NOVPUBThe cover of the Law Code showed, a hundred and forty-three days had turned into a hundred and seventy-eight days.
A full thirty-five days had been added.
The number was both odd and even.
Li Nuo estimated that, aside from the corrupt officials being netted, saving an innocent commoner and preventing a miscarriage of justice should also be counted as a merit in his favor.
He couldn’t feel the progress in his cultivation,
but the change in lifespan was apparent.
Although the additional lifespan granted by the position of Liyang County Captain was less than that of Li Yuan who held no official position,
but Li Yuan was the first-class heir to a Marquis, and an eventual successor, so it wasn’t strange for him to receive a little extra reward.
In Daxia, the dividing line for official positions was below seventh-rank, and another line was above fifth-rank.
About thirty days were added at the eighth-rank, and Li Nuo estimated that a County Magistrate like Pei Zhe who was fifth-rank could add at least a hundred days to their life.
Going higher up, it’s possible for fourth-rank or third-rank officials to add half a year to a year to their lives by executing just one person.
The future was full of promise...
After Li Anning took away the official document with the seal, she returned bringing another one, and said, "This is a death penalty case file that was just delivered this morning. Chief of Staff Lord asked me to show it to you, see if there’s anything amiss."
Li Nuo looked at her and asked, "Can I use the seal first?"
Whether there were issues, he would only know after using the seal.
It would only have legal effect and prompt the Law Code’s judgment after he had used the seal on the document.
Li Anning gave him a white look, thinking that Li Nuo was worried about her claiming credit, and said, "Go ahead, I won’t fight with you for it..."
Even though Li Nuo had only raised a single question, while she was the one out and about, the largest credit on this case was undoubtedly his.
Without his reminder, the previous case file would have already been sent to the Ministry of Justice for review.
However, her merit was not insignificant either.
She had personally caught a corrupt eighth-rank official and reversed a wrongful case.
Apart from Li Nuo, her merit was the greatest.
Compared to these merits, the promotion she gained from reviewing and using the seal was minuscule.
She had more than once thought of having Li Nuo join the Ministry of Justice, where she could assist his cultivation.
In reality, Li Nuo did join the Ministry of Justice, but the one who got help was her...
Li Nuo placed two seals at the end of the case file.
The number on the Law Code changed immediately.
From a hundred and seventy-eight to a hundred and seventy-nine.
It increased by one day.
Under normal circumstances, sentencing a person who had committed a capital offense to death could add ten days to one’s life.
But in this case, from start to finish, he had just stamped two official seals—a matter of a few seconds—being able to add a single day was already pretty good.
Daxia had over a hundred prefectures and thousands of counties.
Although some counties with good public order might not even have one capital case a year, when all the prefectures and counties are added together, there would be at least hundreds of such cases annually.
All of these case files would ultimately have to be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice.
If all the death penalty files passed through his hands, in theory, the longer he lived, the longer he could live.
Seeing Li Nuo fall into a daze, Li Anning asked, "What’s wrong, is there a problem with this case too?"
Li Nuo snapped out of it and put down the case file, saying, "Oh... no issues, it can go straight to the Ministry of Justice."
Li Nuo spent the entire morning today at the Ministry of Justice.
With nothing else to do, Li Anning taught him a few whip techniques.
Until Li Nuo reached the Fourth Realm of Legalism, this Law Whip could enhance his combat ability to varying degrees.
When it was nearly time for lunch, Li Nuo left the Ministry of Justice.
As he walked out, he saw Housekeeper Wu squatting across the street, chatting with the emotionally unstable fortune-telling old man.
When Housekeeper Wu saw Li Nuo coming out, he patted his buttocks and stood up, jogging up to the carriage parked in front of the Ministry of Justice.
The fortune-telling old man watched the young man standing at the gates of the Ministry of Justice and couldn’t help but let his fingers twitch.
After his eyelids spasmed a few times, he silently retracted his hand into his sleeve.
Indeed.
His Yin Yang Technique had never been accurate with him.
Luckily it was only inaccurate with him.
If not, he’d truly go mad.
This young fellow was just too peculiar, and he’d better not predict him too often.
On the way back to the Song Residence in the carriage, Li Nuo distinctly felt that Housekeeper Wu’s driving skills had improved.
These experts, learning the Horse Riding Department, had unique advantages; even if they lacked natural talent and experience, they could compensate with True Qi.
Li Nuo sat in the carriage, bored, and casually asked, "What were you chatting with that old man about just now?"
Housekeeper Wu smiled and said, "This old servant spent ten taels of silver to have him predict when the young master and young madam will have a child..."
The Li Family population was too sparse; when the old master was the young master’s age, the young master was already born.
But there has been no sign of any children for the young master and young madam so far.
Unsure of when the Li Family could flourish, the old master and young master may not be anxious, but he was.
Li Nuo was taken aback, "Ten taels?"
Housekeeper Wu should just comfortably retire at the Li family; Li Nuo was worried that no matter how much retirement money he gave him, he wouldn’t be able to keep it.
Housekeeper Wu said, "He claimed he was a descendant of a certain Yin Yang School lineage, with the family passed down for several hundred years, and now only he and his granddaughter were left, struggling to make ends meet, hence he resorted to fortune-telling to earn some silver..."
Every street fortune-teller conning money claimed they were descendants of the Yin Yang School.
Nevertheless, Li Nuo didn’t ask him to turn back and reclaim the money.
If it was ten taels, then let it be ten taels.
That old man was already advanced in years, and it was not easy for him to care for a young girl; Housekeeper Wu wouldn’t miss those ten taels of silver.
Li Nuo casually asked, "What did he say?"
Housekeeper Wu chuckled and said, "He didn’t say when, only that the young master and young madam will have a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. This old servant thinks he might really have something..."
