Ning Wanyin and Cheng rarely meet each other, so they have a lot to talk about.
Before leaving, Ning Wanyin asked several maids and servants about the details of their encounter with the bandits yesterday...
After this round of inquiry, she gradually came to a general understanding of the whole story in her mind.
She only had half an hour to stay.
After bidding farewell to Cheng, Ning Wanyin returned to the emperor's procession with a handful of soil dug by Lianrui.
Helian Qi was sitting in the dragon chariot drinking tea.
Wang Degui couldn't even imagine it. His Majesty was actually waiting for someone, and he had been waiting for half an hour!
This Ning Zhaoyi is really amazing!
"Your Majesty, your concubine has paid respect to you. The land has been taken." Ning Wanyin bowed and saluted.
Seeing her eyes were red and swollen from crying, Helian Qi couldn't help but ask, "Is your mother okay?"
"Fortunately, it's not serious." Ning Wanyin replied.
Although she only met Cheng briefly and exchanged a few words with her, she felt at ease when she saw with her own eyes that her mother was safe.
Helian Qi didn't say much.
When Shou'an Bofu encountered the bandits, they immediately reported the case to the government. Helian Qi ordered someone to check the files...
There were no useful clues.
But even if we can't find the person, the only ones who dare to do such a thing are either of those two companies.
Some people are so rampant under the feet of the emperor.
How could he not be angry? However, the situation left by the previous emperor was that the emperor was weak and the ministers were strong. He had only been on the throne for three years and his foundation was still shallow. Although the court and the military had been arranged everywhere, it would still take some time.
He could only endure it as the whole body would be affected by a single move.
But it will never be tolerated forever.
The emperor's procession arrived at the pagoda.
Helian Qi burned incense and prayed for blessings, while Ning Wanyin went to see Old Madam Ning.
Old Madam Ning lived in the mountains as a vegetarian for a year, copying Buddhist scriptures by hand every day, and looked much more haggard.
When she saw Ning Wanyin appear, she felt so angry that her teeth were itching.
But she put on a smile and bowed respectfully, "This old lady greets Ning Zhaoyi. Are you here today to invite me home?"
Otherwise, she couldn't imagine what else Ning Wanyin would come to see her for.
"Your Majesty understands that grandma is homesick, and specially asked his granddaughter to bring a gift from home to you." Ning Wanyin said lightly.
Lian Rui took a step forward and presented the gift box in her hand.
There was a handful of fresh soil in the brocade box.
Madam Ning's eyes darkened as she looked at him. "You...what nonsense are you talking about? How could His Majesty reward me with land..."
"Madam, this is the soil from the Ning family's courtyard. It's not just any soil. It can comfort you when you're homesick!" Lian Rui said with a smile:
"Please don't speak nonsense and be disrespectful to His Majesty. Why don't you thank him?"
Madam Ning was almost mad with anger!
She was sent to the mountains and locked up for three years, and given soil...
Ning Wanyin...
When she gets home, she will give Cheng a good scolding for the good daughter she taught!
"Thank you." Old Madam Ning could only swallow her anger.
Ning Wanyin glanced at her and saw that she looked so angry and frustrated, as if she didn't know what had happened to the Ning family.
Ning Wanyin didn't waste any time talking to her and turned to leave the quiet room.
Pengqi had left the house yesterday, and after a day of investigation, he came here early to wait, presenting a knife and reporting:
"Master, those two bandits were masked and their faces were unknown. They left behind this knife in the melee. It is of ordinary style and its origin is unknown. The palace soldiers said that they used a complete set of punches and kicks, and their coordination was very tacit."
"Also, Madam He, who was sent to Zao County yesterday, came back early in the morning and said that when Old Master Cheng was leaving home, he was knocked down by a passerby and injured. The passerby immediately ran away... You and Madam, rest assured, the old man is fine. But the Cheng family did not send anyone to deliver the news to Madam, and the servant who delivered the news is now missing."
It was obvious that this was a trap set by someone to lure Cheng out of the city.
Ning Wanyin's eyes fell on the knife:
"Go check a few well-known blacksmith shops in the city and see which one has received a large order recently. I think we can find some clues there."
The knife was too obvious. It seemed someone had left it there on purpose for her to check.
"Yes." He accepted the order while holding the chess piece.
"Although the person who hit my grandfather ran away, there are still many people on the street. If you spend some money and ask the vendors on the roadside, there may be clues."
"The boxing and kicking moves are complete sets and systems. If they are not from a martial arts school, then they are military kung fu. Let the soldiers draw them and check them."
"As for the servant who delivered the message, he is probably gone. Check his family to see who he has been in contact with recently and whether he has received a large sum of money."
After listening to the case, Ning Wanyin made arrangements one by one.
Holding the chess piece, he received the order: "Yes!"
At dusk, Ning Wanyin returned to the palace.
Many concubines were envious and jealous of the fact that the emperor took her out to pray for blessings, but it did not violate the ancestral rules, and people from the previous dynasty could not find a reason to scold Ning Wanyin.
Another two days.
He returned to the palace with the chess pieces to report:
"I followed your orders and went to several blacksmith shops in the capital to inquire, and I actually found out..."
This is a large, expedited order.
The other party wanted it within three days, so the shopkeeper had a deep impression of it.
"The owner of the blacksmith shop said that the visitor was a manager. He did not reveal his origins, but the pattern printed on the brocade bag hanging around his waist was recognized by him as the emblem of the Cen family."
Who doing business in the capital city doesn’t know the family crest patterns of the two great duke’s mansions?
No one dares to offend these two big families.
Holding the chess pieces, he presented a stack of rice paper. "The soldiers drew the moves of the two groups of bandits. They used the same set of skills. I asked someone and learned that this is the military's powerful sword technique, which is commonly seen in border troops."
"The man who hit the old man was seen by a merchant walking around in circles and entering a wine shop, and then he disappeared. The wine shop is owned by the Xue family."
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