Chapter 122 What Kind of Person Is He?
Fan Jian was a criminal involved in a major case and was imprisoned in an independent underground cell in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Su Liuyue was not in a hurry to meet him. She sent people to investigate a few things first. Soon, the runners she sent out came back. One of them stepped forward and said, "Young Master Su, I went to the Prince of Wei's mansion to ask someone. The four scholars involved in the case all attended the banquet held by the Prince of Wei about a month and a half ago."

The King of Wei hosted the scholars in batches. Su Liuyue had inquired about it and found out that the King of Wei had no regular pattern in inviting people. Basically, his subordinates drew up the banquet list according to the list given to them by the Ministry of Rites and the time when each scholar would arrive in Beijing.

However, at every banquet, a few people with top academic performance would be invited and given special treatment by the King of Wei, while the others were just there to make up the numbers.

Xiao Chengbang, who was burned to death, was the chief steward of the Prince of Wei's mansion. The list of guests for each banquet would be given to him for final confirmation.

In this way, it is very clear how the murderer chose his victims - he probably participated in the fire of Xiao Chengbang's mansion, and took away one of the banquet lists in the chaos during the fire.

The yamen runner then handed over a file with both hands, "This is the complete list of scholars invited to the banquet given to me by the Prince of Wei's Mansion. There were a total of thirty-eight scholars invited that time."

Thirty-eight people, minus the three dead and the half-dead Bai He, there are still thirty-four people.

The next scholar who might be killed is among these thirty-four people!
The search scope was narrowed down in an instant!

Su Liuyue nodded, but did not take the file. He said, "Route it and have him send someone to tell the 34 scholars above who have not been in trouble to be careful in their recent actions. If possible, it would be best to arrange them together and let them receive the protection of the government."

The bailiff responded, put away the files and went to find a route.

After he left, another yamen runner came up and handed over a file with both hands, saying, "Young Master Su, this is the information you asked us to look up about Fan Jian's life and his recent situation."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Su Liuyue took it, unfolded the file, and started reading it quickly.

This Fan Jian, like most scholars, was born in a poor farming family, but he was quite talented in studying. At the age of 27, he finally passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. He was then noticed by the then Minister of Personnel, who chose him as his son-in-law. Fan Jian happily abandoned his wife and married the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel.

The eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel was not pretty, one could even say she was plain-looking. Also, because she was arrogant when she was young, she was unwilling to marry just any man. She waited until she was twenty-two before she finally got a husband.

After that, with the promotion of the Minister of Personnel, Fan Jian's career went smoothly. Less than ten years after he passed the imperial examination, he joined the Ministry of Works and became a Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.

However, three years later, the Great Yan Kingdom was destroyed and the dynasty changed to the Great Qing. His father-in-law, who had always been a follower of Prime Minister Lu, was dismissed at the first opportunity, and all the male members of his family over the age of ten were exiled. Fan Jian was spared the crime of exile because he immediately handed over all his property to the court as a sign of loyalty, and because he did not have a particularly close relationship with the Lu family. However, he could not keep his official position, and was dismissed three months ago, becoming a commoner.

However, what made Su Liuyue feel strange was that after that, he took his family and left the capital, saying that he was going back to his hometown to live. Some of his friends also testified that their family did leave at that time, and several of his friends went to see them off.

His hometown is Luzhou in the south, 18,000 miles away from the capital. It takes an ordinary person at least half a month to walk from the capital to Luzhou.

How come he appeared in the capital again at this moment and got involved in... such an irregular reactionary gang?
There was no record of him leaving the capital in the file. Su Liuyue looked at the yamen runner in front of him and asked, "Do you know why he returned to the capital? Where are his relatives?" The yamen runner shook his head and said, "At that time, Fan Jian bought a mule cart and took his wife and children away. No other familiar people went with him. Therefore, what happened after he left the capital has not been found out yet.

Your Highness sent people to Luzhou a few days ago to inquire about his family. But Luzhou was too far away and the people sent did not come back so quickly.

We also sent people with his portrait to inquire in the towns around the capital, but has anyone seen him? However, Fan Jian left the capital more than two months ago, and we don't know where he has been. Although this kind of inquiry is not as unlikely as finding a needle in a haystack, it will not produce results so quickly. "

Su Liuyue hummed in understanding.

It seems that Zhou Yunke and his companions didn't even find out where Fan Jian went after leaving the capital.

This... is indeed a bit strange.

At this time, Zhou Yunke strode in with Feng Yang's long legs. Seeing Su Liuyue's face in deep thought, her eyes were clearly staring straight ahead, but her dark and clear pupils clearly reflected nothing. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Why do you look like you're daydreaming?"

Su Liuyue suddenly came back to her senses and gave him a displeased look. How could she be daydreaming? She was clearly thinking!
Zhou Yunke had just gone to arrange for her to interrogate Fan Jian. She looked at Zhou Yunke thoughtfully for a while and asked, "Your Highness, what kind of person do you think Fan Jian is?"

Zhou Yunke was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "He is a man with clear goals and decisiveness."

That's why he was able to abandon his wife so decisively after passing the imperial examination. At that time, his ex-wife had even given birth to a son and a daughter for him.

It is said that his ex-wife was deeply traumatized by this incident and committed suicide by jumping into the lake with his two children. Before jumping into the lake, she cursed him at the top of her lungs that he would not die a good death and would have no children or grandchildren.

However, all of this was suppressed by Fan Jian's good father-in-law. Now, because his father-in-law's family has fallen, some people who knew the situation dared to reveal these circumstances to the people in Jingzhao Prefecture.

It was precisely because of his decisiveness that he was able to immediately and without hesitation hand over all his property to the court after his father-in-law fell from power, thus saving his family of four - himself, his wife and his two children.

Such a person is not a good official, but he is definitely the most suitable one for this officialdom.

Su Liuyue nodded, her eyes suddenly sharp, and said: "But, such a person would actually give up the peaceful life that he had finally gained after spending all his family wealth, and instead join such a reactionary gang, and follow them to set fires everywhere to vent their anger. Don't you think this is a bit strange?"

Zhou Yunke raised his eyebrows slightly.

The yamen runner who had not yet left was slightly stunned and could not help but say, "Isn't this strange? This Fan Jian was previously a doctor in the Ministry of Works, and he also had a powerful father-in-law. His life was extremely glorious, and he suddenly fell to the bottom. Anyone would be unwilling to accept it.

Maybe, after he left the capital, he thought about it more and more and couldn't let it go, so he came back?"