Ning Jing Is Dead (First Update)

After getting rid of the two child snatchers with a few moves, Ning Jing hugged Zheng'er and took a long way down the mountain to avoid people. After walking down the mountain in a hurry, he walked through several alleys and returned to his and Su Liang's home in Pingbeicheng through the back door. read

As soon as Zheng'er was placed on the ground, he ran forward with his short legs, and Ning Jing followed behind with a backpack.

"Aunt! Aunt!"

Hearing Zheng'er's voice, Su Liang walked out of the kitchen, chuckled and leaned over, picked him up, rubbed his little head, "You're back just in time." She almost had lunch ready.

Su Liang asked Ning Jing to take Zheng'er away first while she went to prepare the meal. As a result, Zheng'er stayed in the carrier for too long, got angry with Ning Jing, and didn't want to be hugged by him.

"What happened?" Su Liang noticed a small red spot on Ning Jing's coat, which seemed to be blood.

Ning Jing put the sign he received from Qianshan Academy on the table in the courtyard and went to the kitchen to light the fire.

"I met many people today." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang held Zheng'er in one hand and stirred the soup in the pot with the other, "Did the person who snatched the child intercept you on the way? Or did Ning Yao send someone to wait in the academy and ask you to 'go home'?"

Previously, he deliberately kept Ningjing low-key and hidden, just so that he could live a peaceful life for a few days.

Su Liang knew very well that once he appeared in public, trouble would soon come to his door.

Ning Yao tried several times to get rid of Ning Jing, but failed. But he would not be able to endure Ning Jing and continue to take the imperial examination without incident, let alone see him get ahead.

Therefore, if you give up on killing him, you will never give up, it will only get worse.

In addition, the Xiao family, a wealthy businessman in Pingbeicheng, is an in-law of the Li family. Mrs. Xiao is Mr. Li San's biological sister, and she is also his accomplice in robbing the young master of the Wan family.

When they entered the city, they found that the guards had been bribed and were waiting for Ping Jing to come, and it was probably the Xiao family behind them. That Mrs. Xiao knew that Ning Jing would appear at Qianshan Academy today, so she would not do anything.

"Both." Ning Jing confirmed the two possibilities Su Liang guessed, "There are also people arranged by Yan Yu. She has prepared a house for you."

Su Liang was a little surprised, "I knew we wouldn't buy the house. But now that we have, we won't bother her for the time being."

"Yonglong Embroidery Village. I said you would go there tomorrow." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine. Maybe this place will be exposed soon, and you will have to change your place to live. Tomorrow you go to take the exam, and I will go to Xiuzhuang to say hello."

The owner of this house registered with the government is Su Liang, so a false name cannot be used.

As for this name, "careful people" will naturally look it up.

But Su Liang just thought there would be trouble, not that he was afraid. Therefore, they have no plans to move to the place Yan Yu arranged for them now.

When the meal was ready, Su Liang fed Zheng'er and asked him what he had seen when he went out today.

Zheng'er said, "Uncle Ning...Brother Jing!"

Su Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at Ning Jing, "Someone called you Brother Jing?"

Anyone who calls me that is either a child or a girl.

Before Ning Jing could explain, Su Liang thought thoughtfully, "Is it possible that Ning Yao sent a woman here and said she was your old friend?"

Zheng'er said again, "Senior Brother Ning!" He heard it all while hiding in his backpack.

Su Liang was confused, who would call Ning Jing senior brother?

Ning Jing's face was calm, "Ning Yao sent someone to kneel at the entrance of the academy and said that the head of the Ning family was critically ill and wanted to see me one last time."

Su Liang hummed, "Moral kidnapping, intending to force you to give up the scientific examination and ruin your future."

This method is not only insidious and vicious, but also quite unkind. If you are not careful, you will fall into a trap.

"I said that the head of the Ning family sent a letter, telling him that he was fine and reminding me to be careful about Ning Yao." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang nodded, "They said someone was critically ill and couldn't provide any evidence. Of course you can say you know someone is fine. Anyway, the person is not dead and will not appear here. By the way, who calls you Senior Brother Ning?"

Ning Jing's thin lips parted slightly, "Junior sister Ning Jing."

Su Liang blinked.

Are you talking about something candidly with her?

Su Liang had long known that the person in front of him was not the real seventh son of the Xunyang Ning family, but the wanted rebel Gu Shizi pretending to be one.

