Chapter 321 Man-made money and dead birds die for food
At Wanhua Building not far from the Criminal Department, Li Guolou, Ai Hai, and Song Shixiong had lunch and ordered four dishes and one soup. Li Guolou tapped a stack of files with his fingers and said: "Deputy Captain Ai, I
I have been familiar with the case of the theft of silver from the household department, and I found a very strange thing. The thirty bank guards were all very capable, with shaved heads, nothing on them in the winter, and their bodies were first-class.
Great. But their family is very strange. The father of a strong young man in his twenties is already dead. Their father once worked as a treasury clerk of the Ministry of Punishments. He was not over fifty years old when he died. Four
All the people in their teens are dead. I checked other people who worked as treasury clerks, and none of them lived past the age of fifty. They all died."
Ai Hai was stunned and quickly took the file and looked at it again, frowning and thinking about the question in his mind.
Li Guolou said: "I also checked the national archives from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and searched the files of the bank clerks of the Ministry of Justice since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It is a common phenomenon that people who have worked as bank clerks were not bad in the founding period.
People over the age of fifty spend their old age peacefully, and they will be short-lived in the future. There is something fishy hidden in this, and who knows it best? The doctor who treats the bankers in the bank knows best, so we went to "Tongyi Tang" in the afternoon
》Guo Langzhong, he specializes in treating those bank clerks, Guo Langzhong is a huge loophole?"
Song Shixiong said suspiciously: "Captain Li, you mean;;;;;;"
"Yes!" Li Guolou didn't need to say anymore. "Old Fox" Song Shixiong had already guessed what he wanted him to do. The two of them laughed "hehehehe!"
"Do it!" The three of them had tea instead of wine, each with their own thoughts, and enjoyed a working lunch with gusto.
Hu Xueyan's "Hu Qingyutang" has opened five branches in the capital, benefiting the people with affordable prices and close to the people. The good reputation of "Hu Qingyutang" has been spread in the streets of the capital. It has an impact on "Tongyi Tang", which is also a drugstore business.
It was huge. The prices of the same type of medicines were immediately reduced, and the income of doctors sitting in the hall was greatly reduced. The living standards of doctors who originally had high incomes were also greatly affected.
A price war and talent war without gunpowder are already raging among the pharmacies in the capital. It was only 1:30 in the afternoon when Li Guolou, Ai Hai, and Song Shixiong came to "Tongyi Hall". Doctors were sitting in the rooms.
, most of them had nothing to do, and were startled when they saw two police officers coming to the door. Could it be that they were the doctors who had killed the people, and they came to arrest the doctor?
At this time, "Langzhong" could also be called "doctor". The Qing Dynasty was invaded by Western culture, and various old and new names were mixed together.
The boss of "Tong Yi Tang", Shan Tian Gu, knew Li Guolou. They had dealt with the deceased's boss, Bay Renyi, in the "Fake Hanging Case". I heard that a policeman was coming to arrest someone with a ticket, and when he came out, he saw that it was Li Guolou.
, he was stunned. He hurriedly came out to greet him and asked him what was going on. He also knew in his heart that when a doctor treats a disease, there is no way he would not die. Did the doctor die or did he die from illness? Based on the conscience of heaven and earth alone, how can one cause trouble to a doctor?
Shantian Gu forced a smile and said: "Captain Li, if you come to our area to arrest people in broad daylight, aren't you going to smash our sign? What's going on? Can you be accommodating?"
Shan Tiangu had dealt with Li Guolou and knew that the detective had no money to eat, only drank a few sips of tea, and left after finishing the case. Before leaving, he gave a sick poor man two taels of silver notes.
Rich people were officials only for fame and not for profit. Although there were few such people in the Qing Dynasty, they were by no means a rare breed. Many people who paid donations to serve as officials had this kind of ethics, because such people had money in their families and did not
They will exploit the common people. Of course, there are people who buy official titles, and there are even more officials and businessmen who work harder to recover the costs.
Li Guolou clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, shopkeeper Shan. It's my duty to come here to arrest Guo Que'er. Mr. Song, the lawyer invited by the host, is also here. I can't bend the law for personal gain."
How could Shantian Gu not know the trick in this "card ticket"? It belongs to the nature of the police arresting suspects. It is used to bring the suspects back to the court for interrogation. It is a means for the police to blackmail the "suspects". If the suspects are not arrested,
Even if they go back to the Yamen, the police will not be punished. But if the "suspect" is arrested and brought to the court, his reputation will immediately become bad. Especially for a shop like "Tongyi Tang" that does open business, the doctor will be arrested for curing the death of a patient and will be taken away quickly.
Go, regardless of whether he is guilty or not? The reputation of "Tong Yi Tang" will be greatly affected, and negative news will spread throughout the streets.
Since the policeman refused to be accommodating, he had to find another way. Shantian Gu glanced at the lawyer Song Shixiong next to him. Only a lawyer could do this to both sides.
