Looking at the number in the Code of Law, Li Nuo rubbed his eyes, certain he wasn't seeing things.
This morning, the remaining lifespan recorded in the Code of Law had been 120 days. Now it had become 150 days—a full month more. Li Nuo had never gained so much lifespan all at once!
The question was, what had he done?
Nothing at all...
The assassin had been captured, but Li Nuo hadn't decided how to deal with him yet. Had Pei Zhe taken it upon himself to sentence the man to death?
He opened the Code of Law. Sure enough, the assassin's portrait had appeared on the final page.
A death sentence would indeed grant him ten days of lifespan. Based on Li Nuo's past experience, a Second Realm Martial Artist's reward was multiplied by three, making the total exactly what he'd expected.
But under the Great Xia Codex, that man's crimes didn't warrant death. The Code of Law wouldn't recognize an excessive sentence...
Unless he really deserved to die.
Li Nuo studied the Code of Law closely and noticed something else.
Everyone's portrait in the Code of Law was dim, but the assassin's was darker still—just like Zhang Xiaoyun's portrait, after she'd killed herself in the county office prison.
That meant... he was dead.
Had Pei Zhe and the others killed him after Li Nuo left?
But even if they'd carried out the death sentence immediately, it couldn't have happened this fast...
A death sentence wasn't handed down so casually. Didn't it have to be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review?
To minimize wrongful convictions, Great Xia's death sentence review process was exceedingly slow.
Under normal circumstances, that procedure took at least three months.
Even if Pei Zhe had written up the