The heroine forced me to fall in love with money

When Aning came to the main hall, Sun Jin had been waiting for a long time.

His expression seemed to be a little nervous, his brows were also furrowed, he didn't know what he was thinking, he was so preoccupied that he didn't even notice that Aning had already walked in front of him.

"Sun Shangshu." Ah Ning smiled and interrupted Sun Jin's meditation, "It's a snowy day, why did you suddenly think of coming to me?"

"I..." Sun Jin pursed his lips, his Adam's apple slid up and down a few times, he hesitated to speak, "I just want to ask you for something."

"Tell me." Ah Ning nodded in response, and drank the tea at hand, with a look of contentment in his brows.

As soon as the voice fell, Sun Jin remained silent for a long time.

Ah Ning didn't urge him, and just fell silent with him, drinking tea while waiting for his next words.

After a while, she suddenly heard Sun Jin say something like this——

"Ying Yushi, can you go with me to interrogate Jiang Heng in prison?"

Then Jiang Heng is naturally the Jiang Taishou who was thrown into the prison for corruption and accepting bribes. Sun Jin has been interrogating him for the past few days, including how the dirty money came from, and who are the people who are with him.

After a long time, Jiang Heng spit out a lot of answers to these questions.

But regarding the whereabouts of Jiang Chengxuan and Jiang Yu'an, he refused to say anything.

Sun Jin has found a lot of things these days, and gradually began to suspect that Aning's relationship with Jiang's family is not ordinary, so he deliberately asked Aning to go to the prison with him, and wanted to see when Jiang Heng saw her. What kind of reaction will there be.

Perhaps these can be used as a breakthrough in the investigation.

Or... to test the guesses that have been floating in his mind these days.

Thinking of this, Sun Jin looked at Ah Ning's face, nervously waiting for her response.

"Okay." But he never thought that the person in front of him would agree so happily, as if this matter had nothing to do with her at all.

Sun Jin was a little dazed.

"But what problems did you encounter during the interrogation?" Ah Ning said, his eyebrows as before, "Sun Shangshu can tell me about it."

"I know a lot more, and I will have a direction when I go to prison for investigation."

"Okay." Sun Jin nodded in response, and just talked to Aning in general, but did not reveal too many details.

Aning listened with a smile in his eyes, and answered a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"So, neither the whereabouts of the remaining two people nor the decisive evidence of this case have been found yet, right?" Ning concluded after a while.

"En." Sun Jin nodded in response.

"Understood." Ah Ning smiled, turned to call the servants, "Go and prepare two baskets of pastries, I'm going to meet Jiang Heng with Sun Shangshu for a while."

"I used to be a prefect, even if I have been reduced to a prisoner now, etiquette is naturally indispensable." She smiled, looked in the direction where Sun Jin was, and asked softly, "Shang Shu, do you think so? "

"Yes..." Sun Jin nodded.

……

When the two baskets of pastries were about to be served, Aning gave Sun Jin a special look and asked him to check if there was anything unusual in them.

Hearing this, Sun Jin looked inside, and saw that it was just an ordinary pastry, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Aning put the covering cloth on it again, and the two of them put on their coats, didn't say anything more, just walked out together quickly.

The wind and snow outside unexpectedly picked up again at this time, and the two sat in the sedan chair, but their hair was still wet by the wind and snow that happened to blow in.

"This snow is really heavy." Ah Ning sat in the sedan chair without changing his face and said softly, as if he was a little cold by the wind, he coughed lightly after a while, "I don't know when I can stop."

Seeing her coughing, Sun Jin looked worried, and asked with concern, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Aning shook his head, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and put it on his lips as a cover, "It's better for Sun Shangshu to stay away from me, but don't accidentally be recruited by me."

"Understood." Sun Jin nodded in response, seeing that the handkerchief in her hand was very pretty, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The whole body of the veil is white, with a lifelike koi embroidered on it, and a few lotus flowers blooming all over the body, even if it is just a glance, one can tell that the person who embroidered this veil must have done a lot of skill.

