"Big brother, have you seen this brand?"

"I've seen it." Yan Weilin took down an identical brand from his body: "The second sister's piece was given by the second uncle, right?" ”

"It's not." Yan Suwen shook his head slightly: "My father does have an identical brand, I saw it a few times when I was a child, but he didn't pass it on to me." ”

"The Yan family has an unwritten rule that this card is passed on to men and not to women, but there is no clear provision that this brand is not allowed to be given to the daughter's family. The reason why there is that unwritten rule is probably because our Yan family has never had someone as powerful as the second sister before. ”

"Big brother, do you know what this brand is for?"

"I don't know, I just know that my father also has a piece on him. This piece of mine was given to me by the patriarch. The patriarch is thin, only a few cousins, and he has little interest in studying medicine. That's why the brand came to me. What the second sister is holding in her hand is not given by the second uncle, so where does it come from? ”

"Taken from a dead man."

"Dead people?"

"Big brother, do you know Concubine Jing?"

"Nature knows. But Concubine Jing is not already ...... I heard that she hanged herself, and the palace had some scruples, so she had already sent someone to the imperial temple to ask the monks to exceed. What's the matter, this Yan family's brand, could it be that it has something to do with Concubine Jing? ”

"The emperor asked Yan Qing to investigate the matter of Huan Yan poison in Concubine Jing, and Yan Qing asked me to go to the Huang Temple, but I encountered the collapse of the Guanyin Temple."

"There was an accident in the Imperial Temple, I know this, but I have been busy dealing with the epidemic in the past few days, so I haven't had time to ask in detail. What is the connection between the poisoning of this concubine Jing and her sister's visit to the Imperial Temple and the collapse of the Guanyin Temple? Why don't I feel like that's steady? ”

"Concubine Jing has a happy face poison in her body, this is a fact, but she was not poisoned, but she was willing to take poison for a long time. Other concubines entered the palace to compete for favor, in order to become the woman next to the most noble man in the world, Concubine Jing entered the palace, but it seemed that she had another purpose. ”

"Another purpose?"

"It should have been for another purpose. The heir, even in an ordinary family, is very important, but Concubine Jing doesn't care, and she doesn't even think about leaving a child for the emperor, let alone using this child to consolidate her position in the palace. It's not normal, it's not normal. She doesn't want an heir, which means that she doesn't fancy the identity of the emperor's concubine at all. She doesn't want an heir, which means that she knows that she can't stay in the palace for a long time, or even live. ”

"What the second sister said, why did the elder brother hear it and feel a chill in his back."

"Whether she had another purpose or not, she probably didn't achieve it." Yan Suwen shook her head: "This Concubine Jing, in the final analysis, is just a poor woman." Oh, Yan Qing asked me to go to the Imperial Temple in order to find out the real cause of Concubine Jing's death. ”

"Didn't you hang yourself?"

"Yes, but no. Concubine Jing died because of hanging, but she did not take the initiative to seek death, but after being strangled first, she hung on the beam, making the illusion of hanging herself. Concubine Jing is the emperor's favorite concubine, and it is impossible for the emperor not to send someone to investigate her death. If it is not investigated, it means that the emperor knows the real cause of Concubine Jing's death and intends to hide this matter. Therefore, what I said to my eldest brother just now, please also put it in my stomach. Of course, even if the big brother said it, no one believed it. When it reaches the ears of the emperor, I am afraid that it will make the emperor a little more suspicious. ”

"Second sister, don't worry, my brother still knows the severity of this."

"When the Guanyin Hall collapsed, I had just finished inspecting Concubine Jing, and there were only three people in the entire hall: me, Yan Qing and Gu Yunfei. Gu Yunfei checked that the collapse of the Guanyin Hall was not an accident, but someone did it on purpose. The main wall used to support the Guanyin Hall was damaged again, and gunpowder was found at the base of the wall. The amount of these gunpowder is not much in each place, but there are many points set, and the points are connected by fire wires. So, when the collapse happened, we didn't hear a large explosion of gunpowder. There are a lot of people in Dawei who want to say their lives, so for a while, we don't know who the people behind this scene are. Fortunately, Gu Yunfei was sharp-eyed, and we all escaped in time. ”

"Intending to murder the prime minister of the dynasty, if this person is caught, it is a big crime."

"If you dare to start, it means that the other party is not afraid of death." Yan Suwen's eyes also condensed: "After the collapse happened, Yan Qing asked Yunfei to look for traces at the scene, and we found a dark room under the statue of Guanyin, and found a male corpse in the room. ”

"Male corpse?"

