Nian Jincheng nodded, "This move can be described as a radical clarification. As long as you can clear up the relationship with Xiao Muyun, he will die without any evidence, and the mastermind behind the scenes will have nothing to do."
It's wonderful. Nian Jincheng thought that if he encountered such a situation, he would never think of such a way to deal with it.
"But, you and Xiao Muyun..." Nian Jincheng frowned, "I don't mean anything else, I just think you can't possibly like someone like him, right?"
Nian Jincheng did not know the original Su Liang, but he felt that even if a person lost his memory, his character would not change much.
"Very good." Su Liang nodded, "If you think so, when I clarify, there will naturally be people who have the same idea as you."
"Yes." Nian Jincheng agreed.
The sky is getting dark.
Lu Yu came over secretly to check on the situation. Wanhui was very worried when she learned that Ningjing had been taken away.
"Zheng'er insisted on coming to see you, but he finally managed to coax him away and said he would come another day." Lu Yu frowned deeply, "What should I do now?"
Su Liang smiled, "Don't worry, Ning Jing and I will solve it. If you don't come, I'm going to check on Zheng'er. I made him delicious food and you can take it away. I have something to trouble you and Wan.
elder sister."
Lu Yu shook his head, "Don't be so polite. If there's anything we can do to help, just say it."
Seeing that Su Liang still had time to make food for Zheng'er, Lu Yu felt that she must have found a solution, and felt relieved.
"Help me spread the news." Su Liang said.
Wanjia opened a restaurant and had a lot of manpower available in the capital.
After hearing what Su Liang said, Lu Yu looked shocked, "So that's it! Second Young Master Xiao is simply a lunatic, and he deserves to die!"
In fact, what Su Liang told was a story she made up, and there was not much truth in it. But it sounded bizarre at first, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt it was possible, and it was completely consistent with what is happening now.
Compared with Su Liang who had a private relationship with Xiao Muyun when he was thirteen years old, and now uses his own sword to kill people and silence them, Xiao Muyun, an unpopular bastard and widower, has delusional thoughts about the amazingly talented Wu Zhuangyuan, and cannot get her.
The possibility of destruction is even greater.
Anyway, few people in the capital knew who the original owner was. Almost everyone knew Su Liang from martial arts, and their impressions of her before today were all positive.
It is not difficult to change public opinion in time.
But now that things have happened, Su Liang believes that even if nothing happened to the Su family, the original owner and people like Xiao Muyun would not have a good outcome.
Xiao Muyun was greedy for the beauty of the original owner, and the original owner wanted to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even if he could become Xiao Muyun's stepmother, his status would not be enough. He would probably be deceived by Xiao Muyun and become innocent, so he would have to become his concubine.
Because he is an irresponsible scumbag who has no morals and only wants to have fun.
…
Lu Yu returned home with the delicious food Su Liang cooked for Zheng'er. After discussing it with Wan Hui, the two took action.
That night, new rumors quickly spread in the capital.
Compared with the negative news about Su Liang earlier, what spread later was even more shocking.
And the two public opinions are colliding. Is Su Liang having an affair with Xiao Muyun and committing himself to Xiao Muyun before he was born? Or is it Xiao Muyun who has been coveting the number one martial arts champion for many years and is crazy about it. After being rejected, he wants to drag her to die with him?
Which one do you believe?
The latter sounds a bit outrageous at first, but the more you think about it, the more true it becomes.
As for the former, there are already many flaws. How could Su Liang, who was both talented and beautiful, fall in love with a concubine of the Xiao family whose wife died? How could Su Liang use his well-known weapon if he wanted to kill Xiao Muyun? This is all quite obvious.
doubts.
Just because all the evidence points to Su Liang and there seems to be no other possibility, Su Liang becomes the only possible murderer. Ning Jing and her are indistinguishable from each other in the eyes of everyone.
But now, "other possibilities" have not only appeared, but the story is more complete, with no obvious flaws.
In this case, the people in the capital who saw Su Liang take the top prize in Wu and defeat the female general of the enemy country with their own eyes were more willing to believe that the top pick in Wu they had praised was good.
