Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 61 Three Hundred Suspects

the next day.

Li Yan, who had a little trouble sleeping, got up, and Cao An, who hadn't slept all night but was already used to it, immediately brought the toiletries.

In this era, there are already toothbrushes, but toothpaste has not yet come out, and green salt is used.

When Li Yan was in Liangzhou, he used willow branches to brush his teeth. He soaked the willow branches in water in advance and bit them open when he needed them.

At this time, the toothbrush that Cao An brought was made of bovine bone. It was first processed and polished, and then fumigated with sulfur to deodorize and disinfect the shape. As for the bristles, most of them were made of pig bristles. But it is indeed much cleaner to clean up than willow branches.

After washing and tidying up his appearance, Li Yan came to the dining hall, greeted the crown prince and greeted him, and began to eat.

The royal family always paid attention to meals, not only the dishes, but also the order of the seats, and the courtiers invited, all represented political signals.

At this time, the crown prince was in the main seat, and Li Yan was the only one who invited him to the banquet. Even the officials in the crown prince's uterus were not summoned, and they paid full attention to it.

If it was another courtier, he would have been flattered long ago, but Li Yan was more concerned about a hearty breakfast.

During the period of Li Shimin, the expenses in the palace were relatively simple, but in the generation of Li Zhi and Empress Wu, they became extravagant.

Especially after moving into the new home, Daming Palace, the enjoyment has suddenly been upgraded to a higher level.

At this time, a simple breakfast has a lot of precious ingredients, which are delicious in color, fragrance and extremely attractive.

In comparison, there was only a bowl of porridge and a few stacks of vegetarian dishes in front of the prince, so Li Yan didn't eat too much.

On the contrary, the prince smiled and said: "Liulang, don't be restrained, I can eat more if you eat well."

Hearing that he changed his familiar address, Li Yan knew that the Crown Princess must have blown the pillow wind, and started to cook: "Then you are welcome!"

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that he was free and easy, the prince laughed and indeed ate half a bowl of porridge more than usual.

After the delicious meal was finished, the melodious morning bell echoed in Daming Palace, and the crown prince said, "I'm going to greet my father right away. Can Liu Lang relieve my worries about ghosts?"

Li Yan got up and said: "Behind the haunting in the palace, there must be something strange. I will try my best to find out the truth for Your Highness!"

"Then there will be Laurokuro!"

The prince nodded slightly, and then smiled wryly: "If not, father will definitely come from the Taishi Bureau to ask the doctor of curse ban to serve ghosts and ask the ghosts, and let the imperial medical department make killing ghost pills and put them in the palace, and the empress will ask for help." Immortal master, virtuous and eminent monk, a commotion is necessary..."

Li Yan was also speechless after hearing this.

The name of Dr. Curse Ban sounds like the kind of folk tea doctor, wine doctor, tile doctor, ax doctor, cooking pot doctor and so on.

But in fact, it is a serious official of the imperial court, the official rank is from the ninth rank, and it is mainly responsible for explaining the method of prayer and the means of making spells.

It has some effect, so I won't talk about it.

Killing Ghost Maru is also very interesting.

It is rumored that someone in Luozhou suffers from a kind of dysphasia. What other people say, the ghost in that person's throat will also say it, and they cannot control themselves.

Doctors in ancient times didn't know about repeaters, and they had never seen this kind of strange disease. After thinking about it for a long time, they came up with a method, taking a copy of "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", and reading the name of the medicine in front of the patient.

Every time the name of a medicine is read, the ghost in the patient's throat repeats one, but when it reads the medicine that the ghost is afraid of, it stops repeating in the throat, so the doctor fetches this medicine and asks the patient to take it, and the medicine is cured. .

Ghost: You trick me...

Using a similar principle, the Imperial Medical Office used herbs that are afraid of ghosts to make killing ghost pills, just like mothballs in later generations, and put them in the palace to drive away ghosts.

As for the Taoist masters, great virtuous monks, they are obviously Taoist monks. They usually keep magic sticks, and it's time for the end of the show.

There is no doubt that the effects of the above three are close to zero, and they may still be negative.

With the poor and weak body of the prince, after being tossed a lot, he might be seriously ill.

In view of this, the prince went to face the saint, and Li Yan immediately went to the mourning hall in the West Garden to collect clues.

However, after careful inspection for half an hour, compared with those obtained last night, there is nothing new.

Li Yan ordered: "Bring all the palace servants who have seen ghosts in white clothes and maidservants in the headless palace here."

Not long after, four people were brought over.

Cao An, two other servants, and a maidservant.

Li Yan asked separately: "Tell me all the ins and outs of the ghosts you saw, and don't omit any details."

When these people were talking about the process, he activated his talent and looked at it four times.

The results were more or less the same.

"Emotional feedback—fear!"

"The reasoning begins!"

"Fear of ghosts."

