Madam, protect me!

Dali Temple.

On death row.

An official from Dali Temple came in and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Yue has been executed."

Several grandmasters of the Wang family were still kneeling on the ground. Their bodies trembled when they heard this, and their faces turned pale.

That was the martial arts prodigy of the Wang family, the next hope of the sixth realm, and he actually killed him like that?

Is he really not afraid of the Wang family's revenge?

The five Grandmasters truly smelled the smell of death.

Li Xuanjing took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, threw it on the ground, and said calmly: "There are several pills in the bottle. Either eat it or die."

The masters didn't hesitate at all. They almost rushed to pick up the porcelain bottle and poured out a few pills from it.

They practiced hard for decades and finally became masters. No one wanted it to end like this.

Although I don't know what kind of elixir it is, no matter what kind of elixir it is, it is much better than being beheaded immediately like Wang Yue.

However, there were five of them, but only four pills were poured out of the bottle.

"mine!"

"I saw it first!"

"Don't steal my elixir!"

"court death!"

For four pills, the five masters who had been granted cultivation levels started fighting on the spot like ruffians.

In the end, the four people who grabbed the elixir swallowed it without hesitation.

There was only one person left, sitting on the ground with a look of despair.

At this time, Li Xuanjing took out another small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, poured out a pill and threw it to him. He glanced at everyone and said lightly: "It's not like there's nothing left, so why fight..."

The old man swallowed the pill immediately.

Although the true energy was sealed in the body, they could still clearly feel that with the entrance of the elixir, something not so good was added to their bodies.

An old man asked tentatively: "Sir, what kind of elixir are you giving us?"

Li Xuanjing did not explain, just stood there and waited.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

After a few breaths, the expressions of the five masters changed, and they knelt down one after another. The blood vessels under the skin swelled, as if they were alive, and they squirmed violently. They also fell to the ground, holding their bodies and moaning in pain.

Martial arts practice is an extremely painful thing, but the pain of practice is not as painful as the painful event at this moment.

It was like someone was using a knife to cut off the flesh and blood on his body piece by piece.

Within a short time, several people's bodies were soaked with sweat.

There was even a wet mark on the ground.

After the labor pain, several people were lying on the ground, without the strength to even move.

Li Xuanjing looked at them condescendingly and said: "The next attack will be ten days later. This poison attacks once every ten days. Each time it will last longer and be more painful than the previous one. Can I get it?" The antidote depends on your performance in the past ten days..."

The five people looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.

Although they were extremely unwilling to do so, they had no other choice at all.

A figure climbed up from the ground with difficulty, half-knelt on the ground, and said: "I am willing to do my best for you!"

Several other people also followed suit, knelt in front of Li Xuanjing and said respectfully: "I am willing to do my best for you!"

…

The cells in Dali Temple are already overcrowded.

Outside Dali Temple, Chang'an was also in complete uproar.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, King You led all the dignitaries of the dynasty, officials from various ministries, and even incited countless disciples to go to Li Xuanjing's home in the name of Qing Junzi, obviously with the intention of killing Li Xuanjing.

Who would have thought that King You caused such a big fight, but ended up sending himself and King Han to Dali Temple.

Not only he and the King of Han, King Xin, King Xuan, King Ji, but also all the courtiers and dignitaries involved in this incident are also staying in the cells of Dali Temple at this moment.

Based on Li Xuanjing's character and methods, one can imagine what kind of ending they will receive if they fall into Li Xuanjing's hands this time.

There are only eight supervising princes in the royal family.

Dali Temple has five people locked up at the moment.

The King of Han and King You have been demoted to common people, and it is not known what will happen to the other three princes.

People took to the streets one after another, talking about this matter.

There have been many speculations among the public about this matter.

One of the most convincing speculations is that King You and King Han knew that the minister of Dali Temple was investigating the case in the East Palace, and wanted to use the name of Qingjun to kill people and silence them. Unexpectedly, they ended up sending them to their door themselves...

