Chapter 387 Phoenix’s Dilemma

Xuanzhou.

At the gate of the Du family.

The head of the Du family saw Li Nuo and the other two out, clasped his fists to him, and said, "Thank you, Lord Li, for all this time."

Li Nuo also clasped his fists in return, saying, "It is the duty of a doctor to save the dying and the wounded. You don't have to be polite."

The two people from the Cui family had been waiting outside the Du mansion early.

These days, with the prescriptions given by Li Nuo, the illnesses of the patients in the mansion have been temporarily suppressed, but if he wants to eradicate them, he has to go to the Cui family in person.

To show his sincerity, before this, the Cui family had been printing his works in the bookstore under their name.

In addition, they have also used the power of the family to strictly investigate the illegal acts of officials in Longnan Road who have taken bribes and perverted the law, and the gentry who oppress the people. The jails in the county yamen in various places are already overcrowded, waiting for him to go and pronounce the verdict.

Of course, these people do not include officials and gentry who are closely related to them.

"Let's go, curing the disease is important."

Li Nuo waved his hand lightly, and an invisible cloud appeared under the feet of several people.

The head of the Du family watched Li Nuo fly away with a few people on the cloud, stroked the short beard on his chin, and exclaimed: "What a fast speed, the cloud of righteousness is well-deserved..."

Above the clouds, Gu Yanran grabbed Li Nuo's sleeve and looked at the mountains and rivers below. The expression on her pretty face gradually changed from fear to novelty.

The two masters of the Cui family jointly propped up a shield of true energy, otherwise at their current speed, they would definitely be blown away by the strong wind above the sky.

Looking at the scenery below rapidly retreating, the two of them couldn't help but marvel in their hearts.

As masters, although they can also fly in the air, only the cloud of righteousness of Confucianism can fly so fast and so steadily.

Such a young Confucian is really the first person in ancient and modern times.

The fourth realm of Confucianism can comprehend the law of "control" in the six arts and control the cloud of righteousness. It can be said that it is the fastest among all the philosophers. No one can compare with it in the same realm.

Within half a day, Li Nuo took them to Cui's house.

At this moment, there were not only people from the Cui family, but also people from the six major families of Pei, Lu, Zheng, and Daxia.

This epidemic started from the Du family and spread completely through the Pei Mansion birthday banquet. Several major families were all infected, and some small and medium-sized families who attended the banquet that day were not spared.

Fortunately, the subsequent transmission ability of this epidemic was not strong. After each family carried out scientific epidemic prevention measures as described in the "Medical Manual", it did not spread on a large scale.

They gathered at Cui's house to ask for medicine.

The hall was in a mess. Li Nuo stretched out his palm and gently pressed down, and the noisy sound gradually stopped.

Li Nuo glanced at them and said, "I know all your situations, but this disease is very stubborn. I have to contact the patients in person to completely cure it. However, I am only one person and I can't go to each family one by one. I hope you understand..."

"I understand."

"After the Cui family, Lord Li, please go to my Lu family. The Lu family has arrested many corrupt officials and people, and they are waiting for Lord Li to deal with them!"

"Lu, you should move back first. It's our Pei family who made the appointment first!"

"What are you arguing about? This place is closer to the Zheng family. It stands to reason that we should go to the Zheng family first!"

...

Although the six major families occasionally have disputes over interests, they are generally harmonious. However, today, they are arguing fiercely in the Cui family.

After all, the sick are their wives and children. If they are diagnosed and treated one day later, they will suffer one more day.

The Pei family made an appointment with Li Nuo first, so he naturally cannot break his promise.

As for the Lu family and the Zheng family, who will come first, Li Nuo did not give them a clear answer, but only said "it depends on the situation".

No one knows what Lord Li meant by "it depends on the situation", but he asked one more question about the specific number of corrupt officials and unruly people arrested by the Lu family, which is very intriguing.

Those who can represent the family are all old foxes, and it is not difficult to guess his intention.

This censor does not want money, nor does he like beauties, but is only keen on solving cases and publishing books. I am afraid that he will go to whichever family of the Lu family or the Zheng family that can satisfy him more in this regard...

...

The Cui family, in the quiet courtyard that has been prepared for Li Nuo.

Gu Yanran is processing case files one by one, and at another desk, Li Nuo is holding a pen and thinking.

The six major families monopolize many industries in Daxia, and bookstores are one of them.

They thought that Li Nuo published books to become famous, and they were very cooperative with this. Li Nuo's calligraphy skills have been growing rapidly these days. After successfully breaking through to the second level, the speed of his cultivation has slowed down until recently.

It's not that the six major families are playing tricks on him. The books that Li Nuo asked them to publish are all poetry collections or imperial examination tutorial books.

The audience of this kind of books are generally educated, mostly students taking the imperial examinations, but their number is far less than that of the people of Daxia.

