My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 190 - 114: The Contented Li Anning

Within the small courtyard, Li Nuo walked behind the targets, collecting the arrows stuck in the wall.

Although he had already acquired the nightingale’s superb archery skills, he himself would still need to practice in the future.

After all, besides sleeping, this was one of the few opportunities to be close to his wife.

Through his observations over the past few days, Li Nuo had come to understand something.

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In terms of pure archery, his wife probably wasn’t as good as the nightingale.

The reason she shot so accurately was that she was a Martial Artist of the Object Manipulation Realm, her True Qi was boundless, even extending to the target’s location, and she could forcibly pull a misfired arrow back to the bullseye.

This was also why his wife could only teach him the basic moves, whereas the nightingale could adjust the position of his arm, allowing him to pierce the bullseye with a single arrow.

Speaking of which, Li Nuo couldn’t help but complain again.

The ladies of the Jade Sound Pavilion, each one more unusual than the last, delicate young ladies learning military strategies and archery. On closer inspection, Phoenix was actually the most normal of the three.

Li Nuo’s gaze turned to the last page of the Law Code.

It was there that the portrait of Phoenix resided.

As Li Nuo expected, she too had a specialty recognized by the Law Code.

Li Nuo returned to his room, picked up a brush, and sketched on the paper for a moment, quickly rendering several ink painting lotus flowers.

With a few casual strokes, several orchids, a plum blossom, and a few peonies appeared under his brush.

These flowers were lifelike, capturing the elegance of the orchids and the dazzling beauty of the peonies.

Han Zhuo excelled in painting people, while Phoenix seemed to be even better at painting flowers.

Of course, Phoenix’s ability to paint figures was also significant. Li Nuo picked up the brush again, and before long, the image of a woman materialized on the paper.

The woman in the painting was extremely beautiful, with a seductive figure, gorgeous without vulgarity, charming without being demonic, revealing a noble essence reminiscent of the fusion of orchids and peonies.

Describing Phoenix with orchids and peonies was more than apt.

Capturing Phoenix’s likeness was no feat, but to convey the unique aura about her was no easy task.

From this painting, it was evident that Phoenix was not just better at painting objects than Han Zhuo but also no less adept at painting people, no wonder she could confidently assert that she was more skilled than Han Zhuo.

Song Jiaren walked up behind Li Nuo, looked at the woman in the painting, and said, "This is very well done and captures the young lady’s temperament perfectly."

Indeed, this painting was quite exceptional, even better than the two she had painted.

With a rustle,

Li Nuo crumpled the painting in his hands into a ball, turned to look at her, and said, "My painting skills have improved recently. I’m just finding my touch with a preliminary painting. I will make two more for you and Mumu later..."

...

Song Residence.

Li Nuo lay in a chair in the courtyard, gently massaging his sore wrists.

Actually, he hadn’t intended to paint Phoenix, but getting someone else’s abilities also brought some of their habits; one could only say that Phoenix probably liked to paint herself.

From what Li Nuo knew of her, she was a bit narcissistic, so this wasn’t strange.

After painting three color paintings in a row for his wife Anning and Mumu Ning’er, Li Nuo had concluded that Phoenix’s painting skills were indeed better than Han Zhuo’s.

The consequence was that his wrists were almost broken from painting.

Lying in the courtyard, basking in the sun, and resting with his eyes closed, he suddenly sensed a shadow overhead.

Li Nuo opened his eyes to see two towering peaks.

Li Anning looked down at him from above and said, "Stop sleeping. A murder occurred in Chang’an yesterday. Come with me to investigate..."

Although Li Nuo hadn’t officially joined the Ministry of Justice, he was nonetheless affiliated with them.

Li Anning took great care of him, frequently visiting the Song Residence to find him, either for reviewing case files or taking him along for investigations. These days, Li Nuo’s cultivation had not decreased but increased, and it was mostly thanks to her.

Hearing of the murder, Li Nuo instantly perked up.

Li Nuo and Li Anning left the Li Mansion and took a carriage to the crime scene.

On the carriage, Li Anning noticed him continuously massaging his wrists and asked, "What’s with your hand?"

Li Nuo replied, "It’s from practicing archery."

Li Anning didn’t inquire further and said, "Let me tell you about the case first..."

This case was a burglary and murder.

The two victims were a couple from a well-to-do family in Chang’an.

The couple ran a tavern in a bustling area, and because it was well located, business was fairly good. Over several years, they had accumulated some wealth and bought a large house in Chang’an.

This morning, their servants discovered the master and mistress of the house had not gotten up and, upon entering the room to check, found them dead.

At the same time, many valuable possessions in the room had all vanished.

Li Nuo accompanied her mainly to investigate whether the killer was someone close to the deceased.

In murder cases that occurred in Chang’an, Li Anning would generally get involved directly. When the two arrived at the household, the Ministry of Justice had already secured the scene.

Li Anning entered the room, examined the bodies of the two victims, and observed the crime scene for a while before coming out and saying, "The two victims, one had their throat pierced by a sharp weapon, bleeding out to death, and the other was struck in the back of the head with a blunt instrument, probably also killed on the spot. Judging from the scene, they had a brief struggle with the killer before dying. There was only one murderer, possibly someone with a rudimentary understanding of the Martial Path, but with a low level of cultivation, or it might simply be a common person..."

Investigating the crime scene was something Li Anning was much more professional at than Li Nuo.

The Huang family who had been the victims had all their servants gathered here now.