"Can Lawyer Song be accommodating and give me a face? Dr. Guo is an old man and a young man. How can he practice medicine after being brought into the Yamen?" Shantian Gu held Song Shixiong, his eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together, and he was trying to figure it out.
expression.
"Hey! Shopkeeper Shan, it's not that I don't want to give you face. The cases Dr. Guo committed were all human life matters. The two families sued Dr. Guo together, saying that he used the wrong medicine. They had proof and took the prescription.
As evidence, there is also Dandinghong in the medicine. Isn’t this killing people? This matter is going to be a big deal. Hey! Where is Dr. Guo? I saw him just now. Don’t hide. You can’t escape the first day of the new year.
, you can’t escape fifteen." Song Shixiong looked around at the door of each room, looking for Guo Queer, who was nowhere to be seen.
"Give me some face, tell me if you have anything to say. Captain Li, Attorney Song, in this internal medicine department, all medical treatment is based on experience and the temperature of the medicine. This is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. Medicine is divided into poisons. As long as you control the temperature,
Poison is also an introduction to medicine." Shantian Gu was so anxious that he was sweating. He pulled Li Guolou and began to tell the bitter history of Tongyitang. His boss Bayern Yi died, the tree fell, the macaques spread, and all kinds of clowns jumped out.
I want to get a piece of the pie. People's hearts are also dispersed. If I go back to "Tong Yi Tang", it will close down.
Li Guolou said impatiently: "Shopkeeper Shan, stop talking and let Dr. Guo come over to answer. As long as Dr. Guo explains some things clearly here, I won't make things difficult for him."
Song Shixiong stuffed a silver ingot into his sleeve, softened his lips, and said, "Hey! It's not easy to be a good shopkeeper. In fact, I also know that doctors can include trace amounts of Dandinghong in their prescriptions, but others don't understand.
It puts me in a dilemma."
Shantian Valley couldn't find Guo Que'er for a while. He looked in various rooms and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, everyone, I saw Dr. Guo just now. I don't know where he has gone now. I will send him again."
Find someone."
Ai Hai is a person with a dog nose, and he quickly searched out Guo Que'er hiding in the hut. He escorted Guo Que'er to the living room in the backyard. Ai Hai was still scaring Guo Que'er along the way, saying that he would be escorted back.
yamen.
In the living room, Li Guolou was holding a tea cup and glanced with great dissatisfaction: "Doctor Guo, you are such a big living person, why are you hiding? Sit down! We won't eat you, and I will ask you for advice. If not,
If you are wise, your job will be ruined by waiting for you to spend the New Year in prison."
Guo Queer is a skinny man with gray hair, a short man in his forties, with bright eyes that shine brightly. The pressure of life is engraved on his face, he is a hard-working man. A famous doctor with some money, he is a
The romantic ghost on the bed has already had his body hollowed out by a woman.
"Hey! Sir, please don't ruin my job. I am a doctor of internal medicine. There are all kinds of poisons in the prescriptions for treating internal diseases. This is called fighting poison with poison. As long as the dosage is light, it will not be harmful.
Other doctors are like this too. Even the "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains many introductions to poisonous medicines. I definitely did not kill any patients. Sir, go and take a look at how many banners sent by patients in my room. The common people praise me as
Guo Shengshou, there was a patient, and his family even prepared a coffin for him, and I happened to be passing by their house;;;;;;" Guo Queer boasted about himself, and praised himself as the medical sage of the Qing Dynasty. In his hands
I don’t know how many lives he saved? As for the deaths of his patients, they were all normal deaths.
Li Guolou remained calm and smiled to himself. It was too easy to catch a doctor. Which doctor wouldn't kill his patients? People will die. If you scare Guo Que'er, things will be easier to handle in the future. There is a lawyer here.
Guo Queer was frightened to death by the sidelines, and there was a possibility that he would go bankrupt in a lawsuit. The doctor had the responsibility to keep the patient's confidentiality, but if he could not protect himself, could he still abide by his ethics?
"Dr. Guo, I'm not trying to scare you. If you go to court, you'll have to pay two to three hundred taels of silver in compensation, and your medical qualifications will also be revoked." Song Shixiong added fuel to the fire and recounted the outcome of the lawsuit.
The short Guo Queer frowned, worried that he would not be able to return home tonight. The most fearful thing was, of course, that he would not be given medical treatment, which would cut off his way of survival.
"We have something to discuss, sir, I beg you, please give me a way to survive." Guo Queer kept bowing, not daring to sit down and reply.
Ai Hai also chimed in: "Guo Que'er, do you see the name on the ticket clearly? It's your name, that's right. Regardless of whether you're guilty or not, come back to the Yamen with me and peel off the skin first, and then be locked up for three days and put in prison."
We don’t care about food in the interrogation room of the Criminal Department Prison, so you will lie down on the door panel and go home. While you are waiting for your case to be heard, you have to report to the Yamen every day. If you don’t come, we have the right to put you in jail again."
Ai Hai and Guo Que'er sang and frightened Guo Que'er to let him know how serious this case was. Of course, there is a way out, it depends on whether he understands it or not?
