Queen's Detective

The case of Hongheling was settled like this, it came and went quickly.The people hiding behind the scenes would never have thought that Li Yan would use this method to calm down. For Zheng Yong and the others, death cannot be resurrected. A sincere apology and the truth revealed to the world are better than anything else.

That's the majestic emperor's family, and it's worth it to make them kneel down.

So the grievance drum that was sounded that night just stopped, and the sound of grievances was like ripples in the water, spreading round and round, and gradually disappeared invisible.

Of course, this matter can't really end because of Li Yan's few words. Since the royal family has admitted this mistake, it must be thoughtful in the follow-up matters, such as asking the mage to save him again, or erecting a death monument, etc. Wait, but that's all for later.

At this time Li Yan stood up and patted the dust on his clothes. Others looked at him with puzzled, admiring, and skeptical eyes, but none of this affected him. He was still the magnificent King of Luoyang, standing beside him My favorite detective.

"Let's go." Li Yan turned his head to look at Yan Sanbai, in this world, only one person who understands him is enough.

Yan Sanbai nodded, and the two of them brushed off their clothes as usual and returned home together.

Ask him where to go?Go back and continue to be grounded.

After returning to the palace, the emperor summoned Li Yan to the imperial study to discuss the next thing with him.Seeing Li Yan who looked more and more like King Li, the emperor hesitated to speak several times on the way.

However, Li Yan didn't seem to notice anything. After talking, he went back to Chongxiao Hall.The news about the Dali Temple had already been reported back to the palace, and the Empress Dowager sent someone to bring the little zongzi, probably to make Li Yan happy.

The little zongzi got the order and became very well-behaved, holding his brother Yan with his warm little hand.

Seeing that his uncle and nephew got along very well, Yan Sanbai left the palace again.He was going to find Guan Qingci, Guan Qingci told the truth in detail when the case was being tried just now, obviously someone told him again.Although Li Yan originally planned to say those things, the other party obviously had sinister intentions. If Li Yan did not intend to confess, then Guan Qingci would definitely break with them.

But when Yan Sanbai looked for him, he was told that Guan Qingci was not there, so he left everything to Zhang Yan and went out alone.

When Yan Sanbai found him, he was sitting at the wonton stand where he had been together last time. There were two bowls of freshly baked wontons on the table, as if he was waiting for someone.

What he was waiting for was Yan Sanbai, and he knew that Yan Sanbai would definitely come to him.

"Sit." Guan Qingci helped him pull the stool, and Yan Sanbai sat down generously, looking at the wonton in front of him, surprised that Guan Qingci still remembered his own taste, "This is for me ?”

Guan Qingci nodded, watched Yan Sanbai put down his chopsticks through the mist rising from the bowl, and said frankly, "Qiu Chan told me those things."

Ticicada?Yan Sanbai paused for a moment, then felt relieved.He had thought too much these past few days, and actually forgot about Qiu Chan.

"I have one more question to ask you." Guan Qing resigned.

"what is the problem?"

"Raksha...was he involved in that massacre?"

Yan Sanbai didn't expect him to ask this. He was silent for a long while, then shook his head, "No, when he arrived, the massacre was almost over."

Guan Qingci quickly thought of the key point, "That is to say, although King Li ordered the hidden guards to purge, but this order bypassed the commanding Rakshasa?"

"Yes, King Li is a very suspicious person. If he thinks that this person will ruin his affairs, then no matter how loyal this person is, King Li will not allow variables to exist."

That means that King Li was worried that Luo Sha would obstruct and oppose this order if he knew it, so he bypassed him.Thinking of this, Guan Qingci couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Luo Sha saved him, Guan Qingci never forgot all these years.He didn't know how he would face it if Luo Sha was also involved in this matter.

Fortunately, fortunately.

Yan Sanbai didn't seem to want to talk more about Rakshasa, so Guan Qingci didn't ask any more questions.The two sat on this simple wonton stand, each eating the wonton in the bowl, very quiet, but not embarrassed.

Guan Qingci gradually put down the spoon, and looked at Yan Sanbai very intently.Yan Sanbai's eating movements were very elegant, and his expression was very serious when he chewed. His cheeks were rosy from the heat, and just looking at it made people fascinated and wanted to talk.

Touching the old mask in his bosom with his fingers, Guan Qingci wanted to speak several times, but seeing Yan Sanbai's peaceful expression and thinking of Li Yan just now, he swallowed the words again.

