The murderer of Han Chong, the guard of the Han family, was from Liujiacun.
His fiancée was insulted by Han Chong two years ago. Unable to bear the humiliation, he jumped into a well and died. In order to avenge this, he endured the humiliation and sneaked into the Han family and planned to kill Han Chong. Although he was eventually found out and committed suicide,
Before he died, he had avenged himself.
After a busy day today, it was already afternoon when Tang Ning and Xiao Jue arrived at Liujia Village.
Xiao Jue stopped a villager at the entrance of the village and asked, "Old man, how can I get to Liu Zheng's house?"
"Liu Zheng, what are you asking about Liu Zheng?" The old man looked at him warily, waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Liu Zheng's family is dead, why are you looking for him..."
Xiao Jue said: "I have a few questions to ask you about Liu Zheng..."
The old man's expression became even more impatient and said: "You can ask someone else, I want to go back to eat..."
He stopped abruptly before he finished speaking. He looked at the ingot of silver in Tang Ning's hand and swallowed.
Tang Ning dangled the money in front of his eyes and said, "I don't know if it's convenient for me to tell you everything about Liu Zheng."
The old man looked at the silver ingot, his eyes were shining. He had never seen such a big silver ingot after living for so long. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said: "Fang, convenient..."
Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "I heard that Liu Zheng had a fiancée before?"
"Dead. He died two years ago. He was raped by some young master from the Hou Mansion. He jumped into a well after he came back. We common people couldn't even pay the rent and didn't dare to sue. That's how it ended.
Yes..." The old man was very cooperative this time. As soon as Tang Ning finished speaking, he rushed to answer.
Xiao Jue looked at him and asked: "Wuliehou's Mansion?"
The old man nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, that's the Hou Mansion!"
He looked at the money in Tang Ning's hand and continued: "Liu Zheng died, and his wife couldn't survive. Within two days, she was hanged by a rope. Even if she didn't hang herself, she would still be forced to do so by the Tang family.
If you die and can't pay the rent, they will rob food, which is simply not giving people a way to live..."
Tang Ning raised her eyebrows and asked, "Tang family, which Tang family?"
"Where else can there be a Tang family that has a concubine Hui in the palace?" The old man pointed to a large piece of land outside the village and said: "These lands all belong to the Tang family..."
Xiao Jue clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Damn it!"
The old man said eloquently: "Liu Zheng's family is really miserable. That girl's family is a little better. After her sister died, she still had a younger brother. I won't starve to death. A few days ago, a good lame man came to
I sent them a lot of food. There are still good people these days..."
Tangning looked at him and asked, "Where is that girl's home?"
The old man pointed forward and said: "The second house at the end of the village is."
Tang Ning threw the silver to him and strode forward.
The old man took the silver, first wiped it on his clothes, then put it in his mouth and bit it, then carefully kicked it into his arms, with a face full of joy, and ran towards the door of his house.
In Liujia Village, in a dilapidated courtyard somewhere, a simple and honest young man patted the old woman on the back and said, "Mom, eat slowly, there is still..."
The old woman quickly said: "Keep what's in the pot for tomorrow."
The young man said: "Mom, don't worry, my benefactor gave me a lot of money, and there are also banknotes one after another. I have never seen any banknotes in my life. I went to the grain store and asked about it. I can buy a lot with these."
With food and meat, we won’t have to go hungry in our lifetime…”
Tang Ning and Xiao Jue stood outside the wall. After staying for a while, they didn't get up and leave until there was no sound coming from the courtyard.
In the carriage returning to the city, Xiao Jue clenched his fists, bloodshot eyes appeared, and said angrily: "The Tang family, it's the Tang family again, I want to report this to Your Majesty..."
Tangning looked at him and asked, "What next?"
Xiao Jue asked: "Isn't this crime of paying a murderer to kill someone and then sending someone to silence him a big enough crime?"
"Big, but what's the use of being big?" Tang Ning looked at him and said, "The Tang family can resist this matter by just pushing out a random person. They can even blame the deceased Tang Jing.
At that time, the first person to suspect Tang Jing's death would be Wu Liehou."
Xiao Jue looked angry and said, "Then what should we do?"
Tangning leaned against the carriage, closed her eyes, and said, "Let's go back first."
…
The trip to Liujiacun allowed Tang Ning to connect the cases between Han Chong and Tang Jing, and almost all the links had been figured out.
Han Chong's death was planned behind the scenes by the Tang family. The ultimate goal was not Wu Liehou but him. Han Chong was just a chess piece of theirs, a chess piece that could be discarded at any time.
However, they did not expect that the chess piece in their eyes was actually the only son for Marquis Wu Lie.
Tang Huai caused Marquis Wu Lie to lose his only son, and Marquis Wu Lie also caused him to lose his only son.
If Han Chong's case is to be uncovered, it may have a slight impact on the Tang family, but it will not damage the foundation. And Wu Liehou who is brought out along this line will definitely not have any good results.
Just as he said two days ago, it was the eldest son of the Tang family who died, not anyone else. The court could treat Han Chong's death lightly. Tang Jing's death, no matter what the reason, the court would not
The murderer behind the scenes will be spared.
At this moment, two days have passed since Tang Ning found out the truth.
In the past two days, he has been hesitating and has not made a choice yet, or in other words, he does not know what choice Wu Liehou made.
He was sitting in front of the desk, and a figure came around from behind, placing his hands gently on his shoulders and massaging them slowly.
Tang Ning grabbed Su Ru's hand and asked her to sit on his lap. Su Ru looked at him and asked, "Brother Ning, have you encountered any difficulties? You have been thinking about it for two days."
Tangning nodded and said, "There is something I don't know how to do."
Su Ru smiled and said: "Brother Xiao Ning is so smart, he must be able to think of a way. Is there anything I can do to help Brother Xiao Ning?"
Tangning held her waist and said, "Just let me hold you for a while."
Su Ru looked down at him with a soft expression and a slight smile on her face.
After a long time, Tangning let her go, stood up, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "I want to go to the palace, wait until I come back."
…
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Except for the morning court, when Emperor Chen was not in the palace, he was in the imperial study. This was also the palace where Tang Ning visited the most.
Emperor Chen paid great attention to Tang Jing's case. In the past two days, the eunuchs in the palace came to inquire many times, but Tang Ning responded by finding no useful clues.
When he walked into the hall, he saw that Tang Huai was there, and not only that, but Marquis Wu Lie was also in the hall.
Wu Liehou knelt in front of the palace and said: "Your Majesty, I think there is something fishy about my son's death. I beg your Majesty to order Dali Temple to investigate carefully. Although he deserves to die, the real murderer should not be allowed to go unpunished."
Emperor Chen looked at him and frowned: "Didn't I already say that the physical evidence in this case is conclusive and the Dali Temple has closed the case. Is there anything else fishy?"
"There is no need to mention this matter again." Just as Wu Liehou was about to speak, Chen Huang glanced at him and said lightly, then looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Did you find out anything about Tang Jing's case?"
?”
Tang Ning arched her body and said, "Your Majesty, when I was investigating Tang Jing's case, I accidentally discovered some doubts about Han Chong's case..."
Wu Liehou raised his head and looked at Tang Ning.
Tang Huai, who had always lowered his head, suddenly raised his head.
Chen Huang looked at him and said, "I'm asking you about Tang Jing's case."
Tang Ning said: "But Han Chong's case..."
"I said, the Han Chong case is over." Chen Huang stood up and asked, "What have you found out about Tang Jing's case?"
"Yes." Tang Ning nodded, cupped her hands and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I have fulfilled your Majesty's great trust. Regarding Tang Jing's case, I... found nothing."
