Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 456
"There are no ghosts in this world, Chong Yan, why are you scaring yourself?"

After hearing Ming Chongyan's first notice of entering the government, Li Yan sat down slowly, raised his teacup and sipped it, with a calm expression on his face.

Ming Chongyan smiled bitterly: "As expected of Liulang, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his color, but Pindao thought that he would almost desecrate the souls of the dead, and he was really disturbed."

After all, Ming Chongyan was a Taoist priest, and it was normal for him to believe in the theory of ghosts and gods. Li Yan felt it necessary to comfort him: "Actually, Yang Sijian's death was very hasty. He was demoted to an outsider and died of illness on the way. It is said that his body was buried in his ancestral home. There is a real possibility of suspended animation."

Ming Chongyan's expression eased.

Li Yan carefully analyzed again: "This is not an unfounded speculation. I once solved a case. The victim of the case bought fake death medicine from the Western Regions in order to achieve his goal. As a result, the medicine was replaced one after another, and finally became the real one. Deadly poison."

"If Yang Sijian also took a similar fake death drug and pretended to be seriously ill and died, then the officials in the county must have done a hasty autopsy."

"Send the report back to the capital. This great Confucian is dead in everyone's perception, and no one will pursue it carefully."

Ming Chongyan heaved a sigh of relief: "If the living are really making trouble, the poor are not afraid. If this Yang Gong is really alive, he is nearly seventy years old, so what can he do?"

Li Yan's expression became serious: "Don't be careless. At present, we know very little about Yang Sijian, and the court and the central government are secretive about her, so the investigation was so difficult... You just talked about Yang Sijian with Xu Jing, what else did he say? ?”

Ming Chongyan said: "Pindao heard a lot of things from him. Yang Sijian was born in Hongnong Yang's Guan Wangfang. In terms of blood, he is a close relative of the former Sui royal family. He has a lot of connections with Mrs. Rongguo's line."

"Later Mrs. Rong Guo was kicked out of the house by the Wu family. She took her three daughters to join her mother's family, and she had to be taken care of by Yang Sijian. Before she left the cabinet, Mrs. Yang met the current queen mother. She has a good reputation, but she is not like the queen mother. In the palace..."

"Then Xu Jing also said that his elder brother Xu Ang also admired Mrs. Yang's reputation and hoped that Xu Jingzong could propose a marriage for him, so even if Yang Sijian married a daughter secretly, the concubine didn't need six rituals, and Changsun didn't say anything. , but the news still leaked out, Xu Ang yelled at him, he would rather be a concubine than a regular wife, and look down on him..."

"What makes Xu Jingzong quite jealous is that after the former Zhao Guogong conspired against him, Yang Sijian left the relationship with Mrs. Rongguo and was not implicated. Instead, he began to teach His Majesty today, and Young Lady Yang even became engaged to His Majesty. If later It wasn't because of He Lanminzhi's incident, the current head of state is not General Pei, but him."

Li Yan listened carefully, his eyes flickered slightly: "Is that Xu Ang still in your hands?"

Ming Chongyan said: "This person has a strange temperament. Not only does he gamble excessively, but he also feels a little bit deliberately embarrassing his family."

Li Yan had seen a lot of filth in the big family, thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid he had an affair with Xu Jingzong's stepmother back then, and the matter became serious again, and if he was exposed by his family, he would naturally feel revenge after returning from exile."

"However, Xu Jingzong has been through many storms in his life. He finally forgave this son and passed on the title of lord. It may not be due to his old age, but he may also want to get rid of the empress camp and defile himself in order to protect himself."

Ming Chongyan's complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Could it be so? Gaoyang County's family has a great career, and he can't be defeated as a dude. That way, pretending to be smart and participating in the Empress Dowager's seizure of power will be a disaster of copying the family and exterminating the family!"

Li Yandao: "This is just a possibility. Maybe we think highly of him. He is just a helpless dude. But it doesn't matter if you look high, but you should not underestimate him. You should keep an eye on this person. Don't let him out easily. By the way, ask more questions about him." Let’s see if there is any discrepancy between what the two brothers said.”

Ming Chongyan took the order: "Yes!"

Li Yan took care of some matters, and after watching Ming Chongyan leave, he wrote a short letter and released the pigeons.

In less than half a day, Yang Zaiwei appeared in front of him, quite impatiently: "Have you found out the identity of 'Zuo Ming'?"

Li Yandao: "'Zuo Ming' may be the daughter of the famous Confucian Yang Sijian, Mrs. Yang."

Yang Zaiwei had no impression of Yang Sijian, but after hearing this surname, his face darkened: "Is this person also from the Hongnong Yang family?"

Li Yan nodded slightly: "Yang Sijian was born in Guanwangfang."

Yang Zaiwei gritted his teeth: "No wonder 'Zuo Ming' abducted the children of the Yang family to train them to practice fish intestines, but no one was kidnapped from the Guan Wang Fang, so she herself was born in the Guan Wang Fang!"

"That's right, the Hongnong Yang family was originally a descendant's false name. There is no blood relationship between the various houses, but they have been merged into a genealogy. 'Zuo Ming' wants to start with the Guanzhong gentry, so it is natural to start with familiar people. "

"Abducting children is not only to train direct subordinates, but also to coerce all the houses to obey their orders. With the support of Hongnong Yang, it will be much more convenient for her to act in the name of the eldest grandson Fuji..."

