Ning Chen looked at Zi Su, "Then what is the truth?" Zi Su said softly: "Back then, King Duan and the Governor of Xiuzhou found my father and brought an imperial edict, saying that it was His Majesty's decree to plant something called fairy flowers." "Your Majesty had a decree, so naturally my father did not dare to neglect it, so he found Uncle Liu." "That year, thousands of acres of farmland in Qinghe County were all planted with fairy flowers." "But in the first year, all the fairy flowers died... but the court gave the people money to continue planting them the second year, but they still couldn't plant them the second year." "But this time, the court did not allocate any more money to the people, but the fairy flowers must continue to be planted." "In the third year, all the fairy flowers were still dead, and the people were impoverished, with no food to eat and no clothes to wear... My father and Uncle Liu finally discovered something was wrong." "They started to submit memorials to the court, but all the memorials came to nothing." "At this time, the people had no way to survive and were forced to rebel... King Duan sent a large army to suppress it. In the entire Qinghe County, more than half of the 100,000 people were killed or injured." Ning Chen's eyes suddenly shrank.
He had read the case file, and there was indeed a record on it, but it was completely different from what Zisu said. What is recorded in the case file is that Yan Wenbo and Liu Zhichen colluded with grain merchants to resell grain seeds, resulting in the people having no harvest, so the people were forced to rebel. King Duan sent troops to suppress it and indeed killed some rebellious people, but only more than a thousand people were killed. Afterwards, King Duan opened the granary to release grain, appease the people and stabilize the situation. For this reason, His Majesty also specially commended King Duan. Ning Chen was puzzled, "One hundred thousand people, more than half of whom were killed or injured, how did they deceive the Holy Spirit?" Zisu's eyes were angry, "Xiuzhou is the fiefdom of King Duan. There are 50,000 troops stationed in Xiuzhou. Isn't it easy to deal with those unarmed people?" "Although the 50,000 troops belong to the imperial court, it is reasonable and reasonable for King Duan to mobilize the army in the name of countering the rebellion!" Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "So your father and Liu Zhichen became the scapegoats?" Zi Su nodded, her eyes sparkling with tears. "What on earth is the fairy flower?" Ning Chen asked. In fact, he already had a guess, but he still wanted to make sure. "Ning Yinyi should be familiar with it. The fairy flower is the raw material of fairy powder." Ning Chen sighed deeply, as expected. Xiuzhou has a humid climate and is indeed a good place to grow fairy flowers. It seems that they started researching fairy powder more than ten years ago. I guess it's because of the wrong planting method that I haven't been able to succeed. So, the fairy fans appearing in the capital are probably closely related to King Duan. This also shows that they have successfully planted fairy flowers in the past two years.
"A few years ago, Senior Shanglu brought you to the capital, not just to visit your uncle, right?" Zi Su nodded silently, "Prince Duan is a prince and holds a high position. Ordinary people would not dare to take care of this case... If you want to overturn the case, you must find someone who is not afraid of power." Ning Chen said: "The Supervision Department belongs to His Majesty alone and does not participate in party disputes... Geng Jing is deeply trusted by His Majesty and he is the best candidate. That's why you often went to the Supervision Department at that time?" Zisu nodded silently. "Then why did you give up in the end?" Zi Su smiled bitterly, "Master Geng is indeed very capable, but he is too foolish and loyal... He only listens to His Majesty." "Although we found the truth, there was no evidence. In addition, Master Geng had been avoiding me during that time, so we finally gave up." Ning Chen sighed, "Does Royal Physician Lin also know about this?" Zi Su hummed, "Actually, I was planning to sue him at that time, but in the end my uncle persuaded me... That was Prince Duan. Without conclusive evidence, not only would I not be able to sue him, but I would also be involved in it. " "Uncle Master asked us to be patient and wait for a suitable opportunity." Ning Chen nodded, "Yiyi Lin did the right thing! When people sue an official, they have to fight thirty times first, let alone what you are suing is a prince." Zi Su said: "We listened to our uncle's advice and then left the capital." "You will know later! Yudie told me everything about you in the letter. I originally wanted to ask you to help my father and Uncle Liu rehabilitate...but after seeing you, I gave up! " Ning Chen was surprised, "Why?" "Because you are a good person! Daxuan needs you and the people need you. I can't drag you down because of my own selfishness." "The most important thing is that you are very good to Yudie. I don't want to implicate Yudie, nor do I want to implicate you, so I decided to end this matter with my own hands!" "But I still want to thank you!" Ning Chen was slightly startled, "Thank me for what?" Zi Su smiled and said: "Fireguns! The governor of Xiuzhou and the prefect are all protected by experts, not to mention Prince Duan, and they are very cautious... I have thought about bows, arrows, and poisoning, but the success rate is not high. ” "I heard that you were the one who made the musket. It's so awesome... You've indirectly avenged me!" Ning Chen smiled silently. "You're amazing!" Zisu was a little confused, "What's so great about me?" Ning Chen said: "You had the courage to pick up a gun and succeeded. It's really amazing!" "If it were me, if I couldn't see hope, I would do the same thing as you." "Zisu, I'm going to force you to stay here first... leave the rest to me!" Zi Su said softly: "Actually, you can just pretend not to know and live happily with Yudie for the rest of your life... Why do you want to help me at the risk of ruining your future?" Ning Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "I told you, my lust makes you crazy!"
"I don't believe it!" Ning Chen smiled, chatted with Zi Su for a while, got up and walked out of the cell. Ning Chen and Li Zhixing were silent all the way and came to the outside of the prison. Ning Chen stopped and looked at him, "Master Li heard it, right?" Li Zhixing's eyes were complicated, "What I heard was what Ning Yinyi wanted me to hear, right?" Ning Chen smiled, "Master Li, as the chief officer of this case, has the right to know." Li Zhixing smiled bitterly, "I was dragged into the water by you." Ning Chen looked at him, "In fact, Master Li has another choice, which is to inform Prince Duan... and then find a way to kill me." Li Zhixing said, "Will Ning Yinyi give me the opportunity to inform Prince Duan?" "Master Li is a second-rank official of the court, and Ning is just a small Yinyi, how can he restrict you?" Li Zhixing snorted, "Don't try this... You have made great military achievements, are deeply favored by His Majesty, and are the future son-in-law... Anyone with a little brain will not provoke you." "I can kill Zi Su, Yu Die, and everyone related to this case, so that this case ends without a result... But I can't kill you. Although Prince Duan is a prince, he is far away in Xiuzhou and cannot return to the capital without an imperial edict. He can't do anything to you now." "Let's take a step back. Even if I can kill you and use your head to ask for credit from Prince Duan... Will His Majesty let me go? Will the Supervisory Office let me go? Will General Chen let me go? And will the Fire Gun Battalion and the Weilong Army, who have been with you through thick and thin, let me go?" "Even if these people let me go, the spit of the people in the capital can drown me." "Ning Yinyi, I've been hurt so badly... I have to wade into this muddy water even if I don't want to." Ning Chen couldn't help laughing, "If Lord Li hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known how powerful I am?"