I Want Five

Nian Jincheng nodded, "This move can be regarded as a way to clear up the matter. As long as you can clear your relationship with Xiao Muyun, he will die without any evidence, and the mastermind behind the scenes will be helpless."

Very good. Nian Jincheng thought that if he encountered such a situation, he would never think of such a way to deal with it.

"However, you and Xiao Muyun..." Nian Jincheng frowned, "I don't mean anything else, but I just think that you can't be interested in people like him, right?"

Nian Jincheng didn't know the original Su Liang, but he felt that even if a person lost his memory, his character would not change much.

"Very good." Su Liang nodded, "If you think so, when I clarify, there will naturally be people who have the same idea as you."

"Yes." Nian Jincheng agreed.

The sky gradually darkened.

Lu Yu came secretly to check the situation. Wan Hui was very worried when she learned that Ning Jing was taken away.

"Zheng'er insisted on coming to see you. I finally managed to coax him to come another day." Lu Yu frowned, "What should we do now?"

Su Liang smiled, "Don't worry, Ning Jing and I will solve it. If you don't come, I'm going to see Zheng'er. I made him delicious food, just for you to take away. I have something to trouble you and Sister Wan."

Lu Yu shook his head, "Don't be so polite, just tell me if there is anything we can help with."

Seeing that Su Liang still had the leisure to make food for Zheng'er, Lu Yu felt that she must have a way, and he felt relieved.

"Please spread the news for me." Su Liang said.

The Wan family opened a restaurant, and there are many people available in the capital.

After listening to what Su Liang said, Lu Yu was shocked, "So that's it! Second Young Master Xiao is a lunatic, and he deserves to die!"

In fact, Su Liang was telling a story she made up, and there was not much truth in it. But it sounded strange at first, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was really possible, and it could completely match what was happening now.

Compared to Su Liang, who had been secretly communicating with Xiao Muyun when he was thirteen years old, and now used his own knife to kill people to silence them, it is more likely that Xiao Muyun, an unfavored bastard widower, is obsessed with the amazing martial arts champion and will destroy him if he can't get him.

Anyway, few people in the capital know what the original owner is like. Almost everyone knows Su Liang from the martial arts exam, and their impression of her before today is positive.

It is not difficult to reverse public opinion in time.

And now, Su Liang believes that even if the Su family had not had an accident, the original owner and Xiao Muyun would not have a good result.

Xiao Muyun coveted the original owner's beauty, and the original owner wanted to enter the prime minister's mansion. Even if she became Xiao Muyun's successor, her status was not enough. She might be deceived by Xiao Muyun and have to follow him as a concubine.

Because he is a scumbag who has no morals and only wants to have fun and is irresponsible.

...

Lu Yu brought the delicious food that Su Liang made for Zheng'er back home. After discussing with Wan Hui, the two took action.

That night, new rumors spread rapidly in the capital.

Compared with the negative news about Su Liang earlier, the later ones were more shocking.

The two public opinions collided. Was it that Su Liang had a private affair with Xiao Muyun, and even committed herself to Xiao Muyun before she reached the age of marriage, or that Xiao Muyun had coveted the title of martial arts champion for many years and was crazy and wanted to drag her to death after being rejected?

Which one should I believe?

The latter, which sounds a bit outrageous at first, makes people think more and more true.

The former already has many flaws. How could Su Liang, who is both talented and beautiful, fall in love with a bastard of the Xiao family whose wife died? How could Su Liang use his well-known weapon to kill Xiao Muyun? These are all quite obvious doubts.

Just because all the evidence points to Su Liang, there seems to be no other possibility, which makes Su Liang the only possible murderer. Ning Jing and her, in the eyes of everyone, are indistinguishable from each other.

And now, "other possibilities" have not only appeared, but the story is more complete and has no obvious flaws.

Under such circumstances, the people of the capital who saw Su Liang win the title of Wu Zhuang and defeat the female general of the enemy country were more willing to believe that the Wu Zhuang they had praised was a good person.

