The Delicate Lady Coroner

Seeing Han Jiang's corpse, several of the concubines from the Han family began to cry again. Wu Xiang pinched his eyebrows and calmed them for a while. After Wu Xiang told the results of Bo Ruoyou's examination , The women looked at each other, all puzzled, Mrs. Han asked: "This means that we can't rely on others for this matter, it all depends on our master?"

Wu Xiang said in a serious tone: "How to judge, you still can't tell at the moment. You should also think about whether there is any discomfort in Han Jiang during these days, or if there is any other strangeness. Moreover, you should go to the moon tower. I know, he once mentioned whether Lanyuelou would use some methods that are not on the stage. You think Lanyuelou has done it before, and you have to show evidence."

Madam Han frowned, seeming to think about it. At this time, the younger brother Han Jiang who was standing at the back came forward, "Sister-in-law, first take the corpse of your brother back and let him go into the soil for safety. Other punishments and I believe that the Yamen is the case."

This younger brother is reasonable. Madam Han glanced at him, she didn't know what she thought of, and her face was compromised. She first asked the yamen about the regulations, and then asked the servant to come in and remove Han Jiang's body. Bo Ruoyou stood aside, her eyes faint. Falling on Han Jiang's younger brother.

Brother Han Jiang looked at his double ten years, he was quite handsome in life, and his manners were also quite ethical. What attracted Bo Ruoyou's attention was his rather decadent complexion. Although he stood straight, he was black now. His face turned yellow, and his eyes were dull. He lacked breath when speaking, and inexplicably gave him a sense of emptiness. Bo Ruoyou looked at him for a moment, then glanced at the corpse of Han Jiang who was being moved, and couldn't help but show his eyebrows. The more wrinkled, the tighter.

She suspected that the second young master of the Han family was also indulging in wine.

Han Jiang’s body was removed, and everyone in the Han family followed out. Bo Ruoyou packed up the wooden box and went out with him at the end. Wu Xiang in front said to them while walking: What good thing is that if you break your body at a young age, it's easy to get into trouble. If your husband is better off, how can it happen now?"

Wu Xiang also seemed to see that Han Jiang's younger brother was a little weird, so he warned: "Especially the younger generation in the family, you must take care of it."

Mrs. Han wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I often persuade him, but he is the head of the family, so how can he listen to us, but in our family, he is the only one who is not doing his job properly."

Wu Xiang raised his chin at his brother Han Jiang, "These two young masters..."

Madam Han looked at the back in front of him, "Second brother is going to study and test his fame, he is a person who is clean and self-conscious."

Wu Xiang nodded, and did not say any more, but Bo Ruoyou who walked behind was a little surprised, it was different from what she had guessed.

Everyone walked to the gate of Yizhuang and saw the two servants put Han Jiang's body into the carriage, but the dead were stiff, and the two of them were a little weak when they carried it all the way. At this moment, they were a little weak. Brother Han Jiang watched. , He stepped forward to help, he forcefully lifted the person up, but somehow, he was unable to make any difference, and in the end, it was Wu Xiang who went up to help.

Brother Han Jiang stepped back and took a few quick breaths. Bo Ruoyou saw that his hand hanging beside him was trembling all the time, and he seemed to be afraid of being discovered, so he quickly hid his hand in his sleeve. Here Mrs. Xiang Han is still talking to Wu Xiang, but his face is anxious and panic, his eyes are sweeping, and he feels a little frightened and uneasy.

He ignored other things, and walked towards his carriage. When climbing on the carriage, his legs and feet were soft, and he stumbled twice before crawling into it, and the curtains fell together thinly and quietly. I can't see him anymore, but the strange appearance of him makes her suspicious.

However, he is not a suspect, and she has no reason to go for cross-examination, only doubting whether he is ill.

Mrs. Han and Wu Xiang quickly agreed on the time to go to Yamen. The group got into the carriage, and the coachman raised his whip and was about to leave. They passed by, and when Han Jiang's brother's carriage passed by them, a familiar smell floated out of the carriage.

Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, and he subconsciously said: "Wait a moment!"

