Song Yi

Chapter 346 Inescapable Trouble
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the servant's voice said from outside: "Young Master, Wuzhi County is visiting. Wait in the living room downstairs."

What is Wuzhi County doing here at this time?Du Wenhao got up, took Lieutenant Liu out and went downstairs to the living room.

I saw Wu Zhixian smiling and said: "My lord doctor, according to your instructions, I have arrested the wife and children of Fu Changyou, the leader of the white-clothed cult who eats vegetables."

Du Wenhao was taken aback: "Who told you to arrest them?"

Wu Zhixian was stunned for a moment: "Didn't your lord tell you...?"

"what happened?"

Seeing Du Wenhao's ashen face, Wu Zhixian was even more terrified. Ai Ai said: "Yes...it's my lord's younger sister Ke Yao... Miss Ke came to inform the humble officer that Fu Changyou's wife had absconded to this state. The humble officials will investigate in private, and Fu Changyou's wife, Shen Shi, and children must be brought to justice."

Du Wenhao sternly said: "What are you doing! Let me go immediately..." As soon as he said this, Du Wenhao saw Wu Zhixian's surprised and puzzled eyes, his heart shivered, and he immediately woke up. It is to draw a clear line between himself and the White Clothes Society, so as not to be implicated.If I now categorically deny that this is not my intention, and ask Wu Zhixian to release him immediately, Wu Zhixian will definitely release him immediately. However, in this way, not only will I have no relationship with the White Clothes Club, but I will prove that I am Bai Yi If they belong to the society, the catastrophe will be imminent.

After experiencing the incident of being dismissed for arrogating military power, he became extremely sensitive to the government affairs of the court, and he also deeply realized that politics is indeed something that cannot be touched. When it comes to this issue, he must be extremely cautious.

This was just a matter of a flash of thought, and Du Wenhao figured it out. The matter has come to this point, so he can only bite the bullet and go on.She secretly scolded Ke Yao for causing such trouble for her, but her expression remained the same, she changed the topic according to the words, slowed down her tone, and continued: "Forget it, it's my sister who didn't know what to say." Make it clear. This officer is not asking you to arrest him now, but to follow him to see if he can find the leader and backbone of the White Clothes Club who slipped through the net. Since everyone has been arrested and released again, I have already scared the snake. I am afraid that the watermelon will not be picked. The sesame seeds are also missing."

Wu Zhixian was relieved, thinking that he had made a mistake, he hurriedly laughed and said, "Your Excellency the Imperial Physician has a clever plan, and he knew that there was a big fish behind this thieves, as expected!"

Du Wenhao was startled, but his face was full of joy: "Oh? Hearing what you said, have you caught the leader and backbone of the White Clothes Club who slipped through the net?"

"I haven't caught it yet, but it's almost there." Wu Zhixian was a little proud, "The humble officer interrogated Shen and used a severe punishment, but the thief's mother-in-law will not say it. In order to force the whereabouts of the rebels who slipped through the net, the humble officer can only use it on the child. Find a way. Use the child to threaten, but the child is very sick and dare not use severe punishment, so the coercion effect is not very good, the thief woman still refuses to speak, but the humble official still got the words out of the child."

"What did the child say?"

"He said that he and his mother went to the Imperial Physician first for medical treatment. The Imperial Physician asked them to come back the next day..."

Du Wenhao was startled, forced a smile and asked, "Did he say that?"

"Yes," Wu Zhixian said with a charming smile on his face, ""The humble official knows that this is the master's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, but something happened later, which missed the master's plan. "

Du Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief inwardly, thankfully Lin Qingdai reminded himself that she didn't see a doctor for the child at that time and got rid of the relationship.Asked: "What else did the child say?"

"The child said that after they went back, her mother told him to sleep well that night, and she had to do an urgent matter first, and then she could take him to see the doctor. Then the woman left in a hurry until the next day He didn't come back until the second night. He and Grandpa have been waiting at the inn. He asked where his mother had gone, but the thieves accidentally missed a word and said that they went to the mountains with Uncle Tang!"

"Uncle Tang?"

"The humble official suspects that this Uncle Tang is Tang Zhonghuai, the leader of the White Clothes Club who is at large!"

"Tang Zhonghuai?" Du Wenhao had never heard of this character, and he knew only a few people from the White Clothes Club.

