Chapter 60: Lifespan Extended
Looking at the numbers on the code, Li Nuo rubbed his eyes, making sure he was not dazzled.
This morning, the remaining lifespan on the code was still 120 days, but now it has become 150 days, an increase of a whole month. Li Nuo has never added so much lifespan at once!
The question is, what did he do?
He didn't do anything...
Although the assassin was caught, he had not yet decided what to do with him. Could it be that Pei Zhe made the decision on his own and sentenced him to death?
He opened the code, and sure enough, the assassin's portrait appeared on the last page.
If he is sentenced to death, the law will indeed add ten days to his lifespan. Based on Li Nuo's previous experience, for a warrior in the second realm, the number would be exactly right if the ten days were multiplied by three.
But according to Daxia law, that person's crime is not punishable by death, and the law will not recognize excessive punishment...
Unless he really deserves to die.
Li Nuo looked at the code carefully and found some differences.
In the "Code", all the portraits were dark, but the assassin's was obviously darker, as dark as the portrait of Zhang Xiaoyun who committed suicide in the county jail.
This means... he is dead.
Could it be that after he left, Pei Zhe and the others killed him directly?
But even if the death penalty is carried out immediately, it won't be so fast...
How can the death penalty be so hasty? It must be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple?
In order to avoid false and wrongful convictions to the greatest extent possible, Daxia's death penalty reviews are extremely slow.
Under normal circumstances, this procedure will take at least three months to complete.
Even if Pei Zhe finished writing the case file as quickly as possible, and then had someone send it to the Ministry of Justice, and then sent it to the Dali Temple after the Ministry of Justice approved it, and then the Dali Temple signed the warrant and executed it immediately, it would not be so fast...
In order to find out the reason for the sudden increase in life expectancy, Li Nuo plans to go to the county government office.
Butler Wu squatted in the yard, smoking his pipe intermittently.
Actually, he didn't smoke originally, but when he heard the new doorman, Lao Huang, say that smoking could relieve stress, he tried it.
I smoked, but I still felt worried.
Young Master and Old Master, have they finally come to this?
The door behind him suddenly opened, and Butler Wu stood up abruptly, turned around, and said, "Young Master..."
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "Go to the county government office."
In the carriage, Butler Wu was concentrating on driving and rarely spoke a word during the whole journey. When they arrived at the Chang'an County Government Office, Li Nuo jumped off the carriage and saw several yamen runners washing the ground in front of the government office with clean water.
The bluestone slabs there were washed clean and spotless.
There was only a faint fishy smell in the air.
He walked into the county government office, and soon, Pei Zhe and three others came out to greet him.
Li Nuo asked straight to the point: "What about the assassin?"
Pei Zhe shrugged and said, "Dead."
"Dead?"
Li Nuo's eyes widened and he asked, "How did he die?"
Pei Zhe said, "Lord Li just came to the county government office and ordered the assassin to be beaten to death."
“…”
Li Nuo's guess was correct, the assassin's execution was indeed expedited.
Not only was the case expedited, but the president of the Daxia Supreme Court was also present on the scene to handle the matter in a special manner.
But this still cannot explain the thirty days that he gained in life.
Li Nuo looked at the three people and said, "Tell me exactly what happened just now..."
The three of them looked at each other, and finally Pei Zhe spoke up: "Sir, it's like this..."
After a moment, after listening to County Magistrate Pei's story, Li Nuo was stunned.
That guy turned out to be a wanted death row inmate?
He was involved in the trafficking of hundreds of decent women and was wanted by the imperial court a year ago, but was only arrested today.
No wonder he added thirty days to his lifespan. It turned out that he caught a fugitive while catching an assassin.
Li Nuo was shocked, but more angry.
No, as a death row inmate who committed such a heinous crime, for whom being shot for five minutes would not be excessive, how could you stand on the moral high ground and speak of the assassination of a good man as being filled with righteous indignation and justice?
One is a criminal who has abducted and trafficked hundreds of decent women and has committed countless crimes.
One is a model who seeks justice for the people and is called "the upright judge" by the people.
Li Nuo is not even an official of Daxia. The court does not pay him a salary. On the contrary, he has to pay for it himself. He works hard every day, getting up early and going to bed late. He gets up earlier than the chickens and goes to bed later than the dogs. Is it easy for him?
Beat to death?
Being beaten to death is too easy for him!
This kind of scum should be executed by slow slicing. Shave him 3,600 times with the cuts, feed the meat to dogs, and crush his bones to make soup!
Li Nuo was really furious. Let this bastard die. He was pretending to be a hero before his death. He deserved to be beaten to death!
This time, he supports his father.
Even though he was a treacherous minister, what he did was a good thing that made people happy.
But then again, is he really a traitor who has done all kinds of evil things as this bastard said?
