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Lian'er said: "Niangniang's body has not been very good, but there is no serious illness, the doctor said that it was yin deficiency, so she has been taking supplements." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When the army returned to the capital and passed through Lincheng, Shandong, the weather was very hot that day, and the emperor and the mother slept very late, and after I and a few other maids and fathers-in-law served the emperor and the mother slept, they left. Grandpa Jin and I were waiting outside the door. ”

Yang Qiuchi asked, "Father-in-law Jin?" Is it the eunuch Jin Liang who accompanied the expedition this time? ”

"Yes." Lian'er said, "After about half an hour, an emergency military report came, and Gonggong Jin entered the room and reported to the emperor, I went in to serve the emperor and put on a dragon robe, and the emperor went to the post station study to read the folds." Gonggong Jin also followed the emperor, leaving me alone waiting outside the door. ”

"Didn't Concubine Xian get up?"

"No, when I was serving the emperor and dressing, Niangniang was supposed to get up, but when she said that her head hurt a little, the emperor let her sleep by herself and don't get up. So the mother didn't get up. ”

"Headache?" Yang Qiuchi asked, "Didn't you invite a doctor?" ”

"No, the mother didn't let me, saying that the pain was not bad, it didn't matter, it would be fine after sleeping for a while."

"Are there any other symptoms besides the headache?"

Lian'er thought for a while and said, "No, it's just a little headache." Then he went back to sleep. ”

"And then? Have you ever been in the middle? ”

"No, I've been waiting at the door, we can only wait at the door when we are on duty, and we can't enter casually without the call of the mother. I didn't hear the call of the mother until after the fifth watch, I thought it was strange......"

Yang Qiuchi interjected and asked, "Did Niang Niang call you at night before?" ”

"Yes, my mother's health is not very good, I have night sweats and thirst at night, I often have to drink water, and then urinate. In the past, it was too hot for me to fan my fan. But later the imperial doctor said that Niangniang was yin and could not be exposed to the cool breeze in the hot summer, so he rarely let the fan sleep and did not open the window. ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded, he knew that the theory of traditional Chinese medicine believed that the wind was the chief of all diseases, and the surname of the wind was sparse, and the wind was mixed with some diseases, such as wind cold, rheumatism, etc., so there was generally a saying in the Chinese medicine doctor's order to avoid wind and cold. This is common knowledge in Chinese medicine, and he understands a little.

Yang Qiuchi motioned for Lian'er to continue.

Lian'er continued: "After I entered the room, I called Niangniang softly from afar, but I didn't hear an answer, I walked to the bed and screamed, but I still didn't hear an answer, it stands to reason that Niangniang will not sleep so deeply, I was a little panicked, I reached out and pushed gently, but Niangniang still didn't move, because there was no light in the room, I couldn't see what was wrong with Niangniang - Niangniang never liked to light the lamp when she slept, saying that she couldn't sleep like that." I quickly found the flint and lit the lamp, and when I saw it, my mother didn't move with her eyes open, and spit out a puddle of ...... on her lips."

Yang Qiuchi interjected again and asked, "Have you ever touched her hands and feet?" Stiffened? ”

"There was no stiffness, I shook the mother's body, she didn't move, her eyes were straight ahead, she wouldn't move. I was frightened, ran out crying, and went to call Wang Sicai, and when Wang Sicai came, he also panicked and told me to call the imperial doctor. I hurriedly ran to call the imperial doctor, and at the same time called my father-in-law on duty outside to report to the emperor. Later, the two imperial doctors and the emperor came. After the doctor examined it, he said...... said that the mother had died. ”

Yang Qiuchi asked, "What did Niangniang eat on the day of Lincheng?" ”

"It was hot, and she had no appetite, so she only drank some porridge at noon, and drank a small bowl of noodle tea before going to bed at night. Didn't eat anything else. ”

What Lian'er said is similar to what the imperial doctor and Wang Sicai said, and it seems that the general situation is like this.

Out of the miscellaneous room, Song Yun'er couldn't help but ask: "It seems that this lady is really sick and dead." ”

"How so?" Yang Qiuchi asked.

"What do you think, the emperor lives in the post station, there are tens of thousands of troops outside, and the entire post station is heavily protected by the inner guards, if you want to murder, who can get in?"

"What if someone next to the mother murders?"

Song Yun'er was stunned for a moment and said, "No, the imperial doctor said that it was the wind evil that entered the brain and caused a violent illness and died, if it was murder, the imperial doctor would definitely be able to see it." ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "It's too good to heal the disease, but to find out the exact cause of death, this clinician is not good." ”

"Clinician?" Song Yun'er couldn't understand this strange term.

"It's Lang Zhong and the Imperial Doctor." Yang Qiuchi said, "Finding out the cause of death and diagnosing the disease are two different things, and if the same patient dies, different doctors may make different judgments. ”

Hearing Yang Qiuchi say this, Song Yun'er couldn't figure it out: "Then how did this virtuous concubine die?" ”

Yang Qiuchi shook his head: "I can't judge before the coffin is opened for an autopsy and the body is examined in detail." ”

"Then let's go open the coffin and conduct an autopsy."

