Chapter 120: Close to the face, the wife is currently committing
At the Song Residence, Li Nuo touched his face and said, "This is the makeup I put on for the undercover mission. I forgot to wash it off."
Song Jiaren nodded, looked away from his face, and asked, "Undercover?"
Li Nuo asked in confusion: "Didn't Butler Wu tell you?"
Song Jiaren said: "He said you have important things to do and won't be home these few days."
Li Nuo washed his face and said, "I have been undercover in an organization these days. We have wiped out the largest thief organization in Chang'an, including all the top leaders. The security in the city should be much better in the future..."
Song Jiaren looked at his slightly tired face and didn't say anything, but just said: "It's getting late, go wash up and rest early."
Li Nuo took a shower, changed into his pajamas, and lay on the soft bed filled with a familiar fragrance.
My bed at home is still more comfortable, fragrant and soft, and most importantly, my wife is by my side.
It’s still true that my wife is good to him.
Unlike the fake lady, who would just let him sleep on the floor.
As soon as his head touched the pillow, he was overwhelmed by endless fatigue.
Song Jiaren tilted her head to take a look, and when she closed her eyes, she suddenly lost her sleepiness.
All she could think of was the loving couple.
That was another side of him that she had never seen before.
For a moment, her mind was full of thoughts and she felt sleepy.
It was late at night, some people found it difficult to fall asleep, while others were awakened from their sweet dreams.
It was already past curfew, and figures appeared in various markets in Chang'an.
"Open the door!"
"The Ministry of Justice is investigating the case, all outsiders please stay away!"
"Open the door! If you don't open the door, don't blame us for being rude!"
…
Countless people in Chang'an leaned against windows or door cracks, watching their neighbors being taken away by the government, with confusion and fear on their faces, fearing that those people would come knocking on their doors.
There were also some brave ones who came forward to ask, and their faces were filled with disbelief.
The neighbor I have lived with for more than ten years turned out to be a habitual thief?
All these years, they didn't even notice it.
No wonder they are living a better and better life even though they don't have any decent business. Many people have already started to count the money and valuables they have lost over the years and plan to report to the government tomorrow, hoping to get some compensation...
Many managers and servants of the gang were captured on the spot by the police when their doors were broken into while they were still asleep.
Similar scenes were played out everywhere in Chang'an.
Except for some areas where the powerful and wealthy lived, Chang'an was bustling all night, but Li Nuo, who was sleeping in the Song Mansion, was unaware of this.
As soon as daybreak came, he opened his eyes.
He habitually nudged the woman sleeping beside him and said, "My lady, get up and buy some groceries..."
If you get up a little earlier every day, you can buy the freshest vegetables.
If you go too late, all that's left will be a pile of rotten vegetable leaves.
Mr. and Mrs. Song Yu have always had the habit of getting up early to buy groceries.
Song Jiaren was still asleep. She opened her eyes and looked at him with confusion.
Li Nuo sat up from the bed, looked around, and then looked at his wife who was looking at him blankly. He suddenly became more sober and said subconsciously: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person..."
He thought the woman sleeping on the bed was another woman.
No, not anymore.
After last night, she became a noble princess again, and Li Nuo was no longer the little thief Song Yu.
The experience of these few days is more like a dream.
A dream that was so real.
Li Nuo lay down again, his mood fluctuating.
Last night, he really had a dream.
In the dream, he and his wife lived happily together. Although their life was not rich, they were very happy. They bought groceries and cooked together every day. After dinner, they went out for a walk hand in hand. His wife liked to rest her head on his shoulder while walking. When she couldn't walk anymore, she would ask Li Nuo to carry her back...
They also had two children, had a happy marriage, and had both a son and a daughter, and the family lived happily together.
It was the lady in my dream, with Li Anning’s face.
This was obviously the aftereffect of pretending to be a couple with her.
Even though I had only pretended to be a couple with her for three days, the progress was faster than that with my wife in three months.
Li Nuo planned to take another nap to clear the cache in his brain.
Before closing his eyes, he looked at his wife for a while longer, trying to deepen his memory of her so that his mind would not be filled with only Li An Ning.
He slept very soundly and did not have any dreams. When Li Nuo opened his eyes again, there was no one around him.
