The Forensic Doctor's Daughter-in-law

Chapter 236 New Clue, Lotus Answer (2)
Since there is still nothing to gain, she will not stay in the Wang family for a long time. After leaving the Wang family, Dou Zihan did not return home immediately. She had already said in front of Mrs. Murong that she was going to the prison to meet the serial murderer in the lotus case. , then simply solve it once and for all.

This Wang's house is not far from the Yamen of Jingzhao Yin. Considering Dou Zihan's status as a woman, they did not drive a carriage, but walked all the way on foot.

The streets of the capital are still crowded with people. When passing by the door of an inn, Dou Zihan noticed that most of the guests entering and leaving the inn were wearing Mr. Wensheng scarves. On the surface, most of these guests appeared to be more elegant.

Dou Zihan looked up and found that the words Zhuangyuan Pavilion were written on the door of the inn.

Master Liu, who was following Dou Zihan, followed Dou Zihan's gaze, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the period of autumn, and most of the people living in this Zhuangyuan Pavilion are candidates who will take the exam tomorrow. The most talented talents are none other than Mr. Pei Nineteen, Mr. Wang, Mr. Huang, and three of them died in one fell swoop, which is much cheaper than those from other places."

"They are all very talented. Is it possible that they still want to participate in this year's Qiu Wei?" Dou Zihan didn't pay attention to what Master Liu said, but when she saw these moves, her thoughts flew to Li For the third son, after all, from the moment the emperor ordered the marriage, the fate of the two of them was closely linked.

Dou Zihan didn't expect to get any good grades in the examination of the third son of Li, but deep down he still hoped that a miracle would happen and he would be awarded a Jinshi.

In the political system of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, as long as those who passed the Jinshi examination, except for the first [-] who were eligible to participate in the palace examination, the rest had the opportunity to be released from outside and become small officials of the seventh or eighth rank. , It is still possible to be a county magistrate in a small place.

While thinking this way, she suddenly heard Master Liu's words, Mr. Pei Shijiu's literary talent is good, she already knew this when he came to Cui's family to propose marriage, but the other two, are they also talented?If you want to find the connection between the three dead people, isn't this a common point?

"Your Excellency may know about this." Master Liu didn't expect that his casual words would attract Dou Zihan's attention, but he was really not clear about this question, so he immediately left the question to his lord.

"Master Liu, what you said really reminded the government. Indeed, these three people will indeed participate in this year's autumn." Murong Yue is not stupid. When Dou Zihan asked such a rhetorical question, he quickly caught it. The point of the question.

I will not talk about Mr. Pei Nineteen. He is already familiar with the Pei family. This Mr. Wang planned to study in the Imperial College and went to Beijing two years ago. As for Mr. Huang's father, Mr. Huang, he was born 24 years ago The number one scholar in the new department, Mr. Huang is even more like a tiger father and no dog son. He is indeed a talented man with a reputation far and wide.Mr. Huang died inexplicably, and Mr. Huang was also very sad.

So, could the deaths of these three people have something to do with this year's Qiuwei?In any case, in the current situation where I have no clue, this is also a way of thinking, so I have to look it up later.

After Dou Zihan heard that Murong Yue had also paid attention to this point, she didn't continue to say more. The most important thing to investigate the case was Murong Yue's affairs, and she should not worry about it.

A few people started again and left the Zhuangyuan Pavilion behind. Perhaps as Master Liu said, the people who live here, after a few days, may be named on the gold list and enter the political circle of the Eastern Tang Dynasty. In the past few days, she had planned to choose a husband-in-law among these people, but the plan would not be as good as changing, and fortunately, no one was actually chosen, otherwise, it would be troublesome if the imperial decree of marriage was issued thing.

Since the murderer of the lotus serial murder case has not yet appeared in court and the verdict has not yet come down, he is temporarily locked up in Jing Zhaoyin's cell. After the verdict, he will be transferred to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

This time, walking with Murong Yue, they naturally walked through the gate of Jingzhao Yamen. This was the first time Dou Zihan came to Jingzhao Yamen in the Eastern Tang capital.

From the outside, this yamen does not occupy a large area, and the architectural style is relatively simple and solemn. From the outside, it is not conspicuous. There is a big drum outside the yamen, which looks old. The yamen guarding the door sees After leaving Murong Yue to go back to the government office, he immediately stepped forward to greet her.

It was the first time that Dou Zihan entered the Yamen of Jingzhaoyin, and he was still curious. He looked casually along the way, and there was nothing particularly surprising about the scenery inside the Yamen. Of course, they have been walking on the main road now, and the scenery they saw along the way This is limited.

Murong Yue didn't go back to Hou Ya immediately, but took Dou Zihan directly to the dungeon where the murderer of the lotus serial murder case was held.

Since this criminal is not an ordinary criminal, and her martial arts are quite powerful, naturally she cannot be locked up with ordinary criminals, just locked in a dungeon.

Of course, the dungeon was in a relatively secluded place. When we arrived at the entrance of the dungeon on the ground, two yamen servants guarding it had already stepped forward to salute.

One of them stepped forward to unlock the upper door of the dungeon, and the other prepared a lit lantern for illumination.

As soon as the door of the dungeon was opened, the yamen servant carrying the lantern walked in front, followed by Murong Yue, Dou Zihan followed behind Murong Yue, then Master Liu, and two guards.

As the name suggests, the dungeon is naturally an underground prison cell. The prison cell of this era cannot be compared with modern times. To be honest, Dou Zihan is still somewhat curious.

As soon as he stepped down two steps, Dou Zihan felt a chill.At this time, it was already autumn, but it was not late autumn yet. She didn't feel it on the ground, but when she walked down, the cold air from the ground came up, which made her shiver uncontrollably.

After walking down a few steps, the unpleasant smell in the dungeon came into her nose. However, she was used to the smell of various corpses and formalin, so this smell was nothing. .

After they got down the steps completely, Dou Zihan's eyes gradually adapted to the light in the dungeon. There were also two guards in the dungeon. After Murong Yue and the others went down the steps, the two came forward to salute.

Under the steps is a small space of less than ten square meters. This space seems to be specially prepared for the guards. There is a square table, two stools, and two small dishes on the table. There was a jug of wine and a plate of meat. It could be seen that the two jailers were eating.

Dou Zihan wandered around and took a casual look at the surrounding environment. The dungeon of this era is not like a modern cement basement. Naturally, the quality of the construction is not guaranteed. The uneven stones on the walls have not been polished smooth, let alone, There are still some nasty stains on it.These two jailers can still eat in such an environment, I am afraid they are used to it.

(End of this chapter)