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The Minister also cupped his fists and said politely, "Sir Inspector, there is no need for you to be so courteous. This official should be bowing to you."

"Teacher, you are too polite. It is only right for a student to pay respects to you." Southern Ocean smiled at Zhuang Shangcheng, the head of the Board of Justice.

Zhuang Shang City forced a smile on Hai Yang's face.

After being courteous, Nanhai shot a glance at Zhining out of the corner of his eyes, then looked at Zhuang Shangcheng. He stood with his hands behind his back, in front of the horse carriage, and the faint smile on his face instantly disappeared, "Mr. Zhuang, I wonder what Chen Zhi has done to bring her away?"

Zhuang Shangcheng looked at the Southern Ocean and snorted to himself. He knew that the sudden appearance of the Southern Ocean was definitely not as simple as a visit. He solemnly looked at Zhining, then turned to the Southern Sea and replied, "Chen Zhi, you injured my subordinate and insulted me in the streets. That's why I ordered people to arrest her."

"Chen Zhi, is there such a thing?" Nanhai coldly looked at Zhining and asked sternly.

Although Zhining was angry, she could not flare up on the streets, and could only reluctantly answer, "Yes, it's true. Subordinate and a few friends have found a lot of evidence to prove that Lu Zhao was innocent. "Therefore, we begged Senior Shang Shu to reopen the case on the street and restore Lu Zhao's innocence, but not only was he unwilling to reopen the case, he also injured the Lu granny who had come to stop the carriage. This subordinate was forced to do this and injure Sir Shang Shu's subordinate." As she replied, she turned around and glanced at Grandma Lu, who was being supported by Bing'er.

The Southern Ocean followed Zhining's gaze, and when he saw that the corner of Grandma Lu's mouth was stained with blood, his two handsome eyebrows slightly knitted together.

Nanhai took a long look at Grandma Lu, then turned to look at Zhuang Shangcheng, "Sir, Grandma Lu risked her life to ask sire to reopen the trial on Lu Zhao, perhaps he really isn't the culprit?"

Zhining couldn't help but turn to look at the Southern Ocean in surprise. Did that mean that the Southern Sea believed that Lu Zhao wasn't the killer and would then avenge Lu Zhao?

"Nope." Zhuang Shangcheng answered without thinking. He was very confident in his case with Lu Zhao; apart from Lu Zhao, no one else could have been the culprit.

"You are wrong! "Lu Zhao isn't the real killer, the real killer is." A young man in a long brown robe stood in the crowd and loudly refuted Zhuang Shangcheng.

Everyone looked at the youth, including Nanhai. They were all very interested in the latter part of the sentence, and that was, who was the real murderer.

However, the young man did not continue speaking. He slowly walked to the front of the carriage and looked at Zhuang Shangcheng fearlessly.

Zhuang Qingcheng glanced at the youth standing at his feet, his right hand hidden in his sleeves tightly clenched into a fist. He extended a finger and pointed it at the youth, ordering his guards, "Demonic words to bewitch everyone, capture him!"

The youth was neither angry nor happy. He waved the folding fan in his hand and fanned himself with a cold breeze as he looked at Zhuang Shangcheng with a solemn expression …

"What, is the lord afraid that we will find the real culprit and embarrass you?" Her voice was not loud, and everyone present was able to hear her.

At this moment, several guards had already arrived in front of the youth. They stepped forward to capture him.

Zhuang Shangcheng could not help but snort, "This official has been investigating cases for many years and has never interrogated a wrong person. Why would I be afraid?"

"Since sire keeps saying that Lu Zhao is the culprit, and since Grandma Lu and Chen Zhi have evidence to prove that Lu Zhao was wrongly accused, both sides have been in a stalemate. "In order to be fair, I've decided to reopen the Lu Zhao case." Southern Ocean stood in front of the horse carriage as he spoke to Zhuang Shangcheng and everyone present.

Although Zhuang Shangcheng was furious, he was not convinced of the existence of the Southern Seas. But the official position in the South Sea was greater than his. He had to bear with it.

"Alright, since the Lord Inspector has said that the case of Lu Zhao will be reopened, I shall keep you company until the end." Zhuang Shangcheng forcefully put down the curtain of the carriage and ordered the manservant, who was driving the carriage, to get up from the ground, "Go to Shuntian Yamen." Shuntian was specialized in handling all sorts of cases in the capital, and neither the Minister nor the Chief Patrol Officer had their own yamen office in the capital. Therefore, they could only go to Shuntian to hear the case from the yamen.

Nanhai glanced at the two guards holding ZhiNing, and coldly said, "Are you still not going to let her go?"

The two guards looked at each other and quickly let go of ZhiNing.

While rubbing her aching arms, ZhiNing walked up to Nanhai, gave him a grateful glance, then lowered her head and respectfully called out, "My Lord."

Nanhai lightly glanced at ZhiNing, then he tore off the jade pendant hanging around his waist and handed it to ZhiNing, "Take this jade pendant to the Prime Minister's Mansion and bring the murderer to the Shuntian Mansion."

Zhining did not expect that Nanhai would actually give her the task of capturing the murderer. She raised her head and looked at Nanhai in shock, reaching out with both hands to receive the jade pendant from his hands, respectfully accepting the order, "This subordinate obeys." He then turned around and walked towards the Prime Minister's Palace.

ZhiNing couldn't help but look gratefully at the back of Nanhai, then turned to look at Bing'er and the brown robed Sihan. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Lu Zhao was saved.

Prime Minister's Estate.

The prime minister and the first wife were sitting in the main hall, sipping tea.

"Master, the constable under Lord Constable's command, Chen Zhi, is outside begging to see you." A servant entered the hall and respectfully reported to the Prime Minister.

The first minister knitted his eyebrows in suspicion. He placed the teacup on the table and looked at the servant.

"Send him in."

The first wife carried a teacup and watched the servant's back as he left. She took a sip of the tea and then placed the teacup on the table. She looked at the door of the hall with a cold expression.

ZhiNing followed the servant into the hall. She gave the first wife a deep look, then looked down at the ground. As she did so, she could clearly see that the first wife had a healed scar on her hand. She clasped her hands together and respectfully greeted the two seated at the head of the table, "Chen Zhi greets the prime minister and the first wife."

"No need for formalities." The prime minister raised his eyes to look at Zhining and ordered indifferently.

"Thank you, Lord Prime Minister." Zhining put down her hands, standing straight in front of the Prime Minister.

"Master, Chen Zhi was ordered by the Chief Patrol Officer to bring the first and second madame to Shuntian for questioning." ZhiNing respectfully said to the Prime Minister.

The Lord Prime Minister immediately looked displeased. He stared coldly at Zhining and said, "Why did you want to send Shuzhen and Wushuang to the Shuntian?"

"Reporting to Lord Prime Minister, it's because of the case with Lu Zhao. "Lu Shao's mother has always stood up for him. So the Chief Patrol Officer decided to retry the murder of Xiu-Er." Halfway through her words, ZhiNing raised her eyes and glanced at the first wife, only to see that the first wife had a calm expression. On her face, not even the slightest hint of fear or panic could be seen. ZhiNing couldn't help but secretly admire the First Madam. She was actually so calm, as if Xiu-Er's death had nothing to do with her.