"Ah, this is the Ninth Miss of your mansion, right—"
Before Qin Wan could reach the door, a sharp voice rang out first. Qin Wan hurriedly walked a few steps to the door and entered the door. Only then did he see that besides Qin Shu and the others in the room, there were several other people around. An eunuch in black clothes.
Qin Wan bowed to Qin Shufu first, although he held his breath with his eyebrows raised, his eyes still caught sight of several people.
She didn't recognize the little eunuchs, but she recognized the person in charge, but naturally she couldn't reveal anything about it.
"Girl Wan, this is Eunuch Yuan, the chief executive."
Qin Shu introduced with a smile, and Qin Wan turned to Yuan Qingyifu again, "Meet your father-in-law."
Yuan Qingnian was nearly fifty, with a white face and beardless, gray hair. He was slightly plump, with a round face and wide cheeks. When he smiled, his eyes narrowed. When he saw it suddenly, he gave people a sense of kindness like Maitreya Buddha. Looking at each other, you will find that those eyes full of smiles are full of keen thin light——
Qin Wan lowered his head, and felt a line of sight falling on his head. Although his face was full of ignorance and gentleness of a girl, his heart did not dare to be careless. This chief executive was a veteran of the two dynasties. He first served the late emperor and waited for the present emperor Ascend to the throne, and serve the current sage to the extreme, let alone Qin Wan dare not disrespect, even Qin Shu is very polite to him.
"Miss Jiu, please hurry up, how dare this old slave accept Miss's gift." Yuan Qing looked at Qin Wan while sideways avoiding her gift, and then said with a smile, "When Princess Taichang's handwriting arrives in the capital, my lord Still surprised, saying that Marquis Anyang already had both sons and daughters, why did he take in another adopted granddaughter? At that time, the old slave said that this girl must be an extraordinary person, otherwise, with the arrogant temperament of the Taichang Princess, How could she casually recognize someone as her granddaughter? After looking at it today, this old slave can be guessed... Ninth Miss's appearance is truly unique in the capital..."
Seeing that Yuan Qing was full of praise, Qin Wan hurriedly said, "My father-in-law praised Qin Wan too much, I really dare not take it."
Yuan Qing said with a smile, "I can afford it. Miss Nine doesn't know that Princess Taichang's temper was more bold and unrestrained than that of the late emperor when she was young. There are very few eyes, because of this level, the sage said a few words, saying that he wanted to see what the nine girls looked like, and the old slave thought, since the sage met, why not take advantage of the New Year banquet Exactly? The Holy Majesty thought for a second, this is exactly the reason—”
Qin Wan's heart trembled slightly, the annual banquet? Is this for her last year's banquet
Seeing Qin Wan slightly stunned, Qin Shu smiled and said, "Girl Wan, why don't you thank me?"
Qin Wan came back to his senses, "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness."
Yuan Qing laughed, "In addition to the New Year's banquet, the old slave will also give gifts this time. In addition to the rewards for Mrs. Hou Ye and Miss Shizi, there is also a gift for Miss Jiu. Your Majesty already knows that Miss Jiu is not a gift. Ordinary women appreciate Miss Nine very much, and it will take half a day now, I hope Miss Nine is well prepared, so I can go to the palace for a banquet in the evening."
Qin Wan was slightly surprised, but couldn't figure out what this appreciation meant.
The Taichang Princess seemed to have mentioned that she would send the handwritten letter to the capital. At that time, Qin Wan only thought that the Taichang Princess would ask the servants in the capital to take care of her, but he did not expect that the handwritten letter was sent directly to the palace. Could it be that the Taichang Princess sent her Did you talk about medical skills
Thinking about it like this, Qin Wan felt that the possibility was huge, so he saluted and thanked him again.
Yuan Qing smiled and said, "The old slave has delivered the reward and the will, so it's time to go back to the palace."
Hearing the words, Qin Shu naturally stayed for a while, and then asked someone to give Yuan Qing a small gadget before sending him out. As soon as Yuan Qing left, Qin Wan stood where he was and didn't recover for a while. Qin Shu also sighed when he returned. , "I really didn't expect, I didn't expect Princess Taichang to send back a handwritten letter. This is really hurting Wan girl as her adopted granddaughter."
In addition to Qin Shu, Hu Shi and Qin Chaoyu were also in the room. Hu Shi didn't seem to expect Yuan Qing to come, and now the Holy Majesty wants Qin Wan to enter the palace for a banquet. You must know that this year's banquet is only Qin Yan and Qin Chaoyu. Chao Yu can also go, Hu's heart is full of mixed feelings, but he still smiles, "Yes, yes, it is really a blessing for the Holy Majesty to meet Wan girl."
