Zhang Xuan went to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Fang Wu went to Dali Temple. However, she hesitated and said, "Master, things in Dali Temple are a bit tricky. Master, can we go there together and have a look?"
She looked at Ji Xuan eagerly with her eyes.
Ji Xuan stood there crookedly, with his eyes narrowed and his arms folded across his chest. If there was a bed and a quilt behind him, I think he could roll over and fall asleep.
After hearing Fang Wu's question, he rubbed his eyes and said, "Let's go." After saying that, he walked towards the fork in the three o'clock direction.
"Master, you're wrong. Dali Temple is over there." Fang Wu quickly stepped forward and pulled the man back, pointing to the alley diagonally opposite.
Liubu is not far from the palace gate. You can walk out through Xiahua Gate. But Dali Temple is different. Taking Xiahua Gate is a long detour.
Therefore, after they left the Imperial Study Room, they separated from Zhang Xuan and walked through Chuikang Gate. After Chuikang Gate, they went east to Dali Temple.
I don’t know if it’s because of illness. Dali Temple is so far away from the Ministry of Punishment, but it makes sense. After all, the two places in Daman are not under the jurisdiction of the superiors and subordinates.
The two of them walked slowly, almost like a turtle crawling.
This case is like this,
The person who reported the crime was a man in his thirties.
His wife had an affair with a scholar and became pregnant, so she took her son to pass her on.
But for some reason, the son actually died at the scholar's house. The wife and the scholar followed the doctor's wishes and buried the matter as early as possible.
But the former husband disagreed. Unless it was the couple who jointly killed his son, this would naturally cause trouble in the government.
It is said that this kind of thing is in charge of the Jingji Mansion, but there is a shortage of officials. Many officials are vacant. They are waiting for the new department to fill the low-level positions. After filling them, they will be promoted. As a result, the Jingji Mansion is reduced to a pot of porridge.
Went to Dali Temple.
Who wants to end this kind of household chores? But if the people take action, the officials will investigate, so how can it be wasted?
It’s the New Year and no one can afford it.
"Then how did you die?" Ji Xuan asked as she rubbed her face and dragged her feet up the steps of Dali Temple.
"Both families refused to allow an autopsy. It was initially determined that the death was caused by food poisoning. According to the deceased's mother, the deceased suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after eating crabs and bitter almonds. When the doctor came..."
"Which doctor did you invite?"
"Doctor Qi Yandi from Huichun Hall." Fang Wu said.
"Let's go see Doctor Qi and see if we can make any breakthrough." Ji Xuan turned around and left Dali Temple again.
If there is no breakthrough in any place, then find the original route and walk it again to see where you missed it. This is the most embarrassing lesson Ji Xuan taught Fang Wu.
There is no other way.
After all, there is no way a mother would kill her own child.
But it’s impossible for a father not to feel sorry for his son, right? So this case is indeed difficult and helpless.
"Okay." Fang Wu agreed, and the two of them left Dali Temple and entered the Huichun Hall.
However, Huichun Hall is still closed.
The Lulang Drug Store on the side is already open, and people are coming in and out all the time.
Fang Wu and Ji Xuan walked in.
The church was conducted by a woman with a big belly and a child of seven or eight years old. His buttocks seemed to have needles stuck in them. They were rubbing them from side to side, but they didn't look like they were taking pulses. They asked him to write a few prescriptions, but they were quiet.
of.
The person who dispensed the medicine was a man, in his thirties, who looked like a serious doctor, with a wooden look.
Ji Xuan and Fang Wu, like ordinary people who came to see a doctor, lined up after registration.
"Is there something wrong with you two officials?" The seven or eight-year-old child stood up and asked. Those two eyes were blinking like a jinx.
"Xianjun. Sit down."
When Fang Wu was about to say something, she heard a voice as gentle as jade. She looked over and said,
The wood-like man in his thirties was walking past step by step.
The child in front of him sat down like a chicken, and continued to write down how good and good he should be.
"Aren't you two adults here to see a doctor?" the man asked in a bad temper.
You can see the slightest bit of displeasure from his eyebrows, but it is not shown in his behavior. He is still polite, dignified and gentle.
Fang Wu nodded and said: "We are from Dali Temple. There is a case these days involving the Huichun Hall next to it. But the Huichun Hall is closed, so we come here to ask. As far as you can see, is there anything weird recently?
People want to contact my spring hall or the pharmacy here?"
The man lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "That's not very clear."
"Father, I know." Xianjun said tentatively.
"What should I say?" He was still gentle and elegant, with a touch of alienation.
"About half a month ago, at midnight, a man came and broke open the door of Huichun Hall, and then left after a while. It was very strange. He left without saying anything nice or giving any money."
Xianjun said.
"...Are you sure it's midnight?" Fang Wu asked.
"I'm sure, I also know it was that day." Xianjun said.
"What day?"
"On the 23rd, two grown men stood at the door and chatted for a long time." Xianjun continued.
"Why do you remember so clearly?"
"Because my father beat me." Xianjun said and ran away.
The young woman sitting next to the doctor smiled and said, "Look, let me tell you. He has such a noisy character. Do you think everyone is like you?"
"It's not like me. Then the person in your belly must be like me, with a straight-minded and polite attitude, to be like a doctor." The man said and touched the little woman's belly.
"Go, go, who girl wants to be like this?" The little woman glared at her.
"It seems that I did beat him that day, and then he ran out and came back the next morning," the man said.
"Aren't you worried if your child doesn't come home all night?"
"Keep the door open. What can we do if he stands outside?" the man said.
The two nodded, asked a few more questions and left.
"This family is so strange." Fang Wu muttered.
"What's weird? Parents always have different ways of disciplining their children." Ji Xuan said disapprovingly.
Fang Wu nodded, and then the two of them saw that the Huichun Hall was still open, and then turned around and walked back to Dali Temple.
But there were still breakthroughs in this case, and the whole day passed in Dali Temple.
Although the night the crime occurred was the night the child said, there is no definite evidence and no one can tell whether the man was the deceased's father, stepfather, or neither.
Fang Wu and the others had a doctor from Lulang Drug Store, who asked about his appearance and sent him to the Yamen.
The person who delivered the thing was a kid named Xianjun, but he said it was dark and he couldn't see clearly, so he asked him to identify it, but he didn't identify it, so the case is deadlocked again...