"Yes," Wu Zhixian said, "the imperial court issued a Haibu proclamation, and Tang Zhonghuai was among them. This thief once went to Sichuan to preach in the White Clothes Club, so I have heard of him. But his ancestral home in eastern Sichuan is only in his original place The preaching in the area did not come to our Jiazhou side. But I have already paid attention to it, so I used this to speculate that I blackmailed the Shen family for a while, but I didn't expect to hit it, and the thief actually admitted it, ha ha ha! "

Wu Zhixian stroked his goatee proudly and smiled.

Du Wenhao asked, "Where did he say Tang Zhonghuai was?"

"No, I blackmailed that woman at the time, saying that the child admitted that you were pregnant with Tang Zhonghuai on Mount Emei, but you still didn't admit it? She cried, scolded the child for being ignorant, and said I was sorry for Tang Zhonghuai, but I asked her about Tang Zhonghuai's specific position. Where is Mount Emei, but she doesn't say anything."

"Well, it doesn't matter, you can always find it——this time the county magistrate has made a great contribution!"

Wu Zhixian laughed so hard that his face was rotten, he hurriedly bowed his waist and said, "Where, if it wasn't for the imperial physician to order the arrest of Shen's mother and daughter, the humble officials would not know that they came to Bizhou, let alone arrest them for questioning. In terms of merit, the Royal Physician should take the lead."

"It's too early to discuss meritorious deeds. Tang Zhonghuai must be caught!"

"Yes, there is one more thing that I need to report to the adults. This is also known from the child's mouth. I asked the child where he lived these days. Sir, guess where the child said he lived? "

Du Wenhao saw that his expression was a bit smug, and he was very disgusted in his heart. He smiled and said lightly: "The county magistrate is very scheming, how can I know such a secret matter?"

The county magistrate's face flushed immediately, he was flattering, but he slapped the horse's leg, and rushed to the ground: "I'm rude in a lowly position, I'm rude in a lowly position!"

Du Wenhao didn't want to get involved in this case, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the White Clothes Club, so he took advantage of the opportunity to step down and said lightly: "The magistrate is serious. This case was solved by the magistrate. The magistrate can handle it by himself. You don't need to tell me. I'm an officer."

This scared Wu Zhixian out of his wits, thinking that Du Wenhao was annoyed that he took the credit, and the imperial doctor was someone close to the emperor, once he was offended, not only all previous efforts would be wasted, but he might cause trouble, I really wanted to beat myself up He slapped his face, regretting so much that his intestines turned green, he knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowed and said: "I know I was wrong, this case was solved from the beginning to the end under the leadership of the imperial doctor, I just ran away It's just running errands, without any credit, the humble official will definitely report the truth. Please forgive me, my lord."

Du Wenhao originally wanted to get rid of this matter and let Wu Zhixian handle it by himself.Unexpectedly, Wu Zhixian misunderstood him, thinking that he was fighting for merit, he really couldn't laugh or cry, he waved his hands and said: "Okay, get up, no one has caught it yet, no matter what hard work, if all the ducks in their mouths fly away, not only will they be useless." It’s a good job, but it’s still dereliction of duty! Hurry up and find a way!”

Wu Zhixian just wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, got up on his knees, and for a moment didn't know how to continue.

Du Wenhao waited for a while, seeing that he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, he said with a smile: "Lord magistrate, where do Shen's mother and son live?"

Wu Zhixian suddenly remembered that he had just mentioned this point, and hurriedly said: "Yes, this child said that they have been staying at the old shopkeeper Su's house these days."

"Shopkeeper Su? Su Cheng's father?"

"Yes."

Du Wenhao's head turned rapidly. It turns out that Su Cheng is also a member of the White Clothes Club. Then his purpose of going to Mount Emei may have something to do with Tang Zhonghuai. What should we do?
Seeing that Du Wenhao's face was cloudy and cloudy, Wu Zhixian didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't dare to disturb him.

After a while, Du Wenhao finally said: "Then Shen's mother and son will not be interrogated. Wait for the official's notice."

"Yes," Wu Zhixian hesitated for a moment, but still asked cautiously: "My lord doctor, will you send someone to search the mountains to find Tang Zhonghuai?"

