In order to facilitate the investigation of the case, Ning Yujin and Mo Jingxiao stayed in the prefect's Yamen.
Well, in fact, the main reason for staying in the Yamen is because the original inn is no longer suitable to stay. It was originally the property of Yunting Villa, and they also provoked the eldest lady of Yunting Villa, Lu Pingting, what if the shopkeeper
What should I do if I give them something to eat and send them to take credit?
So, decisively move into the Yamen. As the saying goes, the people will not fight with the officials. No matter how rampant Yunting Villa is, it is impossible to rush into the Yamen to demand people, right?
But I didn't expect that moving to a yamen house would be uncomfortable. I couldn't even sleep early in the morning, and I heard the sound of drums beating outside, which was so noisy that everything turned upside down.
"What's going on? Is there another murder?" Ning Yujin rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up, frowning and looking towards the door.
Mo Jingxiao, who had been up early and had been meditating, slowly opened his eyes and said, "A few well-known people from Zhuzhou City got into a fight on the street. One of them hit too hard and beat the other unconscious."
"Since they are all respectable people, they must have good reputation. This scuffle in the street..." Ning Yujin raised her eyes and thought for a while, then shook her head, "I really can't imagine it."
"There seems to be something wrong with this matter. Xu Jinsong has already gone to court to deal with it." Mo Jingxiao lifted his robe and stood up, taking Ning Yujin's coat over, "The shadow guard has already bought it earlier, and it's still warm."
"Well, then I have to get up quickly and eat while it's hot." Ning Yujin quickly got up, dressed and washed, then took a hot breakfast and went to the court to watch Xu Jinsong's trial.
Because Xu Jinsong gave special instructions, the officials in the government were very polite to Ning Yujin and Mo Jingxiao and did not do much to stop them.
Ning Yujin and Mo Jingxiao stood behind the entrance to the back hall of the court, listening to Xu Jinsong's trial of the case.
But it seems they arrived too late, as the trial of the case is nearing its end.
However, Xu Jinsong frowned and seemed not very happy. He repeatedly asked a middle-aged man dressed as a butler in the courtroom: "Is your master sure you want to withdraw the lawsuit?"
The butler replied: "Master, if you ask me a hundred times, I will give you the same answer. This time it is really a joke among the gentlemen. My gentlemen are also very sorry for alarming the government.
He also specially donated one hundred taels of silver to build bridges and roads for the people on the outskirts of the city."
As soon as he finished speaking, several wealthy old men standing nearby also expressed their willingness to donate some money to benefit the village. I hope that today's matter will be over.
Xu Jinsong seemed a little helpless and asked the chief clerk in the court to register the money donated by several members of the court, and then waved his hand and left the court.
As soon as they arrived at the back hall, they saw Ning Yujin and Mo Jingxiao. Ning Yujin was holding a plate in one hand and stuffing soup dumplings into his mouth with the other. After stuffing a big mouthful, he used his tongue to wipe the soup from his mouth.
I licked the juice and looked at her eating it and found it delicious.
But at this moment, Xu Jinsong had no appetite at all, so he sighed and walked back.
Ning Yujin quickly followed him and asked, "What's going on with the case? Why do you look so sad?"
Xu Jinsong said: "Actually, sometimes I don't understand what these wealthy men think. They are almost dead, but the first thing they do when they wake up is to ask someone to withdraw the lawsuit.
, I just said it was a joke among a few people! Who would pick up a brick and hit someone on the head as a joke?"
"So weird?" Ning Yujin suddenly frowned slightly, pointed to his head and said, "Did the head of the person who was beaten be damaged?"
"Who knows," Xu Jinsong shrugged, a little helpless, "The Yamen wanted to send a doctor to check the injury, but they just said no, so we still don't know what condition Zhao is in now."
Mo Jingxiao listened all the way and asked: "What's the cause of the incident?"
"The reason is even more puzzling." Xu Jinsong said, "These members of the Communist Party of China are all well-known people in the states where wealthy businessmen gather, and they are all frequent visitors to the Qingming Building, often just to have a meal there.
Spending a lot of money. However, the Qingming Master of Qingming Building has been ill recently. Qingming Building has been closed for a few days, and these few employees have become very strange. Their tempers are getting worse and worse, and their personalities are getting worse and worse. They are often rude to the servants.
Beat and scold.”
"It happened that several members of the party went to Qingming Building that day to see if Mr. Qingming was well. As a result, member Zhao didn't know what he said and offended member Shi, who picked up a brick on the ground and gave it to him.
Zhao Yuanwai was hit on the head, and Zhao Yuanwai was knocked unconscious immediately. People who witnessed it said that Shi Yuanwai also kicked Zhao Yuanwai so hard in the back that his eyes turned red.
He looked very excited."
Ning Yujin immediately twitched her lips after hearing this: "Didn't you say that there are many Confucian businessmen in Jiangnan? Why are they all so bloody and violent?"
Xu Jinsong shook his head and said: "Xu doesn't know what's going on, but apart from the stone member who beat the person, he is a well-known good man from all over the country. He smiles at everyone he sees on weekdays. No one else can imagine this."
The way he beat people until their eyes turn red."
"That's so wrong." Ning Yujin turned her head and looked at Mo Jingxiao, "What did Ah Xiao think?"
Mo Jingxiao's eyes raised slightly and he said calmly: "Qingming Tower."
"It's just as I thought." Ning Yujin stuffed another soup dumpling into her mouth, her eyes narrowed, "This Qingming Building is very weird."
Since there is something weird, it is natural to investigate.
Going there now is too eye-catching, so Ning Yujin and Mo Jingxiao decided to explore Qingming Tower at night.
So what do you do in broad daylight?
Xu Jinsong still had to check the investigation work of the suspect, so Ning Yujin decided to pretend to be Dr. You Fang and sneak into Zhao's house to check on the injury of member Zhao.
It's a pity that you can't even enter the main gate. The main door of Zhao Mansion was closed tightly, and even the relatives and friends who came to visit after hearing the news were blocked outside.
Ning Yujin supported her chin with one hand and looked at the closed door and said, "Is this member Zhao hiding something?"
It was unknown what he was hiding from, so he could only ask Xu Jinsong to arrange for two people to come over and pay close attention to the situation in the Zhao Mansion to see what was going on.
Night falls quietly, like a huge net, covering the entire city of Zhuzhou.
And on nights like this, countless young girls disappear into the night and never come back.
Ning Yujin put on her night clothes, covered her face, and turned around to look at Mo Jingxiao.
He was dressed in black as usual, but after he came out, in order not to reveal his identity, the complicated python pattern was no longer outlined with gold thread on his robe, which made people feel a little more calm and calm.
Seeing this, Ning Yujin could not help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly: "Let's go and explore Qingming Tower at night!"