Madam, protect me!

In the Song Mansion, 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 doubtfully: "Didn't Butler Wu tell you?"

Song Jiaren said: "He said you have important things and won't be home for the next few days."

Li Nuo washed his face and said: "I have been working undercover in an organization these days. The largest thieves organization in Chang'an was wiped out by us. All the top officials were arrested. The security in the city should be much better in the future..."

Song Jiaren looked at his tired face and didn't say anything. She just said, "It's getting late. Let's wash up and rest early."

Li Nuo took a bath, put on his pajamas, and lay on the soft bed filled with the familiar fragrance.

The bed at home is still comfortable, fragrant and soft, and the most important thing is that my wife is by my side.

A real lady would be nice to him.

Unlike the tomboy who would just let him sleep on the floor.

As soon as his head touched the pillow, his whole body was overwhelmed by endless tiredness.

Song Jiaren turned her head and glanced, and when she closed her eyes again, she suddenly no longer felt sleepy.

Her mind was filled with the loving couple.

That was another side of him that she had never seen before.

For a time, there were thousands of thoughts in her mind, and she felt sleepy.

It's late at night, some people can't fall asleep, and some people are awakened from their sweet dreams.

It was past the curfew time, and figures appeared in various cities in Chang'an.

"Open the door!"

"The Criminal Department is handling the case, and everyone else is waiting to get out of the way!"

"Open the door. If you don't open the door, don't blame us for being rude!"

…

Countless people in Chang'an were lying at the window or at the crack of the door, watching their neighbors being taken away by the officials, with expressions of confusion and fear, fearing that those people would knock on their doors.

There are also some who are more courageous. After asking about it, their faces are even more unbelievable.

The neighbor I have known for more than ten years is actually a habitual thief?

Over the years, they haven't noticed it at all.

No wonder they obviously don’t have any serious business, but their days are getting better and better. Many people have begun to take stock of the money and property they have lost over the years, and plan to report the case to the government tomorrow. It is best to get some compensation...

Many of the stewards and disciples who had stolen the door were broken in by officials while they were still sleeping, and were captured on the spot.

Similar scenes were staged throughout Chang'an.

Except for the areas where some powerful people lived, Chang'an was bustling all night, and Li Nuo, who was sleeping in the Song Mansion, didn't know about this.

As soon as it got light, he opened his eyes.

He habitually pushed the woman sleeping next to him and said, "Madam, get up and buy groceries..."

Get up early every day to buy the freshest vegetables.

It was too late, and all that was left was a pile of rotten vegetable leaves.

Song Yu and his wife 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 confusedly.

Li Nuo sat up from the bed, looked around, and then at his wife who was looking at him blankly. He suddenly woke up and said subconsciously: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person..."

He thought it was another woman sleeping on the bed.

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 these days has been more like a dream.

A very real dream.

Li Nuo lay down again, his mood ups and downs.

Last night, he really had a dream.

In the dream, he and his wife lived happily together. Although their lives were not rich, they were very happy. The two of them bought groceries and cooked together every day. After dinner, they went out for a walk arm in arm. The wife liked to rest her head on her head while walking. On his shoulders, she couldn't walk anymore, and she would trick Li Nuo into carrying her back...

They also gave birth to two children. They were happily married, had two children, and were a happy family.

It was the lady in the dream, with the face of Li Anning.

This is obviously a sequelae of pretending to be a couple with her.

Although I only pretended to be husband and wife with her for three days, my progress was faster than the progress I made with my wife in three months.

Li Nuo planned to take another nap to clear his brain's cache.

Before closing his eyes, he looked at his wife for a while, trying to deepen her memory in his mind so that his mind would not be filled with Li Anning.

He slept very peacefully, without any dreams. When Li Nuo opened his eyes again, there was no one around him.

He stretched and when he walked out of the room, he saw his wife teaching Mu'er to practice kung fu. Li Anning stood aside and watched. 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 speak, but Li Anning took the initiative to intervene: "I didn't ask them to wake you up. In order to eradicate the stolen door, you have worked hard these past few days, so you'd better sleep a little longer."

Speaking of the stolen door, Li Nuo immediately asked: "How is the stolen 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 Government, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple jointly arrested two thieves' messengers, four law protectors, fifteen leaders, forty-eight managers, and more than four hundred ordinary thieves... All of them have been detained, and some of them have escaped the net and are being hunted down."

Li Nuo was shocked when he heard this.

How much life span would be added to nearly five hundred people?

