Criminal investigation in ancient times

Hearing the voice, Yuxiu opened her eyes slightly to see Lin Xiaomin and said, "Min'er is back? Cough cough cough... Let mother see...?" She lifted the quilt and sat up slowly.

Yun Hong from outside came in with the fried medicine. "The young master is back, have you eaten yet? This servant will go and arrange meals for you."

Lin Xiaomin's eyes were red and he said angrily: "What's wrong with my mother?! I was fine when I left, but after a month, how did it become like this, so vicissitudes?!"

Yun Hong put down the medicine and said on the knees: "Master, calm down, Auntie has been worrying too much these days, and she didn't take the medicine well, that's why her body collapsed so quickly."

Lin Xiaomin was startled after hearing this, then turned his head and said, "Mother, why don't you take medicine?"

Yuxiu leaned on the bed and said, "Yun Hong, go and tell me to take out the clothes I made for Xiao Min these days."

Yun Hong nodded, put down the medicine, exited the room and closed the door.

Lin Xiaomin's face was flushed, he bit his lower lip, trying not to cry out, but the tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Yuxiu coughed twice and said: "Xiao Min, sometimes mother is helpless, you have to understand mother, mother does this for your own good."

Lin Xiaomin said angrily: "What is for my own good?! Is this for my own good?! It is for my own good to let me lose my mother and be alone!"

Yuxiu stretched out her hand and slapped him across the face, although she didn't have much strength, it still made his face turn red. "You still have father, aunt, and two elder brothers, how can you be lonely?!"

Lin Xiaomin: "I have never regarded those people as close relatives, I only have my mother!"

Yuxiu couldn't help but covered her face and began to cry.Lin Xiaomin knelt by the bed, helpless and hurriedly said: "Mother... Mother, don't cry, I won't say that anymore... Mother, don't be sad, take care of your body."

Yuxiu wiped away her tears and said: "Min'er, you must remember what mother said today."

Lin Xiaomin nodded and said: "Mother said, Min'er will definitely remember it."

Yuxiu sighed, stretched out her hand to touch Lin Xiaomin's face and said, "Your father and your eldest brother are cold-tempered, after mother leaves... your father will not treat you harshly, he will only treat you better. Okay, you can't ask him for anything. Your second brother is simple-minded. Although he once took you out for a walk when he was a child, he has a good heart. If you get along well, and your brothers will have a deep relationship in the future, he will naturally love you in everything."

Lin Xiaomin nodded while weeping, as if he had knocked over the seasoning shop in his heart, mixed flavors are not a good taste.

"Your aunt's vision is shallow, but she is not a cruel person. When she was able to send you back, she could see that she couldn't be cruel. You can't offend her in the future, just treat her like a grandmother." Said Then he gasped for breath, his chest was like a bellows breaking, and there was a hula hula sound.

Lin Xiaomin hurriedly said: "Mother, stop talking, lie down and rest."

Yuxiu waved her hand and asked him to pour a cup of tea.Lin Xiaomin hastily poured a cup of tea from the table and handed it to Yuxiu, helping her to drink it.

Yuxiu took a sip of tea to suppress the fishy sweetness in her throat and continued: "That kid Zhang Rui will make great achievements in the future, you must remember to get along with him well, that kid will repay you kindly, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can help him." Ask him for help. Your uncle's family... Never get involved with them in the future! Merchants value profit over friendship. Once you contact them, they will seek benefits from you, drag you into the water, and make you unable to get out for the rest of your life. Head! In the end, you were rejected by your father just like your mother."

Lin Xiaomin cried and nodded and said: "Your son understands what you said, he will definitely study hard, and when he leaves the mansion, he will be filial to his mother. Mother should not leave Xiaomin alone..."

Yuxiu sighed, with an unnatural blush on her face, and said: "Why are you still such a child at heart, if you don't have your mother to take care of you in the future, how will you take on the big responsibility?...Okay, you can go to the books by yourself, and your mother will also take care of you." I'm tired." After speaking, he supported the bed and lay down slowly, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Lin Xiaomin knelt on the ground, staring blankly at Yuxiu, suddenly felt as if he didn't know his mother, his mother always loved him, how could he talk to him in such a general tone?My mother is young and beautiful, and she doesn't look like this... After a while Lin Xiaomin came back to his senses, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the person on the bed and said: "I understand what mother said today, hope mother Take care of yourself!" After speaking, he got up and ran outside.

***

In the palace, Zhou Yin had just recovered and his limbs were still weak. Every time the poison in his body flared up, he would be tossed and unable to get out of bed for three or two days.

After receiving the news from Dali Temple, Zhou Yin was also taken aback. He didn't expect that person's child to come to Beijing to sue him.Zhou Yin laughed secretly, this is meeting him, if it were other princes, how could the two of them survive.