Prince Rui's Mansion.

When King Rui heard the news, he was so frightened that he dropped the book in his hand.

"What?"

"Did the King of Han and King You conspire to kill the prince?"

"My father showed up at Li Xuanjing's house and demoted the two of them to common people. King Xin, King Xuan, and King Ji. Are all the people involved today arrested?"

"Is your news true?"

…

Confirming this from his subordinates, he was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time.

King Han and King You were demoted, and his two biggest competitors were missing from the throne, but he was not happy at all.

Instead, he was shocked into a cold sweat.

If he had promised King You to target Li Xuanjing with the two of them, he should be drinking tea in the prison of Dali Temple instead of reading in Prince Rui's Mansion.

To be honest, he was really moved that time.

He suffered countless losses at the hands of Li Xuanjing, and it was impossible not to hate him.

If he hadn't happened to read the checks and balances in the book that day and thought that without Li Xuanjing, King Han and King You would be invincible, and the situation would be even more unfavorable to him, so he might have really agreed...

After a long time, he came back to his senses, slowly picked up "The Art of War" on the ground, and said with lingering fear: "Studying is good, but you should read more..."

now.

Zhongshu Province.

The two prime ministers have also learned about what happened in the Li Mansion.

While being shocked by the old case in the East Palace, the Right Prime Minister glanced at the Left Prime Minister and said: "He must have planned all this a long time ago, but you did it in vain. I now suspect that he also deliberately killed Wang Heng to show the Wang family... "

Speaking of the Wang family, Prime Minister Zuo's gentle eyes flashed a rare stern look.

The right minister breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What a cruel move. He used himself as bait to make the East Palace case play its biggest role. Hundreds of people were imprisoned in Dali Temple. This time, Chang'an is afraid that blood will be shed again." It’s become a river…”

He looked at Zuo Xiang and asked, "Is this really the disciple you taught?"

Li Xuanjing has been in power for twenty years, and he has watched Li Xuanjing reach his current position step by step.

The left prime minister was upright and never disdained any conspiracy, and the courtiers all respected him.

As his disciple, Li Xuanjing was full of evil spirits.

When he does anything, he never sticks to the means. In order to achieve the goal, it can be said that he will use all possible means. Even if it is a small thing, he will find ways to maximize its value.

What's more, this is a major treason case. Based on his understanding of the right relative, he may already have enough evidence.

But he was obviously not satisfied with just dragging King Han and King You into the water.

And he did indeed do it. Five princes, dozens of dignitaries, and hundreds of officials are now imprisoned in Dali Temple at his disposal.

The worst offender is the Wang family.

In every important position in the court, there are officials trained by the Wang family.

This cannot be accomplished overnight. It needs to be cultivated from a young age to ensure that they can become Jinshi. After they enter the court, various means and resources must be used to ensure that they rise step by step and send them to important positions.

This will take at least several decades of operation and hundreds of years of impact.

But now, the Wang family's hundreds of years of influence and decades of management in the court - almost none of it has been lost, and it has all been managed in the prison of Dali Temple.

The right minister's eyes wavered slightly and said: "It has been almost twenty years, and he has not forgotten the hatred of the past at all. He killed more than a dozen classmates back then, and now he wants to dig up the roots of the Wang family..."

After he finished speaking, several eunuchs walked in from outside.

The leading eunuch held a whisk in his hand. He first saluted the two ministers on the left and right, and then said: "Your Majesty decrees that King You of Han is treasonous and immoral. He murdered the prince, deprived him of his position as a prince, and demoted him to a commoner... King Xin, King Xuan, King Ji, who are The prince who serves as a prisoner of the country is ignorant and incompetent. His power to oversee the country has been revoked. The case of the prince will be investigated by the Dali Temple with full authority. All ministries in the three provinces should fully cooperate..."

