Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 326 Forensic medicine is a profession that cannot be ignored
A smile appeared on Wang Pingan's face. It would be great if Di Renjie could be stuffed into Dali Temple.Not only can Di Renjie display his abilities, but he can also settle a concern.When the scientific examination is over tomorrow, I will nominate him as a Jinshi no matter what I say. At that time, Di Renjie will naturally enter Dali Temple as an official, which will be of great benefit to his future official career!

Wang Pingan said: "Thank you very much. If Mr. Qin has any difficulties, don't be polite to your brother, just open your mouth! By the way, I haven't dared to ask Mr. Qin what to call him?"

Qin Shaoqing said: "My lower official, Qin Siyuan."

Wang Pingan gave a thumbs up and said: "A good name, remembering the source when drinking water, brother Qin must be a person who values ​​love and righteousness!" After boasting, he turned to Tao Dongsheng and said: "Brother Tao's name is also good, the sun rises! Please, Brother Tao, go to Inspiration Temple and call my brother Di Renjie, if you have seen him, just say I am waiting for him in Dali Temple!"

He is the immediate boss of the men of the Tao family, so Tao Dongsheng would not dare to disobey what he said.Tao Dongsheng agreed, and left Dali Temple to find Di Renjie.

Qin Siyuan invited Wang Ping'an and Tao Dongsheng into the side room for tea, chatting without saying a word.After half an hour, someone came to report that the county magistrate of Chang'an had come, bringing with him the woman, the assistant, and a group of plaintiffs.

Qin Siyuan was about to invite Wang Ping'an and the others to go to the hall together, but Wang Ping'an said: "No hurry, let's go again when my brother comes. I have something to ask him, and Brother Qin will also listen to him to see if he is qualified enough to enter Dali. Temple."

"Your Majesty wants to test my brother, that's fine, I'll just sit in on it!" Qin Siyuan said politely.

After a while, Di Renjie was led by Tao Dongsheng into Dali Temple to see Wang Ping'an.Wang Pingan introduced him to Qin Siyuan, and after being courteous, he told Di Renjie about the case that was going to be tried later.

On the way, Di Renjie heard from Tao Dongsheng that his eldest brother would recommend him to enter Dali Temple.He had expected that the Sir Shaoqing sitting above would be the "examiner" this time, and wanted to see his own abilities.

Hearing what Wang Pingan said, he thought for a while, and after thinking about all the situations, he said: "The key point of this case is to determine whether the patient who was burned to death died of an accidental fire, or was murdered. , as long as this key point is understood, the case is not difficult to solve."

Qin Siyuan snorted, glanced at Wang Ping'an, and thought: "This young man is not bad, he is not very old, could it be that a hero is a young man, and I am already old?"

Wang Pingan smiled, he knew that Di Renjie would definitely be able to settle this case, because Di Renjie had tried similar cases in the future, and it was ten times more complicated than this case, so it still didn't bother him!

He said: "Then tell me, how can we determine the cause of death of the deceased?"

Di Renjie immediately replied: "Check to see if there is soot in the mouth of the deceased, if there is any, then the death is due to an accident, if not, it is death and murder!"

Qin Siyuan laughed loudly after hearing his answer, and said: "Okay, then let's go to the trial together." Standing up, he and Wang Ping'an and others went out of the wing room and went to the lobby.

The county magistrate of Chang'an looked at the few people kneeling in the lobby with displeasure. Most of these people were dressed as farmers. Even a cow can't hold it back!

These farmers are the uncles of the patient who died. They are all elders. Their nephew died strangely. Of course they quit. People in this era are most concerned about blood relatives. After the death of a loved one, they certainly refused to give up, and would sue whatever they said.

Beside them, there is a woman kneeling. This woman is about [-] years old and looks average, but she is very coquettish. The corners of her eyes and brows are endlessly romantic. To be honest, my eyes kept looking around, and there was no time to be honest.

The magistrate of Chang'an thought to himself: "How could such a delicate and tender woman be a murderer? These old mud legs must have wronged her. They must say that the dead ghost was killed by her!"

There was a cough from the back of the hall, and Qin Siyuan came out, and the magistrate of Chang'an immediately stood up, startled, very surprised, of course he recognized Qin Siyuan, this is the second in command of Dali Temple.But Qin Siyuan does not try civil cases, he is Shaoqing, even if he wants to try a case, he is an official who tries it, ordinary people's cases are handled by lower-level judges.But this time not only Qin Siyuan came out, but also a purple-robed official behind him, and this official turned out to be Wang Pingan who has been in the limelight recently!

The magistrate of Chang'an hurriedly saluted Wang Ping'an and Qin Siyuan, told the identities of the following people, and then withdrew, and Qin Siyuan rewarded him with a seat.

The yamen servant came over with three blocks, Wang Pingan sat next to the case, Tao Judong sat under him, Tao Dongsheng sat next to the county magistrate of Chang'an, and Di Renjie stood behind Wang Pingan because he had no official status.

