As evening approached, Lin Jinxiao led Peng Pai and a group of guards back to the city.
When he arrived at Shuning Courtyard and saw Chu Nanzhi's figure, he just shook his head sadly.
From the look in his eyes, Chu Nanzhi could tell that they had achieved nothing after working hard for half a day.
Then he quietly stared at Peng Pai, who had a dejected look on his face. Chu Nanzhi smiled casually and said, "Don't be discouraged. Today's case is indeed a bit strange. If it weren't for the guidance of an expert, even I would still have nothing to do with it."
His appearance is remarkable, I really can’t blame anyone, I just blame the murderer for being too cunning and capable.”
"Does the princess already know who killed Lin Erlang?"
Peng Pai's eyes suddenly lit up, and the previous frustration immediately disappeared.
When a new official took office, he encountered such a difficult murder case. If he couldn't solve it, he would feel really guilty.
"Of course, Magistrate Peng no longer needs to mobilize troops and mass arrests. I will give you an explanation now."
Chu Nanzhi stared at the calm and composed Ji Wanying with evil eyes, and sneered: "This will save Princess Wanying from having to worry about my incompetent Erlang."
"My cousin's words are serious. The slave family is just worried that this matter will damage my reputation and cause rumors in the city to slander my cousin."
Looking at Lin Jinxiao, whose face was as cold as autumn water, Ji Wanying's whole attitude became much gentler, her voice was soft and gentle, and her eyes were filled with the grievance of being wronged.
"Then I really want more princess sisters."
Chu Nanzhi's eyes paused for a moment, then gradually darkened, and his eyes swept past her like blades. Then he looked directly at Yin Liuxuan and said solemnly: "May I ask, Mr. Yin, Princess Wanying when you leave the capital this time?"
Who is accompanying you?"
Surprise flashed across Yin Liuxuan's face, and he glanced at everyone blankly. He didn't know what her intention was, so he could only answer carefully and confusedly: "Reporting to the princess, the princess is leaving the capital this time with eight guards, and
Four palace maids, plus a groom, a total of thirteen people came with them."
"good."
Chu Nanzhi nodded thoughtfully, and begged Lin Jinxiao in a serious tone: "Your Highness, please send everyone around the princess to come to Shuningyuan for questioning."
"Why does my cousin sister-in-law arbitrarily tell the people around the slave family? They are all gifts given to the slave family by the imperial grandmother and mother."
Ji Wanying's eyebrows trembled slightly, she looked at Lin Jinxiao pitifully, and begged coquettishly: "Cousin, cousin, she wants to bully my little sister. Grandma loves you so much, are you going to let your cousin treat me like this?"
Faced with her eyes that were lowered to the dust and almost sincere, Lin Jinxiao did not blink his eyes and directly ordered He Ying: "Go quickly and bring all the people the princess wants to Shuningyuan."
"cousin."
Ji Wanying twisted her slender waist in grievance and fear, wanting to protest.
Seeing that no one was stopping him, He Ying led the crowd and hurried out without looking back.
Only then did Chu Nanzhi look seriously at the two maids beside Ji Wanying and said to everyone in detail: "From the time Lin Erlang entered the Puluo Temple to assassinate me and then to the imperial envoy's assassination, until today, the person behind the trouble seems to have disappeared.
, but she didn’t know that this person had been hiding in the city, preparing to move. It’s not that this person is very smart, it’s just that someone is protecting her.”
Looking at her firm eyes, Yin Sinian began to feel faintly uneasy.
My nephew-in-law has handled many cases and has already gained a reputation. With the way she acts, she must be fully confident when she suspects a person is not just the empty talk of people in the market.
Ever since the princess entered the house, the aunt and sister-in-law have been quarreling and suspicious of each other. Her actions at this time may have definitely confirmed that several things that happened in recent days are closely related to the princess.
What he just couldn't figure out was how could the little princess frame the princess?
While hesitating, Lin Jinxiao already had an idea in his mind.
I was still joking with my wife earlier, thinking that the person who wanted to harm her was just out of jealousy, but I never thought that the prophecy would come true.
Taking the small piece of meat skin from Chu Nanzhi's hand, Lin Jinxiao led her slowly and leisurely to sit in the hall, carefully examining the clues that Lin Jinhong protected with his life.
The room was silent for a long time. As He Ying returned again, the hall immediately exploded.
"Princess, these reckless men brought the slaves from the mansion without saying a word. Princess, you have to make the decision for the slaves."
There was a roar of screams, causing no peace inside and outside the courtyard.
"Shut up."
Yin Sinian slapped the table with a dull slap, which made everyone's faces turn pale with fright and immediately fell silent.
Chu Nanzhi looked around the crowd and said casually: "Sang Qi, tell someone to get hot water."
"yes."
Sang Qi immediately responded and went out.
The room began to whisper again: "What are you doing to get hot water?"
"Who knows."
Amidst whispers, Sang Qi led the restaurant's servants to bring in many basins of hot water one after another.
Chu Nanzhi shouted to the group of maids and guards who were looking around: "All of you, please wash your faces for me. You must wash them spotlessly."
The guards and maids who were brought in were frightened and frightened, and were forcibly taken away by He Ying to wash their faces.
Looking at the faces that were the same after being washed, Ji Wanying suddenly became furious and said: "What on earth is my cousin going to do today? Do you really think that by being the princess of Prince Pingning's palace, you can be arrogant in the world and will
No one cares about it anymore?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at the palace maids and guards who had cleansed their faces intently, and really couldn't see anything strange.
After carefully checking the crowd, she suddenly turned to look at He Ying and asked solemnly: "Why is there one person missing?"
These words directly reminded Lin Jinxiao, and he suddenly remembered that when Yuanlai Restaurant opened, his wife Ji Huazhen said that the princess had a horseman who was very skilled, so the wife was relieved that she would go out alone.
"Where is the groom?"
Lin Jinxiao looked at Ji Wanying with sharp eyes and asked directly in a cold tone.
"Groomman, horseman, he is an old man half a century old and a rough man. Is it possible that he can do something evil?"
Ji Wanying hurriedly defended: "Everyone has seen my groom. There is nothing special about him, and he is not the person in the portrait."
"It's precisely because there's nothing special about him that people don't notice him."
Seeing the guilty look on her face, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but sneered: "Since the princess thinks he is not suspicious, why don't you dare to call him out? He is just a groom driving horses. Should the princess risk being arrested?"
To protect him at the risk of being questioned by everyone?"
"I"
Ji Wanying glanced sadly at Yin Sinian, who had his head buried, but then his eyes fell directly on Lin Jinxiao, and she called out with a trembling voice: "Cousin."
Yin Si sighed helplessly and then lowered his head.
Lin Jinxiao's eyes were filled with coldness and cruelty. He drew out his sword angrily and pointed it directly at Ji Wanying's neck. The chill reached his heart: "Please, Princess, hand over the person."