"Yes, judging by the bone age of the bones, this person would not be more than thirty years old. Male, the height is about the same as Gu Yunfei, he belongs to a lean physique before his death, and he is not fat. When he died, he was wearing the official clothes of the previous dynasty, so he should be an official. ”

"The official of the previous dynasty died in the secret room under the Guanyin Hall of the Imperial Temple? This...... It's incredible. ”

"There's something even more unbelievable." Yan Suwen shook the sign in his hand: "This sign with the word Yan written on it was found from the body of the man's corpse." Oh, by the way, there is a bookshelf in the secret room, I probably looked at it, and most of the bookshelves are related to studying medicine. I came to find the eldest brother today, just to ask, did my Yan family have officials in the previous dynasty? ”

"There is only one person in my Yan family who was an official in the previous dynasty."

"Who?"

"It's the second uncle I mentioned to my sister before."

"Second uncle? is the second uncle who is good friends with the Xue family, is a member of the Yan family, but is a waiter in the Ministry of Works? ”

"Yes!" Yan Weilin nodded: "The Yan family, although they have studied medicine for generations, before the second uncle, they were all folk doctors, that is, doctors who treated the people in the people. Since the second uncle, and also after the Great Wei Dynasty, the talents of our Yan family began to enter the Tai Hospital and became the Tai Doctor. ”

"This second uncle is very powerful."

"There is no record in the genealogy of the second uncle's medical skills, but most of the buildings in Yecheng that can be counted are related to the second uncle."

"What did the second uncle do when he was in the previous dynasty?"

"Doctor, doctor who can walk in the palace. Although he also held an official position, he did not hold a position in the palace. ”

"Do you have an official uniform?"

"I guess there is. The second uncle neither got married, nor did he take concubines, and he didn't have much contact with people in the clan, and his temperament was a little eccentric, so he didn't know much about his private life. ”

"I remember my eldest brother told me that the second uncle is old, that is, he died a normal death."

"Yes! It is recorded in this genealogy. Before the second uncle left, he specially told the people in the clan to cremate his body. Because it was too deviant, this incident also caused a lot of turmoil in the family. Later, it was the emperor who came forward to let the second uncle obey his wishes. ”

"If the cremated one is the second uncle, then who is the one lying in the secret room wearing the official mansion and wearing a name tag?"

"Maybe ......"

"If I remember correctly, this brand can be passed on, right? Who did the second uncle pass on? ”

"No one knows, because of the special status of the second uncle, no one has ever mentioned this brand before his death. After he died, he was cremated again, and no one remembered to mention the brand. Therefore, no one knows whether the second uncle's brand went with him or was lost somewhere else. Yan Weilin paused and asked, "Second sister is suspicious, the one who died in the secret room under the Guanyin Hall is our real second uncle?" ”

"I don't know, I just think this whole thing is a little weird." Yan Suwen handed the sign to Yan Weilin: "No matter who the person who died in the secret room is, this brand will always belong to our Yan family." Su Wen has already gone out, this brand is not suitable to stay in Su Wen's hands, please take it back to Yan's house. ”

"Second sister, don't worry, I will investigate this matter privately." Yan Weilin clenched the sign: "It's the second sister and the master, you have to be careful in the future." This murderer has even figured out a way to blow up the Guanyin Temple, and no one can predict what he will do next. ”

"Second brother, don't worry, we will be careful."

"By the way, can the second sister tell me how the person who died in the secret room died?"

"I examined his body, and on the left back of his skull, there was a radial, spiderweb-like fracture line, with a dull yellow color at the broken bone, and a large obvious depression in the middle. This means that he was struck on the head with a heavy object, causing a ruptured skull and intracranial hemorrhage to death. This is also his fatal wound. In addition, we found no traces of movement at the scene, indicating that the secret room was the first scene of death, and the murderer appeared there and could move unexpectedly, indicating that the two of them knew each other. ”

"The relationship between the second uncle and the Xue family and the former emperor is good, although the imperial temple was built later, but-"

"But the Xue family and the emperor are both people who can get close to the imperial temple. There is another point, the big brother thought of it, but did not say it. There is nothing special about the first emperor building the imperial temple, but there is an extra secret room under the Guanyin Palace, and it is impossible for the first emperor not to know. Even if someone deliberately hides it, I'm afraid they can't hide it. ”

A lot of cold sweat oozed from Yan Weilin's head, he held the sign, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Second sister, don't talk about it, I'm afraid that this matter is not something you and I can trace clearly, and even if it can be traced clearly, it is not something you and I can ask about." ”

"Big Brother means ......"

"Neither you nor I have ever seen this brand." Yan Weilin turned around and threw the sign into the furnace that was boiling medicine: "My sister came today, just to ask about the epidemic." Although my sister has seen dead bodies, she has not seen any Yan family's brand. The second sister is not that the brother is timid, but that this matter is very involved. Now, you are not only the second lady of my Yan family, but also the wife of Yan Qing. ”

"My sister knows." Yan Su asked Fu Fushen, turned around and went out.

Yan Weilin watched her back disappear outside the door, and then moved his gaze to the stove. The fire was so hot that the sign quickly burned out.

Whether the second uncle has a brand or not, he doesn't know. What he knew was that his father, Yan Baishu, had lost that piece of ...... that belonged to him many years ago The brand of the Yan family.