Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 280 Even a foul-mouthed dude has his uses

When Li Yan returned to the center with the jug in his right hand and the suona in his left, everyone's expressions changed.

If the wine pot was poisoned, everyone in the courtyard, from the fake mother to Yan Duzhi, to the maidservants, and even the cook in the backyard, would all be suspected.

If poison was poisoned from musical instruments, many scribes at the banquet, as long as they went to the side to get musical instruments, would also be suspected.

This is good, no one can escape.

Oh no, there seems to be one.

Gong Siguang clapped his hands and applauded: "As expected of Li Jiyi, he knows every detail. The murderer's thoughts and thoughts cannot escape Li Jiyi's eyes. I advise the murderer to surrender quickly and take the initiative to explain, so as not to ask for trouble!"

His hand made an afterimage, too hard, and the palm of his hand was visible to the naked eye.

Everyone glared at him, their eyes turned red visibly.

This dude is really annoying, why didn't he find an opportunity to sink him into Luoshui secretly before?

The atmosphere was suppressed for a moment, and Gong Taoguang at the table suddenly said: "Since the suona is suspected of being poisoned, I might as well recall the order in which everyone played it before."

Startled left and right: "What if there is an order?"

Gong Taoguang got up and said: "With the order, the scope of suspects can be narrowed down. I have an immature idea here, and I hope Li Jiyi can point it out."

Li Yandao: "Tell me."

Gong Taoguang said: "If the murderer put poison on Suona's mouthpiece, then after seeing Brother Zheng finished playing, he should hurry up and wipe off the remaining poison powder, right?"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "You are right."

The other scribes didn't understand: "How do you say that, is the murderer so impatient?"

Gong Taoguang smiled and said, "It's not that the murderer is impatient, but he has to do it."

"There is poisonous powder left on the suona, if another one of us comes forward to play it, gets it on his lips, and drinks it while drinking, brother Zheng will not be the only one poisoned."

"By that time, not only would the murderer be unable to frame the poison as being poured from the jug, but upon investigation afterwards, both poisoned victims would have blown the suona, and the modus operandi would be completely exposed."

"So if the murderer wants to erase the evidence, he must see Brother Zheng step down and go up quickly to prevent the second person from being accidentally poisoned."

After hearing his analysis, many people's eyes lit up: "It makes sense! It makes sense!"

Gong Taoguang said again: "Once the scope is narrowed, there are so many people in the hall, I don't believe that no one will notice the murderer's secret tricks. As long as there are clues, the identity can be locked."

Li Yan nodded: "As expected of a child of the Gong family, he is quite capable."

Gong Taoguang hastily cupped his hands and saluted: "It is Li Jiyi who has discerned everything and saw through the murderer's treacherous tactics, so I can speculate on the murderer a little bit. I must never dare to praise Li Jiyi. Only with the presence of a detective can we clear up the grievances of innocent people like us! "

Li Yan smiled: "That's very good."

Seeing the smile on this person's face, Gong Siguang next to him became anxious.

I flattered horses all the way, my hands were red, I haven't received this kind of treatment yet!

He wanted to speak, but he couldn't think of what to say, so he cast a gloomy look at the side brother, and ground his teeth.

And Gong Taoguang also noticed the cousin's eyes, lowered his head, avoiding his eyes.

Other scribes have already begun to investigate themselves.

Especially those who played at the back had the loudest voices: "I was the last one to go up, and Brother Zheng announced the matter as soon as I finished playing the song."

Another person hastily said: "I was before him, and I was beating the Jiegu. You can all bear witness to me."

Gong Taoguang also said at this time: "I was the third last one to go up..."

As they spoke one by one, the number of people became smaller and smaller, and the faces of the last few scribes became more and more stiff.

There is no doubt that they all went up next to Zheng Hui, and according to Gong Taoguang's analysis, they were the most suspicious.

When the group of scribes were investigating, Li Yan turned to Mrs. Zheng: "I heard that Zheng Langjun is your father's only son?"

Mrs. Zheng replied: "I, Aye, have a deep relationship with your empress. Apart from my elder brother, I also have two younger sisters. It is true that I have no other children."

From this point of view, this Zheng Hui, who lost his two consecutive fiancées, finally had to take a concubine, and was still in hell, was really the only son of the governor of Luozhou.

This is different from Li Sichong. Li Sichong is the only legitimate son. Li Jingxuan has many concubines and has many concubines, but his status is low and he has no sense of existence.

There is no way, the number of children of the noble family is increasing due to the continuous branching and spreading, and the legitimate sons have to compete for resources, how can they be distributed to the concubine sons?

And Zheng Hui has no such troubles at all, he is the only heir, if he dies unfortunately, the incense will be cut off, and he must be loved by the family.

At this time Zheng Daofudan had been carried to the side, Li Yan lowered his voice and asked, "Since that's the case, why is Brother Ling still white?"

Miss Zheng showed a wry smile on her face hidden under the scarf: "To tell you the truth, General Li, my elder brother is proud and arrogant, and he doesn't want to be an official because of his family background. Official...it's a pity that it hasn't been completed yet."

Li Yan comforted: "It's okay, Brother Ling is still young, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Miss Zheng: "..."

Anyone can use these words to comfort, but you, a seventeen-year-old general Dingyuan, can't.

Li Yan was sincere, and the white-haired ones who passed the Jinshi examinations were much grayer, and Zheng Hui's age was so old.

