Chapter Twenty-Eight: Doubts

When Zhao Qingyan opened his eyes, King Huan had already left, but he left his robe for him to wear. Zhao Qingyan smiled, sat up, looked at the table, and left a piece of paper on it, which was dipped in tea by King Huan, and wrote the words "Watch out for your body, find me if you have something" on the paper used to record with him. Zhao Qingyan tilted his head and thought about it, put King Huan's robe and big hat on the recliner, got up and jumped into the boat, untied the rope, and floated towards the shore. He lay in the boat and looked at the results of the imperial doctor's examination given to him by King Huan, frowning and thinking about something, his eyes were calm and complicated, he just looked at the few pieces of paper motionlessly, turning over and over, but the attention was not on it.

"Go to the Tai Hospital and ask?" Zhao Qingyan muttered to himself, and immediately affirmed his suggestion, "Yes, go to the Tai Hospital to have a look, it won't be delayed for long." He sat up, grabbed a pen and paper, melted a small piece of ink from the lake, scribbled a few pages, double-examined it, and stuffed it into his arms. Zhao Qingyan leaned out of the cabin halfway, grabbed an oar in one hand and slidied, parked the boat on the shore near the bamboo garden, went around a distance to pull out the stumble, got on the horse and went out of the house through the side door on the other side of the bamboo garden, and went straight to the Privy Council. Passing through from Ouchi, getting off the horse in the grass garden, getting into a wheelchair, and slowly walking towards the Tai Hospital.

Not long after I went out of the grass garden, I saw Chen Huayi washing his face with water in the well, it seemed that he should have worked all night until now before he was ready to go back to rest, wash his face first and sober up.

"I heard that you are resting in the house, why did you come here?" Chen Huayi shook the water in his hand, looked at him in surprise, and asked with a smile.

Zhao Qingyan said: "It's just right, accompany me to the Tai Hospital and push me up." ”

Chen Huayi said: "I finally finished the work in my share today, you deprived me of time to rest, but you have to compensate me." He said this, but he walked behind him and pushed him into a wheelchair and went to the hospital.

Zhao Qingyan took out a paper bag from behind him: "Pea yellow, kidney bean rolls, rose silk cut cake, I brought it to Ying'er, you can take it and eat it." ”

Chen Huayi pouted: "Forget it, I don't have the courage to compete with the princess for food." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "You eat, I suddenly remembered that it is inconvenient to give it to her now, next time I have a chance." ”

Chen Huayi didn't ask much, and seeing that he was not in the mood to chat, he didn't speak, and he increased his speed a little, and it didn't take long to arrive at the Tai Hospital. Chen Huayi stopped: "Then you go in, it's inconvenient for me, so I'll go back first?"

Zhao Qingyan handed him the paper bag: "I'm sorry for you." ”

Chen Huayi said with a smile: "It's not troublesome, it's not a trouble if you're paid." Is there anything else you need my help with? I'll go back to my room and go to sleep. ”

Zhao Qingyan nodded and said, "Go back." He pulled out his crutches from under the armrest, stood up, and walked towards the hospital.

Chen Huayi watched him walk away, looked down at the few pieces of paper that Zhao Qingyan handed to him along with the pastry, tilted his head and thought about it, quietly stuffed the paper into his sleeve, and swaggered away with the pastry.

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There are also a lot of people in the Tai Hospital, obviously affected by the "Bao Zheng case", and the Tai Hospital has also added a lot of trouble. Zhao Qingyan hesitated for a moment, fearing that he would hesitate for a moment when he encountered what happened last time, took a deep breath, walked into the room with a smile, and said hello to everyone.

"Little prince, you just came back, didn't you rest for a few more days?" Seeing him walk in, the busy imperial doctors all stopped their work one after another, asked him with a smile, or complained, "Look at your face, it should be uncomfortable again, right?" No one showed disgust or alienation from his arrival, and their attitude was the same as before.

Zhao Qingyan's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "There is something I don't understand, I am almost bored to death lying in bed, walk around." Why are there so many people today? Uncle Feng, you don't have a shift today, do you?"

Feng Hong said helplessly: "Now that the palace is busy, we don't have anything to do, so we all came over." ”

Feng Hong poured him a cup of tea: "Why did the little prince come over?

Zhao Qingyan smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Luo, don't make fun of me, where do I dare to take medicine from here now?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then understood, and their faces became a little solemn: "The matter of Baofu? ”

Zhao Qingyan took out a piece of paper from his arms and said half-jokingly: "I don't know who gave me an invisible conviction yet, saying that Master Bao was poisoned because of the combination of several tonics." I'm not so polite, can you help me take a look, are these drugs checked?"

