Chapter 8 Another person died!
In the blink of an eye, one day later, Xie Huaichu's investigation made progress. As he and Ji Yutang speculated, several maids around the imperial concubine were suspected. After thinking about it, Xie Huaichu was ready to start with Cuizhu.
The reason why Cuizhu was chosen was because Xie Huaichu discovered that she had the weakest psychological endurance. During the first interrogation of the confession, Cuizhu testified against Ji Yutang. During the second interrogation, she changed her name to other maids and even flirted with concubines in the palace. It can be seen that Cuizhu was the breakthrough in that case.
With this in mind, Xie Huaichu went to look for the pearl with Ming Xin, the recorder of Dali Temple. The two of them chatted every now and then while walking on the road.
"Alas, I have been busy with the imperial concubine's case these days, and I haven't returned home for two days in a row. I wonder if that brat at home has troubled his mother." Wenming Xin raised his head and glanced at the sky, where a pair of birds flew across the sky.
Wenming Xin's family is poor, and his residence is far away from Dali Temple. It takes two hours to ride a horse, so he can just go home normally. Once a difficult case was encountered, it wasn't worth the trouble to go home for so long, so he spent the night in the backyard of Dali Temple.
"Brother Ming Xin, are you homesick? When this case is over, I will ask Mr. Xue for mercy and give you a few days off so that your family can have a good reunion." Xie Huaichu said with a smile.
Wenming Xin smiled sheepishly: "Thank you so much for making you laugh, hahaha. In fact, I was not like this when I was alone in the past. At that time, I had no worries and could go anywhere. It's different now, at home. I have a wife and children, no matter where I am, I always have something in my heart.”
Xie Huaichu was not married yet and did not understand these feelings, so he only smiled politely at Wen Wenxin.
Wen Wenming Xin reacted and suddenly had a question: "Hey, you are now older, why haven't your family made an engagement for you yet?"
Xie Huaichu replied: "My father said that a crazy Taoist priest passed by my door when I was a child and said that I was destined for a great disaster and should not marry too early, so I am still alone until now."
Wenming Xin said "Oh" and muttered: "Your experience is like a storybook."
Xie Huaichu's steps stagnated, but soon returned to normal. He vaguely felt that there was something inside, but there was no evidence.
The two hurriedly hurriedly and slowly arrived at Kunning Hall at noon. The imperial concubine rested in the mourning hall of Kunning Hall, surrounded by endless paper money and ashes.
The imperial concubine has no family and no concubines to be close to. After the officials left, the concubines who came to express their condolences out of respect for the officials also left. Only her maids stayed here, crying and burning paper money. It is really sad to live a wanton life and be so desolate after death.
"Eh? Where's Cuizhu?" Wenming Xin looked around and didn't see Cuizhu.
Xie Huaichu felt a thump in his heart, secretly feeling that something was wrong. He rushed up and asked Lanzhu, the maid closest to him: "Where is the Cuizhu man?"
Lanzhu shrank and said weakly: "Sister Cuizhu was so sad that she fainted from crying several times. Sister Mengzhu and Baizhu helped her to the recliner to rest."
Wen Wenming Xin was startled by Xie Huaichu's actions just now, but now he calmed down after hearing Lan Zhu's words and patted his chest: "Oh, Mr. Xie, don't be so surprised. It's scary."
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Xie Huaichu was still worried and asked Lan Zhu to lead them to Cuizhu.
Lanzhu had no choice but to lead them to the side hall, where many relics of the imperial concubine were piled up. One of them was a recliner specially made by the government because the imperial concubine was pregnant. The entire red-winged wood recliner was wrapped in a coat made of mink velvet. Lying down on it was like falling into the warm embrace of a mother.
Cuizhu was lying quietly on this recliner with her eyes closed.
"Sister Cuizhu, the adults from Dali Temple are here to ask questions again. Please wake up." Lanzhu shouted displeased.
Cuizhu didn't move, so Lanzhu thought of stepping forward and shaking her.
"Don't touch her!"
Xie Huaichu suddenly shouted, so frightened that Lanzhu trembled and fell to the ground: "Sir, what's wrong?"
Xie Huaichu frowned and took out a pair of gut gloves from his arms and put them on his hands. When Wenming Xin saw this, his face turned pale instantly.
"Go and inform Dali Temple to send more people over. Not a single fly can be released from Kunning Hall. Then report it to the official queen and say..." Xie Huaichu put his hand on Cuizhu's neck and felt for a few breaths: " Just say someone died again.”
At the same time, Ji Yutang, who was locked in a cell, was rescuing an orange cat stuck in a crack in the bricks. However, this cat didn't get stuck in the brick crack because it was fat. It got stuck because it was too hungry and wanted to get into the cell to prey on mice. It was dirty and had wounds on its body oozing blood, and it made a pitiful "meow" sound. The cry was as embarrassing as Ji Yutang's.
