Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 400 "The Final Case - The Murder of Thousands of Changsun Family"

"The Empress Dowager knows all about the history of governors in various states. She arranged the land of Jianghuai on a wooden screen and gave it to the saint. She also revealed that Evergrande cultivated cronies, and the saint was angry..."

Li Yan was watching the daily briefing sent by Eunuch Gao, just in time to see Li Dejian and Mrs. Xie entering the hall, put away the letter, and got up to meet him.

Xiao Hei, who was leaning next to him, also got up slowly, and came to Xie Shi to comfort him.

Mrs. Xie now spends more and more time returning home. She raised several lynxes. After being almost scratched, she fell in love with Xiao Hei more and more.

Li Dejian smiled and said, "Yuan Fang, I heard that General Xue has recovered?"

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, we discussed the strategy against Tubo in the palace yesterday. He is a spirited old man, and his sword is not old."

Li Dejian sighed a little: "During the Zhenguan period, Rengui came to my house to learn the secrets of bowstring strength. Aye spoke highly of him. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed..."

Li Yan listened to him rambling about memories of the past, and didn't bother.

On the contrary, Li Dejian came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head: "When I get old, I often recall the things when I was young... Yuan Fang, we are here to talk to you about life-long events."

Mrs. Xie stopped stroking the cat, and looked over with a solemn expression.

Li Yan's face was calm: "The queen mother intends to betroth the eldest princess, and I am still not suitable for marriage recently."

Li Dejian said: "Eldest princess is less than ten years old this year. It usually takes twenty-eight years to get married. Is it possible that you have to wait six years? You are almost at the age of weak crown, and you are in a high position. Since you have established a career, you should start a family as soon as possible." gone."

Li Yan noticed something: "Which noble lady is it?"

Li Dejian caressed his beard and smiled: "It's Pei Zhongshu's young daughter. You have been taken care of by Mr. Pei since your infancy in Liangzhou. If you can get married this time, wouldn't it be a match made in heaven?"

Li Yan raised his brows slightly. Pei Sijian, the governor of Liangzhou, did take good care of him. Qiu Ying brought him into the inner guard. The Qiu family has weak contacts in the court, but the Pei family seems to be indifferent, whether it is with the crown princess. The relationship, or the relationship between the uncle and nephew of Pei Xingjian, the servant of the Ministry of officials, played a big role in his initial firm foothold.

During the holidays these years, there are frequent exchanges between the two families. If the other party asks, it is really not easy to refuse, but Li Yan thought of the current popularity of the Pei family, and shook his head slightly: "The Pei family in the east of the river now seems to have the first family of the dynasty. If you marry with our Duke of Wei, you will really be able to secure this position, and it will not be a good thing for our two families..."

Li Dejian frowned: "You have been with the Pei family a lot in the court, even if you don't marry his daughter, aren't you a political ally?"

Mrs. Xie said, "According to Yuanfang's intention, marry a daughter from a poor family?"

She didn't have any objection to this, after all, although her ancestors were the incomparably prominent Xie family of Wu County, but now they are also from a poor family, and they only want to marry a wife and a worthy one for their future daughter-in-law.

Li Yandao: "Allies are allies, but the Pei family is already a foreign relative, and this relationship will be different... I don't care about family status when I marry a wife, but I don't have to deliberately choose a poor family. I still hope that I can fall in love with my wife. Wait a little bit! "

Li Dejian saw his procrastination, and sighed: "Yuan Fang, you are now an important member of the fourth rank. Few people in the government and the opposition have your power. Where can we find someone who is in love with you?"

"Your age can afford to wait, but the eldest princess is not yet of marriageable age. I am worried that in a few years, if His Majesty also has the idea to marry you, how can I evade it?"

"It's better to decide on the marriage now. It's the safest thing. Your parents' order and matchmaker's words. Let us be the masters of your life..."

Li Yan was silent and didn't know how to explain for a moment.

He knows his own family affairs, and after realizing his dream of a prosperous Tang Dynasty in this era, he may leave.

Now that he has relatives and friends, well-trained subordinates, and apprentices who have been carefully taught, he will definitely feel sad and reluctant when he leaves.

But the dearest wife and children are not there yet, and there are fewer concerns about this when they leave, so they are somewhat resistant to getting married.

This obviously cannot be said, besides, Li Yan also apologized to the two people in front of him.

Perhaps he would not change his family background, and would never recognize Li Dejian and Mrs. Xie for the rest of his life, but since he came back, his family was reunited, and at some point in the future, they would be separated again, and they would be the most uncomfortable.

"Father, mother, let's take this matter for a while..."

Li Yan sighed, and was thinking of an excuse when an eagle's cry came from outside.

He frowned slightly, showing a dignified expression: "The file of the Lingnan case has arrived, and the child will come as soon as he goes!"

Li Yan flashed out, came to the roof, and made a move towards the sky.

An excited cry came out, and the eagle, which he hadn't seen for a long time, swooped down and landed on his arm.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Li Yan knew that Ying'er was tired, so he didn't demand a landing posture. He patted its head and unwrapped a stack of files from its lap.

These case files investigate the follow-up to the most important case of the previous dynasty, the bloody case of members of the Changsun clan being poisoned after they were exiled to Lingnan.

After solving "Zuo Ming", after Li Zhi passed away, he began to arrange to investigate the events of the year.

However, due to the inconvenient transportation and the fact that too much time had passed, even with Neiwei's network, no useful clues could be found for a while.

