Madam, protect me!

Looking at the numbers on the code, Li Nuo rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dazzled.

This morning, the remaining life span in 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 life span at once!

The question is, what did he do?

He didn't do anything...

Although the assassin was caught, he had not yet decided how to deal with it. Could it be that Pei Zhe made the decision without authorization and sentenced him to death?

He opened the code, and the assassin's portrait indeed appeared on the last page.

If he is sentenced to death, the code will indeed add ten days to his lifespan. According to Li Nuo's past experience, for a warrior in the second level, multiply the ten days by three, and the calculated number will be just right.

But according to the laws of Daxia, if a person's crime is not punishable by death, excessive punishment will not be recognized by the code...

Unless he really deserves to die.

Li Nuo carefully observed the code and found some differences.

On the "Code", everyone's portraits are dark, but the assassin's portrait is obviously darker, as dark as the portrait of Zhang Xiaoyun who committed suicide in the county prison.

This means...he is dead.

Could it be that after he left, Pei Zhe and the others killed him directly?

However, even if the death penalty is executed immediately, it will not be so fast...

How can the death penalty be so hasty and not subject to review by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple?

In order to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions to the greatest extent, the review of death sentences in Daxia is extremely slow.

Under normal circumstances, this procedure cannot be completed within three months.

Even if Pei Zhe had finished writing the dossier as quickly as possible and had someone send it to the Ministry of Punishment as quickly as possible. After the Ministry of Punishment passed it, it would be sent to Dali Temple, and Dali Temple would sign it and execute it immediately. It would not be so fast...

In order to understand the sudden increase in life expectancy, Li Nuo planned to go to the county government office to have a look.

Butler Wu squatted in the yard, smoking dry cigarettes.

In fact, he didn't smoke at first, but after hearing the new concierge Lao Huang say that smoking could relieve his worries, he gave it a try.

Whether you smoke or not, you are still sad.

Young master and master, have they finally reached this point?

The door behind him suddenly opened. Butler Wu stood up suddenly, turned around and said, "Young Master..."

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "Go to the county government office."

On the carriage, Butler Wu concentrated on driving and rarely spoke all the way. When he arrived at the Chang'an County Government Office, Li Nuo jumped out of the carriage and saw several officials from the county office washing the ground at the gate of the county 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 the 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 you die?"

Pei Zhe said: "Master Li came to the county office just now and ordered the assassin to be killed with a stick."

"..."

Li Nuo's guess was correct. The assassin's death penalty was indeed expedited.

Not only was it expedited, but the President of the Supreme Court of Daxia came to the scene in person to handle special matters.

But this still doesn't explain the thirty days added to his lifespan.

Li Nuo looked at the three of them and said, "Tell me exactly what happened just now..."

The three of them looked at each other, and finally Pei Zhe said: "Sir, it's like this..."

After a while, after listening to Magistrate Pei's story, Li Nuo looked stunned.

That guy turned out to be a wanted death row prisoner?

He was involved in the abduction and trafficking of hundreds of women from good families. He was wanted by the court as early as a year ago and was not arrested until today.

No wonder he had a full thirty days added to his lifespan. It turned out that he was catching an assassin and a fugitive at the same time.

Li Nuo was shocked and even more angry.

No, you, a death row prisoner who committed such a heinous crime, even being shot for five minutes was not an exaggeration. How could you stand on the moral high ground and talk about the assassination of a good man with such indignation and awe-inspiring justice?

One is a criminal who abducted hundreds of decent women and had countless crimes to describe.

One is a model who redresses grievances for the people and is called "Master Qingtian" by the people.

Li Nuo was not even a Daxia official. The court did not give him a salary. On the contrary, he had to pay for himself. He worked hard every day, got up early and was greedy for dusk. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog. Is it easy for him?

Killed with a stick?

Killing him with a stick is an advantage!

This kind of scumbag should be executed by Lingchi. He should be shaved for 3,600 knives. The scraped meat should be fed to the dogs, and the bones should be broken into pieces to make soup!

Li Nuo was really furious. This thief should just die. He pretended to be a righteous man before he died. He deserved to be killed with a stick!

This time, he supported his father.

Even if he is a traitor, what he did is still a good thing that pleases people.

But then again, is he really a traitor who has done all kinds of bad things as this thief said?

Li Nuo looked at Pei Zhe and the other three and asked, "Is my father really, as he said, a sycophant who forms factions for personal gain, monopolizes power, betrays trust, takes bribes and perverts the law, murders loyal people, and takes human life lightly?"

