Xiao Qingfang was appointed by Wu Zetian to help Di Renjie investigate the case. Although both parties were unwilling to do so, for their respective needs, the two could only barely cooperate.

Di Renjie was unwilling to contact the inner guard from the bottom of his heart, and Xiao Qingfang was unwilling to have contact with ministers like Di Renjie. However, in order to solve the case, Di Renjie had no choice but to cooperate with Xiao Qingfang out of order.

Cooperation naturally requires some discussions. Chen Kan and Di Renjie agreed in advance that when they discussed the matter, they asked Yun Gu to pretend to be a servant. When they met, she secretly observed Xiao Qingfang to see if this person was the "big sister" of the snake spirit.

"Sixty percent sure." Back at the inn, Yun Gu said to Chen Kan: "The body shape and temperament are indeed very similar, but Xiao Qingfang is the leader of the Neiwei Mansion. It is not surprising that she has that temperament, so I can't guarantee it."

"Sixty percent." Chen Kan frowned.

"Sixty percent, what else do you want to do?" When Yun Gu saw Chen Kan's attitude, she became angry. She felt that her efforts were underestimated and slapped the table and said angrily.

"No, no, no, no, that's the meaning." Chen Kan naturally knew what Yun Gu meant, and quickly explained: "I am already very satisfied with 60%. I was thinking about how to determine whether she is really the Snake Spirit Sister."

"Hmph!" After hearing the explanation, General Yun turned his head and ignored Chen Kan.

Chen Kan didn't care and continued to sort out his doubts.

Chen Kan did not tell Di Renjie about this. Although Di Renjie was curious about why Chen Kan asked Yun Gu to pretend to be a servant, Di Renjie did not ask. He knew that Chen Kan must have his own considerations and did not ask too much.

Then they came to Yongchang County, where the Jian family compound was located. It has to be said that this was also a coincidence. Yongchang County happened to be under Zeng Tai's jurisdiction.

Zeng Tai was the county magistrate Di Renjie met in Huzhou before. He was a good official. He had good imperial examination results and strong abilities. However, because there was no one in the court, he could never be promoted, so he joined the inner guard. Di Renjie cherished him as a talent, so he asked him to withdraw from the inner guard and promoted him. Di Renjie was Zeng Tai's teacher.

Chen Kan has a good sense of Zeng Tai, not because he is a good official. When Chen Kan saw him at first, he thought this person was very good. This is because of his kind of respect for Di Renjie from the bottom of his heart.

Whenever he sees Di Renjie, no matter what he is doing, he will put it down immediately, then tidy up his clothes, trot respectfully to Di Renjie, bow and say "teacher" sincerely.

Chen Kan could feel that he was sincere. Chen Kan's job was a teacher, and he respected his teacher very much, so he naturally had a good impression of Zeng Tai when he saw him.

Here, they learned in detail about the situation of the Jian family compound. Now the Jian family compound has been abandoned and burned by a fire. There have been two "Yuwen Chengdu Ghost Killing Incidents" here.

The difference is only a few months, and the specific situation is similar. Later, there was a fire at one time. People here think that it was a ghost from Yuwen Chengdu who came to kill people.

I have to say that the environment here is quite good, because there are several people who are nearly a hundred years old. In this era, it is already a long life for a person to live to 60 or 70 years. It is already awesome to live to 90 or 90 years. There are several here, and I have to say that this is a good Feng Shui treasure land.

In ancient times, due to the lack of medical conditions, people could easily die. According to statistics, one in five ancient people lived to be less than five years old. Because the mortality rate was too high, Zhou Yu mentioned earlier did die young according to current standards. After all, he was only in his thirties and was in his prime.

However, if we look at the average life expectancy of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu was already very good, at least exceeding the average age of death.

There are so many elderly people here, so it is not an exaggeration to give the title of "Longevity Village".

Fortunately, a 90-year-old man who had been the county magistrate of Yongchang County sixty years ago is still alive. This man is named Gao Rujin. He told Chen Kan and the others the details of the two tragedies sixty years ago.

Sixty years ago, in the tenth year of Zhenguan, a family in Jiangjiazhuang, more than 30 people were killed at home. The dead people all had one common characteristic, that is, their heads and left arms were cut off.

He handled the case at the time and finally found that the limbs were all kept in a deserted General Temple in Xilin. This General Temple was built in Yuwen Chengdu. The case was investigated for four months and there was no progress.

Later he told the case to a Taoist priest who had left the house, and the Taoist priest actually came to a ridiculous conclusion that it was a terrifying ghost who killed people.

He didn't believe it at all. Unexpectedly, the next day, the fire in Jianjiazhuang burned almost all the people in the village to death. At the same time, the General Temple in Xilin also caught fire. When he led people to arrive, the scene had turned into ruins. He was heavily blamed by Shangfeng and lost his official position.

After hearing this, Zeng Tai, Li Yuanfang and Yun Gu also felt that this was done by the evil ghost. Because the Jian family courtyard was the subordinate of Jian Xiaolang back then, these people betrayed Yuwen Chengdu with Jian Xiaolang, so the evil ghosts in Yuwen Chengdu came back to take their lives. According to the tradition of the Xiaoguo Army, they cut off their left arms and heads.

However, Chen Kan and Di Renjie obviously did not think there was any evil spirit. They concluded that someone must have planned and arranged it. Then they hurried back to find the relevant files and figured out the relevant matters between the Jian family compound and Jian Xiaolang.

Later, they were really found. Gao Rujin did not lie, and Jian Xiaolang was already dead. They also found Jian Xiaolang's grave, and the grass on the grave was more than one person tall.

At the same time, a message came from the capital, saying that the man who was arrested by Chen Kan, who pretended to be Yuwen Chengdu, was poisoned to death. This person was a mute, but because his identity was very important, Chen Kan destroyed his tendons and was imprisoned in Di Mansion. Unexpectedly, he was poisoned to death.

"It seems that the other party has started to act, and our direction is not wrong. This time, the matter must have something to do with Jian Xiaolang." Although he was very angry about the death of that man, this also proved one thing, that is, they did not do anything wrong and did not look for the wrong direction.

Then Chen Kan returned to the capital on the grounds that his troops were divided into two groups. His goal was still focused on Xiao Qingfang. Chen Kan had only one goal from beginning to end, that is Snake Spirit, or to be precise, Yuan Tiangang. He went to Yongchang this time not because Chen Kan was interested in this case, but because Chen Kan thought this case had something to do with Snake Spirit.
Chapter completed!