They say it's sick

Li Yan was in a very good mood this day. When he entered the door, there was still a faint smile on his face. After hearing Chen Jin's words, he was completely relieved. There were surprises in his eyes, disbelief, and many things that were hard to describe in words. emotions, but returned to normal in an instant.

He lowered his eyes and touched the restless hare in his arms: "Is it really dead?"

Chen Jin took a look at Yunzhi, and then nodded: "The Li family has issued an obituary, and the house has set up a coffin and hung up funeral banners. No matter how scheming Li Xuan is, he won't be able to arrange a funeral for himself. Bar?"

"When did it happen..." Yun Zhi frowned, looked at Li Yan first, and then turned to the subordinate who rushed all the way to pass the message when he saw that his expression was normal, "Do you know the cause of death?"

"It is said that last night there was a sudden illness, and the doctors in the mansion were helpless. They conscripted all the well-known doctors in the city overnight..."

The subordinate immediately replied, "But it seems that the disease is rare, and he died in the end."

"Suddenly ill and died without treatment?" Li Yan raised his eyes, smiled softly, and said to Yun Zhi, "These eight words are really familiar, and I don't know if it's a coincidence or retribution."

Looking at each other, Yun Zhi immediately understood the meaning of his words - the cause of Li Yan's mother's death was also these eight words.

It's just that Li Yan was young at that time, and his status in Li's residence was embarrassing. He didn't even see him for the last time, and he didn't even know where he was buried, let alone find out the truth.

As for today's Li Xuan, did he really die of a sudden illness, or did he have other secrets, or was it really him who died?

Seeing that Yun Zhi was silent, the subordinate hesitated: "Do you want my subordinate to go back to the city to investigate?"

"No need..." Yun Zhi said, "You have worked hard all the way, go and rest first."

The subordinate responded, and retreated together with several other attendants, only Yunzhi and three were left in the yard, falling into a moment of silence.

After all, it was Chen Jin who couldn't hold back the first, and spoke first: "Do you think Li Xuan is not dead?"

"It's normal for someone like him to be punished suddenly..." Li Yan carelessly stroked the long ears of the hare in his arms, and said, "It's just that the incident happened too suddenly. We just entered the border of Pingzhou. It's gone, as if... someone deliberately designed it."

After hearing what he said, Chen Jin couldn't help frowning.

It was indeed a sudden incident, and it was indeed too coincidental.

Li Xuan didn't die sooner or later, but he died when they came to Pingzhou to investigate incognito and tried every means to cover up their itinerary, and he was the biggest target of their investigation.

"Then..." Chen Jin thought for a while, "Shall I take someone to visit Li's residence?"

"The obituary has been posted. For my father's sake, I should personally go see my uncle for a ride, let alone..." Yunzhi pointed at Li Yan when she said this, "Don't forget, In name, Xuanzhi is still the eldest son of Li's mansion, so he should go back and have a look when such a big thing happened in the mansion."

"I forgot about this..." Chen Jin looked at Li Yan in the direction of Yunzhi's finger, and couldn't help but said, "Seeing you two getting tired of walking around, I couldn't help but treat him like a prince. people."

"You're right in saying that..." Yunzhi chuckled, and looked up at the sky, "Go and prepare the chariots and horses..."

"No need for a carriage..." Li Yan, who had been silently letting them joke, suddenly interrupted Yun Zhi, "I will ride with you, hurry up, we should be able to make it to the city before dark."

"You..." Before Yun Zhi could speak, Chen Jin hesitated, but he didn't continue when the words came to his lips, the suspicion in his eyes was indeed genuine.

After all, being used to seeing Yun Zhi along the way can be regarded as caring for him meticulously, and even he also developed the thinking that Li Yan needs to be protected and taken care of.

But after a long time, he also understood Li Yan's character, so he didn't stop him directly, but turned his gaze to Yunzhi, "Master?"

"Prepare the horses..." Yun Zhi didn't hesitate at all, "Let's change into some comfortable clothes and then set off."

"Okay..." Now that Yunzhi opened his mouth, Chen Jin no longer struggled, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Yan, who couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Then something fluffy and warm was stuffed into his arms.

Chen Jin lowered his head and looked at the gray hare with long ears and red eyes for a while, then looked up at the two who had already turned and walked towards the room: "What do you mean?"

Li Yan said without turning his head: "Let the remaining brothers take care of it, and remember to feed it on time."

Chen Jin was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help saying: "Mr. Li, you are your nominal father after all, why are you still thinking about this little guy?"

Li Yan opened the door to let Yun Zhi in, and looked back at Chen Jin who was still standing in the yard: "You Huai gave it to me, and I want to take it back to the capital to raise it."

Chen Jin: "OK..."

Yunzhi usually has a lot of demands on food and clothing, but he never delays when it is urgent.Not long after, he and Li Yan changed into a plain robe with small sleeves and came out. Chen Jin also prepared his horse and brought two attendants to wait at the entrance of the village.

