Queen's Detective

"I didn't kill anyone." Xie sat in the cell with a calm expression, just repeating this sentence blindly.

Guan Qingci watched with cold eyes, and said: "This is Dali Temple, you should know that delay and sophistry are useless."

"Then do you have any evidence?" Mrs. Xie smiled suddenly, with a hint of sarcasm in her smile, "People are never prohibited from coming and going in my yard. Anyone has the opportunity to touch rice sac flowers. Who can prove that it must be me?" Did you do it? Could it be that you are trying to beat a weak girl like me into a trick?"

When Mrs. Xie said that, anyone with a discerning eye knew that she must be the murderer.However, as she said, they have no evidence, everything is just based on Yan Sanbai's inference.

Yan Sanbai and Guan Qingci looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes - if they want to use force, they have many ways, but Xie seems to never give in easily, what is she paying attention to in her heart ?

Yan Sanbai pondered slightly, and said: "Don't worry, we will never do things like torture, but the murderer pays with his life, this is the law of heaven and earth, Madam, don't forget."

"What a murderer pays for his life." Xie's expression suddenly turned cold, "But did the murderer really pay for his life? Rice sac flowers are planted in my yard. You shouldn't turn big things into small things, no matter what I have. There is no crime, so put the crime directly on my head?"

Yan Sanbai didn't get angry at all, and calmly asked: "But are you innocent?"

Xie Shi paused, took a deep look at Yan Sanbai, and his expression regained his composure, "In short, I didn't kill anyone."

Guan Qingci frowned, Yan Sanbai would not be angry, but he was different.At this time, a subordinate rushed in, "Master Guan, Master Fan is outside the cell."

Fan Zhengchun?An uninvited guest is not a good person.

It was inevitable that something would happen, Guan Qingci immediately turned around and went out.When he went out, he heard Mrs. Xie calling Yan Sanbai to stop, as if he said something, but he walked too fast, so he didn't hear clearly.

Outside the cell, Fan Zhengchun stood respectfully in front of Li Yan and Xiao Zongzi, with his head bowed, but his gaze was always on the door of the cell, and his clenched hands revealed his anxious heart at the moment.He was about to rush in just now, but Li Yan, who happened to be taking care of the child under the ginkgo tree, saw him, and immediately came over and called him to stop him, which made him dare not take a step.

Finally, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Guan Qingci's figure at the door of the cell. Fan Zhengchun straightened his back and shouted sternly, "Guan Shaoqing, you've figured it out!"

Guan Qingci came over with an unreasonable expression, and stood in front of him with a golden knife, relying on his height to look down at him, with a slightly cold tone, "What's the matter, sir?"

Fan Zhengchun was overwhelmed by his aura, and suddenly felt that he was a head short, so he put on an even more stern and selfless expression, "I ask you, did you kill Fang Shangshu before collecting reliable evidence? The third lady has been arrested? What on earth do you want to do? Fang Shangshu has already questioned me just now, is my Dali Temple a place where I can mess around!"

Guan Qingci didn't speak, and there was no wave in Gujing's eyes.From the corner of his eyes, Fan Zhengchun caught a glimpse of Li Yan who didn't seem to want to intervene at all, and he decided in his heart. It seemed that the rumors in the government and the public could not be completely believed. The King of Luoyang didn't seem to be partial to Guan Qingci at all.

He continued to look at Guan Qingci seriously, "Your Majesty entrusted you with such an important case, not for you to mess around. I heard that you also arrested the lady of the Fang family. Do you want to arrest everyone in the Fang family?" Is it clean? How is the third lady now? You wouldn't just torture her without evidence, would you? If she recruited like this, this case must never be closed!"

Fan Zhengchun's words were so loud that the staff of Dali Temple next to him couldn't help lowering their heads.If you don't know how he usually behaves, you will really think that he is a chivalrous person who hates evil like a vengeance.

Sure enough, Li Yan smiled and clapped his hands beside him, "Master Fan is worthy of being the Minister of Dali Temple, and I admire his uprightness."

"The lower officials are terrified, the lord has praised him." Fan Zhengchun hurriedly humbled, but bubbles appeared in his heart, he didn't know whether Li Yan really praised him or mocked him.

"Your Excellency finished?" Guan Qingci finally gave him a flat look, but there was not much awe in his tone.

"What's your attitude?" Fan Zhengchun frowned, "This matter is a big one, and you can't do it according to your whim. I'm also doing it for our Dali Temple..."

"I am the presiding judge of this case, and I shall bear the responsibility. What is your opinion?"

