Ning Zheng stared at his every move, for fear of missing something.

Ning Nan was naturally worried, as if he really didn't know where Lu Xun went, let alone what happened later.

Ning Zheng was silent for a moment and quieted down.

The young man kneeling in the hall was slightly panicked, quietly waiting for Ning Zheng to speak.

"This matter needs to be verified, but in any case, since you didn't know in advance that Chen Xu wanted to betray the Huai Wangfu and betray you, so that now Linhe and Wuhu have become like this, and even your third brother has been implicated, this is your fault."

After a while, Ning Zheng suddenly spoke.

Ning Nan lowered his eyes, saluted with both hands, and didn't dare to move.

"If you have made a mistake, you should be punished." Ning Zheng said again, "The widow is dealt with by family law, do you have any objections?" ”

The young man in the hall straightened up, nodded without hesitation, and said, "The son is at the disposal of his father." ”

"Fan Li! Take the family method! Ning Zheng ordered two wooden planks more than one meter long in front of the eight or nine servants in front of the command palace hall.

The two guards who followed Ning Zheng closely, Qi Yun and Qi Hu, took the wooden plank that Fan Li took from the guards waiting outside, and one of them stood aside and hit Ning Nan's back hard.

The hard wooden board slapped on Ning Nanwu's back, and the force left behind gradually turned into a sharp pain, spreading up and down his back.

He knew that when Ning Zheng arrived in Linhe, whether he found out the truth of the matter or not, he would be dealt with with in a family manner, and he couldn't escape this beating, and he didn't bother to escape. Since he was a child, he has been punished by family law, and he doesn't care about one more time. It's just that he was worried that Jiang Chengjia would not be able to eat and feel distressed when he saw such a scene, so he found a reason in the morning and drove her and Qianshan to the market west of Linhe.

After this meal, Ning Nan was beaten and lay in front of the hall, especially embarrassed, his hair was scattered, and the black python-patterned robe was torn in several places, and the white middle coat oozing blood was faintly exposed

With some difficulty, he relied on his arms to support himself, trying to stand up, but the sharp pain in the back of his back was pressing on him, making it impossible for him to stand up.

In a few moments, a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Ning Nan bit her pale lip and said in a trembling voice: "Father... Can it be deflated? ”

He was still sitting upright in front of the hall, and the graceful father and son showed a trace of indescribable disappointment in their eyes.

Ning Nanqing gloated at him being punished, and didn't say anything on the side.

Ning Zheng saw that the clothes behind him were all scratched by the wooden thorns around the plank, and his heart involuntarily sank, and with an iron face, he said coldly: "Linhe's account, how can it be so easy to settle?" Zhaoyuan, you should know how long you have been planning this for your father, and how many obstacles the Jiang Gong family has to your father's future great cause! But you've messed it up! ”

Ning Nan knew that he was not so easy to dissipate, so he remained silent and let Ning Zheng continue to scold.

It's just that the atmosphere in the front hall cooled down again, I don't know what Ning Zheng was thinking, his eyes were a little gloomy staring at the young man lying on the ground gasping for pain and enduring the pain, and his body became more and more gloomy.

"I heard that Jiang Nu is pregnant?" He was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

Ning Nan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart when he heard this, and a trace of fear suddenly appeared in his originally fearless heart.

"Father... Jiang Nu is indeed pregnant. When he said this, his confidence was slightly weaker, but he quickly strengthened himself.

Ning Zheng glanced at him up and down a few times, and said coldly: "Chen Xu has been with the widow for many years, and the widow has a life-saving grace for him, even if your third brother has a grudge against him, in terms of right and wrong, he will not be so ignorant and betray the Huai Wangfu." ”

Ning Nan hung his head silently, waiting for his next step.

Ning Zheng picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip carefully, then put it down slowly, raised his eyes and said, "In the past six months, the widow has heard of it... What a loving news you have with the Jiang family. Do you know in your heart what the identity of the Jiang girl is? ”

Ning Nan was still silent.

Ning Zheng continued: "Chen Xu's rebellion against the widow this time may be related to the Jiang family. Are you so close to her, have you ever inadvertently revealed her plans for Linhe? If this trip to Linhe failed miserably, it was because of the Jiang family's secret troublemaker, everything would have been explained. ”

He implied in his words that if Ning Nanwu admitted that the reason why this trip to Linhe had failed was because of the Jiang family, then he could let him go. Tsinghua

Ning Nan knew that his father had wanted to move the Jiang family.

Jiang Chengyi is really a celebrity in front of Emperor Wei at this moment, and seeing his posture, it is absolutely impossible to win over the Huai King for his own use. Since he could not use it for his own use, and had gradually escaped his control, Ning Zheng could no longer allow the Jiang clan to continue to be active in the government and the opposition.

Ning Nan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth silently.

Ning Zheng asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Ning Nan was silent for a moment and said, "Father... The child would never mention any government affairs or plans in front of the Jiang family. She didn't know about any of that. ”

Ning Zheng squinted his eyes and said coldly, "How... Don't you know that Jiang Nu is a person from the Water Pavilion? She has been running around with Jiang Chengyi since she was a child, and she has taken refuge in the Water Pavilion and has been doing the things of the Water Pavilion for many years. If she wants to get some news from you, it's easy. Now, you still have to defend her? ”

The young man in Xuanyi bent down, even if he couldn't stand up straight after being beaten by the family law, he could only kneel humbly in front of the hall, and his knees and uneasiness made him tremble slightly.

