Crispy little husband

After finishing the heart-to-heart talk with Su Yu, Su Xin thought that she would not think about this issue any more.

But things often backfired. I don't know why. After that day, he always thought of the other party for no reason. It seemed that his face had been filtered, and the more he looked at it, the better it was.

Whether it was the side they met on the carriage or the side they met in Yaojiazhuangzi, in Su Xin's memories, they all turned into slow-motion replays.

The slower the recalled scene, the more subtle expressions and expressions that were previously "not noticed" will be magnified.

Su Xin suspects that his own brain is broken. He always feels that he seems to see some kind of complicated emotions in the eyes of General Ning looking at him. Those deep eyes are like magic, attracting him like It's like being obsessed and keeps repeating.

After repeated memories many times, Su Xin felt that this could not go on like this. He tried to hint to himself that the complicated eyes of General Ning were not aimed at himself, but that General Ning had experienced many life and death events, and he unconsciously looked at everything in the world with a detached mentality. .

But after thinking about it like this, Su Xin couldn't help but become more curious. A person like General Ning can be seen as coming from a wealthy family and has a successful career at a young age.

When such a young talent is in high spirits at this age, how can he have such an old man's mentality?

Before Su Xin could come up with a reason, Nanny Tian of Yao's Zhuangzi asked Yao Da to come to find Su Xin, saying that their cousin had already left, and Su Xin could come back anytime when she missed Zhuangzi.

After getting the news, Su Xin made a basket of red bean cakes with mixed feelings, and took it to Yaojiazhuangzi.

Ning Wei, who left Yaojiazhuangzi, was not in a calm mood. He stayed in Yaojiazhuangzi this time longer than Li Mu had expected, staying for more than ten days in a row.

In the past ten days, Zhao Heizi from Liang Pingying sent people to send letters several times. Those letters asked a lot of things, but they were not very important. Ning Wei thought that Zhao Heizi could solve them, so he put them aside and ignored them. Being here with Mrs. Yao wholeheartedly has been much longer than during the Chinese New Year, which made Mrs. Yao very happy.

He suddenly decided to go back that day, not because of an accident in the barracks, but because the letter from Zhao Heizi mentioned that the interrogation results of the bandits they had handed over to the state government had come out.

It has been more than ten days since Ning Wei handed over the bandits to the state government of Liangping Prefecture, and the state government has only now completed the torture of those bandits. The thief's mouth is tight, and he doesn't speak easily.

Ning Wei thinks it should be the latter, bandits are inseparable from some big gentry families, and the bandits hold back their mouths, it can be said that they are trying to delay the time for those big gentry families, so that they have time to clean up the evidence.

The follow-up after catching the bandits has nothing to do with Ning Wei. As the general of the garrison, he has already completed what he should do. Interrogation, investigation, and conviction are the affairs of local officials, and have nothing to do with him.

But a piece of news mentioned in Zhao Heizi's letter made Ning Wei a little restless. The bandits confessed to a case - in about July last year, the bandits took over a job in Chong'an County, and someone gave them money And the time and place, and asked to kill a passing businessman surnamed Su.

This case can only be regarded as a small case committed by these thieves, killing a small merchant passing by. The thieves remembered it when they couldn't stand the interrogation.

Chong'an County, Su's surname, and last July, the three conditions are linked together. Zhao Heizi thought of Su Gaoping who was rescued by Ning Wei when he led them to investigate the range of bandit activities.

At the beginning, Ning Wei asked Zhao Heizi and Li Mu to send Su Gaoping back to the Su family in person to prevent some people in the camp from knowing the news, so Zhao Heizi was deeply impressed by this incident, and wrote to Ning Wei to mention .

Ning Wei immediately thought of Su Xin after reading the letter. He heard Mrs. Yao talk about the situation of the Su family, and knew that Su Gaoping was Su Xin's father, and their family was not favored by the Su family before.

Holding the letter, Ning Wei couldn't help thinking, if he hadn't happened to save Su Gaoping at that time, would Su Xin have no father who loved him?

No wonder Su Xin had that kind of look at that time, the family lost their pillar, the family must be very sad, and the people of the Su family still treated him like that.

Thinking of this, Ning Wei's heart suddenly felt like a needle pricked, and it hurt a little. This feeling made Ning Wei frowned.

Facing the bifurcated Likou that was about to enter the Liangping state boundary, Ning Wei hesitated for a moment and told Li Mu behind him: "Li Mu, let's go to the state government first."

"Yes, my lord." Li Mu is not as talkative as Zhao Heizi, he listens to what Ning Wei tells him, just like now, he doesn't ask too many questions when he changes the route temporarily.

All the way to the state office, the officials of the state office knew Ning Wei, and seeing that they did not stop him, they invited him and Li Mu in.

Zhizhou recently got angry because of the bandits, and when he heard that Ning Wei was coming, he hurriedly asked Ning Wei to come over.

Zhizhou is a civil official, and Zuo Ling is a military officer. If they are of the same rank in Nanjing, generally speaking, the status of a civil official is slightly higher than that of a military officer.

