"Yuanfang, we hit it off as soon as we saw it, we hit it off at first sight!"

Zui Jin walked toward the door. Li Sichong grabbed Li Yan's sleeve and wouldn't let go.

When I was happy, I drank too much.

Li Yan was clear-eyed and calmly broke away: "Jushan, I'll leave it to you!"

Li Qiao smiled: "Please rest assured Yuanfang!"

Li Yan got on his horse coolly, waved his hand, and galloped away.

Only a group of noble disciples were left, talking in silence, angry and helpless.

Li Yan's thoughts were no longer on this group of people, and he went directly back to the Duke Wei's mansion and to the inner chamber.

Li Derjian was drinking tea when he heard one sentence and almost spit out the tea: "Sir, Minister Li married three noble ladies from Shandong. Why did his first two wives die?"

Li Derjian wiped his mouth and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I said last night that it doesn't matter if you offend some people. Are you going to find out who is the prime minister today? I'm not asking you to be a lonely minister..."

Li Yan said calmly: "It has nothing to do with Gu Chen. If you don't say what you said yesterday, I will check it today."

Li Derjian sighed, but didn't do much to persuade him.

After going through many trials and tribulations, he became more and more accurate in his judgment of people. He knew that if Li Yan really made up his mind, he would not be able to dissuade him.

Li Derjian thought about it carefully and said: "Shilang Li has a reputation for loving his wife. When his first wife suffered a childbirth disaster, he cried and left dozens of poems, which were praised by all the scholars!"

The disaster of childbirth is death in childbirth. In ancient times, giving birth to a child was a matter of life and death. Not only the poor people, but also the nobles and nobles could not avoid it.

Li Yan said: "Where is the second term?"

Li Derjian said: "Li Shilang's second wife also had a good reputation. She gave birth to four daughters and one son. Later, she stayed with her on his sick bed. Unfortunately, she died of illness five years ago... or six years ago."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes: "So, his second wife was indeed seriously ill for a long time? Li Sichong was also born to this second wife? Has he always been known as a filial son?"

"Li Sichong?"

Li Derjian couldn't remember this person at first.

In fact, Li Sichong's figure disappeared for too long in the officialdom, and as for his reputation in the dandy circle, he could not reach Li Derjian's ears.

But when it came to the filial son, he suddenly remembered: "Yes, he is the eldest son of Li Shilang. He traveled all day long to seek medicine for his mother and left several poems, which were highly praised by scholars!"

"Is this what Shilin does all day long?"

Li Yan asked again: "Shilang Li's current genealogy is merged with the Li family in Zhaojun. Where is his original ancestral home?"

Li Derjian said: "Henan Road, Bozhou, Qiao County."

Qiao County in Bozhou, the hometown of Cao Cao, was now returned to Henan Province in the Tang Dynasty, and was later classified as Jiangnan Province. It was still a city in Anhui Province in later generations.

It’s really not far from Runzhou, which corresponds to Zhenjiang in later generations.

If it was really in a remote place like Lingnan, I wouldn't go there.

Li Yan pondered slightly: "In this case, it all makes sense. Sir, I am resigning!"

Li Derjian looked at him: "Yuanfang, Li Shilang has a divine grace. It is difficult to touch him. You must find some flexibility!"

Li Yan nodded and returned to his room. Xiaohei and Yinger came over affectionately.

"You better be good!"

He stroked them, his expression was solemn, his eyes glanced at the plain screen in the room, he took a pen and began to draw.

He first drew three heads.

They are:

Dou Decheng, the younger brother of Prime Minister Dou Dexuan, according to his account, went to Jiangnan six years ago to do business. After returning, he ran the Dou Chamber of Commerce to become the number one in Chang'an, secretly manufacturing cloud pills and selling them to the powerful.

Li Sichong, the eldest son of Prime Minister Li Jingxuan, was a member of the Criminal Department Wai Lang six years ago. The recorder of the case file appeared in Runzhou inexplicably. Now six years later, he is appointed Fu Baolang.

