Chapter 147: Of course, it

"Ah???"

"I thought..."

Zhu Yi listened to this unexpected answer, dumbfounded, his whole person somewhat distracted.

"You thought I would be that kind-hearted?"

"And be magnanimous, not holding grudges?"

Chen Yan raised his brows slightly, a flash of darkness crossing his eyes, and asked back.

Cast aside grudges?

United against the outside?

I'm sorry, you looked at the wrong person!

He, Chen Yan, had always held grudges and was even vengeful...

He would never let a debt be cleared just because someone died!

Otherwise, wouldn't the crimes the original owner suffered have been in vain?

How cheap!

The Young Master has truly changed; the Lady in heaven can also be at ease... Zhu Yi tightened his grip on his sword, couldn't help but nod in agreement, and as if thinking of something, asked curiously: "Then what are we here for...?"

Since they weren't here to investigate the cause of Chen Cijiu's death, and certainly not to ferret out the murderer, then what was the significance of them coming here?

Zhu Yi was somewhat confused.

"Of course, it's to stir up this pool of water..."

Chen Yan snapped his fingers and said meaningfully: "And take both food and loot along the way!"

Causing trouble, destruction, and adding blockage was much easier than doing proper work...

Anyway, there was no pressure to investigate the case.

The principles were still in his, Chen Yan's, hands; whoever he pointed to at the end would be the one, and he could pin the hat on whoever he wanted.

If he really wanted to investigate the truth, how could he have come directly without bringing Yun Xi?

"Young Master is brilliant!"

"Lord is insightful!"

Zhu Yi and You Xian looked at each other, gave a thumbs up, and said in unison.

Inside the Duke of Wei's mansion.

In the courtyard.

Chen Cijiu's corpse was parked right in the center.

Black-purple blood scabs had congealed between his fingers.

The originally delicate face was swollen and deformed, his lips were dark purple and curled, and the saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth had dried into dark brown marks.

The semi-coagulated mucus was mixed with fine tooth fragments.

Violent convulsions during poisoning had caused him to bite his own molars.

His eye sockets were bulging like a dead fish.

The whites of his eyes were covered with spiderweb-like bloodshot lines.

But his pupils were weirdly constricted to the size of a needle point.

Many people were guarding around the corpse.

Among them, the one crying the most sadly was, without a doubt, Chen Cijiu's biological mother, Meng Wan Yi.

"Tsk!"

"This guy really died a miserable death!"

Chen Yan glanced from afar through the crowd, smacked his lips, and sighed.

He knew this guy was poisoned to death, but he didn't expect the appearance of death to be so miserable.

One look and you could tell he had suffered quite a bit of torture before dying.

Truly not bad...

"Chen Yan, you're finally here!"

Chen Tongyuan noticed Chen Yan coming in from outside, pushed aside the crowd, rushed up, and said anxiously: "Quick, where should we start investigating?"

"Hurry up and ferret out the murderer who killed Cijiu!"

He was clearly in an impatient state.

His beloved son's corpse was lying there silently and hideously; Chen Tongyuan couldn't wait even for a moment...

"Don't rush!"

Chen Yan's reaction was completely different, exceptionally light and breezy; he pressed his hand and said: "Duke of Wei, you first talk about what the people from the Autumn Office and the Jingzhao Office found..."

"So I can save some effort!"

You Xian had come to report early in the morning; the moment Chen Cijiu was poisoned and died suddenly, the Duke of Wei's mansion had actually sent people to invite the officials of the two major government offices...

"Don't mention those trash!"

Chen Tongyuan heard this and said indignantly: "Except for finding out that Cijiu died of poisoning, they gained nothing else!"

"They didn't even know what kind of toxin it was..."

His words were full of anger.

Mentioning the Jingzhao Office and the Autumn Office made Chen Tongyuan very angry; saying they were incompetent was not an exaggeration.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to beg Chen Yan yesterday.

Plus, with the Mingjing Si being of the same breath, the other three guards wouldn't take it either...

So, even if he was being price-gouged, he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

"No wonder!"

Chen Yan pursed his lips, walked close to the place where the corpse was parked, looked down after sizing it up, and said in a low voice: "Chen Cijiu's face is distorted, his figure is hideous; the toxin shouldn't be one that kills upon seeing blood..."