After silently blessing him, he asked again: "So, does your father support him to continue the exam?"

Miss Zheng shook her head slightly: "Aye doesn't support it at all, and has reprimanded him many times for this, scolding him so fiercely, it's the empress who protects the elder brother."

Li Yandao: "Strict father and loving mother. Father is strict. Even if he loves him in his heart, he is not good at expressing it. He often lacks communication with the child. His father is strict on the surface. He should be the same as Lingtang. He loves his son very much."

Miss Zheng's eyes were full of surprise: "General Li is so powerful, it's really like this. Although brother is often reprimanded by Aye, he can do whatever he wants to do in the end. It is because of this that brother can continue to indulge. Bar……"

Li Yandao: "I'm sorry for the hearts of the parents in the world. Fortunately, Mr. Zheng Lang is an auspicious person, otherwise there will be some ups and downs, and the governor Zheng may not be able to bear it!"

Miss Zheng showed a deep look of fear, and nodded again and again: "That's true, fortunately, brother is fine! Fortunately, brother is fine!"

At this time, the order of the scribes was also roughly arranged.

The three scribes were brought over, their legs were a little weak, and they mourned: "I am wronged, we have never touched the suona, let alone poisoned it!"

Li Yandao: "Don't worry too much. Due to Zheng Langjun's poisoning, I have to eliminate the wrong options one by one. The method of suona's poisoning is based on my speculation. There is no evidence at present. If the murderer has no evidence at all, I think If you are so clever, then you are naturally innocent."

The three scribes breathed a sigh of relief, and imitated Gong Taoguang's saying: "Li Jiyi is fair!"

Li Yan led them to the front of the band, and said, "You can see clearly, just now when they were picking up the instruments, did they behave abnormally?"

Ever since the incident happened, this group of musicians has shrunk to the side, not daring to move. At this time, they also showed fear in their eyes, unwilling to speak, for fear of causing trouble to their upper bodies.

Li Yan asked: "Do you all recognize me, Li Yuanfang?"

The eyes of the musicians flickered, and some of them were bold enough to finally respond: "Of course you guys know about Envoy Li. Envoy Li went to Tubo to exalt my heavenly power. There are many rumors in the market. We want to play music to congratulate you!"

Li Yan raised his brows: "Good thing! Hurry up!"

The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty that put a lot of emphasis on dance and music. Not to mention that the nobles could not live without dancing and music, even in folk villages, villagers would gather every festival to sing, dance and perform operas to celebrate.

Therefore, professional musicians have a low status, but they are often well-informed. Those who can play in Duzhi Niangziyuan are also experts in the field. comprehensive.

Li Yan was not polite, and asked them to publicize more.

The social ethos of the Tang Dynasty was like this. Both men and women should be superior and better than others, and they were not interested in the golden mean.

He has made achievements, so he should be remembered by the world. Once he becomes a dance song, his reputation will only increase if he becomes a hit.

Otherwise, it will be limited to a small area and outsiders who don't care about officialdom, no matter how awesome Li Yuanfang is, if you haven't heard of it, you haven't heard of it.

With this foreshadowing, when Li Yan asked again, the musicians relaxed a lot.

But looking at the three scribes, they still shook their heads: "You guys didn't see anything unusual about the three gentlemen, they just came over to pick up the instruments, and then went to play in the arena."

Li Yandao: "Since that's the case, you go back first and call Gong Qilang over!"

The three of them seemed to be pardoned: "Yes!"

At this moment, Gong Taoguang came over, saluted and said: "Xiao Min has seen Li Jiyi."

Li Yan smiled, and said to Gong Siguang who had been following him all the time: "This brother of yours has a similar name to yours, even the address is so similar!"

Gong Siguang laughed dryly when he heard the words, his expression was very ugly.

Li Yan said solemnly: "In front of me, you don't need to call yourself a small citizen, and you don't need to call yourself an official..."

Gong Taoguang hurriedly said: "Don't dare, Li Jiyi's magnanimity is due to his own upbringing, how can we surpass it?"

Li Yan waved his hand: "You don't have to be so obsessed, Gong Goro is better, he's more straightforward."

This time it was Gong Taoguang's face that froze slightly.

Gong Siguang was overjoyed: "Li Jiyi has eyes! I, Goro, have always been straightforward and don't engage in those little tricks. Please just ask Li Jiyi, and I will definitely help solve the case!"

Gong Taoguang couldn't bear it anymore: "Fifth brother and Li Jiyi are walking together, why?"

Gong Siguang was startled when he heard the words: "That's right, why did I bring Li Jiyi here?"

He thought for a while before he realized that he didn't come to be an assistant to solve the case, but to use the opportunity of communicating with Mrs. Duzhi to facilitate clichés.

Now that the words have not come out, the case has been solved, and something is really wrong.

But at this moment, Li Yan patted him on the shoulder, and said in an encouraging tone: "Gong Goro, although you call yourself a dandy, I think you have great potential and should be inspired to work hard. I believe every Everyone has his use!"

Gong Siguang straightened his back suddenly, and said with a red face: "Yes!"

Did you hear what Tang Dynasty detective Li Yuanfang said, I have a lot of potential that can be stimulated!
Regardless of what the hell you were doing, anyway, now that you're a sidekick, don't try to ride on top of me!

(End of this chapter)