Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

"At that time, at that time... the servant was frightened when he found out about the scandal and didn't dare to report it to the master. It was not until the incident happened and Yan eloped that the servant dared to tell the truth."

Qin Yunhe lowered his head to look at the case file in front of him and said, "The servant who discovered the scandal has arrived. Summon him to the court for questioning."

Soon a maid was brought into the hall.

"What do you do in the Jin family? How did you find out about your wife's scandal?"

The maid was probably nervous about seeing the official, and said tremblingly: "My lord, I am a maid in the yard of the master and the mistress. After I finished cleaning the yard that day, I heard some noise in the house, so I went in to check, and I saw the mistress and her cousin hugging each other..."

"Why would you go check if there's any movement? If there's any movement in the master's house, maybe the master is moving around in the house. Why would you go check it out? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the master?"

"The master was not at home that day, but I heard a man's voice in the room. I was worried that there might be a thief, so I went in to check." At this point, the maid's answer became much smoother.

Qin Yunhe nodded and asked, "Did you testify in court and tell us what happened during the first trial in Fuyu County?"

The maid nodded affirmatively: "Yes. When the magistrate was in court, he also summoned me to the court to testify. I said the same thing at that time."

Qin Yunhe looked at the Fuyu County Dianshi in the hall and said, "Fuyu County Dianshi, why was this incident not recorded in detail in the original case file?"

"Your Excellency, please allow me to report that the clerk who recorded the incident was lazy and did not record it truthfully. I only found out about this afterwards and have already removed that clerk from his position and will never employ him again."

"Did the Dianshi bring the case to the hall for review without even reading it?"

The Fuyu County Dianshi was sweating on his forehead but didn't dare to wipe it off. He just said, "Of course I checked it before submitting it to the government office. It was just that I was busy at the time and was distracted by other things so I didn't notice the omission..."

"What's the clerk's name?"

The Fuyu County Dianshi mentioned a name.

Qin Yunhe looked at the clerk who was taking notes on the side. The clerk had just finished taking notes and looked up and nodded to Qin Yunhe to indicate that he had taken notes.

Seeing this, Qin Yunhe stopped asking questions about this issue and turned to Yan Guixiang and said, "Yan Guixiang, you said Jin Biao was trying to murder you, do you have any evidence?"

Yan Guixiang didn't have much strength left at this moment, and said weakly: "Sir, the little girl Kou'er who served in my room can prove that Jin Biao poisoned me. But Kou'er has been killed by them. Doctor Chen has been treating me all the time, so he must have known that I was poisoned. But he never diagnosed that I was poisoned, so he must have colluded with Jin Biao."

Doctor Chen said hurriedly: "Yan Guixiang, please stop slandering me. Your Excellency, please don't listen to her nonsense. Yan Guixiang has definitely not been poisoned."

"Since it wasn't poisoning, what disease did you diagnose Yan Guixiang with?"

"Yan Guixiang was nauseous and vomiting at the time. I diagnosed her with spleen and stomach disharmony and prescribed a prescription that was also a proven recipe for spleen and stomach disharmony. And Yan's symptoms did improve after taking the medicine. But every time she felt better, she stopped taking the medicine, and the symptoms relapsed again."

After he finished speaking, Qin Yunhe ordered, "Please invite the doctor from Jiyuan Hall to come to the hall."

Soon, an old doctor was invited to the hall.

"Old sir, I don't know much about medicine. Here is a medical record. Please help me take a look and see if there is anything wrong with it."

The old doctor took the medical record and read it carefully before saying, "…My Lord, judging from this medical record alone, this symptom does seem to indicate a disharmony between the spleen and stomach."

"Could it be possible that this was caused by poisoning?"

"If you really want to ask whether it could be caused by arsenic poisoning, it is indeed possible. If the arsenic poisoning is not serious, there will be symptoms such as nausea, regurgitation, and loss of appetite. The specific situation can only be determined by observing, smelling, asking and palpating in person."

"I have a few more medical records here, please take a look at them, sir."

Qin Yunhe asked someone to give the doctor the medical records of Jin Biao's first two wives. These two wives were naturally also treated by Doctor Chen.

The old doctor took them and looked at them one by one, his brows gradually furrowed.

After a while, the old doctor looked up at Qin Yunhe and said hesitantly, "Sir, it seems that these medical records were recorded by the same doctor. But they are not for the same patient, right?"

Qin Yunhe nodded: "That's right. I wonder if you found anything wrong?"

"If you look at just one of them, you won't see anything wrong. But from these medical records, these patients have similar symptoms, and even the prescriptions are similar. The patients have been ill for many years, and none of them have been cured. However, under such circumstances, this doctor has never tried to adjust the prescription, which is very strange."

Qin Yunhe said modestly: "I don't know much about medicine, so please teach me, sir."

“In daily medical treatment, if a prescription is proven to be effective, then naturally everything is fine, and the doctor can make adjustments according to the severity of the symptoms.

However, no one can guarantee accuracy every time. If the prescription is ineffective, it is natural to make adjustments based on the symptoms, or adjust the existing prescription as appropriate, or adjust the diagnosis and treatment direction.

How can a prescription for the same symptoms be used to treat multiple patients without any effect and never be adjusted?"

"Oh? In your opinion, if the patient has not been cured after years of treatment or even died, as in the case in the medical records..."

"That's just quack medicine taking human life lightly."

"Why?"

"If this symptom is caused by spleen and stomach disharmony, it will not be fatal. If it is caused by arsenic poisoning, it can persist for several years, so the poison must not be large. If the prescription is adjusted in time, it will not cause death. To drag the patient to death, it must be a quack doctor."

Doctor Chen is certainly not a quack, otherwise his consultation fees would not be so high yet he would still be sought after by the gentry and wealthy families in Fuyu County.

Doctor Chen's forehead broke into sweat when he heard this. "Your Excellency is wise. How could I take human life lightly? It is because these people's symptoms were alleviated after using this prescription that I use it again and again. It is not easy to completely eliminate the root cause of the disease when the spleen and stomach are out of harmony."

The old doctor said, "It is indeed difficult to cure the root cause of the spleen and stomach disharmony, but it will not recur so frequently that it is fatal. If an experienced doctor encounters such a situation, he will definitely adjust the prescription instead of prescribing the same one blindly."

Qin Yunhe nodded after hearing this and said, "Thank you for your answer, sir."

After the old doctor was asked to leave, Qin Yunhe said, "Doctor Chen, I'll ask you again, are the wives of the Jin family really suffering from spleen and stomach problems?"

"Your Excellency is wise! The wives of the Jin family do have spleen and stomach problems. I have been practicing medicine for many years. If they were poisoned, why would I conceal it and not treat them?"

"Jin Biao was really poisoned?"

"Mr. Jin was indeed poisoned. I dare not say a single word of falsehood."

"Do you know what the crime of perjury and false accusation is in our court? What you said is false. If you tell me now, I can give you a lighter sentence."

At this point, Doctor Chen decided to risk it all and said, "If I say even a single lie, I will be punished for it."

Qin Yunhe saw that he was stubborn and knew that things had come to this point, and no matter whether it was true or false, he would not admit that what he said was false.

It seems that we can only start with other evidence.