"What if Mu Luo wants to kill someone within three days? And if you can see that the Yintang is dark, logically speaking, you have to intervene." Su Liang said.
Ning Jing asked, "He bluntly said that he will take you back to Beijing to be executed. If he is in danger and his life is in danger, do you want me to save him?"
"These are two different things. I always feel something is wrong about what happened in the capital." Su Liang said thoughtfully.
The noble second prince's concubine was ill, and it was time to call for an imperial doctor. Why did Su Yuanzhou be called in? When she died, it was Su Yuanzhou who was blamed? There was no conclusion, so Su Yuanzhou committed suicide out of fear of guilt? Even if he committed suicide, how could he force his children and grandchildren to commit suicide together?
Su Liang left the capital and hid in Sujiacun, but no one came to see him?
If Mu Luo really felt that Su Yuanzhou's whole family should pay for the lives of his cousin, the second prince and concubine, he would just kill him directly.
On the surface he is a county magistrate, but in reality he is a prince. How difficult is it to kill someone? If you don't want the matter to get serious, there are many ways to do it secretly.
Why do they have to go to so much trouble to find Ningjing first, provide him with the drug, and then bring Su Liang back to the capital before he is executed?
is it necessary?
It's unnecessary and there's something fishy about it.
Ning Jing's expression was indifferent, "The second prince and the fourth prince are not brothers from the same mother, and they are at odds with each other in face and heart."
Su Liang said seriously, "How much do you know about Su Yuanzhou?"
Ning Jing shook his head, "I don't know about that matter."
"I think there is someone else who killed the second princess, and they found Su Yuanzhou as the scapegoat, and there is another person who died without any evidence." Su Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, "It's obvious, don't you think Mu Luo can't see the problem?"
"Maybe he just can't find evidence or witnesses." Ning Jing said, "I guess he wants to take you back to the capital in order to use you to avenge the second prince's concubine and deal with the second prince."
"You mean, the death of the second prince's concubine has something to do with the second prince?" Su Liang asked.
Ning Jing said, "The second prince married another wife the month after his first wife passed away. Six months later, he was blessed with Lin'er."
Six months is not enough even for premature birth.
But that’s the prince, so what if anyone with a discerning eye can see something fishy?
The second prince's concubine is already dead. Su Yuanzhou's suicide is tantamount to admitting his guilt.
"In that case, let's keep an eye on Mu Luo and see what he will do in the next three days." Su Liang sighed.
If the original owner's family was really unjustly accused and killed, since she had this identity, she should find out and see what can be done.
Mu Ruoruo is really stupid and has already come to kill Su Liang.
"As we suspected, Mu Luo could have talked to me secretly." Su Liang frowned.
"Let me give you to him. From now on, you will have nothing to do with me, so you can only rely on him and obey his orders." Ning Jing had obviously seen through the essence of the matter, "He was also taking the opportunity to test me. In their eyes, I
He is from the Prince's Palace in Beijing."
In front of Ning Jing, the fourth prince of the Qian Kingdom said with an angry look that Su Yuanzhou should kill the nine tribes and that Su Liang would never live. Every step and every word he said had his own plan.
Su Liang couldn't help but sigh, "He is indeed a prince who knows how to survive. You have already told him that I have lost my memory. If you hand me over to him, even if I have no evidence, he will create the evidence he wants. The only thing that is useful is
I’m the sufferer!”
"Well, not too stupid." Ning Jing nodded.
Su Liang deeply suspected that Ning Jing had already seen through everything but didn't explain it, and wanted her to think about it bit by bit.
"If I really think Mu Luo wants to kill me, and I won't let you care about his life or death, will you change your mind about letting me do things for you?" Su Liang asked.
Ning Jing did not answer her question, "I just want to remind you that it is not Sujia Village outside, and it is not that easy to live."
Su Liang took it seriously and added, "Especially in the capital."
