"It's not like you to meet me so late at night, Brother Yan."
Li Yixiu looked tired. The capital governor was under a lot of pressure. He couldn't hide his fear. The peace he was used to was suddenly broken. A terrible darkness shrouded Yongling and shrouded his heart. But because of Yan Li's invitation, he felt a rare sense of joy.
It was the same tavern as last time, at the same time.
Yan Li clinked glasses with him and said lightly, "Last time we were here to get drunk. This time I'm here to solve a case."
"Solve a case?" Li Yixiu was startled and then smiled bitterly. "There are hundreds of cases in the city overnight. Robbery, rape, theft, brawls, and so on. How can they be solved cleanly?"
"It has nothing to do with that. It's your case," Yan Li said.
Li Yixiu blinked and said, "Which ones aren't?" Before anyone died, these hundreds of cases were indeed public security issues. The capital governor was responsible for them.
"No, I'm talking about you personally," Yan Li said.
"Me personally?" Li Yixiu thought about it and said, "Can Brother Yan give me some pointers?"
Yan Li said, "Fang Junyi died a terrible death."
"There should be no other way to compare," Li Yixiu said.
Yan Li said, "It's the same with Lin Meishu."
Li Yixiu's pupils suddenly shrank. "You, how do you know my mother's name?"
"If I said I already know who the murderer is, would you believe me?" Yan Li said.
"Who is it?" Li Yixiu's face darkened.
Yan Li held his glass and took a sip before saying slowly, "Li Boyong."
"Impossible!" Li Yixiu suddenly stood up. There was no longer a smile on his face. Originally, even if he didn't smile, he could still give people the feeling of a spring breeze. However, now that he had truly restrained his smile, he looked cold and gave off a threatening killing intent.
"My father loved my mother deeply and would never harm her. Even if it's you, if you dare to insult my father again, don't blame my sword for being impolite!"
These words were truly spoken from the bottom of his heart, and there was no need for any pleasantries.
Yan Li believed that if he continued, this tavern would be their duel to the death.
But of course, he had the confidence to make the other believe him. He immediately took out the letter and placed it in front of Li Yixiu, "Take a look first."
The handwriting was already a little yellowed, and it was obviously quite old, but it was well preserved. There were no missing pages, and the handwriting was clear enough.
Li Yixiu opened it suspiciously. The contents made his expression change again and again. He recognized that it was Li Boyong's handwriting.
Most of them were the details of how he abused and abused a certain woman. One of them wrote, "Lin Meishu, when I first saw her, I thought she was a goddess … After marrying her for a long time, I couldn't hide my bad habits. (…) She was arrogant and rude, humiliating me like a dog." "In my life, I was most proud of my buttocks, fat goose thighs, and satin skin. First, I whipped them with bamboo, poured salt water, howled for a day and a night, melted them with asphalt, peeled them for the view, and finally revealed their ferociousness.
Happy … "He held the letter so tightly that it turned white. Then, an abnormal blood red color appeared. It gathered from every corner of his body to his face, and then suddenly spread all over his body. It made his face as red as a monkey's buttocks, and then as pale as a dead man's. Finally, he trembled a few times, and a strange bloody light appeared in his eyes.
"Do you have a grudge against us? That's why you deliberately created false evidence to make us kill each other?"
Feeling the killing intent, Yan Li sighed and said, "Do you still remember the house where Chang Zhizhen died?"
"What do you want to say?" Li Yixiu said coldly.
Yan Li said, "He was injured in the middle of the road. If he knew he was going to die, why didn't he kill himself on the spot? Why did he have to crawl to the door of a house? Could it be that he placed his hope on ordinary people?"
Li Yixiu didn't answer.
Yan Li continued, "At that time, I couldn't understand this problem. It wasn't until I attended your father's birthday banquet last night that I discovered a very ingenious mystery. The handprint that Chang Zhizhen left on the 'Fortune' sticker wasn't his despair towards death, but the death message that he left behind at the last moment to solve the case. "
He took out a 'Fortune' sticker and put his hand on it. "Five handprints represent five, and 'Fortune' can be associated with longevity. So, even though he knew he would kill an innocent person, he still left behind the death message. In fact, it was' 50th birthday '. He implied that the murderer was the person who was about to celebrate his 50th birthday, which was your father, Li Boyong."
"You may still have doubts," he didn't wait for Li Yixiu to open his mouth and said, "Of course, he had enough time to leave evidence on the road, but do you think that Lu Quanshu wouldn't understand it? Only the bloody handprint of 'Fortune' on the door had the chance to pass it to us. Now, do you still think that I deliberately faked it? "
Monstrous anger and resentment burned and boiled in Li Yixiu's eyes. His anger was like a blazing bonfire in the middle of summer, and his resentment was like a bone-chilling wind in the middle of winter. In the face of the collapsing reality, this man who had always been gentle and calm inevitably revealed the darkness in his heart.
It was as if Yan Li had opened a door to the abyss and released a wild beast.
The beast's resentment toward him was no less than the murderer's.
