Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 362 Reunited with mother after a long absence, but also solving the case

"One-armed, dumb man, a middle-aged man who used to work in the inner guard and called himself uncle dumb, did he raise you up?"

Regarding Master's doubts, Li Yan did not hide in his heart, but asked Mrs. Xie directly.

He didn't think it was a secret before, and he mentioned it when chatting with his confidantes. People around him were more curious about Liangzhou, especially the knowledgeable Liangzhou businessmen.

It wasn't until Director Xie said that Li Dejian and his wife Xie Shi had never been separated in Liangzhou since he was a child, but lived in two places for a reason, that he had doubts about the identity of Uncle Dumb, and even made some absurd guesses. .

But when he asked the little prince to go to Liangzhou, he asked the residents near Xiaolianzi Street carefully, and confirmed that for more than ten years, especially when he was a young child with no memory in the past few years, the dumb uncle lived there and never left. signs of passing.

There was almost no one visiting the house, but there was a one-armed mute with a child who lived in the deepest part of the alley, and there was a lush apricot tree in the yard.

In this way, that kind of absurd speculation will be self-defeating.

Li Yan can be sure that after the age of six, until the age of thirteen, he officially went to the school. When he practiced daily, the dumb uncle would sit under the apricot tree and watch him calmly. Do other things, let alone train other disciples.

But now, he still wants to know, what is the real name of Uncle Dumb?Who is he?
Mrs. Xie wiped away her tears with her sleeves, listened carefully to Li Yan's description, and said in a deep thought: "After your father returned to Chang'an from Wu County, he helped many veterans in the mansion, and many of them were relatives of your grandfather in the past. Wei, he has been battle-hardened and is quite strong, is this dumb uncle one of them?"

In Li Yan's mansion in Luoyang, Xu Da, who is now in charge, is of such a background, not only Li's mansion, Su Dingfang's Su mansion also tried its best to accommodate veterans.

This is actually not a good phenomenon. Letting the Duke's government contribute to providing for the elderly can only show that the collapse of the military system is on the brink.

Li Yan shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think so. If it's really my grandfather's personal guard, why keep me in Liangzhou? Even if you want to avoid the limelight, one or two years is enough, and the family can reunite early , don’t have to wait so long.”

Mrs. Xie nodded and said: "That's right, but this person was born as an inner guard, maybe he has received your father's kindness..."

Compared to Xie's, Li Yan naturally understands the situation of the inner guards better: "I am also an agent of the inner guards now, with great power in my hands, but I heard that the inner guards in the past were more powerful than I am now, and I really mean it."

"In this way, it is as beautiful as it is when it is beautiful, and it is as miserable as it is when it is miserable. Back then, the internal guards were abolished, but there were countless casualties. Many people who did not want to give up were killed. Most of the remaining officials behaved differently. Be cautious."

"Master is the former inner guard. If it is because of my father's kindness that he came to take care of me, then he should be replaced as soon as possible to be safer..."

Xie nodded subconsciously.

Li Yan began to enter the state of case analysis:
"According to the current clues, what happened back then actually needs to meet two conditions."

"First of all, to convince my father that I was indeed safe and sound at that time."

"This is very difficult. After all, the Guanzhong family who had sworn to promise it did not even make a formal apology. After being deceived like this, unless my father saw me with his own eyes, he would not believe the words of outsiders..."

Xie sighed: "This is also the reason why I quarreled with him several times and never returned to Guanzhong."

Li Yan continued: "Secondly, my father must not chase me back. This can actually be explained."

"After all, in the past, the inner guard had a force that clearly opposed the Changsun Fuji, and later even wanted to kill the Changsun family, and the gentry in the pass worked together to make the saint take back his life. If I really played a certain role in it, it would be a deception. crime."

"If the thieves find out the truth, once they return to the mansion, the whole Li mansion may be killed. My father was implicated in Li Chengqian's treason case once, so it is naturally impossible to take the risk of losing the lives of the whole family. , to make such an attempt..."

Xie tried his best to present a gentle smile: "My child, you are really smart."

She was smiling on the surface, but her heart ached.

Such a quick recovery of calmness and the beginning of thinking and analysis just proved the weakness of feelings.

Li Yan also knew that it was really not good to reunite with his mother after a long absence and pretend to solve the case.

But he didn't want to pretend to be warm on purpose. The relationship between parents and children should be the most sincere emotion. If it is mixed with hypocrisy, it would be too tiring.

A capable person like Xie can roughly tell whether a person is sincere. If he can slowly develop some feelings like Li Dejian, it may be a relief or two.

Li Yan's thoughts changed, and he entered the current problem again, his eyes flickered slightly, and he muttered to himself: "Combining all the current clues, there is actually one person who is very suitable, but there are still problems that are difficult to explain, could it be..."

He looked at Mrs. Xie: "Mother, have you or the stewards of the Chamber of Commerce met the direct descendants of the Changsun family? How much impression do you have of their appearance?"

Xie said: "I have met the eldest grandson Fuji, and I am deeply impressed by him. As for his eldest son and grandson, I have also seen him at the Great Court Meeting, but I really don't remember the specific appearance."

She did not reconcile with Li Dejian, and she is still the wife of a first-rank Duke. However, Li Dejian's political status is now marginalized, and her wife is also marginalized.

Even because of the origin of the southerner, no one paid attention to him if he didn't show up all the time. If it was replaced by another powerful prime minister's wife, countless people would have inquired about it.