It's better not to involve him, Li Yan seems to be a daring person, if it is him, maybe he can really break through the shackles of the world, and get along with Yan Sanbai forever.

Why bother myself.

Guan Qingci had no father, no mother, and no friends, so he cherished this hard-won friendship even more. In the end, the old mask lay quietly in his arms without moving.It was only after a long time that he realized what kind of opportunity he had missed to reveal the truth.

After eating the wontons, the two walked slowly along Zhuque Street. They still didn't talk much, but the atmosphere became more and more harmonious.Guan Qingci sent him to the gate of the palace and watched him go in.

Yan Sanbai walked a long way, turned around and found that he was still standing there, so he waved to him again.

Guan Qingci seemed to be nodding to him from afar, and then turned around, walking away at the speed at which he came.Looking at his back, Yan Sanbai felt a strange feeling in his heart. When he said goodbye just now, Guan Qing's resignation... seemed extraordinarily solemn?

However, at this moment, a tortoise sticking its head out from the corner of the front wall attracted all his attention.

Isn't this the tortoise in Xuanwu Hall?

Yan Sanbai walked over quickly, and saw the turtle glanced at him, then slowly crawled, crawled, and occasionally came across a small flower or grass growing tenaciously from the bottom of the wall, and stopped to eat it in one bite. Falling, leisurely and leisurely, very pleasant.

Could this turtle sneak out?Yan Sanbai hesitated whether to send it back to Xuanwu Hall, but when he looked up, he saw Qiu Xuzi lying on the front courtyard wall and waving at him.

The Taoist priest's way of appearing on the stage is always so unique.

Qiu Xuzi called two big inner guards, and carried the tortoise back to Xuanwu Hall.He called Yan Sanbai, and walked slowly behind.

"Senior, do you have something to say to me?" Yan Sanbai asked.

Qiu Xuzi walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and the whisk in his arms dangled, "Yeah, I have to worry about that stupid apprentice. Young people, take a long-term view. The matter of Hongheling It's just the beginning."

"Senior, what do you mean?" Yan Sanbai's heart trembled, is there anything behind this that he doesn't know?

"Do you know what the real knot in my fool's heart is?"

Yan Sanbai shook his head.

"It's not Honghe Ridge, nor is it the battle for the throne, but something that happened after Honghe Ridge." Qiu Xuzi said with a heavy tone, "Do you know how King Li died?"

"It was killed in Wu Baipo by the former rebel army who fled." Saying that, Yan Sanbai suddenly expressed something different.He really didn't know much about King Li's death, but it was a troubled time, and King Li often used dangerous tactics and escaped from death several times, so Yan Sanbai never doubted his death in battle.

Listening to what Qiu Xuzi said, there is something else hidden here?

"King Li was good at the beginning, with both civil and military skills, and unparalleled wisdom, but after Honghe Ridge, King Li was out of control. He was like a lunatic who would ruin the country he had finally conquered at any time. He was tyrannical and suspicious. It was militaristic. Soon, the soldiers who participated in the battle of Red River Ridge died one by one, do you know what that means?"

Yan Sanbai pondered, "They suspect that King Li is trying to silence him?"

"That's right. At that time, many people began to alienate King Li, until the most heartfelt Rakshasa around King Li disappeared without a trace, and the opportunity came."

The opportunity to kill has come, and the opportunity to eradicate hidden dangers has come.

King Li's precious sword, which drank too much blood, finally turned into a peerless murderous soldier because of its heavy murderous intent.

"Actually, the Hongheling case ended many years ago." Qiu Xuzi shook his head slowly, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes were covered with wind and frost, "However, the real crime will never end by killing to stop killing."

"Then..." Yan Sanbai opened his mouth, but closed it again.He originally wanted to ask who killed King Li, but after thinking about it, the answer was obvious, or in other words, there was no need for an answer to this question, because no one wanted King Li to survive except Su Shihui.

Yan Sanbai was silent, the world acquiesced in the death of King Li, but what did the young Li Yan, who was in the barracks at that time, see?

He didn't know, but a sense of sadness flooded his heart, almost drowning him.

Chongxiao Hall.

Li Yan sat on his lap with Xiao Zongzi in his arms, holding the Fengyue story book in his hand, and taught Xiao Zongzi to read it solemnly.Xiao Zongzi opened a pair of curious big eyes. He is already literate, he is very smart, but he still does not understand what is written on it, so he pretends not to understand, and nods his head humbly.

Li Yan gently touched his head, Dan Fengyan smiled and narrowed his eyes.