Calligraphy practice is not just about printing books.

More importantly, let their works be seen by more people.

So Li Nuo needs to write something easy to understand, such as novels, but when you think about it carefully, things are far from that simple.

Li Nuo has traveled all over Daxia in the past few months and has a deep understanding of the situation of the grassroots people in Daxia.

The right to education in Daxia is almost monopolized by the big families and small and medium-sized families. The literacy rate of ordinary people is shockingly low. They can't even read, let alone spend money to buy expensive books.

At present, his cultivation is going smoothly, but if he wants to cultivate to a higher level in the future, he must first solve the literacy problem of the people and lower the price of books. In this way, he will inevitably face direct conflicts with the aristocratic families.

This is a long and arduous task that requires the power of the entire country, not something he can accomplish alone.

These things, he can't do for the time being.

Li Nuo put these thoughts aside and dealt with the matter at hand seriously...

...

In the first half of the 36th year of the Holy Saint, local officials in Daxia lived in fear.

At the beginning of the year, Li Nuo, the inspector, inspected the local area and cut off countless heads with the imperial sword.

Officials in the sphere of influence of the six aristocratic families originally had an attitude of watching the fun.

With the protection of the aristocratic families, the imperial censors of the court could not do anything to them.

Who would have thought that the counties and prefectures where the six major families were located were the most severely investigated and more people were punished.

It was not until this time that the officials of Daxia finally realized that this inspector was a more ruthless character than his father, Li Xuanjing, the Minister of the Dali Temple.

In the past six months, he had beheaded and confiscated more officials and unruly people than his father Li Xuanjing had killed in the past twenty years.

However, Li Nuo had killed only middle and low-level officials, as well as some gentry bullies who oppressed the people.

And the subordinates of Li Xuanjing, the Minister of the Dali Temple, almost never killed unknown people. There were no officials of the third or fourth ranks, royal dignitaries of the first or second ranks, and even great scholars of the fifth realm. There was no one he dared not kill, and no one he could not kill.

Throughout history, the father and son of the Li family should have handled the most lives.

Chang'an.

Zhongshu Province.

In front of the left and right prime ministers, there was a thick stack of files.

This file was sent by Li Nuo from the post station in Xing County.

Xing County was under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, and it was also the location of the Zheng family.

In the past few months, Li Nuo would send a file to the court every once in a while, which would briefly record every case he handled in the local area. Every official who was dealt with, the court would fill their vacancies as soon as possible.

This file was sent from Xing County, indicating that he had visited all the six great families of Daxia.

Originally, these places were always the most difficult bones for the court to chew.

The control of the families over the places was too deep, and the people sent by the court could hardly gain anything, and most of the imperial censors who inspected returned empty-handed.

Unexpectedly, the most difficult place to chew was exactly the place that Li Nuo chewed first.

The court had already received news that people from several big families were infected with a difficult disease, and only Li Nuo could cure this disease. He threatened to cure the disease and asked these big families to use their influence to investigate local illegal activities. In order to cure the disease, the six big families had to do it...

The right prime minister tapped the table with his index finger and said, "It's so coincidental that people from the six big families are all suffering from the disease, and it happens that only he can cure it. It's really God's will..."

The left prime minister did not follow his words, put down the file in his hand, and said, "He said that the court should strengthen supervision of local areas, send officials from the six big families to local areas, serve as supervisory officials, and evaluate their political achievements every year. Those with outstanding political achievements will be promoted first..."

After reading it, he knew what Li Nuo was thinking.

The officials of the six big families were still restricted in Chang'an, but in the local areas, for local officials and gentry, the aristocratic families were existences that could not be provoked.

This move transferred the responsibility of supervising the local areas from the court to those aristocratic families.

A series of events that have happened in the past few months show that if the noble families are really willing to do something for the people, even the court is not as good as them.

His arrangement is not bad.

The right prime minister said leisurely: "Compared to Confucianism, he is more like a diplomat."

The left prime minister said: "Whether it is Confucianism or diplomacy, as long as it is beneficial to the people, it doesn't matter."

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Looking at the long list on the table, he said: "Next year, I'm afraid there will be another imperial examination..."

Ningxin Garden.

Since Li Nuo took Jia and An Ning to Zhao State, Fenghuang has lived in the huge Ningxin Garden alone.

She sat at the stone table in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, staring at the calm water in a daze, and her heart was in infinite entanglement.

If she had not been born in Qi State, if her surname was not Jiang, how good would it be?

Without these, she would not have encountered the current predicament.

She had cheated on him once, and that time, she almost lost him forever.

If he knew that she was a spy of Qi State and had ulterior motives when she approached him at the beginning, would he never want her again?

But this was something she had to face eventually.

They had spent a huge price to train her and would not allow her to be his wife wholeheartedly.

If she had such thoughts, they would definitely expose her identity.

