At this time, Ding Jinzhi had already entered the room, and Yu Qingcheng stepped forward to see Lord Ding. Ding Mengxuan also visited his father with a little trepidation.

Ding Jinzhi: "Xuan'er, what's wrong with you, your face is so ugly?" ”

Ding Mengxuan said: "Ah, no, I'm just too nervous......"

Ding Jin was stunned: "What are you nervous about?" ”

Ding Mengxuan knew that he was speechless, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Yu Qingcheng took over the conversation with a smile and said, "Miss is nervous about testifying tomorrow." ”

Ding Jinzhi stared at her eyes and said, "How did you know about the testimony?" ”

Yu Qingcheng was stunned, then smiled: "Oh, I also heard what Miss said just now!" Isn't it, miss? ”

Ding Mengxuan hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

Ding Jinzhi said coldly: "It's so late, what are you doing here?" ”

Yuqing said: "Look at how Lord Ding is like a prisoner, I'm here to deliver material to Miss!" Lord Ding, take a look, the color and texture of this material are okay, right? ”

Ding Jinzhi said expressionlessly: "Really? But I just saw someone pulling downstairs, one of them is Boss Yu, right? ”

"yes!"

Ding Jinzhi: "What about the other one?" ”

Yuqing said: "The other is Miss Ding." Isn't it, miss? ”

Ding Mengxuan woke up like a dream and let out a vague sigh.

"I don't look like it, that man seems to be nearly a head taller than you, and ......"

Yu Qingcheng secretly scolded Ding Jinzhi for being cunning in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "Lord Ding, it's so dark, probably you are wrong, the young lady was standing on the steps at that time!" ”

Ding Jinzhi was still skeptical. He muttered for a moment and said, "If you're all right, step back first!" ”

Yu Qingcheng pouted, "Lord Ding thinks I'm in the way, right?" "Turn around and walk out.

At this moment, the curtain shook suddenly. Ding Yi's eyes were sharp, and he exclaimed: "Master, there seems to be someone behind the tent?" ”

Ding Jin was startled, and stared intently at the curtain.

Ding Mengxuan was already shocked at this time, and said in a trembling voice: "No, where am I having someone here, probably because the wind blows, right?" ”

Ding Jinzhi remembered what he saw when he was downstairs, and couldn't help but be shocked, and instructed Ding Yi: "You go over and take a look." ”

Ding Yi was terrified, but under the persecution of the master, he had to take two steps forward, and stood trembling again.

Ding Jinzhi was scolding him for being useless, and Yuqing Cheng said: "The life of the concubine is not worth much, so let the concubine go over and have a look." ”

While pondering, he slowly walked to the side of the tent, lifted the tent and said, "I said that the master is suspicious, you see, there is no one at all?" ”

As he spoke, he lifted the tent for everyone to see.

Behind the tent is a screen window, and in front of the window is empty, where is there anyone?

Ding Mengxuan let out a long breath, and her heart was still pounding at this time.

Ding Jinzhi also breathed a sigh of relief and began to scold Ding Yi for being nervous.

In fact, Yu Qingcheng didn't pull the tent to the end, because a long opening had been cut by a sharp blade from the window lattice to the west, and Ling Yunfang escaped from that opening and went downstairs with a light skill.

In this case, without a rope and without an assistant, one person can easily get away, and there is no sound, so Yu Qingcheng has to secretly praise Ling Yun's profound attainments and light skills.

As soon as Ling Yun returned home, Yuan Ping came to him, "Oops! My Brother Ling, where did you go all night, Lord Lu is angry! ”

Ling Yun was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”

Yuan Ping said: "Assassins came tonight to assassinate Du Zhenghai and them; Yang Zhen and I arrived in time, and although Du Zhenghai and Yuan Zhen did not have any accidents, they allowed the two assassins to escape; The remaining two Assassins were also killed on the spot. ”

Ling Yun gasped and was speechless for a while.

Yuan Ping said: "Where did you go at the critical time, and you didn't say a word before leaving." ”

Ling Yun said silently: "Don't say anything, let's go see Master Lu first." ”

Ling Yun came to see Lu Wenzheng.

Lu Wen asked with a deep face, where did he go tonight?

Ling Yun said: "I...... Something went out a bit. ”

"Public or private?"

Ling Yun pondered for a moment and said, "A little...... Personal. ”

Lu Wenzheng said: "Since it is a private matter, why didn't you come to the government to ask for leave in advance?" Leaving the house without permission, do you know what crime to be guilty of? ”

Ling Yun was speechless for a while, so he had to say: "Ling Yun is derelict in his duties, please punish him." ”

Lu Wenzheng said: "Let me ask you first, where did you go tonight?" ”

Ling Yun didn't understand why Lord Lu was so profound.

I only heard Lu Wenzheng sneer: "Commander Ling, do you still want to hide it, this mansion asks you, what are you doing in Ding Mansion tonight?" ”

Ling Yun's heart sank, and he glanced at Xu Zhi.