The right minister stretched out his hand to take the imperial edict. The eunuch looked at them and said: "Two adults, Your Majesty is very angry about this matter. When Dali Temple investigates the case, the three provinces had better cooperate, otherwise, there may be more serious consequences... …”

After saying that, he waved the whisk and turned to leave.

The Zhongshu Provincial officials stood outside with extremely shocked expressions.

No one expected that today's events would have such a big reversal and cause such serious consequences.

Of the eight princes who oversaw the country, two were demoted and three had their power taken away, leaving only three, Prince Chun, Prince Gong and Prince Rui.

The powerful officials imprisoned in Dali Temple still don’t know what to do with them.

I heard that His Majesty once said that the officials involved in the Qingjun side incident today will not have to go to the Yamen in the future.

Although it was just an understatement, it determined the future of countless officials.

Officials from Zongzheng Temple and Jingzhao Mansion are most involved, which means that almost all officials from these two yamen will be replaced.

Officials from three provinces, six ministries and nine temples are in trouble.

As far as the Zhongshu Province is concerned, the two Zhongshu Shens are still in Dali Temple and may never come out.

Of course, some people are unlucky and some are lucky.

This time, hundreds of official positions are vacant, and many of them are fourth-grade or even third-grade important positions. There must be many people to fill them.

As many people are removed from office, so many are promoted.

This kind of opportunity may not come across once in decades.

When they thought about the possibility that they might be promoted, the officials of Zhongshu Province had no intention of going to the Yamen.

Just when all the government offices were in a state of impatience, several figures walked into Zhongshu Province.

Seeing that the visitor was an official of Dali Temple, the two ministers of the Zhongshu family came out to greet him in person.

His Majesty has just issued an order for the Zhongshu Province to cooperate with Dali Temple in investigating the case. Naturally, they must treat officials of Dali Temple with caution when they encounter them.

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang cupped his hands and asked, "Several of my colleagues came to Zhongshu Province. What important matters do they have?"

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple did not be polite to him and said straight to the point: "We want all the information on impeachment of Mr. Li in the past few days."

The two ministers looked at each other, and their eyelids couldn't help but twitch. According to the rules, the impeachment memorial must be kept strictly confidential. Who would dare to impeach casually in the future if the rules are so obviously violated?

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple said: "Your Majesty ordered Dali Temple to strictly investigate the murder of the prince that year, and not to let anyone involved go. These officials may be the accomplices of King You and King of Han in murdering the prince. Please ask Zhongshu to make a report." convenient……"

The Dali Temple officials left quickly.

When he left, he took hundreds of memorials with him.

The reason they gave was very sufficient. The crown prince was the heir to the throne. To murder the heir to the throne was equivalent to treason. The rules of the Secretariat had to give in to this reason.

If they insisted on not giving it, there was no guarantee that the Dali Temple would not accuse them of harboring and sheltering.

This time, I am afraid that more officials will suffer.

Conservatively estimated, at least two hundred officials will either lose their jobs or their lives.

So many positions were vacant at once, but the court's reserve talents were far from enough. How to fill these positions would be a headache again...

The culprits of this matter, King You and King Han, were really pitiful and hateful.

Why did you provoke him...

Li Mansion.

Li Nuo looked at the code in front of him with a thoughtful expression.

There was just a portrait on the code, one of the masters who had just broken into Li Mansion.

His portrait was dim, and he should have been executed.

He died, and Li Nuo's life span changed, but not much, and his life span only increased by 100 days.

Under normal circumstances, legally killing a master would definitely increase his lifespan by more than 100 days, because the fourth realm has 100 days, and the master should at least double that to be reasonable.

However, that was the other party's death, which was strongly related to himself.

The death of this master did not have much to do with Li Nuo, so it was normal that his lifespan could not be increased to the maximum.

What he cared about was the treatment of the King of Han and the King of You.

It was hard for him to imagine how much the two first-rank princes could increase their cultivation and lifespan...

