By the time Li Yiyan came to his senses, it was already the second day.

The sky was not yet fully lit, but the margins were a little white. Ning Yunyu next to him was still sleeping, he woke up once last night and dragged the two of them to the bed, if he lay outside for a night in this weather, he was afraid that he would catch a cold.

Li Yiyan got up from the bed in displeasure and took the guard who had just rushed in to disturb his sleep to the outside room, so as not to wake Ning Yunxuan again.

"Tell me, what's going on, in such a hurry?" Li Yiyan poured himself a cup of tea, and the teapot was simmered on the stove with charcoal, and it was still warm at this time, so that people would not be unable to swallow.

The guard clasped his hands into fists and whispered, "The whole family of the county commander died of poisoning last night." ”

"What!?" Li Yiyan came to his senses instantly: "When did it happen, have you decided?" ”

The guard lowered his head and replied respectfully: "In the second half of last night, the county order did not sound, and the officials only found that he was dead when he was honest and went to inspect in the morning. When his subordinates got the news, they rushed to the county commander's house and found that his entire family had been poisoned and died, and there was no one alive. A doctor and a servant have been dispatched, and it is roughly estimated that the time of death is in Yin. ”

Li Yiyan held the cup, and calmed down after being upset: "The whole family? ”

"Yes," said the guard, "the county ordered the whole family to die of poisoning around the end of the day." ”

It is so suspicious that people in two places died at the same time. There are also several types of poisoning, which can be suicide by taking poison, or being secretly poisoned, or even being forcefully poured down.

"Can you find out the type and source of the poison? And the specific cause of death of the county order and his whole family? Li Yiyan endured the anger in his heart and asked in a cold voice.

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't have a clue yet. ”

"Check it out!" Li Yiyan put the cup on the table, the person behind him was too ruthless, in order to hide the next abduction case, he actually killed people and killed people, and he was also an official of the court, there was no king's law!

"Yes!" The guards took the order.

Ning Yunxuan's voice came from behind him, and he was also shocked: "It's unbelievable that this kind of thing could happen." Didn't you send someone to keep an eye on the county magistrate's house last night? ”

Li Yiyan turned around, Ning Yunxuan seemed to be woken up by a voice outside, and came out casually with a coat, he stepped forward and tightened the coat, hugged the person in his arms, and walked inside: "Why did you come out, I don't want to dress well, what should I do if I catch a cold?" This time I came out in a hurry, and I didn't bring the imperial doctor. ”

In order to find Ning Yunxuan as soon as possible, it can be said that he traveled day and night, and only brought his guards, most of the imperial doctors have no martial arts, and bringing them will only delay time, so he did not bring them, and he regretted it a little at this time, if the imperial doctor was there, he would be able to check the damn poison.

Ning Yunxuan snuggled in his arms and said, "Where is it so useless, if you don't take care of it at all, you will get sick?" However, the Imperial Doctor is well-informed, and if he were here, he would be able to check for poison. ”

Both of them thought of going together. Li Yiyan calmed down a little and comforted: "Skynet is restored, I don't believe they can escape to." It's still early, go to bed again. ”

Ning Yunxuan shook his head and sat against the bed rail: "I slept too early last night, and now I have a full sleep." Before she finished speaking, she heard her stomach rumbling, and she touched her stomach and blushed a little.

Li Yiyan laughed lowly, and pulled her up: "Then let's go have breakfast, I'm also a little hungry." ”

After breakfast, the two ran non-stop, first going to the dungeon of the official mansion. The doctor had already returned, and the body of the county magistrate was carried to the morgue and accompanied them in to see it. Li Yiyan asked Ning Yunxuan to wait outside, but Ning Yunxuan disagreed, so she could only let her follow up.

As a result, both of them were turned pale by the dissected corpses, and they only glanced at them and then retreated, only listening to the introduction of the situation.

There is not much news that he has gotten, and he can only conclude that it is poisoning, and the approximate time of death, which they already know among themselves, and the others have not yet been revealed, so they can only ignore it for now.

Then he went to the cell, and the guards were shaking and stammering, for such a great incident had happened while he was on duty at night, for fear that he would be punished by the authorities, and that he would go down to accompany the short-lived magistrate.

There were no useful clues in the cell, and the contents were still in their original positions, except for the wheat straw pile in the corner, which was a little messy, reminiscent of the struggle left by the county magistrate's poisoning. But death row is not diligent in cleaning, and the other cells are just as messy.

The only thing that can be determined is that when the county order died, it did not alarm others, which is a suspicious point. Even if you commit suicide by taking poison, you will scream and struggle uncontrollably because of the pain when the poison occurs.

The fact that the county commander's family also died quietly seems to be because of the peculiarity of this poison.

If only they could understand the source of this poison, both thought. After checking for several days, the only clue is the insider of the county order, and now it's good, not only the county order is dead, but all the relevant ones are dead, and the clues have been completely broken.

The more this happens, the more people can't stop there. If you don't care about it now, wouldn't you be a slap in the face and lose face. Seeing the anger and firmness in the other party's eyes, they all nodded, determined to investigate to the end, and must catch this murderer and hang him on the city gate to show the public!