The coachman leaned back, and the carriage stopped a few steps away from Bo Ruoyou. Wu Xiang was still a little puzzled, but Bo Ruoyou had already stepped forward. She did not ask for a question, but leaned forward and lifted the curtain. Opened.

In the carriage, his head was dim and cramped, only his brother Han Jiang was sitting, and seeing him in the carriage, Bo Ruo was stunned on the spot.

He curled up on the couch, trembling all over, holding a purse in his hand, and smelling the contents of the purse like a demon, Bo Ruoyou didn't know what was inside. But surprised by the obsessive and painful look on his face, she couldn't help but said: "What's the matter with you?"

The movement of opening the curtains failed to wake him up. After Bo Ruoyou opened his mouth, he turned his eyes idiotically. A pair of eyes looked at Bo Ruoyou dumbly, and it took a long time to react. His expression changed slightly and he gritted his teeth. He came back on his feet, but he went to scold the coachman, "What do you stop for? Why don't you go back to the house?!"

The coachman was scared in his heart, and he didn't care about that much. The horse whip raised, and the carriage slowly moved. Bo Ruoyou couldn't, and he quickly stepped back to avoid it, and wanted to ask questions, but he felt that there was not enough reason.

Wu Xiang came up from behind, "What's wrong? What problem does he have?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "He's so strange, and I felt that his complexion was not right when he was just right. I opened the curtain just now, but found that he was smelling a purse vigorously, as if..."

Bo Ruoyou couldn't find suitable words to describe him for a while, "It seems to have some kind of illness, that purse is a life-saving medicine, but I smelled a very weak smell, the smell seems to be the same as that seen in Lanyuelou. Meixiang is somewhat similar."

Wu Xiang frowned, "I asked this brother if he also learned his elder brother, but Mrs. Han said no. I thought he was a result of reading and studying. Could it be that Mrs. Han is telling lies?"

At this point, Wu Xiang suddenly said: "Why do you think he looks a little like Xiao Hu?"

Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, "It's true, can Wu Catou go to see Hu Yuzuo earlier?"

Wu Xiang responded with a sad face. It is not a good habit to find flowers and ask Liu, but he and Hu Changqing are not related to each other. If this is the case, I don't know if he can persuade him.

Bo Ruoyou left Yizhuang to return home. Seeing that Huo Weilou had not sent anyone in the past two days, she felt that the beauty smiled but she still hadn’t found it. She had dinner, and then went into the study again. The books she wrote Before I finished reading it, I searched it again. These pharmacopoeias are all ancient books, and they all talk about the pharmacology of medicinal materials, which seems quite boring. Bo Ruoyou looked a little sleepy after watching it for a while, but the spirit of fighting was not relaxed. After watching this for more than half an hour, Bo Ruoyou's hand turning the pages of the book suddenly stopped.

She saw a record related to the beauty of laughter. She carefully read it twice and hurriedly came to Cheng Yunzhi with the booklet. Cheng Yunzhi was about to stop. Seeing her coming, she put on a dress and sat under the west window.

Bo Ruoyou pointed to the book and showed him, "Foot-father, let’s take a look. Here it is said that Meirenxiao is also called rice sac flower, also called hibiscus warbler, and nicknamed guillotine grass, so the daughter remembered seeing it last night. According to the travel notes, it is said that there are many rice sac flowers in the southwest, "the flowers are red, the flowers are clustered with thousands of leaves, the flowers are very large and dense, and the richness does not reduce the pill." It turns out that it is a beautiful smile!"

After she finished speaking, she asked Cheng Yunzhi to look down, "Foster father look at this place. This sentence was said by the former doctors, saying,'Today people are coughing over fatigue and use millet shells to stop work; for those with damp heat and leaching, use it to stop astringency. Although its ability to stop the disease is urgent, killing is like a sword, it should be a deep warning. It turns out that although this substance can be used as medicine and has good medicinal effects, it has many hidden dangers that need to be used with caution."

Cheng Yunzhi's expression was slightly solemn, "This thing is rare and rare, but it is rarely useful." He looked at Bo Ruoyou, "You are investigating this, or is it for the case? The deceased stepped on the seed of the beautiful smile, which can be used for medicine. It doesn’t matter how effective it is."

