The servant looked at Chen Chaoyan.

Yuejian and Lingyou also looked at Chen Chaoyan.

Bai Shao, Chong Lou and others also looked at Chen Chaoyan.

Chen Chaoyan looked at Qiu Shi, Xu Yue and the child's name, and her emotions surged like a tidal wave.

In the absence of absolute evidence, reason told her that this might just be a coincidence.But is it really just a coincidence?

There are quite a few cases of 'Candide' murders.

Tian Changlin...

After a while, after calming down a little, Chen Chaoyan thought about it and said, "As for the rest, we'll find out after checking them tomorrow."

Yuejian's idea was approved, and she couldn't help but snorted at Lingyou proudly, and continued: "If Li and Zhou are the same as Cheng, does it mean that the murderer is Tian Changlin?"

Lingyou retorted unceremoniously: "Even if Li and Zhou are the same as Cheng, what's the matter with Tian Changlin? He doesn't even dare to resist Xu Yue and Qiu, and dares to kill people?"

Although Yuejian felt that what he said made sense, she still couldn't help but retort: ​​"Since it's none of his business, then tell me why the seven people who died didn't look like any of them, just like his family?"

Lingyou couldn't speak, but he still replied: "Then tell me, he dared to kill people, why didn't he dare to resist Xu Yue and the Qiu family?"

"Because, Xu Yue and the Qiu family are not just Xu Yue and the Qiu family," Chen Chaoyan said in a low voice, "Xu Yue is also a good friend of Du Jian'an and Meng Xun. Tian Changlin's position as supervisor was also bought by Xu Yue. If Xu Yue Dead, Du Jianan and Meng Xun are very likely to remove Tian Changlin's identity as supervisor, and they may also think that Xu Yue's death was because Tian Changlin was dissatisfied with their actions. In order to prevent Tian Changlin from dealing with them in the future or Tian Changlin suing them, they are extremely Might try to get rid of him."

"As long as Tian Changlin doesn't want to die, then he will never do anything to Xu Yue."

"That's it!" Yue Jian nodded again and again, and at the same time did not forget to look at Ling You proudly.

Lingyou grabbed his hair anxiously, trying to refute, but couldn't find the words to refute.The appearance of scratching his ears and cheeks made Yuejian even more proud.

Chen Chaoyan still looked at the names of Qiu and Xu Yue, and continued: "Of course, what I said is just speculation. Is it true..."

She looked up at Xie Xuan, and was about to ask him to send someone to the official mine to investigate Tian Changlin, when he first opened his mouth and said to Lingquan: "Investigate Tian Changlin carefully, find out what happened to Grandma Tao, the Cheng family and others That day, his whereabouts."

Lingquan should be the last one to go.

Xie Xuan looked back at Chen Chaoyan, "Du Jian'an and Meng Xun haven't been tried yet."

"The two of them, I won't go to interrogate them, lest..." Chen Chaoyan was talking, when he saw a pigeon flapping its wings and landed on the window sill, cooing while walking back and forth.

There is also a small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg.

Chen Chaoyan looked at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan didn't move.

Chonglou went up, just as he took down the bamboo tube, another pigeon came.

After taking off the bamboo tube from the other pigeon's leg, he handed it to the waiter together.

The servant took out the notes from the bamboo tube one by one and handed them to Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan unfolded one of the notes, looked at it twice, and couldn't help raising his brows, then raised his eyes to look at Chen Chaoyan twice, and after curling his mouth, he handed over the note.

After Chen Chaoyan took the note, he opened another note.

Chen Chaoyan originally thought it was related to Chen Qiyang's news, so she was shocked when she saw that Fourth Miss Su, that is, Yu Ai, had sent her a letter through Mr. Yao Qigong, the seventh grandson of Mr. He couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

The great-seventh grandson of Taifu Yao?

Isn't that Miss Yao San's seventh brother?

Yu Ai wrote to her through him?

Chen Chaoyan had so many doubts that she couldn't help but turn her eyes to the note Xie Xuan was reading.

Xie Xuan said without raising his head: "Kong Tao has already set off from Dongyin County to Jinyi County."

Chen Chaoyan asked urgently: "And then?"

Xie Xuan raised his eyes, "Then?"

Chen Chaoyan rubbed her cheeks, trying to calm herself down, but...

Looking into Xie Xuan's eyes, she said, "Yao Qigong, what kind of person is he?"

Xie Xuanyang raised his eyebrows, "The princess doesn't remember him?"

Chen Chaoyan looked at him questioningly.

