yu's depressed and resentful look, coughed slightly, and said, "Your father did something wrong in this matter. Do you want to teach him a lesson?"

Zhou Yu was slightly stunned and asked: "How to give it?"

Li Nuo whispered a few words in his ear.

The doctor in the driving department is a fifth-rank official, which happens to be within the scope of authority of Dali Temple.

He doesn't have to make any big mistakes, such as eating, drinking, gambling, or arriving late or leaving early, he can be caught and kept there for a day or two to let him meditate on his past.

In this way, Zhou Yu can not only vent his anger and practice driving with peace of mind, but also intimidate the doctors in the driving department. It can also increase his cultivation level and life span. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Zhou Yu's eyes flickered slightly after hearing Li Nuo's words.

It's okay for him to be beaten. It's natural for a father to beat his son.

But he couldn't swallow his mother's tone.

If what happened this time were to go away like this, that vixen would definitely not take his mother seriously at home in the future.

Zhou Yu thought about it seriously and said to Li Nuo: "My father likes to leave early and always leaves the Ministry of War Yamen two moments before going to the Yamen. According to Article 103 of the "Office System Law", officials must be on time when going to the Yamen. , those who leave early..."

…

Ministry of War.

"I've met Mr. Zhou."

"Master Zhou is gone."

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Ting, a doctor in the driving department, packed up his desk and walked out of his office. Along the way, officials from the military department greeted him.

Zhou Ting returned the salute to them both politely and slowly, and walked slowly outside the Ministry of War.

On weekdays he would still smile, but today he was in a bad mood and kept a straight face the whole time.

Things are going well in the Yamen. It is said that the Right Lieutenant Colonel of the Ministry of War is going to be transferred to the army. The Lord Assistant Minister revealed that he has hope to take over the vacated position.

Although the official position has not been promoted, the Ministry of War is the chief department. Compared with the doctor of the Ministry of War, the doctor of the Ministry of War undoubtedly has a greater future.

But things at home are a bit difficult to explain.

He was already annoyed by the disharmony between his wife and concubines at home, and his son was causing trouble, so he couldn't help but resort to family violence against him.

Thinking about it afterwards, I actually regretted it. Zhou Yu finally turned around and he really shouldn't have beaten him.

If he changes back to his former self, it will be too late to regret it.

He decided that after he returned, he would reprimand his second wife and tell her not to always argue with his wife. He had indeed been too indulgent towards her before.

When Zhou Ting was about to walk out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the bell for leaving the Yamen had not yet rung.

He went back two quarters of an hour early.

Don't underestimate these two quarters of an hour. If you wait until after you are discharged from the Yamen before leaving, in time for most officials to go home, the road will be blocked by carriages and sedans, and you will have to walk on the road for at least half an hour.

Even if he were a quarter of an hour later, he would meet officials who had the same idea as him and left early.

Although this is considered to have left early, if caught by officials from Yushitai or Dali Temple, his salary would be deducted and he would be detained in solitary confinement for self-reflection.

But that's just a matter of law and reason. There are too many officials in major yamen who arrive late and leave early, and they can't control them at all, unless someone deliberately targets him.

Zhou Ting walked out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War and was about to get on the sedan when he was suddenly stopped by two figures.

One of the men with a square face asked: "Mr. Zhou, you haven't been released from office yet. Where are you going?"

Zhou Ting looked at the two of them, his heart skipped a beat, his brain was running rapidly, and he said, "I am going to Taipu Temple to check the number of horses that were lost last month. Are you two adults okay?"

Although he walked out of the Ministry of War Yamen before going to the Yamen, as long as he didn't say anything, who knew whether he would go home or go to another Yamen?

A man with a pale face said: "Of course there is no problem for Lord Zhou to go to Taipu Temple, but Dali Temple received a report that someone anonymously reported that Lord Zhou went to the Yamen and left early every day. After verification by Dali Temple, it was indeed true. Mr. Zhou, please come with us..."

