When Ji Wu heard that Li Zhi had an appointment with Nalan Meng in private, she was very puzzled and seemed to forget her status and asked directly, "I heard that the emperor has approached Nalan Meng, do you really plan to bet her on this?" Bureau,"

It seemed that Li Zhi was in a good mood today, and he didn't care about Ji Wu's presumptuous behavior, so he said, "You are right, she is really a special woman, she is very courageous, no wonder she snatched her at the wedding."

"The emperor didn't say that she would affect Ning Yu's obedience to you, so why did you give her a chance?"

Regarding Ji Wu's doubts, Li Zhi showed confidence, "Don't worry, she lost the bet with me when she agreed to bet with me, but you overreacted a bit. You must know that even if Nalan Meng leaves, you will not be able to return to An Ningyu's side." , do you know why?"

"Because Ji Wu is the daughter of a criminal minister?"

"No. Because you fell in love with someone you shouldn't love." Apparently Li Zhi was referring to An Ningyu.

"The emperor doesn't trust Ji Wu?"

"Things that I can't even control, what do you guarantee? Never underestimate how crazy a person can do for love. Back then, I was hesitant. Don't forget the last time you were at the wedding I lost control and almost killed her, so how can I rest assured that you will continue to stay with her." Li Zhiyao thought that in order to get love, he would marry Wu Meiniang, the woman of his father's king, at the risk of the world's crimes, and almost for Luo Lan and his mother. Turning against each other and losing the throne, every love is so earth-shattering, but it is a pity that they also bear equal blame.

That night, Nalan Meng received a secret letter from Li Zhi.She never expected that the gambling game turned out to be a murder case. She was asked to investigate the real culprit who killed Zhang Shilei, the household servant ten days ago. If she can successfully complete the task within the agreed time, find out the culprit and bring him to justice, then You can continue to stay with An Ningyu, otherwise you will never come if you leave on your own.

Nalan Meng is no stranger to the name Zhang Shilei.At the beginning, An Ningyu brought Ji Wu to Beijing to propose a marriage, passing by a small town under his jurisdiction, his son Zhang Zhen died unexpectedly, and the biggest suspect was An Ningyu. The murderer Lin sisters were caught, but it was a pity that Zhang Shilei stalked An Ningyu, and had to cede land and pay for An Ningyu, who suffered heavy losses. Of course, Nalan Meng didn't know these details.The only thing he knew was that Zhang Shilei and An Ningyu had a very tense fight because Ji Wu stabbed someone.

Unexpectedly, after such a long time, he actually entered the capital and became the servant of the household department.If there is no amount of money in the background, she can't be such a big official. Nalan Meng doesn't know why Li Zhi asked her to investigate the cause of Zhang Shilei's death, but she has an ominous premonition.

However, Nalan Meng is a straightforward and righteous person by nature. Even though Zhang Shilei is not a good person, she still investigates the truth with a normal heart.The file sent introduced that Zhang Shilei was suddenly appointed as the Minister of the Household Department and went to Beijing to take up a post a while ago.It's a pity that I had no blessing to enjoy and was brutally assassinated by others within a few days.

In order not to make An Ningyu suspicious, Nalan Meng made up an excuse at random, and took the waist card sent by Li Zhi to leave the palace under the escort of two imperial guards.

Although the Spring Festival has passed for more than half a month, the strong festive atmosphere can still be felt on the streets. The people are wearing new clothes and enjoying a prosperous scene. Festive couplets are posted in front of every household. In front of the house, I saw the red clothes after the firecrackers were burning.

On the contrary, Zhang Shilei's mansion looked very deserted, the brand-new vermilion lacquer on the gate exuded a smell, and the golden lion head door buckle was extravagant, it seemed that the mansion had just been renovated but it was facing a funeral.White mantles can be seen everywhere in the pavilions and corridors like dragons Panteng everywhere, and the black "liberation" on the white lanterns all exaggerate the desolation of loss.Sorrow and music echoed in the mansion, causing Nalan Meng to be exaggerated with sadness unconsciously.