Lu Wenzheng rolled his eyes and said, "Do you want to wait for the mansion to tell you personally?" ”

Ling Yun knew that someone must have betrayed him, so he no longer prevaricated, bowed his head and said: "My lord, forgive me, Ling Yun went to the Ding Mansion to find Miss Ding tonight, just to use a little old friend from the past to persuade her to be able to speak up when she testifies tomorrow." ”

"Did an accident happen?"

"Nope."

Lu Wenzheng said: "Is it your idea to go to Dingfu or does someone else know?" ”

Ling Yun said: "It's my idea alone. ”

Xu Zhi hurriedly said: "My lord, it was the student's idea to go to the Ding Mansion. ”

Lu Wenzheng said: "Oh, it turns out that the two of you conspired. As court officials, you two know the law and break the law, what crime should you be guilty of? ”

Xu Zhidao: "My lord, this matter is all the student's opinion, be the mastermind, please punish the student." ”

Ling Yun said: "No, my lord, this matter is done by a subordinate force, personally execute, should be the mastermind, if the lord is punished, he should be punished by his subordinates!" ”

The two argued together, and Lu Wenzheng was angry and laughed, "Okay, you each bear half of the responsibility for this matter, and the government should have punished you heavily, but the matter is at stake, and the right to write it down." But I can't indulge you because of this, all this month's money will be deducted, can you be convinced? ”

Ling Yun glanced at Xu Zhi and said, "Subordinate oral-"

Lu Wenzheng said: "Unconvinced? ”

Xu Zhi hurriedly said: "Convincing, convincing!" ”

Xu Zhi and Ling Yun retreated, looked at each other, and laughed in unison.

Xu Zhidao: "How do you feel now?" ”

Ling Yun said: "I'm very depressed, I really don't know how to spend this month." ”

Xu Zhi sighed speechlessly.

Ling Yun suddenly frowned and said, "By the way, Mr. Xu, how could Lord Lu know about my trip to the Ding Mansion last night?" Tell me honestly, did you tell the truth? ”

Seeing Ling Yun's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Xu Zhi said lazily: "Forget it, if I tell the truth, wouldn't it hurt others and myself, and I am sick?" You'd better study someone else. ”

"And who is that?" The two fell into deep thought.

said that Ding Jinzhi came down from his daughter's embroidery building and returned to the living room, listening angrily to the assassination of the two assassins:

Xiao Yongnian said: "We followed the instructions of the adults, and I ambushed him at the intersection in front of the prison door, and only waited for Ling Yun to lure him away as soon as he appeared, so that Brother Luo could act." ”

Luo Zhenyi said: "Who would have thought that as soon as I entered the prison door, I would be ambushed. There were ambushes all around, and the two deputies who went with me were both hit by arrows and died; I fought hard for a long time, and finally broke out of the bloody road. ”

Xiao Yongnian said again: "I'm afraid that Ling Yun will come and ruin a big thing, so I've been waiting at the important entrance." Who knew that after waiting for a long time, I didn't see Ling Yun's shadow, there was a mess inside, I was about to go to see, but I saw my eldest brother come out in a panic. Alas, since things are not harmonious, I have to come back to my life. ”

Ding Jinzhi twisted his beard and groaned: "Lu Wenzheng, this old guy is really an old traitor and cunning!" But fortunately, there was no living mouth left, otherwise it would be a big trouble. ”

Xiao Yongnian frowned and said, "My lord, I'm just wondering, there was such a big commotion in the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department at that time, why didn't Ling Yun see it?"

Ding Jinzhi said: "Now, don't discuss these details, let's just think about tomorrow." ”

If he knew that Ling Yun was hiding in his daughter's embroidery room at that time, and almost encountered it, I am afraid that not only would he not take it as a trivial matter and mention it, but he would also be shocked and feel that it was a great shame!

Who knew that Creation would play such a trick on him?

At dawn the next day, Ding Jinzhi had breakfast, and just arranged the affairs in the house, and his confidant Ding Yi came to report: Lu Wenzheng and his party had come to the mansion to visit.

It came so fast. Ding Jinzhi had no choice but to ask for an invitation.

Soon the crowd came in. Lu Wen was in front, followed by Ling Yun, Xu Zhi, and Yuan Ping; Du Zhenghai lay on his back on a stretcher expressionlessly, guarded by several Lu Mansion guards.

Ding Jinzhi stepped forward with a smile, gave up his seat, ordered to watch the tea, and returned to business after a pleasant greeting.

Lu Wenzheng asked Miss Ding to testify.

Although Ding Jin was unhappy in his heart, he had to bite the bullet and order Ding Yi to send someone to call.

Here, Ding Jinzhi instructed the housekeeper Ding Yurong to retreat left and right; Seeing this, Lu Wenzheng also understood, so he arranged for Xu Zhi to send the idlers and others who came with him to the outer hall.