"There's no hurry, we still need to find someone to check the situation and then go. Shandong Lincheng is not close. ”

"Who else are you looking for?" Song Yun'er asked, and then her eyes lit up, "I know, find Jin Liang, the eunuch who accompanied him last time!" ”

"Hmmm! Enemies. Yang Qiuchi nodded, "He is the chief eunuch who accompanied him this time, if there is anything abnormal, he should know very well." After that, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "I'm afraid I'm just afraid that he will fight haha, this kind of thing, if something goes wrong, he will be the first to be held responsible." So, even if there is a problem, he is unlikely to say it. Let's take a look. ”

Soon found the eunuch Jin Liang who accompanied him last time, this Jin Liang was in a daze in the office of the celebrant supervisor, and he was also shocked when he heard that Jinyiwei was looking for him, but in the end, he was the one who had been serving the emperor for a long time, and he quickly calmed down.

After welcoming Yang Qiuchi and others into the office room with a smiling face, he beckoned the little eunuchs to offer fragrant tea.

Yang Qiuchi asked him what happened at that time, and it was roughly the same as what the previous ones said, but this Jin Liang emphasized that he had followed the emperor to read the emergency recital, and he had been waiting by the emperor's side, so he never left. It wasn't until he got the news that Concubine Xian was seriously ill that he followed the emperor back, and then the imperial doctor said that Concubine Xian had died.

asked if there were any other abnormalities, this Jin Liang insisted that there was no, all the duties on duty were properly arranged, there would be no mistakes at all, and no other idle people had entered and exited the post station where the emperor lived.

This was already expected by Yang Qiuchi, and before he found out whether Concubine Xian had been murdered, he was not prepared to take drastic actions, so as not to startle the snake. He asked Jin Liang to accompany him to the Lincheng Post Station, identify the scene and open the coffin for an autopsy, but Jin Liang was happy and agreed.

Yang Qiuchi and others left the palace and went to the Ministry of Industry to find Master Li, who was in charge of building the mausoleum at that time, and asked him to go to Yixian with him, and then returned to Yang's mansion and told Yang's mother that he was going to Lincheng, Shandong to investigate the case.

Yunlu was talking to Mother Yang, her eyes were red as if she had just cried, and Yang Qiuchi certainly knew why. After returning from the palace yesterday, Yunlu had been crying until late at night before returning to the princess Jiadi, it seems that she was not mentally prepared, and lacked enough understanding of the fact that the princess could not be a concubine.

Early in the morning, Yunlu came and talked with Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue in the room all morning. It seems that the mood is better.

Yang's mother heard that Yang Qiuchi was going to Shandong, the journey was far away, and she was a little worried, and she wanted Liu Ruobing to accompany her for protection, but Yang Qiuchi said that Liu Ruobing's son was still young and couldn't leave his mother, and he didn't go to war this time, so he was relieved to have an escort and Song Yun'er.

That night, Feng Xiaoxue packed Yang Qiuchi's luggage, although Song Yun'er is now Yang Qiuchi's concubine, but her eldest lady is used to it, and she doesn't know how to serve others, so she asked Hong Aya to go with her so that she could serve Yang Qiuchi.

The next day, Yang Qiuchi took Song Yun'er, Hong Aya, as well as Jin Liang, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and Lord Li, a member of the Ministry of Works, who was responsible for the construction of the tomb of Concubine Xian, and set off for Lincheng, Shandong under the protection of Nangong Xiong's guards.

Since the threat of foreign enemies in the Ming Dynasty mainly came from the north, from Yingtianfu to Shuntianfu (Yanjing), it was the focus of the official road, and the maintenance of the official road could be regarded as the best. Wide and flat.

They were not in a hurry to travel, and after more than half a month, they arrived in Lincheng, Shandong. First go to the post station in Lincheng to check the scene, so as to have a general impression.

Lincheng (now Xuecheng) in the Ming Dynasty was just a small town, and the post station was relatively simple, but it was also a relatively good place in Lincheng, so when the emperor passed through here, he stayed in the post station.

In the courtyard of this post station, several houses are arranged in a disorderly manner. According to Jin Liang's instructions, he came to the room where the emperor and Concubine Xian lived together. After checking, I didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

At that time, the emperor was reading in another house not far away. Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er also went to check and found nothing abnormal.

Leaving Lincheng, the team went to Yixian County (now Zaozhuang City), where Concubine Xian was buried. The two places were not far apart, and two days later, they rushed to the Yixian County Ya.

Wang Zhixian of Yi County learned that Jinyi Wei and Yang Houye were coming, and he was so busy that he led a large group of people to follow Yang Qiuchi to the tomb of the virtuous concubine of Baimao Mountain outside the city.

The tomb of the virtuous concubine is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a stream in front, there is a saying called "the left lion and the right elephant are guarded, and the emperor is buried in three mountains and one water." ”

The graves in the cemetery cover an area the size of half a football field, and the mausoleum is surrounded by high walls, which are guarded by the local county government and people in turn.

Although Concubine Xian was very favored by Ming Chengzu, he was only the imperial concubine and the emperor's concubine, so he was not qualified to be buried in the Huangling.

Since it had just been buried for half a year, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Industry who built the mausoleum at that time, the location of the entrance to the mausoleum was quickly determined. The people excavated accordingly, and after half a day's work, they found the entrance of the mausoleum.

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(To be continued)