Chapter 297: Thorough Questioning

After getting his transfer order back from the Secretariat, Li Nuo first went to the Ministry of Rites.

Every time an official is promoted or transferred, he will have a vacation of as short as ten days to half a month or as long as several months.

The length of the vacation depends on the distance of the transfer.

If the distance for promotion or transfer exceeds a thousand miles, the court will give the official one month to prepare, allowing him to visit relatives and friends and prepare for the long journey. For every thousand miles beyond that, the vacation will be extended by one month.

Although it was less than a mile from the Honglu Temple to the Ministry of Justice, it still took half a month.

In the past, Li Nuo might have chosen to rest at home for half a month, but this time, he hoped to take office earlier.

He first went to the Ministry of Rites to urge them to make new official uniforms as soon as possible, and then returned to the Honglu Temple to pack up his things.

When leaving the Honglu Temple, Li Nuo stood at the door and looked back.

Looking back on the short two months in the Honglu Temple, although I was sent here to sit on the bench, I gained a lot unexpectedly. Not only was my rank promoted to a higher level, but my cultivation also improved by one level.

This place can be considered his blessed land.

When I returned to Ningxin Garden, I saw Fenghuang continuing to teach my wife and An Ning needlework.

Since they became pregnant, they have become very interested in needlework and are already planning to sew some small clothes for their unborn baby.

Li Nuo didn't see Yiren outside, so when he came to the study, he found her sitting at her desk reading a book.

It is as rare to see Yiren reading as it is to see my wife reading.

Li Nuo walked forward and found that she was not reading a book on martial arts, but a book on Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

After moving to Ningxin Garden, Li Nuo moved the entire study room there.

His collection of books is very complete, including not only martial arts classics available on the market, but also books on various schools of thought.

However, these books only provide basic introductory content.

The cultivation of various philosophers did not rely on rote learning, but depended on practice.

For schools like the School of Diplomacy and the School of Yin and Yang, in addition to practice, learning from a teacher is also very important, especially for the School of Yin and Yang. The School of Yin and Yang believes that the techniques should not be passed on to outsiders, and it is almost impossible to learn by oneself, so it can only be passed down from generation to generation.

The conditions for cultivation are so harsh that once there is no one to carry on the family tradition, the inheritance may easily be cut off.

To date, the Yin-Yang School on the mainland is almost extinct.

Song Yiren was reading it carefully. When she saw Li Nuo coming in, she couldn't help but ask, "Is what the book says about the abilities of the Yin-Yang family true? Can they really predict the future?"

Li Nuo nodded and said, "It's true."

The abilities of the various schools of thought cannot be explained by science.

Speaking of which, although Yin-Yang masters are rare, he has actually met one.

The old man I met at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice must be a true Yin-Yang master, and his cultivation level would not be lower than the fifth level.

At that time, he could calculate that he would have more than one wife and that the beauty would be pregnant with twins.

You have to know that at that time, Li Nuo and his wife were not very familiar with each other, and there was no solution to her Yuqing Heart Technique. However, the old man could calculate to the distant present, and he was at least a Yin-Yang master of the fifth level.

It’s a pity that at that time, Li Nuo still thought he was a swindler.

He wanted the old man to tell his fortune, but he refused every time.

After that, Li Nuo never saw him again.

Thinking about it now, it’s such a pity.

If a suitable reason had been found to put him in jail at that time, he would have been able to get a glimpse of the secrets of the Yin-Yang School.

Li Nuo looked at Yiren and asked, "What are you looking at these for?"

Yiren closed the book and said, "Nothing, just curious."

She stood up and said, "I feel dizzy from reading. Can you help me press the pressure..."

Li Nuo did not refuse and took him to another room.

This is where two female doctors use medical Qi to regulate the bodies of Jiaren and An Ning every day. The specially made bed in the room is very suitable for massage. Yiren lies on the bed and Li Nuo moves a chair to sit at the head of the bed. The distance and height are just right.

Yiren had been deliberately keeping a certain distance from him during this period, but today she actually took the initiative to ask him for a massage, which surprised Li Nuo very much.

While he was massaging Yiren, he was thinking about other things.

Today, he angrily criticized the Right Prime Minister in the Secretariat. Although there was some impulsiveness in it, Li Nuo was not afraid of him.

He had no desire or pursuit for promotion or wealth. A doctor in the Ministry of Justice was enough for him. As long as he could judge cases and practice normally, even the prime minister of the time could not do anything to him.

