In the south of the city, the people were clattering around a charred medicinal shop. The officials kept driving people, but they still couldn’t stop the crowd from watching the fun.
“It’s bright? Sun, how did it burn like this?”
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know, I was busy sweeping the floor early in the morning, and suddenly I heard a rumbling sound. When I came out, I saw that Huichuntang was charred. Poor Dr. Chu, a famous miracle doctor, was actually killed.”
“What, the one who died was actually the God of Chu, how did all the evil things happen to Chang’an recently? The shopkeeper of a restaurant in the north of the city was also killed. That day was the Shangyuan Festival.”
“Oh, I don’t know if it was a kingly devil who angered God, and then he brought all kinds of divine punishments in Chang’an. Since last year, Chang’an has been murdered and has never had any peace.”
“Shh, this kind of thing is unspeakable!”
“Shh, this kind of thing is unspeakable!”
There were a lot of discussion behind him, and Ming Huashang stood at the door of Huichuntang and carefully looked at the decorations in the store. Ming Huazhang came out of the inner room, and Ming Huashang asked, “How is it?” “Like Qian Yi, the bomb was unrecognizable, like coke. What kind of gunpowder is this? It is so powerful.”
If you blow it up like this, you can’t even start even if you call the coroner for an autopsy, and it is difficult to extract clues from the body. Ming Huashang sighed slightly and said, “Qian Yi was killed, and the doctor who once prescribed a prescription to Liu’s family was also killed. I know that I can’t preconceive it, but is it too coincidental?”
Ming Huazhang gave the tasks to all officials in an orderly manner, signaled Ming Huashang to follow with his eyes, and walked towards the backyard: “Don’t rush to make a conclusion, first ask this genius doctor Chu how he was bombed.”
The deceased Chu Ji is a famous genius doctor, and a contemporary descendant of the century-old brand Huichuntang. When the incident happened, Huichuntang had just opened, and there were no customers in the store, only Chu Ji and Yao Tong were there.
The medicine boy’s face turned black and white, and he sat blankly in the backyard pharmacy, looking distraught. He heard the footsteps and turned around and saw a man and a woman coming together. The man’s official robe was gorgeous and domineering. As he stepped in, the messy pharmacy seemed to become cramped in an instant.
The medicine boy stood up, his voice trembling: “I have seen the master, but I didn’t kill me, I don’t know anything!”
Ming Huazhang said: “No one said that the culprit was you. You repeat the situation at that time, regardless of the size, and the right and wrong will be distinguished by the government.”
The medicine boy said tremblingly: “As usual, the clinic opens at the beginning of the year, I open the door at the beginning of the year, and the master asked me to go to the back to prepare medicinal materials. He came to sort out the medicine cabinet, and then I kept cutting medicine behind. I didn’t know how long it took, but suddenly I heard an explosion. I was shocked and ran to the front hall to see, but I saw the master lying on the ground, with fire and blood on the ground.The flesh was blurred, and a piece of broken arm flew to the door. At that time, the master was still angry. I was frightened and rushed out to call for someone, but when I called someone back, the master died. “
Yaotong cried again as he spoke, looking extremely frightened. Ming Huashang saw the panic on Yaotong’s face, and asked, “Has anyone been to Huichuntang from the time the door opened to the explosion?”
Yaotong shook his head blankly: “I have been cutting medicine behind me, I don’t know. “
Ming Huashang asked, “Did you ever hear suspicious voices like “Who is your master talking to and quarrel?”
The medicine boy subconsciously shook his head, paused, and said uncertainly, “Master went out, do you think I was cutting medicine at that time, and suddenly I heard the master ask ‘Who is it’. I thought my master was calling me, so I quickly ran to the front hall. But the master didn’t notice me? He brought a package from outside and complained, “Who knocked on the door again.” Seeing that I was not there, I came back to continue making medicinal materials. Then, I heard the explosion. “
Ming Huashang’s expression frightened. To put it, the package was probably filled with gunpowder! She hurriedly asked, “What kind of package is it?”
The medicine boy gestured with his hands: “It’s probably so tall, so long, and it looks quite heavy. I thought it was a medicinal material, but I didn’t care. “
“Some people often are there? Do you put packages at your door?”
“It’s not too often. “The medicine boy said, “Some people can’t afford the medicine money and will send their own eggs and cloth to pay for it. Some people go outside the city to pick wild vegetables and send them to our medicine shop, which can be paid for it. “
Ming Huashang thought, as if it were? It seemed that the murderer should have hidden the gunpowder in the package and placed it at the door of Huichun Hall. He deliberately knocked on the door to remind Chu Ji to leave immediately. Chu Ji thought it was something to pay the bill again, so he carried it in and opened it without any warning, and was immediately bombed to death.
Ming Huashang asked, “Have anyone come to find your master these days?”
Yao Tong shook his head, Ming Huashang took out the portrait of Liu, and asked, “Have you seen this woman recently?”
