After everything was prepared, when Chang Suining was about to go out, he suddenly heard from his servants that it was Duke Yu who had arrived.
Although there are officials guarding the outside of Chang's Mansion, they have no right to interfere and prevent guests from entering, let alone the person who comes is the general manager of Si Gongtai.
Chang Sui Ning had already left the residence. After hearing this, he went directly to the side hall to see Yu Zeng.
Seeing her dress, Yu Zeng, who was sitting there, motioned to the left and right to step aside.
"Are you going out?" Yu Zeng frowned and asked, "What are you going to do?"
He usually doesn't have a good look towards others, but now at such a critical moment, his narrow eyes are even more cold and cold.
Chang Suining did not sit down, but simply replied roughly: "Go and do some things."
"What risk are you taking?" Yu Zeng's eyes were full of disapproval and he scolded: "Can't you see clearly what the situation is now? Do you have to risk your own safety before you give up?
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Chang Suining understood that his unpleasant words came from the good intentions of an elder, at least most of them were so.
Therefore, she did not refute, nor did she answer his words. Instead, she asked: "Mr. Yu came in from the main entrance today and did not cover up anyone's ears. So is he here under the holy order?"
Looking at the girl with a sharp and clear mind, Yu Zengcai said for a moment: "Half of it is."
Recently, he tested the saint's attitude and tried his best to find a way out for Sui'an in front of the saint. However, there was no room for change in the saint's attitude, and he knew that some roads were destined to be unreachable.
That's why he came to see this stubborn girl in person today.
The saint seemed to have expected that he would make this trip, and actually asked him to convey a message——
"That day you claimed outside the Dali Temple that you had found the real culprit. The saint then ordered me to ask you if you knew who the real culprit was. Do you have any evidence? If so, you may be allowed to come with me to the palace today to meet the saint in person.
Explain this matter." Yu Zeng first conveyed the original words.
But he did not understand the meaning of the saint's move.
Who is the real culprit? Both parties have the answer in their hearts. Since the holy will has been decided, why do they still need to listen to the child's own "statement"?
Or is there something else hidden in this child that the saint cares about or is afraid of?
The rain outside the hall was noisy, and Chang Sui Ning lowered his eyes for a moment to hide his emotions.
Is this a chance for her to prove her brother's innocence?
How can she "prove" that they know each other well? What kind of sincerity can she show to "impress" the saint? For example, should she admit that she is Li Shang?
But even if she shows this "sincerity" and kneels down to beg the other party, what will she get in exchange? Can she return her innocence to her brother?
Of course not.
The biggest fantasy she could make about Minghou was that the other party might be merciful and let her brother live privately. The crime would still be his, and he would die in front of others, or at most live as another person -
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After that, Minghou can rely on this little kindness to control the people and things she cares about, as well as the so-called natural shackles of mother-daughter identity, and naturally regain control of everything about her.
When Chang Suining raised his eyes again, he said to Yu Zeng, "I won't go."
If she had to choose, she would rather choose Prince Rong, at least she wouldn't have to kneel down to beg him, right?
And although he fell into the same trap, Prince Rong was able to escape better than Ming Hou.
Yu Zeng looked at her.
Chang Sui Ning: "I will report back to Your Majesty for me. I don't have any decent evidence that I can get to the emperor to prove anything. I just said it casually outside Dali Temple to deceive others."
Yu Zeng: "Is the Feng family's wife in your hands?"
"Being or not is meaningless." Chang Sui Ning said: "Anyway, I won't go to the palace. I'm afraid I'll never come back, and I'll be detained or silenced."
Hearing such straightforward words, Yu Zeng was silent for a moment and said: "Although I don't understand the saint's intention, it's better not to go."
"Then what is the purpose of Mr. Yu's other half?"
"I went to Dali Temple when I came here." Yu Zeng's voice was lowered: "Since the addition of 'witnesses', Sui'an has been severely punished in prison."
Chang Suining clenched his fingers.
Previously, the case was limited to "physical evidence", and with Yao Tingwei presiding over the trial, there was no torture to extract confessions, but now...
This was to torture her brother to force him to confess.
"Brother, do you admit it?"
Yu Zeng shook his head.
Thinking of the blood-stained prison clothes of the young man, Yu Zeng said: "Sui An is too straight...but if he continues like this, he will only suffer in vain, and the crime will eventually fall on him."
He looked at the girl who had been standing there: "Sui Ning, maybe you are the only one who can persuade him now."
"So, Mr. Yu wants me to persuade my brother to plead guilty?"
