Li Yan walked in, and when Ming Chongyan saw Liu Shenwei following behind him, he was surprised at first.
Li Yan introduced: "This is Imperial Doctor Liu! And this Taoist Master Ming is a disciple of Lieutenant Lin!"
Liu Yuyi said: "I heard from my junior brother that he received an extremely talented disciple who taught him Taoist alchemy. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be Ming literature."
Ming Chongyan was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly saluted his master: "Meet my uncle!"
He really wants to have a relationship with Sun Simiao now.
Especially when you know that the elixir you believe in is actually extremely toxic.
I was afraid that if a saint or a prince died suddenly, it would be found to be related to his elixir.
The days were really tough.
Now once Sun Simiao can improve the elixir, it will really be saved and he will not have to live in fear every day.
After receiving the gift, Ming Chongyan looked at Li Yan with grateful eyes: "Thank you Li Jiyi!"
Li Yan sighed: "I'm afraid Taoist Master Ming won't be able to accept what I say next, so please step aside for now."
Ming Chongyan's heart pounded and his blood pressure soared.
Last time you came to reveal the true face of Xuan Gao, I couldn't accept it. Is there anything more terrifying?
He quickly asked the little Taoist priests in the temple to retreat, and even went to patrol the outside in person. After making sure that no one was monitoring, he returned to the hall and sat down again. He said with great anxiety: "Li Jiyi, please speak clearly."
Liu Shenwei also looked like he was listening.
He also didn't know the specific truth and was invited here.
"First of all, let me explain that what I want to tell is still a speculative story for the time being."
"It is logically consistent with all the clues collected so far, but there is not enough evidence to support it. After all, people in Chang'an cannot enter Jiangnan."
"So it may be the truth. Due to a rigorous attitude, there is still a possibility of discrepancy with the facts."
Li Yan made up his mind, Ming Chongyan and Liu Shenwei both nodded.
Then Li Yan took out a brocade box and showed it: "This is Yundan, the source of all evil."
Liu Shenwei looked at it and raised his eyebrows: "Is this the cloud pill that poisoned the imperial examination scholars?"
Li Yan nodded: "It is also Lin County Lieutenant's family elixir. It is owned by our own family and cannot be imitated."
Liu Shenwei and Ming Chongyan changed their colors at the same time.
I didn't expect that a major case that shocked Chang'an in the past few days would be so closely related to a former fellow student.
The other person did not expect that the prescription of Yundan was passed down from the master's family and was owned by his own family.
When it comes to Xuan Gao, Ming Chongyan has a clear understanding: "Li Jiyi once said that poppy, the material needed for cloud elixir, is produced in the West. It is almost invisible in the Tang Dynasty. Even the Western Regions are presented as tribute.
So if my master’s family can refine this elixir, it means..."
Li Yan nodded: "Yes, according to my speculation, Lin County Lieutenant's home, that is, inside Runzhou Chongyun Temple, should have a field of opium poppies. It is precisely because of this land that this poppy can be used as the secret medicine of the temple.
Passed down from generation to generation.”
Ming Chongyan was surprised: "Chongyunguan is Master's home? He didn't say..."
Liu Shenwei wondered: "Why don't you tell me, my junior brother said in the early years that he was from Runzhou, and you got his secret transmission of Dan Yuan Jin. If it wasn't taught by Chongyun Temple, where did it come from?"
Ming Chongyan was confused by the question: "With such a big thing happening in Chongyunguan, he really didn't say it was his home..."
But this also explains another question: "But Master is indeed in great pain. He can't sleep all night and often vomits blood..."
Li Yan waited for a moment and then said: "The origin of the case should be when Lin County Lieutenant recommended Yundan to the powerful people in Beijing, praising this medicine for its ability to cure all diseases."
"A doctor like Sun Zhenren, who is a miraculous doctor, naturally knows that there is no cure-all for all diseases in the world, so he refuses to listen to his advice, becomes disappointed with him, and drives away as a disciple."
"Although Yundin cannot eradicate the disease, because its ingredients contain opium made from poppy, it has the effect of temporarily relieving pain and invigorating the spirit."
"Well, compared to Xuan Gao, I named it opium."
"Because this substance also has huge addictive properties, once it is taken excessively, it will cause a strong dependence. If it is not used, people will live worse than death and suffer extreme pain."
"Such terrible harm cannot be manifested in a short period of time. The powerful people in the capital feel that this medicine is indeed miraculous. In particular, the two noble disciples took a fancy to Yun Dan."
