They say it's sick

Although Pingzhou City is not as prosperous as the capital city, it can be regarded as one of the best towns in northern Liaoning. The streets and alleys are also a lively scene on weekdays. Vendors walk through the streets and alleys, the people are busy, and the shops are full of guests. The teahouses are full of people, these are the impressions of Pingzhou City that Li Yan, who was rarely able to enter the city once, had in the past years.

Anyway, it's not as deserted as it is today.

Li Xuan had just died, the situation in the city was uncertain, and there were armies of different factions shuttling through the city all day long, so the people would not dare to go out easily, and occasionally they had a reason to go out, but they would walk in a hurry and dare not do anything Delay, for fear of being involved in something terrible if you don't pay attention.

There were no people on the street, so the shops were naturally closed. Occasionally, a few restaurants and teahouses were open, and because of the loss of the excitement of the past, they became boring. Yun Zhi and Li Yan passed by, only seeing the bored Xiao Er, who was yawning incessantly, no longer had the will to enter the door.

"I wanted to take you around the city..." Li Yan looked at the empty streets, "Li Xuan, the manager, didn't do anything good for the people of Pingzhou when he was alive, and he will disturb everyone's life when he is dead. .”

"For the people of Pingzhou, it's a good thing that he died so quietly..." Yun Zhi looked away from the street and looked at Li Yan beside him, "Chen Jin's side may take a while." , I have a place to take you to."

Li Yan was slightly surprised. After all, Yunzhi hadn't stayed in Pingzhou for a few days, but he didn't ask a single question, but nodded: "Okay..."

The place Yun Zhi was going to was outside the city of Pingzhou. As if he had planned for a long time, he had someone prepare a horse in advance. With the badge in his arms, he and Li Yan rode straight out of the city gate and headed northeast. go.

First, he walked along the official road, and turned into a small road in about a quarter of an hour. After going around in circles, he entered a mountain forest. He led the horse and walked forward for a while. Suddenly, a lonely grave appeared in the lush forest.

Li Yan stared blankly at the lonely grave, stopped and looked at Yun Zhi beside him: "That's..."

"I woke up a little earlier today. When I was waiting for you, I went to the Li Mansion to find Mrs. Zheng. She drew a picture for me. The picture was really crude. Fortunately, it was not too difficult to find..."

Yun Zhi reached out to take the reins from Li Yan's hand, and patted his shoulder lightly, "I'll wait for you here."

Li Yan closed his eyes, then took a breath, and walked towards the lonely grave.

His mother died so suddenly back then, in order to cover up the truth, the Li family buried her hastily, so that Li Yan, the only son, didn't even see his mother for the last time.

For so many years, it's not that he didn't want to go to find out where his mother was buried. However, Li Xuan regarded this matter as a shame, with few people in the know, and he was weak, so he couldn't even find a trace.

But I didn't expect it to be so close.

This mountain is not too far from Pingzhou. If you continue to go northeast along the mountain path, you will be able to reach the village where Li Yan grew up in an hour or two.

In the past years, Li Yan has been to this mountain forest more than once to cut firewood or pick herbs, or just pass by on the way to Pingzhou City. He should have seen this lonely wild grave, but how He would never have thought that this was the home of the mother he had been looking for.

Although this solitary tomb was alone, it was not overgrown with weeds as expected. There were still traces of burning incense candles in front of the tomb, and it could be seen that someone used to clean it up and offer sacrifices.And among all the people in Li's mansion who knew about it, probably only Mrs. Zheng would take this matter into consideration.

Li Yan half-kneeled in front of the grave, took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms, and carefully wiped off the dust on the tombstone made of wood, so that the writing on it became clearer.

Chang's tomb.

Li Yan touched each word, and finally just let out a very light sigh.

I don't know what other people have to do when they go to the grave, but there should be no one who comes here empty-handed and silent like myself.

Those memories about my mother have been very long and fuzzy, but at this moment when I am facing this simple grave, it gradually becomes clearer, as if I can really see the beautiful woman looking over quietly, the corners of the eyes and the brows are all A gentle smile that couldn't be concealed.

"Mother..." The unfamiliar title came out of Li Yan's mouth, even he was taken aback for a moment, and then continued, "Actually, I don't know what to tell you, if a person dies, if there is really an afterlife, you It's time to reincarnate, so I don't have to worry about me all the time. But I don't have anything to worry about, although I didn't do well before, but now..."

He turned his head and looked at Yun Zhi, who was standing alone with two horses not far away, and couldn't help but bend his eyes, "I'm doing pretty well now. So if you meet Dad down there, you can also tell him , I may not be able to do the work of Guangzong Yaozu, but I can count as living well."

After he finished speaking, he lifted the hem of his clothes to make himself kneel more upright, and then earnestly kowtowed three times.

After all, a person cannot be resurrected after death, and the loss of the past is always irreparable, but fortunately, there is still the present.

"I still have something to do today. I'll prepare something when I'm done. I'll come here to worship you..." Li Yan stood up and looked down at the tombstone in front of him, "I'm leaving, mother."

After speaking, he turned around and strode towards Yun Zhi's direction.

Even though the distance was not too far, Li Yan walked very urgently, and finally even started to trot, so that when he reached Yun Zhi, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Finished talking?" Yun Zhi took out a brocade handkerchief from her arms and wiped Li Yan's sweat, "Why are you still running after so many steps?"

"I don't know..." Li Yan pulled Yunzhi's hand, and suddenly hugged him in his arms, "Maybe I want to see you soon."

