Yao Kuo, the head of the Yao family, arranged Xia Fan in a quiet courtyard and left on excuses, but before leaving, he left a person.

A young man who has just won the crown.

This young man is Yao Kuo's nephew, named Yao Sheng.

He stayed for Xia Fan to order him.

After all, Yao Kuo, as the head of the family, experienced the pain of losing his son, so he could not always be with Xia Fan.

Under helplessness, he could only let the young talents in his family serve Xia Fan on his behalf.

Xia Fan had no objection to this. Anyway, all he needed was a local snake to help. Compared with Yao Kuo, who was pampered, Yao Sheng, who seemed smart and capable, was more in line with his wishes.

Yao Sheng is a standard family member, with decent behavior, calm and capable.

Through just a brief contact, Xia Fan had a good impression of him.

Humble and polite, and attentive to serve.

In a trance, Xia Fan thought he had met a Haidilao employee, and even took a bath, the other party arranged two beautiful maids to help him untied his clothes.

But Xia Fan refused righteously.

He dared to promise that as long as he dared to ask the two maids to help him take a bath, the next second would be convenient for him to warm up the bed.

Xia Fan is not pretending to be a gentleman. The problem is that he is soft-hearted and has short hands.

Especially Yao Kuo once talked about the unknown cause of his son's death. Is Xia Fan still not clear what the other party was thinking?

If you have enough time, you will help.

But Xia Fan is most afraid of what troubles he will do here.

After thinking about it carefully, Xia Fan simply rejected the other party's sugar-coated shells.

No words all night.

Early the next morning.

After breakfast, Xia Fan and Yao Sheng left Yao Mansion directly.

"Sir, this is Wei Anshan's former home."

Since Xia Fan had already explained his purpose last night, Yao Sheng understood the detailed investigation and arrangements.

After leaving Yao Mansion, Xia Fan quickly led by Yao Sheng to a long-deserted mansion.

"Has this place been uninhabited since Wei Anshan's family died?"

Pushing open the mottled door with seals and walking in the weedy courtyard, Xia Fan looked around at the slightly gloomy and broken environment around him, and asked casually.

"Report to Master, yes." Yao Sheng, who followed closely, whispered. "Wei Anshan has returned here once since the death of Wei Anshan's family, but Wei Anshan mysteriously disappeared soon after, and the house has been completely abandoned."

"How far is this place from the home of his master, Fu Siqing?"

Stop in the main hall, the tables and chairs around were still neatly arranged, but were covered with thick dust.

Xia Fan looked at the door plaque with Yu Qingtang written on it in the middle of the main hall, and couldn't help but find a way out of the divine way.

"The residence of Fu Siqing, a knight in Nanxi, is located in Nancheng, and it takes about an hour to pass by here." Yao Sheng said.

"One hour."

Xia Fan nodded thoughtfully, then left the main hall and headed for the backyard.

"Do you know when Wei Anshan's family died?"

Walking in the corridor in the backyard and looking around the closed doors and windows around, Xia Fan asked again.

"The young man specially reviewed the file from the government last night. According to the autopsy results of the coroner's work, Wei Anshan's family should have died between the Yin and Mao hours. The earliest person who found that they died was Fangzheng in this piece of Lifang." Yao Sheng said in advance. "According to Fangzheng's description, Wei Anshan's family would go out early to work on the rice shop business, but when it was noon that day, the Wei family was not moving at all, so Fangzheng was curious to check it out, and the result..."

"What is abnormal when Wei Anshan's family died?"

Xia Fan pushed away a wing room, waved his hand to dissipate the falling dust, and looked at the still neat decorations in the wing room, and continued to ask absent-mindedly.

"The death of Wei Anshan's family is indeed a bit abnormal, because they all died peacefully in their sleep." Yao Sheng looked at Xia Fan who was walking around the house to observe. "And the autopsy of the coroner's autopsy was that they all died of an unknown poison."

"Has the government found out how the murderer poisoned the murderer?" Xia Fan walked out of the wing room and pushed open the door of the other wing room. Sure enough, the decorations in the room were as neat as ever.

"No! No! No matter whether it is the well water in the house or the remaining leftovers, the government has found any traces of poisoning." Yao Sheng said.

"Apart from Wei Anshan's family, are all the people in this house dead?"

Xia Fan reached out and inadvertently wiped the dusty table in the house and said.

"Yes, the servants in Wei Anshan's family were also poisoned to death." Yao Sheng said.

"In other words, the murderer poisoned him completely without any difference." Xia Fan stroked his dusty finger and said. "Isn't there anyone who escaped by chance?"

