Chapter 299: Zhao Envoy

Li Nuo was transferred to the Ministry of Justice, but after only being busy for half a day, he was completely free.

Not only did he have free time, but the entire Ministry of Justice also had free time.

He can handle all the files collected from various places by himself.

The public security in Chang'an is good, and there are usually no major cases.

Li Nuo even followed suit and set up the court outside the Ministry of Justice, but few people came to complain.

It’s not that the people are afraid to seek redress for their grievances, it’s that they really have no grievances.

Because of the previous incident in Yuyin Pavilion, the Dali Temple, together with the Ministry of Justice and local government offices in the capital, launched a special campaign to crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil. All the ruffians and bullies in Chang'an and its surrounding areas were cracked down and eliminated.

Those who should go to jail will be jailed, those who should be exiled will be exiled, those who should be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who have protectors will be dealt with along with their protectors.

This action is not a one-off one, but has long been normalized and sustained. After a year of rectification, the social atmosphere in Gyeonggi Province has changed greatly.

Li Nuo originally wanted to investigate some corrupt officials.

However, after the last Donggong case, with the death of Jingzhao Yin, the Han Wang's party was disbanded, and the middle and low-level officials in the capital had been massacred.

Many senior officials from the three provinces and six ministries also died, and those who survived were implicated and dismissed from office.

As for the powerful and wealthy, in the past few months, some of them died, some fled, and the few who were left were all behaving very low-key and rarely even went out. Li Nuo couldn't cause trouble for them for no reason.

Moreover, in the past half month, the number of powerful people who have moved out has continued to increase.

Almost every day, powerful people and their families fled Chang'an.

The entire circle of powerful people was in panic.

It’s not that the Dali Temple has made any new moves, but there have been several murders against powerful people in the past half month.

At first, only a viscount was killed.

The Ministry of Justice was ordered to investigate the case, and Li Nuo also went to the scene, but did not find any results.

Later, more and more earls and marquis were killed, and the powerful people in Chang'an were completely panicked.

In the past, when the Dali Temple killed those powerful people, there was at least a reason, but those who died in recent days were all assassinated. It is obvious that someone is hunting down the powerful people with a purpose.

The powerful and wealthy all have royal blood and have always been high and mighty. They could never have imagined that someone would actually turn the butcher knife against them.

They wrote letters to the court, asking them to thoroughly investigate the case.

The three provinces did take the matter very seriously and ordered the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to catch the murderer. However, in such a case with no beginning or end, even if Li Nuo had the legal code, he could not find any clues.

In order to avoid disaster, the remaining powerful and wealthy people also began to flee Chang'an on a large scale.

The Ministry of Justice had no new files or cases for the entire morning today, so Li Nuo simply took half a day off in the afternoon.

Instead of doing nothing in the Ministry of Justice, it is better to stay at home and spend more time with my wife and An Ning.

Practicing law is not like practicing martial arts. A skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Without a case, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless.

If I had known this earlier, I would have asked my father to leave some achievements for him.

It's such a waste to kill so many people so casually...

In Ningxin Garden, Li Nuo had just played the piano for An Ning and Jia Ren. This was requested by the two female doctors. During pregnancy, listening to some soothing music can help to nourish the fetus.

They originally wanted to invite musicians from the palace, but with Li Nuo here, of course there was no need to invite anyone else.

Li Nuo has not been slacking off in martial arts recently. He can already vaguely feel the bottleneck of his inner energy. He was just about to practice martial arts when Butler Wu came over and said, "Master, there are two people outside who say they want to see you."

Li Nuo asked: "Who?"

Wu Guanjia said: "They said they were envoys from the State of Zhao."

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment. What did the Zhao envoy want to see him for?

He is no longer the Secretary of the Honglu Temple. Besides, if the envoys from other countries have any business, they should go to the Honglu Temple instead of his private residence.

Although he felt curious, he still decided to go and take a look.

After all, the identity of the Zhao envoy is still worthy of attention.

As one of the five dynasties, the relationship between Zhao and Daxia was relatively close. For hundreds of years, the two countries cooperated closely and have always been friendly neighbors.

Among the five dynasties, the strength of Daxia and Zhao was at the bottom. Only by sticking together could they avoid being annexed by the other three powers.

