Madam, protect me!

Song Mansion.

Du Yu put away the imperial edict and said, "Excuse me, Lord Li, where is the prisoner..."

Li Xuanjing corrected him, "Before the case is investigated, you can't call her a prisoner."

Du Yu immediately said, "Yes, yes, it's my fault, Lord Li, can we take the suspect away?"

Li Xuanjing nodded and said, "Of course, do you think I'm unreasonable?"

Su Qing wanted to say something, but Li Xuanjing glanced at her, and seeing the calmness and composure in his eyes, he finally chose to remain silent.

Song Yiren came out, Li Xuanjing smiled at her and said, "It's okay, go with them, just cooperate with the court investigation, and you will be released after the investigation is clear..."

Song Yiren looked at Li Nuo, and Li Nuo nodded slightly.

Before the case was investigated, asking for someone from the Zongzheng Temple was indeed not in line with the process, and it was also a matter of public outrage.

Li Nuo hoped that Yiren could be cleared of her name through legal and compliant procedures.

Li Nuo's comforting eyes relieved the tension in Song Yiren's heart.

Seeing an official holding shackles in his hands, Song Yiren took the initiative to stretch out her hands. Du Yu dared not put shackles on her and said, "No need, no need. Before the matter is investigated, the girl is just a suspect and does not need those things..."

He turned back and glared at the person holding the shackles behind him, and said unhappily, "What are you doing with these things? Put them back quickly!"

...

Yiren was taken away by the people of the Censorate.

The Censorate would not treat her harshly. The officials there were the most simple-minded in the whole of Daxia.

In order to reassure her, Li Nuo and An Ning, as well as his father-in-law and mother-in-law, went to the Censorate together.

Originally, this was not allowed, but the officials of the Censorate acquiesced to them entering and found a government office for them to rest temporarily.

Song Zhe paced in the room.

Although Su Qing was sitting, her fists were clenched tightly, which showed that she was not calm in her heart.

Li Nuo was much calmer. He walked out of the yamen and stood on the corridor outside, feeling very comfortable.

This feeling was very similar to the feeling in the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, but more comfortable than the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.

Anyone who served in the Censorate must be a Confucian official who had cultivated a righteous spirit.

And the righteous spirit is also called the spirit of a gentleman. Being with a gentleman is naturally comfortable.

At the same time, senior officials of the Censorate could not avoid practicing both Confucianism and Legalism.

Li Nuo's cultivation was still too shallow. Feeling so many familiar auras, the power of the Legalists in his body emerged uncontrollably.

It seemed that they had sensed something. Soon, several figures came out from various yamen and looked in Li Nuo's direction.

"A strange aura, who has cultivated the Legalist to the second level?"

"This fluctuation is only one step away from the third level."

"It's rare, it's rare that a young man has cultivated the Legalist to this level."

"Who is he? He looks familiar..."

...

Looking at the young man standing outside a certain government office, feeling this kind of familiar aura, the officials of the Censorate talked about it and soon remembered who he was.

The top scholar in six subjects, he was in great glory. Of course, they had seen him when he was paraded in the streets.

At this moment, the expressions of the officials of the Censorate were difficult to describe in words.

Li Xuanjing's son.

A Legalist disciple at the peak of the second level.

These two identities appeared on the same person. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would not believe it even if they were beaten to death.

What happened in the Zongzheng Temple today was a big deal in the court, and they all knew it.

This made them look at Li Nuo with more contradictions.

How could such a young talent have such a father?

How could the treacherous Li Xuanjing have such a son?

At this time, a young censor walked up to Li Nuo, clasped his fists and said, "Hello, Brother Li."

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's Brother Zheng, long time no see, you were assigned to the Censorate?"

Li Nuo was still very impressed with Zheng Zhi.

First, he was the only student Li Nuo knew who had cultivated a righteous spirit before the imperial examination.

Second, his photographic memory helped Li Nuo a lot.

Just now, he also used his photographic memory to memorize the portraits on the code.

Zheng Zhi smiled and said, "Brother Li, do you still remember me?"

Li Nuo said, "Of course, I have only seen Brother Zheng who has cultivated a righteous spirit at a young age. It is really appropriate for you to be assigned to the Censorate..."

Li Nuo met him at the Qionglin Banquet that day and learned that he had also passed the imperial examination.

Compared with Li Nuo, Zheng Zhi was really making the best use of his talents in the Censorate.

Zheng Zhi smiled and said, "My grandfather was a censor. It has been my dream since childhood to be an official in the Censorate."

Li Nuo smiled and said, "Congratulations, Brother Zheng, your dream has come true."

Zheng Zhi also clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations, Brother Li, on your promotion..."

The two chatted for a while, and then more than ten figures walked into the Censorate.

These people were the people from the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Jingzhao Prefecture who were ordered to investigate the case.

This case itself is very simple. When the incident happened, there were many witnesses and there was nothing to investigate.

Before they went to Li's house to arrest someone, they had already started the investigation.

Butler Wu walked to Li Nuo's side, his face was not very good.