Ning Yunxuan paced inside the house, analyzing the few known information: "Yesterday, the county order said that he was coerced, and this person should be the mastermind behind the scenes. It is the person who planned the abduction case, and the person who poisoned and killed people. ”

Li Yiyan agreed, and he regretted it a little in his heart: "If I had interrogated him overnight last night, maybe I could ask for some news, and the county would not have killed the whole family." ”

Knowing that he was blaming himself, Ning Yunxuan couldn't help but sigh silently, Li Yiyan was indifferent on the surface and disdainful of human life, but in fact, he was kind-hearted, although he was forced to harden his heart by the responsibility on his body, but he would also feel sad when he saw this misfortune.

"You can't be blamed for this, the first thing to do when you catch someone is to collect evidence, and even if you don't have evidence, even if you torture to extract a confession, it can't be convincing, no matter who will do it. It's just that the person behind him is too vicious, who would have thought that he would not leave a single living mouth. Ning Yunxuan's rational analysis is more acceptable to Li Yiyan than blindly maintaining.

After listening to her comfort, Li Yiyan felt a little calmer, but his current state was really not very good: "The county order is dead, all the clues are broken, I don't know where to start?" ”

That's the biggest problem that bothers them.

Just when the two of them were at a loss, the guard came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the master said that he has news to report." ”

This master has been following the county order, but when they investigated before, the master only said that he didn't know about the situation, why did he suddenly change his words now?

Li Yiyan signaled, "Let him in." ”

The master stumbled, half-walked and half-rolled in, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted three long live.

Li Yiyan waved his hand: "You said there was news?" Let's hear it. However, I can warn you in advance that if you want to say something, think about it first, the crime of bullying the king will punish the nine clans. ”

The master kowtowed, trembling and said: "Xiaosheng doesn't dare, it's absolutely true, please let the emperor know!" ”

"Say it." Li Yiyan deliberately gave him a dismissal, so that he could know his situation, to be honest, he didn't have much hope for the master, looking at the handling and ending of the county order, he was not a capable person, how useful this kind of stupid master could be.

It's just that there are no useful clues now, and a little more is a little more, and a dead horse is a live horse doctor.

The master couldn't hear the disgust in Li Yiyan's heart, so he knelt on the ground and shook for a while, then calmed down a little, and asked cautiously: "Xiaosheng must know everything, say everything, and tell the emperor everything he knows." I just hope that the emperor can save Xiaosheng's life. ”

Li Yiyan was about to laugh angrily, there was no value and it was not realized, so he wanted to ask for benefits first, he glanced at the master leisurely: "If you can't say anything useful, just go out." Bodyguard! ”

The master was startled, and hurriedly stopped the guards from pulling him down, and shouted: "Xiao Sheng knows that there is a secret room in the county order mansion, and there is a letter from the general of the southern kingdom in it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was amazed. Li Yiyan waved his hand, the guard retreated, and he stared at the master: "Say, what else?" ”

The master touched his heart that was beating suddenly, and quickly said all the words: "Xiaosheng has been acting for the county commander...... No, I did something for that sinner, and after a long time, he didn't guard against me, and let me go in and out of the house at will. I've also taken me to several of his secret rooms. ”

It was only later that Xiao Sheng accidentally discovered that there was a secret room in the county mansion, and he never brought anyone in. Once, I almost broke into it by mistake, and he found out and reprimanded me. Later, Xiao Sheng passed by again and found that the secret room was not closed properly, so he walked in out of curiosity. ”

When the master said this, he stopped and took a breath.

"After that, what's in there?" Li Yiyan vaguely guessed, but still felt incredulous and couldn't help asking.

The master smoothed his breath, and then said: "There is nothing valuable in there, only a bookshelf, Xiao Sheng picked up a scroll, turned a few pages and found a letter mixed in. ”

Saying this, the master stopped again and glanced up at Li Yiyan.

Li Yiyan said coldly: "Are you here to report the news, or to come to the book?" If you drag it any longer, you'll be dragged down. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The master hurriedly lowered his head: "What is in it is the letter of the general of the southern country!" Xiaosheng was taken aback at the time, the general of the southern country is a general of another country, how can he have a relationship with the county order? So I looked through it again and found several letters from different times. Xiao Sheng panicked, quietly slipped away, and then didn't dare to pass by there. ”

After Li Yiyan listened, he was silent, if this matter is true, it is much more serious than a border abduction case. Having private messages with soldiers of other countries can locate the crime of treason, which is a major crime of the Nine Clans.

Ning Yunyu was also shocked, if he had dealings with the generals of the Southern Kingdom, would he want to cause a war on the border? Once the flames of war are ignited, they are not so easy to extinguish. It is a phosphorus fire piled up with countless white bones, and it will not stop without working the people and money, and not destroying the family and people.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the master thought that they didn't believe it, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaosheng can lead the way, which secret room to go, the letters are all in the secret room!" The emperor, Xiaosheng is old and frail, and he has nothing to do, so he has to beg for food under his command in this bastard county. But Xiaosheng has definitely done anything against the law, and he has never harmed anyone! Ask the emperor to see it! ”