Li Mu walked on the streets of Shendu, followed by Wang Wu.
He always let Xiaobai see him beating others for no reason, which damaged his tall and majestic positive image in Xiaobai's mind, so Li Mu asked her to stay in the Yamen to practice, and did not let her follow him.
Wang Wu followed Li Mu with eyes filled with admiration.
In the past few days, he has completely admired this new head catcher.
Redressing grievances for the people, punishing rape and eradicating evil, and protecting justice are the people's leaders.
Some officials in Shendu are evil, but he is even more evil than them. Going to the Ministry of Punishment is like drinking water and eating. He beats people, but in the end he is still unscathed. He comes out of the Ministry of Punishment arrogantly. I wonder if this Shendu can be as good as him.
,Who else?
"Captain Li, come and have a bowl of noodles?"
"Captain Li, want a pear?"
"There are two new girls in the building. Do you want Capt. Li to come and play?"
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These days, Li Mu's fame has completely spread throughout the city of God.
Not because he defended the people's grievances, nor because he was handsome, but because he had many fights with officials' children on the streets and walked out of the Ministry of Justice unharmed, which made the people a lot of fun.
The people responsible for the arrest of the Shendu Yamen were all officials' sons who were used to being arrogant and domineering in Shendu. Seeing that they were being bullied and that they were unable to do anything about Capt. Li, the people couldn't be too happy.
Li Mu rejected the brothel madam's invitation and looked forward, looking for the next prey.
At a certain moment, his eyes lit up, and a familiar figure came into view.
Zhu Cong, the son of a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, Li Mugang had not been in consciousness for two days, but he had a grudge against him because of riding a horse on the street. Zhu Cong was beaten several times in the Ministry of Punishments last time, but he had completely recovered in just a few days.
I am afraid that Wei Peng, who was beaten the hardest, has almost recovered now.
For ordinary people, torture with a stick may kill them, but these people are well-off and certainly have no shortage of healing elixirs. The most they can do is suffer some physical pain during the torture.
Zhu Cong had also seen Li Mu. After taking one look at him, he did not dare to look at him a second time.
In the past few days, he has made it clear that the internal guard standing behind Li Mu is the Queen's lackey and minion. Although there are many people in Shendu who can offend him, they definitely do not include him, whose father is just a doctor in the Ministry of Etiquette.
He turned around quickly, planning to escape quickly.
As soon as Zhu Cong turned around, Li Mu appeared in front of him.
Li Mu looked at Zhu Cong and asked with a smile: "Isn't this Mr. Zhu? Where are you going in such a hurry?"
Zhu Cong lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Mu, and said, "Just take a stroll."
Li Mu frowned and said, "Why don't you look at me and speak? Do you look down on me?"
Zhu Cong immediately raised his head, with a sad look on his face, and said: "Captain Li, it was all my fault in the past. I was blind. I shouldn't have ridden the streets, and I shouldn't have provoked the court. I will never dare to do it again."
, please forgive me..."
"..."
Li Mu looked at Zhu Cong, stunned for a moment.
If Zhu Cong is as arrogant and domineering as before, beating him up will not cause any psychological pressure.
But he suddenly turned around and confessed his mistake. If Li Mu took action again, he would be wrong.
A prodigal son can never change his ways, but he knows his mistakes and can correct them, which is the greatest good thing. If he can really repent in the future, he can be spared a beating today.
Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Be more restrained from now on and let's go..."
"Thank you Mr. Li."
Zhu Cong left quickly without hesitation. Li Mu sighed with regret and continued to search for the next target.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid horse hooves came from behind.
Li Mu looked forward and saw a young prince riding on a horse, crossing the intersection, causing the people to panic and avoid him.
Although there are instances of riding horses on the streets of Shendu, they are not that frequent. This is the second time Li Mu has seen them. He was about to chase after them when he suddenly felt something on his legs.
He lowered his head and saw Wang Wu hugging his thigh tightly.
Li Mu asked: "What are you doing?"
Wang Wu said bitterly: "Boss, you can't go. We can't afford to offend this person..."
With Wang Wu's eyesight, following him these past few days, he should have already known who they could afford to offend and who they couldn't afford to offend. Under such circumstances, he was still dragging Li Mu so resolutely.
, indicating that this person’s background is indeed not small.
Li Mu asked: "Who is he?"
Wang Wudao: "A descendant of the Zhou family."
Although there are only four words for a son of the Zhou family, he is as important as a thousand pounds in the hearts of the people of the capital city, as well as officials and dignitaries.
Although the royal family has no relatives, and since the Queen ascended the throne, the connection with the Zhou family is not as close as before, but today's Zhou family is undoubtedly the first family in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Zhou family and the vassal Zhou family controlled half of the court.
The ancestor of the Zhou family is a peak powerhouse in the sixth realm. The family has recruited countless powerhouses, including some of them.
In the capital of God, even the Xiao family is inferior to the Zhou family by three points.
Master Zhang once warned Li Mu that among the people and forces that should not be offended in the capital of God, the Zhou family ranks first.
That is a family that cannot be provoked even if Li Mu has internal guards behind him.
