Ministers made me a male queen

Jiao Yun heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that Nie Baichang was not hurt, and then freed his mind to look at the murderer who was caught. He was completely crushed on the grass, looking crazy, and desperately raised his head to stare at Jiao Yun's direction, trying to move towards He pounced in this direction.

Even so, the man's face is still very good, except for his pale complexion, if it weren't for this lunatic's stubborn appearance at the moment, many girls would flock to him.

Jiao Yun remembered Mr. Zhou's sentence "Why are you" just now, and looked at Mr. Zhou with a serious face at this time: "Your Excellency knows him?"

Mr. Zhou rubbed his brows, he had a headache ever since he saw the murderer's face, he was even annoyed, he ground his teeth, thanks to the fact that this incident involved pretending to have broken sleeves, lest people would know too much and would make Jiao Yu feel bad afterward Only a few people know about the bad influence caused by a scholar. He gritted his teeth: "Ning, Gong, Zi! Don't you want to explain it?"

Jiao Yun followed Mr. Zhou's line of sight curiously, it seemed that he really knew him, maybe he was very familiar with him.The two yamen servants who followed were also shocked. They were probably shocked by the fact that the murderer turned out to be the nephew of the lord's colleague who came from the capital. In addition, thinking that Mr. Ning is now living in a courtyard behind the county yamen, this is simply too much. ...providing too much convenience to the murderer.

The other party had obviously fallen into madness a long time ago, and was completely out of his mind after being stimulated by the scene just now. Abbot Jingxin saw that he still wanted to break free, so he simply knocked him out and sighed: "Amitabha."

Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang looked at each other, inexplicably having a bad feeling.

The group brought the unconscious murderer back to the county government office. Because there was no need to act anymore, Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang returned to their original temperaments. After they were tied up and locked up in a separate cell, Master Zhou, Master Tao, Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang Sitting alone in Master Zhou's study, frowning.

Tao Xutang sat on one side, and Jiao Yun and the two stood on the side. Tao Xutang looked at Mr. Zhou's troubled face and asked, "Why? The identity of this murderer is very special?"

Mr. Zhou sighed: "This matter...Brother Tao, don't meddle in it. You will leave for Changyang County later. This case should be solved by me in Wuchun County and has nothing to do with Changyang County. Brother you are the biggest, but I am afraid that the follow-up matter will not be kind. This favor, Zhou, will definitely return Brother Tao in the future, but this murder case... Brother Tao, please don’t get involved. But don’t worry, since the murderer has been found , I will definitely bring him to justice."

Tao Xutang's expression also became serious: "What are you talking about? I seem to be such a greedy person who is afraid of death? What is the identity of this person? You just called him Mr. Ning, and you look like this, don't tell me... He is related to the Ning family in Beijing."

Tao Xutang's expression changed slightly when he saw Master Zhou really responded, "He belongs to Concubine Ning in the palace..."

Master Zhou rubbed his brows. He knew that Brother Tao would not leave if he didn’t make it clear, so he could only bite the bullet and explain: “The young man you saw just now is surnamed Ning, and his name is Ning Xi. He is also the only son of the third room of the Ning family in the capital. His uncle is Lord Ning, Shang Shu of the Ministry of War, and his aunt...is the noble concubine Ning in the palace.

Half a year ago, a colleague of mine in Beijing sent this Mr. Ning to come over with a letter of divorce, saying that he was in poor health and needed to recuperate from his illness. In addition, when he was in Beijing, he offended the Wuhou Mansion because of his refusal to marry, and he was afraid that he would be punished by the Wuhou Mansion. Retaliation, so he simply got his household registration to the state capital of his natal family, and because there were too many people there, he came to my place to hide for a few months.

I had a good relationship with that colleague back then, knowing that he is now serving as an aide under Lord Ning, he said so, and he is Lord Ning's nephew, so I agreed.When the man came, he looked like he was just recovering from a serious illness. It happened that there was an empty house behind the yamen, and he was temporarily allowed to live there. government.He really hasn't been out a few times, I never thought he would..."

