Chapter 350 Twists and turns
“Finally one day, when he came, it was already close to dusk. We talked for a few words and I stayed with him to eat. He refused and said he would rush back. When I finished speaking, it suddenly started raining heavily," Zou Jingping recounted unhurriedly.
"I asked him to sit down and wait for the rain to subside before leaving. He agreed. After chatting for a while, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the city gate was about to be closed. So I advised He wanted to rest at my place tonight and leave tomorrow. He agreed, so I simply closed the door, got a few side dishes, a bottle of wine, and ate with him."
" We chatted for a while, and I saw that he was worried, so I asked directly. He didn’t say anything at first, but after drinking a few glasses of wine, he suddenly asked me what I thought of Qingtan County. , very kind. He originally planned to stay here for a few months and then go to Nanyang. Now he is considering settling here and plans to take on a few apprentices."
"But he told me that he had never been here before. It was really good when the prince was here. Now the general's people have taken over Prince Su's house and driven away Prince Su's people. All the capable officials who were favored by Prince Su have been squeezed out, and those who stayed behind have been squeezed out. , they will only flatter the superiors and the inferiors, and the money will go into the pockets of these people and the generals.”
"Then what do you say?" Li Chuan asked.
Zou Jingping said: "Of course I agreed with him and told him what I heard about the general along the way. I scolded the general with him and persuaded him to drink."
He glanced at Li Chuan and said: "The general has personally assigned this task to me. The most important thing is to find clues and find out what happened."
He continued: "I drank like this until Late at night, I saw that he was a little drunk, so I cleaned up the house and asked him to rest. At this time, he suddenly asked me what would be the reason for a person's sudden change of temperament."
"I said. I came up with several possibilities, first I said it was possible that I had experienced a big change and my temperament had changed, but he said no. Then I said that I might be possessed by a demon, but he also said no. I had to say, I don’t know anymore. Then he said. , he suspected that the general’s people were colluding with demons and ghosts to cause trouble.”
"When I was frightened, I immediately told him not to talk nonsense, but he laughed at me for being timid. After that, we didn't talk anymore. I cleaned up the house for him and we all had a rest. Early the next morning, I didn't get up yet. When the time came, he left, and he didn’t come back for the next half month. And I really had an apprentice by my side. Of course, his true identity was a spy from the General’s Mansion.”
"Why didn't you ask him about aphansia?" Chang Xiao asked.
Zou Jingping replied: "You have to take your time. In addition to making good friends with him, I also pay attention to various affairs in Qingtan County. When I first arrived, I didn't listen to the report of the contact person, I just wanted to Let’s experience it for ourselves first, to avoid preconceptions. After all, I know what those people’s style is.”
“In the half month after Orion left, I practiced medicine during the day and started reading the case files at night. I checked the accounts of the entire Yashan County for ten years. Fortunately, they were still sensible and didn't destroy them all. "
This "them" seems to refer to the general's people stationed in Yashan County.
Zou Jingping seemed to be a little thirsty. He took a sip of tea and continued: "When I read it for the first time, I couldn't find the problem. When I checked it again, I felt that if there is no problem, it is a problem. The above The number was a bit too deliberate, so I put it down for the time being and planned to walk around again. "
"The night before I planned to leave, someone suddenly knocked on the door. When I opened the door, it was Orion. "He was injured, and I quickly let him in. As soon as he came in, he fainted, so I checked his injuries and found a deep cut on his abdomen with a sharp weapon." Zou Jingping gestured to the location of Orion's wound. , "In addition to this fatal injury, there are many large and small wounds in other places."
"Fortunately, it was me who found him. If it had been someone else, he wouldn't have been able to survive that night." Zou Jingping said .
Hearing what he said, Li Chuan couldn't help but ask: "Where did Mr. Zou learn his medical skills?"
Zou Jingping said: "My great-great-grandfather was a medical practitioner, and he is just a descendant of him. They all have dull qualifications and have no chance of becoming immortals. By my generation, they were even more in decline, with only a few medical books left." Zou Jingping waited for a moment, then saw that Li Chuan had no other questions, so he continued.
"I treated his wound and prepared to give him medicine when he woke up from a coma and insisted on leaving, saying that he could not harm me." Zou Jingping paused and said: "At this point, how could I let him go? So I knocked him unconscious again. The next day, I asked the apprentice to take care of him. After he was able to leave, if he wanted to leave, then give him the wound medicine. No need. Stop me and go out to investigate as planned."
"Why?" Chang Xiao was a little confused.
"I let it go for a while, and after reading the account books, it was really time to take another look around, so while I was practicing medicine, I connected with a few spies and asked them to split up to check some things. About another month later, I returned to Qingtan County. "The apprentice told me that Orion left half a month ago, so I went to his house and gave him a new one." Side medicine, and then asked him what happened that day."
"This time, he no longer hides it from me."
Li Chuan suddenly said: "Isn't it a coincidence that when you arrived in Qingtan County, the first person you met asked us to Is the investigation related? "
"It's not the first one," Zou Jingping replied, "I was worried that Prince Su's people were still secretly monitoring Qingtan County, so I asked the spies to do it in batches. When we entered Yashan County, some of them arrived earlier than me, and some arrived later. They were also searching in their own ways. It just happened that I was the only one who met Orion."
"I understand. , Mr. Zou, continue." Li Chuan said.
But Wen Guying interrupted and asked: "Is it Miss Jiu who is in charge of those spies?"
Zou Jingping said: "Before, part of it was with her and part of it was with me. Now most of it is with me."
"Go on." Wen Guying said.
Zou Jingping nodded and said: "Orion told me that he also had a sister who was sold to Prince Su's house when she was eight or nine years old. It is said that she was very valued by the sixth girl, and she would ask someone to deliver her to her from time to time. Give him the things and let him keep them and get a wife."
"After Prince Su's accident, his family members were all escorted to the capital. The same goes for girls, but each person can only bring one or two maids, and most of them are still here."
"Orion heard some rumors that after the general's people came, there were maids. He was insulted and hanged to death, so he wanted to see his sister and, if possible, take her out quietly during the chaos."
"He met his sister, and her sister was willing to go with him. She said she wanted to pack some things and made an appointment to meet at the next night."
(End of Chapter)