Holy Bone

Chapter 1540 Human Oil Rouge Cream, the Desperate Academician of the Imperial Hospital

There was such a big commotion in the Spice Shop tonight that even a ninth-rank eunuch was beheaded in the street. How could anyone in the Spice Shop sleep well?

Su Susu, the nominal manager of Tiangong Miaoge, was one of those who did not sleep all night.

When the commander of the Criminal Investigation Department's Bi'an horse-drawn carriage stopped at the gate of Tiangong Miaoge, the owner of Tiangong Miaoge, the accountants, the hall master, and the beautiful maids all stood in front of the door to greet him respectfully.

Looking at the commander of the Criminal Investigation Department sitting in the carriage, looking at Tiangong Miaoge coldly, Su Susu, the owner of Tiangong Miaoge who was best at observing people's words and expressions, felt a pang in her heart and had a bad premonition.

She winked at a trusted maid, who stepped back, quietly hid in the crowd, and then disappeared towards the back hall, preparing to inform the Imperial Hospital and call for help.

The female shopkeeper Su Susu was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly, her body stiffened and her pupils trembled nervously. She noticed that the commander of the Criminal Investigation Department sitting in the Bi'an carriage was staring at her coldly with a calm look in his eyes that showed he could see through everything.

The other person had delicate features and looked too young, a few years younger than her, but he had an aura like the energy of a mountain and the swallowing of the sea. His domineering aura was more terrifying than any high-ranking official in Beijing that she had ever seen.

That kind of overbearing aura cannot be cultivated by those who play with court power and sit in the temple. The latter give people an oppressive feeling of being unpredictable and having unpredictable moods.

However, this overly young commander of the Criminal Investigation Department gave people the domineering and overbearing aura of thunder and lightning, as well as the feeling of a strong and powerful king who had fought his way out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses. Looking into his eyes not only filled one with fear and awe, but also with shame.

Su Susu lowered her head in panic, not daring to look at him again.

Just as Su Susu's heart was beating nervously and her cherry-red lips were slightly opened with nervous breathing, she heard the sound of someone getting off the Bi'an carriage. She was so scared that she lowered her head even lower, her heart was in turmoil, and she kept wondering whether the scene she had just played with her little tricks had been exposed.

Just when Su Susu was still confused and thinking wildly, her vision darkened and a figure stood in front of her, blocking the light: "Look up."

Su Susu raised her soft and delicate head with trembling eyes, her skin was white as snow, her hair was black and shiny, her eyes were like water, her face was beautiful, her figure was graceful and slender, her waist was slender enough to be held in one hand, and her nervous breath was fragrant like orchid, and the slight heat hit her face.

"Her eyes are as clear as autumn water, captivating and charming. She truly lives up to the reputation of being the most beautiful woman." Jin An nodded.

"Sir, you are too kind. Susu is already an old lady, a fallen beauty..." Su Susu's voice was trembling nervously, and her breath was as fragrant as orchid, carrying a hot breeze.

Jin An: "I heard that Tiangong Miaoge's rouge, makeup powder, and cinnabar are well-known in the capital. They can make a person's skin as white as cream and as white as jade, and can rejuvenate a woman's face. I guess the shopkeeper applies cinnabar every day, right?"

The slightly warm fragrance wafted across her face, and Su Susu exhaled a breath as sweet as orchid and said, "Your Excellency the Commander has praised me highly. I do use Tiangong Miaoge's rouge and makeup powder every day. I will send you a few doses later. You can let your favorite lady try my Tiangong Miaoge's rouge to see if it works well."

After being confused at the beginning when her little thoughts were seen through, Su Susu has now completely calmed down, and her conversation is elegant and humorous, neither humble nor arrogant.

As expected of a former courtesan who was admired by officials and eunuchs, she was used to meeting all kinds of officials in the capital, and she adjusted her mindset so quickly and spoke freely.

