"My..." Xu Yu lowered her head, her hair covered her expression, and she said with almost no ups and downs in her voice: "When Wang Yu and I went back to the yard, I saw Liang Shan carrying Doctor Zhou's medicine box. Reached out and took it."
"Really, but what you said at the beginning was that you took over the medicine box from Liang Shan after you left the yard."
Xu Yu said: "No servant, no servant said so."
Magistrate Tang smiled, closed the booklet that Eunuch Wu and the others had recorded before, waved his hand and said, "I'm done questioning, Eunuch, please send her back to the cell."
As soon as Eunuch Wu heard this, he approached curiously and asked, "Why, do you have a clue, sir?"
County Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "Although I'm not quite sure, I'm 80% sure. Xu Yu, do you know what it means to be clever and be misunderstood by cleverness? After all, you have let down Doctor Zhou's pleading for you, but the crown prince has For the joy of having a baby, if you are willing to confess to the person behind the scenes, there may be a chance of life."
Xu Yu said softly: "Your servant has been wronged."
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "There is nothing that Jingzhao Mansion needs to investigate so far. Have you forgotten why Prince Gong is under house arrest in the palace at this time? You want to fight to the end to protect some People, it also depends on whether you can really protect them."
"The wrath of the emperor is not ordinary anger, Xu Yu, dead people in this palace are too common."
Xu Yu lowered his head and stopped talking.
Magistrate Tang waved his hand, and Eunuch Wu asked someone to drag her down.
Eunuch Wu waited for her to go far away and asked, "Master Tang, is there no need for punishment now?"
County Magistrate Tang said: "After beating like this and not opening your mouth, it's meaningless to continue beating. It's just an extra life for nothing."
Eunuch Wu said coldly: "It is not a pity for such a person to die."
County magistrate Tang said: "Death is not a pity, but death must be meaningful. Death is based on punishment. She died in vain. Death on the execution ground is what she deserved."
His purpose is to find out the truth, not to kill.
Eunuch Wu wanted to wipe out all the spies in the East Palace, especially those who were unfavorable to the crown prince, princess concubine, and the little emperor's grandson, so they should be killed as an example.
It's a pity that the crown prince said to save her life, and the county magistrate Tang didn't agree with further torture, so Eunuch Wu could only retreat regretfully.
The two walked out of the somewhat gloomy Punishment Department. Magistrate Tang took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, then folded the handkerchief and stuffed it into his sleeves.
Eunuch Wu couldn't help but asked, "How will Mr. Tang plan to investigate next?"
"Look up the people who are close to Xu Yu in the Chongwen Museum, and then look up her family members. I have to go to the Imperial Hospital..." County Magistrate Tang said with a smile: "Please also tell His Highness the Crown Prince, Mr. Wu. The officer will definitely investigate the case with all his heart.”
Eunuch Wu smiled and said, "Your Majesty Tang is trustworthy in doing things."
Master Tang smiled, turned around and went to the Grand Hospital first, seeing that Zhou Man was not there, he asked curiously: "Isn't Doctor Zhou generally working in the Grand Hospital?"
Imperial Physician Zheng explained: "The main duty of Imperial Physician Zhou is to edit books, so most of the time he stays in the Chongwen Museum."
In fact, before the great court battle against Wang Ji and others, these imperial physicians often worked in the Chongwen Museum. Not only were there many books, it was convenient to find information, and there were also a lot of pens, inks and papers, which they could take as they pleased.
Don’t think that it’s just a simple pen, ink and paper. These bits and pieces add up to a lot of money, especially since they have been producing a lot of materials and writing a lot of books recently, and the paper they use is very large.
But they have all moved here now, although they felt sorry, but no one dared to say it in front of Xiao Yuanzheng.
County Magistrate Tang nodded and asked, "Your Highness sent the needle bag used by Zhou Taiyi to the Tai Hospital, did you find the poison on it?"
"You have to ask Imperial Physician Liu about this matter, and Imperial Physician Liu is in charge."
Magistrate Tang then turned around to look for Imperial Physician Liu, and finally saw Imperial Physician Liu in a small room. He and Imperial Physician Wan were getting together, holding a needle in their hand and carefully calcining it on a candle. A smell of medicine came out. Imperial Physician Liu came closer to smell it, and said softly: "Have you smelled it, is this musk?"
"It's musk." Imperial Physician Wan frowned, "This is really ruthless, you dare to use musk for injection."
Physician Liu soaked the red-hot needle in a small dish of water, and put the small dish of water in the middle after it had completely cooled down.
The two old people who add up to a hundred years old lay down on the table, dipped a finger in some water and put it on their tongues, and tasted it. The two of them almost drank the water before they slowly figured out the taste. , "There are also Angelica and Sanleng."
Doctor Wan added: "There is also Sheng Nan Xing."
Magistrate Tang did not step forward immediately, but stood at the door and watched.
The two wrote down the names of the medicines they had identified on the paper, and said with a headache: "It took two days of searching to find the six-flavored medicine. I think there must be more than that."
Imperial Physician Liu said in a very bachelor way: "It's hard to find the rest. I've tried all kinds of methods. I can only ask the person who made the medicine. But these medicines are enough. They are all medicines for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and diuresis. , giving such medicine to a full-term pregnant woman, not only is the mother in danger, but even if the child is born, it may be useless."
Newborns are very prone to premature death. A child who has been treated with this kind of drug has a high probability of not surviving.
This method is too insidious.
Doctors Liu and Wan are both good at pediatrics and women's diseases, so they are both a little angry.
County Magistrate Tang saw that they were silent for a while, so he went into the house.
Imperial Physicians Liu and Imperial Physician Wan hurriedly got up and saluted, and then showed him the written prescriptions, saying that they couldn't distinguish the remaining medicines.
Of course, the two imperial physicians who are most familiar with this kind of medicine in the Taiyuan Hospital couldn't find out, and it was probably impossible to find out other people, but for County Magistrate Tang, these six medicines are almost enough.
County magistrate Tang asked: "According to the two imperial physicians, was the injection soaked in the palace or outside the palace?"
Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Wan looked at each other and said: "Even if it is soaked, this medicine has to be boiled first, and it will smell like medicine if it is boiled. Ordinarily, they dare not boil such medicine in the palace."
Doctor Wan said: "But if it is prepared outside, it is not right to just send the needle to the palace. This needle is not effective after being soaked. If you want the medicine gas to enter the bone when the needle is inserted, then the needle must be soaked for at least three days. , but also to change the medicine."
"Besides, the needle should be used within twelve hours after drying, otherwise, after twelve hours, the medicinal gas will fade and the effect will be weakened." He said: "This needle is delivered to us When I took it in my hand, I smelled it carefully, and it still smelled like medicine, but after roasting, the medicine smell became stronger, but today we changed a needle and baked it again, the medicine smell will be a little weaker.”
Magistrate Tang understood, "So it should not take more than six hours for the needle to appear in Doctor Zhou's needle bag from drying."