Li Shimin sat a few days ago and kept coughing, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "Father, how are you?" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for him to hurry up. When Li Chengqian left the study, he asked people to summon the imperial doctor.

Li Shimin, who was in the house, could naturally hear that he was angry at what Li Chengqian had done, but he couldn't understand why he was such an excellent child when he was a teenager, why did he suddenly become like this? Could it really be that the doting on Qingque made Cheng Qian have a sense of crisis?

Li Chengqian's eyes only saw Li Tai, and he was far from knowing that the person who posed the biggest threat to his throne was not Li Tai, who had the same lineage and favored kings, but Li Ke, who had a high reputation in both the army and the people!

Li Shimin, as a father who doesn't want fratricidal situations to occur, can only weigh him so much and sigh with hatred, he has rectified the world, and his subordinates are well-organized, but he can't rectify his sons! He still can't find an answer to this matter.

The room is full of messes.

Li Shimin closed his eyes to calm his mood, and after a while, he said, "Zhongrui." ”

"Holy." Zhongrui bowed.

"Pass on my dictation, and order the three divisions to let go and investigate the murder case in the East Palace, and solve the case within one month, no matter what the result is, no favoritism is allowed to conceal it." Li Shimin closed his eyes and said in a low voice.

Zhongrui's heart was cold, he paused for a moment, and responded, "Yes." ”

The room was quiet again, and the palace maid lightly cleaned up the incense burner, incense ash and paper on the ground, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Knowing the sound, in addition to that, the entire Taiji Palace was calm and chilling.

After the three divisions got the holy decree, they immediately launched an investigation, and everyone had a conclusion in their hearts about who the culprit was, and felt that it was just looking for evidence.

Therefore, the three divisions are also divided into three divisions. Because the witnesses involved officials of the Criminal Department, the Criminal Department went to the East Palace to collect clues, and Dali Temple went to record the confessions of the guards of the Xiao Mansion and investigate the people who had contact with the deceased before his death... The Imperial Observatory was responsible for recording Ran Yan's confession.

Although the people who heard the killer's conversation in the cellar were all Xiao Mansion guards, they couldn't hide the matter of Mrs. Dongyang, and Mrs. Dongyang had already died... This matter is not too much of an obstacle to the Xiao family, and as for Liu Pinrang's last words, there is no need to hide it.

But whatever Yu Shitai asked, Ran Yan was very clear about everything. Including those killers who took revenge on her for not saving Mrs. Dongyang when she saw her death, and also included Liu Pinrang's alleged that the prince tortured and beat him.

"There's one thing I've always found weird." Ran Yan said.

Yu Shi Zhongcheng knew that Ran Yan was also familiar with solving cases, and hurriedly asked..."Please speak." ”

"The man who threw Liu Sheren from the attic at that time, I always thought that he was deliberately leading us to the secret passage, it should not be the killers, and Liu Sheren also said that he had been locked up for so many days, and it was the first time I saw him." Ran Yan also told Xiao Song about this matter, he deduced a few possibilities, and Ran Yan felt that it all made sense... But at this time, she also doesn't want to be nosy.

Seeing that the literary history had been recorded, Cheng asked again, "I wonder if Mrs. Xianliang has found any other doubts?" ”

Ran Yan carefully recalled... But a sentence suddenly flashed in his mind, the leader once specifically mentioned whether the golden hydrangea 'flower' raised by Mrs. Dongyang was transported back to Lanling, Ran Yan was silent for a long time, struggling in his heart, and finally said, "The killer once mentioned the golden hydrangea 'flower' raised by Mrs. Dongyang." ”

"Oh? Madame, please elaborate on the killer's conversation. Yu Shi Zhongcheng immediately said.

Ran Yan repeated the original words.

Yu Shitai had already known that Ran Yan would conduct an autopsy in private, so he specifically asked about Liu Pinrang's body, "Please describe the condition of Liu Sheren's body at that time." ”

"Liu Sheren has a serious bruise on his face, and his body is the same as the previous prince's concubine... The whiplash wounds on the upper body are intensive, but the difference is that Liu Sheren does not even have a piece of intact skin and 'flesh' on the front 'chest', and the abdominal wound is deeply visible to the viscera, and there are many places of suppuration. I haven't looked closely, but I can see in general... He had multiple fractures all over his body. Ran Yan said.

This kind of injury, several officials of the Imperial History Observatory were chilled when they heard this, and they were afraid and angry in their hearts, and they quickly recalled whether they had reported the prince.

Ran Yan paused for a moment and continued, "I seem to have seen that Liu She's body had wattles on his body, and there was also a faint smell of water on his body, but at that time, I was in a hurry to give him a life, the light was dim, and his body was full of blood and rancidity, I can't be sure." ”

In the water of Qujiang, not every place has wattles, and the information provided by Ran Yan... made them suspect that Liu Pinrang was not imprisoned in that restaurant at all before.

The Yushitai people asked a few more questions, until Ran Yan said that there was nothing else suspicious, and then they gave up.

Yu Shi Shi said, "Thank you Mrs. Xianliang for your help!" ”

"You're welcome, you should." Ran Yan said.

There were a lot of clues in the imperial history, so he was in a hurry to report, and then sent someone to confirm it, so he hurriedly left.

Ran Yan got up from the pavilion and was about to go to the baby room to see the three little ones, but saw Liu Qingsong and Cheng Huailiang hurrying over.

