Chapter 454 The Wu family’s ancestral tomb was destroyed
"There are no ghosts in this world, Chongyan, why do you scare yourself?"
After listening to Ming Chongyan's immediate report of entering the mansion, Li Yan slowly sat down, raised his tea cup and took a sip, with a calm expression on his face.
Ming Chongyan gave a wry smile: "As expected of Liu Lang, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his appearance, but the poor Taoist is really uneasy thinking about almost desecrating the soul of the dead."
Ming Chongyan was a Taoist priest after all, and it was normal to believe in ghosts and gods. Li Yan felt it was necessary to comfort him: "Actually, Yang Sijian's death was very hasty. He was demoted and sent away, and died of illness on the way. It is said that his body was later buried in his ancestral home.
There is indeed the possibility of suspended animation."
Ming Chongyan's face softened somewhat.
Li Yan then analyzed it carefully: "This is not a baseless speculation. I once solved a case. In order to achieve the goal, the victim bought the fake death drug from the Western Regions. As a result, the drug was exchanged one after another, and finally became the real one."
A deadly poison."
"If Yang Sijian also took similar drugs to fake death and pretended to be seriously ill and died, then the state and county's autopsy must have been hasty."
"The report was sent back to the capital. This great scholar is considered dead by everyone, and no one will investigate it carefully."
Ming Chongyan breathed a sigh of relief: "If a living person is really causing trouble, Pindao will not be afraid. If Mr. Yang really lives to this day and is nearly seventy years old, what else can he do?"
Li Yan's expression became solemn: "Don't be careless. At present, we know very little about Yang Sijian. Both the court and the central government are very secretive about this person, which is why the previous investigation was so difficult... You just talked to Xu Jing about Yang Sijian, what else did he say?
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Ming Chongyan said: "Pindao has learned a lot from him. Yang Sijian was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, and in terms of bloodline, he is a close relative of the former Sui royal family, and has many connections with Mrs. Rongguo's lineage."
"Mrs. Rongguo was later kicked out of the house by the Wu family and took her three daughters to join her mother's family, so she had to be taken care of by Yang Sijian. Before she left the cabinet, Mrs. Yang had known the current Queen Mother, and she had a good reputation, but she was not as popular as the Queen Mother.
Entering the palace..."
"Xu Jing also said that his brother Xu Ang also admired Mrs. Yang's reputation and hoped that Xu Jingzong would propose marriage for him. Therefore, even if Yang Sijian secretly married a daughter and took in a concubine without the six rituals, the Changsun family did not make any announcement.
, but the news still leaked out, and Xu Ang cursed loudly, saying he would rather be a concubine than a legitimate wife, and look down on him..."
"What makes Xu Jingzong quite jealous is that after the former Zhao Guogong's rebellion, Yang Sijian left Mrs. Rongguo's relationship and was not implicated. Instead, he began to teach His Majesty. Mrs. Yang even became engaged to His Majesty. If later,
If it hadn't been for what happened with He Lan Minzhi, the current head of state would not be General Pei, but him."
Li Yan listened carefully and his eyes flickered slightly: "Is that Xu Ang still in your hands?"
Ming Chongyan said: "This man has a weird personality. Not only does he gamble excessively, but he also seems to be deliberately embarrassing his family."
Li Yan had seen a lot of the dirty things in big families, so he thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid he had an affair with Xu Jingzong's step-in-law, and the matter got serious again, or his family exposed it, and he will naturally have a desire for revenge after he returns from exile."
"But Xu Jingzong has gone through many storms in his life. He was able to forgive his son in the end and pass on the title of Lord. This is not necessarily because he is old and foolish. It is also possible that he wants to get rid of the Empress Wu camp and taints himself in order to protect himself."
Ming Chongyan's expression changed slightly, and he quickly said: "Is that so? The Gaoyang County Duke's family has a great business, and he can't be defeated as a dandy. At most, the family will have no spare money to host banquets all day long, but if this situation is
In that way, if you act smart and participate in the Queen Mother's seizure of power, you will end up confiscating your family and annihilating your clan!"
Li Yan said: "This is just a possibility. Maybe we think too highly of him. He is just a dandy who has failed to recover. But it doesn't matter if we think highly of him, but we can't despise him. Keep an eye on this person and don't let him go easily. By the way, ask more about that year.
Regarding the matter, see if there is any discrepancy between what the two brothers said."
Ming Chongyan accepted the order: "Yes!"
Li Yan took care of some more matters. After watching Ming Chongyan leave, he wrote a brief letter and sent out a carrier pigeon.
In less than half a day, Yang Zaiwei appeared in front of him, quite impatiently: "Have you found out the identity of 'Zuo Ming'?"
Li Yandao: "'Zuoming' may be Madam Yang, the daughter of the famous scholar Yang Sijian."
Yang Zaiwei had no impression of Yang Sijian, but after hearing this surname, his face darkened: "Could this person also be from the Hongnong Yang family?"
Li Yan nodded slightly: "Yang Sijian was born in Guanwangfang."
Yang Zaiwei gritted his teeth: "No wonder 'Zuoming' abducted children from each room of the Yang family and trained them to practice fish intestine strength, but no one in the Guanwang family was abducted. It turns out that she was born in the Guanwang family!"
"That's right. The Yang family of Hongnong is a descendant of the family. There is actually no blood relationship between the houses. They are just merged into one family tree. To 'support the order', we must start from the Guanzhong gentry, so naturally we should start with familiar people.
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"The purpose of kidnapping children is not only to train direct subordinates, but also to coerce each house to obey her orders. With the support of the Hongnong Yang family, it will be much more convenient for her to act in the name of her eldest grandson Fuji..."
