In the early morning of the next day, on the one hand, Mo Zhifu sent people to Duan Mansion to inform Duan Ming's death, and on the other hand, he sent people to Ning Mansion to collect evidence and record the situation at the scene, while he claimed that he was sick and hid in the mansion to avoid the coming storms.

Duan Ming often lingered in the land of fireworks, and it was unusual for him not to return all night, so Duan Fu did not expect that he would encounter an accident this time when he did not return overnight. When Duan Nantian heard that the prefect had come to report the news, he was shocked and angrily reprimanded: "Ridiculous! You bastards, you bastards, came to report indiscriminately without finding out, so curse the son of Shangshu, be careful of the head! ”

After hearing this, the official was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and shouted, "Lord Shangshu spares his life!" The villain and others came to report on the order of Lord Shangshu, and there is no half-truth, please Lord Shangshu to learn clearly! ”

Duan Nantian glared at the people in the hall, and suddenly felt panicked and empty in his heart, could it be that this matter was serious? No...... No way...... Although Ming'er has been stubborn since childhood, she is just a matter of looking for flowers and asking willows, and she has never formed a deep grudge with anyone, so she will not be poisoned! Mo Zhifu has always been mediocre and incompetent, and he thinks that this matter must be another confused case for him, and it must be so! After thinking about it for a long time, Duan Nantian settled down, and then ordered: "Someone! Call the young master's entourage to me! ”

After a while, several of Duan Ming's entourage hurriedly arrived and knelt in front of Duan Nantian to listen to the order. Duan Nantian is the secretary of the military department, and all the retinues in his house are transferred from the army, so he is disciplined and skilled in martial arts. Duan Nantian saw that all the entourages in the hall were calm and vigorous, and his heart was a lot calmer, with such an entourage following Ming'er, others could not easily hurt him, this matter must be a false alarm!

"Who followed the young master yesterday and waited?" Duan Nantian asked sharply.

The next person in the hall raised his head and replied: "If you go back to the master, I should have been on duty, but the young master ordered that I don't need to follow, so I don't dare to disobey the order!" ”

When Duan Nantian heard this, he was furious: "Bastard! I ordered you to take turns to protect the young master, but you dare to disobey the order! If the young master has anything to do, I want your life! ”

Everyone in the hall kowtowed and said in unison: "But it's up to the master to deal with it!" ”

"Lead the way! I'm going to see for myself if it's true or not! Duan Nantian flicked his long sleeves and shouted angrily.

The officials hurriedly got up, bowed down, and walked towards the government with Duan Nantian.

The head catcher, the master, the painter and others were ordered to go to the Ning Mansion to collect evidence. Ning Zhenhai knew that this matter was very important, so he ordered people to guard outside Ning Yue's house yesterday, and no one was allowed to approach so as not to disturb the place where the crime occurred. Although the night has passed, the display in the room is exactly the same as it was at the time of the crime, and both the head catcher and the artist are deeply grateful for this. The painter painted all kinds of things in Ning Yue's room from different angles and in great detail, using more than ten pieces of rice paper, for fear of missing something. The head catcher not only led the catchers to collect all the relevant evidence and bring it back to the government for Mo Zhifu to see, but also marked it on the painter's scroll, making the recorded scroll more expressive.

"The size of the blood stain should be marked here...... This is where the corpse is lying, why don't you draw the corpse too! Seeing that the painter had only sketched the outline of the corpse without drawing it in detail, he shouted angrily.

"Lord Headcatcher, don't we all record like this on weekdays? Besides, the body has already been carried away, so how can I depict it in detail......" the painter hurriedly explained.

"How can this matter be compared to a normal case! This matter is related to the two Shangshu adults! If you don't know the details, won't you ask those who know! The headcatcher shouted angrily.

The painter hurriedly nodded yes, and was about to go out to find someone to inquire, when he saw Ning Zhenhai striding forward.

"Thank you for your hard work! What did you find? Ning Zhenhai was dressed ceremoniously, not angry but mighty, he knew that he would inevitably face Duan Nantian today, although he had no sleep all night yesterday, but today he still beat his spirits, got up early and dressed neatly, fortunately, he was not inferior in front of others in terms of momentum.

The head catcher strode forward and saluted, and said, "If you return to Lord Shangshu, the villain and others have drawn all kinds of details here on the scroll, and they will only need to be handed over to the prefect for inspection along with the evidence, and the trial will begin." ”

Ning Zhenhai glanced at him and said, "Thank you, if you have any needs, but it doesn't matter, the Ning Mansion will definitely fully cooperate!" ”

"Lord Shangshu is serious, but we need to make a preliminary interrogation of the people involved in the case and the people who were present yesterday, I don't know if it's convenient?" The master, who had been standing aside, immediately stepped forward and said when he heard this.

"Of course, please move to the side hall and use some tea, take a break, I will immediately order someone to gather the relevant people yesterday and let you inquire carefully!" Ning Zhenhai gestured to the housekeeper behind him with his eyes, and the housekeeper hurriedly went out to deal with it.

The group was led by Ning Zhenhai to the side hall. Although the side hall is not as spacious and magnificent as the main hall, it is full of ingenuity. In the side hall, there is a satin curtain inlaid with gold silk, decorated with a string of small and delicate blue jade pendants, on both sides are full of relief Nanmu tables and chairs, the fineness of the carving is obviously out of the hands of famous teachers, it is extraordinarily precious, the hall is placed with a large bronze incense burner, a wisp of fragrance rises up, makes people feel at peace when they hear it.

As soon as Ning Zhenhai sat down on the main seat, the maids immediately served tea and snacks to everyone.

"After today's inspection, do you have any eyebrows about this case?" Ning Zhenhai took a sip of tea and pretended to be casual and said.

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound when they heard it, although the case seemed to be clear at a glance, but the stakes were very high, who would dare to make a final statement before the prefect made a decision......

Ning Zhenhai saw that everyone was silent, so he said gently: "You don't have any scruples, after all, this incident happened in Ning Mansion, and it is naturally difficult for the old man to get rid of this matter, so he is eager to know the ins and outs of the case, which is also human nature, you have served in the government for a long time, and you must be very familiar with these cases, if you have any opinions but it doesn't hurt, just take it as a small talk, never take it seriously!" ”

After being silent for a long time, the head catcher mustered up the courage to say: "Back to Lord Shangshu's words, the cause of death of the Duan family was excessive bleeding from the head, and there was a bloodstained chair in the room, and there was also a large pool of blood on the ground. After hearing this, the servant on the side nodded in agreement.

“…… Don't...... Is there no other reason? Ning Zhenhai actually knew that this case was clear and clear, but Ning Yue was his own flesh and blood after all, and if there was a slight turnaround, he didn't want her to bear the charge of murder.

"This ...... If the Duan family's son accidentally fell and hit the chair, it was not impossible...... "Master knew that Ning Zhenhai didn't want his servants to have anything to do with Duan Ming's death, and after thinking hard for a long time, he finally came up with an unconvincing possibility. The head catcher and the others looked at the master with contemptuous eyes.

Ning Zhenhai thought that there was a glimmer of hope, but it was such a ridiculous idea, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and his anger was uncomfortable, and he sighed heavily.

Everyone in the side hall returned to silence.