My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 81 - 79 Li Anning [Request for Monthly Pass]

Between people, trust really had vanished completely.

The two had only just met for the first time, knew nothing about each other, and yet she guessed straight away that Li Nuo was planning to hog the case for himself.

The key was that she guessed right.

Li Nuo thought he had been watertight, not giving away even the slightest hint of a flaw; how on earth did she figure it out?

Even though she had hit the nail on the head, Li Nuo, of course, couldn't outright admit it—what if she was bluffing him? Puzzled, he asked, "Ah, what hogging the case?"

The woman in black said, "If I left, wouldn't you be able to enjoy this case all by yourself?"

Li Nuo looked at her earnestly and asked, "Do I look like that kind of person to you?"

The woman in black nodded and answered, "You do."

One had to say, she was eerily accurate at reading people.

The woman in black didn't say much more, just hopped onto the carriage and declared, "I have never been to the Chang'an County Magistrate's Office before; might as well go take a look with you guys."

Li Nuo said, "There's nothing much to see at the Chang'an County Magistrate's Office."

The woman in black insisted, "Even if it's not interesting, I still want to see it."

Li Nuo persisted, "It's really not interesting."

The woman in black ignored Li Nuo and looked directly at Housekeeper Wu, commanding, "Old man, what are you standing there for, drive the carriage..."

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Li Nuo sat in the carriage, glancing at the woman in black opposite him.

She and his wife were two extremes—his wife was always calm and quiet, while she talked even more than six-year-old Mumu.

The woman in black leaned against the carriage and gestured to Li Nuo: "Li Anning."

He hadn't expected the other party to share his family name, but it made sense—Li was a common surname in Daxia Country; in all of Daxia, the most numerous were those surnamed Li.

He also returned the salute with a closed fist: "Li Nuo."

Li Anning curiously asked, "Are you really Li Xuanjing's son——wasn't Li Xuanjing's son an idiot?"

Li Nuo glanced at her; this woman clearly paid no attention to current affairs, what she was talking about was old news from a month ago. Li Nuo flipped the carriage curtain open for some air and casually said, "Already cured."

Surprise flashed across Li Anning's face: "You can cure foolishness?"

She scrutinized Li Nuo from head to toe in amazement and exclaimed, "It's true, there's no sign of it anymore. Right, how did you come up with the idea to study Legalism? Would your father even allow you to pursue it? And you've almost reached a breakthrough in your cultivation. Could it be you have some secret method to rapidly increase your cultivation? Also, about that case just now, what exactly did you figure out? Tell me..."

Li Nuo sat in the carriage, feeling like there were five hundred ducks quacking by his ear.

The carriage space was small, she kept chattering nonstop, and Li Nuo couldn't get a word in edgewise; his head was about to explode from the noise.

At this moment, he missed his wife terribly.

When they rode in a carriage in the past, she didn't utter a single word the whole trip.

After firing off question after question, Li Anning finally grew tired; leaning on the carriage wall, she asked, "Hey, I've been talking so much, why don't you say anything..."

There were few people in the Ministry of Justice who would chat with her; everyone treated her with the utmost respect, and their responses were always "Yes" or "At your command" and the like.

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She had just met a newcomer, and not only that, but one who also studied Legalism just like her. She couldn't wait to spill all the words she'd been storing up for a long time.

Li Nuo looked at her; she had to give him a chance to speak too.

He hadn't answered a single question, but counter-asked, "How did you come to study Legalism? You aren't an official, you don't have the authority to enforce the law, so how has your cultivation been increasing..."

Li Anning replied, "I don't have a foundation in the Martial Path; Legalism grows in power the fastest, so I chose it. The cases I investigate, the people I catch, the sentences I write—even though I'm not an official, I can still cultivate..."

From just a few sentences, Li Nuo could tell her background must be profound.

To be able to do the same work as him at the Ministry of Justice wasn't something just any noble family could arrange; she bore the surname Li—Li was the surname of the Imperial Family of Daxia; it was quite possible she was one of the Royal children.

Li Nuo then asked, "By the way, what is your cultivation now?"

Li Anning answered, "Not that high, just broke through to the Fourth Realm last month."

Li Nuo suddenly looked shocked, his eyes wide: "The Fourth Realm?"

He suspected he had misheard. This young lady was about his age; how could she possibly be at the Fourth Realm of Legalism?

It was true that the initial three realms of Legalism were generally easy, but that was enough for a seventh-rank County Magistrate to spend a lifetime on, unless, like the heads of the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Justice itself who specialized in the administration of punishments, ordinary officials couldn't reach the Fourth Realm in their lifetimes.

Li Anning stated, "The Fourth Realm, what about it?"

There was nothing particularly surprising about the Fourth Realm; within the Ministry of Justice, the Chief of Staff was at the Fifth Realm, the Assistant Ministers at the Fourth Realm, and even the doctors were at the peak of the Third Realm. In terms of power, she only ranked third at the Ministry.

"Nothing much..."

The same age, both students of Legalism, yet she was at the Fourth Realm and he was at the Zeroth Realm.

Li Nuo felt a hit to his pride and sighed before asking, "How long have you been cultivating, and how do you usually practice?"

