Chapter 34 I don’t have a friend like you!

Li Nuo felt helpless.

The former Chang'an County Magistrate was an important witness. Now that he is dead, the case becomes even more difficult to investigate.

Behind Li Nuo, Butler Wu looked up at the sky and sighed in his heart.

The young master has been out for a whole day. When will he come home? He is already hungry. The new chef hired by the Li family has amazing cooking skills. He has even thought about what to eat in the evening, but he can only wait here.

At a certain moment, he finally couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want to take charge of this case?"

Li Nuo glanced at the sad old man who almost fainted, and asked Butler Wu, "Can we let the Dali Temple investigate this case?"

Magistrate Pei did not dare to investigate, and Li Nuo could understand him. Although he would not be able to get involved if the case was handed over to the Dali Temple, he still wanted to seek justice for the old man even if he could not gain any benefit from the case.

Butler Wu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No need to bother..."

He waved to the distance, and a peddler who was carrying a load put down his goods, trotted over and asked, "Manager Wu, what can I do for you?"

Wu Guanjia said, "Go to the official's residence and ask him if his son raped a girl six months ago."

The peddler asked, “And then?”

Butler Wu waved his hand and said, "No more, come back after you finish asking."

The peddler nodded, ran wildly in a certain direction, and soon disappeared from Li Nuo's sight.

Li Nuo looked at Butler Wu and asked, "Is that all?"

Butler Wu smiled and said, "Young Master, please wait a moment."

Li Nuo didn't know what he was up to, but there were still some cases to deal with today. He first asked the old woman to rest aside and continued to deal with the next case. He thought to himself that if it really didn't work, he would go find his father at night. With the means of the Dali Temple, it should not be difficult to investigate the case.

Pei Zhe glanced at Steward Wu and mourned in his heart for the Minister of Examination.

That's life.

In the eyes of some people, ordinary people are like ants.

But in the eyes of others, you are also an ant.

At this time, a sumptuous family banquet was being held in a noble mansion somewhere in Chang'an.

The Ministry of Examination was in charge of the performance evaluation of more than 90% of Daxia's officials. As a doctor in the Ministry of Examination, Wang Duo was extremely busy with his official duties on weekdays. That was why he attached great importance to his rest days. On every rest day, he would put aside all his official duties, burn incense and take a bath, and spend time with his family...

The Wang family was prosperous, the brothers lived in harmony, and they were of the same blood. The only regret was that he only had one son.

As the main branch of the Wang family, he should actually have more children.

However, when his wife was pregnant, she had a miscarriage, and after giving birth to a son, she was unable to have children again. Over the years, Wang Duo never thought of taking a concubine.

He came from a humble family. In his early years, in order to support his studies, his wife worked hard every day to wash clothes and weave cloth for others even when she was pregnant. She was busy from morning to night and did not skimp on food and clothing. All the money she earned was spent on him. How could he bear to make her sad?

Fortunately, they still have a son. Although he was spoiled by his mother since he was a child, under his mother's discipline, he did not degenerate like other playboys. Not only did he reach the second level of martial arts at a young age, he was also very diligent in his studies. If he could pass the imperial examination, he would be able to guarantee a worry-free career as a Langzhong in the Ministry of Examination...

Even if he fails to pass the imperial examination, the family business he has built up now will ensure him a prosperous life.

Halfway through the family dinner, Wang Duo glanced at the young man sitting below him and asked, "How are your studies at the academy lately?"

The young man was eating. Hearing this, he coughed a few times and said, "It's an improvement over the past few months."

Wang Duo nodded and said, "Study hard in the academy. Even if you can't master all six arts, at least you have to be good at one of them, and the other five can't be too weak. As long as you can pass the imperial examination, even if you are only at the bottom of the Jinshi class, I can guarantee that you will be promoted from the ninth rank to the seventh rank within ten years..."

With his father being a doctor in the imperial court, he would surely rise to prominence once he entered the officialdom. The young man nodded repeatedly in agreement. At this time, a servant of the Wang family hurried in and said, "Master, someone just came to the outside of the mansion and said he had a question for you."

Wang Duo put down the dish he had picked up and asked, "Problem, what's the problem?"

The servant looked at everyone at the family dinner, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Wang Duo glanced at him and said, "There are no outsiders here, just say whatever you want to say."

The servant hesitated for a moment and said, "The man asked the master, sir, did you rape a girl half a year ago..."

The young man was stunned when he heard this, then his face showed anger, and he said: "That old man, it's endless, right? That time I was just impulsive after drinking. If it were a normal day, even if her daughter stood in front of me naked, I wouldn't even look at her..."