The Duke of Qin's Mansion, the Marquis of Zhongxin's Mansion, and the Lin Mansion, which had been paying attention to the development of the murder case, soon received the news and were relieved to learn that public opinion had reversed.

Duanmu Chen had just returned to the Fourth Prince's Mansion from the palace. When he received a report from Chang'an and learned about the new rumors spreading outside, he slowly laughed, "Father knew it a long time ago."

Chang'an was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Duanmu Chen say, "Su Liang and Ning Jing were talking in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and the people around father were listening nearby."

Chang'an was very surprised, "Didn't the master say that the emperor would not protect Miss Su?"

Duanmu Chen shook his head, "Two different things. The civil and military champions that father had just appointed not long ago were suspected of murder within a day. How could he be happy? Father knew very well that it was impossible for Su Liang to do it. Someone wanted to frame her, but whether she could clear herself this time and pass smoothly, and how she and Ning Jing would solve the problem, were what father was concerned about. "

Chang'an suddenly realized, "So that's it."

Duanmu Chen's lips curled slightly, "Now is the time to use people. They have proved their talents and strength. Father still cherishes talents. But we can't protect them at the peak of the storm, otherwise we will be criticized. I also thought that this trouble was very tricky. Su Liang would find it difficult to clear herself no matter what she said. The key is that there is no other suspect except her, and Xiao Muyun is really dead. Even if she is acquitted, she will still be suspected. "

Chang'an nodded, "That's true. But I never expected that Miss Su would come up with such a wonderful idea. There was no other suspect, so she pretended that Xiao Muyun was crazy and committed suicide to drag her to death. All the evidence is used to support Miss Su's statement, which is more reasonable!"

"Isn't it?" Duanmu Chen smiled, "What Xiao Muyun wrote before his death was just crazy talk. I don't know who he colluded with, and he was determined to harm Su Liang, and finally got himself involved. He deserved to die."

Chang'an frowned, "If Xiao Muyun didn't die, what purpose did he want to achieve?"

"If he was seriously injured and pointed out the murderer himself, plus the "evidence" that had been prepared long ago, it was confirmed that Su Liang was the murderer. According to the law, Su Liang would be exiled at the least and sentenced to death at the worst. Even if he was pardoned for his achievements, his reputation would be ruined and his future would be hopeless." Duanmu Chen snorted coldly.

Chang'an was puzzled, "He is a bastard of the Xiao family, and he has always been quiet. Why did he take such a risk to harm Miss Su?"

Duanmu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Of course it couldn't be Xiao Muyun's own idea. Someone behind him was instructing him, and he must have promised him huge profits and conspired with him to harm Su Liang. He is a bastard, and he has no ability, so he pretends to be gentle and non-confrontation, but he is not really content with the status quo."

"Could it be, the second prince?" Chang'an asked.

Duanmu Chen nodded, "Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao are both possible, even Duanmu Che. Su Liang is very smart. She cleared herself first and then investigated other things. Otherwise, if she gets involved in a scandal and takes a wrong step, it will be difficult to get away with it."

"Yes!" Chang'an sighed, "Such a shady trick is hard to guard against. It would be ruined if someone else did it. Mr. Ning's surrender is also very powerful, which makes some people in the Ministry of Justice unable to take action against Miss Su for the time being."

Duanmu Chen chuckled, "Now I think Su Liang is sent by God to help me. As long as I don't offend her and seize the opportunity to give her benefits, she will definitely stand on my side at the critical moment."

Chang'an agreed deeply, "Master is wise."

...

Late at night, Su Liang secretly sneaked into Prime Minister Xiao's mansion, threw the prepared knife into the lake in the back garden, and left quickly.

After that, she did not go home directly, but went to the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice was guarded by guards. Su Liang did not go in, but found a high place nearby to hide, and kept alert and stared at the movements around.

She felt that someone might go to kill Ning Jing tonight.

As for home, just in case, she had disguised Nian Jincheng before leaving and moved to a remote empty yard where no one had lived before.