He stretched himself and walked out of the room. He saw his wife teaching Mu'er to practice martial arts. Li Anning was standing by and watching. Li Nuo looked at her and blurted out, "Madam, why are you..."
Li Anning looked over naturally.
Song Jiaren put away her sword and looked at Li Nuo, but found that Li Nuo was not looking at her.
After a brief silence, Li Nuo coughed lightly, looked at Song Jiaren, and said, "Madam..., the princess is here, why didn't you call me?"
Song Jiaren didn't say anything, so Li Anning took the initiative to say, "I didn't let them wake you up. You've worked hard these past few days to eradicate the thieves. You'd better get some more sleep."
Speaking of the thief door, Li Nuo immediately asked: "How is the thief door?"
Li Anning said, "Everything went according to our plan. The leaders of the Thieves' Sect all confessed when they arrived at the Ministry of Justice. Last night, the Chang'an County Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple jointly arrested two Thieves' messengers, four protectors, fifteen leaders, forty-eight managers, and more than four hundred ordinary thieves... All of them have been taken into custody. There are still some that have escaped, and we are sending people to hunt them down."
Li Nuo was shocked when he heard this.
Nearly five hundred people, how much life expectancy will be added?
This was a major case that he solved at the risk of his life.
Even if he is not allowed to judge, his merits cannot be deprived.
Although theft is generally not punishable by death, even if each person is only sentenced to three years in prison and exiled three thousand miles away, there will be a bonus of 3,000 days to his lifespan. For a few years, he will not have to worry about his lifespan at all.
Moreover, he has enough lifespan reserves, so he can exchange various abilities without any pressure. Even if he exchanges for the fourth level of cultivation, he will not be drained away instantly.
At this moment, Li Nuo felt that all the hardships he had endured in the past few days were worth it.
He glanced at the code and saw that his remaining life was still 200 days.
Li Nuo looked at Li An Ning again and asked, "Hasn't those people been tried yet?"
Li Anning said, "There are too many of them. The Ministry of Justice is still trying to convict them. I have already told the doctor that after the files are completed, someone will come to the Song Mansion to notify you to use the seal."
In this case, Li Nuo is undoubtedly the biggest contributor.
The people in the Thieves' Sect were extremely cautious, and without him infiltrating the sect, there would be no chance to completely eliminate them.
Officials from the Chang'an County Government, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple all benefited from his influence.
Naturally, he is the only one qualified to close the case and use the seal.
Li Anning came to the Song family to inform Li Nuo of the progress of the case. Seeing that Li Nuo was sleeping, she waited for a while longer.
When she came to the Song family before, she didn't feel anything special.
But now when she sees Song Jiaren, she always feels a little guilty.
After telling Li Nuo this, she simply said, "Nothing else, I'll go back to the Ministry of Justice first..."
At this time, a maid from the Song Mansion came in from outside and asked, "Miss, Master, do you want to have lunch now?"
Li Nuo looked at Li An Ning and said, "How about staying for dinner and then we can go to the Ministry of Justice together?"
Several years of life are at stake, and he cannot wait at home.
Li Anning wanted to refuse, but she felt that doing so would make her seem guilty.
She is not a bad woman who steals someone else's husband, so there is nothing to feel guilty about.
She puffed out her chest slightly and said, "Okay..."
The lunch at the Song Mansion usually consists of four dishes and one soup, which is just enough for Li Nuo, his wife and Mu'er.
There was one more person at noon today, so Li Nuo specifically asked the kitchen to prepare an extra dish.
The cook was brought by Li Nuo from the Li family. His father went out early and came back late, and he almost never ate at home, so the three chefs from the gourmet family had nothing to do anyway.
To Li Nuo's left was his wife, to his right was Li Anning, and Mu'er was sitting opposite him.
Song Muer glanced at the beautiful sister with big breasts. In fact, the right side of Brother Li Nuo was her exclusive seat, but this beautiful sister was a guest, so she was too embarrassed to say anything and ate her meal in silence.
The cooking skills of the Li family’s chefs are impeccable. After a few days of hardship, Li Nuo didn’t feel anything special when he tasted the delicious food again. He was absent-minded when picking up the dishes.