"Tonics mixing?" the imperial doctors glanced at each other, stretched out their hands to take it, and their faces were full of doubts, "That's it, but Lord Bao died from the poison of ginseng and quinoa taken at the same time, and it was not a mixture of tonics." This quinoa can be used to induce vomiting when taken in small amounts, and it is poisonous, and with ginseng, it becomes a deadly poison. Mr. Bao is old and weak, so he died of these two kinds of poison. The little prince won't fail to see this, right?"

Zhao Qingyan was stunned: "You guys found out the cause of death?"

Feng Hong said: "Yes, because of the reason for the vomiting of quinoa, Master Bao has vomited out all the meals, and the old servant chef at home has proved that he has indeed only eaten these things." Looking at Lord Bao's performance, it doesn't look like he has been poisoned by the rest. ”

Zhao Qingyan asked, "Then how did you report to the ninth and thirteenth uncles?"

Seeing that Zhao Qingyan's face was wrong, Feng Hong asked: "What do you mean? Little prince, you can make it clearer? We handed over this thing to Prince Huan, well, it doesn't seem to be this one, and the cause of death is also marked on it." The little prince also knew that the prince Huan had been very busy and had not come to ask us again. Like what the little prince said, we don't know about the mixing of tonics at all. The rest of the group nodded in agreement.

Zhao Qingyan calmed down: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to accuse you, it's just that this matter is too unbelievable." Uncle Thirteen told me, 'After the imperial doctor's examination, he said that only a person who is proficient in pharmacology can put together several great tonic medicines to make them poisonous. This piece of paper is what I asked Uncle Thirteen for today, and Uncle Thirteen has been carrying these pieces of paper with him since he got them, and it is impossible to replace them. ”

His eyes were a little calm: "Who sent this piece of paper to Uncle Thirteen? Why do you want to blame me for concealing the cause of Lord Bao's death?"

Ding Yiwen said: "It was sent by my apprentice." The little prince is saying......"

Zhao Qingyan said in a condensed voice: "I did give Bao an adult a pack of quinoa half a year ago, but that was half a year ago, why did this pack of quinoa appear? Do you know that anyone knows or from what way can I know that I gave him quinoa half a year ago, and I sent him supplements containing ginseng last month?"

"This ......," Feng Hong asked hesitantly, "What do you want us to say?"

Zhao Qingyan said: "Then I'll ask another way, I'll say a hypothesis first." Who has ever touched the record book of the flow of herbs in the hospital? At least within half a year, the things there are not cleaned and sorted out all year round, and if it is something from half a year ago, I think it will definitely accumulate dust. If no one knows, I'd like to take a trip to the storage room and see for myself. His tone was not tough, although it was an affirmative tone, but he was obviously still waiting for the reaction of the imperial doctors, rather than going directly.

"Go ahead. Ding Yiwen spoke.

The imperial doctors were stunned: "Lao Ding......"

Ding Yiwen said: "Little prince, go ahead, find out, and give you a clean slate." ”

Zhao Qingyan had a hint of clarity in his eyes, and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Uncle Ding." ”

Ding Yiwen looked at Feng Hong: "Let's go with you, it's gray there, and it's inconvenient for you to do it yourself." "I followed with Feng Hong.

The door to the storage room was clean, and the booklets on the shelves were neatly arranged, but the depths were visibly covered with dust. Zhao Qingyan looked around, took a few booklets and flipped through them, and put them back casually. Ding Yiwen watched silently, and after he didn't move, he asked, "How is it?"

Zhao Qingyan smiled: "Uncle Ding, is your apprentice still there?"

Ding Yiwen sighed: "Yesterday I said that my family was sick, and I told him to go back and have a look, I'm afraid he won't come back." ”

Zhao Qingyan took out a palm-sized thread binding book and a charcoal strip wrapped in cloth from his arms, and asked, "When did he come? Have you been in any special interactions with any special people recently? Is there any abnormal behavior?" The small book was made by himself, and the charcoal strips were also burned by himself with good wood, which was easy to carry and use when going out to investigate, and most of the Ouchi guards followed his example, and the efficiency improved a lot.