Some people were like this. They would rather live in a fantasy, and if their fantasy was shattered, they would feel resentment.
This was Li Yixiu's tribulation. Whether he could overcome it or not depended on his cultivation.
Of course, few people could accept such a cruel reality. After all, the human heart was made of flesh.
In the end, Yan Li put down a heavy bargaining chip, "Li Boyong is in cahoots with Skycloud Pavilion. On the night of the birthday banquet, I accidentally saw him having an affair with Madam Sima, Deng Xinyuan. I got the handprint from Deng Xinyuan."
The mortal enemy of the dynasty, the great hatred of killing his mother and friend, all these added up was enough to force the father and son to kill each other.
No matter what the outcome was, it had nothing to do with Yan Li.
Yan Li stood up and slowly left.
Li Yixiu stared at his back, "Why are you telling me this?"
Yan Li's footsteps paused slightly, but he did not say anything and continued to walk out.
"It seems that we are not suitable to be friends," Li Yixiu said coldly.
This time, Yan Li did not stop, "I don't have friends. I don't have any now, and I won't have any in the future. "
Li Yixiu's extremely suppressed roar of pain came from the tavern. Then, the tavern collapsed in the rumbling sound.
Yan Li left the tavern and went to Yanshan Robber's base, the pigeon rearing house, to make the final preparations. Now was the time for Yanshan Robber to make his move.
When he returned to the residence, a governor eunuch had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Eunuch, what brings you here so late at night?" He invited the eunuch to take a seat.
"There's no need to sit, Lord Yan. His Majesty wants to see you," the eunuch said.
"Why does he want to see me so late at night?" Yan Li was puzzled.
"He said he has something urgent to discuss. Please hurry up, you have already wasted a lot of time," the eunuch said.
"I understand." Yan Li could only nod in agreement.
The meeting place was still Zichen Hall.
When he reached the door of Zichen Hall, he suddenly stopped because there were two people standing at the door. They were Minister Liu Cheng and Cavalry General Zhang Shirong.
One of them guarded the inner court, and the other guarded the palace. They could be said to be the mainstays of the court. At this moment, they were guarding the door of Zichen Hall like door gods.
Seeing Yan Li's arrival, the two of them had different expressions. Liu Cheng was still his usual self, full of smiles. He didn't have the arrogance of a commander of thirty thousand soldiers. He looked very amiable. Zhang Shirong was expressionless, but he opened his mouth to speak.
"Yongling is in chaos. His Majesty's safety must be taken care of." These were his exact words.
He seemed to be talking to himself, but in reality, he was reminding Yan Li. It seemed that he did not like to owe people favors.
Of course, even without his reminder, Yan Li had already sensed it. It was not just these two. There were more than 10 powerful presences in the dark on guard.
Yan Li guessed that his identity might have been exposed. But now that he had come this far, there was no turning back.
Only Ji Tiansheng was in Zichen Hall. She stood under the curtain of the outer hall with her back to the door. She gazed at the night sky outside the window, lost in thought. When she heard the footsteps, she did not turn around. She only said indifferently, "There will be no snow tonight."
Yan Li said, "The cumulus clouds are very thick. There will be one in the second half of the night."
"You can also predict astronomical phenomena?" Ji Tiansheng was slightly surprised.
Yan Li said, "It's just an inference based on the phenomena, not a prediction."
"Then can you predict the outcome of Yongling and the Grand Xia based on the phenomena?" Ji Tiansheng turned around and stared fixedly at him.
"I don't know," Yan Li said.
Ji Tiansheng said, "Is this your attitude?"
Yan Li was also looking at her. Today, she was wearing a light yellow shawl with white snow velvet inside. She was wearing a light gold dress with a graceful and luxurious front. The collar and sleeves were embroidered with dragon patterns. The only thing on her that did not show her majesty were the brocade boots that showed off her slender feet. Her black hair was coiled up high in a concentric bun, and there was an unconcealable exhaustion between her brows.
Every trace of exhaustion made people feel incomparably heavy. For such a natural beauty to have to bear such unparalleled pressure, it was only natural that people would feel pity for her. However, that pity would soon be suppressed by the powerful majesty she exuded, making people suddenly realize that she was first and foremost an Emperor, then a woman.
Now, it was Yan Li's turn to make a choice.
At this moment, if Ji Zhiyuan used her tenderness to influence him, perhaps the story would go to a different ending.
The possibility of Yan Li being influenced now was almost zero, but he was facing no one but the woman he loved. People would always make unthinkable choices at critical moments.
"Is this your attitude?" Ji Tiansheng didn't get an answer for a long time, so he asked again.
Now, Yan Li had to make a choice.
Men could use majesty to conquer women, but women must not use majesty to conquer men.
Yan Li made his choice. He smiled charmingly. "I already know how those people died. If you believe me, I will return you a peaceful Yongling."
"You have a way to destroy the underworld's conspiracy?" Ji Tiansheng asked.
Yan Li said meaningfully, "Or rather, destroy the feast of ghosts and gods."
Yes, he had already made his choice.
Ji Tiansheng stared at him deeply. "Can I believe you?"
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