During the day, Su Liang reminded Ning Jing not to eat the food in the cell, fearing that someone would poison it. Or maybe the person who wanted to kill Ning Jing was already inside. She knew that Ning Jing was very capable and could handle any trouble, but she still planned to keep watch outside.

After staying up all night, Su Liang left when it was almost dawn, and did not find anything unusual around the Ministry of Justice last night.

Su Liang washed and changed clothes, made breakfast, first sent a portion to Nian Jincheng, and then rode to the Ministry of Justice to see Ning Jing.

People who saw Su Liang again today still talked about it, but what they said was very different from last night. Many people believed that she was targeted by a madman because she was too outstanding and suffered an undeserved disaster.

Su Liang still entered the prison of the Ministry of Justice smoothly. When he saw Ning Jing, he looked exactly the same as yesterday, as if he had not moved at all since Su Liang left.

Su Liang put out the warm food and naturally took it up for Ning Jing to eat, "Did you sleep last night?"

Ning Jing shook his head, "I had fleas and couldn't sleep."

Su Liang heard Ning Jing's hint, someone really attacked him last night. Of course, it didn't succeed.

Su Liang didn't ask in detail, and she left after Ning Jing finished eating.

...

When Ning Jing was interrogated, he talked about Xiao Muyun's entanglement with Su Liang, and his guess that Xiao Muyun used suicide to slander Su Liang.

Mei Shangshu snorted coldly, "If it was suicide, why didn't you find the weapon?"

Ning Jing thought for a while and said, "Xiao Muyun's followers drowned, but did you search the lake for weapons?"

Mei Shangshu looked at Gou Yu, Gou Yu frowned, "Only one body was salvaged from the lake yesterday, nothing else was found."

I don't know what happened, Mei Shangshu's attitude is not as tough as yesterday, and he ordered Gou Yu to take people to Xiao Prime Minister's Mansion again to look for the murder weapon, focusing on the lake in the back garden.

So, Gou Yu took people to the Xiao family again.

The Xiao family also knew that the public opinion reversed last night. Xiao Muyun suddenly turned from a victim to a paranoid lunatic, and his death was said to be suicide.

The Xiao family was of course very clear that the latter news was released by Su Liang, and they were unhappy because it damaged the reputation of the Xiao family.

But on the one hand, they did not know what the relationship between Xiao Muyun and Su Liang was, and the only follower who might know was also dead. Secondly, Duanmu Chen warned yesterday not to stand up for the dead Xiao Muyun, and leave everything to the Ministry of Justice to investigate.

Gou Yu did not encounter any obstacles. He spent a lot of manpower and half a day to fish out a knife from the bottom of the lake.

This knife is similar in shape to Su Liang's double knives known to everyone, but it is not the same. And yesterday, Gou Yu asked Su Liang to hand over her double knives for investigation in front of the Xiao family.

In this way, this knife was identified as the murder weapon that killed Xiao Muyun.

This time, Su Liang was cleared of suspicion.

It is impossible for her to kill someone with a knife similar to her usual weapon and then throw it into the lake without taking it away. It is too far-fetched.

Based on Ning Jing's testimony, the evidence found by the Xiao family and the situation at the scene, Gou Yu speculated that the facts were:

As Su Liang said, Xiao Muyun was obsessed with her, was rejected by her, and saw that she was getting ahead. Knowing that it was impossible to get her, he wanted to drag her to death with him. First, he wrote down some imaginary crazy words, and then found a knife similar to Su Liang's weapon. He used some unknown means to force his followers to kill him, let the followers take the murder weapon, and jumped into the lake to commit suicide.

A follower died and no one paid attention. His body floated and was found, and no one thought of salvaging the murder weapon from the lake.

In this way, all suspicions will be focused on Su Liang alone. If Su Liang cannot prove her innocence, she can be convicted based on the weapon and the text left by Xiao Muyun.

After Gou Yu returned to the Ministry of Justice with the murder weapon, the news spread quickly.

And then a new witness appeared.

It was the old housekeeper of the Ministry of Works, a neighbor of the Duke of Qin's Mansion.