"Where did you get this handkerchief?" Sun Jin was a little curious, "It's really the first time I've seen a handkerchief used by Ying Yushi, it's so pretty."

"That's natural." Ah Ning smiled, "After all, no matter what her political achievements are, Wanyan is still a woman after all, and it's not surprising that some little girls use personal items."

"Of course, it wouldn't be surprising to be able to embroider something."

"Did you embroider it yourself?" Sun Jin heard what she meant.

Aning just smiled, noncommittal.

During the time they were talking, the sedan chair had also reached its destination.

Aning and Sun Jin got out of the sedan chair one after the other, led by several people in front, and gradually went deep into the dungeon.

The light in the dungeon was very dim, there were torches on the wall, the whole body was damp and cold, and the sound of crying and whipping could be heard from time to time.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Ah Ning couldn't help but slightly frowned.

"My lords, this way please." The guards in the prison have been working in this kind of place all year round, and they have long been familiar with it. At this time, they have quickly led them to the place where Jiang Heng is being imprisoned.

It is very different from the image that Aning had seen before. Jiang Heng in front of him was wearing a prison uniform, his hair was loose, his face and body were covered with blood and mud, and he was leaning against the wall in a very decadent state. Eyes shut.

"Wake up!" The jailer was not polite to him at all, opened the door a crack, went in and splashed water on him to wake him up, "Our lord is coming to see you!"

This pot of cold water really made people feel cold, Jiang Heng frowned, slowly opened his cloudy eyes, and woke up.

"Dog!" The jailer didn't let go of his anger after splashing him, he stepped forward and kicked his wound a few times, and said loudly, "We haven't seen Ying Yushi and Sun Shangshu before!"

"Heh." Jiang Heng twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, completely unmoved.

Seeing this, the jailer raised his foot to kick him again.

"Don't be rude!" In the end, Sun Jin stopped him, so he didn't ask him to kick again.

Aning raised his lips and smiled, squatted down gently, and looked at Jiang Heng from a mile away.

"Jiang Taishou." She said, her words and deeds were all very polite, "This seems to be the first time we have had such close contact, juniors are polite."

What she said was indeed true, even though she was a first-rank censor in the court, she rarely went to court on weekdays, and often worked outside for the emperor.

Even if he was in court, Tong Jiang Heng had never taken the initiative to contact him. In addition, Jiang Heng was always proud and an old minister who had accompanied the emperor for many years. Naturally, he looked down on young people like them, so he never He didn't take the initiative to look at Aning.

So even though Ah Ning has been in court for three years, Jiang Heng still hasn't recognized her identity.

But this time it's different, the purpose of her coming this time is to let Jiang Heng recognize her.

"Bah!" Jiang Heng has been tortured in prison for so many days, and he is very resentful towards anyone, and he will have the same attitude towards Ah Ning.

Until... He suddenly felt that the person in front of him looked familiar.

The more I look at it, the more I feel like I have seen it somewhere, and the impression may be quite deep.

Where is it...

Jiang Heng frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly realized that the person in front of him was the maid who had been hanging around his daughter many years ago!

That Zhen Yu'an seemed to like her very much, and even knelt down to intercede for her.

Why is she living so well now!

Jiang Heng couldn't figure it out, and just stared at her for a while, without saying a word.

Seeing his appearance, Ah Ning knew that he definitely thought of herself.

"Prefect Jiang, let's get straight to the point." Ah Ning smiled and said slowly, "Can you tell me, where are the Second Young Master and the Third Miss?"

She said so, and then covered her face with the handkerchief and coughed softly a few times.

It seemed to be a deliberate glance for Jiang Heng.

Although Jiang Heng is old, his eyes are very good, and he saw the handkerchief in her hand immediately.

No mistake, this handkerchief must have been embroidered by his daughter!

From a long time ago, Jiang Zhinan would always embroider some small items for Jiang Taishou and his two elder brothers every time the Chinese New Year came. Needle up.

Unexpectedly, he would see something made by his daughter in Aning's hands today.

The veil is still very new, it looks like it was made recently, and there is no trace of old things at all.