Although I don’t know how he disguised himself as Ning Jing without being discovered.

The two had always been tacitly aware of this matter, but had never discussed it.

"Ning Jing is dead." Ning Jing was very direct.

Su Liang was not surprised when he heard this, but still felt strange, "I would like to hear the details."

"He used to trust Ning Yao the most, but he was framed by him. His mother died of illness, his father was unkind, and his brothers and sisters were all hypocritical and duplicitous, and they all wanted to kill him. He was poisoned by an incurable poison, and in despair, Choose to commit suicide. If you don’t want to be reborn, it’s better to live in death.” Ning Jing said.

Su Liang sighed.

"We met by chance five years ago. I saved Ning Jing. When we parted, he said he would repay me and come to the capital to play chess with me in the future. He was determined to die, but he didn't want to die in the Ning family. He wanted to find me, but couldn't find me. I found Nian Jincheng. At that time, something happened to the Gu family, and people were chasing me everywhere. Ningjing paid a lot of money to hire a Jianghu man, and asked him to cut off his face and make it into a mask and give it to Nian. Jincheng, please give it to Nian Jincheng."

Su Liang looked at Ning Jing's face in shock. She thought he knew the art of disguise, but she didn't expect that he was actually wearing a human skin mask? !

"There is another letter. He said goodbye to me in the letter and wrote many unfulfilled wishes." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang blurted out, "Take the imperial examination is his wish, not yours."

Ning Jing nodded slightly, "He is the unknown disciple of Lin Shuzhi, the president of Qianshan Academy. He wants to emulate Lin Shuzhi and pass the imperial examination to prove himself, but he doesn't want to be an official and travels around the world."

But the dream of his youth was eventually destroyed by the cruel reality.

When Nian Jincheng found Sujia Village that time, he knew that Ning Jing was fake before he went. Because he was a direct participant in this matter. But at that time, someone else was secretly monitoring him. If he didn't go, someone else would go, and he would really be in trouble.

"Willn't the Jianghu man who made the human skin mask betray you?" Su Liang asked.

Ning Jing shook his head, "That person has evil intentions and has done many evil things. Ning Jing told Nian Jincheng and killed him afterwards. No one else knows except you, me, Nian Jincheng and Uncle Liang."

"Uncle Liang..." Su Liang almost forgot the old man who disliked her very much.

"You can trust him." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang asked again, "Did Ning Jing ask you to fulfill his wish in his suicide note?"

Ning Jing shook his head, "He was determined to die at the time, and when he learned that the Gu family was in trouble, he just wanted to give me his identity to repay his kindness. He wrote a lot of things in the letter, but he didn't ask me to do anything. Before I met Xing Yusheng, I didn't think about taking the imperial examination for him. He also said in the letter that he planned to propose marriage to the girl after passing the exam, and he will never see her again."

Su Liang thought, "Lin Shuzhi's disciple... Zheng'er said that someone called you Senior Brother Ning. Is she Lin Shuzhi's daughter? Is that the sweetheart mentioned in Ning Jing's suicide note?"

Ning Jing nodded and shook his head, "He didn't say it clearly, maybe."

"You met Miss Lin and Lin Shuzhi in the academy today. Didn't they notice that you have changed?" Su Liang asked.

"It's normal if you have changed." Ning Jing said.

"That's right." Su Liang nodded, "It seems that you have passed the test. If Ning Jing is still alive, he should be happy to see you help him achieve his wish, pass the imperial examination, piss off the Ning family scum, and then disappear, so that the world will think that the seventh son of the Xunyang Ning family has traveled around the world. But what if Miss Lin wants to marry you?"

Ning Jing shook her head, "Although Lin Shuzhi cares about Ning Jing, he doesn't want his only daughter to be with Ning Jing."

"Parents' hearts." Su Liang expressed his understanding, "You are a fake Ning Jing, and you are in trouble all the time. How can I feel at ease to marry my daughter to you? When we met today, do you think Miss Lin likes Ning Jing?"

Ning Jing shook his head again, "I don't know."

"Then stay away from her to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Su Liang said seriously.

If you restore your original identity, you can pursue anyone you want. But using a fake identity is a misunderstanding from the beginning, and it is best not to have any emotional entanglements.

But Su Liang felt that he was talking nonsense, and that kind of dog-blooded plot would never happen to someone.