He was still thinking about the hundreds of thieves.
The members of the Thieves' Sect are the elite thieves who have been screened.
Even if they are just ordinary peripheral members, they are habitual thieves before they join the group.
According to the laws of Daxia, even if one fails to steal something, he will be flogged fifty times.
And once you succeed...
A piece of fish with bones removed was handed to his mouth. Li Nuo opened his mouth subconsciously, tasting it while continuing to think.
Once the theft was successful, the value of the stolen goods would be converted into silk at the time of conviction. Based on the market price of one piece of silk being 500 coins, if someone stole 50 coins, he would be sentenced to 60 strokes of the cane and one year of imprisonment with two taels of silver. If the total amount exceeded 20 taels, he would be sentenced to three years of imprisonment and exile 3,000 miles away.
Three years of imprisonment and exile three thousand miles away are the upper limits of the crime of theft.
If it is simply stealing property, there is no difference between stealing twenty taels and stealing two hundred taels.
If someone is injured during the theft, the maximum sentence is death.
The cumulative amount of theft by these four hundred people could at least reach the upper limit of twenty taels. In addition to the increase in lifespan, I wonder if his cultivation can break through to the second level?
On Li Nuo's right, Li Anning was also thinking about something.
Catching so many thieves at one time is certainly a great achievement. It can even allow the newly arrived Legalist disciples to break through to the second realm and cross a major realm in one fell swoop.
But for her who is in the fourth realm, it can only increase her cultivation to a limited extent.
The ones who know thieves best are still thieves. Instead of exiling all of them, it is better to select some of them, let them make amends for their crimes, and help the government hunt down thieves.
In this way, not only will Chang'an's public security environment be further improved, but it will also be of great benefit to her practice.
It would be best to set up a special thief-catching department under the Ministry of Justice.
She couldn't do this by herself.
We still have to rely on Li Nuo.
To be precise, he relied on his father.
Li Anning picked up another shrimp and put it to Li Nuo's mouth. After Li Nuo opened his mouth to take it, he subconsciously said, "Thank you, my lady."
Snap!
Song Muer was drinking soup. When she saw this scene, she was so scared that her hands shook and the spoon fell into the bowl.
She quietly slid off the stool and said, "I'm full, I'm going to practice outside."
As soon as she finished speaking, she ran outside quickly.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take away Song Jiaren's sword.
Li An Ning put away his chopsticks and accidentally glanced at the woman opposite him. After a slight pause, he finally realized something. His face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. He slowly lowered his head, wishing he could bury his head in his chest.
Li Nuo glanced at the door and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with Mu'er? She's full after just a few bites..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Nuo suddenly realized a problem.
His wife rarely picks food for him and never feeds him.
The one who fed the food into his mouth was another woman.
He turned his head and saw Li Anning, who was like an ostrich, with her head buried in her chest. He then looked at Song Jiaren, who was eating with a calm expression and no emotion on her face, and said, "My wife, I can explain this..."
…
In order to infiltrate the gang, Li Nuo must find a suitable new identity for himself.
He asked County Magistrate Pei to go through a large amount of household registration information in the county government's household registration office and finally selected a suitable person.
Song Yu lived in the northern city of Chang'an. His parents had both passed away and he had no relatives in Chang'an. He depended on his wife for support.
His body shape is similar to Li Nuo's, while Madam Song Yu's figure is only slightly inferior to Li An Ning's.
In this way, even if the thief finds him, he won't find any obvious problems.
Moreover, whether for safety or other considerations, Li Anning is the most suitable candidate.
Since the two of them are pretending to be a couple, of course they have to act more convincingly.
Like him and his wife, although they are a real couple, if he were to get along with Li An Ning in this way, he would probably be discovered by thieves on the first day.
In order to cultivate a tacit understanding between husband and wife and avoid calling each other by the wrong names outside or making actions that are not in line with their identities, which would lead to the failure of all previous efforts and the mission, they address each other as husband and wife even at home.
When you are outside, you should also do some appropriate intimate actions to dispel the suspicion of the person who is watching you.
Because I was so immersed in the performance, I still maintain some of the habits I developed during those three days.