"Both of these two people have extraordinary business acumen and are keenly aware of the huge benefits of this elixir."
"The other is that my aunt has been seriously ill all year round. Whether he is really filial or wants to show his filial piety, he should seek medicine for his mother."
"But the cloud pills ran out quickly and couldn't be replenished."
"This product is no better than others. Chang'an's east and west markets claim to have everything, but they can't buy opium."
"If you want to continue to refine a large amount of cloud pills, you can only go back to Chongyun Temple in Runzhou."
"And those two noble sons have too high a family background and too much power. As long as they are willing to speak, they can easily get a county magistrate and a Ming Dynasty."
"So, Lin County Lieutenant took two noble disciples and the three of them went to Runzhou in the south of the Yangtze River."
…
At this point, the expressions on Liu Shenwei and Ming Chongyan's faces changed drastically.
But they couldn't argue.
Liu Shenwei understood what his junior brother was like.
Ming Chongyan even knew that the noble son with extraordinary business vision was obviously Dou Decheng.
Six years ago, Dou Dexuan was not yet dead. Dou Decheng was the youngest brother of the prime minister of the dynasty. Coupled with the authority of the Dou family, he could be said to be a person who combined thousands of lights.
If such a person favors him, of course his master will serve him with all his strength!
Li Yan continued:
"To the surprise of the two distinguished disciples, Chongyunguan actually rejected them."
"Judging from past deeds, Chongyun Guan gave alms to save people, and its good reputation only spread within the state. If they wanted to become famous with Yundan, they would have become famous long ago."
"The reason for keeping such a low profile is probably the discovery that the opium produced by the poppy under its beautiful appearance is harmful to people and can be extremely poisonous."
"But those two noble men obviously don't want to believe this explanation."
"In other words, one of them got carried away by the huge profits and the other by the filial piety."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It doesn't matter whether Chongyunguan is unwilling to hand over the elixir. As long as Lin County Lieutenant is willing to make the elixir, the elixir recipe will be available. The key is the materials for the elixir."
"They want to see the poppy fields inside."
"The Taoist priests in the temple are unwilling to give up the poppy fields, and I'm afraid their attitude is extremely firm."
"So, after two noble men defrauded some of the opium, they came up with a way."
"Daozhang Ming, do you still remember what symptoms you experienced when you took opium for the first time?"
Ming Chongyan was fascinated by what he heard. When Li Yan asked, he didn't react for a moment.
But he calmed down and quickly answered: "The first time you take xuan... opium, you will feel extremely uncomfortable, including nausea and vomiting, dizziness and fatigue, blurred vision, and mental depression..."
Li Yan said: "In the eyes of ordinary people, this is actually an illness."
Ming Chongyan's pupils shrank: "So, the strange disease that Qingyang villagers first suffered from was..."
Li Yan nodded: "It means being given opium in the water. Hu Shang from the Western Regions said that one of the ways to smoke opium is to dissolve it in water and suck the solution."
Liu Shenwei was so angry that his beard twitched slightly: "They poisoned the village to slander Chongyun Temple, drive away the Taoist priests in the temple, and invade the poppy fields openly?"
Li Yan said: "I'm afraid there are reasons for testing the medicine. The Taoist priests from Chongyunguan must have said that this medicine has many disadvantages and is by no means as perfect as it appears. After hearing this, the two of them were a little skeptical. They drugged the villagers' water.
Being able to slander Taoist temples and see with your own eyes the real effects of opium is their plan."
Ming Chongyan was puzzled: "Then why did it turn into a murder case later?"
Li Yandao: "Because they don't know the efficacy of the medicine, they take too much of it. An overdose of opium in one go will lead to death!"
Acute morphine poisoning can lead to coma, respiratory paralysis, and death.
Liu Shenwei was shocked and angry: "But Xiaoshi...but since Lin Jianye is helping them, why didn't he tell them the dosage?"
Li Yan shook his head: "When this was done, it should have been hidden from Lieutenant Lin. After the lead was completed, what those two people wanted to do would obviously not care about what a little County Lieutenant thought."
Liu Shenwei asked again: "Then the people in the village were not only poisoned, but many died all at once. Such serious consequences were unexpected by them. How will it end?"
Ming Chongyan said bitterly: "They fabricated the facts. At first they wanted to put all the stigma on Chongyun Temple, but they found that the explanation did not make sense. Chongyun Temple has been in the local area for a long time, and there was no reason to poison the villagers. So according to the villagers
Poisoning, and the characteristics of Yundan, made up an unfounded poisoner."