The corners of Xie Xuan's mouth curled up calmly, "So, the concubine's attention is all on Miss Yao San?"

Chen Chaoyan was stunned for a moment before realizing that what he was talking about was about her reading a book earlier.After a moment of silence, she nodded cooperatively and said: "Yes, my attention is on her, so I want to ask the prince, what kind of person is that Young Master Yao Qi."

Of course not.

The seventh son of Yao, Yao Changqing, is the most proud descendant of Yao Taifu, and also the most talented son of the Yao family, but at the 15-year-old birthday banquet, that is, three years ago, he suddenly vomited blood and fainted for no reason. Standing and walking again makes it impossible to use internal strength, and life gradually withers.

It was precisely because she knew everything that she was surprised how Yu Ai got involved with him.

Although he knew that what she said was a lie, Xie Xuan was still comforted. After clasping his hands twice, he said: "In terms of talent, Mr. Yao Qi is one point behind me; in terms of appearance, Mr. Yao Qi is two points behind me." Points; compared to character, Yao Qigong is three points behind me; compared to status, Yao Qigong is four points behind me; compared to wealth, Yao Qigong is five points behind me; compared to power..."

Chen Chaoyan looked at him with a half-smile, "Why didn't you say anything?"

Xie Xuan said calmly: "In short, compared with me, Mr. Yao Qi is a bit inferior in everything. But compared with others, he is a bit outstanding."

Chen Chaoyan smiled, and asked directly: "Why did Seventh Master Yao vomit blood and faint? Why can't he stand up and walk anymore?"

"I don't know." Xie Xuan shook his head.Seeing that she didn't believe it, he tapped the voucher twice more, and said slowly, "The imperial doctor can't find any problems, and the divine doctor invited by the Taifu's mansion can't do anything about it."

Chen Chaoyan frowned slightly, "Is he in Guangling County?"

After Xie Xuan was silent for a moment, his tone was still unhurried, "Lord Cui, the governor of Guangling County, is the uncle of Young Master Yao Qi."

Chen Chaoyan: ...

No wonder Master Cui's letter last time was full of praise for Yu Ai.

only……

No matter how outstanding Mr. Yao Qi is, he will not die soon. Yu Ai is not impulsive, and he also hates gaining power. Chen Chaoyan really can't imagine why she would get involved with him.

Reluctantly suppressing the complicated emotions, and forced another two sips of tea, Chen Chaoyan turned back to the topic and said, "Let's talk about the case. I will not participate in the interrogation of Du Jian'an and Meng Xun. From the current point of view, the two of them have nothing to do with The few cases are not related for the time being. However, since the official mine has no clue, it is a good idea to use the two of them as a breakthrough."

Xie Xuan thought for a moment, then asked her, "How likely is it that Tian Changlin is the murderer?"

Chen Chaoyan didn't answer and asked instead: "Do you want to use Tian Changlin as a breakthrough?"

Xie Xuan shook his head and vetoed: "No need."

Chen Chaoyan looked at him suspiciously.

Xie Xuan hooked the corner of his mouth and said: "It is enough to have Xu Yue's business."

"It's just that if Tian Changlin is the murderer, then the reason will be more sufficient?" Chen Chaoyan said.

After Xie Xuan said 'hmm', he intentionally teased her and said, "Why, the concubine is going to directly determine that Tian Changlin is the murderer without looking into the evidence?"

"My lord thinks too much." After Chen Chaoyan replied casually, she sat back and said while drinking tea, "If Tian Changlin is not the murderer, even if he is of great use to the lord, I will return his innocence. In the same way, If Tian Changlin is the murderer, no matter how many reasons he has, I will bring him to justice."

"So, how does the princess plan to determine whether he is the murderer or not?" Xie Xuan asked.

"Tomorrow, let's take a look at the rest of the villages," Chen Chaoyan said after thinking for a moment, "I'll talk to Xu Yue after I get back. For the rest, I'll just wait for news from Lingquan."

Xie Xuan slowly nodded his head and said 'hmm', and asked which village he would go to first tomorrow.He waited for a long time after the question and didn't get an answer, so he couldn't help but look at her.Seeing her looking at the note, her brows furrowed and then loosened, she couldn't help but chuckled in a low voice: "It seems that the letter from Miss Su Si has not been received, and the princess can't calm down and continue to investigate the case."

Indeed, Chen Chaoyan did not argue.

Xie Xuan clasped his hands and tapped twice, got up and said: "Princess, wait slowly. Before it is dark, I will go to meet Du Jian'an and Meng Xun for a while."

