Tang riddles

Fan Yang's Li family and Li Tang's royal family belonged to the same origin. In terms of seniority, the current generation of Fan Yang's Li family's children are all Li Jinyue's nephews.However, no one has planned like this for a long time.Fan Yang's Li family has always been in An'an Youzhou, and they are very self-aware. Although many children have become officials, no one wants to cling to the royal family in order to be rich and powerful.The royal family of Li Tang also took good care of the Fan Yang Li family. Most of the Fan Yang Li family's descendants could be arranged to serve as local officials in Youzhou.Official positions are generally not high, but the royal family of Li and Tang will not treat them badly.

Li Changyun is the eldest son of Fan Yang's Li family's second wife.After his eldest brother was killed, he shouldered the burden of the entire Fanyang Li family.Right now, the old Patriarch of the Li family in Fan Yang is seriously ill, and time is running out. Li Changyun may become the new Patriarch in the near future.

Li Changyun is already over forty years old, and his eyebrows and eyes are really similar to Li Jilan.On the night of arriving at the Li family in Fanyang, Li Jinyue took Li Jilan to meet Li Changyun. Facing the illegitimate daughter of her elder brother who had been lost for many years, Li Changyun sighed:

"I'm not afraid of family ugliness. Right now, the eldest brother has passed away, and the elder brother has no heirs. If it weren't for someone who carried it, those uncles and brothers would all want to share the eldest son's family property. The children left by the eldest brother would also be Unable to live up to, cowardly, and dare not fight for the long house. Now, a daughter who has been away from home for more than 20 years, can go all the way to Youzhou to visit after her elder brother passed away, alas..." Li Changyun was filled with emotion.

"Third uncle... don't say that..." Li Jilan's eyes turned red, "Although my father sent me away when I was very young, I don't blame him. In recent years, I have resumed correspondence with him. I know I can understand my father's pain."

Li Jilan was a child born between Li Changkong and a maid when he was depressed.In those years, Li Changkong was forced to marry a woman he didn't love, and his wife was naturally jealous, and he was really useless, fearing his wife like a tiger.His official career was also not going well. Compared with his brothers of the same generation, he couldn't display his talents, so he drank alcohol all day long to relieve his worries.It happened that at that time, there was a maid who would often chat with him, enlighten his mood, and ease his depression.Unknowingly, he fell in love with this maid, and after getting drunk, he had sex with the maid.

Until he had a child later, he wanted to take the maid as a concubine, but his wife was jealous.He carefully hid the maid, but was discovered by his wife. This woman was ruthless, and she poisoned the maid to death not long after the maid gave birth.Li Changkong had no choice but to order someone to send the child away, at least to save the child's life.

The child was sent to a family surnamed Li in Chang'an to be raised. Not long after Jiji, he became a monk and became a Taoist, and later became the famous Kun Dao Li Jilan in the two capitals.

More than 20 years later, Li Changkong's first wife died of illness, leaving behind two sons and a daughter. The daughter is married. The two sons grew up under the strong discipline of their mother.And now Li Changkong was assassinated to death again, the long house lost its backbone, and it was in a mess right now.If Li Changyun hadn't been in charge of it all the time, I'm afraid the long house would have fallen apart.

After the family recounted the past, it was Li Jinyue's turn to talk about business.This time, Li Jinyue came to Fan Yang to lead troops in the Youzhou Governor's Army camp. The saint gave her a Lu Longjun general soldier amulet, which can command at least 1 troops.Tomorrow, Li Jinyue will officially go to the camp of the Protectorate of Youzhou to take up his post.

According to Li Changyun, the current situation in Youzhou Dufu is a bit strange.Youzhou Jiedushi Xue Chuyu is the fifth son of Xue Rengui. It was their Xue family army who destroyed Goguryeo back then, and his fourth elder brother Xue Chuzhen is the current governor of Youzhou. or subordinate.The Xue family controls the military and political power in Youzhou.It is also difficult for Fan Yang and Li's family to have a place, and they can't speak.

After Fan Yang's Li family's accident, Xue Chuyu suddenly closed the door to thank the guests, saying that she was mentally ill and had a headache.And Xue Chuzhen spent the whole day in the barracks dancing with guns and clubs, indulged his brothers in drinking and having fun, and didn't care about anything. When he heard that Li Changkong had been stabbed to death, he just sent an assistant to take a look. , and then there was no movement.

The Xue family's abnormal behavior made people have no doubts.After careful consideration, Li Jinyue decided to inquire about Xue Chuyu and Xue Chuzhen when she saw Xue Chuyu and Xue Chuzhen when she went to the government army camp tomorrow.If even Xue Jiajun was involved with the cult, things would be very difficult.

