Madam, protect me!

Li Nuo has encountered countless assassinations since he was a child.

Last time, someone deliberately committed a murder in Chang'an, led him to investigate, and then set up an ambush. There were eight fourth-level martial arts masters. If Li Nuo had not exchanged all his life for the strength of the fourth level in an instant, he would have almost certainly died.

The murder method in that case was extremely similar to that of Wang Ma.

In other words, the person who hired the Seven Evils of Tianshan and bribed Wang Ma to arrange for Gu Yanran to enter Li's mansion and assassinate him was most likely the same person.

Considering the same time node, the person who shot the cold arrow at the gate of the county government office might also be him.

Li Nuo looked at Song Yiren and asked, "Prince Rui..., are you sure?"

Song Yiren said, "I will never forget the sissy voice next to him."

She looked at Li Nuo and asked, "Have you offended Prince Rui?"

Li Nuo himself didn't know Prince Rui, so how could he offend him.

Obviously, Prince Rui suffered a great loss at the hands of his father, so he took revenge on him.

Chang'an wanted more than just Prince Rui to die.

Before Gu Yanran made her move, the real Li Nuo had already died.

His surroundings seemed peaceful, but in fact, they were in danger.

Li Nuo nodded slightly and said, "I know. You just need to know about this matter. Don't tell anyone."

Song Yiren asked, "Why, don't you report it to the authorities?"

Li Nuo shook his head and said, "Without evidence, reporting it to the authorities is useless."

That was the regent prince.

As long as Prince Rui didn't do it himself and was caught in the act, let alone without evidence, even if there was evidence, there was no way to do anything to him.

A prince of the first rank, the Dali Temple couldn't try him, and the Zongzheng Temple couldn't catch him. Only the current emperor could judge him.

Song Yiren said, "I am the evidence. I can testify for you."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "It's useless. This will only put you in danger. They dare to kill me, let alone you?"

Although the fourth realm is very powerful, they attacked eight people at once. Her strength is not enough.

Song Yiren was slightly stunned, and then asked: "Are you worried about me?"

Li Nuo walked into the yard and said: "Go to bed early."

Song Yiren looked at his back, and a smile appeared on her pretty face.

Li Nuo thought that his wife had returned to the Song family, but after entering the room, he found that she was not there.

Song Yiren walked in from outside, and Li Nuo asked: "Do you have anything else?"

Song Yiren said: "Nothing, you haven't answered me the last question, how did you kill the fourth realm?"

Li Nuo thought for a while and said: "I practiced a special skill. Usually there is no true qi in my body. At the critical moment, I can have the fourth realm of cultivation for a moment, but after using it once, it takes a long time to recover..."

Song Yiren was surprised and said: "How can there be such a skill?"

She only knew that there were some special skills that really made it impossible for people to detect the existence of true qi, but the cultivation was real.

This kind of skill, she had never heard of it.

Li Nuo said, "The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. There is even a technique like Yuqing Xin Jue. What's so strange about this?"

After evading Song Yiren, Li Nuo wanted to go back to Li's house, but when he walked to the door, he found that Wu Guanjia had gone back.

It was impossible for him to walk back to Li's house from Song's house alone, so he could only go back to his room.

Song Yiren heard the noise and jumped over the wall from the next door and asked, "Aren't you going back?"

Li Nuo said, "It's curfew soon, I'll go back tomorrow."

Song Yiren said, "Then play a song for me."

Li Nuo said, "It's so late, if you don't sleep, others will still sleep."

Song Yiren thought for a while and said, "It's okay if you don't play, just draw a picture for me."

Li Nuo said, "It's too late, I can't see clearly."

"Write a poem, right?"

"I don't have any inspiration now..."

...

Li Nuo suspected that there was some law of conservation between the twins, and that all the words that his wife didn't say were made up by Song Yiren.

After a good night's dream, he met his father-in-law at the gate of the courtyard when he returned to Li's house the next morning.

Li Nuo happened to have something to ask him for help, and when he saw him walk into Song Yiren's courtyard, he followed him in.

The imperial examination was over, and he needed the Ministry of Personnel to arrange for him to enter the Ministry of Justice.

After listening to him, Song Zhe shook his head and said, "The Ministry of Personnel can't do anything about this matter."

Li Nuo was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Song Zhe said slowly, "According to convention, the top ten in each imperial examination are directly appointed by the three provinces, not through the Ministry of Personnel. As a new champion, you are a sixth-rank official when you first enter the court. There are only four sixth-rank officials in the Ministry of Justice, and there is no vacancy now. Unless they are promoted or transferred or demoted, it is impossible for you to enter the Ministry of Justice."

Li Nuo originally thought that with a father-in-law who was a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, he could be any official he wanted within the scope of his rank.

Unexpectedly, winning the first place in the imperial examination made things more troublesome.

Song Zhe looked at him and said, "But you don't have to worry. The top ten in each imperial examination will serve in the six ministries and nine temples and will not leave Chang'an. If there is any news from the three provinces, I will tell you as soon as possible."

It is of course most convenient for Li Nuo to be an official in the Ministry of Justice.

Of course, not being in the Ministry of Justice will not affect his investigation and arrest.

Let's see how the court arranges him first.

Song Yiren walked out of the room, and Song Zhe stepped forward and asked: "Yiren, your birthday is coming soon, what gift do you want?"

Li Nuo, who walked to the door, looked back.