But the difference between the two of them is four grades, Zhizhou is the sixth grade, Zuoling is the fourth grade, naturally Ning Wei is a Shangguan, and Ning Wei is from the capital, in the eyes of Zhizhou, there is an additional plat. Layer gold, seeing Ning Wei's politeness, did not dare to be arrogant at all.

"My lord, all the files of the bandit case are here. You should look at them first. If you have anything to ask, you can ask the subordinate officials or the head secretary. We will definitely tell you everything." Zhizhou took a thick stack of files and handed them over. To Ning Wei, who stood respectfully aside.

Ning Wei didn't pretend to be polite because Zhizhou was polite, he took the file calmly: "Master Zhou, go and do other things, I'm just looking at it casually."

"Okay." Zhou Zhizhou left the room with the chief secretary and the guards of the torture room, leaving the space for Ning Wei and Li Mu.

After walking out of the room, the chief secretary called Zhou Zhizhou aside with a worried expression on his face, and asked in a low voice avoiding others: "Sir, shall we just hand over all the dossiers to Master Zuo Ling like this? We will only have one copy of this dossier. If Zuo Ling My lord, he..."

"Are you worried that Ning Zuoling will destroy the dossier?" Zhizhou looked at the worried look on the master's face, stroked his well-groomed beard, and said confidently, "Don't worry about this."

"Why?" The chief registrant didn't understand. Zhou Zhizhou tried the case with him, and he knew everything about the case files.

From the beginning to the end, the master did not see any intersection between these bandits and Master Zuo Ling, so he couldn't understand why Master Zuo Ling would intervene in this case.

If it's for private affairs, then he is likely to play tricks on it. If it's not for private affairs, why is he, a military officer, interfering in civil affairs?

"Do you know the origin of this Ning Zuoling?" Zhou Zhizhou glanced at the closed door, and smiled cunningly.

Seeing the master's expression, Zhou Zhizhou raised his hand and pressed down: "Don't worry, I'm sure he won't do anything to the file, for three reasons."

"First, these bandits were originally captured by Ning Zuoling. If he really wanted to do something, he had plenty of time before, so why wait until now."

"Secondly, as far as I know, only the Yao family in the provincial capital is related to Ning Zuoling. The Yao family is Ning Zuoling's mother family. Nothing that the bandit confessed this time has any direct connection with the Yao family. Even if other families are related to the Yao family, these families are not closely related to Ning Zuoling, so he doesn't need to meddle in these nosy matters, it's bothersome and not beneficial to him."

"Thirdly, Ning Zuoling has a profound background. Unlike me, who has been tossing about all these years and is only a sixth-rank magistrate, this incident has involved many families in Liangping Prefecture. I want to deal with all of them with my own ability." It will be much more convenient if you have the help of Ning Zuoling."

"He is from the capital city. He didn't make a mistake and was transferred out of the capital. He invited him out of the capital. A young man like him has a bright future. Being friends with him is only good, not bad."

After listening to Zhou Zhizhou's analysis, the director's brows gradually loosened. He has been with Zhou Zhizhou for many years. He has been the master's teacher since Zhou Zhizhou was the county magistrate. The two have cooperated for many years and have a very tacit understanding.

"My lord wants to take advantage of the situation?" The chief secretary narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly, "Sure enough, your lord is thoughtful. In this way, it will be much easier if we can ask your lord Zuo Ling to help us deal with this case."

Zhou Zhizhou smiled and said nothing, he looked at the master who had followed him for many years: "You are waiting here, if Ning Zuoling has any needs, agree to him as much as possible, how far our case can be handled in the end depends largely on Is he willing to lend a hand."

The head secretary looked solemn: "Don't worry, my lord, the subordinates will definitely do their best."

Inside the house, Ning Wei quickly looked through the confessions of the bandits and the relevant evidence found by the state government.

In the past year, Ning Wei has learned about the big and small gentry in Liangping Prefecture. These gentry are not small in a state, but they are not enough to go to the provincial capital, let alone the capital at the foot of the emperor. They see it.

But it was these little gentry, who united with the bandits, worked together, and did a lot of evil things such as bullying men and women, occupying fertile land, stealing goods and killing people.

Moreover, the reputation of this group of bandits is "very loud", and the scope of their activities is not only in Liangping Prefecture. Their confessions also involve noble families and wealthy households in other nearby states and counties. Last year alone, there were several cases similar to Su Gaoping. what happened.

After about an hour, Ning Wei finished reading these files, and tapped his fingers on the table.

Li Mu, who was standing straight to the side, immediately turned to look at Ning Wei: "My lord?"

"Go and call the master." Ning Wei ordered.

"Yes." Li Mu nodded.

The master secretary has been waiting not far from the door, as soon as Li Mu opened the door, he greeted him immediately: "My lord, but what orders does Master Zuo Ling have?"

Li Mu recognized that the person in front of him was Zhizhou's chief bookkeeper, and said to him, "My lord, please come in."