"Then the prince is busy." Chen Chaoyan said.

Seeing that she had no intention of getting up to see her off, Xie Xuan couldn't help but smiled again before leaving.

On the way to Ertang, Xie Xuan asked about Lingyou's trip to the official mine.

Lingyou broke a tree branch to make a sword, and said all the way: "It's the same as the time you went there before, after seeing those swords, all the departments of the mine and mines and mines immediately became arguing. What is the content of the quarrel? It’s still the same cliché of passing the buck to each other.”

"However, compared to the chaos last time, this time they have the will to shift most of the responsibility to the Beidu Armaments Supervision, Jiafang Department, Nufang Department, etc."

Beidu Military Weapons Supervision, Jiafang Department and Nufang Department are the institutions in the official mine that are mainly responsible for casting military weapons.

Xie Xuan held the unicorn jade pendant and tapped his palm and said, "Since they have shifted most of the responsibility to the Beidu Armaments Supervision, Jiafang Department and Nufang Department, then you should go to the official mine again and take the armor The Ling, Cheng and others from the Fang Department and Nu Fang Department are all brought to the county government!"

Lingyou said: "Young master, let Nanling go. He has high martial arts skills. If he encounters disobedience, he can kill with one sword."

Xie Xuan said without any room for negotiation: "Go!"

"Son..."

Lingyou still wanted to intercede, but Nanling said coldly, "I want to protect the princess."

He can also protect the princess!As soon as Lingyou was about to make a sound, Nanling said coldly again: "There must be many rebels in Beidu Military Weapons Supervision, Jiafang Department and Nufang Department. If we want to take them all down, the official mine There is bound to be chaos, and when the time comes, those who assassinate the princess are likely to follow suit. As long as you can guarantee that you can protect the princess in wave after wave of assassinations, I will go."

Lingyou immediately swallowed back the words, and changed his words: "Then I'll go."

Nanling said slowly, "You are wise."

Lingyou groaned twice, and reluctantly left.

After Xie Xuanjin went to the second hall and sat down on the counter, Zheng Liang also hurried over.

Xie Xuan ordered: "Bring Du Jian'an and Meng Xun up!"

Du Jian'an and Meng Xun came very quickly.

As soon as they entered the gate of the second hall, they both knelt down and called out: "I beg the prince to make the decision for the next official!"

"Tell me, what do you want?" Xie Xuanwai leaned on the chair, tapped his hand twice, and motioned for the attendant who came to serve tea.

"The lower official didn't know about Tian Changlin's murder." Du Jianan touched his head to the ground, weeping bitterly, "If the lower official knew, he would have been arrested and brought to justice without the prince's order."

After Xie Xuan sipped half a cup of tea, he asked slowly, "Who did Tian Changlin kill?"

Both Du Jian'an and Meng Xun were taken aback: Did they receive fake news?

Xie Xuan put down the teacup: "Speak."

Du Jian'an said anxiously: "Reporting to the lord, the official heard about the death of the Cheng family in Yuangou Village, it was Tian Changlin who heard about it, so..."

Xie Xuan interrupted him, "Where did you hear that?"

"This..." Du Jian'an kowtowed and said, "You should be damned, you shouldn't just listen to the wind and rain, please forgive me, my lord."

"My king asks you, where did you hear about it?" Xie Xuan asked again.

Du Jian'an didn't dare to answer, he just kowtowed his head, and kept saying the words, "Damn the next official, please forgive me".

Xie Xuan turned his gaze to Meng Xun, "You answer."

Meng Xun also kowtowed, and begged for mercy.

Xie Xuan's eyes became colder, and after watching the two quietly for a while, he turned to Zheng Liang, "Where are they locked up after they arrive at the county government?"

Zheng Liang quickly replied: "He is guarded in the execution room."

"Go and take care of the torture room and those who have been in the torture room during the period, and invite me to come here, not a few!" Xie Xuan ordered quietly.

Zheng Liang took a quick look at Du Jian'an and Meng Xun, then hurried away.

Du Jian'an and Meng Xun also panicked when they heard his footsteps going away, and confessed that they were the yamen servants who bought the guards, and they learned about Tian Changlin's murder of Cheng Shi from the yamen servants.

Xie Xuan was noncommittal.

It wasn't until Zheng Liang brought over the eight yamen guards guarding them that he asked, "Which yamen servant?"

Du Jian'an and Meng Xun yelled 'My lord, spare me' again.

The eight yamen servants also knelt down on the ground, and together they shouted, 'My lord, have mercy'.