Discrimination is discrimination. When she first married Li Dejian in the early years, she also entered the Taiji Palace and participated in the Great Court Meeting in the Yonghui period.

At that time, it was Prime Minister Changsun Wuji who presided over the Great Court Meeting.

Li Yan asked: "Is there anyone in the Chamber of Commerce who is good at drawing portraits? Can you draw the appearance of Changsun Fuji?"

Xie's complexion changed: "Son, the eldest grandson Fuji is still taboo in today's court, are you going to investigate him?"

Li Yan smiled: "Because of this former Duke of Zhao, I can't ask outsiders to draw his appearance, and only my mother doesn't have to worry about it."

Xie's heart warmed up, and he gently stroked Xiao Hei's hair again: "Good! Good!"

Li Yan took care and said: "Be more realistic. In addition, people from the Changsun family can draw as long as they have impressions."

Mrs. Xie nodded: "Don't worry! Don't worry! I will try my best to restore the appearance of Mrs. Sun for you."

Another verification method came to Li Yan's mind. He already wanted to leave, but he stayed and tried to talk about some less embarrassing topics.

But Mrs. Xie quickly saw that his mind was not here, and smiled gently: "Son, you go, I'm not used to living in Beiren's mansion, just stay in the Chamber of Commerce, if you have time, come and see more I!"

The Southern and Northern Dynasties ended a hundred years ago, and the gap between the southerners and the northerners is still so great. Li Yan sighed secretly, got up and saluted: "Please rest assured, mother, I will definitely come to see you often, then I will take my leave today, Xiao Hei. Here to accompany you, it is very good."

After he saluted, he gave Xiao Hei a look. Xiao Hei was a little bit reluctant, but he still shook his paw.

Mrs. Xie wanted to send him off, but after hesitating, she felt that she couldn't be so honorable. She watched Li Yan's tall back leave, hugged Xiao Hei, and silently shed tears: "My child has grown up, but I haven't accompanied him for a moment. By his side..."

After chatting with Master Xie for a few more words, Li Yan left Xie's Chamber of Commerce and rode his horse all the way to the imperial city without returning home.

After entering the imperial city, he called Guo Yuanzhen who was in the second hall: "Yuanzhen, there is something that you need to check yourself."

During this period of time, apart from participating in discussions and writing letters in the inner prison, Guo Yuanzhen came to Hongwen Museum to make friends on weekdays. His greatest strength is "able to win people", and he can get acquainted with all kinds of people. Now he has many friends in the second library. The students have forged friendships and cultivated good contacts.

Guo Yuanzhen knew that Li Yan made such an arrangement on purpose to give full play to his strengths, and he was grateful. Hearing that there was a task at this time, he was even more energetic: "Please Liu Lang give orders."

Li Yandao: "Go to the Buddhist temple in Luoyang and ask the monks what Master Xuanzang looks like when he is old. If there are paintings, it will be the best."

This request was very strange, but Guo Yuanzhen responded without hesitation: "Then I will go!"

He acted resolutely, and immediately left the Hongwen Museum, but he did not go directly to the Buddhist temple in Luoyang, but first went to the Honglu Temple to find acquaintances.

The Buddhist gates in Chang’an include the four major temples headed by Daci’en Temple, and there are more Buddhist temples here in Luoyang, such as Dabiankong Temple, Dafuxian Temple, Foshenji Temple, East Taiyuan Temple, etc., among which East Taiyuan Temple is the state of Wei The predecessor of the temple, the temple where Faming was located in history.

Buddhism is too prosperous, Guo Yuanzhen, in pursuit of efficiency, came to Honglu Temple to directly inquire which monastery sent the most monks to Chang'an, Xijing when Master Xuanzang passed away, and then went straight to the Buddhist Temple.

The Foshenji Temple was established in the name of the prince twenty years ago to pray for the emperor. Now that the prince supervises the country, this royal temple that shows filial piety should be even more popular.

However, after Guo Yuanzhen arrived, he found that the flow of people here seemed to be less than before. He rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized that it was the influence of Cheng Wuzhong exposing the monk's face in the street when he arrested Yaren before, so he couldn't help smiling.

Of course, now he is here to investigate the case, so he can't gloat, so he immediately suppressed his smile and went inside to report.

I heard that it was the inner guard who came, and the abbot of the temple came to greet him with a respectful attitude, but he was a little strange when he heard the request: "Master Sanzang was enthroned in Yuhua Temple on the outskirts of Xijing ten years ago, and was later buried in Xingjiao Temple. In the temple, if the benefactor wants to ask about Master Sanzang, why does he come here?"

Guo Yuanzhen's eyebrows showed respect and devotion: "Hearing that Master Sanzang passed away, monks from all over the world felt the merits of this virtuous and eminent monk in translating Buddhist scriptures. They went to participate in the Dharma meeting to see him off, so I will not be far away."

The abbot was still puzzled, but stopped asking: "There are portraits in my temple, please wait a moment, the old monk will go get them."

It was indeed a wait, only a quarter of an hour later, the abbot fetched the portrait: "Please have a look."

Guo Yuanzhen looked at it but laughed and said: "Master, you have taken the wrong one. What I am looking for is not the portrait of Master Sanzang when he was young..."

The abbot clasped his hands together: "This is what the monks of our monastery painted in the fifth year of Xianqing, when Master Sanzang was fifty-nine years old."

Guo Yuanzhen was startled, looking at the monk with smooth skin, no wrinkles, and a dignified expression on the painting, he fell into deep thought.

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