This is also a very normal thing.
Although he and Li Anning had some behaviors beyond friendship in order to hide it from those people, they always adhered to the bottom line during these three days and had only some slight physical contact at most.
Although this is the fact, Li Nuo still omitted some things such as figure that might hurt the lady's self-esteem.
Li Nuo looked at Song Jiaren and said, "This is what happened. Pretending to be a couple with His Highness was a temporary solution out of necessity. Otherwise, there would be no way to get into the Thieves' Sect. I was planning to tell you about this later..."
Song Jiaren nodded and said, "I know."
Li Nuo was slightly stunned: "You know?"
Song Jiaren said: "Mu'er and I saw you on the street."
Li Nuo: “…”
It was okay just now, it was just a slip of the tongue and I called the wrong name.
When they are outside, the two of them hug each other and are very affectionate. They are definitely a model couple that everyone envies.
What is this 'wife currently committing a crime'?
Li Anning's face was even redder and more beautiful.
She looked at Song Jiaren and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..."
Although she had a clear conscience during the past three days, it was indeed a bit too much to do such a thing in front of someone else's wife just now.
Those who don’t know might think that this is the concubine challenging her status as the legal wife.
Song Jiaren's expression remained calm, and she said calmly: "It doesn't matter, you are also doing this for the people, you don't need to apologize."
Li Anning stood up and said, "Then I will go back to the Ministry of Justice first."
After nodding slightly to Song Jiaren, she hurried away.
Li Nuo did not go with Li An Ning because he had not eaten yet.
He glanced at his wife. She was still eating calmly, showing no emotion.
If she had seen them outside, she would have known something last night.
No wonder she stared at his face without makeup for a long time.
But she still said nothing.
Whether it was Fenghuang or Li Anning, Li Nuo could guess a little about their thoughts, but he could never see through his wife.
She never shows her emotions on her face.
The Ministry of Justice should be almost done. Li Nuo quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice, put down his chopsticks, and said, "There is still a murder case that has not been solved at the Ministry of Justice. I have to go and take a look..."
A moment later, Li Nuo sat in the carriage heading to the Ministry of Justice, thinking in his heart.
The lady would never show her emotions, and from the outside, you couldn't tell whether she was angry or not.
If she sleeps with me at night, it means there is no big problem.
On the contrary, if she went to sleep with Mu'er, the problem might be serious.
But Li Nuo had no choice.
This case concerns whether he can live a few more years.
Even if it wasn't Li Anning, it would be Fenghuang, or another plump woman.
No, Phoenix can't.
If anything unexpected happened, Phoenix couldn't protect him.
The carriage soon arrived at the Ministry of Justice. Li Nuo walked into a government office where Li An Ning was sitting. She looked up at him and asked, "Are you all right?"
Li Nuo said: "Don't worry, my wife is not an unreasonable person. Besides, what can happen to us?"
Although he was unsure, he could only tell her this.
What Li Anning is most worried about is that this incident will affect their relationship as a couple.
But on second thought, it seems that they have little affection for each other.
Does Song Jiaren not care at all?
In that case, wouldn't he be even more pitiful?
Even if she overturned the table and had a fight with her, it would be better than that nonchalant behavior.
The saddest thing between a husband and wife is ignorance and indifference.
Li Anning took out a few files from the drawer and said, "These files have been prepared. Please stamp them first."
Li Nuo no longer thought about anything else and took the files.
The first file is about a messenger, four protectors, and fifteen abbots.
These twenty people were all sentenced to three years in prison, exile three thousand miles away, and punishment of one hundred to three hundred strokes of the cane.
The crime of theft did not cause serious consequences, and in fact, imprisonment and exile would be enough.
The reason for adding caning punishment was that ordinary thieves would be sentenced to three years in prison and three years of exile. As they were high-ranking officials, their crimes must have been more serious, but not enough to warrant the death penalty, so caning punishment was used to distinguish them.
The messenger will be given three hundred sticks, the guardian will be given two hundred sticks, and the chief monk will be given one hundred sticks.
Li Nuo stamped the seals of the Minister and the Minister.
He glanced at the codex.