The corners of Qin Chaoyu's lips were slightly curved, and a pair of bright eyes revealed a bit deep, "Ninth sister is really lucky. Just now, Eunuch Yuan praised Ninth sister's appearance very much. It is natural to praise her when she comes in front of the Holy One. Ninth Younger Sister appreciates it a lot, and it may not be certain that Ninth Younger Sister will be summoned at night."
Qin Shu nodded, "It's not impossible. I know that girl Wan got married with the Anyang Marquis because of her excellent medical skills and accidentally saved Princess Taichang. I'm afraid the Holy Majesty also knows about Girl Wan's excellent medical skills." After saying that, Qin Shu turned to look at Mrs. Hu, "Hurry up and get ready for Wan girl, the banquet is going tonight..."
Although it's still early, it's still not to be taken lightly when it comes to entering the palace for a banquet. Mrs. Hu nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, fortunately, the dresses they ordered earlier have already rushed to the mansion, and I'll explain the rules to Wan girl." good."
Qin Shu nodded, seeing Qin Wan's usual thin smile and no surprise or joy, he nodded secretly in his heart. Hu thought it was not too late, and immediately led Qin Wan to his courtyard, followed by Qin Chaoyu They came together and entered Hu's main room, but still saw no change in Qin Wan's expression, and couldn't help but say, "Ninth younger sister has received such good news, but how can she not be happy?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips were slightly bent, a little uncomfortable, "I made Eighth Sister laugh, I have never been in the palace, I just feel uneasy at this moment, and I don't know what it looks like in the palace, even if I am happy, I dare not forget it .”
Hu suddenly laughed, "It's really rare to say that girl Wan has such a strong heart. If someone else gets the news, they will definitely jump up for joy, but girl Wan can calm down."
Qin Wan's smile grew wider when he heard the words, "Auntie praised me absurdly, but in fact I don't know how to deal with it, so I need my aunt to show me."
After thinking about it, Hu said, "It's not difficult. There are a lot of people attending the banquet tonight. As long as we follow the rules, we won't make any mistakes. Let's set off at the scheduled time, and we can arrive at Zhenghuamen after half the scheduled time. Because of the large number of people, I want to come." You have to line up to pass the inspection by the imperial guards at the palace gate. When you enter the Zhenghua Gate, you will be escorted by a young eunuch, and then you can follow the little eunuch into the Waiyi Gate. The banquet today will be held in the Chongming Palace, but in the outer court. The rules are reversed. It's not too much, just remember to watch your eyes, nose, nose and heart when the time comes, just watch more and talk less..."
Mrs. Hu spoke in detail, and explained the details to Qin Wan. After all, Qin Wan had entered the palace several times. Hearing what Mrs. Hu said, he knew that this year was the same as before. Then, Mrs. Hu ordered her servants to choose the clothes that were brought into the mansion. When they went to Jinxiufang that day, the sisters and sisters each had two sets of clothes. Mrs. Hu first ordered someone to send Qin Shuang and Qin Xiang's clothes, and then personally gave them to Qin Shuang. Wan picked out her two dresses.
These two sets of dresses are made of the best materials and the latest styles in Jinxiufang. One is a water-colored short jacket with blue patterns embroidered with moon-white borders, and a long pleated skirt of crab shell green is worn underneath, graceful and graceful. Ling Chuchen, the other set is a short jacket with blush and embroidered peach patterns and a long skirt of fragrant cloud gauze in the color of Xiangfei. The color is bright, luxurious and gorgeous. Hu looked left and right, and finally chose the second set for Qin Wan.
"For Chinese New Year, everyone is dressed festively. You usually like plain colors, but this time you don't want to be too plain when you enter the palace. This set is specially prepared for you by the master of Jinxiu Workshop, which I told you that day. Although the color is bright and bright, the decoration on it is very simple and elegant. It looks gorgeous, but there is still a word "plain". It's decided, it's perfect to wear this suit to enter the palace..."
Qin Wan didn't care much about clothes at first, so he readily agreed when he heard the words. Mrs. Hu was about to pull Qin Wan to sit and continue talking, but Qin Yan suddenly came to Mrs. Hu's room and saluted. Qin Yan hurriedly said, "Ninth Sister, Mr. Zheng is here, you come with me."
