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Who knew that right after she stopped walking, the Chen family's guard frowned as he held his stomach, looking as if he was in pain.

Zhining had already walked away from the Chen family's Wei, but from the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of Chen family Wei's uncomfortable look.

ZhiNing took a few steps back, standing beside Chen Jiaxuan and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Chen Jiawei tried his best to suppress the pain in his stomach and stood up straight. "It's nothing. I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach."

When Zhining looked up, she saw the beads of cold sweat on Chen Jiawei's forehead. She turned around and glanced at Nanhai, "Go take a rest. I'll be responsible for the safety of the patron." With these words, Zhining quickened her pace and followed behind Nanhai.

With mixed emotions, Chen Jia Wei looked at the back of Zhining leaving, then he covered his aching stomach and walked in the opposite direction.

The Southern Sea followed the long corridor all the way to the gardens of the Southern Prefecture. The arrangement of the Southern Mansion's garden was simple. Other than a few small flower beds, there was only a small pond. Southern Ocean stood at the edge of the pond and watched the beautiful scene in the pond. Zhining stood behind the Southern Ocean and followed the line of sight of the Southern Ocean.

The pond was round, the water clear enough to see the bottom, green and shiny. The pond was surrounded by dense woods. Among them, the weeping willow was the most eye-catching. As the breeze blew, the willow branches danced in the wind. One could tell that Lady Liu's figure was extremely beautiful. Below him was a patch of green grass with small yellow and blue flowers blooming on it. Although the flowers were ordinary, they were famous for their flowers. Occasionally, he would see wild flowers all over the place, but it was a different kind of charm. ZhiNing could not help but admit that the Southern Sea had a different eye than ordinary people.

Hai Yang stood by the pond with her hands behind her back, admiring the beautiful scenery before her.

"Thank you." Zhining looked at the back of the Southern Ocean and slowly thanked him.

"Thank me?" Hai Yang turned around and looked at Zhining in shock, as if what Zhining had said to him was a joke.

"Right, thank you. You're willing to reverse the case for Lu Zhao." ZhiNing expressed her gratitude to Southern Sea. She had wanted to thank Southern Sea for a long time, but she had not had the opportunity.

Nanhai couldn't help but chuckle, somewhat disbelieving that Zhining would thank him. "I didn't expect that you would say thank you to me." Chen Zhi had always hated him. It was not that he did not know, but he had never expected that Chen Zhi would actually say thank you. This truly surprised him.

"Subordinate has always been a person who deals with matters of the public and private alike. It is only natural for Subordinate to thank your subordinate. However, that does not mean that your subordinate will change his original thoughts. " She had always been a fair person, so she would naturally be grateful for what she owed, but would still hate what she owed. She wouldn't change her opinion of Southern Sea just because Southern Sea turned the tables on Lu Zhao.

Nanhai lowered his head and smiled. Chen Zhi's answer was even more unexpected.

"Constable Chen, there's a young master looking for you outside." The old steward of the Southern Prefecture walked over to Zhining and said.

Sihan? They had only separated not long ago, but Sihan had already come to the Southern Prefecture to find her. Could something have happened to her?

ZhiNing looked towards the Southern Ocean with an inquiring look.

"Go." Nanhai said to Zhining without even turning his head.

"This subordinate will take his leave." ZhiNing respectfully bowed to Southern Sea, then hurriedly left the garden.

Not long after Zhining left, Nanhai turned around, looking at her back with the intent to think. If he didn't remember wrongly, the person who had requested Master Shu's apology to Lu Zhao that day was precisely Liang Si!

However, why had Liang Si come to the Southern Prefecture to find Chen Zhi at this time?

Zhining hurriedly rushed to the entrance of the Southern Prefecture. She believed that there must be an urgent matter for Sihan to want to see her in such a short period of time.

Before Zhining had even walked out of the South Mansion's main entrance, she anxiously asked Sihan, "What matter do you have to meet me so urgently for?"

"As we walk, we'll talk. Do you know about the murder case that happened in the Clear Heart Pavilion this morning?" Sihan, who was walking in front of Zhining, asked.

"I know a little, but I heard that Senior Qi and Cheng Guan were the ones who caught the crafty killer on the spot." ZhiNing quickened her pace as she walked alongside Sihan.

"The culprit they caught was actually Liang Yuqi." Sihan sighed deeply and said to Zhining.

"Him? How is that possible? " Although Liang Yuqi had a belly full of evil tricks, he was as timid as a mouse and didn't have the guts to kill someone.

"He really doesn't have the guts, because the killer isn't him, but someone else. We're going to the memorial hall right now, and Bing'er and Lu Zhao are waiting for us at the city gate." Bi Sihan quickened her pace. If she had come into contact with the corpse earlier, she would have known the cause of death and the time of death.

At the city gate.

Bing'er and Lu Zhao had just arrived at the city gates when they saw ZhiNing and Sihan rushing over from the other side.

Bing'er walked in front of Sihan and handed her folding fan to her. "I think my clothes are too simple for such a noble folding fan."

Sihan could not help but chuckle. She looked at Bing'er in amusement and said sarcastically, "Do you think the more you slap, the hotter it gets?"

Bing-Er rolled her eyes at Sihan. Nothing could be hidden from her.

The four of them walked out of the city. Not far away from the ruins, there was a room made of bricks.

Sihan, Zhining, and Bing'er looked at each other, and Bing'er was the first to speak up. "Why would there be a new house?" She remembered that the last time they had examined Xiu'er's corpse, the memorial hall had been burnt to ashes. She thought that the memorial hall would become open air, but she didn't expect it to become a brand-new house.

"This is a brand-new room, built by the patron. It was just built not too long ago." Lu Zhao looked at the room not far in front of him and explained to the three of them.

"Did you build it?" ZhiNing suspected that she had heard wrongly.

Lu Zhao turned his head to look at Zhining, and answered very precisely, "Yes, Sir Inspector. "That day, for some reason, the chief inspector suddenly visited the memorial hall. When he learned that the memorial hall had been set on fire, he ordered someone to build a new room for the memorial hall. He also ordered the guards to have a place of refuge there." He was also very surprised that a dignified patrolman would care about the matters of a small memorial hall!

Zhining couldn't help but recall what she had said to Nanhai the night before the reopening of the case against Lu Zhao. She had said to Nanhai, "Your subordinate and two friends went to Yizhuang to examine Xiu-Er's corpse. However, not long after we left, Xiu-Er's corpse was set on fire."

She had been curious as to why Nanhai had suddenly decided to retake the case against Lu Zhao. It turned out that he had come to the memorial hall. He believed that Xiu-Er's death was a secret. And he had used Sihan and Bing'er to wash away Lu Zhao's grievances and announce the crime of the First Wife to the world.

And in the court hall, Nanhai didn't say much. This way, he wouldn't have to offend Sir Shang Shu, and at the same time, he could make Lu Zhao suffer grievances.

She had guessed correctly, the Southern Ocean was indeed a smart person.