The more Ning Yi listened, the more strange he felt, and the look he looked at the emperor was also very strange.

At this time, everyone looked at his father, he didn't know the inside story, and he didn't dare to come forward, so he had to watch the development of the situation first.

"Fang Xianrong, Bai Feihuai, Li Lin, order the three of you to thoroughly investigate the murder of the Mei family in Luan Zhen eighteen years ago." Emperor Jing He looked at Ning Rong as he spoke, and then said, "Ning Rong, you are suspected of this case, you go home first to introspect, and then talk about it after the trial of the three divisions." ”

When Ning Rong heard the emperor say this, his heart sank, and he already understood a little.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Ning Rong is involved in such an important case, and it is most appropriate to immediately take him to Dali Temple." Liu Shiyuan said.

"Your Majesty, this case has not been decided. Ning Shangshu was a first-class official, and he was also ordered to square hill and Luan Zhen back then. Please ask the emperor for permission, Ning Shangshu will return to the house and wait for the trial of the three divisions. Ning Yi said immediately.

When Emperor Jing He heard Ning Yi speak, his expression became even deeper, and he said, "Zijiu's words are reasonable, this case is handled like this, and others don't need to say much." ”

Ning Rong's heart sank, he looked up at the emperor, and then slowly knelt down, "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will return to the house immediately and wait for the three divisions to be tried." ”

Liu Shiyuan thought that the emperor really favored the Ning family, and such a serious crime allowed Ning Rong to keep his natural body.

After the next dynasty, Emperor Jinghe summoned Qi Wenyu, and Ning Yi wanted to wait in the Qianyuan Palace, he wanted to know what was going on?

He had just arrived at the Qianyuan Palace, and Yuanyou came over.

"Zijiu, my father won't see you at this time, you better go back!" Yuanyou Road.

"But does the prince know the inside story?"

"I don't know the inside story, but my father must know the inside story, he didn't stand on Ning Hou's side, my father's attitude is ambiguous, you can see the situation clearly before acting." Yuanyou Road.

Ning Yi thought the same, but now that the Ning family was in danger, he couldn't let his father be brought down no matter what.

"Don't worry, my father knows that the Ning family is loyal, and he will definitely return Ning Shangshu's innocence in the end." Yuanyou said.

As he was talking, Qi Wenyu came out.

Qi Wenyu saw Ning Yi and the prince together, thinking that yesterday they were drinking together and talking about history and the present, but today is in such a situation, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty and empty-hearted.

"See the prince, Ning Concubine!" Qi Wenyu came over to greet him.

"I have heard that Qi Sicheng is full of bones, and what Ning Shangshu said in the hall today is really wonderful!"

Yuanyou was extremely angry, they were very good to Qi Wenyu, and when the official position was appointed, he gave Qi Wenyu an official position that could display his talents.

Who knew that today, he actually participated in the Ning family.

Thinking of what he said yesterday, it seems that he had been prepared for it at all. He also wanted to take this person for his own use, but now he can't use it at all.

"Prince, Ning Yuma, the Mei family's case is a tragic case in Tongzhou, and when I governed Tongzhou, I was secretly determined that I must do justice to the lives of more than 700 people of the Mei family. Please forgive Wenyu for not being in the situation, but Wenyu is helpless? ”

"Qi Wenyu, I have always respected you as a person, and I want to take you as a confidant. You are an official and pay attention to uprightness, but in fact, you are simply scheming and despicable. Mei's case involves the Ning family, if you want to get out of this case, you can't be good friends with my Ning family, let alone the verbal spying on the table yesterday, which is disgusting. ”

Ning Yi used extremely harsh words. What he hates the most is that someone is double-faced and stabbed, and Qi Wenyu is like this.

In today's palace, he was simply used by others and used as a target to attack the Ning family.

"Zijiu, this is the Qianyuan Palace, don't say much, let's go first!" Yuanyou Road.

