Song Yi

Chapter 379

An Yilong said: "Master Du has been exhausted all the way, why don't you go to the government office to rest for a while?"

Du Wenhao said: "Forget it, you have come to wait for me at the gate of the city, which means that this matter must be very difficult and very anxious. Anyway, this is not far from the Yamen, let's talk while walking, I am also tired from the carriage I want to go."

An Yilong said with a smile: "Master Du is very true, and the humble official also has this intention, so let's talk about it while walking. Sir, please, there is an alley leading to the yamen, it is relatively quiet, and you can talk. "

An Yilong led Du Wenhao and others to an alley to the east.Slowly said: "A few days ago, a village woman went to the government office to beat drums and complain that a well-known old man in our East Street killed her mother-in-law Zhao because of a mistake in prescribing medicine. An inquiry came from the doctor. The doctor handed over the prescription he had prescribed to the humble official for review. The humble official did not understand medicine, so he invited another doctor to review it. Everyone who asked about it said that there was nothing wrong with the prescription. The humble official intends to dismiss the plaintiff's complaint. Please, helpless..."

Du Wenhao smiled and said, "Does this old woman have any background?"

An Yilong was surprised and said: "Your Excellency is really smart, you can guess right!"

"It's hard to guess. Since other doctors say that the prescription is fine, and if he doesn't have any background, you can just reject the appeal and it's over. Why go to the gate of the city and wait for me to come back to make the decision. You want to put Give me the ball, right?"

An Yilong turned pale with shock: "I don't dare to be humble! It is true that this woman has some background, so I dare not make rash decisions."

"Really?" Du Wenhao smiled, "What is the background of this woman?"

"Actually, there is no background. It's just that the old lady who died was inscribed by Emperor Renzong when she was young."

"Oh?" Du Wenhao was slightly taken aback, "How can a rural peasant woman get the late emperor's imperial brush?"

Speaking of this matter, An Yilong was very proud, stroked his gray beard and said: "Emperor Renzong once visited Luzhou when he was on tour, it was a cold winter, Emperor Renzong woke up early that morning, worried I couldn't sleep because of state affairs, so I wanted to go for a walk in the street. I only brought two bodyguards, and I was walking in the empty street. I saw this woman, Mrs. Zhao, and she picked up a ravioli to sell in the streets. Early. Emperor Renzong happened to be hungry, so he stopped her and ordered a bowl of wontons. They are still young, and life is very difficult. Emperor Renzong was also interested in it for a while, so he helped him to do business. Not to mention, with his help, the business really got better."

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "The first emperor really enjoyed the people."

"That's right. At dawn, all the wontons were sold out. The woman was very grateful. After Emperor Renzong did this small business, he was also in a good mood. He saw that there was a literary and ink shop on the street. He took a pen and paper, and wrote four big characters—"Shushen Zuogao". He took out a jade seal from his bosom and stamped it on it. The woman went in without knowing it, but the manager of the bookstore was a caring person. The seal was found to be the seal of the emperor's jade seal. Not only was she shocked, but she knelt down and kowtowed three times. The woman realized that it was the emperor who yelled for her and gave her the inscription. In panic, she knelt down and kowtowed. Emperor Renzong really After Jiamian said a few words, he looked up to the sky and laughed out loud."

Du Wenhao said: "Your majesty is playing around with the world, this woman is considered to be blessed and blessed, and she took advantage of the boss."

"Isn't that right? The news that this woman got the emperor's calligraphy quickly spread throughout the city and outside the city, and everyone came to witness it. The woman was afraid that the calligraphy would be damaged, so she took out her only savings, mounted it, and hung it Serve it wholeheartedly on the incense table in the living room of the thatched house. The former magistrate of Bizhou also came to pay his respects. Seeing that the emperor praised this woman's morality, he thought it was the highest honor in Bizhou. He immediately went to the Ministry of Rites and established chastity for this woman The archway, this archway is still standing at the entrance of their village outside the city!"

Du Wenhao understood a bit: "Oh, she is a chaste woman. And she was commended by the first emperor's inscription, so this is a bit tricky."

"That's right, this woman has been a widow all her life, and raised these three children by herself. She died this time, and the three children are grateful for the love of their mother. They must punish the doctor who misdiagnosed him. As for him, these three children will carry the late emperor's imperial pen to Beijing to file an imperial petition."
"Is that so?" Du Wenhao also had a headache.Stopping and contemplating, the person who tied the bell had to be untied, and he had to find a way to understand the thoughts of these three children. It seemed that it was necessary to go down and do an on-the-spot mediation.