The next morning, after freshening up, they boarded a carriage and went to Dali Temple.

When they arrived at Dali Temple, they saw Zhang Yaozhi discussing the case with Jiang Shuo, and when they saw Zhou Yinlai, they hurriedly bowed to each other and said, "The Twelve Princes."

Zhou Yin nodded and said, "Well, Mr. Zhang, how about letting me meet those two brothers and sisters first?"

Zhang Yaozhi said: "This... then the lower official sent someone to call the two of them over."

After half a cup of tea, He Min followed the servant to the study.

Seeing Mr. Zhang, she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Minnv kowtowed to Mr. My brother was seriously injured yesterday and couldn't come to answer the question. Please forgive me."

Zhang Yaozhi said: "Get up now, today I just want to ask you, how did you know that your father was treating the twelve princes, and how did you know that the prince...was poisoned?"

He Min said: "The poisoning incident... my father once sent someone to bring home a letter, which mentioned that I asked my brother and I to make arrangements first, but my brother didn't care about it, and within a few days, my father passed away suddenly. According to the news, when the two of us wanted to sell the property and came to Beijing again, the ancestral property had already been taken back by the elders of the clan. My brother went to negotiate several times but failed, so the two of us simply stole money from the shop and went to Beijing privately to find my father. But my father It was not mentioned in the letter that he was treating that noble man. We know that this noble man is a prince, but we have to start talking about it three months ago..."

Three months ago, He Min and his elder brother He Ming entered the capital together with Zhang Rui and the others. When they entered the capital, they did not carry a guide, so they got off the convoy before reaching the city gate.Taking advantage of her brother's payment of money to the team, He Min slipped the written note to Zhang Rui.

It may be that Zhang Rui broke the case of the driver stealing medicine on the road, which shocked her, and maybe the two of them can't solve it at all.She also overheard that Zhang Rui came to the capital to seek relatives, and his relatives seemed to be officials as well.If this person can help their brother and sister investigate, maybe they will find out who killed their father.She shared these thoughts with his brother.

After hearing this, He Ming said angrily: "We are not familiar with Mr. Zhang, and besides, he came to the capital to rely on others, so why should we bother him?! Besides, he is only a kid in his teens. Don't drag him into the water.

Although He Min agreed, she always felt that Zhang Rui was unusual. After giving him the note, she felt uneasy, for fear of implicating him, and hoped that if he had the ability to find out the real culprit.

After half a month of circling outside the city of Kyoto, the brother and sister gave all their burdens to a well-connected convoy, and followed a convoy into the city.

After entering the city, He Ming immediately found a pharmacy to do odd jobs, and He Min also did odd jobs with him, helping the pharmacy to fetch and dispense medicines every day. The pharmacy owner was a kind-hearted person. In addition to paying twenty Wen's wages, he also takes care of meals.While working part-time at the pharmacy, the brother and sister started chatting quietly in the city in their spare time.

With so many people in the capital, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack if you want to inquire about a doctor. The hard work pays off, and the brother and sister unexpectedly met an old doctor who had retired from the palace.

Once when the old doctor gave a consultation, he suddenly said, "Although the medical skills of the Liuzhou He family have gone by the wayside, they are also suitable for the symptoms. They have a deep understanding of detoxification and chronic diseases, but it is a pity that the medical skills are not spread..."

He Ming was stunned when he heard this, and felt that the old doctor must know his father!Later, Tai quietly searched for the old doctor a few times, but the old doctor refused to let go, and finally He Ming agreed to exchange an ancestral home remedy for tuberculosis in exchange for news of his father.The old doctor hesitated for a long time before agreeing.

The old doctor said: "I met the Patriarch of the He family once, at the residence of the Twelve Princes, He Xiangru's medical skills are so high that even the elders of the Imperial Hospital admire him, but it's a pity that the old man has never spoken to him. "It's a pity that I shook my head after finishing speaking.

He Ming heard him talk about the Twelve Princes, and went to various places of various religions and nine schools to inquire about it, because this kind of place has the fastest and complete information transmission, although the intelligibility is not high.

I really found out some secrets. For example, the twelve princes are in poor health and his face is pale all the year round. The servants in the palace have seen rumors that the prince is coughing up blood.

He Ming made a comprehensive analysis and felt that Zhou Yin described was exactly the kind of disease his father mentioned, and this disease was quite similar to a chronic poison. If he guessed right, the Twelve Princes were poisoned, not sick.

The brother and sister searched for several months and finally found out some clues, and found that the old doctor who told them the news had died unexpectedly!Although it was reported to the government, the Kyoto government only searched and did not find the murderer.

A few days ago, the brother and sister began to feel that someone was following them. Although it is not clear why that person followed them, it is certain that that person is going to be bad for them.In the end, He Ming came up with this dangerous move to sue the prince. Although it was a nail in the coffin, they could ask Dali Temple to protect the two before the case was clarified.