"This is an expedient measure." Yu Zeng lowered his voice: "Afterwards, I will do my best to save Sui'an——"
"Is it a ploy to fake death to escape?" Chang Sui Ning said: "But a saint must be careful, this method will probably not work."
Besides Ming Hou, there is also Prince Rong who will be destroyed if he doesn’t get it.
She didn't even know how many forces Li Lu had in the capital and where they were located. If he was so defenseless, how could he have any chance of escaping and winning?
Beyond the big net, there is another big net.
"Yes, there is no guarantee that this method will work." Yu Zeng did not deceive her, but told her: "But this is Sui'an's only way to survive."
Is the only way to survive first retreat and then escape?
Chang Sui Ning was silent for a while.
"Whether it's a battlefield or a court, wherever there is competition for interests, where the holy will is directed... as long as you get involved, you can only survive among the sharp knives."
Yu Zeng said: "You are so innocent in Sui'an. I know you are unwilling to do so, but until your life is in danger, everything else is useless. When it is time to give up, you must give up in time in order to gain life."
The girl could not tell whether he was convinced, but asked him: "Has Mr. Yu ever given up such 'useless' things?"
"I have given up a lot." Yu Zeng looked at the rain curtain outside the hall, seeming to lose consciousness for a moment: "It's not just useless things."
Chang Sui Ning silently tightened his grip on the short sword sheath hidden under his cloak, and after a moment, calmly released it.
The noisy sound of rain made the hall feel particularly quiet.
After a while, Chang Suining responded to Yu Zeng's suggestion: "Okay, I will go."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yu Zeng looked at her, as if to confirm the truth of her words.
Their eyes met, and the girl said: "I want my brother to live."
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Not long after Yu Zeng left, Chang Suining took Chang Ren and others out of the secret passage of Chang Mansion.
This secret passage existed many years ago, but it has been abandoned for a long time. It was opened again by Chang Suining not long ago, in order to prevent the Chang Mansion from being unable to act under surveillance.
After leaving Xingningfang, the rain became lighter.
Listening to the patter of rain outside the car, Chang Sui Ning suddenly flashed into Chang Sui Ning's mind the scene of Chang Sui An practicing his gun on the porch on that rainy night.
A Dian was with him at that time, and he was preparing to be admitted to the vanguard camp of the Xuance Army.
At that time, she didn't feel that the scene had touched her too much.
Sometimes when something or a picture appears, people often cannot judge its value immediately until one day it appears in the form of memories——
At this moment, Chang Sui Ning felt that the scene was very precious. What was precious was the young man's passion, expectation, high spirit, perseverance and courage.
Now those injustices and grievances are devouring and corrupting everything, and pairs of hands are trying to drag the young man who is ready to go to the battlefield to undergo training, protect the common people with his own body, and make achievements into the abyss.
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"Two days have passed early, it's already two days."
Prince Rong stood in front of the window, sighed softly, and murmured to himself in a low voice: "It seems that someone else has been chosen to cooperate..."
Is it the Changsun family?
It is said that the official failed to find the whereabouts of the Feng family girl in the Chang family... Was she given to the eldest grandson's family?
Prince Rong sighed again.
The eldest grandson who only puts his own interests first and treats others as trivial is not a soft-hearted man and woman of faith.
They were probably more happy to see Chang Sui'an being unjustly killed, so that they could use it to publicize the faults of the saint... They would put aside their future interests and save an unrelated person. Such a time-consuming, laborious and useless thing, they
How could he do it?
If she chose the eldest grandson's family but abandoned him, Mrs. Chang would be confused.
At least he really wanted to save people.
Li Lu looked at the rain and fog outside the window, and the scene of Chang Sui Ning's visit that day flashed before his eyes, and he always felt that a girl like that would not be so naive and confused.
Could it be that the cooperation with the Changsun family was a fake, and that they wanted to use it to make a fuss in the east and confuse his sight?
So what exactly does she want to do?
Thinking of the girl's always bold behavior, Li Lu couldn't help but wonder - maybe she wanted to rob the prison?
Chang Sui Ning had this idea before.
She made many different plans, but the prison robbery was the first to be rejected.
This is tantamount to taking a risk without asking for it, and is actually the worst policy.
"Girl." Before a fork in the road, Chang Ren, who was driving the car, spoke through the car curtain, asking in his tone: "Are you going to Dali Temple?"
Chang Suining: "I won't go to Dali Temple."
Since her brother was unwilling to compromise, she could not persuade him to compromise or compromise for him.
Everyone thought that she and her brother should surrender, retreat, and escape at this time - but perhaps, this was a good time to fight back.
Who said that when faced with the emperor's manipulation, we can only accept it and try our best to escape under the premise of accepting it, but cannot fight back?