Ke Yao had been listening quietly, but now he interjected, "Lord An, I wonder how far it is to Yangliu Village?"

Du Wenhao secretly laughed, you ghost girl is probably a roundworm in my stomach, I just stopped and you guessed everything before I opened my mouth.

An Yilong said: "Miss, what do you mean?"

Ke Yao put his hands back, smiled and said, "If it's not far away, why don't we go and see it now? Xiaozhi tried to convince the three children with emotion and reason."

An Yilong hurriedly said: "Then Yangliu Village is more than ten miles away from the city, and it will take at least two hours to go back and forth. It's getting late now, and I think it's better to let Mrs. Du rest for the night first. Besides, even though The corpse is still in the village, but the complaining woman is waiting at the inn in the city. If she wants to be persuaded, she must first convince this woman. She is the daughter-in-law of the old woman and has a very aggressive nature. You can convince others."

Du Wenhao said: "Okay, since that's the case, let's announce that the village woman will come to the hall to ask about the situation tomorrow."

An Yilong quickly bowed his head and said yes.

Who would have thought that An Yilong, when he saw that Du Wenhao wanted to be promoted to the court for questioning, he simply went back and told a group of people in the government office that as long as someone beat the drum and complained, they would all report to Du Wenhao for instructions.

Early the next morning, while Du Wenhao was still asleep, someone yelled softly outside the door. Du Wenhao got up and saw Pang Yuqin beside him sleeping soundly with her eyes closed. He got up, put on his clothes and put down the mosquito net, and walked to the door to open it.

I saw Yingzi standing outside the door, about to speak, hurriedly made a shush gesture, closed the door, walked to the corridor, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Master, just now a master surnamed Zhang came to the Yamen of the state government and said that according to their Lord An's order, starting from today, all those who beat the drums and complained will be reported to the Lord for decision."

Du Wenhao twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "What does this An Yilong mean? You want to see me make a fool of myself?"

Someone behind said: "No!"

Du Wenhao and Yingzi looked back, only to see Master Shen smiling and shaking the folding fan that never leaves his body all year round.

Du Wenhao said: "What do you think, sir?"

Master Shen shook his head lightly and said: "There is an unwritten rule in the officialdom, that is, the big ones give way to the small ones. This is a kind of courtesy. Since you said you want to question the plaintiff, he will think that you are going to be promoted. The case has been settled, so I will give you a good posture. As far as the post of criminal officer is concerned, if necessary, you can also be promoted to the court for interrogation."

"Is that so?" Du Wenhao said with some panic, "I've never been raised to ask questions."

Master Shen's folding fan stopped in mid-air, his small eyes squinted as if he had fallen asleep, and he said slowly after a long while: "If you come, you will be at ease. Your lord, wise and virtuous, naturally come at your fingertips, but it's just a small medical case. It won’t bother adults either.”

Du Wenhao sighed lightly: "Forget it, since the master said so, then I'll drive the ducks to the shelves and have a go."
After breakfast, I put on my official uniform and came to the back hall of the yamen.

Mr. Shen briefly explained the rules of the hall promotion to Du Wenhao, and Mr. Shen was hearing the trial behind him, and he knew it well, so he didn't panic.

After the drums were played, Du Wenhao swayed to the hall and sat on the grand master's chair behind the Nuan Pavilion plan.On the top of the head is an upright plaque, and on the left is Mr. An Yi Long'an, sitting beside him in formal clothes.

On both sides are yamen servants holding water and fire sticks, and a middle-aged woman is kneeling in the hall. Although she is dressed simply, she is clean. It looks like she changed into clean clothes before she came. This is the one who sued the immortal. The plaintiff of the old doctor in the guest clinic, the daughter-in-law of a chaste and martyr.

She lowered her head and put her hands on her knees. Sitting on the right side of the hall was Mr. Zhang from the government office. There were four treasures of the study in front of the desk. He was holding a pen in one hand and bent over the desk with the other. Sitting here, the whole hall looked solemn and solemn.

Du Wenhao thought to himself, no wonder the officials on TV are willing to be promoted to interrogate prisoners. This feeling is really "cool"... No, how cool is the word! !

