Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 97
"Is this the princeling that Jian Guo cultivated five times? It's ridiculous..."

Li Yan shook his head and rode in.

In fact, although the prince put all his strength into fighting against Empress Wu, the princelings underneath were not of the same mind.

The concept of filial piety first is still too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Not to mention this era, the incident of the daughter beating her mother in the street on the Internet in later generations caused a lot of uproar, the truth is so chilling.

When children rebel against their parents, no matter right or wrong, people are the first to blame the children, and this time the prince is also unavoidable.

Things from that year gradually spread, at least the courtiers around the prince knew the truth about the unmarried ex-prince concubine Yang's jumping into the lake.

But they still persuaded the prince openly and secretly not to compete too much with Empress Wu, lest the mother and son lose peace and cause turmoil in the court.

From the big picture point of view, it is indeed true.

With Empress Wu's power, the fight with the crown prince, once the quarrel becomes serious, no one can predict the aftermath.

But this time, the prince will resist once, and he is unwilling to take care of the overall situation like that!

Since Li Yan had no contact with the crown prince during this period, he didn't know that these things happened in the crown prince's womb.

Seeing Dou Jing shrank so fast, she couldn't help but secretly shook her head, but luckily she rode her horse into the backyard, and the voice of hehe came quickly.

Li Yan's expression immediately relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

No matter how unpleasant things are, when I think of Wu Minzhi at this time, I can't suppress the joy in my heart.

Sure enough, the lunatic did not disappoint him.

A stumbling figure ran past in front of him.

With disheveled hair and a strange smell all over his body, the purple clothes that symbolize the dignity of a first-rank Duke are crumpled, and no one has changed them for him.

It's better to come early than coincidentally. Wu Minzhi ran to the wall, followed by a few maidservants, holding medicine bowls, shouting repeatedly: "Drink! Why don't you drink!"

"I don't want to drink... let go... let go..."

Wu Minzhi didn't know what he had gone through, he needed six or seven guards to hold him down that day, but at this moment he didn't dare to resist, his hands and feet were fixed by a few weak maidservants, so he pinched his mouth and poured down the medicinal soup .

After drinking, Wu Minzhi squatted down, hugged his knees with his hands, and huddled into a ball.

His expression became dull, saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he let out a smirk: "Hey hey... hey hey..."

The maidservants looked at Wu Minzhi with no pity in their expressions, but pleasure.

Because of their companions, I don't know how many people were beaten to death by Wu Minzhi.

Just because of a wrinkle on the face, or some trivial things.

Now, come retribution.

Li Yan admired enough, got off the horse, and walked forward: "Zhou Guogong, I'm coming to see you again!"

Wu Minzhi didn't even respond, only drooling.

Li Yan sighed, and said to the frightened maidservant beside him, "I'm going to investigate the case in the back house, you go and put on your veils and hats."

The maid took the order and went: "Yes!"

In fact, no matter how polite or not, this kind of behavior is a huge insult to the master.

Just like when Qiu Shenji in Liangzhou led people into Jia's inner courtyard and brought out the women's family members, even if it was confirmed that there was a Subi woman hidden inside, the scholar groups also refuted it.

But Wu Minzhi is crazy, obviously no one will care about his dignity anymore.

Li Yan soon began to investigate the case in the back house.

He actually has a goal in mind, but he can't do it too quickly.

Otherwise, there had been no clues in the past few days, and Wu Minzhi went crazy and found out the case by himself, which is not normal at all.

And seeing his tall and straight back, full of energy, eunuch Gao's body trembled suddenly.

coming!coming!He who worked overtime all night is here again!
In the past, Eunuch Gao felt that it was hard work, but when he returned to the palace, he did the same. After winning Empress Wu's approval, he immediately mobilized other servants.

Li Wuwei, tall!

Li Yan really didn't expect that when he fished at work, other people would turn a blind eye to it, but when he fished, he would drive the trend.

However, the harder the life is, the easier it is to roll.

The life of eunuchs in this era is hard, haha, if you really want to work hard, you are really hardworking. Eunuch Gao followed him on the saddle, and Li Yan was moved.

What are you planning?

The two of them worked hard for a whole day and night, and searched the huge Zhou Guogong's back house like a carpet.

Li Yan knew that the fire was almost over, so he came back to a room.

"Li Wuwei, you have searched this room no less than ten times, right?"

Eunuch Gao admired him very much. This room was the place where Zhou Guogong was haunted that night, and it could be called the place where the crime happened.

"I don't think there are any clues to be found, senior nephew, just wait a moment, I'll go back to the mansion!"

Li Yan rubbed his chin, pretending to think, suddenly his eyes lit up, as if a bolt of lightning had struck behind him, he turned and left.

When he came again, he brought Xiao Hei over and patted the big cat on the head: "Go, have a sniff."

Xiao Hei was left out in the cold for a long time, and he wanted to show his skills a long time ago, so he rushed out when he heard the words, and began to sniff around the room.

Eunuch Gao was puzzled: "Li Wuwei, what are you going to do?"

Li Yandao: "Since the haunting that night, Zhou Guogong has changed to sleep in another room. This place has been neglected for a long time. I believe that under normal circumstances, maidservants will not come in. Look at the ground, it is just cleaned up. There are still many people in the corner. Broken shards of china."

Eunuch Gao took a closer look: "After all, it's haunted, who wouldn't be afraid!"

"Not bad!"

Li Yan loved hearing this, and nodded repeatedly: "But there is one person who is not afraid..."

