"Yes." Ji Xianzhi nodded.

"And what is it that he refuses to say?"

"When I continued to ask why the Dou clan wanted to kill Dou Xunen back then, Cheng Yue stopped, and then no matter how I was executed, he refused to say a word. Cheng Yue is the most cowardly and boneless, if someone hadn't taken his handle, he wouldn't have preferred to die so much. I inquired around in Linyuan, and although I knew that this person had a very bad reputation, he treated his wife and children very well, and he was also a person who cared for his family. Thinking that it was the person behind him who held his wife and children in his hands, he refused to say it. ”

"Uncle Ji, I think it's not that Cheng Yue doesn't want to say it, but he really doesn't know. If you think about it carefully, do you think that the Dou clan will tell a person who can't stand the torture, has a treacherous and cunning character, bullies the weak and fears the hard, and is not a relative of the Dou clan? Even if Cheng Yue loves to protect his wife and children, but at the moment of life and death, Dou does not dare to guarantee that he can survive for his wife and children. Ning Nan asked worriedly, his brows furrowed.

Ji Xianzhi's face was solemn, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was indeed the truth.

"The lord is reasonable, in this way, Cheng Yue is very interested in what happened... I really don't know anything..."Ji Xianzhi pondered for a moment, and said with a sad face, "So... Again, the clue was broken. ”

"There are other strange things about Dou Xunen's murder back then, and when we learn this, it is enough to continue to investigate, and Uncle Ji doesn't have to worry." Ning Nan turned the wrench on his thumb and whispered, "It's just that since this Cheng Yue is useless, naturally he can't continue to stay." Find a man among his people who has an enmity with him, and kill him with his hands and feet. ”

He said lightly about his treatment of Cheng Yue, pushed open the door of the wing room with an expressionless face, and walked all the way towards the low couch table.

Ji Xianzhi followed, stepped over the threshold, turned around and locked the door, stepped forward to spread out the cushion for him, and helped him sit on the cushion before continuing, "King De went out of Luoyang this time in the name of disaster relief and dam repair, but he went to Quanling, the Lingling Governance Office, and wanted to kill the lord... Does the lord have a plan to fight back? ”

Ning Nan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and laughed lightly for some reason, "Lu Xun also mentioned this, but he thinks... I need to endure this bad breath and not fight back. This time it was my father's temptation that he would condone the third brother like this... Why didn't Uncle Ji let me take precautions and endure it... Do you want me to fight back? ”

He raised his eyes and looked at Ji Xianzhi with a smile.

Ji Xian's middle-aged cheeks were all wrinkled together by a raised smile, "Slave understands the master." You've got it figured out... It can dispel the suspicions of the king... You can fight back again. You won't swallow your anger. ”

"If Lu Chengzhong can know me like Uncle Ji, I won't have to talk to him a lot over the years." Ning Nan sighed sadly, suddenly fell silent, and became silent.

He lay on his back, staring at the hanging beam, and a strong and powerful figure gradually appeared in front of him. The man slowly turned around in the glittering circle shadow, his face was full of energy, and he called at him slowly and slowly with a warm smile, "Zhao'er." ”

Ning Nan looked at the illusory figure in a daze, unconsciously smiled, and unconsciously called, "Teacher." ”

Hearing this, Ji Xianzhi couldn't help but jump his eyebrows, and called at him, "Lord? ”

A shallow call made Ning Nan worry come back to his senses from the endless past, and when he turned his eyes, he saw a face hanging in front of him, with a look of anxiety and worry.

He came to his senses, collected his thoughts, and his expression became heavy, "Uncle Ji, I think... It's time to get your hands dirty. ”

Ji Xianzhi was sluggish at first, but after a while, he reacted, and his heart trembled, "My lord... Get ready? ”

"The teacher can't wait too long... Isn't it? He leaned on the low couch, turned his eyes to look at the blue sky outside the window, said to himself in an inaudible voice, and then lay down and continued, "The charges against Ning Nankun collected in Longzhong two months ago... It's all available now. ”

"My lord wants to... Expose all these to the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven dispose of Ning Nankun? Ji Xianzhi asked.

