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In the beginning, he had wrongly accused Lu Zhao, and it was the South Sea that had wiped out his reputation by cleansing Lu Zhao of his wrongdoings. He had offended Zhuang Shangcheng indirectly. Later on, his son, Zhuang Ziqing, had only asked Zhang Qiang to poison the brothel girl, Cai Die, and then kill Zhang Qiang. He had even almost killed them. Fortunately, the Southern Sea had appeared in time to save them. In the end, Zhuang Ziqing was killed by the Southern Ocean.

How could Shang Cheng, an old recluse who had lost his son, possibly forget his reputation? How could Zhuang Shangcheng let go of the South Sea so easily?

Zhuang Shangcheng pointed at the prison head on the ground and angrily said, "Impudent! How dare you stop the one who holds the Gold Medal of Life and Death! Someone, drag him down and lock him in the prison!"

A few guards stepped forward and propped up the collapsed prison.

"Master? "Lord?" The head of the prison looked at Zhuang Shang City pleadingly.

Zhuang Shangcheng simply turned his head away without even looking at the jailer. With a wave of his hand, he ordered a few jailers to bring the jailer down.

"My lord!" The head of the prison was dragged along by the guards as he called for Zhuang Shangcheng.

Placing his hands behind his back, Zhuang Shangcheng stared coldly at the back of the prison guard.

Eunuch Ning looked at Zhuang Shangcheng with a smile. "The displeasure on his face has disappeared without a trace." "Hehe, so I misunderstood you, Sir Zhuang." At the end of his sentence, he shot a look at Zhining from a angle that Zhuang Shangcheng could not see.

Zhuang Shangcheng immediately returned the smile, "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

ZhiNing's gaze had been fixated on Eunuch Ning's body. When she saw Eunuch Ning give her a meaningful glance, she immediately understood. Holding the Death-Free Medallion in her hand, she slowly walked up to Zhuang Shangcheng and clasped her fists, "Eunuch Zhuang, Chen Zhi wishes to see the Lord Prefect." There was no doubt in her light voice.

When Zhuang Shangcheng saw Zhining, a hint of gloom quickly flashed across his face. He instinctively wanted to reject ZhiNing, but when he saw the death-proof gold medal in Zhining's hands, his expression suddenly turned ugly, but he quickly concealed it. His peripheral vision flicked a glance at Eunuch Ning, but he saw that Eunuch Ning had his hands behind his back, his back facing him, not even sparing him a glance.

"Zhuang Shangcheng clenched his fists tightly, and then he looked at Zhining calmly." "Constable Chen has a Gold Medallion of Immunity in his hand. Naturally, he can see anyone he wants to."

The corners of Zhining's mouth lifted into a faint smile. "Thank you, Lord Zhuang." After finishing her sentence, she turned around and walked towards the cell. When she turned around, she cast a grateful glance at Eunuch Ning's back.

Zhuang Shangcheng stood on the spot, angrily looking at ZhiNing's back. His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and even when his nails had pierced deep into his palms, he had not noticed at all. Only when Zhining's back had disappeared from his line of sight did he retract his resentful gaze.

When Eunuch Ning saw that Zhining had already entered the cell, he turned to Zhuang Shangcheng and said, "Mr. Zhuang, there are still matters that I need to settle in the palace. I'll be leaving first."

"Take care, Eunuch Ning." Zhuang Shangcheng clasped his hands together and looked at Eunuch Ning with a smile.

Eunuch Ning smiled at Zhuang Shangcheng, then turned around and left the cell.

As soon as Eunuch Ning turned around, Zhuang Shangcheng's smile disappeared and was replaced with a vicious expression.

Eunuch Ning lifted the curtains of the carriage and got on.

In the middle of the carriage sat Long Ao Tian, dressed in a brocade robe. At this moment, Long Ao Tian was lying down on the tatami with his eyes closed, resting.

Just as Eunuch Ning boarded the carriage, Long Ao Tian opened his eyes and looked calmly at Eunuch Ning.

When Eunuch Ning saw Long Ao Tian closing his eyes to rest, he initially wanted to not disturb him, but when he saw Long Ao Tian open his eyes, he immediately reported respectfully to Long Ao Tian, who had already gotten up from the bed and was sitting in the horse carriage, "Your Highness, this servant has already followed your orders and allowed Constable Chen to enter the cell quickly to visit the Chief Patrol Officer."

Long Ao Tian looked through the curtain of the carriage to look at the cell, then said indifferently to Eunuch Ning, "Return to the palace."

ZhiNing gently opened the door of the cell and slowly walked into it. This cell was different from the one they used in the Jin Dynasty, there was no smell of humidity or mildew. Such an environment made Zhining feel slightly at ease.

The setting of the cell was almost exactly the same as the previous one. There were cells on both sides of the cell, one after the other. There was a passageway between them. There were prisoners on both sides of the cell. They sat on the floor with their heads lowered, seemingly lost in their own thoughts.

She walked along the aisle in the middle of the cell until she came to the middle of the corridor. She saw the Southern Ocean sitting with its back to her, dressed in white prisoner garb, looking at the ground as if lost in its own thoughts. Zhining slowly walked to the front of the cell, holding the bars of the cell door with both hands, quietly looking at the Southern Sea.

At this moment, in the Southern Ocean, with his long black hair draped over his shoulders, his two handsome eyebrows were slightly furrowed as if he had thought of some difficult problem. His face was pale and his body was thinner than before. She was so thin that it made her heart ache. However, everything else was fine. At least, there were no injuries on the naked skin of the Southern Sea at all. This made Zhining feel very surprised.

It was very strange that when she did not see the Southern Sea, she seemed to have a lot of things she wanted to say to him. However, after seeing him, she did not know how to open her mouth to the Southern Sea, much less what to say to it.

Seeming to have sensed that someone was looking at him, Nanhai raised his head to look at the door of the old room. When he saw Zhining, a hint of surprise flashed across his face, followed by joy, "He's here." Southern Ocean looked at Zhining and spoke indifferently, as if he knew Zhining would come here to see him.

Zhining's eyes were so wet that tears almost flowed out. She sniffed forcefully, forcing back the tears in her eyes, then looked at Nanhai with a similar smile, "How are you?"

Nanhai raised his eyes and looked around, then looked at Zhining, "Very good, there's food, there's wine, and there's even a place to stay. I've been very good."

Nanhai was still like that, with a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth as if nothing had happened, but ZhiNing knew that Nanhai was pretending that nothing had happened in front of her.

She squatted down and looked at Southern Sea, who was still sitting on the ground, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. Even now, I still can't find out who caused the old general's death."

The smile on Nanhai's face immediately vanished, as he looked at Zhining seriously, "You found out that the old general was killed by someone?"

ZhiNing nodded, then told the Southern Ocean about Si Han's deduction of how the old general had been killed.

After Nanhai heard this, he suddenly realized what had happened. He couldn't help but laugh at himself. "So that's how it is. No wonder so many coroners and imperial doctors couldn't find out that the old general killed himself and not him!"

"But that's all we can find out. There's nothing else." Sihan lowered her head and said guiltily. It seemed like she had overestimated her ability. She was still standing at her original position, without any progress at all.

"It would be great if we could find out if he killed her instead of committing suicide." Hai Yang looked at Zhining and praised him. Indeed, he had not misjudged her. Miss Liang could indeed find out how the old general had died.

"But those who can escape the sight of Ming Wei in the House of Generals and sneak into the old general's room to kill him. His skills must be very high, if he was unprepared and pierced a silver needle into the old general's heart, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness, then this person does not need to use too much effort, and only needs him to know some light medical skills. Nanhai said to Zhining.