The cover of the code flickered, adding one hundred and forty-six days at a time, for a total of nearly three hundred and fifty days of life, reaching a new peak since he came to this world.
This was already his biggest gain.
And this is far from over.
Li Nuo couldn't wait to pick up the second one.
There is only one person in this file, the Right Envoy of the Thieves' Sect, the old man who shot Li Nuo with a sleeve crossbow.
Among all the high-ranking members of the Thieves' Sect, he was the only one sentenced to be beheaded.
That was the price of that arrow.
Li Nuo used the seal again, and his life span was extended by another ten days.
Although these people have a high status in the thieves' sect, they have no cultivation, are not recognized by the court, and do not have any multiple bonuses.
The third file belongs to the forty-eight managers who have been arrested.
Of the sixty-four managers of the Thieves' Sect, forty-eight were captured last night, and sixteen are still on the run.
An entire page of the file was filled with densely packed names. These forty-eight people were all sentenced to three years in prison and exile, as well as fifty strokes of the cane.
Click!
Click!
The seal fell, and after two soft sounds, the numbers on the code changed again.
Name: Li Nuo.
Lifespan: 668 days.
Another increase of more than 300 days.
It far exceeded Li Nuo's psychological expectations, by a huge margin.
Not only that, there are more than 400 ordinary thieves who have not yet been sentenced.
Compared with the gains from this mission, the little suffering he endured was nothing.
Li Nuo couldn't wait to ask, "Where are the files of others?"
Li Anning said, "There are too many of them. The people from Chang'an County Court, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple have been interrogating them all night, and it's not over yet. There should be a result by tomorrow at the latest..."
There are more than 400 thieves. Even if each government office is responsible for 100 of them, it will still take a long time.
These people cannot escape the sentence of imprisonment and exile. The main purpose is to investigate whether they have committed more serious crimes, such as injuring or killing people.
Hundreds of days of life were already in hand. Li Nuo was in a good mood and sat in the yamen with Li An Ning waiting.
The oranges on the table were delicious, with a delicate texture, sweet and juicy. When Li Nuo subconsciously fed her, he suddenly woke up and threw the orange segment into his own mouth.
Li An Ning had already opened her red lips. After coming to her senses, she also took an orange and ate half of it. Suddenly she remembered something and looked at Li Nuo with some surprise. She asked, "I can't believe you're still a virgin..."
After interrogating the top leaders of the Thieves' Sect and learning about this incident, Li Anning's first reaction was disbelief.
It is already surprising that he has a wife, and she is still a virgin.
What is even more surprising is that with his status, he can get any woman he wants, but the fact that he can still keep Yuan Yang is even more incredible.
He did not practice martial arts, nor did he perform any of the most masculine and powerful techniques, so he had to keep his yang energy from being lost.
This is a very rare thing in the top powerful circle.
Not to mention the top dignitaries, even the children of those lesser dignitaries have already started to linger in the world of prostitution when they are thirteen or fourteen years old.
If it were someone else, they would probably think he was incompetent.
But Li Anning knew very well that there was nothing wrong with his body.
Li Nuo glanced at her and said, "I want to save my first time for my wife, is that not okay?"
Although he sometimes envied Song Yu's life of riding a horse and changing brides every night.
But what Li Nuo really wanted was the easy life he had spent with Li An Ning over the past three days.
In fact, he is still somewhat traditional at heart.
Even if the person who will accompany him for the rest of his life is not Song Jiaren, but Li Jiaren or Wang Jiaren, it will not leave any grudge in their hearts.
Li An Ning didn't say anything, but was muttering in his heart, what's the point of thinking about it alone when two people are in love?
She treated Li Nuo as a friend.
Since we are friends, there are some things that we have to say.
They don’t even have the most basic gesture of holding hands or hugging. What kind of couple are they?
If this continues, both of them will be delayed.
If you don't love, why bother?
It's better to divorce, let each other go, and leave the opportunity to those who need it...
However, it is better to demolish a temple than to ruin a marriage.
She didn't know the details of Li Nuo's family affairs, so she couldn't make any rash judgments.
She looked at Li Nuo and spoke again: "What's going on between you and Song Jiaren? Tell me about it and I'll help you with some advice..."
(End of this chapter)
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