Chapter 100: Confusing
The night is dark
They chased them all the way to the outside of the Su family's courtyard, but still did not see Su Shengsheng and his group, nor did they see any horses on the way there.
However, the Su family courtyard was dark, and there was no sign of anyone returning home.
Chu Zhao looked at Xie Xuan, who had stopped his horse and was looking into the courtyard. "Could it be that Miss Su has returned to Shixianglou again?"
He was feeling a little hesitant when he saw Xie Xuan's eyes turn cold. He turned his horse's head and walked back without saying a word.
At this moment, several messengers hurried over, found Xie Xuan, and anxiously presented the emperor's secret decree.
"General, the emperor's secret decree."
Chu Zhao snorted coldly, "You've only just arrived now, so I guess the court must have been bustling for a while."
He watched coldly as the messenger respectfully handed the secret order to Xie Xuan.
After reading it, Xie Xuan immediately ordered the army to set off.
Before leaving, he looked somewhere in the distance, stared for a moment, and then rode away.
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On the other side, in the inn, Su Shengsheng sent Ji Yanli to the room upstairs.
As soon as Ji Yanli sat down, his face suddenly turned red and he hurriedly hid a scroll under the quilt.
Su Shengsheng looked a little embarrassed. She visited the man's room in the middle of the night and was engaged, so she felt a little uncomfortable.
"Mr. Ji, please go to bed early. If you need any help, you can find me next door."
"Miss Su, you should also go to bed early." Ji Yanli blushed, without looking up at Su Shengsheng, and just responded softly.
After all the trouble, Su Shengsheng was indeed a little tired. Seeing that Ji Yanli was stable, she went back to the room with Qing Ning.
Unexpectedly, Ning Jie, who had settled down first, rushed in holding a quilt and said, "I want to sleep here."
At the beginning, conditions did not allow it, so Su Shengsheng lived in the study with Ning Jie. Qing Ning felt something was wrong at that time.
Now that he could read and write and could speak, how could she dare to let him go? "How old are you? Why don't you sleep by yourself?"
Su Shengsheng saw his pale face and felt a little sorry when she thought of the cruel words those people said to him.
"Go to sleep, I'll keep watch over you."
There was only one bed in the room, so she naturally couldn't sleep with him.
Su Shengsheng turned around, made the bed, and turned on the light.
Qing Ning felt helpless and wanted to stay and watch him, but Su Shengsheng pushed her to another room.
After seeing Ning Jie lying down, his pair of dark eyes stared at her closely.
Su Shengsheng said softly, "Don't think too much. It's all in the past. When you learn martial arts from the Duke in the future, you'll be able to hold your head high and make those who bullied you pay the price."
After saying that, she pulled over a bench and sat down at the table.
Only after Ning Jie closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully did she lean on the table to take a nap.
Perhaps due to the effect of the calming tea, Su Shengsheng quickly fell into a deep sleep and had a sound night.
When she woke up the next day, she found that the man was already lying on the bed.
Facing Ning Jie's dark eyes, she was a little confused for a moment, "You are quite strong!"
Even after skating for an hour, I didn't feel as tired as yesterday.
She sat up and felt dizzy and her whole body ached.
Seeing that Ning Jie actually cared about her and helped her up, she felt a sense of relief in her heart: "My teaching you was not in vain."
At this time, Qingning, who had gone to the kitchen to boil medicine early in the morning, came in with a tray.
There were two bowls of medicine on it, one for Su Shengsheng and one for Ning Jie.
"The young lady said she would watch over him, but she fell asleep unconscious."
It turned out that Qing Ning was worried last night and came to check, but found that the young lady was already fast asleep on the couch, while Ning Jie was curled up at the table.
Su Shengsheng smiled sheepishly, "Has Master Ji woken up?"
"Yanshu prepared the medicine and sent it to Master Ji, then he went to help us deliver the letter home."
Calculating the time, you should know everything by now.
"It's a good thing Ning Yu went to the embroidery room to help out and hasn't been back to stay these past few days, otherwise she would definitely come and kill us."
As they were talking, Su Shengsheng hadn't finished washing up yet when she heard County Magistrate Sang arrive downstairs.
It's so fast, I think it must have the help of the Duke.
Sure enough, when they hurried downstairs, they saw Duke Ningguo also traveling with them.
Ji Yanli had a leg injury and couldn't move, so he didn't come down.
When Ning Jie saw the two people being escorted by officials, his eyes instantly became gloomy.
He took a few steps forward, kicked the two men who were tied to the ground, and knocked them over.
It was so fast that County Magistrate Sang didn't even have a chance to see him.
But seeing Ning Jie's reaction, he must have been caught red-handed, so naturally he had to be given a chance to vent his anger.
When Duke Ningguo saw Ning Jie identify the person, anger appeared on his face and he was about to take action.
The two men cried out in pain, saying they were wronged: "We were in the gambling house all night last night, how dare we kill people and set fire? Your Excellency, please understand!"
"How dare you quibble!"
Duke Ningguo, due to his disability, drew the sword of the soldier beside him and wanted to settle the matter himself, but was stopped by Ning Jie.
"grandfather."
Ning Jie's expression suddenly turned cold. He squatted down, grabbed the chins of the two men, and forced them to look at him.
After only a moment, he frowned and let the two go.
"Not these two..."
County Magistrate Sang heard what Duke Ning said and realized that it was the clues provided by Young Master Ning that allowed him to draw the portrait of the suspect.
At first he was still skeptical, but when he saw Ning Jie acted decisively and spoke with the demeanor of Duke Ning, he couldn't help but believe it a little.
Duke Ningguo slowly lowered the knife in his hand, filled with doubt: "The appearance of these two people is exactly the same as in the portrait..."
The two men had been gambling in the gambling house all night last night and did not return home until dawn. Unexpectedly, they were arrested for no reason.
Upon hearing this, they immediately burst into tears and cried out, "Even if we had ten leopards' courage, we wouldn't dare to harm the young master of the Ningguo family! We did gamble all night in the gambling house last night. If you don't believe me, you can find the people in the gambling house to testify!"
Ever since Ning Jie learned the Memory Palace technique from Su Shengsheng, he has had the ability to remember everything he sees.
Even though he only had a quick glimpse of them last night, their faces were already deeply imprinted in his mind. "Their voices aren't right either."
Duke Ningguo was a little hesitant at first, worried that the fire was too fierce yesterday and his grandson didn't see it clearly.
But seeing Ning Jie's certainty, he couldn't help but waver. "Come here, go get the gambling house owner and everyone who was there yesterday!"
County Magistrate Sang was worried, so after asking for permission from Duke Ningguo, he immediately took his men to arrest the man.
Peace returned to the inn again.
Despite their doubts, the two men were not released.
Although they were inexplicably arrested and beaten, they dared not complain when they saw the angry look on Duke Ningguo's face.
"Could it be that this is a disguise technique passed down from Nanzhao?"
After a while, Ning Guo spoke openly.
Nanzhao was originally an ancient country in the south. After experiencing several crises of national destruction, it was forced to live in a corner and had the strength of a small country.
It is rumored that their king was able to survive by luck when the city was besieged by soldiers thanks to this extraordinary skill.
After hearing what Duke Ningguo said, the two men finally breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to act rashly.
After hearing this, Su Shengsheng couldn't remain calm.
She thought it was just an ordinary business dispute, but now it seems that things are far more complicated than she imagined.
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