Late at night, under the urging of Yu Ling, Ji Ning finally put down his books, and finally went to bed to rest under Yu Ling's service.

However, his resting place is still the study.

The new mansion is big enough, and when I bought this house for decoration, I deliberately chose a large room for renovation in the study. Therefore, his study is very large, more than twice the size of an ordinary room.

He fell asleep not long ago, and suddenly a cold wind blew in from the window, and then the study immediately returned to calm, as if nothing had happened, but there was already a slender figure dressed in three thousand green silk in front of the bed.

The figure looked at Ji Ning's handsome face in front of the bed for a while, and then stabbed Ji Ning's body lightly with the long sword scabbard in his hand through the quilt.

Ji Ning felt strange in his sleep, and couldn't help waking up and opening his eyes, and suddenly saw a figure in front of his bed.

He was slightly startled, and immediately realized that it was Nalan blowing snow.

"You have to scare Ji to death before you are willing." Ji Ning sat up with some complaints, but did not immediately lift the quilt and get out of bed.

It was cold and he didn't bother to get out of bed. Although it seems very rude, where is there any etiquette between him and Nalan Blowing Snow?

Nalan Fuxue didn't answer immediately, and Ji Ning then asked, "Miss Nalan, you came to visit late at night, what's the matter?" ”

"I heard that you were brought to the yamen for interrogation today." Nalan Fuxue said in a cold tone, "I didn't expect you to be able to lie on the bed and sleep tonight." ”

"Well, I did go to the Yamen." Ji Ning said.

Nalan Fuxue asked, "Didn't show any clues, did you?" '

"Ji has been mentally prepared for a long time, and they haven't found any clues for the time being." Ji Ning said.

At the end, he couldn't help but ask a little playfully: "Do you care about Ji?" ”

Nalan Chuixue's face changed, and he said coldly: "Please don't be sentimental!" I'm only worried that you were captured by Zhang Hong and beheaded, and no one will come up with a plan to help me get revenge. “

"It's just a joke to relax, why bother to talk about the relationship of interests so red. It's boring. Ji Ning shrugged his shoulders unconcernedly, which was his expected reaction.

Nalan snorted coldly.

The atmosphere was cold for a while, and Ji Ning said, "Don't worry, Ji is safe for the time being." Disappearances are not as direct and strong as murders, and officials cannot obtain useful clues based on the murder scene. They didn't dare to torture Ji directly, and they didn't even dare to interrogate him for too long. At least for a year, it's still safe. ”

Nalan blows snow and is a little bit of a head.

After a period of silence, Ji Ning said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Nope." Nalan Fuxue said truthfully.

"That'...... Go back. "Ji Ning's send-off is authentic.

Nalan Fuxue didn't speak, and turned around and walked directly to the window.

Walking to the window, opening the window, the cold wind poured in, she suddenly turned around and said to Ji Ning, who had already laid down in bed: "If you are really discovered, remember to inform me in time, I can take you out of Jinling City." ”

"Thank you." Ji Ning turned his head sideways and responded to Nalan Blowing Snow.

The next moment, Nalan Blowing Snow jumped out of the window, and the window closed with it.

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In the following days, Ji Ning has been concentrating on preparing for the autumn exam, and has shirked all going out to socialize.

He knew that he belonged to a scholar who became a monk halfway, although he had the guidance of Shen Kang, a famous teacher in the world, but the time he was immersed in the Four Books and Five Classics was still too short, and only by working hard and hard and hard could he catch up.

After more than two months, it was almost Qingming, and Tang Xie suddenly came to visit.

"You know what? The case of Zhang Linwu's disappearance has been solved. Tang Xie said.

When Ji Ning heard this, he was really stunned for a moment, and asked, "When did it happen?" ”

He really didn't know anything about it.

In order not to arouse suspicion, he simply did not even inquire about the progress of Zhang Linwu's disappearance, and looked indifferent.

"Just these days." Tang Xie said, "Since the beginning of the year, you have been 'ignoring things outside the window with both ears and only reading the books of sages', and the news is too closed. I also remembered that you may not know in the past two days, so I came to tell you. I didn't think you really didn't know. ”

"Hehe, the autumn test is going to be in a few months, and I'm not very sure, so I have to work hard." Ji Ning said with a wry smile, "I hope diligence can make up for it." ”

Tang Xie was embarrassed for a while, and said, "You are also called clumsy? There are few smart people in Jinling City. ”

Ji Ning didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so he turned the topic back and asked, "Who is the murderer in the case of Zhang Linwu's disappearance?" Or did Zhang Linwu suddenly appear out of nowhere? ”

"The murderer is someone who can't be imagined." Tang Xie said, "It is actually a group of bandits in Xuzhou Mansion, called Black Wind Village. ”

When Ji Ning heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Tang Xie smiled: "I didn't expect it." I didn't expect that either. wanted Zhang Linwu to rely on his father Zhang Hong to make a fortune, but he was killed by a group of thieves for money. It's unpredictable. ”

"It's a bit of a surprise indeed." Ji Ning smiled and said, "Have those bandits been surrounded and suppressed?" ”

Tang Xie said: "It has long been surrounded and suppressed, and the chickens and dogs are not left." ”

Ji Ning nodded.

"Haha," Tang Xie suddenly laughed, "Speaking of which, the most unlucky person in the case of Zhang Linwu's disappearance was Wu Bei, who was lynched by Zhang's mansion for two days, and he couldn't get out of bed for a month, maybe even this year's autumn exam was delayed." And I didn't even dare to fart afterwards. ”

Ji Ning smiled: "He also deserves it." ”

"Not really!" Tang Xie gloated and said, "This is the end of clinging to the powerful." ”

He didn't know that Ji Ning meant that Wu Bei was suspicious and provoked Zhang Linwu to deal with him Ji Ning.

After Tang Xie left, Ji Ning pondered alone in the study.

The murderer turned into a group of unrelated bandits, but this result was unexpected.

"Did they really mistakenly think that Zhang Linwu was killed by a group of thieves for money, or did they deliberately find a scapegoat to paralyze me, and then secretly investigate?"

Ji Ning pondered for a while, leaning more towards the second guess, and became more vigilant in his heart.

However, neither of his guesses was correct.

Zhang Linde knows best what is going on.

After three months of continuous investigation in Jinling City, he was already impatient, and he no longer had the same hatred when he first learned that his brother was missing and killed.

The key is the clueless net-style investigation, which offends more and more people, and the complaints in Jinling City are getting bigger and bigger, consuming a lot of resources.

For the sake of a dead person, the connections and resources accumulated by the Zhang Mansion over the years have been exhausted, and even the Zhang Mansion is crumbling, how can he, as the eldest son of the Zhang Mansion, sit idly by?

Therefore, he privately conspired with the presiding judge, Lord He, to fabricate evidence, use a group of thieves as scapegoats, end the case, and use this to explain to his father Zhang Hong.

Anyway, even if a group of bandits were killed, no one cried out for them.

However, Zhang Hong, who has been in officialdom for a long time, may not be easy to fool.