Man Bao returned to the courtyard where she lived. All the courtyards had already turned on the lights. Man Bao put the medicine box beside her. After ordering some supper, she asked Xibing to light two more lamps. She took out a lot of white paper to study while studying. Mo, while thinking about the weight loss plan of Prince Gong and Xiao Shizi.
The situation of father and son is different, so naturally they can't share the same plan, and the youngest son still has to go to school, but there are some things in common, just let father and son supervise each other.
Man Bao made plans until late at night, exercised after waking up the next day, and started to improve the plan after breakfast, and went to see the daily routine and appetite of Prince Gong and Xiao Shizi, watching them finish their breakfast and lunch. Food, she probably counts.
Man Bao decided to reduce the amount of food for them, but increase the frequency of eating, eat less and eat more, so they won't become fat pigs.
When Man Bao was working hard in Prince Gong's mansion, Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Xiao Tan followed officials from Yushitai and Dali Temple into the city, and they went directly to the county government without stopping.
County magistrate Luo was already prepared, but he didn't expect them to come so soon, but he reacted quickly and immediately greeted everyone with surprise on his face.
They are different from Zhou Man, they came here for this case, so after eating and washing their faces, they went to work, and immediately saw Zheng Gu in the lobby.
The clothes on Zheng Gu's body were fairly clean, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with him except that his face was a little pale.
But whether it was the experienced officials of Dali Temple and Yushitai, or the imperial physicians Lu and Xiao Tan who were born in the imperial hospital, they could see something wrong at a glance.
The two of them were not polite, they went straight up and tore off the skirt of Zheng Gu's body, revealing whip wounds still oozing blood.
Imperial Physician Lu sneered, "Look at the marks, they were beaten yesterday? I wonder what evidence Luo County Magistrate got?"
The county magistrate Luo immediately turned his head to look at the arrester, and the arrester knelt down with a plop and said, "Yes, it's because of the lowly post that he is eager to do meritorious service. Seeing that the suspect has not confessed for a long time, he couldn't help using torture."
County Magistrate Luo smoothed things over and said with a smile, "Torture, it's normal for a suspect to be disobedient and to use some tricks. What does Lord Yu think?"
Mr. Yu is an official of Dali Temple. Apart from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Jingzhao Mansion in the capital, Dali Temple is the leader in the use of torture.
Master Yu didn't have much expression on his face, and said coldly: "Master Luo said that Master Xiao Zheng is a suspect, what is the proof?"
The County Magistrate Luo immediately reached out to send a few pleadings, saying: "This is a pleading from five poor families. They all sued the Luozhou Medical Department for prescribing fake medicines for them."
He also took a few pieces of paper from the master, "This is the prescription that was confiscated from the Luozhou Medical Office, and the medicine residues that were dug out from five families. They were all sealed and identified by many doctors. Among them were The two medicinal materials are fake, and the patients died because of using such fake medicines."
Master Yu read them one by one, and then handed the items to Master Xia at Yushitai. Master Xia flipped through them, and found that there were not many things, so he finished reading them in two or three clicks. Lu imperial physician and Xiao Tan imperial physician.
Master Yu asked: "What about the confession?"
County magistrate Luo sighed: "Zheng Gu has been refusing to speak up since he was brought to justice, and refused to cooperate. That's why he couldn't help but use torture because of the arrest."
Zheng Gu raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "You're lying!"
Master Yu ignored him, and continued to ask County Magistrate Luo, "Where are the statements of the five plaintiffs?"
County magistrate Luo was stunned for a moment and then looked at the master. The master immediately flipped through the case and presented a booklet.
Master Yu took it and began to read it slowly.
Master Xia at the side began to ask Luo County Magistrate, "Why didn't you report the case after it happened? The Luozhou Medical Department is also a department of the imperial court, and the local county government has no right to directly convict."
County Magistrate Luo immediately gave the reason for the discussion yesterday, "I immediately reported the situation when I found out about the situation, but the mission I sent out didn't return for a long time, and there was no official document back. It was blocked by heavy snow, the officials in the capital couldn't get through, and the people were full of grievances, so Zheng Gu was taken into custody without authorization."
Lord Xia asked, "When did the crime happen?"
Luo County Magistrate had already resumed, saying: "December 13th..."
Seeing that Lord Xia and Lord Yu had no expression on their faces, Magistrate Luo could only take the initiative to say: "But the official heard about this on the eighth day of November,"
He said: "After careful investigation, the lower official found that although there was no conclusive evidence, there were some problems with the purchase of medicinal materials by the Luozhou Medical Department. Therefore, the lower official wrote an official document on the tenth day of November and handed it over to the tolerance officer to report. The people did not come back in February, and there was no official document from the capital. The case came up when the official was about to send another team, because the death involved a life lawsuit, and there were already rumors outside, saying that the Luozhou Medical Department The government used fake medicines for everyone, and the people’s grievances were hard to dispel, and the lower officials had no choice but to arrest Zheng Gu, not only to find out the truth as soon as possible, but also to protect Zheng Gu.”
Imperial Physician Lu sarcastically said: "Is it enough to protect him to torture?"
County magistrate Luo only smiled wryly and did not answer.
Imperial Physician Lu snorted coldly, he had seen this kind of trick a lot in the palace, and Master Yu and Master Xia were naturally not uncommon in the capital.
So no one paid attention to his wry smile.
Lord Yu flipped through the confession, passed it to Lord Xia, and asked: "Since there have been rumors, who else had problems with the medicines from the medical department before the five families?"
County magistrate Luo lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "This... I don't have any specifics, but everyone said that the recovery is slow with the medicine from the medical department. It is obviously a common disease, but it takes more than ten days of medicine to recover. Good, but some of them are simply not good to eat.”
Zheng Gu had been holding back, after all the adults were asking questions, it was not good for him to intervene, but now he couldn't help it, and said with a tsk: "It is such a wealthy family who can come to the medical office to seek medical treatment and take free medicine. , when some old men come here, they are exhausted due to overwork, and they have to take medicine for a long time to recuperate their bodies, and they will take it as long as they live."
"Others have pain in their bodies. Medicines can't cure them, but just relieve their pain, let them die with dignity, and finally live less painfully." Zheng Gu said: "If you don't look at the patient's The sickness is generally classified as taking medicine and can't be cured, so the official is convicted, and the official has nothing to say."
Lord Yu raised his eyebrows, finally looked at Zheng Gu, and asked, "Only poor people come to the Luozhou Medical Office to ask for medicine? Then how can the Luozhou Medical Office continue?"
"No, there are also wealthy households," Zheng Gu said, "These people are collecting money."
He said: "Our imperial medical office has long stipulated that when you come to seek medical treatment, you must bring your household registration and tax payment certificates. If you go down, you can ask for a doctor and get medicine for free. If you go to a middle-level household or go to a doctor, you can ask for a doctor and get a prescription. It’s all fixed, and you won’t ask for more.”
Of course, according to their old tradition, some wealthy households will give red envelopes that cover more than the consultation fee if they go out to see a doctor. These are all personal to them, and they will not refuse.