"No, you can't scare the snake. You first send someone to guard the road down the mountain to prevent the surname Tang from absconding. Once you find out, arrest him immediately! The rest follow the orders of the officer, go!"

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the case, Du Wenhao had no choice but to take one step at a time.

"The humble post takes orders!" Wu Zhixian replied with a bow.Then hurried away.

Lieutenant Liu Xian stood aside and listened silently. After the county magistrate left, he approached him with an apologetic smile and asked, "My lord doctor, Mount Emei is too big, and there are many ways to go down the mountain. If you just wait, I'm afraid that it will be too late." The surname Tang is vigilant, he took a small path to escape and slipped through the net."

"Well, what do you think?"

"Since Su Cheng has taken in Shen's mother and daughter, he must have something to do with Tang Zhonghuai when he went to Mount Emei! Arrest the Su family for interrogation, and find out where Tang is hiding on the mountain!"

"Once people from the Su family are arrested, I'm afraid they will startle the snake. Others will report the surname Tang. Besides, what if Su Cheng and the others refuse to confess?"

Lieutenant Liu Xian was dumbfounded immediately, and said with a smile: "This... please give me instructions."

Du Wenhao walked back and forth in the room a few times: "Let's do this for now. If Su Cheng went up the mountain for Tang Zhonghuai, there might be some clues left on his clothes. Now go back and study that robe to see if you can find anything." clue!"

Du Wenhao took Lieutenant Liu back to the room, and continued to squat on the ground to study the robe.Lieutenant Liu Xian also squatted aside to accompany him. Seeing Du Wenhao staring at his robe, he didn't know what he was studying.

Du Wenhao was a little tired from squatting, and simply sat down on the floor, staring at the traces of the clothes with his chin in a daze.

The imperial doctor was already sitting on the ground, so Lieutenant Liu naturally didn't dare to squat alone, so he also sat down on the ground.Seeing that the imperial doctor frowned and thought, he didn't dare to disturb him, and just stayed there waiting like a log.

Finally, Du Wenhao said: "Tell me, why did the murderer kick so hard, but there are no shoe marks on the chest and abdomen?"

"This..., hehe, the officer doesn't know."

Du Wenhao checked the robe bit by bit, especially the places where mud and grass marks were attached, and checked carefully.

Finally, he found some white end of the year mixed in the mud print, and he didn't know what it was.Judging by the color and soft texture, it seems to be some kind of food or something.This made Du Wenhao happy.He decided to have an appraisal.

The way to identify whether it is food is very simple and does not require any equipment. Du Wenhao got up and found a piece of paper, carried a lantern and pushed the door to the yard, found a few ants in the corner, pinched them with paper, and took them back to the room. Put it on the mud print.

The tentacles of those ants poked around, turned around a few times, and then began to bite the white Suomo, and walked out slowly.

Haha, Du Wenhao laughed, it really is food like rice!
Lieutenant Liu also stared straight into his eyes: "Your Excellency has really good eyesight. I have been looking at it for a long time before, but I didn't find any rice crumbs in this mud mark."

"You must be careful to solve the case." Du Wenhao sat on the ground, watching the ants carrying the broken pieces of the secret method, and at the same time introduced some common sense of detection to Lieutenant Liu.

Suddenly, he snorted and stared at the mud print.After the ants removed the rice crumbs, they revealed the reddish traces underneath!
what is this?
Du Wenhao took a closer look, but it was a pity that it was dark and the light was too dim. Even with the lights on, he couldn't see what it was.

He brought his robe to the tip of his nose and smelled it, and a faint smell of blood floated into his nostrils.If he hadn't studied forensic medicine and was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, he wouldn't be able to smell it at all.

Could it be blood?

He sniffed it again, and he was sure that there was indeed a smell of blood!

Du Wenhao was excited. He had operated on Young Master Su and checked his whole body. He found no bleeding, and there were no blood marks on other parts of his clothes. That means, the blood is most likely the murderer's!
Of course, this is just a speculation, and he needs to find evidence.Logically, he should conduct a blood type test to see if it is human blood, and then conduct further tests on the blood to determine whether the blood is male or female, and what blood type it is.However, he does not have any equipment or reagents in his hand, so there is no way to carry out this test.

He can do the blood type test. In the past few days, he has taken the time to extract the blood of all the people around him, and conducted agglutination comparison test with his own blood. Blood type, so that it can be used as a living blood bank when blood transfusion is needed in the future.

