Tang Xinghuai always maintained a calm and unhurried demeanor.
"You should think about how to explain this to the soldiers in the army."
"You're making it sound like I've committed some heinous crime. You've convicted me without any evidence?"
So that's how it is. They dared to act so recklessly because they were certain they had no evidence.
Song Ning sighed: "Tang Xinghuai, is it because Xie Linzhou didn't help you when your family had that accident that you're holding a grudge?"
"What do you mean? I have never met General Xie before."
"Is that so? Isn't it because you feel wronged after what happened at the Prince Chen's mansion back then, and now you want to seek revenge on the Jiang and Xie families?"
Tang Xinghuai's expression finally changed.
“I had someone check the case files, and they clearly recorded that the Prince Chen’s mansion sold smuggled salt back then, and in order to prevent the matter from being exposed, they killed several families along the way.”
There was also human trafficking. Although the Jin Dynasty had servants who sold themselves, it was all based on the principle of voluntariness. The majority of the people trafficked by the Prince Chen's Mansion were young women. These young women were either sold to remote mountain villages or to brothels. Some were taken into the courtyards of those who trafficked them because they were beautiful, and were eventually tortured to death. And so on...
"Stop talking!"
Tang Xinghuai finally lost his composure, his face contorted with murderous intent as he stared intently at Song Ning.
"You can't even listen to this? There's much more recorded in those files. Most of those girls are still alive after they were rescued. Have you gone to see them? Go see the sins your father and the Prince Chen's mansion have committed."
"That's all fake! It was all a conspiracy between that dog emperor and the Xie family! The Prince Chen's Mansion would never do such a thing, absolutely not!"
Song Ning spoke calmly and unhurriedly: "So you're admitting that you have a connection with the Prince Chen's Mansion?"
Tang Xinghuai realized he had lost his composure, so he stopped pretending and looked directly at Song Ning.
"What you've said are nothing but fabricated accusations. You're a member of the Xie family now, so naturally you're on their side. But I'm different from you. The hatred of having my family wiped out is irreconcilable!"
After hearing Jiang Shuyue's account of the Prince Chen's residence, Song Ning sent people to investigate, and the investigation uncovered quite a bit.
Tang Xinghuai selectively turned a blind eye, his heart filled only with hatred, yet he never considered how many heinous things the Prince Chen's mansion had done back then.
Song Ning suddenly smiled: "It's okay, the witnesses and evidence are on their way, and I believe you'll see them soon."
This was the first time Song Ning had seen a look of shock on Tang Xinghuai's face since they met.
She wasn't completely ignorant; after learning Tang Xinghuai's identity, she began to investigate.
She instructed Zheng Gaoyi to investigate the Prince Chen's residence, Jiang Shuyue to find case files for her, and Zheng Gaoping to investigate the victims from that year.
The remaining details were also clarified during this process.
It has to be said that for a place like the Prince Chen's Mansion to produce a child like Tang Xinghuai is truly a genetic mutation.
Everything that happened at Prince Chen's residence was traceable, but Tang Xinghuai was the youngest child in the family at the time, so he didn't know many things, only that his family was gone.
Coupled with the repeated instigations from the former subordinates of Prince Chen, Tang Xinghuai has only wanted revenge for the past ten years.
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know when the person arrives. You probably won't be able to go anywhere these days."
No sooner had he finished speaking than several people entered and seized Tang Xinghuai.
"Lock him up, keep him under close guard, and forbid anyone from contacting him."
"yes."
"Song Ning, you..." Tang Xinghuai did not expect Song Ning to think of this. He really could not underestimate her.
"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Your Highness Prince Qi."
Tang Xinghuai was taken away, and Song Ning instructed, "Don't keep such a close watch on him. Letting a few in occasionally is fine."
Zhang Ping understood and immediately laughed: "Young Madam is really smart. Luckily you gave the order in advance, otherwise Tang Xinghuai would have really run away. Don't worry, Young Madam, I will definitely keep a close eye on him."
After having dinner and chatting with Princess Jianing and Madam Xie for a while, the two returned to their residence.
When Song Ning told Xie Linzhou about the matter, he was essentially handing the matter over to Xie Linzhou.
Anyway, now that Xie Linzhou is back and his injuries have healed, these troublesome and demanding tasks should be left to him.
"I'll leave it to you from now on. I need to rest. I'm exhausted from looking for you these past few days. I need to take a break."
Upon hearing this, Xie Linzhou quickly asked, "Are you feeling unwell? You should see a doctor." With that, he ordered someone to fetch a military doctor.
Song Ning wasn't actually sick; she was just exhausted. After all, she had been physically and mentally exhausted before.
As soon as the doctor left, Xie Linzhou muttered to himself, "It's been so long, why is there still no sign of anything?"
Song Ning asked in confusion, "What's that noise?"
"Oh, it's nothing, you should rest."
It seems his previous efforts were ineffective. No, he has to ask the army doctor for some medicine.
That evening, Song Ning discovered that Xie Linzhou was working extra hard, as if he wanted to break her. So the next day, Song Ning went into the city and refused to live with Xie Linzhou anymore.
Within the city of Ling is the General's Mansion, which has belonged to Xie Linzhou since he arrived in the Southern Territory.
Xie Linzhou also thoughtfully assigned her several maids and guards.
Before the people Song Ning had found arrived, the people from Nan Yue started causing trouble again.
The atmosphere in the city became tense again, but fortunately, there was no need to worry about any villains causing trouble behind the scenes.
Just then, I received news from Tianxiang County.
The opening of trade between the Jin Dynasty and the Northern Liang Dynasty was a great success. Today, Tianxiang County has become even more bustling than Yuanzhou City, and Magistrate Hu's eyebrows are practically pointing to the sky.
Many people want to move to Tianxiang County, but Tianxiang County is currently booming, and after such a long time, its population is basically saturated.
It's not like before when we had nothing. Back then, no one would come even if we begged for help, but now we can't let go of what we have.
In order to limit the population, Tianxiang County has now begun to restrict the number of people allowed to settle in the county, allowing only those who have made contributions to the county to do so.
Tianxiang County is bustling with activity right now, and Song Xiu'e has decided to expand her business. The current size of her garment workshop and soap workshop is not enough, so she has decided to expand them. She wrote to her to ask for her opinion.
Miss Xie has already returned to the capital, and Jiang Shuyue also set off for the capital a few days ago.
There was also Zhou Ling'an. Zhou Ling'an did participate in this year's imperial examination and was on the list of successful candidates. However, due to the war in the southern border, the court did not publicize it widely and only sent officials to the students' hometowns to report the good news.
The person who brought the good news should still be in Tianxiang County at this time. Zhou Ling'an, a high school student, went back to Tianxiang County with the person who brought the good news to pick up his elder brother and sister-in-law.
The imperial court has assigned me a mission, and I will likely be staying in the capital for a considerable period of time.
Finally, there was a result, and Song Ning was happy for him.
That's wonderful, everyone's life is getting better and better...
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