The little servant of the Marquis of Changshan drove the ox cart, and Ding Ling walked towards the street.

Ning Nanqing stared thoughtfully at the direction in which the ox cart was going, and there was a faint wavering in his cold eyes.

In a few moments, Meng Yi, the little servant who was following him, ran over from the corridor where the palace car was parked.

"The king? Is this time home? Meng Yi asked cautiously.

Ning Nanqing groaned and said, "Go to the outskirts of the city, there are some things I still need to explain." ”

Meng Yi answered, then turned around and called out to the corridor, and the two guards of the Ming Wang's Mansion who were guarding the car drove towards Ning Nanqing.

He got into the car, and Meng Yi got on the board and drove the old cow towards the outside of the city.

As soon as the car left, Fan Li poked out from behind the stone pillar in front of the Huai Wang's Mansion, and immediately ordered people to make a detour to follow them carefully. Then he turned around and ran towards the mansion, and after a few steps, he saw Ning Zheng standing under the corridor outside the courtyard, looking at the situation in front of the mansion from a distance.

Before he could say anything, Ning Zheng had already spoken: "Have you checked it out?" This news was specially ordered by Bo Yuan to be mentioned in front of you? ”

Fan Li's head replied: "According to the instructions of the acting king, the minister carefully checked the route of the spies to and from the border of Jingzhou and the capital. Indeed, as the acting king said, along the way, the spies sent by the palace were all secretly protected by the eldest prince, and they were attacked by bandits three times on the way, all of which were rescued by the eldest prince's people. ”

Ning Zheng said coldly: "He privately enveloped the spies of the palace and asked them to say these things to you according to his instructions, is his news credible?" Have you checked? ”

Fan Li said: "The minister sent his henchmen to verify that the eight thousand soldiers who fought in the Changlu Mountain Gorge at that time did have some luck and survived, and were rescued by His Royal Highness King Ming and returned to Huaiguo. Indeed, it was learned from them that Jiang Chan, who was dying at that time, was indeed rescued by Jing Du Weilang and Lu Xun.

In the case of Longzhong, the minister did find out that Shi An had been surrounded by the dead soldiers sent out by the palace at that time. Meng disaster entered Longzhong at this time, Longzhong received according to etiquette, the whole city was under martial law, and Dongfu Sijiang Chengyi found Shi An under the protection of Longzhong Jing Guard, and then found the opportunity to save Shi An. Didn't the acting king always wonder why Jiang Chengyi always resigned from the court or entered the palace to discuss political affairs before March?

The minister thought that Jiang Chengyi in the Jiang Mansion at that time was probably not the real person for a long time. It was just the person who replaced Jiang Chengyi in the water pavilion of the capital, and Yan Ji of Fengyue Tower chose a person who looked like Jiang Chengyi, and with his wonderful disguise technique, he turned into Jiang Chengyi's appearance and covered the eyes of all the courtiers in the capital. And the real Jiang Chengyi had already gone to Longzhong to find Shi An. I am afraid that it was at that time that the second prince colluded with Jiang Chengyi, which made the capital and Longzhong never find out that they secretly went to Longzhong by stealing beams for pillars. ”

Ning Zheng sneered: "Zhaoyuan is a good strategy. For so many years, he swallowed his anger beside the widow, deliberately pretended to be lustful and incompetent, and was very obedient to the widow. In private, he tried his best to investigate the events of the year. Boyuan was also depressed in his heart, secretly competing with the widow and Ming'er, and even did not hesitate to attack Ming'er and Zhao'er for the position of the prince. Fan Li, you say... Are all three of them following the nature of widows? Cold-blooded and ruthless, mutilating siblings. ”

Fan Li trembled slightly, remembering the past many years ago, and his heart palpitated: "How can the acting king say this about himself? The man was not of royal recognizable blood. On behalf of the king, what you did was just to take care of a love debt for the first emperor, how can you say that you are mutilating your siblings? ”

Ning Zheng squinted at him and sighed coldly: "Father's love debt? Yes, if the widow doesn't know that he is the bloodline left by his father, maybe the widow and him can become close friends. ”

Fan Li was silent, lowered his head, and never dared to look up at Ning Zheng.

"That's it, you have been staring at Bo Yuan for the past few days, don't let him act too much." Ning Zheng finally instructed.

Fan Li replied, "Oh." ”

Ning Zheng brushed his sleeves and left. Fan Li's back was already soaked with sweat, and his heart trembled, and it was difficult to recover from the strange and terrifying atmosphere.

He had seen Ning Zheng's ruthless appearance, which was why he was even more afraid of him mentioning the past.

Ning Zheng turned around and paced to the inner hall from the corridor, then summoned the palace steward and ordered him to prepare his bags and go to Linhe.

Six days later, congratulations.

Ji Xianzhi got the news from the flying pigeon in the capital, and immediately informed Ning Nanwei.

As if expected, Ning Nanwei learned that Ning Zheng had delivered a performance to His Majesty, and knew that he was going to Linhe.

Although the post on the Huaiwang Mansion clearly explains: bring your family and others back to the country to wake up the New Year, and then return to the capital in early March, but in fact, they took a detour from Xinye and wanted to come to the border of Jingzhou. Grave

He was sitting at the desk of Yayun Pavilion, reading the documents and files from the Linhe Command Mansion, and after listening to Ji Xianzhi's report on the matter, he nodded without a word, but silently turned the wrench on his thumb.

