In the inner courtyard of Ningzhou Mansion, Wang Mian, deputy commander of the Imperial City Imperial Army, knelt in front of Luo Qingzhi, asking about the next move.
"Princess, do you want your subordinates to check the status of witnesses and physical evidence first?"
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Go, be careful, don't let them notice you."
"The princess doesn't believe the prefecture's conclusion?" Wang Mian asked.
"It's not that I don't believe it," Luo Qingzhi explained, "I went to the scene yesterday. Miss Mu's love is genuine, and the place where the incident happened is indeed strange, so I want to check again."
"Your Majesty said that everything depends on the princess's decision. Whatever the princess says, my subordinates will do it." Wang Mian spoke sincerely, looking like a loyal minister.
Luo Qingzhi asked: "I often go to the palace, but I don't see you often."
Wang Mian replied, "Your Majesty said that I must be a pure minister of the princess. I cannot let everyone know about my existence to prevent me from being bribed."
"My pure minister? Your Majesty is really..." Luo Qingzhi shook her head, thinking, "What on earth is Your Majesty thinking..."
Wang Mian asked carefully: "Did I say the wrong thing?"
Luo Qingzhi asked, "Are you afraid that you will say the wrong thing?"
"Not afraid." Wang Mian replied, and continued: "Your Majesty said that the princess is a very good person and will not criticize her subordinates at will."
Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "Don't you mean that if I criticize you harshly, it will be His Majesty's fault?"
Wang Mian lowered his head and said, "This is not what I meant."
"Don't worry about it." Luo Qingzhi said gently, "Just kidding, you go check the witnesses and physical evidence. I'll rest in the room for a while. If you have anything, come find me."
"yes."
Wang Mian left with his front foot, and Feng came down from the south with his back foot.
Luo Qingzhi looked at the position of just one palm on the beam, puzzled, and asked: "How did you do it in such a narrow position?"
Feng Zinan asked: "Do you need me to demonstrate?"
Luo Qingzhi raised her hand, "That's not necessary," she sat down, "Let's get down to business."
"Has the news reached Jinling yet?"
Feng Zinan nodded, "It was sent back this morning."
Luo Qingzhi said: "Wang Mian, do you know him?"
"Know."
Luo Qingzhi just asked casually, but she didn't expect that Feng Zinan actually knew him, and was still a little surprised, "How did we know him?"
"There was a fight."
"Fight?" Luo Qingzhi was even more puzzled, "When?"
"Pengcheng." Feng Zinan said calmly.
Luo Qingzhi responded quickly and asked: "Did he accompany your Majesty back then?"
"yes."
After knowing the result, Luo Qingzhi was a little curious and asked: "Did you win?"
"..."
Feng Zinan didn't answer, Luo Qingzhi smiled, as if in a mocking tone, "You lost."
"......No."
"No win or loss? So, you are stopped." Luo Qingzhi said.
The wind nods from the south.
"Then do you want to fight again?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"..."
After hesitating for a while, Feng Zinan nodded, "I want to."
"Okay, got it."
Luo Qingzhi said, "You stay in the room later, I'll go to Mu Mansion."
"yes."
"If Wang Mian comes to see me, just stop him for a while." Luo Qingzhi added.
Feng Zinan panicked and asked, "How should I block it?"
Luo Qingzhi had already opened the window and stepped out with one foot. She turned back and said, "Let's fight."
After she finished speaking, she left the room, leaving Feng Zinan alone and stunned.
Although the state government has concluded the incident last night, the Mu Mansion is still sealed by the guards of the state government. Luo Qingzhi went around to the back door and climbed over a low wall.
Strict security outside Mu Mansion
, but the inner courtyard was unexpectedly loose, and there were not even daily patrols. Luo Qingzhi was a little strange, hiding her figure, and came to the courtyard of General Mu Lao.
Unlike the relaxed atmosphere in the outer courtyard, the apparently peaceful courtyard was now crowded with people.
Luo Qingzhi remembered that the terrain in the courtyard was not complicated, but there was no way to avoid so many people entering the old general's room.
She was a little worried and didn't know how to get in, so she could only stay in the corner and wait for the opportunity.
For about an incense burner, there was no entry or exit in the yard at all. She felt a little embarrassed and looked up at the sky. Thinking that it was almost noon and she had to go in to deliver meals, she fumbled and found the kitchen.
"Can't you deliver food to the old general today?"
"The young master told me that the general is undergoing treatment and cannot eat."
"What kind of treatment is that you still don't want to eat?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, we are just servants, keep your mouth shut."
Luo Qingzhi listened to their conversation under the window and pretended to be a servant to deliver food. The road was also cut off.
"Is the seabass soup that the eldest lady wanted ready?" a young maid asked.
"Girl Hongmian, you're healed now."
Luo Qingzhi thought of the girl from the Mu family she met last night and thought that she was also a sweetheart, so maybe she could give it a try.
Having an idea, she followed Hong Mian, and at the corner, she put a dagger against her lower back and said, "Be quiet, I won't hurt your life."
Hong Mian shook her head violently, and Luo Qingzhi whispered: "Lead the way, I want to see your girl."