Mr. Zhou was thinking about strangling himself to death. He left someone in Wuchun County.

If he hadn't taken him in, maybe, maybe...

Master Zhou slapped himself a few times, not relieved, and wanted to continue hitting himself a few times, but was stopped by Tao Xutang: "You have no ability to predict, and you can't imagine that such a beautiful person will be a murderer. Since this matter The murderer has been found, you should first think of a way to get him to plead guilty, his current state... once the people in Beijing know about it, I'm afraid... they will bring him back to Beijing."

When he was brought back to the capital, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. If the Ning family could save him once, they could save him a second time.

After Tao Xutang comforted Mr. Zhou, the group of three returned to Tao Xutang's temporary residence. Jiao Yun was curious when he was in the study, and now he waited for the door to close: "Old Tao, what's going on with the Ning family? What did that lunatic call Liang Ming? What else is there to use the family's business to show him? Isn't his uncle the Minister of the Ministry of War?" But this sounds more like a business transaction.

Tao Xutang came from the capital, and although he hadn't been back to the capital for so many years, he knew exactly what was going on in the capital.

Hearing the words, he also sighed: "The Shangshu of the Ministry of War is indeed his uncle now, but the situation of the Ning family is more complicated. This Shangshu Ning spent 30 years from a gang leader to become the Shangshu of the Ministry of Households. He saved today's Your Majesty, that’s why you can master heavy troops. There is a saying that one person can ascend to heaven. After Ning Shangshu returned to Beijing with the emperor, the Ning family moved to the capital. But the second and third families chose to go into business. But in 20 years, the Ning family Sanfang succeeded, and now it has become one of the four major commercial firms in the capital, one of them is named Liang, I am not sure if it is the Liang Ming family he mentioned, but it depends on the situation, nine out of ten."

Jiao Yun: "This Ning Xi... Could it be that Liang Ming was killed?" They are both from the capital, and they are both in business. The relationship between the two is probably good, so what Ning Xi said before also makes sense.

He can even roughly imagine a love-hate relationship.

Ning Xi and Liang Ming grew up as little bamboo horses and bamboo horses. They are both noble young masters. Ning Xi found that she was moved by Liang Ming, but she was too afraid to speak. Later, Liang Ming knew what was on his mind for some reason.

Liang Ming hated and disliked men, but on the other hand, because Ning Xi had an uncle who was the secretary of the household department and an aunt who was a noble concubine in Ning Xi's family, plus the voice of the third bedroom of the Ning family, he obeyed the family and made false promises.

On the one hand, she flattered this little bamboo horse, but on the other hand, she lied to him, saying that she had sincere affection for him, but in fact, she was still a happy woman.

Until Ning Xi knew the truth by accident, saw Liang Ming and the woman tossing each other with his own eyes, and said that he did nothing but just take advantage of his words, Ning Xi killed Liang Ming in a fit of anger.

But because of Ning Xi's identity and the fact that the Ning family didn't know how to mediate, the Liang family did not pursue the case, but Ning Xi was sent to Wuchun County thousands of miles away for refuge.

The terrible thing is that the Ning family didn't know about it. Ning Xi had long thought that she was crazy about what happened before, and even saw someone who looked like Liang Ming, so she was easily stimulated and killed.

Jiao Yun shuddered all over: This is too crazy.

"Then what should we do? If Ning Xi is sentenced like this, the Ning family may target Lord Zhou, but if we wait like this, and when the capital gets the news and takes him back, then... it will be the same as the previous Liang. Ming's death is the same as nothing." Then these seven people died in vain?

Tao Xutang frowned: "This matter... I'll discuss it with Mr. Zhou, and you don't need to worry about the rest. You and Brother Bo have worked hard these two days, so take a good rest."

Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang looked at each other and could only go back temporarily.

He understands why Master Zhou asked them to leave immediately, and don't get involved in this matter. It seems that Master Zhou intends to convict Ning Xi before the Ning family gets the news. Xi was executed and decided, but Ning Xi was a talented scholar with a reputation, so he couldn't be sentenced to death at all, and had to report to the police.