"Hmph." Fan Zhengchun's face turned blue, "You said this, and His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness heard it here too. Don't blame me, the boss, for not taking care of you. I haven't handled an unjust, false or wrong case since I took office. I hope Guan Shaoqing can also lead by example, it’s okay to arrest people casually, and don’t do anything out of the ordinary.”

Said, Fan Zhengchun looked at Li Yan respectfully again, "Your Highness, please rest assured, Mr. Guan is also a good hand in investigating cases, even if he acts recklessly, I don't think it will take long If it is broken, the lower officials will also strictly supervise and give an explanation to the imperial court."

Fan Zhengchun wasn't that stupid after all, he had been in the officialdom for many years, and many people looked at him as an annoyance, but they never found any fault with him.Just like now, he reprimanded Guan Qingci openly and secretly, but turned around and seemed to say something nice to him.

Li Yan didn't want to make false claims with him, but he was curious about Guan Qingci's reaction, so he raised his eyebrows slightly and looked over, and saw Guan Qingci's expression on his face—an expression of stepping on dog shit.

Li Yan suddenly felt refreshed, and the smile on the corner of his mouth faltered, "Then there will be Mr. Lao Fan."

Being treated so gently and forcefully by the King of Luoyang, Fan Zhengchun was overwhelmed, the little deer in his heart was jumping up and down, thinking to himself: The rumors in the government and the public are really false, right?Guan Qingci is a person who is used to offending people, and Li Yan is a straightforward person, maybe the two of them won't get along at all.

"My lord is serious, I will definitely live up to my expectations!"

Fan Zhengchun's tone was full of excitement, and he looked at Li Yan with sincere and respectful eyes, "a straightforward man of temperament" Li Yan couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and caught a glimpse of Guan Qingci from the corner of his eye, although the other party still had a dull face, but Li Yan felt that he was secretly laughing.

With a wave of his hand, he quickly dismissed Fan Zhengchun.However, Fan Zhengchun didn't completely think that Li Yan and Guan Qingci were incompatible, so he left someone here to supervise Guan Qingci.The other party is a colleague of Dali Temple, who is known as helping to solve the case, and it is not easy for Guan Qing to drive everyone away.

But for Guan Shaoqing, who is a practical man, he doesn't care at all.

At this time, Yan Sanbai finally came out of the prison, Guan Qing turned his head and asked casually: "Did Mrs. Xie tell you anything?"

Hearing this, Li Yan also looked over, Yan Sanbai paused, but finally did not hide it, "She made a condition with me."

"What conditions?"

"She can confess, but only on the condition that I reverse the case for Hongheling."

Hearing this, Guan Qingci's expression suddenly became serious, but Li Yan keenly grasped the key point in Yan San's vernacular, "She asked you to look it up?"

"Yeah." Yan Sanbai nodded, "She said she can't trust people in the court, if I succeed, she is willing to die to apologize."

For a while, there was silence.

Little Zongzi took Li Yan's hand, looked up at this, looked at that, and tilted his head——Hongheling?what is that place

After a long time, Guan Qingci finally broke the silence. He looked at Yan Sanbai, with a hint of probing and anticipation in his tone, but he also asked nervously, "How do you answer?"

Yan Sanbai was silent, his face was not as relaxed as before, but those black eyes seemed to be as firm as before, even if they wavered occasionally, it was harmless, "I said I will give her an explanation, my responsibility is to pay back Innocent, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Guan Qingci's eyes couldn't help but soften a lot, and he breathed a sigh of relief.But then he glanced at Li Yan with some concern, but he didn't expect that Li Yan was not displeased at all. The two still stood so close together, the aura around them was so seamless that there seemed to be no gaps.

Guan Qing resigned and fell silent again. Li Yan and Yan Sanbai took the little zongzi to say goodbye. After walking a few steps, Li Yan stopped again, turned around, and said solemnly in his eyes, "Don't worry, we will definitely deal with the matter of Hongheling." I'll give you an explanation."

Guan Qingci was stunned for a long time before he nodded.Then he looked at the backs of the three of them and remained silent for a long time.

At night, the Royal Study Room.

Li Yanping dismissed the eunuchs and maids, and closed the door, only him and Yan Sanbai were left in the imperial study.Then he picked up the jade seal on the table, removed a stack of books on the bookshelf, and put the jade seal into a hidden groove on it. When he turned around, a hidden compartment suddenly appeared on the wall.

Yan Sanbai reached out and took out a wooden box from the hidden compartment and put it on the table, "This is it?"

"Yes." Li Yan took a key from his waist and opened it with a click. The countless secrets hidden in the Great Zhou Dynasty were presented in front of them.