"There is one." Yao Sheng thought for a moment.

"who?"

"Wei Anshan's family once hired a teacher, but this teacher resigned a month before the Wei Anshan family's family's accident." Yao Sheng said. "It is said that this teacher had to resign and return home because his mother was seriously ill at home."

"What is this Mr. Xixi's name? Did he appear in Nanxi later?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows.

"The other party seems to be called Bai Ji, but I don't know the other specific situations." Yao Sheng said ashamed.

"Then ask Wei Anshan's neighbors and Fang Zheng, I believe they should know this Mr. Bai Ji."

After saying that, Xia Fan walked straight out of the backyard.

"Please wait, please go and inquire about it."

Yao Sheng had excellent work skills. After leaving Wei Anshan’s residence, he first arranged Xia Fan to wait in the private room of a nearby inn, and then sent someone to attract the neighbors and Fangzheng of Wei Anshan’s residence.

After some inquiries.

Xia Fan also learned about Bai Ji's situation from Yao Sheng.

The other party was born into a wealthy family in Ling County, Chongzhou. He studied hard and was smart since childhood. His lifelong ambition was to get fame and revitalize the family. However, Bai Ji was involved in an imperial examination fraud in some way, so he failed to take the imperial examination for life and ended up being the best place for the people.

In the description of neighbors and Fangzheng, Bai Ji is a well-educated scholar. He treats anyone politely on weekdays, so the neighbors have a very good impression of him. Although he is over thirty years old, many matchmakers come to the door to say he is close, but in the end, Bai Ji declined it. This is also the most strange thing about the neighbors.

After all, Bai Ji has not gotten married even when he reaches this age, which is really puzzling.

Bai Ji lived in Nanxi for about a year. During this year, he served as a patron for the Wei family. It is said that the Wei family hired them for a large sum of money.

After the Wei family had an accident, he rushed back to Nanxi to pay tribute to the Wei family, and even met Wei Anshan.

From then on, Bai Ji never came back to Nanxi.

But I heard that Bai Ji opened a private school after returning to Ling County, and had already married and had children, so his life was quite happy.

"I'm going to Ling County."

After listening to Yao Sheng’s remarks, Xia Fan immediately made a decision.

"Master, why is this?" Yao Sheng couldn't help but say shocked. "Do you suspect..."

"I will not wrongly accuse anyone without evidence." Xia Fan said lightly. "It's just that there is something that makes me a little curious."

"What's the matter?" Yao Sheng said subconsciously.

"What did he give birth to after seeing Wei Anshan?" Xia Fan sipped the tea in his cup. "Is this related to Wei Anshan's later disappearance?"

"But Master, according to the neighbors who are familiar with Bai Ji, the Wei family has always respected Bai Ji very much, and they have never had any rift between them. Moreover, Bai Ji is just an ordinary person with no power to tie a chicken. At the time of the matter, Bai Ji was not in Nanxi, so he was a little confused and could not understand that he would poison the Wei family." Yao Sheng said.

"I didn't say he was the murderer who poisoned the Wei family!" Xia Fan shrugged. "Don't think too much, I have my own ideas."

"Good Master, it's a small reckless person." Yao Sheng said hurriedly.

"Let's go back."

Leaving the inn, he just returned to Yao Mansion.

Xia Fan heard a fierce dispute coming from the mansion.

Without Xia Fan's instructions, Yao Sheng took the initiative to invite servants to inquire about the situation and immediately told Xia Fan.

"Your Majesty, it was the head of the family who had a little dispute with the young master of the Wang family."

Xia Fan didn't mind the dispute in the mansion, and he was preparing to say goodbye when he returned home this time.

But when he encountered such a thing, he could only wait until the other party had finished the argument.

"Young Master of the Wang family?"

"Yes, he is also the nephew of the head of the family."

"I remember who he is, but the young master of the Wang family is also reckless and dares to argue with his uncle in person."

Xia Fan shook his head. After all, such things are quite rare in feudal ethics society.

"After all, if the young master of the Wang family has been in the world for a long time, he will inevitably be infected with the habits of some people in the world."

From Yao Sheng's words, we can know that he has a bad sense of Wang Huan. He always keeps talking about the young master of the Wang family, and he treats him as an outsider.

"What are they arguing about?" Xia Fan said casually.

"I heard that it was the young master of the Wang family who insisted on finding out the cause of death for his cousin, but the head of the family refused." Yao Sheng said.

"Didn't your head always want to know the cause of his son's death? Why are you reluctant to let the young master of the Wang family take a autopsy now?" Xia Fan said strangely.
To be continued...