"But one that slowly tortured him to death!"

Chen Yan's tone in making the judgment was extremely calm, but it carried a trace of appreciation.

The person who poisoned him did a very good job; they didn't let him die quickly, which deserved a compliment...

"That murderer really deserves to be cut into a thousand pieces!"

Chen Tongyuan heard this, and his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife; his hands were clenched into fists, his veins were bulging, and he gritted his teeth.

Letting his son suffer such great pain before dying—once he caught the murderer, it was absolutely impossible to let them off easily!

He would definitely make them taste this kind of pain a hundred or a thousand times over!

"Alright, you saying these things is also hindsight..."

"Not catching the person is all bullshit!"

Chen Yan glanced sideways, without any intention of saving face, and said: "First take me to the kitchen to take a look!"

"Kitchen?"

"What do you want to investigate?"

Chen Tongyuan hadn't spoken yet, but Chen Gubai on the side reacted first.

As if triggered by some keyword, he appeared exceptionally vigilant.

"My good third brother, I am going to investigate the kitchen; what are you panicking about?"

Chen Gubai's condition attracted Chen Yan's attention; he walked quickly to his front, looked him up and down with great interest, and asked meaningfully.

No matter how you looked at this behavior, it seemed like he had a ghost in his heart!

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Where am I panicking?"

Chen Gubai, who was stared at until his scalp went numb, became somewhat anxious and immediately retorted.

As he spoke, he puffed out his chest, trying to prove himself.

"Oh?"

"Is that so?"

Chen Yan saw this, blinked, put his right hand on Chen Gubai's left shoulder, his gaze sharp, and said with a smile that wasn't a smile: "With Chen Cijiu dead, I don't know who benefits the most..."

"Now in this State Duke Mansion, there is only one legitimate son left!"

These words, inside and out, clearly pointed to something, instigating something...

However, this was indeed the current reality.

The Duke of Wei's mansion had three legitimate sons; Chen Yan had rebelled out of the State Duke Mansion, and they were like fire and water, while Chen Cijiu had now been poisoned and died suddenly.

The first two in line had been excluded, so the inheritance right would fall on...

"Chen Yan, don't sow discord!"

"Spitting blood!"

Chen Gubai keenly realized the lethality of Chen Yan's words and retorted without any hesitation: "Second brother's death has nothing to do with me!"

"Look, he's anxious!" Chen Yan saw this, raised his hand, and pointed his thumb sideways.

"You can't make conclusions without evidence!"

Chen Tongyuan interrupted, saying in a low voice: "Cijiu and Gubai are born of the same mother; it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing of fratricide and destroying heaven and conscience!"

"Father is right!" Chen Gubai seemed to have grabbed a straw, immediately echoed, and glared fiercely at Chen Yan.

Your Duke of Wei's mansion has had few cases of fratricide?... You Xian listened and was amused, slandering in his heart.

Shamelessly saying he wouldn't commit fratricide or destroy heaven and conscience?

I don't know how his Lord first entered the Heavenly Prison...

Can those words be said?

"Alright, I have no interest in watching your father-son affection..."

Chen Yan snorted, without any ripples, and analyzed calmly: "The poison Chen Cijiu took couldn't have been produced out of thin air; since we can't find out exactly what it is, we can only start from daily diet!"

"Makes sense." Chen Tongyuan nodded.

Listening to these reasonable words, he only felt that he had found the right person...

Duke of Wei's mansion.

Kitchen.

"Is this yesterday's menu for the State Duke Mansion?"

Chen Yan flipped through the menu booklet at will and asked.

Except for the head chef Dong Yu, the rest of the cooks, including Chen Tongyuan and others, were waiting outside the kitchen.

"Yes."

Dong Yu replied cautiously, defending himself: "Young Master, I have been in the mansion for almost twenty years; it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing!"

Although the matter wasn't done by him, he couldn't help but feel panicked in his heart...

Especially since this former Young Master in front of him didn't even have the slightest expression on his face, making him hard to fathom.

"Hmm."

"These are all normal dishes..."

After Chen Yan scanned it quickly, he closed the menu, but for some reason, his gaze fell on the wall not far away, "Wait!"

"Why are there a few rabbit skins over there?" ===== CHAPTER 148 =====