Song Yi

Chapter 152 Seeing Flowers in the Fog
Leaving the silk and satin shop and walking back, Lin Qingdai suddenly remembered something, and said in a low voice, "This is not the same as the ribbon, because the shroud is usually properly kept after buying it, and it is generally impossible for children to use it as a rope. It’s too unfilial to take the old man’s shroud waist, and it’s easy for family members to find out after using it.”

When Du Wenhao heard this, he beamed with joy: "That's right! If the old man himself were the murderer, he would generally not use his own shroud ribbon as a rope. There are plenty of ropes at home, so why use the waist silk of his shroud?" What about ropes? The fact that the murderer was able to use shroud loins as ropes indicates that the murderer probably lived in a place with a lot of shroud loins!"

"—shroud shop?" Lin Qingdai said joyfully.

"That's right! But, does the owner of the shroud shop have the ability to use gold nuggets to kill people?"

Lin Qingdai said with a smile: "Don't underestimate the shroud shop, the shroud shop becomes bigger, and it costs more than big restaurants and restaurants! After all, no one will save money on it."

Du Wenhao's eyes lit up: "That's right! If you can use gold nuggets to kill people, you must not care about money, and at the same time you can use waist silk as a crime tool, then you should be someone from a big-name shroud store! Moreover, it is definitely not an ordinary guy, it is very likely It's the boss or the shareholder!"

Lin Qingdai's eyes also brightened: "There should not be many shroud shops like this in Beijing! I'll go check one by one tonight!"

Du Wenhao said: "Can you do it alone? I'm afraid this kind of family also has a martial artist who guards the house. Would you like Xin Jiuniang to go with you for a care?"

"No, it's not to fight, to investigate the situation, the fewer people, the more hidden. Don't worry! I'll go tonight."

Du Wenhao lowered his voice and said, "Unexpectedly, our shopkeeper is still a knight-errant."

Lin Qingdai smiled: "It's just a trick."

When the three of them returned to Fuyun Hall, Du Wenhao suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly called Hu Yanzhong, the leader of the guards, and ordered him to immediately send guards to visit all the pharmacies in the city, and find out the conditions of all the patients who died of acute abdomen, including the buried ones. Place.

After Hu Yanzhong took the order and left, Xue Fei'er asked, "Brother, why are you looking into this?"

Du Wenhao said: "These three people were rescued by us. Not everyone who was murdered by a gold nugget was so lucky to be rescued, so it is very likely that other people will be murdered by the murderer in this way. Ordinary doctors don’t know it’s murder, they think it’s a disease, so no one ever sues the authorities. We need to find these people who were murdered by gold nuggets, and find out the connection between them, so as to find clues to the suspect.”

Xue Feier and the others understood now.

In the evening, the guards who went out to visit came back one after another. Sure enough, more than ten patients died of severe abdominal pain recently.There are all kinds of people, there is no pattern.The place of burial was also investigated.

Du Wenhao really wanted to open the coffin for autopsy to determine whether these people died of swallowing gold. The emperor of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to medicine, and instead of prohibiting autopsies for medical or forensic purposes, he advocated them. Therefore, the earliest autopsy diagrams appeared in the Song Dynasty.

There is no obstacle in opening the coffin for an autopsy. However, he himself is only a doctor after all, and investigating this case can only be regarded as a trick, and he has no investigative power. He went to open the coffin for an autopsy. He has the heart but not the guts.

Only when the murderer is found, the government will open the coffin for an autopsy in the future to determine how many victims there are.

He listed the identities of all the patients who died of acute abdomen on a table and studied them repeatedly. However, after studying for a long time, he couldn't find any connection between them.

After nightfall, Lin Qingdai went straight to the room from the inner house, dressed in black night clothes.

Du Wenhao and others sat quietly at home and waited.Until the third watch, Lin Qingdai finally came back.He took out a gold nugget from his arms and handed it to Du Wenhao:
"I got it from Xiangyun Shroud Shop, one of the largest shroud shops in the capital. They have a gold melting furnace in their shop. It was a coincidence that they were melting gold nuggets, small pieces, I think this gold nugget is quite similar to the gold nugget we got from the stomach of the patient, so I made a little mess and took one back, you see, if it’s not, I have to send it back to someone.”

Du Wenhao took it over and glanced at it, then happily said: "Yes! It must be right! But let's compare it!"

After coating the gold nugget with ink, I took the glutinous rice paper and rubbed the trachoma imprint on the surface, and compared it with the previous three rubbings of the gold nugget, it was exactly the same!
Since the gold nugget is the murder weapon, there is no need to return it.

Xue Fei'er clapped her hands and shouted: "The real culprit has been found! Hurry up and tell the yamen to arrest him!"

Du Wenhao shook his head and said, "Who are you arresting? Who is the murderer?"

"This is the shopkeeper of Xiangyun Shroud Shop!"

"Why do you say he is a murderer?"

"With this gold nugget!"

"This gold nugget belongs to their shroud shop, but it cannot be guaranteed that it is the gold nugget from the shopkeeper. Others may have access to this gold nugget."

"This..." Xue Fei'er was dumbfounded, "What should I do?"

