Lu Yan's opinion was different from his: "Everyone thinks that the Qiangui region is remote, and there is no difference between being an official and being exiled. He said with a slight twist of his fingers and a slight smile, "As everyone knows, it is precisely because of the remoteness of the area that many things are more convenient to do." ”

Su Che's expression also became solemn, he took two steps closer to Lu Yan, and then asked in a low voice, "What does my brother know?" ”

Lu Yan shook his head slowly, and laughed softly: "I'm just guessing," he suddenly remembered something, "But Gao Jiang always has to go to Beijing to report on his work before he is transferred, and you and I must reward each other well." ”

Su Che nodded approvingly: "I naturally know about this matter, and my brother can rest assured." ”

Lu Yan bowed, turned his head and looked in the direction of the inner courtyard, still had no intention of leaving.

Su Che watched Lu Yan's movements, waited for a while but didn't see Lu Yan say goodbye, and then asked with some hesitation: "Brother, what else is going on?" ”

Lu Yan came back to his senses, waved his hand slightly, and said, "It's okay, it's not early, you should go back and rest early." ”

Su Che answered, but still didn't see Lu Yan stepping out. He waited for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what's wrong with Manman?" ”

Lu Yan pursed his lips slightly, and slowly asked, "Have you been to see Long Man in the past few days?" ”

Su Che has been busy looking for errands these days, and he didn't notice anything wrong with Su Man, looking at Lu Yan's application at this time, he thought that there was something wrong with his sister, so he hurriedly asked: "But what happened to Manman?" Sick? ”

Lu Yan also knew that Su Che had been busy recently, and he regretted it a little as soon as he asked the words, so he smiled and comforted: "It's nothing, I just heard Hongmei say that she came in and was in good spirits, so I asked you, if you don't know, it's okay." ”

Su Man has not been in good spirits recently, but he has heard Xie Ying say it, but he always feels that his sister has always been lazy and lazy, saying that she is not in good spirits, I am afraid that she is just too lazy to move, so he did not take this matter to heart.

Hearing Lu Yan mention it at this time, he just smiled and waved his hand, disapproving: "Brother don't make a fuss, it's not that my brother doesn't know, what can she do." ”

Lu Yan bent the corners of his lips slightly, but said: "I just asked you casually, the hour is not early, you should go back and rest earlier." ”

Su Che responded, and then beckoned the little guy next to him to send Lu Yan out, and he also turned around and entered the Hanging Flower Gate.

Lu Yan returned to the house, and Qingyuan greeted him all the way.

Lu Yan didn't stop, and while walking towards the study, he asked in a low voice, "But what did you find?" ”

Qingyuan lowered his head and followed closely behind Lu Yan, and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, as expected by the son, there is indeed someone behind Gao Jiang." ”

Lu Yan paused, turned his head to look at Qingyuan: "Do you know who this person is?" ”

Qingyuan also hurriedly stopped and lowered his voice: "The subordinates are incompetent, and they haven't found out. ”

Lu Yan was not annoyed, and walked towards the study again: "But what clues are there?" ”

Qingyuan continued to follow behind Lu Yan, pondering for a moment before speaking: "There is a scribe by Gao Jiang's side, who doesn't seem to be anything special, but Gao Jiang is very respectful to this scribe. ”

While speaking, Lu Yan had already entered the study, strode to the table and sat down. Qingyuan closed the partition door in the study, and continued: "The subordinate passed the portrait of the scribe to the old lady, and the old lady also said that he had never seen this person. ”

Lu Yan frowned slightly: "Even the master doesn't know the origin of this person?" ”

Qingyuan took out a roll of rice paper from his arms, handed it to Lu Yan, and continued: "Yes, the old lady said that he has lived in Liaodong for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the Central Plains scholars in recent years, so he can't help much. ”

Lu Yan slowly unfolded the roll of rice paper, only to see a slender literati image outlined on the white rice paper.

Although the portrait on the rice paper is very simple, it is these few brushstrokes that express all the characteristics of the people in the painting.

The young man in the painting looks no more than twenty-three or four-year-old, with a thin face, soft eyes, a wide Taoist robe, and no beard under his chin, but it still gives people the feeling of fairy wind and bones.

Lu Yan looked at the person in the words carefully, looked at it for a long time, and had to reluctantly admit that he didn't have any impression of this person.

He put the scroll aside and looked up at Qingyuan: "What have you found out about this person?" ”

Qingyuan bowed slightly, and said word by word: "The subordinates followed this scribe for two days, found out where he lived, and then found a local to inquire about some simple things. ”

"This person's name is Shen Yizhi, not a native of Luanzhou, the person said that this Shen Yizhi came to Luanzhou with Gao Jiang."

Lu Yan groaned slightly: "This person is also called Yizhi? ”

Qingyuan hurriedly shook his head: "Childe misunderstood, this person's name is easy to know, and it is easy to know what is easy to do." ”

Lu Yan chuckled: "So, you didn't ask anything useful?" ”

Qingyuan's face was a little stiff, and he lowered his head and replied: "It's the incompetence of his subordinates." ”

Lu Yan waved his hand slightly: "It's also a whim of me, and I always feel that Gao Jiang doesn't seem to be simple." As he spoke, he remembered something again, and looked up at Qingyuan again, "You just said that there is someone behind him, how did you know about it?" ”

Qingyuan immediately had some energy again, and replied: "It's a coincidence to say, the pigeon used by Gao Jiang to pass the book was stopped by his subordinates. ”

Lu Yan stared at Qingyuan and motioned for him to continue.

"Although the letter was short, the words were very respectful, and Gao Jiang even called the person who received the letter the master."

Lu Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the picture scroll spread aside, the man on it smiled indifferently, although his face was not shocking, but it was also unforgettable.

Lu Yan stared at the person in the painting, and asked again, "What's so special about this Shen Yizhi?" ”

There was no beginning or end to this question, but Qingyuan understood Lu Yan's words, and hurriedly replied: "It's nothing special, he doesn't live with Gao Jiang, but rents a small courtyard in the city, hires a mother-in-law to take care of the pulp washing work, and only goes to the mansion every day when the sun is high, and returns to the courtyard when he arrives in the unitary." ”

"My subordinates have been guarding outside that small courtyard for two days, and this person's work and rest are also punctual, and he has not interacted with anyone in the past two days, and his life is very monotonous."

Lu Yan bowed slightly, but he still felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he opened his mouth and instructed Qingyuan: "Tell people to continue to guard this Shen Yizhi, if there is anything wrong, report it at any time." ”