Ning Jing ended the discussion about Mu Luo, "I'm hungry."
"The food left for you is in the pot." Su Liang pointed to the kitchen, walked to the stone table in the courtyard, sat down, and sighed. It would be great if she had the memory of the original owner, so that she wouldn't face the sudden appearance of
The "enemy" who came was confused.
I also thought back to the time when Mrs. Xing was tempted to ask her to be Xing Yusheng’s concubine.
Is Mrs. Xing really unaware of what happened to Su Yuanzhou's family? Or is it that people of her status have long been accustomed to knowing but not telling anything, and it is easy for the Prince of Beijing to protect a little girl who has not been convicted.
After all, Su Liang was really valued for his medical skills, and he could be regarded as Xing Yusheng's savior.
Ningjing brought out the warm food, sat opposite Su Liang, and ate slowly.
Su Liang held her little face in her hands and looked at the blue sky. For the first time since she came to this world, she missed her previous life. At least, that world didn't have so many intrigues and intrigues.
When Ning Jing was about to finish eating, there was a knock on the door.
Su Liang went to open the door, and there was a group of government officials outside.
"The county magistrate convened a court hearing on Su Xingzhe's case of theft and imperial examination fraud, and summoned Mr. Ning to testify."
Ning Jing put down her chopsticks, wiped her hands, stood up and came over, "Okay."
"I'll go too." Su Liang wanted to see what the "Mousse" who threatened to take her back to the capital to be executed looked like.
She had gone out in men's clothes early in the morning. She thought it was more convenient, so she didn't change into them. She just went out with Ning Jing, locked the door, and went to the county government office.
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Half an hour ago.
Outside the Yamen was crowded with people watching the excitement.
Fraud in the imperial examination is a serious crime, and it also involves theft. In the past two days, there has been a lot of rumors in the county.
It was Su Xingzhe's second brother, Su Xingsheng, who beat the drum and complained. He was kneeling in the hall, holding his neck and swearing viciously, saying that there must be a mistake. His brother had never left the house the day before the hospital examination, so it was impossible for him to steal.
Su Xingzhe was brought up in shackles.
In just two days, he seemed to have shed a layer of skin, his hair was as messy as dry grass, and his eyes were dull. He was pressed down and knelt next to Su Xingsheng.
Mu Luo's face was pale, "Su Xingzhe, apart from your family, are there any other witnesses to the fact that you didn't go out the day before the hospital exam?"
Su Xingzhe slowly raised his head and answered the question, "I didn't steal the sample paper, it was given to me by the examiner."
The whole place was in an uproar.
Mu Luo's expression did not change, "What evidence is there?"
Su Xingzhe lowered his head, "Five days before the college exam, I was at the county school, and the examiner met with me alone. All my classmates were there at the time and knew about it."
"There are two different things when the examiner meets you alone and when he gives you sample papers." Mu Luo snorted, "To answer my question, who can prove that the examiner gave you the sample papers?"
Su Xingzhe trembled and fell silent.
The people outside the hall whispered, thinking that Su Xingzhe was hysterical and was talking nonsense in order to escape guilt.
Unexpectedly, Su Xingzhe suddenly raised his head and raised his voice, "Someone can testify for me! The first case of this year is the peace of my village!"
Mu Luo's eyes flashed slightly, "You mean, he saw it with his own eyes?"
"Yes! Please send Ning Jing, sir, and he will prove my innocence!" Su Xingzhe's voice suddenly became firm.
"Come here." Mu Luo nodded, "Go and invite Mr. Ning to come. Be polite, he is a good friend of Prince Beijing."
This last sentence, said in public, is profound.
While waiting for Ning Jing to come over, Mu Luo asked Su Xingzhe again, "You said the examiner gave you the sample papers? What did he say at that time?"
"The examiner didn't say it was a sample paper. He just said it was some useful questions and good answers for the college exam. He asked me to take them back and have a look." Su Xingzhe said.