She and her brother are indeed weak. Even if they add all the available people, they will never be able to compete with the emperor head-on. However, where they are unable to do so, they can be outwitted, avoid their strengths, attack their weaknesses, and take them by surprise.
Therefore, she does not retreat or escape, but fights and attacks.
Chang Suining opened his palm, looked at the half token in his palm, and said, "Go to Climb Tai Tower."
She wants to use this token as a guide to make a deal with Meng Lie.
In the past, she secretly set up the predecessor of Deng Tai Tower to facilitate the secret transmission of news to various places. This news was not only internal transmission, but also involved investigating the private affairs of various powerful officials in the capital.
It has always been a must to have sharp ears and eyes in order to seize the opportunity when it comes to court disputes.
Dengtai Tower has hidden stakes all over the capital, and they are classified according to their importance. Although the Ming family is not among the most important, they have placed two people there because they treat everyone equally.
Wujue said that Meng Lie has not slackened his efforts over the years, so I think there are still people available in the Ming family.
She needs to borrow it now.
For the sake of caution, she does not plan to recognize Meng Lie rashly now. She will use this token as a sign and agree with Meng Lie to tell him the truth after the matter is completed - as for what will happen next, we will have to wait and see the situation.
The intelligence force under Meng Lie's command was independent of Xuance's Mansion. In order to ensure the confidentiality of this place, she had explicitly issued a death order. Without her permission, her identity could not be revealed and she was not allowed to interfere in any struggle.
Over the years, Meng Lie seems to have remained cautious.
But times have changed, and we must be prepared for Meng Lie to have different intentions. If he does not recognize this token, then she still has a knife.
In short, today she must borrow the hidden stake installed in the Ming family.
In this way, she can successfully carry out her next plan.
As the carriage drove through a long street, Chang Ren's alert voice reached Chang Suining's ears: "Girl, someone seems to be following us!"
Chang Sui Ning did not lift the curtain to look, but immediately said: "Turn around and go to the west."
She couldn't expose Deng Tailou and Meng Lie.
The carriage rolled and rolled all the way to the west. After leaving a busy gathering place where residents gathered, a long river appeared in front of them.
Chang Ren drove up the bridge, when suddenly two black shadows appeared, one on the left and one on the right, landing at the bridge head. In an instant, a horse rope was tightened in the hands of the two men and wrapped around the bridge heads on both sides.
Chang Ren immediately reined in the horse and took control of the carriage. The horse neighed and raised its front hooves. The bluestone bridge was slippery in the rain, and the carriage fell backwards uncontrollably!
At the same moment, a girl with black hair in high buns suddenly flew out of the car through the curtain. She unsheathed the short knife in her hand. When she landed on the bridge, she swung the knife with her backhand towards the man in black who was sneaking up from behind.
The extremely sharp blade pierced the chest as easily as piercing window paper. The moment Chang Suining withdrew the knife, warm blood spurted out.
Soon, more and more men in black appeared.
Chang Suining did not just take Chang Ren with him when he went out this time. The guards who were following him secretly also appeared, and the two sides fought and killed each other.
Chang Ren and others are all elite fighters, but there are a dozen of them in total, and the opponent is roughly estimated to have nearly a hundred people, and their skills are not weak. All of them are killing moves, and the purpose is clear, obviously to win over Chang Suining.
Life comes.
"Protect the girl!"
Chang Ren kicked an injured man in black into the river, but more people immediately surrounded him, making him unable to escape. He could only shout: "Quick, escort the girl out of here first!"
It doesn't matter if they are dead or injured, but nothing can happen to the girl!
Although the girl has great skills, she lacks the experience to fight with these vicious men. If she is not able to deal with them at all, she will be in trouble!
Chang Sui Ning was covered in blood. She seemed not to have heard Chang Ren's words and never retreated behind the guards.
Facing a man in black who was approaching with a knife, the girl did not retreat. She jumped and kicked the blade away from the opponent's hand. Then she threw the man to the ground, knelt down and slashed the man below her with the short knife in her hand.
neck.
The girl with blood on her face raised her eyes and looked at one of the people in front of her.
She has been observing for a long time and knows that the man is the leader of this group of men in black. We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. We will not be able to fight for a long time. She wants to capture this man.
The man in black was keenly aware of her gaze, their eyes met for a moment, and he immediately attacked her.
Chang Suining casually picked up a long knife, raised it up, and held the knife in both hands, one long and one short.
When the two were close to fighting each other, a hidden arrow suddenly came from one side through the wind!
Chang Suining suddenly became wary - is there a third party?