Chapter 9 Chapter Four

Di Gong was sitting in front of the big book case reading a volume of official documents, and Tao Gan was standing behind him, the two were discussing something. Qiao Tai reported: "My lord, the one who yelled just now was a singing woman on the street. This is Dr. Lu whom the master ordered to invite. Doctor Lu said that the singing woman was a prostitute. When I arrived, the woman was pestering Lu. The doctor is peddling business." Di Gong glanced at Dr. Lu who was kneeling on the ground, and asked Qiao Tai, "Where is that woman at the moment?" Qiao Tai replied: "Go back to the master, the girl has escaped."

Duke Di told Dr. Lu to stand up, and asked, "What happened to Shijian?" "Go back to Master Di to ask. Xiaomin is going to see a doctor at the mansion of a high-ranking official in Dongcheng. The high-ranking official saw that he was infected with the epidemic and was dying. Just as he walked to the corner outside the yamen wall, he saw two corpse collectors entangled with each other. I stared at the woman. I told the two thugs off, and the woman came to hook me up. I realized that she was a firework prostitute. She grabbed my sleeve and begged me to blackmail me for some money. Fortunately, this When the military master arrived, she saw that the situation was not good, so she got out and fled."

Mr. Di took a look at Qiao Tai, then turned his head to look at Dr. Lu, and said gently, "Dr. Lu, I want to ask you about the scene of Mr. Mei's death last night. You happened to be there at that time." "No, Master Di, although I was in the Mei Mansion last night, I did not witness the unfortunate accident. I was in the wing room of the west courtyard, and Mr. Mei fell down the stairs in the flower hall." Di Gongdao: "Just tell me what happened before and after you went to Mei's mansion, just tell what you have seen and heard." "Yes, Mr. Di. Yesterday evening, Mr. Mei sent someone to invite me to see a doctor for his old housekeeper, and he kept me for dinner. Since most of the servants were sent away, Mrs. Mei will prepare the cooking herself. The old housekeeper sent me I had a high fever, I stopped my pulse, and prescribed a few medicines. I took dinner for about an hour. After the meal, Mr. Mei said that he would go to the study upstairs in the flower hall to study, and then he would rest there for the night, and told Mrs. Mei to go back to the bedroom to rest early. , because when the old housekeeper fell ill, she was tired all day. I turned to the west courtyard to see the old housekeeper's condition. I remember that the Meifu was so big and empty, there was no one, and I didn't even hear a loud bark. I was shivering. Suddenly I heard a scream coming from the flower hall in the east. I rushed to see Mrs. Mei rushing to the west courtyard to call me. She was terrified and horrified. She..."

"Do you remember when it was?" Duke Di interrupted him. "Master, it was around late at night. Mrs. Mei's face was full of tears, and she told me sobbing that Mr. Mei accidentally rolled down the stairs to the flower hall and hit his head. His flesh was bloody and his pulse was gone." "Have you checked the body?" Duke Dee asked. "I just checked briefly. Mr. Mei's head was broken and his brain was spilled out. The lotus buds of the handrail were spattered with blood. I thought he fell down when he was about to go down the stairs, and an extinguished candle fell down. At the top of the stairs. I also saw a soft-soled felt shoe fall in the middle of the stairs. Mr. Mei has been suffering from headaches and paralysis recently. After all, he is nearly seventy years old. Warehouse accounting and inventory, responsible for releasing relief. It is rare to have a moment of rest from morning to night. Such a good man did not end well."

"Mr. Mei is indeed an elder gentleman, with the legacy of an ancient sage. Then, Doctor Lu, what did you do afterwards?" "I gave Mrs. Mei some medicine to calm her down a bit, and told her not to move Mr. Mei's body, and wait for my Jingzhao Yamen to report to you for an autopsy. Unexpectedly, you have been supervising the cremation plant every day for a while, and it is rare to come back. Yamen. I happened to meet Wu Zuo when I came to the Yamen early this morning, so I dragged him to the Mei Mansion, and reported the news of Mr. Mei’s death to the clerk in the Yamen. Fortunately, the old butler’s fever subsided after taking the medicine, and he was able to walk around , waiting at home. After the autopsy, he also believed that he accidentally fell down the stairs and died, and the fatality was due to a brain rupture,"

"I've read the post-mortem report written by Wu. Doctor Lu, you can go now. I will send a special servant to the Mei Mansion to help take care of Mr. Mei's funeral." Dr. Lu bowed to salute, but Wei Wei withdrew. "This hypocrite and gentle hypocrite!" Qiaotai scolded. "Master, when I first rushed over, I saw clearly that he was flirting with that woman. The woman was struggling in panic, and he was talking tricks to try to take advantage of others! I didn't want to expose him just now." Di Gongdao: "This Dr. Lu's eyes are flashy and his words are flickering, which is very unpleasant. Tao Gan, you can bring me Mr. Mei's post-mortem records and have a look again."

Tao Gan took out a piece of paper from a pile of files and presented it to Duke Di. Di Gong read softly: "The deceased is Meiliang. Male. Year 60 pills. Merchant, Chang'an Mishi guild leader. His fatal injuries were craniocerebral rupture, skull shattering, his legs, back, shoulders and There were severe abrasions on both sides of the chest. There was a black stain on the left cheek, which was probably sticky with soot or ink paint, and it is tentatively determined that it was caused by a fall." He put the post-mortem papers on the table and said: "It's very concise and to the point. Mr. Mei naturally suffered many scratches when he fell from the stairs. What puzzles me the most is the black spot on his left cheek." Stain."

"Didn't Mr. Mei say he was studying in the study?" Qiao Tai said. "Apparently he's been writing something in his study and got some ink splatters on his face." Tao Gan added: "If the inkstone is not clean, or if it is ground too quickly, ink will splash out." "This is certainly an explanation." Di Gong looked up at the horizontal plaque hanging high, "seeing the details", and was in a daze.