The Qin Duke's Mansion, Zhongxinhou Mansion and Lin Mansion, who had been paying attention to the murder case, soon received the news and were relieved to learn that public opinion had reversed.
Duanmu Chen had just returned to the Fourth Prince's Mansion from the palace. When he received a report from Chang'an and learned about the new rumors spreading outside, he slowly laughed and said, "Father already knew this."
Chang'an was stunned for a moment, then heard Duanmu Chen say, "Su Liang and Ning Jing were talking in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the people around my father were listening nearby."
Chang'an was surprised, "Didn't Master say that the Emperor will not protect Miss Su?"
Duanmu Chen shook his head, "It's two different things. The civil and military champions whom my father appointed not long ago were suspected of murder in one day. How could he be happy? My father knew very well that it couldn't be Su Liang's doing. Someone wanted to frame her.
But whether she can clear herself this time and pass the test smoothly, and how she and Ning Jing solve the problem, are what the father is concerned about."
Chang'an suddenly realized, "So that's it."
Duanmu Chen's lips curled up slightly, "Now is the time to employ people. They have proven their talents and strength. My father still cherishes talents. But you can't defend them in the turmoil, otherwise they will be criticized. I originally thought that
This time the trouble is very difficult, no matter how hard it is for Su Liang to clear himself up, the key is that apart from her, there is no other suspect at all, and Xiao Muyun is really dead. Even if she is acquitted, she will still be suspected."
Chang An nodded, "That's true. But I never expected that Miss Su would come up with such a wonderful way. Without any other suspects, she would pretend that Xiao Muyun went crazy and committed suicide to drag her along with her. All the evidence was used to prove it.
Miss Su’s statement is more reasonable!”
"Isn't it?" Duanmu Chen half-smiled, "Those things Xiao Muyun wrote before he died were just crazy words. He colluded with someone unknown, deliberately harmed Su Liang, and finally got himself involved, and died.
You deserve it."
Chang'an frowned, "If Xiao Muyun had not died, what would he have wanted to achieve?"
"If he is seriously injured and identifies himself, coupled with the 'evidence' that has been prepared long ago, it is confirmed that the murderer is Su Liang. According to the law, Su Liang will be exiled at the least, or sentenced to death at the worst. Even if he is pardoned because of his merit, he will still be punished.
Your reputation is ruined and your future is hopeless." Duanmu Chen snorted coldly.
Chang'an was puzzled, "He is a concubine of the Xiao family and has always been peaceful. Why would he take such a risk to harm Miss Su?"
Duanmu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Of course it couldn't be Xiao Muyun's own idea. Someone behind him must have promised huge profits and conspired with him to kill Su Liang. He is a bastard and pretends to be gentle and uncontroversial because he has no ability. This is not true.
to be content with the status quo.”
"Is it the second prince?" Chang'an asked.
Duanmu Chen nodded, "Both Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao are possible, and even Duanmu Che and Su Liang are very smart. Clean yourself first and then check other things. Otherwise, if you make a wrong move, it will be difficult to get rid of the whole body.
Return."
"That's right!" Chang'an sighed, "Such an insidious move is impossible to guard against, and it would be ruined if it were someone else. Mr. Ning's move of surrendering himself is also very powerful, and it makes some people from the Criminal Department unable to take action against Miss Su for the time being."
Duanmu Chen chuckled, "Now I feel that Su Liang was sent by God to help me. As long as I don't offend her and seize the opportunity to benefit her, she will definitely be on my side at the critical moment."
Chang'an was convinced, "My master is wise."
…
Late at night, Su Liang secretly sneaked into Prime Minister Xiao's mansion, threw the prepared knife into the lake in the back garden, and left quickly.
After that, she did not go home directly, but went to the Ministry of Punishment.
There were guards guarding the Criminal Department, but Su Liang didn't go in. He found a high place nearby to hide, and braced himself to keep an eye on what was going on around him.
She felt that someone might kill Ning Jing tonight.
As for her home, just in case, she had disguised Nian Jincheng before going out and moved her to a remote and empty yard where no one had lived before.
