The Forensic Doctor's Daughter-in-law

Chapter 20 Footsteps in the middle of the night

Coming out of Dou's house and getting into the carriage, Cui Lanchi never mentioned that free and cruel father Dou Dagui, and Dou Zihan didn't specifically mention him either.

But she is still very curious about where this cruel father has been hiding these days, why he hasn't returned home for such a long time, and whether Cui Lanchi is going to give up on the Dou family.

The carriage prepared by the Cui family was very spacious, in which sat Xiaodou Sprouts and her, two maids, A Lian and A Rong, and a carriage at the back, in which sat Ping's mother-in-law, mother-in-law and the two maids they brought with them, and the rest The accompanying men were all on horseback.

It's the first time for the little bean sprouts to go out at such a big size. I was very curious about the things outside, so I opened the small curtain on the side of the carriage and looked out. I saw something novel along the way, and occasionally posted it a few times. sigh.Dou Zihan was always served by people along the way, it was nothing serious, she didn't point fingers, and followed the escort of Cui's family. Along the way, she found a criminal law book of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and studied these things along the way, so she was not lonely.

"Miss Biao, there is a tea shed ahead. Shall we stop and rest for a while before we go on our way?" Just as Dou Zihan was carefully studying the different sentencing standards for ancient murderers, Guanshi Wang asked from outside the carriage.

Guanshi Wang accompanied them to Beijing with the Cui family. He was in his 30s, with a short stature, and walked with a slight limp on his left foot.

"Alright, let's all stop for some tea and rest your feet." No matter how comfortable this ancient carriage is, it is incomparable to modern means of transportation. The situation was not good, even though she had only sat in the carriage for more than two hours, her waist was aching.

The whole group stopped, and Dou Zihan also got out of the carriage with the bean sprouts, moving his body, Mama Ping, A Lian, and A Rong, two servant girls who had already stepped forward and laid mats on the stone slabs of the tea shed, waiting Dou Zihan sat down.

There were quite a few people accompanying them, and with a whimper, the floor of the tea shed was covered.

The tea shed was opened by a family of three, a seven or eight-year-old girl, and an old couple.

Mother Ping did not take a seat, but held a pot of tea in her hand, and only ordered the old couple to bring hot water, and she made tea for Dou Zihan herself.

This is the class gap!It seems that she needs to adapt to this distinction as soon as possible.

Just as the group of them rested for a while, and were about to get up and continue on their way, a group of officers and soldiers approached from the side of the official road, and this group of officers and soldiers immediately attracted Dou Zihan and the others' attention.

Different from the Xu Qian I saw at Dou's house a few days ago, this old lecher is now a prisoner, wearing a prison uniform, describing himself as embarrassed, and locked in a tall wooden prison cart.

Seeing this person at this time, Dou Zihan was still a little surprised. Xu Qian fell into such a fate, so she had to connect his experience with her free cousin.

"Elder sister, it's the magistrate!" Little Bean Sprouts puffed his cheeks and said, that day, he heard the prefect's old man coming to his house at home. He was worried about his elder sister, so he hid behind a big tree and kept the old man in his heart. After scolding thousands of times, even if this pervert is in such a mess now, he can still recognize it.

"Well, this is one's own fault." A person like Xu Qian is naturally not a good official, and he will not be clean. If he didn't happen to provoke him, he happened to have a powerful grandparent's family If so, I'm afraid it won't be unlucky so soon.But that's the truth, and he asked for everything.

"Hmph, evil comes with evil, and he deserves to be caught. Such a villain should be beheaded. Let's see if he dares to snatch eldest sister back to his house." Little Bean Sprouts puffed his cheeks road.

"Okay, this kind of dog official deserves his fate. You must not follow his example in the future."

"Sister, I will listen to you and definitely not be such a bad person."

"Well, if we do what we say, we should hurry." A group of people watched these officers and soldiers escort Xu Qian on the road, and they also planned to hurry.

Dou Zihan originally thought that she would have no entanglements with this lecherous dog official in the future, but she didn't expect that some things would just be the beginning.

Afterwards, they traveled for several days, but the weather was uneventful. All the way they walked were official roads, and they didn't encounter any little thieves. On the fourth day, they arrived at Qinzhou Mansion.

I rested in an inn that night, but at midnight that night, Dou Zihan heard the sound of a piano. After waking up the next day, he found that a murder case had occurred in the inn. The Qinzhou government government intervened in the investigation. Before, he had to stay in the inn, which delayed his trip to Beijing.

"Miss Biao, it's getting late, let's stay at the Four Seasons Inn tonight!" Steward Wang said outside the carriage.

"That's good." Dou Zihan put down the book in his hand and read it many times, and already remembered some booklets of the law by heart.

After leaving Linzhou, the current Qinzhou is actually geographically very similar to the current Loess Plateau.

It is also the land of Qin, which probably referred to this place in ancient times.

Dou Zihan and the others have been walking on the road for three or four days. The speed of this carriage is really not good. They can't walk much in a day, and the journey on the road is very boring. There are only a few legal provisions in Xing Dian these days.

It seems too boring, and the circulation of such books is also very limited. I am afraid that more detailed ones can only be found in those professional departments.

Dou Zihan thought, when she came to Cui's house after this, she must look for more such things, although now, she was nominally going to Beijing to join Cui's house.

But she couldn't understand in her heart that she couldn't be a complete ancient lady with a character like her, let alone shut up in the boudoir every day, embroidering flowers and playing the piano. Once you can't go on, you have to find a way to make a living in this world.That being the case, it is necessary to make some preparations from now on.Don't when the time comes, your eyes will be smeared and you will be cornered, it will be bad.

Ah Lian, Ah Rong got off the carriage a long time ago and stood at the bottom, took something similar to a small stool and put it under the carriage, and then stretched out her hand to help Dou Zihan get off the carriage.

Although she is not used to this style of behavior, she also knows how to do as the Romans do. It is not good to do as she pleases. Some of her behaviors along the way have attracted the attention of Ping's mother. From her occasional frown, it can be seen that she is How disapproving.

Standing in front of this inn, Dou Zihan took a casual look at this inn. The overall building of this inn does not look like the old one, which can be seen from the degree of wind and rain erosion of this inn.

(End of this chapter)