Jin An looked up and down at the female shopkeeper Su Susu: "The shopkeeper said that she is a fallen woman, but I see that her neck is white, her hands and face are also white and beautiful. It seems that the shopkeeper must have covered her whole body with rouge and powder from Tiangong Miaoge to have the effect of creamy skin."

"A box of rouge from Tiangong Miaoge is equivalent to one or two months' salary for an average person. Every day, they cover their entire body with rouge and powder. Ten or a hundred boxes are not enough. The shopkeeper's love of beauty is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us."

The brothers from the Criminal Investigation Department who followed looked at each other with surprise. Can rouge be applied all over the body to make the skin look whiter?

Is there really anyone who can afford to use it so luxuriously?

As expected of the commander-in-chief, he is knowledgeable and experienced. Not only is he good at autopsies, he is also well-versed in women's rouge and makeup.

Su Susu's expression froze: "You are joking, Commander. I am just an ordinary citizen. How can I afford such extravagance?"

Jin An said calmly, "Does the shopkeeper think I'm joking with you?"

Uh.

Su Susu was so frightened that her heart tightened and she didn't rush to answer immediately.

Jinan: "The rouge powder of Tiangong Miaoge has such a miraculous anti-aging effect that it can make a woman's skin look 10 to 20 years younger. I guess the rouge powder of Tiangong Miaoge must have its own unique ingredients and formula. I wonder if the shopkeeper can help me solve this puzzle?"

Su Susu declined politely: "Each store has its own unique recipe. Commander, this makes me feel a little embarrassed..."

Before Su Susu could finish her words, Jin An had already pushed her aside and rushed into Tiangong Miaoge with a large number of criminal investigation officers. He ordered in a cold voice: "Search, confiscate all the account books, detain everyone in the store and bring them back to the criminal investigation officer's water dungeon for interrogation one by one!"

"I suspect that the Tiangong Miao Pavilion is the lair of thieves, and I will focus on searching the hidden passages and secret paths. Anyone who tries to stop me will be killed without mercy!"

  Huh!

Suddenly, a large number of criminal investigation officers poured into Tiangong Miaoge like a tide and detained all the men and women, even the shopkeeper Su Susu was not spared.

The Criminal Investigation Department was merciless and started a violent search and search, which frightened Su Susu so much that she turned pale and wanted to protest her innocence, but a knife was unsheathed, and everyone in the Tiangong Miaoge was so frightened that they kept silent, fearing that they would be beheaded.

Su Susu clenched her teeth, her face showing fear and anger, but she didn't dare to make a sound to resist.

A ninth-rank eunuch had just been beheaded, and the Criminal Investigation Department was at its murderous peak at this time. How could she, a weak woman who had fallen into prostitution, be compared with a ninth-rank eunuch?

The Criminal Investigation Department dared to behead even a ninth-rank eunuch in the street, so her life was even more insignificant.

Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.

We can only hope that the academicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau can stop the misbehavior of the Criminal Investigation Department as soon as possible.

As everyone in the Tiangong Miaoge was controlled, Jin'an, holding the Luogeng Jade Plate, walked through the front hall, the screen wall, and came to the back hall garden and the small corridor. Finally, he found a small turquoise bead in the gap between two wooden boards in the small corridor.

Jinan took out the embroidered shoe and matched it with the turquoise bead in his hand, which happened to be the small pendant that was missing from the toe of the shoe.

"There is indeed something wrong with this Tiangong Miaoge!"

"Many people are bound to suffer from insomnia tonight. There is a great shock in the court!"

Fatty Li had a serious expression.

At this time, several criminal investigation officers came over with a maidservant. "Sir Commander, we found a maidservant hiding in a secret passage. After checking, we found that she is the maidservant of Su Susu, the owner of Tiangong Miao Pavilion."

"We also discovered that the secret passage leads to the outside of the spice shop. I suspect that the maid may have used the secret passage to pass on information to the outside world."

Jinan: "Fatty Li."

Fatty Li clasped his hands together and stood out solemnly: "Here."

