Chapter 23 Tracking

The next morning, when Li Nuo woke up, he found that the bedding on the floor beside the bed had been collected and Song Jiaren was gone.

After a simple wash, Li Nuo sat in front of the mirror and styled his hair with ease. He also memorized the steps. It is much easier for men to style their hair than for women. He believed that even if his ability expired tomorrow, he would not have to trouble the maid at home.

Another day passed, and the life span recorded in the code was reduced to only twenty-four days.

Li Nuo looked unwell and had dark circles under his eyes. One has to say, one cannot judge a book by its cover. Song Qian's seemingly frail husband did not look weak at all last night.

Li Nuo called him "macho brother" in his heart.

When I walked out of the room, I saw two figures walking out from next door.

Song Qian glanced at Li Nuo with a complicated look, said nothing, and left.

Li Nuo gave the tough guy a look of admiration. Although Song Qian's husband was confused and didn't know where Li Nuo's admiration came from, he nodded politely in return and left with Song Qian.

Li Nuo stood in the yard, stretched his body, and was about to leave Song Mansion and go to Chang'an County Government Office when a figure ran in from outside.

Song Muer grabbed Li Nuo's hand and said, "Brother Li Nuo, my hair is messy, can you help me comb it again?"

After a whole night, the flying fairy bun that Li Nuo had combed for her was already in a mess. It was just a hair braiding, which would not take much time. Song Muer had just sat down on the stone bench in the yard when another figure ran in.

Seeing Li Nuo combing Song Muer's hair, Song Ning'er immediately said, "I want it too!"

“I was here first!”

"No, you went first yesterday, today I have to go first!"

"Me first!"

"Me first!"

…

The two identical little girls were arguing over who should go first. Li Nuo had a headache and had to let them play rock-paper-scissors. In the end, Song Muer won. Although Song Ning'er was young, she was willing to accept the defeat. She just sat aside unconvinced and said, "I will definitely beat you next time!"

Two maids from the Song Mansion stood behind Li Nuo, carefully learning his braiding techniques.

After they learn it, they can comb the hair for the two young ladies in the future. They can't invite the young ladies' husbands-in-law to come over every time.

The two maids chatted from time to time. Li Nuo learned from their conversation that last night, the Song Mansion was investigating the thief who stole the birthday gift, but it seemed that they did not find him.

Li Nuo does have a way, which can almost 100% identify the person behind the scenes. However, this is not a murder case. It is impossible to lock up all the people present last night in the county jail just for the two Yu Ruyi.

After braiding the hair of the two sisters in order, one of them ran away excitedly without saying a word, while the other stayed here and said sweetly to Li Nuo: "Thank you, brother Li Nuo."

Needless to say, the one who stayed here was Song Muer.

Although Li Nuo couldn't tell them apart in appearance, they were easily distinguishable in character.

The two sisters are the same age, look exactly the same, and even dress the same, but their personalities are quite different.

Song Muer is cute and well-behaved, sensible and polite, while Song Ning'er is a little willful and capricious. This is Li Nuo's first impression of the pair of sisters after a short period of getting along with them.

Song Muer took out a piece of sweet and sticky pastry from her small bag and fed it to Li Nuo herself to express her gratitude to him. Then she took out a small box from her small bag and applied the contents of the box on her face.

Li Nuo asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Song Muer raised her index finger and whispered, "Shh, keep your voice down. This is the rouge I stole from my mother with great difficulty..."

Love of beauty is a woman's nature and has no age limit.

However, putting on makeup is a technical job, and she quickly turned herself into a little cat.

Watching the little girl applying makeup on her face, Li Nuo felt a strange feeling in his heart again.

He had this feeling when he was playing shuttlecock with her and when he was combing her hair.

In order to verify his guess, Li Nuo picked up the box of rouge and said, "Let me help you."

Song Muer now has absolute trust in Brother Li Nuo. She sat next to Li Nuo, raised her face to look at him, and said, "You have to make me more beautiful than Song Ning'er..."