Du Wenhao thought for a while, and said: "The murderer must be someone who can control the gold nuggets, otherwise, the loss of these few gold nuggets in a row is worth a lot. The shroud shop has already reported to the police, and there is no movement now, which means that it should be someone who has mastered the gold nuggets." The person who owns the gold nugget made it himself. It is likely to be the shopkeeper, but there is no direct proof that it is him. We need to obtain further evidence."

"How to obtain evidence?"

"Catch traitors, catch thieves, catch thieves! Call Hu Yanzhong, the leader of the guards!"

Hu Yanzhong came soon, and Du Wenhao ordered him to arrange guards to wait around the Xiangyun Shroud Shop day and night, and to follow the shopkeeper, housekeeper and other high-level figures in the shop at any time.

However, unexpectedly for several days in a row, the people who were watching and following did not find anything abnormal, which made Du Wenhao and others very puzzled.

Zhan's mother's injury has basically healed. After Du Wenhao's examination, it was confirmed that she could be sent back for recuperation.

That night, after Du Wenhao gave the doctor's order, he ordered mother Zhan's eyes to be covered with black gauze, and then the guards carried her out of the yard of Detective Dong's house in a sealed sedan chair, helped her get off the sedan chair, and left. .

Mother Zhan pulled off her veil, recognized that this was the place where she was taken away for treatment, and opened the door to enter.

Kao Gongsi doctor Zhan Ti was just like a few days ago, sitting in the yard waiting for the news, and when he heard the news, he looked back and saw his mother walking in slowly, clutching her belly, and was surprised, afraid that he might have misread it. , called out: "Mom?!"

Mother Zhan also recognized her son, and said happily, "Son! Why are you here?"

Zhan Ti was overjoyed, and quickly stepped forward to support his mother: "Mother! You..., are you cured?"

"That's right! Engong, a supernatural doctor, cured me of my illness. My stomach doesn't hurt at all, and everything is back to normal."

Zhan Ti was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He called out the servants who were hiding in the house. The servants knelt down to congratulate the old lady on her recovery.Surrounded by the old lady, they boarded the carriage, thanked Police Officer Dong, and went back home.

On the way, Zhan asked his mother to pass by, and Zhan's mother said:

"Those people are all wearing veils, I don't know who they are, and they don't let me go out, so I don't know where they are, but they must be in the capital, because I saw the fireworks in the city during the Chinese New Year, and I heard Xiangguo The bell of the temple is likely to be near the Xiangguo Temple. However, they said that they live in seclusion in the capital and don't want others to disturb them, so let's just keep this gratitude in our hearts and don't go to visit, so as not to disturb the benefactor clean up."

"The boy knows."

"By the way, son, you can do something for your mother. There is a county magistrate named Pang Jinghui in Dongda County, Gedong Prefecture. Help me transfer him to the capital as an official. Can you?"

"Dong Da county magistrate?" Zhan Ti was slightly taken aback: "Is this person related to the benefactor who saved my mother?"

"Don't ask, don't inquire, just do what mother said. Also, don't tell anyone about it, including Zhan Jinghui, just say that he has outstanding achievements in politics, and he can be transferred to the capital as an official."

"Mother, you are really right. Years ago, the Ministry of Officials assessed officials from all over the country. There was a plague in Gedong Mansion at the end of last year, and tens of thousands of people died. However, less than 1000 people died in Dongda County where Zhan Jinghui lives. According to the assessment, the county's epidemic prevention is very good, especially a young doctor named Du Wenhao, who invented a kind of equipment that can prevent the epidemic, and took many very effective measures, leading the doctors in the city to In the isolation area outside the city, he risked his life to treat illnesses and save lives, and countless people survived. At that time, he was appointed as a yamen medical officer.

Recently, it was reported that the epidemic there has been completely eradicated. The magistrate Zhuang Jimou and the county lieutenant Zhan Jinghui have made outstanding achievements. Both of them were transferred to the capital to serve as officials, but one was monotonous, fearing that people would gossip. "

"Well, that's very thoughtful. Then transfer both of them to the capital, by the way, and the capable young doctor."

Zhan Ti shook his head: "This Dr. Du died in a mob riot. The prefecture and county have already reported to the Ministry of Rites to set up a memorial archway for him. By the way, it is said that this doctor's medical skills are like gods. Miraculous doctor Qian Yi and Mr. Qian are all his apprentices. This person is good at Hua Tuo's magical skills, and he once cured Master Jingci who was terminally ill and presided over Baiyun Nunnery in Gedong Mansion.

This Master Jingci is so extraordinary. The White Clothes Society she founded has tens of thousands of believers, and even many high-ranking officials in Fucheng are believers in the society. Therefore, Fucheng has built a meritorious memorial archway for him. Unfortunately, the memorial archway has just been established. It's gone, alas!Otherwise, with his superb medical skills that are good at Hua Tuo's magical skills, he should be recommended to enter the Imperial Hospital. What a pity! "

Mother Zhan nodded, and asked casually, "What kind of medical skill is Hua Tuo's magical skill?"

"Laparotomy to heal wounds! It is to cut open a person's stomach, heal the disease inside, and then sew it back together. People will be fine and fine!"

Mother Zhan's heart skipped a beat. The young doctor who treated her also cut open her abdomen to heal it, and then sewed it up. She subconsciously touched the location of the incision on her abdomen, thinking, could this reclusive doctor have the same relationship with the dead young doctor? What is the origin of the miracle doctor?
(End of this chapter)