My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare! Chapter 32 - 32 New Specialty

At the entrance to the County Magistrate's Office, although a table had been set up and the Governnt Officials energetically called out, this being the first ti such a spectacle had occurred, the crowd rely watched from a distance and no one stepped forward to plead their case.

At that mont, two figures pushed their way through the crowd.

They were two sturdy n, one of them clutching the other's collar, saying angrily, "You owe money and refuse to pay, and you even have the nerve to hit ? I'm taking you to see the official right this mont!"

The man dragged the debtor to the long table outside the governnt office, where a clerk drafted a complaint. A young nobleman erged from the County Magistrate's Office, read through the complaint, and asked the two n a few questions. Finally, he addressed the debtor, saying, "To owe money and repay it is a matter of natural justice. You owe money and do not repay it, and you have even assaulted your creditor. Today, I order you to repay your debt imdiately and receive fifty strokes of the cane as a warning to others. If you still refuse to repay, your cri will be increased by three degrees, and the governnt office will help you sell your property to pay off the debt. You will not avoid suffering the pain of caning…"

Corporal punishnt was rely a flesh wound, but caning could injure bones and muscles. The debtor, terrified and pale, quickly pulled out a piece of broken silver and paid the man. Then, two Governnt Officials tied him to the stone lion at the entrance of the governnt office, and with bamboo strips, they struck his buttocks dozens of tis, making him cry out for his father and mother. The eyes of the onlooking common people, however, grew brighter.

Not really… they were serious?

Seeing the County Magistrate's Office truly helped the victim recover the owed silver, so people in the crowd began to grow restless.

anwhile, in the back hall of the governnt office, a Governnt Official showing his teeth in pain rubbed his buttocks but still looked at the one ingot of silver in his hand with a beaming smile. The others around him looked on with envy.

If they could obtain ten taels of silver for being beaten fifty tis on the buttocks, they were willing to be beaten every day.

Even the other, who wasn't beaten, received two taels of reward silver.

These two lads sure had good fortune!

It had to be said that following the noble young master was more promising and more lucrative than serving under Lord Pei. If only this young master were Lord County Magistrate…

All beginnings are hard, and although the people at the entrance to the County Magistrate's Office had been hesitant at first, seeing that soone indeed obtained justice, the crowd beca visibly more agitated. At one mont, a woman erged from the crowd and approached the table hesitantly.

A perceptive Governnt Official imdiately brought over a chair for her to sit.

Li Nuo looked at the sowhat timid woman and gently spoke, "Big sister, don't be afraid. No matter what grievances you have, we will uphold justice for you."

It seed that the handso young master's smile had an effect on her, as the color returned slightly to her cheeks. She carefully rolled up her sleeve, revealing a bruise, and said, "My husband always beats . Can you do anything about that?"

Li Nuo replied, "Yes, yes, of course, soone bring over a chair, let this big sister sit down…"

Although Daxia did not have laws against dostic violence, there were laws against assault. In the case of spouses, whether it was unilateral violence or mutual abuse, the Law Code dealt with it by either increasing or decreasing the punishnt.

Li Nuo first sent two Governnt Officials to the address the woman had provided, to summon her husband for questioning.

While waiting, he had soone offer the woman a cup of tea, and he inquired in detail about the specifics of her case and examined her injuries.

Her injuries were mostly bruises and so small cuts. Moreover, she had lost a tooth due to the beatings.

The woman's ho was not far from the County Magistrate's Office, and within the ti it took to drink half a cup of tea, two Governnt Officials brought a gaunt man to the entrance.

Li Nuo pointed at the man and asked the woman, "Is he your husband?"

The woman nodded her head.

On the way to the office, the man had heard that his wife had reported him to the governnt. Although he was annoyed, he dared not lash out and rely kept saying, "Lord, this is a matter between husband and wife. The governnt can't interfere with this, right…"

Li Nuo glanced at him and said, "In your ho, this is your dostic affair; here, in the governnt office, it's our concern. I only ask you, are the injuries on your wife's body caused by you?"

For such minor cases, the Daxia Law practiced a policy where if the people do not raise an issue, the officials do not investigate. If the woman had chosen to endure in silence after being frequently beaten by her husband, the governnt really could not intervene.