However, there were too few blood stains on the robe, and they were mixed in the soil. Without a microscope, such a small amount of blood was not enough for him to visually observe the results of the agglutination test.

However, this discovery gave Du Wenhao the hope of a breakthrough.

He picked up his robe and said to County Captain Liu: "Come on, let's ask that Young Master Su!"

Su Cheng's liver ruptured, and after Du Wenhao operated on him, he has been recuperating in the Emei Inn ward.A few days passed, and his injury had healed.Already able to get out of bed and walk slowly.

When Du Wenhao and the others came to the ward, Mr. Su and his family were joking with his son Su Cheng. Seeing Du Wenhao coming in, he hurriedly stood up to greet him.

After a few words of pleasantries, Du Wenhao said, "Everyone, I'm going to have a follow-up consultation with Young Master Su, so you have to avoid it for a while."

Mr. Su naturally didn't know whether Du Wenhao had to be avoided by others during his follow-up visit, but they dared not disobey the imperial doctor's orders.He hurriedly got up and said: "It's just right, we should go back to rest, so I will thank the Imperial Physician." Let the daughter-in-law and daughter who stayed behind accompany them to send them out, so that the Imperial Physician can give the son a follow-up consultation.

After everyone in the Su family left, Du Wenhao closed the door.Su Cheng noticed that Lieutenant Liu hadn't left, and his face changed slightly. Knowing that Du Wenhao was afraid that the purpose was not for a follow-up visit, he forced a smile: "My lord doctor, my recovery is quite good..."

"Yes, congratulations, young master, I have something to ask you, I hope you can answer it truthfully."

Su Cheng listened to Du Wenhao's serious and official tone, and his expression became even more unnatural, and he nodded: "My lord saved my life from the gate of hell, so I will naturally know everything and say everything."

"That's good." Du Wenhao took out the robe and handed it over, "This is the robe you wore the day you were injured, Young Master Su?"

Su Cheng took it over and looked at it: "Yes."

Du Wenhao pointed to the mud and green grass marks on it: "How did you get it up, can Mr. Su tell me?"

Du Wenhao stared at Su Cheng with piercing eyes.Su Cheng lowered his head, looked away, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I'm really sorry, my lord, I really can't remember. Maybe when I fell down and stayed."

Du Wenhao didn't say a word, just stared at him for a long time, which made his hair stand straight and embarrassed.Then he said with a faint smile: "Mr. Su, to tell you the truth, I found rice on the mud print attached here. As Mr. Su, I probably wouldn't bring rice from home to the mountain to eat. I heard that Mount Emei Some people have temples and even hotels. Even if they want to deliver food to someone, it seems that there is no need to bring food from home to the mountain. This makes me puzzled. I hope Mr. Su can remember well, for this officer What about solving the puzzle?"

Su Cheng laughed dryly: "My lord physician, I really can't remember."

"In this case, I will try to speculate based on what I have observed, and see if it can help you recall something." Du Wenhao took the robe and looked at it carefully, and said slowly: "The crime happened. On that day, Mr. Su went to Mount Emei alone, bought rice and other food from a certain restaurant, and gave it to someone hidden on the mountain. In the mud, and the rice was overturned, you were kicked, fell to the ground, slipped under, got a few dirt and green grass marks mixed with blood and rice on your clothes. You struggled to run home , the liver burst into a coma. Right? Mr. Su."

Su Cheng was stunned: "Your Excellency was also there at that time, how did your Excellency know?"

"It's very simple. Lieutenant Liu's investigation found that on the day of the case, someone saw you go up Mount Emei alone. We found mud prints and green grass marks on the robe you wore when the case happened. From the mud prints on the clothes Judging from the traces of the grass, it should be that Mr. Su rubbed it when he slipped there. There are fresh rice mixed in the mud print, which already shows that Mr. Su is delivering food to someone on the mountain, and there are bloodstains under the rice , plus the internal injuries on Mr. Su's body, it means that there was probably a fight at that time. From what Mr. Su said just now, I know that my guess is probably correct. Can Mr. Su tell you that you were seriously injured and almost died Who is the missing person? Is it someone you are hiding on the mountain? What happened?"

(End of this chapter)