When her identity was exposed, Su Yan felt as calm as a stone thrown into a still lake, but she remained composed and calm. "The dean is right, my master is indeed Lu Yuanxiu, but that doesn't prove that I am not Su Ying."
Given the current situation, Su Yan only needs to insist that she is Su Ying, since no one in the world would suspect that she is Su Yan.
No, Su Yan died in the fire that wiped out her entire family three years ago.
After listening to Su Yan's words, Wenren Yi smiled slightly. "I called you here today not to find out if you are a man or a woman. From the first case you solved in Chang'an, I have known your true identity. Child, there are no secrets in this world."
"So, my entry into the Overwatch Council was also arranged by the director?"
At this moment, Su Yan suddenly realized why the Dali Temple would break with tradition and hold the coroner selection ahead of schedule. She had no shortage of competitors who could rival her, but she ended up in the Supervisory Council. No wonder everyone in the Supervisory Council looked at her strangely when she first joined the organization.
The thought of this pierced Su Yan's heart like needles. She thought it was all thanks to her own efforts, but she never imagined that it was a path that had already been laid out for her by someone else.
Wenren Yi noticed Su Yan's unusual mood and interrupted her, "No... you got in on your own merit. If I wanted to arrange for you to enter the Supervisory Council, you would have been in three years ago."
"So the dean summoned me today just to expose my disguise as a man?"
Su Yan was completely bewildered; she had no idea what the dean was up to.
Wenren Yi smiled and suddenly joked with Su Yan, "Aren't you curious how I knew you were a disciple of Lu Yuanxiu?"
Su Yan shook her head. "I'm not curious. My master told me since I was a child that curiosity can kill you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wenren Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, "As expected of Lu Yuanxiu's disciple, you are exactly the same as him."
Su Yan frowned slightly. She remembered that her master and Wenren Yi were not close, but judging from Wenren Yi's appearance, it didn't seem like the two of them had no relationship at all.
"Dean, you and my master..."
Su Yan hesitated, unsure of how to ask the appropriate question.
Wenren Yi smiled. "Little Yan'er, don't you remember me? I'm your grandmaster!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yan was shocked. Her pupils widened slightly, and her legs went weak, almost causing her to lose her balance. She looked at Wenren Yi in disbelief, wondering if she had misheard.
"Dean... what are you saying..."
Seeing that Su Yan was frightened, Wenren Yi patiently explained to her, "Ever since I saw the autopsy report you wrote, I have already guessed who you are. That rascal Lu Yuanxiu always misspells words on autopsy reports, and you have the same problem as your master. You always misspell the middle horizontal stroke in the character for 'examine' (验).
Coincidentally, Wenren Yi also happened to see the autopsy report written by Su Yan, and from then on, he began to suspect her identity.
Upon investigation, he discovered that the peasant woman, Su Ying, had not only suddenly become skilled in autopsies, but had also disguised herself as a man and changed her name to 'Su Yan'.
Although there is a big difference between 'speech' and 'face', it was not a coincidence for Wenren Yi.
He knew that Lu Yuanxiu had taken his senior brother Su Ci's daughter Su Yan as his disciple, and that Su Ying's personality had suddenly changed drastically three years later, and her behavior was exactly the same as his grand-disciple Su Yan.
Moreover, Su Yan has been investigating the case of the Su family's massacre.
Although he couldn't figure out the reason, Wenren Yi believed that the person standing in front of him was his grand-disciple Su Yan.
Su Yan was still in shock and didn't know how to react.
When she was a child, her master and father took her to see her grandmaster, but she was too young at the time and did not remember what her grandmaster looked like. In addition, her father and master were busy with official duties and rarely took her to visit her grandmaster.
Su Yan never expected that her grandmaster was actually Wenren Yi.
"Grandmaster, are you kidding me?" Su Yan asked, laughing and crying at the same time.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Wenren Yi retorted.
“Uh…” Su Yan was speechless for a moment.
I still can't accept the fact that the Dean of the Surveillance Bureau, Wenren Yi, has suddenly become the Grandmaster.
"So, Grandmaster, you summoned me here today to reconnect with me as your grandson?"
Although Su Yan was still in a daze, as the saying goes, "since you're here, make the best of it," she quickly accepted reality.
After all, being connected with a powerful minister favored by the current emperor would make Su Yan so happy she'd wake up in her sleep.
“Of course not, I want to hand over the case of Ulem to you to investigate.”
"What...Grandmaster, are you kidding me?"
This news shocked Su Yan even more, as this was a major case involving the two countries.
Wenren Yi shook his head, "Of course not, but..."
Wenren Yi hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.
"But what..." Su Yan pressed.
Wenren Yi sighed deeply and said in a deep voice, "I'm sure you know that this case is different from ordinary cases. You can only investigate it secretly and you can't let anyone in the court know that you are investigating this case."
"Why?" Su Yan asked, puzzled.
"This case has been exploited by too many people with ulterior motives. The truth may no longer matter to some people, so..."
"So you want to bet your life on me? To break the deadlock in the court." Su Yan chimed in, no wonder Wenren Yi hadn't approached her for three years.
Sure enough, no one visits the temple without a reason.
Wenren Yi didn't say anything, which clearly implied that Su Yan's guess.
"Of course, you can choose to stay out of it."
"Grandmaster, since you think I resemble Master, do you think I would refuse?"
“You wouldn’t…” Wenren Yi said with a smile.
"Investigating the case is possible, but I can't do it all by myself. I need a few helpers."
"I've already thought of everything for you..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yan finally understood why Wenren Yi had suddenly asked Shen Yao to come see him as well.
"You won't help Shen Yao outside the door?"
Wenren Yi nodded, "That's right, and Xie Yu too..."
Upon hearing Xie Yu's name, Su Yan frowned deeply. She could understand Shen Yao, but who was Xie Yu?
“Grandmaster, Shen Yao and Academy Master Xie don’t get along very well, so maybe we should just forget about it.”
"As the saying goes, it's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. I'm sure Xiao Yan'er understands my good intentions."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yan immediately understood the meaning behind Wenren Yi's words. She hadn't expected her grandmaster to be so gossipy.
Su Yan exchanged a mischievous glance with Wenren Yi and praised, "Grandmaster is indeed very thoughtful."
After the two hit it off immediately, they quickly called Shen Yao and Xie Yu, who were outside the door, in.
When Xie Yu learned that he would be working with Shen Yao and Su Yan to solve the case, he refused without hesitation, "Director, I have no problem working with Su Yan to solve the case, but Shen Yao is neither a member of the Surveillance Bureau nor has he been transferred back to the Imperial Guard. I don't agree to him joining us..."
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