"There is some truth in what Lord Ho said, but isn't it you who slandered the doctor by staggering saffron by staggering the saffron? I'm curious, Lord Ho, why are you?"

Xue Ji also put down the teacup in his hand, took a few steps closer, his eyes locked on this person, and the panic and anxiety that Lord He could not hide at this time had entered Xue Ji's eyes.

At this moment, the woman who was kneeling on the ground opened her mouth again and said, "The grass people know what is going on."

"You're talking nonsense!" As soon as Lord He heard her speak, he scolded angrily to stop it, but when he shouted, he also realized that he had lost his temper, and subconsciously looked up at Xue Ji's expression cautiously.

Xue Jiruo glanced at him meaningfully, but he didn't rush to find out, he only turned his head to look at the woman, comforted her, and said, "You just have to say, don't be afraid."

The woman cried endlessly to Xue Ji: "The prefect doesn't know, Lord He is a well-known favorite concubine in Li County, if it weren't for Mrs. He being pregnant, I don't know what it would be like to be bullied by that concubine!" Pity this Mrs. He has a good life for a few days, and she has a miscarriage before she sees the fetus, and if you want to talk about it, it's not that the concubine who has benefited the most!"

The woman's suspicions were not impossible, but they were unfounded.

Xue Ji raised his hand to stop Lord He who wanted to defend himself, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "If you come here in advance, I will start to let people investigate, and people must stay with me before this." In addition, Lord He, what is Li County doing recently, should you give me an explanation?"

Lord He's attention was still on the woman, who would have thought that this wave of unsettled waves would rise again and again, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes for a moment.

After calming down a little, he bowed down and said, "Lord Lao is worried, there is no major incident in Li County, but the people are dissatisfied with the collection of taxes by the imperial court, so they gathered outside the official mansion to make trouble, and the lower officials will definitely be able to handle this matter, your Excellency can rest assured."

Dissatisfied with the collection of taxes? After the pacification of the north, the imperial court has clearly adjusted the taxes, and the current taxes are not too difficult for ordinary people, how can so many people be dissatisfied?

Xue Ji had a calculation in his heart, he asked Lord He bluntly, he must not be able to ask the truth, it is better to let him relax his vigilance and check in person.

"So, Lord Ho bothered a lot."

After Lord He left, Xue Ji asked General Tang to pass it on, and he originally wanted to discuss it carefully, but now that several things are piled up on his shoulders, he really can't allow him to take his time a little bit.

So he could only spread out the secret letter sent by the quicksand, and then pointed to the map hanging on the side, and said, "West Mountain, Deep Canal, what do these two mean?"

General Tang frowned slightly, and whispered in his mouth: "Xishan, deep canal......

Xue Ji asked, "You don't know?"

General Tang glanced at him and exhaled heavily.

"This description is vague, please think about it."

Xue Ji is not in a hurry at this time, the mountain bandits have found a hiding place, as long as they don't startle the snakes, the mountain bandits should not be in a hurry to move their nests, it is better to deal with the matter in front of them first.

"Well, if you have a clue, tell me immediately."

After General Tang retreated, Xue Ji sat down at the table, and before he knew it, the sky sank.

The woman who avenged her grievances was still in the house, and after thinking about it, Xue Ji still asked people to investigate the matter first, starting with Mrs. He and the fetus that had been formed during the miscarriage.

At the end of the day, Wang Qu returned with the doctor and the servant who had been sent to inspect him.

It's just that the result of careful examination by the doctor and the servant is not satisfactory, which makes this originally somewhat clear case even more blurred.

"What do you mean?" Xue Ji listened to the report below, and couldn't help frowning.

Wang Qu explained carefully: "Master, the doctor and the servant have all looked at it carefully, and the results of the examination show that Mrs. He did have a miscarriage after taking saffron."

That's impossible.

Xue Ji secretly said in his heart, how could he not know the market price of Tibetan sea flowers? This is by no means something that a county magistrate can afford to spend.

"There is no possibility of forgery?"

Wang Qu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and waited outside the door

The doctor and the servant looked at it.

The doctor, whose hair and beard were already gray, sighed, shook his head, and said, "The old man has never missed it, this is definitely not a trace of forgery, Mrs. He had a miscarriage after taking saffron."

Xue Ji's face sank, and he raised his arm to call the woman who had avenged her grievances, but he hesitated for a moment before the words could be spoken.

No, no. When he asked He Zhixian today, he was full of mistakes and omissions, especially in the price of saffron...... This is by no means ordinary, and there must be something strange.

"Suppress it first, don't tell He Zhi County, tomorrow I will summon everyone in He Zhi County to ascend to the court, and I will personally try the case."

After a pause, Xue Ji remembered something again, stopped Wang Qu, who was about to retreat, and said, "You go and check the pharmacies in the whole city to find out if there is any saffron sold in the past month."