Xie Xuan laughed, "It seems that we have bought them all, very good. Pull them down, beat them with [-] boards each, and then drive them out of the county government."

The yamen servants still wanted to beg for mercy, but Zheng Liang called someone and forcibly dragged them down.

When the sound of hitting the board came, Xie Xuan clasped his hands and tapped on the desk, his eyes fell on Du Jian'an and Meng Xun again.The two were already trembling.

"My king asked Mr. Zheng to take you back to the county government. Instead of thinking about it, you bought the servants and tried every means to find out the news." Xie Xuan said emotionally, "Does this king have reason to suspect that you have assassinated this king over and over again?" Even if you are not the mastermind of the secret guards and the military weapons that are used for public benefit, they are also inseparable from you?"

"Your Highness is clearly aware," Du Jian'an said in panic, "Even if you have the guts to be an official, you will never dare to assassinate your Highness, and you will never dare to let the government mines privately manufacture weapons!"

"You said it wasn't you," Xie Xuan said calmly, "Then tell me who it is."

"My lord..." Du Jian'an raised his head, met Xie Xuan's ice-like gaze, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly lowered his head.

Xie Xuan didn't urge him, just tapped on the desk and waited quietly.

The sound of begging for mercy continued, but as time passed, the sound became quieter unconsciously.

Until the end, only the sound of kowtow was left.

Xie Xuan remained silent and did not urge.It was not until the end that even the sound of kowtows subsided, that he slowly ordered Zheng Liang: "Send them to the prison, and no one is allowed to visit without my king's order!"

After Zheng Liang glanced quickly at Du Jian'an and Meng Xun who were kneeling on the ground, he answered yes tremblingly.

Hearing Du Jian'an and Meng Xun's howls go away, Xie Xuan sat behind the desk and did not move.

The red sun hangs on the roof in the distance, and the sun shines on the earth.

Playing with the teacup, leaning against the chair, when the rays of the sun subsided and the twilight suddenly fell, Xie Xuan said quietly: "Arrange people to watch carefully, don't make any mistakes!"

After the Chonglou should be behind, he quickly walked out of the second hall, and after a few steps, he disappeared into the darkness.

After a while, when Zheng Liang came back, the second hall was empty.

Only the yamen servant at the door sent a message to him: "My lord told me to tell my lord that the villagers in Ningkou Village will be handed over to my lord for interrogation. My lord told my lord to find out their dealings with the official mine."

Zheng Liang frowned, sighed for a while, and resigned himself to entering the second hall, and ordered: "Go, go and bring the people from Ningkou Village here, don't bring too many at a time, just go to the second hall. Take it here."

Not listed here.

Let's talk about Yuqing architecture.

When Xie Xuan came back from the second hall, Yu Ai's letter hadn't arrived yet.

It wasn't until after dinner and a short rest that the letter arrived.

Although Yuejian and the others were curious about the relationship between Chen Chaoyan and Miss Su Si, they all consciously stood aside.

After Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan who was looking at her, and then at the crowd, he suppressed his excitement and quickly opened the letter.

It's Yu Ai's handwriting!

The word 'Yan Yan' at the beginning is also Yu Ai's tone!

After Chen Chaoyan quickly browsed through it, she went back to the beginning and began to re-read it word by word.

Yu Ai first talked about her own situation so that she needn't worry, then she said a few words about Yao Changqing, and then she talked about the reason for writing the letter.

Yu Ai's situation is not different from what Lingyou said before, but he and Yao Changqing are a community of destiny.

She also has cheats!

Her cheat is Lingquan space.

Of course, she didn't write it explicitly in the letter, but she was hinted at by a farming novel with a spiritual spring space that they had read together.

The water in the Lingquan space and the vegetables grown in the Lingquan can slowly repair Yao Changqing's body.In order not to expose the cheating, she chose to take care of Yao Changqing's daily life.

In other words, she was using Yao Changqing's identity as a protective shield against the Su family.And Yao Changqing used her cooking skills to heal her body.

When writing to her, Yu Ai learned through Yao Changqing that there was a maid who could solve the case beside Xie Xuan.And from the various details of solving the case, she guessed it was her.I also know that she must have known her through Xie Xuan, but she didn't know that she was related to Yao Changqing, so she didn't dare to write to her, so she took the initiative to be the leader of the letter.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Chen Chaoyan was completely relieved.

With Yao Changqing's protection, Yu Ai will not be in danger for the time being.

After reading the letter again, Chen Chaoyan handed it to Xie Xuan generously.