Song Yiren's birthday is coming soon, doesn't it mean that the lady's birthday is coming soon too?

They have been married for almost a year, and he still doesn't know his wife's birthday.

After leaving Song Mansion and getting on the carriage, Butler Wu asked: "Master, are you going home?"

Li Nuo thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Prince Chun's Mansion first."

The carriage started slowly. At this moment, in the Song Mansion, Song Yiren shook her head and said, "I don't want any gifts."

Song Zhe spoke again: "The old lady has asked you to select some young heroes. Not only do they have good family backgrounds, but they are also talented and beautiful. Do you want to meet them?"

"Both talented and beautiful?" Song Yiren asked: "They have the good looks of the husband I chose before. Can they get the top prize in six subjects?"

Song Zhe's expression froze and he didn't know what to say.

The so-called talent and appearance are just compared to ordinary people.

Without exception, those who can win the Jinshi are all outstanding among outstanding people.

The new number one scholar will add another outstanding person.

As for the number one scholar in six subjects, there have been only two top scorers since the imperial examination began, and there may never be another one in the future.

After a while, he slowly walked out of the yard and sighed deeply.

Yiren still cares about this matter...

At this time, Prince Chun’s Mansion.

The guard of Prince Chun's Mansion had known Li Nuo for a long time. He invited Li Nuo into the manor and said, "The prince is not in the manor now. Young Master may have to wait a little longer."

Li Nuo asked: "Is the Crown Prince here?"

The guard said: "The prince is here. The prince rarely goes out. I will take the young master there."

Soon, Li Nuo was brought to a large hall.

Li Nuo walked into the main hall. The hall was very large, but most of it was occupied. It was filled with various mechanisms. In addition to some small mechanism beasts and mechanism objects, Li Nuo also saw two feet high. The giant machine.

Li Yun was sitting among the offices, not knowing what he was busy with.

Hearing a voice coming from behind him, he looked back and said in shock: "Shi..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized something and asked, "Should I call you brother...or uncle?"

Li Nuo said: "Whatever you like..."

He didn't interact much with Li Yun, but because of his father's relationship with King Chun, there was always a feeling between the two that the other was not an outsider.

Li Yun also helped them a lot when they were able to eliminate the thieves last time.

It's embarrassing to say that, but he still asked Li Yun for help this time.

Li Nuo said: "I want you to help me make a small mechanism."

Speaking of the agency, Li Yun's eyes clearly lit up and he asked: "What agency?"

After listening to Li Nuo's description, Li Yun nodded and said: "It sounds like a novel thing, but it is not difficult. It can be completed in three days at most. You can pick it up after three days."

What Li Nuo wants to do is actually not something complicated.

His wife's birthday was coming soon, and he wanted to give her a special gift.

She likes music, flower arrangement, painting, etc. Li Nuo thought about it and planned to give her a music box.

He simply knew the principle of the music box, but he couldn't make it by himself. However, Li Yun was professional in this regard. Li Nuo even only had to come up with an idea, and Li Yun knew what to do.

Back at the Li Mansion, Li Nuo and his wife tidied up and then went to the Song Family again.

Li Nuo's house was too deserted. Although my wife didn't like too lively occasions, if it was too deserted, Li Nuo would be afraid that she would be bored.

Two days later, Li Nuo planned to go to Prince Chun's Mansion to check on the progress. When he walked to the gate of Song Mansion, he met his father-in-law.

Song Zhe looked at him and said, "The three provinces just issued an edict to the Ministry of Personnel. Your appointment has already been issued."

After all, it was his first official position, so Li Nuo still cared about it and asked: "What official position?"

Song Zhe said: "Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites."

Li Nuo was slightly startled and asked, "Isn't the Minister of Rites, Wailang, my second uncle?"

Song Zhe explained: "Your second uncle has been promoted to the position of Prime Minister of Taichang Temple. The position of Wailang of the Ministry of Etiquette is vacant. You happen to be excellent in etiquette, so I asked you to fill it."

His father-in-law has been in the civil service for many years and must know more about officialdom than he does. Li Nuo asked directly: "Is this appointment normal?"

Song Zhe didn't know what to say.

His appointment is both normal and abnormal.

The Three Provinces and Six Ministries are the core departments of the imperial court. A new Jinshi can directly serve in the Six Ministries, which is regarded as an important position.

But the Ministry of Rites is somewhat special. The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six departments, but its authority is far less powerful than that of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs. It has little power, but does a lot of things.

Most of the various ceremonial activities held by the imperial court every year are led by the Ministry of Rites. If you do well, you will get no credit, but if you do poorly, you will have to take responsibility.

Unless you can sit in the position of Minister of Rites and Minister, you can directly participate in government affairs, the Minister of Rites, the Foreign Minister, does the most things, but it does not involve the core of government affairs.

Letting the new top scholar be appointed as a member of the Ministry of Rites and Wailang seems to be a high priority, but in fact it is a light use.

Those people above probably don't want Li Xuanjing's son to hold an important position.

He is not excellent in etiquette, but excellent in science. It stands to reason that he can be qualified for any official position.

The second and third placers in this imperial examination, although their official positions were half a level lower than his, both entered the Zhongshu Province, which was the real center of the imperial court.

Li Nuo saw that his father-in-law didn't say anything, and realized something in his heart. He smiled and said, "Let's just be the Minister of Rites. There is no distinction between high and low positions. They all work for the court, but the division of labor is different. It's the same wherever you are..."