At this time, there were only Ding Jinzhi, Lu Wenzheng, Xu Zhi, Ling Yun, Ding Jinzhi's housekeeper Ding Yurong and the prisoner Du Zhenghai and others in the living room.

Suddenly, Miss Ding came to the front hall surrounded by a few personal girls.

Ding Mengxuan lowered his head and timidly offered Lu Wenzheng a blessing.

Lu Wenzheng hurriedly said: "Miss doesn't have to be polite. Now that Miss Labor is driving, the government is really uneasy, but the government has long known that Miss Ding is a person who understands righteousness and knowledge, and will definitely be able to help the government solve this case, so I would like to express my gratitude to Miss Ding in advance. ”

After speaking, he got up and took a deep look at Ding Mengxuan.

Hearing this, Ding Mengxuan's originally restrained and nervous mood eased slightly, and he said softly: "Lord Lu is polite, if you have anything to say, as long as the little woman knows, she must know everything, and she will say everything." ”

Lu Wenzheng thanked him, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Du Zhenghai and said, "Now Miss Labor is driving, just ask Miss to identify this person." ”

Ding Mengxuan's wonderful eyes turned to Du Zhenghai.

Du Zhenghai twisted his face and didn't say a word.

Lu Wenzheng said: "Please identify it carefully, have you seen this person?" ”

Ding Mengxuan groaned for a moment, she remembered last night.

Thrilling scenes have resurfaced.

The tense situation at that time made her flustered, and she couldn't calm down for a long time after Ling Yun escaped without danger, so that her father's words to her at that time were nine times out of ten unheard.

So how do you answer it now? She slowly raised her face, but inadvertently collided with Ling Yun's expectant eyes.

She only felt her heart hit like a deer, and lowered her head in a panic.

Everyone was tormented by her hesitation and hesitation.

Ding Jinzhi finally couldn't help but say: "Xuan'er, if you don't know this person, just say it, don't worry about anything." ”

Ding Jinzhi is already leading the way for his daughter!

Lu Wenzheng secretly sneered in his heart, and said slowly: "Yes, who doesn't know that Miss Ding is a person who understands righteousness and will be able to speak up." The house only listens to Miss Ding's words now. ”

Ding Mengxuan lowered her head, but she could feel that everyone present was watching her.

She remembered what Ling Yun had said to her the previous night. She finally nodded, "Yes, I saw him outside the abandoned house in Lingshan, not far from Qingyun Temple. ”

Ding Jinzhi's eyebrows shrugged, but he was speechless, he really turned his elbow outward, and the woman couldn't help it.

He sighed to himself, but Lu Wenzheng couldn't help but be happy, "Please tell me more about the situation at that time." ”

At this point, Ding Mengxuan no longer hesitated, and she told the situation of that day one by one, it was really a bamboo tube pouring beans, and the plate was revealed.

was so angry that Ding Jinzhi almost fainted, he had to twist his face, and everything had to be resigned.

Lu Wenzheng said: "Lord Ding, can you hear clearly? What Miss Fang Cai Ding said was consistent with Commander Ling's testimony, which was admissible. It's just Miss Xiangluo's confession, but why is it contradictory? ”

He commanded someone to bring Shanra.

Xiangluo trembled and walked up the hall. When she learned of the situation in front of her, she knew that all denials and lies had no effect, and since the young lady had confessed, what else did she have to say?

She felt a pang of despair in her heart, and she confessed to the perjury she had confessed yesterday.

Lu Wenzheng said: "Let me ask you, why did you commit perjury yesterday? By whom? ”

"I ......" Xiangluo's face was like ashes, and she only felt that her mind was blank.

Lu Wenzheng said sharply: "Xiangluo, did you wait until you got to the lobby before you confessed?" ”

Xiangluo had completely broken down mentally at this time. She trembled, "Don't! I say, I say! Be...... It was Lord Ding who asked the slave to say so! The slave maid has served in the Ding family since she was a child, and Miss Ding is as kind to the slave and maid as a mountain, and the slave and maid only obey the master's order...... Lord Lu, everything blames the slave and the maid, if you want to punish, please punish the slave and the maid! ”

Ding Jinzhi shouted: "Cheap, you dare to talk nonsense!" Someone, take this down! ”

The housekeeper Ding Yurong signaled left and right, and Ding Yi and several other family members stepped forward, and couldn't help but pull Xiangluo and walked out.

Lu Wenzheng smiled and said, "Please don't be impatient, Lord Ding." I would like to ask this government, Lord Ding is a dignified official of the imperial court, why did he appoint a girl to give false testimony to obstruct the government's handling of the case? ”

Ding Jinzhi said embarrassedly: "Master Lu, don't listen to this cheap's nonsense......"

At this time, Ding Yi suddenly returned in a panic and said in a trembling voice: "Master, it's not good!" Xiangluo, Xiangluo she ......"

Ding Jin's heart sank, and he asked urgently: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with Xiangluo?" ”

"She, she killed herself by hitting a pillar in front of the stairs! ……”