Li Yandao: "Identity verification can actually explain many things. For example, I was also wondering why she would contribute to He Lanmin's case. After all, the things He Lanmin did were unknown before, but now I understand. , is not a coincidence, but has been related for a long time."

While Yang Zaiwei hated "Zuo Ming", he also hated such beasts as He Lanminzhi: "Why didn't her sister kill He Lanminzhi early when something like that happened to her?"

Li Yandao: "That depends on whether her own hatred is more important or the hatred of her family is more important in her heart."

"The actions of 'Zuo Ming', uniting foreign tribes, cultivating secret spies, and raising dead soldiers, have affected Tubo, Longxi, Jiangnan, Hebei, and Liaodong. Although the pattern is not big, it is indeed aimed at overthrowing the regime, and Possessing a considerable degree of destructive power, she will naturally not cause trouble, and kill He Lanminzhi before it can be done."

"However, when the news of He Lanminzhi's madness spread, she would pay attention to it again. Only then did all the subsequent developments occur, and she recognized my chain knife and locked the identity of my master..."

Yang Zaiwei was stunned: "So that's how it is."

Li Yandao: "If Yang Sijian hadn't died, he was originally Si Wei Shaoqing. Si Wei was the Wei Wei Temple among the nine temples. He was in charge of weapons and cultural relics. He had many interactions with the imperial army, the general arsenal, weapons, and palace guards. He was immediately demoted because the position is too important to be held by a person with a grudge."

"Even so, Yang Sijian is very clear about how to produce weapons. From the dead soldiers kept by Jia Sibo to the weapons used by the Tuyuhun people, they all come from the Zhechong Mansion. Disasters come from within!"

Speaking of this, Li Yan sighed.

Due to the gradual collapse of the Fubing system, many weapons were resold. He also sent Kang and his son to investigate carefully, but the situation in the army is very complicated and difficult, and there has been no obvious breakthrough so far.

In view of Xue Chuyu's attempt to reform the military system in history, he also failed and resigned quickly. In Li Yan's mind, the military system reform is the most important part of all reforms. It is related to the military system and land annexation, which determines how long the prosperity can last.

Yang Zaiwei concluded: "Ms. Yang is the executor, Yang Sijian is behind the scenes, and the father and daughter conspired. According to this, Mrs. Yang is not a scapegoat. At most, she was killed to save her father before she died. Tell us what you did and what you did, let us not pursue it any further."

Li Yan frowned slightly, always felt that there was something weird, and said seriously: "So far, we have no empirical evidence, and we are all in the stage of speculation, so we can't make a judgment."

"Isn't it easy to get evidence?"

Compared to Ming Chongyan's trepidation, Yang Zaiwei has no taboos: "Whether Yang Sijian is dead or not, wouldn't it be enough to go to the place where he was buried and open a post-mortem examination?"

Li Yan shook his head: "Unless I have to, I don't want to do that."

"If our guess is wrong, Yang Sijian's daughter died in vain, and he himself was demoted. He is already a victim, how can he bother the deceased?"

"What's more, if they do it perfectly and replace it with a corpse of a similar age, we don't know much about Yang Sijian, so how can we tell the authenticity?"

Yang Zaiwei was a little helpless: "That's true, but the autopsy is not possible, so how can we be sure? Should we start with Weiwei Temple?"

Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "After 'Zuo Ming' dies, assuming that Yang Sijian inherits her inheritance and gets nearly half of her staff, what do you think he will do?"

Yang Zaiwei frowned: "He Lanmin died a long time ago. According to what you said, he was smashed down together with the Buddha statue, and there is no body left. Yang Sijian's youngest daughter's revenge has been avenged, so he came after us to avenge his eldest daughter?"

Li Yan shook his head: "If he wants to avenge Zuo Ming, he won't allow you to take away the other half of the forces. It's time for tit-for-tat, at least try. Have you ever been assassinated?"

Yang Zaiwei said: "That's not true."

Li Yan felt a little regretful: "No one came to assassinate me. It would be great if the murderer was like Ashina Huan... Not to mention that, from the perspective of a bystander, He Lanminzhi is undoubtedly the biggest sinner, but for In terms of what happened to Yang Sijian, he may not only hate He Lan Minzhi the most, but also those who protect He Lan Minzhi."

Yang Zaiwei frowned: "Mrs. Rong Guo died a long time ago, He Lanmin died, and the late emperor passed away. Isn't the empress dowager the only person left?"

Li Yan looked at the bright moon in the sky, thinking that when he came to Chang'an for the first time, he entered Duke Zhou's mansion on the second night to frighten Wu Minzhi, and said slowly: "Yes, the queen mother is the only one left with the sins of that year!"

"So besides opening Yang Sijian's coffin for autopsy, there may be another way. Wu's hometown is in Bingzhou, and Zhou Guogong and Mrs. Rongguo were buried there in the past. Send someone to see if there is any movement there. .”

Yang Zaiwei acted resolutely, turned around, waved his hands, and disappeared into the darkness: "I'll go there myself, the matter of the previous generation's 'Zuo Ming' should come to an end!"

……

Ten days later, the letter sent by Fei Ge fell into the mansion.

Li Yan unfolded the letter, and a line of handwriting came into view:
"Wu's ancestral tomb was destroyed, Mrs. Rong Guo's coffin was split open, the coffin was opened and the corpse was destroyed, and the ashes were scattered."

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