Eunuch Gao suddenly said: "Yes, the murderer is not afraid, because the ghost is the murderer pretending to be, and he went back to the house afterwards, taking the opportunity to erase the clues, right?"

Li Yan smiled: "A high opinion from the internal officials!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Hei bared his teeth suddenly, and jumped back in front of Li Yan lightly.

This is what has been discovered.

Eunuch Gao was refreshed, Li Yan happily rubbed Xiao Hei's head, turned to the maid standing at the door and said: "Call everyone in your courtyard together, right now!"

Looking at the dark night outside, the maid thought to herself, no wonder the Duke was driven half-crazy by you.

If you investigate the case regardless of day and night, no one will be crazy.

But looking at the energetic Gao eunuch behind him, the servant girl lowered her head in shame.

Or we are not working hard enough!
Half an hour later, more than a hundred maidservants gathered in the inner house, many of them were sleepy, and they were suddenly called up.

"I now suspect that among you, some of you are secretly plotting against the Duke..."

Li Yan came in front of them and said to Xiao Hei: "Go, find out the woman who has been in and out of the house the most recently!"

Xiao Hei obeyed the order and walked over, and began to sniff the maids one by one.

They looked at the big golden-black cat with graceful steps, and they were a little scared, but wanted to touch it.

This contradictory psychology lasted until Xiao Hei came to a graceful maidservant, bared her teeth and arched her back.

All the girls looked over in unison, showing expressions of surprise and fear: "Why is it Lady Ye?"

The woman who was found had smooth skin and good looks, but compared to the maidservants who were all in their teens, she was no longer young.

Li Yan stared at her: "Mistress Ye? Listen to this title, your status is unusual?"

Lady Ye came out, circumvented Xiao Hei carefully, and came to Li Yan and gave a blessing: "The little girl is one of the stewards in the backyard, so I'm called Lady Ye only inside and outside the mansion."

Li Yan looked at the other maidservants: "Come out a few more in charge."

A few more women came out, and after questioning, Li Yan found out that this Lady Ye was neat and orderly in commanding the housework.

Even with Wu Minzhi's violent temperament, she could still appease her a little bit, gained her trust, and was promoted all the way to become the manager of the backyard.

Among other things, those who can work in Zhou Guogong's mansion for two years without disappearing inexplicably are considered very capable people.

"Not only a capable person, but also a plum blossom inner guard?"

Li Yan looked at Lady Ye and sneered secretly.

In a sense, what Li Zhi, Li Hong, and Li Yan did, crashed.

Li Zhi is for the imperial power, Li Hong is for the old hatred, and Li Yan is for the new hatred. Since Wu Minzhi has been offended, the other party will not let him go unless he strikes first.

Among the three, Li Zhi's behavior is the most secretive.

If it wasn't for the exposure of the fake mother, Rongniang, and his confidant Qiu Ying who is familiar with the methods of this saint, it would be difficult for Li Yan to connect all the things together.

Since Li Zhi had planned to kill Wu Minzhi a long time ago, and there were Meihua Neiwei, the spy agency that supervised all officials, there were probably people from them in Duke Zhou's mansion.

When Li Yan pretended to be a ghost to scare Wu Minzhi, the Plum Blossom inner guard hiding in the courtyard must also be very strange. Who did it?
If it was really the maid of the inner house, she would naturally go to this haunted room to search for clues afterwards.

Since more than ten days had passed and the smell still remained, Li Yan dispatched Xiao Hei to follow the clues and find it.

Once the motivation is grasped, the clues suddenly become clear.

"This Li Yuanfang lives up to his reputation, he actually found me out with a leopard!"

Lady Ye didn't know that the other party was looking at the overall situation, and she was really shocked.

But after being shocked, she didn't panic at all, and even wanted to laugh a little.

Not to mention that she can quibble, she went to the haunted house to search afterwards, in order to take responsibility for the matter.

Taking a step back, even if Li Yuanfang really revealed her identity, so what?

Just as Rongniang was confident in Qiu Shenji's hands, they were serving saints.

Just relying on this sacred favor, you courtiers have to hold your nose and obediently hide the matter.

"It really is a spy!"

Li Yan looked at her confidence and knew that there was no mistake in her identity without using her talents.

No matter how innocent a servant is, he will be afraid when interrogated by officials because he is afraid of being wronged.

And this lady Ye can work under Wu Minzhi for two years, if she has not done anything to harm other maidservants, it is impossible.

The means of spies are often extremely cruel.

Li Yan is willing to be an internal guard to fight against foreign enemies, but no matter what, he will not be a plum blossom internal guard and try every means to deal with his own people.

Those are two completely different qualities.

But don't look at the internal guards of plum blossoms who are experts in internal fighting and amateurs in external fighting. In many cases, they really have nothing to do with them.

You can't know that the other party is a sage, but also slashed with a knife, it would be tantamount to treason.

Fortunately, this time is different.

Because Li Yan was following orders.

The life of Empress Wu!
The inner guard of the plum blossom will catch it like this!
Li Yan first sighed: "It's a pity that Zhou Guogong didn't let us enter the inner house at first, otherwise, it wouldn't be delayed until now..."

Eunuch Gao thought it was right, seeing Lady Ye's obviously not right, said in a low voice: "Li Wuwei, this is not a place for interrogation, take her away and enter the palace!"

Under the gaze of Lady Ye's pretty face, Li Yan, who had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, slightly raised his mouth and waved his hand:
"Take it!"

　There are more~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)