"What contact did you have with the examiner before that?" Mu Luo asked.
Su Xingzhe shook his head, "I am a poor family, and I met the examiner for the first time that day. At that time, I also felt strange why I was favored by the examiner. I also fantasized about whether the article I submitted earlier was appreciated. I even imagined that maybe I was the examiner.
Your granddaughter met me by chance and fell in love with me. He wanted to betroth his granddaughter to me, so he promoted me and helped me."
As soon as this was said, the whole room burst into laughter.
The spectators outside the hall were all mocking Su Xingzhe, saying that the toad wanted to eat swan meat, that he was out of his mind, was delusional, talking nonsense, and was shameless...
Even Su Xingsheng was stunned by Su Xingzhe's words.
Only Mu Luo looked at Su Xingzhe, and his eyes suddenly became dark.
Because he knew the whole story, Su Xingzhe defended himself, but what he said was not the truth. The paper that the examiner asked him to bring to Ningjing, in Su Xingzhe's mouth, became what the examiner gave to him.
Of course the nature is different.
In the former, Su Xingzhe was still involved in theft.
In the latter case, the process of getting the sample paper was completely passive.
A smart approach, and it also fooled the examiner.
However, one-sided words are useless, there must be evidence or witnesses.
The key is that Su Xingzhe wants to find Ning Jing to testify for him.
As far as Mu Luo knew, Su Xingzhe's family had deep conflicts with Ning Jing and Su Liang, and he had tried it out today. Ning Jing was just a fake aloof person who cared about the future, so the possibility of helping Su Xingzhe was slim.
"The witnesses are here!"
The crowd moved out of the way, and Mu Luo saw two figures walking side by side, with the light behind them, making it difficult to see their faces.
Arriving outside the courtroom and getting closer, Mu Luo's eyes passed over Ning Jing and landed on Su Liang.
Su Liang was also looking at Mu Luo, remembering that she had met this person a few days ago, but Mu Luo obviously didn't recognize her at that time.
It's normal. The original owner was just a lowly civilian girl in the capital, so how could she have the chance to meet the noble prince.
Mu Luo came to his senses and said, "Set up a seat for Mr. Ning."
"No need." Ning Jing stood not far from Su Xingzhe.
Su Xingzhe looked at Ning Jing eagerly, "Mr. Ning, you and I are in the same village, but we have never been in contact with each other. Five days before the college exam, I went to the county school. For some reason, the examiner gave me a paper and asked me to take it back with you.
Discussion! I thought I had won the favor of the examiner, and I was so happy that I was jealous and beaten by my classmates because of it!"
Mu Luo narrowed his eyes slightly and patted the gavel to silence the spectators outside the hall.
Su Xingzhe said with tears streaming down his face, "I was afraid that my parents would feel uncomfortable seeing me injured, so I rested in a teahouse in the town to apply medicine and read the papers first. When I returned to the village, I didn't even go back home. I followed the instructions of the examiner and took me with me.
I took the paper to discuss it with you. But our two families had an unpleasant quarrel because of other things before. Maybe you didn’t believe me, so you burned the paper I gave you in front of you! You didn’t even read it!”
Mu Luo looked at Ning Jing, but could not see his emotions.
"Mr. Ning! I was wronged! That was really sent to me by the examiner! When I got to the college for the exam, I found out that it was the same as the exam question! I was so affected by the answers in the sample paper that I couldn't think of any other answers during the exam!" Su Xingzhe burst into tears,
"It's like a proposition poem. Once you see the best one, you won't be able to write it!"
Ning Jing remained silent, only Su Xingzhe's voice of sorrow and resentment could be heard, "I figured it out after I was caught, how can there be such a thing as pie in the sky? Who am I? All of this is a trap set against Mr. Ning! Examiner
Your Excellency was bribed to use me to frame Young Master Ning! But Young Master Ning was smart and avoided it, but I, a chess piece that no one cares about, had to ruin my life and lose my life because of this! How unfair?!"
