The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 17 Broken Porcelain

When Wang Zhongsi heard that Li Ying was going to the crime scene, he felt a little "awkward". He didn't understand what Li Ying was going to do or what he could do at the crime scene.

Investigating a case?
He had never heard that Li Heng could investigate a case.

He came to find Li Heng just to bring Chen Wulang over to confirm whether it was Li Heng who ordered Chen Wulang to kill someone. Just now, by observing the expressions of Yang Yuhuan and Li Heng, he had roughly determined that this matter had nothing to do with Li Heng.

But now if Li Heng goes to the crime scene, he will have to accompany him, which is equivalent to wasting his time.

Under normal circumstances, he would not be afraid of wasting this little time, but now the case is so murky and unclear that if he delays for a moment longer, something unexpected might happen.

Li Ying saw Wang Zhongsi's expression and asked, "General Wang, is there anything troubling you?"

Wang Zhongsi hesitated for a moment and said tactfully, "Your Highness, you are a precious person and you are ill. It is not appropriate for you to go to such a place."

"Oh?" Li Ying looked at Wang Zhongsi and asked, "General, you are anxious to investigate the case. Are you afraid that I will waste my time?"

"Wang Zhongsi didn't know how to respond and fell silent.

But silence at this time is a tacit agreement.

However, Li Heng did not blame Wang Zhongsi, because generals like Wang Zhongsi were accustomed to marching and fighting and had a strong sense of time.

Li Ying smiled and said, "General Wang, do you have any ideas?"

"I am ashamed to say that I haven't done that yet." Wang Zhongsi lowered his head.

"Since there is none, then accompany me to take a look. Maybe you will get some inspiration."

Li Ying said this and walked out the door.

Yang Yuhuan immediately followed and supported Li Heng.

Li Heng glanced at Yang Yuhuan and said, "Will my lady also go?"

"Yes, yes." Yang Yuhuan nodded, showing a sweet smile, and said: "Wherever my husband goes, I will go there."

"Okay." Li Ying smiled back.

When they arrived at the door, Xin Yunjing and Cui Lushuai saw that Li Heng was about to go out, so they followed him without asking any questions.

outside the city.

Crime scene.

This is a secluded place with a quiet path, backed by mountains and close to water.

Judging from the traces of ruins, this yard was not small.

Li Ying came to the ruins, looked at the destroyed crime scene, and asked Wang Zhongsi, "Where is the body?"

Wang Zhongsi said: "It has been sent to the government office."

"You asked them to move away?"

"After the coroner examined the body, he confirmed that it was exactly as Chen Wulang said. The Lanzhou Sima suggested that the body be sent to the government office. After all, it involves an official appointed by the imperial court, and we can't just leave it here."

"That's right." Li Ying nodded: "Where was the body originally?"

"There." Wang Zhongsi pointed to the center of the ruins.

Li Ying was about to go over when he heard this, but Wang Zhongsi hurriedly said, "Your Highness, be careful. There may be sparks in the ruins."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Heng walked towards the center of the ruins. Before he reached the body, he felt something under his feet.

Li Heng used his feet to dig away the burnt ashes and saw what he had stepped on.

It's a piece of broken porcelain.

"What is this?" Li Ying picked up the broken porcelain pieces and turned to ask Wang Zhongsi and the others.

Wang Zhongsi said: "It's broken porcelain pieces."

Li Ying knew it was a piece of broken porcelain, and was about to ask again when Yang Yuhuan came over. Yang Yuhuan took the broken porcelain piece, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is a fragment of a blue-spotted phoenix pot. It is very expensive. This kind of pot comes with a cup. It is difficult for ordinary wealthy people to afford it."

Li Heng nodded and came to where the body was. The ashes on the ground had been messed up and the previous shape of the body could not be seen at all.

Li Heng observed carefully and found that there was something wrong with the soil leaking from the ground.

He squatted down, pinched the soil on the ground with his hands, and his expression became strange.