I heard Master Shen said before that there is such a rumor in the officialdom, "As long as you are promoted to the court and the case is settled, you will have no worries about food and clothing." The yamen servants probably want to pretend to be a tiger, but Du Wenhao doesn't want to be like those corrupt officials who "wear a black gauze hat and eat the plaintiff and the defendant". He has his own ideas. This case has been tried and clarified, and I will also be the master of Qingtian once again!

When Du Wenhao thought of this, Gavel looked at Master Shen behind him naturally and habitually, only to see that he was smiling slightly towards him, and there was encouragement in this smile.

The startled tree slapped and sat on the table made of fir, and the servants under the stage immediately shouted in unison, the plaintiff was probably distracted, and when he heard the sound, he fell to the ground in fright and quickly knelt up straight again.

Du Wenhao said straightly: "Who is in the audience, what is the reason for beating the drums, and who do you want to sue?"

"I……"

Before the village woman opened her mouth, An Yilong coughed lightly on the stage, and said: "How can you call yourself me in front of the judge?"

"Oh, the daughter of the people wants to sue the doctor surnamed Sun. He murdered my mother-in-law for money and life."

Du Wenhao said: "Your name, where is your family name, why did you call a woman to complain, where is your man?"

"Ms. Zhou, a folk woman, is from Yangliu Village, ten miles away from Luzhou City. The man in my family fell ill due to excessive grief. There is still an elderly father-in-law and a baby waiting to be fed at home."

Du Wenhao asked that Zhou family: "Are these words of yours true, or did someone teach you to say them in advance?"

Mrs. Zhou took a sneaky look at Mr. Zhang, and hesitated for a long while before saying: "It's... the woman who came up with it herself."

Du Wenhao: "You said that the doctor surnamed Sun killed your mother-in-law, what evidence do you have?"

Mrs. Zhou said angrily: "My mother-in-law has an old problem of coughing and wheezing, and it gets worse every spring. Sometimes she coughs all day long, and when it is severe, she can't sleep all night. Because this doctor Sun has a great reputation, many people People said that his medical skills are very good, so I took my mother-in-law to him. What did he boast about at the time, saying that my mother-in-law's illness would be greatly improved within three doses of medicine, who would have thought... oh my god..." Speaking of this, he burst into tears.

Du Wenhao: "This is Zhou's courtroom, no noise is allowed."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou stopped and dared not cry any more.

Du Wenhao said again: "Okay, here comes someone, and bring that Langzhong Sun to the hall."

I saw two officials brought up an old man, thin and small, with completely white hair, slightly burdened around the waist, with a frightened look on his face. Seeing a young official sitting on the stage, even the magistrate was sitting on the side, so he was even more worried. Nervous, with his head lowered, he walked into the hall, and before the yamen servant could speak, he knelt on the ground tremblingly and called out Lord Qingtian.

"The hall is the doctor Sun from Xiankelai Medical Center?" Du Wenhao asked
"It's...it's the grass people."

"How long have you been a doctor?"

"I studied with my master at the age of 12, and became a teacher at the age of 22. Now I have been practicing medicine for 50 years."

It turned out to be an old doctor, Du Wenhao couldn't help feeling secretly, and said to the Zhou family: "Have you brought the prescription that Sun Langzhong gave your mother-in-law?"

Mrs. Zhou took out a piece of paper from her bosom, Master Zhang got up and took it, went to the front of the stage and handed it to Du Wenhao with both hands, Du Wenhao took it and looked at it, and said: "Can you leave the medicine residue?"

"It has been handed over to the Yamen." Mrs. Zhou glanced at Master Zhang.

Mr. Zhang got up and bowed and replied: "Responding to Mr. Du's words, the medicine dregs are left in the government office, and I will bring you the little one." After speaking, he took out a crock pot for boiling medicine from under the case and walked to it. Put it on a few cases in front of the stage.

Du Wenhao smelled it, looked at the prescription again, and ordered it to be put aside.

"Mr. Zhou, I want to ask you, is your medicine the one that was prescribed when you saw Cyclamen?" Du Wenhao asked.

Mrs. Zhou nodded affirmatively: "Naturally, the folk woman is the medicine that the cyclist came to grab. There is nothing wrong with a total of three."

Du Wenhao: "Then your mother-in-law died after taking several medicines?"