Xie Xuan took a deep look at her before accepting the letter.

After reading the contents of the letter, Xie Xuan played with taste: "What kind of book is the farm girl?"

"It's a very beautiful book. If your lord is interested, I can tell you slowly when I have free time." Chen Chaoyan replied calmly, then got up and said, "It's late today, and there will be many things tomorrow. Please, my lord, rest earlier."

Xie Xuan followed her to get up, followed her to the inner room, and asked as he walked, "I wonder when the princess will be free?"

Chen Chaoyan glanced at him lightly, "What does the prince want to know, it's okay to just say it."

Xie Xuan paused his steps slightly, so that Yuejian and the others did not have to follow up, and asked slowly: "Miss Su Fourth knows medical skills?"

Chen Chaoyan lowered her eyes and smiled twice, "No."

"Then why was she able to heal Young Master Yao Qi?" Xie Xuan asked slowly after entering the inner room and sitting down, looking directly into her eyes.

Chen Chaoyan rested her chin with one hand, tilted her head to look at him and said, "Why she was able to heal Young Master Yao Qi is probably the same as why the prince met me in Qingxi County."

Xie Xuan raised his brows slightly, "Princess wants to say, is this destiny?"

Chen Chaoyan laughed lowly, "That's right."

She is a forensic doctor, so she met him who was eager to find out the treacherous officials and rebels.

Yu Ai's family is in business, and the main industrial chain is the farm, because she got the Lingquan and met Yao Changqing whose life was gradually fading.

Although she is a believer in science, when encountering time travel, she has to believe in some things that cannot be explained by science.Therefore, there is nothing wrong with saying that the encounter between her and Yu Ai, Xie Xuan, and Yao Changqing was a destiny.

"Fate's destiny." Xie Xuan murmured twice, stood up and opened his hands and said, "Please trouble the princess."

Chen Chaoyan smiled and stepped forward, took off his outer clothes for him, then turned around and went back to sleep on his own bed.

The next two days.

Perhaps there is a precedent for all the villagers of Ningkouzhuang being imprisoned in the county government, and the villagers in the remaining villages are very cooperative.

only……

In two days, they suffered a total of seven assassinations!

The reason for the frequent assassinations was the two assassinations on the first day.

Xie Xuan mixed the swords seized in Luyang County into the hands of the strangling secret guards sporadically, and then ordered Chonglou to send the secret guard's body to the official mine.

The imprisonment of Du Jian'an and Meng Xun, and the continuous outflow of privately manufactured weapons made the entire official mine seem like a tight string.

It seems that there is no other way but to continue to assassinate.

Looking at the blood stains on Yue Jian, Bai Shao and others, Chen Chaoyan said calmly, "Judging from the current situation, the assassination in the future will probably become more and more intensive."

"Bring the people from Jiafang Department and Nufang Department back to the county government. If they encounter resistance, they will be killed without mercy!" After throwing the unicorn jade pendant at his waist to Chonglou, Xie Xuan half leaned on the pillow, looked at her and said, "Scared?"

Before Chen Chaoyan answered, he said again: "It's late."

Knowing that he was trying to ease the atmosphere, Chen Chaoyan didn't care about it. After pouring him a cup of tea, he poured several more cups and handed them to Yuejian and the others one by one.After they all had a sip or two, she spoke again, "You want to use this method to force them to take a slant?"

Xie Xuan didn't admit it, nor denied it, he just said: "Wangfei thinks it's wrong?"

Either way, she doesn't know much about these things.Chen Chaoyan sighed softly and looked at Yue Jian, "I naturally believe in what the prince does, but..."

Yuejian quickly said: "We're fine!"

Bai Shao and Shi Shu also nodded at the same time, silently saying that they are fine.

Seeing this, Chen Chaoyan stopped continuing, but changed the topic and said, "When will Master Kong arrive?"

The carriage stopped slowly in front of the county government house.

Xie Xuan glanced at Kong Tao who was standing guard at the door, slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, and said rather meaningfully: "Isn't it here?"

Chen Chaoyan followed his gaze, and happened to meet Kong Tao's gaze.

"This month, Mercury may be retrograde. I used to have a migraine, and I could just take a painkiller. This month, since the beginning of the month, no matter how I take the medicine, it doesn't work. I feel sore every day, and I can't concentrate at all. The spirit is to code words, so I have been breaking and breaking. Fortunately, this is the penultimate case, and it has entered the final stage. Although there are not many readers, I still want to explain it seriously. Sorry, let everyone big and small Awaited."

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