"Take this maid with you and find out who she has passed the message to just now, and then follow the clues to catch all these hidden chess pieces in one fell swoop."

"I grant you the privilege of acting first and reporting later."

"Yes, sir." The burly Fatty Li picked up the maid who was already so scared that her legs were weak and she was crying, and led a team of people into the secret passage.

Jin An had long noticed the little moves between Su Susu and the maid, but he didn't point it out at first because he deliberately let the maid go out to pass on the message, so as to catch the intelligence network secretly planted by Tiangong Miaoge in the capital.

Tiangong Miaoge had been operating the spice shop for many years, and the secret passages dug there were far more than this one. After a thorough search, two more secret passages were found, one of which was where the accounts were stored, and the other was where various valuable spices, materials, and recipes were stored.

The secret passage where spices are stored. As soon as Jin An arrived here, he immediately realized that the yin energy here was stronger than other places.

The martial artist had a sharp sense of awareness, and he found several bottles and jars with slightly different auras from a pile of materials.

They were several exquisite jade bottles stored separately, and even the mouths of the bottles were inlaid with gold. Jin'an and the old Taoist priest each picked up a gilded jade bottle, and as soon as the bottle caps were opened, a strange fragrance gushed out.

When the fragrance is too strong, it becomes greasy and disgusting.

Just like the sweetness that is so sweet that it is too sweet.

But the fragrance here is very different. Although it is strange, it is not greasy. It has the fresh fragrance of a virgin. That fragrance is like the body odor of a slightly sweaty girl. The more you smell it, the more you don’t feel sick of it. Instead, the more you smell it, the more intoxicated you become.

"This fragrance smells so strange. The more I smell it, the more fragrant it becomes. It's a little abnormal." The old Taoist shook the gilded jade bottle, and a sound of a little liquid flowing was heard.

"What kind of flowers can be brewed to produce such a unique fragrance?"

The old Taoist priest was still observing in amazement. Jin An held down the old Taoist priest's hand holding the small gilded jade bottle and shook his head slightly.

At this moment, Jin An's face had an extremely serious expression.

“This is human oil!”

"I saw it in 'The Body Collector'!"

People, people oil?

The old Taoist's hand shook, but thanks to his early experiences and extraordinary courage, he quickly regained his balance and avoided dropping it to the ground.

Jin An said coldly: "Take the virgin cardamom and use it to seal the wax, then make a needle hole on the sole of the foot and cook it alive, so that the soul cannot escape. The longer the cooking time, the deeper the resentment, and the better the effect of the human oil extracted."

"It takes cooking one person to extract one drop of human oil!"

"I originally thought that they were killing people to refine corpse oil and bone oil, and then extract the spices needed to make rouge from it, but the evil here is worse than hell. They actually cook living people to refine human oil!"

"Seal the soul of a living person and then torture him with extreme punishment. This is a sacrificial method used by ancient shamanism."

The old Taoist priest understood everything immediately and exclaimed, "Little brother, do you suspect that this academician of the Imperial Hospital has something to do with the Steppe Khanate? Is he a spy collaborating with the enemy?"

This guess is very likely.

The Imperial Medical Bureau served the emperor and royal family members. Princes, concubines, and ministers all needed the Imperial Medical Bureau to diagnose and prescribe medicine.

"It seems necessary to check the background of this academician of the Imperial Hospital!"

After Jin An carefully and solemnly put down the gilded jade bottle, he picked up the embroidered shoes and left the secret room with a cold face: "Let's go and meet the former courtesan Su Susu again!"

Jin An returned to the front hall of Tiangong Miao Pavilion and threw the woman's embroidered shoes and turquoise into Su Susu's arms: "Tell me the truth, who is the owner of this embroidered shoe and how did she die."

"If you tell the truth, I can let you die quickly. Otherwise, I will take you to the workshop in the back hall and put you in the steamer, so that you can experience the same suffering as those poor women."

When the female shopkeeper Su Susu saw the embroidered shoes and turquoise pendant, her expression changed immediately.