Li Yan took out a dossier from the innermost part of the box with ease, and wrote the word "Red River" in big cinnabar on the cover. The red color has turned black after years of precipitation, just like the truth hidden behind this tragedy, which is shocking.

Yan Sanbai rubbed the word 'Red River' with his fingers, and asked after a while, "When did you see this?"

Li Yan hugged his waist behind him, rested his chin on his shoulder, breathed in the elegant orchid breath of his body, closed his eyes, and said in a low but gentle voice, "Weak Crown."

After a pause, Li Yan said again: "Actually, I have to be aware of it all these years. After the First World War in Hongheling, Luo Sha had an argument with my father for the first time. At that time, I knew that things in Hongheling were by no means as simple as they appeared."

"Raksha..." Yan Sanbai muttered the name, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember him?"

"Why don't you remember?" Li Yan chuckled, "To tell you the truth, I always thought he was not dead yet. How could someone as powerful as him die so easily."

"You think he's great?"

"That's right. When the rebel army attacked Luoyang, I was hung on the city wall for public display. Even my father gave up on me. If he hadn't single-handedly rescued me, how would I have the chance to meet you now?"

Luoyang City, Longmen Grottoes, the desperate journey of a cold and bloodthirsty assassin with a five-year-old child is still an enduring plot among storytellers.

"Do you think he is a good person?" Yan Sanbai asked softly.

Li Yan intertwined his fingers by the candlelight, and twitched his round and lovely fingertips with lowered eyebrows, "It's hard to say good or evil, if he is evil, wouldn't I survive drinking his blood when I was trapped in the grotto?" Is it evil? You seem to be a little sentimental today, is it because of Hongheling? Actually, you don’t have to be like this, it’s enough for me to bear this kind of thing.”

Yan Sanbai looked back at him, his eyes met, "Didn't you say that you want to rest with me until death? If you bear it alone, you can part ways now."

Li Yan pressed against his forehead, couldn't hide the smile in his eyes, and kissed the tip of his nose, "I said that I will rest until death, and I will rest until death. You promised me, how can you lie?"

Hot air sprayed on Yan Sanbai's face, making it itchy.He couldn't help closing his eyes, his rosy cheeks aroused the madness in Li Yan's heart, and under the pressure of the burning kiss, he hugged Yan Sanbai on the desk, and the two figures gradually overlapped under the candlelight, making people blush The sound of a heartbeat.

In Chang'an under the night, the emperor who gave up his imperial study stood in front of the railing of Zhulou, looking at the majestic city under his feet, with mountains and rivers in his heart.The gentle queen put on a cloak for him, snuggled up to him as she was when she was young, accompanied him through the difficult years, and shared his supreme glory.

On the empty Zhuque Street, the ten-mile red light is like a fire dragon, guarding it quietly.

Xiwei walked alone through the square walls, Linfeng stood on the corner of the turret's upturned eaves, his eyes swept around like torches.

He is the national teacher of the Great Zhou. Although he is somewhat incompetent, he still hopes that this land can enjoy peace.But when he was out of the palace today, he felt that Chang'an seemed much more irritable than usual, looking up at the starry sky, the trajectory of the stars seemed to indicate that some kind of change was approaching.

After patrolling for a long time, Qi Wei went back to Suzaku Street, stood in front of the bronze statue of Suzaku for a long time before heading back home.The Xuanwu Hall was his residence alone, and the eunuchs and maids would only come in to clean up when he was not around, so it seemed extraordinarily quiet.

But it didn't seem so quiet tonight.

From a distance, Qi Wei saw candles burning in the black tower, frowned, strode over and pushed open the door, and saw a silver-haired, fairy-like man sitting at the only small table , Drinking wine, eating vegetables, very comfortable.

A baby-faced Taoist ran out with a spatula, "Master, master! Do you want that meat braised in soy sauce or steamed?"

The man took a sip of the wine leisurely, "It's braised in soy sauce."

Then he seemed to finally notice Qi Wei standing at the door, and raised the wine glass in his hand, "Junior brother~ you're back~"

The Xiaodao leader also enthusiastically raised the spatula in his hand, "Little uncle, you are finally back! Wash your hands and eat, there is one last dish left."

Qiwei: "..."

Who can tell him where this stuff that he thinks of as his own comes from? !

Also, my collection of tribute wine! ! !

The Xuanwu Hall was filled with chaos.

However, whether it is a heartfelt reunion or a reunion after a long absence, the warmth brought by the period cannot melt the ice under the Red River Ridge.

"Boom—boom—boom—" Outside the palace in the middle of the night, the drum of grievances was sounded again, and it was unknown how many years had passed.The sound seemed to be beating on the human heart, deafening.