At the end of the conversation, Li Jinyue expressed regret for Li Changkong's death, and asked how the funeral was going.Li Changyun said that the person had already been buried, and the study room at the scene of the assassination was still kept as it was, untouched.Li Jinyue nodded, because during the prior correspondence, Li Jinyue specifically mentioned that the assassination scene should be preserved, and after they arrived, Shen Sui would inspect the scene.

What Li Jinyue didn't understand was that the evidence for Li Changkong's death was solid, and the murderer also admitted to the crime he had committed.She didn't understand what doubtful points in this case needed to be investigated, but Shen Sui told her to investigate, so she could only follow through.

It was late at night, and Li Jinyue took Li Jilan to the guest room under the leadership of the servant.On the way, Li Jinyue had a conversation with Li Jilan.Li Jilan came here this time, firstly for her former sister, Mrs. Yan, and secondly to be able to visit the place where she was born.Li Jinyue advised her that since she arrived at the Li family in Fanyang, she should stay here first, and the matter of finding Mrs. Yan did not happen overnight, and a long-term plan was needed.

Li Jilan knew in her heart, but anxiety was always with her.Li Changkong's death was not a big blow to her. She left home since she was a child and didn't have much relationship with Li Changkong.But after all, it was her own biological father, so she passed away unexplainably, and her heart was full of regret and sadness.But what she cared more about was whether Mrs. Yan could safely escape from the control of the cult organization.She, Li Jilan, was alone, and this sister was the only one she cared about the most.

After Li Jinyue returned to her room, she lay down after washing, and she fell asleep almost instantly when she was exhausted.She didn't know how long she had slept, it felt like it was less than an hour, and then she was shaken awake drowsily.

"Princess! Princess, get up, it's getting late!"

Li Jinyue opened her eyes with difficulty, and saw Yang Yuhuan was pulling her arm vigorously, trying to pull her out of the bed.

"What time is it now?" Li Jinyue sat up and asked in a daze.

"It's the third quarter of Maochu, and everyone is waiting for you!" Yang Yuhuan said.

Li Jinyue got out of bed in a hurry, but her head was not clear, she didn't pay attention to her feet, and she tripped. Yang Yuhuan tried to help her, but she couldn't, and was directly crushed by Li Jinyue.

"Ouch!" she screamed.

"Yuhuan! Are you okay, I'm sorry." Li Jinyue hurriedly got up, almost holding her up.

"It's okay..." Yang Yuhuan said repeatedly.

Li Jinyue didn't care about other things, she made sure that Yang Yuhuan was fine, she hurriedly dressed and washed, Yang Yuhuan waited on her, prepared washing water for her, tied her clothes, tidied up her clothes, and then watched Li Jinyue rush out with a big sword.

After Li Jinyue left, Yang Yuhuan rubbed her waist, turned around, and made the bed for Li Jinyue.While folding the quilt, her hands suddenly stopped, she lifted the corner of the quilt, put it to her nose, and smelled a faint fragrance.It's not the scent of powder, but the scent of incense on Li Jinyue's body.

She hugged the quilt suddenly, and buried her head in it, the missing ear pinna was already crimson and translucent.

***

When Li Jinyue walked to the door of the guest courtyard, Shen Sui was already standing there waiting for her.Li Jinyue took a look at Shen Sui, and felt that something was wrong with this person today.Wasn't she wearing this sky blue round collar and crotchless gown on the Lantern Festival?She didn't even wear a headdress, instead she wore a small flying cloud crown to tie her hair, and the red frizz around her ears made her skin look extraordinarily fair.His face was full of glory, the haze between his eyebrows was swept away, and the snow knife around his waist was no longer hidden, and he was wearing it majestically, exuding charming charm all over his body.

Li Jinyue narrowed her eyes and thought: This guy was probably taken care of by the maidservant yesterday.

"Let's go, Jun Lang." Li Jinyue greeted her angrily as she passed by.

Shen Sui laughed and followed behind her.He replied to her:

"You are really lazy, why did you sleep until now?"

"I'm not like someone who was gentle and gentle last night, so of course I'm refreshed in the morning." Li Jinyue said bitterly.

"Nonsense!" Shen Sui retorted with a blushing face.

"I'm talking nonsense? Hurry up and cover the marks on your neck." Li Jinyue said with a half-smile.

Shen Sui hurriedly covered the left side of his neck, and the roots of his ears were red.When the lotus maid was in love last night, the scene of sucking her neck suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.Li Jinyue raised her eyebrows triumphantly, her expression seemed to say: After so many years of bickering, today I finally won once, Chishi, Chishi, you have today too.

