Under the joint supervision of the emperor and Jiangmen, the case of the Liu family, which was not difficult to investigate, was concluded in only half a month.

The emperor personally ordered that Liu Muzhi be dismissed from office and exiled to the land of Lingnan Miasma, and if he was pardoned or not, the Liu clan involved in the case would be imprisoned regardless of their cultivation level and official position.

At this point, the elders of the Liu family, including the Great Elder, the sons of the lineage, and the main figures in each room were all dismissed from office and imprisoned, and the prison of the Criminal Department was overcrowded for a while.

Although the Liu family was not guilty of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, the family that had stood for 700 years, the Hexi Liu family, has in fact collapsed since then.

In order to calm the people's anger, some members of the Liu clan who were involved in the murder were taken to the vegetable market to be beheaded on a heavy snow day at the end of the month.

This move won the praise of hundreds of people for the emperor, on the day of the execution, Yanping City can be called an empty alley, the people gathered outside the execution ground and in the nearby streets and alleys, with the heads of people landing one after another and thundering, the lively scene seems to be the Shangyuan Festival in advance.

Although no one in the entire Liu family, especially the side branches, was punished, a large number of Liu officials were impeached and degraded or even dismissed because they were more or less implicated in various cases.

For a time, from the central center to the localities, many official positions were vacated. In order to snatch the interests of the position, the various families are running around non-stop, and they are also fighting for each other. Another round of benefit distribution is coming, and the Prime Minister's Mansion is full of people.

The officials were busy picking up leaks and taking the opportunity to benefit themselves and themselves, so they didn't have so much energy to seriously deal with the people of the Liu clan.

Anyway, the Liu Mansion has collapsed, and the clansmen can't make any noise if they are not convinced, and no one will make any efforts to avenge them in vain. On the contrary, the crime is small, and it is easy to invite trouble.

Because of this, many Liu clan members have been wronged. But they can only swallow the bitter fruit and accept the torture of fate.

In addition, many of the Liu family's properties also began to be robbed. Everyone understands the truth of beating the water dog, at this time, because the dog is already in the water, no matter who shoots, there is no need to worry about being bitten by the dog, so there is no advantage and no white occupation.

When it comes to this, who cares about a young son of the Liu family who has no obvious reputation, low cultivation, and little official position?

When Zhao Ning saw Liu Xincheng in Fengqiaoyi, the other party was unkempt, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and followed behind the two officials on horseback in a sluggish manner, and he couldn't see the appearance of a noble son on his body, and he shrunk his neck in the cold wind, which was not much different from an ordinary peasant boy.

Zhao Ning's entourage stepped forward, reported his identity, and threw some silver taels to the official, and the official couldn't help but hand over the chains to the entourage, and went to the shed to eat, drink and wait.

Seeing Zhao Ning sitting in the shed drinking tea, Liu Xincheng was frightened when he saw an evil ghost, and wanted to turn around and run away, but he was held by the entourage and couldn't go anywhere.

Zhao Ning...... Zhao Gongzi: Now that I am a prisoner of the lower ranks, are you still unwilling to let me go? I have a deep grudge against you, and you must put me to death? The entire Liu family has been defeated by your Zhao family, and the family is broken and his wife is separated, are you still not satisfied?"

Liu Xincheng has every reason to resent Zhao Ning, and even fight hard with the other party.

But his cultivation has been abolished in the prison, and now he has no power to restrain the chicken, but he is barely surviving, where can he think about this. Right now, facing Zhao Ning, he only has the fear of death in his heart.

Zhao Ning shook his head: "The Liu Mansion has collapsed, even if there are still some people in the clan who are temporarily stable, they are just diving fish and shrimp, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, I actually don't have much interest in you, and it is not me who wants to kill you." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the side.

Liu Xincheng looked at it and saw a young woman who was not powdered, pale and still difficult to hide her charming charm, and walked towards him step by step from outside the tea shed.

The other party's expression was calm, as calm as stagnant water, as if he had no soul, lost his emotions, and even his heart was dead. Only the cold murderous aura in the apricot blossom eyes was as rich as ghost fire. And now, this pair of ghost fires are about to devour his divine soul!

Liu Xincheng shuddered.

"Yes...... You, don't come here!"

Liu Xincheng recognized Yu Niang, saw the cold dagger in the other party's hand, and couldn't help but retreat step by step, but was pulled by the iron chain, seeing that the other party was in front of him, he roared in fear: "Stop! You bastard, you are just a slave girl, do you dare to use a knife against me?! Stop! Stand ......"

Zhao Ning drank the light and tasteless tea in the bowl and looked up at the sky. The weather is always gray in the dead of winter, the sky seems to be collapsing, the cold wind caresses the bare treetops, and the weeds and leaves in the field swirl. It is a hundred miles away from Yanping City, except for the post station and the tea shed, the vicinity is deserted.

It's a good time to kill, a good place, and it's also a good time to say goodbye to the past, the damn things are dead, and there will be new life in the coming year.

Liu Xincheng's wailing and struggling voice became smaller and smaller, but the sound of the dagger stabbing into the flesh and blood did not stop, all at once, it was very heavy and rhythmic, Zhao Ning didn't go to see that scene, but just poured another bowl of tea for himself.