This was a major case that he solved at the risk of his life.

Even if he was not allowed to judge, his merits could not be deprived.

Although theft is generally not sentenced to death, even if everyone is only sentenced to three years of imprisonment and exile three thousand miles away, there is a life span bonus of three thousand days. Within a few years, there is no need to worry about life span.

And with enough life span reserves, he can also exchange various abilities without pressure. Even if he exchanges for the fourth level of cultivation, it will not be sucked dry in an instant.

At this moment, Li Nuo felt that all the hardships he had suffered in the past few days were worth it.

He glanced at the code, and the remaining life span was still 200 days.

Li Nuo looked at Li An Ning again and asked, "Have those people not been tried yet?"

Li An Ning said, "There are too many of them, and the Ministry of Justice is still trying and convicting them. I have already told the doctor that after the files are completed for them, 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 are extremely cautious. Without him infiltrating the thieves, there is no chance to completely eradicate them.

The officials of Chang'an County Government, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple all benefited from him.

Naturally, only he is qualified to close the case and use the seal.

Li An Ning came to the Song family to inform Li Nuo of the progress of the case. Seeing that Li Nuo was sleeping, she waited a little longer.

She didn't feel anything special when she came to the Song family before.

But now seeing 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, son-in-law, do you want to have lunch now?"

Li Nuo looked at Li An Ning and said, "Why don't you stay for a meal and go to the Ministry of Justice together later?"

It was about a few years of life, and he couldn't wait at home.

Li An Ning wanted to refuse, but felt that this would make her feel guilty.

She was not a bad woman who stole someone else's husband, so there was nothing to feel guilty about.

She slightly straightened her chest and said, "Okay..."

The lunch at the Song Mansion usually consists of four dishes and one soup, which is just right for Li Nuo, his wife and Mu'er.

There was one more person at noon today, so Li Nuo specially asked the kitchen to cook one more 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. The three gourmet cooks were idle anyway.

On Li Nuo's left was his wife, on his right was Li An Ning, and Mu'er sat opposite him.

Song Muer glanced at the beautiful sister with big breasts. In fact, the right side of Li Nuo's brother was her exclusive seat, but this beautiful sister was a guest, so she was embarrassed to say anything and ate silently by herself.

The cooking skills of the Li family are beyond reproach. After a few days of hardship, Li Nuo didn't feel anything special when he tasted 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 were originally the elite among the thieves who had been screened.

Even if they were just ordinary peripheral members, they were habitual thieves before they entered the sect.

According to the laws of Daxia, if you fail to steal something, you will be flogged fifty times.

And once you succeed...

A piece of fish meat with bones picked out was handed to his mouth. Li Nuo subconsciously opened his mouth and continued to think while tasting it.

Once theft is successful, the value of the stolen goods will be converted into silk at the time of conviction. Based on the market price of 500 wen per piece of silk, stealing 50 wen will result in 60 strokes of the cane and one year of imprisonment for two taels of silver. If the total amount exceeds 20 taels, it will result in three years of imprisonment and exile 3,000 miles.

Three years of imprisonment and exile 3,000 miles are the upper limits of theft.

If it is just stealing property, there is no difference between stealing 20 taels and stealing 200 taels.

If there is injury during the theft, the maximum sentence can be death.

The cumulative amount of theft of these 400 people can reach the upper limit of 20 taels at least. In addition to the increase in lifespan, I wonder if his cultivation can break through to the second realm?

On the right side of Li Nuo, Li Anning was also thinking about the problem.

Catching so many thieves at one time is certainly a great achievement, and it can even allow the newly arrived disciples of the Legalist School to break through to the second realm in one fell swoop, crossing a major realm.

But for her, who is in the fourth realm, it can only increase her cultivation to a limited extent.

The thieves are the ones who know the thieves best. Instead of exiling all of them, it is better to select some of them and let them make meritorious contributions to help the government catch thieves and robbers.

In this way, not only will the security environment in Chang'an be further improved, but it will also be of great benefit to her practice.

It would be best if a special thief-catching department could be established under the Ministry of Justice.

This matter cannot be done by her alone.

She still has to rely on Li Nuo.

To be precise, rely 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."

Click!

Song Muer was drinking soup. Seeing this scene, she was so scared that her hand trembled and the spoon fell into the bowl.

She silently slipped off the stool and said, "I'm full, let's go outside to practice."

As soon as she finished speaking, she ran outside quickly.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to take away Song Jiaren's sword.