Zhou Ting was shocked. The people from Dali Temple had obviously come prepared, and their goal was themselves.

With so many people arriving late and leaving early, why not arrest others but him?

Who reported him?

The first thing he suspected was that the position of the right doctor in the Ministry of War was about to be vacant, and they were the only ones who could compete with him in the entire Ministry of War.

But those two people are not so naive as to think that this crime can bring them down, right?

Zhou Ting used to be quite afraid of Dali Temple.

But now, I heard that Zhou Yu is very close to the son of Lord Li, the minister of Dali Temple. With such a relationship, even if he goes to Dali Temple, it will not be the worst outcome.

The carriage of Dali Temple stopped in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Zhou Ting got into the carriage and the carriage drove slowly towards Dali Temple.

At the entrance of the military department, the two feet that had just stepped out of the Yamen threshold took back again.

The two Ministry of War officials looked shocked.

Mr. Zhou was arrested by people from Dali Temple because he left two quarters of an hour early?

They were planning to leave early, so they immediately returned to the government office, sat back in their seats, and began to pretend to sort out the files.

What happened at the entrance of the Ministry of War soon spread throughout the Ministry of War.

On this day, the Minister of War was not there, and the two assistant ministers left the yamen a quarter of an hour after the bell rang for the end of the office.

The other officials of the Ministry of War waited for another half an hour before leaving in fear.

At this time, Zhou Ting, the doctor of the Ministry of War, had already arrived at the Dali Temple.

When he got off the carriage, he saw a figure standing at the entrance of the Dali Temple, and his expression was slightly stunned.

Zhou Yu stood there with his back straight and said calmly: "Dad."

Zhou Ting finally realized something and said in disbelief: "Is it you?"

Although Zhou Yu did not say anything, silence meant acquiescence.

He did not intend to hide it.

He just wanted to let his father know that he was no longer the Zhou Yu of the past.

He had the determination and ability to protect his mother.

Along the way, Zhou Ting had thought about all his lifelong enemies, but he never expected that it was his own son who reported him to the Dali Temple.

He showed a furious look on his face and suddenly raised his hand: "You rebellious son!"

Zhou Yu closed his eyes and was ready to receive this slap.

However, there was no pain on his face.

Zhou Ting's palm did not fall on Zhou Yu's face, but gently patted his shoulder, and couldn't help laughing: "Good, good, very good..."

After that, he ignored Zhou Yu and strode towards the Dali Temple.

On the contrary, Zhou Yu looked at his father's laughing figure and was stunned for a moment, then his face showed a shocked and worried expression.

Was his father angry and stupid?

Zhou Ting was not angry.

The moment he saw Zhou Yu, he understood everything.

Being reported to the Dali Temple by his own son, he did not feel angry, but happy.

Incomparably happy.

What is the Dali Temple? A name that frightened countless officials. Officials below the fourth rank in the court can be arrested or released by the Dali Temple. How many people can instruct the people in the Dali Temple to do things?

Two months ago, he would never have thought that Zhou Yu could become friends with the son of the Dali Temple.

This kid has finally made it.

He no longer has to worry about the Zhou family having no successors.

Isn't this something to be happy about?

...

In the Song Mansion, Li Nuo was quietly waiting.

He did not directly participate in the affairs of the Zhou family father and son.

After arranging everything for Zhou Yu, he came back and was playing Go with Mu'er.

At a certain moment, the numbers on the code fluctuated slightly.

His life span increased by three days.

For officials in the court, being late and leaving early is a minor crime, similar to visiting a brothel. At most, they will be fined a little salary and imprisoned for a day of self-reflection.

Before arresting him, Li Nuo knew how to sentence him.

Liu Shang, the Grand Music Commander, was a seventh-rank official, and the Jiabu Langzhong was a fifth-rank official. They were similar crimes, but Jiabu Langzhong added more, which was reasonable.

But Li Nuo was still stunned there, with an extremely unexpected expression on his face.

The changes in the code are not just about the life span numbers.

There is also an extra page of portraits on the code.