The next day, when Xue Ji changed into his official uniform and put on his official hat and walked to the front of the court, the people in the hall had already arrived, and He Zhixian was followed by two women, who were very easy to distinguish, and the one who looked haggard but always maintained a dignified face must be the wife, and the other jeweled hairpin flower powder taught him to think of the water warbler when he was in Jiangling...... It's the rumored concubine who is favored by Lord He.

Xue Jizheng sat on the top, his expression was much more solemn than usual, he grabbed the table and smashed it on the table, with a muffled sound, the case was promoted.

"Mrs. He, have you seen the doctor's prescription?"

"Yes, but...... The concubine is illiterate."

This is the first reaction to answer, the little official on the side has been recorded word for word, Xue Ji frowned and pondered for a moment, picked up the pen and wrote the word saffron on the paper, and then continued to ask questions after showing the words to Mrs. He.

"Do you see these three words on the doctor's original prescription?"

Mrs. He recalled carefully for a long time, and replied, "Lord Hui, I haven't seen it."

Xue Ji's gaze turned to Lord He, but he didn't say a word.

Lord He was anxious when he was seen like this, and defended Xue Ji: "My lord, what can she remember as an illiterate woman, I'm afraid this word is not credible, right?"

Xue Ji was not in a hurry to argue about this matter, but said with a smile: "Not only that, Lord He, the doctor and the servant have all tested it yesterday, and the pulse of the lady and the traces on the fetus are not after taking saffron, how do you explain?"

Other people may not know, but the doctor has diagnosed Mrs. He's pulse, and the result has also been told to her, how could she not know that Xue Ji was wrong in this statement? wanted to correct it out loud, but was stopped by Xue Ji's eyes.

Although Xue Ji's move was a risky move, it was really useful.

The concubine really couldn't hold back, and exclaimed, "This is impossible!"

Xue Ji's eyes sank, and he sneered, "Why do you conclude that it is impossible? Just a prescription that is hard to distinguish between true and fake?"

The concubine's expression began to dodge, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xue Ji.

Xue Ji put away the chill, just with an ordinary smile, looked at her and said, "Because you ordered the saffron, and the prescription was also forged by you, right?"

She really panicked, and waved her hand again and again to deny: "There is no concubine! Your Excellency, you can't judge the case so without evidence! Again...... Didn't the doctor and the servant say that it wasn't saffron?"

Xue Ji sighed and said, "That's waiting for you to get into the trap, what the doctor and the servant said is that Mrs. He had a miscarriage due to taking saffron, and there is no possibility of forgery."

She was already trembling, and she kept arguing, "Isn't this the quack doctor who made the wrong prescription and killed people? How can you say that the concubine deliberately murdered her?"

Xue Ji hooked the corners of his mouth again and said, "But this official has checked all over Qianzhou, and our pharmacy in Qianzhou has not sold saffron for nearly a year, where can Mrs. He really buy the medicine?" There is another matter, the shopkeeper of the Tongren Medical Center in the west of the city said that someone went to him a month ago and asked a lot of saffron-related things. You say, how can it be so coincidental, Mrs. He has just become pregnant, and someone has asked for saffron......

"Even if this is the case, why should the adults doubt me?"

Xue Ji stared straight into her eyes, and said clearly, "Because you have benefited the most after Mrs. He's miscarriage."

She is still gritting her teeth:

"Your Excellency, you have to tell the evidence in everything. You also said that saffron is worth as much as gold, how can a concubine afford it?"

Yes, this is another problem, where did she get the money?

Xue Ji had already solved the case from this woman's gaze, and all that was missing was evidence.

"If you don't see the coffin, you won't cry, just wait."

Xue Ji knocked on the alarm again, this time signaling the suspension of the trial, he waved his hand, and the people below consciously escorted Lord He's concubine room to leave, this time Lord He was really anxious, and pressed his favorite concubine directly from the person's hands.

"Lord Xue, what is this doing, but there is no evidence to convict yet!"

Xue Ji was about to get up and leave, and when he heard him shout, he glanced back.

"She's suspicious. However, Lord He can rest assured that this official will never bend into a trick, and will never torture her."

With that, he went back to the back room and sat down to print a cup of tea.

Wang Qu waited to take off his official hat for him, changed his regular clothes for him, and asked, "Master, how do you check next?" Where can I find evidence?"

Xue Ji's thoughts were orderly, and he pointed at him with a serious expression, "You immediately send someone to find out where this saffron came from, and in addition, check that woman's family."

Needless to say, this woman is naturally referring to Lord He's favorite concubine.

Wang Qu wrote it down in his heart, but he didn't forget to ask again: "I'm afraid it will take some time to find out, master, are you just waiting?"

Xue Ji shook his head with a smile, put down the teacup, and said, "Naturally not, I don't plan to be idle. You are clever with your hands and feet, and you have made a clear mess of the saffron case, and I will go to Li County to see it in person, and I really want to know what is going on with the people making trouble and being dissatisfied with the imperial court's taxes."