Li Nuo looked at Pei Zhe and the other three and asked, "Is my father really as he said, a traitor who forms cliques for personal gain, abuses power for dictatorship, betrays his trust, takes bribes and perverts the law, murders loyal officials, and takes human lives lightly?"
The three of them looked around but didn't answer Li Nuo.
Seeing this, Li Nuo hooked Zhang County Magistrate's neck, pulled him aside, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, tell me honestly, is my father a treacherous villain? Just speak boldly, I won't blame you..."
County Magistrate Zhang laughed and said, "My lord, I don't know whether Lord Li is a treacherous minister or not. I only know that I am Lord Li's dog in life and Lord Li's dead dog in death. If Lord Li is an honest official, I will be an honest official. If Lord Li is a treacherous minister, I will be a treacherous minister. I will stand with Lord Li in life and death..."
Li Nuo looked at him with contempt. He thought that he would not be able to get anything out of this old fox.
He looked at County Lieutenant Wang again. County Lieutenant Wang trembled and immediately covered his stomach, saying, "I suddenly have a stomachache. I have to go to the toilet. Excuse me, sir..."
Li Nuo could only focus on Pei Zhe. County Magistrate Pei smiled and said, "Sir, please don't test me. I have just arrived in Chang'an and I really don't know anything. County Magistrate Wang, wait for me. I also want to go to the toilet..."
Watching County Lieutenant Wang and County Magistrate Pei leave one after another while holding their stomachs, Li Nuo stood in the courtyard of the county government office and sighed softly.
These three guys are so timid that they wouldn't dare to say anything even if they knew something.
He looked at Butler Wu beside him. He probably wouldn't tell him anything. If he wanted to say something, he would have said it long ago.
Li Nuo didn't plan to ask any more questions. Instead of listening to others, he decided to check it out himself.
He looked at Zhang, the only county magistrate left here, and said, "Do you have any files on the case of the assassin abducting a decent woman? I want to see them."
County Magistrate Zhang shook his head and said, "My lord, this case involves the former Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan. It is not under the jurisdiction of the Chang'an County Office. The relevant case files can only be found in the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple..."
Li Nuo from the Ministry of Justice had no connections. In fact, he was only slightly familiar with the Chang'an County Government.
As for the Dali Temple, although he may have some connections, going to the Dali Temple to investigate the Dali Temple Chief... no one in their right mind would do such a thing.
However, County Magistrate Pei just said that this assassin seems to have some relationship with the female assassin in the house last time.
And that female assassin is the daughter of Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan. We should be able to get some information from her.
I just don't know if she will tell me.
Her father killed her entire family, and she hated herself to the core.
What Li Nuo couldn't understand was that it was both an assassination, but why did his father beat the man to death with a stick, but did not punish the female assassin... In this kind of situation, could it be that sons are favored over daughters?
I'm afraid only he himself knows the reason behind this.
Li Nuo came to the county jail and looked towards a cell. When she saw the figure in the cell, she was slightly stunned.
When Li Nuo came here before, although she was in a difficult situation, she was in good spirits and could still curse him as a thief with full energy. Although she stopped cursing later, she was still in good spirits...
But at this moment, she looked extremely haggard, sitting on the bed in the cell with lifeless eyes, two lines of tears on her pretty face were very obvious, and she looked familiar...
Li Nuo turned to look at a jailer and asked, "What did you do to her?"
The jailer shook his head and said, "Don't misunderstand, sir. We didn't touch her. She became like this on her own..."
Only after listening to the jailer's explanation of what happened did Li Nuo know the inside story.
Originally, she thought that her father was a clean man and was unaware of the evil things he had done.
This also explains why she looked at me like that in Li's house.
Li Nuo sighed.
At this moment, he felt a sense of sympathy for the girl.
He could understand the feeling of the collapse of faith.
He had only known his father for a few days, but the girl had been deceived for more than ten years. Even though the same thing happened, their feelings were completely different.
No wonder she looked so haggard, Li Nuo almost thought she was bullied by these prison guards.
At this moment, Li Nuo also somewhat understood why his wife had kicked him.
Butler Wu stood behind Li Nuo and said, "She should be thankful that she didn't know about it, otherwise, the master wouldn't let her live to this day, and wouldn't tolerate her hurting the young master..."
Butler Wu's words answered Li Nuo's previous doubts.
The reason this girl is still alive and has not been beaten to death or beheaded is because she was unaware of the situation.
But would a treacherous person who murders loyal people and takes human lives care about such a small matter?
Li Nuo looked at Butler Wu and asked the question again: "Is my father really a treacherous villain?"
Steward Wu looked into Li Nuo's eyes, sighed, and said, "I don't know what is a traitor and what is an honest official. I only know that Gu Wenhan is a famous honest official, but what he did is worse than pigs and dogs. Everyone says that the master is a traitor, but the master has killed countless "honest officials" like Gu Wenhan..."
(End of this chapter)
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