Ning Yi and Yuan You left.

Qi Wenyu was tired of Ning Yi's scolding, his face was red, and he was a little weak-hearted, but at this time, he faintly thought, didn't I really do something wrong?

But if you think about it carefully, hundreds of people have died in the Mei clan, how can he give up!

Ning Yi and Yuan You were separated at the gate of the palace, and he went back to the Hou Mansion to find his father.

When he returned to the Hou Mansion, his father did not come back.

The old lady also said that he had come back to ask for peace, and said a few gossips to him.

The old lady looked at Ning Yi's expression and knew that he and his son seemed to be at odds now, so she gently persuaded him that his father was the father after all, and no matter how big the contradiction was, it couldn't hurt the relationship between father and son.

Ning Yi said yes again and again, a little absent-minded.

After a while, Ning Rong returned, and Ning Yi immediately went to see his father.

Father and son talk in the study.

"Father, what's going on?"

Ning Rong sighed, "Just like Qi Wenyu said, I did kill more than 700 people from the Mei clan in Luan Town back then. The Mei clan was killed by me, except for Mei Ying. ”

"......" father really killed the Mei clan in Luan Town for the sake of a Mei Ying?

"Twenty years ago, the emperor had not yet ascended the throne, Fangqiu was occupied by Western Shu, and I was ordered to guard Tongzhou. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, the situation was unstable, and the emperor ordered me to lead the army to recapture Fangqiu. ”

"After recapturing Fangqiu, because Fangqiu, Tongzhou and other places are full of powerful people, although I have the help of the Fangqiu Chen clan, I still have a lot of obstacles to subdue other strong people."

"A year later, the southwest is still undecided, and the emperor is a little dissatisfied, so he proposed a policy of land reflow, and ordered me to stabilize the southwest. The Chen family was obedient at that time, but there were still many heroes who refused to submit, and the emperor had the intention of killing chickens and respecting monkeys at that time. ”

"At that time, I received a secret letter that the Luanzhou Mei clan had a lot of connections with Xishu, and even opened up the mutual market and started a business with the Xishu royal family. I told the emperor about this, and the emperor's secret letter at that time said that extraordinary measures can be used in extraordinary times, and it must not be because the Mei family has ruined the stability of Xishu. ”

"The emperor succeeded to the throne at the beginning, and the situation was unstable, and he would never allow Fangqiu Tongzhou to cause chaos again. So at that time, on the grounds that the Mei clan colluded with Xishu, I led more than 1,000 people to slaughter all the Mei clan in Luan Town, and killed them all in one fire. The other Haoqiang saw that the Mei clan was killed, and only then could they be considered to be subdued one by one, and the policy of returning the land to the stream could be completed. Ning Rong said.

"Later, it was verified that the news of Mei's collusion with Xishu was fake, so Mei's hundreds of lives were considered to have died in my hands."

In this way, the father was actually ordered by the emperor.

"So Mei Ying ......"

"I have never met Mei Ying, I was already married to your mother at that time, and she was very kind to me, how could I fail her. Mei Ying was only a teenager at the time, and I relented for a while and let her go, leaving her alive. ”

"Who would have thought that four years ago, I accidentally found out that she appeared in Dong'an City, and opened a liquor store, and was bullied by gangsters and hooligans on the street. The massacre of the Mei family has been a knot in my heart for so many years, and I know even more that although I was ordered by the emperor back then, this matter cannot be resorted to. ”

"I have been an official for several years, because of countless life lawsuits in Fangqiu and Tongzhou, so I am cautious everywhere, just for fear that this matter will be turned out in the end, and I can't argue." Ning Rong said.

"That Mei Ying's appearance, I'm afraid that someone has arranged it and wants to harm you." Ning Yi said.

"Now that I think about it, it is!" Ning Rong's expression was abrupt, "I went to look for Mei Niang just now and found that she was no longer in the place I arranged, presumably Qi Wenyu placed her." ”