Bo Ruo faintly nodded, "It is true. If this flower is in the capital, I am afraid that it is more likely to be viewed than medicinal."

It was too late, since it had nothing to do with the case, Bo Ruoyou stopped talking, and only told Cheng Yunzhi to rest earlier. She also took the books and went back to the room to sleep. The next morning, Bo Ruoyou rode to the carriage. Go to Wu Zhaohou Mansion.

When he arrived at Wuzhaohou’s mansion, Huo Weilou was not in the mansion. Father Fu greeted her and said, “The flower is still not found, but something has been tried out in the jail. Hou Ye went to the jail last night. return."

Bo Ruoyou heard anxiously, "I came here precisely for this. I forgot to tell Lord Hou that day. I'm talking to my father-in-law now, and father-in-law can tell Lord Hou."

She told Father Fu what she had seen in the downtown area that day. Father Fu was a little surprised.

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "Not sure, but it's possible."

Father Fu nodded clearly, "Okay, I will tell Lord Hou."

Since Huo Weilou was not there, Bo Ruoyou stayed soon. After sitting for a while, he left and went straight to the Yamen to Yingmao. Not long after entering the Yamen, she saw Wu Xiang arrived with a calm face. Seeing Bo Ruoyou, he was very Some surprises, "I'm still hesitating to ask someone to invite you. I didn't expect you to have arrived. If so, let me go."

Bo Ruoyou looked straight, "Is there anyone murdered somewhere?"

Wu Xiang waved his hand, looked outside, and saw that no one was around and said, "It's not the case, it's Xiao Hu. I arrived at the Yamen this morning, and when I saw nothing happened, I went to his house. I found out that he was really sick, but it was a very strange disease. I was anxious, but he didn't want to ask a doctor. I thought you know medical science. Maybe you can go and see it?"

"Weird disease? What's the symptoms?" Bo Ruoyou asked.

Wu Xiang smiled bitterly, "I can't tell, you'll know if you follow me to have a look."

Bo Ruoyou agreed, and followed Wu Xiang to find Hu Changqing.

Hu Changqing did not pay much for his salary. His family lived in a private square in the southeast of the city. The yard had only one entrance. Although it was simple, it was quite neat and elegant. They arrived at the door of the house but found that the door was not locked, Wu Xiang Pushing the door and entering: "Xiao Hu, I will bring Xiao Bo to see you, your disease will be gone if it is not cured!"

The room was dim, and Wu Xiang took Bo Ruoyou straight into the inner room. Bo Ruoyou was shocked as soon as he walked in.

After three days of absence, Hu Changqing Mo was distracted, his beard and unshaven, as if he had become a person, but the most terrifying thing was that someone fell to the ground, but he was tied tightly to the bedpost by a cloth belt, and I don’t know how long he was tied. At this moment, his wrist was strangled with a large amount of bruises, and even became red and swollen, while others were limp on the ground, salivating from the corners of his lips, and people were shaking constantly.

Hearing the noise, he raised his eyes with difficulty, and what he recognized was Bo Ruoyou, with a bit of humiliation on his face.

"You go, I don't need... I don't need you to watch..."

His voice was hoarse, his lips were chapped, and his whole body shrank into a ball, as if trying to restrain something, and Bo Ruoyou asked in shock, "Who is binding him?"

Hu Changqing had a dead knot in his hand, and he struggled hard, which made the injury on his wrist obvious.

Wu Xiang heard the words and said, "He tied it up by himself. It has been tied for two days."

Bo Ruoyou was even more surprised, "Tie yourself?"

Wu Xiang gave a "um" and squatted down again, "Xiao Hu, we didn't come to see you making a joke, what's the matter with you, how come you look like this?"

Hu Changqing bit his lip and didn't speak, but he looked like he was being cursed. His eyes were sunken, his eyes were scattered, and his face was blue and white. Just looking at him like this, Bo Ruoyou only felt that his lamb was crazy. Like, but she knew well that Hu Changqing was not a lamb crazy like this, and he deliberately tied himself up, which seemed to be a way to save himself.

"Wu catches the head, don't ask, you go, I'm fine..."