But she had already reported it to the governnt, and it was no longer just their dostic matter.

The man glared fiercely at his wife, but his expression softened when he turned to Li Nuo, saying, "Lord, I will never dare do it again!"

Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "If you knew this, why did you do it in the first place? According to the 'Daxia Law', one who strikes another with hands or feet shall receive forty strokes of the cane; utilizing other objects to assault soone warrants sixty strokes; breaking teeth or maiming eyes and nose results in one year of imprisonnt. You have repeatedly beaten your wife, causing multiple bruises on her body and the loss of a tooth. By law, I sentence you to sixty strokes and one year of imprisonnt. Are you satisfied?"

The man stood there in a daze, unable to react, but the woman was already anxious, quickly saying, "Lord, my husband cannot go to prison…"

Li Nuo looked at her wordlessly and asked, "Then what do you want?"

The woman said anxiously, "I just want him to stop beating in the future..."

She had rely hoped the governnt would admonish her husband; she never expected Lord Pei to hand down such a severe sentence. If her man were to be imprisoned for a year, how could she endure that year?

Thinking of this consequence, she shivered and imdiately said, "Lord, please release my husband. I won't press charges, I won't press charges..."

Li Nuo realized that despite the beatings, the woman still sided with her husband.

For a mont, he even felt envious.

A fellow like that could marry such a woman; it truly seed like the heavens were blind.

Let alone stand by his side, his own wife would do well not to beat him.

This made Li Nuo view the man with even greater distaste. He waved his hand and said, "You say you're pressing charges, then you're not pressing charges - what do you think the County Magistrate's Office is? The governnt officers have to co to the office on their rest days to seek justice for the common folk, yet you treat it like a plaything?"

The woman knelt on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing, "This lowly woman doesn't understand the law, I beg Lord's forgiveness..."

Li Nuo had soone help her up and said, "You are the sufferer. Since you say you won't press charges, his imprisonnt will be waived. However, he must still receive fifty lashings and be imprisoned for three days as a warning. If he re-offends, the punishnt will increase by one level..."

As a legal worker, even though he felt the woman was too weak, he still had to consider the situation from her perspective.

To beca an enforcer of the law wasn't to enjoy the feeling of power over the common people, but to sincerely solve problems for those in a vulnerable position.

The woman, hearing this, gratefully said, "Thank you, Lord, thank you..."

The man also breathed a sigh of relief and imdiately said, "Thank you for your leniency, Lord. I swear, I will never beat my wife again..."

Li Nuo waved his hand, having two Governnt Officials take him away, while he watched the clerks writing the judgnt.

He had already figured out the pattern of the Law Code; as long as he was deeply involved in a case, whether he wrote the judgnt himself or not didn't affect the Law Code's verdict. Li Nuo's handwriting was too ugly to present.

Monts later, he glanced at the Law Code, his expression suddenly turning to surprise.

The portrait of the man he had just tried for dostic abuse was illuminated.

This was truly unexpected.

During these few days, Li Nuo had judged many cases, and though new portraits had been added to the Law Code, similar to Cui Ze in Assistant Minister Zheng's case, their portraits were all gray and would disappear completely after a day, indicating they had no praiseworthy qualities recognized by the Law Code.

This abuser was the only one with an illuminated portrait over these days.

The Law Code was very particular, indicating that this man excelled in certain respect.

At the very least, he had skills that were one in a thousand, perhaps even one in ten thousand.

Not to inquire further could lead to trouble if he unintentionally made use of it.

Li Nuo quickly gestured to stop the woman, who was about to leave, asking, "Sister, does your husband have any special skills?"

The woman looked puzzled.

Li Nuo added, "I an, sothing about him that's obviously better than other people..."

After a mont of thought, the woman seed to recall sothing, her cheeks suddenly blushed, and she lowered her head, whispering, "His special skill is..."

Li Nuo thought he had misheard and pressed, "Which one?"

The woman, her face still flushed, looked toward a certain part of Li Nuo's body and said, "That..."

Li Nuo looked down at himself, his expression bewildered.