Zheng'er seemed dissatisfied that Su Liang and Ning Jing only talked and ignored him. He waved his hands and called "Aunt" and "Uncle Ning".

Ning Jing reached out to hug Zheng'er, but he turned back and hugged Su Liang, indicating that he was still angry and refused to be hugged!

"Now you don't have to worry about Zheng'er sticking to you to take the exam tomorrow." Su Liang said, "If Chengyun is reliable, Zheng'er's mother should be here soon."

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Qianshan Academy.

After Ning Jing left, the six people in the Ning family said that their head of the family was really seriously ill and that the eldest son Ning Yao had no intention of harming Ning Jing.

The former cannot be verified.

As for the latter, the spectators will weigh it in their hearts.

As the only legitimate son of the Ning family, Ning Jing made a mistake and was expelled from the family. Ning Yao, the eldest son of the illegitimate family, took power.

In addition, from the perspective of blood, Ning Yao is not a descendant of the Ning family at all. The only legitimate heir of the Ning family is Ning Jing. Who would believe that Ning Yao did not mean to harm Ning Jing?

Moreover, although filial piety is a great virtue, scholars know best the hardships of the imperial examination. Ning Jing will take part in the provincial examination tomorrow. If he passes, he will be a juren, which will bring honor to the family. Why did the Ning family appear today and force him to go home immediately?

Put yourself in their shoes. In fact, many scholars will not say it out loud. What they think in their hearts is that even if their parents are critically ill, they will hide it from them at least until the exam is over.

This is "parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run."

To put it bluntly, since the head of the Ning family is going to die soon, what difference does it make whether he sees Ning Jing or not? Is he going to let Ning Jing go back to inherit the family business? Then why did they drive him out in the first place?

Although the rumors say that Ning Jing made a big mistake and the evidence is conclusive, if they don't say what happened in the big family, who outsiders know whether the tribute tea was made by Ning Jing or Ning Yao?

If Ning Jing was really so important to the head of the Ning family, he would not have been convicted and expelled at the beginning!

No matter how much the people sent by the Ning family played the victim, it was useless, because they were facing scholars who had studied for many years, and only a few people would believe them after calming down.

The Ning family asked to see Lin Shuzhi, the dean of the academy, and asked him to help persuade Ning Jing to go home.

Lin Shuzhi did not let them in, but sent someone to tell them to wait outside the academy.

As a result, when the six people waited for Lin Shuzhi to show up, the soldiers also arrived.

The imperial examination was a major event that every local government attached great importance to. When they heard that Lin Shuzhi sent someone to report that outsiders came to Qianshan Academy to make trouble and harass students, they immediately sent people.

Lin Shuzhi said to the official who came, "It's those six people who claim to be from the Ning family in Xunyang. I don't know their true identity or what they are doing. This is a quiet place in the academy. Tomorrow is the date of the provincial examination. They came to make trouble today and refused to leave even if I drove them away. I suspect that they intend to disturb the students' minds and achieve their ulterior motives. Please deal with them seriously."

The Ning family was dumbfounded and hurriedly explained.

The officers and soldiers naturally wouldn't listen. They quickly arrested them all and took them away, promising Lin Shuzhi that they would be severely punished.

"Dad, you forgot to give him the pen for Senior Brother Ning." Lin Xueqing reminded Lin Shuzhi.

Lin Shuzhi shook his head, "Let's talk about it in three days."

"What if he disappears after the exam?" Lin Xueqing asked.

"Find me a rope." Lin Shuzhi said.

Lin Xueqing was stunned, "Ah? What are you looking for a rope for?"

"I will wait at the entrance of the examination hall. As soon as he comes out, I will tie him up and bring him back. Are you satisfied?" Lin Shuzhi snorted.

Lin Xueqing chuckled, "Okay, okay! A gentleman's word is as good as a horse. I will go find a rope for Dad!"

Seeing that Lin Xueqing was really about to run away, Lin Shuzhi called her again, "Don't make a fuss. It's good to know that he is fine. As for the rest, let him do whatever he wants."

Lin Xueqing disagreed, "But after the provincial examination, if Senior Brother Ning doesn't go to the capital, it would be great if he could live in the academy. He may just not want to cause trouble for us. Will Dad really not look for him and see him alone?"

Lin Shuzhi sighed, "Forget it, I can't argue with you. Let's find a rope."