The person in front of him was obviously asking him about Jiang Zhinan's whereabouts, yet he was holding something that belonged to her, isn't this contradictory.

Unless... she did it on purpose.

Jiang Heng thought about it, and when he looked at her again, his eyes were obviously mixed with some other emotions.

"You'd better tell me earlier." Ah Ning said, "Your time is still very tight. If you go back late, I'm afraid someone in the family will be unhappy."

After saying this, she covered her lips with the veil and coughed a few times.

These actions are not surprising in the eyes of others, but now that Jiang Heng sees them, he quickly understands her meaning.

Although I am not [-]% sure, but now it seems that my daughter should not be in danger, and it is probably hidden by the person in front of me.

The handkerchief and the words in her mouth are the evidence. Moreover, Jiang Heng has been in the court for so long and has done a lot of research on interpersonal relationships. He can see that the person in front of him and Sun Jin behind him are actually not the same. Single minded.

Thinking this way, Jiang Heng pondered for a while in his heart, then stood up gently after a while, and walked towards the direction where Aning was.

"That's good." He smiled, waved to Aning in front of him, and motioned for her to come over, "Come here, I'll tell you."

"Understood." Ah Ning responded, then got up and moved forward with Jiang Heng.

The two got closer and closer, until finally there was only a door separating them.

Aning tilted his ears.

That Jiang Heng moved forward slowly, and finally attached to Ah Ning's side.

Then... He opened his mouth and bit her ear fiercely.

"Hey!" Sun Jin and the jailer behind him panicked immediately, and quickly stepped forward to separate them.

Jiang Heng used so much force that Ah Ning was bitten by him and blood flowed slowly down his fair skin.

"Ying Yushi!" Sun Jin hurriedly asked someone to fetch the medicine, his expression full of nervousness, "Are you okay, does it hurt?"

"It's okay..." Ah Ning responded, taking a deep breath, her lips turned white.

It's clearly in poor condition.

"Try another day!" Sun Jin stomped his feet and told the jailers to close the cell door again, while he hurriedly helped Aning out of the dungeon, returned to the sedan chair and bandaged her wound.

"Wanyan is ashamed." Ah Ning turned pale, and murmured while suppressing the pain, "I didn't help at all."

"Stop talking about this!" Sun Jin blamed himself extremely, "It's all my fault, I knew that Jiang Heng was too difficult to deal with, and I asked you to go with me for interrogation, it's all my fault..."

"It's okay." Aning shook his head, closed his eyes and leaned back, his body was covered with exhaustion and tiredness, "Send me back first."

"Okay." Seeing that she was tired, Sun Jin didn't bother her anymore, but told the person who carried the sedan chair to hurry up.

Aning listened without saying a word, and after a while, there was an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

There has been no progress in this case for such a long time, which means that there must be some key things that have not been found.

Jiang Heng has been an official for so many years, so he naturally knows the truth of sailing carefully. Since he dares to be greedy, it means that he must have left behind for himself.

Although it can't save the whole situation, at least it can save his life, so that he can drag on forever and stay in prison for a while.

The purpose of Aning's visit this time is to find out where that thing is.

She deliberately showed him the handkerchief, on the one hand to make him believe in herself, and on the other hand to arouse his conscience.

In fact, Aning was not [-]% confident that she could ask anything before she came, so she hid poison in the basket of pastries that she ordered to prepare.

The dose is not large, so he won't die on the spot, but it won't let Jiang Heng see the sun tomorrow.

If you can't find any clues, then it's better to cut off the root cause directly, let the clues be blocked in Jiang Heng's stomach, and it will be settled once and for all.

Fortunately, she didn't send out the basket of pastries.

Jiang Heng is not a good official, but he is a good father.

Before Aning bit his ear, Jiang Heng actually spit out a few words softly.

But because the two were very close together, and the light in the prison was dim, no one noticed——

The few words he spit out are Town God's Temple.

As Ah Ning thought about it, her injured ear suddenly started to hurt again, causing her to clench her teeth unconsciously.

It's quite strong.

But... I found a reason for Jiang Zhinan to comfort and feel sorry for himself.