The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty

Zheng Hai sat on the bed, his back against the head of the bed, staring at his injured knee.

In fact, his injury was not serious, but the wound was near the knee, and the leg and foot could not exert force, which affected walking.

Little Diyun picked up a clay medicine pot on the table next to the bed and poured half a bowl of herbs into the white porcelain bowl.

The potion is amber in color and exudes a special smell of Chinese medicine.

Zheng Hai smelled the strong smell of Chinese medicine, frowned, looked at Xiao Diyun, and said a little painfully: "Xiaoyun, I have a skin injury, why do I still drink

Chinese medicine?" Xiao Diyun came to Zheng Hai's side with half a bowl of Chinese medicine, and replied: "Brother Hai, the doctor said that the two therapies should be taken internally and externally at the same time, and the effect is the best." You just listen to the doctor!" Zheng

Hai took the medicine bowl from Xiao Diyun's hand, frowned, held the medicine bowl, and drank the medicine in a muffled voice.

"Zheng Hai, why are you up?"

Hearing the voice, Zheng Hai looked at the door and found that Xiao Xu Miaojin had already walked into the house.

Xiao Diyun looked at Xu Miaojin, looked unhappy, and said a little impatiently: "Why are you here again?" Xiao Xu Miaojin ignored Xiao Diyun

, walked directly to Zheng Hai's bedside, and said: "Zheng Hai, lie down quickly, your injuries are not healed!" she said

and took the medicine bowl from Zheng Hai's hand, poured half a bowl of amber decoction on the table, and took the medicine bowl to Zheng Hai's side.

She scooped a spoonful with a spoonful, blew it on the edge of her mouth, and said, "Come, I'll feed you."

Zheng Hai looked embarrassed and looked at Xiao Diyun.

Xiao Diyun shook his head and stepped aside. He pouted and said softly, "What's the situation? The sun will also rise in the west?"

Seeing that Xiao Diyun did not object, Zheng Hai was helpless again, and said to Xu Miaojin with a bitter face: "I drank this medicine just now, you put the medicine down!"

Drink more, the injury will heal faster!" Xu Miaojin took the medicine, and the soup spoon was sent to Zheng Hai's mouth, not giving Zheng Hai a chance to refuse at all.

Zheng Hai saw that he couldn't convince Xu Miaojin, so he hurriedly said, "I'll come by myself!"

After speaking, Zheng Hai took the medicine bowl from Xu Miaojin's hand, made a bitter face, frowned again, and drank the medicine slowly.

"Little master, little master, there is an accident in the house again!" The

maid Xiaolan hurriedly walked in from outside the door, ignoring Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun at all, and rushed directly into the house and came to Xiao Xu Miaojin's side.

Xu Miaojin looked at Xiaolan and said directly: "If there is anything, you can say it directly!

The maid Xiaolan stared at Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun again, glanced at them twice, nodded to Xu Miaojin, and then said, "Little master, I heard that a eunuch died in the stable.

The slave is suspicious, the slave is suspicious, and Zheng... Zheng Gongzi was injured. As soon as she heard about this, the slave maid came to inform the little master..."

Zheng Hai hurriedly asked, "Who died, and how did you die?"

Xiaolan looked at Zheng Hai, shook her head, and replied, "I just heard about it, but I don't know very well. I heard that the people from the royal court and the judge have gone to investigate. "

Xiao Yun, let's go, let's go and see! What the hell is going on!" Zheng Hai greeted Xiao Di Yun, then turned up the quilt and got up from the bed.

"You, why are you up!The injury on your leg is not healed!" Xiao Xu Miaojin saw Zheng Hai get down from the bed, and hurriedly stopped: "You don't need to worry about this matter..." Zheng Hai

ignored Xu Miaojin, sat on the edge of the bed, put on his shoes, and limped out of the house.

"Brother Hai, I'll help you

!" "Zheng Hai, be careful!"

Xiao Diyun and Xiao Xu Miaojin followed Zheng Hai out of the room one after the other.

Next to the stable of Yanwang's Mansion, there are already many people surrounding the residence of the eunuch who raises horses. In addition to watching the lively eunuchs and palace maids, there are also the chief and deputy officials and guards of the palace court.