Hu Changqing said, with uncontrollable tears overflowing from the corner of his eyes, Wu Xiang looked even more annoyed, "Xiao Hu, you are also a man, what has happened to you? What can't you say? Look at you like this. If I don't care about you, no one knows where you die."

He turned his eyes to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Can you see what disease he is suffering from?"

Bo Ruoyou frowned and shook her head. Seeing that Hu Changqing was reluctant to tell the truth, she had to look at the room. The layout of the room was very simple, but there were bookcases and desks to the west, as well as the four treasures of the study. At this time, Bo Ruoyou keenly noticed that something was missing on the book case.

She walked over and took a look, and found that the inkstone and pen holder were missing, and there was no paperweight, and when she turned her eyes to look elsewhere, she felt a sense of weirdness in the simplicity, and several grids on the shelf were empty. , But the gray mark left on it indicated that there was a porcelain ornament originally placed here, but when she looked around, she couldn't see a slightly more expensive object in the whole room.

"Have you sold many household items recently?"

Hu Changqing was naturally unable to answer, and at this time, Bo Ruoyou's eyes fell on the ground beside the bookcase, where there were scraps of paper that had not been burnt down. Bo Ruoyou walked over suspiciously and just picked it up. When she started, she smelled a strange smell. The paper left a circle of corners. When it was rolled up and burned, she put it on the end of her nose and smelled it, her complexion trembling slightly.

It was actually the same smell as the Meixiang seen in the brothel, but compared to what she saw in the brocade box the night before, the smell on the scraps of paper was more intense and pungent. At this time, she found it on the inch-long piece of paper. A touch of burnt black ashes.

She raised her hand and twisted it, feeling a sense of uneasiness in her heart.

"You got sick, is it related to this thing?"

She gestured the shredded paper to Hu Changqing. When Hu Changqing saw that the paper was stained with black and gray, not only did he not feel disgusted, but a eagerness appeared in the bottom of her eyes, as if the things on the paper were so precious and precious.

Seeing what Bo Ruoyou didn't know, she sternly said: "What is this? You are poisoned by this thing now, right?"

"No, no, this is not poison, it is not poisonous, it is the elixir that allows us mortals to enjoy bliss..."

As if recalling the wonderful taste, there was a flash of intoxication on his face, but it was this memory that made him more painful. Others shrank even tighter. For a while, they burst into tears, and people shook harder. See Wu Xiang squatted beside him, he even couldn't help but grabbed Wu Xiang's robe, and groaned in pain.

This look frightened the two of them, and Wu Xiang hurriedly helped him up, "What's the matter with you? But it hurts?"

"No, it's not...I think...I want..."

He seemed to have the last trace of saneness, did not say what he wanted, and the pain reached the extreme. He suddenly pushed Wu Xiang away, turned and slammed his head against the edge of the bed. Wu Xiang couldn't stop him, and he settled with two bangs. , Hu Changqing didn't know what strength he had used, and he hit himself with blood, and he collapsed.

"Hu Changqing!" Wu Xiang shouted anxiously.

Hu Changqing didn't seem to feel any pain at all. The blood flowed down to muzzle his eyes, but his eyebrows were relieved, as if the pain on his forehead eased his original pain, he trembled twice again, and then his head tilted and fainted. .

Wu Xiang was stunned. What kind of torture made him tied himself for two days and hit him with blood?

"Xiaobo, this...what the **** is going on?"

Bo Ruoyou Surong, although she still didn't know what was going on, but she felt that Hu Changqing was not sick, but poisoned. "He just said that he wanted it. He should want this thing. I smelled it, a bit like a scent. The Meixiang in the moon tower, he was afraid that he had obtained a more refined Meixiang, and then lit it with a paper roll, indulging in it—"

At this point, Bo Ruoyou felt that something was wrong. Meixiang was mostly used for aphrodisiac. Hu Changqing didn't have a wife. He ordered Meixiang at home, is it just for self-blasphemy? However, although Hu Changqing's clothes were a little messy, he did not show his chest and abdomen. It was not as she had guessed. But if it wasn't for aphrodisiac, what made Hu Changqing so addicted?

"He tied himself up, I'm afraid he doesn't want to use this thing anymore. I think that many things in his house are gone. This thing must be very valuable. If it's not simply Meixiang, then this thing..."