Yao Tong stared at the portrait for a while, but still shook his head. Ming Huashang was very surprised: “Hello? Good? Think about it, no matter how recently, it would be fine a few months ago. “
The medicine boy raised his head and thought for a while, but he was still confused: “I don’t remember it.” “
The medicine boy was frightened, and Ming Huashang was not good either. She continued to ask. She looked around and asked, “Can I take a look here?”
The medicine boy glanced at the official robe on Ming Huazhang and nodded in fear. Ming Huashang walked by the workshop, picked up various pharmaceutical tools to look at it, and asked, “Do you do it usually make medicinal herbs?”
“The key medicinal herbs are handled by my master, and the others are made by me. “
Ming Huashang looked at the herbs piled up in mountains and asked, “You can do so much work”
The medicine boy lowered his head and said unhappily: “It’s always possible to sleep a few hours late. My master was afraid that someone would learn the prescription and never let someone get close to the workshop. I was appreciated by my master and learned how to cure it. There are so many things, which shows that Master values me. “
Ming Huashang looked at the medicine boy who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, then looked at the heavy labor of concoction, and sighed deeply: “How old are you? In order to protect his secret recipe, your master tried to squeeze a child as young as you. It’s really selfish. “
Yao Tong said good to Master? “No, I have a senior brother before. It was just that my senior brother was poisoned to death when he was concocted with medicinal materials. It was my turn. “
Ming Huazhang heard that when the dead people were dead, he could have asked: “When did it happen?”
“Six years ago. “
The death of Manager Feng was three years ago. The incident of Huichuntang happened before the murder case. It should have nothing to do. Ming Huazhang couldn’t say he was disappointed or relieved. Seeing Yao Tong’s fear of being frightened, he did not want to make things difficult for a child, so he signaled Ming Huashang to come out and say.
The two of them walked to a place where no one was left, Ming Huashang asked, “Second brother, are you talking about this explosion and the incident of Jinxiu Tower a few days ago??”
Ming Huazhang’s face was serious: “I can’t be sure. But in terms of the power of the explosives and the time between them, it is likely that they were the same murderer. “
Ming Huashang said: “If these two cases are really done by the same person, then this person would be too terrible. Chu Ji’s death can at least explain two points. First, the murderer is very familiar with Huichuntang and is very familiar with the time of opening the door and Chu Ji’s habits; second, the murderer’s explosives have improved. After Chu Ji saw something unknown, he would never ignite it himself. The explosive should be ignited in advance and hidden in the package. Chu Ji was not sure about the truth. When he opened it, he hit the explosive and detonated it. “
Ming Huazhang and Ming Huashang looked at each other, and they both saw the concerns in the eyes of each other. Such powerful gunpowder and a delay mechanism were added, which means that anyone could be a victim and could not be guarded against.
Ming Huazhang couldn’t stand any longer and walked out quickly and said, “The harm of this person is far greater than that of an ordinary murderer, and he must be arrested as soon as possible. I? This made people go to check the neighbors. I? I don’t believe that no one saw who was there? A package was placed at the door of Huichuntang. “
Ming Huazhang went to arrange for the yamen runners. Ming Huashang did not go out and was still walking in Huichun Hall. Finally, she stopped on the only wall that was not affected by explosives.
There were many plaques hanging on the wall. The latest and brightest piece of ebony was hung on the top, with the words “Great Doctor’s Integrity” written on it. Therefore, it still looked very grand without being affected by the explosion.
Ming Huashang looked at it for a while, called the medicine boy and asked, “Are these hangings by your master?”
The medicine boy looked up and replied, “TheseIt is a plaque given to Huichun Hall by the patient, including the master, the master and the master. “
Ming Huashang asked: “Which piece belongs to your master?”
“The top piece. “
Ming Huashang thought to himself. She raised her eyebrows secretly, thinking, “This miraculous doctor Chu Ji hung her plaque at the top, which didn’t look as loyal, filial and respectful as rumors.
She thought, “This plaque looks very new. Do your master often wipe it?”
The medicine boy replied with a stern look: “This is delivered a few days ago. The master is very happy and immediately let someone hang it on the wall. It has not been wiped yet. ”
“Who sent it to me”
“I don’t know. “The Yaotong said, “The person who carried the plaque said that someone customized the plaque in their store and pointed out that it was given to the Chu doctor in Huichuntang, and did not leave his name. Maybe it was a patient who was unwilling to reveal his name. He had received the favor from my master before, so he secretly sent a plaque over. “
Ming Huashang nodded. It was normal for those who practiced medicine to receive the plaque of gratitude. But when she looked at the words on it, she always felt indescribable.
She remembered that “The Great Doctor’s Sincerity” was written by the King of Medicine in “Qianjin Yao Prescriptions” and specialized in practicing medicine. Patients thanked the doctor, shouldn’t they send plaques such as “Hanghuo Save the World” and “Rebirth of Hua Tuo”, and why should they send plaques that the King of Medicine to warn medical ethics?
Ming Huashang stared at the plaque, thinking, maybe she was thinking too much. She was about to go somewhere else, and there were waves of hello coming from behind. Ming Huashang turned around and saw Jingzhao Yin coming.