Full-level real daughter: first-class female forensic doctor

Chapter 105 The Scholar
In the dense flowers and plants on both sides, a small bug would jump over from time to time. The scene that I didn't pay much attention to before, but today I can find infinite interest.

After passing through the second moon gate, there are more maids and servants visible to the naked eye.

"Master Hou."

From a distance, the servants stopped and turned to greet him.

Chu Wei nodded and passed by, paused on his way back to the bedroom, and looked towards the Wanxiang Terrace to the east.It is said to be a stage, but it is covered by bamboo curtains. There are more than a dozen kinds of crabapples planted around it. The fragrance is especially light and obvious in the evening.

Chu Wei has been accustomed to dining at the Anxiang Terrace these days.

Noticing the two extra pots of flowers on the stage, Chu Wei thought his mother was here, so he walked over to greet them.

As soon as the bamboo curtain opened, Zhou Yanhui, who was sitting on a chair directing the maids to arrange the dishes, laughed and said, "I'll tell you, Wei'er has been busy with cases all day, so he will definitely be able to tell that mother is here."

He stood up and took Chu Wei's hand, looked at it twice, and said distressedly: "Why have you lost weight again?"

This is actually a habitual saying. Firstly, after not seeing each other for a long time, you will subconsciously feel that your son has suffered and must be thinner. Secondly, the son has indeed lost weight after he left home several times in the past and came back.

Chu Wei smiled and said: "Did mother read it wrong? My son's appetite has increased greatly in the past two days. He said he would have to plant two or three kilograms at least."

Zhou Yan listened back, looked at it carefully, and couldn't laugh or cry: "It's true, this face is much rounder. What's the matter, are the officials in Jingzhao Mansion very happy?"

He said and pulled the person inside to sit down.

Chu Wei invited his mother to sit down and said, "Jingzhao Mansion is okay, quite satisfactory."

"How did I hear that you are still investigating the mummy case? It sounds scary. Is this also called smooth?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile, looking at his son's expression to see if there was anything special going on with him.

Chu Wei's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "The case has been basically investigated, and the culprit behind it has been found. It took half a month, and it went quite smoothly."

"Really?" Zhou Yan, who couldn't see what was going on, asked directly, "How do you get along with the real daughter of the Cheng family?"

Then Zhou Yanhui saw her son reveal a faint smile when he heard the name, and felt reassured.

"It's okay." Chu Wei said.

Zhou Yan smiled back and said, "I haven't met her very often. In a few days, there will be another banquet in the palace. You tell her to go."

In fact, half of the purpose of this palace banquet was to find a wife for his son.It's just that it's hard to make this kind of thing too obvious. After all, the father didn't repeatedly order palace banquets for the sons of his elder brothers.

"What kind of banquet?" Chu Wei was a little sensitive about this.He really didn't want to go if he could.Naturally, he didn’t want his junior sister to go with him, and besides, my grandfather knew that he had a girl he liked.

"It's just an ordinary palace banquet. In a boy's house, are you still afraid of meeting people?" Zhou Yan glared back.

Chu Weixiao was neither worried nor worried, "It's not that I'm afraid of meeting people, my son is just busy."

"As long as you're not afraid of meeting people, I've prepared clothes for you. On July [-]th, you can make sure not to go out for work again on that day." Zhou Yan replied and patted her son's hand, "If everything goes well, then we will Let your grandfather grant you a marriage."

Marriage?

I can't say anything if I find it troublesome.

For the first time, Chu Wei spoke with some duplicity, "Okay, son, try to take out as much time as possible that day."

"Okay," Zhou Yan realized, her son really has a girl he likes, and maybe he will be able to hold a grandson next year. The more he thinks about it, the happier he is, and he directly pulls his son and said, "Hurry up and eat, this is the sea cucumber that Chaozhou paid tribute to." , your grandfather just sent it to your house in the morning, eat more."

This stuff is great.

Looking at the carefully cooked sea cucumbers in the bowl, Chu Wei ate a little badly.

Zhou Yanhui was still picking up other dishes and said with a smile: "It's delicious. You can get married only when you're healthy."

Chu Wei choked suddenly, turned his head and coughed.

When Zhou Yan came back, she sat there and watched with a smile. She had the impression that her son was still young, and he was at an age where he was embarrassed to talk about getting married.

But in the past, when I mentioned him, he always had a calm expression on his face, which made her, my own mother, want to go up and slap him. It turned out that it was because there was no one she liked.

Unlike Chu Wei, Xin Nuo went home quite smoothly. She had disgraced her old servant, and Mrs. Cheng did not call her over to teach her a hard and soft lesson like before. She actually sent the old woman again after dinner. Come and give her the ingredients to choose from.