"Those are Miss Cheng's shoes!" exclaimed a young accountant at Tiangong Miaoge.

"Who is Miss Cheng?"

The accountant replied in panic, "Cheng Ling'er, the daughter of Cheng Boqing, the current academician of the Imperial Hospital."

After these words were spoken, Jin'an and the old Taoist priest looked at each other in surprise. Even a tiger would not eat its own cubs, so how could this academician from the Imperial Hospital be so cruel and mad that he would even kill his own daughter?

Jin'an was quick-witted and figured out many details at once. It seemed that when Li Yan and the other three were disposing of the body, they accidentally saw that the coffin was that of Cheng Baiqing's daughter, so they said that they saw something they shouldn't have seen and would be in danger of death.

Apart from Li Yan, the other three knew very well who the real person in power behind Tiangong Miaoge was. The daughter of the person in power in Tiangong Miaoge died in Tiangong Miaoge and her body was dumped away, leaving no trace behind.

Regardless of whether they can explain clearly that they are not the murderer, the mere fact that their bodies are nowhere to be found is enough to infuriate them.

At this moment, Su Susu, who looked fragile, broke free from the restraints and tried to escape. Jin An seemed to have expected this. He acted even faster and hit Su Susu on the back with a palm. There was a sound of broken bones and tendons. All the spine was broken and she fell heavily on the street outside the door, paralyzed.

The sudden change happened too quickly. When the people in the spice shop noticed that the seriously injured person lying on the ground was Su Susu, the owner of Tiangong Miaoge, all the muscles on their faces trembled with fear.

  The look he showed towards the Criminal Investigation Department changed. First there was the eunuch and then there was the Tiangong Miaoge!

People in the public only think that Su Susu is the financial backer of Tiangong Miaoge. However, anyone who can open a shop and do business in a spice shop must have the support of aristocratic families. Everyone knows that the real financial backer behind Tiangong Miaoge is Cheng Baiqing, the current academician of the Imperial Medical Bureau!

It is not comparable to the previous ninth-rank eunuch!

Not only did they search and search the Tiangong Miaoge, but they also beat up the mistress of the academician of the Imperial Hospital. This shows that they don't take the Imperial Hospital seriously at all!

  What is the Criminal Investigation Department going to do?

They even dare to touch the power of the Imperial Medical Bureau. It's simply lawless. The Spice Shop is really going to change!

"Eunuchs, eunuchs, and the Imperial Hospital, have you noticed that these are people closely related to the palace..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the people around them changed drastically.

"This time, the Criminal Investigation Department dared to search the spice shop in such a high-profile manner, and directly targeted the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Hospital. Could it be that they really received an imperial decree from the palace that there are spies hiding in the capital?"

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Heavenly Palace Pavilion are all related to the imperial concubines in the palace. Things are going to change in the palace!"

Everyone stopped talking briefly and didn't dare to discuss it further. If they talked about the emperor's family affairs without permission, they would not be able to get their heads chopped off even if they were given ten heads.

“I don’t know who will be the next victim.”

"You, Hong Xin Tang, are not spies collaborating with the enemy, right? You should confess your crime as soon as possible and don't bring harm to us neighbors!"

"People from Hua Jiao Pavilion, stop talking nonsense. You are the ones collaborating with the enemy and spies. Don't implicate our Hong Xin Tang, who has a good family background!"

For a while, people in the spice shop were in a panic. Everyone felt insecure and thought everyone looked like a spy.

After Jin An abolished Su Susu, he grabbed Su Susu's neck and got on the Bi'an carriage. His voice came from inside the carriage: "Go to the residence of Cheng Baiqing, an academician of the Imperial Hospital."

"Seal off Tiangong Miaoge, this is the first murder scene."

Afterwards, the Criminal Investigation Department sent out a team of people, who followed the Bi'an carriage and rushed to the residence of the academician of the Imperial Medical Bureau in a menacing manner.