Ning Nan shook his head, "No, it's not for the Son of Heaven to dispose of Ning Nankun. ”

Ji Xianzhi's face was puzzled and looked up at him.

"It's to let the Son of Heaven punish me." Ning Nan said lightly.

"Punishing you?" Ji Xianzhi did not hide his astonishment at all.

"Not bad." Ning Nan said calmly, "Only by reassuring my father first, can I slowly fight back." Uncle Ji, that Shang scholar shoots Duan Xing is available. He hates me to the bone, and you write a silk book in the handwriting of King De. Ordered someone to send it to Shangshutai and handed it over to Zhu Zicheng. Let him deliberately reveal it to Duan Xing. After handing over these incriminating evidence to Shang Shutai, it must be explained that the robbery of Caoyun's official grain was my abuse of the power of Jing Du Wei, and it was me... After selling all the official food, he fled all the way to Lingling. King De wanted to arrest me... chased to Quanling County, Lingling County, to fight with me, resulting in the loss of Quanling's wealth and people. sent the few Jing Inspector guards who were staring at Ning Nankun's sale of official food to Duan Xing, and told him that this was a bandit who robbed the official grain. And let these brothers not have too much to say, and after two interrogations... and confessed to me. Go and inform Nanxiang County Taishou again, and let him do a scene with this Duan Xing. ”

"What is the purpose of this of the lord?" Ji Xianzhi didn't know why Ning Nan worried about carrying the evidence of King De's guilt on himself, "If one is not careful... It's a lot of harm to the lord and no benefit. ”

"Uncle Ji, don't worry, will I harm myself?" Ning Nan comforted softly, then narrowed his eyes and said lightly.

Ji Xianzhi thought about it carefully, and faintly found that Ning Nan's arrangements were full of loopholes, more like a drama, and it was a drama specially set for King De.

He was not at ease, but he knew that Ning Nan was worried and thoughtful, thinking that there would not be much wrong in this, so he breathed a sigh of relief and responded.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Xianzhi remembered something again.

"My lord, old slave... There is one more thing to report. That Wuling County is too shou Sun Chi... Yesterday, he was found tragically dead on the streets of Linyuan. "The starting point

"Tragic death on the streets?" Ning Nan glanced at Ji Xian with a worried eye, and asked, "Didn't Uncle Ji arrange manpower and prepare to pretend to be a robber slaughter?" ”

"That's true.. Sun Chi has only been on the table for a few days, and the Jingzhou Thorn History has approved the possibility of January, and the old slave is preparing to do it on the way back to his hometown for Sun Chi and his family... But I don't know who is one step ahead of me... made Sun Chi naked, full of whip marks and knife wounds, exposing his body to the street. ”

"Death so tragic?" Ning Nan asked casually, the expression on his face was very flat, and he did not make any waves, which made Ji Xianzhi a little surprised.

"Isn't the lord surprised? How could Sun Chi expose his body on the street for no reason? Ji Xianzhi asked.

Ning Nan turned his eyes to Ji Xianzhi and said in a deep voice, "What can you see from the scars on Sun Chi's body?" ”

He changed the subject. Ji Xianzhi frowned slightly and replied, "The injuries on Sun Chi's body seem to have been caused after death. ”

"It's funny." Ning Nan chuckled, his eyes became cold, "Maybe Sun Chi died in his own secret room." ”

"What does the lord mean?" Ji Xianzhi hesitated, "Someone made Sun Chi's body exposed on the street, and brutally whipped and stabbed his corpse... Is it to bury the identity? ”

"Not bad." Ning Nan threw a hint of approval at him, and lowered his voice, "Do you know why that person was treated so cruelly after Sun Chi's death?" ”

Ji Xianzhi pondered for a long time, shook his head and asked puzzledly, "Why does the lord know?" ”

"Who in the rivers and lakes is good at using the long whip and never leaves the scimitar on his side?"