It was the portrait of the doctor of the driving department that Li Nuo had seen once.

Zhou Yu's father actually had a specialty recognized by the law code...

Li Nuo heard Zhou Yu say that his father, more than 20 years ago, was the top scholar of the imperial examination.

But Li Nuo didn't think much about it at the time.

Even if he was very strong in the imperial examination back then, more than 20 years have passed. How much of his skills back then can be left?

Liu Shang had only taken the exam for three years, and even the law code didn't recognize it, let alone more than 20 years.

In order to verify whether the specialty of the doctor of the driving department was the imperial examination, Li Nuo didn't even play chess with Mu'er, and hurried out. When his hand touched the carriage, a strange feeling immediately emerged in his heart.

A familiar strange feeling.

When Wu Guanjia was about to ask the young master where he was going, Li Nuo suddenly said, "You sit in the car, I'll drive."

A moment later, Wu Guanjia sat in the car, highly nervous, ready to use his true energy to control the trajectory of the carriage at any time.

There are roads in Chang'an that are specially used for carriages. Although they will not hit pedestrians, if the carriage overturns or hits a carriage traveling in the opposite direction, the young master's small body will not be able to withstand it.

However, what surprised him was that the young master's carriage was driven fast and steadily, and it didn't look like his first time driving.

Although he had practiced several times on the horse farm, this improvement was too great.

Li Nuo drove the carriage quickly and steadily on the lane.

If he had known that the doctor in the driving department had not lost his driving skills in twenty years, he would not have made things difficult for Zhou Yu.

Originally, he only planned to give Zhou Yu some encouragement, but he didn't expect to have such a big unexpected gain.

The flat road can't test the real driving skills, so he planned to verify it on the professional road in the horse farm.

Soon they arrived at the horse farm of Yunmeng Academy. There were not many people practicing the imperial examination at this time. Li Nuo picked a carriage at random and chose an empty track.

The first time, he drove very slowly.

One was to get familiar with the feeling, and the other was to not scare the housekeeper Wu.

Not far away, several figures sat on the lawn to rest.

At this time, most of those who are still practicing here are poor children who feel that their driving skills are too poor and want to make up for their shortcomings with hard work.

Children from wealthy families have studied the imperial examination since childhood, and most of them have mastered the five imperial examinations. The last six months will be reserved for relatively weak subjects.

But these few people are all the best in the imperial examination.

They didn't need to be so diligent. With their abilities, they could compete even for the top scorer in the Imperial Examination.

But Zhou Yu didn't know what was wrong. He had been practicing the Imperial Examination like crazy recently, which made them feel a sense of crisis.

Zhou Yu's Imperial Examination was originally ranked in the top three in the academy.

He was working so hard in the top three, obviously aiming for the top scorer in the Imperial Examination.

This made many students in Yunmeng Academy start to get restless.

Especially those who were already outstanding in the Imperial Examination.

Originally, everyone didn't work hard. They ate when they should eat and played when they should play. In the imperial examination, everyone relied on their own abilities.

Now, when they were eating, drinking and having fun, they had no intention of having fun when they thought of Zhou Yu's desperate improvement in the horse farm.

Zhou Yu rarely came today, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When they rested, they would occasionally look at the abilities of other people who were practicing the Imperial Examination here.

After Li Nuo finished the first lap, someone couldn't help laughing: "Why take the imperial examination if you haven't studied it? You might as well find a way out earlier..."

When Li Nuo drove the carriage and finished the second lap, everyone's faces were still smiling. The man just said again: "This guy still has some foundation in the imperial examination..."

After Li Nuo finished the third lap, the smiles on the faces of several people began to converge.

In the fourth lap, several people's expressions became serious.

In the fifth lap, they stood up from the grass.

...

After the tenth lap, everyone's eyes lost their spirits and looked ahead with dull expressions.

They watched helplessly as that person stumbled from the first lap, and each lap thereafter was more skilled than the previous one. By the tenth lap, the imperial examination had reached the pinnacle.