"The reasoning is correct!"

……

After the dull reasoning, Li Yan fell into deep thought.

There is no pretense among these people, and the testimony is all right.

To sum it up, the three servants including Cao An found ghosts in white clothes, leaving water marks every time they walked by, and another court lady found the headless palace maid, which she saw through the window.

When they encounter ghosts, they are all at night, which is in line with the time when ghosts go to work.

"but……"

"very strange!"

"Whether it's the sense of shock or the sense of panic that may be caused, the maidservant of the Headless Palace is much stronger than the ghost in white?"

Li Yan frowned.

Yuwen Chengdu in the Bloody Eagle in the original plot is just the headless general who can't figure it out. If it weren't for this, Li Yuanfang wouldn't be too scared to move.

It's not about getting ghosts involved, but since the other party can pretend to be a more terrifying headless ghost, why bother to take the easy route?

After all, headless ghosts are not difficult. For a short and strong person, find a clothes rack to support them. How many people can see through them in the dim light?
So, Li Yan deliberately went to the place where the headless ghost appeared.

"Just outside here, did you see the servant girl of the Headless Palace?"

"Yes……"

The servant girl who was almost frightened into a fool said tremblingly.

Li Yan was outside first, looked through the window paper, then entered the house, and searched carefully.

Got nothing.

This room is very ordinary, it is located at the southern end of the West Garden, and it is exactly diagonal to the corner of the mourning hall that was found before.

Li Yan turned his head again and found that the inner palace was behind it.

In other words, if you pretend to be a headless palace servant here, you can sneak into the inner palace.

Li Yan looked solemnly: "Could it be that the murderer is going to proceed step by step, first using the female ghost in white to create panic, and after the atmosphere is brewing, then enter the inner palace to scare Li Hong with the posture of a headless palace servant?"

At present, it seems that this possibility is the greatest, so he turned to ask the palace maid: "When you saw the headless palace maid that day, were you cleaning here normally, or did you just pass by by chance?"

The maid recalled it for a while, and licked her lips: "I was passing by. The area I cleaned was not here. It was late that day, and I wanted to go to the dining room to find something to eat. In order to hurry up, I took this road."

"Emotional feedback—hungry!"

"The reasoning begins!"

"Want to eat?"

"The reasoning is correct!"

……

Li Yan looked at the palace maid who was almost crying in fright just now and wanted to cook now, and laughed: "Your name is Yunniang, are you hungry now? Go eat!"

"Thank you Li Wuwei!"

The maid Yunniang cheered and trot away.

Li Yan shrugged.

Although one small detail was fixed, it didn't help much.

How could it be possible to be unfamiliar with the internal environment if one dared to pretend to be a ghost in the uterus?

It can basically be concluded that the murderer is a person in the palace.

The servants and maidservants are the most likely, and the guards on duty also have the opportunity to commit crimes.

He looked at Zhang Huan and Xu Hong who had been following behind him all the time, and asked, "Is there a chance to sneak away when the imperial guards are on patrol?"

The two looked at each other, neither of them wanted to answer.

Li Yan said again: "If the truth of this matter is not investigated, all the guards of the Shaoyang Court will be involved when the sage asks about it!"

In desperation, the two whispered: "Yes, we seldom check everyone except for handover."

Li Yan hummed, and the two hurriedly lowered their heads.

Don't think that the imperial guards are all capable elites. Many of them come from noble children, good and bad.

If Li Yan didn't join the inner guard in Liangzhou, he would go directly to Chang'an and return to the Duke's mansion, and his next destination would be to enter the palace as a guard.

After all, he is not the eldest son, so he cannot become a noble. If he does not take the imperial examination, he will be a guard, or go to a certain palace as a servant.

Most of the guards are dawdling. The children of these powerful families are full of dandyism and like to be lazy at work. In addition, the management is not strict, and their actual combat ability is very poor.

Of course, there are also powerful parts in the sixteen guards. If Li Yan enters the Imperial Guard, he will obviously strive to be included in that category, gain appreciation in front of Li Zhi, and then release it outside, so he doesn't need to start as a general at the grassroots level.

But it's not easy, after all, there are too many noble children.

Judging from the performance of these people last night, the imperial guards in Shaoyang Palace are obviously not elite.

Not surprisingly, Shaoyang Courtyard is located deep in the Daming Palace. Under normal circumstances, the role of guards here is the same as that of a concierge.

Arranging special forces here is completely overkill, it is better to guard those important palace gates.

"Among the guards in Shaoyang Courtyard, there are people with evil intentions, and they can find opportunities to avoid other people pretending to be ghosts."

"In this way, the imperial guards, eunuchs, and maidservants are all suspects!"

"About three hundred people..."

Li Yan grinned.

Conan: Three suspects.

Me: Three hundred suspects.

We are different~ different~ different~
(End of this chapter)