When Qin Wan heard this, Qin Chaoyu's brows brightened slightly, and Qin Chaoyu asked in confusion, "Brother, is Zhengfu Yin here?" Seeing Qin Yan nodding, Qin Chaoyu asked again in doubt, "Why did Zheng Fuyin let Jiumei go over here?"
Qin Yan waved his hand, "Don't ask me about this, Ninth Sister, let's go."
Qin Wan knew that Zheng Baishi's visit was mostly for the case, and compared to telling Hu about how to dress up today, the case was of course more important, so Hu also said, "Okay, okay, let's go, let's go."
Qin Wan blessed her body, and followed Qin Yan out of the main gate of the Hu family.
As soon as the two left, Qin Chaoyu glanced at the dress, frowned slightly and said, "Mother, do you know what's going on?"
Although Qin Shu did not shy away from Qin Chaoyu in government affairs, it was a death case, and Qin Chaoyu had been involved in the matter for the past two days, so she didn't know about Qin Wan's autopsy. Seeing that she was curious, Mrs. Hu pulled Holding her hand and briefly speaking, when Qin Wan finished talking about helping with the autopsy, Qin Chaoyu's expression changed slightly, "She still has this ability?"
Mrs. Hu nodded, "No, don't say you couldn't think of it, even your father and I didn't think of it."
Qin Chaoyu thought about it for a while, but shook his head and sneered, "It's fine to practice medicine, but the way of being a servant is a lowly servant. As a young lady of the Qin family, how can she do such a thing?"
Mrs. Hu shook her head, "There is no other way to let her try. No, Mr. Zheng found her in the mansion because she was helpful. No matter what, it is always good that she can help, and No one outside knows about this matter, and it will not hinder the reputation of herself and our Marquis Mansion. Right now, His Royal Highness is worried about this case, and it is impossible for someone who can help to not use it."
Qin Chaoyu nodded, "This is—"
Qin Chaoyu naturally hoped that this case would be solved as soon as possible, but right now, it was a surprise to her that Qin Wan could contribute to such matters. It's not a good thing to be an orphan girl, but she will be a lowly slave that the clan despises, but she can help...
Hu looked closely at Qin Chaoyu's expression, "What's wrong, Yu'er?"
Qin Chaoyu came back to his senses, turned to glance at the dress prepared for Qin Wan, and after a while, took a deep breath and said, "It's nothing, it's a good thing to have useful people in the house." As he spoke, Qin Chaoyu suddenly asked again, " Does His Royal Highness know about this?"
Mrs. Hu frowned, "I don't know about this, but your father hasn't seen the crown prince for the past two days, Mr. Zheng didn't say that I couldn't be sure, what's the matter? Yu'er, do you think you shouldn't tell the crown prince about this? "
Qin Chaoyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a little hesitation in his eyes. For a moment, the corners of her lips smiled with a bit of edge, "There is nothing you can do, so what if you tell the prince." Qin Chaoyu stood up, Holding Hu's hand, he said, "Mother, follow me to the Chaoyiyuan, and see what my daughter should wear today..."
Hu stood up, smiling very much, "My daughter naturally looks good in anything."
When Hu's mother and daughter went out, Qin Wan had already seen Zheng Baishi in the study. Apart from Zheng Baishi, Zhan Yang also came with him. Besides, they also brought a burden.
Zheng Baishi said with deep anger in his eyes, "It's really audacious! I thought he was a very honest person, and he had worked in the Lin'an government office for many years, but he didn't expect to be able to do such things that hindered his errands. The stranger came to him more than half a month ago, and he paid a hundred taels of silver, just let him prevent the case from being solved."
Qin Shu frowned, "Two people died half a month ago."
"That's not it." Zheng Baishi said unhappily, "Two people died, and the Holy Majesty knew about it. At that time, he just urged the crown prince to personally investigate the matter. At that time, we had already locked up the evidence of the two people in front. It was convenient to start, and when the third person was there, he directly stole the clothes of the deceased, and was afraid that the clothes would be found by us halfway, so he simply hid them in the dormitory of the yamen, which no one could think of, saying that he planned to find a chance to burn them. However, there are many people in the dormitories of the yamen, and we have never found an opportunity, but it turned out to be discovered by us at this time."
Said Zheng Baishi raised his hand and pointed, "Miss Nine, look, the clothes and sachets are here."
Qin Wan was called here for inspection. Hearing that she stepped forward to open the bag and looked at the top sachet first, Qin Wan shook her head, "There is nothing on this sachet."