In this way, the Ning family will have time to pick them up, and when the time comes...

The eldest son of the Ning family is in charge of the military department, and he is seriously ill; the third son is rich in money and silk.

Ning Xi is Sanfang's only son... If something happened to Ning Xi again, Sanfang would never sit idly by. If Ning Shangshu could save him once, he might compromise a second time.

Ning Xi was undoubtedly the one who killed the seven people before. At that time, he wanted to kill Jiao Yun and so many people saw it with their own eyes. As long as Ning Xi used that Liang Ming to stimulate the other party, it would definitely be easy to get evidence.

But the problem is... even if the sentence is passed, because of Ning Xi's meritorious service, she cannot be sentenced and can only wait for the report.

But even if he can't kill him, it is necessary to convict Ning Xi first.

Mr. Zhou took people to search Ning Xi's place overnight, probably because he had never suspected Ning Xi, a nobleman, and Ning Xi himself felt that it was impossible to suspect him, so he found a few guns in his room. The dagger, the knife edge is exactly the same as the fatal wound on the chest of the seven deceased. A lot of lip balm was also found, probably brought from the capital. Mr. Zhou once investigated the rouge on the lips of the deceased, but he did not find the same one. This time Found in Ning Xi's room, the evidence is solid.

Ning Xi wanted to categorically deny it after she became sober, but in the face of these evidences, Mr. Zhou probably didn't dare to do anything to him and refused to admit it at all.

Lord Zhou stimulated him with Liang Ming, and sure enough, Ning Xi admitted it in a slip of the tongue, and Lord Zhou asked him to draw a bet.

Ning Xi stood in the hall, gritted her teeth with a mocking and crazy look: "So what if I draw the bet? I have a reputation, do you dare to kill me? Do you dare? Hahaha!" As long as you report it, as long as he When father and uncle know the news, they will definitely stop him, and then he will still be safe and sound like last time!

Master Zhou looked at him, but asked the master to temporarily put the evidence and confession in the file, and then he got up: "Retire!"

Ning Xi understood that he didn't dare to really sentence him to death. He originally thought that Master Zhou would be tougher, but in the end it turned out that he was still just a coward hahaha!

When Ning Xi was taken away, she turned her head and gave Jiao Yun a meaningful look, and finally landed on Mr. Zhou: If I don't die, his life... I still have to decide.

Master Zhou's face was black and blue, and Nie Baichang who was beside him also clenched his hands tightly, and Jiao Yun held him down, telling him to be calm and calm.

After leaving the hall, Lord Zhou walked down directly, "Master, are things ready?"

The master hurried forward: "My lord, get ready!"

Master Zhou nodded, passed by Tao Xutang, and patted him on the shoulder: "Go, let Brother Tao watch a good show."

Although Tao Xutang was surprised, he still followed.Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang looked at each other, and quickly followed.

When we arrived at the most crowded street in Wuchun County, because the news that the latest murderer had been caught had already spread, and I heard that he was still a nobleman from the capital, the people were very curious, and they saw the county magistrate moving directly to the street. A table was set up, and a banner was placed next to it, and the letter "Book of Ten Thousand People" was written.

Everyone was curious, and quickly gathered around, and saw that next, Master Zhou cleared his throat, and began an impassioned trial of Ning Xi, the murderer. , No matter how he killed seven people because of his madness, he focused on Ning Xi's insanity and the innocence of those seven people. Finally, he let out a long sigh under his hissing voice: "...it's me, my parents, who are incompetent. I originally wanted to do this for the seven innocent dead The grievances let this murderer pay for their lives, but who knows...the other party has a reputation. He is a scholar, and I have the power to sentence ordinary people to death, but he has nothing to do with those who have a reputation. Officer... I can only ask you one thing with the cheek.

Once this murderer is taken away, it will be nothing at that time. If such a murderer exists in this world, then all of us will not be able to sleep day and night. Became his ghost under the knife.