Walk through the vestibule to the middle hall and see a coffin placed in the center. After the first seven days, you can still see the family wearing mourning and mourning.Even though he didn't like Zhang Shilei very much in the past, Nalan Meng also burned incense to worship the deceased.

Along the way, I found that there were heavy soldiers guarding both inside and outside. After all, the one who died was the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department, and a homicide happened at the foot of the emperor. Everyone was particularly concerned. It happened that the emperor was almost assassinated in the Prince Liang’s mansion not long ago. Especially tense and stepped up the investigation, suffering from no clues, only the relatives of the victim postponed the burial, and kept the scene of the crime and sent people to guard it.

"May I ask if it's Miss Nalan?" A man who looked about [-] years old and dressed in an official uniform walked up. Regarding the murder, the palace has sent someone to explain that Miss Nalan will participate in the investigation of this case, I never thought you would be a woman at such a young age." Seeing that Nalan Meng was only seventeen or eighth, Sima Cheng felt rather helpless. Face, "Miss Nalan doesn't stay at home to be a female celebrity, so what are you doing here to participate in the cooperation? Is human life such a trifling matter in your eyes?"

"Master Sima's words are contemptuous of women. How dare you ask, is your mother a woman? Without her, I am afraid that today's master would not have the opportunity to stand here and talk to the little girl, would he?"

"You..." Sima Cheng was speechless for a moment, his face turned red from holding back, "I don't believe in evil, you can find the real culprit before we do."

"Our goal is the same, so why do you want to separate each other? Why don't you tell us the results of your investigation and see if the women can help you." Nalan Meng is too lazy to play politics with Sima Sheng. What she is most worried about now is Zhang Shilei His death is really related to An Ning language.

"I have asked everyone to ask everyone. At the time of the incident, Mr. Zhang was alone in the study, and suddenly there was a scream. When people rushed into the study, they found that the person had been stabbed to death by a sharp sword, but no one People saw the appearance of the murderer. Mr. Zhang just came to Beijing not long ago, and he did not offend anyone. I am afraid that the murderer may have followed him and has been looking for an opportunity to kill him. The official has ordered people to go back to his hometown to inquire. Seeing who we have offended, then we can narrow down the scope of the assailant." Sima Cheng is not stupid, so he quickly thought of how to lock the murderer, and if this continues, the words of tranquility will undoubtedly be exposed soon.

It is necessary to find more clues before Sima Sheng. Nalan Meng never believes that An Ningyu is the murderer.So leaving Sima Sheng alone, he left Zhang's mansion and rushed back to the palace. When he entered the palace, he specifically checked the records of personnel entering and leaving the palace on the day Zhang Shilei was killed, and found that Brown's name was on it, and the time of leaving the palace was also the same as the time of the crime. It fit so well that Nalan Meng had to link the two things together.

Returning to An Ningyu's dormitory with mixed feelings, she found that she was not trying to walk with crutches.Seeing that she was about to fall, Nalan Meng hurried forward to support her, looked at her with sweat on her brow and said distressedly, "Didn't the imperial doctor say that you should not rush to heal your wounds, otherwise it will backfire, why are you so unreasonable?" obedient?"

"It's okay, my own body knows best, don't worry." An Ningyu sat down on the chair with Nalan Meng's support, "Didn't you say that you were so bored in the palace and went outside to get some air, why did you die so quickly?" Back? And..."

"What else?" Nalan Meng thought she was being tried on by An Ningyu, so she inevitably became nervous.

"And why don't you bring me some snacks, I'm almost tired of eating all the delicacies in the palace."

"The access control is too tight and you can't bring it in." Nalan Meng is now one head and two big, so he doesn't have the heart to find snacks.

"Oh, it's okay, why don't you tell me where you are going today?"