Ding Yiwen said a little bitterly: "I don't have a clue for a while, you ask slowly, let me slow down." ”

"It's gray here, let's go out and talk about it. Zhao Qingyan walked outside the door, stood against the wall to relieve the pressure on his legs, and then said, "In that case, I'll ask little by little, and Uncle Feng will also help think about it." Uncle Ding doesn't need to answer in a hurry, he can step over if he can't think of it, right?" Although he removed his smile, his tone and eyes were still gentle, and he was still trying to alleviate Ding Yiwen's distress.

Ding Yiwen nodded and said with a smile: "Little prince asks, I'll try to answer as much as possible." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "Then it's troublesome Uncle Dingβ€”what kind of person is Uncle Ding's apprentice??, age, appearance, temperament, ability, some more prominent characteristics, as well as his place of origin and the relatives mentioned?"

Ding Yiwen said: "Jiang Jie talks very little, usually always lowers his head and doesn't dare to look at people, twenty-three years old, ordinary in appearance, but white and clean, he also loves cleanliness, his qualifications are average, but he works hard." Well, by the way, the little finger of his left hand is crooked, as if it was broken from a previous fight and grabbing food. He didn't say where his hometown was, only that he and his uncle came to Beijing to make a living, and there was a sister seven years younger than him at home. ”

Zhao Qingyan pinched the charcoal bar in his left hand and quickly wrote on the paper, and when he finished speaking, he asked again: "When did he come to Tai Hospital? What did he do before coming here? Does he usually have any bad habits? Irritability, greed, alcoholism, gambling or something, how do you get along with people?"

Ding Yiwen said: "That child was accepted by me from a pharmacy three years ago, he is diligent in his hands and feet, although he is stupid, but he is not a bad person, and he has no bad habits, and all the money he saved is given to his uncle, so that his uncle can keep it, and then bring it back to his sister." He doesn't talk, he doesn't talk to anyone or anything, he doesn't have anyone to get along with, but at least he doesn't annoy people. ”

Zhao Qingyan glanced at the storage room: "I see that the books on the shelves that have been cleaned up inside have traces of turning, if they are simply cleaned and organized, the pages of the books should not be so clean." It's about eight months of records, and the records of a small number of medicines have the most obvious turnover, but the rest of the place also shows signs of cleaning. That must have been his excuse to clean up the place, to rummage through the records, right? When did this happen? Lately...... In terms of three months, did he behave in any particular way? Moody, mysterious, unrelenting, trance-like? Has he ever met anyone? Who he didn't need to meet, or who he wouldn't have seen before?"

Ding Yiwen said: "The cleaning here was two months ago, and there is no special need for him anyway, so I agreed." Emotionally, after you say this, he has been abnormal since he started cleaning here, and I don't know why. Who has ever met...... I didn't pay much attention to it, I wasn't very impressed. He frowned and tried to think, but was visibly tired and couldn't say anything in detail.

Zhao Qingyan smiled faintly, and did not force him: "Okay, then that's it, Uncle Ding don't think about it, don't be tired." ”

Ding Yiwen smiled bitterly: "I'm tantamount to helping him to abuse, let him go with my own hands, and hurt the little prince." I don't know what will happen in the future, where can I still care if I am tired or not? ”

Zhao Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Uncle Ding, don't worry, if this matter is not necessary, I will not tell others." As long as I'm still a little prince, I won't let Uncle Ding have anything to do, don't worry. ”

The two of them listened to him, and for a moment did not know how to speak. Zhao Qingyan smiled indifferently, but he could clearly hear the deeper meaning of his words: "He may not be in a good position." And in such a situation, he still did not force them to say more words that were beneficial to him, but comforted himself. For him, it doesn't matter if he usually hides one or two things, and no one will hold him accountable. But now they are too busy to take care of themselves, and they are still trying to hide what is not good for them......

"That's right. Zhao Qingyan didn't seem to see their stunnedness, and smiled easily, "I've bothered you today, I'm sorry, I don't have time to apologize seriously, you can help me tell the rest of the people." Recently, I may not be able to move around casually, but when this period is over, I will ask you to eat lotus seeds as an apology, and those lotus flowers of mine will bear lotus seeds in a few months. I'll go first, you guys get busy. ”

Ding Yiwen hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth to stop him: "Little prince, wait a minute." His eyes flickered, and he finally lowered his voice and said, "I have seen him meet with His Highness's maids. ”

Zhao Qingyan's fingers trembled, but there was a smile on his face: "Oh, I know, it's the time when men and women fall in love, it's normal." Let's go. ”

Ding Yiwen couldn't see his true thoughts, and it was inconvenient to say more, so he had to say, "Little Wangye, go slowly." ”