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Li Guolou said: "Dr. Guo, we want to punish you, just like squeezing a little ant to death. If you want to complain, you can only go to the King of Hell. Today we are here, actually, to clean up the case.
One thing, as long as you are willing to be honest, everything can be easily discussed. If you don't tell me, others will tell you, and then your four wives and concubines will be waiting to remarry."
Guo Que'er was frightened to death, her face turned pale, and she stumbled and said: "Captain Li, you ask, as long as I know, I will never hide anything."
Li Guolou said slowly: "Dr. Guo, I want to know what kind of disease those Ku soldiers from the Ministry of Household Affairs are suffering from? They will all die before the age of fifty."
"Oh, that's what happened." Guo Queer relaxed suddenly, looked at Li Guolou with a strange look, and asked, "Master, do you really not know, or are you just lying?
Know?"
Ai Hai shouted: "Nonsense, if we knew, why would we come here?"
"Hehehehe! Sir, do you need to scare me like this for this little thing? If you police officers don't know about this kind of thing, it shows that you are ignorant. Just ask any doctor who treats hemorrhoids and you will know it."
"Hemorrhoids!" Li Guolou and Ai Hai suddenly understood and stood up, with strange expressions on their faces.
Guo Queer smiled and said: "My lord, those Manchu soldiers who look at the silver in the treasury have been trained by their families since they were young to use the body to carry silver ingots, which is to stuff them under the person's body. This has been done since the Ming Dynasty.
A unique skill that has been passed down. Only by practicing it since childhood can the lower part be able to expand and contract freely and the capacity is large enough. When I was a child, I stuffed stone eggs into them, and gradually increased the size of the stones, from one stone to three stones. When I became an adult, I spent money to do it.
The treasury servants of the treasury used this skill to save two or three silver ingots. They had to do some somersaults after exiting the treasury door, but they still wouldn't fall. Those Manchu treasury servants' families became rich.
Those who make money by doing a craft will have a golden job passed down from generation to generation."
Li Guolou asked: "Doctor Guo, since those Manchu soldiers are so rich, why did they die early?"
Guo Queer smiled evilly and said: "Captain Li, since those Manchu soldiers have cultivated this craft since they were young, there are gains and losses. The capacity of the intestines is large, but when metal enters the body, this problem will fall, and gastrointestinal diseases will accompany it.
Lifetime. Hemorrhoids is a stubborn disease that cannot be cured in a lifetime. It is not a problem to take medicine and get golden needles. Those Manchus and Kuzu are used to it. But people cannot fight with age. Didn’t Newton say gravity? Those Manchus are accustomed to it.
There is such a big hole under the buttocks of the Manchu people, and the intestines will slowly fall downwards. As the age increases, the intestines in the stomach will fall downwards, and finally fall out from below. Those Manchu soldiers are very miserable when they get sick.
, they were so miserable that many couldn't bear the pain and finally committed suicide. But for the sake of money, many Manchus still trained their sons to be bank guards.
It couldn't be more appropriate to put it on those Manchus."
"Oh;;;;;;" Li Guolou, Ai Hai, and Song Shixiong understood. They looked at each other and laughed again and again. Now that the loophole has been found, the truth about the missing silver case from the Ministry of Household Treasury will be revealed.
Li Guolou took out two 10-tael silver notes, put them on the table, and said: "Shopkeeper Shan, Dr. Guo, that's all for today. Shut your mouth and everything will stop. If you reveal the slightest bit, your family will be confiscated and your family will be destroyed."
I also smashed the "Yi Tang" sign. Let's go, see you later!" After saying that, Li Guolou threw his hands and left the "Tong Yi Tang" pharmacy.
Shantian Valley, Guo Queer thanked you so much, how could you dare to say one more word? He respectfully sent it to the door of the store.
Coming to the street, Li Guolou said: "Vice Captain Ai, the rest is up to you. I can only take you this far. From now on, you are on your own."
"Hey, thank you third brother. I know how to behave. Maybe you will become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice in the future." Ai Hai has a smooth head and a smile on his face. Only with the right person can you achieve great success. Ai Hai used to have a low self-esteem.
He was called "Bald" since he was a child, but now he is the famous Thirteen Taibao of the capital, a man with great powers in black and white.
"Mr. Song, don't follow me. You are so close to Captain Ai, and I have to say goodbye to you. See you soon, take care."
"Mr. Li, I also wish you high school and fly high." Song Shixiong's face was full of flattery, but his heart was full of jealousy. After repeated attempts, he turned to become a lawyer. Although being a lawyer was easy to make money, but
Who among the scholars would make friends with him? The disillusionment of a scholar's lofty ideals made Song Shixiong feel depressed.
Li Guolou bid farewell to Ai Hai and Song Shixiong. He has no worries in the Ministry of Justice. Next, he will go to a higher level, and a broader court battle is waiting for him to show his style. The turbulent political struggle will bring about the end of the world.