"Okay, Madam Ji, don't look at that dead cat. Come and have a meal, please? Mr. Xie said that the concubine's case has not been investigated yet, so you cannot be treated as a prisoner. He specially told us that we will treat you kindly." Zhang Qing, the warden, carried the A half-new food box called Ji Yutang over.
Ji Yutang didn't move. She was carefully pushing aside the gravel and dragging the kitten out bit by bit.
Zhang Qing scratched his head and ignored her, chatting with the jailer beside him: "I'm so busy these days that my head is going to explode. I rested for two hours yesterday and didn't even come home. If this continues, my mother-in-law will become suspicious again. I have someone outside.”
The jailer's nickname was Erlangzi, and he spat: "Then what can we do? Such a big case occurred in the palace, and the entire Bianjing capital was alarmed. The officials even issued a death order to find out the murderer. Otherwise there would be no us Let’s eat the good fruits of Dali Temple. The adults above are too busy, let alone those of us running errands below. I hope this case is solved quickly. It’s too much.”
"Oh, how can the case be solved so easily? The person who died was Concubine Shu, who was the most popular among the officials! Who dared to attack her? And I also heard that..." Zhang Qing asked the second fool to come closer. , "I heard that Concubine Shu is pregnant with a prince! She said that she asked countless famous doctors to check her pulse, and it is indeed a prince. The official family has a total of three princesses from the time they ascended the throne to the present, and they are all beards looking forward to the prince. To be clear, how happy it is to know that Concubine Shu is giving birth to a son. But if the official family is happy, other people may not be happy, let’s talk about the queens who have no children so far, and those who only have a princess. Concubine, are you treating Concubine Shu as a thorn in your side? Maybe one of them is responsible for this. In the end, no results were found after repeated searches."
"No way, the queen seems to be quite virtuous, how can she have such a black heart?" Erluzi bit a straw with disbelief on his face.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Zhang Qing said again: "You are young and have little knowledge. You don't know how many dirty things happened in the palace. Let's take the big case that happened in the palace during the previous dynasty. You should have heard of it. , the prince who drowned mysteriously in the previous dynasty.”
The second idiot let out an "ouch" and opened his mouth wide: "I know, I know. At that time, the entire Bian Kyoto was turned over and searched, but nothing was found. I remember how old I was at that time, and the imperial army was in the city day and night. I was so frightened that I had nightmares in my grandmother’s arms.”
Zhang Qing said mysteriously: "How could it be possible that nothing was found? I just didn't dare to investigate further! I had a distant relative who was one of the main personnel responsible for investigating the case at the time. He told me that he finally found out who was in Leng Gong. An abandoned concubine was stopped by the late emperor and was not allowed to continue the investigation. Later, the late emperor appointed the current official as the crown prince and left soon after, and the case was sealed. "
After hearing such a big secret, Erluzi was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
"Meow."
At this time, Ji Yutang finally rescued the kitten from the crack in the bricks. She touched the kitten's face: "Don't be afraid, we are still alive."
Zhang Qing saw her rescuing the kitten and handed her the food box: "Hey, this little thing is still alive. Madam Ji, eat it while it's hot. It won't melt when it's cold." He also warned, "This food is still alive." The top of the box is the gauze and ointment Mr. Xie gave me.”
Ji Yutang thanked him and asked for a bowl of water to clean the kitten's wounds first. The kitten was very well-behaved and remained motionless and allowed Ji Yutang to manipulate it.
Zhang Qing watched her skillful movements from the side and applauded: "Hey, no wonder Madam Ji, you can enter the Imperial Hospital and become a female doctor. This technique is really neat and neat."
Ji Yutang smiled at him: "I am able to be a doctor thanks to the current queen who gave me a chance to compete fairly. Otherwise, how can I, a female prostitute, compete with those gentlemen trained by medical families?" < br>
After Zhang Qing heard this, he knew that she had heard the secrets in the palace that he had just shared with Er Lengzi. He scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Mrs. Ji is making fun of us. We old men have nothing to do and are just talking nonsense."< br>
Ji Yutang shook his head and said respectfully: "Brother Zhang, I'm not lecturing you. Nowadays, the situation is turbulent, so Brother Zhang must be careful with his words. Otherwise, it would be really unlucky for someone like me to suffer an unreasonable disaster."
Zhang Qing also realized that what they were talking about was the mother of the country, the empress who came from a noble family and lived side by side with the official family. At this moment, his face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly told the second fool to keep his mouth tight.
Ji Yutang opened the bottom of the food box and found a plate of meatloaf, a plate of seasonal vegetables and a plate of osmanthus cake. She broke some meatloaf for the kitten to eat, and then ate the meal quietly.
"Xie Huaichu is really a good person." She said in her heart.
(End of chapter)