Chapter 9: Peak Return
The story of Liu Qingyan and Wei Yikuan started a year ago.
On that day, Wei Yikuan went to Lanfang Pavilion to drink, and it happened to be Liu Qingyan as his companion. Hearing that Wei Yikuan was the boss of Mobaozhai, Liu Qingyan let him watch a few copies of his copy.
Judging from Wei Yikuan's many years of calligraphy and painting trading, Liu Qingyan is indeed quite talented in calligraphy copying. With the sensitivity of a businessman, he suddenly had a bold idea.
At that time, he happened to have a "Leek Flower Post" by Young Master Yang of the Zhou Dynasty on hand, because it was not easy to get, he was reluctant to sell it, but he could make a lot of money by selling it, and he didn't want to give up this opportunity to come to the silver, so he had to give up the dilemma.
If you can use Liu Qingyan's hand to make another calligraphy and sell it, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
He told Liu Qingyan about his thoughts, Liu Qingyan couldn't ask for it, she was worried about her redemption of silver taels, there was silver to earn, why not?
The two hit it off, Liu Qingyan was responsible for copying, and Wei Yikuan was responsible for processing. During this period, she experienced several failures, and finally two months ago, Liu Qingyan told Wei Yikuan that the copybook had been copied completely, and she had already let several familiar guests read it, and they all thought that it could be fake.
However, Liu Qingyan put forward an additional condition at this time, that is, she did not ask for money, but only asked Wei Yikuan to redeem herself and become his outer room, so that she could have a place to live in the capital. Attached to the letter is a delicately embroidered sachet to show his heart.
Wei Yikuan was a little embarrassed. He already has a family, both children and daughters, well-behaved and lovely, his wife is gentle and virtuous, and the relationship between the husband and wife is very good.
So he went to see Liu Qingyan and told her that he needed time to think about it, and asked Liu Qingyan to give him the copy of the calligraphy first, so that he could process it as soon as possible and finish it as soon as possible.
Liu Qingyan naturally refused, and only said that when he had redeemed her body and made proper arrangements, when she would hand over the notebook to him.
In this way, the two were in a stalemate for almost a month.
On that day, he suddenly received news that Liu Qingyan wanted to sell the calligraphy to a prisoner named Cui Min, and they made an appointment to meet in the evening, and the money was paid.
Wei Yikuan knew that Liu Qingyan was giving him an ultimatum, and she began to try to force him to make a decision earlier.
That night, he originally wanted to go to Lanfang Pavilion to find Liu Qingyan and have a good talk with her. Who would have thought that the child in the family suddenly had a high fever that day, and when he saw the doctor, arranged the affairs of the family, and arrived at Lanfang Pavilion, it was already late at night.
In order to avoid suspicion, it happened that Liu Qingyan's room was in a remote area, so he avoided everyone and sneaked into her room.
The moonlight in the room was like water, and it was quiet, and he thought that Liu Qingyan had fallen asleep, so he thought about coming back tomorrow. But just as he was about to leave, the moment he turned around, by the moonlight outside the window, he noticed that the quilt on the bed was messy and messy.
Curious, he approached and looked at each other, and found Liu Qingyan lying on the bed, his eyes wide open, and he was already dead of anger. The copy of "Leek Flower Post" is sitting next to the bed.
Frightened, he fled in a hurry, and the ghost took the calligraphy with him.
A few days later, he heard that Ying Tianfu had caught the murderer of Liu Qingyan, who was Cui Min, the prisoner of the country.
"So, that night, when you saw Liu Qingyan, she was already dead?" Lu Yuan asked first.
"Exactly." Wei Yikuan nodded.
Could it be that the murderer of Liu Qingyan is someone else?
This case is really full of twists and turns.
Several people looked at each other.
Before long, it was Shen Yan who took the lead in speaking, "Wang Zhong, bring Wei Yi back to Dali Temple and postpone the retrial." ”
After returning to Dali Temple, Shen Yan stopped Ling Suwan and stared at her with a torch in his eyes.
He was curious about this inconspicuous little squire.
"How do you know that the sachet that Wei Yikuan is wearing is a secret spice made by Lanfang Pavilion?"
The sachet was not new, and the fragrance had long been inaudible, not to mention that the little attendant was much farther away from Wei Yikuan than him just now, why didn't he smell any of the smell, but this little attendant could smell the smell of spices. It's really puzzling.
"What are you doing, what are you doing," Lu Yuan grabbed in front of Ling Suwan, "Xiao Tanzi is my person, he won't tell you." ”
After speaking, he shouted to Ling Suwan again: "What are you still doing in a daze, go, the master is busy." ”
Ling Suwan hurriedly waved at Shen Yan to apologize, and followed Lu Yuan to his office.
As soon as he entered the door, Lu Yuan asked excitedly, "Little Tanzi, are you sure that the smell on that sachet is Liu Qingyan?" ”
Ling Suwan pondered for a long time, "It was originally certain, but after listening to what Wei Yikuan just said, I am not sure. ”
"What do you mean?"
"My lord, what kind of sachet would you wear from a woman?"
"That'...... Naturally, she is a beloved woman, and she can't even look at those random messy things. Lu Yuan raised his head arrogantly.
Ling Suwan nodded, "That's right, but according to what Wei Yikuan just said, his feelings for Liu Qingyan are not so deep, which is a suspicious point." ”
"There is also a doubt, Wei Yikuan didn't mention the more than 100 taels of silver that disappeared in Liu Qingyan's room at all, why did those silver get into Cui Min's room out of thin air, but Cui Min himself didn't know about it." Lu Yuan added.
"Not bad," Ling Suwan agreed. "Could it be...... The woman of Lanfang Pavilion who has a personal relationship with Wei Yikuan, is there another person? She whispered to herself as she flipped through the case file.
"What's so difficult about this, call all the girls in Lanfang Pavilion up, interrogate them one by one, and you can always ask them."
Scold! That's a ...... Idea. Ling Suwan secretly slandered herself, but said on her lips, "What the adults said is very true. ”
"Without further ado, let's go." Lu Yuan didn't say a word, grabbed Ling Suwan and went out to Lanfang Pavilion.
All the girls up and down the Lanfang Pavilion add up, there are about 30 people.
After some inquiry, some said that they knew Wei Yikuan, and some did not know Wei Yikuan, but in Ling Suwan's opinion, none of the smells on these people completely matched the sachet on Wei Yikuan's body.
"Hu Liniang, are you sure all the girls are here?" Lu Yuan slapped the fan a few times hard, dissipating the smell.
It was so terrible that I almost fainted from the fat powder of these girls.
Hu Liniang looked around for a while, "This ...... I guess it's all here...... Steward Li, are you all together? ”
Recently, she was disturbed by two murders, and she was really unsure.
"It's all here," Steward Li next to him was busy packing tickets, "There are a total of thirty-eight girls in the pavilion, all of them are here, and even I am sick in bed." ”
"Okay, okay," Lu Yuan covered his nose, "Little Tanzi, how is it?" ”
Ling Suwan shook her head at him.
Lu Yuan waved his hand in disappointment, "Let them go." ”