The boy's figure is still thin, but he can easily resolve the ups and downs and pains of the past, which makes Li Yan feel at ease.Maybe when you get enough, you will never worry about losing again.

Yun Zhi didn't ask anything, just stood there motionless, let Li Yan hug her, and even patted him on the back comfortingly: "It's still early, if you want, we can stay here for a while .”

"No need..." Li Yan let go of his hand, and his previously tense expression completely relaxed, "Chen Jin's side should be almost there, and it's time to go back."

"Alright..." Yun Zhi handed the reins to Li Yan, and looked back, "I'm a bit in a hurry today, after all these messy things are dealt with, prepare some sacrifices, and I will accompany you to pay respects to your mother. "

Li Yan followed his gaze and glanced at the lonely grave: "Mother will definitely like you very much."

"Of course..." Yun Zhi shook her head, watched as Li Yan got on the horse and followed him, "Let's go!"

Chen Jin has always been efficient in his work, especially in this kind of torture and interrogation, even Yunzhi can't match it, and Li Liang, who is not particularly firm, is not a problem.

Therefore, when Yun Zhi and the two pushed open the courtyard door and entered, he was already sitting in the courtyard drinking tea boredly, still holding a book that he did not know where to get.

Seeing this scene, Li Yan was in a daze for a moment. He walked through the open door and glanced at Li Liang, who was tied to a shelf and was obviously unconscious. What did you misunderstand, or did Chen Jin get impatient and directly crushed him to death during the interrogation?

"Don't worry, I'm still alive..." Chen Jin knew what Li Yan was thinking when he saw Li Yan's expression, put down the notebook in his hand, and explained very patiently, "I've said everything I know, it's good for everyone to faint, he With less pain, we can have some peace."

Li Yan didn't answer, just glanced at the shelf again, it wasn't that he didn't believe Chen Jin, it was just that although Li Liang was unconscious, his body was clean, there wasn't even a speck of blood on his body, it really didn't look like being interrogated the way it used to be.

"Chen Jin has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He has worshiped many powerful masters. He has real skills in fighting the enemy. There are also some who seem to be heretics, but they always have some special uses. For example, they are very useful for torture. ..."

Sensing Li Yan's confusion, Yun Zhi explained in time, "Although Li Liang seems to be fine now, he has probably experienced the pain of broken bones."

"Actually, there are other ways. Who told us that Mr. Yun is afraid of getting dirty..." Chen Jin shrugged, "This guy is not as tough as the bandits in the village before, and I recruited everything without much effort. It didn't take half an hour."

"It sounds like..." Yun Zhi frowned, "This guy probably doesn't know anything useful."

"Well, almost..." Chen Jin raised his chin to signal the two to sit down, then poured two cups of tea and handed them over, "Li Xuan was indeed killed by him, just as you guessed, first he prepared a few pills to cheer him up After eating it and seeing the effect, Li Xuan asked him for it again, so he gave Li Xuan the poison he had prepared a long time ago. The poison was colorless and tasteless, but extremely toxic. No other symptoms.

As for the remaining poison that Li Xuan had eaten, he had told this guy to touch it away while he was in confusion.The doctors in Pingzhou City have limited medical skills, even if they have doubts, they can't find out anything, and in the end they can only come to the conclusion of sudden illness and death. "

Yun Zhi was really not very interested in Li Xuan's death, so he just nodded after hearing it, and then asked, "Who ordered that, did you tell me?"

"I said it, it's no different from not saying it..." Chen Jin curled his lips, "This Li Liang was also in Li Xuan's army in the early years, and he followed him all the way and helped with a lot of things. Li Xuan treated him well. It counts as trust. That’s why I arranged for him to go to the capital with him earlier, not only because I was worried about Li Yan, but also because I wanted to keep in touch with someone in the capital through him.”

Li Yan tightened his hand holding the cup, and frowned: "Who?"

"The other party also sent someone to contact him, and because he didn't stay in the capital for a long time, he only met once, and didn't say anything important.

So Li Liang didn't know the identity of the other party all the time. Later, because Li Yan entered the Huai'an Palace alone, he couldn't stay in the capital anymore, so he returned to Pingzhou in despair. "

After talking too much, Chen Jin's mouth was a little parched, and he continued after drinking a big sip of tea, "Li Xuan was very angry at the fact that Li Yan entered the Huai'an Palace and was out of his control, so he blamed it on Li Yan. Liang, he didn't trust him as much as before. Li Liang was able to talk in the Li Mansion before, but after going to the capital, he could only do some chores in Li Xuan's courtyard.

As time went by, it was inevitable that I felt angry, but at this time, someone I met in the capital contacted him directly, and asked someone to send him a promise and two bottles of medicine. "

Yunzhi sneered: "Promise what, let Li Xuan be the master of Pingzhou after his death?"

"Li Liang is not so stupid..." Chen Jin said, "I just said that after the matter is completed, he and his wife, children and family will be taken to the capital. Li Liang also knew that he was involved in many things when he was working for Li Xuan. It was assigned by that person in the capital, so I thought it was a good plan to bypass Li Xuan and be directly driven by that person.

In addition, Li Xuan has some problems in life, and he can't treat these subordinates who have been with him for many years, so Li Liang didn't struggle much, so he agreed. "

"Don't even know the identity of the other party, dare to accept such a thing, isn't it stupid enough?" Yunzhi chuckled, and then took a sip of tea, "Does he know anything else?"

"One more thing..." Chen Jin pursed his lips, "It was indeed Li Xuan who murdered the prince."