Chapter 37 Aftermath
The more than three-fold increase in lifespan left Li Nuo puzzled.
But thinking about it, it was not surprising. The criminals he had caught before were all ordinary people with no background and without even basic martial arts skills. Wang Yue was not only the son of a high-ranking official in the court, but also a martial artist of the second level. If those criminals before were small monsters, then Wang Yue was at least a small boss.
The difficulty of trying him is much greater than that of previous criminals, so it is reasonable to give him more experience.
This is similar to the practice of Legalism.
The higher the status of the prisoner being judged by the Legalists, the more honorable his identity, the faster his cultivation will increase. When a Legalist reaches the end of his cultivation, judging ordinary people can no longer bring him any growth in strength, so he will set his sights on the ministers in the court.
Li Nuo had a little guess.
If an ordinary person is sentenced to three years in prison, his life span can only be increased by three days. If he is sentenced to caning, no additional life span will be added. It needs to be accumulated by multiple people.
Wang Yue is a warrior of the second realm. With three years in prison plus one hundred strokes of the cane, his life span increased by eleven days, which is more than three times the three years in prison. The life span increased by the code may be calculated based on the prisoner's strength and status. Ordinary people have no bonus. The first realm doubles, the second realm triples, the third realm quadruples, and so on...
By this calculation, the seventh realm can be increased eightfold.
If an ordinary person is sentenced to death, his life span can only be increased by ten days.
If the rules of prolonging life are really like this, sentencing a seventh-level warrior to death can increase his lifespan by eighty days, nearly three months. It may seem like a lot, but in fact, the input and reward are completely disproportionate.
The seventh realm is already the realm of all saints. Who can capture and sentence a saint?
Not to mention the seventh realm, even the sixth realm is impossible.
This kind of existence, one person is comparable to a small army.
Even if they are at the fifth level, they are all giants that dominate one side. There must be a powerful force behind them to support them, and they can easily override the secular world and the law. However, at present, all of this is just Li Nuo's guess. How exactly the lifespan is increased can only be known after these powerful people are really captured.
Even so, this is still good news for Li Nuo.
Who wouldn't want a card that doubles, triples, or even quadruples or quintuples the points? If he could catch a few fourth-level murderers and sentence them, and add a few months to his lifespan, he could breathe a sigh of relief and not have to work so hard every day.
He had been busy all day and had no time to eat anything. He didn't feel anything when he was judging the case just now, but now that he had some free time, he felt tired and hungry. Fortunately, when he got home, the meal was ready. Li Nuo just kept eating and felt that white rice was more delicious than usual.
I had dinner with Song Jiaren, but we didn't have much to talk about.
Li Nuo was in no mood to talk. He was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. He mechanically ate rice. His eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and his hands were moving slower and slower...
After a while, Song Jiaren looked at Li Nuo, who was lying on the dining table with a few grains of rice on his face but could already feel his even breathing. She shook her head slightly, stood up and walked over to help him remove the rice on his face, then picked him up horizontally, walked out of the dining hall, and slowly walked into a small courtyard...
Inside Li Nuo's room, Song Jiaren put him on the bed. She just raised her hand slightly, and his shoes and socks were automatically taken off and neatly placed on the ground. The folded quilt also opened by itself and gently covered Li Nuo.
Song Jiaren stood by the bed, looked at him quietly for a while, then turned and left.
As the door creaked shut, the room returned to silence.
However, at this time, some high-ranking families in Chang'an were not at peace.
In the evening, the people made quite a commotion in front of the Chang'an County government office, which alarmed some officials and dignitaries living nearby. They asked their servants to go out and inquire, and soon they found out the whole story.
The son of the Minister of Examination was arrested by the Chang'an County Court for breaking the law. In front of countless Chang'an citizens, he was beaten with a hundred sticks and sentenced to three years in prison.
The official position of the fifth rank was not too high, but it was not low either. According to the laws of Daxia, officials of this rank could not only use silver or official positions to atone for their own crimes, but also their immediate family members who committed crimes punishable by exile or below could use redemption silver to atone for their crimes.
It's just three years in prison, which is just a matter of three hundred taels of silver. For the Wang family, three hundred taels of silver is nothing.
However, Wang Duo did not choose to use silver to atone for his son's crime. Instead, he put the interests of the country above his own and personally sent his only son to the Chang'an County Government, leaving it to the government to decide his fate, which left many people puzzled.