With his status, he had no shortage of women, but those who came to him on their own initiative were either withered women who had been raped by thousands of men, or scheming women who wanted to marry into a wealthy family for ulterior motives. He didn't think much of them. That time, when he was drunk, he wanted to have a taste of the love of a decent woman, but he didn't expect that it would become a troublesome thing that he couldn't get rid of afterwards.

"Shut up! You are the one who caused this trouble!" Wang Duo glared at him, then looked at the servant of the Wang family and asked, "Which government office is that man from? Chang'an County Government or the Ministry of Justice?"

Half a year ago, because of this incident, he locked his son in the room and punished him to face the wall for three days.

Although he was punished, as a father, he could not just watch his son's future being affected by this incident.

Even if he could pay a ransom to be exempted from punishment, the criminal record would affect his future promotion if he passed the imperial examination.

He was a Langzhong in the Ministry of Examination and knew most about these matters.

The only ones who could handle this matter were the Chang'an County Court and the Ministry of Justice. The previous Chang'an County Magistrate had come to him about this matter and assured him in person that nothing would go wrong. He had also informed the Ministry of Justice, and no one mentioned this matter again in the following six months.

Could it be the newly appointed Chang'an County Magistrate?

It seems that this new county magistrate is not very sensible...

As he was thinking this, the servant said, "He said he was from the Dali Temple."

Click!

The jade chopsticks in Wang Duo's hand suddenly fell on the table.

Snap!

In the dining hall, bowls were broken all over the floor.

A moment later, Wang's family.

The young man's face was pale. He knelt on the ground, trembling all over. He hugged Wang Duo's legs and said in a trembling voice: "Dad, you must save me!"

A lady in luxurious clothes also grabbed Wang Duo's hand, her eyes blurred with tears, and said, "Master, Yue'er is our only child, you can't abandon him. If anything happens to Yue'er, I will die!"

Wang Duo's face was also pale, but as the head of the family, he still forced himself to calm down and said, "You stay at home, I will go visit the adults first."

After a while, Wang Duo hurried out from the back door and visited several tall gates nearby in succession.

These people include those from the Ministry of Justice and those from Jingzhao Prefecture.

Normally, they would be humble and courteous to him, greeting him with smiles, but today, as he needed a favor from them, Wang Duo was very humble.

"I heard the magpie calling early this morning. It turns out that a distinguished guest has come to visit us. Sir Wang, please take a seat!"

"Why is Lord Wang here? Hurry up and get out the precious tea I have collected!"

The matter was urgent, so Wang Duo made it short and got straight to the point: "To be honest, my son has run into some trouble..."

"Don't worry, Lord Wang. Your business is my business. I'll have to ask Lord Wang to take care of this year's assessment..."

"It's about your son's case. It's a small matter. I'll send someone to the Chang'an County Office to inform them."

…

However, after Wang Duo explained in detail, these people suddenly changed their tone.

"What? This case was named by the Dali Temple Minister?"

"Sir Wang, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter..."

"My master is ill and cannot see visitors."

"Master Wang, my master said he is not here."

"Send him out, send him out!"

…

Wang Duo walked on the street in a daze. Those officials who usually bowed and scraped to him, those colleagues who used to call him brothers, greeted him with smiles at first, but when they heard that the case involved the Dali Temple, they all changed their expressions and no one was willing to lend a helping hand. Later, he could not even step into their homes.

Finally, Wang Duo hesitated for a long time and walked into the last gate of the mansion.

After explaining his purpose to the concierge, a refined middle-aged man walked into the courtyard. Looking at Wang Duo, who looked pale and frightened, he asked in confusion, "Doctor Wang, what happened?"

Wang Duo quickly stepped forward, grabbed the man's hand, and said anxiously: "Minister Chen, you must save me!"

The middle-aged man patted his hands and said, "Don't worry, tell me what's going on. You and I have been friends for many years. If something happens to you, how can I just stand by and watch?"

The next moment, after listening to Wang Duo's explanation of the whole story, the middle-aged man was shocked and asked, "What? Your son raped a woman and was found by Li Xuanjing's people?"

Wang Duo nodded and said, "Master Chen, you have to save me!"

The middle-aged man had a dark face.

Help, help, help my ass!

Officials in Chang'an, who had done nothing wrong, were all afraid of being targeted by Li Xuanjing, let alone those who had committed such a serious crime.

Who is Li Xuanjing?

Living devil!

Who dares to intervene in the case he has set his sights on?

If you stretch out your hand, your hand will be chopped off; if you stretch out your head, your head will be chopp

The middle-aged man waved Wang Duo's hand away without hesitation and said firmly: "Our twenty-year friendship is severed today. From now on, I don't have you as my friend!"

(End of this chapter)