Li Anning took back his chopsticks and accidentally caught a glimpse of the woman opposite him. After being stunned for a moment, he finally realized something. His face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he slowly lowered his head, wishing he could bury his head in his chest.

Li Nuo glanced at the direction of the door and wondered, "What's wrong with Mu'er? She's full after just a few bites..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Nuo suddenly realized a problem.

My wife rarely picks up food for him, and she will never feed it to his mouth.

It was another woman who would feed things into his mouth.

He turned his head and saw Li Anning, who was burying her head in her chest like an ostrich. Then he looked at Song Jiaren on the other side, who was eating a small meal with a calm expression and no emotion at all. He said, "Madam, I can explain this." …”

…

To break into the stolen house, Li Nuo must find a suitable new identity for himself.

He asked Magistrate Pei to go through the county government office, read a large amount of household registration information, and finally selected a suitable person.

Song Yu lives in the North City of Chang'an. Both of his parents are dead. He has no relatives in Chang'an and lives with his wife.

His body shape is similar to Li Nuo, while Lady Song Yu's figure is only slightly inferior to Li Anning's.

In this way, even if someone breaks into the door and finds him, there won't be any obvious problems.

Moreover, whether it is for safety or other reasons, Li Anning is the most suitable candidate.

Since the two of them wanted to pretend to be husband and wife, of course they had to act a bit like each other.

Like him and his wife, although they are a real couple, if they get along with Li Anning in this way, they may be discovered by burglars on the first day.

In order to cultivate a tacit understanding between husband and wife, so as not to call each other by the wrong name outside, or act inappropriately, leading to the failure of the mission, even at home, they treat each other as husband and wife.

Outside, you should also do some appropriate intimate actions to dispel the suspicion of the person monitoring you.

Because I was so immersed in the performance, I still maintain some of the habits from these three days to this day.

This is also normal.

Although he and Li Anning had some behaviors that were beyond friendship in order to hide it from those people, during these three days, they always adhered to the bottom line and only had some slight physical contact at most.

Although this is the fact, Li Nuo still omitted some things such as body shape that would hurt the woman's self-esteem.

Li Nuo looked at Song Jiaren and said, "That's what happened. Pretending to be husband and wife with His Highness was a temporary solution out of necessity. Otherwise, there would be no way to break into the burglary door. I originally planned to do this later." I’ll tell you when the time comes…”

Song Jiaren nodded and said, "I know."

Li Nuo was slightly startled: "You know?"

Song Jiaren said: "Mu'er and I have seen you on the street."

Li Nuo: "..."

That's all it was just now, it was just a slip of the tongue and the wrong title.

When they were outside, the two of them hugged each other and made love to each other. They were a model couple that everyone envied.

What kind of ‘wife is currently committing crime’ is this?

Li Anning's face turned even more beautiful and red.

She looked at Song Jiaren and said extremely apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Although she had a clear conscience in the past three days, what she did just now in front of his wife was indeed a bit excessive.

Those who didn't know better thought that this was a challenge to her status as the head wife.

Song Jiaren's expression remained calm and she said calmly: "It doesn't matter, you are doing it for the people, so there is no need to apologize."

Li Anning stood up and said, "Then I'll go back to the Criminal Department first."

After giving Song Jiaren a slight nod, she left in a hurry.

Li Nuo didn't leave with Li Anning because he hadn't eaten enough yet.

He glanced at his wife. She was still eating her meal calmly, showing no signs of any mood swings.

If she had seen them outside, she should 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 Phoenix or Li Anning, Li Nuo could guess a little bit of their thoughts, but he could never see through the lady.

She never shows her emotions on her face.

Over at the Criminal Department, it should be almost over. Li Nuo quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice, put down his chopsticks, and said: "Over at the Criminal Department, there is still an unsolved murder case. I have to go and take a look..."

A moment later, Li Nuo sat on the carriage heading to the Ministry of Justice, thinking in his mind.

The lady's emotions will never be shown. From the surface, it is not possible to tell whether she is angry or not.

If she sleeps with him 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 is about whether he can live a few more years.

Even if it wasn't Li Anning, it would be Phoenix, or another plump woman.

No, not Phoenix.

If something unexpected happened, Phoenix couldn't protect him.

The carriage quickly arrived at the Criminal Department. Li Nuo walked into a government office. Li Anning was sitting there, looked up at him and asked, "Are you okay?"

Li Nuo said: "Don't worry, my wife is not an unreasonable person. Besides, what can happen to us?"