"Sister-in-law." Cheng Huailiang seemed to have just been fished out of the water, and where he was standing, the ground was dripping with water for a while.

Liu Qingsong panted and said, "Jiulang went to investigate the case?" ”

"Nonsense." Ran Yan asked the two of them to sit down, and ordered Wanlu to serve the soup to cool off.

Liu Qingsong sat on the seat, "Dejian has been arrested, and the two of us can't sit still and walk around." ”

"Li Dejian was arrested, why?" Ran Yan also sat back in his seat.

"Dali Temple said that before finding out Dejian, he had dinner with the prince's concubine in Jinlou, and after that, the prince's concubine could not find any traces, and they suspected that Dejian had something to do with the case." Cheng Huailiang was already loud and loud, and when he was 'excited', he shouted even louder.

Liu Qingsong sighed, this is after Ran Yan checked the contents of his stomach, Dali Temple 'touched' the melon according to this Shun Teng, and pulled out such a thing, "De Jian has always been close to the East Palace.................. Alas! ”

"What about the general? What is his attitude? Ran Yan asked.

Li Jing is not only good at fighting, but also not a pure martial artist, he understands the "feeling" of the court.

Liu Qingsong leaned on a few and said lazily, "What other attitude?" It's the same as those old pavilions, two words, calm. When he heard that his son had been arrested, he sent someone to ask what was going on, and then he was silent. ”

Ran Yan said, "I'm afraid this matter is going to be bigger." ”

"Sister-in-law! It is impossible for De Jian to kill! Cheng Huailiang roared.

Liu Qingsong plucked out his ears and said, "It's a hot day, what are you yelling at?" We all know that it is impossible for De Jian to kill people, but can you guarantee that he is not involved in this? What's even more terrifying is that the general is involved! ”

Li Jing has already made great achievements, so in the past few years, he has resigned and stayed at home to close the door to thank guests, not to participate in political affairs, and to draw a clear line with the court, so as to ensure the peace of the monarch and ministers.

Cheng Huailiang's nerves are a little rougher, but his father is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, so he can naturally figure out the stakes, and he can't help but mutter, "De Jian is really, he has died two times before, and he still runs to eat with the people of the East Palace if he has nothing to do!" ”

"Well, if those two murders hadn't happened, he was afraid that he wouldn't have gone to find the prince's concubine." Liu Qingsong grabbed a few grapes from the fruit bowl and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "We can't help, so don't add to the 'mess'." Sister-in-law, bring those three little ones to play with me for a while. ”

Cheng Huailiang also shifted his attention slightly, looking at Ran Yan with anticipation on his face, after he saw Weak last time, he felt that little thing was really interesting, but he was a little embarrassed, "It's too sudden, Brother Easy, you didn't say it earlier, you didn't even prepare a gift." ”

"I'll make it up later." Liu Qingsong said disappreliantly.

Ran Yan saw that Cheng Huailiang was looking forward to it, so he didn't disappoint the fun, and it was good for the child to see unfamiliar faces occasionally, so he turned his face and asked, "What are the children doing now?" ”

"Madam, Xiao Langjun and Xiao Niang have just finished eating food and are playing in the house." Gelan replied.

Ran Yan looked at Ge Lan a few times without moving, and saw that she was indeed not unusual, so she said, "Order someone to spread a mat on the water pavilion and ask the 'milk' lady to carry them over." ”

"Yes." Ge Lan answered and went to the inner courtyard.

Liu Qingsong looked at her back, turned around and asked Ran Yan with a gossipy face, "Ge Lan doesn't have any affection for De Jian?" We had just noticed her, and seemed indifferent. ”

"You have the leisure to care about this, it's better to think about how to prepare for marriage, the person who is about to get married, and the idle 'chaos'!" Ran Yan frowned.

"You've wronged me! Ah Yun didn't let me 'interfere', saying that I was a loser, and if I tossed like this, this marriage, the two of us would have to drink the northwest wind. Exaggerated or not, the money left to me by our old lady is enough for me to squander in two lifetimes! I don't know what to keep it for! Liu Qingsong's face was full of helplessness, the beautiful little Lori in his mind who was rich and could make money and willing to "flower" had already been disillusioned.

Ran Yan curled the corners of his lips and said, "It seems that you finally realized." ”

"If the old lady is still there, Lao Tzu will just embroider 'flowers'." Liu Qingsong sighed, "It's useless to ask for money. ”

Listening to this, it is unreasonably sad.

Ran Yan and Mrs. Xiao have not been together for a long time, but only this can feel her kind of personality charm, Liu Qingsong has been by her side for more than ten years, and in retrospect, she must miss her more than her.

After a while, Ge Lan returned, "Madam, the 'milk' has already passed over with the little master. ”

"Let's go." Ran Yan got up.

Liu Qingsong immediately had a 'spirit' again, and ran to the water pavilion with Cheng Huailiang at a trot.

The water pavilion built on the side of the lotus pond is between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, and the distinction is not very obvious, in summer, there are dense lotus leaves and willow trees to cover it, and the outer courtyard cannot see this side clearly, so it is counted as the inner courtyard; In winter, the residual lotus and white snow, the winding paths are connected, and it can also be zoned as an outer courtyard.

"Children, uncle is here!" Liu Qingsong ran over with open arms.

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