Li Yandao: "Authentication of identity can actually explain many things. For example, I had doubts before about why she would add fuel to the flames in He Lanmin's case. After all, the things He Lanmin did were unknown to the public before, but now I understand.
, it’s not a coincidence, but a long-standing connection.”
While Yang Zaiwei hated "serving orders", he was also extremely disgusted with beasts like He Lan Minzhi: "When her sister suffered something like that, why didn't she kill He Lan Minzhi earlier?"
Li Yan said: "Then it depends on her heart, whether her own hatred is more important or the hatred of her family is more important."
"The actions of 'Zuoming', such as uniting with foreigners, cultivating secret spies, and raising dead soldiers, have affected Tubo, Longxi, Jiangnan, Hebei, and Liaodong. Although the pattern is not large, it is indeed aimed at subverting the regime, and
With a considerable degree of destructive power, she will naturally not make trouble and kill Helan Minzhi before she succeeds."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "However, when the news about Helan Minzhi's madness came out, she would pay attention to it, which led to various subsequent developments, and she recognized my chain knife and locked me.
The identity of the master..."
Yang Zaiwei suddenly realized: "That's it."
Li Yandao: "If Yang Sijian had not died, he was originally Siwei Shaoqing. Siwei is the Weiwei Temple among the nine temples. He is in charge of instruments and cultural relics, the general arsenal, weapons, and the three palace guards. He had many interactions with the Forbidden Army, so after the incident,
He was immediately demoted because this position was too important to be controlled by a person with a grudge."
"Even so, Yang Sijian also knows how to make weapons. From the dead soldiers raised by Jia Sibo to the weapons used by the Tuyuhun people in the rebellion, they all come from Zhechong Mansion. Trouble arises from within!"
Speaking of this, Li Yan sighed.
Due to the gradual collapse of the government's military system, many weapons were resold. He also sent the Kang family and his son to conduct a detailed investigation. However, the situation in the army was very complicated and full of difficulties, and there has been no obvious breakthrough so far.
In view of the fact that Xue Chuyu wanted to reform the military system in history, but quickly failed and resigned. In Li Yan's mind, the military reform was the most important part of all reforms. It was related to the military system and land annexation, which determined how long the prosperous age could last.
Yang Zaiwei concluded: "Mrs. Yang is the executor, Yang Sijian is making plans behind the scenes, and the father and daughter conspired. According to this, Mrs. Yang is not a scapegoat. At most, she took advantage of the situation in order to save her father before she died.
Tell them everything they did so that we won’t pursue them any further.”
Li Yan frowned slightly, always feeling something strange, and said sternly: "So far, we have no evidence, and we are all in the stage of speculation, so we cannot make any conclusions."
"Isn't it easy to get evidence?"
Compared with Ming Chongyan's fear, Yang Zaiwei had no inhibitions: "Whether Yang Sijian is dead or not, wouldn't it be enough to open an autopsy at the place where he was buried?"
Li Yan shook his head: "I don't want to do it unless I have to."
"What if our guess is wrong and Yang Sijian's daughter dies in vain and he himself is demoted. He is already a victim. How can we disturb the deceased again?"
"What's more, if they do it perfectly and replace it with a corpse of a similar age, we don't know much about Yang Sijian, so how can we tell the authenticity?"
Yang Zaiwei was a little helpless: "That's true, but if we can't do an autopsy, how can we be sure? Should we start from Weiwei Temple?"
Li Yan pondered for a moment and said: "After 'Zuo Ming' dies, assuming that Yang Sijian inherits her inheritance and gets nearly half of her subordinates, what do you think he will do?"
Yang Zaiwei frowned: "He Lan Minzhi died a long time ago. According to what you said, he was smashed down together with the Buddha statue, and no bones were left. Yang Sijian's younger daughter's revenge was avenged, so he came to us to avenge his eldest daughter?"
Li Yan shook his head: "If he wanted to avenge 'Zu Ming', he would not let you take away the other half of the force. He should have tit-for-tat long ago, and at least try something. Have you been assassinated during this time?"
Yang Zaiwei said: "That's not true."
Li Yan was a little regretful: "No one came to assassinate me. It would be great if the murderers were like Ashina Huan... Not to mention those, from the perspective of a bystander, Helan Minzhi is undoubtedly the biggest sinner, but for
In terms of Yang Sijian's experience, perhaps what he hates most is not only He Lan Minzhi, but also the people who protect He Lan Minzhi."
Yang Zaiwei frowned: "Mrs. Rong Guo died a long time ago, He Lan Minzhi died, and the late Emperor passed away. Isn't the Queen Mother the only person involved?"
Li Yan looked at the bright moon in the sky and thought of the first time he came to Chang'an that year, and the second night he entered the Duke of Zhou's mansion to scare Wu Minzhi, and said slowly: "Yes, the only one who was responsible for the sin back then was the Queen Mother!"
"So in addition to opening Yang Sijian's coffin for an autopsy, there may be another way. The Wu family's hometown is in Bingzhou, and the Duke of Zhou and Mrs. Rongguo were also buried there. Send someone to see if there is anything going on there.
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Yang Zaiwei acted vigorously and resolutely, turned around, waved his hand, and disappeared into the darkness: "I will go there personally. The previous generation's 'command' has come to an end!"
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Ten days later, Fei Ge's letter fell into the mansion.
Li Yan unfolded the letter, and a line of handwriting came into view:
"The ancestral grave of the Wu family was destroyed, and the coffin of Mrs. Rong Guo was split open, the body was destroyed, and the bones were smashed and ashes scattered."