The three of them looked around randomly, but did not answer Li Nuo's words.

Seeing this, Li Nuo hooked Zhang Xiancheng's neck, pulled him aside, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, tell me honestly if my father is a traitor. If you say it boldly, I won't blame you... "

Zhang Xian Cheng chuckled and said: "Back to the young master, I don't know whether Mr. Li is a traitor or not. I only know that Mr. Li is Mr. Li's dog in life and Mr. Li's dead dog in death. Mr. Li is an upright official. An official is an upright official, Mr. Li is a traitor, a subordinate official is a traitor, and a subordinate official will stand with Mr. Li in life and death..."

Li Nuo glanced at him with disdain. He probably couldn't get anything out of this old man's mouth.

He looked at Wang County Lieutenant again. Wang County Lieutenant trembled and immediately covered his stomach and said: "Xia Guan suddenly has a stomachache. I have to go to the latrine. I'm sorry to be with you..."

Li Nuo could only focus on Pei Zhe. Magistrate Pei smiled and said, "Young master, don't test Xiaguan. Xiaguan has just arrived in Chang'an not long ago. He is a newbie and really doesn't know anything. Wang County Lieutenant is waiting for me. I am The official also wants to go to the hut..."

Seeing County Lieutenant Wang and Magistrate Pei leaving 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 dare not say anything even if they know something.

He looked at Butler Wu beside him. He probably wouldn't tell him anything. If he wanted to, he would have already said it.

Li Nuo didn't plan to ask anymore. Instead of listening to what others said, it was better to check it out himself.

He looked at Zhang Xian Cheng, the only one left here, and said, "I want to see if there are any files on the assassin's case of abducting a good girl."

Zhang Xian Cheng shook his head and said: "Sir, this case involves the former Qinghe County Magistrate Gu Wenhan. It is not under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County Government. The relevant case files can only be found in the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple..."

He had nothing to do with Li Nuo from the Ministry of Justice. In fact, he was only a little familiar with the Chang'an County Yamen.

As for Dali Temple, although he may have some connections, going to Dali Temple to investigate the Dali Temple minister... no one in their right mind would do such a thing.

However, Magistrate Pei just said that there seems to be some relationship between the assassin this time and the female assassin in the family last time.

The 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 whole family, and she hated herself to the core.

What Li Nuo couldn't figure out was why his father killed the man but didn't deal with the female assassin in the same assassination attempt... Is there such a thing as patriarchal preference?

The reason for this is probably only known to him.

Li Nuo came to the county jail and looked at a certain cell. When she saw the figure in the cell, she couldn't help but be slightly startled.

When Li Nuo came here before, although she was in a difficult situation, she was in good spirits and could even scold him as a thief. Although she stopped scolding him later, she was still in good condition...

But at this moment, she looked extremely haggard, sitting on the bed in the cell with lifeless eyes, two lines of tear marks on her pretty face were very obvious, and she looked like she had been familiar with...

Li Nuo turned to look at a jailer and asked, "What did you do to her?"

The jailer shook his head repeatedly and said: "Master, don't get me wrong, we didn't touch her, she became like this on her own..."

After listening to the jailer tell what happened, Li Nuo learned the inside story.

It turned out that she thought that her father was a clean figure and did not know about the evil things he had done.

This also explains why she looked at him like that in the Li Mansion.

Li Nuo sighed.

At this moment, he felt a sense of sympathy for the girl.

He can understand the feeling of this collapse of faith.

He had only known his father for a few days, but this girl had been deceived for more than ten years. The two people had different feelings about the same thing.

No wonder she looked so haggard, almost making Li Nuo think she was being bullied by these jailers.

At this moment, Li Nuo also somewhat understood his wife's previous kick.

Butler Wu stood behind Li Nuo and said, "She should be glad that she didn't know, otherwise, the master would not let her live to this day, nor would he tolerate her hurting the young master..."

Butler Wu's words answered Li Nuo's doubts just now.

The reason why this girl can survive until now without being killed with a stick or beheaded is because of her ignorance.

But would a traitor who plots against Zhongliang and takes human life lightly care about such a small thing?

Li Nuo looked at Butler Wu and asked the question again: "Is my father really a traitor?"

Butler Wu looked into Li Nuo's eyes, sighed, and said: "I don't know what is a traitor and what is a clean stream. I only know that Gu Wenhan is a famous upright official, but what he does is even... They are worse than pigs and dogs. Everyone says that I am a traitor, but I have killed countless "honest officials" like Gu Wenhan..."