There is a saying that goes well, if you don't have anything to do, you are either rape or steal.

Xin Nuo looked at the watery materials and was a little afraid to choose.

I don’t know what the old lady’s intention was.

The old and new ladies came over and chose one with a lake blue pattern.

Aunt A Ping raised her eyebrows and glanced at the old lady. Could this really be the eldest daughter of the Chu family who lived abroad?

When I first heard about it from an old sister, she didn't believe it at all. But now judging from the old lady's eyesight, it seems that it is possible.

Among this batch of materials, the most expensive and rare ones were the ones made of aquamarine, polygonatum, white orchid, and she was able to pick them out at a glance.

Aunt A Ping was still thinking in her mind when she heard the above say: "Just make a big-sleeved gown. Here is the skirt inside."

"Yes," Aunt A Ping agreed unconsciously, then stepped back and left.

Xinnuo looked at her grandma and then at the old woman in surprise, wondering: "Grandma, why does this old woman seem to have been cured by you?"

Perhaps the old lady of the Cheng family was cured by her grandma.

Mrs. Cheng's people even invited grandma over that day. She was afraid that grandma would be bullied. Unexpectedly, grandma kept it secret and suppressed Mrs. Cheng's arrogance.

She just said that Mrs. Cheng was nosy and talkative. She had brought shame on the old man around her. How could she not scold her?

It turns out that I was afraid of my grandma and didn’t dare to do it anymore.

The new and old lady smiled and said: "It's not like she's cured. I just told her some truth."

Xinnuo gave a thumbs up to her grandma and said, "Grandma, you really hide your secrets."

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The rising sun shines on all the roads in the capital. It is already past midnight, and the streets are bustling with people. Most of the stalls in the secluded open spaces on the roadside are dedicated to setting up stalls.

In the thick white mist, three scholars walked to a wonton stall, ordered food, and started discussing among themselves.

"Have you seen the portrait that came out of the Yamen yesterday?" A scholar-looking person wearing a pine-colored gown had a mysterious face and whispered: "Isn't that the beautiful girl from Qianxiang Tower?"

The person next to him shook his head, "Maybe there is some kind of lawsuit. The old bustard of Qianxianglou didn't dare to admit it. Yesterday, a policeman went to the street of Hualou to ask. The old bustard of Qianxianglou and the guests Please don’t tell me that Miss Pei Yan is from her building.”

Another person was curious, "Then no one said anything? She's an old bustard, and no one listens to her words?"

"Of course, if you don't listen to the old madam, you won't be able to see the girl, right?" The man who seemed to know the inside story laughed and said, "In addition, there is a girl beside me making peace, and the nephrite is warm and fragrant, who won't help? To hide it?"

"I don't know what it is?" Songhuase scholar was more curious about what the girl from Qianxianglou could do.

"Whatever, there is someone investigating anyway."

Among the hustle and bustle of the crowd, a young man was running out of breath. He couldn't hold on anymore, so he stopped to take a few breaths, and then ran fast while holding his breath.

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Xinnuo got off his horse and saw the young man who almost fainted, so he quickly asked the guards outside to help him up.

"I, I'm here to find someone." The young man said before he even took a breath.

In such a hurry, I thought I was here to report a crime.

Xin Nuo asked: "Who are you looking for?"

"It was the one who came out of the government office yesterday, the girl with the swollen face." The young man said with an anxious expression on his face, "What's wrong with her?"

Chu Wei came with Xin Nuo. He handed their horses to the guards to take them in. He walked over and said, "Go in first."

The girl was placed in a courtyard behind the government office. After Mr. Su and his family moved away, Chu Wei had no intention of living here, so he could only rest in the front office during lunch.

Therefore, more than a dozen small courtyards in the back office are about to be empty. Chu Wei is still a person who cares about his subordinates. He had asked Xinnuo to write a notice before, asking those colleagues and officials who were willing to move. Arrive at Houya.

Speaking of which, the dozen or so courtyards behind the magistrate's yamen were originally prepared for all officials of a certain rank who worked in the yamen.

It's just that Su Da's family had many family members before, so no one lived there.

Now two families have moved into this back office, but because the back office is very large, the courtyard is clean and does not interfere with each other.

Pei Yan arranged for the Wutong courtyard just around the corner after entering the second door. Yesterday, Xin Nuo arranged it herself before getting off work, and asked Aunt Wu to work overtime and stay here to take care of it.

Aunt Wu was very happy working in the prison. Now she no longer works at Cheng's house. Xinnuo asked her to do work. She was very willing to show her face in the front office again.