"Yu, I've walked too much today and I'm a little tired now."

"Then go back to sleep, and I'll have someone wake you up after dinner." Although the two are close, they are not married yet. In order to avoid gossip, they lived in two separate courtyards.

"The wound needs time to heal, you can't be so impatient and pay more attention to rest."

Nalan Meng helped An Ningyu to the bed and left reluctantly. Before leaving, he did not forget to wink at Brown in the room.The understanding Brown glanced at An Ning Yu, seeing that she was lying on the bed about to rest but didn't notice, so he also left the room with Nalan Meng, "If you have any questions, you can't ask Ning Yu in front of Ning Yu, you have to be so sneaky Are you calling me out?"

Nalan Meng asked straight to the point, "I know very well what you did, I want to ask you, did you leave the palace in the afternoon ten days ago?"

"What did I do to make you question me like this, and where did I go that day?" Brown frowned.

"Why don't you say it? Could it be that you have a ghost in your heart?" Such an evasive answer made Nalan Meng feel even more uneasy.

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Did you go to Zhang Mansion?"

"How would you know?"

"So you really killed Zhang Shilei?" Nalan Meng still couldn't believe it.

"Show evidence if you have the ability, don't spout blood here." Brown seemed a little irritated, "No matter what reason you want to intervene in this matter, but in the end, stop now immediately."

"You don't have to hide it anymore. I knew that Ning Yu and Zhang Shilei had had conflicts before. Now that the Ministry of Criminal Justice has stepped in to investigate, it won't be long before the entanglement between you two will be found out. By then, Ning Yu will become the main suspect. How can you let me ignore it?"

"So you have been following us since you left Yangzhou. You were also in that town at the time, so why didn't you show up? Could it be that you planned the encounter in the Temple of Mercy? What is your conspiracy?" Brown asked several times in one breath. The problem, after all, Nalan Meng knew about Zhang Shilei's relationship with Ning Yu, so he sounded the alarm, "You have a deep city, and you have fooled everyone."

"I admit that you followed up after you left Yangzhou, but things are not as complicated as you think, and I have no intention of hurting or deceiving Ning Yu." Now Nalan Meng couldn't argue with her, she looked at Brown's questioning question His eyes and heart were cold, "You must not tell Ning Yu about this, I will explain it to her personally when I have a chance."

"It's better, you know that Ning Yu hates people cheating on her."

"Then you can tell me now, did you kill Zhang Shilei? Does Ning Yu know about it?" Without Brown's reminder, Nalan Meng knew the seriousness of the matter very well, but what could she do?Before she knew An Ningyu, she never found it so difficult to tell the truth, but now she realizes that lying is easier.

"Didn't you realize that from the beginning to now, you have been focusing on one issue. In fact, you deeply believe that I am the murderer. What's the point even if I deny it? No matter what reason you want to find out the truth, but don't Bring Ning Yu into it." Brown turned around and said before going back to the room, "You know why Ning Yu went against the doctor's orders, and insisted on walking like a normal person before the wound healed, and then put the You take her away from the place of right and wrong, don't waste her painstaking efforts and insist on turning into this muddy quagmire."

Suddenly, she found that Brown was right. After she learned that the deceased was Zhang Shilei, everything Nalan Meng did was trying to prove that Brown was the murderer.The subconscious made her lose the ability to judge rationally. She couldn't bear that An Ningyu was the mastermind, but she couldn't convince herself to deny this fact.

The author has something to say: It has been said that Xiao Ye is a fan of suspense detectives, and this time it is the turn of Nalan Meng, who is full of enthusiasm, to chase the murderer.

Everyone can play your small universe and guess who is the murderer behind the scenes?

Could it be true that An Ningyu, who held a grudge at the beginning, instructed Brown to take revenge, or was he the murderer in the game set up by the emperor?

Or is it not that simple, neither of them?

Let's guess together.

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