Yang Yuhuan saw Li Heng's appearance and asked, "My dear, what's wrong?"

Li Ying said: "The soil is too dry."

Yang Yuhuan said: "There was a big fire just now, and the ground was dried up. This is normal."

"No," Li Heng shook his head. "When a human body is burned by a fire, it will secrete a large amount of fat, which will seep into the soil. But judging by the intensity of the fire and the time it has been burning, it is not enough to evaporate all the fat."

"Why is this happening?" Yang Yuhuan asked curiously.

Li Ying said: "There are two possibilities. First, the body was moved. Second, someone tampered with the scene."

Thinking of this, Li Heng pulled Yang Yuhuan out of the ruins and said to Wang Zhongsi, "There are three things I need General Wang's help with."

When Li Heng realized that Wang Zhongsi was afraid that he would waste time, he could have simply not called Wang Zhongsi. The reason he called him was because he thought there might be something he needed to do.

Wang Zhongsi said, "Your Highness, please give your instructions."

Li Heng said, "First, send someone to secretly keep an eye on Wu Sicang and Huangfu Weiming in Lanzhou. Second, go find some strong rice vinegar and wine, a little more, and some firewood. Third, have a few people search for what's in these ruins."

"Here."

Wang Zhongsi didn't know what Li Heng was trying to do, but he still assigned people to do it according to the order.

After arranging everything, Li Heng sat down and waited for news.

Yang Yuhuan also sat next to Li Heng.

After a while, the searching officers and soldiers found a jade hairpin in the ashes and quickly presented it to Li Heng.

Li Ying didn't know much about these jewels, so he handed it to Yang Yuhuan and asked, "What kind of hairpin is this?"

Yang Yuhuan took it, wiped off the ashes and black stains on the jade hairpin with her hands, observed it carefully for a while, and said, "This is a jade hairpin with phoenix and crabapple patterns. The jade is of the best quality. Such jade hairpins are usually only worn by princes and nobles."

"I see." Li Ying nodded, thinking about the case.

Yang Yuhuan examined the jade hairpin in her hand and asked curiously, "Your Highness, why can't this jade hairpin be burned?"

Li Ying replied casually: "Because the temperature of a general fire is usually between 500 and 1000 degrees, and the melting point of jade is around 1770 degrees."

"Melting point?" Yang Yuhuan was confused.

Li Heng nodded, and turned to look at Yang Yuhuan holding the jade hairpin and observing her. He suddenly remembered that he had not given Yang Yuhuan any gifts since he married her. He suddenly felt a little guilty and asked, "My lady, what kind of jade do you like?"

"Me?" Yang Yuhuan raised her eyes and saw Li Heng's doting eyes. She smiled and said, "My dear, do you want to send me off?"

"Ah."

"Anything my husband gives me is good." Yang Yuhuan said, holding Li Heng's hand.

But her hands had just been used to wipe off the dust and stains on the jade hairpin, and when she pulled it, the blackness on her hands was stained onto Li Heng's hands.

Yang Yuhuan subconsciously wanted to wipe Li Heng's hands clean, but the more she wiped, the darker they became, so she took out a silk scarf from her bosom and wanted to use it to wipe Li Heng's hands.

Li Ying snatched the silk scarf from Yang Yuhuan's hand and said with a smile, "We are already sitting on the ground, do you still care about this little bit of dirt?"

"Really? Then." Yang Yuhuan raised her eyebrows and smiled, boldly raised her hand, smeared the dust on her hand on Li Heng's face, and said with a smile: "Is this okay?"

Li Ying wiped the dust off his face with his hand, held it in front of his eyes for a moment, and then wiped it back on Yang Yuhuan's face, smiling, "Of course, it looks better this way."

Xin Yunjing, who was standing aside, had been silently protecting Li Ying's safety. Seeing the two of them playing like this, he turned his face away.

As Xin Yunjing turned his head away, he saw the officers and soldiers under Wang Zhongsi coming back with strong rice vinegar and wine.

(End of this chapter)