My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 122 - 94: Why Do You Force Me?_2
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But this was merely a facade; in reality, as long as one was willing to spend money, there was no girl who couldn’t be bought.
On the surface, it was a place of high elegance, where guests listened to music and sipped tea, but in secret, it was still the same old routine of men thieving and women prostituting.
Yet Jade Sound Pavilion was somewhat different compared to other places.
Even the eldest son of the Marquis Yunyang, who had offered a high price of three thousand taels, failed to take away the girl he coveted, naturally arousing the curiosity of many.
Such a principled music workshop was a first for everyone.
Consequently, today’s clientele at Jade Sound Pavilion was several times that of an ordinary day.
It was deep into the night, just past midnight, and all was quiet.
The usually bustling music workshop had extinguished its lights for the night.
It was at this moment that a figure skillfully leapt over the back wall of Jade Sound Pavilion and landed silently on the ground.
This was the rear courtyard of Jade Sound Pavilion, and one corner of the yard featured a flower garden, filling the entire courtyard with a faint aroma of blooms.
Zhao Ji took several deep breaths of the fragrant air and walked slowly through the courtyard without making a sound.
Soon, he arrived in front of a small building, lightly leaped up, and scaled to a second-floor window ledge.
Next, he took out a bamboo tube from his chest, pierced the paper window, and gently blew a puff of narcotic smoke into the room.
After waiting a while, Zhao Ji placed his hands on the window frame and effortlessly opened the window from the outside, smoothly rolling into the room without a noise.
This series of actions was practiced and fluid, as he had done it countless times before.
The cultivation technique he practiced was aptly named "Stealing Fragrance and Jade."
The True Qi cultivated by this technique wasn’t known for its ferocity; he couldn’t beat anyone at the same level of cultivation.
But when it came to the skills involved in "Stealing Fragrance and Jade," he considered himself superior even to masters of the Fourth Realm, able to completely conceal all his True Qi, knock out young ladies from wealthy families, steal them away, and after the young masters had their fun, return them silently.
On days when the young master wasn’t up to it, he even had time to enjoy them himself.
He had also partaken of numerous so-called untouched beauties alongside the young master.
Women who were no longer virgins woke up the next day none the wiser.
Even those who were virgins would only suspect after their first time that perhaps they had somehow broken it themselves.
Relying on this technique, he had stolen countless "Fragrances and Jades" over the years without ever making a mistake.
Lying on the bed in the room was a woman who had already been drugged into unconsciousness.
Zhao Ji walked slowly to the side of the bed, again with no sound from his footsteps, preparing to lift her up when suddenly he felt dizzy, as if the whole world began to spin, and his body involuntarily swayed.
"Feeling dizzy? It’s normal, relax, it’ll pass soon..."
A voice sounded in his ear, and the woman in the bed had, at some unknown point, sat up.
Before Zhao Ji completely lost consciousness and crashed heavily to the floor, it seemed he saw her smiling at him in the darkness.
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Song Residence.
Li Nuo woke up very late today.
Because he had gone to bed very late last night.
He wasn’t someone with a broad mind to start; those old men who had shaken his wife’s confidence in studying, even after more than ten years, he still needed to stand up for her.
This time he was at a disadvantage, and the key issue was that he had no way to counterattack, which made him even more uncomfortable, leading to a rare night of insomnia.
Song Mu’er entered from outside and, seeing Li Nuo having breakfast, said with surprise, "Li Nuo, are you not going out today?"
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "No, I’m not going out. From now on, I won’t go out every day."
He had been adjudicating illegally anyway, and after being prohibited by the court, he was no longer able to go to the County Magistrate’s Office.
The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were the same, though Li Nuo believed his father would still allow him to study Legalism in secret, sneaking around was not a long-term solution.
Luckily, he had plenty of life left, probably around two hundred and thirty days more or so.
During this period, if he could solve some cases on the side, he felt that surviving another year shouldn’t be too difficult.
The Imperial Examination was half a year away, and if he could become an Advanced Scholar, afterward he could handle cases openly and legitimately.
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Housekeeper Wu had gone to help him gather the materials needed for the examination, and Li Nuo had made plans with Mumu to go fly kites later.
Halfway through breakfast, he saw County Captain Wang running hurriedly into the yard.
Before Li Nuo could ask, Wang gasped, "Young Master, the government office received a report today; a tragedy occurred in the city overnight, a family of six... was entirely wiped out in one evening."
Li Nuo didn’t care about finishing his breakfast, stood up, and immediately said, "Let’s go!"
Although he could no longer judge cases, it didn’t affect his ability to investigate them.
As long as he cracked the cases himself, no matter who judged them, his lifespan would increase.
Both the Song Residence and Li Mansion were located in the northeastern part of Chang’an City, where the nobles converged. The location of this crime was in the southwestern corner of Chang’an, and the carriage traveled for quite a while before stopping.
Li Nuo couldn’t wait to jump out of the carriage and what he saw in front of him was a dilapidated civilian house.
Li Nuo thought Han Zhuo and Zhou Hao’s homes were already poor.
But this place was clearly even poorer, without even a decent road in sight, and small alleys crisscrossing everywhere.
The densely packed houses were in disrepair, and a foul smell emanated from the sewage ditches lining the roads.
A few children in tattered clothes and dirty faces hid afar behind the low broken walls, eyeing them with a mix of curiosity and fear.
The carriage reached the mouth of the alley and couldn’t proceed any further.
The constables from the County Magistrate’s Office had already arrived here first.
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