Cui Shouye, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is still bent on becoming prime minister, covering up the Jiangnan murder case, hiding Li Sichong's name, and becoming a member of the Ministry of Punishments, hoping that major issues will be reduced to minor issues.

There are actually many people involved in the case, such as local county government officials who were implicated, but those Li Yan didn't understand at all, so they were not included.

Next, he drew a village.

Jiangnan Road, Runzhou, Dantu County, Qingyang Village.

There are a total of 271 households in the village, with a population of 1,352.

Next to the village, a Taoist temple was painted.

Chongyun Temple is a local Taoist temple that has been around for a long time. Its specific origin is unknown. During times of natural and man-made disasters, it occasionally offers food to help the people, and has a good reputation.

Then in the village, two theories like Rashomon appeared.

One is that in order to cure the strange diseases of the villagers, Taoist priests from Chongyunguan used talisman water to dissolve cloud pills and gave them to the villagers. Unexpectedly, someone poisoned the water, causing heavy casualties to the villagers.

According to the testimony confirmed by the local county government, many surviving villagers hold this view.

The other is when mountain bandits cause rebellion. The bandits rush into the village and plunder the village. After being resisted by the village chief and his people, they become angry and massacre, setting fire to the village.

The evidence is that there were chopping and puncture wounds on the body, some property in the village was looted, and many houses were set on fire. Many villagers also hold this view.

No matter which one it is, the result is that almost all the people in the village are wiped out, and those who are still alive become useless.

Since then, Chongyun Temple has also disappeared.

Li Yan frowned as he watched the clues restored on the screen gather together.

He already had a rough idea of ​​the motive for the case.

But those three avatars can never be connected with this village.

On one side is the high-ranking prime minister's direct relative and the six ministers;

On one side are the neglected villages of Gangnam Province;

The status gap between the two sides is too great.

But unfortunately, Dou Decheng and Li Sichong both appeared there six years ago...

In this era, information dissemination is very narrow. Even if they want that thing, how can they go there?

Li Yan walked around for a few times, but there was no one following or praising him. He always felt that something was missing.

"Lack?"

"yes!"

His eyes lit up and he drew a fourth portrait.

Compared with Dou Decheng, Li Sichong, and Cui Shouye all have clear character styles, these four heads are just outlines.

Because he has never seen this person before, and it is impossible for him to see him again.

This man is Lin Jianye, the master of Ming Chongyan. He once studied medicine with Sun Simiao and wanted to be an official.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The former Dantu County Facao for six years was also among the officials implicated in the devaluation. He vomited blood and died two years later, leaving behind a recipe for Wuyun Dan that was better than Yun Dan.

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Li Yan circled the person's portrait several times and murmured:

"Could it be that……"

"This person is the root cause of this case?"

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The third day.

Outside the south courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, in front of the examination room.

Li Yan hugged Kangda and patted him on the back: "Take the exam well, you can pass high school!"

Kunda nodded heavily, waved to his father Kande and brother Kang Meng, who had hugged and encouraged him before, and turned to enter the examination room.

The imperial examination has begun.

Due to the influence of the poisoning incident, the atmosphere was inevitably tense, but the saint personally came forward to encourage the scholars.

At this time, they walked into the examination room with high spirits.

Li Yan withdrew his gaze and walked to the nearby school building.

Lying inside was the student who was poisoned this time.

Arriving next to An Zhongjing who was resting in bed, Li Yan sighed.

Although An Zhongjing’s research on the Ming Jing might have put more burden on the doctorate who was passing the exam, but he didn’t even think about it if he failed the exam.

Now that I think about it in the future, I will have regrets.

How about coming again next year?

At this moment, a voice called from behind: "Li Jiyi!"

Li Yan turned around and saw Imperial Doctor Chen and an old man with white hair and beard walking over.

The old man was Liu Shenwei, Sun Simiao's direct disciple who was invited.
To be continued...