Ji Xianzhi paused again, his eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Chivalrous charm." ”

"Not bad. Among the Great Wei, the person who makes good use of the long whip is quite accomplished, and the person who walks the rivers and lakes with a green jade scimitar is only charming. Ning Nan nodded and said, "This person is as jealous as hatred, good at using methods, and extremely cruel. happened to respond to these injuries on Sun Chi's body. The one who took Sun Chi's life... I want us to think that this is the hand of the chivalrous ghost. Sun Mansion at the moment... It's been emptied for a long time, right? ”

Ji Xianzhi looked at Ning Nan in surprise and said worriedly, "Yes, I went to visit yesterday evening, and the Sun family has all left Linyuan and is missing. I interrogated and searched for Sun Chi's private house for a week, and said that Mrs. Sun led the family out of the city before dawn, left Linyuan and went south. ”

"It seems that the person behind the curtain has also arranged Sun Chi's family." Ning Nan smiled coldly.

Ji Xianzhi frowned and said, "The lord wants the old slave to send someone to track down the Sun clan?" ”

"No need. I would also like to thank this person who killed Sun Chi for saving me a trouble. Ning Nan said lightly.

According to Ji Xianzhi, this Sun Chi was afraid that he would have died before he left the city to see Dou Yueshan. He naturally remembered that Jiang Chengjia was wrong that day. I felt more and more that she sneaked out of the post station that day, and she must have nothing to do with Sun Chi's death.

He did dote on her, but that didn't mean he had completely let down his guard against her. Ning Nanwei always believed that Jiang Chengjia was finally willing to marry him not only because he did such unbearable things, but also because he had the heart to clear the obstacles of the Qing Dynasty for his brother.

In any case, he is also Ning Zheng's second son. Starting with him and slowly finding out the news, it is not a reasonable explanation.

Ning Nanwu knew that Jiang Chengjia was not as unpopular as she seemed on the surface, it was purely simple. How could this woman, who can be compared to Jiang Mengluo, the master of the Water Pavilion, be friends, really only hide the private feelings of her children in her heart, and have no ambitions?

"Lord..... It seems that he already knows who is the person who killed Sun Chi? Ji Xianzhi saw that his eyes were getting darker and darker, so he asked tentatively.

Ning Nan didn't answer, and silently put away the conjecture in his heart.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Ji Xianzhi knew that Ning Nanwu didn't want him to continue to ask, so he consciously skipped this topic, took out a bamboo scroll and book from his arms, bowed and handed it over, and said respectfully, "Lord, this is Luoyang's mansion newspaper in the past month." Other than that..... Zhao Fu wants to see you. ”

"Why?" Ning Nan didn't raise his eyes, took the bamboo scroll and book silk handed over by Ji Xianzhi, slowly opened it, and looked at it.

"Zhao Fujing wanted to say goodbye to the rivers and lakes after this battle, abandon his name and follow the official, and lead the brothers of the White Gang to follow the lord to do great things." Ji Xianzhi kept bending over, listening to Ning Nan's worrying question, and replied unhurriedly.

"I didn't expect that he would directly abandon his name in the rivers and lakes and submit to me." Ning Nan raised his eyebrows and said coldly.

Ji Xianzhi replied, "Zhao Fu said that he knows the meaning of the prince's solicitation, and he also admires the prince's affection for his wife, so he is willing to use it for you." He doesn't think you're as unhearted and ruthless as you say. ”

Ning Nan raised his eyebrows and looked at Ji Xianzhi, raising his voice, "He looks at me like this?" ”

"Yes." Ji Xianzhi nodded in reply.

Ning Nan was sarcastic, "Over the years, I have never heard anyone say this about Benhou. ”

Ji Xianzhi's eyes froze, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart when he heard him.