The officials of the Beiping Prefecture also came.

No matter how small the matter of the Yanwang Mansion is, it is also a big matter, and this is what Guo Zi, the political envoy of Beiping, said to Chen Ying, the envoy of Beiping.

More than a month ago, Zheng Hai killed the man in black in Yanwangfu, which made Beiping Mansion uneasy.

Now, there is another murder in Yanwangfu. As the highest magistrate of a provincial judicial organ, Chen Ying naturally did not dare to be negligent, and he personally took people to Yanwang's Mansion to deal with the matter.

The first thing Chen Ying did when she arrived at King Yan's Mansion was not to go to the scene of the crime, but to visit Zhu Di, King of Yan.

Zhu Di was not very concerned about the things in the palace, and pushed the matter to Princess Xu, who in turn handed over the matter to Ma He.

Ma He led Chen Ying and the others to the courtyard where the eunuch lived and walked into the room of the deceased eunuch Zhao Liu.

The room where the eunuch Zhao Liu lived was a little simple, except for a few tables, chairs and a bed, there were some jars and jars, and most of them were wine jars.

The deceased Zhao Liu was lying on the table on the bed, spitting blood from his mouth and looking hideous.

On the table was a porcelain bowl and a jar of poured wine bottles, and the wine was poured on the table and flowed all the way to the floor. There are some broken fragments of porcelain bowls on the ground, and half of the porcelain bowls are relatively intact.

"Don't touch the things in the house, and other unrelated personnel please retreat outside the house!" said Chen Ying loudly to his subordinates.

The officials were obviously veterans, and they didn't touch anything in the house. As soon as they arrived at the scene of the crime, they protected the scene and cleared out the people who were watching the excitement around them.

Chen Ying's words were obviously not said to them, but to the other attendants in the palace.

Ma He looked at the eunuch who had come with him, and ordered, "You guys go and wait outside the house." Master Chen has me here, and if he needs anything, I will tell you. Several

eunuchs nodded to Ma He and immediately exited the room.

They didn't want to get involved in this matter in the first place, and they all felt that it was unfortunate to be involved in the affairs of the dead. If they participate in the investigation of the dead, they may even be disliked by their masters. Seeing Ma He take the initiative to take the matter, they were all very happy.

Seeing Ma He so sensible, Chen Ying couldn't help but glance at the burly eunuch, and said in her heart: "This Ma He is really a little different, no wonder Princess Xu handed over this matter to him!"

Ma He saw that the eunuchs had left, turned to Chen Ying and said respectfully: "Lord Chen, what else do you command? What do you think of Zhao Liu's death?"

Chen Ying did not respond directly. He looked at Ma He, as if trying to find the answer from Ma He's face.

He touched the beard on his chin and replied slowly: "This official can't answer your question for the time being, and he can only make a judgment when he investigates the crime scene in detail."

Chen Ying no longer stared at Ma He, but turned to the tall fat man beside him, and said, "Butcher Zhang, it's your turn to do something, let's inspect the scene!"

Butcher Zhang examined the body of the deceased Zhao Liu, and inspected Zhao Liu's mouth, eyes, nose and skull.

I saw that Zhao Liu's mouth and nose were bleeding, there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth, his lips were purple, his pupils were dilated, his face was hideous, his fingers were clenched, and his expression was extremely painful.

The butcher Zhang inspected and said to Chen Ying: "Lord Yu, after a preliminary investigation, the deceased died of poisoning. "

Can you tell if he killed or committed suicide?" Chen Ying's face was heavy and she looked at Zhang, who was the butcher.

The butcher took out a silver needle and examined the wine bottle, the broken bowl and the corner of the deceased's mouth.

After some testing, the butcher Zhang replied: "Your Excellency, the wine bottle and the wine on the table are non-toxic, and the broken bowl and the deceased's mouth are highly poisonous. It is preliminarily judged that the deceased may have committed

suicide by taking poison!" Chen Ying, the envoy of the inspector, nodded and said, "Since it was a suicide by taking poison, then carry the body back to the yamen first." After the investigation of the case is clear, let his family retrieve the body. "

Wait!" a young man limped into the room through the crowd and shouted, "He can't be suicidal!"