During the day, Su Liang reminded Ningjing not to eat the food in the cell for fear of being poisoned. Or maybe the person who wanted to kill Ningjing was already inside. She knew that Ningjing was very capable and could handle even if there was trouble, but she still planned to stay outside overnight.
After staying up all night, Su Liang left when it was almost dawn. He didn't notice anything unusual around the Xingbu last night.
Su Liang washed and changed clothes, made breakfast, gave one to Nian Jincheng, and then rode to the Ministry of Justice to see Ning Jing.
People who saw Su Liang again today were still talking about her, but their words were very different from last night. Many people believed that she was targeted by a madman because she was too outstanding and suffered an unreasonable disaster.
Su Liang still entered the prison of the Criminal Department smoothly. When he saw Ning Jing, he looked exactly the same as yesterday, as if he had not moved at all since Su Liang left.
Su Liang put out the warm food and naturally picked it up for Ningjing to eat, "Did you sleep last night?"
Ning Jing shook his head, "I can't sleep because of fleas."
Su Liang heard Ning Jing's hint that someone really attacked him last night. Of course, they didn't succeed.
Su Liang didn't ask in detail, and left after Ningjing finished her meal.
…
When Ning Jing was interrogated, he talked about Xiao Muyun's entanglement with Su Liang and his speculation that Xiao Muyun committed suicide to slander Su Liang.
Mei Shangshu snorted coldly, "If it was suicide, why was there no weapon?"
Ning Jing thought for a while and said, "Xiao Muyun's entourage drowned, but have you searched the lake for weapons?"
Mei Shangshu looked at Gou Yu, who frowned and said, "Only one body was recovered from the lake yesterday, and nothing else was found."
I don't know what happened, but Mei Shangshu's attitude was not as tough as yesterday, and he ordered Gou Yu to take people to the Prime Minister Xiao's Mansion to look for the murder weapon, focusing on the lake in the back garden.
So Gou Yu took people to Xiao's house again.
The Xiao family also knew that public opinion had reversed last night, and Xiao Muyun suddenly changed from a victim to a paranoid lunatic, and his death was said to be a suicide.
Of course, the Xiao family knew very well that Su Liang had released the following news, and they felt unhappy because it damaged the Xiao family's reputation.
But first of all, they don't know what the relationship between Xiao Muyun and Su Liang is, and the only follower who might know is dead. Secondly, Duanmu Chen warned yesterday not to stand up for the dead Xiao Muyun, and leave everything to the Ministry of Punishment to investigate
.
Gou Yu did not encounter any obstacles and spent a lot of manpower and half a day to fish out a knife from the bottom of the lake.
The shape of this knife is similar to that of Su Liang's known swords, but they are not the same. And yesterday Gou Yu asked Su Liang to hand over her two swords for investigation in front of the Xiao family.
In this way, this knife was identified as the murder weapon that killed Xiao Muyun.
This time, Su Liang's suspicion was cleared.
It was impossible for her to use a knife that was similar to her usual weapon to kill people and then throw it into the lake without taking it with her. That was ridiculous.
From Ning Jing’s testimony, the evidence collected by the Xiao family and the situation at the scene, Gou Yu speculated that the facts are:
As Su Liang said, Xiao Muyun was obsessed with her wishful thinking, was rejected by her, and saw that she was getting ahead, and knew that it was impossible to get her, so he frantically wanted to drag her to death with him. First, he wrote down some imaginary crazy words,
Then he found a knife similar to Su Liang's weapon and used some method to force his followers to kill him. Then he asked his followers to take away the murder weapon and jumped into the lake to commit suicide.
A follower died instantly, and no one paid attention. His body was found floating, and no one thought of salvaging the murder weapon from the lake.
In this way, all suspicions will be concentrated on Su Liang alone. If Su Liang cannot prove her innocence, she can be convicted based on the weapon and the writing left by Xiao Muyun.
After Gou Yu returned to the Criminal Department with the murder weapon, the news spread quickly.
And then new witnesses appeared.