More than half a month ago, when Liu Baichan intercepted Hu Honglian in Xinxiang, the Liu family was still the nobleman of the high-ranking family, and an elder dared to say in public that he would kill more than 100 innocent civilians, and he was not afraid of the consequences at all, and he also had the ability to deal with the consequences.

And now, Liu's son-in-law, facing a female slave who is not even as good as a commoner, can only be stabbed to death in despair.

No matter how tall a tree is, it only takes a moment to fall.

The two officials who escorted Liu Xincheng to the place of exile witnessed all this, and they did not stop or shout, not only because they had received enough benefits from Zhao Ning, but also because in the current Great Qi Dynasty, no one would be bent on a Liu exile.

No matter how low the status of a slave girl is, it is much higher than that of an exile. What's more, it was still a slave girl who followed the Zhao family's son-in-law.

The mountain breeze became colder and colder, Zhao Ning put down the tea bowl, walked to the exhausted Yu Niang, took a big piece from the entourage, and bent down to personally drape the jade girl covered in blood. As for Liu Xincheng, whose upper body had been stabbed, he didn't take a second look.

Yu Niang, who had taken revenge, sat on the ground in a daze, without any brilliance in her empty eyes. After doing this, she completed her life goal, and there was nothing left in her heart, only an empty piece. There's nothing left, there's no way forward.

As a woman, she was sold twice by her husband, and it was impossible for her to have anything to do with each other, as a mother, both of her children had died, and as a woman, she could not go back to the past, even if she had stabbed her enemies. Her ruined life could not be fulfilled at this moment.

This is her tragic life.

If she returns to the market, even if Zhao Ning gives her some money, the most likely outcome of her life will be depression.

Of course, perhaps, if she can meet a good man, then it is possible to start from scratch. But it's only possible. What if she is unladylike?

Zhao Ning helped up the jade girl who didn't belong to her thoughts, the other party didn't cry, didn't call out her dead child, and told the other party that the revenge had been avenged, Zhao Ning knew that her heart was dead.

When she lost her first child, she was able to make pastries to the Duwei's Mansion to thank Zhao Ning just a few days later, although she was sad at that time, she at least had hope.

Zhao Ning let go of Yu Niang's arm, looked into her eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There is no free food in the world, I helped you take revenge, let you kill the enemy, now is the time for you to repay the favor, you must pay something." ”

Yu Niang was stunned and said, "What does the son want?" After asking this sentence, her thoughts returned to half of her thoughts, and she laughed miserably: "The slut has no long body, only this broken flower and willow body, I am afraid that the son will not look down on it." ”

Zhao Ning sneered, "Do you want to repay the debt?"

Yu Niang's delicate body trembled, looked up at Zhao Ning, a little surprised, some surprised and a little sad, and finally bit her lip, her voice became powerful and solemn - it was even more sad and miserable, and she squatted down and said: "The grace of the son, the slave family is willing to repay with death, please give the son orders!"

Zhao Ning beckoned, called Su Yeqing over, and said in a commanding tone, not to be disobedient: "Take Yu Niang to Yipinlou, see what she will do, what she wants to do, what she is good at, from today on, let her work every day, watch her life, and before she earns enough three thousand taels of silver to pay off my favor, she can't make half a cent difference!"

Su Yeqing opened his cherry mouth in surprise, and looked at Zhao Ning's gaze like an unscrupulous merchant who eats meat and sucks the marrow: "Three...... Three thousand taels?"

The guy in her teahouse can't earn so much money in his life. Even herself, the monthly money is only thirty taels. She is a cultivator of the Imperial Qi Realm, the head of the teahouse!

"Do I need to say my order twice?" Zhao Ning's voice was cold and impersonal.

"Yes......" Su Yeqing had no choice but to admit it, and she already sympathized with Yu Niang in her heart, feeling that Zhao Ning was really bullying and unreasonable.

But in the end, she was exquisite, and when she thought about it, when Zhao Ning purified the water for Yipinlou, she was very generous, and she didn't pay attention to 100,000 gold, how could the accounting be more than 3,000 taels? There must be something strange in this.

Although he couldn't think clearly for a while, Su Yeqing was very confident in Zhao Ning's personality, and he didn't ask much at the moment. When she pulled Yu Niang to talk to her closely, Su Yeqing had already decided in her heart that when the other party arrived at Yipinlou, she must take good care of the other party and never let the other party suffer.

After getting on the horse and leaving the tea shed, Zhao Ning saw that Yu Niang had already started talking to Su Yeqing, and she no longer looked lifeless, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The environment of Yipinlou is good, and there is the kind and simple Su Yeqing to take care of her, Yu Niang will slowly get better, and before she earns enough three thousand taels, she will not think about committing suicide with her kindness.

"It's a pity that I'm past the best age of my cultivation, and I won't have any great achievements in the future. Anyway, it is enough for everyone to live a life in peace. With her appearance, the possibility of finding a good man in Yipinlou is not low. Zhao Ning thought so.

At this time, Zhao Ning still had no way of knowing, this was the first thing he expected to be wrong after he was reborn.

Back at the Zhenguo Mansion, Zhao Ning entered the basement of his courtyard, and as always, he did not light an oil lamp, but took out a few night pearls in the box next to the wall and placed them in the dome.