Chapter 18: Detective
Sheng Lingrong immediately came with the doctor. After checking his pulse, the doctor first discovered that there were red blood cells on Zhou Qingyue's neck and Huaixiu's arms, so he said, "The two girls must have been bitten by an insect called a tick."
"Is it serious?"
"Fortunately it was discovered early."
The doctor took out a knife and cut open the red blood cells, and used pliers to take out the contents. It turned out to be a small insect. "The weather in autumn is dry, so there will inevitably be more mosquitoes, but it's not serious. I'll take two decoctions and rest for two days."
That’s it, Chief Sheng would also like to remind everyone to close the windows at night, as the lush vegetation around here is the most breeding ground for insects and snakes, so don’t be careless.”
"Thank you, doctor, for reminding me."
Sheng Lingrong escorted the doctor out of the room, and Uncle Wen came over. Knowing that he was fine, he asked, "Will the exam still be held today?"
Sheng Lingrong thought for a while, "I have already made an agreement with the people in Yizhuang... to tell everyone that everything will continue as usual. As for Li Huaixiu and Zhou Qingyue, they will take the make-up exam after they are well."
Uncle Wen went down to make arrangements. Xu Changan wanted to stay and take care of Huaixiu, but Sheng Lingrong refused, "Aunt Zhang will take care of them."
In her daze, Huaixiu vaguely heard Xu Changan talking to her, "...you have a good rest...it's nothing serious...I also hope to be bitten by a tick,
This way you don’t have to take the exam..."
Then a figure flashed in front of her, and when she opened her eyes again, she still saw Xu Changan.
"Why haven't you left yet?"
"You're awake." Changan touched her forehead, "You're still a little feverish."
"You really didn't go?" Huaixiu felt dizzy, but she was much better than last night, so she asked Chang'an to help her up.
Chang'an smiled and said, "They are all back."
"Have you finished the exam?"
"Well. You've been sleeping all day."
Huaixiu said oh and looked at the bed opposite. Zhou Qingyue was still lying there, "How is she? I vaguely heard that she is also sick?"
"Why do you care about her? Why don't you care about me?"
"What's wrong with you?" Huaixiu asked, "Did you fail?"
Chang'an said, "Do you know how we did the autopsy? Sheng Changsi took us directly to Yizhuang. It turned out that she had prepared three corpses and asked us to examine their causes of death within the specified time and explain them.
The reason is that those who check two bodies are qualified, otherwise they will be eliminated. It turns out that Uncle Wen is not only a clerk, but also a liar, which is amazing. I feel sick just thinking about the corpses now. One has turned into white bones, and the other is highly
Rotting, one body just died two days ago."
"Is that a pass or a fail?"
Chang'an smiled proudly, "My father is a widower. Can you trouble me? I am the only one who can accurately identify three corpses."
Huaixiu gestured with his thumb.
"However, four candidates left, and Hu Yuzhu and Jiang Ze stayed. I didn't expect them to be quite capable, but I underestimated Hu Yuzhu."
Chang'an said, "By the way, don't worry. Sheng Changsi said that you and Zhou Qingyue will retake the exam after you recover."
"It would be nice to have a chance to take a make-up exam. I'm worried about missing it."
"You were bitten by the six-door bug, and they will be responsible."
Huaixiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Chang'an added, "One more thing. After we left, only Aunt Zhang, a policeman and three yamen servants stayed behind in the six gates. When we came back, they were all stunned and the yamen was turned upside down.
The bazaar, especially the government office's study, was robbed, but fortunately, they didn't kill anyone."
What? Huaixiu was shocked when he heard this.
"These thieves are so arrogant that they stole into the Yamen. But do you think this is a trap set up by the Shengchang Division?"
"What game?"
"The last exam." Changan said mysteriously, "It's just like the first exam."
Huaixiu thought a little after hearing this.
The rest of the candidates had this idea, but Huaixiu's intuition was not.
She rolled up her sleeves and saw that the redness and swelling on her arm had not completely disappeared. She had hit this spot yesterday when she was competing for a ball with Zhou Qingyue, and she felt something pricked her. She suspected that Zhou Qingyue had done something wrong, but afterward, she checked
There is nothing abnormal. Could it be that he was really bitten by an insect?
After investigation, it was found that nothing was missing from the six doors. All important documents and files were placed in the secret room. The secret room was in the warehouse and could not be opened without a key. The iron door of the warehouse showed signs of being pried.
Sheng Lingrong believed that the thieves came for those secret files. The Six Gates had been established for hundreds of years, and the archives collected were more than those of the three yamen offices. They were all involved in internal and external affairs, officials, nobles, people in the world, and even foreign secrets.
, if someone gets hold of these things and makes a big fuss about it, it will definitely disturb the imperial court. It is a matter of great importance, so Sheng Lingrong immediately sent a message to Zhuge Ming.
"Where were you at noon yesterday?"
At this time, there were only Huaixiu and Zhou Qingyue in the room. Both of them were drinking medicine. Huaixiu seemed to have no intention of asking.
Zhou Qingyue raised her head, "What did you say?"
"Yesterday, I woke up and saw that you were not on the bed." Huaixiu seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Zhou Qingyue looked at her for a while, then slowly put down the medicine bowl, "Really? You must be dreaming, I don't even know I left."
Huaixiu smiled and said, "What a coincidence, the place where you hurt me is exactly where I was bitten by an insect."
Zhou Qingyue looked at her coldly, "Did I hurt you?"
Huaixiu rubbed his arm, "It still hurts now."
"Then you should ask the doctor to take a look again. I think you were not only bitten by mosquitoes on your arm, but maybe also on your brain."
Huaixiu lowered his eyes, not angry at her words. The temptation just now was not groundless. Yesterday, when she was sleeping, she vaguely saw a figure passing in front of her. That figure seemed to be Zhou Qingyue. Of course, she had no evidence.
, that’s why I didn’t tell Sheng Lingrong.
"Maybe, when people are in a daze, they don't see anything clearly."
Zhou Qingyue ignored her and still lay down.
The illness came and went quickly, and I was able to catch up with the last exam, detective. In the past years, the rule was to bring out old cases and let the candidates do the questions, but the six doors did not follow the rules this time, and the last six
The candidates were divided into three groups by drawing lots. Huaixiu and Xu Changan were destined to be in one group, Yuzhu was in one group with Jiang Ze, and Zhou Qingyue was in one group with another candidate Wu Zhuo.
The exam questions are no longer old cases, but new cases.
There are three sticks on the desk, one for each case.
One is the purse case, the second is the theft case in Tongzhou, and the third is the accidental death case.
The three groups drew lots to finalize the case. Xu Changan muttered to the side, "Don't get the third case. Don't get the third case."
When Huaixiu was drawing lots, Xu Changan stepped forward to stop him, "I'll do it, I'm lucky." However, she got the third case and was dumbfounded for a moment.
"You only have ten days. This is your last chance. If you can't solve the case, you won't be able to pass the six-door exam." Sheng Lingrong looked at a few people, "Qin Zhen, Wei Ning, and Yun Fei will assist you.
Chapter completed!