After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

Yan Jinyang raised his face proudly: "Mother is wrong, it wasn't Lord Dai who solved the case so quickly, it was my third brother who found the murderer!"

"Hey?"

Qin Yaoguang immediately looked at Yan Shiyan and asked happily, "Brother Yan, tell mother quickly, how did you find out?"

There wasn't even a shred of doubt.

Whether it was Yan Jinyang's bold words "Mother was wrong" or Qin Yaoguang's unreserved trust, they were used to getting along with each other and didn't think there was anything wrong.

In the eyes of the four princes, each one was more surprised than the other.

This level of surprise is no less than that of Yan Jinyang's medical skills and Yan Shiyan's ability to solve cases.

They are so comfortable!

The fourth prince sighed in his heart. Apart from envy, he didn't even have room for jealousy. He could only watch the mother and her two sons silently.

Yan Jinyang grabbed a handful of bright red and juicy cherries in his hand and urged Yan Shiyan repeatedly: "Third brother, third brother, tell me again! Tell me in more detail."

"It was so windy on horseback just now that I didn't hear it clearly."

Qin Yaoguang agreed: "Tell us first, and then tell Yuan An, Yin Jie'er, and the young masters and young ladies of the Zhao family."

When children achieve good results, they must be praised!

Praise well!

She wanted the whole world to know.

"Mother……"

Yan Shiyan was about to say something but stopped himself, and even the fingers holding the cup were stained with a faint crimson color.

He is a reserved person by nature, but he becomes very lively when he encounters something that interests him.

Despite his mother's endless praise and appreciation, he still felt a little shy.

But, I’m so happy!

His eyes sparkled, and he smiled as he said, "It's actually not that complicated. The murderer didn't go far. He's hiding among the onlookers."

Qin Yaoguang nodded, looking forward to what was to come.

She had seen similar plots in modern crime dramas. Some murderers were so conceited that they would deliberately stay at the scene to watch their results.

"Lord Dai has dispatched a team of yamen runners and asked my mother to lend him some manpower. He is here to question everyone who is still nearby and eliminate any suspicion."

Yan Shiyan took a sip of his drink and recalled the situation at that time: "In fact, many people who were frightened ran away before, and it was difficult to find them all. I didn't understand what Master Dai meant, and I just felt that it was a waste of effort."

"Until I saw someone."

The common people had a natural fear of the government, and when they heard that they were going to be detained for questioning, they all showed expressions of fear and dread.

But there was a man with sturdy hands and feet, wearing blue cloth clothes and carrying a medicine basket, who remained very calm.

Yan Shiyan paid more attention and followed the constable to listen in when he was being questioned.

The man said that he was passing by Leyouyuan on his way up the mountain to collect herbs. When he heard that someone had been killed, he came over to watch the fun.

The constable checked the medicine basket he carried with him, and asked him about his hometown, etc., but found no flaws. He did not even seem awkward as ordinary people would when facing the constable.

Just when he was about to let him go, Yan Shiyan stopped him and asked him several questions in a row.

The detectives all knew that he was the son of the Princess's mansion. Although they didn't agree with it and wanted to move on to question the next person, they still waited patiently for him to finish his questions.

It was these questions that stumped the man.

Yan Shiyan smiled and said, "I asked him, if he was going to collect herbs, why did he pass by Leyouyuan at this time? Where did he go to collect herbs, and what kind of herbs did he collect?"

"He couldn't answer any of them."

Qin Yaoguang said "Oh" with understanding: "So that's it."

The fourth prince was confused and couldn't help asking, "Is there any problem with this?"

In his opinion, it was a normal thing and there was nothing strange about it.

Why did everyone know it but he just didn't understand?

Yan Jinyang was looking at his third brother with admiration. When he heard the fourth prince's question, he excitedly added, "I know, I know!"

"The herbalists always set out before dawn! Because most of the good herbs are deep in the mountains. It takes a long time just to get into the mountains. Now it's broad daylight."

"If he is so lazy, he won't be able to support his family by collecting herbs."

It's not surprising that he knows medicine, but why does Yan Shiyan know this too?

Seeing the doubt in the Fourth Prince's heart, Yan Shiyan smiled and said, "Before the Spring Festival, we lived with our mother in the hot spring manor for a while. It happened to be hit by a hailstorm, and we helped the farmers rebuild their houses, rescue people, and grab wheat seedlings for the winter, so I know a little bit."

"You, you..."

It took the Fourth Prince a long time to smooth out his tongue, his shock evident on his face.

“You actually went to work for farmers?”

Taught by great scholars, he understood the principle that "food is the first necessity of the people" and followed his mother to participate in the silkworm ceremony held every spring.

But in his opinion, they are all rituals and not something that needs to be done personally.

Yan Shiyan understood what he meant and said calmly: "We are human beings, and farmers are also human beings. Since they are in trouble, why can't we help them?"

"Mother said that we are all supported by the common people, so we should think more about them."

Yan Jinyang nodded repeatedly: "That's right! It's all my mother's teachings."

The fourth prince was in a trance.

He understood the principles, but in the concept he had developed since childhood, he was of noble status and there was a difference between the superior and the inferior.

How could I condescend to help them with the rough work?

However, if Yan Shiyan had not experienced this, he would not have been able to see that person's flaw today.

Maybe the royal aunt is right?

The Fourth Prince was torn between his conscience and his desires. Yan Shiyan continued the story slowly, "After he was stumped by the question, he started to panic and wanted to escape."

With so many people around, the murderer couldn't escape.

After being caught, he still wanted to resist, but Yan Shiyan keenly discovered that there was a scratch on the back of his right hand that was suspected to be made by a woman's fingernail, and he had found some dandruff on the fingernails of the previous victim's body.

At the time, he only kept it in mind as a doubt, but when he compared it with the murderer's characteristics, it was confirmed without a doubt.

The evidence is irrefutable.

With Dai Zhilong in charge, the details of the case were quickly uncovered.

It turned out that the herbalist lost his wife and wanted to remarry, so he asked a girl from the same village for help.

Unexpectedly, the woman already had someone in her heart, but her family coveted his gift and agreed to the marriage.

The woman came to him and begged him, saying that she would rather die than marry, which made the herbalist feel insulted.

He went to ask for the betrothal gift, but unexpectedly the family was shameless and the gift they returned was just a small amount, which was nothing like what he had sent.

The herbalists regarded this as a great humiliation.

Therefore, he secretly followed the woman in the dark until today, when he followed her to Leyouyuan and saw her meeting another man with his own eyes.

His anger made him raise the sickle for collecting herbs.

Let those who let him down become a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate.

Afterwards, he washed his hands, buried the sickle in the soil under the tree, and came back to watch the fun.

After Yan Shiyan finished speaking, everyone sighed.

The herbalist went from victim to murderer just because of a single thought.

Qin Yaoguang wanted to use this incident to explore the hearts of the three children, so he asked them: "If you were him, what would you do?"