Li Yandao: "This is the story made up by the noble son who is engaged in business."
Ming Chongyan said with a trembling voice: "Then my master...could he..."
Li Yan shook his head: "Lin County Lieutenant did not act as an aide. If he helped the two conceal the facts, this case could be covered up, because he is a local prosecutor and can confuse right and wrong."
"After Lin County Lieutenant discovered what they had done, he also turned against them."
"So next, the two noble disciples did one more thing."
He took out the case file and showed it.
The two of them looked at the records of the bandits' rebellion.
Not only were properties looted and houses set on fire, but there were also testimonies from villagers.
Liu Shenwei was greatly confused: "Did the villagers lie, or was the case file falsified? That's not right. The case file contains the testimony of the local county government. Did everyone in the county government make up lies?"
But soon, Ming Chongyan, who was more familiar with the characteristics of opium, stood up angrily: "It's neither lying nor simple fraud, they took advantage of the medicinal properties!"
Liu Shenwei is also a miracle doctor. After understanding the medicinal properties of opium poppies, he immediately reacted: "They took advantage of the villagers' blurred vision and confusion to take advantage of the poison to re-create the scene again?"
Li Yan nodded:
"Since Lieutenant Lin is unwilling to confuse right and wrong, the two of them know that this matter will definitely not withstand investigation. The best way is to suppress the case."
"But there are too many people dead. Under normal circumstances, the saint will definitely intervene, and the Ministry of Punishment cannot fool them."
"So, when they saw that the villagers were in a trance and confused, they came up with a way to confuse the public."
"Create two ways to die."
"The two noble sons have high status and traveled from Chang'an to the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, they will have a group of followers with high martial arts skills to protect their safety."
"So, they took their followers and killed the villagers in the same way as bandits did, causing slashing and puncture wounds. They pretended to rob property and set fire to the houses."
"After another tragic accident, the county officials who arrived later received contrary testimony from another group of unconscious villagers. I'm afraid they were also confused. Which one was true and which one was false?"
"It's all true, and it's all false."
"These two things may seem contradictory, but they are not. They did both happen."
"Another advantage of pretending that bandits are causing trouble is that they can shift the responsibility to Lin County Lieutenant."
"The local magistrate has the responsibility to quell the bandits and protect the people. If the mountain bandits kill a whole village of people, Lin County Lieutenant can hardly blame them."
"In this way, even if County Lieutenant Lin wants to report him afterwards, the higher-ups will think that he did it to shirk responsibility and made a slanderous move."
"Of course, they are not prepared to let Lieutenant Lin live at all..."
"Master Ming, when Lin County Lieutenant went to seek refuge with you, he told you that he was implicated and dismissed from his post?"
Ming Chongyan said sadly: "So, my teacher was not dismissed from his post, but was hunted down and had no way out, so he fled to Pindao?"
Li Yan nodded:
"I read the documents from the Ministry of Civil Affairs at that time, and I was very surprised. Why was the local county magistrate imprisoned, but your master, as a magistrate, was only dismissed from his post in such a big case?"
"It was later that I realized that Lin County Lieutenant relied on his martial arts skills to avoid being silenced and escaped on the spot."
"His hometown was massacred, and Chang'an had no way to complain. There was really nowhere to go, so he went to Master Ming."
"The two noble disciples were so angry that they had no choice but to pursue them aggressively, so they could only summarily dismiss them from their posts."
"However, when this conflicting case was submitted to the Ministry of Punishment, it was the moment when the saint Taishan was enshrined."
"Relying on their family background, their elders asked a senior official from the Ministry of Justice to suppress the case and give a hasty sentence."
"The murderer became a mystery, Dantu County was unable to solve the case, all officials were demoted, the county magistrate was imprisoned, and his wife and daughter were taken to Yeting."
"This case has been forgotten by the public. Except for the locals, Chang'an does not even know that so many people died unjustly in Runzhou."
Having said this, Li Yan took a deep breath.
From beginning to end, his tone of voice was calm.
With the objectivity and neutrality of third-party analysis.
But there was suppressed anger in his voice.
At this point, the reasoning is completed and the case file is closed.
Looking at the blank envelope that didn't even have a name on the case, Li Yan said word by word:
"The above is my analysis based on the current clues."
"If there is a mistake, there is no need to say it. If it is not false..."
"Then no matter what kind of family background the prisoner has, I will investigate these crazy and unpardonable people to the end and let them get the punishment they deserve!!"