Although he didn't know what to do, he could only tell her this.

What Li Anning was most worried about was that this incident would affect their relationship.

But on second thought, they seemed to have no feelings for each other.

Did 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 kind of nonchalant performance.

The saddest thing between husband and wife is to ignore and not care.

Li Anning took out a few files from the drawer and said, "These files have been established, you can use the seal first."

Li Nuo no longer thought about other things and took these files.

The first file was about an envoy, four guardians, and fifteen chiefs.

These twenty people were all sentenced to three years in prison plus exile for three thousand miles, plus a punishment of one hundred to three hundred sticks.

The crime of theft did not cause serious consequences, in fact, imprisonment and exile were enough.

The reason for the caning was that ordinary thieves would be sentenced to three years of imprisonment and three years of exile. As high-level officials, their crimes must be more serious, but not enough to be sentenced to death, so they were distinguished by caning.

The messenger was given three hundred canes, the protector was given two hundred canes, and the chief was given one hundred canes.

Li Nuo stamped the seals of the assistant minister and the minister.

He glanced at the code.

The cover of the code flickered, and one hundred and forty-six days were added at a time, 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 was far from over.

Li Nuo couldn't wait to pick up the second copy.

There was only one person in this file, the right messenger of the thieves, the old man who shot Li Nuo with a sleeve crossbow.

Of all the high-level officials of the thieves, only he was sentenced to beheading.

This was the price of that arrow.

Li Nuo used the seal again, and his life span was increased by ten days.

Although these people had a high status in the thieves, they had no cultivation and were not recognized by the court, so they did not have multiple bonuses.

The third file belongs to the 48 managers who have been arrested.

Of the 64 managers of the thieves, 48 ​​were arrested last night, and 16 are still on the run.

A whole page of the file is filled with densely packed names. These 48 people were also sentenced to three years of imprisonment and exile, and 50 canings.

Click!

Click!

The seal fell, and after two light 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, and it was greatly exceeded.

Not only that, there are still more than 400 ordinary thieves who have not been sentenced.

Compared with the gains of this mission, the little suffering he suffered is nothing at all.

Li Nuo asked impatiently, "Where are the files of the others?"

Li An Ning said, "There are too many of them. The people from Chang'an County Yamen, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have been interrogating them all night, and it has not ended yet. There should be a result by tomorrow at the latest..."

More than 400 thieves, even if each yamen is responsible for 100, it will take a long time.

These people can't escape the prison sentence plus exile. The main thing is to check whether they have committed more serious crimes, such as wounding and killing.

With hundreds of days of life already in hand, Li Nuo is in a good mood and sits in the yamen with Li An Ning waiting.

The oranges on the table are delicious, with a delicate taste, sweet and juicy. When Li Nuo subconsciously fed her, he suddenly woke up and threw the orange slice into his own mouth.

Li Anning 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, asking, "I can't believe you're still a virgin..."

After interrogating the high-ranking members of the thieves, Li Anning's first reaction was disbelief.

It was already surprising that he had a wife and was still a virgin.

What was even more surprising was that with his status, he could get any woman he wanted, and he could actually keep his yang, which was even more incredible.

He didn't practice martial arts, and didn't practice those extremely yang and strong skills, so he had to keep his yang from leaking.

This was a very rare thing in the circle of top dignitaries.

Not to mention the top dignitaries, even the children of those small dignitaries had already started to linger in the places of fireworks and dust when they were thirteen or fourteen years old.

If it were someone else, they would probably think he couldn't do it.

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 occasionally envied Song Yu's life of riding a horse and changing brides every night.

But what Li Nuo really wanted was the simple life he had spent with Li An Ning in the past three days.

In his heart, he was still somewhat traditional.

Even if the person who would accompany him for the rest of his life was not Song Jiaren, but Li Jiaren or Wang Jiaren, he would not leave any grudges in their hearts.

Li An Ning did not say anything, but she was muttering in her heart, what's the point of you thinking about it alone when you are in love with each other?

She regarded Li Nuo as a friend.

Since they were friends, some things had to be said.

What kind of couple are they without even the most basic hand-holding and hugging?

If they continue like this, both of them will be delayed.

Since they don't love each other, why bother?

It's better to divorce, let each other go, and leave the opportunity to those who need it...

However, it's better to demolish a temple than to destroy 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 said again: “What’s going on between you and Song Jiaren? Tell me about it, and I’ll help you with some advice…”