Qin Siyuan picked up the blower, which is also commonly known as the gavel, slapped it, and shouted: "Who is kneeling below, please report the name!" Although the Chang'an County Magistrate has already introduced it, Dali Temple is the most procedural The place and the process that should be followed are all indispensable!

Those uncles hurriedly reported their names tremblingly, they were all surnamed Liu, and the woman also said that she didn't have a name, she just called herself Liu Hong's, but she didn't show any fear at all!

Di Renjie carefully looked at the expressions of the crowd, lowered his head, and said in Wang Ping'an's ear: "Ordinary people will be afraid when they go to the court, no matter whether they are justified or not. This woman is not afraid, which means that she is well prepared in her heart. I have already thought about how to deal with it in my heart. There is no need to investigate the cause of her husband's death, it can be concluded that it must have something to do with her!"

Wang Pingan hummed, turned around and asked the judge who was in charge of recording the case to bring a pen and paper, and scribbled down a few lines, which were exactly what Di Renjie said, and asked the yamen servant to hand it over to Qin Siyuan.

Qin Siyuan looked at the paper, and then at Di Renjie, showing no expression.He slapped the gavel again, and asked about the case.

After asking a few words, the members of the Liu family became excited, pointed at Liu Hong and said, "She doesn't obey women's morals, hooks up with wild men, and thinks that our nephew is in bed for a long time, which hinders her good deeds, so she murders her. killed him!"

But Liu Hongshi started to cry, and kept saying that she worked hard, she was in the fields during the day, and she had to take care of her husband when she got home at night, so how could she have the time to hook up with wild men.On the contrary, she said that the members of the Liu clan bullied her, especially those in the hall, and even touched her. It was only because she refused to agree to have an affair with them that they hated her and kept suing her!
This kind of thing, unless you catch it on the spot, otherwise you can't explain it clearly afterwards. Yes or no, just rely on your mouth, isn't that just a casual statement.

The few members of the Liu family who came here were all honest people, and they were not too young. When Liu Hong said that they almost gave up on the oldest one, they all cried out for their grievances. This matter!

Di Renjie whispered in Wang Ping'an's ear again: "This woman is lying, such as she works hard in the fields all day, why is her skin fair, and her fingers are long and delicate, and she has long nails, how can ordinary peasant women be like this?"

Wang Pingan hummed, turned around and asked for another piece of paper, wrote a few lines, and handed it to Qin Siyuan.After Qin Siyuan looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but look at the woman.The woman looked down, with a look of complacency on her face, she even gave Qin Siyuan a flying eye!

The magistrate of Chang'an could see clearly from below, and could not help scolding in his heart, this woman is too coquettish, when she was interrogating her, she slapped her eyes like this, and now she is doing the same to Master Qin, really shameless!
But the members of the Liu clan were all panicked. Some time ago, Liu Hong's flying eyes beat the Chang'an county magistrate into confusion, and he was about to close the case in a daze, saying that it had nothing to do with her. Could it be possible? Will it be the same today?
Qin Siyuan's heart fluttered, and he thought: "This woman is so coquettish. Although she looks ordinary, she has such a charm that ordinary men can't stand it!"

He said: "Come here, pass it on to the hall, and bring up Liu Ergou's body!" Liu Ergou is the name of the deceased.

All these things were prepared. As soon as he gave the order, someone carried Liu Ergou's body up, and the post-mortem work was also brought up.

Qin Siyuan asked: "Wu Zuo, have you ever done a detailed examination of the corpse?"

Wu Zuo was very young, only in his early twenties, and his clothes were slightly tattered. He would kneel down to Qin Siyuan as soon as he came in.

Before the Song Dynasty, Wu Zuo was one of the 36 professions, which was extremely lowly. Children from good families would not do this business, and could only be performed by untouchables or slaves. , It has come to an end, because the government expressly stipulates that the descendants of Wu Zuo are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination!
This is an extreme occupational discrimination!

Due to the low status of the scribes and the inability to dissect the corpses, and almost all of the scribes have never read books, of course they are not qualified to study. This cannot be blamed on them. They usually do odd jobs to make ends meet. The officials called for an autopsy, so it would be ridiculous to say that they were motivated to work. If they were not forced by life, who would be interested in corpses!
This situation lasted until the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was broken by a person named Song Ci, and the status of Wu Zuo was improved. Song Ci is the famous father of forensic medicine and wrote "Winning Injustice Collection".

The young Wu replied: "Small, the villain checked very carefully. Liu Ergou didn't have any wounds from the beating, not death or trauma. The villain probed his throat, chest and abdomen with silver needles. The silver needles He hasn't changed color, so he's not dead or poisoned. It looks like he was burned to death!"

Qin Siyuan said: "Then have you checked his mouth?"

Wu Zuo hurriedly said: "I checked, and the silver needle didn't change color, so..."

"Is there any soot in his mouth?" Qin Siyuan didn't have the time to talk nonsense with him, so he asked directly.

With a blank face, Wu Zuo said, "No, there is no soot!" He didn't understand, what does the presence of soot have to do with the cause of death?
Qin Siyuan looked at Wang Ping'an, Wang Ping'an curled his lips, thinking: "It really is murder!"

(End of this chapter)