After all, all the major dynasties wanted to unify the world and become the sole overlord of the continent.

Once the situation changes, the two weakest countries will inevitably be the first to be annexed.

At the entrance of Ningxin Garden, there is a room specially used for receiving guests.

When Li Nuo arrived here, there were already two figures waiting in the room.

There were two people, one old and one young, one male and one female. Li Nuo had received them personally and had some impression of them. The old man was the leader of the Zhao delegation, and the woman was one of the envoys of the Zhao delegation.

Li Nuo had a deeper impression of the Zhao delegation.

Because there were several female officials in the Zhao State delegation.

In Zhao State, women were allowed to enter officialdom, which was a clear difference between Zhao State and several other dynasties.

The old man bowed to Li Nuo and said, "Sir, we meet again."

Li Nuo asked the two to sit down and asked Butler Wu to make a pot of tea. Then he said, "I wonder what the two envoys want to see me for?"

Li Nuo did not say that he was no longer the Secretary of the Honglu Temple. Although he had left the Honglu Temple, if the envoys of friendly countries had any needs, he could convey them to the Honglu Temple.

The old man smiled slightly, and did not answer his question directly, but said: "It is true that heroes emerge from youth. When you were in the Secretariat, you were not afraid of power and angrily rebuked the right prime minister of the dynasty. I really admire you..."

Li Nuo recalled that there seemed to be several people standing in the courtyard of the Secretariat that day.

He waved his hand and said politely: "Thank you, thank you..."

The old man smiled and said, "I'm not flattering you at all. When you solved the case at the embassy, ​​I was also there. It is a blessing for the Great Xia court to have a capable official like you..."

Li Nuo said politely: "No, no..."

He did not say much. These two envoys from Zhao State definitely did not come to him just to flatter him. Li Nuo was waiting for them to state their purpose themselves.

Sure enough, after saying this, the old man changed the subject and said, "Talents like you, sir, should be valued by the Great Xia court. I didn't expect that not only did they not value you, but they also suppressed you everywhere. You have made such great contributions, but you are only transferred to a lateral position. Even outsiders like me can't stand it..."

Li Nuo took a sip of tea.

Look at what the Right Prime Minister has done, even his friendly countries can’t stand it.

The foreshadowing was enough, and the old man said: "In my opinion, you should just come to our Zhao State to be an official. I guarantee that you will never suffer such injustice in Zhao State..."

Li Nuo nearly spit out his tea. He never expected that these two envoys from Zhao State were here to poach his talents.

Li Nuo put down his teacup and politely declined, "Sorry, I don't have any plans for the time being..."

His relatives and friends are all in Daxia, so how could he possibly go to Zhao to be an official?

Besides, after all the hard work, he finally got the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice, so there was no reason for him to go to Zhao State.

At this time, the pretty female official who had been silent said, "Your Excellency may have misunderstood. We are not asking you to betray Daxia. Daxia and Zhao often send envoys to each other. As long as you are willing to go to Zhao and help us for half a year..."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "Sorry..."

The pretty female official said: "In return, we can let you take charge of the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Zongzheng Temple of Zhao for a period of time..."

Li Nuo swallowed the rest of his words.

The Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, the Zongzheng Temple... these three departments are in charge of all criminal laws. Can't they execute treacherous ministers and punish the powerful and wealthy and sentence whomever they want?

The corrupt officials and powerful people in Daxia had been killed by his father. As a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, he had no more time to spare every day. Compared with Daxia, Zhao was obviously a fertile land that had not yet been cultivated.

If we can catch all these people in one fell swoop, we can expect to reach the fifth realm...

Seeing that Li Nuo did not refuse immediately, the female official did not urge him and said, "Your Excellency, do not rush to reply. You may consider it for a while. We will come to visit again after the New Year..."

After saying that, the two of them got up and left.

After leaving Ningxin Garden, the old man asked, "Is he the man that Master Gongsun mentioned?"

The pretty lady official shook her head and said, "Actually, I'm not sure either..."

The old man was slightly stunned and said, "If it wasn't for him, wouldn't Master Gongsun have died in vain?"

The pretty female official gathered her hair and said, "After Master Gongsun finished his divination, he vomited blood and died. He just said that the person we are looking for is in Daxia. When I meet him, I will know..."

(End of this chapter)