Zhou Yu's imperial examination is currently recognized as the strongest in the academy.

But Zhou Yu's strength in front of this person is like the difference between a son and a father.

Zhou Yu is not as good as them, let alone them.

When did a guy who is so good at the imperial examination appear in Chang'an?

If he were to participate in the next imperial examination, who could compete with him for the top spot in the imperial examination?

A young man glanced at the direction of the track, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and waved his hand in a bored manner: "No more practice, let's go..."

Seeing no hope of surpassing that person, everyone lost the desire to practice driving and left one after another.

"Why practice driving? It's boring."

"Let's go to Baihua Tower. I'll treat you today."

"It's rare that you treat me, I'll call three..."

"Let's go together, let's go together..."

...

On the imperial examination track, Li Nuo jumped off the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man is still the best. The doctor in the driving department is still strong and has superb driving skills. It is more than enough to deal with the imperial examination.

No wonder Zhou Yu's imperial examination is so good, it turns out that it is inherited from the same lineage.

Not to mention the first four items, even the target of "Chasing Birds Left", he shot very accurately.

But only in the car.

After getting off the car, his archery skills returned to normal.

But as soon as he got on the car, he was like a different person.

Li Nuo looked around.

There were a few spectators not far away just now, but they had all left without knowing when.

Housekeeper Wu sat in an idle carriage, staring at him with wide eyes, and said in shock: "Master, when did your driving skills become so good?"

Li Nuo said: "I read a few books and learned from them."

Housekeeper Wu moved his lips, but did not ask any more questions.

Although it sounds a bit outrageous that he could learn such a powerful driving skill by reading a few books.

But how could the son of the master be compared with ordinary people?

After returning to the Song Mansion, Li Nuo could breathe a sigh of relief again.

After the music exam, there was no need to worry about the imperial exam.

I just felt a little sorry for Zhou Yu.

These days, he was pushed so hard, but in the end it was all in vain.

Dad is dad.

If Li Nuo wanted to compete for the top scorer in the imperial exam, even Zhou Yu could not compete with him.

At that time, if Zhou Yu can really win the first place in the imperial examination besides him, Li Nuo can also let him off a little.

His goal is to pass the imperial examination, and he does not have such a strong demand for the top scorer in a single subject.

But Zhou Yu is different.

He is a special student. If he does not win the first place in the imperial examination, he may fail.

Sincerity for sincerity, people treat him as a friend, he cannot take them as a sucker.

This is also a favor he owes to the Zhou family.

When all six subjects are at the top, a little let-off in a single subject will not affect the final result.

Two days later in the morning, Li Nuo saw Zhou Yu again in the Song Mansion.

Compared with two days ago, Zhou Yu was full of vigor and glory.

The doctor of the Jiabu Department was released yesterday.

This time, after turning against Tiangang and killing relatives for the sake of justice, he not only did not punish Zhou Yu, but also punished the concubine to kneel in front of Zhou Yu's mother's door for two hours to admit her mistake, which was also a disguised admission of her own mistakes.

In the past, Zhou Yu always sat in the third row when eating at the Zhou Mansion.

But since yesterday, he has replaced his second mother at the Zhou family dinner table and sat next to his father.

This represents the improvement of his family status.

Zhou Yu said to Li Nuo gratefully: "Brother Li, thank you so much this time!"

Li Nuo waved his hand and said: "We are all friends, you are welcome."

Song Yu expressed envy of Zhou Yu's improved family status.

His father also often beat him, no matter whether he did something right or wrong, and never apologized after beating him.

Dali Temple seemed to be a good place to change people. After careful consideration, he said to Li Nuo: "Brother-in-law, do you want to send my father to Dali Temple to stay for two days? I think he needs to reflect on himself..."

Before he finished speaking, he was hit on the head by a shoe sole.

Song Lian came from behind and raised the boot in his hand angrily.

"Dali Temple, right!"

"Reflect, right!"

"You rebellious son, you are rebelling against the sky!"