Mrs. Zhou said: "After taking the first dose of medicine, it seems to be getting better. Mr. Sun said that three days is a pair. Who would want to take it after three days? My mother-in-law actually had a lot of diarrhea, and finally died of diarrhea, woo woo woo ..."

Du Wenhao: "Okay, Mrs. Zhou, please don't cry, I will ask you again, who decocted your mother-in-law every time you took the third medicine?"

Mrs. Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "I cooked it the first time, and my uncle fried it the second time. He is listening to the trial outside the lobby."

Du Wenhao: "Mr. Zhou, you should think about it clearly."

Zhou's face was blank, and said: "My lord, this medicine was all caught in the Xiankelai medical clinic, and it doesn't matter who cooks it, why do you ask the women like this?"

An Yilong said in a deep voice: "Bold and unreasonable, you can answer whatever your lord asks you. Why is there any reason to ask your lord back?"

Du Wenhao waved his hand, signaling to An Yilong to stay calm.He turned around and called Master Shen to bow his head and say a few words, Master Shen backed away, An Yilong wanted to ask, but he opened his mouth and still didn't speak.

Du Wenhao: "Since your uncle is away, then bring him here."

After a while, a barefoot man in his 50s came up with his waist bowed, walked to the front of the hall and knelt down without saying a word.

Du Wenhao: "What's your name, how old are you this year? What does it have to do with the deceased?"

"Caomin Hongsan, six out of fifty this year. He is the deceased's...second son."

"Hong San, at your age, you should have a grandson, right?"

"Back to Elder Master, Caomin has three grandsons and one granddaughter."

Du Wenhao motioned Master Zhang to pass the earthen pot to Hong San, and said, "Do you know who made the medicine in this earthen pot?"

Hong San looked carefully at the earthen jar, then poked his nose out and smelled it, and said, "It's made by grass people."

Du Wenhao laughed and said, "How do you know that this is the medicine you brewed? What if we give you an identical earthen jar and put some other medicine in it?"

Hong Sandao: "The taste of this medicine is familiar to the grassroots. That day when I fed my mother the medicine, she also said that the medicine smelled strange and she didn't want to drink it. I said that the good medicine tastes bitter, so it's best for my mother to drink it. Who wants to drink it at night?" ... Cao Min knew this was the case... It was all Cao Min's fault, she didn't want to drink it or not, but who would have thought that this quack doctor killed people and prescribed medicine randomly, but I still persuaded my mother to take this kind of medicine for tigers and wolves, she is simply a sinner... …Damn it! Woohoo”

Du Wenhao turned his head and asked the woman: "Mr. Zhou, when you decocted this medicine for your mother-in-law for the first time, did she refuse to drink it?"

Zhou shook her head: "No."

Du Wenhao looked at An Yilong at the side, and said, "Master An, do you have any questions?"

An Yilong cleared his throat and nodded respectfully to Du Wenhao, then asked Mrs Zhou: "Mr Zhou, did your mother-in-law say that the medicine has a strange smell?"

Zhou: "I didn't mention it, I served it to my mother-in-law, and she drank it."

An Yilong nodded, and said to Lang Zhong: "You should have heard what they said just now, right? Did you make a mistake?"

"It's absolutely impossible!" Dr. Sun said, "Maybe this woman is playing tricks!"

Zhou sternly said: "What are you talking about? Don't spout blood!"

"Hmph! Your mother-in-law is old and frail, and she has a lot of illnesses. She often sees me. The so-called long-term sickness has no filial son. You must be tired of serving your chronically-sick mother-in-law like this every day. Naturally, you have murderous intentions!"

"You are talking nonsense! You are a thief doctor, you killed my mother-in-law, and you are still spraying dung, you will die, and the sky will be struck by lightning...!" Zhou's obscenities continued.

Du Wenhao didn't stop him, just watched with a smile.It seems that I have never heard a shrew swearing at the street, and I am very interested in hearing it.

How could Sun Langzhong scold the street better than this Zhou family? With his old face flushed, he stammered back a sentence or two, and occasionally shook his head and sighed, but girls and villains are hard to raise.

An Yilong couldn't stand it anymore, coughed heavily, Zhou Shi came to his senses, stopped cursing, and kowtowed to Du Wenhao: "My lord, the women treat their mother-in-law wholeheartedly, and have no other intentions, please learn from me !"

(End of this chapter)