In addition to increasing his own cultivation, if he could capture a strong man in the sixth realm, he would have an absolute trump card.

However, the amount of lifespan consumed to achieve the sixth level of cultivation must be an astronomical figure, and it is very likely that all his current lifespan is not enough.

Even if there is a way to obtain a portrait of the sixth realm, he will need to judge more cases, arrest more people, and continue to increase his lifespan before he can afford the consumption of his lifespan.

While thinking about these things, Li Nuo did not stop his hands.

But soon, he realized that something was not right.

He came to his senses instantly and looked down.

His hand was not on Yiren's head, but on her chest.

After getting used to giving An Ning a massage, his hands would involuntarily move to other places.

I was distracted for a moment and forgot that it was her lying on the bed. My hands were relying entirely on muscle memory.

No wonder it doesn't feel right.

Li Nuo pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was distracted just now, I thought it was An Ning..."

Yiren didn't react. Li Nuo looked down and found that she had fallen asleep without him knowing when.

He breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked out of the room.

Inside the room, Song Yiren, who was already asleep, had her eyelashes trembling and her face gradually turning red.

Li Nuo walked to the lake and washed his face with the cold water. He thought to himself that he must not lose focus when giving Yiren a massage next time...

Steward Wu came over from a distance and asked Li Nuo tentatively, "Master, did you really scold the Right Prime Minister in the Secretariat today?"

Li Nuo wiped his hands and said, "It's not really a scolding, it's just a few words of argument."

Butler Wu asked, "What's the quarrel?"

Li Nuo said: "We didn't argue much. He just said that my father murdered loyal officials, took human lives lightly, and killed innocent people. I said that he excluded dissidents, abused his power, abused his authority, and betrayed the trust of His Majesty and the people..."

Butler Wu opened his lips slightly, but did not utter a word for a long time.

What was said outside was actually true...

The right prime minister of the current dynasty is a person to whom even the master has to give in.

He scolded His Majesty, and His Majesty did not dare to retort.

The young master actually dared to scold the right prime minister in public. His first reaction was disbelief, until he confirmed it from his own mouth...

What's been spread outside is still a bit conservative.

After a long time, he scratched his head and asked, "Why did the young master quarrel with the right prime minister?"

Li Nuo briefly mentioned a few words to him.

After listening to this, Butler Wu sighed and said, "Over the years, the Right Prime Minister and the Master have been at odds. Twenty years ago, the Master and his people wanted to implement reforms, and several of the Right Prime Minister's disciples were among them. The Right Prime Minister did not agree to the reforms, and later, several of his disciples died because of it. He had even more complaints against the Master, and at the beginning, he suppressed the Master in this way..."

Li Nuo knew about the reforms that his father and his colleagues had implemented back then.

Reform the imperial examination system, abolish the inheritance of titles, abolish the privileges of the rich and powerful, and implement the land reform...

Every reform they made was for the benefit of the people of Daxia and was in line with Confucianism. He didn't understand why the right prime minister wanted to stop them.

Isn’t he a great scholar in the fifth realm? Can his noble spirit be faked?

If it is because of different political views, then what are his political views?

Li Nuo suddenly became very curious.

Butler Wu couldn't explain the reason.

The next morning, Li Nuo came to the Honglu Temple specially.

Many of the officials in the Honglu Temple are veterans of two dynasties. They are older than the Right Prime Minister and naturally know more.

However, although they are older, they are full of respect when talking about the Right Prime Minister.

"Your Excellency, you are truly a role model for Confucian disciples!"

"When he first entered the officialdom, he was only a sixth-rank official, but he dared to go against the powerful officials and several major families in the court. He refused to give in even after being demoted several times..."

"Not only was he demoted, but because of his promotion of political reform, his parents, wife and children were assassinated. He was the only one left in the family. When did he ever bow down to them?"

Li Nuo looked shocked. He looked at the old ministers and asked, "What reform was promoted by the Right Prime Minister? Do you remember?"

An old official remembered this vividly. He stroked his beard and said, "Of course I remember. We expanded official schools, reformed the imperial examination system, abolished the titles of the rich and powerful, exempted the privileges of the aristocratic families, implemented the land reform, and returned the land to the people..."

After saying this, he lowered his head and sighed, "It's a pity that they all failed. Of the officials who promoted the reform at that time, only the Right Prime Minister is left..."

(End of this chapter)