Ji Xianzhi saw that he was low, as if he was thinking about something, so he asked, "What is wrong with the lord?" ”

Ning Nan shook his head and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong. Everything that is happening in the capital now is in our plan. It's just that I didn't think... Mr. entered the capital with his third brother as the prime minister of Changshan this time. There's always some discomfort in my heart. ”

When Ji Xianzhi heard his words, the worry that surged in his heart slowly eased, and said: "Since Mr. Shen is sent to Chang Shanhou's side on behalf of the king... Even if Chang Shanhou is demoted, there will inevitably be no lack of due courtesy. If it weren't for the country's treatment, I'm afraid Chang Shanhou wouldn't be able to keep an arrogant person like Mr. Shen. ”

Ning Nan was a little unwilling in his heart, and the color in his eyes dimmed: "A person as arrogant as Mr. is also so angry with me that he doesn't want to stay by my side. I'd rather go to my third brother's side than see me again. ”

Seeing the bitterness on his face, Ji Xianzhi sighed in his heart: "Don't worry, my lord, Mr. Shen and you will always have a chance to meet in the future." ”

Shen Yuzhi, and Ning Nanwei are both protégés of Lu Fuzi.

When Lu Yu accepted Ning Nan as a student, the fourteen-year-old Shen Yuzhi was studying in Lu Mansion. He was born in a poor family, but Lu Fuzi didn't care about his identity, taught hard, and treated him very well. Shen Yuzhi also lived up to Lu Yu's expectations, and after entering the official career, he made outstanding political achievements and was reused by the first emperor.

Before Chang Mengjun's case, Shen Youzhi was angry with the ruling Marquis of Guangping because of his rejection of the five marquis' heavy tax reforms, and he was demoted to Youzhou, which survived the catastrophe.

When he learned that Lu Fuzi died in the guillotine, and the old general Yueqi broke the desert, he rushed back to the capital overnight, but what he saw was the Lu Mansion that was already stained with blood.

He also desperately inquired about the truth, and together with Ning Nanwei, he wanted to wash away the grievances of Lu Fuzi and the old generals of Yueqi. But later, Shen Yuzhi didn't know what he had found, so he suddenly stopped all investigations, and even persuaded Ning Nanwei to give up continuing to investigate the truth of Chang Mengjun's bloody case.

In the third year of Yangjia, the Five Marquis Rebellion broke out. When Shen Yuzhi learned that the reason why the five marquis would rebel was because Ning Nan was worried about the design of the relationship between the five marquis and Emperor An, he left the capital in a hurry and went to Youzhou, never returned to Beijing.

Ning Zheng admired him in the past, and sent people to Youzhou many times to ask Shen Yuzhi to return to the house, wanting to make him the master of Huaiguo.

With the arrogance in his bones, Shen Yuzhi refused many times, insisting on staying in the bitter cold land on the border of Youzhou and not returning.

But this time, for some reason, he agreed to Ning Zheng's request, and went to Ningnankun's mansion, first made the lieutenant commander of Wangfu Lang, and then became the minister of Changshan with Ning Nankun's demotion.

The sparse past was reflected in Ning Nan's eyes, which made him feel depressed again.

"Since my father has already handed over the note, it seems that he is already on his way to congratulate him. We can't continue to live in Red Maple Village, and we need to return to the Command Mansion of Linhe. Ning Nanwu finally mentioned the right thing.

Ji Xianzhi replied: "Ye Bai Ye Zhen has rushed back to the command mansion to clean up the house four days ago, Shuihe and Black Tea have already packed their bags, and they are waiting for the order of the prince, and the whole mansion will return to the house together." ”

Ning Nan said worriedly: "I will leave tomorrow, my father's car has always been very fast, I am afraid that it will be able to arrive in Linhe in less than a month." Before that, we need to be fully prepared for questioning him. My big brother... I've always been cautious, but I'm afraid I've planted a lot of traps this time, waiting for me to jump in. If one is not careful, it is an abyss. My father has never been cruel to me, if this scene is not good. Woe to you, to me, to Arlo, and to Mother. ”

He knew that the reason why Ning Zheng deliberately made a detour to come to congratulate him this time was because Ning Nanqing secretly set up a trap and told his father that what he found was half true and false, which attracted him to come here.

It's just that these are all expected by him.

He has been fighting secretly with Ning Nanqing for so many years, and he has already figured out the temperament of his eldest brother.

Ning Nanqing is gentle and elegant on the surface, but in fact he has a depressed personality and a very deep city. Over the years, he has never pierced Ning Nanwei's disguise, but secretly sent people to test it, found clues from it, exaggerated it, and told Ning Zheng with euphemism, which made Ning Nanwei suffer a lot.

Ji Xianzhi replied: "My lord, don't worry, Chen Xu's matter... The plan had been agreed upon before, and even if the king came to investigate, he could not find any evidence. In the past six months, every step of what Linhe has done has covered up traces, and everything points to Chen Xu and his daughter who eloped with someone. Song Zong colluded with Fu and Ma, and the news of his intention to rebel was also released. As long as the acting king knew about this, he would have less suspicion of the prince in his heart. ”

"I have something to ask Uncle Ji." Ning Nan thought of something and said to Ji Xianzhi.

When Ji Xianzhi heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "What does the lord command?" ”

"This time it belongs to the command. Half a month later, my father will arrive here, and I am afraid that it will not be good for Aluo... I also hope that Uncle Ji will find more manpower to protect Ah Luo. Although I know that there must be a master of the Water Pavilion by her side, I am still not sure in my heart. ”