When they arrived at the house of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly welcomed Chu Nanyue and Dongling Shuo in, and a few people exchanged a few words of greeting, and Chu Nanyue explained his intention: "Ben Jiang and the prince are here to find Li Hai." ”

"Dogs?" The waiter of the Ministry of Rites and his wife glanced at each other, and then asked tentatively, "But what did the dog do?" ”

"Just came to Lehi and asked about something." Chu Nanyue nodded slightly to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly asked his wife to find Li Hai.

"The dog is working in the shop at home now, so I have to wait for the general and the prince for a while." The waiter of the Ministry of Rites called the subordinates in the house to make tea for Tanglin Shuo and Chu Nanyue, and then chatted with the two about the political affairs of the court.

Chu Nanyue was not in the mood, just drinking tea quietly next to him, but Tanglin Shuo chatted with the Ministry of Rites for a long time.

At this time, Lehi came back, and before it was winter, Lehi was already wearing a thick cotton coat, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and when he came in, he saluted Donglin Shuo and Chu Nanyue.

Chu Nanyue asked: "It's only September now, why is Li Gongzi wearing such a thick dress?" ”

Li Hai took the sweat towel handed over by the maid and explained to Chu Nanyue: "I was injured when I joined the army many years ago, and I was afraid of the cold. ”

Chu Nanyue nodded at this time, and directly explained the intention: "The general and the prince came here to ask about the sale of military positions between the Marquis of Jingning and the Marquis of Pingchang many years ago. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Lehi's face suddenly disappeared, and his hand holding a sweat towel to wipe his sweat also paused: "This matter ......"

"This matter is very important, you must tell Ben and the prince everything you knew back then." Chu Nanyue looked at Li Hai's eyes, her eyes had some oppressive force, so that Li Hai couldn't help but take a step back.

Lehi thought for a while, then sighed, his leg was not very convenient, so he simply sat down and talked about the events of the year.

It turned out that back then, Li Hai had made many meritorious contributions, and he should have been steadily promoted to the commander of the thousand, but he didn't expect that the commander of the thousand was Zhao Yu's, and he couldn't be angry, so he went to find the Marquis of Pingchang.

Who knew that after entering, Pingchang Hou said with a smile that this time it was Jing Ninghou's decision, so that Li Hai should not offend Jing Ninghou.

So Li Hai immediately went to find Jing Ninghou again, but he didn't expect Jing Ninghou to say that Li Haide was unworthy, Li Hai immediately quarreled with Jing Ninghou, and at this time, Pingchang Hou happened to enter Jing Ninghou's account, so he directly punished Li Hai.

Only then did Li Hai realize that the Marquis of Pingchang and the Marquis of Jingning were in the same group, and after being punished with a military stick, he left the army and returned home.

He vaguely guessed that the Marquis of Jingning and the Marquis of Pingchang were buying and selling military positions, but there was no evidence, and when he returned home, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites also told him not to offend the Marquis of Pingchang and the Marquis of Jingning, so he has been buried in his heart for more than 20 years.

At this time, he was turned out, and he sighed and said to Chu Nanyue: "General Chu, I only know so much below. ”

It turned out that after investigating for so long, this Li Hai didn't know anything, Chu Nanyue asked a little unwillingly: "You really don't know anything?" ”

Lehi nodded: "If you know everything, you won't do business here." ”

Chu Nanyue was very disappointed in her heart, it seemed that this Li Hai really didn't know anything.

The two of them immediately left the mansion of the Ministry of Rites, Chu Nanyue was not in high spirits, and did not speak along the way.

At the same time, Xie Xun came to the Jingning Marquis Mansion......

Chu Nanyue was a little unwilling, but Pingchang Hou was an old fox, even if she was unwilling, it was useless, Pingchang Hou had already buried all the evidence.

Seeing her deflated look, Tanglin Shuo stepped forward to comfort her: "As long as a person has done something, there will definitely be clues, but we haven't found it." ”

Chu Nanyue recalled this sentence repeatedly, and suddenly raised her confidence again: "Since all the clues are broken, then we will find new clues again." ”

She slapped the table, then got up directly and went to Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhang Song and Shen Yan of Jingzhao Mansion are both people who have read all the files in the file building, and they must know something, go to them and ask, maybe they can ask something.

Just when Chu Nanyue arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, he saw Zhang Song looking at Chu Nanyue with strange eyes.

Chu Nanyue's right eyelid jumped, and she hurriedly asked, "Master Zhang, what's wrong?" ”

"Jing Ninghou went to turn himself in." Zhang Song's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Chu Nanyue was shocked and a little unstable.

Jing Ninghou surrendered? She was only halfway through the investigation, and Jing Ninghou turned herself in?

Zhang Song nodded: "Xiaguan also just received the news, Prime Minister Xie went to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion today, and then Prime Minister Xie and Marquis Jingning went to the palace, and now Marquis Jingning is being detained in the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

Xie Jing? Chu Nanyue didn't react to this incident for a while, and was about to run to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment when he raised his legs, but heard Xie Xun say: "The general still doesn't want to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment." ”

Chu Nanyue stopped and looked at Zhang Song suspiciously.

"Now Jing Ninghou's case is a little sensitive, the general is Jing Ninghou's own granddaughter, and he still has to avoid suspicion." Zhang Song persuaded.

Chu Nanyue didn't know how to describe her mood, she was only unwilling now, as soon as she kindled her hope and wanted to find evidence of Pyeongchang Hou's sale and purchase of official positions, Jing Ninghou was directly pushed out to apologize for Pyeongchang Marquis.

"General, there are still many opportunities to bring down the Marquis of Pingchang, but Your Majesty is suspicious, if the general loses His Majesty's trust, the road will be much more difficult in the future." Zhang Song has always seen thoroughly in officialdom and is also one of the emperor's most trusted people.

Chu Nanyue nodded to Zhang Song to reassure Zhang Song, and then returned to the general's mansion.

She couldn't understand it, she really knew Jing Ninghou's temperament too well, he was not a good person, and he would definitely not be soft-hearted because of anything, so what did Xie Xun use to force Jing Ninghou to turn himself in?

The more Chu Nanyue thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and now she was desperate to know the answer, but she met Donglin Shuo at the door.

The moment she saw Dongling Shuo, she was silent for a moment, and Dongling Shuo said: "Now Prime Minister Xie is almost the dominant family in the court, if Prime Minister Xie wants to hide something, you can't do it." ”

Chu Nanyue naturally knew this, she was silent for a long time, and then said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Dongling Shuo was relieved at this time, and stepped forward to comfort Chu Nanyue: "Don't worry, I've always been on your side." ”

Although Chu Nanyue felt frustrated, he didn't say a word and returned directly to the general's mansion.

When she returned to the mansion, seeing that Chu Nanyue was silent, Qingshuang couldn't figure out what she was for, and stepped forward to ask, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

Chu Nanyue looked at Qingshuang and smiled at Qingshuang: "It's okay." ”

But her expression didn't look like she was fine, Qingshuang was a little worried, but she didn't know what Chu Nanyue was for, and wanted to ask Dongling Shuo, but she saw that Dongling Shuo came directly to the General's Mansion.

Qingshuang hurriedly whispered to Donglin Shuo: "Lord Wang, Miss has been like this since she came back. ”

Donglin Shuo said clearly, he stepped forward and hugged Chu Nanyue, Chu Nanyue looked back at him, he didn't speak, for a long time, Chu Nanyue said helplessly: "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't want to see you so upset." Tanglin Shuo said, his tone was rarely serious.