Just now, when these departments were investigating the case, he followed the people from the Mingjingsi throughout the process.

But the results of the investigation were very unfavorable to Miss Yiren.

Li Shou, the son of Fengyang County, had been weak and sick since childhood, and had a serious heart disease.

Although he was physically weak, he was extremely lustful and had very strange sexual habits. He liked good families and often harmed good women.

Later, he was questioned by the Dali Temple for this matter. The then Fengyang County Earl passed the title to him in advance, and exempted him from the death penalty by demoting his title.

Since then, he no longer harmed good families, but liked to let brothel girls pretend to be good families and stage the drama of the rich and powerful molesting good families on the streets.

The government naturally cannot control things that are consensual. Even if this move is immoral, due to his status, the Dali Temple did not investigate it deeply.

Li Shou's behavior started two years ago.

Before, he only played these in specific areas. The local guards and officials responsible for patrolling knew about it and turned a blind eye to his behavior.

These days, perhaps in order to seek excitement, he began to change places, and even caused a lot of misunderstandings.

Today, I happened to be bumped by Yiren, and then this happened.

Several top coroners performed an autopsy on him.

After an extremely detailed examination, Li Shou's body, except for the bruises left by the kick, had no external injuries or signs of poisoning.

Combined with his old illness, the coroner and the imperial doctors concluded that he died of a sudden heart disease.

The coroner of the Mingjing Division also came to the same conclusion.

On the surface, he died of Yiren's manslaughter.

But Li Nuo knew it was not.

Although it is unknown how the Prince of Han and the young man planned such a perfect death, so far, the code has not made any mistakes.

Zhongshu Sheren Du Yu looked at Li Nuo and said, "Lord Li, if there is no doubt about the result, I will report it to the three provinces."

Li Nuo asked, "Fengyang County has always performed in a fixed area, why did it change the place this time?"

Du Yu nodded and said, "Lord Li's doubts are reasonable. We also had doubts at first, but according to many servants around Fengyang County, Fengyang County started performing in a new place a few days ago because the people there have become accustomed to it and want to pursue new excitement..."

Then he added, "We also conducted a strict interrogation of the brothel girl. All her confessions are not suspicious. In the past few days, Fengyang County has not contacted any suspicious people, so we believe that this is just an accident..."

Li Nuo looked at Wu Guanjia.

Wu Guanjia nodded slightly. Even the Mingjing Division did not find any suspicious points in this case.

The Prince of Han did not leave any flaws. They did not find any suspicious points. It was useless for Li Nuo to go there.

Su Qing couldn't listen any more. She only cared about her daughter's ending. She asked directly, "Yiren didn't know they were acting. Is it wrong to see injustice?"

Du Yu explained, "Madam, calm down. The country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. Although this girl was well-intentioned, she caused extremely serious consequences and must be dealt with according to the law."

Su Qing asked, "What does it mean to deal with it according to the law?"

Although the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and Jingzhao Prefecture, all the people handling the case felt that the girl did nothing wrong.

If it was just an ordinary person who died, they could reduce her punishment to the minimum within the scope allowed by the law.

But the one who died was a powerful person.

No matter what the reason was, she could not escape the death penalty for killing a powerful person.

"According to the law, she should be beheaded..."

Du Yu said helplessly, looking at Li Nuo, and said, "Does Lord Li have any other doubts?"

Li Nuo shook his head and said, "No."

The court's handling of this matter was completely in line with the law.

Although the other party also had a serious fault that caused misunderstanding, and although her purpose was to be brave and righteous, under the modern legal system, she might be sentenced to a lighter punishment or even be completely exempted.

But according to the laws of Daxia, even if it was the negligence of killing a powerful person, under normal circumstances, the death penalty could not be exempted.

However, that was only a normal situation.

He took out a pure gold token from his arms and handed it to Du Yu.

Li Nuo thought he would not be able to use this death-free gold medal given by King Chun.

Fengyang County Master could be demoted and exempted from death, and Li Nuo could also give Yiren a death-free gold medal.

With a death-free gold medal, let alone manslaughter, even if it was intentional killing of a powerful person, there would be no consequences.

The imperial power granted special permission to kill first and then exempt.

This small medal is the embodiment of the highest will of Daxia.

Although the Legalists do not advocate the death-free gold medal, Yiren was innocent, and Li Nuo did not have any psychological pressure to use it.

Du Yu was slightly stunned and reached out to take the gold medal.

He moved his lips and murmured, "This..."

Li Nuo asked back, "Why, this gold medal can't exempt her from punishment?"

Du Yu moved his throat and said, "Yes, of course, but we need to verify the authenticity of this medal first..."

He left with the gold medal of exemption from death.

He soon returned.

This gold medal of exemption from death is real.

There was a murder case involving the rich and powerful, and the three provinces ordered a thorough investigation, which was reasonable and legal.

The gold medal of exemption from death exempted all punishments, which was also reasonable and legal.

All procedures were legal and compliant, and no one could find any faults.

Du Yu looked at an official from the Censorate and said simply, "Release him."