Not only that, some well-informed officials learned from gossip that after Wang Duo returned from the Chang'an County Government, he immediately sold the Wang family's shops, land, houses, etc. in Chang'an at a low price, and submitted a memorial to the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel overnight, resigning from his post and returning home. Before leaving, he donated all his property to the national treasury...
This is even more puzzling.
Although the position of Kaogong Langzhong is not very high, the power in his hands is indeed not small. Wang Duo is in his prime and in good health. He has finally climbed to this position with great difficulty. There is still the possibility of further advancement in the future. Why would he resign for no reason? Even if he wants to resign, he doesn't have to sell his property at a low price and donate it...
Countless people were puzzled by his behavior.
"Doctor Wang is fine, what is he doing?"
"It's just a small matter, isn't it?"
"There must be a reason for this!"
"Explore, explore again!"
Not long after, someone finally found out more inside information.
However, the inside story is even more shocking.
"What? It was Li Xuanjing's people who did it?"
"I understand. Wang Duo is the Prince of Rui's man. Prince of Rui's faction just suffered a great loss at the hands of Li Xuanjing. Many officials have fallen from grace. It seems that it is Wang Duo's turn this time. This case is just an excuse..."
"Prince Chun is going to completely defeat Prince Rui's faction!"
"It was not the Dali Temple that took action this time, but the Chang'an County Court. Could it be that the new Chang'an County Magistrate has already defected to Li Xuanjing and Prince Chun?"
"Of course I need to say this. How could a mere magistrate of Chang'an County afford to offend the Doctor of the Ministry of Examination and the Prince of Rui?"
"No wonder Wang Duo resigned from his post and donated money. This was to save his life..."
"This new Chang'an Order should not be underestimated!"
"Heh, Li Xuanjing has another dog under his command..."
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The resignation of the Minister of Examination caused a small storm among the upper circles in Chang'an.
This may seem like just a small case on the surface, but secretly it is a confrontation between two princes.
Because Prince Chun has Li Xuanjing as his powerful arm, he has a natural advantage in some aspects. Among the other princes' factions, those officials who keep themselves clean are fine, but once they are not disciplined and are caught by Li Xuanjing, it will be difficult for them to have a good ending.
The fact that the Minister of Examination was dragged down by his son also served as a warning to other officials.
I don’t know how many officials woke up their children in the middle of the night and gave them many instructions, asking them to learn from Wang Yue’s experience.
Others who have guilty consciences also think about how to settle the matter peacefully at the first opportunity, whether it is through warnings or compensation, but they must not make it public.
At this time, Li Mansion.
It was late at night and a candlelight was flickering in a study somewhere in the mansion.
Steward Wu stood in front of the table and said, "... Later, Wang Duo personally tied up his son and brought him here. The young master beat him with a hundred sticks in front of the people at the gate of the Chang'an County Government Office and sentenced him to three years in prison..."
After that, he asked tentatively: "Later, I remembered that Wang Duo seemed to be the Prince of Rui's man. Will this offend the Prince of Rui and cause trouble for the master?"
The elegant middle-aged man took a sip of tea and said, "It doesn't matter. King Rui hates me to the core. One more Wang Duo won't make much difference, and one less Wang Duo won't make much difference."
Butler Wu thought for a moment and continued, "Prince Rui suffered such a great loss at the hands of the master some time ago, he must be holding a grudge. The last time the young master was assassinated, could it be that Prince Rui was behind it? I asked the female assassin, but she knew nothing, maybe she was hiding something. Should we use some more tricks..."
Li Xuanjing waved his hand and said, "If it is really King Rui, he will not leave any traces, so there is no need to do this."
Then he asked, "What did the young master do today?"
Speaking of the young master, Wu said helplessly: "The young master went to the county government office early in the morning and came back after dark. In order to judge the case, he forgot to eat and sleep. In my opinion, he is determined to practice legalism..."
The young master's determination to become a law-abiding family was far greater than he had imagined.
If this continues, the final result will be that the young master will kill his relatives for the sake of justice, or the old master will clean up the family...
What a sin!
Li Xuanjing just smiled and said, "It's okay. If he wants to practice, let him practice."
It was not until Butler Wu left the room that he slowly stood up, walked to the window, looked at the bright moon in the sky, sighed softly, and said with regret in his tone: "Wang Duo..."
(End of this chapter)
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