Shen Sui gritted his teeth, and secretly said: "Damn rabbit, you wait!" He lifted up the collar of his robe to cover the hickey on his neck.

"Cough!" Shen Sui with a blushing face, caught up with Li Jinyue and walked side by side with her. Li Jinyue cleared her throat in surprise, "I, I won't get involved with you two in the future Speaking of things, anyway, you will be like this for the rest of your life, and you can't escape the palm of the lotus maid."

"You are enough." Shen Sui was angry.

"Okay, okay, I won't mention it, look at your little woman." Li Jinyue was quite contemptuous, "Let's talk about business. Wait a minute, I will take you to the scene of the crime. You can't see the corpse. Yesterday I I asked Li Changyun, and Li Changkong has already been buried. It’s so hot today, so there’s nothing we can do about it. After that, let’s go to the army camp of the Protectorate of Youzhou, and I’m going to take up my post today.”

"Li Changyun, my father-in-law, elder brother, and your family Xu Jie and Cheng Yan are already waiting in the lobby outside, waiting for you. I am going back to wake you up, so don't give orders. Today's schedule Mr. Xu told me everything in detail." Seizing the opportunity, Shen Sui sneered.

"Humph!" Li Jinyue snorted.Then, she suddenly reacted:

"Your father-in-law? You mean... Zhang Jiuling and his son are here too?" She was quite surprised.

"That's right, I met them with the lotus maid in the guest courtyard last night, and that's how I learned they were here." Shen Sui sighed, "You and my father-in-law came to Youzhou at the same time, this is a sage's trick."

Li Jinyue pondered for a moment and understood what Shen Sui meant.After a while, she asked again:

"Chishi, why do you insist on investigating the scene where Li Changkong was assassinated? Isn't there no doubt about his death?"

"Are you so sure?" Shen Sui asked back, "Even if there is no doubt, I still need to find out what kind of weapons and abilities the assassin used to assassinate him. There are too many strange people in the cult It is always beneficial for us to prevent future attacks by figuring out the killer's methods in advance."

Li Jinyue nodded: "Unfortunately, the corpse can't be seen, it may be more difficult."

"It's okay, it's within my expectation. A place like the study can tell me a lot." Shen Sui said with a smile.

While chatting, they had already arrived at the front hall. Li Jinyue and Shen Sui greeted Li Changyun, Zhang Jiuling, and Zhang Zheng respectively, and Shen Sui greeted Xu Jie and Cheng Yan alone. They waited together and went to the long room Go to the study in the courtyard.

Compared with the Cui family in Qinghe, the residence of the Li family in Fanyang has more characteristics of the northern nomads.Although it has been sinicized for many years, walking in the mansion, you can still feel the boldness and generosity of the nomads.In other words, the degree of refinement and beauty and cultural heritage are not comparable to that of the Qinghe Cui family.However, the group of people didn't care about these things, they hurried to the Changfang courtyard and entered the study.

The study room in Changfangyuan is a two-story pavilion built near the water. The so-called "water" is a small pond in which koi and turtles are raised.The pond is on the northeast side, and the pavilion is on the southwest side. It is surrounded by courtyard walls. The wall is connected to the corridor. There are corridors on the east and west sides leading to the pavilion. The stone path on the side bank of the pavilion.

The courtyard of this study room is quite quiet and elegant, Shen Sui and others entered through the arched door from the south, and saw two seal characters "Tai Bu" carved on the door.

"Book of Changes?" Shen Sui wondered.

"It's the inscription of my uncle. His old man likes to study the Book of Changes. Therefore, this study is called 'Tai Bu Zhai'." Li Changyun explained.

Shen Sui nodded.

A group of people waited to enter the academy, Shen Sui first observed the surrounding environment and came to a conclusion.There are entrances and exits in the north and south, and the courtyard wall is not high. In this defenseless state, anyone can get in, let alone intercept a skilled assassin.

Li Changyun ordered the housekeeper beside him to open the padlock of the study, Shen Sui raised his hand to stop him, picked up the padlock and looked at it carefully, and then asked:

"Is this the same padlock that was used that day?"

"Yes." Li Changyun replied.

Shen Sui took a closer look, and found that the padlock was intact.She said:

"Can you lend me this padlock for a closer look?"

"Mr. Shen, please go ahead." Li Changyun asked the butler to give the padlock to Shen Sui, and Shen Sui asked Hutuo to put it away.

With a creak, the door opened, and a crowd of people waited and entered the study.

The author has something to say: Xue Rengui, Xue Chuyu, these are all famous historical figures, and I don’t need any more introductions if I think about it.

In addition, to test everyone, what do you think of when you see the title of this chapter?