Chen Yan thought for a moment and said, "You go to the county library or archives, and check the county chronicles of this county. See if there was a prominent family with the surname Sun in ancient times. Focus on the Northern Song Dynasty and the periods after it.
Then, find a way to investigate whether Mrs. He and Sun Chen's Sun Family have any connection with the prominent Sun family I asked you to find out about. See if they are descendants of that Sun family."
Most people don't know that from ancient times to the present, in Dragon Country, every place at the county level, the government would create county chronicles to record major events or notable people and affairs of the locality — this tradition spans across various dynasties.
In simpler terms, it's like a county-level history book.
These documents are generally preserved in local libraries or archives. Even after a change of dynasty, these county chronicles are usually preserved and continuously updated and written.