Wang Wu hugged Li Mu's leg tightly and said, "Boss, listen to me, this is really not something you can mess with."
Li Mu knew very well that in the name of internal guard, he could be arrogant in front of the sons and grandchildren of these fifth- and sixth-rank officials, but he was not yet qualified to be arrogant in front of these people.
After all, before he had absolute strength and power, he was just a bully and afraid of the strong...
He took a few steps and soon saw his next target.
It was a young man dressed sumptuously. He seemed to have drunk a lot of wine and was walking drunkenly on the street. From time to time he would smile at women passing by, causing them to exclaim and scurry away.
An old man followed him not too far away, probably a bodyguard.
Wang Wu followed Li Mu's line of sight and glanced at him. He had already let go of his hand on his thigh and hugged him again.
He said helplessly: "Sir, you can't mess with this!"
Unlike riding a horse in the street, it is not against the law to be drunk, and it is not against the law to laugh at a woman while drunk. If he was not someone who was usually arrogant and domineering in the city of God and oppressed the people, Li Mu would naturally not take the initiative to provoke him.
He was just curious about the background of this young man who was protected by a strong man from the fifth realm.
He looked at Wang Wu and asked, "Who is this?"
Wang Wudao: "Prince Ping, the younger brother of the former prince, and a member of the Xiao royal family."
The former prince generally refers to the previous emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, but he only reigned for less than a month before he died suddenly. The people and officials in the divine capital did not call him the first emperor.
Among the members of the Xiao royal family, Master Zhang reminded Li Mu that they were ranked second, only below the Zhou family.
The imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been dominated by these two forces since three years ago.
The Xiao royal family wanted to regain the imperial power after the Queen abdicated and return the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the right track.
The Zhou family, on the other hand, wanted to let the Queen pass the throne to a descendant of the Zhou family, so that the Zhou royal family could change their surname.
These two forces have irreconcilable fundamental contradictions. Some of the forces in the capital of God are leaning towards the Xiao family, some are leaning towards the Zhou family, some are clinging to the Queen, and some remain neutral. Even the Zhou family and the Xiao family
, they will argue fiercely in government affairs, and will try their best to avoid offending each other outside of government affairs.
Some people cannot be provoked for the time being, and those who can be provoked have stayed behind closed doors for the past two days. Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, go back to the Yamen!"
Ministry of Punishment.
Several officials gathered together, and the atmosphere was quite dull.
"That's unreasonable!"
"Too arrogant!"
"Lawless, simply lawless!"
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The doctor of the Ministry of Justice looked at the angry doctor of the Ministry of Rites, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple, and several other officials, rubbed his brows, and did not speak.
The son was beaten a hundred times and has not fully recovered yet. The concubine is making trouble with him every day at home. The foreign minister of the household department looked at the doctor of the punishment department angrily and asked: "Mr. Yang, don't you have any way to cure him?"
Do you want to treat Li Mu?"
"What can I do?"
The doctor of the Ministry of Justice had been extremely irritable these past two days. Seeing that the member of the Ministry of Finance, Wailang, seemed to be blaming him, he said impatiently: "The Ministry of Justice is the Ministry of Justice of Zhou Dynasty, not my family. Officials of the Ministry of Justice must also act in accordance with the law.
, then although Li Mu is arrogant, everything he does is within the permission of the law, what do you want me to do?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Rites said: "Is there really nothing we can do?"
The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment said angrily: "That boy is more cunning than a fox. He is more familiar with the laws of Zhou Dynasty than I am. He also has internal guards behind him. Unless the scapegoat is abolished, no one can cure him!"
Everyone looked at each other and saw deep helplessness in each other's eyes.
In the past, they were not responsible for any misfortune caused by the heirs in the family. What they thought was how to pass the Ministry of Punishments and make the big troubles into minor ones.
But these days, they are the ones being bullied.
This feeling that they were clearly officials of the imperial court, but their children had been bullied, yet they could not pass the law to punish the culprit, which made each of them feel depressed to the extreme.
The Prime Minister of Taichang Temple asked: "Is there no other way but to abolish the substitution silver?"
The doctor from the Criminal Department shook his head and said, "No."
Modification of laws has always been a matter for the Ministry of Punishment. Taichang Temple Prime Minister asked again: "What do the Ministers and Ministers say?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Justice said: "You two adults are busy with everything, how can you care about such trivial matters..."
The matter of scapegoating Yin is a big deal for them, but for the minister and the minister, helping the Xiao royal family to regain power is the most important thing. An insignificant amendment to the law has no qualifications for them to pay special attention to it.
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Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Revenue, gritted his teeth and said: "They must be trying to abolish the Substitute Silver Law. Those who opposed the abolition of this law in the court that day all suffered such revenge!"
The doctor from the Ministry of Rites asked: "Who handed over the letter proposing the abolition of the substitution silver law?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Punishment said: "Captain Shendu, Zhang Chun."
Wailang, a member of the household department, slammed the table and said angrily: "This damn Zhang Chun actually set such a trap for us. I am incompatible with him!"
