My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 236 - 126 Woman’s Heart_2

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In the morning, my wife said she wanted to listen to me play the zither.

Fortunately, I had run into Liu Shang yesterday at the Ministry of Justice, which saved me a day of life.

Not long after the affair where Li Anning and I pretended to be a married couple had just passed, everything between my wife and me had returned to normal. She wanted to listen to music, and of course, I couldn’t refuse.

In the past, if the relationship wasn’t there, I would refuse if I wanted to refuse.

But as our relationship grew closer, when I woke up this morning, my arm was resting on her, and she said nothing about it.

She said she wanted to listen to me play the zither, how could I have the heart to refuse?

However, this wasn’t a long-term plan.

My cultivation had reached a bottleneck now, with my life only diminishing, not increasing.

Either I had to make a breakthrough soon—normally, my lifespan increased at a fast pace, so I didn’t care about a day or two.

Or I needed to find a way to make Music a permanent skill, like my previous Stealing Technique, so I could use it freely without consuming my lifespan.

However, both roads were difficult to travel.

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To make an early breakthrough, I needed to do something big.

And to make Music a permanent skill, I needed to catch a large group of people with a talent for the Music Department at once; they didn’t need to have top-level abilities, but the numbers had to be sufficient.

Without meeting the requirements for merging, the dim portraits would dissipate the next day.

While I played the zither, Mumu was by my side, occasionally popping a peeled segment of orange into my mouth.

Ning’er ran off somewhere after I had given her a few oranges, disappearing in an instant.

In the Song Residence, Song Ning’er’s private courtyard.

She handed a peeled orange to the woman, and the woman with Curtain over her head turned to look in a certain direction. From beyond the courtyard wall, the faint sound of a zither could be heard.

The woman placed a segment of orange in her mouth, closed her eyes, and listened carefully.

The melody was so pleasant that it made one feel at ease, and she too was moved by the music, humming an unnamed tune before asking, "Who is playing the zither?"

While peeling oranges, Song Ning’er said, "It’s Brother Li Nuo. Brother Li Nuo is really amazing, his paintings are so good, his zither playing sounds so nice, and he’s so good-looking too. I so envy Jiaren... When I get married, I want to find a husband as impressive as Brother Li Nuo..."

The woman with Curtain put down the orange in her hand and said, "What crappy oranges, so sour. And that lousy tune, not nice to listen to at all..."

Song Ning’er tilted her little face, looking bewildered.

The oranges were sweet, and Brother Li Nuo’s playing was nice to listen to. Everything was fine; why did teacher-sister suddenly get angry...

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Li Nuo didn’t go to the Ministry of Justice today.

These past days, I had been running around outside, and I had finally gotten a chance to relax.

I lay on the lounge chair in the courtyard, leisurely basking in the sun.

At one moment, I felt the sunlight suddenly disappear.

Li Nuo opened his eyes, only to see two huge oranges.

No, not oranges; it was Li Anning wearing an orange-colored dress today.

Unusually, she wasn’t dressed in her Ministry of Justice uniform but had changed into an orange-colored palace dress.

Li Anning handed over something similar to a memorial, but much larger than a memorial, to Li Nuo. Li Nuo opened it and saw that it was an edict issued by the three provinces to the Ministry of Justice.

The content of the edict was simple.

The court allowed the establishment of an Anti-theft Bureau within the Ministry of Justice and permitted them to recruit serving thieves, allowing them to redeem their crimes with work.

As to how to do this, the edict didn’t specify clearly.

But this also meant there was a lot of room for them to work.

Unexpectedly, the court’s efficiency was so high. Just yesterday afternoon, Li Nuo had gone to his father, and by this morning, the edict from the three provinces had already reached the Ministry of Justice.

Li Nuo got up from the chair and went back to the room, told his wife, and left for the Ministry of Justice with Li Anning.

Today, the two of them didn’t take a carriage.

Establishing an Anti-theft Bureau in the Ministry of Justice sounded easy, but in reality, there would be many detailed issues to encounter.

How to persuade the elites of the Thief Sect to willingly work for the court, and how to ensure that they wouldn’t flee after going out, needed a thorough and rational system.

He and Li Anning discussed as they walked.

Convincing the stewards of the Thief Sect was relatively easier; it was a matter of promising them certain benefits.

Under normal circumstances, they would be exiled far away, 3,000 miles from their families, not to mention whether they could make it back to Chang’an in their lifetimes, or whether they could survive the three years was an unknown.

By joining the Anti-theft Bureau, they could temporarily avoid exile.

At the same time, an early release mechanism would be established for them.

For every thief caught, one day of imprisonment and ten miles of exile could be waived. Additionally, the person who caught the most thieves each month could have ten days and a hundred miles of exile further waived.

For every day spent out on duties, they would earn ten cents as compensation.

While ten cents might not seem like much, it could be used to improve their meals, add a chicken leg or two eggs to each meal, and occasionally, they could enjoy some fruit.

The food at the Ministry of Justice had been cabbage, tofu, and radishes for ten years, with no chance of meat or fish; this was their only chance to improve their meals.

As for how to prevent them from escaping while out, there was still no absolutely effective method at present.

The two thought as they walked.

Under normal circumstances, they would not consider escaping.

Many of these stewards of the Thief Sect had families in Chang’an. If they worked honestly and reduced their sentences, they might be released within a year, allowing for family reunions.

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