He was the old housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Industry, a neighbor of the Duke of Qin's Mansion.
He testified that for two consecutive days last month, when he went out, he saw a carriage with the sign of Prime Minister Xiao's Mansion parked in the alley for a long time. One of them happened to see Su Liang riding out of the Duke of Qin's Mansion, and Xiao Mansion's carriage came out.
After entering the alley, Xiao Muyun came down from it and wanted to talk to Su Liang. Su Liang ignored him and walked around him.
This witness's testimony directly supports the fact that "Xiao Muyun secretly followed and harassed Su Liang", which is very beneficial to Su Liang.
Before noon, the Criminal Department quickly concluded this murder case that caused a storm in the city.
Su Liang and Ning Jing were both innocent. Xiao Muyun failed in his courtship and fell mad, committing suicide to frame Su Liang.
Ningjing walked out of the lobby of the Criminal Department, as if he just went in for a visit, with a calm face and neat clothes.
Su Liang stood waiting beside the carriage. When he saw him coming, he smiled and waved.
Ning Jing got in the car, and Su Liang drove Ning Jing himself and took Ning Jing home.
Therefore, after experiencing a bizarre murder incident, "The Story of Mutual Favor between Civil and Military Scholars" added another colorful touch.
Half of the people in the capital were scolding Xiao Muyun for wanting to eat swan meat and that he was a lunatic.
The other half is sighing that although Ning Jing is a scholar, he stood up for Su Liang when something happened. He is a real man! But Su Liang did not panic when trouble happened, rescued Ning Jing and cleared his own suspicions. He was wise and brave! The two of them are really a match made in heaven.
Bi people.
"Master Ning and Miss Su are a match made in heaven. Xiao Muyun is just a clown! Let him go to hell!"
This is the final impression this storm left on people.
…
After Su Liang and Ning Jing returned home, Ning Jing was taking a bath and Su Liang cooked some of his favorite dishes.
As soon as it was finished, all my friends came to the door. They were very happy to wash away the sadness of yesterday.
Su Liang had just put the food on the table, and Xing Yusheng was about to sit down when Ning Jing said, "It's all my food."
Xing Yusheng:...Are you so stingy?
Su Liang chuckled, "I'm afraid someone might poison me. He didn't eat last night. He must be hungry. Let him eat by himself."
Xing Yusheng held her forehead, "I just want to sit down and not compete with him for food."
"Can I eat it?" Zheng'er raised his little hand and smiled cutely, indicating that he is so cute and doesn't have anything delicious to eat?
Ning Jing nodded, "Come here, Zheng'er, eat with me."
So, one and one ate the delicious food while the others watched.
Wan Hui said with a smile, "I'll treat you to a restaurant later. It's a near miss this time. It's worth celebrating."
"I'm tired, I won't go." Ning Jing shook his head.
Zheng'er said with a smile, "I'm tired too, I won't go if I don't want to!"
Su Liang yawned, "We didn't sleep last night, and I'm not going either. If you go to celebrate, it's my treat."
Lin Xueqing asked with a smile, "Sister Su, Senior Brother Ning couldn't sleep in prison last night. Why didn't you sleep? Is it because you were thinking about Senior Brother Ning that you couldn't sleep at night?"
Su Liang said seriously, "Of course, I miss him for the right reasons."
"Oh, sister Su, when will you learn to be shy? Really." Lin Xueqing got the answer she wanted, but felt something was wrong.
My friends all went to a restaurant for a party, and the two protagonists were at home, along with a cute little guy.
Nian Jincheng, who was forgotten in a remote courtyard, could only wait silently for someone to remember him.
Su Liang was not hungry, so she sat opposite Ning Jing, watching him and Zheng'er eating, thoughtfully, "Someone must be conspiring with Xiao Muyun, who do you think it is?"
Ning Jing did not answer, but asked Zheng'er, "One, two, five, choose a number."
"One, two, five?" Zheng'er's little face seriously counted on his little hands, and finally he raised a white and tender little palm, "I want five!"
Ning Jing nodded and looked at Su Liang, "Well, I also think it's Duanmu Che."