Zheng Baishi and Qin Shu looked at each other, and Zheng Baishi smiled wryly, "If he knew that the sachet was not important, that person might not steal it. Fortunately, Miss Jiu asked to see the sachet that day, otherwise we might not have found this person." The presence."
In just one night, Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang actually found out the traitor, and the fact that there was a traitor confirmed Qin Wan's guess. Zheng Baishi felt more and more that coming to Qin Wan was the right thing to do. Just thinking about it, Not seeing Qin Wan holding the jacket of the third deceased and concentrating on it, Zheng Baishi took a step forward, "Miss Nine, what's wrong with the clothes?"
Qin Wan glanced at the bag, "These clothes have been placed for too long, and they are somewhat moldy. Besides some dust stains, there is another kind of stain on the cuffs and skirt of the deceased's jacket."
As he spoke, a cold light flashed in Qin Wan's palm, and a small dagger appeared in Qin Wan's palm. Qin Wan leaned over, and gently scraped off the stain stuck to the cuff of the jacket with the blade of the dagger. Soon, a few pale yellow debris appeared on the blade of the dagger. The others were blocked by Qin Wan's leaning posture, and only Zheng Baishi saw the sharp blade of Qin Wan's dagger. Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "Ninth girl's This dagger is really cold."
Qin Wan's brows and eyes did not move, but the corners of his lips raised slightly, "This is a gift from a friend. It is very useful when practicing medicine."
Zheng Baishi said no more, Qin Wan put the debris in his palm, and quickly put the dagger into his cuff.
Qin Wan picked up the crumbs with his fingertips, and sniffed them lightly with his nose. Soon, his eyes lit up.
Zhan Yang was more anxious than Zheng Baishi, "Miss Nine, how are you doing?"
Qin Wan looked at Zhanyang, his eyes were as bright as stars, "It's medicine—"
"Medicine? What kind of medicine?" Zheng Baishi hurriedly asked.
Qin Wan sniffed it again, and then calmed down and thought about it. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, "It's an ointment for frostbite. It contains aconite, Chuanbei, Chuanwu, Guizhi, Fangfeng, continued Duanwai more than a dozen medicines, if I remember correctly, it should be a kind of ointment called Yanghe Jieying ointment that is specially used to treat frostbite. The third deceased did not have frostbite on his hands and body, so this frostbite ointment must not be used by the deceased. And there are ointments on the sleeves and skirts of the deceased, either left by the murderer, or accidentally left by the servants in the yamen. I don’t know if any of the yamen in the yamen suffers from chilblain ?”
Zheng Baishi immediately looked at Zhan Yang when he heard the words, and Zhan Yang shook his head, "No one has it."
Qin Wan nodded, "It's probably left by the murderer. This ointment is very effective, and it's very effective in dealing with large areas of chilblain, but its price is not low, so it is usually used by at least the rich families. However, it does not rule out that some people are eager to cure and are willing to spend money. The murders all happened in the south of the city. If we assume that the murderer's daily activities are also in the south of the city, then we can check the pharmacy in the south of the city. This kind of ointment is expensive. , but it is extremely perishable, and it must be used up within half a month after it is prepared to be effective. Therefore, ordinary small pharmacies dare not sell this ointment easily. There are ointments like this sold everywhere."
After saying this, Qin Wan thought for a moment, "There is no such ointment found on the clothes of the second deceased, so the murderer started to use this medicine after the second deceased died, and his frostbite must be very serious. It can be speculated that the murderer is probably not healed yet, and he must have bought this chilblain ointment at least twice or even three times until now. In a large area, go to the pharmacy first, then see who is nearby, and then look at the places where those people work and their homes, and you will definitely get something."
At this point, Zhan Yang couldn't be more clear about how to check it out, and Zheng Baishi also felt a sudden relief, "Ninth Miss is really amazing. Fortunately, Ninth Miss is a medical student, so she can tell what this thing is. I'm afraid my eyes are dark."
Qin Shu hurriedly said, "Brother Zheng, there is still half a day left, I wonder if it will be too late?"
Zheng Baishi sighed, "Do your best, I'll arrange it with Zhanyang, so I won't stay any longer—"
Knowing that time was running out, Qin Shu didn't want to stay any longer, so he and Qin Yan sent Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang out of the house. After the two left, Qin Shu turned around and looked at Qin Wan who was in the room, and said, "Girl Wan, if this case is really solved, you will It is the first achievement!"