When Yan Sanbai came back, the little zongzi had already fallen asleep in Li Yan's arms. Li Yan gently placed him on the soft couch, tilted his head to look at Yan Sanbai's expression, and suddenly smiled, "Now you know how much you love me?"

Unexpectedly, Yan Sanbai let out an 'hmm'.He came over and hugged Li Yan in the sitting position.

Li Yan embraced his waist, raised his head, and stroked his cheek with his fingertips, "What's wrong? You won't be really sad, right? Or did that kid Guan Qingci bully you?"

"He's older than you."

"Please don't break the stage." Li Yan begged for mercy, but with force in his hands, he rolled Yan Sanbai onto the soft couch, almost missing the sleeping little zongzi.

The little rice dumpling smashed its mouth, turned over, and continued to sleep.

Yan Sanbai made a false alarm, and turned to stare at Li Yan.Li Yan buried his head on his back and laughed in a low voice, quarreled with him for a while, then hugged him to sleep, which he called a nap with Xiao Zongzi.

Yan Sanbai was feeling distressed, there was no reason not to obey, turned around, patted his back lightly, "Then go to sleep."

Li Yan suddenly raised his head and raised his eyebrows, "Why do I feel like you treat me like a child?"

Yan Sanbai shook his head quickly, but muttered to himself, "You are younger than me..."

But the voice was too low, Li Yan didn't hear it, and he was really tired. When he hugged Yan Sanbai, his heart felt peaceful, and he soon fell asleep.

In the dream, it was many years ago.

That night, it was cloudy and rainy.Before his father, King Li, returned from the expedition, Li Yan sat in the tent by himself, writing with his hands that were red from the cold.The conditions in the barracks were very bad. Even the son of a general like him couldn't get a stove. Only the candles on the table could give people a little warmth.

Li Yan had to stop writing from time to time, and rubbed his hands vigorously to keep warm. Every time at this time, he began to miss someone.Not his father Li Jie, but Rakshasa who has been gone for a long time.

Because of the battle in Luoyang City, the relationship between Li Yan and Luo Sha became very good. In Li Yan's heart, this man even took the place of his father.However, Li Yan didn't know where he went, why he didn't come back, or...was he killed by his father?

Thinking of this, Li Yan's heart began to panic, he pursed his lips tightly, his little face was full of seriousness.

Suddenly, a drum sounded, accompanied by the sound of rain, piercing straight into Li Yan's heart.Li Yan's heart trembled violently. He grew up in the military camp since he was a child, so he knew exactly what the sound of the drum represented, so he quickly jumped off the chair and rushed outside in a hurry.

He was small and dressed in black, so no one noticed him.

So he saw his uncle smoothly and witnessed a shocking secret.

"No! We will send troops to rescue right away! Immediately! Immediately!" His uncle Li Jing roared angrily, and standing opposite him were those who could talk in the barracks, blocking him like a wall. before.

"But isn't there enough dead people?! How many lives do we need to pay to save a Li Jie?!"

"Yeah, we have paid so much and lost too many people. If Li Wei sits on the throne, with his personality, do you think any of us can survive?"

"Even if it's for the common people in the world, we must not let Li Jie survive!"

……

Li Jing held her head and squatted on the ground in pain, her eyes were full of despair.

And Li Yan was standing in a corner not far away, the drum was wet by the rain, and his clothes were also wet.He clenched his fists tightly, his face was pale, and his whole body was cold.

The sound of the drums stopped suddenly, and the splashing water drops fell to the ground. Li Yan turned his head suddenly. In the darkness, the mountains in the distance looked like a crouching ancient monster, opening its bloody mouth, swallowing the only flame .

Li Yan knew that his father was there, and he was dying.

Li Yan hated him in his heart.

But I also dreamed of that heroic and handsome man sitting on horseback when I was young.

He should have been the closest person in this world to him.

But now, whenever he thinks of him, Li Yan feels helpless in his heart.

What is right and what is wrong?

What is good and what is evil?

His father is dying, what should he do?Everyone said his father deserved to die, but who could tell him what he should do? !

He suddenly ran, and ran out of the camp desperately.He wanted to leave here and couldn't stay for a moment.

But it seemed that there was only him in the dark night, and there was no one else.

"Raksha... Luosha!" Li Yan shouted the only name left in his mind desperately, and the tears that did not shed on the head of Luoyang city wet his eyes at this moment.

The cold rain hit his face mercilessly, and he kept running, but no one answered.

"Raksha! Where are you!"