However, according to the description of the Legalist classics, Li Nuo had a rough idea in his mind. Under normal circumstances, this case would definitely allow his cultivation to rise from the third realm to the fourth realm, without even encountering a bottleneck, and even more.

Li Nuo couldn't help himself and planned to go to the Dali Temple to see the situation.

From just now, An Ning sat there in a daze, without saying a word.

Li Nuo walked up to her, held her hand, and asked, "Do you want to go to the Dali Temple?"

Li Anning breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

She had been prepared in her heart, but when this day really came, her mood was inevitably a little complicated.

She quickly sorted out her mood, and the two left Li's house and came to the Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple today was very heavily guarded. The entire Dali Temple was surrounded by the imperial guards. I'm afraid it would be difficult for even a fly to fly out.

Almost all the cells in the Dali Temple were overcrowded, and even the cells outside for officials to be confined were full of people crying out for injustice.

Li Nuo casually summoned an official from the Dali Temple and asked him about the situation.

Just now, His Majesty's imperial edict has been sent to the Dali Temple. From now on, the King of Han and the King of You have been demoted to commoners, and the King of Xin, the King of Xuan, and the King of Ji have also been deprived of the power of regent.

The other officials and dignitaries who were arrested needed to be investigated by the Dali Temple to ensure that they had nothing to do with the case of that year before they could leave.

Li Nuo was asking about the details when an official from the Dali Temple came over and said, "Princess, Prince Consort, Lord Li invites you to come over."

Li Nuo and An Ning came to the temple's office. Li Xuanjing came out from behind the table and said, "You came at the right time. This case was found out by you. You should use the seal on this judgment together..."

Li Nuo and An Ning walked to the table, where there was a written verdict.

Once the seal is stamped, this judgment will officially take effect.

This verdict, unlike the one Li Nuo had seen before, was written on bright yellow silk.

This was exactly the result of the treatment of the King of Han and the King of You.

After all, they were the sons of His Majesty. Even if they committed such a serious crime, they were only deprived of their titles and imprisoned in the palace. At least their lives were saved.

If it were someone else, all nine clans would be implicated.

Such a punishment is not in line with the law, but no one will argue with the emperor.

In front of his father, Li Nuo was not polite.

Although this is just a process, it can still increase a little more cultivation. For the legalists, it is also an important ritual.

He held An Ning's hand, and An Ning took the seal of the Dali Temple and stamped it on the lower right corner of the judgment.

When the seal appeared on the judgment, the number on the code changed immediately.

He has not handled any major cases in recent days, and his life span has barely maintained at more than 3,000.

In this moment, it has increased by 2,000, exceeding 5,000 for the first time.

A prince can increase his life span by 1,000 days, nearly three years.

And his cultivation is also growing rapidly.

The cultivation of the legalists is originally lagging. In general cases, even murder cases, it is difficult to intuitively feel the changes in cultivation in a short period of time.

But the impact of this case is too great and involves too many people.

The murder of the crown prince is the biggest case since the founding of Daxia.

If the third realm cultivation is 100, an ordinary murder case can only bring a little change in cultivation. If the judgment is right, it will increase by one, and if the judgment is wrong, it will decrease by one. Ninety-nine and one hundred and one are beyond the range of perception. It takes time to accumulate and then there will be obvious changes.

But this kind of shocking case, on the basis of 100 points of cultivation, brings a thousand points of cultivation at a time, which is a different process.

The process of cultivation growth will be extremely obvious.

Not only him, but An Ning also had obvious fluctuations in cultivation.

And it was more obvious than Li Nuo's.

Li Nuo only felt that the power in his body was growing rapidly, and he soon encountered an obvious barrier, but the barrier only hindered him for a moment, and then was successfully broken through.

Then, the power gradually slowed down until it completely subsided.

He seemed to see a wider world.

Looking back on his path of cultivation, the easiest and fastest breakthrough for him was from the third level to the fourth level.

The process before entering the country is actually the most difficult.