Several people were lost in thought after hearing what He Min said, and Zhou Yin came over for a while and said: "I am the Twelve Princes, if you have any questions, you can ask me directly."

He Min was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The grass people really came to sue the lord, please forgive me, if the lord wants to punish him, he can punish the girls, brother rolled on the nail board yesterday and now he can't go to the ground. If he gets hit again, the daughter of the people is afraid that he will be reunited with his father."

Zhou Yin smiled and said, "Why did I hit you? Now I can't prove whether I killed your father. Maybe I really killed him?"

He Min was silent for a while and said: "My lord, my daughter would like to ask, is the body sent back to Liuzhou my father?"

Zhou Yin was stunned and said: "What is this question? Since it was sent back, it is naturally your father."

He Min: "My father has a red mole on his left foot. Although the corpse is rotten, there is no mole on his foot. This is one of the reasons. Second, because the Liu family is free to learn medical skills, especially acupuncture, my father's fingers are slender than ordinary fingers. A lot, this is because the hands have been soaked in medicine for maintenance all year round, but the fingers of that body are short and thick."

Zhou Yin: "It may also be soaked in water."

He Min shook his head and said, "We sliced ​​open the corpse's fingers, and the bones were not right."

Several people were shocked when they heard what she said.To actually dig open his father's body with a knife is simply disrespectful and unfilial!

Zhang Rui became interested when he heard what she said, and hurriedly said: "Go on!"

He Min calmed down and said: "Due to drinking tea all the year round, my father's teeth will have tea stains, which will not disappear no matter how long he dies. But there is no tea stain on the teeth of the corpse, so it can be concluded that this The dead body is definitely not my father! Minnv... Minnv dare to ask... Is my father still alive?"

Zhou Yin took a sip of tea and said, "Since you have already guessed it, why should I say it again?"

Master Zhang and Master Jiang were stunned.

Zhang Yaozhi said: "So, Patriarch He is not dead?!"

Zhou Yin nodded: "Although he didn't die, if I hadn't saved his life, the body that was sent back to Liuzhou that day would be your father."

He Min kowtowed excitedly with tears all over her face, "Minister Xie Wang Ye for saving my father! My brother and sister really had no choice but to make such a bad plan. It is really a sin to disturb the Wang Ye."

Zhou Yin said: "Get up, it's rare to have such courage at such a young age. Now your father is at my house, but he just changed his appearance and identity. If you want your father to live longer, don't Look for him again."

He Min was surprised and said: "Why is this? Is my father going to stay in the palace for the rest of his life? But he is the head of the He family after all."

Zhou Yin: "Patriarch He is dead, and now the living one is just an ordinary doctor in my family."

He Min still couldn't turn this corner, Zhang Rui coughed and said: "Sister of the He family, don't you understand, your father should not know something if he knows, if he leaves the palace, he will be killed immediately. "

He Min was so frightened that she slumped on the ground and murmured, "What should I do..."

Zhou Yin: "If you don't want your father to die, you can't reveal a word about what you said today."

He Min nodded absently.Master Zhang waved his hand, and she backed out in a daze.

Zhang Yaozhi: "Sigh, it turned out to be an oolong, since the father of the two brothers and sisters is not dead, then there is no need to continue the investigation of this case, so it will be closed like this."

Zhou Yindao said with a smile: "If the case is settled, the two brothers and sisters can go to the mass grave to look for the two of them the day after they leave Dali Temple tomorrow."

Zhang Yaozhi stroked his beard and said, "This...what should I do?"

Zhou Yin looked at Zhang Rui, seeing him thinking deeply, he said, "The He family's medical skills are good, both brothers and sisters are talented people, it's a pity to lose their lives in vain, why don't you give my sister to me like this, and my brother to Zhang Rui when he is ready?" It would be great for Rui to be a doctor with me, and by the way, he can also do his job when investigating the case."

Zhang Yaozhi and Jiang Shuo couldn't help but shudder when they thought that the two brothers and sisters dared to dig open the corpse of their "father".

Zhang Rui looked up at Zhou Yin and said with a teasing smile: "I think this younger sister is smarter than my elder brother. Why don't the prince give up his love and give this sister to me? How about my elder brother being more stable with the prince?"

Zhou Yin raised his eyebrows, took a sip from his teacup and said, "Anything you want."

Zhang Yaozhi coughed and said, "Since the case is settled, the two of us will go back first, my lord, please do what you want." After speaking, he hurriedly led the cute and cute Master Jiang out.

Jiang Shuo said: "Huh? My lord, isn't this your study room? What are we doing here?"

Zhang Yaozhi hated iron and said: "Go to your roasted sweet potatoes!" He has no eyesight at all, how could Jiang Shuo recommend him to be the Minister of Dali Temple without being eaten alive by those old foxes in the court!