Bo Ruo pondered for a moment, and suddenly a bright light flashed in his mind, "This thing can be hallucinogenic!"

Wu Xiang was a little puzzled, and Bo Ruoyou said: "He said that this thing can make people reach the realm of bliss, and what kind of elixir. I guess this thing can make people hallucinate. Those who like power use this thing. I feel that I am above ten thousand people and like wealth. After using this thing, I feel that I am in the pile of gold and silver treasures, I like beautiful people, and I feel that the beautiful people in front of me are more beautiful..."

Wu Xiang understands now that everyone has seven emotions and six desires. Usually, they are unwilling to satisfy their desires. But if there is something that can pretend to satisfy the hope in the heart, do you have to think about using it every day? Even if it is fake, it must be quite pleasant at that moment, which confirms Hu Changqing's Land of Bliss.

"But this thing will go back, and it's poisonous!" Wu Xiang looked at Hu Changqing, "Is his injury serious? He wasn't awake just now. When he became awake, he understood that this thing was poison, so he wouldn't. Be so fascinated."

Bo Ruoyou leaned over to look at the injuries on Hu Changqing's forehead, and then carefully thought about what Hu Changqing was like, only to realize that he recognized them soberly for a while, and then showed dementia and madness. Not long after, she straightened up and looked more serious than ever.

"If he is sober, it will be difficult to control himself?" She looked at Hu Changqing's tied wrist. "This knot is very tight. It must be tied when he is still sober, but his talent is still the same. appearance."

Wu Xiang knows many poisons. Some weird poisons can indeed cause confusion, but when a mortal is sober, he can always distinguish between good and bad, and there is no reason to know that the poison has to be touched. "He was poisoned too deeply." Well, he can always control himself when he wakes up, and he has never had any bad habits before, and he is not a weak-minded person..."

Bo Ruoyou didn’t know whether Wu Xiang’s words were true or false, but she could think of Hu Changqing’s obsession with just a few moments, but the intoxicated look of brother Han Jiang smelling his purse in the carriage came to her mind. The smell was also similar to Meixiang of Lanyuelou, she was stunned, "Catch her head, I suddenly remembered that Han Jiang's brother Shicai was in the carriage, it seemed a bit like Hu Yaozuo's appearance, but it was not as serious as him. "

At this point, she simply said: "What if the poisoned person is not alone?"

After Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, her heart sank, and she felt an inexplicable chill over her. She made a decisive decision. Knowing that the unconscious has been poisoned by this poison, and everyone in the future will become mad. Isn't it easy to make troubles, catch their heads, and be afraid to go to the Han's house?"

Hu Changqing's **** example was right in front of him, and Wu Xiang also heard his scalp numb, "Will...will there be such a poison?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded confidently, "Yes, all things in the world are known to us, but only a few people can name them and know good or bad, but those who can't tell their names and can't distinguish between good and bad are very likely to be very bad. Horror, it's like the plague in Guzhang Village more than ten years ago. So far we don't know how the disease arose."

At this point, she had a more terrifying thought, "And this time, Hu Yazuo indulged in this thing and spent money. If someone knows that this thing is poisonous but uses it for profit, they use those tricks. This poison is afraid to spread faster than we thought. When everyone in the city is under the control of this poison, wouldn't it be as shocking as the plague?"

Wu Xiang stood up, "You said that, I'm afraid I will report the matter to the adults." He glanced at Hu Changqing, "I will bandage him first, and then return to the yamen to ask someone to come and watch him. , And then go to Han's house again!"

Hu Changqing only broke the skin and flesh, but it was not a big problem. After Bo Ruoyou helped to deal with the wound, the two left and went back to the Yamen. They were rushing in the carriage along the way, and Wu Xiang's horse ran fast. He First, he went back to the Yamen and called for someone. When Bo Ruoyou's carriage stopped at the entrance of the Yamen, he saw the carriages of the Wu Zhaohou Mansion parked in front of the Yamen.

Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up, it was Huo Weilou coming!

The author has something to say: ①Quoted from "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes".

②Quoted from relevant records of Zhu Zhenheng, a medical scientist in the Yuan Dynasty.