At that time, even the Li family would be implicated.

This was what she didn't want to see even more.

She sighed softly, and her fingers were tangled together, just like her tangled heart.

...

Chang'an.

Three figures, one old and two young, slowly walked into the city gate.

Gu Yanran followed Li Nuo closely and stepped into Chang'an again. Looking at the familiar streets, she felt as if she was in a dream.

Dongfang Xuan looked at Li Nuo and felt that he was dreaming.

In this world, there are people who can live for a thousand years.

Excluding the possibility that he was possessed by a demon and his yin and yang skills were disordered, even if this number was very exaggerated, he had to believe it.

The best thing about the Yin-Yang magic of the Dongfang family is to predict people's fate.

The last time he could calculate Li Nuo's fate, he still had a thousand years to live. After that, because of the obstruction of the Haoran Qi, he could not calculate anything about Li Nuo.

Two days ago, he had successfully entered the Yin-Yang family.

If, if he could practice to the sixth level...

He has such a long life span, I have been pretty good to him, it's not too much to give me two years, right?

Dongfang Xuan coughed lightly, it seems that I have to treat him better in the future...

Standing on the streets of Chang'an, Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Half a day ago, Li Nuo left the Zheng family.

In the past two months, he has been a guest in the six major families in turn, and he has gained a lot.

With the help of the six major families, there are thousands of people sentenced to death alone, involving one-third of the prefectures and counties in Daxia.

A few days ago, both the Confucianism and Legalism cultivation encountered bottlenecks.

One step further, he is a double half-saint of Confucianism and Legalism.

However, it is obviously not that easy to take this step. Even if a provincial governor, a fourth-rank official of the imperial court, is killed, there is no sign of loosening the bottleneck.

So after leaving the Zheng family, Li Nuo did not go to a new place, but returned to Chang'an.

After such a long time, with the help of the six great families, he could barely inspect one-third of the counties and prefectures in Daxia. The rest of the places are not within the sphere of influence of the six great families. It would probably take Li Nuo several years to inspect them even roughly.

It is better to let the imperial court establish a more complete supervision system, which is more efficient and easier to achieve.

Besides, he has not been home for a long time.

Henan Road is closer to Chang'an. Li Nuo plans to see Fenghuang first, and then go to Zhao State.

In Ningxin Garden.

Fenghuang was sitting at the table in a daze, and her eyes were suddenly covered from behind.

Feeling the familiar breath behind her, the next moment, she suddenly stood up, tiptoed, and habitually hooked her hands around Li Nuo's neck.

At the door, Gu Yanran saw this scene, her face slightly blushed, and she quickly stepped back.

After a long time, the two separated their lips.

Fenghuang hooked Li Nuo's neck, blinked at him with watery eyes, and whispered: "You are back..."

Looking at her charming face, Li Nuo couldn't help but kiss her again.

After a long time, Li Nuo gathered her messy hair and said: "Business matters, why don't you let others do it? I will take you to Zhao State and reunite with the beautiful An Ning..."

After not seeing each other for a few months, although Fenghuang is still so charming, Li Nuo can see a little haggard in her eyes.

During this period, although he has been running around outside, he is not very busy with the six major families outside and Xiao Gu inside.

On the contrary, Fenghuang has Yuyin Pavilion, Yuelai Building, Tianyin Courtyard, and many businesses at home. All of these need her to manage. It would be strange if she is not haggard.

Fenghuang shook her head and said, "I don't feel comfortable leaving my family's business to others."

Li Nuo said, "What about Nightingale? She doesn't help you share the burden..."

Speaking of Nightingale, Fenghuang's eyes showed a trace of hidden worry. She didn't answer this question, but asked, "Why do people always send us money during this period..."

A family that has been passed down for thousands of years is naturally trustworthy.

This money should be the money from selling books.

After Li Nuo explained to Fenghuang, he first left Ningxin Garden and went to the Secretariat. He talked with Zuo Fu about establishing a new supervision system for an hour.

Afterwards, he went to the Dali Temple and met his father and Prince Chun.

In Prince Chun's mansion, Li Yun was still as usual, studying Mohism day and night. Li Nuo exchanged many ideas with him. When he returned to Ningxin Garden, it was already very late.

After a simple bath, he went back to his room to rest.

Jia and An Ning were both in Zhao State, and Fenghuang had not officially entered the Li family, so he could only sleep alone.

However, when he walked into the room and saw Fenghuang sitting on the bed in pajamas, his expression was slightly stunned.

Although the two had already confirmed their feelings, Fenghuang insisted on marrying him after Yiren, so the two never took the last step and even slept in the same bed.

Fenghuang had just taken a bath, with black hair draped over her shoulders, and her eyes seemed to be able to speak, looking at Li Nuo with watery eyes, and whispered: "I want to sleep with you..."