It even gave him the illusion that the more he practiced, the easier it would become.

However, even though he had broken through from the third level to the fourth level in such a short period of time, Li Nuo still felt that it was not enough.

Given the importance of this case, it was completely possible for him to break through from the third realm to the fourth realm, and there was still a lot of redundancy. However, it was only half the effect he expected.

But in this case, his level of participation was very high, and it stands to reason that he should be able to get more than 90%, or even 100% of the credit.

What went wrong?

Is it because his participation level is not enough, his contribution is not enough, or there is something he has overlooked...

Li Nuo soon stopped thinking about this problem.

His eyes were looking straight at An Ning.

Li Anning's closed eyes slowly opened, he took a small step forward, and disappeared into the government office.

The next moment, she appeared in front of Li Nuo out of thin air.

The fifth realm of Legalism corresponds to the exile among the five punishments. It can force people to move a certain distance, and the effect on themselves is to shrink to an inch, which is similar to the instant disappearance of His Majesty the Emperor.

The bottlenecks in the fourth realm and the fifth realm are completely different.

In the same case, her role in it was smaller than Li Nuo's, but her gains were much greater than Li Nuo's.

There's nothing we can do about it.

The person who died was his relative, and the murderer was also her relative.

In the past, Li Nuo would never have thought that An Ning would be the first person in his family to advance to the fifth realm.

But he wasn't envious either.

It's not bad to be protected by them, he has long been used to it.

His father still had a lot of things to do. Li Nuo and An Ning said goodbye to him and returned home. Song Yiren looked at Li Nuo and An Ning and always felt that they had gone out and were different when they came back.

Su Jing's eyes stayed on them for a moment, and she said in surprise: "You all made a breakthrough?"

Li Nuo smiled and said, "I can't hide anything from Master..."

Su Jing looked at them again and said with some emotion: "Practice by various disciples is indeed much easier than martial arts."

She could tell that Li Nuo had made a breakthrough because the aura in his body was more restrained, unlike before where his cultivation level could be seen through at a glance.

As for the other little girl, she couldn't see through it at all.

Martial arts and Legalism are completely different powers. No matter how much the martial arts master conceals them, she can see through them at a glance. However, for high-level experts from other families, it is difficult for her to detect them as long as they deliberately conceal them.

The beauty was only slightly surprised by An Ning's breakthrough.

Yi Ren obviously couldn't accept it. She looked at An Ning with wide eyes and asked, "Have you broken through to the fifth realm?"

Seeing Yi Ren's expression, An Ning raised her chin proudly and said, "If you don't believe it, you can try it..."

Yiren attacked with hesitation, but when she appeared within a few feet of her, her vision suddenly blurred, and she instantly appeared at the door a few feet away.

She tried several times without believing in evil, but every time she got close to her, she would be teleported away.

The last time, she was not teleported away, but her whole body was frozen in place, unable to move even a finger.

Li Nuo looked funny. In front of An Ning now, she had no power to resist.

Yiren doesn't understand the methods of the fifth level of Legalism at all.

When meeting a martial arts master, she might be able to use a few tricks.

However, at the fifth level of Legalism, she has already mastered enough power of heaven and earth. It is a complete dimensionality reduction attack against warriors whose level is lower than hers.

Let alone her, even the mother-in-law has nothing to do with the current peace.

Of course, the Grandmaster's Qi was extremely strong, and An Ning couldn't do anything to her.

Li Anning walked up to Song Yiren, pulled her face, and said with a smile: "Are you convinced, sister?"

Unable to defeat others, Song Yiren had no choice but to regain her position in other ways. After being released from confinement, she put her hands on her hips and raised her chest and said, "Sister, I'm older than you, you should call me sister!"

Li Anning twitched the corner of his mouth, and also raised his chest and said: "Where are you older?"

Song Yiren was knocked back two steps by the movement of her standing chest. Her lips moved, but she didn't say anything. She straightened her waist and finally bent down...