"Father, is this the identification of Jiang Nu as the culprit of the failure of the Linhe plan?" Ning Nan asked in a low voice.

Ning Zheng sneered: "Jiang Nu is beautiful, and her charming soul seduction technique is comparable to the dusty women of Yanshui Building in Qingxiang. As a father, I really can't guarantee that if you let her continue to stay by your side, will there be a big mess in the Huaiwang Mansion in the future? Moreover, at the beginning, the reason why Zhao'er married the Jiang family was also to take advantage of Jiang Chengyi's favorite sister, seize the power of the Jiang family's Water Pavilion, and slowly turn the momentum of the Water Pavilion into his own use. But now, Jiang Chengyi is becoming more and more arrogant above the court, and the politics mentioned are aimed at his father everywhere, and he has no intention of submitting to his father. That being the case, the Father thinks that this bane should not be left behind. ”

"But didn't my father say... Although Jiang Chengyi is a bachelor from a poor family, his protégés are all over the Great Wei, and he has written many books at a young age, and he is also well-known in the literary world... If such a person is rashly removed... Wouldn't it make many Jiang protégés angry and make the Huai Wangfu even more unpopular? Ning Nan's voice trembled in distress, and he questioned, his pale and bloodless face and lips distorted slightly.

"That was in the past, and now the Jiang family has angered most of the scholars in the government and the opposition because of the mention of the new policy to Emperor Wei, even if his protégés are widely spread all over the world, they can't compare to the scholar groups who control the power of the Great Wei after all. He is the target of the public, and there is nothing wrong with the widow getting rid of it according to the will of heaven, that is, doing the right thing for heaven. Ning Zheng no longer cares about Jiang Chengyi's prestige in the rivers and lakes and the Great Wei literary circle. He already felt the threat of the Jiang clan, so he couldn't continue to let it go.

Ning Nan's fists hidden in his sleeves clenched a little tighter, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If father... If his father wants to get rid of the Jiang family, he still needs to see the right time. ”

Ning Zheng listened to his words, fixed his eyes, and said: "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, the Jiang family is red, and His Majesty is staring at it everywhere, so it is not easy to start for the time being." Of course, once the time comes, the father will not hesitate to act. ”

Ning Nan frowned and remained silent.

At this moment, the porter who was guarding outside the commanding mansion hurriedly reported: "The lord... Acting King, His Royal Highness King Ming... General Lu returned. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the clatter of armor rubbing against each other outside the corridor. A tall and strong man rushed towards the front hall, and this big man was Lu Xun.

"Lord!"

Lu Xun shouted, walked to the front hall of the moon arch, and suddenly saw Ning Zheng and Ning Nanqing sitting in the hall, his face was panicked, he hurriedly clasped his fists with both hands, knelt down in the hall, and bowed: "The last general will see the King of the Huai Dynasty, see His Royal Highness the King of Ming!" ”

Ning Zheng nodded and motioned for him to get up.

Ning Nan raised his eyes at this time, looked at Lu Xun, and said eagerly: "Chen Xu can catch it?" ”

Lu Xun looked guilty and said uneasily: "My lord... The last general, the last general never caught Chen Xu. When he reached a cliff on the outskirts of Linhe, Chen Xu committed suicide by jumping off the cliff. ”

Ning Nan was stunned, as if he really didn't know, he instantly looked at Ning Zheng, and then glanced back and forth at Lu Xun's face, only to feel incredulous.

Lu Xun knelt down again, and said in a trembling voice: "The last general is derelict in his duties, and he also asks the lord to surrender." ”

His attention at the moment was not on Chen Xu's matter at all, his eyes were full of eyes attracted by the scars on Ning Nan's back, and he couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart.

Ning Nan's face turned pale, he bent over, relying on his arms to support his body, and the cold sweat on his forehead gradually condensed into beads of sweat, dripping down his jaw.

"Father... Did his father happen to witness Chen Xu jumping off a cliff to commit suicide when he came? He struggled to speak.

Ning Zheng raised one side of his brow, and said in a cold voice: "You still have some brains... But although the widow's convoy saw the scene of Chen Xu's suicide, they didn't know if he was dead? Was his death deliberately forced by Lu Xun? ”

Ning Nanwei immediately defended Lu Xun: "Father, Lu Xun is stupid, he has never understood these small things in his heart, and he will never deliberately force each other. ”

Ning Zheng looked at his master and servant, his eyes turned between the two of them, and finally lowered his eyes and said: "In this case, Lu Xun will lead the way, Ye Zhen and Ye Bai will support you, and go to the bottom of the mountain where Chen Xu fell from the cliff with the widow to see if this traitor is dead." The widow will see people in life, and corpses in death. ”

"Acting King! The lord he... He has just been punished by the family law, and he is seriously injured by this, so I am afraid that he will not be able to go together..."Lu Xun saw that Ning Zheng wanted to bring Ning Nanwei with him, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and he was more distressed.