Jiang Ning took out a ledger from his arms and said, "I didn't expect it, right? You hired that fortune teller to kill someone, he was ready to be unloaded and killed by you early in the morning, and the person you wanted him to kill, the amount of remuneration given, the time and place of the killing, and the main messenger were all clearly recorded in this ledger." ”

The account book was opened, Jiang Ning pointed to one of the names and said: "On the eighth day of the first month of the first month of the year of Jihai, the Li family, Li Ningzhu paid a deposit of ten yuan, killed the maid Xiaoman, on the ninth night of the first month, Xiaoman died in the Wei family's plum garden, and on the tenth day of the first month, Li paid twenty more." ”

Jiang Ning handed the account book to Xu Yan, Xu Yan understood, took the account book, walked slowly around the onlookers, and made the names on the account book public one by one.

There was an uproar in the compound of the Li family's mansion.

No one thought that the real culprit of Xiaoman's disappearance, which was reported by the Li family, was not Wei Sheng, who was in the middle of the family, but Miss Li Ningzhu, who was the same sister as Xiaoman!

Li Quanzhang sneered and said: "Hmph, the official word is two-mouthed, you just catch a person and kill him, just say that he is a killer hired by us, and then casually forge an account book, and convict my daughter, what kind of evidence is this?"

Jiang Ning sneered: "I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin." ”

Xu Yan walked into the crowd and said loudly: "The fortune teller in Yangliu Hutong on Bailing Street in Changzhifang is the killer who killed Xiao Man and Wei Sheng. ”

In the crowd, a young girl took out a folded paper from her bosom, and compared the handwriting with the pen on the ledger, whether it was the font shape or the strength of the person who wrote the pen, it was obvious that it was the same person's handwriting.

The ordinary people standing in the courtyard turned their heads to each other, pointing at Li Quanzhang, who was tied to the pillar of the vermilion lacquer, and what they said was nothing more than 'treachery', 'knowing the face but not the heart' and the like.

In these years, the gentleman on the beam who steals petty will be poked in the backbone, not to mention the hired murderer to kill the maid who is in love with his sister!

Some people even boldly speculated that Wei Sheng, who killed himself in the Wei family's plum garden not long ago, may have been hired by this Li Ningzhu to kill him, and then faked to commit suicide to hide people's eyes.

"Where there is a father, there must be a daughter!"

"People are separated from each other, although the Li family has a bad reputation, but I always thought that the young lady of the Li family, Li Ningzhu, was self-controlled, jade and icy, and must be an exception," a voice in the crowd said: "I didn't expect to be the same as my father after all, and I would do such a heart-wrenching act!"

Li Quanzhang shook his head frantically and said: "No, it's not like this, you lie, you must have bought the fortune teller, come together to frame Ning Zhu!"

Han Yi rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Master Li, Master Li, are you making us laugh? Even if that fortune teller is a fool, he wouldn't be stupid enough to create his own incriminating evidence to help us frame you, or do you think the people standing here are so easy to fool?"

Jiang Ning sneered: "This guy has been sheltered by a backer for more than ten years, and he is used to doing a business that only makes money and does not lose, and is a profitable business, and it is habitual, this is to treat us all as those bitter masters and wronged leaders!"

Some of the people nodded yes.

When Wei Zhen was alive, it was not that no one went to the Ministry of Water to report Li Quanzhang's smuggling of salt, iron, and slaves, but just spent a little money and handed it over to Wei Zhen to deal with it up and down.

As for the gold and silver that bribed Shangguan, it was just a little bit that was casually exposed between his fingers, and it was not a dime.

Xu Yan added fuel to the fire and said: "No, this guy is treating my family as one of those dumb officials who gave some gold and silver and turned his head to point at the deer as a horse!"

Li Quanzhang still didn't give up, and said: "You said so much, it seems to be true, but you missed a little, Ning Zhu and Xiaoman grew up together since childhood, they are like sisters, they have nothing to talk about, she has no reason to kill Xiaoman at all." No matter how well the story is written, it is just a story after all, and you don't have this motivation alone!"

"Yes, why did Li Ningzhu kill Xiaoman?"

The people are like small grasses growing on the ground, where the wind blows, they fall, and only a few people can cut through the clouds and mist, point to the truth, and see things beyond the appearance.

At this time, Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and even with himself, he became indifferent.

What these parents and officials have worked hard to maintain are just such people, is it really worth it?

Jiang Ning shook his head, put those irrelevant thoughts behind him, and sneered: "No, she has a motive, and this motive is very sufficient, enough for her to kill the killer regardless of her sisterhood!"

Li Quanzhang chuckled in his heart, Xiaoman's death was indeed part of that person's plan, and he did nod and agree, just an insignificant maid, in exchange for that person's trust and closeness, and he would make a steady profit.

It's just that Li Ningzhu shouldn't have interfered from head to toe in this matter, why did this Jiang Ning bite her daughter today?

Jiang Ning's character, Li Quanzhang is clear, or rather, the people of the entire Long'an County are clear, in the past year, although he has not solved many cases, but he has never framed even one person in vain, but where there is a case where the strength is not caught or the evidence is insufficient, he would rather let the suspect go, and he has never been wrongly arrested and wrongly judged, let alone like those previous county orders, if he can't catch the murderer, he will just arrest someone and beat him into a trick or go to the dungeon to find a criminal to come out and be a strong man.

It is precisely because of this that his performance in Long'an County has not been good since his arrival.

Although the two were in opposing positions at this time, Jiang Ning's conclusive determination that Li Ningzhu was the employer who instructed Yimo to kill Xiaoman also made his heart shake a little.

Li Quanzhang knew that if this matter was said to be done by his daughter, it was not impossible.

Jiang Ning smiled: "What, did you remember something?"

Li Quanzhang's face changed several times, he seemed to have made up some kind of determination, let out a long sigh of relief, and sneered: "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, if you want to be better than me, you also have to find some better ways, that Xiaoman was obviously killed by the fortune teller I asked the fortune teller, and the girl Ning Zhu was just sent by me to give Mr. Yimo a fortune-telling gift money, I ask your lord to find out the case before you draw conclusions in the future!"

Jiang Ning sighed and said in his heart: "Although you are not a good person, you are still a good father." ”