Such a murderer, such a heinous person, how can he be worthy of being a scholar?How can I be qualified to be an official in the court in the future?His hands were stained with blood, he was afraid that the pen in his hand would have been stained long ago, he was not worthy of being a scholar.Therefore, today, I am here to implore you to write thousands of books to get rid of his reputation as a scholar!At that time, I will definitely be able to bring him to justice in my hands, so that everyone can sleep peacefully every day. "

Following Mr. Zhou's last sentence, the fear of being killed probably has been exaggerated to the extreme during this period of time. They are filled with righteous indignation at the thought that such a murderer might get away with it. Losing his reputation, how could this murderer be an official with all his bad deeds?Isn't that a disregard for human life?

Therefore, someone immediately stepped forward and made their fingerprints, and those who could write wrote their names and made their fingerprints, while those who could not write their names, Mr. Zhou would do it for him, and then he would make his fingerprints.

There were originally 3 to [-] people in Wuchun County. When the news spread, people from Lin County also rushed over. When it got dark, the number actually reached [-] people.

Master Zhou originally thought it would take at least two days, but now he looked at those red handprints with wet eyes, and finally bowed to everyone: "I will definitely live up to my trust!" Even if this black hat is gone, he doesn't want to Let such a heinous serial murderer go unpunished.

Mr. Zhou took the book of thousands of people and opened the court overnight to try Ning Xi again.

When Ning Xi heard that Mr. Zhou had privately used this so-called unreasonable ten-thousand-person book to expel his fame, he scolded angrily: "This is totally unreasonable! My fame was obtained by myself, you are not qualified as a county magistrate!"

Mr. Zhou gave him a cold look, stood up, cupped his hands and bowed upwards: "The purpose of my emperor's selection of officials is to benefit the people and benefit the people. It's because Wanmin doesn't want you to be an official, so you are not qualified! Even if you sue the emperor, I dare to say it! Come on, Ning Xi killed seven people in a row, cruel, cruel, brutal and bloody. In the future, be decisive!"

No matter how Ning Xi yelled, Lord Zhou made the yamen servant gag him and stopped him.

From the time the news spread to the capital and people from the capital rushed over, he was afraid that Ning Xi would be dead. At that time, he would hold the book of ten thousand people, and if he didn't go to the capital, he would not believe that Shangshu Ning could really kill him. Can't he succeed?

Besides, there are tens of thousands of people who have written here, which proves that the news has already spread. If something happened to him at this time, it must be related to the Ning family.

This is the best way Master Zhou came up with to kill Ning Xi and pay for the lives of the seven people while protecting himself.

Jiao Yun was also dumbfounded, and couldn't help giving Master Zhou a sneak nod. They didn't continue to watch Ning Xi being executed. After all, they had stayed in Wuchun County for a long time and had to go back to Changyang County.

When they left, Mr. Zhou came to see him off in person. Tao Xutang looked at Mr. Zhou, thought for a while, took out a letter from his arms, and said softly, "If you really need to go to Beijing, you can take this letter with you when the time comes." Send the letter to the Tao family." That's all he can do to help.

Master Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then realized something, couldn't help but hammered Tao Xutang's shoulder, and blushed: "The good boy hides it very deeply." He accepted the letter, but didn't intend to really look for it, "Don't worry. I made such a fuss on purpose, the Ning family dare not mess around."

Tao Xutang cupped his fists: "Take care! If necessary, send someone to come to Changyang County to find me."

Tao Xutang took Jiao Yun and the three of them and finally left Wuchun County. After walking a long way, Jiao Yun couldn't help but look back, "Master Zhou will be all right?"

Tao Xutang hummed: "Don't worry, at least nothing will happen for the time being."

He learned about the news of the capital earlier than others. Although the Ning family has risen rapidly over the years and even produced a noble concubine, for some reason, the emperor began to take back part of the Ning family's military power a few years ago, and even gave him support. The other party came to deliberately suppress the power of the Ning family.

Although the Ning family is still in full swing, but this time the Liang family also recognized it and did not spread it so that Ning Xi could escape the catastrophe, but now that Mr. Zhou has produced this book of thousands of people, it is really wrong, maybe... ... Ning Shangshu really didn't dare to risk the lives of thousands of people, even if Ningxi was saved.