"Will you hurt the girl?" Hongmian asked.
Luo Qingzhi thought that this girl was really loyal, so she promised, "I just want to ask something, I won't hurt her."
Hongmian nodded and calmed down.
When entering the courtyard, there were guards around. Luo Qingzhi slightly let go of the dagger. Hong Mian felt Luo Qingzhi's relaxation and immediately shouted, "Come here, come here, there are gangsters."
Luo Qingzhi was calm and said, "I am here to treat your girl's illness."
Hong Mian yelled, "No, no."
The guards have surrounded Luo Qingzhi, and the conflict is about to break out.
"Stop!" Mu Wanning shouted.
Mu Wanning walked out and said, "Don't be rude to Mr. Jiang."
"Girl." Hongmian said.
The guards retreated, and Mu Wanning said: "You are people in my courtyard. You must know in your own minds what you should say and what you should not say."
"yes."
Mu Wanning bowed slightly to Luo Qingzhi and saluted, "Master, please come this way."
Luo Qingzhi followed Mu Wanning into the room.
Mu Wanning sent away the red cotton.
Hong Mian frowned and said, "Girl, he just came in while holding me hostage."
"Go down." Mu Wanning said.
Hong Mian snorted coldly and exited the room.
There were only two people in the room, Luo Qingzhi. Mu Wanning bowed and saluted, "I have met Princess An Ning."
Luo Qingzhi asked: "Do you know me?"
Mu Wanning said gently: "Of course I know."
"Do you have something to tell me?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Mu Wanning knelt down with a plop and said, "I beg the princess to make the decision for my husband."
Luo Qingzhi helped her up and said, "Just say it, no need to do this."
Mu Wanning began to sob silently, "Princess, my husband died unjustly. Please punish the murderer severely."
"Do you know who the murderer is?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Mu Wanning nodded, but there was a hint of hesitation, "Princess, I want to know what the sentence will be?"
Luo Qingzhi said: "According to the laws of our dynasty, those who intentionally kill people will be exiled in the light case, and beheaded in the serious case."
"..."
After hearing Luo Qingzhi's answer, Mu Wanning's firmness had obviously changed.
Luo Qingzhi did not force her, and said calmly:
"If the girl is still hesitant, you can think again."
Mu Wanning shook her head, "It is only right to kill someone to pay for their life."
"This is the second young master of the Mu family, Mu Qi."
Although Luo Qingzhi had some suspicions after seeing Mu Wanning's hesitation, she still couldn't help but be shocked when she heard it with her own ears.
"Is there any witness?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Mu Wanning said: "I saw it with my own eyes."
"Is there any physical evidence?"
Mu Wanning took out a piece of letterhead from her waist and handed it to Luo Qingzhi.
It reads, "After the banquet, we meet by the lotus pond - Muqi."
Luo Qingzhi folded it carefully, "I'll have someone check the handwriting."
Mu Wanning nodded and asked with a tearful voice, "If, if I ask my second brother to surrender, will the sentence be reduced?"
"meeting."
Mu Wanning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I will try my best to persuade my second brother."
After talking about Mu Wanning, Luo Qingzhi found a break and pretended to ask casually, "General Mu and I have met several times. I wanted to go and see it, but the security was tight. I don't know..."
Mu Wanning did not hesitate and said directly: "Second brother thought that someone would harm my father, so he kept a tight watch on him."
Luo Qingzhi frowned and thought, "Can you do harm? I'm the one who doesn't know how to guard against..."
Mu Wanning asked tentatively: "Princess, do you want to see your father?"
"......think."
"Okay, Princess, change your clothes and come with me." Mu Wanning said.
Luo Qingzhi put on the clothes of a maid in Mu Mansion and followed Mu Wanning.
With Mu Wanning's identity, Luo Qingzhi easily entered General Mu's yard.
Mu Chengqian was still the same as before, sitting blankly in his wheelchair. When someone came in, he didn't pay any attention to the visitor.
Mu Wanning sighed and said, "My father has always been like this and ignored anyone who spoke to him."
Luo Qingzhi couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend, so she could only pretend to know. After all, in the hearts of the Mufu people, whether as Jiang Yunsheng or Luo Qingzhi, she should not have met General Mu.
Mu Wanning pushed Mu Chengqian to face the sun and said gently: "Father, it will be better if you get some sunshine."
Luo Qingzhi observed Mu Chengqian's condition, but there was no movement at all.
"Why did General Mu become like this?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Mu Wanning said: "It happened overnight. I don't even know what's going on now."
Consistent with what the housekeeper said, Luo Qingzhi nodded and said, "Before, the eldest son promised me that I could treat the general, but now... I don't know if it's still okay."
"I'll tell you." Mu Wanning suddenly hesitated after replying, "But I have to wait until my second brother surrenders."
Luo Qingzhi asked: "You are so confident, can you persuade the eldest son?"
Mu Wanning said calmly: "Second brother has always listened to my words, and besides, it was the second brother who made the mistake in this matter."
"It's convenient to ask," Luo Qingzhi asked tentatively, "Why does the eldest son do this?"
"Because of the family property." Mu Wanning answered.