"Han Chuang has been studying hard for more than ten years, but in the end, I am just an ant that can be trampled on by others! I want to ask God, what did I do wrong?!" Su Xingzhe fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
The crowd of onlookers had quieted down and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Su Liang felt that Su Xingzhe was indeed a "talent" and his mind worked very quickly. Not all of what he told was the truth, but it was all beneficial to him.
The truth is that someone was indeed trying to frame Ning Jing, but he didn't fall for it. Su Xingzhe was indeed being used, although he was not innocent either.
"Mr. Ning, what do you say?" Mu Luo sat upright and looked at Ning Jing with deep eyes.
All eyes were focused on Ning Jing, who said calmly, "What he said is related to me is indeed true."
Su Xingzhe's body trembled and his cry became even more pitiful.
Outside the courtroom, Su Xingzhe's family members also burst into tears and shouted that he was wronged.
Crowd commotion.
No one expected that things would turn around like this!
Ning Jing is the head of the case, and Mu Luo said in public not long ago that he is a friend of Prince Beijing, so his words naturally carry weight.
Su Xingzhe raised his head again and said with a sigh, "Your Excellency, you can check whether I stayed in the Feiyan Town Tea House for a long time that day. Someone must have seen me! And if the examiner talks to me, my classmates in the county school can all testify.
!”
Mu Luo had a sullen face and slapped the alarm again, "Quiet! Ning Jing, you mean, you know that the examiner gave you and Su Xingzhe papers, and you have seen the papers with your own eyes? Why did you say nothing when Su Xingzhe was arrested yesterday?
?”
Ning Jing's face was calm, "He brought it to me. I had seen it before, but it burned without opening it and I didn't know it was a sample roll."
What Su Xingzhe said is completely consistent.
"Do you also think that the examiner was bribed to deliberately frame you?" Mu Luo asked coldly.
Ning Jing looked calm, "I think this is a case that needs to be verified by adults."
Su Liang was not surprised by Ning Jing's choice. He was not trying to save Su Xingzhe, but wanted to find out the real mastermind.
Losing the opportunity for this college examination and going to jail was the price Su Xingzhe paid for his greed.
If Ningjing said that there was something wrong with Su Xingzhe's words, even if only a small part of them were false, he would have no chance to defend himself, and the matter would soon end with Su Xingzhe's death.
Moreover, if Ning Jingruo tells the truth that is different from what Su Xingzhe said, it is only one side of the truth, and no one can testify for it.
Let's talk about the matter, this time, the one who deserves to die the most is not Su Xingzhe.
"Oh my God! It's actually the examiner who cheated and harmed others!"
"He must have been bribed! I heard that Mr. Ning was born in the Ning family, one of the four major merchants in the Qian Kingdom, but he was kicked out of the family and hid here! Maybe the Ning family wants to harm him!"
"Su Xingzhe is so pitiful! He is not wrong at all!"
…
Public opinion turned against him, and the spectators began to complain for Su Xingzhe, completely forgetting that not long ago they were mocking and mocking Su Xingzhe, and wished to see him beheaded immediately.
"Come here!" Mu Luo shouted coldly, "Go and capture Zhao Qingsong!"
This is the name of the examiner.
"Retreat! Let's try again tomorrow!" Mu Luo finished his words, stood up and left.
Su Xingzhe was taken away by the government officials again. He did not look at Ning Jing, let alone say anything to him, for fear that some people would suspect that they had a secret friendship.
Su Xingzhe was betting that Ning Jing would not die without saving his life, and that he wanted to know who instigated the examination.
He won the bet.
Ning Jing walked out and Su Liang chuckled, "I just said that someone wants to ask me to be a witness. You have to experience it first. How do you feel?"
Ning Jing frowned slightly and thought for a moment, "I talked too much today, I'm tired."