In the early years, Li Yan didn't even see horses many times, let alone ride them. After entering the capital, he followed Xiao Duo to the army. He learned it a few times. Wasn't he really talented? .

But it can be regarded as having mastered some key skills, which is enough to deal with ordinary travel, at least not to fall under the horse.

Although he deliberately slowed down in order to take care of Li Yan, riding a horse was still faster than a carriage after all. He rode fast all the way without resting, and actually entered Pingzhou City after closing the city gate in the dark.

Compared with the last time, it was late summer and early autumn, but the city was even colder than the cold winter, maybe it was because the weather was getting late, the curfew was approaching, or...

Sitting on the horse, Chen Jin lowered his voice and said, "It's only been a day, and Li Xuan's subordinates are restless."

Yun Zhi nodded, holding the rein with one hand, raised her eyes to look around.

Li Xuan died suddenly. It is said that the Li residence was in chaos. Fortunately, Mrs. Zheng, who was born in everyone, was able to come out to take charge of the funeral. As for the army——

Apart from Li Yan, the eldest son who was used to make up the number, Li Xuan only had a twelve or thirteen-year-old Li Shao, and Mrs. He Ru had just given birth to a youngest son who was not yet one year old.

Although Li Shao was rumored to be intelligent, witty, civil and military, but Li Xuan was headstrong and arbitrary, and it was absolutely impossible for him to let his young son do things when he was in his prime.

Therefore, no matter how good Li Shao's reputation was, he hadn't even been to the barracks a few times. He was neither capable nor prestige, so he had no way to control those underlings in Li Xuan's army who had their own ulterior motives at this time.

Although the governor of Pingzhou will have to be appointed by the court in the future, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and who will be the master of Pingzhou in the future depends on whether he can seize the current opportunity.

It's no wonder that these people couldn't hold back and had already started to arrange their own people in the city.

And the common people are the most sensitive. They may not be fully aware of what is going to happen, but they can already sense the urgent atmosphere in the city, and try to avoid it as much as possible to avoid being affected.

"Don't worry about them, our trip is only for private matters..." Yunzhi looked away and said calmly, "Let them make trouble, and someone will take care of the mess in Pingzhou."

"Understood..." Chen Jin answered, raised his eyes and looked ahead, "Here we are..."

The location of Li's Mansion is in the middle of Pingzhou City. The deep mansion in the large courtyard and the magnificence have always been the most conspicuous, especially at the moment, the mourning flags and white lanterns all over the courtyard are even more eye-catching.

After all, it was the chief manager of Pingzhou, even if there were no more people, there would still be an endless stream of people who came to pay their respects, but I don't know how many of them really felt sad.

In the midst of people coming and going, the appearance of Yun Zhi and the others seemed not so abrupt, so that the servant at the door put them into the yard without asking, and was about to walk to the mourning hall before they met a serious person. Familiar faces talking to people around you.

Li Yan stopped in his tracks, glanced up and down from the other party, and smiled softly: "It seems that I was right to let you come back. It's only been a while, and you have already become the steward of this mansion, Li Liang."

"You..." There was a moment of surprise in Li Liang's eyes. He was about to ask a question, but when he met Li Yan's expression that seemed to be a half-smile, he changed his words again, "The eldest son approached the Queen of Huai'an, and the news is really well-informed. It’s a mess, and the obituary has not been sent out of Pingzhou, you have already returned.”

Speaking of this, his eyes turned away, he glanced at Yunzhi next to him, and bowed his head slightly to salute: "Young master Yun is here too!"

"It's not really well-informed..." Yun Zhi said indifferently, "We originally had some business to do in Pingzhou, and when we entered the city, we heard about it, so we would be rude if we came here in a hurry, and we hope the mansion will take care of it. "

"Young Master Yun, you are being polite. I am just a servant in this mansion. The mansion is in a hurry right now, and the steward can't get away. Seeing that I am still useful, I let you come to the front yard to help..." Li Liang took a step back and turned Get out of the way, "The madam is entertaining the female family members who come and go in the courtyard, and the second son is in the mourning hall. The two of you are not outsiders, so there is no need to pass it on. Please."

Yun Zhi glanced at Chen Jin, and after seeing him nodding, he didn't say much, and went straight into the mourning hall with Li Yan.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the mansion, the mourning hall is extraordinarily quiet.

Li Shao knelt in front of the funeral bed, lowered his head and burned paper money in the brazier in front of him. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head subconsciously, and when he saw the person coming, he was completely stunned on the spot, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth: "Brother, why are you back?" ?”

"Long time no see, brother."

Li Yan's voice was gentle, and when Li Shao listened to it, it seemed that he was being eccentric.

It's been a long time, but it's only been more than half a year. The man in front of him seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes, so that Li Shao couldn't remember to greet Mr. Yun next to him, and unconsciously raised his head, looking at My elder brother, who had only seen three sides in total, walked over step by step.