Li Nuo's hands applied paint here and there on her face, and he borrowed lipstick, flower ornaments, etc. from a maid. After a while, a brand new Song Muer appeared in front of him.

No wonder women use so much cosmetics. There is a difference between wearing makeup and not wearing makeup.

Just by simply using some rouge, lipstick and sticking a flower on her forehead, she was transformed from a pretty little girl into a beautiful little princess.

Of course, from the two maids' mouths opened wide in surprise, it was not difficult for Li Nuo to see that what he had just done, which seemed to be a simple application, was not something that everyone could do.

This made him very curious about Zheng Yuanwai's concubine.

How much does this woman know?

Not only is she proficient in several arts, she also possesses master-like attainments in each of them. The maids in the Song residence are certainly not comparable to ordinary people, but she still revealed such a stunning look.

No, when he goes to the county government office today, he has to ask carefully whether the woman has any other special skills that he doesn't know about.

Not just her, in the future, whenever he encounters a prisoner who can light up the portrait on the code, he will have to question him on the spot.

"Master."

Butler Wu walked in from outside.

It’s getting late, and Li Nuo should go to the county government to earn his living.

He only has twenty days left to live, and he can't keep playing here with the little girl.

No one knew where Song Jiaren went, so Li Nuo asked the maid of the Song Mansion to tell her that he had to go back first because of something.

After waving goodbye to Song Muer, Li Nuo and Butler Wu left the Song family.

As soon as he left, Song Muer ran to a yard. Song Ning'er, who was swinging on a swing in the yard, stared at her blankly. Although the two looked the same, wearing the same clothes, wearing the same jewelry, and having the same hair, she just felt that Song Muer was countless times more beautiful than her...

Song Muer looked at her with a smile and said, "It looks good, right? Brother Li Nuo drew it for me..."

…

At the gate of the Song Mansion, the Li Mansion's carriage was parked there, with Butler Wu sitting in the carriage and four old men standing around the carriage.

When Li Nuo walked out of the Song Mansion, he looked back.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to hear someone crying just now, but when he listened carefully, he couldn’t hear it anymore.

Shaking his head, not wanting to think about these things, Li Nuo jumped into the carriage and said to Butler Wu, "Let's go to the county government office!"

Wu, the housekeeper who was about to return to the Li family, was stunned: "Ah, going to the county government again?"

The young master has been behaving strangely these past two days. Instead of staying at home, he has been running to the county government office every day. Could it be that he still wants to reform the Legalist school?

Helpless as he was, he changed direction and prepared to go to the Chang'an County Government.

When the carriage turned around, Li Nuo's heart moved. He suddenly lifted the curtain and looked back.

What he saw was the bustling crowds on the streets of Chang'an.

Wu Guanjia saw that he was stunned and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

Li Nuo shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's go."

The continuous assassinations made Li Nuo a little sensitive. He always felt that there were eyes watching him from behind.

However, even an expert like Butler Wu did not notice anything unusual, so it was more likely that he was just nervous.

Since the previous two assassinations, his guard force has been strengthened. Although there are only Butler Wu and four other old men in public, there is no telling how many more people there are in the dark. Any passerby walking by the carriage may be a guard with a hidden identity.

Butler Wu shook the reins, and the carriage slowly drove away.

At this time, at a street corner not far from the Song family, a figure wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with lingering fear, muttering: "I was almost discovered by him. Damn it, how can this kid's perception be so strong, almost catching up with a butterfly. Tracking a butterfly is just like this..."

A voice beside him asked, "What should we do? Should we follow?"

The man waved his hand and said, "Forget it. This guy is very evil. If we are caught by him and fall into the hands of Li Xuanjing, we will be neither alive nor dead. That incident should be just an accident. It's just Butterfly's bad luck. Let's go back..."

The normal update time is at noon on the 23rd.

(End of this chapter)