In the end, Guo Yuanzhen volunteered and was willing to go to Lingnan Road to investigate in person.

Li Yan couldn't get away from himself. Considering that Guo Yuanzhen in history was originally a county captain in Lingnan, he should be able to adapt to the local environment, so he agreed and let Yinger accompany him. Reporting back and forth.

More than half a year had passed since Guo Yuanzhen's official departure, and they finally came back.

Seeing that Li Yan had a serious business, Li Dejian and Mrs. Xie stopped bothering and went back to the inner house to discuss marriage.

Mrs. Xie intends to arrange it, but she is worried about triggering her son's resistance: "Mrs. Pei, do we want to respond?"

Li Dejian said slowly: "Yuan Fang doesn't care too much about small things, but he is very assertive about big things. His rejection just now is very obvious. I'm worried that if he decides rashly, the marriage will change, and he will miss Pei's little lady. Enmity for nothing..."

Mrs. Xie understood: "Let's take it easy for now. Anyway, don't marry the royal princess. As long as there is a virtuous and kind lady in Gao Menhan's family, he can be his wife. Now he is focused on doing great things and doesn't want to be bound by his children. It's normal to be long and middle-aged."

Li Dejian thought to himself that if a high-ranking son married a regular wife, he might not have any feelings for him. What he really likes is basically the concubine's concubine, but looking at this wife he met when he was down and out, he couldn't help stretching out his hand: "Ma'am, I have no ambitions for a long time." , I would like to immerse myself in the love of my children..."

Mrs. Xie rolled his eyes at him, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "As I get older, my skin is getting thicker and thicker!"

Not to mention the red sunset of his parents, Li Yan carefully watched the situation after Guo Yuanzhen's investigation and summary, and his eyes gradually became serious: "Wu Wang Li Ke's ghost revenge?"

This case also caused an uproar in the local area, because there were so many dead and the death conditions were extremely tragic.

The local government closed the case based on the epidemic, but the people who decided the case didn't quite believe the result of such a fool.

It's a pity that the identities of the members of the Changsun clan are too sensitive, and it was suspected that they were bribed to keep quiet, so the matter was pressed down.

According to Guo Yuanzhen's visit and investigation, the entire Changsun clan fell ill at night, and thousands of clan members exiled by them gathered in the mansion and were monitored by soldiers to prevent them from escaping.

The government soldiers who were watching outside that night heard a sudden burst of abnormal noise in the courtyard. Someone yelled "King Wu is here" and "King Wu is here", followed by a fire in the courtyard.

The raging flames blocked the soldiers who wanted to go inside to investigate. Of course, even if there was no flame, they would not dare to go in.

Because the people who escaped from the inside danced and danced, it was horrible, some were bleeding from the seven orifices, some had skin ulcers, and they were even more confused and shouted.

Under the background of the raging flames in the night, the scene was like a group of demons dancing wildly, and the soldiers' legs were so frightened that their legs went limp.

When their generals came back to their senses, organized fire fighting, and rescued people inside, they found that not many people were directly burned to death by the fire.

The death rate of the real epidemic is also very fast, but it is obviously not the symptom, but later this case was designated as an epidemic, and it was deliberately spread, so that other Lingnan exiles also mistakenly thought that Changsun had the epidemic and dared not approach The compound where the incident occurred.

The above description is said by a veteran who witnessed it with his own eyes at that time. This person was closest to the general at that time, and he heard the name of King Wu from his mouth.

It was related to Changsun Wuji who once slandered King Wu Li Ke for rebellion and gave him to death. Therefore, there were rumors later that it was the ghost of King Wu who came back to avenge and killed Changsun's family.

"According to what 'Zuo Ming' said when she was about to die, she was rescued by her master from this murder, but her appearance was completely destroyed, and she was sent to Master Xuanzang for treatment. The power of self-healing survived."

"And she wants to avenge this blood, but she still can't be sure who did the case back then, and who wants to kill the Changsun family..."

"The ghost of Wu Wang Li Ke is naturally impossible. Where does the ghost come from in the world, but can it be someone related to it?"

Li Yan pondered.

If it is said who has the deepest enmity with Changsun Wuji, it is not Li Zhi who was evaded, but Li Shimin's third son, Li Ke, who was almost selected as the heir.

Li Ke's mother is not the eldest grandson empress, but Concubine Yang, the daughter of Emperor Sui Yang, so she is a concubine, but Li Shimin is quite optimistic about her bravery and bravery. Ji persuaded him, and strongly recommended Li Zhi. Later, when Li Zhi ascended the throne, his grandson Wuji was still very worried about Li Ke, and killed him when he found an opportunity.

This is exactly the horror of seizing the throne. As long as there is a chance to become the Ninth Five-Year Lord, you must succeed. If you fail, your own life and family members will be difficult to save. There are countless similar situations in future generations. Being an emperor is not a child's play. Back off.

Of course, if Changsun Wuji did this, if Li Ke had any surviving relatives or subordinates, he would take advantage of Changsun's exile to take revenge, which would be full of motives.

Li Yan picked up a pen and circled the word "Wu Wang", with firm eyes.

With his current status, he rarely investigates the case himself. The inner guard does not depend entirely on him. He should train a lot of talents so that it can be passed on from generation to generation. But regarding this bloody case, he will go all out to track down the murderer and let the truth come to light. !
Because this case may be the source of everything...

It may also be the final case that I, the great detective of the Tang Dynasty, personally pursued!
(End of this chapter)