He came forward to testify that for two consecutive days last month, he saw a carriage with a sign of Prime Minister Xiao's Mansion parked in the alley for a long time. One of the times, he happened to see Su Liang riding out of the Duke of Qin's Mansion, and the carriage of the Xiao Mansion left the alley. Xiao Muyun got out of it and wanted to talk to Su Liang, but Su Liang ignored him and walked around him.

The testimony of this witness directly confirmed the fact that "Xiao Muyun secretly followed and harassed Su Liang", which was very beneficial to Su Liang.

Before noon, the Ministry of Justice quickly closed the murder case that had caused a stir in the city.

Su Liang and Ning Jing were both innocent. Xiao Muyun became crazy after his courtship failed, and committed suicide to frame Su Liang.

Ning Jing walked out of the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, as if he had just gone in for a visit, with a calm face and neat clothes.

Su Liang stood by the carriage waiting, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and waved.

Ning Jing got on the car, and Su Liang drove the car himself and took Ning Jing home.

So, after experiencing a bizarre murder storm, "The Story of the Mutual Favor between the Two No. 1 Scholars in Literature and Martial Arts" added another bold stroke.

Half of the people in the capital were cursing Xiao Muyun for being a madman who wanted to eat swan meat.

The other half were sighing that although Ning Jing was a scholar, he stood up when Su Liang was in trouble, and he was a real man! And Su Liang was not panicked when things happened, he rescued Ning Jing and cleared his suspicion, and he was both wise and brave! The two were really a perfect match made in heaven.

"Mr. Ning and Miss Su are a match made in heaven, and Xiao Muyun is just a clown! To hell with him!"

This is the impression that this incident finally left on people.

…

After Su Liang and Ning Jing returned home, Ning Jing was taking a bath, and Su Liang cooked a few dishes that he liked.

As soon as they were done, all the friends came to the door, and they were all very happy to sweep away the sadness of yesterday.

Su Liang had just put the food on the table, and Xing Yusheng was about to sit down, and Ning Jing said, "They are all my dishes."

Xing Yusheng: ...Do you have to be so stingy?

Su Liang chuckled, "I'm afraid someone will poison him. He didn't eat last night, so he must be hungry. Let him eat by himself."

Xing Yusheng held his forehead, "I just want to sit down and not fight with him for food."

"Can I eat?" Zheng'er raised his little hand and smiled cutely, saying that he was so cute and didn't have anything delicious?

Ning Jing nodded, "Zheng'er, come and eat with me."

So, one big and one small ate the food, and the others watched from the side.

Wan Hui said with a smile, "I'll treat you later, let's go to the restaurant. This time we escaped without any danger, it's worth celebrating."

"I'm tired, I won't go." Ning Jing shook his head.

Zheng'er said with a smile, "I'm tired too, I won't go!"

Su Liang yawned, "We didn't sleep last night, I won't go either. You guys go celebrate, I'll treat you."

Lin Xueqing asked with a smile, "Sister Su, Senior Brother Ning couldn't sleep in prison last night, why didn't you sleep? Are you thinking about Senior Brother Ning, so you can't sleep all night?"

Su Liang said seriously, "Of course, it's natural for me to think about him."

"Oh, Sister Su, when can you learn to be shy, really." Lin Xueqing got the answer she wanted, but felt it was wrong.

All the friends went to the restaurant for a party, the two protagonists were at home, and there was also a cute little guy.

Nian Jincheng, who was forgotten in a remote courtyard, could only wait silently for someone to remember him.

Su Liang was not hungry, so he sat opposite Ning Jing, watching him and Zheng'er eat, thinking, "Someone must have conspired with Xiao Muyun, who do you think it was?"

Ning Jing did not answer, but asked Zheng'er, "One, two, five, choose a number."

"One, two, five?" Zheng'er counted his fingers seriously, and finally raised a white and tender little palm, "I want five!"

Ning Jing nodded and looked at Su Liang, "Well, I also think it was Duanmu Che."

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