The girl's room was cleaned from the inside out. Considering that the girl was a dying patient, she even ran outside early in the morning to buy fresh fruits and flowers and put them in the room. There are several fragrant houses.

Xin Nuo came in and nodded to Aunt Wu who came out with great satisfaction.

When Aunt Wu saw the adults coming, she thought she had something to do, so she quietly walked aside with a wink.

"Look, is this the Yanyan girl you're talking about?" Xinnuo said to the young man who was taking another step forward.

The young man had asked several times on the way, and he felt relieved after knowing that he was not asked to identify the body and that the place he came was not Yizhuang.

Thinking of the woman he had long admired lying inside, he felt his footsteps heavy and did not dare to get close.

Because he went to the countryside on March [-]rd, he met Mei Yan from Qianxianglou. However, he was just a poor scholar, and it would take more than two months to save up the money to meet her.

In his entire life, he would never have a chance to get close to this woman.

Now that the opportunity has come, he doesn't know why, and he doesn't dare to get close.

Xinnuo looked at his slow-moving appearance, and said impatiently: "Hurry up, I have to make notes later."

If it was really a girl from Qianxiang Tower, they would have to go to Qianxiang Tower to get the old madam.Yesterday, Zhang Ku, Piao Feng, Hu Ping, and Xiao Shan, together with the government's agents and servants respectively, walked through every building in the entire flower street.

The old madam can mobilize someone in the building to conceal information, but she has to be charged with obstructing official business no matter what.

And if it’s so taboo, does the Madam know anything about it?

And this scholar is really ink.Xin Nuo had analyzed a lot in his thoughts before he walked to the bed and stretched out his hand tremblingly to touch the woman on the side of the paper on the bed.

Xinnuo:---
Chu Wei said: "But the girl you are talking about is Yan Yan?"

The scholar turned around, his voice a little choked, and said, "It's her."

Before he finished speaking, he knelt down to Chu Wei and said, "Thank you, sir, for rescuing Miss Pei Yan."

Chu Wei didn't show any disrespect, he just nodded and said: "Come over here and talk."

Outside, Xinnuo sat at the table and took the red-lined paper for recording. The scholar recovered from his excitement and said, "I haven't seen Yan Yan for seven or eight days."

"Wait a minute," Xin Nuo said, "First tell me your name and place of origin."

Chu Wei sat on the bamboo chair next to him and nodded when he heard the words. The little girl did seem to have worked in the yamen.

Seeing the master nodding, the scholar said, "I am Meng Guang, a native of the capital. My home is on Hanyue Street in the West City. I met Pei Yan during an outing in the suburbs on March [-] last year."

Ever since he met Pei Yan, Meng Guang's whole heart had been focused on her. All the money he had saved from copying books had been spent on meeting Pei Yan.

The little money was only enough for him to see Mei Yan once. From now on, he would be more frugal and save money to go see people.

They usually keep seeing each other once every three months. Three days ago, he went there again with money, but was told that Miss Yan Yan had left.

"I asked who I was leaving with. After all, their brothel has such a rule. If someone redeems their body, the girls are usually willing to leave." Meng Guang smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I should have asked more questions at that time. , the old madam passed by casually, and I didn't care, just lost it. If I hadn't heard someone gossiping about it this morning, I wouldn't have known that Mei Yan had suffered like this. "

As he spoke, the man's eyes turned red again.

Xinnuo was not moved at all. He blew the ink on the paper and handed it to Chu Wei for him to read.

Chu Wei looked at it, put it away, and said, "Inform Hu Ping and bring someone to fetch the old bustard from Qianxiang Tower. Today, she and Cao Yueling from Qianji Sect will be interrogated together."

This old bustard must know something, otherwise he wouldn't be so vigilant. He actually told his clients to pretend they didn't know about this person.

Xinnuo hadn't been to the brothel in the capital yet, so he said, "I'll go with you."

Chu Wei raised his eyes suddenly, Qing Lingling looked very serious, and said, "No."

Xinnuo: I didn’t hear it.

She stepped out and called Hu Ping. After speaking, she ordered three or five arrests and went straight to Qianxiang Tower with him.

Chu Wei thought for a while and finally felt uneasy, and then followed on horseback.

On the street paved with neat bluestones, there was a clanking sound of horse hooves. Xinnuo turned around and saw Chu Wei, who was expressionless but not scary at all, and smiled: "Why are you here, sir?"

Chu Wei avoided looking at her. The girl's smile was so bright that he didn't dare to look directly at her.

"Watch the road carefully," he said.

(End of this chapter)