Li Anning didn't keep any secrets, "I haven't been training too much, just review and seal case files from various places at the Ministry of Justice, every year I execute a bunch of bullies who harm men and dominate women with caning, solve a few major crimes in Chang'an each month, and roughly five or six years, I reached the Fourth Realm..."

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This Li Nuo really couldn't compare.

Others took five to six years just to advance a realm, she reached the Fourth Realm in five to six years.

Though it was a bit outrageous, it was acceptable.

The first three realms of Legalism were manageable, but after the Fourth Realm, that's where the real hellish difficulty began. If it took her five years to reach the Fourth Realm, it might take fifty years to reach the Fifth Realm.

The Ministry of Justice managed the country's prisons and examined cases involving imprisonment or more severe punishments from all regions before they could be carried out. Officials of the Ministry of Justice who were Law Practitioners could gain a certain amount of cultivation simply by reviewing and signing off on cases.

Although the gain from a single case was small, the large number of cases added up over time, amounting to a terrifying sum...

As for homicide cases...

Li Nuo suddenly looked up and asked, "Are there many homicides in Chang'an usually?"

He had been here for a while and had only come across two cases: one remained a mystery to this day, and the other was still being solved. Where were all the cases she was talking about?

Li Anning nodded and said, "Yes, there are. At least five to six cases a month, sometimes more than ten, but not all culprits are caught..."

Li Nuo was shocked. "There are so many homicide cases, and I'm not aware of them?"

Li Anning unsurprisingly replied, "Of course, you wouldn't know. I have people stationed outside the Chang'an County Government. If someone reports a homicide, they are directed to the Ministry of Justice instead..."

Li Nuo finally understood why she instantly knew he wanted to handle the case alone.

It was like using the cunning of a scoundrel to guess the mind of another.

They were all cut from the same cloth, guessing accurately every time.

No, Li Nuo was far inferior to her.

He hogged the profit on one case, while she was feasting on the regular, not even leaving him the soup, and even took away his pot on top of it.

She truly deserved to be a practitioner in the Fourth Realm of Legalism; her heart was much darker than his uninitiated one.

Li Anning looked at Li Nuo and asked, "What did you actually find out about that case just now? The old man clearly committed suicide. Do you suspect his son? That's impossible. His son was at the academy for the past seven days and hadn't gone home once..."

Li Nuo shook his head. "You, in the Fourth Realm, couldn't see anything wrong, and I, who haven't entered any realm, how could I notice anything? I just wanted to wrap up the case quickly by getting him to the County Magistrate's Office early to settle the account. You're really thinking too much..."

Li Anning glanced at him, not believing a word.

She was also a Law Practitioner, so they shared some tacit understanding. She wasn't greedy for the bit of cultivation that the case might bring.

What she cared about was whether there was truly something in the case that she hadn't discovered.

The carriage soon arrived at the Chang'an County Government, and County Captain Wang, along with a group of witnesses, was still on the way.

Once Li Nuo arrived at the government office, he headed straight to the back office, to County Magistrate Pei's study to help himself to some tea, as if he were at his own home.

Before he went to the back office, he arranged for a constable to let Li Anning wander around the County Government freely.

Hoping that after her look around, she would hurry up and leave, not interfering with his investigation.

Housekeeper Wu entered the room and whispered to Li Nuo, "Young Master, Miss Li has a significant status, you really mustn't provoke her."

Since Li Nuo's arrival in this world, this was the first time Housekeeper Wu had spoken to him like this.

A fifth-rank Minister of the Examination Bureau, he didn't take seriously at all.

Even when Li Nuo punished Pei Jun, whose father was a Secondary Fourth-Rank Vice Governor of the Capital, Housekeeper Wu didn't stop him.

But Li Anning alone was singled out with a special mention by him.

It was evident that the girl's status was indeed extraordinary.

Li Nuo asked curiously, "What's her background?"

Housekeeper Wu said, "Princess Anning, the youngest princess of the Imperial Family, deeply cherished by the Royal Family, which is why she is allowed to study under the Ministry of Justice as a Law Practitioner. If you provoke her, even King Chun might not be able to protect you..."

This was something others might not know, but for the bigwigs in Chang'an, it was no secret.

Li Nuo had guessed she might be someone from the Imperial Family, but he hadn't expected her to be the current Princess.

However, Housekeeper Wu's reminder was utterly superfluous.

Provoke her?

He really thought too highly of himself.

What strength did she have, and what strength did he have? What could he use to provoke her?

Ever since they met, it had always been her provoking him.

This time Housekeeper Wu was quite serious and reiterated, "Young Master, I'm serious. While the regent Princes openly and covertly fight each other, they are all very affectionate towards Princess Anning. If it were one or two princes, your lord father could handle it, but if all the princes join forces against you, you'll be in grave danger..."

Li Nuo spoke incredulously, "She's a current princess and a Fourth Realm Law Practitioner. How do you think I could possibly provoke her?"

Housekeeper Wu said, "Princess Anning may appear naive and easily deceived, but you must never deceive her emotionally or physically, or else the Royal Family won't tolerate you, and neither will your wife..."

Li Nuo waved his hand dismissively and said, "I know, I know..."

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